THE NEW YORI
V
Genealogical «d Biographical
Record.
Devoted ro the Interests oi American
Genealogy and Biography.
[SSU E I) Q U A RT E R LY
VOLUME I., 1870.
PUBLISHED FOR THE SOCIETY,
Mo-rr Memorial Hall, No. 64 Madison Avenue.
\'i w York City.
INDEX TO iVAMES.
I lie
■Nzl
This index includes the BULLETS issued by the Society. December, 1869
The figures referring to the RECORD are in this rvr,P 1 P Q «T ' ,
the BULLETIN in this, 1, 2, 3. ' ' ' " ; ""* th"s" refe"'i^ to
Abbot, 2, 8
Abbott, 6, 8
Abercrombie, in
Adams, 43
Akins. 33
Albertson, 7
Alexander. .3, C
Allen, 3
Allibone, 51
Allison. 13
Almv. 15
Alofsen, 20
Alsop, 16
Ahr.nl, 8
Ames, (3
Anderson, 11
Andrews, (i, 8
Angell, 8
Annand, 33
AntBon, 8
Anthony, 23
Apgar, 16
Appleton, 6
Armington, 7
Arnold, 11. 15
Aspinwall, -17
Astor, 7
Atherton, 5, 7
Auboyneau, 3
Avery, 15
Aylsworth, 5, 6
Backus, .5, 6
Baker, 2, 3, 6, 8, 2S, 50, 2
Ballou, 15
Bancker, 29
Bancroft, (i, 8, 33, 34, 3,
8
Barbauld, 42
Barber, 15, 4, 8
Barlow, 6, 8, 4-3, 3, 6
Barnes, 15, -1
Barrett, 6
Barrington, 5
Barton, 15, 2, 8
Bartow, 2, 8
Bayard, 37, 48
Beardsley, 8, 32
Bed well, 3
Beekeman, 13
Beekman, 33
Beere, 34
Benedict, 6, 7, 13, 32, 3
5, 6
Benson, 7'. 48
Bentsen, 7
Berdell, 6
Bergen, 13, 2, 8
Berkley, 3
Berry, 15
Bessac, 4. 6
Betts, 25, '.■;
Beveridge, 2
Bibbin, 15
Biddesdale, 41
Biddle, 46
Bidwell, 1
Biggs. 32
Bill, 8, 32, 2. 3, 6, 8
Billop, 5
Blair, 5
Blagge, 13
Blanchard, 7, 34 J
Blank, 8
Bleecker, 81, 32
Blerkome, 13
Bliss, 2, 4
Bloomer, 37
Boardman, 2, ',
Boerhave, 41
Bogaert, 7
Boiling. 5, 7
Bolton, 27
Boorman, 4s
Boothe, 7
Bonaparte, 6
Bond, 1
Boreli, 7
Bourne. 16
Bowditch, S
Bowen, 34
Bowles, 5, 1(1
Bowne, 7
Boyd, 16
Boykin, 6
Boynton, 5
Bradstreet, 21
Bradt, 31
Brady, 49
Brannack, 15
Breeze, 8
Brevoort, 4:3. 3, 7
iBrewerton, 11
Brewster, 22
Bridge, r
Bridgum, 32
. 3 Briggs, 8, 15
Bristed, 7
Brodhead, 2, 50
■'". Broglio, 41
Br in'. 1;
Brotherton, 34
Brougham, 41
Brown, 6, 21, 34, 1, .',
Browne, s
Brownell, 5
Bruce, 7
Bruner, 6
Bryant, 44, 50, 51
|Buell. 7, 4
Bugbee, 33
Bull, 4, 7
Bwnce, 4
Burgoyne. 11
Bur ;e, 10, 87, 8
Burnet, 7
Burtell, 20
Butler, 11
Cairnes, 38
Calvin, 43
II, 48
Caner, 22
Canning, 41
1 fapron, 34. 6
Carder. 15
Carle, 24
Carpenter, 7. 34
Gary, 7
Case, 16, 7
1 lastlereagh, 41
Chambers, 3
Chandler. 7. s
r, 7
< lhapin, 4
* Chapman, 7, 8, 7, 8
Chase, 34, <;
( 'ham,' 1
. 25 27 28
Chiswell, 13
Chitwood, 28
Clapp, 7, 16, 23, 24
1 Hark, 8, 4
Clarke, 7. s, 15 33 34 c
Clarks, 7
Clarkson, 3
Clay. «i
Cleveland, 8, 15, 51
Clift, 15
Clinton, 1 I. 24, 42, 44 46
Clophnll, 25, -.'s
I 'louder. 3
Cobb, (}
3, 7
e, 13
Coe. 2
< 'oe\ man-. 31, 36
Coffin, 5 j 8
eshall, 15, 5
Colburn, 2, 8
Colden, 43, 48
Cole, 22
Coles, 7, 13, 3
Coleman. 34
Colgan, 22
Conant, 15
Condict, 27
Coolidge, 7
< 'ouper, 50
Corey, 2, 8
Cornbury, 3, 13
Corwin, 7, 2, 5, 8
Cox, 2, 6
Cozzens, 49
1 Iragin, 8
Crawford. 13
< !rew, 36, 38
Croft, 7
Crommelin, 37. 38, 39, 40
Crosfield, 7
Crow, I
Crozer, 6
Cruger, '■'•".
r. 13
Cuming, 11
Cunningham, 8, 15, 6
Curry, 3 1
Curtis, 39, 6, 7
dishing, 7
Cutter, 7
Cuvilje. 35
Cuyler, 13, 29, 31, 32
Dana. S
Darley, 34
Davenport, 3
Davis, 6, 13, 24, 2, 8
Dan-son, 32
Dean, 15, 7, 8
De Chetwode, 28
De Clair-. 34
De Costa. 10
Deems, 2, 8
De Groosse, V.'< '
De Haeese. 13
Dehart, 3
De Lanci
Delefield.'i;
De Lyon, 35, 37
Denison, 15
De Nottbeck, 7
De Peyster; 29, 17
DeravaL 13
De Bos, 27
De St. Liz. 34
De Wahull, 27
De \Virit. 47, )s
De Witt. 46
De You, 3
Dingham, 7
Dix, 50
50 Dod, 7
Dodd, 7
Dodge, 14
Dongan. 20
tss, S
Dow, 7, 8
Drake. 1. 15. 2, 4, 7, 8
Drawyer, 31
Drayton, 45
I >risler, 8
1 indley, 4
Dumont, 12
Dunnell, 8
Du Pro.lt, 40
Durrie, 2, 8
Dutton, 7
Duyckinck 7. 33 24
Dwight, 7,34, 3, 8
Dwinnell, 8
Dyckhnyse, 3
Dyer. 4
Eaton, 2, 6, 8
Eddy, 34
Edwards, 6
Eggleston, 6, 8, 1
Eliot, 13, 22, 32
Elliott, 33
Ellenborough, 11 I-
Ellis, 15
Ellsworth. 43, 5
Elmer, 7
Elswort. ,>
Endicott, 8
Ennis, 5, 20
Eno, 4
Erlisman, 5
Eustis, 11
Evans. 15
Evetts, 13
Farmer, 1
Ear well. 6
Pelt, 8. 3, 8
Fennell. 5]
Fenno, 39, 40
Field, 1
Pish, 47, 50
Fisher. 15. 2
Piske, 7, 3, 8
Fitch, 7, 8
Fitzhugh, 25. £7. 38
Fitz Randolph, 34
Ford, 4
Forster. 33
1928
Index to Names.
Poster, :
Fournej
Powlei :
r, 1 1
Fredericks, Is
Frond 8
Fnrade, 9
Fuller, T
I'unieaulx. ;!.">
Gallatin, 51
Gallutton, 13
isevoort, :;i
Gardii ■ s
er, 3, 8
Gnrrick, 49
• J.irri*. .ii. 7
Gautier, 2, ■';. 7. l
31, :;: :
35, 88
II. 48
Gibson, 1.")
Gilford, 13
Gillett, 1
Gilman, 2. 1. 7. s
Glover, 8
' roodwin, -1
:. 15
' iongh, 6
d, 16
< rOWans, 16
Graham, 13
Grant, 13, 12, 2. 3, I. <;.
7. s
Graves, I
' 16, .">
Green, 8, 34
!. 7
U, -4
- 38, II
Grice, 3
!
■ aor, II. S
Grotius, 16
. 6
Hoklla
Holcon I
mbe, •.'.
Holden, 15, s
ll>. II. in. I. 8, S
Holliman, 1.".
Holloway, •:.
Holman, in
Holmes, 3
- l. 8,
I. 2,
Holyda
. |
Hopkins, 3 l
. 1 1
Bough, l.".. 16
Howard, 33
Howe, K). I
Howe , s
Howl...
Hows, 6
Hubbcll, 34
Hudson, 6
Hughes, 5
Hulgrave, 13
Hump] ;
Humpl
Hunt. 43, 8
Hunter, .'I
Huntington, 1
8
Hyde, :;i
. 13
Irving, 42, 13,
Ives, 7
I. itham, 1 .">
Lull. ",
i. 2, i. <;. s . s
I. a I. .'{, (J Laurei
Lawrence, 1.".. 16, IT. 3.
8
> Leai
■ nworth, 15
Lee, 6
Leggett, S
32, 29, SO, 31, Leonard, S
• >. <» Lepenar, •';
■ itirier, 38
slip, 5
Lessonby, 13
n, ii
Lew
3. 8 i.'h immei
Lincobi, 16. 24, S
16, <>
Livingston, 3, 13, 1'.'. 20
. 34. 2. 3, S Lockwi J
••..ii .')
I. <.ii in-, l I
I. "in. u/. I I
ix, II
Lommas, I I
I. kerrnai
5, 10 . :;-. : |. J
Lord. 32
Loring, 7. 3, s
,4R 49. 3, 7. Lossing, 2. 10, ::. 8 .
l...\ ela
Low. I.",
Lower, •.'.">
Luca
Lnmhalghes, 14
45, 18, 19, .".ii. Lunt, 6
Hacki
Hill. 7. 13, 5
ck, II
Halsey, 47
HamiU, 13
Hamilton, 7
Hanfo s
limp.: I,
Harris,
Harrison, II. s
Hun. :,. :{. s
;
Hastings, 7
liar
Havemeyer, lv
Hawk • s
Hawley, .1, <;
Hay, M
Hayward, 16
Hnz.. n
2 . 8
!f.-lti:
Heerman, 3
Hemenv
Hendricks, 13
Hickman, 13
Hicks, 7
I
Hill. 33
Hillyer, 6
Hinman, 1
Hoar. 7
•. II
H ilifle, 25, -,'7
• . -,!T
6
Hodgldn
ft, ! 9, 12 18 ~>\ 52
2. 8
Hokelav, 25
. Licks, .ii. 11, g |. (;
I. 7. s
on, 3
3, 7, 8
Jarvis, K 49 50
Jay, ii. :{. .-,
Jeffersoi
Jenkin-. 7
Jenks, 34
Jennings, li;
Joe, :;l
Johnson, 37. 38 1 1
8
Jones, 1
Jordon, 1
7. 8
Journi
".
Kane. "I
hV.il. .",1
Kelly, 3
Kemble, in. 5]
Kemper, II
Kenn..
Kerke, .">
7
11, ii. r
Kingmai s
Kip. 7. 37
Kirk bri.1 lt.-. 3 I
Kitchel. 31
:;
Kohl, lfi
Kran<. -J I
Laconte, 13
I
Laight, IT
Langdon, 7
Langley, 16
Landsdawn, 11
Lansing, s
Laphan
n, 21
i I, 16 82 33
34, 3. 1. 7
Nedry, "
Nn tile, Ti
J5, 38
Newton, T. I
«». 7
ion, 15
Nixon. 7
(i
••- 7
Macy, :{, S
Madison, II
Mahoo, 13
Malboi
Mann
Mnr-,1 ilk, -."J
Marsh. .J
Marshall, 45, 3, 7
. v. •') I
Marti, i . 8
Mason, '■' I
46, 6, M
Mat th. s
Mauritz, 3
Maverick, 2. 6
Maxim. 15
Maxwi
McClure, S
McCrea, II. -J I
McDonalds, 15
McLean, 8
McXeil, 24
McNevin, -10
.">
Meadows, I'-
ll. 3
Melville. 5
U ill. 4
. 48 M i
Mini
Mintum, 18
Monn
Montgomery, 0, 51
Montrose, 41
Tic. 3
1. •-'. 8, '.'. 12, 13 IS
H. .V-'. 2, 3,
I. s
Morehouse, 1 I
in, 5, 8"
Morrell, 10
Mort, 7
Morton. (6
Motley, 10, 50
Mudgi . 7
• .hi. 3. is
7
Onderdonk, 10. II.
1 Inely, 5
i i.shon
I
Pain, 15
rain.'. 7. If.. 3
Palmer, 5, 15
Papin, 3
Park. J, <;
Parkin • i>
Parr, 25, 28
. 30, «;
Pauldin
Peabod
Pearson, 29
Peck, 7. i:.. 23, 7
.",
6
15, it.
Pell, 41
Pettit, 21
Phillips. 20
jPierrep. i ::
ii. 34
4
Pitman. ."», 7
Platte. 13
Pocahonl 5
Potter, i.
1. 7
I reble, o
". . < ;
■. :'.7
Pullioi
Purple, 2. 7. 2, 3
S, s
3,8
ii. 3, <;, s
Rachel, 51
Ilamsa'. . *•
Kan. in
Randolph, 7.0. 5
t;
Ray, I-
6
I;. -a. I. .",
37
Reemer, 13
Renwick, 46, 17. 7
19, 3. S
3, 1 5
Rich, 7
Richardson, o
Richards, 15
Riker, 3, S
. :>i
Ritzima, :,7
Rivilie, 13
o. 7
Robert, 3
Robertson, 1.".. .»
Robinson. 3
ii. 24
Index to Names.
Rogei . 11, .»
linlfe. .",
Root, •.':'. 3, fi, 8
Roscoe, 2, 16
Rosevelt, 18
Ros, 25, 27, 28
Ross, 35
Rowell, S
Rowland, 7
Ruggles, 1
Rumford 15
Rutgers, 29
Sager, "1
Salisbury, 8, 15
Salter, 3
Salusb ry, 25
San. Is. 44, 46
Sanford, 6, 7, 8, 16
Sargeant, 6
Savage, 1
Sayles, 34
Schofield, 34
Soofield, S4
Schooley, 34
3oott, -J-:. 34, 42, 43, 52, 1
Schuyler, 3, L8, 19, 20, as.
29, 36, 12, S
Seribner, 6, 7
Sedgwick, 7
Seymour, •-', 8
Shadwell, 5
Shakespeare, 18
Shannon, 8
Shea, 16
Sheffield, I
Sheldon, 7
Shelton, 44
Shepard, 13, 20, 1, 6
Shrieve, •"
Shukev. 3
Shurtleff, 8
Sidmouth, 41
Bimond, 42
Sinclair, 37
Slafter, 22, 1,3, 7, 8
Slocuni, 15, 34
Smith, 3, 4, 5, 10. 13, 15, 20.
21, 22, 3, .->, 7
Sounde, 25. 27, 28
Spellman. 6
Spooner, 7
. 20
Sprague, 1
Stafford, 7. 13, 14,22, 33,
G
.i ■ ;
Staines. 5
Stanford, 12
Stanton, 3
Stetson, 8
Steuben, Is
Stevens, 48
Stevenson, 12
Stiles, l. ^ 8, 13, 16, 22,
24, 1,2, 3, G, 8
Stillwell, 13
Stcutenbnrgh, 7
St. Quintin, 25, 28
Straiialian. 7, 8
Strong, 4. 7
Straddle, 3
Stuart. 13, 19
Stuyvesant, i< . i
Suert, 13
Sully, 49
Sunsorke, 13
Swords, 2, 10, 11, 12
Sypher, 16
Talleyrand, 52
Talmage, 22
Taylor, 2, 10. [14. 15, S
8
Tearse, 24
Temple, 6
Ten Broeck. 29
Ten Eyck, 7, 31, £2
Thatcher, 8
Thomas, 42
.Thompson, 4. 34
Thornycraft, 7
Throgmorton, 13, 24
Thurman, 3
Thurston, 7, 5, 7, 8
Tiebout, 7
Tilton, 34
Todd, 7
Tonti, 47
Town, 7
Townsend, 15
Treadway, 4
Trow, 7
Trowbridge, 7. 5
Trumbull, 16, 8
TunstaU, I. 5
Turner. 44
3, Turrner, 4
Tuthill. T. 3
Tuttle, 1 1. Z4
Underbill, 7
Upham, G
23.
34.
Valentin.'. 28, 29, 35, S
\ an Cortlandt, 3, 19, 37
Vanderbeeck. ■
Vandervere, 13
Van Dyke, 20
\ .in l.aer, 3
Van Laets, •' 0
Van Orteck, 13
Van Rensse'acr, 3
Van Salee. 13
Van Schaick, 28, 31
Van Slechtenhorst, 3, 18,
2S
Van Twiller, 36
Van Waert, 36
Verdon, 25, 28
Vernor, 2 I. 3 I
Verplanck, 13, 28, 35,36,
38, 39, 10, 41, 42, 43,
45. 40, 47, 48, 19, 50,
52
Vigne, 35, 36
Vincent, 34
Vinton, 8
Vitalis, 31
Vrikers, 13
Wade, 4, 5, 7
Wakefield, 15
Waldo, 7
Wallin. 8
Waltheof. 34
Walton, 38
Ward. 14, 7
Warde, 14
Warner, 15, 3
Warren. 15, 27,^8
Wason, 33
Waterman. 15, 43. 4,7
Watkins, 7
Watson, 16. 3, 4
Watts, 47
•:o.
Weaver, 7
Webster, 10, 1, fi, 8
Weed, 6
Wellman, 7
Wells, -1
Wen. lei. 29
Wendell, 47
w entwortb,jJ
WesselR, S6
iVesselles, 20
Vessells, 29
Ae-t. 6
Vestcott, 7
Vheatland. 3. 8
Wheaton, ''>
Wheeler, 15
v\ lietleii. 7
Whipple, 34
White. 12, 1
Whitman, 6 3
Whitmore. 3,' 8
Whitney, 7
Whittaker, 3
Wiekes. 15
Wigglesworth, 15'
Wilberforce, 41
Wilbur, 7
Wilder. 10
Wiley, 4,7
Wilkinson, 8, 34
Wilks. 7
Willet. 24
Willets, 8
Willett, 13
Williams. 15. 4, 7
Wilson, 44. 8
Winfleld, 8
Wing, 24
Winslow, 30. 31, 6
Winslowe, •' 0
Wodhull, 27
Wood, 13, 16, 51
Woodbridge, 4
W n.ull, 25, 26, 27, 28.. 7
W.i.idwar.l, 15
Worden, 8
Worthington, 4 '
Wvnceluwe, 30. 31
Wjnkoop, S, 15, 7
W\ ime. s. 5
Youngs, 22
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE
FOR THE YEAR 1870:
HENRY REED STILES, M.D.
SETH HASTINGS GRANT.
JOHN STAGG GAUTIER.
BULLETIN
3nt:e"w yobk
(JpiiPHlcgiffll and JBiogpapIiirfll jSoriFfg.
Vol. I.
Xi:\V YORK, DEOEMBEE, 1m;ii.
No. 1.
CONTENTS.
ORIGIN OF rill: SOCK PY.
Ill 1 : SEAL OF Tin: SOCIETY.
Ill I : SOCI1 rY'S PROI BEDINGS, Oct.16; Oct.
30 ; Nov. IS.
MISCELLANEOUS : Genealogical Circular; Ex-
changes; Donations invited; >>■•■•
Physicians and Town Clerks.
mi ri, ERS for tiir Year L869
MEMBERS, Honorary, i lorresponding and Resident.
AMERICAN GENEALOGY, it- signifi
NOTES ON BOOKS : Aylsworth Family .
Mi n mily ; Oilman I leni alogy ;
My Wit', and my Mother ; Pitman and Thurston
1: cords.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF (iKNKAI.OGlES, Town
Histories and Biographies in preparation.
RECF.N 1 GEN] \I.'M,IE8.
I M »NATI( INS to the Library since its organization.
THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND
BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY,
had it > inception with Dr. D. P. Holton of
New York City ; and, in response to letters of
invitation from him, seven gentlemen assem-
bled at his resilience, No. 124 W. 54th Street,
New York, on the evening of February 27th.
1869. After a free interchange of views on
the subject, ami an interesting statement of
the plan, progress and condition of the " New
England Historic-Genealogical Society " by
the Rev. E. F. Slalter, of Boston. Correspon-
ding Secretary of that Society, who was
present, it was determined that an effort
should be made to establish in the city of
New York, a similar association, for the State
of New York. On the 16th of March, a cer-
tificate of incorporation was tiled in the office
of the Secretary of State, at Albany. \. Y..
and, at successive meetings of the original
seven and their friends, a code of By-Laws
was prepared, and, on the 17th of April,
formally adopted. The Board of Trustees
held its first regular meeting on the 24th of
April, and elected the officers of the society ;
and regular meetings of the Society, the
Ti 'iistees and Executive Committee were helf'
weekly, at tin- residence of Dr. W. Frederic
Holcombe. until the 7th of July, when the
first quarterly meeting was assembled at
■' Mutt Memorial Hall." No. 01 Madison
Avenue. New York, where the Society has se-
cured handsome accommodations for its
library, collections and meetings, for the en-
suing year.
THE SEAL OF THE SOCIETY,
was adopted by the Board of Trustees, on the
8th of May, 1869. It bears upon its face a
shield divided into two parts, upon one of
which is depicted the arms of the State of
\r\\ York ; and upon the other, three open
books — this idea being borrowed from the
arms of the University of Oxford, England.
Below, and at the sides of the shield, a
ribbon bears the legend motto of the Society,
' /• V pa ppteritate" i. e. freely trans-
lated. " Not only in honor of our ancestors,
but for the sake of our posterity." Above
this shield, the word and figures "Inc. 1869,"
preserves tin- dale of the Society's incorpora-
tion : and around the edge of the seal, in old
English letters of the 14th century, runs the
title of " The New York Genealogical and
Biographical Society." This seal was de-
signed by S. Edward Stiles, the Recording
Secretary of the Society.
BULLETIN OF THE N. Y. GENEALOGICAL
NEW YOEK, DECEMBER, 1869.
OUR SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS.
A special meeting of the Society was held
at their rooms in Mott Memorial Hall, on
October 16th; 1869. Four resident, and one
corresponding member were elected. Chas.
B. Moore, Esq., read an instructive paper
upon " Methods of Genealogical Work," and
was followed with remarks by Porter C. Bliss,
Rev. John Beveridge, and others.
The following motion was adopted.—" Re-
solved, that the names of the resident mem-
bers, after the number of fifty, be numbered
in the order of their completing their mem-
bership and that each member be requested
to furnish a pedigree of his own immediate
ancestry, so far as he can, to be tiled, num-
bered and preserved in the archives of the
Society."
At a regular meeting held Oct. 30th, at the
same place, five resident, and two correspond-
ing members were elected ; donations of books
were acknowledged from A. Gilman, Esq.,
S. G. Drake, Leonard Hazeltine, Essex Insti-
tute of Salem, (Mass.,) Quarter-Master Gener-
al's Office, (U. S. A.,) and others.
Mr. Benj. Howland presented to the Society
a printed copy of his pedigree showing him
to be descended from John Howland who
came to America in the Mm/flower. Dr. D.
P. Holton, Dr. Henry R. Stiles and S. Ed-
ward Stiles also presented copies of their
pedigrees for the archives of the Society.
The following Motion was offered. — " Re-
solved, that each member be requested to pre-
pare a biographical sketch of some ancestor ;
or of some person connected with this State,
to be read before the Society, and be request-
ed to notify the Executive Committee, when
ready."
At a regular meeting, held November 13th,
three resident and three corresponding mem-
bers and two life members were elected. Chas.
B. Moore, Esq., read a portion of a paper on
"Dutch and English Intermarriages," the
conclusion being deferred to the next meeting.
The Librarian announced that the new book-
case had been finished and placed in the
room ; and, also that the
Regular Meetings of ihe Society
would be held, henceforth, on the second and
fourth Saturdays of each month, at ~\2
P. M., at the "Mott Memorial Hall," No. 64
Madison Avenue.
New York
Genealogical and Biographical Society.
OFFICERS
For the Year 1869.
PRESIDENT.
HENRY R. STILES, M. D.,
P. O. Box 58 Brooklyn, N. Y.
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT.
DAVID P. HOLTON, M. D.,
124 "West 54th Street, New York.
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT.
SEYMOUR A. BAKER, I). D.,
100 3d Street, (W. D.), Brooklyn, N. Y.
COR. SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN.
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Exchanges i hi has, on hand, dupli-
H
(published by the D". Q. Club,) the Fish <.■„.,>). ,.,,,[
and several other works, which will be exi banged t n
'gies, local histories, biographies, etc. For
terras of exchange, a. Mi ss Dr. W . Fred. Hokom.be, oi
East 25th Sta ,rk.
AMERICAN GENEALOGY.
1 rfi 1 Ki I -ION 1IO ANi I .
Our readers have doubtless seen in the
papers a report of ihe recent meeting oi the
Lyman family at the little village of Nono-
tuck, at .Mount Tom, in Mass. The X. Y.
Evening Mail, in ooticing this celebration,
makes stun.' jusl observations setting forth
the real imporl of such demonstrations.
•• First, they show that in this countrj a man may
•• have a grandfathei " and be proud oi I hi
■I may have no oiiiainoiil.il 0]
" noble " handle to his name, It i- the fashion with
our playn rights, aovelists, and paragraphists b
sport oi oui " a ■ rich" v
the humiliating fact that their fathers or grandfathers
w< re i and honest laborers, and the gam
m tte. I >i all tonus of sno
and most unnatural. But our Yanl
avoid this stumbling block of offence. They go back
through a line of John Smiths to the Maj
nine-tenths of whom were poor men and the majority
manual laborers. They take pride in an n
that h:i , thrift,
manliness, and more or less of the Christian
1 hej in i > point out with pride a t m emini n1 d
lawyers, statesmen, or other intellectual m i
but the stock m the main show-, its noble and endur-
ing traits m I i hand struggles with the
ities of life.
" It is only in the past few year-, compaj
that the Xew England genealogies ha;
iily investigated, and the results have filled
the seekers with an honorable pride. It b
said by those who have delved deep! in I oi
ides of the water, that the proportion of
New England families who can show a c
clearly marked lini oi descent from the best
- .eater than in the mothi i
If. We hriin be la ue.
'■ these investigations show the fruitfulness of the
hard} stoi k which was trans] lant d fri
England of the time of the Stuarts to the stony soil
of Xew England."
*% A Committee of this Society has in
preparation a circular Form of Genealogi-
cal Inquiry, designed to be used by all
whu are engaged in correspondence with a
view to obtain genealogical information. In
view of the great importance of making such
a form as perfect as possible, the Committee
respectfully request that practical genealo-
gists, throughout the country, will favor them
with copies of forms which they are them-
selves using, or with any suggestions which
may aid them in their work. Address the
Librarian.
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BULLETIN OF THE N. Y. GENEALOGICAL
„*# Donations of genealogical works, town
histories, biographies, funeral, historical and
commemorative sermons, addresses, etc.,
church manuals, military muster rolls, etc.,
etc., are respectfully solicited for the Library.
Old Directories, Town and State Registers,
and College Catalogues particularly desired.
*** Clergymen can help us in the forma-
tion of our library by sending us copies of
any church manuals, historical sermons, fu-
neral discourses, preached and published
during their own pastorate, or by their pre-
decessors. Also, by copies in MS. of the old
records of their churches and parishes.
#% Physicians frequently have an oppor-
tunity, while visiting their patients, of pro-
curing copies of valuable pamphlets, books,
family records, etc., which they could "have
for the asking," and which would prove very
acceptable and important to the purposes
of this Society.
*** Town Clerks are, by the Constitution
of this Society, members ex-officio thereof, and,
from their position, can contribute largely to
the value of our collections, by sending us
copies of curious historical documents, lists
of births, marriages and deaths, etc., etc.,
from the records in their charge.
NOTES ON BOOKS.
THE GILMAN GENEALOGY, by Arthur Gil-
man, of Lee, Mass. Albany : Joel Munsell, 1869.
Sm. 4to. pp. xii, 324.
We have seldom, if ever, examined a gen-
ealogy (in which we were not personally in-
terested) with so much pleasure, as we en-
joyed in the perusal of this. Handsomely
printed by Munsell. and well illustrated by
very excellent and well engraved steel plate
portraits, as well as wood cut views of locali-
ties in England and this country, associated
with the family history — the external appear-
ance of the volume leaves nothing to be
desired. The contents evince the same con-
scientious and loving care and accuracy.
The English portion of the history is full and
interesting — the biographies numerous and
well written, and the arrangement convenient
— while reference to any person or anything
mentioned in the book, is rendered perfectly
easy and comfortable, by the numerous indexes
of persons, families, places, books referred to,
etc., which are given. That one devoted to
the Gilman family has a very convenient
arrangement, one that we have never before
seen employed for distinguishing the various
persons bearing the same christian name. It
is to give the date of birth and decease of
each, thus :
Joseph 1680. 40.
1738. 1800 118.
1772. 1772 200.
The edition consists of three hundred copies
in small quarto, and twenty copies on large
paper; these last having eleven additional
photographs. u. r. s.
IN MEMORIAM. A Biographical sketch of John
William Bessac ; with some account of his family,
by George Park, and Benjamin L. Bessac.
Albion, N. Y. Tress of Bruner Bio's, 1863.
This pamphlet of twenty-two pages, con-
tains an interesting biography of Jean-Guil-
laume Bessac, who was born in the parish of
Monvalant, France, Feb. 4, 1760; came to
America in 1779, settled first at Jersey City,
N. J.; thence, about 1788, removed to Hud-
son, N. Y.; again moved about 1809, to
Green, N. Y., where he died in 1824. Also, a
genealogy of his decendants. d. w. p.
MY "WIFE AND MY MOTHER. Hartford : Wil-
liams, Wiley & Waterman, 1864, 12o. 312 pp.
and 84 additional pages of Genealogy. (Privately
printed.)
This compactly printed volume, prepared
by Heman H. Barber, for many years well
known as Probate Judge of Hartford County,
Conn., contains very full biographies (with
extracts from correspondence) of his de-
ceased wife, Frances Elizabeth (daughter of
Merlin and Clarissa) Merrill, and of his
mother, Naomi (daughter of Solomon and
Hannah) Humphrey, both of Barkhamsted,
Conn.
The Genealogical portion, separately paged,
displays a great amount of research and care-
ful thought, and traces his wife's lineage to
the following families, viz.: Merrill, Jordan,
Watson, Mmsh, Webster, Lyman, Ford, Pratt,
Shepard, Greenhill, Scott, Blanchard, Jhuks.
Newton, Wells, White, Crow, Goodwin, Clark,
Gillett, Jones, Treadway, Hoivc, Barnes, Worth-
ington, Broun, Ball, Graves, Clark. His
mother's lineage is traced to the families, of
Humphrey, Grant, Chapin, Mills, Buett, Euy-
gles, Dyer, Woodbridge, Dudley, Leete, ll'ujhy.
Holcomb, Bliss, Chajxin, Drake, Moore, Bunce,
Gillett, Loomis, Scott, Eggleston, Hooker, Owen,
Wade, Eno and Bidwell. H. R. s.
AND B10CRA1M11CAL SOCIETY.
REGI81 EB "1 I ill. AYLSWORTH 1 \MI I Y.
by Sylvesteb A.ylsworth. (Ttica: Bennet,
S Hawli \, 1840.
This is a pampblet of twelve pages, with-
oul cover, giving one lint- ol the family, with-
out dates for four generations, except in the
family of William Aylsworth, of the fourth
generation, whose descendants seem to I"'
fully named, and in three of the households
full dates are given. An appendix of three
pages contains some account of other bran-
ches, without dates, and the author's conclu-
sions that Arthur Aylsworth was horn in
Wales in 1656, and was a brother of Tbeo-
philus who. in 1664, fled to Holland, remained
several years, spelling his name " Elswort,"
then with his family settled in the city of
New York, whei.- many of the descendants
still remain. They spell their name ''Els-
worth." He also supposes that another
brother fled in 1670, and settled in Connecti-
cut, whose descendants "spell their names
Ellsworth ;' and says, "to this family belonged
Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth, who was born
ai Windsor, Ct., April 29th, 1745, and died
1807, aged 62 years, and William W. Ells-
worth, present Governor of that State." Un-
fortunately for this last conclusion the ances-
tor of the Ellsworths of Windsor, had been
many years in that place before 1670.
Arthur Aylsworth came to America about
1681, married Mary Brown, of Providence,
R. I, and settled in North Kingston, R. I.,
where lie died in 17"2">, aged 69 years.
r>. w p.
dolpb, of Cowles, and Jane Boiling, his w ife ;
Richard Randolph, .Jr.. of Cowles, and Anne
Meade his wife; Thos Boiling, <>i Cobbs
and Betty (bay his wife; John Blair, of Su-
preme Court of the U. S. ; Rev. Huv.li Blair;
William Boiling, of Boiling Ball, and Mary
his wife daughter ol Richard Randolph, of
Cowles, and Ann Meade Boiling, daughter of
i 'ol. William : ol Robert Boiling of Chelowe,
the author of the memoir. u. B. s.
of a portion of the BOLLIXH Family, in
England and Virginia. Richmond, Va. : W. II.
W id &l ..1 ■■ B, ix. lis.
This interesting volume, which we have
merely glanced at. in a friend's library, forms
No. IV of "Wynne's Historical Documents from
the Old Dominion, ' and consists mainly of a
Memoir of the Boiling Family, written by
Robert Boiling, of Chellowe, Buckingham
Co.. Virginia, — translated from the original
French manuscript, by John Robertson, Jr.,
son of William 1863. It is printed in small
quarto form and is curiously illustrated by
excellent portraits, photographs from original
paintings ol Robert Boiling, husband of Jane
Rolte, granddaughter of Pocahontas ; John
Boiling, son of Jane Rolfe; Mary Kennon,
wife of said John Boiling ; John Belling, Jr.,
and Elizabeth Blair, his wife : Richard Ran-
lants »f EDWARD THURSTOX, of the
Colony of Rhode Island. X,w York : 1868. 8vo.
pp. 70.
Genealogy of CHARLES MYRICK THURSTON,
and of his wife RACHEL HALL PITMAN, for-
merly of Newport, R. I. New York: 1865. 8vo,
pp. 80.
Descendants of JOHN PITMAN, of the Colony of
Rhode Island. XewYork: 1865. 8vo. pp. 48.
These three well printed, well arranged and
compact genealogies are the work of Mr.
Charles Myrick Thurston, of New Rochelle,
Westchester Co., N. Y. ; and 250 copies of
each were printed at the joint expen
Richard Lathers, Allan Mellville, Rachel II.
Banington, Rachel II. Thurston and the
author. Copies, we understand, will be sent
postpaid, to those interested who are willing
to contribute toward the cost of printing, —
Nos. 1 and 2, at $1 each ; No. 3, at 7~> cents.
These works evince a great amount of care-
ful research and are peculiarly rich in gen-
ealogical matter relating to other Rhode
Island families, such as the Uoggcshalls, Peck-
hams, Clarkes, Halls, Brotcnells, Rogers, Ather-
tons, Trowbridges, Smiths, Coffins, etc. The
copies of these pamphlets presented to the
Society's Library, by the author, are enriched
by a great number of manuscript additions.
references, etc. u. r. s.
Genealogies in Preparation.
Alexander. Mi-- E. I . Jay, 296 Madison Avenue,
New York, is engaged on a genealogy of the
dants of James Alexander, who ca erica in
i 1715.
.1 herlon. 11. B. Atherton, Editor, Nashua, X. II.,
is working on Atlinicm Records.
Bancroft. J.M. Bancroft, 1'. 0. Hex 382, New
Y..i b i Sty, is preparing a l'« nealogy ■•>' In- family, and
will be glad to receive information, copies from rec-
ords, and tradition- concerning the family.
Corurin and Joy. lev. Edward T. Corwin, ol Mill-
stone, N. •' .. i "ini i ted with biographi 5 publish d of
( llergj men of tin Reformi <l Dub b I hui
Lug up an account of the whole Corwin family,
also, of the Joy Family.
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BULLETIN OF THE N. Y. GENEALOGICAL
Grant D. Williams Patterson, of Newark Valley,
Tioga Co., N. Y., is engaged in tracing the descen-
dants of Mathew Grant, of Windsor, Conn., whocamc
to America, A. D. 1630, and was the ancestor of Gen.
U. S. Grant, President, &e.
Hodge. O. J. Hodge, of Cleveland, 0., is working
up Hodge family genealogy, and wants information.
Holcom.be. By Wm. Frederic Holcombe, M. D.,
Address, 54 E. 25th Street, New York City.
Holden. Frederic A. Holden, P. O. BoxGIG, Wash-
ington, D. C, author of the Genealogical work on the
Capron family, is now engaged in compiling the rec-
ords of the Holden family.
Bolton— Farwell— Parsons— Winslow. Genealogi-
cal and Historical farts relating to any of these fami-
lies may be sent to David P. Holton, M. D., 121 West
54th Street, New York City.
Johnson. William Johnson, 355 Broadway, New
York City, has some MS. notes of Johnson Family.
Norton. Charles B. Norton, formerly of New York
City, now in Paris, has prepared a MS. Genealogy of
the Norton Family.
Feet. William Peet, Esq., 192 Broadway, New
York City, has records of his ancestry bearing the same
family name with himself.
Prescott. Dr. Wm. Prescott, Concord, N. H., has
been for over thirty years collecting material for Me-
morials of the Prescott family in America.
Root. The Genealogy of the Root Family, prepared
by Rev. James P. Root of Perry Center, N. Y., is now
passing through the press under the immediate care
of R. C. Root, Esq., of 62 Liberty Street, New York.
Spelman. By Capt. Benjamin Root Speiman, 582
Broadway, Albany, N. Y.
Stafford. By Martin L. Stafford, P. 0. Box 2836,
New York City.
Temple. William Temple, East Woburn, Mass.,
has MS. records of the Temple family.
Uplumt. S. C. Parkhurst, care of R. H. Berdell,
320 Broadway, New York City, is interested in this
line of research.
Local Histories in Preparation.
Brooklyn, N. Y., History of, by Henry R. Stiles, M.
1). The second volume of this work is now published.
500 pages, 8vo. with over 30 illustrations; is very rich
in biographies of the earlier Bfooklynites. The third
and last volume, will be ready in January, 1870.
Chester, N. H. The history of this Township by
Mr. Benjamin Chase, is just through the press.
Kit Held, Conn. Randolph Pease, Esq., is preparing
a history of this Town.
Granville, Mass. Genealogies are preparing by S.
15. Barlow, M. D., 55 East 21st Street, N. Y. City.
IpswUh, Mass. The Town Clerk has a book in
which the ancient families are arranged on separate
pages, in the order of their first coming to the town.
Lunenburg, Mass. George A. Cunningham of that
place is preparing a history of the Town, with gene-
alogies of its early settlers.
Newark Valley, N. Y. D. Williams Patterson of
this place is engaged in preparing a volume, giving the
graveyard inscriptions and genealogies of the town.
Queensbury, N. Y. A. W. Holden of Glen's Falls,
N. Y., is preparing "a History of the Town of Queens-
bury " from its earliest settlement, including genea-
logical records, biographical sketches and notices of
local celebrities. It will be issued to subscribers in a
small 8vo. of 450 pages at $5.00 a copy.
Reading, Mass. Hon. Billy Eaton of Wakefield,
Mass. (formerly South Reading), has been for several
years engaged upon a History of Reading and South
Heading.
West Springfield, Mas-. Rev. Mr. Grout, of West
Springfield, Mass., is preparing a list from his Church
records of members who have been connected with
that Church.
Biographies in Preparation.
Alexander. The life of Joseph Addison Alexander,
D. D., of Princeton, N. J. By Rev. H. C. Alexan-
der. 'Chas. Scribner i£ Co., N. Y\)
Bonaparte. History of Joseph Bonaparte. By J.
S. C. Abbott. (Harper it Bros.. N. Y.)
Cobb. Memorial Volume of Hon. Howell Cobb.
Edited by S. Boykin. (LippincoU d- Co., Phil.)
Gough. Bill, Nichols & Co., Springfield, Mass., are
about to issue a new volume of " Personal Recollec-
tions," by John B. Gough.
Hows. Prof. John W. Hows, is preparing a vol-
ume for the Press, entitled, "My Personal Recollec-
tions of Actors ami Acting."
Rawlins. Gen. W. S. Hillyer, formerly Chief of
Gen. Grant's Statf, has in preparation the life of the
late Maj. Gen. Rawlins.
Raymond. The Life of Henry J. Raymond, late
Editor of the New York Times,is preparing by Au-
gustus Maverick, Esq., of the X. V. Evening Post.
Root. Rev. David Root, late of Chicago, now of
Philadelphia, has in preparation a volume of Autobi-
ographical Reminiscences, in connection with Memor-
ials of his family.
Webster. The Life of Daniel Webster. By George
Ticknor Curtis. (/>. Apphton <(• Co., N. Y.)
Weed. Mr. Thurlow Weed is devoting himself to
the preparation of Personal Recollections of Public
Life and Public Men, to be supplemented by letters
from Clay, Webster, Jackson and most of the men
who have occupied a leading position in political life,
during the last half-century.
Williams College. Lee .V Shepard will have ready
"The Biographical Annals of Williams College"
early in the new year. It will be a 500 page octavo,
with numerous engravings.
RECENT GENEALOGIES.
[Such of the following as were published before the
year L868arenot included in Wiutmoke's American
Genealogist.]
AYLS WORTH. A Register of the Aylsworth Fam-
ily, beginning with Arthur, containing a regular
descent through the male line from him down to
the seventh generation. By Sylvester Aylsworth
of the tilth generation, son of William and Catha-
rine. Utica : Bennett, Backus and Hawley,
Franklin Squire. . 1840. 8vo. pp. 12.
BtSSAC. In Memoriam. A Biographical Sketch
of the Life of John William Bessac ; with some
account of his Family. Prepared for private circu-
lation, by George Park, Esquire, his son-in-law,
and Benjamin L. Bessac, his grandson. Albion,
N. Y : Press of Brunei- Bro's., American Office.
1863. pp. 22.
AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
BOLLING- A Memoir of a portion of the Boiling
family in England and Virginia. Printed for
private distribution. Richmond, Va.: W. II.
Wadi .v Co., 18G8. Sm. tto. pp. is. I 8.
BOOTHE. The family of Richard Boot he, (an orig-
inal Bettler in Stratford, Conn.,) traced through
sonic branches of hi- posterity, and introduced by
fragmentary notes on Ancient Strai 5Tev
Yoik : C. S. V\ , No. 79
John Street, 1862. 12o. pp. 3, 64. MapandlUus.
DOD. Oi ii alogi - of the male descendants of D mil 1
I li d, of Bi of 1 ingland.
LI 16 to L* t. Bj Bethucl I.. Dodd, M . D., and
John l;. Bi k, X. J. : Planted at the
Daily Advertiser Office, 1864. Bvo. pp. 221 ; chart.
ELMF.R. Genealogy and Biography of the Elmer
family. Compiled by Lucius Q.C. Elmer. (Print-
ed for the use of the family 0 ■ *x- •' ■ :
Nixon & Potter, Printers, Commerce and I
sti. ets. I860 .64.
GILMAN The Oilman Family traced in the line of
Hon. John Oilman, of Exeter, X. II., with an
account of many other Gilmans in England
and Americ i. By Arthur Oilman, A. M. Albany,
X. V: Joel Munsell, 82 State Sti it. 1869. Sm.
4to. pp. xiii, S24. Portrait and Cuts.
HASTINGS. Dhe 11 istu AG aeal-
ogical account of the descendants of Thomas Ha t-
■ I rom 1634 I > L864.
With an Appendix and Index. Boston: Samuel
O.Drake, Publisher, 13 Bromfield Sti et. 1866.
8vo. pp. 183.
GRANT. TheAnccstrj of General Grant and their
Contemporaries. By Edward I M trshall,
A.M. New York: Sheldon & Company, 198 &
500 Broadway, 1869. 12o. pp. xiii, 186.
JANES. The Janes Family. A Genealogy and Brief
History of the Descendants of William Janes, the
emigrant Ancestor "t lii:;7, with an extended no-
tice of Bishop Edmund S. Janes, D. D., an.
• iphical Sketches. B] th Rev. Frederic
Janes. NewYork: JohnH.Dingm n,654 I
way;(C. Scribner & Co. 1868.) 8vo. pp. 419. Por-
traits.
KEVES. A brief notice of the late Thomas
of West Boylston, together with a short In
account of his descendants, and also of his
try, with some incidents and circumstances connec-
t i therewith. Worcester: Henry J. Rowland,
Printer, No. 245 Main Street. 1v'j7. 12. >. pp.75.
LAWRENCE. Historical Genealogy of the 1. w-
rence Family, from their firs! landing in thi
try, A. D. 1635, to the pri si at date, July It
Bj [nomas Lawrence of Providence, Rhode Island.
NewYork: Printed by Edward 0. Jenkins, No.
26Frankfo 240.
LAWRFNCE. The Genealogy of the Family of
John Lawrence, of in Suffolk, England,
and of Watertown and tiroton, M
a: Published for the Author by Nichols &
Noyes, 117 Washin - fc. 1869. 8vo. |
MUDGE. Memorials. B graphical
and Historical account of the name of Mudge in
America from 163J . A. Mudgi
trait. 8vo. pp. 443. Boston: A. Mudge & Son,
Printers, 1868. $6.00.
MYWIFEAND MY MOTHER. Hartford: Will-
iams, Wiley and Waterman, 1864. 12o. pp312,84.
PECK. A Oenealogical History of the descendants
of Joseph Peck, who emigrated with bis family to
this count: \ Record of bis Fathei 'e and
Orandfathi r'sfan md ; with the pedi-
gree extending hark from son to rather foi twi nty
generations; with their Coat of Anas and copies
of Wills. Also, an Appendix, giving an
of the Boston and Hingham Pei ks, th
of John Peck, of Mendon, Ma . Deacon Paul ol
Hartford, Deacon William and Henrj oi Wevi Ha-
: it Milford, < lonn., with portraits
of distinguished persons from steel engravings.
By ha B. Peck. Printed by Alfred Mudge ,^ Son,
Boston. L868. Bvo. pp. 412.
PITMAN. Descendants of John Pitman, the Bj t ol
in in i C ilony of Rhode Island, i
ted Myrick Thurston. New York :
The Trow and Smith Hook Maaul'aetui in
46, 48, 50 Greene Street, 1868. Bvo. pp. 18.
PRATT. Hi. Pratt Family, or the Descendants of
Lieut. William Pratt, one of the tii I
Hartford and Say-Brook, with I notes
of John Pratt of Hartford ; Petei PrattofLyne;
i i I ir) ol Say-B k. By I:, v. F.
W. i'Ii. i|. man, A. M., author of the Chapman
Family, member of the Connecticut Hi torical
Society, and of the New England Historic and
1 Society. Hartford: Printed by Case,
Lockwood & Co. Ml>< i CLXIV. Bvo. pp. 121.
SLAFTER .Memorial of John Slaft.r. with a Gen-
oa] account of hi- descendants, including
eight !•> the Rev. Edmund 1-'. Shif-
ter. A. M. Privately printed for the Family.
Boston: PressofHenry W. Dutton & Son, 90 &
92 Washington Street. 1869. 8vo. pp. x, 155.
I'..! traits and Front i pi ce.
STRANAHAN; JOSSELYN : FITCH: and DOW.
tlogics of the Stranahan, Josselyn, Fitch and
Dow Families in North America. (Privately prin-
ted.) Brooklyn, X. Y.: 1868. 8vo. pp. 126. Chart.
TH U RSTON . 1 (escendants of Edward Thurston, the
first of the name in the Colony of Rhode Island.
Collected by Charles Myrick Thurston. New
York : The Trow & Smith Book Manufacturing
Co., 46, 48, 50 Greene Street. 1868. 8vo.pii.7n.
TODD. The Todd Genealogy ; or, Register of the
adants of Adam Todd, of the names of Todd,
SVhetten, Brevoort, Coolidge, Bristed, Sedgwick,
Kane, Renwick, Bull, Huntington, Dean, Aster,
Beutzen, Langdon, Boreel, "\Yilks, l)e Nottbeck,
Ward, Chanler, Cary, Tiebout, Bruce, Robbing,
Waldo, Woodhull, Odell, Greene, and Foster, with
notices and genealogies of many persons and fami-
lies connected with the before mentioned descen-
dants. Bj Richard Henry Greene, A. M. New
York: Wilbur & Hastings, Publishers, Xo. 40
Fulton Street. 1867. 8vo. pp. 143, xvii.
WEAVER. History of Ancient Wind!
y. Contarnio gical record of all the
early families of Ancient Windham, embracing the
present towns of Windham, .Man-iield, Hamilton,
■ md. Part 1. A. — Bil. By William
B. Wi aver, editor of the Willimantic Journal,
Willimantic: Weaver & Curtis, 1864. Bvo.pp. 112.
WYNKOOP. Wynkoop Family; a Preliminary
Genealogy. By Richard Wynkoop of the City oi
York. X.w York : Press of Wynkoop &
Hallenbeck, 113 Pulton Street. 1866. 8vo. pp.34.
g BULLETIN OF THE N. Y. GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
DONATIONS TO THE SOCIETY,
FROM ITS ORGANIZATION.
From Henri/ R. Stiles, M. D., New York City :—
in fc.of Bundling; Valentine's N.Y. Corporation Man-
L862and L866; Hazard's Annals of Pcnnsyl-
vania; Riker's Annals of Newtown, L. I.; Onder-
donk's Revolutionary Incidents of Kings and Suffolk
Cos, X. Y.; Bergen Genealogy; Huntington's Hist.
of Stamford, Ct. ; Grosvenor's Hist. 1st Cong. Church
of Woodstock, Ct. ; Hist, of "Windsor, Conn.andSup-
I ;n ni; Documentary Hist, of N. V., 4 vols.;
French's G izeteerof N. Y. State, 1860; Memorial of
Gen. Jer. Johnson; Wallabout Prison ship Series,
No. 2; Calendar of N. V. Land Papers; Calendar of
X. Y. Hist. Doc, 2 vols ; Onderdonk's Queens Co. in
the Olden Time; Holt Genealogy ; Whitmore's Amer-
ican Genealogist; Durrie's Index to American Gene-
ologies, (2 copies); Levi Hanford's Life ; J. H. Trum-
bull's Notes on Connecticut Statutes; Dr. Shurtleffs
Suburban Notes and his "Boston, so years ago;"
Genealogj of (Massachusetts) Stiles Family; ditto of
Connecticut Stiles Family; Autobiography of Thos.
Douglass; Manual of King's Co. Med. Soc. ; Manual
oflstPres. Ch. Durham, N. Y. ; Reynold's Will-
iamsburgh Directory, 1851-2 ; Statistics and Popula-
tion of City and Co. of N. Y., 1866; Memoir W. J.
Davis; Civil List. X. Y. 1868, and 10 pamphlets.
Uso ;l ilu) 'iii-aic genealogies for purposes of Library
exchange. -Total, 32 bd. vols., and 48 pamphlets.
From Wm. Fred. Holcombe, M. D., Xew York fily:
-Mene.ir of Rev. 0. A. Taylor; X". Y. Colonial Doc-
uiii mts, 11 vols, folio ; Memoir -Mrs. Susan B. Hunt-
ington ; Life Col. Gardiner ; Matthew's Recollections
of X. Y. City ; XT. Y. State Lib'y Catalogue, 3 vols. ;
and pamphlets.— Total, 20 bd. vols, and 207 pamphlets.
From Ledyard Bill, New York City:— Life of John
II. W. Hawkins ; Life, Campaign and Battles of Gen.
Grant; New York Marriages; Valentine's Hist, of
City of X. Y.; Lossing's Life of Gen. Schuyler, vol. I ;
Hunt Genealogy ; Bowditch's Suffolk Surnames ; Hist.
Connecticut in the War; Army and Navy Journal,
2 vols. ; Pen Pictures of the War ; Hist, of Southern
Rebellion, 2 vols. ; Abbot's Hist. Civil War, 2 vols. ;
Bill Family Genealogy; Vinton Genealogy; Dana
and Wilson's Life of Grant ; Holland's Life Lincoln ;
etc., etc.— 32 bd. vols., 25 pamphlets and several news-
papers.
From S. E. Stiles, Xew York City. — Life, Eulogy
and Orations of Webster; Hist, of James McLean,
1814 ; Drisler's Comni. Discourse on Prof. Chas. An-
thon ; Barber's Hist. Collections of Connecticut ;
Trumbull's Hist, of Connecticut, 3 vols, (with auto-
graph letter of author) ; Manual 1st Church of East
Windsor, Conn., with autograph letter of Rev. David
McClure, 1799 ; Miss Warren's Hist. Am. Revolu-
tion, 3 vols. ; Tribute to Rev. Dr. D. C. Lansing ;
Ramsay's Life of Washington ; etc. — 9 vols, and 12
pamphlets.
From Samuel G. Drake, Boston, Mass : — The first 15
vols, of the X. Fug. Genealogical Register; Medford
Genealogies ; Lane Family Papers ; Founders of Xew
England; Old Indian Chronicle; Stetson Family;
Drake Genealogy ; Memoir of S. G. Drake ; etc. etc.
— 5 bd. vols., 16 unbound; and 13 pamphlets.
From Her. Ephraim Abbot, Westford, Mass.: — The
Abbot Genealogy.
From J. M. Bancroft, New York City : — Parish Tax
last of West Parish, loading, Mass., 1868 ; etc. etc.
— 1 vol., 2 pamphlets.
From Eil. M. Barton, Worcester, Mass. : — Epitaphs
from Burial Place on Worcester Common.
From Chandler P. Chapman, Madison, Wis.: — The
Fiske Genealogy.
From Bee. Ed. Tanjore Corwin, Millstone, X. J.: —
Centennial of Millstone, N. J. ; Manual of Ref. Dutch
Church in America.
From Col. W. W. H. Davis, Doylestown, Pa.:— The
Hart Genealogy ; Hist, of the 104th Penn. Vols.
From John Ward Dean, Boston, Mass: — Four Bio-
grap. and Geneal. pamphlets.
From Rev. Ctias. F. Deems, D. D., New York City:
— Annals of Southern Methodism, for 1856 ; Last
Ninety Days of the War.
From Henry N. DanneV, New York City:— The
Dunnell & Dwinnell Genealogy.
From Hon. Lilly E item, Wakefield, Mass : — Inaug-
uration Exercises of Town of Wakefield.
From Widow of Capt. Thos. Endicott, of Sterling,
Mass: Six log-Books ; 16 volumes and 9 pamphlets.
From WillardL. Felt. New York City .-—The Glover
Memorial and Genealogy.
From II. M. Gardiner, Brooklyn, .Y.J"..- — Two pam-
phlets.
From Arthur Gilman, Lee, Mass. : — The Oilman
( iellealogy.
From S Hastings Grant. New York Ci'Zy:— New
York City during the American Revolution; Narra-
tive of Maj. Abraham Leggett ; Iowa Ad't. General's
Report 18(i5 ; and 6 pamphlets.
From Gabriel Harrison, Brooklyn, X. 1". : — 10 pam-
phlets.
From Chas. H. Hart, Philadelphia, Pa. .-—Memorial
of W. H. Prescott.
From Leonard Hazle.tine, New York:— I pamphlet.
From F. S Hoffman, Esq., New York City:— King-
man's Hist. North Bridgewater, Mass. ; Hist, of
Southampton, X. Y. ; Burke and Alvord Genealogy.
From Dr F. B. Hough, Lowville, N. Y.:— Memoir
of Jas. T. Leonard, and 2 Biog. pamphlets.
From Rev. Geo. R. Howell, .>/'. Morris, X. )'. .- —
Hist. Southampton, L. I. ; and MS. Genealogy of a
portion of the Seymour family, in the U. S.
From Benj. Howland, Xew York City:— A copy of
the Howland Pedigree and coat of arms.
Fmm Rev. E. B. Huntington, of Stamford, Conn.:
Genealogy of the Huntington family; History of
Stamford, Conn.; Milford, (Conn.) Military Memo-
rial.
From Rev Frederic Janes, Dana, Mass.: — The Janes
family Genealogy.
From John J. Lading, New York City: — Centen-
nial of Glen Cove, L. I.
From Rev. John Lawrence, Reading, Mass.:— The
Lawrence Genealogy.
From J. S. Loring, Brooklyn, X. Y.:—b volumes
and 12 pamphlets.
From S.J Mary, Xew York City :— The Macy Gen-
ealogy ; and a MS. Genealogy of the Coffin family.
From Chas. B. Moore, Esq., New York City: The
X. Y. Civil list, 1867 ; Southold Indexes.
From X. Y. Chamber of Commerce, through George
Wilson, Secretary : — The Reports of the Chamber of
Commerce, from 1800 to 1869, in 9 vols.
From D. Williams Patterson, Newark Valley, Tioga
Co., N. Y.: Patterson Genealogy.
From R>r. A. P. Putnam, D.D., Brooklyn, X. Y :-
16 pamphlets.
From Quarter- Master General. U. S. Army, Wash-
inglon:— The Roll of Honor— complete set, lacking 1
number.
From Thos. Band Reynolds. X. Y. :— 1 volume.
From Rev. J. P. Root, Perry Centre, X. Y :—
Manual of Church at Perry.
From Rev. E. P. Slajter, Boston, Mass.:— The Shif-
ter family memorial.
From Hon. J. S. T. Stranahan, Brooklyn, X. Y.: —
Memorial of the Stranahan, Josselyn, Fitch and Dow
families.
From Chas. M. Thurston, of New Rochelle, X Y.: -
Genealogy of the Thurstons and Pitmans of Rhode
Island; Valentine's X. Y. Corporation Manual for
1864.
Front Dr. Henry A. Wheatland, Salem, Mass. : -13
pamphlets pub. by Essex Institute.
From D. P. Corey: — Bi-Centcnnial of Maiden, Mass.
*** Wanted, (by gift or exchange) to com-
plete the set now owned by the Society, any
volumes of the New England Genealogical
Register, since 1861. Address Librarian.
THE NEW YORK
(JfiiFfllogiral mh JBiograjiljirfll Jfororo.
Vol. I.
NEW YORK, JANUARY, 1870.
No. 1.
THE ANNUAL MEETING
of the Society was held ai their rooms on
Wednesday, January "itli, 1870, II. It. Stiles,
M I>.. presiding.
'I'll.' Treasurer presented his report, show-
ing the receipts of the Society from Match
L6th, L869, to be
Prom Initiation fees. $165 00
V early dues, 150 00
" Life memberships, 200 00 1516 00
ami the disbursements to be ■j.i'.s s;,
Leaving a balance of $:M6 15
of which 6i2< »<) has been invested on account
of the permanent fund.
The 1 ibrarian repot ted that the library had
received, within ten months, 383 bound vol-
umes, and over 100 pamphlets, besides many
portraits and several maps, charts and auto-
graphs, all of which were by donation.
The Annual Report of the Executive Com-
mittee, showed that there were now regularly
enrolled 77 members; of whom 36 were Resi-
dent,. 36 Corresponding, 1 Honorary and 4
Life It set forth the substantial progress
already made by the Society in various de-
pal inents. closing with the following perti-
ne t appeal for industrious cooperation.
The wort before as, as a Society, demands the
nest, unselfish, united and unremitting exer-
tion of each member. Our membership, already re-
in numbers and nudity, needs to be brought
lal maximum which shall insure our perma-
nency ..a a proper pecuniary basis. The pursuit of
Genealogy i- no Longer ignored by the intelligent and
influential classes of society. Its value is becoming
more widely a] ,,, ], [fwe ;,„. in
earnest, we -hill find no difficulty in adding to our
number, very many earnest workers, both men and
women.
Our Library, also, needs our united andsj
labor to secure its proper increase and establishment.
The generosity of our friends has placed upon our
shelves the nucleus of a very fine collection of geneal-
ogies, biographies, local history, etc.— but mui b, very
much, needs yet to be done. Everyone of as should
duty to contribute of his means—
and to solicit of his friends and correspondents, such
books, pamphlets, mss., records, etc., as are a]
ate to the purposes of this society. It is wonderful to
note what any one can do— however limited may be
his means or his acquaintance— if he only carries such
a purpose around with him, in his daily walks and life.
me all that he could,
our library, this evening, would be treble its
si/,.' and valui i , cerl iin fo
ilogical reference, which it is important
tor u- to have as soon as pi ,,, ■], ,.
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary; Farmer's A. w
England Settlers; Binman'
cut; Bond's WaUrloum; and the volumes of the N.
i-trr. since I860, t > i omplete the
" I ■ ' a us by our Honorary M. mber,
Samuel (i. Drake, Esq., of Boston. A set of the
Historical Magazim isverj desirable; and anj or all
of the' b ilD iries. Dr. >,
Annals of '■'<■ lm ri m Pulpi I hi Co
Quarterly and works of thai class u<.uid prove invalu-
r $150,— in donations
of any size, would, to use a popular phrase, "Sei us
up" if judiciously applied in the purchase of such gen-
ealogical works as are no* to be found on sale in the
market.
" "We have, by a wise provision of our By-Laws, a
Building Fund. If we had a similar permanent Book
i and, the Lnti n -t of which could be annually applied
to procuring somi of the rarer and privately printed
igies— not otherwise procurable— it would prove
a Lasting blessing to us.
" The publication of th • Bulletin -previously refer-
d, will be continued, during the
coming year. Its importan ommu-
nication with other similai I with geneal-
ogists all over the country, em scarcely be oven -
lam ited. 2 i pi if b i iue, distribut
the leading libraries, societii . genealogists,
authors, publishers, □ in this and neighbor-
ing States, will yield us a return of 1 Lcs, i orri spon-
dence, reputation and assistance which will have
a must powerful influence upon our future sui
a society. Inf. ,cj ty which pu
nothing, i- lost, it influence upon the world is
naught— its best opportunity of power i
OUR SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS.
At a regular meeting, November 27th, 1869,
four resident, and three corresponding mem-
bers were elected; donations of books ac-
knowledged from the Rev. E B. Huntington,
of Stamford, and others. Charles I>. Moore,
Esq., concluded the reading of his paper on
" Dutch and English Intermarriages."
Regular meeting December 11th. ton,
mittee on Pedigrees reported on the Pedi-
grees of Dr. D. P. Holton, Dr. II. R. SLiles,
and S. Edward Stiles, and recommended a
form of certificate to be given to those gen
tlemen; which report was accepted, and the
THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL
proper officers authorized to sign such
certificates.
Augustus Maverick, Esq., of the Evening
Post, read a paper on the life of the late
Henry J. Raymond. Remarks on genealogi-
cal work, were made hy Rev. S. Hanson Cox,
and others, and the first Bulletin of the
Society was presented.
At the Annual Meeting of the Society,
held January 5th, 1870, nominations were
made for one honorary, five corresponding,
and three resident members. Mr. Evelyn
Bartow and Mr. Charles B. Moore presented
their pedigrees, which were duly referred.
The term of office as Trustees, of Messrs.
VVm Fred. Holcombe, Henry R. Stiles, and
S. S. Purple, expiring at this time, they were
on motion, unanimously re-elected for the
term ending Jan. 1st, 1873. Gen. George S.
Gieene and Mr. Charles B. Moore were elec-
ted to fill vacancies in the Board, the former
for one year and the latter for two years from
Jan. 1st, 1870.
Regular meeting, January 22d, 1870. Six
resident, and five corresponding members
elected since last announcement, and John
Romeyn Brodhead, LL. D., was elected an
Honorary member. Librarian leported anum
ber of donations of books, &c, from Jere-
miah Colburn of Boston, S. L. Boaidman of
Augusta, Me., John J. Latting and others.
The following changes in the officers of the
Society, were announced by the President :
Charles B. Moore, as Second Vice-Presi-
dent, vice S. A. Baker, D. D., retired ; — and
John S. Gautier as Trustee and Record-
ing Secretary, vice S. Edward Stiles, resigned.
A vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Stiles,
in recognition of his services to the Society,
as Recording Secretary from its formation.
C. B. Moore, Esq., read a paper on the life
of Ezra L'Hommedieu.
A copy of the Vicksburg, Miss. Citizen, of
July 2d, 1863, printed on common wall
paper, and the last issue of that sheet, was
presented to the Society by Mr. Henry
Howland of Chicago.
w% The April Number of the "Record"
will go to press immediately, and will contain
original articles on the Seymour and Swords
Genealogies. Anything intended for this
Number should be sent in at once.
MEMORIAL OF JOHN TAYLOR,
REFORMER.
In a small cemetery, now inclosed by the
city of Poughkeepsie, are the remains of
John Taylor, an English Reformer, (an ass-o-
ciate with Cobbett,) who fled to this country
to avoid persecution in his own, at the begin-
ning of this century. He died of yellow
fever in the city of New York, not long after
his arrival, and was buried in the then Pot-
ter's Field, now Washington Square. His per-
sonal and political friends in New York erected
a marble slab at the head of his grave, and
there it remained until about the year 1830,
when the bones of the dead in the Potter's
Field were removed. Then, some English
friends of his in Poughkeepsie, where Taylor's
brother had lived and died, earned his re-
mains to be removed to that little village of
about 4,000 inhabitants. They were re -inter-
red in the little cemetery just mentioned,
which had been recently laid out. I " assi.>>t-
ed," as the French would say, at the funeral
ceremonies on that occasion, which took
place at evening twilight of a warm day in
June. I was a lad seventeen years old.
The marble slab at the head of his grave in
Potter's Field, was also taken to Pough-
keepsie, and there re-erected at the head of
his new grave. Upon it, after the usual
record of his name, age, &c, are some me-
morial lines, written by his warm personal
friend, William Roscoe, the eminent poet
of Liverpool, England. These lines are as
follows, quoted from memory :
" Far from his kindred and his native skies.
Here, mouldering in the dust, poor Taylor
lies.
Firm was his mind, and fraught with various
lore,
And his warm heart was never cold before,
He loved his country, loved that spot of earth,
Which gave a Milton, Hampden, Bradshaw
birth ;
But when that country, dead to all but gain.
Bowed its base neck and hugg'd th' oppres-
sor's chain,
Loathing the abject scene, he droop'd, he
sigh'd,
Crossed the wide wave and here, untimely
died.
Stranger! whate'er your country's creed, or
hue,
Go, and like him, the moral path pursue ;
Go, and for Freedom every peril brave.
And nobly scorn to be or hold a slave."
B. J. L.
AND BIOGRAPHICAL RLV<>KI>.
GENEALOGY OF MAJOR-GENERAL
PHILIP SCHUYLER.
Philip Pieterson Schuyler of Amsterdam,
immigrated to New Netherland in 1650, ami
married in Fori Orange (now Albany,) Mar-
garetta Van Slechtenhorst of Newkirk, 1 2 1 i i
December, 1650, whose children were:
1. Gysbert, born 2 July, 1652.
2. Geertruy, " 4 Feb., 1654 ; in.
Stephanos v. Cortlandt.
8. Alida, born 28 Feb., 1656 ; m. 1
Rev. Nicb. v. Renselaer ; 2, Robt.
Livingston.
4. Peter. born 17 Sept., 1657, 1st
Mayor of Albany.
5. Brant, born 18 Dec, 1659.
6. Arent, " 25 June, 1662.
7. Sybilla, " 12 Nov., 1664.
8. Philip, " 8 Feb, 1666.
9. Johannis, " 5 April, 1668.
10 Margaretta" 2 Jan.. 1672.
9. Said Johannis died 25 July. 1747, having
survived his wife ten years. His children
were :
11. Philip; killed by the French at Sara-
toga, 28 November, 1715.
12. John.
18. Margaret, known as "The American
Lady," mar. her cousin Col. Philip
Schuyler, of the Flatts, near
Albany.
14. Catalyntie, married Cornelius Cuyler.
12. This John married Cornelia van Cort-
landt. and died in November, 1741, leaving
the following surviving children :
15. Philip, infra.
16. Stephen.
17. Geertruy; mar. Peter S. Schuyler,
and was a widow in 1758.
18. Cortlandt; was deceased in 1782.
15. Philip S< iu-yi.hr, Major General in the
Revolutionary army, was born in Albany, in
1733; mar. Catharine, da. of Johannis van
Renselaer, Sept, 1755. and died Oct, 1798.
E. B. O'C.
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be addressed to the i: Publication Committee,"
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NEW YORK MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Granted by Lord Cornbury, while Govern-
or of the Province.
These licenses are contained in an old book
of records in this city, and it is believed have
never appeared in print before.
J. S. 0.
17(i2.
Oct. 20th. — Conradus Vanderbeeck, ami
Catherine Cock, widdow.
Oct. 26th.— Ralph Thurman, and
Mary Clouder, widdow.
Oct. 27th. — Thomas Davenport, and
Magarett Lepenar.
Nov. 17th. — William Holloway, and
Elizabeth Holyday.
Nov. 19th. — Abram Van Laer, and
Elizabeth Struddle.
Nov. 20th. — John Grice, and
Deborah Hadlock.
Nov. 27th. — John Heerman, and
Sarah Shrieve.
Nov. 28th. — John Auboyneau, and
Fiances Shukey.
Dec. 5th. — Richard Robinson, and
Mary Chambers.
Dec. 12th. — Richard Harris, and
Mary Baker, widdow.
Dec. 12th. — Arent Schuyler, and
Swantie Dyckhuyse.
Dec. 16th. — Charles Robinson, and
Elizabeth Roesdale.
Dec. 16th.— William Berkley, and
Elizabeth Randall.
Dec. 17th. — Samuel Osborn, and
Katherine Pullion.
Dec. 22d.— William Smith, and
Susanna Monvielle.
Dec. 24th.— Daniell Robt, and
Susanne Nicholas.
Dec. 28th. — John James Minviel, and
Susanne Papin.
Dec. 28th. — John Nedry, and
Jane Allen.
1703.
.Ian. 5th. — Balthazer Dehart. and
Margritta Mauritz.
Jan. 8th. — John Journey, and
Elizabeth DeYou.
Jan. 16th. — Isaac Bedwell and
Hannah Blank.
Jan. 16th. — David Jamisson, and
Johanna Meech.
(To be Continued.)
THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL
THE "TANGIER" SMITH RECORDS.
In the possession of Hon. Selah B. Strong,
of Setauket, L. I., is an extremely well pre-
served manuscript volume, vellum-bound, care-
fully enshrined in a rosewood casket made for
its special reception — and familiarly known in
the family as "The Tangier Book." It is the
record of the family of Colonel William Smith,
the founder of the Tangier Smiths, as they
are designated in contradistinction to the
"Bull" and "Rock" Smiths, the two other
prominent families of that name on Long
Island. Colonel Smith was born in North-
amptonshire, England, and was appointed, by
Charles II to the governorship of the royal
city of Tangier, in Africa — the duties of which
position were efficiently performed by him fo>-
several years. After his recall from that
post, he came to America, arriving, with his
family at New York, August 6, 1686. He
purchased a tract of land, known as Little
Neck, in Brookhaven, Long Islaud, where he
took up his residence in 1689. This, with
additional purchases, were subsequently
erected into a manor, under the name of St.
George's. Mr. Smith was appointed a mem-
ber of the Council of the Province of New
York, of which he became President ; an As-
sociate Judge of the Supreme Court, and
afterwards Chief Justice — and died at Little
Neck, February 18, 1705.
We do not intend however, to give any
biographical notices of Col. Smith or his
numerous and distinguished descendants — but
simply to present an exact copy of the
family record as commenced by himself, in
Tangier, in the year 1675 and continued, by
successive hands, down to 1763.
The entries, which will prove interesting to
a very wide range of genealogical students —
are remarkable for their particularity, and a
quaintness, which at times merges into a
touching pathos.
Before introducing the record itself, how-
ever, we desire to call the reader's attention to
the fact that, in the back part of the same
volume, Mrs. Col. William Smith, kept her
"domestic recipes." She was a lady of un-
usual intelligence and accomplishments, and
according to Thompson's History of Lone
Island " eminently skilled in domestic econ-
omy." A large portion of the "Tangier
Book" is occupied by valuable instructions,
transcribed by her, in respect to culinary con-
cerns and family medicine.
The housewife will here find much valuable
information. She will learn how " to make a
Boyled puden ;" or a " Backed puden ;" or a
" Superexcellent Cack;" or to"Pickell Cow
Cumbers ;" or " to make ye right good sweete
cake;" or "to Frickassee a Rabbitt;" or "to
boyle a Rabbitt;" or " to make a good ffriga-
see of Chickens ;" or " a Quakinge puddinge;"
or a " Calves head pye;" or "a nice puden
in guttes;" or " to boyle a dish of spinege ;"
or "To Make Allmond Pudding in Gutts."
The medical suggestions are plain and
practical. There are prescriptions for " a
Blasted face or pysoned by any ill herb or
wend (weed'?);" "for a ffelon;" "for ye
worms;" "an oyntment for ye Itch;" "a
shure reamedy for ye Janders;" "for def-
ness ;" " to stay spetting of Bloud ;" " to wash
a sore mouth yt hath ye Kings Evil in it or is
sore and notyt;" " for a greate pane in ye
head;" "a plesent Apozen or drinke for a
fever and luceness wch is Coulen and bind-
ding;" "for ye wend Collocke;" " Recete
for sore or Blud Shote eyse;" "for ye yallor
Janders;" "to make a sqenshed milke good
for Luceness & to squence thurst;" " Oyle of
Charety to be taken outwards or inwards;"
"for ye grippen of ye guttes;" ; a medesen
for a borne or scold" — which, being transla-
ted, is a medicine for a burn or scald — and
much more relating to the ills that afflict
humanity.
The beautifying of the person was not for-
gotten, for we find directions for manufactur-
ing "a paist to make ye hands white and
smooth ;" how " to make a perfume ;" " to
wosh ye head to make haregrowe;" "a wosh
for ye faise and necke ;" " to kepe your Tea*h
Sounde ;" "to gitt spots or grese out of
cloth."
We recommend " The Tangier Cook-Book
and House-Keepers' Guide" to some of our
antiquarian publishing houses as an interesting
domestic publication. For the present, how-
ever, we betake ourselves again to " Colonel's
end " of the volume.
Tang1" this twentie-sixth Day of Nouembr1675.
This day beeinge fryday I William Smith
Borne in Newton neare Higham ferris in
Northampton was married to Martha Tun
stall of Putney in the Countie of Surrie, By
Doccf William Turrner in the Protestant
Church in Tanger.
AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
Tang' y" 4'" day of Septemb' 1676.
onea ^''"s '':l-v waa Horne my Daughter
Monday Elizabeth Smith aboul two nI tin'
clocke in the morninge « as< Shrisl Ded
the sixth dayol Septemb' and her Godfather
was my Vhkle William Staines and her God-
mothers ware Mr' Sarah Shadwell the Wife
of John Shadwell Esq1 Record.1 and M"
Hannah Read the Wife of Alexander Morgan
Read, and was christned by Docct' Ames
Crij( ).
Tangr y iil'h Septemb' 16—
onea This '^a-v was home my Sonne John
fryday Smith between nine and. ten o'clock
in the morninge and was Chrissned
the same day in y" Eveninge My Vnkle Wil-
liam Staines and Consul] John Erlisman were
Godfathers and M" Alic(e) holloway was God-
mother) was christened at home by Doccter
Ammins Ci vine beinge St Mathews day
Tang' 22,h Febrv 167^
This Day God Almightie was pleased to
take to hiniselfe my Sonne John Smith who
Died about live of the clocke in ye morninge
and was buried the same Eaveningeby Docct'
Amis Orymes in the Ould Church Yard —
beeinge the day five mounthes hee was
Borne.
Tangr 19th January 167g
onn a This Day was borne my Sonne henry
Monday Smith betweene ten and eleven a
clocke in ye morninge and was
Christned of said moneth inge
his goodfathers ware shere Surveigher
ye Mould and Cap" James Leslie God-
mother was the Wiffe of Phineas
Bowles by Doctor Amis Crymes in
the Protestant Church.
Tangr 2'1 February 16^J
onea This morninge betweene five and six
Monday of ye clocke was borne my third
Sonne William Smith being Candill-
mas day and was Cristned by Docctf Thomas
Hughes in the Protestant Church his God-
fathers was Consull John Erlissman Mr Aldn
Nathaniel] Lodington and M™ Elizabeth
Erlisman godmother.
onea Tnis twentie-sixth June 1680 God
Saterday almightie was pleased to take to
hiniselfe my third Sonne William
Smith who ilyed betweene twelve and one a
clocke in the Night and was buried the nextt
day by Doccf Thomas Hughes in the ould
Church Yard neare where his Brother John
was buried.
Tanger 14th Sep' 1681
on a This morninge a quarter after ten a
Wensday clock was borne my second Daughter
Paty Smith and was christned ye
2'2tli folowinge in ye Protestant church, by
Docctf Thomas Hughes her Godfather was
Coll : Marmaduke Boynton and her Godmother
M Eliz1 Lawrence and Sister Jeane Lod-
ington.
In This day God was pleassed to take
Tangei to himselfe my Eldest Daughter
Elizabeth Smith and was Buried in
the churchyard neare her Brothers John and
William.
Tang1" -21"' Nouem' 1682
,„„.., This morninge about three a clocke
Wensday in the morninge Was borne my third
Daughter Mary Smith and was
Cristned the 'J.'!'1 Instant in the protestanl
church by Docct' Thomas Hughes her God
father was M: Thomas Oneby Mercb" and
her Godmothers Mrs Mary Kerke and my
Sister Susanah Smith.
London 4th of January 1688
onea This f°urth of January was borne
Thursday my fourth sonne Win. Smith Was
Christned By Mr. Wm. Morgan at
my Lodginges in Longe Aycur his Godfathers
Was his Grandfather Henry Tunstall and my
selfe his Godmother Sister Hannah Tunstall
Dved on a Dyed the flrst of Feb? at Ould
Thursday Brainford and was Buried in New
Brainford Church Portch.
This day God Almightie was pleased to
take to himselfe my third Daughter Mary
Smith, who was buried in Brainford Church
Portch near her Brother William.
Yanghall in Ireland 9th June 1686
on a This day was Borne my Forth
"Wensday Daughter Hibernian Smith and was
Christned by the Protestant Minister
of Yanghall her Godfather was Cap,n
(Christo) phver Billop her Godmothers two
of Sr Estus Smiths Daugh(ters) of Yonghall.
Attsea in ye Thomas y" 26th Aug1 1686
one a This (';'-v -'"' Almightie was pleassed
Wensday to take to himselfe my Fourthe
Daughter Hibernias Smith who had
the ocean for her grate.
New Yorke in America 8th Decembr 1688
one a This day Was Boine my Fifth
Thursday Daughter Janey Smith on a thurs-
day at five a clocke in the afternoone
and was christned by Mr. Ennis next day
after shee was Borne her Godfathers her
Father and Brother Henry her godmother
M™ Sarah Palmer.
Brookehaven yp l:;"'March I68J]
on This thirteenth day of March
Wendesday 16N'.i Was Borne my fifth SOI ne
William Henry Smith on a Wen
desday at foure a clocke in the afternoon
and was christened by Mr. Ennis his -oil-
fathers his father and Brother Harie his god-
mother his Sister Patty.
{To be Continued.)
THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL
NOTES ON BOOKS.
PATTERSON GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, by
J as. P. Andrews, M. D., ColerainP. 0., Lan-
caster Co., Penn., 1867.
An octavo pamphlet of 8 pages: with no
title page or cover, containing the names of
119 descendants of James Patterson, born in
1708, in the County Antrim, Ireland, who
emigrated to America in 1728 ; married widow
Mary Montgomery, and died in 1792, in Lit-
tle Britain Township, Lancaster Co., Pa.
The record is that of ordinary farmers, inter-
spersed with a few episodes arisiDg from
their proximity to the Indians, in the earlier
settlements of Pennsylvania; and while in-
teresting, is evidently intended merely for
family reference and use.
THE CROZER FAMILY, of Bucks County, Pa.
Trenton : 1866. 29 pages, 8vo.
This family originated in France, from
whence it removed to Ireland (Co. Antrim)
about 1712. About 1723 (or, as some say,
1740) five brothers came over to Philadelphia
where two, Andrew and Robert, settled, and
three, James, John and Samuel settled in Dela-
ware County, Penn. The family whose geneal-
ogy is given in this work, are descended from
Andrew, who was born in 1700, and who, after
his removal to America, resided at first,
awhile, in the village of Black Horse (now
Columbus) Burlington Co., N. J., where he
married Mary Richardson.
PEDIGREE OF HENRY OXNARD PREBLE,
SUSIE ZABIAH PREBLE and GEORGE HEN-
RY RITTENHOUSE PREBLE, children of
George Henry Preble, U. S. N. and Susan
Zabiah (Cox) Preble.
This folio sheet, arranged on the " brace "
plan, and with commendable fullness of dates,
etc., is presented to the Society by George
Henry Preble, U. S. N. of No. 12 Adams St.,
Charlestown, Mass. It gives names, dates of
birth, marriage and death, causes of death,
etc., of two parents; four grandparents;
eight great-grandparents; sixteen great-
great-grandparents ; thirty-two great-great-
great-grandparents ; and sixty-four great-
great- great-great-grandparents. No date is
given on this sheet, but it must have been
printed subsequently to 1851, the most recent
date mentioned.
An outline History of the Presbyterian Churches of
West, or South Jersey, from 1700-1865 ; with an
Appendix, from 1865-1869. A discourse delivered
by Rev. ALEX H. BROWN. 75 pages, 8vo.
Philadelphia: 1869.
A most interesting work, abounding In
biographical and ecclesiastico-historical facts
and containing also several pages of copies
of inscriptions from the tombstones of the
pastors of the West Jersey Presbytery.
GENEALOGY OF THE DESCENDANTS OF
EDWARD BAKER, of Lynn, Mass., 1630. Pre-
pared and published by Nelson M. Baker, of
Lafayette, N. Y. Syracuse : 1867. 8vo. 99 pages.
With folding " Plan of Families."
A DISCOURSE ON THE OCCASION OF THE
erection of Tablets in the Old Church at Stock-
bridge, Mass., in memory of its four pastors,
JOHN SARGEANT, JONATHAN EDWARDS,
STEPHEN WEST, and DAVID D. FIELD. By
Rev. Nathaniel H. Egoleston. 1869. 35 pp. 8vo.
A delightful piece of reading.
GENEALOGY OF THE FAMILIES OF KING,
who lived in Raynham (Mass.) from 1680 to the
present, 1865. Bv Enoch Sanford, A. M., fourth
pastor of the First Congregational Society, laun-
ton : 1866. 28 pp. 8vo.
This is a record of the descendants of
Philip King, who, with his brother Cyrus,
came from England prior to 1680, and loca-
ted at Braintree. In 1680, he moved to that
part of the town of Taunton, now Raynham,
and married Judith, daughter of Rev. Wm.
Whitman, of Milford,
QUERIES.
fAnswers to inquiries under this head should be
1 addressed to the " Publication Committee,"
64 Madison Avenue.]
#% Hudson, William, Davis, John, Robbins,
Jo*hn, were among the early settlers of Oyster Bay
and Matinecock, L. I., married daughters of Richard
Lettin of Oyster Bay. Davis was one of the company
that came from near Boston, Mass., in 1655, and set-
tled at Sctauket, L. I. Those possessing any infor-
mation of the ancestry or descendants of all or any of
these persons, are requested to communicate the
same, as above.
% When the "Old Huguenot Church" in Pine
Street was taken down in 1831-and when the new
church in Franklin Street was opened in 1834— his-
torical notices of this church appeared in some New
York newspapers. Can any reader of the Record tell
me the names of the papers and dates of notice 1
Reitaug.
### Whom did Joshua Bancroft, born 1712, at Read-
ing, Mass., marry 1 Names of the seven children of
Joshua and Mary, born at Reading and Worcester,
Mass. 1
Genealogies in Preparation.
Barlow. In our mention of Dr. S. B. Barlow's
Granville (Mass.) Genealogies, in the last number of
the " Bulletin," we forgot to say that the Doctor
is also at work upon the genealogies of his own fam-
ily. Address, No. 55 East 21st Street, New York.
Barrett Family genealogy is in preparation by
William Barrett, Esq., of Nashua, N. H.
Benedict. The genealogy of the Benedict Family,
oompiled by Henry Marvin Benedict of Albany, N. Y.
AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
is now passing through the press of Joel Munsell,
Albany, K. Y. It will be a I1 ■ ■", with
tw, nty-five portraits. Reedy about April 1">.
Btnsnn. W. P. Garrison, P. O. Box G7:I2, New
York City, is preparing the genealogy of the llcn-niis
of Rhode Island, and will gladly reOftive information
ooncerning them. Early copies of Providence and
v ort newspapers would be peculiarly acceptable,
as well as anything relating to the Bensons of North
Carolina and Qeorgia.
Boardman. Bamuel L. Boardman, P. O. Box 91,
Augusta, Main., has nearly ready a record of the des-
cendants of William Hoard man, of New Mark* t, N.I I .
Bourne. J. T. Bowne, of Glen Cove, '■• '•• ls < "-
in collecting material tor genealogy of this
family m America. Mr. Bowne has also been tor
me past collecting documents of all kinds rela-
rly history of Glen Cove and vicinity;
and in connection therewith, the genealogies of the
families of Carpenter, Coles, Sludge, Weeks, Lotting,
Alberts"!!, M<>rt, UnderhiO, Cock and Thornycraft or
Croft. Hi' a*ks for copies of, or loan of originals of any
old manuscript, deeds, wills, pamphlets or new
relating to Musketo Cove, Matinecock, or any of the
above families.
Burll Family genealogy from the Windsor Set-
tler, William Buell, is in preparation by J. 8. Buell,
Buffalo, N. Y.
Chandler. George Chandler of Worcester, Mass.,
has m preparation a genealogy of the descendants of
William and Annis Chandler, who settled in Rox-
bury, Mass., in 1687.
■■ Family of W ew England is being com pi led
by William Richard (utter, Woluirn. Mass.
Dvrfght and Strong Families. Genealogii - in
preparation by B. W. Dwight of Clinton, N. Y.
Itoth families treated in direct and collateral branches
and both nearly ready tor press.
Gautier. Including incidentally the families of Ten
■ rosfield, Newton, Bogaert, Blanchard, Duyc-
kinck, Btoutenburgh, Stagg, Town. Hamilton, Leary,
and others. Any information on thesubjed will be
aco ptable to, and acknowledged bj John 8. Ciautier,
No. 159 West 15th street. New York Cm.
Hall. Records of desi endants of families of Boston,
Mass., New Haven and Wallingford, Conn., com-
prisingsome 1,400 names, by Henry is. Atherton, Esq.,
Nashua, N. H. The same gentleman lias also collec-
ted a considerable quantity of material relative to
the families of Armington, Bridge, Haskell, Hoar,
Ices, and Watleins.
Hicks. Benjamin D. links, of old Westbury,
Queens Co., L. I., is collecting materials for a Memo-
rial of the Hicks family.
Kip Family Records, in the branches which remov-
ed from New York, are preparing by Rev. Edward T.
Corwin, of Millstone, N. .1.
Loringaadt dishing. Extensive genealogies of these
families, in manuscript, are in posses-
sion of Mr. J. S. Loring, 34 Cranberry Street, Brook-
lyn, N. Y.
Lucas. J. R. Lucas, Esq.., Auditor's office, state
of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minn., is preparing a gene-
alogy of this family.
fame. Royal Paine, •>!> Fort Green Place, Brook-
lyn, N. Y., has a collection of materials for Paine
genealogy.
Purple and Sheffield Families. Dr. S. S. Purple,
No. 36 West 22d street, New York City, has in prep-
aration the genealogy of these families. Any i
or notices will be thankfully re. | ivcd and dulj
ted in the work.
Rich. John F. Rich, of Boston, has co
14,000 names for hi genealogy of the Rich family,
which will soon be completed in two volumes,
each.
Sanford. Rev. Enoch Sanford, of Raynham,
Mass., is collecting materials tor genealogj ol the
desi i ndants of John Sanford, of Taunton, Mass.
ord. Elliot Banford, 25 Nassau Street, New
York, is collecting Sanford or Sandford genealogy.
Spooner. Thomas Spooner, of Reading, Hamilton
Co., Ohio, is compiling a record of the descendants of
William Spooner, who was in Plymouth in 163
rd. Martm 11. Stafford, P. 0. Boj
New York, has a collection of Mas. relating to the
family of Stafford, both in England and America, from
which a history and genealogy of the family of Staff-
ord— in England and America will be compiled at
some future date. A record of considerably over i wo
thousand of the descendants of Thoma Stafford, who
came to Newport, R. I., in L638, is included in the
above collection.
Thurston. Charles L. Thurston, New Rochelle,
N. Y., is collecting the names of the di
Edward Thurston of Newport, R. I., 1647, and will be
glad to receive information.
Trowbridge. Rev. 1'. W. Chapman, of Prospect,
Ct., is preparing for Thos. R. Trowbridge, of New
Haven, a Record of all the descendants of Thos.
Trowbridge, who came to Dorchester, in 163G.
Tuthill. A genealogical history of the descendants
of John Tuthill, of Southold, L. 1., i- preparing by
W. H. Tuthill, of Tipton, Iowa, who earnestly re-
quests copiee of family records, wills, &c, to be sent
him.
Wellman. Rev. Joshua Wyman Wellman, D. D.,
of Newton, Mass., is collecting material for a more
extensive genealogy of the family.
Whitney family is in preparation by Rev. r.
A. Whitney of Brighton, Mass.
ll'< a 'worth. Hon. John Wentworth, of Chicago,
111., is understood to be collecting records of this
family.
RECENT GENEALOGIES.
CLARKE. Descendants of the chirks, Plymouth,
1623-1697. By S. C. Clarke. Boston: D. Clapp &
Son. 8vo. pp. 37. $1.00
FISKE. The Fiske family. Second edition. By A.
A. Fiske. Chicago : The Author. Kio. pp. 209. $3.00.
FULLER. Descendants of John Fuller, Newtown,
1644-98. By B.C. Clarke. Boston: 1>. Clapp &
Son. 8vo. pp. 16. 50c.
PECK. Descendante of Joseph Feck, with appendix
of the Boston and Hingham Peck's, and oi
that name. With Portraits. By Ira li. 1.1,.
Boston: A. Mudge & Son. 8vo. pp. 442. *6.00.
STAFFORD. A contribution to the Genealogy of
the Stafford family in America ; containing an ac-
count of Col. Jacoh Stafford, and a complete record
of his descendants in the male line. By Henry
Marvin Benedict. Albany : Joel Munsell, 1870.
8vo. pp. 24. Index. Portait of Spencer Stafford
and cuts.
THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
Local Histories in Preparation.
August. i, Me. A history of this City is in prepara-
tion by James W. North, of Augusta.
Bergen, X. J. Charles H. Winfield, of Greenville,
Hudson Co., X. J., is preparing a history of the old
Town of Bergen, with genealogies of the ancient
families. It may be expected during the coming
summer..
Illinois. Chief Justice Breese, of the Supreme
Court of Illinois, has in hand a history of that State
from its earliest date, including the Jesuit explorations
and discoveries.
Plymouth, Ct. The Town Clerk of Plymouth, is
preparing a list of all soldiers from that place in the
late war, to be kept among the town records.
Shirley, Mass. Rev. Seth Chandler, of Shirley, is
writing a history of this town.
Worcester, Mass. Another history of this City is
now in hand by Rev. E. P. Marvin.
Yates County, X. Y. S. C. Cleveland, Penn Yan,
X. Y., is preparing a history of early settlement, and
genealogical record of the early families of Yates Co.,
including a sketch of the life of Jemima Wilkinson.
DONATIONS TO THE SOCIETY,
SINCE XOVEMBER, 1869.
From James P. Andrews, Colerain,Pa. : — Genealog-
ical Register of Patterson family.
From S. Angell, New York City: — 2 pamphlets.
From N. M. Baker, La/ayette, N. Y. : — The Baker
Genealogy.
From Messrs. Baker <£• Godwin, New York City : —
1 volume, quarto.
From J. M. Bancroll, New York City: — I vol.
7 pamphlets, Wellinan Genealogy.
From S. B. Barlow, M. D., Nexe York City: — 1
pamphlet ; vol. of Congregational Year Book, 1854.
From Evelyn Bartow, New York City: — Guide to
Xew Rochelle, and 2 pamphlets.
From Rev. E. E. Beardsley, D. D , New Haven, Ct. :
— Commemorative Dis. on Rev. Stephen Jewett.
From hed.ya.rd Bill, New York City:— A winter in
Florida, by Ledyard Bill.
From James A. Briggs, New York City : — 1 pam-
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From J. F. Browne, Glen Cove, L. I. :— 3 pamphlets.
From Cliandler P. Chapman, Madison, Wis. : — 11
pamphlets.
From John, Clark, Cambridge, Mass. : — The Clark
Genealogy ; Sawin Geneal. ; Celebration 100th Ann.
Incorp. Hubbardstown, Mass.; and 1 pamphlet, 1 bd.
vol.
From Robert Clarke, Cincinnati, O. : — 4 vols, of
Ohio Valley Hist., Series ; 6 biograph. pamphlets.
From Jeremiah Colburn, Boston, Mass. :— Vol. of X.
E. H. Gen. Reg. for 1866 ; 69 pamplets, mostly biog.
and geneal. reprints from Register, and other papers.
From Chas. H. Cragin, : — Cragin
Genealogy.
From Jas. A. Cunningham, Boston, Mass. : — Record
of Mass. Volunteers, 1861-65, 4o.
From Rev. N. H. Eggleslon, Williamstown, Mass. :—
1 pamphlet.
From Saynuel A. Green, M. D., Boston, Mass. :— 2 bd.
vols, and 22 pamphlets of a biographical nature ;
Deux-Ponts Campaign in America, 1780-81.
From Alex. Holland, New York City : -1 bd. vol.
From D. P. Holton, M. D., New York City :— 2
pamphlets.
From Henry R. Howland, Buffalo, N. Y. .-—Conway,
(Mass.) Centennial Celebration; Crozer Genealogy.
From Jno. J. Latting, New York City :.- 4 vols. Val-
entine's Corp. Manual, and 8 pamphlets; Map of
Ireland ; copy of Ulster Co. Gazette, 1799.
From William Parsons hunt, Boston, Mass. .-— 1
pamphlet.
From rims. B. Moore, Esq., New York City:—
Tuthill family meeting; 1 bd. vol.; 3 pamphlets.
From Alfred Marlien, Phila., Penn. :— 1 pamphlet.
From Nath. H. Morgan. Hartford, CT. .-—Morgan
Genealogy. (2 editions.)
From Royal Paine, New York City :— Annals of
Tennessee, and 1 pamphlet.
From D. Williams Patterson, Newark Valley, Tioga
Co., N. Y.:— Lights of Litchfield Bar; Thompson
Genealogy; a complete set of Reports of Deaf and
Dumb Asylum at Hartford, Ct., 1817-1863; Gale
Genealogy ; Des. of Mr. Fowler ; Faxon Genealogy ;
Cragin Genealogy ; Hosmer; Hayden ; Life of Fath-
er Xash.
From Dr. William Prescolt, Concord, N. H. :— 62
pamphlets.
From Public Library of Boston, Mass. .-—Catalogue
of the Prince Library ; 1 pamphlet.
From G. P. Putnam, Esq., New York City:— 1 bd.
vol.
From <i. P. Rowell & Co., Ntw York City:— Ameri-
can Newspaper Directory.
From Elliott San ford. New York City .•— 10 pam-
phlets relating to Alumni of Amherst and Williams
Colleges.
From Rev. Enoch San ford, Raynham, Mass. .-—Gen-
ealogy of the families of King.
From Prof. J. A. Saulisbury, Cleveland, Ohio :— 1
bd. vol.
From Joseph Shannon. City Clerk, New York City :
— Xew York Corporation Manual for 1869.
From H. R. Stiles, M. D., Brooklyn, N- Y. .-—Steele
family ; Baldwin's Annals of Yale College; Annals
of Tryon Co., X. Y.; Berkshire Jubilee; Goodwin's
Geneal. Xotes of Connecticut ; 2 Xos. of large and 3
of small edition of Hinman's Xotes of Puritan Set-
ters of Conn.
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of Otis Thatcher.
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From Robert Willets, Flushing, L I. : — History of
Xewtown, L. I.
From O. N. Warden, New Milford, Pa. : — 2 vols.
From Richard Wynkoop, New York City:— Wyn-
koop Genealogy.
From Dr. Thos. Wynne, Richmond, Ya. : — Register
of Baptisms in the church of the French Refugees at
Mannikintown, Ya., (including also a few entries of
deaths,) 1721-1744, folio.
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PLAN OF GENEALOGICAL WORK.
nbstance of ;i paper read before the
■ . ;, (i | ibi t 1 i-t. by Mr. Dhabi i - B.
MmiKK.
We iii'e<l not say in tireek, " G not hi v
ton" nor in Latin " Xosce Te-ipsum" but in
plain English, "The proper study of man-
kind, is man " No study is more interesting ;
none more comprehensive ; none more readily
divided into separate branches, tor thorough
pursuit. We must divide and each take a
part for full examination if we would make
united and general progress. What part
shall each take up, and sieadily pursue as a
specialty? or. what pari shall we rapidly
touch, on the present occasion, and advocate?
The .'■ rterly (in 1859) challenged
renewed attention t,. questions of ''physical
and moral heritage." 'It takes many genera-
tions," says Mr. Fronde, "to breed up
high qualities, either of mind or body." In
selecting tor usp the best animal of a high
order, such as a horse or a dog, it is conceded
that race and blood are important ; both as to
intelliaence and courage, i. e. mentally, and
as in size, strength, speed, and endurance,
i. e. physically. Then, must not race and blood
be much more important, in both depart-
ments, for man ; the highest class of all
animals? Mankind exhibit the most extra-
ordinary grades and capacities, physical and
mental, of and for extreme degradation and
miserable weakness or wickedness : and also,
of and for almost illimitable improvement,
eminent excellence, and wonderful power and
energy.
We may look to all possible sources to ac-
count for the extremes, and for such varieties
between them. Climate and food are impor-
tant : but these perhaps re>ult in race and
blood. Those who dispute the effects claimed
for mere race or blood, will necessarily admit
the extraordinary force of education and
training: culture and skill. This may lead to
the same result. The claim is that "not only
bodily form'' (size) "and color, but also bodily
activity and aptitude, are heritable.'' Activity
by mere exercise produces vigor and skill of
some kind : but aptitude is the higher claim,
the one of the greatest importance. It
means that "the development " of the moral,
or the intellectual faculties of the paret
renders them more able and willing to impart.
and the children more ready to receive, cul-
ture and education, and more certain of at-
taining and imparting to their children, still
further advancement and improvement, al-
most without limit. But if all or a lar^e part
comes from teaching or from rule, then we
must look out for the teacher and ruler. If
mankind are so affected and changed by
training and culture (as is perhaps the com-
mon opinion), then we want to know what
training and culture our ancestors have had
and what we must' give. Thus, whether we
admit or dispute the theories claimed, «/
tics are needed. The high charge and duty
of man "to subdue and replenish the
earth" and to have "dominion over it," no
doubt bring into exercise his highest qualities
and faculties. These are exerted perhaps in
due order, (1st) to learn, (2d) to practice, (3d)
to teach, and (4th) to rule. Besides what he
is called upon to practice, each must learn all
he can, preserve what he learns, communicate
it to others, and persuade his equals or cm
his subordinates to follow what is right. " The
universe" says Professor Mitchell, "is specially
adapted to the education and elevation of the
human intellect. Merely : to learn" is treated,
then, as a topic of sufficient importance and
is so. But to learn merely to know, or " to
practice, " — without teaching, persuading or
ruling others (were it possible.) would be a
narrow and selfish course. Any animal can
do that We have something more to do, if
I we have dominion. The child learns ; the man
f teaches or rules the children. The bible, the
great book, or collection of books of antiquity,
has a corps of professional teachers, transla-
• and expounders, (who do not all agree
with each other, but with whom, we avoid all
antagonisms. ) They take charge of this great-
est and most ancient genealogical, biographi-
cal, and historical collection. When turned
into English for all to read, it is found to have
a different effect from that produced in a for-
eign language ; but they are fully aware of
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this, and they leave room enough for us in the
more modern field, which is nearer to us
and needs cultivation, and in which all profes-
sions may unite. We have in the English
language and in print, or in MSS., since the
discovery of America, much to learn and to
teach or enforce. We take notice that
through our ancestors, in the old country
certain great laws were proclaimed and pre-
served for us ; — certain stages of civilization
and advancement were attained, — indicating
the gradual development and improvement
of mankind, — by obedience to those laws, —
children remaining " long in the land," when
they honored their parents and nrofited by their
maxims and experience; and the sins of
parents being certainly visited upon children,
unto the third and fourth generation, unless
mercifully relieved. We observe much in
these to stimulate and to guide genealogical
and biographical pursuits.
"To discover the great intellectual laws
presented by the Creator," says Motley — "is
the science of history." It may be some-
thing more. The great laws, like the ele-
ments of chemistry, may be few and simple,
and may have been long since revealed and
proclaimed, or they may be minute and exten-
sive. But the}- are always new to some, and
often or always new in application and devel-
opment. It is practically the same thing, if
we say that to discover and detect the opera-
tion and application of the great fixed laws
in the various forms and under all the circum-
stances in which they have force and effect,
and to give each law or rule its due influence
and conform to it, is the object not merely of
history, but of all science and study, and
should be the constant as it is the worthy
effort of all mankind : Besides the old in-
junction to honor our parents, we have the
sharp law announced by Burke that "those
who do not treasure up the memory of their
ancestors, do not deserve to be remembered
by posterity:" and the judgment of Daniel
Webster that those who do not look upon
themselves as a link connecting the past with
the future, do not perform their duty to the
world.
We then take up separately, (at least for a
portion of our studies) Genealogy and Bio-
graphy, as a specialty.
{To he Continued.)
GENEALOGY OF THE SWORDS
FAMILY.
THOMAS SWORDS, the first of the family
in this country, was born at Maryborough,
near Dublin, June 19, 1738. His father was
a country gentleman of moderate means but
of sufficient social and political weight to
enable him to procure for his son at a very
early age, a commission as ensign in the
55th Regiment of Foot, British Army. Soon
after his joining, the regiment was ordered to
America, where it formed part of the ill-fated
expedition under General Abercrombie, in
1756. In the disastrous attack on Fort Ti-
conderoga, where General Lord Howe was
killed, Ensign Swords was severely wounded,
and for his gallantry was promoted to a Lieu-
tenancy on the field. When recovered from
his wounds, he was entrusted with several
very important commands, in that part of
the Province of New York, notably that of
Fort George, then considered the key of the
Lakes. In 17G2, he married at Albany Miss
MARY MORRULL, a young lady of great
personal attractions and strength of character.
Four years afterwards, he resigned his com-
mission in the army and took up his residence
in a house he had built on a large tract of
land, granted him by the British Government
in consideration of his services, in Saratoga
County, near the banks of the Hudson.
Here he dwelt in considerable state, tilling
his fields, dispensing far and wide the hospi-
tality proverbial among his countrymen, and
assisting in many ways the neighbors, less
favored by fortune. Until a quite recent
period, many old residents of that region could
be found, to speak gratefully of his many
deeds of generosity and thoughtfulness. His
house still stands, and is represented by a
capital sketch in Lossing's "Field Book of the
Revolution." During this period, immedi-
ately preceding the War of Independence, he
made several visits to his native land.
At the outbreak of hostilities, he was re-
peatedly solicited by General Schuyler, Lieu-
tenant Governor Taylor, and many other dis-
tinguished and influential gentlemen of the
Province of New York, his intimate friends,
to accept the command of a regiment in the
patriot army, but bis convictions of appa-
rent duty outweighed all their solicitations,
backed by the threat of confiscating his
property in case of refusal. Though a firm
and zealous friend of the land in which he
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11
lived, and for which he had bled, yet he
could not violate the allegiance he had sworn
to maintain towards his sovereign, in whose
service lie still remained, on half pay.
< >n refusing the offers which had been
made him, be was compelled to share the fate
of many other influential loyalists, who were
removed from their homes to prevent their
holding intercourse with the British in Canada.
In the summer of 1777. when the Royal army
tinder General Burgoyne, was advancing
through the wilderness of northern New York,
he was permitted to return to his home to re-
move his family to Albany.
The murder of Jane McCrea, transpired a
few miles north of his homestead, and the
tirst tidings of that most brutal alliiir was
carried to the garrison at Fort "Edward by his
yonngest son, Jatnes, then a lad of twelve
years of age, who happened to be in the
neighborhood at the time The desperately
contested battles of Freeman's Farm and
B emus' Heights, where General Feazee
fell, were fought within a very short distance
of his house, which was then occupied as
the Head-quarters of the Royal Army. Six
miles north lay the field on which that army
grounded its arms and formally surrendered.
After the capture of Burooyne, Captain
Swords and many other loyal gentlemen, not
being permitted to go to Canada, obtained a
"Flag" to proceed to the city of New York
with their families. Their petition for this
favor is now on file in the library of the New
York Historical Society.
Here he remained until his death in 1780,
retaining always the respect and love of all
with whom he was thrown in contact.
He left five children, three boys and two
sills. <>f the latter, the elder married, first
Mr. Allen Jackson, an English merchant of
high standing in this city. He shortly died,
leaving one son who was killed in a duel in
New Orleans in 1828. Mrs. Jackson after-
wards married Mi ton, a Scotch
gentleman Ions resident here, by whom she
had one daughter, married in 1830 to Mr.
Thomas B. Cuming, lately deceased, who for
more than fifty years, did business at the cor-
ner of Hanover Square and Pearl street, in
this city. He was "a gentleman" of the old
school. Captain Swords' younger daughter
married Mr. Henry Brewerton, by whom she
had one son, Brevet-Major General Henry
Brewerton. corps of Engineers, United Stales
army, and one daughter, married to Daniel
Rogers, Esq., of Kewburgh, on the Hudson.
Captain Swords' eldest son. Richard, a
young man of great promise, through his
father's influence, early obtained a commis-
sion in the Royal army, and greatly distin-
guished himself, but was killed at the age of
eighteen, while serving under Arnold in his
raid on Virginia, in 1781. His death almost
broke his mother's heart. She was a woman
of extraordinary firmness and courage. After
the removal of her husband from his home,
on account of his refusal to join the patriot
forces, the house became an object of regard
to the neighbors, as it was suspected of afford-
ing an asylum and rendezvous for loyalists
lleeing to Canada, and by order of the Com-
mittee of Safety, was watched day and night.
Mrs. Swords, had then with her only her
young children, and two female servants. On
one occasion, she discovered persons lurking
about the house after nightfall. She instantly
armed herself with a pair of pistols and a
sword, left behind by her husband : then, pla-
cing herself by a table in the hall, she re-
mained there, alone, all night, in readiness to
resist any attempt to enter the house. In
August, 1778, while residing in New York, a
lire which destroyed over 60 buildings, consum-
ed the dwelling of Captain Swords, with all its
contents, a most grievious hiss in the then si-
tuation of the family. Unable to find a shelter
at the moment in the city, they resided for
some months at Bergen, New Jersey, when
they were stripped of all that was portable or
valuable about the house, by a plundering
band from the American lines, who besides
subjected them to every possible indignity on
account of the small amount of their booty.
The war having deprived the family of all
their property, the two younger sons, Thomas
and James, were early apprenticed to a prin-
ter to acquire a knowledge of what is justly
called the "Mother of all sciences." At the
peace of 1783, Mrs. Swords went to England
with her daughters, in the hope of getting
from the British government s,,me remunera-
tion, for what she had h>st in consequence of
id.' unswerving loyalty of her husband. In
this she partly succeeded. Shortly after her
return in 1786, her sons established them-
selves in Pearl Street as Booksellers and Prin-
ters, under the firm name of T. & J. SwOEDS.
Very soon they became identified with the
Episcopal Church, and were recognized as
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the publishers for that denomination. Their
editions of the Bible and Common Prayer
Book, were the standard and authorized ver-
sions, while Swords' Church Almanac
brought them in relation with every member
of the denomination throughout the land.
Their bookstore was the favorite resort and
head-quarters, of all the Episcopal clergy,
resident in or visiting New York. The senior
member of the firm, for nearly thirty years,
was a leading man in the Vestry of Trin-
ity Parish, then, as now, the wealthiest and
most powerful corporation in the church.
For fifty years the firm continued un-
changed, a most extraordinary circumstance
in the business annals of Americans, and was
then dissolved by the retirement of the junior
partner, James Swords, who had been elect-
ed to the Presidency of the Washington
Fire Insurance Company, of this city, in
which position he continued until his death
in 1844, full of years and honors, beloved and
esteemed by all.
He left one daughter still living, unmar-
ried, and two sons of whom the younger,
Robert S. Swords, won deserved distinction
during the late war as Lieutenant Colonel of the
Id New Jersey Cavalry. He resides at Newark,
New Jersey, is married, has a large family, and
practices law. The other son Charles R.
Swords, reside in this city, is also married
and has three children, is a retired merchant,
and devotes himself to Belles-Lettres, and
Music. After the dissolution of the time-
honored firm of T. & J. Swokds, the senior
partner associated with himself his eldest son,
Edward J. Swords and Thomas N. Stan-
ford, son of the Reverend Dr. Stanford, of the
Episcopal church, who had .been brought up
in the employ of the old firm, under the name
of Swords, Stanford & Co., Booksellers and
Publishers. So it remained until the death of
Mr. Thomas Swords, in 1843, in the eightieth
year of his age. So large was his acquain-
tance, so liberal his charities, and so univer-
sally beloved, that his funeral was one of the
longest ever seen in New York. By his own
direction, his body was carried from his resi-
dence No. 8-3 Leonard street to St. John's Chapel
in Varick street, and the funeral cortege ex-
tended unbroken, nearly the entire distance.
He was married iu 1799 to Miss Mary
White, of Philadelphia, by whom he had nine
children, all but one living at the time of his
death His widow survived until 18b'£, dying
in her 86th year, and was interred by his side
in Trinity Cemetery, where also repose the re-
mains of three of their children. One son,
Andrew Jackson Swords, volunteered dur-
ing the Mexican war, received a commission
in Colonel Stevenson's Regiment of New
York Volunteers, and was killed at the battle of
Los Anyelos in California, in 1847. Another
son, Brevet Major General Thomas Swords,
United States Army, also manifested the
family propensity for military affairs, and re-
peatedly distinguished himself in Florida, in
Mexico, and during the late conflict.
After the death of Mr. Swords, the firm of
Swords, Stanford & Co. dissolved, Mr.
Edward J. Swords, devoting himself to the
Printing Department, while Mr. Stanford, con-
tinued the book business, in connection with
a younger son, Mr. James R. Swords, under
the firm name of Stanford & Swords, so
remaining until the death of the latter iu
1855, when the name ceased any longer to
appear among the book trade, after an honor-
able career of 69 years.
In the churchyard of Saint Paul's, in this
city, is a tombstone with the following inscrip-
tion :
" Near this spot were deposited the re- "
" mains of Lieutenant Thomas Swords, late "
'• of his Britannic Majesty's 55th Regiment"
" of Foot, who departed this life on the "
" 16th of January, 1780, in the 42d year of "
" his age."
" And underneath this tomb lies all that "
" was mortal of Mary Swords, relict of the "
'■ said Lieutenant Thomas Swords, who, on "
" the 15th day of September, 1798, and in "
'■' the 55th year of her age, fell a victim to "
" the pestilence which then desolated the "
" city of New York. As a small token of "
" respect, and to commemorate the names "
" of those who deserved and commanded "
" the esteem of all who knew them, this "
" tomb was erected Anno Domini, 1799."
R. S. D.
Morristown, N. J.,
March 14th, 1870.
X** The July number of the "Record" will
be issued promptly on the first of that month,
and will probably be of double size. It will
give the conclusion of Mr. Moore's valuable
paper, and of the " Tangier" Smith Records,
and some other matters of special interest.
AM> nioCK MM1 U ■ \l. RECORD.
L3
NEW YORK MARRIAGE LICENCES.
Granted by Lord Cornbury, while Govern-
or ol the Province.
These licenses are contained in an old book
of records in this city, and il is believed have
never appeared in prim before.
J. S. G.
{Continued -from the January number.)
1703.
Jan. 28th. — Dominius Van derrere, ami
Maria Margaretta Van Orteck.
Feb. 3d.— Robert Hickman, and
Susannah De Haeese.
Feb. 24th. — John Haruill. and
Christine Rosevelt.
Feb. 27th. — Lubert Jansen Blerkome and
Angell Hendricks.
Mar. 2d. — John Cruyger, and
Mary Cuyler.
Mar. 17th.— Alexander Stuart, aud
Catharine Rivilie.
Mar. -:mh. — Richard Willett. and
Francis Deraval.
Apr. 8th. — Augustine Graham, and
Jane Chiswell.
Apr. 9th. — Thomas Stillwell, and
Ellis Throgmorton.
Apr. 10th. — John Shepard, and
Ruth Davis.
Apr. 12th. — John Reemer, and
Alkey Lessonby.
Apr. 12th. — John Allison, and
Christine Hyndes.
Apr. 17th. — Thomas Allison, and
Anne Gallutton.
Apr. 17tli — William Laconte, and
Margaret Mahoo.
May 2d.— John Sunsorke, and
Eve Hnlgrave.
May 4th. — Richard Hall, and
Anne Evetts.
May (Jth. — Epenetus Platte, and
Elizabeth Smith.
May 12th. — Adolphe De Groosse, and
Rachell Coderese.
May 12th. — Edward Blagge, and
Johanna Vrikers.
May 10th. — Patrick Crawford, and
Katherin Rotter.
May 22d — Ogrhert Suert, ami
Hellegond Luyckas.
May 26th. — Isaac Lansing, and
Janeke Beekeman.
( To be. Continued.)
OUR SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS.
At a regular meeting, February 12th, 1870,
several members elected ami others nomina-
ted. Larue number of donations of books,
reported by Librarian. Henry R. Stile^, M.
D., read a paper entitled " The Old Librarian."
Regular meeting, March 12th, 1870 the
pedigree of William F. Coles, was presented.
The Recording Secretary read the resolutions
of the Board of Trustees passed on the 11th,
to issue the " Record" as a quarterly publics
tion, and the appointment of Messrs. Henry
R. Stiles, S. Hastings Grant, and John S,
Gautier, as a Publication Committee for the
year 1870.
A short paper was read by II. R. Stiles, on
the biography of William Wood, the founder
of the Mercantile Library.
A paper was also read by C. B. Moore, on
the '■ Livingston Family, with particulars re-
lating to the late John B. Coles."
At a regular meeting held March 26th,
1870, Ellsworth Elliot, M. D., read a paper on
the biography of the late Jacob Townsend
Gilford, M. D.
Regular meeting, April Oth. 1870, a paper
by the Hon. Tennis G. Bergen, of Bay Ridge,
was read, entitled "A sketch of the Life of
Antony Jansen Von Salee, the first actual
settler of New Utrecht, L I."
A committee was appointed to report a
plan proper to be pursued by this Society in
compiling " Indexes of Names," relating to
Biographies and Biographical Notices, already
printed, of citizens, residents, land owners or
visitors in the Province and State of New
York," from the first settlement of the Coun-
try to the present time.
A series of resolutions were passed relat-
ing to the death of Gulian C. Verplanck.
NOTES ON BOOKS.
A COlTfcRIBTJTIOM TO THE GENEALOGY OE
THE STAFFOBD FAMILY IX AMEBICA.
by Henry Marvin Benedict, Albany. Joel
Munsell, 1870. 8vo. 24 pp.
This compactly printed pamphlet, the work
of a great grandson of Col. Joab Stafford,
gives us very full biographies of Col. Joab,
(born at Warwick, R. I., Nov. 11th. 1729
and his son Spencer, (born May 10th, 1772. )
Col. Joab Stafford was a Colonel in the Revo-
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lution, and died Nov. 23d, 1801, at Cheshire,
Mass., having been a merchant of Albany, for
several years. His sons John and Spencer
were men of extensive business connections,
and are mentioned in MunselPs Recollections
of Albany, as among the " principal merchants
of the City; those who gave life and charac-
ter to its business interests " The work also
gives brief sketches of other members of this
branch of the Stafford family, and the gen-
ealogy of Col. Joab*s descendants in the male
line, (155 in number,) to the present time.
Although defective in its account of Col.
Joab's ancestors, it recompenses for this, by
the very full and accurate account alluded to
above of Col. Joab, and of Spencer, his son,
and we welcome it as an interesting contribu-
tion to our Biographical and Genealogical
literature.
M. H. S.
THE DESCENDANTS OF JOSEPH LOOMIS, who
came from Braintree, England, in the year 1G38,
and settled in Windsor, Connecticut, in 1639. By
Elias Loomis, LL. D., Professor of Natural
Philosophy and Astronomy, in Yale College. New
Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 221 State
Street. 1870. 8vo. pp. 292.
This book is well printed, and sixty-nine of
its pages are devoted to three full indexes.
Loomises, Inter-marriages, and Residences, of
which the first and third are excellent, while
the second is too full, and is liable to mislead
the enquirer, as it refers to residences which
are not named in the book, and which were
unknown to the author ; he assuming the
residence of men marrying Loomis girls to
be the same as that of the parents of the
girls.
The work has a certain value for members
of the family, but the working genealogist,
who looks to it for help, will be sadly disap-
pointed, for the author has persistently ig-
nored the obligation which rests on every
genealogist, to show the origin of those who
marry into a family, as well as those who are
born into it; and not even in the case of his
wife and mother, has he ventured to record
the names of the parents, or the date and
place of birth, of those who have entered the
family by marriage; consequently every
one interested in the allied families must re-
examine the same ground to get the facts
wanted.
The author seems to have a dim perception
of the fact that his dates, prior to 1752, are
unreliable, for he says : " In making my
transcripts from the old records, when there
was a double date, I frequently copied only
one of the dates " The confusion in old
records, is bad enough without adding to it in
that way. Asa remedy, he proposes : "If
those who detect errors of this kind, will
point them out to me, they shall be corrected
in a second edition," forgetting that his own
duty requires him to revise with care, all
records prior to 1752, which he has copied for
his work.
Pages 12-15, contain a curious "Table il-
lustrating the history of the Loomis family in
England," in which the name Loomis does not
once occur. Other names are traced as
Lumhalghes, Lomatz, Lommas, Zomax, Lomas,
and various other forms, not continuously,
but by occasional glimpses, from 1435 to 1848.
Two coats of arms are given, one of Lomax,
the other of Lomas, but the right to use them
by the American Loomis family is neither
proved, nor expressly disclaimed, for which
lapse we invoke the tender mercies of our
Boston friends. D. W. P.
Ward. We have seen, in the printer's
hands, a brief line of descent of William
Raymond Lee Ward, of New York City,
from Henry Warde, who was member of
Parliament for Norwich, in 1553 and 1562,
and Lord of the manor of Kirby Beden, and
of the manor of Barkway Rectory in Hertford-
shire, etc.
It is beautifully printed upon the heaviest
pasteboard, 1(H2' by 13 inches in size— with a
few accompanying sheets, arranged for the
reception of photographs. Only four copies
have been printed.
NOTES AND QUERIES.
Answers to inquiries under this head should he
addressed to the "Publication Committee,"
64 Madison Avenue.]
**# Sib Henry Clinton. Can any one inform me
as to where and when he was horn ? "Was he not a
native of New York ? I have seen some letters signed
H. Clinton, in a very boyish hand, dated Fort George,
1 think, 1753. Sylvester.
**♦ Dodge. Can any of our readers give me in-
formation relating to the Dodge family hefore
1700, — who had representatives atBlock Island, R. I.,
and also at New London, Conn., in 1694,— that will
lead to the discovery of the father of Jane Dodge,
who married Thomas Stafford, Jr., of Warwick, R. I.,
Dec. 28, 1671. M. II. S.
*** Hay. Are any of our readers aware of any
record of the descendants of Dr. Wm. Hay, formerly
of South Reading, Mass.
AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
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,#«.r,u.N. " Ralph Pain of Rhode Island," is the
iimi of an individual to win mi Thomas Drake of
U mouth, Mass., bj deed dated .lime 12th, HISS, in
consideration of eighty pounds, conveyed an undivid-
ed half part of the nineteenth lot in Freeton n. Dai -
id Evans the owni t of the othet half of this lot made
a division with Pain of the property . March 80th, 1703,
and Pain continued t :< upy his part probably until
his death. His will hears .late- of April 23d, 1722, and
in it hi mentions his wife Doritha, and sons John,
Thomas and Joseph, and daughters Mary Slocumand
Sarah BriggS.
Ralph was a Grand-Juryman, foi Freetown, in 1686,
and Constable in 1702. in the Pain burial ground at
Freetown stand two stones bearing the lettei Et. P.
and D. P., that are supposed t" marl; the graves of
Ralph Pain and Doritha his wife, if any of your
readers can give information of Ralph Pain previous
. «ill he please communicate the same to E.
W. Peircc, Freetown, Mass. A notice ofthis kind has
already appeared in the New Eng. Hist, and Gen. Reg.
0 which thus far no reply has been obtained, and
a singular mystery seems to shroud the early history
of this m in despite the labors of those desirous of
bringing it to light.
,*, Warren. In the little graveyard attached to
the First M. E. Church, at Warrensburgh, "Warren
Co., N. Y., is a gravestone "In Memory of James
W Willi N, who was drowned on the '27th day of April,
1812, in the 44th year of his age." He was one of
the first settlers of the place, where he Kept a store
and public house, and the town was named after him.
names of Hern/, Bibbin, Oibson, Brannack,
Richards, Robertson, Nickerson, McDonalds, Wheeler,
and Maxim, axe found in this graveyard, which
though small, is well kept, and has lately been i n-
closed with a very handsome and substantial ten,
wall, by the generosity of Joseph Woodward, Esq., a
native of the town.
,*,('an any reader of the Record inform me where
either of the following can !>«• found in New York
city, or vicinity .' " Dugdale's Baronage of England,"
•■ Ed swicke's Historyof Staffordshire," "Dr. Shaw's
History of Staffordshire." S.
Genealogies in Preparation.
Avery. Rev. William Clift, ol Mystic Ridge, I t.,
paring the genealogy of the Avery family.
Ballon. A genealogy of this family is being pre-
pared by Ira is. Peck, Esq., Woonsocket, R. I., the
author of the Pi G < ilogy, noticed in our "Bulle-
tin." Mr. l'eek is known as an indefatigable geneal-
. md has accumulated a wonderful collection of
valuable material relating to these and other families.
Cleveland and Cleavelands. Mr. X. Hubbard Cleve-
land, of Southold, Suffolk Co., X. Y.. lias in pr< para-
xon a of the above family, having, in
addition to tie- results of his own investigations, the
material collected by Mr. Nehemiah Cleveland, (for-
merly of Brooklyn, X. Y., now of Top-field, Ma.-s.,)
and the late Rev. Oliver Alden Taylor.
Cunningham. Thi .if this family is in
ition by George A.Cunningham, Lunenburg,
Mass., a most eareful and industrious genealogist.
Denisou. Hon. Charles Denison ol Mj ti<
Conn., is preparing ft get
family.
// i len. Frederic A. Holden, 1312 " I " St., Wash-
ington, l>. C, is preparing genealogies, &i
following early settlers of Rhode island, each of whom
is his ancestor :
Randall Holden, Rufu Barton,
Jeremiah Clarke, 'William Almy,
Lewis Latham, John Warner,
Richard Waterman, Bzekiell Holliman,
Resolved Waterman, John Coggeshall,
Roger William . < 'had Brov n,
John Wickes, Anthony Low,
John Townsend, William Arnold,
Samuel (i,n ton, Stephen Arnold,
Richard Carder, Israel Arnold,
Robert Potter, James Barber,
Edward Fisher, Zachariah Rhodes,
John Greene, Edward Smith.
John Greene, Jr.,
Any information concerning either of the above
named persons, or their descendants for the fir
generations will he thankfully received.
Humphreys. Dr. Frederick Humphreys of 562
Broadway, New fork, has been foi many years en-
gaged on a history of this family, descended from
Michael Humphreys, of Windsor, Conn.
Leavenworth. Dr. Franklin B. Hough, of Low-
ville, N. Y., is engaged in collecting and pn
for publication the history of the Leavenworths, in
America, CW Ibury and Waterbury, Conn.,) from
materials collected by Gen. E. Warner Leavenworth,
of Syracuse, X. Y. Dr. Hough will be thankful for
anj information furnished in relation to the above.
Page. The history of this family is in preparation
by Francis A. Page, of the TJ. S. Army, who will fei 1
: lor any assistance from those interested in the
name. Address, at Easton, Pa.
Palmer. Thegenealogj of the old Windsor (Conn.)
stoek of this name, is being most industriously work-
ed up by Corydon Palmer, of Warn n, Trumbull Co.,
Ohio.
Salt's! ury. Dr. J. A. Salisbury, of Cleveland, Ohio,
is engaged en a genealogy of this family.
it ah field. Lev. John Lawrence of Beading, Mass.
has son* MSS. r< i ords of this family.
Wynkoop. Richard Wynkoop, 119 Broadway, New
York, who published a " Prelimin igy," as
a circular, in 1866, is preparing a full Wynkoop < H n-
ealogy, the publication of which may he considerably
delayed.
Biographies in Preparation.
Raymond. Another Biography of Henry J. Ray-
mond, is in pr paration i>> Mr. s. s. Conant, for
:i years the Managing Editor of the Times.
Rumford. Lev. George B. Ellis, D. D.. of Boston,
is writing a life of Count Rumford.
tlesworth. John Ward Dean, 11 John
, Mass., has in manuscript "Mi moriak ol Ri ■ .
Michael "Wigglesworth," author of The Day of I m,
It consists of a brief memoir of Lev. M. W., his
funeral Bermon preached by Eti ■. . I otton Mather, his
Autobiography, < orrespondence, Library ami other
matters illustrating his life.
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THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
Peirce. The I'eirce Family of the Old Colony,
giving a Genealogical account of 2000 lineal descen-
dants of Abraham Peirce, a tax payer, in Plymouth,
as early as 1023, is now passing through the press of
I). Clapp & Son, Boston.
Paine.. Judge Alexander C. Morton, of Columbus,
Ga., a friend and executor of Thomas Paine, has in
preparation a life of this celebrated free-thinker.
Andrew Boyd, of Albany, has in press and will
shortly issue a complete catalogue descriptive of all
books, pamphlets, etc., relative to Mr. Lincoln, pub-
lished since his nomination in 1800. It will have
three photograph illustrations.
Local Histories in Preparation.
Braintree, Mass. Messrs. Elias Hayward and N.
A. Langley, of South Braintree, are writing a Hist.
of Braintree. They will include in their compilation
all matters of interest pertaining to the three towns
of Braintree, Quincy and Bandolph, all of the old
Brantry, Mass.
Freetown, Mass. The History of this place from A.
I). L659, by Ebenezer W. Peirce, is nearly ready for
publication. Until the year 1803, Fall River formed
a pari of this township, when it was formally set off.
The same author is collecting materials for a history
of the towns of Berkley and Dighton, Mass., and will
welcome assistance. Address, Freetown, Bristol Co.,
Mass.
Raynham, Mass. A History of this place prepared
by Rev. Enoch Sanford, will soon be issued in pam-
phlet form.
Franklin B. Hough, of Lowville, N. Y., who has
done so much for the local history of our State, has
now in hand two important works, the first of which
is a List op Aliens, nationalized by Special Act, and
authorized to hold lands in the State of New York,
from the year 1718 down to 1870. It will contain in
alphabetical arrangement over 3,000 names, and will be
of peculiar service to those tracing family histories,
" as affording in many cases the earliest record in exist-
ence, relating to ancestry in the State, although not
a certain proof of the date or fact of immigration, as
some persons were allowed to hold lands who never
became residents." The other work proposed to be
issued by l»r. Hough, is a translation with annota-
tions of The Castoiu.and Joiknal, embracing In-
cidents of Travel, and Facts connected with the
French settlement in " Castorland," on the Black
River, in Lewis and Jefferson Counties, N. Y., in
1793-96. This will form two volumes and will be
published by subscription only. Price $10.00. Mun-
sell, of Albany, is the publisher of both.
The State Historical Society of Vermont, voted re-
cently to publish a vol. of Soc. Proceedings and pa-
pers, and a complete list of its members.
Mr. Gould, of Portland, Me., has a history of the
1st, loth and 29th Regiments from that State, nearly
ready for the press.
,/%,_ Books or other publications to bo no-
ticed in the Record, and exchanges, should
be addressed to the " Publication Committee,"
64 Madison Avenue.
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Gowans. $1.25.
BOURNE. History of the Public School Society of
the city of New York. By W. O. Bourne. "With
Portraits of the Presidents of the Society. 8vo.
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DE COSTA. The Northmen in Maine. A Critical
Examination of the views of I>r. J. H. Kohl, and
a chapter on the Discovery of Massachusetts Bay.
8vo. pp. 140. Albany: J. Munsell. si. 75.
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Gray. 8vo. pp. 621. Portland, Oregon : Harris
& Holman. $5.00.
HUM PH REYS. Sketch of the History of the Third
Congregational Society of Springfield, Mass. With
Sermon on Rev. W. B. O. Peabody, D. D., &c.
Compiled by Rev. Dr. Humphreys. 8vo. pp. 50.
Springfield : S. Bowles. 50 ets.
JENNINGS. Memorials of a Century. The early
History of Bennington, Vt., and its First Church.
By Isaac Jennings. 8vo. pp. 408. Boston: Gould
& Lincoln. $2.50.
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Lippincott & Co. $1.25.
TRUMBULL. The Composition of Modern Geogra-
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Also the Military Annals of the fortresses of Crown
Point and Ticonderoga. By W. C. Watson. 8vo.
pp. vii. 504, Portraits. Albany: J. Munsell.
$4.00.
WILDER. Address to tlie New England Historico-
Genealogical Society, Jan. 5th, 1870, by W. I'.
Wilder, with Proceedings, *fce. 8vo. pp. 26. Bos-
ton : D. Clapp & Son. 50 ets.
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the Relormed Dutch Churches of Kings
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Gravesend Flatlands and New Utrecht, from
1660 to 1775, copied by H. Onderdonk, Jr., is
the title of a MSS volume in the Library of
the Long Island Historical Society, at Brook-
lyn, N. Y.
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THE NEW YORK
(JpnFfllogirfll anb Pograpljirai PLprorb.
Vol. I.
NEW YORK, JULY, 1-7".
No. :;.
PLAN OF GENEALOGICAL WORK.
i tluded from (ht
We then take up separately (al least for a
portion of our studies) Gbnealogi and Bio-
obaphi as a specialty :
Family history has been pronounced the
most delightful of all studies. Every man
and everj family and every neighborhood has
a history. Ourdesign as studenlsmusl be by
devoted attention to this division ol study, to
bring it more clearly within the domain and
subject to the rules of fixed science; and to
attain in it. or by moans of it. greater knowl-
edge usefulness and success
- lys Dr. Winslow Lewis, " en
deavors to as > rtain fron reli "
• those laws, by which moral or intellectual
" traits, or physical characteristics of organ-
•• ization, are handed down from generation
" to generation in races and families. (16 N.
E. Gen. Regr. 12
1 think Genealogy haseven broader objects
Our country now presents one of the
grandest Melds for studying and practising
the science: and for securing any advantages
to be attained from its study. It embraces
all varieties of races, nations, climate, food,
and occupation, and all varieties of educa-
tion, training and skill. It has arrived at that
stage when individual selections must he
made, and when the effects of a choice should
be smiled bj ourselves and taught to our
children. The facilities for locomotion, for
travel and the use of them, by which climate
surroundings and associations ol all kinds
are changed at pleasure, were never before,
nor any where, so great. These if they favor
mixtures: teach the effect of and enforce selec-
We can avail ourselves at once of ill
the history and science of the old national-
ities, but we have fresh subjects and are free
from class divisions and from some lorced or
artificial practices which may have disturbed
scientific rules abroad.
Sufficient time has elapsed for notice to be
taken of the general culture and training of
Satire American*, descendants ol the first set-
tlers, and of its etlect under varied conditions
of origin, race, climate food occupation
teaching and government. A large number,
widely scattered, for about sever generations
and rapidly increasing are purely Amei
many coming from England, many from
Holland and elsewhere We must test their
qualities and capacities ; recommend and ap-
plaud what is good; condemn and "eschew
tl vil. Our city, of all others in America
affords the greatest variety of subjects and
shows the greatest necessities for ascertaining,
comparing and selecting the qualities ol asso
companions, friends and partners . but
with the smallest possible facilities.
Descendants from original first settlers, or
from such as were here, in America, before
the year 1700 oughl to be compared and con-
trasted with those or their descendants who
have come fresh from the old country, al any
time since. Here thej are all mi
Those who came from England, Wales
Scotland or Ireland, may be compared and
contrasted each with the other. SO far ;is anj
permanent or material variance can be de-
tected; and also with those who before com.
ing here, were either French, or Spanish
Sclavonic or Swede, European <>i Asiatic.
Caucasian, Mongolian, or African; or who
were either pastorial or agricultural, highland
or low land, professional or mechanical com-
mercial or seafaring. Here in this citj we
have a great gathering of the descendants ol
original natives of Holland perhaps more de-
serving of attention than any other race. I In
this point I shall hold myself in readiness for
a separate discourse whenever you are ready
to give a listening ear.
Starting with the nation or race, and the
place of origin in the old country and with
all the circumstances we can learn, we are to
detect, classify, and record all the peculiari
ties, in this new continent, north of the
equator, which may produce lasting and
serious results in or exhibit traits.
actions or consequences, worthy of imitation,
pursuit or avoidance. To do this for each
man, we wish to know and to preserve, with
hm name : —
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THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL
1st. The dates and places of birth and death ;
his era and locality, as accurately as possible.
In early and crude genealogical attempts.
these are neglected. They are soon found
highly essential. Without them it becomes
impossible to identify or trace individuals
and their descendants, or to detect errors
or frauds.
2d. Tin origin. This requires the father's
and mother's names, with additions or refer-
ences sufficient for race and family of origin.
3d. The marriage, with lull particulars
about the wife or wives ; especially her father's
name, in order to trace her family, antece-
dents and surroundings. Females are as im-
portant as males for blood and race ; and
indeed for everything except fighting. No
separate genealogical accounts arc often kept
respecting them; but their ancestry should be
traced.
4th. The children. These are necessary to
understand the course and conduct of each
individual as influenced by his children and
his plans for them. They are necessary also,
in order to trace the children; and for de-
scendants to have the proper clues to find
their ancestry. If a son be married, he is
expected to have his own separate statement
If a daughter, her husband's name should be
given in order that under that name we may
trace his or her family and their descendants.
If sons or daughters be not married then all
practicable particulars should be given of
them under the father's family beading;
for no other genealogical account is taken of
them, and when for one man, or head of a
family, we have thus the name, dates, location,
father's and mother's names, with references,
name of wife and her father, and names of
children, we want then,
iy the sa ■ c particulars for each of his
ancestors ;
as far back as we can get them.
All the rest, the filling up, for each, is more
purely biographical, and is not governed by
definite rules or limits. But besides anything
remarkable in his character or conduct, his
failures and successes, it is importaut for
statistical purposes to note his education,
training, occupation or profession, and places
of residence Publications and records by
or concerning the individual, should be brief-
ly mentioned. They are touchers and proofs
of location, conduct and identity, if nothing
else.
These simple rules carefully observed with
au exact system of reference from one to
another to avoid repetitions and with a few
abbreviations, serve all the purposes of the
i Genealogist ; and these are needed also for
the Biographer.
They are not now well attended to. How
shall we teach or enforce them 1 C. B. M.
Will of Philip Pieterse Schuyler, the
progenitor of the family in this Coun-
try, and his wife Margareta Van Slech-
tenhorst.
Contributed by K. b. ()' 0.
In the name of God Amen, Mr. Phillip
Schuyler old Commissary in Albany at pres-
ent Weak of Body hut of sound memory and
understanding, and Mis Margaret Van
Slechtenhorst in good health both as to Body
and min 1 Persons ot good Repute Resideing
here. Considering the short and fraile con-
dition of humane Life the Certainty of Death
and Doubtful] houre of the same Upon Pre-
meditated and Due advice without the In-
ducement Persuasion or Misleading of any
Person do Declare to have made ordained
and Confirmed this their Joynt Respectiue
and reciprocall Last Will and Testament in
manner and forme following. First bequeath-
ing theire imortall Soules when they shall Part
from their bodys into the Gracious and
merciful! hands of God their Creator and
Saviour and their bodys to Christian buriall
and also Revoakeing annulling and makeing
Void by these presents all and Every Such Tes-
tamentary Disposalls as together or apart they
before the Date hereof may have made or
Passed and Coming herewith Expressly to
the Disposal! of their Temporary Estate
they Leave behind so have they the Testators
nominated and Constituted and by these
Presents do nominate and constitute for his
or her whole and sole heire Reciprocally The
Longest Liuer of them two and that of all
the goods motieable and Itnmoueable actions
and Creditts mony gold silver Coyned and
Uncoyned Jewells Cloathes Linnen Woolen,
houshold Stuff and other nothing in the
World Excepted nor Reserved as well in this
Country In Holland Gelderland or Elsewhere
where the same shall by or bee found to Dis-
pose thereof as hee or sliee should or might
Do with hes or her patrimonicall Effects
without Hindrance or Contradiction of any
AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCORD.
10
Provided alwayes that the Longest
l/mer of Them two stands obliged honistly
to maintaine bring up and Keep till they
come ol age o,r are marrijed their four Vn-
deraged Children namely A.rent two ami
iwentj yeares o1 age Phillip Seanenteene
yeares oi age, Johannes Bfteene yeares ol age
and Margerel Eleven yeares ol age and them
to Exercise in all Piety, and thai they are
brought Vp to Reading Writing and as handi-
crafl Trade wherewith in their times they may
honestly gett their Liueing and that when
they Come of age or are marrijed "with con
sent of the Longest Liner the Longest of
i hem two shall be obliged to give to Each of the
said nnderaged Children a tilth Portion so
innch as the Longest Linerofthem two in good
Pousicense shall find convienient and accor-
ding to the Estate and opportunity that then
.hall presen! and further to An as good
honest parents oughl to Doo, and whereto
they do Entrust each other according to all
Equity and their ability without being further
obliged and that bj reason thai the testators
cannot al Present make any ( Vrtaine account
and [nventary of their Estate not Willing nor
Desireius accordingly that by or concerning
their beforesaid Child or Children any account
or Inventary of the Kstaie shall be taken
Vnder what pretence soever ilt might bee
from the Longest Liuer of them two, Tho in
Case i he Longest Liner might happen to Dy
before the beforesaid four children come of
age or are married in is Expressely Desired
by the Testators that such Child or Children
that then shall be Vnder age shall bee main-
tained out of the comon Estate till they come
of age or are marrijed. and if so bee the
Estate bee made worst by tire warre or other
Losse which G >d Prevent) so shall those
who have had noe Portions in Place of and
tor their Portions first Receave Each the sume
<>f Twelve hundred and fifty guilders in
Reavers, that is for the four Children, live
thousand Guilders in Beavers and then shall
the whole Hstate be Equally Divided anion"
the Testators Eight Children by name Ger-
truyd the wife of Stiphanua van t'ourtland,
Alida the wite of Robert Livingston, Peter.
Rrant. Arent. Phillip Johannes and Margaret
Schuyler among them 01 their heires a Like
to be Divided the one not more then the
other. Butt in Case the Longest Liuer of the
Testators might happen to remarry then that
Party shall be obliged to Deliver a true
ace, iint and inventory ol the Estate and
thereof to Sett out Pan and Divide in the
whole to witt one true moyety to the Bel I
of the Testators beforesaid Light Children,
among them or their heires Equally and a
Like to bee Divided to the one not more then
the other and the other half to the Behoofe
ot the Longest Liuer of them two which In
ventory the Longest Liuer shall be bound if
there bee Occasion to assert upon Oath without
being any further obliged always Provided
that the Longest Liuer shall take and L'n
jove the Interest of the Principell belonging
to the Children During their minority for their
maintanence anil bringing up, and on the
Death of one of the Child or Children afore
said in their minority their hereditary Portion
shall bee to the behoofe ot the surviveing Chil
dren, and for Security of what is above made
and bequeathed to the Children stands bound
the farmes, Lands. Houses and Tenements that
they the Testators have in this Count i ej SO
neuer the Less it their bee Occasion Except
Selling that the Longest Liuer may Enter
upon the Same ami Dispose thereof as also
their other Effects for his or their maintence.
Lastely they the Testators in these Presents
have shutt out and Excluded Keeping all
Due Respect the Weesmasters of this Place
and Every one where these Presents may
be of Effect from the Rule and Charge •■!
their said Children and goods not willing that
they should trouble Themselves wherewith
but Instead of them have appointed as Gar-
dian or Guardians over the same the Longest
Liuer of Them two with power to Desire and
take One or mote Persons to oversee with them
all the above written the Testators Declareing
to lie the Last Will and Testament of them
boath Desireing that the same after the
Decease of the first of them may have and
take itts full Power and Effect be itt as Tes
tament, Cordicill, Donation Legacy or Other-
wayes as itt best may take Effecl notwith-
standing any Solemnity in forme or Law may
lie omitted neglected not Inserted or ob-
served. Praying all Lords Courts and author
ity where these presents shall take Effect that
itt may have all Possible Benititt and by mee
the writer thereof to be made and Delivered
one or more Instruments to Conclude all as
itt ought.
Done in Albany, at the house of the Testa-
tors Upon the first Day of May one thousand
six hundred eighty and three Old Stile being
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THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL
Tuesday Evening about nine of the Clock in
Presents of Mr. Cornells Van Dyke ami Mr.
Dirick Wesselles Commissarys of this Towne
as Witnessed hereunto Delivered; Signed and
Sealed.
PHILLIP SCHUYLER, (is )
MARGARETA VanSLECHTENHORST,! ls.)
Cobs ems Vaxuvkk.
Debick Wessells.
Mee Present,
Robert Livingston, Sec'y.
The above instrument was presented for
probate at a court held in Albany, on the 4th
day of March 1681 by the widow Mrs. Marga-
reta Schuyler through her son Arent, and on
deposition of the two witnesses was admitted
to record and she referred to the Governor
to obtain letters of administration. The
Court record being attested by Robert,
Livingston.
Thomas Dongan
Lieut, and Gouvernor
under his Roy11 high88
of N. Yorke Depend-
encies in America.
To all to whom this
Shall or May Concern,
Greeting. Know yee
that att a Court held at
Albany the fourth Day
of March last the Will of Phillip Schuyler,
late of Albany Deceased Annexed to these
Presents was Proved who haveing while he
lived and att the time of his Death goods and
Chattels Rights and Crediths within the said
Towne of Albany and Province. And Mar-
greta Sletchenhorst the Widdow and Relict
being therein Appointed his sole and only
Executrix the Administration of all and Sin-
gular the said Goods and Chattels, Rights and
Crediths, And the said Will is hereby
Committed unto the said Margareta Sletchen-
horst well and truly Administer upon the
same According to the said Will and to make
A true and Perfect Account of her said
Administration in the time by Law Re-
quired, Given under my hand and Seale att
ffort .lames in New Yorke the 8th Day of June
in the thirty Sixth yeare of his ma''-5 Reigne
Anno 9 Domin 1684.
THOMAS DONGAN.
Past the office
J. Sprago, Secry.
NOTE ON FOREGOING, BY S. ALOFSEN.
The original, now (1S4(>> in possession of John C.
Schuyler of West Troy (formerly called the Flats) is
written on •'! pages of folio paper, one page for each
instrument, and is in good preservation, except the
last leaf which is much worn in the folds.
The original will as executed by the Testators musl
have been in Dutch, as appears from another and
different translation in more modern orthography,
also in ^\Ir. John ('. Schuyler's possession, written on
a sheet of foolscap, the ink being much disco].. red and
rusty. It is in good preservation, and both transla-
tions virtually and ii.;m 1\ verbally agree with each
other, differing only in a few instances from the select-
ion of different words to express the same object.
The probated translation, probably by Robert Living-
ston, is the Letter English. ***** [ have nol
discovered fin- original Dutch Document.
S. ALOFSEN.
Jersey City, April 8th, 1846.
Note. For the Drawing of Gov. Dongan's seal,
which illustrates this article, we are indebted to Dr.
O'Callaghan ; the same, we believe, never having
appeared before in print.
Erratum. -No. 1, p. 3, 1st col., line (i from bottom.
For, Oct., 1798, read Nov. 18, L804.
THE "TANGIER" SMITH RECORDS.
(.Concluded from tin- January No.)
Biookehaven ye 21'h June 1690
This day Was Borne my Sixth
Saturday Daughter Gloryana Smith on a Sat-
urday about Eleven a clocke in the
forenoone and was christened by Mr. Ennis
her father was her godfather and her mother
and Sister Patey was her godmothers.
Biookehaven Decembr 14th 1691
This day Was Borne my Seaventh
M un. lay Daughter Theadocia Smith on a Mun-
day at Eight a clocke' at night
departed this Life the 29tb of December
About Seaven a clocke in the morning beeinge
but 1", days ould and Was Buried the 30th of
December in the Meeting house of Brooke-
haven.
Manour of St. Georges near , -~
Brookehaven this 20th Decemr1693
This day Was Dome my Sixth Sonne Charles
Jeffery on a Wendesday about Nine a clocke
at night and Was Christened by Mr. Burtell
a french Protestant Minister at the Manor of
St. Georges.
Charlestown in New England .lanrv 9"'" 17(V?
This day being monday I Henry Smith borne
in the Royall Citty of Tanger in Affrica was
Joyned in holy wedlock, to Anna Shepard of
Charlestown in the County of Middlesex, by
the Reuer'1 M' Cotton Matther, & Col" : John
Phillips.
Manr of St. Georges Feb1? 18th 170*
Lord day I'1'611 Almighty God was pleased
3 a clocke (after sixteen days sickness of a
afternoon Rheumatism &c) to take to himselfe
AND BIOGRAPHICAL RKCmrd.
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our hond & Deare Pathei Col0 William Smitb,
who \ 21 of said ins1 was iutered in the
Euening, where he bad directed ; & MrQeo
Phillips preached bis funeral sermon.
Man1 8 Geo Thursday Tena Clock
ai night Sep 27' 1705. This Eue-
ning was borne <>ui fiist Daughter Mary
Siuitl). who >• 23 "i November 1706 was
baptised at Charlestown by j Reuerd M"
Simon Bradstreel
Cliarlestown December 20th 1706. Fryday
morning Ten a Clocke This daj was borne
our second Daughter Anna Smitb and Jan1
5th enseueing was babtized by y afores M
Bradstreet.
Manour ol S' Georges, June 20th 1707
Then Sister Gloryana Was Maryed to the
K.-iii Mr George Muirson, who the 12th ol
Octob1 170s departed this Life at Rye ami
was Intered in his Parish Church.
Mannourof S1 Georges Octob' 29 IT1 B.
L708. Frydaj Morning one a clo Then God
Almighty was graciously pleased to give
us our li'st Sonne William Henry Smith, who
was babtised Ap1 I9rt 1713 p1 Reuerd M'
George Phillips of Brookhauen.
Manr S Geo Sep' 1st 1709 Thursday morning
'., an hour pasi eight Then Almighty God was
pleased to take to himselfe our lion ' & Deare
Mother, after 14 days sickness, Viz : first y
Chollick & (hen succeeded «: a Mallig-
nant feauer & sore Throat, on Satterday y •" l
of sa instant in the Euening, she was intered
on the right side ol her dr spouse, & M
Phillips Preached her funerall sermon, she was
home July 2d
Mannour of Scarsdale I ictober7tt l710Thurs-
day Then God Almighty after of days sickness
a Feauer & bloody flux waspleased to take
to himselfe our Dear Sister Gloryana Muir-
son, who y Satterday ensueing was intered
m Bro' Colonel Heathcotes burying place.
Mair S' Georges I'd. Cl'h17}"
Tuesday evening 6 a clocke.
Then <;,.<! Almighty was pleased to give us
our second sonne Henry who was babtized
p' M' Geo: Phillips ap1 19th 1713.
Mannour S' Geo" Decembers'0 1713.
Satterday 8 a clocke morn
Then God Almighty was pleased to give us
our third Daughter Gloryana Smith, who God
in like manner was pleased to take to him
selfe March 29' ,8 in the morning having
had the measells •'; days & being babtized
- Phillips lust before -he dyed, the next
day euening, was intered on the left side of
her Grand Father Col0 William Smith. & w
bereanemeni pray God may be duly sancti-
lied to her indulgent Parents.
Manr S' Geo- Mas 1715
May 18th Brother Charles Jeffry Smith was
seized with v" small Pox. the 23d at 10 a
dock.' iii y« night he Dyed .\ j 24 ' inj
afternoon, was interd ai y feet of our 1
Father Col0 William Smith
Man S' Georges Februarj 261" 171*
Saturday 8 a clocke in y morning
Then God Almighty was pleased to give u.n
our fourth Daughter Gloryana Smith, & was
babtized by M' George Phillips.
Man' S Geo JanrJ >"-<'' L7l|
Then God Almightj was pleased to
Munday giue us our 5,n Daughter Martha
Smith.
Man' S' George Septeinbr 2d 171V)
At 11 at night on a Tuesday. Cod Almigbt}
was pleased to giue us our Third son Charles
Jeffry Smith, who at , New York, on y' 24th
'.C 1734 i.alter 21 days sickness of a Pevei I
between '■' & 10 at night. God was pleas'1 bo
take to himselfe ; on y1 26 was verj de centlj
charge of his Dr Aunt Mad"' Heath
c mci inter' in Trinity Church yard, being
aged 1 5 years.
Manour S1 George September 28th 1721
About 3 quarters past 6 in the afternoon on a
Thursday, God Almighty was pleased to
give us our fourth son Gilbert Smith
Man' S' George June 20th 1725
At six a clock in the morning (being the
Lords daj | Cod Almighty was pleasd to
give us our Sixth Daughter Catherine
Smith.
Man' S1 George July 14" 1732
At in a clocke in ye morning. God Almightj
was pleased to take to himselfe, our l>'
NeiceM" Eliz" Heatbcote, of a consum ption .
on v" 16 in ye Evening she was inter1 on the
right side of her Hond Grand Mother Mad"
Martha Smith.
Man' S' George May 7"' 173.".
This day at nine of the clock at night God
Almighty was pleased to take to himselfe,
my most [ntirely beloved spouse Mrs
Anna Smith. Born in Charlestown near Bos-
ton, Jan" M0'1' 1685 aged 50 yeare ; Having
had a Chachexied, Diarbea, Vomiting, &
Coma. On Fryday the Rev1 Mr Brown
preached her funeral sermon from Matthew
•J 1 II. & at 6 a clock was decently Inter1 \>\
our Daughter Gloriana ; & her Virtue having
Realized her apious Christian; ber Death
was much Lamented.
Man' S' George June 24tt 17 12
This day at 3 of the clock in the afternoon,
Cod Almighty was pleased to take to him-
selfe, im most [ntirely beloved second spouse,
M Prances Smith. Born 1702 at Gospar
near Portsmouth in England. For several
years was afflicted w* many Hysterick Disor-
ders, finally suceeded with a scorbutic
Rheumatism. & On Satterday ye Re? M
Brown preach a Funeral Sermon from
Numb : 23d : 10. at one a clock she was de-
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centlj Inter1 by ray former Dr spouse— was
aged aim, n 40 years, and was Remarkable
tor her Virtuous & Charitable Disposition, by
Universally discountenancing Callumny, &
Detraction, & Industryously promoting
Christian unanimity and Concord. &'"
At Fairfield Oetob' 6th 1737 Col" Henry
Smith, & Mrs Frances Caner, were married
by the Rev'1 Mr Henry Caner, Rectr of y*
i Ihurch ; & in a Conjugal state, lived happily
Four years. Eight Months, and 18 Days.
Brookhaven November the sixth 1742. Then
Col0 Henry Smith and Mr" Margaret Biggs,
were Legally Maried, by the Rev1 Mr Sam-
uel Smith, Residing at Southold. as pr his
Certificate may appeare.
Brookhaven October I9tn 1743. at nine at
night, Cod Almighty was pleased toGive us
our Daughter Frances ; who on the K'h Day
of January 174^ was babtized by the
Rev'1 Mr Youngs.
Man' S1 George January 27 174jj
My Brother Majr William Smith departed this
Life, & the 29th was Inter'1 in our Burying
place
March 12: 1743 God Almighty
was pleas'1 to take to himselfe my Dr Daugh-
ter Catherine who on the 14"' was Interred
in our Burying place.
Manr S1 Geo: October 1. 10 a
clocke morning 1746 Then God Almighty
was pleased to give our Daughter Margaret
who on the 30tn January 174^ was Babti/ed
pr Rever'1 Mr. James Lyon.
Brookhaven May y" 3d 1747. 12,h
a Clock: Then God Almighty was pleasd to
take to himselfe my Dr son Henry, Born Feb.
13th 17}J on the 5th was Inter0" near his
Dear Mother. & the Rever'1 Mr Lyon preach"1
a Funeral Sermon.
Brookhaven April the 15"' 1748
nine a clock at night Then God Almighty
(after 28 days sickness of an Intermitting
Fever) was pleased to take to himself, our
Dear Daughter Margaret who on ye 17"'
was [nter^ on y" North side of my Dr spouse
Frances Leaving a space between their
(oaves, for my own Interment.
Brookhaven July 17th 1750 Two
a clock in y' morning Then God Almighty
was pleased to take to himselfe, my Dear
Daughter Gloryana Brewster, (who for six
months having Exceedingly Lamented ye
heath of her daughter, was the next day
Evening Intered by her. — Mr. Lyons Preach-
ed a Funeral Sermon from Corinth8 2d Chapr
:V" & y 10"' ,
August 15th Jus* Brewster8 youngest Daugh-
ter Dy' & was Buryed in the Even ingbyher
Mother & Sister.
February the 7,h My Daughter Martha
1753 was Maried to the Reverend Mr / James
Lyons pr Revd Mr Colgan.
Manor of S* George August I5tb 1764:2a
Clocke in the Morning, My Dear Spouse
Mr" Margaret Smith departed this Life: and
as tis hoped, Received into Everlasting
Glory : Having for near Twelve Weeks pa-
tiently suffered the Effects of a Violent
Cancerous disorder. commenced in her
Brest, and Dispersed into her thighs, Less &
feet: attended wth severall great Tumours, &
sores, which mortified, and became incurable.
In the Evening she was decently Inter-
ed near our youngest Daughter Margaret
and the Rev'1 Mr Talmage Preached a Funer-
al Sermon from Job 14. 14 Memo"' Religion
obliges the Gratefull Remembrance, that sev-
eral Pious Persons / and Frends, (during the
atllction aforementioned) / Expressed a I 'litis
tian concern & Simpathy by frequent seas-
onable Visitations, & Divers Consolations to
her.
Smith Town May the 15"' 1763.
Then Almighty God was pleased to take to
himself, our Dear Eldest Daughter Mary-
Smith, Born Sept ber 27th 1705. having had a
Languishing Consumtion & been the Wife of
Cap' Edmund Smith, & was Buried near by
him v 17th
H. R. S.
OUR SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS.
At a regular meeting, held April 23d. 1870,
the Committee on Biographical Bibliography,
appointed at last meeting, reported a plan for
the work, and the following resolution was
passed :
" Resolved, that the plan proposed by the
" committee of having a list of biographical
" boots and Indexes of persons, for the use of
" this Society, is in its general features ap-
" proved.
" And that a Standing Committee of three
" be appointed for this year, by the Chair, to
'• arrange and superintend the execution of
" the plan."
Messrs. C. B. Moore, Dr. Ellsworth Eliot
and M. H. Stafford, were appointed such com-
mittee.
Regular, May 14th, large and valuable do-
nations of books received. Rev. E. F. Shifter,
of Boston, was present and made an interesting!
address, on the subject of the N. E. Gen. So-
ciety, their early struggles, and their present
success in obtaining a building of their own.
Regular meeting, of May 28th, 1870, Mr.
Charles A. Cole, of London, read a paper on
the " Public Records of England, contained
in the Record House in London. "' D. P. Hoi_
ANIi HlOGRAriUCAI. RECORD
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ton, M. !>., read a paper on '• Pedigradation ;
01 . Notation of Pedigrees."
A committee was appointed to open a cor-
respondence with the U. S. Minister to Eng-
land to obtain for the library of the Society
the official publications ol the Public Records
oi England.
Meeting, June llth, 1870, valuable dona-
tions of books received. Mr. C. B. Moore
read an interesting paper on the "Early
Settlement of Suffolk County Long Island.''
NOTES ON BOOKS.
\ GENE umili AX 1 1 l>'li >!: V 01 THE DE-
SCENDANTS OF JOSEPB PECK, who emi-
i with U\< family to this country in 1888 ;
\.\l> RECORDS OF His FATHER'S AND
GRANDFATHER'S FAMILIES IX ENG-
LAND; with the pedigree extending back from
to father, for fcwentj generations, with their
coal of arms and copies of wills. By I it a is. I'm k.
Printed by Alfred Mudge & Son, Boston, L868.
This is a handsome royal 8vo volume oi 1 12
pages It is embellished with a large num-
ber of steel plates, the coat of arms beauti-
fully engraved in colors, and a chart of the
pedigrees of both the English and American
families.
The volume evinces profound research and
is written in a careful and conscientious
manner. The author appears to he a perfect
master ol his work, and his style is clear and
lucid. Be traces the pedigree of Joseph
Peck, the original settler in this country, back
for 20 generations, and continues the Ameri-
can family for 8 additional ones. There are
over 1 1,000 names in this volume and yet the
male line only is traced. The indexes are re-
markably full and complete.
J. S. G.
BOOT GENEALOGICAL RECORDS, [600-1870.
COMPRISING THE GENERAL HIstoky OF
THE ROOT AND ROOTS FAMILIES IX
AMERICA. By Jambs Pierce linen. New
V..ik : R. 0. Root, Anthony & Co., 1870.
This, the latest published Genealogy, is
issued in small quarto size, 533 pages, and is
printed on line white paper at the press of our
friend Munsell of Albany. It is a handsome
volume with wide margin around the entire
page. It treats, in extenso, of the descen-
dants oi Thomas, Josiah John and Ralph
Bootes who came to this country from 1634
and first settled at Salem. Mass.. and
Hartford. Conn. It traces mainly the
male line, though mention is made of the
first generation of many descei dants of other
names, and contains mention of ovei l """ ol
the name of Root, and some 1,500 de.se. >n
dants of other names.
The author traces the name to ;i French
origin, and concludes it to have been origiu
ally written Bootes in Normandy. The fam
ily being Huguenots fled to England and set
tied in Esses Co., and from thence came to
America.
The volume is not illustrated by plates ol
any kind, save a small cut of the coal ol
arms, li is very rich in genealogical charts
or tables which are interspersed throughout
the 1 k. The families represented are ai
ranged b\ generations from ihe first to the
ninth inclusive, and the indexes are very full.
It is a valuable addition to genealogical
literature.
J S. G.
ANTIQUITY OF THE .NAM). Ol S< "I I. WITH
BRIEF II [STORIC \ I. NOTES Bj M kETis B.
Scott, of Cleveland, Ohio. Pamphlet, pp 16.
li ton : David Clapp & Son, L869.
An interesting pamphlet tracing the an
tiquity ol the name treated ol to a very
remote period, and showing much thought
and study devoted to the subject. It is illus-
trated with an engraving of " Scott ol Glerns
ford, Suffolk, England." II. It. S.
■■ Information wanted with reference to the
Early Settlement of Losantiville. (now Gindn
nati,)'' is the title of a 1- page iracl issued
by Robert Clarke, the well known publisher
of that city ; being in fact a proposal to pub-
lish the original Record of the Distribution and
Sale of Lots, during the years ITS'.' and 90
and containing the names of 2_ I persons
named on said Records, concerning whom
Mr. Clarke desires to gather all genealogical
and biographical information which can be
obtained.
The list is one which will interesl manj
persons in various parts of the countrj and
to such Mr. Clarke will undoubtedly be glad
to furnish copies of his little pamphlet ol in
quiry, with a view to the additional co-opera
turn which it may excite among those who
peruse it. H. R. S.
Duyckinck. "We have latelj received a
very handsomely printed pamphlet of 48 Oi La
vo pages containing A Sermon m behalf oj
the Mission Work of St Mark's Chapel, by the
Rev. Henry Duyckinck, late Minister in charge
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THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
with Introductory Remarks by the Rev. Henry
< '. Potter, I) I) . delivered at St. Mark's Church
in the Bowerie. And a Funeral Sermon by the
Rev. Edward II. Krans, preached at St. Mark's
Cha/pel. Feb. "21th. 187U with other Memorial
Notices.
The Rev. Henry Duyckinck was the .son of
our esteemed fellow citizen, Mr. Evert A.
Duyckinck, and was horn in the City of New
York, Nov. 6th, 1843 ; educated at Columbia
College, and graduated at the General Theo-
logical Seminary of the P. E. Church, in 1867,
when he was duly ordained, and in 1868 ad-
mitted 10 the priesthood. His ministerial
career, in connection with the churches of
St. Thomas, Church of the Holy Martyrs,
Grace Chapel, and lastly, St, Mark's Mission
Chapel, was terminated by death on the 16th
of February, 1870. His character was mark-
ed by unusual culture, and his life save
rich promise of usefulness, especially anions
the poor, a lield of labor which no personal
preferences could lead him to relinquish, and
in which he died "with his armor on." By
ancient and honorable descent, by birth, ed-
ucation, life and residence, he was identified
with the City of New York, and we are glad
to see such an appropriate and graceful rec-
ognition of his too brief life.
We notice with pleasure, also in this pam-
phlet the return to the " old-time" spelling ot
the word " Bowerie." H. R. S.
NOTES AND QUERIES.
(Answers to enquiries under this head should he
addressed to the " Publication Committee," 64
Madison Avenue. >
t%t'au any reader of the Record furnish any facts
concerning the ancestry and genealogical record of
either of the following named persons : -Abraham
Wing, the first settler of town of Queensbury, N. Y.
He removed from Oblong, Dutchess Co., X. Y.,
about 17112, and died in Queensbury, 1800. It is con-
jectured that he or his father came from Sandwich
and Dartmouth, Bristol Co., Mass.— Peter Bailey
Tearse, a Captain and Adjutant in Col. Marinus Wil-
let's Reg. during Revolution. Alter was settled at
Fort Edward, N. Y., and married Polly Hunter, the
grand-daughter of widow McNeil, whose name is men-
tioned in history with the Jane McCrea affair. He
removed first to Queensbury, then to Ballston where
he died 180N. — John Pernor a merchant at the head of
Lake George (then Queensbury) at close of last cen-
tury, and delegate to Constitutional Convention of
l&Ol.—Micajah Pettit, a resident of Queensbury at
commencement of present century,engaged in lumber
business. A General of N. Y. Militia in war 1812.
H olden.
When and where did the wifefirst take the name of
her husband .' Pabs.
#*# " One who has the old papers" is respectfully
informed that the Marriage Licenses, as published in.
the Record, are exact copies of the original entries in
the book of records, and do not assume to give the
orthography of the names as they should be, but
simply as they are, written. We haven't the slight-
est doubt that you are correct in saying that the
name of Ellis Throgmorton on page 13 should be
Elsie or Alice. .1 . S. G.
#*# "Reitaug" returns his thanks to "B. R. B.,"
"Loutrel," and "'J. M. B.," for answers to his query in
No. 1 of the Record, relative to the Huguenot Church.
*** Answer to "Sylvester" p. 14 of Record.
Admiral Sir Geo. Clinton, of the Earl of Lincoln
family, born 1687, was a < laptain in the British Army
in 1716, was Governor of N. Y. 1741 to 1753, and died
in 1761 aged 74. Before 172M he married Anne, daugh-
ter of Gen. Peter Carle. The eldest daughter, wife of
('apt. Roddam, died at X. Y. in 1850, aged 22. The
date and place of his son Henry's birth has been
several times inquired for in print, perhaps by per-
sons who knew. They did not seem very earnest. An
inquiry by letter would doubtless be answered. Sir
Henry was commissioned "('apt. Lieut." of a N. Y.
Military Co. while his father was Governor here. On
1st Nov., 1751, lie wasappointed in England Lieut, of
the Coldstream Guards ; taking an early start for the
rank which he afterwards attained. He was married
in 1767. M.
Local Histories in Preparation.
History of Wallingford, Conn., from 1670- 1870, is
in preparation by C. 11. S. Davis, M . 1).. of Meriden,
Ct. The work is to contain full genealogies of the
families of Wallingford, Cheshire and Meriden, Ct.
There are the names of 37 families mentioned in the
prospectus. It is expected to be a work of sou pages,
8vo.
Fairhaven, iV. H. A history of this town is just
ready for publication.
Family Reunions. The descendants of Roger
Clapp, ami all others bearing the name or descended
from the family, will have a grand reunion at North-
ampton on the 24th of August next. A festival will
take place on the Agricultural Fair Grounds. Rev.
A. Huntington Clapp, of New York, will deliver the
address. The occasion promises to be one of great
interest.
***. Mr. Stephen Curry, of Grahainsville, Sullivan
County, X. Y., celebrated his one hundredth birth-
day on the 15th of June. His eight sons are all
living, among whom are Daniel Curry, D. D., Editor
of the Methodist Episcopal organ, The Advocate : Hon.
John Curry, of the Supreme Court of California ;
George, ex-governor of Kansas; and Hon. Jabez, of
Alabama.
N0TE. —The Publication Committee having
been disappointed in the receipt of an article
which they confidently expected, are reluct-
antly compelled to forego the pleasure ol
making this a double number as they had
proposed.
THE NEW YORK
Cj-fiiFalogirfll anb JSiograjjIjirfll JB.pro.ro.
Vol. i.
NEW YORK, OCTOBER, 1870.
No. 4.
THE WOODHULL ATCHIEVEMENT.
BY THE UKV. HKVEKLY R. BKTTS, A. M.
Eighteen Quarteringa,
5, 5, 4, 4.
I. Or three cri
gules, for Woodhull.
■2. Argent on a
azure, five escallops or,
fur PYm
3. Quarterly argent
and gales, fivr i i
pattee oonnterchanged,
f,,r ' 'httmodt .
4. or fretty sable, a
ber ermine ; on a chief
gules, three leopards'
.1.1, for Sound*.
,i. or a fess between
three lozenges gules, for
Hocclifft or Hokelay.
6. Argent a lyon ram-
pant gules, for DeLyon.
7. Argent across gules
surmounted of a bend
azure, for Ntweriham.
Urgent two bars
azure within a bordure
engrailed sable,for Parr.
9. < >v three water bou-
ile, for Ros.
10 Argent a saltier
gules fri tty or, for Clop-
hull.
II. Or a fret gules, fur Verdtm.
12. Azure three chevrons interlaced and a chief or,
for Filz Hugh.
13. Barry of twelve or and azure an eagle displayed
gules, for Gemrgan.
14. Gules a bend between six crosses Crosslet or, for
Fuurnrys or Furneaulx.
15. Harry of six argent and azure on a bend gules
three martlets or, for Grry.
16. Vair a fess gules, for Marmion.
17. '»r three chevrons gules a chief vair, for .S7.
Qui til in.
18. Gules a lyon rampant or between three cres-
cents argent, for Salusbury.
The shield is borne upon a mantle, (not mantling,)
gules, lined with ermine.
The crest is out of a ducal coronet or a pair of
wings endorsed gules.
There is no motto : but that used by some branches
of the family is " Seipior tier Inferior."
The science of Heraldry includes among
other things, the laws of precedence and cere-
monies, the recording of descents and the
i»i"a 1 1 1 i 1 1 iz. confirming and marshalling of Arms.
The first are perhaps of less value in this coun-
try; but the last two, which are closely con-
nected, are of great importance. A know-
ledge of Armoury (as Mr. Lower styles that
part of the herald's functions which relates to
Anns) is often a very great help in tracing a
descent. A well authenticated pedigree is in
this country the only possible evidence ol a
right to a coat of arms; since, as there are no
new grants, arms can no longer be borne by
any who have not inherited them from their
ancestors. There is no possible mode of ac-
quiring a new coat of arms. It is true indeed
that there have been, and perhaps still are
persons calling themselves herald-painters,
who profess not indeed to grant, but to find
arms for those who send them, as they ex-
press it, " their name and county;" but the
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falseness of these pretensions has often been
exposed. It is probably needless to do more
than to suggest that there is no necessary
connection between name, county, and coat
of arms ; that persons of the same name are
not necessarily derived from the same stock ;
that it may very well happen that a single
name may be connected with many coats of
arms, or that the same coat may be borne by
many names ; in a word, the only mode in
this country, of proving a title to a coat of
arms is by showing a descent from persons
who have borne, it. The first step of course
is to show the pedigree. If there be no pat-
ent, the evidence of a right to bear arms is
usually found in the fact that one's ancestors
have borne them for successive generations,
which may be shown from seals, plate, tomb-
stones and the like. A patent is an instru-
ment from the Herald's College, either grant-
ing arms to any one, or confirming those which
he already bears. Patents are probably not
numerous in this country, and where they
exist, they are usually older than the settle-
ment of the country, or at any rate than the
Revolution. A patent is of course unimpeach-
able evidence of the right of the person to
whom it is granted and his descendants to
bear arms.
If, however, there be neither patent nor tra-
dition, and yet any person may be desirous
of ascertaining, in good faith, whether he be
entitled to bear arms, his first step should be
to set forth his pedigree with the proofs, as
far back as his ancestor who emigrated, for
instance from England. If, as many families
can do, he can show his connection with the
mother country, the further steps may be
comparatively easy ; if not they will be more
difficult. In either case, the proper course
would be to put his proofs in the hands of a
skilful person in England, of whom there are
many, who will examine and work them up,
and, if it be possible, complete the pedigree,
and ascertain what arms, if any, he is entitled
to bear. This, it is true, may be both trouble-
some and costly : but it is certainly more sat-
isfactory, not to say more honest, than assum-
ing other people's arms ; an act which is, to
say the least, highly reprehensible.
A very important part of Heraldry in this
country is included under the head of mar-
shalling. This, in its strict meaning, is the ar-
ranging of several coats in one shield accord-
ing to certain laws, for the purpose of show-
ing the descent of the person who bears them :
but it involves also the explaining and eluci-
dating such shields or achievements, when
they are formed. This is one way in which
the intimate connection of Armoury and Gen-
ealogy is shown. An atchievement may be a
guide to a forgotten pedigree. A pedigree
may explain the mysteries of an atchievement,
or may give the means of constructing one.
An atchievement contains always in the first
quarter the paternal arms ; in the succeeding
ones the arms of females who have intermar-
ried into the family. The rules for construct-
ing it are different in England and on the con-
tinent In France and Germany for instance,
what is called a genealogical atchievement is
usually strictly so, and includes the arms of all
direct ancestors. In three generations these
amount to sixteen ; and a gentleman is pre-
sumed to be able to give at least this number of
quarterings. In England, only the arms of
heiresses are admitted ; and the quarterings
may therefore be one or more. The number is
variable and indefinite and depends altogether
upon the number of heiresses who have mar-
ried into the family. It is unnecessary to enter
into the rules of marshalling. They will be
sufficiently explained by the illustration that
is to follow. It will be enough to say that
when there is a single quartering it is put in
the second and third quarter, the paternal coat
being in the first and fourth ; when there is
an uneven number of quarterings they are
placed one after another in a settled order;
and when there is an even number, the pater-
nal coat is repeated in the last quarter. When
the Royal Arms occur they are usually placed
in the second quarter as the most honourable
position.
It is now proposed, by way of illustrating
the connection between Armoury and Gene-
alogy, i. e. between the symbolical and his-
torical parts of Heraldry, to give an account
of a remarkable heraldic painting in the pos-
session of Richard Woodhull, Esq., of Setau-
ket, Brookhaven, Suffolk Co., New York.
This, which is an atchievement of eighteen
quarterings, was sent out from England in
or about the year 1687 to Richard Woodhull
who had come from Thenford in Northamp-
ton, and had settled in Brookhaven a few
years previously. It is mentioned in an au-
tograph letter from John Lord Crew, written
in 1687, which is now in the possession of Mr.
Woodhull. My attention was first directed to
AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
27
the punting as long ago as I860, although
from various circumstances, I did not begin
tn investigate its teachings until L868. When
I flrsi saw it. most of the arms were perfect
and could be blazoned with ease. Certain
colours, however, which were afterwards found
to be the Macks and Hues, had wholly faded
out. and nothing was left oi the arms of Ros.
except the outlines of the water-bougets. In
1863 it was obvious that, unless measures
were taken at once for the restoration and
preset ration of this valuable relic of antiquity,
it would inevitably perish ; and al the request
of Mr. Woodhull, Mr. Robert Bolton and my-
self determined to take the matter in hand.
It was sufficiently discouraging, tor we had
at that time literally no guide except this fa-
ded and defective picture. Some of the arms.
as for instance, those of Ros, Marmion, and
Fitz hugh were easily identified : but, in order
to retouch and repair the painting, it was
necessary first of all to reconstruct the pedi-
grees. The late Dr. Condict of Jersey City
kindly favored us with a copy of the pedigree
of the Woodhulls from the visitation of 1618,
and with an engraving which was supposed
to have been taken at some unknown period
from the atchievement. The pedigree oave
us the clue that we wanted ; but the engrav-
ing was the work of an unskillful artist and
was so defective and inaccurate that it gave
us no aid at all. Nevertheless, by careful and
deliberate application, we succeeded at last in
constructing the pedigrees, in recovering all
the marriages except one. or perhaps two, and
in identifying the arms with such perfect ac-
curacy as to warrant us in giving our consent
to the retouching of the painting. It is un-
necessary to enter into the details of the work
that was done. It will be enough to say that
the subject occupied our profound attention
for at least two years : that we went over
every point again and again: and that we
would not permit the painting to be touched
until we were perfectly sure of our ground in
all respects. In 1865 the paintiog, which is
on a panel, was cradled and cleaned, anil Mr.
Bolton proceeded with his own hands, to re-
store the colors which had faded out, (* ) to re-
(*) Tin- defi ctive coats were thi nt on a
cross five escallops or. 4. or frctty a tin ermine, on a
chief gales three leo] old. 7. Argent
gulee surmounted of a bend. 8 Argent two liars within
abordure engrailed. 9. Thin- water bougets. 12. Three
chevrons interlaced and a chief or. 13. Barry of twelve
touch whatever places had been injured aid
to put the painting in such perfect order that
with proper care, it « ill last for an ind<
length of time.
The pedigrees which follow (t) are h"
no measure of the work that was actually
done. Only so much oi them is given as is
necessary to elucidate the atchievement and
shew how it was constructed. They are how-
ever, accurate, and with the exception already
mentioned, they are complete. The blazon
is absolutely correct. No pains have been
spared, by comparison of authorities to ruake
it so.
Some very curious things appear in thus.'
parts of the pedigrees which, tor the sake of
brevity, are here omitted. Most of. the heir-
esses are representatives of baronial 1 •
many of them co-heiresses, whose sisters have
carried the same quarterings into the noblest
families of England. Lady Alice Neville was
descended on the side of both father and
mother from King Edward I. An ancestor
of Robert de Ros of Werke. married Isabel
daughter of William the Lion King of -
land, and Margaret, Lady de Ros, was
cended from the great Earl of Warren,
whose wife, Gundred, was the younges
daughter of William the Conqueror.
It may perhaps be satisfactory to those
readers of the Record, if such there be, who
are not familiar with the details of these mat-
ters to comment briefly upon the pedigr
and the atchievement, and it may be due to
those who ate. to explain one or two points
which are perhaps, not perfectly clear.
Nicholas, styled Baron Wodhull or De
Wahull, whose paternal arms occupy the
first place, married Margaret, daughter of
John Foxcote. As she was an heiress, her
arms descend to her posterity, and are placed
in the second quarter. Their son, Thomas,
married Elizabeth Chetwode. heiress of Wark-
worth. She was entitled, by the marriages
of her ancestors to quarter the arms of Sounde,
Hoccliffe (Hocclyveor Hokllay) and De Lyon.
all which she brought into the Woodhull
family, in that order, the oldest first. There
or and an eagle displayed gules. 15. Harry of six ar-
gent and on a bend gules three martlets or. There
was of course no difficulty with the coats which con-
tained vair, although the blue had disappeared.
() This interesting table as given by Mr. I
postponed in hope of hereaft. r displaying it to better
advantage than is practicable at the present time.
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THE NEW YORE GENEALOGICAL
seems to be no record of the heiress of Sound e,
who evidently intermarried with John, Rob-
ert, Ralph or John de Chetwode. Souude
was a very ancient family in Chester, one of
whose heiresses intermarried with David Crew
of Pulcrott, one of whose heiresses married
Chetwode of Oakley, a younger branch of the
same family. There was some difficulty also
in identifying and blazoning the arms. In
Baker's Northampton, the following is given
among the quarterings of Chetwode. Or fret-
ty sable a bar ermine in chief, three leopards'
faces. In a pennon which existed in old St.
Dunstan's-in-the-West, London, the following
occurs, Sable fretty argent a bar ermine on a
chief gules three leopards' faces gold, among
the quarterings of " Mr. Chitwood " who was
buried there January 12, 1511. These are
said in the Collect. Topog. et Geneal. vol. VI,
p. 101 to be the arms of Sounde. In the
engraving already mentioned, azure fretty
argent is given. The first of these is clearly
imperfect, yet, as appears from the painting,
the field of which is or, it is also clearly right
as far as it goes. The second and third are
doubtful, if not absolutely bad heraldry, and
must be rejected as manifestly wrong.
Returning to the male line of the Woodhulls,
we find that the next two marriages were
with ladies who were not heiresses, and, con-
sequently their arms were not admitted into
the atchievement. Next, Fulk Woodhull
married Anna, daughter and co-heiress of
William Newenham, of Thenford, whose arms
occupy the seventh quarter. Their son, Nich-
olas, married Elizabeth, daughter and co-
heiress of Sir William Parr, of Horton. Her
arms therefore follow. She, however, was
entitled in right of her father, to quarter the
arms of Ros, Clophull and Verdon, which
occupy the ninth, tenth and eleventh quarters,
and she inherited also from her grandmother
Elizabeth, one of the co-heiresses of Henry
Lord Fitzhugh, the arms of Fitzhugh, Ger-
negan, Fourneys, Grey, Marmion and St.
Quintin I am compelled, however, to admit
that I am a little at a loss to perceive why, if
the arms of Gernegan really represent the
marriage of Robert de Marmion with the
heiress of that ancient line, they should occu-
py the place which they do. They would
come in, more properly, immediately after
Marmion. It is within the limits of possibility
that an early Fitzhugh may have married
another heiress of Gernegan, though no record
of such a marriage has been found. Finally,
Sir William, the father of Elizabeth Parr,
married Mary, the heiress who brought him
Horton, whose arms are placed in the eight-
eenth quarter.
David Pieterse Schuyler of Albany.
David and Philip Pieterse Schuyler were
the progenitors of those who bear this name
in Albany and vicinity. They came from
Amsterdam ; the former married Catalyn
Verplanckof New Amsterdam, 13 Oct.. 1657 W
and soon after settled in Albany. On the
29th Nov., 1692, his widow lived near the
north-east corner of the city walls, by the
water side, on the south corner of Broadway
and Steuben Street, and in 1699, she petition-
ed for an addition of 14 feet to the north side
of her lot, which was refused, because " it
will reach too near ye Citty Stockadoes."
This lot was occupied in 1709, by Jacobus
and Abraham, her sons. P)
The sons of David Pieterse Schuyler and
Catalyn Verplanck, who lived to maturity,
and had families in Albany, were, Pieter,
Jacobus, Abraham, David, and Myndert. (:i)
Pieter Davidtse Schuyler was a trader,
and lived in Claverak in 1694 : in 1685
he was commissioned judge of the Court
of Oyer and Terminer for Albany Coun-
ty: and in May, 1696, he was lately de-
ceasedc. He married Alida Van Slich-
tenhorst, widow of Gerrit Goosense Van
Schaick, eldest son of Qoosen Gerritse
V. S. She was a widow in Albany, 25
Dec, 1747. (5) Their children were bap-
tised in the Albany Church, in the fol-
lowing order:
Gerrit<6> (?)
Johannes, 3 Dec, 1684.
Catalina,<7> 10 Oct., 1686.
(1.) Valentine's Manual, 1861.
(2.) Annals of Albany, I, 106 : II, 121 : IV, 103 : V.
198.
(3.) The earl}' Baptismal Register of the church in
Albany having been lost, the dates of the baptisms of
these and the other children, if any, can not be given.
(4.) Alb. Co. Deeds, IV, 60: Eng. Mss., XXXIII,
120: Annals of Albany, II, 13.
(5.) Albany County Deeds, IV. Albany Annals,
I, 244.
(6.) Gerrit settled in New York, where he was admit-
ted freeman in 1702. Valentine's History of New
York, 375.
(7.) Catalyntje S. died S Oct., 1708. Albany Church
Records.
AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
29
David,
A LI DA.
Philit,
PlBTEB,
26 Dec, L688.
21 Jan.. L693
28 Oct., 1694.
9 Aug. 1696.
Jacobus Davidtsk Schuyleb, lived on
the lot now on the south corner of
Broadway and Steuben Street. Albany.
He died the22d oi March, I70f. <8> His
first wife was Catalyntje Wendel ; on
the 3d .lime. 1704, be married Susanna
w endel and had one child.
Gatalthtje, baptised 21 April, 1706.
Abraham Davidtse Schuyler resided
in Albany in 1709, upon the lot which
his father had occupied, on the south
corner of Broadway and Steuben Street.
In 1684 he was master of the sloop
Hopewell, plying between New York
and Albany. In his will made 15 Dec ,
17ii9, be speaks of the •"> following chil-
dren, of his wife, and of his brothers-in-
law, Wessel and Samuel Ten Broeck. <!,)
fie married Geertruy Ten Broeck, Nov.
11, 1691, and had the following children,
baptised in the Albanj Church :
David, 30 Nov., 1692.
Christine, 21 July, 1695.
Dirk, 28 July. 1700.
Abraham. 27 Aug.. 1704.
.1 M oBUS, 2:! March. 1707.
David Davidtse Scuuyler was mayor of
Albany, 1706-7. He married firs) Elsje
Rutgers, Jan. 1. 1694, in Albany; and
second Kli/.abeth Marschalk, in New
York, on the 3d of May. 171'J. <'"> His
children, baptised in Albany, were:
Catbiha, 2". Nov.. 1694.
David. 11 April. 1697.
Habmahus, 21 July. 1700.
(' \ i it a in n \. in Dec, 1703.
Mkindkkt.1"' 7 Oct., 1711.
Anthony, 30 Oct., 1715.
Elizabeth, baptised in New York 6 Mar., 1720
Captain MYNDBRT Davidtsk ScHUYLEB
was a merchant; he was mayor of Al-
bany, 1719-21 and 1723-5. In 1703 he
occupied a lot on the south side of State
(8.) Albany Annals, V, 140, 143: Albany Church
Record*.
(9.) Annuls of Albany, V, 198 : Valentine's Manual,
1867, 787-8.
i in., Valentine?* Manual, isti2.
(ll.i Myndert 8. waa admitted freeman oi V
York, 1734, and married Elizab th Wesa Is, .'1 June,
1735. Valentine's Hist X. )'., 375 : M annul, 1862, 626.
Street, formerly Qerril Bancker's the
third Bast from South Pearl. 0 » He was
buried in the Church, 21sl Ocl 1755.
He married Rachel Cuyler, in New
Fork, on the 26th Oct., 1693 : she was
buried in the Church on 24 July, 1747. <">
They had one daughter, baptised in
Albany.
Ann v.11' 28 Feb.. 1697.
Rachel is mentioned in her lathers will.
(»:> .1. P.
Union College,
July 2. L870.
PEOIGRADATION -NOTATION OF
PEDIGREES.
BY DAVID PABSONS BOLTON, M. D.
Without presenting arguments in favor of
a systematic nomenclature in general, or of
systems severally adapted to their respective
departments of science; in short without de-
laying to prove the expediency ot a system-
atic nomenclature specially applicable to
genealogical records and inquiries attention
is invited, on the present occ ision to a system
of notation oi pedigrees adapted to American
genealogies.
It might at first seem tint in these days of
continental unions by steam transit, oceanic
telegraphs and the printing press geneal-
ogical inquiries on each side of the Atlantic
should be conducted under a common system
of notation ; yet tor reasons which will be
apparent in the sequel, I beg the privilege to
ptesent an American system.
PBOFOSED I'l.AN or NOTATION.
Iii researches and arrangement for a bunk
ot genealogical and biographical records we
divide the family iuto two sections : the First
includes the ancestors who remained on the
eastern continent ; and the Second includes
their descendants, of whom some or all came
to this weste n continei t. or were born sub-
sequently to the firsl settlement of their
family in Unerica.
The members of the. //<•*■' section are indica-
ted by letters of the alphabet, placed above
(12. Ubai .1 ■ . I V, 173-4, 188.
(in.. Albany Annals, I, '247.
(14.) Albany Xnnals, I. 243. Valentine's Minimi,
1862.
(15.) She married Johannes DePeyster.
Dr. E. B. O'Callaghan.
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THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL
aad to the right of the name, commencing
with the immediate ancestor of the children
who settled in America; thence l>y succes-
sively descending letters of the alphabet in-
dicating the ancestors seriately hack to the
easiest known.
The members of the second section are in-
dicated by numerals, placed in like manner
anove and to the right of the name, commenc-
ing with the immediate descendants of the
father* above represented or indexed ; thence
by numerals progressively increasing to show
the successive generations down to the latest
born.
ILLUSTRATION OF T1IK ABOVE PLAN.
As theories and systems are best shown in
practice, I use the following items and raise
the following queries occurring in the order of
present investigations.
The following pedigradation of a branch
of the Winslow Family may serve to illustrate
the system here proposed for American gen-
ealogists
Gov Edward Winslow'. his brother Kenelm1
and other brothers' anions the early settlers
of New England were the sons of EdwardA
of Droitwich, Eng., who was the son of
Kenelm". who in 1559 purchased an estate
called Newports Place, in Kempsey, Eng.
From this Kenelm Winslow" of Kempsey,
with some uncertainty by reason of discrep-
ancies in the records, we trace back four
generations indexed C, D, E, F, to the year
1387 ; i e. anterior to the American section
we trace six generations ; A, B, C, D, E and F,
to 1387.
By this notation we facilitate directness of
inquiries, correspondence and publication re-
specting our trans-atlautic ancestors.
In pedigrading the second or American sec-
tion of the Winslow Family, in deference to
the early ancestral name Kenelm Winslow, we
may commence with Kenelm' bom 30th
April, 1599, who settled at Marshfield. Massa-
chusetts.
In this Kenelm Br inch of the American
section we count ten generations ; from
among which we here represent as an exam-
ple the following :
Kenelm1. Kenelm-, Kenelm8, Thomas4,
Thomas"'. Miriam8 who married Benjamin
Parsons, Phoebe' who married Joel Holton,
Erastus - Alexan ler8, Edward - Alexander"
Katie-May10, born 4th May. 1865. at Lee,
Mass.
It will be noticed this system of indi.es
applies to the female as well as to the male
line of pedigree. When by marriage the
family name is changed, the substituted sur-
name is indicated by capital letters.
In the foregoing pedigree from 1387 to
1870, a period of about 500 years, we find
sixteen generations; and by this system of
notation all may agree upon a fixed point of
departure in two directions: one from the
father of the first American Winslows to be
indicated by aid of letters indefinitely pro-
gressive, as researches extend into antiquity ;
the other extensible, by aid ol numerals, to
the remotest future of posterity.
This system accepted, the labors of all
may be progressively combined; and addi-
tions from the remotest fields of research may
be systematically joined to the results of
other investigations.
It often occurs that a genealogist can trace
back a given ancestral line some generations
with certainty to a point of divergence in the
records, or in the generally received opinion.
From this point of accredited certainty,
the several lines as maintained or believed,
are, (in the system I now have the honor to
propose,) represented respectively by x, T,
z, or letters near the foot of the alphabet.
Thus it is beyond contradiction that Katie
May Holton10 is of the twelfth generation
from Kenelm Winslow1', who in 1558, pur-
chased an estate called Newports Place, in
Kempsey, England.
But as to the ancestry of this Kenelm"
there are at present three separate lines for
each of which, in accordance with researches
to this date, there is plausibility ; one of
which is the following :
William WinsloweCx, Thomas0*, JohnKx,
WilliamPx.
The American and trans-oceanic sections
combined are by the proposed system repre-
sented thus: William Wyncelowe1 \ John
WynceloweEx, Thomas WinsloweDx, William
WinsloweCx, Kenelm", Edward*; Kenelm1,
Kenelm2, Kenelm3. Thomas4, Thomas', Mir-
iam0 who married Benjamin Parsons, Phoebe'
who married Joel Holton, Erastus-Alexan-
der8, Edward-Alexander*. Katie-May10, mak-
ing sixteen generations, which for perspicui-
ty may be arranged in three groups, viz. :
AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
31
American "roup, accredited certain, ten
generations, 10
English group, accredited certain, two
generations
English group, beyond the point of di-
vergent views 4
Total of the three groups, 16
[From William Wyncelowe1", whose son
JohnEx married Mary of " Crouchman Hall "
Hempstead, Essex Co., England, to Katie-
May10, of Lee, Massachusetts, are 500 years,
showing the average per generation to be 31
years as found in thhjirst line Y.]
A second line of English ancestors of this
Kenelm WinslowB is by some investigators
believed to be correct, which by this system
is indexedY ; thus CY, DY, EY, FY.
By a third class of inquirers the ancestry of
the Winslows is traced to a Danish origin, and
this line we designate by z: thus : Cz, Dz, Ez.
While our Formula contains any of the low
letters of the alphabet, x, Y, z, &c, intelli-
gent research and co-operation should be di-
rected to the elimination of the unknown, or
to the substitution of certainty in the place
of uncertainty.
To parties of different nationalties and
language in England, France, Denmark and
America, now making researches in the three
divergent lines of inquiry as to the ancestors
of KenelniB, and more particularly to gen-
ealogists in the United States, engaged in
analogous labors, this system is respectfully
submitted, in the hope thereby to facilitate
means of correspondence, methods of arrange-
ment and forms of publication.
Further exemplifications of the system will
be cheerfully furnished on application in per-
son or by letter to the writer.
TEN EYCK FAMILY RECORDS.
There is an ancient Dutch Bible in the pos-
session of Mrs. Catharine Sager of Coxsackie,
N.Y., that was originally the family bible of
Coenraedt Ten Eyck, the records in which
date back to 1678. This Coenraedt was the
grandson of Coenraet of New York City, the
progenitor of the family in the U. S., aud the
son of Jacob and Gerritie (Coeymans) Ten
Eyck, the parents of the Albany branch of
the family. The records of course are written
in Dutch, and the following are literal trans-
lations. J. S. G.
1678, April 9, Tuesday morning, 8 o'clock,
Coenraedt Ten Eyck was born.
1687, Sept. 8, Gerritie Van Schaaick, my wife
was born.
1703, Oct. 10, Married my wife, Gerritie Van
Schaaick, in Albany.
Our children born :
1705, April 21, Jacob.
1707, .Jan. 3, Marrytie.
1710, July Gerritie.
1712, Sep. 17, Anthony.
1714, Sep. 29, Barent.
171°, Jan. 29, Catrina.
1718, Dec. 18, Andriese.
1721, Feb. 12, Anna Margarita.
1723, May 18, Tobias.
1728, Aug. 19, Gerritie.
17tt, January {20, my brother Barent Ten
Eyck fell asleep in the Lord, on Satur-
day, at 12 o'clock.
1711, Feb. 27, Then my mother Gerritie Ten
Eyck died, and slept in the Lord, on
Friday at 6 o'clock.
173°, Then my father-in-Law An-
thony Van Schaaick fell asleep in the
Lord on Monday evening, at 8 o'clock.
1737, Sep. 8, Elizabeth Bradt, daughter of
my eldest daughter was born.
1738, Dec. 9, Then my sister Jennike, the
wife of Johannes Bleecker died, Sat-
urday at 4 o'clock.
1738, Dec. 20, Martin Drawyer died at Peter's
house of Bever's Island.
1740, April 25, Then is my daughter Marry-
tie, the wife of Gerrit Bradt, gone to
sleep in the Lord.
1741, Nov. 11, Then my daughter Catrina,
died and slept in the Lord.
1743, Nov. 12, Then my daughter [Gerritie]
died.
1749, Oct. 29, Peter Ten Eyck son of Andriese
was born.
1777, Feb. 28, Then is my son Coenraet and
my daughter Annatie died and slept in
the Lord. (?)
1782, July 31, Then is my sister Gerritie, the
housewife of Peter Gansevoort gone to
sleep in the Lord.
1736, August 1. I, Jacob C. Ten Eyck entered
into matrimony with my wife Catarina
Cuyler, daughter of Abraham Cuyler.
Our children born :
1741, Nov. 27, Coenraedt.
1743, Nov. 29, Abraham.
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THE NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL
L746, M irch 1 I. Catarina.
17 19, Sep. 17. Anthony.
1791 Nov. 22, Then my wife Catarina died
aged 81 years.
Sep 9 JacobC. Ten Eyck died.
1772, Dec. 22, Volkert Dawson from New
Fork lias arrived here at 3 o'clock in
tlie afternoon.
1689 Nov. 17. I. Abraham Cuyler, married
mv housewife Cathrina Bleecker.
< (in children born :
1690, Dec. 22 Head rick, in New York.
1692, Oct. 26, Gerritie, in Albany.
1695, April is. Anna.
1698, June 21 . Johanues.
1700. Sep. 10 Sara.
1703, March:;* l. Marry lie.
1700, Feb. 18, Katrina
1713 Dec. 27, Abraham.
1716, June 27, Nicholas.
1709, Nov. 17, Then my daughter Anna slept,
in the Lord.
L722, Feb. 16, Then uij daughter Many tie
slept in the Lord.
[ | April 8, Then my wife Cathrina died.
OUR SOCIETY PROCEEDINGS.
Regular meeting of June 25th. 1870. A
circular form for Genealogical Enquiries,
adopted by the Society. D. P. Holton and
wife presented to the Society a deed in fee
simple, of ten acres of land, situate in town
of Islip. L. [., the proceeds of the sale of
which were to be invested, and the interest
arising from the same, to be appropriated for
Library purposes. The gift was accepted
and a vote of thanks passed to Dr. and Mrs.
Holton. Society adjourned until second Sat-
urday in September.
Meeting September 24. — Donations of a
large number of valuable books and pam-
phlets received. The election by the Board
of Trustees, on the 21st inst., of John J. Lat-
ting, Esq., as a Trustee of this Society to fill
vacancy caused by resignation of Ledyar
Bill, Esq . was reported by the Secretary.
Meeting Octobers. Several valuable books
were presented. Two resident and two cor-
responding members were elected. A paper
was read by Ellsworth Eliot, M. D., on " Some
facts gathered from Beardsley's History of
the Episcopal Church in Connecticut, to show
the value of vaccination as a means of pro-
longing life." Addresses were made by the
Rev. I F. Holton of Boston, and the Rev.
Mr. Lord of Saratoga.
NOTES ON BOOKS.
THE GENEALOGY OF THE BENEDICTS IN
AMERICA. By Henry Mabvin Benedict. .Tool
Munsell, Albany, 1870, 8o., 474 pp. twenty-eight
portraits and Imlrx ; large and small editions.
This work comes to us in the best style of
the printers' art. Printed on heavy tinted
paper in clean bold type it forms with its
twenty -eight portraits, one of the most attrac-
tive volumes of American family history yet
published. The portraits are for the most
part good; the one of the Author's father in
particular being not only a most excellent
likeness but a true work of art.
The introduction, by one of the most dis-
tinguished members of the family, contains
many excellent remarks on family history ;
and we commend it to our readers as worthy
their attention apart from any family consid-
erations.
The arrangement of the work is not in strict
accordance with our ideas of the subject —
nevertheless it is good. Our preference is to
see the several generations arranged as such,
with families in the order of seniority, and not
the different branches followed out separately.
The work bears unmistakable evidence of
thorough research and indefatigable industry
on the part of its author, and the family is to
be congratulated on its good fortune in find-
ing so good a chronicler of its history.
There is one feature of this work not to be
overlooked, as one rarely found in family his-
tories. All copies of wills, and extracts from
public records are introduced in the form of
notes, which not only makes them more com-
prehensive but does not interfere with the body
of the work. This is an improvement mid to
be commended. The work is not without its
defects; but they come more within the
bounds of family than general criticism.
Progenitor to the " Benedicts in America"
was Thomas Benedict, who is said to have
been born in the year 1617, and "came to
New England in KJ38." in the same vessel
with Mary Bridgum his step sister whom he
married soon after their arrival here. She
was the mother of his five sons, Thomas, John,
Samuel, James and David, and his four
daughters. Elizabeth, Mary, Sarah, and Rebec-
ca, all born at Southold, L ng Island. He re-
sided at Southold and several other towns on
Long Island, and finally settled at Norwalk,
Conn., where he died in 1689-90, age " abbute
73," and Ibis work is a record of his descend-
ants in the male line only. The descendants
of his second son John appear to be the most
numerous, although considerable space is de-
voted to the others. The family is very nu-
merous, but the author furnishes no clue by
which we can ascertain the number recorded,
AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
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but there are probably between four and five
thousand.
The biographies— which we should have
mentioned before — are very full and well
written.
M. H. S.
SELECTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC DOCU-
MENTS OF THE PROVINCE OF NOVA
SCOTIA. Published under a resolution of the
House of Assembly, passed March 15, 1865. Ed-
ited by Thomas IS. Akins, I). C. L., Commission-
er of Public Records. Halifax, N. S. : Charles
Aimand, Publisher, 1809.
The above is the title of a work we have
received as a gift " from the Government of
Nova Scotia" It is an 8vo volume of some
755 pas;es, clearly printed and neatly bound.
The present volume treats mainly of the Aca-
dian French from 1714 to 1755. The Docu-
ments are iienerally given in full, and many
valuable biographical notes appended by the
editor.
We are glad to see that our neighbors
across the line have made a beginning in this
useful work, and trust that the present vol-
ume is but an earnest of the future. To New
Yorkers these publications cannot fail to be
of interest as the relations between the people
of Nova Scotia and our city have in times
past been intimate and peculiar. Many of
the Acadian French when expelled from their
houses by their English Conqueror came to
New York, and their descendants abide with
us still. Then again upon the evacuation of
this city by the British troops in 1784, many
of the loyalists of New York emigrated to
Nova Scotia — and while some portion of them
afterwards returned, many remained, and it is
not uncommon at the present day in the En-
glish Atlantic Provinces, to find families who
trace their ancestors from our city. The pub-
lication of the Documents of the Province for
the era ot our American Revolution we shall
look forward to with interest.
J. S. G.
MISCELLANEA GENEALOGICA ET HERAL-
DICA Monthly Series. Edited by Joseph Jack-
son Howard, LL. D., F. S. A.— Parts 1 and 2,
April and May, 1870.
This new English Monthly is an offstart of
the Quarterly of the same title, — and to Amer-
ican Genealogists wishing to trace back to
English Ancestors, the present work would
seem to be invaluable. It is devoted to the
publication of the Parish Registers, Ancient
Wills, Marriage Settlements and Family Ped-
igrees. It is illustrated with wood cuts of
Coats of Arms, Seals and Crests, and has a
valuable "Notes and Queries" department.
It is issued especially with a view to a large
American circulation, and the price has been
placed at the low sum of four pence a number,
or six shillings per annum, postage free, for
American subscribers. It appears to us to
be destined to occupy a favored place in the
regards ot all interested in genealogical pur-
suits. The agents' address is Taylor & Co.,
10 Little Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields,
London. j g Q
THE FOUNDERS OF NEW YORK. An address
delivered before the St. Nicholas Society of the
City of New York. By James W. Bki.kman, Sat-
urday, December 4, 1809. Published for the So-
ciety, 1870. Paper, Imp. 8o, pp. 30.
This handsomely printed book from the
press of Munsell, comes to us in the time hon-
ored orange color of the St. Nicholas Society.
It is an able exposition of the Dutch char-
acter drawn by the pen of one, himself a de-
scendant from that race. It protests against
the false impressions regarding the Dutch
character so prevalent in many minds, and
does but simple justice to the solid, industri-
ous and enduring, if not always brilliant
qualities of our Dutch forefathers. The au-
thor depicts their virtues of patriotism and of
bravery, not forgetting their quiet and sim-
ple domestic virtues, which in many cases
have descended to their representatives in our
times. We regret that our limited space for-
bids a more extended notice of this work ; but
cannot close without thanking the author for
this contribution to the "history of the man-
ners and customs of the ancient New Yorkers "
— and of remarking on the peculiar interest of
this work as coming from Mr. Beekman's pen.
He is descended from a long line of Dutch
ancestry, being, we believe, of the sixth gen-
eration from William Beekman, a native of
Overyssel, and who came to New Amsterdam
with Governor Stuyvesant in 1647.
J. S. G.
HISTORY OF THE TOWN OF MASON N. H.,
from the first grant in 1749 to the year 1858. By
John B. Hill. Boston: Lucius A. Elliott &Co.
D Bugbec & Co., Bangor, 1858. 8o, pp. 324.
PROCEEDINGS AT THE CENTENNIAL CELE-
BRATION OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH AN-
NIVERSARY OF THE INCORPORATION OF
THE TOWN OF MASON, N. H., Aug 26, 1808.
By John B. Hill. Boston : Elliott, Thomas i:
Talbot, 1870. So, pp. 115.
These two books comprising the history of
the town to the year 1868, appear to have been
prepared with much care, and evince famil-
iarity with the state archives as well as the
town records. The Historical portion is di-
vided into periods. The records of interest
to the genealogist, such as lists of early set-
tlers, soldiers, town officers, records of mar-
riages, deaths and family registers, have here
been put in print. Biographical sketches,
several with portraits, views of dwellings and
of the village, make up a town history inter-
esting to any descendant of the town and
creditable to the author.
J. M. B.
THE PEDIGREE AND DESCENDANTS OF
JACOB FORSTER Sen., of Charleston, Mass.,
By Edward JacobForster, M. D. Charlestown :
1870. Paper, 22 pp. and Index.
This little pamphlet which is privately prin-
ted for the author by C. S. Wason & Co., is
au interesting and we presume, preliminary
genealogy of the Foster family. It commen-
ces the line with Reginald Foster who settled
at Ipswich, Essex Co., Mass., about the year
1638.
The author traces but one line of the family
uutd he reaches Jacob Sen., in the sixth gen-
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THE NBW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD.
eration, — and then <jives his descendants com-
plete to the ninth geueration. The ]>lan re-
commended by the N. England Society is fol-
lowed, and the work throughout is clearly
written, beautifully printed and altogether a
very satisfactory piece of work for its size and
scope. We trust that the accomplished au-
thor does not intend to rest here in his labors,
hut that a full genealogical record of his fam-
ily will follow. J. S. G.
THE KAIM.Y HISTORY OF MORRIS COUNTY,
NEW .1 ERSEY. By the Rev. Joseph F. Tuttle,
1). I)., President of Wabash College, Indiana.
Newark, N. J., 1870. Paper, pp. 39.
The foregoing is the title of an interesting
pamphlet embracing in an enlarged form, a
discourse delivered by Dr. Tuttle before the
N. J. Historical Society on 20th May, 1869.
The actual date of the first settlement in
Morris County appears to be wrapped in
doubt. Dr. Tuttle places the date in the first
decade of the eighteenth century and the
place Whippany — and from 1710 or '20 his
sketches are tolerably complete and certainly
interesting. He naturally devotes much of
his space to the history of the churches in the
county, and has carefully annotated the work.
Among the names of the earliest settlers we
notice those of Hubbel, Green, Kitchel, Pier-
son, Tuttle, Jackson, Kirkbridge, Fitz Ran-
dolph, Schooley, Brotherton and many
others. J. S. G.
NOTES AND QUERIES.
#% In the pedigree of " Chauncey," by William
Chauncey Fowler, a decent is traced from Maud and
her first husband, Simon de St. Liz, through Maud
the issue of that marriage, and Robert Fitz Richard
de Clare.— After the death of Waltheof, William
the Conqueror desired his widow, Judith, (his niece,)
to marry Simon St. Liz; she refused on account of
his lameness. As a punishment the Conqueror took
from Judith the Earldom of Northampton, and con-
ferred it upon her daughter Maude, who married
Simon the rejected suitor of her mother, Judith.
David, King of Scotland, the 2d husband of Maud,
passed his early youth at the Court of Henry I, whose
Queen Matilda was his sister; Maud in her widow-
hood, was also royally entertained at the Court of her
kinsman, Henry I, who gave her in marriage to
David, but we hear nothing of her daughter by her
first marriage, either at the Court of Henry I of
England, nor at the Court of her step-father David,
King of Scotland, or elsewhere; Odericus Yitalis
speaks of the children of Maud and David, but is
silent as to the issue of Maud and St. Liz, nor am I
aware that any historian throws any more light upon
the subject. Is it not mere conjecture on the part of
the genealogist ! Will the pedigree in that line stand
the tes( of historical criticism .'
M. B. S.
Cleveland, O., June 14th, 1H70.
#% In answer to " Holden," I would suggest the
name of Hen Vernor, (not Benjamin,) of Detroit,
Mich., Insurance Agent, Chairman of the Republican
State Committee, etc., as perhaps being a descendant.
J. M. B.
Genealogies in Preparation.
Carpenter. Amos B. Carpenter of West Waterford,
Vt., lias in preparation an extensive genealogy of
tin ( larpenter family, which will probably go to press
next year.
The Dwighi Genealogy is now going through the
press <>f Munsell of Albany. It i^ to be issued in
two larg tavo volumes, and we understand will
rival tin- Hyde Genealogy in extent and interest.
Penn. James Coleman of London, is preparing a
Pedigree of the family of William Penn, his ances-
tors, collaterals and descendants with notes from
Registers, Wills, etc.
Scott. Martin B.Scott of Cleveland, Ohio, has a
Large collection of material, relating to tin ancestors
and descendants of Richard Scott, one of tin- early
settlers of Providence, R. 1.. and the first Quaker
convert in America, in view of compiling a genealog-
ical history. Information relating tr. any of the di-
rect or collateral descendants ol Richard Scott, would
bo very acceptable; among the latter are tin R. I.
families of Beere, Brown, Bowen, Clarke, ('apron,
Greene, Hopkins, Jenkes, Lapham, Mason, Sayles,
Slocum, Whipple ami Wilkinson.
Sclwfield. The pedigri f Richard Schofleld, Kent,
England, 1636— Stamford Ct., 1659, ami a partial
record of his descendants is in preparation by C.I.
Scofield of Atchison, Kan., with a view to publication.
He desires information regarding the descendants of
— Ramsay, of the last English colonial government
of New York, whose grandson, David Ramsay, died
recently in Amsterdam, X. Y.
It is proposed to issue a Memorial volume with
biographical sketch of late Bishop chase of New
Hampshire. It is announced to contain loo pages.
George G. Joe is the agent of the publication, Clare-
mont, X. H.
Local Histories in Preparation.
A History of Bradford County, Penn., by Sylvester
Taylor, M. D., is completed and soon to go to press.
D-laware. A History of this State by Francis
Vincent of Wilmington, Del., is now publishing in
numbers, six of which have been issued ; price, thirty
cents each.
A History of the town of Rockingham, Vt., is in
preparation by J. W. F. Blanchard and Charles F.
Eddy. This work was begun last year by the late E.
A. Darby, for Miss Hemenway's Vermont Gazetteer.
Marvin's History of Worcester in the war, will not
be tor sale at the stores, and is intended only for sub-
scribers. The work will not be printed unless there
are enough subscriptions to warrant it.
OBITUARY.
Asa ltowi.AMi, a Corresponding Member of this
Society, died on the 29th June, 1870, at his residence
at Conway, Mass.
Mr. Howland was born in Conway, October 25th,
1787, and was the eldest son of Job Rowland. He
was twice married but had no children. On October
25th, 1813, he married Phoebe Thompson, who died
April 11th, 1860, and on March 6th, 1861, he married
the " Widow Tilton," who survives him.
Mr. or rather Genera] Howland served with credit
in the war of 1812, and rose to the rank of Brigadier-
General. After the war, he laid aside his military
armor and assumed that of the great " Captain of
Salvation." On the 20th November, 182S, he was
chosen Deacon of the Congregational Church in his
native town, and performed the duties of that office
for over forty years.
11.' died full ot years and universally respected and
beloved.
GULIAN CROMMELIN VERPLANCK.
CHARLES HENRY HART.
A Discourse delivered before "The Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of
Philadelphia," May 5, 1870.
GULIAN CROMMELIN VERPLANCK, with one exception the last survivor of the
justly celebrated Literati of old New York, died at his residence in that city on the
morning of March iSth, 1870. As has been truly said by Griswold (Prose Writers of
America), " In the veins of Gulian Crommelin Verplanck mingles the best blood of the
Hollander, the Huguenot, and the Puritan," and I will introduce this brief memorial ot his
life with a sketch of his family history. The Verplancks may lay just claim to belong to
the veritable Knickerbocker stock. The first of the name in this country, of whom any
record has been kept, was Abraham Isaacson Verplanck, which being translated means
simply Abraham Verplanck, son of Isaac. There is a family tradition that his name was
Abraham Jacobson Verplanck, but it is unsupported by any evidence whatsoever, in fact it is
amply proved to have been as first stated, by the records of the Old Dutch Church in New
York, as preserved in Valentine's Manual, where the names and dates of baptism of several
children of Abraham Isaacson Verplanck are given, and these the same as those of the
traditionary Abraham Jacobson Verplanck.
Abraham Isaacson Verplanck came from Holland, according to the same family tradition,
about the year 1640, and married " the widow Maria Ross, whose maiden name was Vigne ;"
she being a daughter of Guleyn and Ariantje [Cuvilje] Vigne. Whether this marriage took
place before his arrival in this country, or whether it was a second one consummated
afterwards, I am unable to say. The presumption is very fair that they were married here,
and there is no evidence that he was a widower as well as she a widow, for which also there
is no other proof than the aforesaid tradition. But certain it is that the second child of
Abraham Verplanck was born January 1st, 1637, and named Guleyn, the same as her father,
but whether he was born here or in Holland I do not know. From his christian name I
should suppose him to have been her child, which if so and born in this country, which I
also think most likely, would place the arrival of Abraham Verplanck here at an earlier date
than that given, which undoubtedly was the case. He dropped the patronymic and was
known as "Abraham" or "Abram" Verplanck, to whom in the years 1643 and 1644, land
grants were made. He was a witness to a conveyance from the Indians to Governor Stuyve-
sant, January 28, 1656 ; and September 5th, 1664, was one of the signers to a " Remonstrance
from the people of New Netherlands to the Director General and Council of the Dutch West
India Company."
After the surrender of New York to the English, he was among the citizens who, in
October, 1664, swore allegiance to the King ; but when on March 31st, 1665, a meeting of the
burghers and inhabitants of the city of New Amsterdam was called by the Burgomasters and
Schepens to meet at the City Hall and agree upon how many of the English soldiers each
would lodge in their respective houses, opposite to his name appears the decisive answer
36 N. Y. GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
"cannot take any." It was finally ordered that those who could not accommodate any of the
soldiers should be assessed a certain sum in lieu of the accommodations, and his name is on
the assessment list as "residing on tin- Smet Valye." Smit Valve or Smidt's Valey, abbrevi-
ated Smet or Smee's Vly, was a marsh extending from the rising ground, a little north ot the
city walls, along the East river, or shore of the present Pearl Street, to the rising ground near
Fulton Street. This valley or salt marsh was bounded westward by the high ground along
the rear of the lots on the north-western side of Pearl Street, and is spoken of by this name as
early as the time of Van Twiller. Abraham Verplanck lived on what would be the west side
of the present Pearl Street, between Franklin Square and Wall Street. The same list contains
the name of "Abigal Verplanck, residing on the Ilooge Straat," or present Broadway. She
was likely the "Abigil Verplanck and child " who arrived in "April, 1064," in the ship Con-
cord, and might have been a sister-in-law or sister of Abraham Verplanck, or indeed even
his mother, from whom his eldest child and daughter was named.
In February, 1674, after the recapture of New York from the English, the Burgomasters and
Schepens of the city notified the governor, that having become greatly indebted, and being
daily vexed by some of their creditors to make payment, they solicited that some expedient
might be invented by which these debts could be liquidated. After taking it into serious con-
sideration, the governor decided that no remedy could be applied more prompt, than that the
money should be obtained by taxation of the wealthiest inhabitants " as often in similar
occurrences had been put in practice in our Fatherland ;" therefore he deemed it necessary
to command " that by calculation a tax be levied on the property of this State without excep-
tion, from all the inhabitants of this City of New Orange, those only excepted whose estates are
calculated not to exceed the sum of one thousand gilders seawant value, "and named six
impartial men to levy and collect the same." From the list so made out ol the " most wealthy
inhabitants," I find :
Abraham Verplanck. Estate valued at Gilders Holland value, 300
Guiliane Verplanck. " " " " " 5,000
It may appear strange at first sight that Guiliane or more properly Geleyn, should have
at that early day an estate of so much greater value than his father, but this statement is recon-
cilable from the fact, if from no other reason, that six years before he had married into the
Wessels family, one of the wealthiest in old New York, through which connection he doubt-
less obtained a large estate. The difference between "gilders seawant value" and "gilders
Holland value," was very considerable ; the exact proportion however I am unable to give,
but a braided string of seawant, a fathom long, was worth a lew years before only three-fourths
of a guilder, and it was rapidly depreciating in value. This seawant or seawan was the name
of the Indian money commonly called wampum. It consisted, as is well known, of beads
formed of the shells of the quahang and pen 'winkle ; shell fish formerly abounding on our coast,
and was of two colors, the black being held of double the value of the white.
Mrs. Verplanck died in the year 1671, and her husband survived her many years, dying
at an advanced age, but exactly at what date 1 have been unable to discover ; it is however
believed to have been about 1680. He had nine children in the following order, viz. :
1. Abigail, married A. Van Laets. 2. Geleyn, of whom hereafter. 3. Catalyna, married
David Pieterson Schuyler, October 13, 1657. 4. Isaac, baptized June 26, 1641, died doubtless
in infancy. 5. Sussanna, baptized -May 25, 1642, married Martin Van Waert, December 4, 1660.
6. Jaconnyntje, baptized July 6, 1644. 7. Ariantje, baptized December 2, 1646. 8. Hellegond
baptized November I, 1648. 9. Isaac, baptized February 26, 1651, married Miss Coeymans of
Coeymans Patent, whose descendants live in the neighborhood of Albany.
Geleyn Verplanck, the second child of Abraham, was born January r, 1637, and married,
June 20, 1668, Hendrickje Wessels of Aernham. lie was a prominent merchant and citizen,
and on August 16, 1673, was nominated for Schepen, as being one " of the best and most res
pectable citizens of the reformed christian religion," to which position he was subsequently
elected. In the same year he held the position of Ensign in a company of Militia, and was
again Schepen in 1674. During the years 1677, '78, '79 and 'S3, we find his name in the list of
City Aldermen, the last year for the North Ward. After the recapture of New York by the
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Dutch, he was one of the three commissioners appointed to liquidate the demands against
the estate of the ci-devant Governor Lovelace. As has been already shown his Estate was
valued in 1674, at five thousand gilders, while his father's was worth but three hundred. He
died April 23, 16S4, leaving his wife executrix of his will. She afterward married, May 29,
1685, Jacobus Kip of New York. Geleyn Verplanck had eight children, six sons and two
daughters, the eldest of whom was Samuel born December 16, 1669, and baptized the third day
after. lie married Ariantje, daughter of Balthazar and Marritje (Loockermans) Bayard, October
26. 1691, and died at sea, November 20, 1698, while on a voyage from Curacoa to Jamaica, and
is buried at the latter place. His will was proved at New York the next year with his wife
as Executrix. He had four children, the youngest Gulian, being but five months old, when
his father died.
Gulian Verplanck, the great-grandson of the first emigrant, was born May 31, 169S, and
married, September 8, 1737, Mary, daughter of Charles and Anna (Sinclair) Crommelin of New
York. Mrs. Verplanck's father although of Dutch origin was born in France, and her mother
was a French Huguenot ; the Sinclair family being descended from James the Fifth of Scot-
land's son, the Earl of (Jrknev. He died November 11, 1751, and of his children, seven in
number, the eldest Samuel and the youngest Gulian, will each require a passing notice.
Samuel Verplanck the grand-father of our deceased member, was born in the City of New
York September 19, 1739, and was graduated by Kings now Columbia College in 1758,
with its first graduating class. Among his classmates at graduation were Samuel Provost,
afterwards the first Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York, and Philip Van
Cortlandt, Colonial Lieut. Governor of the State, during the Revolution. It was towards the
close of the year 1746, that the first decided movement was made towards having a college
erected in the province, and by November 1753, such progress had been made in the enter-
prise that the Rev. Samuel Johnson D. D. of Stratford, Connecticut was invfted to accept the
presidency of the intended institution, with a salary of two hundred and fifty pounds a year.
He refused to absolutely accept the office until the charter had been first obtained, and al-
though he visited New York, the following April, it was by way of trial only. He was at this
time in his 58th year, and had been for above thirty years the faithful missionary at Stratford
of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts. The University of Oxford
had conferred upon him when he was but forty-six the Degree of Doctor of Divinity, a high
distinction from that body even at this day of easily earned college "honors." On the 16th of
May, 1754, the ten trustees who had been chosen to hold the funds raised for the benefit of
the College, presented a draft of a charter, and in anticipation of a more formal establishment
of the College, gave public notice of an examination of candidates for admission, to be held
during the first week of the following July, and on the 17th of that month, Dr. Johnson began
in the vestry room of the school-house belonging to Trinity Church, his instruction of the
eight students who were admitted at this first examination, and on the list, the first name is
that of Samuel Verplanck. The others in their respective order were Rudolph Ritzima,
Philip Van Cortlandt, Robert Bayard, Samuel Provost, Thomas Marston, Henry Cruger,
and Joshua Bloomer. Of these Bayard, Marston, and Cruger, the latter the colleague of Ed-
mund Burke for Bristol, in the House of Commons, and a fearless advocate of American
rights, did not graduate, and two others Isaac Ogden, and Joseph Reade were added to the
class and graduated with it in 1758. The Charter was finally granted October 31, 1754,
and among the prominent men named in it for the Governors, was Philip Verplanck, who
was a son of Jacob, youngest brother of Samuel, the grandfather of the first graduate, and he
continued in this office until 1770, a year before his death, when he resigned.
Samuel Verplanck's father having died before his son arrived at manhood, the latter was
sent after his graduation to Holland, where he remained for several years in the counting-
house of his maternal uncle Daniel Crommelin, who was then at the head of the great banking
and commercial house of Daniel Crommelin and Sons, of Amsterdam ; a house which had an
existence of more than a century, and has only been dissolved within the last ten years. In
a letter written by Gulian C. Verplanck, when at Amsterdam in 1S16, he speaks of visiting
Daniel Crommelin, and his taking him to the Exchange where "he took his accustomed stand
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about the centre of the square that his father and grandfather had always stood on, and that I
was talking to him on the same ground where my grandfather must have talked to his, fifty
years ago.'' The present representative of the Crommelin family is Claude Auguste Crom-
melin, a member of the City Council of Amsterdam, and inheritor of the family homestead.
Samuel Verplanck married while in Holland on the 26th of April, 1761, his cousin Judith
Crommelin. daughter of Daniel and Mary (Le I'latirier) Crommelin, and after extensive
travel abroad, returned to this country in 1763, and established himself in the City of New-
York as a wholesale importer and banker. He was one of the twenty-four founders of the
New York Chamber of Commerce in 1768, and was appointed in 1770, one of the Governors
of his Alma Mater, and his name is also to be found among those of the Committee of Safety
of One Hundred, who were chosen to take charge of the City Government upon the seizure
of the public buildings in May, 1775. He removed to Fishkill, Dutchess County, where he
was a large landholder, (the first (Julian Verplanck having been one of the three original
patentees of the Rondout Patent in 1683), when his impaired health and the disordered state
of the country induced his withdrawal from business. To his youngest brother (Julian, who
was born February nth, 1751, and was but nine monthsold when his father died, he was most
tenderly attached. He carefully watched over him and guided him in his education, and after
his graduation at Kings College in the Class of 1768, with Bishop Moore and Gouverneur
Morris, sent him to Europe to receive a similar mercantile training under his uncle Daniel
Crommelin as he had received. (Julian Verplanck became quite a noted man, highly accom-
plished and a fluent good speaker. As early as 1788, he was a representative in the Assem-
bly of the State and was elected Speaker July 6, 1791, and again January 6, 1796. During the
last ten years of his life from 1790, he was one of the Regents of the University of the State,
and also held the position of second President of the Bank ol New York. Of the Old Ton-
tine Coffee House, founded in 1792, he was one of the original Trustees named in the deed
of trust, and a subscriber to two shares of the stock. He married Cornelia daughter of David
Johnson of Dutchess County, and his son was David Johnson Verplanck a prominent local
politician, and at one time time editor of the " New Y'ork American," subsequently under the
charge of President Charles King. He died at the close of the year 1799, leaving his wife to
survive him, who two years later, married George Cairnes, the Reporter of the Supreme Court
of New York State.
Samuel Verplanck died at Mount Gulian, on the banks of the Hudson, which had been a
country residence of his father, on the 27th of January, 1820, in the eighty-first year of his age.
He had two children, a daughter who died in infancy, and a son named from his maternal
grandfather, Daniel Crommelin Verplanck.
Daniel C. Verplanck was born March 19, 1762, and received his degree of A. M,
from Columbia College in 1788, after its re-organization. He was a man of great liber-
ality and universally popular. He married October 29, 1785, Elizabeth, daughter of William
Samuel Johnson, first President of Columbia College, as his father had been first President
of Kings College. President Johnson was a man of distinguished ability. 1 le was a Judge
of the Supreme Court of Connecticut, and received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Oxford
University in 1765. Towards the close of the next year he was appointed Agent Extraordi-
nary of the Colony of Connecticut to the mother country, and in the execution of his impor-
tant mission embarked for England, where he resided until the middle of the year 1 771. From
1787 until 1800 when he resigned, he was President of Columbia College and resided in the
City of New York. After he dissolved his connection with the College, he returned to his old
home at Stratford, where he died November 14, 18 19, aged ninety-two years. His daughter
Mrs. Verplanck died February 6, 1789, when she was but in her twenty-fifth year, leaving two
children Gulian Crommelin, and Ann who died in infancy. Her husband married again
Nov. 17, 1790, Ann, only daughter of William and Mary (De Lancey) Walton, by whom he had
seven children, four daughters and three sons, as follows : Mary Ann, Louisa, Samuel, Eliza-
beth, William Walton, James De Lancey, and Anna Louisa. He was with his uncle Gulian an
original subscriber in 1794, to two shares of stock in the Tontine Building, and his nominees
were his two children, Gulian C. and Mary Ann. Of this singular enterprise more hereafter.
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Daniel C. Verplanck, was a representative in Congress from 1802 until 1809, and subsequently
a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Dutchess County resigning his seat on the bench
in 1S28. He died near Fishkill, March 29th, 1834.
Having now given a succinct account of the Verplanck family, from its first ancestor in
this country through six generations, and shown each successive generation to have been a
most worthy representative of its progenitor, I will now enter upon one of the most pleasing
duties which it has ever fallen upon my pen to fulfil, and proceed to give a memorial of the
life and services of our deceased member the
HON. GULIAN CROMMELIN VERPLANCK, L L. D.
Gulian Crommelin Verplanck was born in Wall Street in the City of New York, August
6, 1786. His mother dying when he was but three years old, and his father having married a
second time, he was brought up under the care of his grandmother Judith Crommelin, a most
accomplished and highly cultivated lady ; and under her care and that of his maternal grand-
parents at Stratford, with whom much of his time was passed and who took great interest in
his welfare, he received his early education. At the rather juvenile age of eleven years he
entered Columbia College, from whence he was graduated in 1S01, and a few years later was
registered a student-at-law in the office of Josiah Ogden Hoffman, then at the height of his
reputation, and between whom and Mr. Verplanck the tenderest friendship always existed.
He was admitted to practice as an attorney in the Court of Common Pleas, November 20, 1807,
and the next year he opened an office at No. 50 Wall Street. It does not appear that he ever
engaged to any extent in the practice of his profession, nor did he desire it, and the more
this is to be regretted from the great legal mind he afterwards exhibited, which amply proved
that by him any position of eminence at the bar or on the bench might have been attained,
and thereby the community have secured a jurist of rare acquirements and purity.
He made his debut in public life July 4, 1809, when in his twenty-third year, by delivering
an oration before the Washington Benevolent Society of New York, which was published at
the time, and copies of it are preserved in the Library of Congress at Washington, and in the
New York State Library at Albany, Two years later while in the midst of a war of political
squibs, in which he took no minor part, he was married on the 2d of Octobe, 1811, to Eliza
Fenno, daughter of John Ward and Mary (Curtis) Fenno, originally of Boston, but later of
Philadelphia, in which city Mr. Fenno succeeded his father in the publication of the United
States Gazette, a federal paper strongly supporting the administration of Washington, and
where he perished in the terrible yellow fever of 1799. Miss Fenno was a sister of Mrs. Josiah
Ogden Hoffman, and under the roof of his old preceptor he first met his future bride. His
married life was a verv short but a very happy one, and his devotion to the memory of his
wife, is worthy not only of all praise, but of all imitation in this age of too frequent "out of
sight, out of mind." I cannot tell the beautiful and touching story of his early and life-long
grief, in terms more appropriate than those conveyed to me in a letter from his grand-daugh-
ter, the one bearing his beloved wife's name. She writes from " Fishkill en the Hudson," as
follows : " My grandmother died in Paris April 29, 1817, of consumption, a disease which had
proved fatal to many members of her family. Her physicians here had almost assured her
that a voyage to Europe, and residence in the South of France for a short time, would restore
her health. She went first to Charleston and from thence to Europe, leaving two young chil-
dren, my father then in his third year, and a baby of six months, in the care of my grandfather's
sister Mary Anna Verplanck, eldest daughter of Judge Verplanck by his second marriage.
My aunt devoted her life to the care and education of these children, and her letters to my
grandmother during her absence evince the most tender interest in her nephews, to whom
she stood for so long in a mother's stead. My grandmother's letter to my father, telling him
' that when the trees are green again dear mother will come to her darling boy,' brings tears
to our eyes after all these years, and all the advice and loving counsel a little boy of four years
could understand, were poured forth from the yearning heart of this mother, who was on this
earth never to see her children again. In the weariness of the separation her great comfort
was in the expression ' I am making this sacrifice for my children.' At one time she says, ' I
think if I could see my dear baby again, it would almost make me well.'
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" She was a woman of quick sympathy, with exquisite taste in art, literature and music ; of
a most lovely and expressive countenance. I hope to have the pleasure of showing you the
miniatures in my father's possession, one by Malbone most lovely of ' pretty grandma' as my
baby daughter calls her, when she begs to see the pictures. Her expression was of great
purity, simplicity and sweetness, and though her features were not regular she was considered
to possess much beauty. To her influence upon his whole life aesthetically, mentally, and
devotionally, my grandfather has ascribed the direction and cultivation of those tastes which
afterwards made him so prominent among men of letters.
" Every thing belonging to her was treasured by my grandfather during the long years of
his long life with most touching care. Letters to and from Miss Fenno, her visiting cards,
rings, long tresses of her beautiful hair, poetry she had copied when a child, and letters to
and from her sisters in their childish days, all preserved to be opened after his death, bv her
grandchildren, and which formed a most affecting incident in the examination of his papers.
In a book of devotion, he has written that she died at mid-night, April 29, 1817. Never dur-
ing my whole life did I ever hear him mention her name. Once last summer he came into
the drawing-room where I was sitting, and pointing to the miniature by Malbone lying on the
table, he said to me, ' Eliza, I am going to give you a copy of that picture.' "
Mrs. Verplanck's remains rest in the beautiful cemetery of Perc La Chaise, and her be-
reaved husband after a brief visit to England and Scotland, were he was much with Washing-
ton Irving, returned to New York early in the fall. From his letters written during his so-
journ abroad, I feel constrained to make some extracts, showing as they do, even at that early
day, two prominent characteristics of his mind, — inquiry and observation. From Paris, May
20, 1816, he writes, "with all the splendour I am disappointed in Paris, even' thing has been
so turned and overturned that it has nothing of antiquity about it, but its want of comfort."
In the same letter he speaks of having met with several American officers and gentlemen who
had been travelling in various parts of Europe, and that he finds them almost all concurring
in the same feeling of disappointment and even contempt, for the institutions of the continent,
compared with those of our own country. He then adds, "There has been a wonderful
change in Europe in public opinion with respect to the American character. We are as
much respected now as a few years ago we were despised." From Amsterdam where he re-
mained some time, he wrote soon after his arrival, September 14, 1S16 : " Every vestige of the
ravages of war has disappeared, even at Waterloo the houses are all rebuilt and scarce any
mark of the battle left. There seems to be great comfort and wealth among the peasantry,
and the moment you cross the frontier, you find yourself among a neater people. * * * *
Amsterdam when I arrived was swarming with peasantry, who had come to the fair. The
richness of the gold head-dresses of the women, and the silver buckles of the men, and the
crowds of people swarming on all sides, give an air of great liveliness to the whole town. I
do not think that the Abbe du Pradt is strictly correct when he says (in his Congress of
Vienna) 'that as habitations for the use of man, nothing on the continent can compare with
the towns of Holland.' Like our American cities the beauty consists in the fine streets and
the general air of opulence and comfort. In public edifices, it cannot compare with the great
towns of France. The town house must have been a very grand edifice for that purpose, but
it is now turned into a palace, and as such is gloomy and incommodious." In another letter
he says " I have received great attentions from our relations. The son of Mr. Claude Crom-
melin, a very fine young man, accompanied me to Sardana and Broche, where we admired the
wonderful neatness of the outside of the houses, for it was idle to think of admission into any
of them, when the Emperor of Austria had been refused. Mr. Claude Crommelin lives in a
large plain house something like P. Jay Monroe's in Broadway, without, in the Hurengracht,
one of the best built streets of Amsterdam, with a fine garden in the rear. \'ou enter a hall
paved and sided with white marble, on the one side is a small parlour and the compting
room, on the other two parlours ; one much like a well furnished New York parlour, the
other filled with carvings and gildings, with walls and ceilings painted with allegorical
figures." Then follows the description of going to the Exchange, quoted in a former part of
this memoir. Again writing, while still in Amsterdam, he says; "The new Kingdom of the
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Pays-Bas, is a very incoherent mass. The Belgians dislike the union exceedingly, and con-
ceive that their interests are sacrificed to those of Holland ; then the difference of manners,
language, &c, makes them a very different people. I travelled in company with a Flemish
gentleman, who fills a respectable legal office at Liege, he is much more of a foreigner than
I am in Amsterdam, and has nothing in common with his fellow subjects, but the orange
cockade in his hat. Holland seems prosperous and happy. The Orange family are popular,
though I understand the people do not much like the idea of having a king, it was certainly
weak in the family to shock old opinions and feelings for the sake of a mere name." Speak-
ing of Ghent, he says, " It is an immense half peopled town, very dull and gloomy, with grass
growing in the streets, and one may walk a mile without meeting twenty people. I saw
mass celebrated with great pomp, by the Prince de Broglio, Bishop of Ghent, in the magnifi-
cently decorated Cathedral. lie is the great leader of opposition in Belgium to the Orange
family."
Before his return to Paris later in the fall, he visited Leyden and thus speaks of it : " At
Leyden, the university makes little show, the most interesting thing I saw there was a fine
grove of American trees, set out by Boerhave, chiefly butternut and tulip trees. The library
is very valuable, but it is stowed away in a small and incommodious room, where the books
are so closely arranged that you have scarcely room to walk. I was surprised to see the
Librarian, apparently a man of education and as I afterwards learned, a rich bookseller, hold
out his hand for his fee, as the servants and porters do at palaces, and receive a florin with
thanks. The Rector and Law Professor, Dr. Kemper, enjoys a very high reputation. He
was at the head of the revolution which restored the present family, and was offered the first
places in the State, which he refused — to return to the university, asking only for the privilege
of free admission to the King, whenever he should desire it. He is now at the head of a
commission to form a civil and criminal code for the United Kingdom. Mr. Eustis, our
Minister in Holland, describes the Dutch Court as extremely plain and economical. The
King's dinners he says, are nearly such as Mr. Madison gives, and not more splendid in any
respect, except in being served on silver. But the Dutch are oppressed by the immense ex-
pense of their army, being obliged to keep up 60,000 men. Holland is very loyal, but Bel-
gium is said to be retained by mere force."
As has been before said, after the death of his wife, Mr. Verplanck visited England and
Scotland, and from a letter written to his father from London, we learn the impression made
upon him, by some of the prominent men of the day in the Houses of Parliament, and the
Courts of Law. He writes dated June 24, 1817 : " During the last week I have been attend-
ing the debates in Parliament, on the Habeas Corpus suspension bill. I was there from five
till one in the morning, and heard most of the Peers distinguished for talent. There was
much very bad speaking ; I never heard worse in any of our bodies than from Lords Gros-
venor, King, and several others. Lords Sidmouth, Landsdown, Biddesdale, (formerly Chan-
cellor of Ireland,) and the Duke of Montrose, struck me as good debaters, but Grey, in man-
ner, was finer than any public speaker in a legislative body, I ever heard. I was last night
in the Commons till two in the morning, all the talents of the house were brought out except
[ ] on the one side, and Peel, a young man of the highest reputations on the other. The
three best speeches were from Canning, Brougham, and Wilberforce. Canning though the
worst in matter was far the best in manner. Brougham is too much of a lawyer, and Wilber-
force of the preacher, the last was however listened to with more attention than either of the
others, for he has a weight of character, which Brougham and Canning who are regarded as
political adventurers, want. Castlereagh is fluent and easy, but confused and unimpressive,
the only thing which appeared to be at all remarkable about him, was his good humour and
mildness of manner, in all the altercations of the debate. The noise, disorder, and apparent
rudeness of the house is very striking to an American.
" I arrived in London during the last days of the term, and had an excellent opportunity
of seeing the bar and bench of England. Neither of the four courts appear to me as respect-
able and imposing as the Supreme Court of the United States, or of New York. Lord Ellen-
borough is heavy and drawling in his manner and without dignity, — but Sir V. Gibbs, in the
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Common Pleas, presides with threat dignity, and in his gentlemanly deportment to the bar,
presents a strong contrast to Lord Ellenborough. I was at Guildhall this morning, and heard
a trial before each of the Chief Justices. Sir Vicary's manner reminds me much of that of
Mr. Harrison. I was surprised to observe the general want of fluency in the public speakers,
even Sir V. Gibbs, is hesitating, and at a public meeting of the Naval School Society, the
Bishop of London in an attempt at an extempore speech, appeared worse than the most illit-
erate of our methodists."
The next month he writes to his sister-in-law Mrs. Hoffman, from the Scottish Capital,
"as to Edinburgh, 'my own romantic town' as Scott calls it, and it is the only city I ever
saw, which deserves the name of ' romantic,' and never was there a happier epithet. For the
town, its institutions, &c, Simond can give you a better account of them than I can, though
he does not give that praise to Scotch manners which they deserve. I saw Mrs. Grant sev
eral times, and breakfasted with her the day before I left Edinburgh. I need not say I was
much pleased with her." This was Mrs. Anne Grant of Laggan, who wrote the celebrated
" Memoirs of an American Lady"; the American lady being, "Madam Schuyler" of Albany,
the widow of Colonel Philip Schuyler, and aunt of the distinguished general of that name.
In a subsequent letter he speaks of taking tea with Mrs. Barbauld, then seventy-five years of
age. Before he took his final departure for his native land, he re-visited the home of his ances-
tors, and from Amsterdam he closes a letter with : " I should like very well to see Italy, but
I cannot think of buying that pleasure at so dear a rate as another winter's absence. The de-
sire of seeing the land of [ ] and liberty, was the strongest inclination of the kind I ever
felt, and I feel some gratification in the thought that I have sacrificed it once to the com-
fort of Eliza, and a second time to her children ; this reflection fully compensates for any re-
gret I may hereafter feel on the subject." Mr. Verplanck never made a second visit to Eu-
rope, and when urged to do so, simply replied that he was happier at home. Upon his return
he entered afresh the arena of local politics, in which he had somewhat bestirred himself be-
fore his departure, by writing a series of letters signed " Abimeleck Coody, Ladies' Shoe- I
maker," which were printed in the papers of the day, vigorously attacking with satire and abuse,
the then Mayor De Witt Clinton, who had some time before made himself prominent in pre-
fering charges against Verplanck, in terms rather strong, in proceedings before him, arising
out of a disturbance which had taken place at Columbia College on commencement day.
The letters were finally answered in a pamphlet dated January, 1815, entitled : "An account of 1
Abimeleck Coody, and other celebrated writers of New York, in a letter from a traveller to a
friend in South Carolina," in which the writer, believed to have been Clinton himself, denoun-
ced Mr. Verplanck as "the head of a political sect called the 'Goodies,' of hybrid nature,
composed of the spawn of Federalism and Jacobinism, and generated in the venomous pas-
sions of disappointment and revenge, without any definite character, neither fish nor flesh, nor
bird nor beast, but a nondescript made up of
'all monstrous, all prodigious things.'"
It also contained a defence of the members of the Historical Society, and the Literary and
Philosophical Society, over both of which Clinton presided, and in particular of Clinton him-
self.
The Coodies, among the leaders of whom were Verplanck and Hugh Maxwell, both
prominent in the Columbia College difficulty, were a branch of the Federalists, who had be-
come disaffected and left its ranks, and joined the good old democracy of Tammany. This
was at the time of the last war with England, when the federalist party rendered itself so ob-
noxious by its continued opposition to its prosecution ; and a large body of its supporters
being opposed to this opposition, deserted its standard, and allied themselves to that party
which was so vigorous in its prosecution.
During the years 1S13 and '14, while Irving had the editorial charge of the Analectic Maga-
zine, published in Philadelphia for several years by Moses Thomas, Verplanck made many va-
luable contributions to its pages, designated by the initial V, principally of a biographical nature,
which style of composition he seems to have enjoyed in his early days, as may be seen from
his graceful address before the New York Historical Society towards the close of 1818, in
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which he commemorates the virtues and condemns the vices, of the " Early European Friends
of America." Among his articles of that character in the Analectic, may be mentioned me-
i moirs of Samuel Adams, Fisher Ames, Joel Barlow, Cadwallader Colden, Oliver Ellsworth,
and Generals Pike and Scott, while he also wrote reviews of Waterman's " Life of Calvin,"
Leigh Hunt's " Feasts of the Poets," and several years later of his friend's, the editor's, " Sketch
Book."
I have referred to his anniversary address before the Historical Society ; this may be said
to have been the basis upon which was built his future literary reputation. It opened with a
lamentation for the lack of interest shown by his fellow-countrymen in the history of their
own country, and seems to have aroused them from a lethargy into which they have never
since fallen. It was reviewed both at home and abroad by the leading periodicals of the day,
an 1 from a well written article in the North American Review for March, iSiq, I extract the
closing paragraph as giving in a brief compass a just estimate of his work. "We can-
not take leave of Mr. Verplanck without acknowledgments for the refined entertainment
which his performance has afforded. It is a collection of interesting facts, enlivened by a
chaste imagination, and exibits a generous glow of heart, a free but candid judgment of men,
and an enlightened love of country. The author regards with laudable complacency the
sympathies of great and good men of whatever nation, in the advancement and fame of our
free and united communities."
It was in this address that Mr. Verplanck alluded to Knickerbocker's History of New
York in a spirit of regret at the injustice done by it to the Dutch character. He says " It is
more ' in sorrow than in anger ' that I feel myself compelled to add to these gross instances
of national injustice, an early work of a writer of our own, who is justly considered one of the
highest ornaments of American literature. I allude to the burlesque history of New York, in
which it is painful to see a mind as admirable for its exquisite perception of the beautiful, as
it is for its quick sense of the ridiculous, wasting the riches of its fancy on an ungrateful
theme, and its exhuberant humour in a coarse caricature. The writer has not yet fulfilled all
the promise he has given to his country. It is his duty because it is in his power, to brush
away the pretenders who may at any time infest her society, her science, or her politics : or if
he aspires, as I trust he does, to strains of a higher mood, the deeds of his countrymen and
the undescribed beauties of his native land, afford him many a rich subject, and he may deck
the altar of his country's glory with the garlands of his taste and fancy."
In a note to this passage the author says : " To those who judge of Mr. Irving's powers,
solely from his satirical and ludicrous compositions, this may seem an exaggerated compli-
ment. But he has given some samples, too few and too short I confess, of what he is able to
effect on these topics in his graver and purer style." And in a later edition he adds : " The
above note was written and first published about fourteen years ago. It is retained in the
present edition, because I feel proud that my judgment of the graver talents of the author of
Knickerbocker, has been confirmed again and again, and above all by the Life of Columbus."
Upon the above criticism Irving wrote to his brother Ebenezer, who had expressed
some fear at the effect it might have upon a new edition, then about to be published in Phil-
adelphia : " I have seen what Verplanck said of my work. He did me more than justice in
what he said of my mental qualifications : and he said nothing of my work that I have not
long thought of it myself. * * * * He is one of the honeslest men I know of, in speak-
ing his opinion. There is a determined candor about him, which will not allow him to be
blinded by passion. I am sure he wishes me well, and his own talents and acquirements are
too great to suffer him to entertain jealousy ; but were I his bitterest enemy, such an opinion
have I of his integrity of mind, that I would refer any one to him for an honest opinion of me,
sooner than to almost any one else."
To Henry Brevoort with the first number of the Sketch Book, containing the inimitable
story of Rip Van Winkle, the main points of which Jefferson has made so familiar to the present
generation, Irving writes in his playful vein, after alluding in the most complimentary terms
to the oration of Verplanck : " I hope he will not put our old Dutch burghers into the notion
that they must feel affronted with poor Deidrick Knickerbocker, just as he is about coming
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out in a new edition. I could not help laughing at this burst of filial feeling in Verplanck,
on the jokes put upon his ancestors; though I honor the feeling and admire the manner in
which it is expressed. It met my eyes just as I had finished the little story of Rip Van Win-
kle, and I could not help noticing it in the introduction to that bagatelle. I hope Verplanck
will not think the article is written in defiance of his vituperation. Remember me heartily
to him, and tell him I mean to grow wiser and better and older every day, and to lay the
castigation he has given seriously to heart."
In the following year was published a small volume entitled "The Bucktail Bards,"
which has usually been attributed to Mr. Verplanck ; and the correctness of this seems fully
sustained, by his responding in a most deligtful manner to a toast to the "Bucktail Bard"
given by .Mr. Bryant, at a dinner to Fitz Green Halleck in January, [854, at the Century Club.
But at the same time this hardly seems conclusive, in the face of the fact that the catalogue
of the New York State Library, of which he was for many years a trustee, and in which he
exercised a controling influence, contains the work with the name of his father's cousin John-
son Verplanck as author. The volume contained "The State Triumvirate a Political Tale,"
"The Bucktail Bards" proper, and "The Epistles of Brevet Major Pindar Puff," in the latter
of which, De Witt Clinton, then Governor, was ridiculed under that character. About the
same time or a little later, there appeared a clever squib, which was published anonymously
"for the use of the members" entitled " Proces-Verbal of the Ceremon}' of Installation." It
was a keen satire on the inauguration of Dr. Hosack as the successor of Clinton in the Pres-
idency of the New York Historical Society, and has generally been attributed to the
ready pen of Mr. Verplanck.
In 1S20, he was elected a member of the New York Assembly, where he mainly interest-
ed himself with the "literary aspects of political subjects," being Chairman of the Committee
on Education, in which capacity he made a report on Colleges, Academies, and Common
Schools, in support of the appropriation by the General Government of Public Lands for
educational purposes. This same year the New York Sketch Club was established, out of
which the present " Century" has grown, and among its organizers and earliest members we
find Verplanck, Bryant, and Sands, who afterwards united their talents in the production of
the Talisman. The next year upon the organization of the General Theological Seminary of the
Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States, he was chosen to the chair of the " Eviden-
ces of Revealed Religion and Moral Science in its relation to Theology," with Bishop Hobart,
Reverends Samuel H. Turner, Bird Wilson. Benjamin T. Onderdonk, and Clement C. Moore
as his co-professors. His lectures delivered while holding the professorship were published
alter his resignation in 1824, with the title of " Essays on the Nature and Uses of the various
Evidences of Revealed Religion." Of these lectures one who listened to them — the Reverend
Samuel Roosevelt Johnson — wrote me : — "There is but one thing I know of as connected with
these Lectures which it may be well for you to note. Bishop Daniel Wilson had a high rep-
utation as an author, before he was consecrated Bishop of Calcutta. His chief work was
'Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity' in two volumes octavo. In the Introduction to
the second volume, he writes as follows: 'To these names I have peculiar satisfaction in add-
ing that of an American writer of singular talent, with a good deal of the mind of our Bishop
Butler, whose work abounds with deep and original thoughts.' He adds in a note 'a reprint
has not yet been made of this masterly work.' This was pronounced at the time the highest
compliment ever paid to an American writer." Dr. Johnson continues: "Mr. Verplanck
was very quiet in his manner as professor. He gave us the impression that he did not take
to the task of instructor very much. He loved to converse freely as the individual — to think
patiently — to write carefully — but the class room was stiff and unnatural to him. His report
against voting by proxy, for the Trustees, led the General Convention to reverse all its pro-
ceedure on that subject, and his report on the removal of the Seminary was very able and
interesting." Another one of his "boys," the Rev. Dr. Shelton of Buffalo, speaks of him in the
most affectionate and glowing terms.
This same year lie was one of a committee of which Peter A. Jay and Charles King
were also members, appointed by the High School Society of New York, to prepare a " Plan
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of Instruction, to be pursued in the High School," and he, it is believed, drafted the report.
He afterwards held the position of President of the Board of Trustees of this Society, and as
such in the Annual Report for 1S29, paid a "Tribute to the memory of Daniel 11. Barnes,"
late principal, which is published in his volume of collected essays, under the head of " The
Schoolmaster."
In 1S25, appeared Mr. Verplanck's "Essay on the Doctrine of Contracts, being an
Inquiry how Contracts are affected in Law and Morals by Concealment, Error or Inadequate
Price." This curious discussion on the line between law and morals, in which the maxim of
* caveat emptor" is attacked, was most ably reviewed in the North American Review by that
noble expounder of international law, the late Henry Wheaton, from which article I extract
the following: "The question which Mr. Verplanck has investigated arose out of a case
determined in the Supreme Court of the United States, and reported in 2 Wheaton, 195. The
case related to the validity of a contract of sale under the following circumstances. Some
American merchants, who were on board the British fleet after the memorable attack on New
Orleans, in January, 1S15, received the unexpected news of the treaty of peace, which had
been signed at Ghent, and brought it up to the city the same night. Soon after sunrise the
next morning and before it could be known among men of business, a merchant, who had
been put in possession of the information, called upon another and contracted for the
purchase of a large quantity of tobacco at the market price of the day, without giving the
vendor any hint of the intelligence, but at the same time without saying anything calculated
to impose upon him. Immediately after the news of peace was publicly known the price of
tobacco rose more than fifty per cent.
" Upon this state of facts, Mr. Chief Justice Marshall, in delivering the opinion of the
Court, observed that the question was 'whether the intelligence of extraneous circumstances,
which might influence the price of the commodity and which was exclusively within the
knowledge of the vendee, ought to have been communicated by him to the vendor? The
Court is of the opinion that he 7cas not bound to communicate it. It would be difficult to
circumscribe the contrary doctrine within proper limits, when the means of intelligence are
equally accessible to both parties. But at the same time each party must take care not to
say or do anything tending to impose upon the other.' " In speaking of this work a few days
since, one of our oldest and ablest lawyers remarked " that the argument was the growth of
a laudable ambition born in a pure mind, but that it was impracticable." This year, 1825,
Mr. Verplanck was elected a representative from New York City to the Nineteenth Congress,
where he remained through the four successive terms, retiring at the close of the twenty-
second session in 1833. During his congressional career he warmly advocated the extension
of the term of copyright, a measure which was passed in the session of 1830-31, and about
which he writes to Irving, " I have a copyright bill before Congress with which I have taken
great pains. It consolidates, enlarges and explains our laws on that subject which are full
of confusion and doubt. It extends the time to twenty-eight years, with powers of renewal
for a like time by the author or his widow at the expiration." On his return home at the
close of this session he was tendered a complimentary dinner by prominent men of letters in
token of their appreciation of his eminent services in obtaining the passage of this law, at
which he made an able speech on the Law of Literary Property, in which he enforced the
same doctrine as he had promulgated in Congress, that " the right of property in the
production of intellectual labour was as much founded on natural justice as the right of
property in the production of corporeal labour, that he who toils with the mind is as honestly
entitled to the fruits of that toil as he who works with the hands." The measure secured to
the author and artist, in lieu of the former narrow time of fourteen years, with the contingent
chance of one renewal if living at the end of the time, the sole and secure benefit of his
work for forty-two years, with the privilege of renewal to his widow and children.
It was while he was in Congress, that the agitation on the rights of Congress to impose
a protective tariff and its power to force obedience to the same was at its height, and in its
defence he wrote a " Letter to Colonel W. Drayton, in assertion of the constitutional power of
Congress to impose protective duties," which was printed at New York in 183 1. In 1833,
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while Chairman of the Committee of Ways and Means, he made a " Report on the Bank of
the United States," which institution he favored, and of its President the late Nicholas Biddle
he thought very highly, and at his house Mr. Verplanck stayed on his return from Washington
after his last term in Congress. The same year, 1S33, there was published by the Harpers a
small octavo volume of 257 pages, entitled " Discourses and Addresses on Subjects of Ameri-
can I Iistory, Arts, and Literature. By Gulian C. Verplanck," which contained besides his
" Anniversary Discourse before the Historical Society," and "The Schoolmaster," and speech
on "The Law of Literary Property," "An Eulogy on Lord Baltimore, the Founder of Mary-
land," which was delivered at the festival held in 1829, by the "friends of civil and religous
liberty" in the City of New York, over which Dr. James McNevin presided, on the occasion
of the final passing of the bill for Catholic Emancipation in Ireland ;" an Address on the
opening of the American Academy of the Fine Arts in May, 1824," of which he was one of
the Vice-Presidents; "an Address before fhe Philolexian and Peithologian Societies of
Columbia College," in which the many distinguished graduates of the college are commem-
orated, and in regard to one of them — De Witt Clinton — the first graduate after the peace of
1783,110 says, "after the numerous tributes which have so recently been paid to his memory,
and especially that luminous view of his character as a scholar and a statesman, as the pro-
moter of good education and useful improvements, contained in the discourse lately delivered
from this place by Professor Renwick, anything I could now say on the subject would be but
useless repetition. Else would I gladly pay the homage due to his eminent and lasting ser-
vices, and honor that lofty ambition which brought him to look to designs of grand utility,
and to their successful execution, as his arts of gaining or redeeming the confidence of a
generous and public spirited people. For whatever of party animosity might have ever
blinded me to his merits, had died away long before his death, and I would now utter his
honest praises without the imputation of hollow pretense from others, or the mortifying con-
sciousness in my own breast, of rendering unwilling and tardy justice to noble designs and
great public service." The volume concludes with "a Lecture before the Mercantile Library
Association of New York in 1831-32," which contains a feeling tribute to the memory of his
venerable friend the late William Roscoe of Liverpool.
In November, 1833, he delivered an " Introductory Lecture to a course of Scientific Lec-
tures, before the Mechanics' Institute of the City of New York," while in the preceeding
August he had discoursed on "The Right Moral Influence, and Use of Liberal Studies," at
the commencement of Geneva College. The next year on a similar occasion at Amherst
College, he spoke on " The Influence of Moral Causes upon Opinions, Science and Litera-
ture," in the course of which after alluding to his descent from the stock of Grotius and De
Witt, he remarks : " I cannot but remember also that I have New England blood in my veins,
that many of my happiest youthful days were passed in her villages, and that my best education
was bestowed by the more than parental care of one of the wisest and most excellent of her
sons ;" here referring of course to his maternal grandfather, William Samuel Johnson. His
last college address was made in 1836, when he delivered his masterly and celebrated dis-
course at Union College on "The Advantages and Dangers of the American Scholar."
Mr. Verplanck while in Congress having separated from the Democratic party by taking
grounds in favor of a National Bank, was chosen by the Whigs as their candidate in 1S34,
for the Mayoralty in opposition to Cornelius W. Lawrence, the candidate of the democracy.
The election which followed was one of the most exciting and closely contested of many
years, and Mr. Verplanck was defeated by only one hundred and eighty-one votes. The excite-
ment of this political campaign did not drive him from his literary labors, for about this time
he edited the "Writings" of his colaborer in the Talisman, the late Robert C. Sands, one of
his nearest and dearest friends, and one whom he held in the highest esteem and whose
memory he always cherished, to which he prefixed a genial memoir of his life.
From 1837 to 1841, he was a member of the Senate of the State of New York, which at
that time composed with the judges of the higher courts, the "court for the correction of
errors," or the court of appeals in the last resort from the Supreme Court and Court of Chan-
cery. Mr. Verplanck took an active part in these judicial duties and many of his opin-
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ions on important questions are preserved in the last seven volumes of Wendell's Reports.
In 1S39, while a member-of the Senate, he made a report in relation to the debt, revenue and
financial policy of the State, which was published in London the next year, as an appendix
to a " Vindication of the Public Faith of New York and Pennsylvania."
On June ist, 1S35, Mr. Verplanck was chosen a member of the " Committee of the Tontine
Building," and March 27th, 1843, one of the Trustees under the original deed of trust, both
of which positions he continued to hold during life ; and here 1 will make a slight digression
to give a brief account of this singular enterprise with which Gulian C. Verplanck and other
members of his family were closely connected. I am indebted in a great part for the infoi
mation which follows to Mr. Frederic de Peyster, of New York, an old friend of Mr. Ver-
planck, and for many years Chairman of the Committee of the Association.
The Tontine Coffee House was erected at the north-west corner of Wall and Warren
Streets, in 1794, and was originally intended as a meeting place or exchange for merchants,
and also designed for hotel uses. The plan of this Association originated with Lorenzo
Tonti, a Neapolitan, in 1656, hence the name Tontine, the purport of which was a " Loan
advanced by a number of associated capitalists for life annuities with benefit of survivorship."
"The term Coffee as generally understood," says Mr. DePeyster, "is well described in the
opening of a poem entitled The Character of a Coffee House, which appeared in 16C5.
"A Coffee House the learned hold,
It is a place where Coffee's sold ;
This derivation cannot fail us,
For where Ale's vended that's an Ale-house."
By the constitution, two hundred and three shares were issued to subscribers at two hun-
dred dollars per share, and each holder of a share had the right to nominate a person of
either sex in whose name and for whose life the shares were issued, and existed during the
life of the nominee. The original shares were assignable by the holder and held as personal
property, although each share had a contingent interest in the realty, which interest ceased
with the death of the nominee, and then inured to the benefit of the survivors. " The
number of nominees was six short of the actual number of shares. This difference was
occasioned by the owners (203) having selected their nominees, on whose lives the shares de-
pended, in reference to their expected longevity. Thus it turned out that on six of the lives
there were two risks taken, making the lives 197."
Each share holder received his equal proportion of the net income of the establish-
ment, and the whole property was vested in five trustees, who were to be continued in trust
or by succession until the number of nominees was reduced to seven, when the holders
of these shares became entitled to a conveyance in fee as tenants in common of the entire
premises. The names of the five original trustees in whom the title was vested were John
Broome, John Watts, Gulian Verplanck, John Delafield and William Laight. When the
number of the trustees is reduced "to less than three," the committee of the Association
give notice that an election will be held for the choice of their successors ; and the surviving
trustees then convey to the five new trustees elected to succeed them, for the purpose of conti-
nuing the trust as is set forth in the original deed. Messrs. Richard M. Lawrence and Frederic
De Peyster became the survivors, who conveyed to James F. De Peyster, John A. King,
Gulian C. Verplanck, Anthony P. Halsey and Hamilton Fish. "Messrs. De Peyster and
Fish only surviving on the 20th April, (1S70,) convey now to the newly elected trustees, who
will soon take under a similar conveyance and thereupon execute the usual declaration of
trust, and setting forth the objects of it, and that when the nominees are reduced to seven
they will convey the premises to the owners of the seven remaining shares. The trustees
elected on the 20th of April last, are General J. Watts De Peyster, William J. Lawrence,
James Renwick, Richard King and John P. De Wint, and the survivors of the committee are
Frederic De Peyster, William H. Aspinwall and William S. Horn."
In 1S34, the particular uses for which this building was erected and association organized,
having virtually ended by the erection of a new Exchange, now the U. S. Custom House, an
application was made to the Court of Chancery for permission to use the premises for gener-
al purposes, as in the constitution there was a special restriction against its use for any pur-
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pose but that of "a Coffee House," and by its decree said restriction was removed, which de-
cree was afterwards confirmed by a special act of the State Legislature, April iS, 1843, and its
name changed to "The Tontine Building.*'
As was said in a former part of this memoir, Mr. Verplanck's father and uncle were orig-
inal subscribers for two shares each, and that his father's nominees were Gulian ('. and Mary
Ann. The share of which Mr. Verplanck was nominee subsequently came into his posses-
sion as owner, and by his death the number of surviving nominees was reduced to eight, so
that with one death more the trust will end. The survivors are Horatio Gates Stevens, born
[780; Robert Benson, Jr., horn 1785 ; Gouveneur Kemble, horn 1780; John P. DeWint, born
1787; Maria Bayard, widow of Duncan P. Campbell, born 1786; Mary Ray, widow of Gov.
John A. King, born 1790 ; William Bayard, born 1791, and D. Murray Hoffman, born the same
year.
In 1844, the first number of "Shakespeare's Plays ; with his Life. Edited by Gulian C.
Verplanck, LL. D., with Critical Introduction, Note:, &c, original and selected," appeared;
which was completed in 1847, m three large volumes, profusely illustrated from designs by
Kenny Meadows. One of the peculiar characteristics of this edition is the indication of those
expressions in the text commonly called Americanisms, which being obsolete in England, are
yet retained in this country in quite familiar use. At about this time or perhaps a few years
earlier Mr. Verplanck published a small volume of Fairy Tales ; that is he wrote the intro-
duction signed "John Smith," but whether the entire work was from his pen I am unable to
say. He also wrote for the New York Mirror an interesting account of the house at New-
burgh, occupied by Washington in 17S3, as his Head Quarters.
In 1847, May 5th, was passed the act creating the " Board of the Commissioners of Emi-
gration" for the protection of foreigners when first arriving on our shores, one of the most
eminently humane and beneficial bodies ever created by any power, in any place, at any time ;
and of the commissioners named in the act Mr. Verplanck stands at the head. His co-labor-
ers in this good christian work were James Boorman, Jacob Harvey, Robert B. Minturn
William F. Havemeyer and David C. Colden. The Board was organized May 8th at the
.Mayor's Office in the City Hall, and on June 14th, Mr. Havemeyer was elected President.
He resigned however in the following February, and was succeeded March 1, 1848, by Mr.
Verplanck, who continued in the active exercise of his duties until the Wednesday preceed-
ing his death. Mr. Verplanck prepared nearly all of the annual reports of the Board, which
were republished in a condensed form in one octavo volume, in 1861. He also laid the cor-
ner stone of the "Verplanck State Hospital on Ward Island," which was named in commem-
oration of his philanthrophic services and of which he was one of the Governors. I believe
he never missed a meeting of the Commission in whose work he was so deeply interested,
indeed his son in a letter dated April 10th, says : " He was not rural in his taste, but enjoyed
spending half the week at his Fishkill residence with his grand-children, altuays returning
however on Wednesday for the regular meeting of the ( )ommissioners of Emigration." Men-
tion of his Fishkill residence reminds me that the Verplanck house at Fishkill is historically
remarkable for having been the headquarters of Baron Steuben, when the American army was
encamped in the vicinity of Newburgh, and also as the place wherein was organized in 1783,
the celebrated Society of the Cincinnati.
My only personal acquaintance with Mr. Verplanck was a slight epistolary one, which
began some eight years since when I was busily engaged illustrating for my own enjoyment
a work then fresh from the press and now dear to all of us, "The Life and Letters of Wash-
ington Irving." I addressed Mr. Verplanck in regard to an early portrait of himself, suitable
for insertion in my book and in reply he said, "The best portrait of myself, as I now am, is a
very noble portrait by Huntington, taken for the Commissioners of Emigration as President
of that Board, and exceedingly well photographed by Frederics of this city. At this age and
in this character I have little in connection with my friend Irving. I have at my home at
Fishkill on the Hudson a very good portrait of myself by Jarvis, (who never failed in his like-
ness) taken about forty years ago at a period when I was more intimately connected with
Irving and his friends." He then goes on to say that he has no copy of it, but that one of his
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family might be able to make a fair amateur copy, which if succesful he would send to me
and concludes with "a lame hand prevents my making some suggestions as to portraits of
others at present." The copy was never received neither did I succeed in obtaining from
him those suggestions which would have been so rich in interest and value. My next letter
from him was written after a lapse of nearly five years, although in the interim I had received
from him a beautiful carte photograph of himself by Brady, when in acknowledgement of a
slight literary effort of my own which I had ventured to send him, he in return, kindly pres-
ented me with a choice privately printed volume from his pen, the "Twefth Night at the Cen-
tury Club, January 6, 185S," and expressed his regret that he had no copy to offer me of his
letter to Mr. Cozzens on "Garrick ; his portrait in New York, its Artist and History," which
was printed in an edition of one hundred copies in 1S57, and which he thought would be
more to my taste.
The two portraits which he mentions are the only ones ever painted of him, and of the
latter as well as an incident connected with the letter on Garrick, the artist Hunting-
ton says, " I painted him twice, the last portrait which is thought the best is now in the pos-
session of his son and was sent to Paris for the Exposition. It was really the completion of
the original study for the first, which I kept for many years in my study unfinished because
several of the members of the Sketch Club, (which met at my studio) while the portrait was
in progress urged me not to touch it but to begin another. Mr. Verplanck was writing the
Garrick Sketch at the time and one day he said to me, ' I have spoken of Jarvis as a Reynolds
vulgarizer, I am afraid it is too strong an expression. I dont like to speak so unkindly of
my old friend, what shall I say, what do you think of it?' I suggested that he should change
it to a negative and say 'an unrefined Reynolds' which you will observe he adopted. His
inquiry and his reception of the hint from a man so much his junior was characteristic. He
was very gentle and attractive in his social life, passionately fond of portraits of historic or
artistic interest, and never wearied of talking of the great portrait painters Reynolds, Stuart,
Sully and Jarvis."
The two papers above referred to are perhaps the most agreeable and polished produc-
tions of Mr. Verplanck's pen, certainly of those that I have seen, unless with them may be
classed his articles originally contributed to the "Wine Press," a monthly periodical edited
by his friend Frederic S. Cozzens, to whom in the last years of his life he was much attached,
taking great interest in his affairs both commercial and literary, and whom he was in the
habit of seeing almost daily, and whose premature death he deeply mourned, entitled : " Was
Champagne known to the ancients" and " Oxyporian Wines," and subsequently republished
in "The Sayings of Dr. Bushwacker and other learned men," which charming volume of hu-
mour, " To Hon. Gulian C. Verplanck, first President of the Century Club " is dedicated. The
"Garrick" paper is a most delightful resume of artistic and theatrical recollections and criti-
cisms, while the "Twelfth Night" and the two vinous papers are as remarkable for the pro-
found erudition they display on subjects about which little learning may be thought to be
possible, as for the genial and refined humour which gently plays upon each page.
Mr. Verplanck's last literary work had, strange to say, a very close connection with his
first, both in occasion and matter ; it was an oration delivered July 4. 1S67, at the laying of the
corner-stone of the New Hall for the Tammany Society, or Columbian Order, in Fourteenth
Street, New York. It is replete with entertaining recollections of the Tammany of his youth-
ful days, and of those Sachems and "big men" who gathered around the original Wigwam, or
Pigpen, as it was contemptuously called by its political adversaries ; and none of these remin-
iscences are more graceful or pleasing than those spoken in the tributes to James Kirke Paul-
ding and his friends the brothers John T. and William Irving. It was in connection with a
new edition of one of Paulding's works, "The Bulls and the Jonathans" published some
three or four years since, that I had the honor of having my name associated with Mr. Ver-
planck's, where in the preface the author acknowledges some slight assistance gladly render-
ed to him. In a letter received from the editor of his father's works Mr. William I. Paulding,
since Mr. Verplanck's decease, in speaking of one occasion when he called upon him for
some information in regard to "The Bulls and the Jonathans," says, " I was surprised then at
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the quickness witli which (when suddenly in this way) he disinterred the facts of fifty years or
so before.''
Mr. Verplanck's public positions were many and important. Appointed one of the Re-
gents of the University of the State of New York January 26, 1826, he became Vice-Chancel-
lor in 1S66, and when in 1S44, the State Library was placed under the care of this faculty he
was appointed Chairman of the Library Committe. Of the New York Historical Society he
was at the time of his death first Vice-President as also its senior member, having been elec-
ted in 1809, five years after its organization. In its proceedings he always took a lively in-
terest, and did not allow his early address to be his only contribution to its collections. At
a special meeting held in May, 1858, he read a pleasant anecdotical sketch in the form of dia-
logue, entitled " Reminiscences of John Randolph of Roanoke," and when the society com-
memorated the two hundredth anniversary of the Conquest of New Netherlands he was made
Chairman of the Committee of Arrangements, and in that capacity offered a resolution of
thanks to the accomplished historian Mr. Brodhead for his noble oration pronounced on the
occasion. Four years later being the 50th anniversary of the delivery of his celebrated dis-
course, on the conclusion of an address by Mr. Motley, the annalist of the Rise of the Dutch
Republic, Mr. Verplanck referred to the former occasion and said "that the pleasing duty of
presenting a resolution of thanks to the orator of the evening had been assigned to him as
the senior member of the Society, but what was thus made his duty he thought he might safe-
ly claim as a right in view of the fact that half a century ago he had delivered an anniversary
address before the society ;" — and Mr. Bryant in seconding the resolution said, " It is fitting
also that my old friend of more than forty years, who in 1818, the exact term of half a century
since delivered before this society when De Witt Clinton was its President, one of the noblest
public discourses that was ever listened to in this or any other country — it was fitting that
one so distinguished should rise to express in words what we all feel in our hearts."
For nearly sixty years Mr. Verplanck was one of the Trustees of the New York Society
Library and at the time of his death Chairman of the Board, while from 1837 to 1842, he was
President of the St. Nicholas Society, with Washington Irving as first Vice-President, and
again in 1S5S and '59 occupied the same position. He was a man eminently genial and social in
his disposition, and was a member of a society famous in its day, which met at Baker's City
Tavern at the corner of Wall and New Streets, called " The House of Lords," of which Pre-
served Fish and Jarvis the painter were prominent members. He was also a member of Fen-
imore Cooper's Lunch the celebrated Bread and Cheese Club, so called from the nature of
the ballots used, one of cheese having the fatal effect of a black ball.
During Mr, Verplanck's long life, he was never confined to the house a single day by
sickness, and never paid for a doctor's visit to himself. As has been mentioned, he attend-
ed the regular weekly meeting of the Commissioners of Emigration, the Wednesday before
his decease, and did not complain of feeling indisposed until the next day, when he felt some
inconvenience from a cold he had taken several days before, but as was his wont, paid no
particular attention to it. Early the next morning, Friday, March 18th, he expired as calmly
and with as little suffering as had been spent his entire life. The funeral services took place
at old Trinity, of which he was elected a vestryman in 1843, and Warden twenty years later,
on Monday, March 21st, at one o'clock, in the afternoon, which was participated in by the
Bishop of the Diocese, and the rector and clergy of the Parish ; the Rev. Dr. Dix preaching
the funeral sermon. At the close of the services the remains were taken to his old home on
the Hudson, where the services begun at Trinity were concluded, the next day. He was
buried in the grounds of the old Episcopal Church at Fishkill Village, which was built in
1765, and where he was most fond of worshiping during his lifetime. Thus ended a life
extended far beyond the days alio ted upon Earth to man by the Psalmist, and one during
which every hour seems to have had its particular work and to have brought forth a rich re-
sult. His literary Labors were acknowledged by his Alma Mater in 1821, by appointing him
one of her trustees, and in 1835, by conferring upon him her degree of LL. D.
" Mr. Verplanck," says his son, "was amazingly methodical in his habits, never allowing
anything to be done for him that he could do himself, even to the most minute particulars.
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He would go about the streets at all hours amid the crowds of the day in Broadway and Wall
Street, or return from his club at the latest hours of the night, and this he kept up until within
a month or so of his death. He took great interest in the drama and was fond of talking
of the actors of his younger days ; of Fennell, Hodgkinson, Jefferson Wood, and others of
the same stamp and time. He liked to discuss the styles of Kcmble and Kean, and was an
enthusiastic admirer of Rachel, and in the last years of his life was delighted with the acting
of Ristori. With Mr. Hackett he was intimate, and always appreciated and esteemed him."
Further on he says in the same letter, "with Albert Gallatin he was on most friendly terms,
being in the habit of spending every Sunday evening at his house, during his residence in
New York, in the last years of his life."
Mr. Verplanck was singularly reticent in speaking of himself or his history, and Mr.
Bryant says in a letter to the writer, " I scarce ever knew so little of the early life of one
whom I knew so well ;" and this characteristic is endorsed by our own Dr. Allibone. Another
of his characteristics, perhaps the strongest, was his love of country and of home, which
he retained even to his latest days. His granddaughter before referred to, says : " I well
remember one evening last summer, with what eagerness he seized a new school book of
my youngest sister, ' Cleveland's English Literature,' and turning over the leaves exclaim-
ed, ' Yes ! it is here, one of my favorite poems by Montgomery, a very good writer, though
now out of fashion.' Then turning to me, he said, 'hear me Eliza, I want to see if I remem-
ber it through, I have not seen it for thirty years,' and he then repeated it almost word for
word, making only two or three omissions of words, and with as great feeling and emphasis
as in his younger days. The poem is called "The Love of Country and of Home," begin-
ning
'There is a land, of even- land the pride,
Beloved by heaven, o'er all the world beside.' "
In personal appearance he is said to have borne a striking resemblance to his father, and
Poe in his generally scurrilous notices of the New York Literati, published in 1S46, describes
him as " short in stature, not more than five feet, five inches in height, and compactly or
stoutly built. The head square, massive and covered with thick, bushy and grizzily hair ; the
cheeks are ruddy, lips red and full, nose short and straight, eyebrows much arched, eyes
dark blue, with what seems to a casual glance a sleepy expression— but they gather light
and force as we examine them. His scholarship is more than reputable and his taste and
acquirements are not to be disputed." This it must be remembered was written nearly a
quarter of a century ago, and that that time makes great changes in one's appearance, and
his did not escape unscathed.
I cannot close this memorial of our deceased member's life, which has extended far be-
yond the limits I had laid down for it, in a manner more acceptable and agreeable than by
transcribing the closing paragraphs of a letter written by his nephew, the son of his old pre-
ceptor in the law, Mr. George E.Hoffman of this city. He writes as follows: "Mr. Ver-
planck was remarkable for an even disposition. I never saw him lose his temper ; he was
always kind, considerate of others, and cheerful, and brought sunshine with him into the
family circle. Though possessing humor and admiring it in others he could not endure any
allusion that was broad or in the least bordering on indecency. When he was in the Senate
of New York, I was at Albany, and heard of his rebuking a public officer, who attempted to
tell in his presence such a story as many in high places deem amusing.
" Mr. Verplanck had great reverence for truth and never would restrain the expression
of his opinions on all important political questions. He felt this to be his duty, and he fear-
lessly performed it without regard to policy or interest. Though his friends and family dif-
fered with him, they knew that he expressed the convictions of his heart and judgement, and
no one of them even for a moment doubted his motives or his patriotism. He was a constant
reader, and whatever he had read he always appeared to have at his command, even in the
words of the author. He had a strong feeling for the beauties of nature and of art. In the
enjoyment of these, in his books and his offices of benevolence to his fellow-men he seemed
to pass a life untouched by care and apparently without a want. At Fishkill where the family
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have held a large estate for several generations, I have often seen him under the shade of a
rock overhanging the Hudson, or in some shady dell by the side of a brook, with his book,
enjoying the quiet scene around him.
" In conversation he was never loud or talked for display, but was often most agreeable,
especially when he met with old friends whose pursuits and tastes were congenial to his. I
remember when Washington Irving first came from Europe, on a Sunday shortly after his re-
turn, Mr. Verplanck and my brother Ogden Hoffman unexpectedly dropped in to dinner.
My sister Mrs. Annie Nicholas, was at home. All of them had been most intimate from their
early years; Verplanck and Irving had studied law with my father. Verplanck had married
my aunt, and Irving had been engaged to my sister who had died while still young. Mrs.
Nicholas was a contemporary, Ogden much younger. Irving had not seen them for many
years and it was as if their youth had returned to them again. Irving with boyhood's fresh-
ness related his European experience, gave sketches of the noted men he had met, Talleyrand,
Moore, Scott, and others, and described the most amusing scenes, often imitating the manner
of its actors. Verplanck was full of humor and information. The dinner was not much — if
eating was considered — scarcely enough, no one however thought of that ; the hours fled
unnoticed ; we sat down at two and it was late before any one thought of moving. Mr. Ver-
planck was fond of all old time customs, and celebrated Christmas with his grandchildren in
the good old way. The Yule log was burned, the Boar's head adorned the table, the house
was strung with green boughs, and Santa Claus (Kris Kringle,) left his presents in appropri-
ate costume. The family and their friends gathered until the house was full, and if more
came room was found for them and everything was done to have a jolly good old time. I regret
that I can furnish so little about a man I so much admired. To most he was known by his
literary efforts as a writer of far more than ordinary merit ; among his friends he was a great
man, simple in his tastes and unassuming in his manners ; his information on all subjects
far exceeded what many will find in a life's experience : this he freely gave, and any one
could profit by associating with him. I do not believe that any one at any time, could have
gathered from his discourse anything that could be repeated to his disadvantage. He always
seemed to me to be a man who in his life and character fulfilled all that is required by the 15th
Psalm, 'of those who shall enter into the tabernacle of the Lord or rest upon his holy hill.'"
Mr. Verplanck had two sons ; the eldest, William Samuel, born October 15, 1812, survives
him, while the youngest, Gulian, born April 29, 1815, died early in life.
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THE NEW YORK
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Record.
Devoted to the Interests of American
Genealogy and Biography.
ISSUED QUARTERLY
January, 1870,
PUBLISHED FOR THE SOCIETY,
Mott Memorial Hall, No. 64 Madison Avenue,
New York City.
coasrTEisrTS.
THE FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE
SOCIETY, Jan. 5, L870.
THE SOCIETY'S PROCEEDINGS, Nov. 27 ; Dec.
11 ; Jan. 5; Jan. 22.
MEMORIAL OF JOHN TAYLOR, REFORMER.
By B. J. L.
GENEALOGY OF MAJOR-GENERAL PHILIP
SCHUYLER. By E. B. O'C.
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THE "TANGIER" SMITH RECORDS. II. R. S.
NOTES ON BOOKS.
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PARATION.
RE( EN i GENEALOGIES.
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I'REI'ARA I [ON.
DONATIONS TO THE SOCIETY.
MISCELLANEOUS :— The "Record" for April;
Booh i for Re\ Li w ; Bulletin No. 1 ; Books wanted.
OFFICERS OF THE 80CIETY FUR THE YEAR
1870.
MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY, Honorary, Cor-
responding, Life and Resident.
PROSPECTUS OF THE "RECORD."
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FOR THE ^E^IR, 1870.
PRESIDENT.
HENRY R. STILES, M. D.,
P. O. Box 58, Brooklyn, N. Y.
FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT.
DAVID P. HOLTON, M. D.,
124 West 54th Street.
SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT.
CHARLES B. MOORE,
6 East 16th St., N. Y.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN.
WM. FREDERIC HOLCOMBE, M. D.,
54 East 25th Street, New York.
RECORDING SECRETARY.
JOHN S. GAUTIER,
159 West 45th Street, New York.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
S. HASTINGS GRANT, Chairman,
194 Broadway, New York.
WM. FREDERIC HOLCOMBE,
GEORGE S. GREENE,
CHARLES B. MOORE.
TREASURER.
SAMUEL S. PURPLE, M. D.,
36 West 22d Street, New York.
publication committee.
Mott Memorial Hall,
64 Madison Avenue, New Y'ork.
HENRY R. STILES,
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First Class, term expires 1871.
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JOHN S. GAUTIER.
TRUSTEES.
Second Class, term expires 1872.
DAVID P. HOLTON, M. D.,
LEDYARD BILL,
CHARLES B. MOORE.
Third Class, term expires 1873.
HENRY R. STILES, M. D.,
SAMUEL 8. PURPLE, M. D.,
WM. F. HOLCOMBE, M. D.
The object of this Society is to collect and preserve (also, to publish, as far as practicable) Genealogical,
Biographical and Historical matter, relating for the most part, though not exclusively, to the State of
New York.
A Library lias been commenced, already containing many works of great value to the genealogical
student ; which, by donation, exchangi and otherwise, is rapidly increasing.
The stated meetings of the Society are held on the second and fourth Saturday of each month, at half-
past Seven o'clock, P. M., at the Mori Memorial Hall, (i4 .Madison Avenue, New York.
Membership.— For admission to the Society, the candidate must be nominated by a member, in
writing ; be approved by the Board of Trustees, and voted in at a regular meeting. The initiation fee is Five
dollars, and Resident Membership requires the payment, annually, of Five Dollars. The Life Membership
fee (in lieu of all annual assessments) is Fifty dollars. The Clerks of the several Counties and Towns of the
State are members of this Society tx.offido.
M E M B E R B .
New York City.
Boston, Mass.
DOLLARS.
Now York City.
New York City.
New York City.
New York City.
honorary,
john romeyn brodhead,
Samuel g. drake,
LIFE.
UY THE PAYMKNT OF FIFTY
QtARKSON, MATTHEW,
CLARKSON, WILLIAM, .
MACY, SILVANTJS J.,
WARNER, L. T., M. D., .
RESIDENT.
BAILEY, JAMES M., . . Now York City.
BAKER, S. A., I). D., ■ • Brooklyn, N. Y.
BANCROFT, JOHN M., . . New York City.
BARLOW, S. B., M. D., . . New York City.
BARTOW, EVELYN, . ■ New York City.
BENEDICT, HENRY M., . . Albany, N. Y.
BILL, LEDYARD, . . . New York City.
BREVOORT, J. CARSON, . . Brooklyn, N. Y.
COGSWELL, WILLIAM L., . New York City.
COLES, WILLIAM F., . . New York City.
CUTTING, WALTER L., . . New York City.
De LANCEY, EDWARD F., . New York City.
DWTGHT, BENJ. W., . . Clinton, N. Y.
FELT, WILLARD L., . . New Y'ork City.
FOWLER, E. P.. M. D., . . New York City.
GARDNER, HARRY M., . Brooklyn, N. Y
GATJTIER, JOHN STAGG, . New York City.
GRANT, S. HASTINGS, . New York City.
GREENE, GEORGE S., . . New York City.
HARPER, W. WALTON, . New York City.
HATCH, ROSWELL D., . . New York City.
HOLCOMBE, WM. FRED., M. D., New York City.
HOLTON, DAVID P., M. D., . New York City.
HOLTON, Mrs. FRANCES K., New York City.
HOWLAND, BENJ. JENKINS, New York City.
JAY, Miss ELIZA CLARKSON, New York City.
KELLY, WILLIAM, . . Rhinebeck, N. Y.
KNOX, ALEXANDER, . . . New York City.
LATTING, JOHN J., . . . New York City.
MARSHALL, JONATHAN, . New York City.
MOORE, CHARLES B., . . New York City.
PETTY, JOSEPH H., . . New York City.
PIERREPONT, HENRY EVELYN, Brooklyn, N.Y.
PURDY, ALFRED E. M., M. D., New York City.
PURPLE, EDWIN R., . . New York City.
PURPLE, SAMUEL S., M. D., . New York City.
RAYNOLDS, CHARLES T., . New York City.
REYNOLDS, W. A., . . Rochester,' N. Y.
SALTER, A. OLDRIN, . . New York City.
SANFORD, ELLIOT, . . New York City.
SHEAR, Mrs. LEROY N., . New York City.
STAFFORD, MARTIN H., . New York City.
STILES, HENRY K., M. D., . Brooklyn, N. Y.
STILES, S. EDWARD, . . Brooklyn, N. Y.
WILLETS, ROBERT, . . Flushing, N. Y.
WILLIAMS, OTHNIEL S., . Clinton, N. Y.
CORRESPONDING.
ABBOT, EPHRAIM, Rev., . Wcstfield, Mass.
BARTON, EDMUND M., . Worcester, Mass.
BERGEN, TEUNIS G., . . Bay Ridge, N. Y.
BOLTON, ROBERT, . . . Bedford, N. Y.
COE, DAVID B., Rev., . . Bloomfield, N. J.
COLBURN, JEREMIAH, . . Boston, Ma .
COREY, D. P., .... Maiden, Mas6.
CORWIN, EDWARD T., Rev., . Millstone, N.J.
CUNNINGHAM, JAMES A.,
DAYIS, W. W. H.,
DEAN, JOHN WARD, .
DEEMS, CHARLES F., Rev.,
DRAKE, SAMUEL G., . .
DURR1E, D. S.,
EATON, LILLY, .
FISHER, GEORGE J., M. D.,
FISHER, MATURIN L., .
GAILLARD, WILLIAM, .
OILMAN, ARTHUR,
GREEN, SAMUEL A., M. D.,
GREENE, S. S.,
HART, CHARLES II.,
HOLCOMB, AMESA,
HOLDEN, A. W., M. D., .
HOLDEN, FREDERICK A.,
HOWELL, GEORGE R., Rf.v.
HOWLAND, ASA,
HOUGH, BENJAMIN F.,
HUNTINGTON, E. B., Rev.,
JANES, FREDERICK, Rev.,
LAWRENCE, JOHN, Rev.,
LORING, JAMES SPEAR, .
LOSS1NG, BENSON J.,
MUNSELL, JOEL, . .
O'CALLAGHAN, E. B.,
ONDERDONK, HENRY, Jr.,
ONDERDONK, HORATIO G.,
PAINE, ROYAL,
Boston, Mass.
Doyleston, Penn.
. Boston, Muss.
New York City.
Boston, Mass.
. Madison, Wis.
Wakefield, Mass.
Sing Sing, N. Y.
Farmersburg, Iowa.
Oxford, Ohio.
Lee, Mass.
Boston, Mass.
Providence, R. I.
. Philadelphia, Pa.
Southwick, Mass.
Glen's Palls, N. Y.
Washington, D. C.
, Mt. Morris, N. Y.
Conway, Mass.
Lowville, N. Y.
. Stamford, Conn.
Dana, Mass.
Reading, Mass.
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Dover Plains, N. Y.
Albany, N. Y.
. Albany, N. Y.
Jamaica, N. Y.
Manhasset, N. Y
Brooklyn, N. Y.
PATTERSON, D. WILLIAMS, Newark V'ley, N. Y.
PEIRCE, EBENEZER W.
REDF1ELD, JOHN H.,
RIKER, JAMES,
ROOT, JAMES P., Rev.,
SANFORD, ENOCH, Rev.,
SHEA, J. G., . . . .
SIBLEY, JOHN LANGDON, .
SLAFTER, EDMUND F., Rev.,
SPOONER, ALDEN J.,
SPRAGTJE, WILLIAM B., Rev
STANTON, EDWIN L.,
TUTHILL, WILLIAM II., . .
TRASK, WILLIAM BLAKE, .
WHEATLAND, HENRY, M. D.,
WHITMORE, WILLIAM H.,
WHITTAKER EPHER, Rev., .
WINFIELD, CHARLES H., .
Freetown, Mass.
Philadelphia, Pa.
Waverly, N. Y.
Perry Centre, N. Y.
. Raynham, Mass.
New York City.
. Cambridge, Mass.
, Boston, Mass.
. Brooklyn, N.Y.
., Albany, N. Y.
Washington, D. C.
Tipton, Iowa.
Boston, Mass.
Salem, Mass.
Boston, Mass.
Southold, N. Y.
Greenville, N. J.
THE NEW YORK
Genealogical & Biographical Record.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society having
determined, at a meeting of its Board of Trustees, held on the nth of
March, 1870. to issue a regular quarterly publication, and having at the
same meeting appointed a " Publication Committee," to carry out this
resolve, the result, in the form of this little "Record," is now present-
ed to the public.
A perusal of its pages will sufficiently indicate its aims and object,
and it is trusted, will serve to awaken, or at least will open the way to
awakening an interest in the subjects treated therein. It will be issued
quarterly, commencing with January, 1870. At present it is small in
size, but the endeavor will be to make it large in interest. It will be
published in the interests of American Genealogy and Biography,
modelled somewhat upon the admirable production of our sister Society
in Boston.
At the earliest practicable moment, the size of the Record will be
doubled, and will continue to be increased in the same ratio from time
to time Contributions of literary material, such as ancient records,
pedigrees, wills, &c, together with short essays on historical incidents
relating to genealogy or biography, and announcement of forthcoming
works in genealogy, biography, or local history are respectfully solicited
The terms of subscription for the year 1870 will be One Dollar, and
subscriptions are requested.
The Record is published under the sole supervision of the Publica-
tion Committee, and all communications relating to it, containing sub-
criptions, &c, should be addressed to the
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE,
Mott Memorial Hall, 64 Madison Ave.
New York City.
Vol. i. No. i.
THE NEW YORK
Genealogical and Biographical
Record.
Devoted to the Interests of American
Genealogy and Biography.
ISSUED QUARTERLY.
April, 1870.
PUBLISHED FOR THE SOCIETY,
Mott Memorial Hall, No. 64 Madison Avenue,
New York City.
O 0 1ST TE3ST T S.
PLAN OF GENEALOGICAL WORK. By C. B. M.
THE SWORDS GENEALOGY. By R. S. D.
NEW YORK MARRIAGE LICENSES, Granted
by Lord Cornbury, 1703. J. S. G.
THE SOCIETY'S PROCEEDINGS, Feb. 12 ; March
12 ; March 26; April 9.
NOTES ON BOOKS.
NOTES AND QUERIES.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF GENEALOGIES IN PRE-
PARATION.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF BIOGRAPHIES IN PRE-
PARATION.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF LOCAL HISTORIES IN
PREPARATION.
RECENT HISTORICAL WORKS.
MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY, elected since the
last issue of the Record.
DONATIONS TO THE SOCIETY, since last issue.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
PROSPECTUS OF THE "RECORD."
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE,
Mott Memorial Hall, 64 Madison Avenue.
HENRY R. STILES, M. D.
S. HASTINGS GRANT.
JOHN S. GAUTIER.
OEEICEIFLS FOR THE "^EAIR, 1870.
PRESIDENT.
HENRY R. STILES, M. D.,
P. O. Box 58, Brooklyn, N. Y.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN.
"WM. FREDERIC HOLCOMBE, M. D., •
54 East 25th Street, New York.
RECORDING SECRETARY.
JOHN S. GAUTIER,
159 West 45th Street, New York.
TREASURER.
SAMUEL S. PURPLE, M. D.,
36 West 22d Street, New York.
The object of this Society is to collect and preserve (also, to publish, as far as practicable) Genealogical,
Biographical and Historical matter, relating for the most part, though not exclusively, to the State of
New York.
A Library has been commenced, already containing many works of great value to the genealogical
student ; which, by donation, exchange and otherwise, is rapidly increasing.
The stated meetings of the Society are held on the second and fourth Saturday of each month, at half-
past Seven o'clock, P. M., at the Mott Memorial Hall, 64 Madison Avenue, New York.
Membership— For admission to the Society, the candidate must be nominated by a member, in
writing ; be approved by the Board of Trustees, and voted in at a regular meeting. The initiation fee is Five
dollars, and Res uhrd Membership requires the payment, annually, of Five Dollars. The Life Membership
fee (in lieu of all annual assessments) is Fifty dollars. The Clerks of the several Counties and Towns of the
State are members of this Society ex.officio.
ggp The Society respectfully solicits from its friends and members in the State, and elsewhere, contri-
butions of genealogical and biographical material. In the collection and preservation of such material, every
one, by the diligent use of some of their leisure moments, can assist the Society to form a library of reference,
which shall prove of incalculable service to future students of American Genealogy and History.
Copies of ancient inscriptions and epitaphs, full and exact copies of inscriptions from the cemeteries,
monuments, tombs, tablets, etc., to be found in every city, town, village and hamlet of the State ; extracts
from town, church and parish records ; transcripts of public, records of births, marriages and deaths, and of
private family records ; personal reminiscences and narratives, taken from the lips of old persons yet living
among us ; autobiographies ; lists of soldiers and sailors, histories of regiments, military organizations, etc.,
in the Revolutionary War, the Second War, aud the late Civil War.
Biographical memoirs, sketches and notices of persons who came to North America, especially to the
colony and State of New York, before the year 1700; showing from what places in Europe they came, their
families there, and their descendants in this country. Full and minute genealogical memoirs and tables,
showing the lineage and descent of families from the earliest date, to which they can be authentically traced,
down to the present time, with their branches and connections.
All donations of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, etc., will be gratefully received in behalf of the
Society, and promptly acknowledged.
MEMBERS
ELECTED SINCE THE LAST ISSUE OF THE "RECORD."
LIFE.
BY THE PAYMENT OF FIFTY DOLLARS.
ELIOT, ELLSWORTH, M. D., . Xew York City.
MOORE, CHARLES B., . . Xew York City.
MUNSELL, JOEL, . . . Albany, X. Y.
RESIDENT.
BY PAYMENT OF FIVE DOLLARS INITIATION FEE, AND
FIVE DOLLARS ANNUAL DUES.
DALY, CHARLES P., . . Xew York City.
DUMONT, ROBERT S., . Morristowii, X. J.
HUMPHREYS, FREDK., M. D., Xew York City.
MARTIN, EDMUND P., . Brooklyn, N. Y.
NICOLE, HEXRY, . . . Xew York City.
CORRESPONDING.
ALOFSEN, S., .
BAINBRIDGE, Miss H.,
CLARKE, ROBERT, .
CLIFT, Rev. WILLIAM,
1 AUWELL, LEONARD J.,
ROWLAND, HENRY R., .
SHUUTLEFF, NATH. B.,
TAYLOR, BENJ. C, D. D.
WHEELER, RICHARD A.
WHITEHEAD, WM. A.,
Amsterdam, Holland.
London, England.
. Cincinnati, Ohio.
Myotic Br., Conn.
. Washington, D. C.
Buffalo, N. Y.
. Boston, Mass.
Bergen, X. J.
. Stonington, Conn.
Newark, N. J.
DONATIONS TO THE SOCIETY
SI.VCE L?IST ISSUE.
From Win. S. Apjile:on, Esq., Boston, Mass.: — An-
cestry and Pedigree of Oliver ; and Genealogical
Chart.
From Samuel L. Boardman, Augusta, Me.: — Docu-
mentary History of State of Maine.
From George B. Cliase :— Geneal. Memoirs of Chase
Family; 3 Xos. Hist. Mag., and 59 Xos. "Xotes and
Queries."
From Jeremiah Colbwrn, Boston, Mass.: — Chart of
Appleton Family, with coat-of-arms.
From Dr. Ellsworth EH(,t,New York City :— Decen-
nial Record class of 1859, at Princeton, X. J.
From WUlard L. Felt, JYew York City:— Tax List of
Dorchester, Mass., for 1869 ; (Valuable lists of early
officers.)
From J. S. Gauiier, New York City: — Old Mer-
chants of Xew York, and 5 bound volumes.
From Samuel A. Green, M. D., Boston, Mass.: —
Hist, of Old Xorth Church in Boston ; 2 Harvard Coll.
catalogues and 19 pamphlets.
From S. S. Green, Providence, R. J.; — Genealogy of
Descendants of Thomas Green(e) of Maiden, Mass.
From Wm. Fnd. Holcombe, M. D., New York City:
—Living Writers of the South, and several valuable
pamphlets.
From Fred. A. Holden, Washington, D. C: -Gen-
ealogy of Capron Family.
From Benson J. Lossing, Dover Plains, N. Y. : —
History of Celebrated Americans.
From Wm. Stevens Perry, D. D., Genera, N. Y.i —
Six valuable Church pamphlets.
From Capt. Geo. Henry Preble, U. S. N. .-—Unbound
portion (as far as printed) of geneal. sketch of the
first three generations of the Prebles in America,
with photographic and lithographic portraits, 262
pages, 8vo. ; A Genealogical Chart of the Preble
Family, (noticed in JanuaryT Xo. of Record. 1
From the Dept. of Stale, Washington, D. C. : — Six
bound vols.
From Fred. W. Sawyer: — Genealogy of Burgess
Family.
From Re«. T. Ralston Smith, Sec. Am. Bible Soc. :
—43 Annual Reports A. B. Soc.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
GEXEALOGIES Preparing for Publication.
Forthcoming works, after being once foimally an-
nounced in the Record, mayr be continued there-
after as an advertisement by paying for the same at
the rate of fifty cents each insertion for a space of
six lines or less.
Gautier. Including incidentally the families of Ten
Eyck, Crosfield, Xewton, Bogaert, Blanehard, Duyc-
kinck, Stoutenburgh, Stagg, Town, Hamilton, Leary,
and others. Any information on the subject will be
acceptable to, and acknowledged by John S. Gautier,
Xo. 159 West 45th Street, Xew York City.
Holcombe. A genealogy of the descendants of
Thomas Holcombe, of Windsor, Conn., is in prepara-
tion, with a view to publication. All interested
therein may address Wm. Frederic Holcombe, M I).,
54 East 25th Street, Xew York City.
Stafford. Martin II. Stafford, P. 0. Box 2836,
Xew York, has a collection of Mss. relating to the
family of Stafford, both in England and America,
from which a history and genealogy' of the family of
Stafford— in England and America— will be compiled
at some future date. A record of considerably over
two-thousand of the descendants of Thomas Stafford,
who came to Xewport, R. I., in 1638, is included in
the above collection.
THE NEW YORK
Genealogical & Biographical Record.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society having
determined, at a meeting of its Board of Trustees, held on the nth of
March, 1870, to issue a regular quarterly publication, and having at the
same meeting appointed a " Publication Committee," to carry out this
resolve, the result, in the form of this little "Record," is now present-
ed to the public.
A perusal of its pages will sufficiently indicate its aims and object,
and it is trusted, will serve to awaken, or at least will open the way to
awakening an interest in the subjects treated therein. It will be issued
quarterly, commencing with January, 1870. At present it is small in
size, but the endeavor will be to make it large in interest. It will be
published in the interests of American Genealogy and Biography,
modelled somewhat upon the admirable production of our sister Society
in Boston.
At the earliest practicable moment, the size of the Record will be
doubled, and will continue to be increased in the same ratio from time
to time. Contributions of literary material, such as ancient records,
pedigrees, wills, &c, together with short essays on historical incidents
relating to genealogy or biography, and announcement of forthcoming
works in genealogy, biography, or local history are respectfully solicited.
The terms of subscription for the year 1870 will be One Dollar, and
subscriptions are requested.
The Record is published under the sole supervision of the Publica-
tion Committee, and all communications relating to it, containing sub-
criptions, &c, should be addressed to the
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE,
Mott Memorial Hall, 64 Madison Ave.
New York City.
Vol. i. No. 3.
THE NEW YORK
Genealogical and Biographical
Record.
Devoted to the Interests of American
Genealogy and Biography.
ISSUED QUARTERLY
July, 1870.
PUBLISHED FOR THE SOCIETY,
Mott Memorial Hall, No. 64 Madison Avenue,
New York City.
O OUST TIE TNT TS.
PLAN OF GENEALOGICAL WORK. By C. B.
Mooke. Concluded.
WILL OF PHILIP PIETEKSE SCHUYLER. E.
B. O'C.
THE "TANGIER " SMITH RECORDS. By H. R.
S. Concluded.
THE SOCIETY'S PROCEEDINGS, April 23; May
U ; May 2H ; June 11.
NOTES ON BOOKS.
NOTES AND QUERIES.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF LOCAL HISTORIES IN
PREPARATION.
MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY, elected since the
la.-t issue of the Record.
BONATIONS TO THE SOCIETY, since last issue.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
WHAT IS SAID OF US.
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE,
Mott Memorial Hall, 64 Madison Avenue.
HENRY a. STILES, M. I>.
s. HASTINGS GRANT.
JOHN S. GAUTIER.
OFFICEES EOIFL THE YEAR 1870.
PRESIDENT.
HENRY R. STILES, M. D.,
RECORDING SECRETARY.
JOHN S . GAUTIER,
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN.
WM. FREDERIC HOLCOMBE, M. D.,
TREASURER.
SAMUEL S. PURPLE, M. D.
The object of this Society is to collect and preserve (also, to publish, as far as practicable) Genealogical,
Biographical and Historical matter, relating for the most part, though not exclusively, to the State of
New York.
A Library has been commenced, already containing many works of great value to the genealogical
student ; which, by donation, exchange and otherwise, is rapidly increasing.
The stated meetings of the Society are held on the second and fourth Saturday of each month, at half-
past Seven o'clock, P. M., at the Mott Memorial Hall, (i4 Madison Avenue, New York.
Membership. — For admission to the Society, the candidate must be nominated by a member, in
writing ; be approved by the Board of Trustees, and voted in at a regular meeting. The initiation fee is Five
dollars, ami Resident Membership requires the payment, annually, of Five Dollars. The Lift Membership
fee tin lieu of all annual assessments) is Fifty dollars. The Clerks of the several Counties and Towns of the
State are members of this Society ex.offi.cio.
f$£T The Society respectfully solicits from its friends and members in the State, and elsewhere, contri-
butions of genealogical and biographical material. In the collection and preservation of such material, every
one, by the diligent use of some of their leisure moments, can assist the Society to form a library of reference,
which shall prove of incalculable service to future students of American Genealogy and History.
Copies of ancient inscriptions and epitaphs, full and exact copies of inscriptions from the cemeteries,
monuments, tombs, tablets, etc., to be found in every city, town, village and hamlet of the State ; extracts
from town, church and parish records ; transcripts of public records of births, marriages and deaths, and of
private family records ; personal reminiscences and narratives, taken from the lips of old persons yet living
among us ; autobiographies ; lists of soldiers and sailors, histories of regiments, military organizations, etc.,
in the Revolutionary War, the Second War, and the late Civil War.
Biographical memoirs, sketches and notices of persons who came to North America, especially to the
colony and State of New York, before the year 1700 ; showing from what places in Europe they came, their
families there, and their descendants in this country. Full and minute genealogical memoirs and tables,
showing the lineage and descent of families from the earliest date, to which they can be authentically traced,
down to the present time, with their branches and connections.
All donations of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, etc., will be gratefully received in behalf of the
Society, and promptly acknowledged.
fe^T" The " Record " is on sale at the Book Store of G. P. Pvtnam & Sons, Association Building,
4th Avenue and 23d Street, New York, where single copies can be obtained at the rate of twenty-five cents
a number.
M E M B E R 8
ELECTED SINCE THE LAST ISSUE OF THE "RECORD."
LIFE.
EY THE PAYMENT OF FIFTY DOM.AKS.
EDWARD HOLLAND NICOLL, New York City .
GEORGE FREDERICK TUTTLE, New York City.
ALMERIN BENRY WINSLOW, . Chicago, 111.
CORRESPONDING.
CHARLES A. COLE, . . London, England.
GEORGE A. CUNNINGHAM, Lunenburg, Maes.
WILLIAM C. FOWLER, .
ALBERT 11. BOYT,
JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY,
SAMUEL 11. PARSONS, .
JONATHAN PEARSON,
I HA B. PECK, .
WILLIAM B. TOWNE,
Durham Centre, Ct.
Boston, Mass-
London, England.
Middletown, Conn.
Schenectady, N. V.
. Woonsocket, R. I.
Boston, Muss.
DONATIONS TO THE SOCIETY
S i.vc/: LAST /.v.vr/;.
From Dr. Joseph Allen, Northboro, Mass. :— Genea-
logical Record of the Allen Family of Medfield.
From Dr. S. B. Barlow, New York:- 2 vols, of An-
nual Obituary Notices of Eminent persons deceased
for 1857 and 58.
From Henry Marvin Benedict, Albany, N. Y. :—
Genealogy of the Benedicts in America.
From Prof. Charles A. Budd, New York:— Gem lal-
ogy of the First Settlers of Passaic Valley, by John
Littell, and Historic Annals of National Academy of
Design, by Thomas S. Cumin gs.
From G. D. Coggesholl :— 1 sheet printed, " John
Coggeshall, ancestor of the Coggeshalls in U. S. A."
From Charles A. Cole, London, England .-Tradi-
tions of the " Old Crown House," from Memorials of
old Birmingham.
From Rev. Lyman Coleman, Kaston, Pa.: — "De-
scendants of Thomas Coleman, 1598 to 1867."
From Henry B. Dawson, Morrisania, N. Y. :— No.
2, Vol. 7 Historical Magazine.
From Charles H S. Davis, M. D , Meriden, Conn.:—
6 Nos. of " Davis Family Records."
From Rev. B. F. DeCosta, New York:— 2 pamphlets
and Medal of Domestic Missions of Prot. Epis. Ch.
From Rev. Orville Dewey, Sheffield, Mass. :— 1
pamphlet.
From Henry T. Drowne, New York :— " Memorial
of the late Rev. Henry Duyckinck."
From Robert S. Dumont, Morristmvn, N. J. :—
Valentine's Manual for 1853, "The Founders of New
York," by J. W. Beekman ; Charter and By-Laws of
St. Nicholas Society, N. Y.
From S. Hastings Grant, N. Y. .—Genealogy of
Isaac Lawrence, 1853.
From Dr. Samuel A. Green, Boston, Mass.:— 13
numbers of N. E. Hist, and Gen. Register, Memoir of
Solomon Willard, and 11 pamphlets.
From Dr. John H. Griscom, New York: — "The
Family Record, Biographic and Photographic."
From Charles H. Hart, Philadelphia, Pa.:— Me-
morial of Hon. Win. Willis of Portland, Me.
From Albert H. Hoyt, Boston, Mats. : — " Goelet's
Journal," Necrology of N. E. Colleges for 1868-9.
From Payson W. Lyman, New York : — History of
East Hampton, Mass.
From Joel Munsell, Albany, N. Y. :— " Genealogy
of the Spotswood Family," " Genealogy of the Van
Biunt Family ;" " Genealogy of the Olmstead Fami-
ly ;" " Genealogy of the Messinger Family ;" " Gen-
ealogy of the Preston Family," and 7 pamphlets of
Memoirs and Historical Sketches.
From Royal Paine, Brooklyn, N. Y. : — Life of Wm.
Eaton.
From D. W. Patterson, Newark Valley, X Y. :—
1st. part of "Genealogy of Patterson Family."
From Hon. Zadock Pratt, Pratt sville, N. Y.: -1 pam-
phlet.
From Ira B. Peck, n'oonsocket, R. 1. . — "Tin- Peck
Genealogy."
From R. C. Root, Anthony d: Co., New York:—
" The Root Genealogy."
From Martin B. Scott, Cleveland, O. : — " Antiquity
of the name of Scott ;" " Early New England Mar-
riage Dower."
From Henry R. Stiles, M. D., Brooklyn, A. Y. :—
Vol. 3 of " History of Brooklyn, N. Y. ;" " Record
of Losantiville, now Cincinnati;" "N. Y. Society
Library Report."
From S. Edward Stiles, Brooklyn, N. Y. :—" Record
of Volunteer Connecticut Regiments, with valuable
MS. notes."
From " Union Club," Boston, Mats.: — 24 numbers
of " N. E. His. and Gen. Register."
From R. S. Williams, Utica, N. Y. :—" 50th Anni-
versary of 1st Presbyterian Church of Utica ;" "Uti-
ca City Directory, 1867," and 7 pamphlets.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
GENEALOGIES Pkepaking for Publication.
Forthcoming works, after being once formally an-
nounced in the Rkcoed, may be continued there-
after as an advertisement by paying for the same at
the rate of fifty cents each insertion for a space of
six lines or less.
Gautier. Including incidentally the families of Ten
Eyck, Crosfield, Newton, Bogaert, Blanchard, Duyc-
kinck, Stoutenburgh, Stagg, Town, Hamilton, Leary,
and others. Any information on the subject will be
acceptable to, and acknowledged by John S. Gautier,
No. 159 West 45th Street, New York City.
Holcombe. A genealogy of the descendants of
Thomas Holcombe, of Windsor, Conn., is in prepara-
tion, with a view to publication. All interested
therein may address Wm. Frederic Holcombe, M D.,
54 East 25th Street, New York City.
Stafford. Martin H. Stafford, P. O. Box 2836,
New York, has a collection of Mss. relating to the
family of Stafford, both in England and America,
from which a history and genealogy of the family of
Stafford— in England and America— will be compiled
at some future date. A record of considerably over
two thousand of the descendants of Thomas Stafford,
who came to Newport, R. I., in 1638, is included in
the above collection.
WHAT IS SAID OF US.
(From the Nation of April 28, L870.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical So-
ciety lias, since our mention of it in January, been
growing in numbers and prosperity, and for the
Bulletin whirl' it th< □ issued has substituted a quar-
terly Record, beginning with the year, at the sub-
in price of one dollar. This publication, at
I small, will be enlarged as the means of the
Soi Lety permit, and already promise greal usefulness
in 11 chosen field. Not only is it not the aim of the
801 Lety to confine its biographical an I
researches to the State of New York, but such res-
triction would be impossible; and accordingly any
one who is interested in this sort of knowledge,
whether a resident of this state or not, will be more
than likely to profit from the reading of the Record.
The number which bears dale of January, though
just issued, contains notices of recent genealogies
which have been published in Pennsylvania, New
York, Massachusetts, and Illinois; and announces
similar works and local histories in preparation relat-
ing to ten different states directly and of course to
many more indirectly. Besides these, it gives the
genealogy of .Major General Philip Schuyler; a list
(to be continued) of New York marriage licenses in
L702, 1703, etc. ; and the "Tangier" Smith records,
also to be continued, and now first printed from the
manuscript, -which covers the period 1675-1763. This
is a sufficiently varied and catholic table of contents,
and should attract the desired support to the society.
Persons wishing to subscribe to the Record should
address the Publication Committee,' at Mott Memorial
Hall, 64 Madison Avenue.
(From the World April 28th, 1870.)
The Publication Committee of the New York Gen-
ealogical and Biographical Society have issued a
neatly printed record of their' transactions, which in
future is to be issued quarterly. It is modelled upon
tin record of the same society in Boston. The com-
mittee say truly that th- Record is "small in size,"
hut they promi to endeavor to make it large
in interest." They solicit the cooperation of
the public, from whom they request "contributions
of literary material, such as ancient records, pedi-
grees, wills, &o., together with short essays on histori-
cal incidents relating to genealogy or biography, and
announcements of forthcoming works in genealogy,
biography, or local history." The possible value of
such a journal properly conducted is very great .
( From Commerci J Advertiser, April 20, 1870.)
The first number of the " Record" of the New York
logical and Biographical Society is published.
This " Keiord" will be issued quarterly. It is put
forth as a means of Communication between literary
men and those interested in the subjects of which it
treats. Tie society is in a hopeful condition. It is
new, but it is well and effectually organized. It-
objei t is to collect and preserve (also, to publish, as far
as practicable) genealogi lal, biographical, and histor-
ical matter, relating for the most part, though not ex-
clusively, to tie State of New York. A library has
been commenced, already containing many works of
great value to the genealogical student; which by
donation, 1 xchange, and otherwise, is rapidly Ln< reas-
ing.
1 From Evening Post, May is, 1870.)
That highly meritous little quarterly, the " New
York Genealogical and Biographical Record," hasjust
appeared for the April quarter, in its second number.
It contains a number of interesting notes on tic- sub-
jects to which it is devoted. It is the organ of the
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society,
and is issued by the publication committee at Molt
Memorial Hall. 64 Madison Avenue.
"No. 1 of the ' Record' is everything that its read-
ers could desire. * * It will afford me great pleas-
ure to assist you." E. B. O'Callaghan.
Albany, April 25, 1870.
" The ' Record' is bright in manner, handsome in
dress, and interesting in matter. We shall take great
pleasure in saying so hereafter." A. II. llovi.
Boston, May 20, 1870.
"1 was glad to meet with a copy of the 'Geneal.
and I. log. Record' at my friend MunselPs the other
day. This evidence of an active body of gentlemen
associated for thopm-pose of studying family and per-
sonal history, is an encouragement to the few local
antiquarians scattered through the interior of our
State. It is just what we have needed these many
years, and 1 trust will grow to be an efficient insti-
tution." Jonathan Pearson.
Schenectady, >'. Y., -May 31, 1870.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record is published quarterly
under the sole supervision of the Publication Committee, and is the official organ of the
New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
The terms of subscription for the year 1870 will be One Dollar, and subscriptions
are requested.
All communications relating to the Record, containing subscriptions, &c, &c, should be
addressed to the Publication Committee, No. 64 Madison Avenue, New York.
Vol. i.
No.
THE NEW YORK
Genealogical and Biographical
Record.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF AMERICAN
Genealogy and Biography.
ISSUED QUARTERLY.
October, 1870,
PUBLISHED FOR THE SOCIETY,
Mott Memorial Hall, No. 64 Madison Avenue,
New York City.
O 0 1ST T ETsT T S_
THE WOODHUliL ATCIIIEVEMENT. By the
Rev. Beverley 1(. Betts. A. M.
DAVID PIETER8E SCHUYLER, of Albany. By
Prof. Jonathan Peahson.
PEDIGRADATION ; or, NOTATION OF PEDI-
GREES. ii\ David Pabsons Hoi. ton, M. I).
TEN EYCK FAMILY RECORDS. J. S. G.
THE SOCIETY'S PROCEEDINGS, June 23thj
September 24th ; October 8th.
NOTES ON BOOKS.
NOTES \N1> QUERIES.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF GENEALOGIES 1\ PRE-
PARATION.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF LOCAL HISTORIES IN
PREPARATION.
OBITUARY: as\ HOWLAND, Corresponding
Member.
GULIAN CROMMELIN VERPLANCK. ByCHAS.
II i suv Hart.
THE RECORD FOR 1871. ANNOUNCEMENT.
MEMBERS 01 THE SOCIETY, elected since the
last issue of the Recoi I.
DONATIONS 'I'D THE SOCIETY, since last issue.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
PUBLICATIOISr COMMITTEE:
Mott Memorial Hall, 64 Madison Avenue.
HENRY R. STILES, M. D.
s. II ^.STINGS GB \NT.
JOHN S. GAUTIER.
OFFICERS FOR THE YE-AJR- 1870.
PRESIDENT.
HENRY R. STILES, M. D.,
RECORDING SECRETARY.
JOHN S. GAUTIER,
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY AND LIBRARIAN.
WM. FREDERIC HOLCOMBE, M. D.,
TREASURER.
SAMUEL S. HEPLE, M. D.,
The object of this Society is to collect and preserve (also, to publish, as far as practicable) Genealogical,
Biographical and Historical matter, relating for the most part, though not exclusively, to the State of
New York.
A Library has been commenced, already containing many works of great value to the genealogical
student ; which, by donation, exchange and otherwise, is rapidly increasing.
The stated meetings of the Society are held on the second and fourth Saturday of each month, at half-
past Seven o'clock, P. M., at the Mott Memorial Hall, 64 Madison Avenue, New York.
Membership.— For admission to the Society, the candidate must be nominated by a member, in
writing ; be approved by the Board of Trustees, and voted in at a regular meeting. The initiation fro is Five
dollars, and Resident Membership requires the payment, annually, of Five Dollars. The Life Membership
fee (in lieu of all annual assessments) is Fifty dollars. The Clerks of the several ('..unties and Towns of the
State are members of this Society ex.nfficio.
63P= The Society respectfully solicits from its friends and members in the State, and elsewhere, contri-
butions of genealogical and biographical material. In the collection and preservation of such material, every
one, by tin diligent use of some of their leisure moments, can assist the Society to form a library of reference,
which shall prove of incalculable service to future students of American Genealogy and History.
Copies of ancient inscriptions and epitaphs, full and exact copies of inscriptions from the cemeteries,
monuments, tombs, tablets, etc., to be found in every city, town, village and hamlet of the State ; extracts
from town, church and parish records ; transcripts of public records of births, marriages and deaths, and of
private family records ; personal reminiscences and narratives, taken from the lips of old persons yet living
among us; autobiographies; lists of soldiers and sailors, histories of regiments, military organizations, etc.,
in the Revolutionary War, the Second War, and the late Civil War.
Biographical memoirs, sketches and notices of persons who came to North America, especially to the
colony and State of New York, before the year 1700 ; showing from what places in Europe they came, their
families there, and their descendants in this country. Full and minute genealogical memoirs and tables,
showing the lineage and descent of families from the earliest date, to which they can be authentically traced,
down to the present time, with their branches and connections.
All donations of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, etc., will be gratefully received in behalf of the
Society, and promptly acknowledged.
^p The " Record " is on sale at the Book Store of G. P. Putnam & Sons, Association Building,
4th Avenue and 23d Street, New York, where single copies can be obtained at the rate of twenty-five cents
a number.
M E M B E R 8
ELECTED SINCE THE LAST ISSUE OF THE "RECORD."
RESIDENT.
BY PAYMENT OF F1VK DOLLARS INITIATION PEE, AND
FIVE DOLLARS ANNUAL DUES.
STRONG, CHAKI.ES E., . • • New York City.
WOOD, ISAAC F. New York City.
Note.— In the "Record" for July, the names
under head of Uf< Members should have been Resi-
dtni Members.
CORRESPONDING.
BOWEN, BENJ. E., M.D., . . . Mexico, N. Y.
BILL, JOHN BO YNTON, . . . . Mason, N. H.
HOADLEY, CHARLES J., . . Hartford, Conn.
HOLLAND, J. G., Springfield, Mass.
HOWARD, JOSEPH JACKSON, Kent, England.
PAYNE, J. BERTRAND, . . London, I
PRESCOTT, WiLLIA.M. M. D., . Concord, X. 11.
DONATIONS TO THE SOCIKTV
SINCE LAST ISSUE.
From Hon. S ithini'l B. Baker, Des Moines, Iowa :
9 yds. Adj. General's Reports. 1863 to '70.
From John M. Bancroft, New York .-—First Church
of Orange, N.J.
From S. B. Barlow, M. D, New lorlc:— Life of
Samuel Bard, LL. D.
From F A. P. Barnord, LL. D., S. T. D-, New
York: -Catalogue of Columbia College from 1754 to
1867,— and two other pamphlets.
. From Hon.' James IV. Beekman, New York:—
Founders of New York.
From C. D. Bradlee, Boston:— 4 pamphlets.
From Buffalo Historical Society, Buffalo :— 20 Bui-
falo City Directories.
From F. W. Burke, New } ork .-—Burke and Al-
vord Memorial. .
From Robert Clarke, Cincinnati .— " Smith S captiv-
ity with the Indians " and "Dr. Daniel Drake's let-
ters to his children" of Ohio Valley His. Series ;—
4 other bound vols, and 1 pamphlet.
Catalogues from the following Colleges:— Amherst 2,
Alleghany, Bowdoin 3, Beloit, City of New York,
Dartmouth, Gambier, Geneseo, Girard, Hamilton i,
Oberlin 2, Pennsylvania, Trinity, Tufts, \ assar, W a-
bash, Western Reserve, and from the following Uni-
versities-.—Harvard, Brown, Virginia (i, Mercer, Mi-
ami.Cumberland, Wesleyan, Howard 2, City ot New
York, North Carolina, Drew Theological Seminary,
and Princeton Theological Seminary; and Boston
School for the Ministry. . _,.,.,
From Henry B. Dawson, Momsania: — Historical
Magazine for April, 1870.
From B. F. De Costa, New York:— I pamphlet.
From Henry T. Drowne. New York:—\ photograph.
From Rev. N. Eggleston, Williamstown .-—Catalogue
of "Williams College, 1795 to 1868.
From Ellsworth Elliot, M. !>., New 1 ork : - Metu-
chen, N. J., and her history.
From Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. .-—Bulletin tor
May, 1870. „ „ v
From J. F. Fills, M. D., Franceslown, A . Y.—
« Genealogy of the Fitts or Fitz Family."
From Edward J, Forster, M. D., Charleston
Mass.:—" The Pedigree and Descendants of Jacob
Forster, Sen., of Charlestown, Mass., 1870."
From, Wm. C. Fowler, Dunham Center, Conn.:—
"History of Dunham, Conn," "Chauncey Memorials,
and 2 pamphlets. , ...
From John S. Gautier, New York .-—Manual of the
Oongregational Church, South Egremont, Mass.— one
other pamphlet and one bound volume.
From Government of Nova Scotia ( Thomas B. Akins
of Halifax) " Selections from Public Documents of
Nova Scotia."
From Hon. I. P. Greenvault, Indiaanpolis, Ind.:—
8 \ ols., Adj. < teneral's Repoi I .
From Drs. Hall ds MuClellan, NewYork:— 3 bd. vols.
Medical Register.
From Charles H. Hart. Philadelphia .-—Biographi-
cal Sketch of President Lincoln, Memorial Address—
Wm. Pitt Fessenden, Memorial Address -Thaddeus
Stevens ; and three pamphlets.
From Jo/,,, B-ryntvn Hill, Mason, X. H. : "History
. . t Mm on, N. II.'" and 1 other bd. vol.
From Joseph Jackson Howard, LL. />., Kent, En-
gland:—4 Nos. of the "Miscellanea Genealogica ct
Heraldica." „ ,. ,
From Wm. Fred. Holcombe, M. D., New York:—
"The Adirondack Company," map, &c— Historical
Sketch of Albany Med. College,— Manual State ot
New York, 1869.— and 4 pamphlets.
From I). P. Hollon, U. l>. :— 1 pamphlet.
From Frederick Jones, Bricksburgh, N. J. :—" His-
tory of Stockbridgc, Mass."
From Silvanus J Macy, New York:— MS. Genea-
logy of the Coffin Family MS. Genealogy of the Jen-
kins Family— and several pamphlets.
From Thomas H. Montgomery, Philadelphia:—
" Genealogical Historyand Pedigree of the Montgom-
ery Family. _
From John B. Newcomb, Elgin, TU. :— " Prospectus
of Family Genealogy."
From Jonathan Pearson, Schenectady, N. 1 ■ —Al-
umni Record of Union College -(General Catalogue.)
From George P. Rowelld Co., New York:— "The
men who advertise" including Newspaper Directory.
From Henri/ D. Paine, M. />.. New York:— "Gen-
ealogy of the Huntfamily," "Whitmore's Am. Gen-
ealogies, '-Arthur's Derivation of Family N lines,
"Memoirs of the McDowells," Memorial of Carlton
Edwards, •• N. Y. Civil List, 1857."
From Ira B. Pec'.; Woonsockel, R. /. :— 11 bd. vols,
of Congregational Quarterly, 1859 to 1869, unci.)
From Lather M. Smith. M. I)., Oxford, Ga.: Cata-
logue of Emory College— 1841— 70.
From S. Edward Stiles, M. »., Brooklyn :— 3 bd. vols.
" Memoirs of deceased Friends."
From Wm. L. Stone, New York:—! pamphlet.
From Elliot Sanford, X w York:— 3 pamphlets.
From R-v. Joseph F Tattle. Crawford grille, Ind. :—
" Early History of Morris County, N. J. **?%
History of Presbyterianism in Morris County, IS . J .,
and 3 pamphlets. . ,
From Hon. H. P. Van Cleve, St. Paul, Mm. .— 1
vol. Adj. Genl. Report.
From Joseph T. Woodward, Augusta, Me. .-—2 reports
of State Library.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
GENEALOGIES Preparing for Publication.
Forthcoming works, after being once formally an-
nounced in the Record, may be continued there-
after as an advertisement by paying tor the same at
the rate of fifty cents each insertion for a space ot
six lines or less.
Holcombe. A genealogy of the descendants of
Thomas Holcombe, of Windsor, Conn., is in prepara-
tion, with a view to publication. All interested
therein may address Wm. Frederic Holcombe, M. D.,
54 East 25th Street, New York City.
Bowne. 3. T. Bowne, of Glen Cove, L. I., is en-
gaged in collecting material for genealogy of this
family in America. Mr. Bowne has also h
sometime pasl collecting documents of all kinds rela-
tive to the early history of Glen Cove and vicinity ;
and in connection therewith, the genealogies of the
families of Carpenter, Coles, Mod,,.; Weeks, Laltmg,
Albertson, OnderhiU, Valentine, Hopkins, Cod.
nycrafl or Croft and Frost. He asks for 0
or loan of originals of any old manuscript, deeds,
wills, pamphlets or newspapers relating to Musketo
Cove, Matinecock, or any of the above families.
Names of Subscribers to the " Record,"
4
For the Year 1870.
NEW YORK.-Xfw Yoek Citt : 8. B. Barlow, M.
1).; .1. M. Bancroft ; Beverlj R. I; itta ; James M.
Bailey : Evelyn Bartow ; Richard II. Bowne ; John
Bowne; William 1'. Coles; William 8. Cogswell ;
Matthew Clarkson ; Edward I'. De Lancey ; Evert
A. Duyokinck ; Henry 'I'. Drowne; Morgan Dix,
1). I).; Willard I.. Felt; E. P. Fowler, M. !>.;
Jul i ii C. Kin in II, M. 1 1. ; John 8. Gautier; George
s. Greene ; 8. Hastings Grant ; T. F. Gibbon ;
[saac .1 . < ) reen w 1 ; Andrew H. Green ; David P.
Holton, M. D. ; Benjamin J. Howland ; Win. Fred.
Holcombe, M. I). ; Frederick Humphreys, M. D. ;
Edward S. Hamilton ; Leonard Hazletine ; W.Wal-
ton Harper ; Clifford A. Hand; Alfred G. Hol-
combe ; Miss Elizabeth C. Jay; George Ireland;
John P. Jayne ; Alexander Knox; William B.
Kendall ; John J. Latting ; Benjamin Lord ; Jon-
athan S. Lawrence, M. D. ; David Linsly, M. D. ;
Charles B. Moore; Silvanus J. Macy ; John Mat-
thews ; George Matthews ; Mercantile Library As-
sociation ; Alexander F. Newman ; S. S. Purple,
M. D. ; Alfred E. M. Purdy, M. D. ; Henry D.
Baine. M. 1). ; John C. Peters, M. 1). ; George P.
Philes ; C. T. Raynolds ; John A. Russell; Martin
II. Stafford; Elliol Sanford; Mrs. Leroy N. Shear ;
Charles E. Strong; Stephen Smith, M. D. ; Floyd
Smith; Asher Taylor; George F. Turtle; James
Usher; C Vanderbilt, Jr. ; G. s. Wells, M. D. ;
Isaac F. W 1 ; C. L. Woodward.
Brooklyn : J. Carson Brevoort; T. Stafford
Drowne, I). I). ; T. W. Field ; J. 8. Boring; Long
Island Historical Society; Mercantile Library As-
iation ; Royal Paine; Henry B. Stiles, M. D. ;
Alden .1 Spooner ; S. Edward Stiles, M. D. ; Daniel
M. Tredwell ; Thomas White.
Albany: Henry M. Benedict; Joel Munsell;
J. V. L. Bruyn; B. R. Spelman; Robert H. Wa-
terman.
Glen Cove: Jacob T. Bowne,
Bay Ridge: Tennis G. Bergen.
Greenport : David G. Floyd.
Old Waterbcby : Benjamin D. Hicks.
BniDoi: Hampton: Henry P. Hi
Setauket : Selah B. Strong.
Otsteb Bay : James ('. Town-, ad.
Soi thold : Stewart Terry.
Flushing : Robert Willets.
Skw Brighton : Charles II. Town.
Fordham : Samuel T. Gautier.
New Rochelle:C M.Thurston.
Croton Landing ; Pierre Van Cortlandt.
TAEETTOWN : Edward Coles.
Pol oiiKi i csii: : Miss Sarah M. Carpenter.
Salt Point : Sally Lattin Dubois.
Schenectady : Jonathan Pearson.
Glen's Falls: \. W. Holden, M. D.
Newark Valley: I). William Patti
Peterborough : Gen-it smith.
UtiCA: R. S. William-.
Clinton : B. W. Dwighl ; O. S. Williams.
Bui i ai.o: N. K. Hall.
MASSACHUSETTS —Boston: William G. Brooks;
Boston Athenaeum: Samuel c.. Drake; Boston
Public Library; Rev. Edward !'. Slafter; Natha-
niel B. Sluirtletf.
Cambridge: John I lark; John Langdon Sibley.
New Bedford: Free Library.
Springfield : Lcdyard Bill.
Lee : Arthur Oilman.
Reading: John Lawrence.
Freetown: Ebenezer W. Peircc.
CONNECTICUT.- New Haven: Thomas Henry
Toffcen.
STONINGTON : Richard A. Wheeler.
M iniH. ktown : Wesleyan University Library.
Norwalk: Mrs. Susan W. Street ; Mrs. Dr. [saac
Wood.
Meriden: C. II. S. Davis, M. 1).
Durham Centre: Wm. C Bowler.
Weatogue: John (). Bettibone.
NEW JERSEY.— Jersey City: Abraham S. Jack-
son.
Geeenville : Charles H. Winfield.
Passaic : John B. Pell.
Rahway: Hugh H. Bowne.
Millstone: Bey. E. T. Corwin.
Morbistown : Robert S. Dumont.
Bridgeton : C. E. Shepard.
OHIO.— Cincinnati ; Robert Clarke; K.T.Carson;
Julius Dexter.
Cleveland: J. II. Salisbury, M. D. ; Martin B.
Scott.
Beading : Thomas S] ner.
PENNSYLVANIA.— Philadelphia: Thomas H.
Montgomery ; Thomas Stewardson.
Lima; MinshaU Painter.
NEW HAMPSHIRE,— Nashua: Henry B. Ather-
ton; William Barrett.
lose ord : William Preseott, M. D.
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.— Frederick A. Holden.
WEST VIRGINIA.— Mt. Pleasant: Horace E.
Harden.
RHODE ISLAND — Woonsockkt : Ira B. Peck.
ILLINOIS.— Chicago: Almerin H. Window.
IOWA.— Tipton: William II. Tu thill.
WISCONSIN.— Madison ; Chandler P. Chapman.
KANSAS.— Atchison : C. Jugcrsen Scofield.
MINNESOTA.— St. Paul: Minnesota Historical
Society.
NOVA SCOTIA.— Halifax: Thomas B. Akins.
THE NEW YORK
G
ENEALOGICAL and BIOGRAPHICAL
Devoted to the Interests of American
Genealogy and Biography.
ISSUED QUARTERLY
VOLUME II., 1871
PUBLISHED FOR THE SOCIETY,
Mott Memorial Hall, No. 64 Madison Avenue,
New York City.
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE
FOR THE TEAK 1871 :
JOHN STAGG GAUTIER.
SAMUEL SMITH PURPLE.
SETH HASTINGS GRANT.
HENRY REED STILES, Ex-officio.
INDEX TO SUBJECTS.
Aged Persons in Sangerfield, N. Y., 201.
American Lineage in England, Traces of,
113.
An Antique Record, 130.
Ancestry of General Richard Montgomery,
123.
Anniversary Address, 71.
Anniversary of Society, 104.
Announcements of Works in Preparation,
47, 110, 159, 206.
Annual Meeting, 40.
Arnold, Gen. Benedict, 153.
Associations — The Rochester Pioneer, 93 ;
the Brooklyn Mercantile Library, 95; the
N. Y. Mercantile Library, 93.
Biographies — Cutting,F. B.,1G1 ; De Zeng,
Baron, 50 ; L'Hommedieu, Ezra, 1, 208.
Biographies, Published — Notices of, Tick-
nor, Geo., 206; Verplanck, G. C, 42.
Biographies, in Preparation — Adams, J. Q.,
207 ; Allibone's Authors, 47 ; Buchanan,
J., 207; Colton, W., 47 ; Cortez, H., 111.;
Crittenden, J. J., 47; Dahlgren, Adm.,
47 ; Drake's Biog. Dictionary, 48 ; Green,
H., 47 ; Nat., 47 ; Haves, Rev. Dr., 47 ;
Holland Geo., 47; Hopkins, 111; Jeffer-
son, Thos., 160 ; Kennedy, J. P., 48 ; Lee,
Robt. E.,48 ; McClellan.R.,111 ; Mahan,
Rev. M., Ill ; Mason, Jer., Ill ; Mason,
Capt., J., Ill ; Penn, Win., Ill ; Seaton,
W. W., 48 ; Simmons, J. 48 ; Taylor, S.
H., Ill ; Ticknor, Geo., Ill ; Verplanck,
G.C.,48;Woolnian, J.,48.
Books Noticed — Brooklyn, Hist, of, 42 ;
Churchman's Year Book, 107 ; Clark's
Campaign, 43 ; Col. Jas. Smith's Captiv-
ity, 43 ; Columbia College Catalogue,
159 ; Dr. D. Drake's Memoirs, 43 ; Iowa,
Annals of, 108 : Franklin (Conn.) Centen-
nial, 44 ; Munsell's Collections of Al-
bany, N. Y., 43 ; N.E. Gen. Hist. Register,
108 ; Ohio Valley Series, 205 ; Papers on
Hist. Church in Virginia, 106 ; Penn and
Logan Correspondence, 107; Pioneer Bio-
graphy, 43 ; Rye, N Y., Hist, of, 158 ; St.
Pancras Epitaphs, 44; Third Reunion
of Army of the Cumberland, 43.
Books in Preparation— Albany, Annals of,
48 ; Brodhead's Hist. N. Y., Ill ; Caven-
dish Vt., 48 ; Chicago, 48 ; Ecclesias-
tical Hist, of Rochester, N. Y. Ill ; Hist.
Warren, N.H., 111; Indian Catechism, 48 ;
Michigan Red Book, 48 ; Rye, N. Y. 48 ;
Tammany Society, 48
Book Notes, 40, 106, 157, 205.
Brooklyn, Mer. Library Association, 95.
Buffalo* (N. Y.) Hist. Society, 94, 98.
Club, The " U. Q." (Genealogical), 95.
Contributions to Hist, of Ancient Dutch
Families of N. Y., By Prof. Pearson, 22,
68, 139, 190.
Corrections, 208.
County Ulster Papers, 143; Ulster Hist.
Society, 93 ; Dutchess Papers, 149 ; War-
ren, 208.
Curiosities of the N. Y. City Directory, 160.
Cutting, F. B., Address on, 161.
De Zeng, Baron, Biography of, 50.
Directory, Curiosities of the N. Y . City, 160.
Dutch Families of N. Y., Contributions to
Hist, of, 22, 68, 139, 190.
England, Traces of American Lineage in,
113.
Families, sec Genealogies.
Family Types, 192.
Gelston Family, The, 131.
Genealogical Society, The Suffolk Co ; 94.
Genealogies — Bancker, 68; De Zeng. 53;
Gelston, 131. 208 ; Latting Family, 8, 54 ;
Lespinarde, 70 ; L'Estrange, 179 ; Mont-
gomery, 123 ; Oothout, 69 ; Rockwell, 99 ;
Rutgers, 23 ; Schermerhooren, 22 ; Scott,
174 ; Staats, 140 ; Teller, 139 ; Vail, 151.
Genealogies in Preparation — Andrews, 110 ;
An fell, 47 ; Bagg, 207 ; Barrows, Barrous,
110°; Bowen, 110 ; Cabot, 208 ; Cargill, 207 ;
Dayton, or Daighton, 208 ; Dawson, 47 ;
Fletcher, 110 ; Handy, 110; Leffingwell,
208 ; Martin,110 ; Newcomb, 110 ; Peck,
160; Phelps, 110; Potts; 47; Runnels,
110 ; Schuvler, 190 : Story, 110 ; Strong,
160 ; Tenney, 111 ; Thayer, 208 ; Tuttle,
160 ; Van Schaick, 191 ; Vanderpoel,
192 ; Wakeley, 47 ; Woodward, 111.
Genealogies Published, Notices of— Spoon-
er, 206 ; Mudge, 157 ; Prescott, 108 ; Slaft-
er, 41
Genealogists, Helps for, N. Y., 186^
Graveyard Inscriptions at Nyack, N. Y., 70 ;
at Waterville, N. Y., 207 ; Rye Beach,
N. H., 207.
Graveyards of Long Island, Notes on, 29.
Helps for N. Y. Genealogists, 186.
IV
INDEX TO SUBJECTS.
Herald's Visitations, 109, 159.
Hudson West Shore Hist. Society, 95.
Inscriptions in Nyack Graveyard, 70.
Inscriptions at Waterville, N. Y. 207 ; Rye
Beach, N. H., 207.
Jones, D. R. F., Obituary of, 111.
Knickerbockers V Where are the, 46.
Latting Family, Genealogy of, 8, 54.
Letters, Original, 32.
L'Hommedieu, Ezra, Biography of, 1, 208.
L'Estraiige, Records of Family of, 179.
Library, The Astor, 95; The N. Y. State,
95.
Licences of Marriage, New York, 25, 141,
194.
Lineage in England, Traces of American,
113.
Long Island Graveyards, Notes on, 29.
Long Island Hist. Society, 94.
Lyman Family, Gathering of, 100.
Marriage Licences, New York, 25, 141,194.
Militia, N. Y., 1776, 156, 208.
Montgomery, Ancestry of Gen. Richard,
12:;.
New York, Ancient Dutch Families of, 22,
68, 139, 190.
New York City in 1676, Tax List of, 36.
New York City Directory, Curiosities of, 160.
NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRA-
PHICAL SOCIETY : —
Anniversary Address, 71, 104.
Anniversary Meeting, 1C4.
Annual Meeting, 40.
Donations, see cover pages.
Hist. Sketch of, 104.
Meetings, 40, 103, 104.
Members elected, see cover pages.
Officers, 41.
Proceedings, 40, 103, 157.
Record of Progress of, in 1870, 104.
Reports, Annual, 40.
New York Genealogists, Helps for, 186.
New York Marriage Licences, 25, 141, 194.
New York Militia, 177);. 156, 208.
New York Wills, 39, 155,202.
Notes on Books. 41, 106, 157, 205.
Notes on Graveyards of Long Island, 29.
Notes and Queries, 44, 108, 159, 206 ;
Atherton, 44 ; Bancroft, 108 ; Bowne, 108,
159; Corwin, 109; Dakins, 45; Doage,
15 ; Feke, 159 ; Feaks, Feak, Feek. 109 ;
Flovvd, 159 ; Fludd,45 ; Gano, 45 ; Howe,
109; Knickerbockers, 46: Merritt, 160,
206 ; Newton, 45 ; Preston, 45 ; Stanford,
109 ; Steelman, 110 ; Swords, 45 ; Under-
bill, 109, 159 ; Verplanck, 45 ; Wheaton,
45 ; Wilcoxson, 110.
Nvack, N. Y., Graveyard Inscriptions at,
70.
Papers read before the society: —
Cutting F. B., Memoir of, 40 (published
161).
( i owans, Wm., Selections from MS. Auto-
biography, 40.
Race Development, 103.
Touro, Judah, Life and Character of, 104.
James Jackson and John Stiles, 104.
Anniversary Address, 104 (published 71).
Colonial Governors of New York, 157.
The Vail Family 157 (published).
Cadwallader Colden, Biography of, 157.
John Ledyard, the Traveller, Biography
of, 157.
Obituaries— D. R. F. Jones, 111 ; R. Van W.
Thorn, 112.
; Officers of the Society, 41.
Original Letters, 32.
Original Lists of Eng. Emigrants, 1600-
1700, 100.
I Proceedings of the Society, 40, 103, 157.
Rip Van Dam, 24.
Rochester Pioneer Association, 93.
Rockwell Family, 99.
Rye Beach, N. H., Inscription in Graveyard
at, 207.
Sangerfield, N. Y., Aged Persons in, 201.
Scott Family, The, 174.
Suffolk Co. Genealogical Society, 94.
Tax List of N. Y. City, 1, 36, 76.
Thome R. Van W., 112.
Toledo (O.) Hist, and Geog. Society, 207.
Tontine Association of N. Y. City, 46.
Traces of American Lineage in England,
113.
Types, Family, 192.
Ulster County Papers, 143 ; Hist. Society
9:1.
"U. 0." Club, The, 95.
Van Dam, Rip, 24.
Vail Family The, 151.
Van Dyck, "Matthias, Will of, 103.
Visitations, Herald's, 109,159.
Waterville, N. Y., Graveyard Inscriptions
at, 207.
Wills, New York, 39, 103, 155, 202.
INDEX TO NAMES.
Abbott G., 9.
AbielS. J.. 68; E.. 68.
Abrahams J., 37.
Ackerly, 30.
Ackerman G.. 150, 151.
Ackert E.. 55.
Adams C. P.. 507; J., 28,
207; J. Q., 160, 207; R.,
25; T., 25.
Addison A., 145.
Adolph D., 142.
Adriansen J.. 146.
Aerster W., 37.
Agar E., 156.
Agnew J., 194.
Aiken S., 133.
Alan, 174.
Albertse M., 23: W.,147.
Alexander J., 194.
Allah- Guion, 182.
Allanl P., 28.
Allen G. N.,63: II., 194;
J., 194; S.,54, 61.
AllinL, 142: J., 38.
Allison C, 25.
AllnmbvJ.. 38.
Allyn W., 37.
Alterson S., 37.
Andere M., 25.
Anderson A., 38; E..194;
G., 142; M. P., 67; R.,
194.
Andre Major, 117.
Andres L., 37.
Andrews A., 110; J., 110;
R.,7; S., 10.
Andross Gov., 12.
Andnz M. L. J. M., 59;
R.,59.
Angevine D., 54.
Anneke Janse. 43, 139.
Anthony A.. 36; J., 142,
194; N., 147; N. N.,
150.
Antibes W.. 35.
Antill A., 202: E., 202;
E.,202; G.,202;L.,202;
W. 202.
Archanbaw J.. 26.
Archambeau E., 1 12.
Arence F., 36.
Armstrong, 98 ; E.. 107.
Arnold B., 114.153. 154;
E. S., 114; E.G., Ill; G..
114; G. P., 114; J. R.,
114; M. S., 114; 8.,
114; W. P., 114; W.T.,
114.
Arnson E.. 36.
Asforbv W., 145.
Ashfuld M., 28.
AshfordbieM.. 147.
Ashley C. B.,138: E. M.,
138; P.. 13G; G. \\\,
*-n 138 ;H. S.. 138: I.. 134;
I. A., 134; J., 137;
J. A., 137; J. P.,
137, 138; L., 138; L.
T., 138; M., 137; M.
S., 138; M G., 138; O.
B.. 138: S. C. 138: S.
n., 138: T.. Jr., 138;
T. A., IMS: W., 137.
Astor J. J., 163.
Attkins B., 25.
Atwater J., 100.
Avery C, 136; G. A.,
13G.
Aymar J., 156; J., 194.
Babbitt M., 202.
Babcock D.. 201.
BaceheuseM., 194.
Bachus J., 188; S., 188.
Backer.!.. 110.
Bagg, 207; L. II., 207 ; J.,
207.
Bailey B., 54; D"0., 81;
J. C. 150; N.. 150.
Baillenl. 11 '..
Bailv A.. 27.
Baird C. W., 158,179; P.,
194.
Baker C. 142: J.. 65, 99,
202: M., 65; X..37; R.,
142; S. A.. 104.
Bakers J.. 37.
BaldringG.. 150; I., Jr.,
15t'.
Baldwin C, 201 : E., 19;
S., 19.
BaliolJ., 174.
Ball A.. 112. 194; M., 194.
Balmain, llli.
! Bancker, G., 08. 69, 155;
E., 08, 69, 155; A., 68,
69; J., 08. 69; O., 68,
69; W., 08. 69; N., 68,
69; T. B..69.
' Bancroft S., '108 : W..
108; J. M.,108.
Bangs D., 202.
Banks R., 35.
'• Banninge J., 37.
Banto Paulus, 194.
Banton Jonas, 201, 202.
Barbour, 167, 173.
Barelav, 92; A., 120; C,
120; D., 120, 150; DeL.,
120; E., 120; G., 120;
Rev. H., 120: J., 120:
[ L., 120; R., 120: S.,
120; T., 120.
Barden A.. 28.
Barenson C. 30.
Barentse A.. Ml.
, Barker S., 26.
Barlee M., 14.
Barlow M.. II, 10. 20.
Barnes S., 37.
Barrentse ('.. 111.
I Barretts., 207.
Barrit, 188; N., 189; M.,
189.
Barrows II., 110.
Barrus, 110.
Barry L., 35.
Barton T. Jr., 156; T. P..
130; W., 35.
Bateman H., 146 ; S., 187.
Bates E., 137; H. W..
137; J., 137: J. DeL.,
137: >!. A.. 137: N. B.,
137: W. G.. 137.
Battery P., 25.
Baxter R., 177; I'., 177:
M., 177.
Bayard, 110: J., 26; S.,
29.
Bayer C, 66; C. .1.. 00:
P., 00: J. E..00: S. T..
00.
Bayeux T.. 25.
Bayley, 181.
Baylie A., 28.
Beackman J., 38.
Beakman W., 37.
Bean Elizabeth. 191.
Beatty .lane, 194.
Beaufitz, 174.
Bebotit A. J.. 207.
Bedlow I.. 27.
Bedlowe 7drs.. 30.
BeckG. 25. -201.
Becker J., 155.
tfeebe P., 201.
Beeck A., 146; D., 25.
Beeckman J., 23.
Beckmaii. 92; A., 27; C,
25. 20, 194: II., 110.
Beekwyke L., 146.
Beers II., 170; K.. 170:
J„ 176; C, 176; M.,
176.
Bend M., 25.
Benedict, 89; E. C, 40;
S., 201.
BenitMr., 34, 35.
Benjamin, 30.
Benjamins R., 153.
Bennett M., 54.
Bennewav E., 194.
Bensel. 101.
Bensinck M., 28.
Benson. 33; A., 54; B.,
194; C, 157, 194; K.,
26.
Benton, 92: P., 54.
Bergen II., 203; R., 203;
S.. 194; M., 203; N..
203; C, 203; D., 203;
T. G.. 92.
Berkelv8irW.. 106.
Berry W., 159.
BerslvT.. 9.
Bert J., 27.
Berton P., 142, 191.
Bevier L., 55.
Bibb Chancellor, 01; E.
S. H., 61.
BigelowH.,201; E.,202;
J., 135; J. D.,133; L.,
135; T.. 133.
Biggs J., 145
Biijan P.. 142.
Billings C, 67; II., 61.
Binker J., 156.
Binkes J., 208.
Bird H., 54.
Birdseye J., 110.
Bishop A. 131 ; H. A.,
63: J.. 92. 131.
Bissett E., 25.
Blaan W., 150, 208.
Blachford, 172.
Black, 202.
Blagg,I. 8.. 37.
Blake, 30. 92.
Blanjan M.. 143.
Blan'ke.l.. 36.
Bleecker. 92: J.. 191: J.
J.. 24 : 1!.. 13.
BleyD., 28.
Blie C 188.
Blinn M., 64.
Bloom M., 194.
BlossJ., 178.
Blysenburge A., 30.
BoeleM.. 39.40.
Boelen A., 1 II.
Boerman A. 1 , 28.
Boerum J., 150.
Bogaert II.. 25.
: BogardC. 69; I., 09: II.
C..147.
Bogardus G, 139. 142,
194; J., 194 ;E., 26; W.,
I 37, 39.
Bogart J., 189; II.. 189;
.).. 191 : 1.. l!i!: J. B.,
130 : S. Van R., 130.
Bogbart L.. 191.
Boisgerard, 109.
Bolton R.. 92.
Bond. 90.
Bonnaffe, 169.'
i Books P.. 26.
Boom Mr , 3.
Booth E.. 3; G., 26.
i BordM.,24.
Bordinge C, 36.
Bordwell J., 130; .1. M..
130.
i Boron M. F.. 25.
; Borright t'.. 194.
Bosen P., 26.
Boudinot M., 25.
Bonghton D.. 17S.
: Bound II.. 191.
Bonnn A.. 28.
Boundinot IS., 28.
Bourn 31.. 208.
BourthierM., 142.
Bouquet, 205.
Bowdoin J.. 117.
Bowen C , 177, 178; S.,
178; M., 178; D., 178;
E , 178; II. , ITS; A,
110. 178; X., 17S; B..
178: W., 178; J., 178.
R., 110.
Bowman Major, 205.
Bown II.. 194.
Bowne J., 159; J. T..109,
159; W., 108, 109: J.,
108, 109; A., 108, 109.
Boyle J.. M2; W., 37.
Bracket II., 204.
Bradish L., 168.
BradtC. 194.
BradvH.. 202: J. I.. 173:
I.. "202.
VI
INDEX TO NAMES.
Brainard A. B., 135; J
8., 135.
Braiue M.. 204; I., 204.
Brasher A., 194.
Brasier C, 194; II., 36;
L.,27.
Bratt A. A., 23: M. 194:
I., 194.
Brean M.. 148.
Bresty M.. 25.
Brett R., 25.
Brovoort J. C, 94.
Brewerton G.. 156.
Bridges G, 36.
Brie J., 150.
Briggs A., 56, 62.
BrinckerhoffD., 149; D.,
194: E.,194; J., 194.
Brinley P., 3.
Britton A., 26.
Brodhead A.. 144; C,
147: J. R., 93, 111.
Brooks B., 67; II., 63;
H. A., 67.
Broughton A., 28; S., 28.
Brown, 3. 110. 202; D.
5; G. \V.. 64; J., 28,
177; M.,3, 26; N., 177;
R., 177; J., 187; E.,
177; R. S., 177; H.,
177; C, 177; L.. 177;
S., 177; T.. 35.
Brownjohn T., 156.
BrndenellR., 11.
Brughman H., 28.
Brumly W..188; J., 188.
Bruyn J., 203.
Bryan M., 131; W., 63.
Bryant W.C., 42.
Brydges E.. 80.
Bryom A., 131; R., 131.
Buchanan, 207; J., 207.
Buckley E., 26.
Budd. 30; J. N., 55: J..
183, 185, 186.
Buell C, 202.
Buffling J., 194.
Bngby A.. 202.
Bunting B., 28.
Burch W., 142.
Burdett S., 195.
Burger M., 26.
Burgess Rev. B., 114.
Burhans J., 203; 11., 203;
B., 203; W.. 203; A.,
203; I., 203; S. 203: D..
203; E.,203.
Burke, 113, 114.
Burling L., 150; S., 33,
50.
Burney E.. 195.
Burns E., 195.
Burragc R., 35.
Burroughs A., 55; 21.,
28; R., 26; U., 26.
Burt Hannah, 207.
Burtell P., 21.
Burton D. Y., 138.
Burtt W. M., 60.
Bush A.. 36, 195; H., 36,
38; J., 38; J. B., 133;
L., 133; M., 202.
Buslin^l B., 21; C. I.,
94; D., 21; G., 21; L.,
21; P., 21; S., 21; S.
G..21; W.. 21.
Bussing A., 156.
Butler R., 16; H., 16.
195; M.,16,195;Z.,187.
Buttler J., 142.
Butts S., 133.
Byard B., 36; N.,37: P.
37, 143.
: Cable A., 137.
i Cabot, 208; M., 208.
Cabral J., 58.
Cadwallader P., 117.
I Cady D., 165; P., 188.
Cain C, 195.
Camden W., 159.
Camell Mr., 38.
Cameron W.. 120.
Campbell C, 115; S.,120;
W. W.. 92.
Candee J., 202.
Cantain M., 25.
Capron, 177: W. C. 207.
Carelen J.. 37.
Carey, 119; J., 201; Z.,
201.
Cargill, 207; .!., 105.
Carman 8., 16.
Carmer A., 36.
CaroleinC, 28.
Carpenter B.. 17; C, 17;
D., 17: E., 17, 64;
F., 17; II., 56; .!., 15,
17; L.,17; M., 17; S.,
20.57.58,59; S. E.. 65,
67; T., 56,64; U. F.,
65; Z 20.
Carr J., 142; W., 38.
Carter A. 202; C. 117;
M., 26.
Carteret P.. 50.
Cary L., 178.
Case II., 2.
Cavelir A., 26.
Caverly J., 15.
Cebra J., 195.
I Center A. L.,63.
ChaffeS.,178.
Chaille, 110.
Uhamberline E., 28.
Chambers A. G., 25, 147:
Wm., 148; J.. 143; T.,
143, 146, 147.
Champe D., 36.
Champion F., 25.
Channing W., 120.
Chapman M., 195.
Chapin S., 99. 102.
Chapins 8., 101, 102.
Charles II.. 175.
Charleton.I., 27.
Chase S., 202.
Chauucey, 90.
Cheesebrough II., 201.
Child S., 195.
Choate, 85.
Cholmondeley C. G., 115 :
II., 115.
Christiense P.. 25.
Church H.. 137.
Churchall W., 37.
Chushow.I., 195.
Clair.
Clav.»o.,30.
Clapp A., 133; P., 133;
R., 133.
Clark S., 188: J. L.,63;
M.,136; M.H., 55; W.,
176; J., 176: II., 176:
F., 176; K., 176; D.,
176; C, 176; R., 205,
206; S. R..205; S., 131.
Clarke E., 25; T.,37; J.,
13.
ClarksonD., 191.
Clausen A.. 37; S., 37;
D., 36.
ClaussCol. D., 115.
Clement Mr., 37.
Clements H., 186; J., 186.
ClerkeC.,142.
Cleveland \V. P., 202.
Cleyr G., 8.
ClineW.,195.
Clinton DeW., 6; G.,51;
General, 35; J., 6.
Clock T., 38.
Clopper C., 36.
Cloitworthy II., 26.
Coaker Mr., 36.
Cobb E., 60.
Cobbett (;.. ::;.
Cobham R.. 195.
Cock A., 17, 63, 65. 195:
A. F., 63: C, 17: C.
M-,63; O. T., 63; D.,
17, IS, 21, 61, til; E.,
tf : E. A , (',3: F . 61 :
Q 17; H., 17,63; J.,
17, 21, 147; J. L., 17;
J M., 63; L., 17. 61 :
M., 21, 61; M.E., 63;
P., 64; R., 17; S., 18:
T. 2. 61; T. D., 17.
65; W.,17; W. T.,63;
W. 1 .,63.
: Cockling T., 142.
Coe J., 158.
CoestJ.. 195.
Coenraat O., 25.
Coeymans S., 191.
Coffin W. G., 132.
Coffram J., 195.
Coggshall E., 202.
CoTburnc F., 27.
ColdenC.,148,157; CD,.
165.
Cole E., 127; R.,28; T.,
127; C. 195.
Coleman, 110.
Coles C, 64; C. J., 65,
68; D., 14; E., 61;
E 64: E. A., 64;
F' 57; P., 68; II., 61;
H R-. 64; J., 56,
04- J. B., 105; L., 64;
L.'E., 64; L. G., 64;
M., 14, 15, 17, 64; M.
A.. 68 ; N.. 15. 57, 61.
105; O., 64; S., 14, 15.
16.
Coligni Admiral, 180.
CollamerG., 14.
Collins E., 142.
Colsen R.,28.
Colt C. G., 138: M. C,
138; R-, 138; R. A.,
138; S. «., 138.
Conimins B.. 189.
Compton J.. 149.
Comstock [., 6d. 66; L.,
177; E.. 178. 169.
ConantS., 29; S. S.. 111.
Concklin A., 137; S., 15.
Conde, Prince de, 180.
Conger E., 202.
Conkeling J., 30.
ConklingJ., 3; M.,3.
Conn S. C, 137.
Connor, 172.
Conoway T., 195.
Continho J., 38.
Conyingham A., 125.
Cook D., 208; G. F., 03;
J.. 63, 189; S., 150; W.,
150.
Cooke G., 36; W.. 37.
Cool C, 148.
Cooper, 30; A. B., 36;
P.. 150.
Cop Mr., 34.
Copeman J., 150.
Corbett J., 26.
CorliesG. W., 64: J., 64.
Corn bury Lord, 25.
Cornel S., 195.
Cornell E., 26 ; J., 26.
Corneliese P., 145.
Cornclinson A., 36.
Cornelis D., 205.
Cornelise A., 26; G.,147.
Cornelisin J., 28.
Cornwell G.. 142 ; J., 195.
Corsen A.. 195.
Corteleau J., 28.
Cortlandt S., 146.
Cortez, 111.
Corvard 11., 25.
Corwin M., 109; E. T..
109.
CorwithD.,135; M.,135;
M. 208; P., 132.
Coslev V\\, 203; H..203:
G., 203.
CosensB.,202.
Coster A., 191 ; G.. 191;
E., 191; J. 191: II..
191.
CoueltL., 37.
Coulylie M., 142.
CouparE., 150.
Coursen J., 37.
Conrtland O. S., 37.
Courten B., 36.
Courtie H.. 27.
Cousseau J.. 36.
Covert . C. 60.
Cowley J., 37.
CowneD., 28.
Cox, 195; C, 55; M., 127.
Cramberry J., 188.
Cramsblre, E., 195: J.
195.
Crane, 111.
Craven, 122.
Creed J., 26.
CregearC, 38.
Crego J., 26.
CreigR., 187: J., 187.
Cresson J., 38.
Criele Mr., 40.
Crispell A„ 143, 147.
Crocheron A., 195.
Cromwell A. A., 67; C.
67; C. B., 67; C. T..
63, 67; D. T., 63;
E., 67; II., 67: H.
M., 67; J., 63, 67; J.
J., 63,67: J. T., 63, 67;
L. E.. 67; L. T., 63;
C,2,63; O. E.. 67.
Crooker A..10; W., 10.
Croom G.. 1 17.
( rosfleld S.. 195.
Croustfeild B., 36.
Cruger N., 167.
Crnttenden, 168.
Culver M., 133; V., 02:
W.,62.
Curry S., 150.
Curtis N., 189; J., 189;
8., 137.
Cuehman, 80.
Cuteil A. L., 67.
Cutting P. B., 40. 105,
161-173; L., 162; W.,
162. 163; W. L.. 163,
165; R. L..163, 164; P.,
163; S.. 163.
Cuvler C, 191 ; R., 142.
CuyperP., 37; E., 195.
Daighton. 208.
Dalcale M., 26.
Dale. 62.
Dallas G., 118; J.. 118:
R. C, 118.
Dally E.. 195.
Dalton M., 195.
Daly C. P., 40, 43.
Dame E., 23.
Daniels A., 39; G.. 35;
M., 57; T.,27.
Damens M., 68.
Damon R., 201.
Dant P., 27.
Danitts T., 38.
Darnall J., 36.
Darlev H., 121.
Dash J. B.. 156, 208.
Dashiell, 110.
Davenport H., 36.
Davie, 183, 185.
Davis G., 146; H.. 142;
M., 142; J., 12.25,189,
195, 201; P., 189: S.,
151, 195; W., 148.
Dawson H. B.,90, 94; T..
27; M., 195; S., 195.
Dav, 201; II. L., 132; It.
G. 132. ; H. G., 132.
DaylylL, 26.
Dayton, 208; C. N., 208.
D'BoisL., 143, 145,147.
D'Bove L., 146.
Deall" C, 64; C. M.. 57;
E., 57, 65; E. A., 64;
E. F., 57; E. L.. 57;
L., 57; J. N., 64. 57;
J. J.. 64; M., 67; M.
L., 57, 64. 65: P., 57,
58; 8., 57, 64, 05; S.
A., 57, 65; S. L., 64;
W. L., 57; W. S., 51;
W. H., 64.
Dean A., 195; D., 195;
E., 195; II., 142.
DeaneE., 150.
Decker C, 195.
Deerby M., 26.
De Forest J., 202,- Mrs.,
202: J., 27; S., 27.
DeGraaf,C.,204;M.,204;
N., 203: 8., 54.
DeGraw J., 195.
DeGray A., 28.
DeGroot A.,25.
DeGrout P., 40.
DeHaertO. E., 142; D.,
36; Mrs. M., 37; J.,
37.
De Honeure G.,36.
Deklyen E., 28.
DeklevnE.,70; L. H.,26;
DeLaet J., 145.
Delafield E., 138.
Delavall J.,147.
Delamater C, 149.
Delanoye P., 37.
DellavallC'apt., 37.
DeLancey 92. 103 ; P.,
104; E. F., 41.71. 49, 53;
P.,120; S., 116, 120: W.
H., 116.
Delancy A.,38; M., 26.
Delapline N., 37.
DeLong J.. 178; J. C,
168: M. B.. 178
DelaMetze R.,25.
De Meyer. E.. 119.
DemeverN.. 38.
De Milt A., 204; I., 204;
M , 204; P., 204; S.,
204; E.,204.
DenikeM.,26.
DenhamD., 142.
Denio, 166. 172.
Deniston D., 187.
Denmark J.. 26.
Dennis J., 149.
Denton M.. 195; R., 142.
Denny D., 56.
DePay A., 26.
Depheyster C, 142.
De Peyster J., 68, 155;
M.,69; P. G.. 190; F.
J.. 195; C., 139.
Deray H., 26.
Dergorville, 174.
DenngT.,5,150.
INDEX TO NAMES.
De Riemer P., 204; I.,
27.204; E.,204: C.,204.
_ erinere P., 37.
Deronda C, 195.
Derrick Mr.. 38.
Derricks C, 36.
Derrickson A., 37.
Dervall W., 37.
Desbrosses J., 25.
Dese S., 26.
De WintG. S., 156.
De Witt — ., 6; C. 148;
M., 25; R., 139; T. C,
147.
Devoe A., 195; R., 58.
De VouC, 195.
De Vore E., 27.
Deyo P., 150.
D'Forcst M.. 28.
D'HartC, 27.
Dibble H., 188, 189.
Dickersou, see next.
Dickinson D.,29 ; J., 29;
M.,29; N., 29; P., 29;
T., 29.
Dikeman J.. 156.
Dillon M., 116; R., 116.
Dimond S., 188.
Dircksen C, 39.
Direeks F., 142.
DirckO.,37.
D' Meyer W., 146.
D'Mond W., 144.
Doane. 164.
Dods T., 103.
Doncbeson M., 130.
Dona;an Gov.. 39.
Dorton W., 142.
Doughty H., 27.
Douglas 171; J.. 150; M.,
1!)5.
Douw V. .T., 24 69.
Drake J., 99: S. G.. 104;
E., 100; 101, 102; J.,
101; M., 102; D., 205;
S. G., 90.
Drakes S., 26.
Draper W. F., Ill: R.,8;
W., 116.
Drayer A.. 191.
D'Reymer J.,23.
Drikins D. S., 204; E.,
204; H.. 204.
DrissinsMrs.,36.
Drummond M.. 142, 36.
Dn Bartas, 2.
Dubois C. 55; E.,55; H.,
55; K.. 55: L., 144,150,
189; M.. 195.56,25; P.,
203; P. K., 55; R., 56;
S., 55, 56.
Du Boy A., 142.
Duchesne. 160.
Duffy M.. 202.
DuMont W., 144.
Dumont J., 156.
Dumord W.. 146.
Duncan A., 195; J.. 195.
Dundas D., 116.
Dunn J., 35: T., 9.
DuPuis. 155: A., 155: C,
155; J., 155; M., 155;
N., 155; S.. 155
DuPuy E..195.
Dupin N.. 37.
DupuusM.,203; B.,203;
J., 203.
Durett J., 205.
Durham R., 135 : M. M.,
60.
Dushen V., 26.
Du Tay M., 25.
Dutcher E., 195.
D'ValC.,23.
D'Weve J., 143.
Dwight B. W.. 131, 136,
160; D. J., 133; H. G.
0.,133; J. G., 138; J.
S., 138; M., 208; S.,
1331 T., 136; \V., 136.
Duykinge E., 36.
Duvckinck E., 26.
DuyckingG., 35.
Duyckman R., 195.
Dye II., 201.
Ea-er, 92.
Eagles E., 196.
Earl E., 196.
EbbetsD. Jr., 156.
Ebbing J., 143.
Ebbiuge J., 38.
Eckfordll , 166. 169.
EchlinsR., 127.
Edgerton E , 201.
Edsall S., 37.
Edward, 174.
Edwards. 167. 169; F.,
64: H.,64; J., 136, 196;
M., 64 ; S., 64.
Effingham Earl of, 51.
Egbert J.. 201.
Elam C, 80.
Elberson G., 38.
Elesworth S., 37.
Ellsworth A.. 26.
Elslev M.. 142.
ElsworthS.,25; W.,189:
P., 189.
Elliott Mr.. 37.
Ellis E.. 196.
Ellson II.. 27.
El tin J.. 147.
Elting C, 33: P.. 33, 34,
35; T.,33.
Embury A., 67: A. D.,
77; A. L., 67; C. U.,
67; E.. 67: L. P.. 67;
P.. 67; P. A., 67.
Emerson B., 65; H. A.,
65.
Emott A.. 196.
Endicot, 176.
English M.,142.
Ensign S., 99.
Ejskine T. A., 117.
Esopus .1., 145.
Ettles C, 37.
Evarts, 161.
Everingham E. R., 137.
EverittC, 150- R., 150.
Evertse A., 69.
Fairchild E. G., 137; S.
H., 137; H., 137; S. L.,
137.
Fairfax. 118: B., 119: C.
S.. 119; J., 119; R.,
119; T.. 119.
Fanning Family, 5.
C. E.. 137 ; C, 137 ; E.,
4, 5, 6. 157 ; P., 4, 5, 6 ;
T., 6 ; W.. 137.
Farley J., 59 ; Jae. 17 ;
M., 61 ; Z.. 21-
Fanner E., 26, 90 ; J., 90,
159.
Farnham J.. 134.
Farrington D.. 109.
Feak 109.
Feaks 109 ; H., 109 ; R.,
and E., 109.
Feke II.. 159 ; J., 159 ;
R., 159.
Fenwick G., 121.
Fenton J., 103 ; S., 188 ;
A., 188.
Ferris J., 196.
Vll
Fetch E. H., 207.
Ffeke J., 159.
Ffordon T., 37.
Fforest J.. 36: P., 37.
Ffrancine J., 37.
Field 15., 185; E.,27; 150;
R.. 159.
Fielding W., 196.
Fine F., 26.
Fineux C. J., 172.
Finch D., 9; J., 142.
Finley R., 196.
Finn A., 26.
Finne W., 196.
Fish, 34; L., 16.
Fisher W.. 147.
Fitzherbert, 114.
Fitzcharles W., 196.
Fitz Randolph M., 151.
Flagler M., 62, 55.
Flaut M., 27.
Fleet J., 23: S., 27.
Flemming J., 28.
Fletcher E. H.. 110; R.,
110.
Flood, 159.
Flowd, 159.
Floyd A., 138; C. F., 138:
C, 4; D. G., 138; J.
138; J. G., 138; M., 138;
N., 4, 128 ; W., 4, 5, 7,
138.
Fludd, 159.
Folleman N., 26.
Founten S., 196.
Font A., 196.
Forbes, 33. f
Ford W., 28.
Fordham A., 131: II., 131:
J., 131; P., 131; R.,113;
Fordom, 187.
Forman, 15.
Fort A.. 151; J., 150.
Forward D., 133.
Foster, E., 135; E., 100;
202; J., 202: II. F., 133;
H., 101; J., 26, 153, 156 ;
M., 133; F. S., 21; F..
91; B., 133; H. B., 57;
\V. C.,82, 84.
Fowler. 91 ; B.. 133; H.
P... 57; J.. 156; W. C,
82. 84.
Fox S., 2, 166.
Francis T., 11.
Franks, 153.
Frazee J., 59.
FrazerF., 128; G., 128.
Frederick of Hesse-Cas-
sel, 50.
Frederick E., 196.
Fredricksen K., 142.
FreebodvJ.,27.
Freeman B., 28.
Freer A., 150: J., 150,
151; S., Jr., 150.
FreermanB,, 191; A. M..
191.
French J., 26.
Frost A., 66, 17, 21 ; C.
H., 66; C. 60, 17; D.,
17; E..65, 17,60,61; E.
F., 66; E.. 58; E. T., 66;
Z., 60, 61 ; J., 61 ; J.
F., 66, 61; J., 11, 21,
65; P., 65; S., 58, 65.
21. 60. 68; S. F., 64 ; S.,
56; V.. 60; W., 19; W.
P., 17; Z., 21.
Fry. 64; E.. 188; J., 196.
Fullard J., 196.
Fullerton T.. 147.
Fulton R., 162. 163, 165.
Funeile B., 142.
Vlll
INDEX TO NAMES.
Gabry T..110.
Gache 151.;
Gahey T.. 37.
Gale J.. 196.
Galleis M., 141.
Galpin K.. 186; J., 186 :
S., 13.
Galton
:. . 34.
Gardiner J.. 2 6; M
P.. 208.
Gardinier S. S., I. S ■
Garner T.. 63; W. T.: 64;
•:tU -T.. 25.
Garrets in SI., 64; R.. 26.
• Mr.. 36; J. A..
10s.
tta O.. 37.
tson i;.. 38.
Garton A.. 147.
• • - srie J.. 149.
Gaudineau H.. 85.
Gautier J. S.. 25,41, 102.
mi.
Gaver C, 128; C. A S.,
128 : E. ¥., 12s : s. M.,
128; T. R. A.. 128.
1 ('.. 137: ]). <;..
137: E.. 100. 102; J.. 102:
w\. mo. ioi.
v B.. is-i; Family.
185.
Gelston A.. 132. 135: A.
A.. 135; A. M.. 137: A.
B.. 137: B..137: P.. 134:
C. L.. 137: D.. 132. 134:
E., 132: K. A.. 135: G.
M.,137: G. S.. 135: H..
131. 132. 133. 134. 135.
137: H. W.. 137: I.. 131:
J.. 132. 134. 135. 137: J.
A.. 137: J. B., 135: J.
M.. 137: L.. 135: ML, 132,
134. 135.137: M.B . 137:
M. C, 137: M. E . 137:
M. G.. 137: M. J., 135:
P.. 137. 138; P. VV\. 137:
K.. 135: R. I).. 135: S.,
131. 132. 135; S. <;.. 137:
T.. 132. 134. 135: T. ('..
132: W.. Jr.. 135: W.,
132. 135: W. P., 137.
2 -: T.. 208; M
s.. 208; J., 208; R.,208;
L.. 2 6.
Gerard, 121, 101. 173: J.
\\\. i".
GeraudM.. 196.
Gereau M.. 196.
German R.. 189.
Gerrets X.. 142.
Gerrets -u A.. 110; G.,
14:}.
Geritse E.. 142.
Gerrits.- G., 23: H., 142:
M., 22.
Gerrv M.. 150.
I'.. 2^.
G-ettikeC., 20.
Ghoderus II.. 37.
GibbsMr., 30: A.. 30.
Giddings A.. 137; R..00.
Girtbrd S. E.,201: J. T.,
105.
Gilbert A.. 11: J.. 14. 25:
T.. 14.
Gillapsv W.. 1S7: •!.. IS*.
Gillam P.. 196.
GillerH., 30.
GilliotM., 183.
-. 110.
Gilman A.. 93,94.
Gilson S., 138.
Gisbert P., 30.
Guise Due de, 180.
G veR., 142.
Glen A., 140,2
Glenny \V„ 187.
Glenrosse W., 25.
GleveH., 27.
Godfrey S . 27.
V., 40.
-rnith. 30.
Goodrich B., 114: V..
114.
Goodwin N., 90. 1
Gordon R.. 120. -/
■ tt /... 25.
Goavernear I.. 26; M..
.20*.
Gowans W., 40.
Gower, 174
Goyer R. de, 22.
Giant M.. 99, 102: S. H..
11. 93,94. 101: T.. 101:
r. 8.. 102; W.. 27.
Graham A.. 202: C 165,
166; D.. 55: J.. 147: M.,
26; S., 112.
« rray A... 35.
Green A. II.. 0,: .1.. 132:
I. T.. OS: M., 201: R.,
196; S., 201, 204; W. U..
155.
Greene C, 177; G. S.. 41;
R. H.. 89.
I Greenfeild R., 27.
Greenham. M.. 112.
Greenleaf M., 103
GreenoiiL'h .1. ( '.. 137.
Gregg -T.. ISO: W., 150.
Grevenrait E . .
Gridlev L., 201. 202.
Griffen. 30; C P.. 64; J.,
01: M. 0.. 65.
Griffin C. R, 07: J.. 150:
R.. 196: S.. 161.
Griffin? I).. 0: family, 0;
Griffith E.. 38; Sir E..
110.
r . 157: W..208.
Grim P.. 150.
ild A.. 53: M.. 103:
P.. 103: J.. 103: R.', 198;
1 193; W., 193.
Groat S.. 203; E., 203.
Groesbeek S.. 101.
Grouendicke P.. 37.
Grover family, 2.
L, 112.
Graman J.. 0.
Grym A.. 30.
Guion G.. 01.
Gnliamne P.. 37.
Gunter M.. 25.
Gunthorpe J.. 20.
Gysbertse G.. 117
Haasbrook J.. 203.
Haburn W., 18; M., 18S.
Hading J.. 27.
Raff, is",.
HagertyE., 1ST.
Haisrht L.. 51.
HaitB.. 100.
Hall D.. 100: E. O., 60:
G.. 110. 144, 115: H..
202; R.. 196; S., 196; T..
0. 143: \V. B., 103.
■:. 30.
Hallett II.. 27: E.L., 60.
Hambleton R., 37.
Hamell J.. 147.
Hammond Mr.. 7.
Hamilton C. 196; M..196;
J.. 19: J. Kent. 207.
Hance R. C,, 64 : W. E..
64.
Hancock W., 1%.
Hand A.. 20: A.. 60; C,
31; D.. 31; H., 31; ML.
31* S 31
Handy I. VV. K.. 110; S.,
110."
E., 189; D., 189.
Banna J. P..
Hannah I
Hansant E., 25.
Hansen H., 24.
Hap J.. 111.
Hardenberg <■.. lis; J.,
Hardeubroeck 1
Hardenbergh J., lis.
II a rdenbrook ( .. 21 :
Capt, 35: F... 150: P..
27.
nurdenbrooke A., 30.
Harley II.. 25.
Harmony. 172
Harmson T., 144.
Harrnunson P.. 38.
Harpendrige J.. 37.
Harrington T.. 28.
Harris. 110; M., 180: \V..
110: S.. 150.
Harrison. 182.
Hart C, 106: C. II.. 12.
43. 200.
Hasel!ri-_-g A., 121.
Hasted. 171.
Harneld B.. 33.
Haven J.. 201.
Havens. 167. 170: Mr.. 3:
J.. 5: (.'..21: N., 4; W.,
6.
Haviland I.. 33; J., 33.
Hawarden C. 141.
Hawes A.. 102: D.. 102:
R.. 102.
Hawkins VT.. 187; J., 187.
J.. 787
Hawks F. L.. 106
HawksbnrstW., 196.
Haws 102: I»
HavM.. 100: F.. 150.
Hayden \V\. 110: I).. 110.
Hayes 102: S.. 133.
Havmense A.. 143. 115.
Haynes. 102.
Hays, 10: 8., 27.
Hazard T.. 177. 186; M..
186.
HazarethE.. 28,
Hazel, 188.
li ad F. v.\. 138; .1. II..
138; M. H.. 1:;-.
HeadleyS., 196.
Heathcote, I
Heathcott G.. 38.
Hellebrants P.. 144.
HelmesMr.. -
Helps A.. 111.
Hemdock Mr., 37.
Hempstead. 3. 1. 5.
Henderson ('.. 188 ; G.,
38: T.. 150.
Hendrickson. 10: P>.. 37.
Hendricks G., 23: H.,
24: M.. 143.
Hendricks F.. 38.
Hendricksie P.. 117.
Henry, 110; J., 37. 204;
W.,32, 179. 180,
Herbertsrii A.. 24.
Hermans E. . 30.
Herenden R.. 17*; X. S..
17s: A. S.. 178.
neron I.. 156.
Hrrriek P.. 135: W., 31.
Herriman S.. 196.
Heas T.. 25.
HewesDr., 177.
HewsonG. 133.
Heymer J.. 26.
Hey ward W. and S..
Hiatl ,M.. 2s.
■i . 100.
HigbyJ., 100.
Hill G.. 125: L.. 201.
HilliardG. S.. 111.
Hillman J.. 38.
Hillyer J., 137: P., 11
Hinman, 10S. 109.
His, 62.
HoaslandD., 18.
'•.. 20.
Hobart .1.. 30; J. S..
7: J.. 3: ML, 20.
J., 100.
Hoffman. 92; A.. 110
150: F. S.. 94, 104;
172.
Hoire Geo. L.. 207.
Hoghland C, 36.
Holcombe. 104. 105:
133: D. J.. 133; W
133: 41: P.. 133; R
133.
Holden A. VV\, 208:
193.
Holder C 176.
Holgate. 92.
Holmes A.. 27; 196
I... 56; B.. 56; D.,
51. 55. 54: J.. 56:
19; F. A.. .56: G. W.
(... B; I.. 50: s.. 15.
Holsworth M., 28.
Holt E.. 27.
Holton. 103. 104 ; D.
104. 105. 102.
Horns G.. 8.
Hood Lord. 32.
Hooghboom ( '.. 1 15.
Hooglant E.. 0:1.
Hoogland J.. 28.
Hooper A.. 196: R..
HopeK.. 55: -I.. 142.
Hopkins. 175, 177;
160. 05; J.. 65: J.
ill: M.,65; 8., 65.
Hopper .1.. 150. 100.
Hornebeek C, lis.
L.. Us.
Horrenbrook If., 190.
Hortou A.. 6: B.. 30;
6. 30; S. 3.
nostord Prof.. 4; E.
208.
Hoshney B.. 38.
Hosier A.. 158. 159.
HosmerS. T.. 103.
Hottens -I. C, 160.
Hough F. B.. 04.
aling J., 53.
Houseman St., 02. 63,
Howard. 166.
Howard 7th Baron. 51 :
121.
Howe. 154; F. E.,
Gen.. 35.
Howell . 3: A.
135: A.. 31: D.. 133;
131: J.. 30.131. 153;
30: M.. 31: P.. 133.
Rowland. 175.
Howlen O., 196.
Hovt. 108.
Hubbard S., 193.
Hubbell J., 187, 189.
nubert C. 170: P.,
L., 179; G., 170. 180,
181.
Huchinson R.. 38.
Hudson \V.. 12.
nugen G.. 36; H.. 38.
Huggeu W., 26.
167.
202.
12.
4,5.
; C„
O..
A..
. F..
. U..
: B.
18;
E..
56;
56.
117.
I 12.
II..
112
170:
INDEX TO NAMES.
IX
Hughes R., 202; T., 26.
Hunt J. W.,20S.
Hulet F. W., 157; W.,
150.
Hull E.. 64.
Halters A., 145.
Humphreys, 104; C, 149;
P., 81, 103.
Hunderbeek A., 23.
Hunirk A., 25.
HuntD., 150; J., 182; R..
28; S., 176.
Huntington C, 90, 102;
E. B., 208; Earl of, 1T4;
H., 101.
Huntrick M. L., 25.
Hanttiug,30.
Hard R., 04.
HaseyF., 146.
Hassey A., 203; P., 145.
Hust L., 37.
Husted E.. 150.
Hutchinson J., 190; Win.,
174; A., 174, 175.
Hattall T., 28.
Huttkius J., 20.
Hnybertse A., 144; L.,
144, 146.
Huyblingh C, 25.
Huyoo J., 20.
Hyatt E., 180; J., 186;
M., 55, 190.
Ever W., 150.
tde S., 178.
Ingraham A, 118; C.,118;
D. X., 118; H., 118; R.,
113; W., 118.
Inians J., 38.
Innes E., 190.
InslaerL., 190.
Ireland J., 11, 138; T., 11.
Irish A.. 56; E. 50; Z.. 10.
Irving 110, 165; D., 124.
Israeli J., 38.
Ives 93; D. C, 133; M.,
138.
Jackson A., 21; J., 196,
104; M., 195; R., 15.
Jacobs X., 27.
Jacobson I).. 36.
James, 190; H., ISO.
Jamison J., 27.
Janse V.. 143; A., 43. 139;
JansenC.,26;H.,20; M.,
1 L5.
Jarod, 184.
Jarrett A., 27.
Jay, 158; J., T. 184.
Jaycocks P., 196.
Jefferson T., 100.
JenksJ., 176; X.. 176; D.,
177.
Jenkes C. 178; L., 173;
M., 178.
JewettD., 201.
Jochemse C, 1 10.
Jochimse H., 144.
John, 107.
Johns R., 37.
Johnson A., 113; A. G.,
116; J., 92; C, 37; 33;
C. C, 116; E.,57; Col.
G., 115; H.,28; J., 25;
J. Q.,21; J., 20, 30, 37,
115; J. S., 110; J., 110;
J. D., 60; M.. 115, 198;
C, 190, 116; R. T., 110;
116; W., 113, 116; W.
G., 116.
Jones, 202; A., 197; E.,
28; J., 8, 9.07: R. P.,
Ill; U. K. P., Ill: T.
F.,111; A., Ill; D., Ill:
F., Ill; C, 111; S. W.,
Ill; P., 37; W., 188.
Jordan A. L., IS.
JoosteJ., 147.
Joosteen J., 36.
Jous J. P., 30.
Joyce, 152.
Junes Y\\, 13.
Juscll J., 23.
Kane J., 52.
Kashow J., 19.
Keenan, 102; E. M., 63;
J., 25; I'., 189; E., 197.
Kemble H., 142.
Kent, 105; W., 165.
Ker, no.
Kcrt'byl J.,20.
Kerbyle M., "197.
Kertright H., 197.
Kettletas A., 151; M., 28.
Kidd (3.. 25.
KieftW., 139.
Kierstade R., 140.
Kierstead A., 142.
Kiersted C, 25.
Kiersteed H., 36.
Kiersteade J., 25.
Killoron II., 02; C. T.,
01; D. C, 02; A. W.,
62: T., 62.
KingM., 197.
Kingsland I)., 197: E.,25.
Kip I., 204; S., 2S; M.,
28; J., 27; W. I., 113.
KippH., 35,150; J., 37.
Kirby Ann, 50; A.. 19:
D., 19. 50; E.. 07; II..
10, 50: J., 59; M., 19.
56; W., 59.
Kirkland S., 138.
K.rton J.. 115.
Kissam, 185.
Kuap It., 9: A., 63; D.,
180; P., 185.
Knight J.. 117.
Knott J., 38.
Knox, 103.
Konsly C, 25.
Kosciusko T., 32.
Kunst B., 14 1.
Kyarse II.. 25.
Lafayette (Jen., 51; L.,51;
Lafon J., 25.
Lafort M., 141.
Laird D. J., 202.
Lamb. 1ST. 139.
Lamberts M., 204; R.,
204; S.. 204.
Lambertson E., 197; S.,
35.
Lamorie 0. 55.
Land A., 197.
Landou Jared, 186. 187.
Luii- A, 28; 193; G. M.,
20S.
Langdon S., 207; A., 207;
II.. 207.
Lanseing A.. 25.
Lansen J., 26.
Lansing A., 140, 190; E.,
70; G., 68; J. S., 191.
Lapham A., 177; A. B.,
60; E. F.,60; G. S.,66;
J. F.,60; M.,66;C. N.,
66; S., 61, 06.
Lary K., 35.
Lassing P., 24.
Lathrop A., 193.
Latsom ,J., 130.
Lattin. Sec Laftinrj.
Lattine. See hatting.
Lattyn. Sec Lofting,
Lattin- 9 ; A., 54, 55,
60, 61, 66, 15, 10. 18,
29, vl, 22; A. A.. 55,
60, 63, 00; A. 1'.., 20; A.
IX, 61; A. F.,57; A.M.,
63, 05; A. T., 03; B.,
14, 15, 10, 17, 18, 19,
54, 55, 56, 01, t;-„\ 63,
07: B. B., 01; B. W..
55, 63: C, 54. 55, 58, 61,
62, 65, 67; 10, 11, 14,
15, 20; C. I., 60; C. P.,
63; II. M., 61; L\, 14,
15, 10, 18, 19, 22, 54,
55. 01,62,06; D. A., 60,
61, 06; I). B., 60, 20;
D. P., 60; D. P., 54;
E., 10, 17. 18, 19,20, 21;
55, 57, 01, 62, 65, 60,
07; E. B., 01; E. P., 03;
E. L., 61; E. N.,60; E.
S., 01, 00; E. T., 63;
P., 15, 10, 17, 18, 55;
F. B., 61 ; G. O., 60,
00; G., 01, 67, 17, 20;
G. II., 55 ; G. V., 63;
II., 12, 19, 20, 21, 22;
54, 55. 07: II. E.. 00;
63; H. K., 19; H. L.,
02; H. T.. 55, 62; I.,
15, 10, 18; I. B., 54; J.,
10, 12, 13. 11, 15, 16, 17,
18, 19. 20, 21. 22; J.
A., 54, 61, 62, 66; J. C,
55, 62; J. D., 01, 65;
66; J., 54. 58, 59, 60,
02, 03, OS: J. A. M.. 51.
61; J. II.. 01; J. J., 8.
54, 59,157: J. L., 20, 60,
00; J. M., 50. 33, 01, 66;
J. N..60; J. T., 60; J.
V., 00; J. W., 54, 57,
01.02. 07: L.. 14, 15, 10,
18, 19. 20, 54, 59, 00.
01, 63, 00: L. (.'.. 00: L.
M., 0:1; M. 13. 11. 15, 10,
17, 18, 19. 20. 21. 55,
57, 02. 63,66; M. A.. 60;
M. P., 63; .M.L..53. 03;
X.. 14, 10. 17. 18. 19,
22. 51, 01. (,?, 03.07: X.
B., 16,20; X. R.,21; P.,
14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21,
51; P. A.. 20; P. F. 21;
R., 8. 9, 10, 13. ! 1.
15, 17, 18. 19. 21 01;
R. G., 21, 01; s., 13, 14.
15. 10. 17. 18, 19, 55, 58,
59, 01, 02, 63, 05. OS;
S. A., 20, 03; S. A.
II.. 01. 00: S. G.. 62;
S. J.. 20. 62; S. M., 01
00; S. P., 21; S. T., 66;
T., 13. 11.15. hi. 19. 20;
58, 59; T. A., 20: T. \Y..
20, 60; V., 62; W.. 10.
18,29,21. 51, 55, 57, 58,
59, 60, 02. 00; \V. 13.,
63; W. P., 59. 05 ; \V.
H., 61, 00; W. L., 01;
W. R., 02; W. T.. 16,
20; 00; W. S., 03; W.
W.. 00; Z., 15. 17, 20,
21.
Launitz M., 59.
Laurens, J., 121; R., 19;
121.
Laurence, 92.
Law A., 157.
Lawrence A.M., 65; C,
50, 57; E. 25, 57, 65; E.
L., 57; II., 121. 122; J.,
30. 50, 57, 9.'. 121 ; J.
L., 57; M., 50; P., 57;
R..53, 03, 112; R. L.,
53 : S., 20, 53, 05 ;
51, 27; T., 37, 122; \V.,
19, 20, 38. 50. 37, 59, 121,
122; X,. 20. 57,05.
Lawrier, G., 30.
Lawson, J. P., 150; P. A.,
130; S., 150.
Lawton, \V.. 201.
L'Beeley, 181.
Leach P., 137.
Le Charge A.. 64.
LeConteB., 197; J., 197.
Ledwell J., 202; W. J.,
202.
Ledyard. J., 157.
Lee Col., 189; II., 188; J.,
38; M.,28; P., 184, 185,
S., 188; T., 133.
Leet S., 145.
Leflingwell, 20S; T., 208.
Leffertse, C, 197.
LeggL., 178; W\, 178,1
Leguett A., 197,
LeGro, 111.
Leigh, D., 26.
Leisler, 141.
Lei shier J., 36.
Leiros C, 36.
Lemsen G., 26.
Lenderson A., 38.
Lenurc J., 36.
Leroy S., 150.
Leny A., 36.
LeoS. X.. 104.
Leonard J., 157.
Lesley, J.. 25.
-Leslie Rev. G., 127.
Lespinarde A.,70; J., 70;
C.,70; M.,70.
Lessitt E., 27.
Lesslv Mr., 35.
Lester S., 7; T. S„ 7.
L'Estranjre C„ 179, 182,
1*3, 184, 185; D., 179.
ISO. 181, 182, 183, 184,
185, 180; E„ 186 ; F.,
186; G.. 182, 183. 184,
185, 180 ; H., 182, 183,
185. 180: J.. 186; L.,182,
183, 185; M., 185; P.,
182, 183, 185, 180; W.,
184.
Letteu. See Latting.
Lettiu. See Latting.
Lewis E., 178; II., 137;
J„ 156,197; J. Jr., 156;
J. A.. 137; L., 135, 137,
150; M., 103 ; S., 188,
13. L.. 137.
Leycock. P.. 37.
L'Hommedicu, 182; E.,
208; B., 2, 3, 208; M.,
208 ; E., 3; 1-7; 105;
(i.. 3; II., 3; M., 3; P.,
3; S., 3.
Lievens, A., 191.
Lighthall. W..189.
Limcon, P., 37.
Limbacher. H., 178; P.,
178; J., 178;
Lincoln, 171.
Longfleld, M., 25.
Lippincott, J. B., 207.
Litchcoe, M.. 37.
Little W., 111.
Littell. J., 77.
Lispenard, A., 27, 28.
INDEX TO NAMES.
L
!
L
Livin^ton, 92. 105. 123,
129.1.30: A., 120; Chan-
cellor. 51; G. 148, 150;
H.,33. 150; H.Jr.. 150;
' J., 12.1. 150; M., 121.
107; P. R.. 107; J., 183.
189 ; U., 162, 190; R.
R . 163; P. 8., 190; I'..
162; P. P.. 168; S.. 162,
190; J., 100; C, 168;
100; W-, 162. 190; B.,
163; E..103. 165,168,169.
C. L., 1GS; R., 121; 8.,
120.
Lloyd S., S3: F.,103.
Locke C, 36.
Lockerman, M., 37.
Lockwood. J. A., 03.
Loijan J., 107; D.. 107.
Longlev C, 21. 61.
Longstraighten, J., 38.
Lookermans, 133.
Loo-.uis A.. I'll; J.. 100;
R., 100. 101. 202.
Loomm P., 138; M., 133.
Lord D., 167.
osee, E ,188; P.. 133.
,ouis XIV., 170, 182.
Lonat J. A., 66; W. R.,
66.
Lovelace P., 11,18; Gov.,
12.
Low J., 150, 197; P., 150,
151.
Lowdon S.. 137.
Lowe H.. 116.
Lowell A., 173.
Lower. 76.
LoydeJ.,38.
Loy 1 T , 25. 147.
LozierP.. 107.
Lubbertse Van G.. 69.
Lucas C, 36: S.,37.
Ludlow J., 135, SOS; Mr.,
9; S. D.. 13.".
Lumbard P., 801.
Luskv.T . 150.
LuylerC, 147.
Lu'vster A., 197; P., 197.
Lyman R., 160.
Lynch E.. 197; M., 197.
Lynes X.. 36.
Lyndsay, 73, 80, 87.
Lvon A., 66.
Lyster M., 197,
Mc\.dams T., 156.
McBride205; T., 197.
McCarterC., 197.
McCausland A.. 126.
McClane D., 197.
McClean D., 156.
MeC'ellanC. R., Ill; E.,
Ill; K.,111.
McClosky. H.,92.
McCluskev J.,201.
31 cC mn. i9.
McD>well,M.. 197.
McDu.'al B., 107.
McBwen M.,150.
McGrath J.. 107.
McKim W.. 107.
McLane A.. 183.
McXeat A., 197; B.. 197.
McPhersonD., 157.
McSwain D., 197.
MabbcttL.. 197.
Macauley 107.
Mackelson E., 37.
Mickie D., 135; N., 135.
Micky J., 148.
Macmar D.. 197.
Macphcrson J., 35.
M icyS. J.. 101.
Maddox T., 197.
Mahan M.. 111.
Mallard M.. 54.
Mallor D. II.. 156,208.
Makby 138; D.. 131; E.,
131; J., 131; J. Jr., 131 ;
M.. 131, 132; S., 131; T.,
132; W., 131.
Man K.. 37.
Mandevill .Mr., 37.
Manly B.. 208.
Maim A . 197.
Manney w., 197.
Manny W., 150.
Mans A., 148.
M., 38.
Mapes. 30; T.. 153.
MarburyK., 171, 175.
Mark man 0., 26.
Harrington J., 27.
Marris P. -J.. .;:.
Marsh Mr.. 55.
Marshall, 62; B.. 62; E.
C, 104; F., 197; G.,
62: J.. 38.
Martin, 110; D., 119, 120;
J., 197.
Martyo. Mr.. 37.
Mason J., Ill; P., 177.
Masters, G., 37.
Mathewson A.. 183.
Matthews, J., 36; P., 143;
T., 144.
Mattock T.. 153. 154.
Mattysen J.. 145.
ManndC. 145.
Max w. -II J., 123; R
S..128.
Mayhcw L., 133.
Maynard G.. 142.
Meales G.. 147.
Meeker H. G..G7:
67; M D., 67; S
Megg* M., 13.
Meigs J., 110; P., 110.
Melgerse T.. 102.
Melvin C, 197.
Merchant A., 142.
Merritt D.. 160. 206; T.
306; J., 206; X.. 160, 306
X. Jr., S06; T., 160
W.. 37.
Merry C. 197.
Mervern EL. 193.
Mer.vin M. H., 137.
Mesereaux M., 193; P
197.
Mesier A.. 156; E., 156; P
and P.. Jr., 156.
Messelaer A.. 28.
Met'ekier H.de, 24.
Meuts. J.. 3-<.
Meybe C . 142
Meyer, J., 27
X. 205.
Meyuell,118.
Michelsea II.. 193.
Middlebrook D. D.,20.
Milborne J., 146.
Milldrnin J . 26.
Miller A.. 202; D., 193
H.,10^: J.. 26: J.. 202
203; X.,65; W., 37.
Mills E, 188; J., 136, 183
198.
Mindenus J., 36.
Mlnell. 135.
: MinsjT.. 23.
Mintaorne F., 193; H.
i 193.
,123,
J. G.,
II., 67.
J. D., 36;
Mitchell, 172: J., 134; P.,
134; S. L.. 112, 1G2.
Mix D.. 100.
Mohon J. 202.
Mole J., 25; M. 35.
Moll A.. 27. 36; J., 38.
Molyne I . 37 ; J .37.
Mompesson R., 28.
Montague, IIS.
Montaine S., 198.
Monteagle 121.
Moniford, A.. 193.
Montgomery A.. 123. 124,
185, 126, 127.128: A. J..
12-s, 12 : a. ;: . ; .
127; E., 124.127: P. J.,
128; G.. 125, 12
Geii., 35 ; G. P.. 128;
G.s.. 123, 128, 12
H.. 183, 121. 185, 126,
127; II. C. 125 ; J.. 124,
126. 127. 123; J. J., 138 :
J. It.. 128; J. s.. 128;
M., 58.184,126.127; M.
A., 128; X. 127, 138j
R.. 123, 121, 125, 186,
127,123. 139; R de. 123:
R. G.. 138; R. R., 123:
S., 126, 128 ; T..187, 138;
T. H., 123; V., 126;
W., 125. 126.
Morgan, 67; C.,185; J. J..
301; L.H.,75; M., 302;
N. H., 81.87.
Moore. 30. 103; A.. 12S.
C, 10S; C. B.. 1. 40. 82,
94,104. 112.151,157.161.
167, 170. 203; E., 12S.
168; H., 37. 151. 193;
J. B.. 90. 156; G. H., 90.
Moran C. 104.
More C. B., 04; X., 152;
T., 152.
Morehouse J.. IS, 31,32;
X.. 135; P.. 135.
Morey J.. 193.
Morpelth W., 187.
Morril M.. 193.
Monis L .38; M..3S.
MorrishorD., 198.
Morse, 90.
Morton, 102; W., 156.
Mos iley M.. 131.
Moses, the Jew. 37.
M^-s,J .150.
Mott II.. 150. 198; J.. G4,
2)1. 202; J. L., 61; J.
M., 178: J. N., 64; L..
11; M.,38; X. H.. 133;
R., 133; R. L., 61 ; !S.
D.. 61.
Maurice, P., 28.
Madge A., 157, 158; C ,
157; F... 157. 15S; J.,
157, 15S; M., 15S; T.,
157.
Mu le lis II.. 193.
Mm»'ll. J.. 12.43.92, 13f.
Munueile, G., 37.
Mure. 63.
Mnrpiiv II. C, 93; J., 35;
M. 193.
Myer C, 24. 26: E., 26;
J.. 19S; S.. 193.
Myers M., 801; T. B., 32,
153, 154, 157.
Nncks A., 204.
XagleH.. 19S.
Napoleon I., 53.
XealeT. A.. 85.
Nsedham J.. 19a
i NcleonH.,82.
Xevin. J., 108.
Xewcomb J. B., 110.
Newel] A.. 136.
Xice P.. 37.
Nicholas J . 25.
Nichols M.,28.
Nicholson, G.C., 189.
Nicoll K.. Jr.. 156.
i . . 120.
NoellH.. -'■'..
Noole, T.. 198.
Norie D., 58.
Normanrille, 174.
North R., 62.
Northrup C . 137: D. W..
137; J., 198; L. N.,137;
X. U'.. 137.
Norton H. B.. 202; I., 99;
M., 99, 102; T., 102.
Norwood A., 38; B„ 142;
R.. 198.
am, V,r., 145.
N'iixu;i R., 150.
Noyes S. U.,95.
Xutt A..19S.
X utter V., 156.
Oakes S.. 108.
T.,38.
O'Callaghau E. B.. 22, 24,
41, 92, 111. 155, 191,202.
O'Conor, 161.
Odell C, 10S; L..60.
Oelschlagel Barou Von,
53.
O^den J.. 28: X., 198.
OirleB. P., 207.
OglebyJ., 37.
Okv J'.. 25.
Oliver C. 27, 132; J., 28.
Olmstead L.,60.
Olnev. 177.
Onckelba G.. 40.
Onderdonk J.. 153; S., 111.
OW'eil M.. 198.
Oothout A.. 60. 70; A.
J.. 69; C. 70; D., 60;
E.. 70; E. V.. 70; P.,
60; P. J.. CO: II., CO,
70; H. J.. 09. 7fl; J.,
198; J. J.. 69; J. II., 70;
J.J,. 70; L..69. 70; M.,
69. 70; P. L., 70; R.,
69; V.. 69, 70.
O'-lraus Due de, 1S2.
Osborue J., 135; M., 132.
Ot'egat P.. 51.
Otten II., 23.
Overlung J., 78.
Overton, 30.
Owen M., 201.
Oyau, M., 27.
Paddock, B. C. 178
Paige, 160. 169.
Paine R., 1C4.
Pdlmatier J., 150.
Palmer. 117; A. M., 33,
113: CD., 135; T., 140;
W. P., 135.
Pangelder J.. 3S.
Pauton P.. 156.
PapeT.. 26.
Parme E.. 198.
Paris D. & I., 165.
Parish E., 15. 17, 18; M.,
15.
Park. 1S2; R., 183, 184;
S., 202.
Parker G.. 60.
ParfctnanF.,805.
INDEX TO NAMES.
XI
Parsons A., 55,193; C.,188;
E.,193; J., 193; L.,193;
M., 193; 1'., 193; T.,
193.
Tash lev. 174.
Patrick D.. 100.
Patterson D. W., 94, 09;
>;.. 150.
Patting H„ 25.
Panlk, 102.
Payne J.. 153.
Paynter R., 11.
Pa'yson E.. 134.
Pawling A.. IIS; II., 117.
Peacock. 2. 117.
Pearson J., 22,24,68,139,
190.
Pease F. J.. 92.
Peck E., 202; J. B., 65,
160; W., 198.
Pell C. J., GO; M. E., 06;
S.. 18.
Pellcmau A., 135 ; C.
136; B., 132, 136, 137;
F.. 131, 135, 137 ; G.,
135; G. W., 135; H..
131. 135: II. (i.. 135 ;
J.. 135, 13T; J. S.. 136;
M.. 131. 132; M. G..
135; M. S..135; N..136;
S.. 132. 136; W. S.,135.
Pells E.. 144.
Pels !■:.. 144.
Pelty !".. 150; H.. 150.
Penii G . 107; J. G., 107;
W.. 107, 108.
Peimcr S.. 20.
Pennistone T.. 2S.
Pensinilh E , 1SS.
Percy, 113.
Perkins I... 207.
Persons J.. 142.
Perovne 1'.. 27.
Perry L. S.. 61; IP, 127 ;
W. S., 106,107.
PessE.. 36.
Petens,166.
Peterson A., 3G ; J., 37.
142; K . 'OS.
Pettingill, 110.
Pettit. 18.
Petty Family. 2.
Pi yton A., 122; E.. 122;
0,53.
Phelps O.S., 110; F.,110;
w., no.
Philips I!., 142.
Phillips F., 36.
PhipsB., 142.
Phipps, P.. 114.
Phccnix S. V,'.,94.
Piatt E., 26. 19S; C, 19S.
Pierson I)., 132.
Pilford, 32.
Pimpe, 11 1.
Pinckney P., 9; C. B.,
135: E., 150 ; T., 150.
Pi uk home M., 25.
PintardJ., 162.
PintleH..205.
Piatt J.. 149. 150, 163.
Ploegh J.,203.
Ploughman N., 198.
Plnmer. 108.
Pluvier J., 40.
PoalkM.,101.
Poaste, E.,36.
Pocock E.. 193.
Polhemus J.. 198.
Polk, 102,110.
Pollort C.,198.
Ponickim J. P. Van, 49.
Pont, 123.
Pool T., 198.
Post A., 198.
Post, M.28.
Potter A.. 137; R.. 137;
('. 137; C. \\\, 137; H.
M.. 137; J. A.. 137: M.,
137; M. G.. 137; P. J.,
137; i;.. 142.
Powell J.. 19.
Pratl M., 26.
Preecott J., 10S; W.,
108.
Preston M.. 202.
Piice E., 198; E. R., 70.
Print .).. 198.
Printz, I... 26.
Pritchard T.. 27.
Provoce, G. 13; J., 13.
Provoost A.. 39; ('. R..
39; IX, 148: E.. 39; G.,
27. 39; J., 39, 13.
Provost K. 2.
Provosto, M.. 26.
Prouost. D.. 36; J.. 38.
Prudence M.. 28.
Pruvn 11.. 198; <P, 28.
Pryor E.. 156.
Pudnev J.. 198.
Pugh P., 202.
Purchase K., 37.
Pnrdy L.. 183. 185; P.,
1S5'; A., 186.
Purple E. R., 40. 157;
S. 8., 41, 104. 157.
Pnrrington S . 142.
Pnrves, 58.
Putnam N., 201; Mrs. N..
201.
Qnackenbos A, 191; P.
W..69.
Quackingbush J., 189.
Queen Mr . 35.
Querian, 1S5.
Quick T. T.,146.
RagetA.. 63.
Rainford T., 27.
Ralph T..25.
RamaeeS.. 156.
Randolph S. N., 160.
Ranclagh. 130.
Rapalje, 92.
RapalyieA.. 157.
Eapelie A., 19S ; C, 19S ;
8., 198.
Rapelye Mr., 35.
Rash M.. 198.
Rnvand F.. 142 : M., 28.
HavensteinA.,27; T. G.,
27.
Ray R., 27.
Raymond II. -T., 111.
Raynor P.. 13.
Read J., 204; S., 199.
Reay K.. 142.
Record J.. 150.
Redfield L. H., 92.
Redott E., 28.
Reed. 32, 110: .T.. 153.
Reee, C. C. 53: J., 53.
Reeve, 30; J.. 2,
Reid R.. 27.
Remeyn S. J., 37.
Rev J.. 37.
Reyndertse B.. 141.
Reynolds D.. 150.
Rh'inelanderF., 156; P.
156; W., 150.
Richard I.. 19.
Richards H., 141; P., 37
40.
Richardson C. B.,90; W.
175.
Rider J., 36.
Riirgs J., 27.
Piker J. Jr., 92.
110.
RiiH khottt .!.. 70.
Pi.-lev 8., 202.
Robins J., 12.
Robinson A., 199. 201 ;
A. B., 202; B.. 33. 120.
II.. 142; J.. 38 ; J. B.,
117; P.. 117; J., 117.
Robson, J.. 38.
Roche P.. 199.
Rockwell J., 99; L.. 99!
II.. 99; E., 99; A.. 99 :
S.,99; W., 99; P.. 99;
J.. 99; M. 99 : S.. 99.
100; R., 100; P.. 100 ;
J.. 100; E., 100; M..
100; H.. 100: W..10 ;
B.,100; D..100; I.. 100;
A.. 101; J.. 101; W.,
101; E., 101; P., 101;
M., 101 ; S.. 101; P..
101; W., 101; II.. 101 ;
M.. 102 ; S., 102; P .
102; I., 102: \V., 102;
J.. 102; 102; J.. 202;
202; S.. 202; M., 202.
Rorlenev Mr., 28.
Roderick A. J., 59.
Rodes J. ,10.
Roe A.. 199.
RoeloffsB..36.
Roger T .28.
Rogers C, 132: E.. 101,
102: ('. J.. 202; W..
167. 168. 170: D. L , 65;
J. IP. 64; R. II. S.,
114
Rombouts F., 139.
Romene I.. 150.
Pool II.. 142.
RoosC.,39; G. J., 39; J.,
39.
Roose A. ,27; G..36; P..
27.
R<V*cvelt, 92; J., 148,
149.
Rosa. II. A., 145.
Rosehoom -P. 191.
Ross C.,199; D., 116; R.,
116.
Rossman A., 22 ; C. 21 ;
If. ,22; J., 22; P., 22;
R.. 22.
Rowe A.. 133; P., 133;
IP. 149; PP. 149.
Rowell Z . 201.202.
RowliffMr.. 38; J., 36.
Rowlv M., 26.
Ruddach A., 114; E. C,
114.
RufferA., 199.
Rumbout K.. 25.
Rumsey S. IP. 57.
Runnels S.. 110; M. F.,
Russell, 110; M., 53.
Rutgers. 23, 24; A., 24;
148, 149; 155: E.. 24,
155; H., 24; M.,24; P.,
148, 149, 155.
Rutherford M., 12S ; J.,
128.
Rutsen J.. 146. 149.
Ruttgers J.. 146.
Ruyter J. de. 67.
Rvan J.. 188, 189.
Rvcke, 141.
Rvckman A., 199.
Ryne C, 199.
Rysam S., 134.
Saaton M., 25.
Sackett J., 186.
Sailer T.. 199.
Sal ton stall P., 121.
Si.mpson L.. 1.
Samuell A.. 142.
Sanders A.. 28; R.. 148.
SandlordD , 134. 166,169;
E. P., 138; E. T., 138;
F., 134; F. IP. 138; F.
S.. 138; G.. 138; G. I) ,
138; J ,138; J. IP. 138;
P.. 134: M.. 134, 138;
M.H.. 138: N.. 134: P.
B..138: S.,->34 ; T.,134;
T. G.. 134. 138; T. H.,
138; W.. 138; R.,38.
Sands S.. 27.
Santord G. 208.
Sanger -P. 201.
Sargent F. 193.
Saunders B., £6; E., 27;
L.. £6.
Savage. 90, 91, 102, 175;
R..187.
Sayles T.. 177.
Sayre B.. 134; P., 134,
135; E., F., 134; G.,
H . 135: J., 134. 135;
J.M..135; M., 134, 135;
M.G..135: P.. 134,135;
S.. 135; S. P.. 135; W.,
134.
Schanck M.. 199.
Schauper D., 188 ; W..
188.
SchenckeM.. 25.
Schenk M., 27.
Schepmoto P., 25.
Schermerhooren, A.. 23;
< '.. 23: E.. 23: H.,22,
23; .1., 22.23: J. J.. 22;
L..23; M., 23; N.. 23;
R., 22, S3; S., 22, 23;
W., 23.
Scheimcrhorn J., 140; L.,
199.
Scermerhorne S., 150.
Schoonmaker A., 199 ; J.,
148.
Schoonmeker A.,203: B.,
2C3; C, 203; D., 203;
P.. 203 ; F-. 203 ; G.,
203: IP. 203; J., 203;
S.. 203: T..2C3.
SchrickP.. 139.
Schuron W., 37.
Schuvlcr A..190; B.,190;
C..'43. 162, 190, 191; P..
43; P. P., 43: G.. 190;
Gen., 34,35. 52; H.,68;
J.. 190. 191; M., 27.142,
190. 191 ; N.. 190 ; O.,
190; P.. 43. 143. 162, 190,
191; P. ?.. 140, 190; S.,
190; W., 190.
Schvler G . 25.
ScoitA .178: B., 177; C,
176,178-9; P.. 175. 176;
E.. 174.176, 177,178; F.,
176; Family. 174, 179;
IP, 175, 176, '178: I., 179;
J., 150. 174, 175. 176, 177,
178, 179; G., 178, 179;
K.. 175, 176; L., 177,
178; M., 174, 175, 176,
177, 178. 179; N., 177,
178. 179 : O.. 177, 178;
P., 175, 176, 178 ; R.,174,
175, 176, 179; S., 175,
176, 177, 179; W., 174,
178, 179.
Scouten J., 36.
Seaman A., 56 ; J., 157.
Xll
INDEX TO NAMES.
Searing E., fi3 ; F. L., 63.
Seakora D.. 38.
Sears L., 53 ; M. S.. 135 ;
S.. 13.).
Seeley. \.. 0.
Beeera C. 28; J., 22.
Selden, 167.
Sennett C. 109.
Sergeaux, 174.
Seward C. A., 53.
Sewart .1.. 36.
Sewcll, 170.
Seymour A.. 202 ; M.. 138.
Shackemaples. Mr., 38.
Shackerly. ,P. 37.
Shad well J., 38.
Shadwick D., 199.
Sharp is \V . 202.
Sharpe J.. 36.
Sbaroke T..28.
Shattuck, 90.
Shaw N\, IS.').
Shelston P., 142.
Shepard D., 178.
Shcpmoes D. J.. 145.
Sherlock C. 35.
Sherman (i. N., 20; N.,
13; M., 178.
Sherwood. I., 187; M.,187.
Sluppen E.. 114; M.. 114.
Shipry W.. 38.
Shirley, 113.
Shutes I'.. 182.
Silly N.. 9.
Silvester B . 5: Family,
5; J., 2; N., 1 ; P., 2.
Simerson, see Simouson.
Simmons D. B., 208; S.,
28.
Simonson L., 15, 18, 19 ;
M.. 15, 199.
Simpson, 182, 183.
Sims II., 159.
Sin horn M., 28.
SirleJ., 199.
Sirse II., 199.
Sisson A., 178.
Skillenbergh G., 188.
Skid more M..14, i(i.
Skinner A., 100; I., 199;
J.. 133.
SkipwithG.,117; L.,117;
P.. 117: \\\. 117.
SknylerP. I'.. 204.
Slaade A., 204; J., 204.
Slal'ter E. P.. 41, 77, 78,
82. 104; J .41.
Slegth A.,, Jr., 150.
Sleigh C, 142.
Sleight II., 55.
Slight J.. 199.
Sloctim B., 177; P., 176.
Slott J. J,,36.
Slover I., 199.
Since 38.
Smeedus J., 37.
Smema H., 38.
Smith. 202; A., 84. 156,
199; P.., 27; ('., 25; D.,
37, 135, 142; E.. 50. 53;
G., 199; H., 199; J.. 0,
26. 100. 101, 132, 187,
199. 205; L.. 19; M..
37, 6>, 135. 177, 199; P.,
R.. 3 50, 188; W.. 135,
206.
Smithson. 113.
Smyth I., 126.
Snedeker H., 150, 199.
Snyder J.. 149.
Solmg-Zeklenburg, Coun-
tess of, 53.
SomerdyckT., 199.
Soiaeriudyke A., 199.
i Ponthwick B. 202 ; E.,
175; L.. 1.
Spangaer II.. 36.
Sparks E..27.
cer J., 37; T., 102,
135
Spooner E., 206; T.,206;
W '..206.
SpraggJ., 147.
Spragne, 162.
Spratt Mr.. :;7.
Springsteen C. 23; G., 27.
StaHtsA.,28, 140,141,204;
A. P.. Ml : 1'... ill. 142:
C, 142 ; B., 141. 191;
<;.. 141; II., Ill : I..
Ill; J., 110. 141, 117:
M., Ill: K.. 141: S..
26.. Ill), 111 : T., 111.
Stafford A.. 201, 20*2;
Family, 43 ; M., 201,
207; Mrs., 202; M. 11.,
41; S., 201.
Stage II.. 18, 22.
Stall S.. 188.
Stanford J* 109, 110; T.
N.. 110.
Stanton B., 14, 15 ; (J.
W., 112.
Stark P.. S.
Stearns, E., 202.
Stebbins, 90.
Stedwell T.. 158.
Steelman -1. II.. 110.
Steenwick M., 204.
Steenwyck C, 204 ; T.,
204.
Stenwicke C, 36.
Stephance L., 25.
Stephenson .1.. 114.
Stetson T., 201.
Steuard A., 1 12.
Steuben. Baron de, 50, 52.
Stevens J., 36 ; C, 60.
Stevenae A.. 28.
Stevenson C, 27; E., 142,
199.
Stewart A., 128; J., 25,
156; M. P., 128.
Stiles, 102, 103. 104 : IT.,
110 : II. R„ 29. 40. 41,
42. 71. 94, 104. 105. Ill,
186. 206; J., 104; S. E.,
41. 104.
Slillwell C. 199; M., 26;
N . 26.
Stiltder A., 36.
Stilwell P., 28.
Stirling L.. 34.
Stockwell A., 202.
Stoddard P.. 56.
Stokes J., 53.
Stone J., 193: M., 27; W.,
L., 115.
Storet B. J.. 156.
Storey P.. 37.
Storm P., 199; T., 150.
StorrsB.,29; J., 7, 19, 29.
Story I., 110; II. Van P.
24.
Stoul M., 108.
Stout A.. 199.
Stotttenberg P., 110.
Stoutenburg A., 199; P.,
39.
Stoutenbnrgh C, 20.
Stoutinburgh 1'., 38.
Stow \V. 8.. 50.
Straus: J., 179.
Stratenam T.. 26.
Strattor M., 2s.
Streit S., 199.
Strickland M.. 199.
Striker J., 156.
Stron- A., 136; Capt..
189; D., 186 ; E., 133.
136; <;.. 138; <;. W.,
164. 107. 168; IP. 133;
II. E.. 130: .1.1
Kid: M.. 183. 136 ; 8.,
133; S. P.. 133: S. \\\.
136; T.. 136; \\\, 133.
136.
Sir;,' ber P.. 27.
Stuyvesant A.. 27, Gov ,
22; M.. Ill ; P., 144;
p. <;.. i2o.
Sullivcri J.. 112. 199.
Snskanemen 12.
Swanenburgh II., 25.
Swarl !).. 199.
Swart t G.. 155.
Swartwoudt P.. 144.
Swartwont. B. T.. 150;
J., 149. 150; S..166.
Sweney L., 199.
Swerver A.. 27.
Sydenham Mr.. 37.
Symonse IP. 142.
Taney, 172.
Tappan J.. 193.
Tappen G., 25; P., 150,
151.
Tauchnitz, Baron. 53.
Tavler Mr ..38; T„ 39.
Taylor G., 134; J.. 131 ;
M., 133; S., 134; S.H.,
111.
Teller A., 139. 140; A.
M., 140; </.. 139. 140;
E.. 139. 192: J.. 139.140,
199: IP, 139.140: O. s.,
139: P., 140; W., 28,
139, 140.
Toinplo A.. 117; E. B..
117; G., 117; J.. 117.
Ten Broeck, 14I;'E.. 142;
G.. 199; M.,39;W., 39.
111. 145, 147.
Ten Eyck, A.. 52; B., 23;
C, 36, 39. 191; D., 36,
39; IP, 39. 146; J., 39;
J. O. B., 188; M., 39 ;
T.. 39; Capt., 35.
Ten Hondt. S., 148.
Teneve S.. 20.
Tcnncy J.. 111.
Tcnnike II., 26.
Terry C, 199.
Teunisson S., 144; C,
146.
Thacher, T.. 38.
Thayer. 208; B..208.
Theobalds J., 27.
Thibowe W., 25.
Thomas F. E., 67; S.,
178.
Thomase J., 21.
Thompson, 162; S., 163;
T.. 187.
ThODgT., 149; XV.. 27.
Thorn A.. 60, 63, 64; A.
A., 63: A. P.. 60; C.
56,60.03. 64; C. E., 03,
E., 50; F.. 56, 00, 63.
61; F. M..03: G.. 60:
I!...",'i. 60, 64; J.. 60. 64:
J. V.. 60; J. O., 63: I..,
56,60,04; L. M ,03;M.,
56, 00. 03. 64; P. .1., 00:
S., 27,50. 04; S. \Y\, 00;
T. 15; W., 56, 60, 63 ;
W. K., 63.
Thorne P., 142; P. Van
W., 112.
ThoxterM.,27.
Thror-morton P., 25.
Throop W., 29.
Thnrman P.. Jr.. 150.
Thurston 11. A.. 55.
Ticknor Geo., ill. 20C.
Tienhoue I,.. 37.
Tier.).. 28.
Tillett .P. 27.
Tillou F. P.. 165, 166,170.
Timber C, 20.
4 inker P.. 88.
Tipping, .1.. 127.
Tisdal P.. 178; M..178.
Titharton, 14. See Tit-
terton.
Titterton C, 14; D., 14;
5.. 11.
Tobias J., 119 ; P., 150.
Tolmie X.. 208.
Tomeson J.. 143.
Tomkins J.. 199.
Tompkins F... 03,201.
Tooley .1.. 302.
Totten .P. 156: P., 156.
Tot ton P. 208: J., 208.
Torrance M., 61.
Tower B., 61; IP, 201,
202; Mrs. IP, 202; E.,
1.1. 00.
Townlev, C, 50, D., 51 ;
M.. 50; P.. 50.
TownsendA., 17,189; P.,
01: II.. 10; J.. 28. 188;
J. C., 15; P., 60; P., 17;
S.. 17.
Tonro Jndah, 104.
Tov. D., 27.
Travers P., 38,
Treadway T., 57.
Trevitt J., 27.
Tridor S., 150.
Troup J., 27.
Tin ax J. P.,204;M., 20.3,
204; N., 203; O., 204.
Try on Gov., 4. 5.
Tucker D., 199; St. G.,
117.
Tuder E., 27.
Tunis J., 36.
Tnnison.D., 38.
Tnnnwell E.. 27.
Tuppcr A.. 57.
Turke P., 37.
Turner E.. 199, 204; J.,
33; L.,8; W., 199.
Turney B., 9; M.,9.
Tustan T.,-153.
Tuthill P.. 0; J.. 3.
Tuttle C. W.,111:E. G.,
160.
Underbill J., 109, 159. P.
17.
Underwood J., 199.
Upton B.,27.
Vail A.. 151. 152 ; D., 151,
152. 153 : E.. 152 ; .1.,
151, 152. 157 ; M.. 151;
S., 151. 152: T., 151.
Vale. See Vail.
Valentine, 105 ; A. M..
103; 1).. 24; D. T., 92;
T., 19.
VallanceW., 189.
Vallonne A.. 124.
Vallon 8., ill.
Van Aken C 202.
Van Alen J.,I39;M., 199;
P., 139; W.. 139.
Van Amsterdam, J. J., 22.
Van Antwerp, 33.
INDEX TO NAMES.
xni
Van Aps, A.. 26.
"Van Armnn J.. 199.
Van Blerknm. H„ 150.
Van Bonrsen P., 56.
Van Boisom C, 36; Mrs.
37 ; T., 37.
Van Brackeling, S., 28.
Van Brackell ?-.. 203.
Van Bramer P.. 150.
Van Breestede D.. 24.
Van Bresteed Mrs. J.,
36.
Van Breestede T. J., 24.
Van Brugen J.. 37.
Van Bnmmill E.. 199.
Van Bnnschoten S.. 200.
Van Bunscoten J.. 150.
Van Bnren G. H., 23 ; M.
H., 23; M., 168.
Van Campcu J., 147.
Van Chin' C 142.
Van Clyffe, D.% 36.
Van Civil'. M.. 27.
Van CorlaerB., 191.
Van Cortlandt. 187, 188.
189; A , 190: C, 190;
E.,190; J., 190; M., 142,
190; 0,190; O. S., 139;
P., 190; S., 139, 190
Van Bam C. R„ 24; D.,
24; J., 24.
Van Dam Family (Club),
95.
SfcVandenbenrh E.. 27.
Van DerBergh C, 192;
G., 192: W., 192.
s Vanderbergh A., 200; M.,
*" 200; W.,200.
Van der Bogart P., 150.
Van Der Hevden A., 200.
Van Derhevden D., 189,
200; J., 200.
Van der Liphorst E.. 204.
VanderPoel A., 191,19.':
C, 192 : E., 191 ; G.,
192; H., 192; J., 192 ;
M., 192; T., 192 ; W.,
192.
Van der Volgen A., 203;
C, 203. 204; E.,203; L.,
203; N., 2.3; J., 203.
Vandesee A., 200.
Van Dcusen C, 70; M.,
141.
Van Dorsen D., 200.
VanDriessen D. J.. 69.
Van Dy<k A., 103; C,
103; C. 200; C, 205;
E.,I03; H.,205; J., 103;
J.. 205.
Van Dycke, E.,25.
VanDykeC.,25; F., 142;
J., 60; L. S.,60.
Van Hook E..27.
Van Hooru A., 27; J.,
142.
Van Klccck.T.,150.
Van Kuren M., 150.
Van Noostrandt M., 26.
Van Newenhuysen, 144.
Van Orde J.. 26.
Van PrichtM.. 2S.
Van Renssalaer, 158 ; J.,
52; K., 142.
Van Schaick G. G., 23.
24.
Van Scbayck, A. 39; B..
40; C.,40; D., 40; E.,
40; M.,23; R., 39; V„
40: Y., 40.
Van Sclichtenhorst M.,
140.
Van Scboenderwoert, R.
J., 23, 24; T. J., 24.
Van Scolder, J., 28.
Van Tienlioven L., 39;
It., 39.
Van Tricht A., 139 ; II..
140; M.. 139.
Van Tright E.,25; G.,36;
Van Vleeck J.. 150.
VanVlietF.,150: G.,159.
Van Voorhis J.. 156.
Van Voorhont C. S.. 22.
Van Vrerdcn II. S., 39.
Van Weeselew C. 25.
Van Weyen H.. 149.
Van Winkel A., 26.
Van Woert, G., 24; J..
24; R..23.
VarlettN.,148.
Varment J., 36.
Vaughton S., 26.
Veai. SeeVa.il.
Vedder II.. 140.
Veeder V. S.. 23.
Velie C. 150.
Verlott M . 130.
Vernaniaw Mrs. J., 36.
Ver I'lanke G.. 36.
VerplanckA.,140,192;C.
43: G. C, 42, 43; I., 22,
39; M..39; J.. 37.
Vander Bergh, N. G., 141.
Vander Burgh C, 142;
L., 142.
Vauder Bogart M., 160.
Vander Kemp Mr.. 51.
Vanderpoel A.. 340; M.
W..140; W.,140.
Vanderspiegel N., 26.
Vandespeagle L., 37.
Vaudewater H., 36; P.,
37; II.. 24.
Van deWilleger J., 17.
Vandicke, II., 36.
VandyckL.,205; M.. 103;
T., 103; R,.205.
Van Eps, D., 68.
VanEtien J.. 203..
Van Evera 200.
Vanft'ord E., 26.
Van Gelder J., 187; R.,
187.
Vangrist, J..36.
Van Kleeck, P. P.. 150.
Vanlautondicke J. V.,
38.
Vanlaw, A., 38 ; S., 38.
Van H.iugle, 200.
Van Home C..200.
Van Iluysen II., 189; J.,
189.
Van Ingen D., 204.
Van Kleef, F„ 200.
Van Name, S., 200.
Van NTes C. H. 69; H. C.
69.
Van NieukerkB. P., 191;
G., 191.
Van Northstrand W..
200.
Van Pelt M.. 200.
Van Rensselaer, 92; J.;
190 : M., 190: N\, 190.
P.. 190; S., 190.
Van Sallee, A. J.. 105.
Van Santen C, 192.
Van Schaick, 92 ; A., 191;
B..191; C..191; E.,190,
191 ; G., 1S7. 189.191 :
L., 191; M., 191; S.,
191.
Van Sice J., 203.
Van Slichtenhorat B. A.,
190; B. A. ,191; K.. 190.
Van Taerling G. E., 69.
VaD Tricht A., 192.
Van Vey M.. 200.
Van Vleck .T.. 200.
Van Vorst C..189.
Van Wyck, T.. 33. 34.
Van WyekT.. 187.
Varick, 33. 34. ".">.
Ve.KlerS. A.. 204.
Verder A.. 69: M.,09.
Vermillyal., 200.
Verplanck A., 192.
Vesey B., 204; J., 204;
M.,'204,
Viesej W.. 202. 204.
Vinhagen E., 70.
Vinton J. A., 72,78.
Vredenbnrgh C, 200.
Veyl. See Vail.
Viele, V/., 23.
Vielle C, 142.
Vigne Family, 43.
Vigne J., 39.
Vingne J., 36.
Vincent A., 38: J.. 26, 37,
38.
ViseerC. W.,39.
Voleek, J.. 37.
Voorhees E.. 64.
Vorckinson M.. 28.
Vort A.. 150.
Vought C, 136.
Vredcnberg, 33.
VredeiiburgeW.,37.
Vices A. de, 25.
Vrille A., 26.
Waddell C. H., 104. 157.
156; W., 104. 156, 208.
Waggoner R., 207.
Wailes, 110.
Wakeley, see Wakelyn.
WakelynH.B.,13, 14; M.,
13. 14.
Walderne W.,38.
Waldron J.. 27.
Walcraf D.,27.
Walker, 205; T.,28; J. B.
R.,75, 81.
Walkington M., 142.
Walsgrane G., 37.
Walters C, 22; D.,22;E.,
22; II., 22; J., 22; L.,
22; S., 22.
Walton I., 2.
Walworth, 83.
Wall P., 189; S.,200.
Wallace M., 124, 200.
Wandall T., 37.
Wander M., 26.
Wanzer M., 133; M. W.,
133.
Waring D. A., 20. 60; J.
A.. 61; R.B.. 61: S., 20.
Ward, 33, 90 : F. D. W.,
Ill; J., 100. 147.
Warne V., 27.
Warner. 172; H. L., 137;
M., 135, 137, 200 ; S.,
179; W.,28.
WarrinerL.,201.
Warren C. C, 60 ; Sir P.,
115; W.,27.
Wasbburn J., 27.
Washington G., 35, 160 ;
S., 207.
Waters, 110.
Walkav A., 25.
WatkinsA. L..62; AW.,
62: B. L.,62; E.B.,62;
J.. 37; J A.. 62; L.W.,
62; M. L.,62; N. I.. 62.
Watson E., 117: G., 117;
L., 200; M.,200.
Watts A.. 36; J., 116;
Jr., 156; M., 116, R.,
28.
Webber C. 200.
Webster, 131.
Meed E..57.
Weeks A. .15; J., 16; P.,
64; K.. 15.
W eh row, 12.
Weiss. 180.
Welch E., 200; J., 200;
Welden, 188.
Welding M., 150.
Welling T. C. £07.
Welles. 155.
Wells A., 92; E.. 135. 201 ;
D..202; G., 101, 102; J.,
135,164; J. J., 137; W.,
29.
Wemp J., 23.
Wendel E., 141. J., 151 ;
M., 701 ; S., 140. i00.
Wessels Family, 43; C,
140, P., 27.
Wessells D.. 36; E., 36;
H.,36; L.,37; P., 37;
W.. 37.
Wesselse J., 140.
West Mr., 37; H. E., 135;
S., 201.
Westbroeck A.. 202. 203;
C, 202: D., 202; J.,
M., 202: N.. 203.
Wcstfall J., 143.
Weston M., 200.
Wh early A., 38.
Wheeler E., 8; J., 8, 109;
1., 200; M., 13; T., 8.
Whiley M.,200.
Whickham, 30.
Whipple J.. 175.
WhitakerE..144, 145,146.
White, 175, 202; A., 19;
C, 200; E., 131, 132;
H., 17. 133; J., 142; P.,
175; S., 131, 175; W.,
37.
Whiteheads., 130; T.,26.
Whiting J., 131 ; M., 57,
65; T.,57.
Whitman E., 77; G. R.,
138; N.,26.
Whitmore W. H., 90, 91.
Whittaker E., 203.
Wicken J., 142.
Wiekuam Family. 5: J,,
4, 5,26; P.', 4 ; T.,4,5.
Wiggins, 30.
Wightman R.,201.
WilberH., 62; JV1., 56.
Wilcox M., 201.
Wilcoxson E., 110 ; H.,
110 ; J., 110; M., 110 ;
P., 110; S., 110; W.,
110.
Wilkinson J., 176 ; L.,
lis; M.. 179; N.,200.
Willaid S.,8.
Willcey M.,200.
Willis A., 26, 142; R., 43.
WlllettS.,64; T., 27.
Williams C, 155; M.,27,
150,200; R., 27, 37, 175,
176.
Williamson H., 36.
Williamsen J., 145.
Willson A., 200; I., 200;
J., 200; R.. 188.
Wilse M.,200.
Wilsey S.. 200.
Wilson, 110; Mr., 37. M.
E.,66; R., 189.
Wiltsie J., 150.
Wimple A., 200.
XIV
INDEX TO NAMES.
Winans J., 150.
Winehell A.,202; J., 202.
Winekelman Baron dc,
53.
Winder Mrc, 37.
Winder?, 110.
Wing A., 200.
Win- 11 eld J.. 200.
Winknp Baron de, 50.
Winne L., 25; N., 55; P.,
147.
Winihrop. 175; E., 100;
Gov., 19: 11., 109; J ,
121; J. Jr., 159; T. L.,
117.
Winton M., 204.
WisenbergC, 115.
Wisenfeltl89.
Witty Mr., 37.
Wolc'ott J., 138; L.,202.
Wolf M., 188.
WolftA.L.,39; II. dc,39
WolseyM. L., 150.
Wood," 19; A.. 55; C, 12:
D., 55; F., 55; J., 55;
J. ,55; J. A., 55; L.,55;
M., 55: S.. 55; S. T.,
16; 61 06; 8., 200; W.,
105.
Woodbridge J. W., 130;
8., 136.
Woodcrop A.. 28.
Woodett M.. 25.
Woodhtlll Gen., 4, 5.
Wood ni IV L.. 117.
Woodu ard. 111.
Woolev C, 20.
Wooleey B., Jr., 136 ;M.,
136.
Woonsters A., £6.
Woorfmnn A., 27.
Woid< n V., 14. 16.
Wortroan A.. 19; C, 19;
D.,200; H.. 19; N., 19;
R.,19; T., 19.
Wright, A.,54, 61 : C, 12,
18; D., 18,54; E.. 12,200;
P., 17, 18, 55, 56: G.,
17; J., 14; M., 14, 15,
17, IS. lti, 07 ; N., 12;
8., 12; T., 135.
Wyckoff C, 200; R. T.,
64.
Wynkoop C, 143, 203.
Yemnns S., 101.
Yeoman8 Kuth, 200.
Yon son A.. 37 ; P., 37.
York Duke of, 12.
Young I., 18.
Youngs B., 4, 151: C, 6;
J., 29; family, 6.
Zeng Baron. F. A. de. 49-
53; A. G. de, 58; A. N.
dc, 53; CD., 53; E.de,
53; Rev. E. de, 53; E.
C. de, 53; E. J. de, 63;
E. T. de, 53; G. S. de,
53; II. L. de, 53; J. C.
G. de, 53; J. G. P. A.
de. 53; J. H. F. de, 53;
.1. M. de, 63; J. H. de,
53; L. de, 53; Mrs. de,
52; M. de, 53: M. A.
de, 53: J'.de. 53: P.M.
de, 53; R. L. dc. 53; 8.
de, 53 ; W. de, 53 ; W.
S. de, 49, 52.
THE NEW YORK
Vol. II. new YORK, JANUARY, 1871.
No. 1.
BIOGRAPHY OF EZRA L'HOMMEDIEU.
[Contributed by C. B. Moore, Esq.]
tbPBi?Rf HIETS/f P61'SOnS connected wiih this State have been invited bv
the Society. If we commence with men who took an active part in 'ettlno-
our State Government in motion, and if we begin at the Ea.s the S ent
wh1Ch first caught the light or heat, and led the State into ex te.^e we
can be at no loss for a name to head the list-that of Ezra L'Bommedieu
apparent. ^ mMq/ 6W." It was given anciently to some one of the
clerical order especially devoted and revered
His ancestor, the first one in this country, we must notice. By repute
he was a Huguenot, who came from Rochelle, in France 7 P
we .need not trace him in the history of the Huguenots. He had letters
IrcTllr ? mnted 'T-th rf °Vern°r °f the Pl'°V'in- of New York : o n Oth
Match, 1686-7, giving him liberty to trade or traffic as an Englishman These
letters were issued by the provincial governors when applied to r and ft s
paid, as it hey conferred full rights of citizenship, or di pensed wi hwS
requiring .citizenship But in England it was helfthat nSer ^vernoT
no legislatures ot the colonies had such authority, the only ack now
SntP° TrrS °f thG P°Wer behl8" the kin- M-wi «d the ifngli T Z
lament. I he names were sent from New York to England to have t eh-
denization confirmed It was not done. This, in many instances produced
dtsappotntment, and did not encourage loyalty iJ th S|er Mr
of fi i "h?iVVaS t^ thirty y6fS °f ^e- lt is Presuraed ^occasion
ot faxing his home at the east end of Long Island (where but one or two
other Huguenots appeared) was his becoming acquainted with the am lv of
Cantaln^ T1 ^^ °f ^^ Island>en called Silveste ' Sd)
Captain Silvester was an energetic man, with a large and active family
He kept up communications with England, Barbadoes, and New York, and
StTvfT W°r strTV~"° much so as t0 be complained of by the
petty tyrants and bigots of that day for harboring Quakers. The will of
Lawrence South wick, made on S. I. at his house, and proved at Salem
Mass., w Southwick and his family were banislfed he wfl "f
Lafcmer Sampson in favor of Mr. Silvester's daughter; and the v^ o
2 Biography of Ezra VHommedieu. [Jan.,
George Fox— to thank him— among others, are lasting and rich memorials
of the liberality which prevailed in his mansion. His house was opposite
modern Greenport, then called Sterling, whence there was an irregular water
communication kept up with New London. The general route of travellers
between New York and Boston or Newport was through L. I. by land,
crossing from Sterling, now Greenport, to New London by water _ _
The Silvesters were loval to the English crown, which their relationships
and shipping transactions fully explain. They were of the class that lett
England because opposed to Oliver Cromwell, and afraid of him m power;
but they had relations here when they came. Their intimates were gene-
rally of the loyal or official class, yet they would " harbor, as it was then
culled, but, as we term it, would be hospitable, charitable, and kind to those
who were pursued and oppressed; although these pursued persons could
not be very loyal to the sovereign who sanctioned or permitted m Ins
mime so much wicked pursuit and cruel oppression.
Captain Silvester had six sons and five daughters. One son was named
Joshua It will bring to some minds a recollection of Joshua Silvester, the
eminent linguist and poet, a native of Kent Co., England, born in 1563,
called the silver-tongued Silvester, who, like many others lett his native
country, and who died at Middleburg, in Zealand or Holland, ml618,
among strangers; but they were kind and hospitable.1 Ihe period ot
which we are' speaking, when the young Huguenot made his appearance on
L I , was near the end of the reign of James II.
The precise date we have not traced ; but not long after his arrival Ben-
jamin L'Hommedieu married Patience, one of the daughters of Captain
Silvester. Both names were appropriate. The whole country was sylvan,
and he certainly required patience.
lie set up a small store for trade at the then new village ot Soutnold,
on the south side of the main street, at the corner of the lane which led to
the harbor, called the town harbor lane. It led down to Hallock s Boint,
where, by tradition, the first formal band of emigrants landed. At the toot
of this lane, on the harbor, Jasper Griffing had lived for several years, who
became lieutenant of the militia, and when a fort was afterwards raised
there, was commander of the guns, and who probably attained the rank ot
major, the ancestor of a numerous and remarkable family. Next to L'Hom-
medieu, on the main street, lived Henry Case ; opposite to him the Betty
family, and near to him the Moores, Grover, &c. ,
Be was at Southold *s early as 1690. The first record entry ot him
observed in the town is his signature, in 1694, to an agreement about a
windmill, in which he is described as merchant ; Simon Grover, mariner ;
and Joseph Reeve, blacksmith ; and these three were called " undertakers
to erect and set a sufficient windmill on Hallock's Neck, to grind the town
corn before they grind for strangers, and to take such toll only as shall be
established by government." It is a curious and valuable document, show-
in-- who were the residents of that neighborhood at that time having "corn
to grind." It is signed by thirty-four of the townsmen, besides the three
tl undertakers." .
In 1697, 1699, 1700, and 1711, we find merely the signature ot Benjamin
L'Hommedieu as a witness to deeds, proving that he wrote a fair hand.
1 He wrote or translated " Du Bartas, his Divine Weeks anil Works." ^Isaac
Walton -'sweetened his discourse out of a contemplation in divine Bartas Me
tried to please King James, and among other small pieces wrote ' Tobacco Battered
and the Pipes Shattered."
1S71.] Biography of Ezra I? Hommedieu. 3
In 1711 he had a general power of attorney from Francis Brinlcy, his
wife's uncle, who came from England in 1656 in the same vessel with
Richard Smith 2d and some of the Quakers. Brinley perhaps was severe,
but no tradition has been heard attaching any obloquy to L'Hommedieu
himself, either as a trader or as a manager of another's controversies. He
had a large family. I think six children can be traced : four sons — Benjamin,
Jr., Hosea, Silvester, and Peter; and two daughters — Patience (of course),
who perhaps married Havens ; and Susan, who married Jonathan Tuthill.
His son Hosea lived on Shelter Island, in 1719 mar'1 a Howell, had a
considerable family, and d. in 1754, not very prosperous. His son Sil-
vester lived until 1*788, married Elizabeth Booth, had several children, and
in the father's lifetime resided on Shelter Island, afterwards in the village
of Southold. The younger son, Peter, mar'1 twice, and d. in 176s. His
exact place of residence and family not ascertained — perhaps Sag Har-
bor.
In 1698, to accommodate the increasing family, a piece of land at
Southold, nearer the harbor, was purchased of the Rev. Joshua Ilobart.
The deed was taken in the name of Benjamin, Jr., the oldest .son, who was
a native-born citizen, and nearly of full age. The " homestall " perhaps
stood in the mother's name or some friend's. It originated from an allot-
ment by the town.
The senior lived to a patriarchal age — that of ninety-two, and long
enough to see his grandchildren grow up around him, and to guide them
all by his experienced advice. He died on 4th January. 174S-9. His
wife died nearly thirty years before him, in November, 1719. They were
Protestants. They ask not our prayers. They were confident of resting
in peace.
The eldest son, Benjamin, Jr., next requires our attention. In 1717,
two' years before he lost his mother, he married Mary, daughter of John
Conkling and Sarah (Horton), his wife ; and thus became connected with
two families, perhaps the strongest in numbers and wealth of any then in
the town. She d. in 1730. Rax mother, Sarah Horton, survived her,
and made a will, in which her two daughters are named.
He next, in 1731, married Martha Brown, described as originally from
Sandwich, Massachusetts. He had a son Benjamin, and perhaps another
named Grover, who married in neighboring families. His eldest daughter
Elizabeth married Boom, or Broun; and his dau. Martha d. in 1758.
The only other child we have traced was his noted son Ezra, by his second
wife, born 30th August, 1734. This Benjamin, the father of Ezra, proba-
bly succeeded to his father's store and business as a merchant. From the
senior's death until his own, he was for a short time the head of the family.
We have few memorials of him. One is, that between 1736 and 1754, he
became a subscriber to Prince's Annals, or, Chronological History of New
England ; which had few other subscribers on Long island. The boy his
son had at least this source of information, not very common to others. He
was sent to Yale College for an education.
In 1754 the father made a will, naming his son Ezra and friend Robert
Hempstead his executors, and he died on l7th September, 1755, about
seven years after his father. His hopeful son Ezra was just twenty-one
years of age — had graduated from Yale College in 1754, and doubtless had
entered under the tutelage of Mr. Hempstead to become a lawyer.
This Robert Hempstead, the town lawyer and magistrate, was a native
of New London, b. in 1703. He came to Southold as early as 1725,
4 Biography of T£zra I? Hommedieu. [Jan.,
probably for an education. It will startle some to hear of Southold as a
place of education for a New London boy, but it was such. Hempstead
remained, studied law, and learned bow to transact the town business
under Benjamin Youngs, the previous academic teacher and lawyer of the
place, who was a justice of the peace and judge. Hempstead married
the daughter of his preceptor, and took up his residence in Southold for
life; wrote many of the deeds and wills; became in turn a justice of the
peace and judge, and succeeded very generally to the position of his
father-in-law Judge Youngs. When Ezra LuHommedieu was eight years
"t' age, tin; old, well-educated, and eminent justice Youngs died; leaving
apparently an estimable character for an example to the boy. When, at the
age of fourteen, he lost his grandfather, he was old enough to study the
strange eventful history and decided character of the patriarch. When, aged
twenty-one, he lost his father, and had the full cares of life devolve on him,
he must turn to his preceptor and co-executor for guidance and support.
Mr. Hempstead was then fifty-two years of age. The young man, attached
to him as a student, was in the line of safe precedents to succeed him, and
be at least the local lawyer and justice of the town. He had hardly a
rival for that place ; but on a wider field he had promising competitors
for distinction. Thomas Wickham had been his classmate at college ;
Joseph Wickham, son of Major Parker Wickham, was educated to be a
lawyer, resided not far from him, and was near his age, but was more
ambitious and did not seek the same line of business or the same custom-
ers ; John Wickham, afterwards of Virginia, was much younger ; Edmund
Fanning, studying law, was not yet in his way, but promised a struggle
with him ; Edmund Fanning and John Sloss Hobart probably entered
college before he left. They graduated two or three years after he did.
For about twenty years, until he was forty years of age, we can trace
him by the deeds and wills to which his name was affixed, and by the
court entries. Southold was not a litigious place ; at one time for thirty
years there was not a lawsuit in the town; and other towns of the county,
less fortunate, had them abundantly.
In 1764 he received a power of attorney from Richard Andrews to
collect claims, which was put on record.
In 1765 he married Charity, dan. of Nicoll Floyd, sister of (the sub-
sequent General) William Floyd, who signed the Declaration of Inde-
pendence, and sister of the wife of the noted General Woodhull. This was
an important political and family connection, outside of his own large
town. He lived with her through the civil convulsions about twenty years.
She died on 31st July, 1785. They had no surviving children. After-
wards, in 1 803, he took a second wife, Catharine, dau. of Nicoll Havens,
of Shelter Island. lie had no sons, but left three daughters; one
of whom b. 1806, mar. the lawyer Samuel S. Gardiner, and left c.
There are descendants who are not lawyers, and one a college professor
(Dr. Hosford).
On 7th April, 1775, Major Phineas Fanning, from the western part of
the town of Southold, and others from other places were chosen to repre-
sent Suffolk county in the New York Provincial Convention called to elect
members of the General Congress to sit at Philadelphia. The choice was
made at a public meeting called at the County Court-House.
Edmund Fanning, completing his education as a lawyer, had become
Colonial Secretary and Register of Probates under Governor Tryon at New
York, lie bad married the Governor's daughter, had followed him to
1S71.] Biography of Ezra L'Hommedieu. 5
N. C, tried his skill in office and in controversies there, and returned
to N. Y. The Fanning family was a large one, and had its supporters
then in office and power. This Phineas, a brother of Edmund, had been
appointed Major by Governor Tryon. One or two others of the same
family or set were selected Delegates to the Convention, all probably opposed
to sending any delegation to the Congress at Philadelphia; hut that set
found themselves in a minority when the Convention met at New York.
They succeeded only in hampering and delaying action, and compelling
men to act for themselves.
On receipt of the alarming news from England and from Boston of the
course of the English ministry in attempting to enforce subjection by arms,
meetings were held to choose members of a provincial Congress, as it was
called, to represent the present State of New York.
At one of the meetings held before the end of April, 1775, Robert
Hempstead again presiding, after resolutions were passed in favor of resist-
ing the claims of the English ministry by all means in their power, the
plan was started of having those who would support Congress in opposition,
sign their names and distinctly agree to do so. The list is preserved and
printed in the calendar of revolutionary papers. The names of the residents
of Southold can be easily detected, and they embrace about one-half of all
who then signed for the County of Suffolk. Mr. L'Hommedieu signed, and
his neighbors.
Afterwards in May the paper was taken around for the signature of per-
sons who did not attend the county meeting or had not before signed. At
least 223 in Southold town, near him, agreed to support Congress ; about
forty declined, and their particular situations can be easily traced. The dis-
sentients were nearly all members of or connected with the two strong families
of Fanning and Wickham, to which the lawyers belonged who were com-
petitors of L'Hommedieu. Only one person dissented on Shelter Island.
The result was that, at another meeting held in May, 1775, the Major Phi-
neas Fanning was left at home, and Ezra L'Hommedieu was chosen a dele-
gate to the 1st N. Y. Provincial Congress ; and was afterwards re-elected to
the 2d, 3d, and 4th. He was active in their meetings, at which the powers
of State government were assumed. During the intervals or recesses of their
sessions a "Committee of Safety," appointed by them with strong powers,
acted with much energy and effect. Of this Committee, his brother-in-law,
William Floyd, was appointed, and acted, representing the county. In his
own town his old preceptor, Robert Hempstead, was chairman of a Cor-
responding Committee, and he probably the active* correspondent. He was
full of professional business.
Thomas Wickham, of Southold, was a member of the 1st, 2d, and
3d New York Congress — representing rather the moderate or neutral
class. His brother John Wickham hail married into the Fanning
family. Thomas was left out of the 4th Congress, and, as some say, took
the opposite side. James Havens of Shelter Island was a member of the
1st Congress. Capt. Daniel Brown (believed connected with the mother of
Mr. L'Hommedieu) was his co-delegate in the 2d and 3d Cougress ; and
Thomas Dering in the 4th. The latter was a stanch co-adjutor. Coming
from Boston in 1762, he mar. a dan. of Brinley Silvester, and
became possessed of land on Shelter Island — formerly of the Silvester
family. Hobart, Woodlmll, and Floyd were members from the western
part of the county. A very full census was taken in 1776, showing the
strength of the colony ; and there were active and earnest struggles to get
6 Biography of Ezra jOHommedieu. [Jan.,
command of and manage its militia force. At Southold the Fanning party
had the management of the legal organizations, the appointments and order-
ing of elections. At a company election, Thomas Fanning, a brother of
Edmnnd and Phineas, was appointed to give notice of it and to preside. He
had his son-in-law appointed 1st lieutenant, and his son 2d lieutenant ;
neither of these expected to oppose the King's government. Another
organization supported Congress. Minute men, selected from the militia,
were required to keep their arms with them, and to assemble at a minute's
warning for active service. The company of minute men from this town of
Southold, near the east end of L. L, under Capt. Jonathan Bailey
(a neighbor of L'Hommedieu, who had signed to support Congress) was
prompt enough to march, in July, 1770, tne whole length of the Island (with
one field piece), and to get inside the lines at Brooklyn, and with other
minute men under Col. Josiah Smith take their share in the battle of
L. I., in August, while nearly all the rest of L. I. force were stopped
by orders or by their officers, professedly to take care of the Island, and to drive
away cattle so as not to furnish supplies for the British army at Flat-
bush.
[In my boyhood I conversed with the survivors of this military band from
Southold, and heard some of them testify on oath to their history.] All
this activity at Southold in 1776 reflects in some degree upon Mr. L'Hom-
medieu— showing bis attention and energy. We have occasional glimpses
of his individual action, but no connected account. He was decided and
active ; but not noisy nor obtrusive.
No doubt upon his recommendation Daniel Griffing — his neighbor and
schoolmate at Southold, grandson of Jasper, who lived near the harbor, on
the " town-harbor lane " — was appointed a captain ; and he served, a steady
and reliable officer, through the Revolutionary war in the Continental
Army. Ambrose Horton, another captain, would be in like manner recom-
mended ; also Joseph Horton, an ensign, and Wm. Havens, of Shelter
Island, a lieutenant. These were all family connections. Barnabas Tuthill,
appointed Major, was more distantly connected, and did not stay in the
service long. Christopher Youngs, bearing the ancient and distinctive
family name of the Southold Youngs family, having a father and grand-
father of the same name, both then living, entered the army among the
first, fought his way with it, and at the close of the war, in 1783, was
honorably discharged a captain. The eastern Long Island troops — raised for
Continental service — were not sufficient at first to form a regiment, and two
companies of them were attached to the Dutchmen of Ulster county. James
Clinton was their Colonel, afterwards General, the father of De Witt. By
repute they had even some of the descendants of the old Pensionary
Dewitt of Holland in the same regiment. Two other companies with
Major Tuthill were attached to the so-called Dutchess County Regiment.
Since our great civil war we are better able to understand all these
arrangements. Most of those who had signed to support Congress, after
the battle of L. I., promptly removed from L. I. to Connecticut, and many
of them entered the Continental service. Some, especially the more aged,
lacking the means of support in Connecticut, returned to their farms on L.
I. The Convention aided this removal to Connecticut. Mr. L'Hommedieu,
absent from home, had his family and goods removed. He attended and
acted upon the committees of the Convention or Congress. One of the Grif-
fing family — his neighbors down the lane — quietly guarded and protected
his house and land. He owned slaves, but did not hesitate en that
1871.] Biography of Ezra UHommedu u. 7
account; although the disorders as well as the principles of the Revolution
" loosened the hands of the slave." He had been a loan officer for his
county, and having some public money in hand, he deposited the same with
the new Treasurer appointed by the Convention, and had a vote agreeing'
to indemnify him for so doing. We must leave to another occasion all criti-
cisms of his votes and acts as a legislator. He assisted to form and adopt
the first constitution of our State. From 1*777 to 1783 he was a member
of Assembly under that constitution. In 1779, 1781, and 1783 he was
elected for three times a member of the Continental Congress. From 1784
to 1809 he was a member of our State Senate (except in 1793), and once a
member of the Council of Appointment ; he held, also, some minor offices,
such as County Clerk. In 1787 he was chosen a Regent of our State Uni-
versity. This position he held until his death, which occurred on 28th
September, 1811. While he was in these public places we all know what
was accomplished, and can read the record of his votes. The great occa-
sions were such as to leave the individual much out of view. He did not
claim to be an orator, nor put himself forward for public notice. He was
naturally, on some topics, the suppoi'ter of John Jay, the more eminent
descendant of a Huguenot. Mr. Hammond ranks him afterwards in politics as
a Federalist. His Senatorial district would elect a Republican when he was
not a candidate, but not over him. He too often followed his own views
to be relied on or be popular as a party-man. He pushed forward his
brother-indaw, Floyd, in preference to himself for political positions; his
friend, John Sloss Hobart, also. The latter became a Judge. It is prob-
able Mr. LTIommedieu did not covet higher positions than he held, or
judicial office. Perhaps, in the heated collisions which lie encountered, he
deemed himself not supplied with the requisite calmness for the judicial
bench. Party struggles were severe, so that neither the contemporary
criticisms of opponeuts, nor the general praise of adherents and friends, are
a safe reliance. The office of critic has yet to be filled.
We may easily learn his style as a writer and his course as a citizen.
After laying aside the cares of office he turned his attention to repair the
wastes of the long and terrible war. We can read his communications on
agricultural subjects, published in the transactions of the first agricultural
society of the State. They embraced the maimer of taking fish for manure ;
of making ditches and hedges for enclosures ; of folding sheep, and raising
calves for stock, and clover for pasture, or the like. Information on such
topics was greatly needed by the farmers who turned their swords into
ploughshares. It is hard now to imagine so great a want of it. But these
brief and practical essays are sufficient to give us an idea of the country
gentleman (the writer of them) which we all can comprehend.
Disregarding the critics, we can rely upon the general character for intel-
ligence and private worth which he left, and upon the record of his votes
and acts. These are imperishable. Looking at these he could safely
say : " Exegi monumentum, ?ere perennium," and to us, " Excelsior."
He lived in Southold village, next to the Rev. John Storrs, a graduate of
Yale, who was settled there, but acted as chaplain during the war. His
favored student was Thomas Storrs Lester (son of Silvester Lester), who
became his active executor and successor in public honors.
The Lotting Family. [Jan
THE LATTING FAMILY.
[Contributed by John J. Latting, Esq.]
The families of Lattin and Latting, in this country, are descended from
Richard Lettin (or Letten, as the name appeals in the earlier records) who
emigrated from England to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1038—9. No account
of his English ancestry or descent, or of the place whence he came, has
been preserved in the family; there existing only the tradition that he
" came from England in old Pilgrim times."
He was accompanied on his emigration to, and arrival in this country, by
his wife and one or more children, and proceeded at once to Concord, in
Massachusetts, where a settlement had then hut recently been commenced by
Capt. Simon Willard and others. The following petition, signed by him
and some of his associates, found on the files of the General Court of' Mas-
sachusetts, is the evidence of this fact.
%' Whereas your humble petitioners came into this country about 4
years agoe, and have since then lived at Concord, where we were toned to
buy what now we have, or the most of it, the convenience of the town being
before given out: your petitioners having been brought up, in husbandry, of
children, finding the lands about the town very barren and the meadows
very wet and unuseful, especially those we now have interest in ; and know-
ing it is your desire the lands might be subdued, have taken pains to search
out a place on the north west of our town, where we do desire some reason-
able quantitie of land may be granted unto us, which we hope may in time
be joined to the farms already laid out there to make a village ; and so,
desiring God to guide you in this and all other your weighty occasions, we
rest your humble petitioners.
" i >ated Sept. 7, 1643.
" (Signed) Thomas Wheeler,
Timothy AVheeler,
Ephkaim Wheeler,
Thomas Wheeler, Jr.,
Roger Draper,
Richard Lettix."
(Endorsed by the Court)
"We think some quantitie may be granted to them, provided that within
two years, they make some good improvement of it."
In the following year (1044) a considerable number of the Concord set-
tlers removed with their pastor, Rev. John Jones, to Fairfield, in Connecticut,
whither also Richard Lettin and others from Concord subsequently followed
with their families. As late, however, as August, 1640, he was still at Con-
cord. On the 31st of that month he was appointed co-administrator with
Capt. Simon Willard and Joseph Wheeler, of the estate of Robert Stark, of
Concord, deceased. lie removed to Fairfield in the latter part of this year,
1646, probably prior to October, as we find a note or bond dated Oct. 18,
1646, made by George Horns and George Cleyr to him, by the name of
" Richard Lattyn, on account of Laurence Turner," for £'13*Stg. Turner
was at this time a resident of Greenwich, afterwards Stamford, the adjoin-
ing town to Fairfield. Horns and Cleyr, or Clair, were residents of New
York ; Horns beings the same with George Holmes, who, in company with
1871.] The Latting Family. 9
Thomas Hall, was at that time largely engaged in the cultivation of tobacco
at a plantation occupied by them for that purpose, at Turtle Bay (or Deutel
Bay, so called by the Dutch.)
From 1647 to 1653, Richard Lettin's name appears frequently in the
records of the General Court of Connecticut, and also of some of the inferior
courts, as plaintiff in sundry suits fur money demands. At a General Court
held at Hartford, Sept. 2, 1647, George Abbott is adjudged to pay 12s. to
Rich. Letten.
In an old book in the :-"tate Library, at Hartford, entitled "Second Book
of the Records of the Acts of the County Courts and Courts of Probate in
the County of Hartford, and of Wills and Inventories, which said County
Courts are called sometimes Quarter Courts, sometimes a Court of Magis-
trates, and sometimes Particular Courts," are the following quaint entries :
" Know all men by these presents that I Thomas Bersly of ffairfield
oweth Richard Lettin of ffairfield the full sum of 5 pounds 4 shillings.
" Witness my hand,
" Phillip Pinckney, Thomas Bersly.
" This is a true copy of so many words as were in an original writing.
A Particular Court in Hartford the 19th of May 1652
" Richard Lettin pi*, contra Thomas Bersly in an action of the case for
not performing his service according to execution granted by the Court to
the damage of £10.
Thomas Bersly made his appearance in Court.
Richard Lettin saith that Mr. Ludlow denyed to give him a warrant to
bring his witnesses before him to take their testimony.
A particular Court held at Hartford March the 2. 16ff-
Richard Lattiu pit. agt. Roger Knap defendt. in an action of debt with
ye damage to value of 6 lb.
Richard Lattine pit. agt. Roger Knap defendt. in an action of Defamation
and molestation to the damage of 20 lb.
In the action between Rich: Lattin pi'. & Roger Knap deft, the Jury
finds for the deft. Cost of Court.
In the 2d action between Rich: Lattin plff. & Roger Knap
deft, the Jury finds for the plft. 10s. damage & Cost of Court, for 2
witnesses 24ss. viz Silly & Dunn & 3ss. lOd. for the dyett of Silly.1
During these years, 1647 to 1653, he appears as owner of various town
plots and lands in and around Fairfield. As the records of the town prior
to January, 1649, were lost or destroyed, no evidence exists of any purchases
of an earlier date than that year; although lands bounded by his in the
descriptions in deeds between other parties are frequently mentioned.
In the month of January, 1653, in anticipation of his contemplated
removal from Fairfield, he made sale of all his lands in that place, principally
to John Gruman and Daniel Finch.
1 Roger Knap was the husband of the unfortunate li Good wife Knap," who in this
same year (1653) was tried, convicted, and executed at Fairfield for witchcraft.
"Silly" was Nathaniel Seeley, of New Haven, who about 1649 married at Fair-
field. Mary, daughter of Beujamin Turney ; and '"Dunn" was Thomas Dunn, who
then resided in Fairfield, and who died there in 1060, leaving no wife or children,
and giving his property to Rev. John Jones.
10 TJie Lotting Family. [Jan.,
Tn this year occurred the war between the English and Dutch, involving
a struggle for their possessions in Connecticut, New York, and Long Island.1
That Richard Lettin was still in Fairfield as late as May of this year is
apparent from a petition, presented by him to the General Court at Hartford,
at its session there on the 21st of that month, "complayning that his deaf-
ness makes him incapable of trayning and hee desiring to be freed, it's
"referred to the townsmen of Fairfield to consider of it, and to free him if
"they see good cause." About this time, or very soon after, he went, with
his son Josiah, then 1:2 years old, to Hempstead, Long Island, his wife and
the rest of his family apparently remaining at Fairfield or in its vicinity.
lie does not appear to have acquired a home in Hempstead during this
year, for both father and son then " lodged and dyetted " at the House or
Ordinary in that village kept by John Rodes. He was engaged there in
farming, and so apparently continued till IG60.
In the year 1658 his name appears among the list of "Hempstead towns-
men'' entitled to pasture cattle on the "Neck" (afterward called "Cow
Neck"). By the town rules every person was entitled to put in a number
of cows or cattle to pasture in proportion to the number of standing gates
or pannels of fence made by him. In this list, contained in Liber A of
Hempstead Records, page 5, is the following entry for this year :
" Richard Lettin hath twelve gaits. 12."
In 1060 he purchased of Anne Crooker, widow of William Crooker of
Oyster Hay, a house and home-lot in that village, on the north side of the
main street, a little east of the present mill pond, and between that and
Quogne Lane, and removed thither.
In the month of September of the following year, 1661, he was still a
resident of Oyster Bay, as, at that date, he unites with his fellow-townsmen
in a grant to Henry Townsend of lands for a mill on the west side of the
village.
On the 27th November of the same year he had removed with his son
Josiah to Huntington, and by deed of that date, in which both father and
son unite, describing themselves as then " of "Huntington," sold and conveyed
to Samuel Andrews the house and home-lot in Oyster Bay which the father
had bought of the Widow Crooker.
While the father and son were thus domiciled on Long Island, but failing
to establish a permanent residence anywhere, Goodwife Lettin had remained
in Connecticut, although probably not in Fairfield. The earliest trace of her
existence subsequently to the birth of her two sons in Concord, in 1640 and
1643, is found in the proceedings of the General Court of Connecticut, at
the term of that court held at Hartford in May, 1661, when it seems she
presented a petition to the Court for leave to reside in Fairfield. Under
date of May 16, 1661, is the following entry : — "This Court grants Goode-
" wife Lettin liberty to inhabit in Fairfield, in case that Towne admit her."
Her first name has been a matter of some inquiry and surmise, but with-
out any positive or conclusive solution. It is possible it was "Christian " —
a name then not unfrequently borne by females — and she may be identical
with the subject of the following entries in the Records of the Quarter Court,
held at Hartford, March 7th, 1660-61 :
" Christian Lettin pit. contra Hendrickson in an action of slander to ye
"damage of £20 Op. Od."
1 The bitterness of feeling between the Dutch of New York and the English in
the New England settlements was intense, and all able-bodied men were called out
to train for the anticipated conflict.
1871.] The Latting Family. 11
****** *
'• The action of Christian Lettin is referee! to a Court at ffairfield, and
"ye Dft. to pay charge of ye Court ]3s. 6d."
Richard Lettin appears to have continued his residence in Huntington
till the summer of 1G63.
At this time arose the conflict of jurisdiction over the towns on Long
Island between the people of Connecticut and New York, when he, declin-
ing to acknowledge the supremacy of Connecticut, was, with others, ordered
by the General Court held at Hartford in May, 1663, to leave Huntington
by the following October. He thereupon returned to Oyster Bay, where
he made further purchases of lands ; the next earliest recorded conveyance
to him being a deed from Richard Paynter, dated September 9th, 1666,
of several different parcels in that village, and sundry town rights in
" meadows " and " commons. "
Meanwhile he appears to have retained his ownership of his lauds in
Huntington, and perhaps a sort of quasi residence there. Of this, however,
it would seem the people of that town, or those who adhered to Connecti-
cut jurisdiction, were jealous, and instigated the then Colonial Governor of
New York to address him the following "friendly " epistle : —
" Whereas I am informed by ye inhabitants of yc Towne of Huntington,
" that yor having a lott in ye sd towne and living in another place, do not
" only neglect, and out of a vexatious humour do refuse to manure or fence
" yr lot w1'1' proves to the great damage and molestacon of ye inhabitants:
" To the end such uncharitable and unchristian practices may be restrained,
" I have thought fit to give you this advice and notice. That you are to
" cause the s'1 lot to be fenced (as by ye law is required) within one month
" after ye date hereof, so that yr neighbors there receive no further damage —
" otherwise some other course shall be taken for ye disposal of ye sd lot to
" make satisfaccon for ye sa damage already sustained.
" Yr. friend,
" Feb. 10, 1668 " Fran. Lovelace."
"To Richard Lettin
" at Oyster Bay."
In January, 1669, he made other purchases of lands in Oyster Bay, and in
April of that year made his first purchase of Matinecock lands from Thomas
Francis, described in the deed as a Seataueut Indian. This was a tract of
one hundred and thirty acres, and covered a part of the present site of
Lattingtown. It does not appear that he ever had a residence in Matine-
cock or Lattingtown. He probably continued to reside in Oyster Bay with
his son Josiah, who removed thither from Huntington, and married in 1668.
His first wife died about this period. Whether she ever came to Long
Island or remained in Fairfield is unknown.
During his residence in Hempstead he had formed the acquaintance of
Thomas Ireland and his family, of that place. He was a witness for Ireland
in a suit brought by him against Richard Brudenell in January, 1659, the
object of his testimony being to impeach Brudenell.
Ireland died in 1668, leaving his widow, Joane Ireland, surviving him,
with whom Richard Lattin intermarried August 24th, 16V0, and immediately
took up his abode with her at her residence in North Hempstead. Deeds
of lands executed by him, after this date, describe him as " of Hempstead."
In 1672, on the complaint of one Lorus Mott, an "informer," of Hemp-
stead, he was accused of speaking too freely, perhaps disloyally, against the
12 The Lotting Family. [Jan.,
Duke of York, and his representative, Governor Lovelace ; whereupon, such
was tlic apparent bitterness of party feeling at the time, a proclamation and
warrant of arrest were issued against him. That he was persecuted for a
while for his "free speech " is evident ; hut the political offence seems to
have been ultimately overlooked, and he was excused from further persecu-
tion or prosecution, on account of his advanced age.
lie died in this or the following year. Issue : —
2. i. Alan.) m. William Hudson.
3. ii. (dan.) m. John Robins, prob. as early as: 1660: had son named John,
both living, in 1681, at Oyster Bay, or Matinecock. The father is men-
tioned as grantee of a " home-lot" in Oyster Bay. as early as 1669.
4. hi. Haxxaii, m. John Davis, prior to Nov. lUTU. d. previous to Dec. 1687.
He was* one of the original proprietors of Brookhaven in IG'oj.
5. iv. JOSIAH, b. at Concord. Mass., Feb. "ill, 1641.
6. v. THOMAS, b. at Concord, Mass., Sep. 12, 1643.
5. Josiaii, 1). at Concord, Mass., Feb. 20. 1641 ; came with his father to
Hempstead in 1653, thence to Oyster Bay and Huntington. He
appears to have continued a resident of Huntington after his father's
return to Oyster Bay. In 1665 he is found to he the owner of a
house and home-lot in Huntington ; being proprietor, also, of about
twenty " cattle," which were at pasture on the common lands
of Huntington. He was certainly still a resident of that place in
] 666, when he appears in the Court records as a party to a suit with
Caleb Wood, also of that place.
On 22d Oct. 1667, his father executed to him a conveyance of
all his (the father's) lands within the limits of " New York shire "
(with certain reservations for his own life), with a provision that in
case of his son's death they should go to " Sarah Wright, his in-
tended wife."
He shortly afterwards married Sarah Wright, daughter of Nicholas
Wright, one of the early proprietors of the town, and probably
removed to the latter place, where he soon became a prominent actor
among the settlers ami proprietors.1 The Town Records are
replete with frequent entries of " awards " and " allotments " to him
of sundry " plotts " of land as " home-lots," with rights of " com-
monage as a townsman ; " the earliest order being one for two acres
in the village of Oyster Bay, adjoining to Caleb Wright's land, made
December 23d, 1667.
He continued to reside in Oyster Bay till 1680, when he removed
to what was then known as Matinecock, where he erected a dwell-
ing-house on a tract of land still owned by his descendants, consti-
tuting part of the present hamlet of Lattingtown. After the erec-
tion of this dwelling-house, the Matinecock Indians, Suskanemen and
Wehrow, on 5th July, 1681, gave him a deed for the ground, con-
taining ten acres, then described as " woodland" and reciting it as
bounded "northward to the Highway or street where his now dwell-
ing house stands." From this time to 1688 he, with Edmund
Wright, his wife's brother, and his brothers-in-law, John Davis, John
Robins, and William Hudson (who had married his sisters), made
other purchases of adjacent lands from the Indian proprietors. These
purchases comprised the whole of the present site of Lattingtown,
and extended northwardly to Long Island Sound.
1 He is named as one of the original patentees in the Confirmatory Patent of
the town, granted by Governor Andross, Sept. 24, 1077.
1871.] The Latting Family. 13
During all of this period, and nearly up to the time of his death,
he is prominent in all the town meetings, being entrusted with
numerous town offices, and on several occasions deputed by the
town to settle and adjust " boundary difficulties." Was a proprietor
in Unkaway and Latting Necks, at South Oyster Bay, the latter
being named for him.
The latest entry of any public act for the town by him is the
following: " 1*703, Jany. 13. Josias Latting Senr. chosen by vote
" of the freeholders and inhabitants of the town, to carry the patten
"& ye quit rent y* is due upon ye same down to New York &
,; pay it to ye officer appointed to receive the s'1 quit Rent, <k show
" him ye patten, & then to return it to ye Town again.''
The latest deed executed by him is dated May 28, 1719, in which
he is described as " of Oyster Bay, Yeoman," whereby " in considera-
tion of natural love' and affection," he conveys to his " son-in-
" law, John Provoce, of New York, Cooper, and Sarah, his wife,
" daughter of said Josiah, for their better livelihood and subsistence,
" the moiety or equal half of a lot in the Old Purchase of Ovster
" Bay, containing 75 Acres, on the Highway near Jcrico."
He died in the following year, 1720, being then eighty years of
age. Issue : —
7. i. Richard.
8. ii. Josias.
9. iii. Sarah, m. June 25, 1718, in the Dutch Church, New York, to Johannes
Provoost, of New York. No issue.
6. Thomas, 2d son of Richard Lettin1, continued at Fairfield in Connecticut,
and married, about 1687, Mercy, daughter of Henry Wakelyn, or
Wakeley, of Stratford, Connecticut, to which latter place he re-
moved about this time. We cannot learn that he was ever owner of
any lot or land in the present, village of Stratford. His name does
not appear among the proprietors on any list recorded in the Town
Records. The earliest notice of his name is under date of June 26,
1688, in Yol. 2 of the Town Records, page 3, where a description is
given of the " ear marks " of his cattle as follows : —
"Thomas Lattin ear marks with a slitt on ye under side the
" right ear, which slitt hath its first entrance about ye middle of the
" ear, and bends backward toward ye root of the ear."
Under date of March 22, 1689, is the entry of a sale by him and
Richard Raynor (Nathaniel Sherman acting for Raynor) to William
Junes, of a yoke of oxen, describing color and marks, and also of a
sale by Thomas Lattin to William Junes of a " Brown Nagg" the
contract of sale being witnessed by Samuel Galpin and Mark
Meggs.
It is probable he resided in or near Oronoke, a little north of the vil-
lage, where many of the later Stratford settlers took up their abodes,
since on the 4th of November, 1709, he bought from James Clarke,
Jr., of Stratford, 12 acres of land lying in the woods on the west side
of Oronock Highway, near the present site of Putney Chapel.
He died Feby. 24, 17 If. His widow, Mercy, survived him ; and
subsequently, August 31, 1721, married Moses Wheeler, of Strat-
ford. Issue : —
1-t The Latting Family. [Jan.,
10. i. Patikxce. b. Dec. 31, 1G88, m. John Gilbert, Nov. 25, 1714. Issue : — 1.
Anna, bap. at Ripton (now Huntington), May 87, 1722. 2. Thomas,
bap. at Ripton, Sep. 27, 172:!.
11. ii. Thomas.) , . , -v 1Q 1,.,..,
tt ' ... T. - twins, b. Aov. 18*10!).}.
12. in. David, \ ' *
13. iv. Jacob, b. Nov. 9, 1696.
14. v. Benjamin, b. Apr. 13, 1702.
7. Richard, eldest son of Josias Latting5, married 17 — , Mary
Wright, daughter of John Wright, of Oyster Bay, L. I. He was a
farmer, and resided at Lattingtowu, where he died about 1754-5.
Issue : —
15. i. Josias.
16. ii. John. m. Martha Coles.
17. iii. Richard.
8. Josias, 2d son of Josias5, married in 1093 Susanna Coles, daughter
of Daniel Coles, of Musquito Cove, L. I. Issue : —
18. i. Josias.
19. ii. Benjamin.
20. iii. Joseph.
21. iv. SUSANNA, m. Benjamin Stanton.
22. v. DEBORAH, m. Valentine Worden, Oct. 23, 172G.
23. vi. Nancy.
11. Thomas, son of Thomas6 and Mercy Lattin, of Stratford, b. Nov.
18, 1093, mar. April 19, 1722, Mary Skid more, of Stratford. He
was a vestryman of Christ Church, Stratford, 1725 and 1720, and
from 1732 to 1738.
lie subsequently removed to and resided in the town of Hunting-
ton, Conn., where his wife died, June 18, 1773. He d. Oct. 23,
1773 : both buried in Huntington grave-yard. Issue : —
24 i. Thomas.
12. David, twin of above Thomas", and son of Thomas" and Mercy
Lattin, b. Nov. 18, 1093, m. Nov. 8, 1721, Comfort Titterton,
dau. of Samuel Titterton, who was the son of Daniel Titterton,
or Titharton, the first settler of that name in Stratford, and
who died there in 1088. She was "taken into covenant" in
the Congregational Churchat Stratford Aug. 21, 1737. He became
a communicant in Christ Episcopal Church at Stratford in 1749.
He died in 175—. His wife survived him. They do not seem to
have had any issue. This is inferred from bis will, made Oct. .9,
1750, recorded in Fairfield County Probate Office, by which, after
making provision for his wife, Comfort, he gives the residue of his
estate to his two brothers, Thomas and Benjamin.
14. Benjamin, son of Thomas', and Mercy (Wakelyn) Lattin, b. April 13,
1702, m. Nov. , l7-2'->, Mary Barlee or Barlow of Stratford. Issue: —
25 i. Jacor, b. 1724, bap. in Epis. Church at Stratford Aug. 9, 1724, d. Nov.
2:>, 1724, buried in the old burial-ground at Stratford, where a finely-
cut slate-stone tablet was erected over his grave, but which, at the
removal of all the bodies to the new grave-yard, in 1847, was removed
thither, but never re-erected, and now reclines neglected against the
grave-yard fence.
26. ii. PHEBE, bap. in Congregational Church at Stratford, Oct. 10, 172").
27. iii. Lois, bap. in same, Dec. 10, 1727.
1871.] The Latting Family. 15
28. iv. Mary, b. Mar. 1st, 1730.
29. v. Benjamin, b. Oct. 13, 1730.
30. vi. Luke, b. June 13, 1742.
31. vii. Job.
16. John, 2d son of Richard7 and Mary (Wright) Latting, married Mar,
tha Coles, dau. of Nathan Coles, of Musquito Cove, April 4, 1726,
in Episcopal Church at Hempstead. Resided at Latting Town — a
fanner — owned and occupied that part of the Latting Town purchase
since called Cream Hill, now owned by Dr. James C. Townsend,
which he sold, in 1753, to Thomas Thorn, and shortly afterwards
removed to Ulster County, New York, where, in conjunction with
Joseph Carpenter, John Caverly, and Benjamin Stanton, he purchased
a large tract of land and settled, and named the settlement Latting-
Town, which name it still retains. Issue: —
32. i. John.
33. ii. Piiaroah.
17. Richard, 3d son of Richard7 and Mary (Wright) Latting, resided at
Latting Town, L. I., married Elizabeth Parish, daughter of Dr.
Matthew Parish and Zeruiah (Townsend), his wife, of Oyster Bay,
d. at Latting Town in May, 1751. His will is dated May 7, 1751,
proved May 28th, 1751, filed and recorded in Surrogate's office,
New York, Lib. 17 of Wills, p. 368.
His wife survived him, and mar. Augustine Weeks, Nov. 12, 1757,
by whom she had one son, named Refine Weeks, who removed
to Orwell, Vermont, on Lake Champlain, opposite Ticonderoga.
Issue : —
34. i. SARAn.
35. ii. Zeruiah.
36. iii. Freelove.
37. iv. Ambrose.
18. Josias, 1st son of Josiass and Susanna (Coles) Latting, mar. Mary ,
removed to and settled near Jericho, L. I. Issue : —
38. i. Isaac, b. 1735, resided at Jericho, died unmar. May 25, 1880, bur. in
Friends' burying-groimd at Westbury, L. I.
39. ii. Daniel.
40. iii. Sarah.
41. iv. Piiebe, m. Stephen Concklin, of Suffolk Co., weaver, Oct. 6, 1764.
19. Benjamin, 2d son of Josias* and Susanna (Coles) Latting, b. at Latting
Town, L. I., Jul}- 8, 1720, ra. 1st, Leah Simonson, dau. of Morris
Simonson, or Simerson, of Westbury, L. I. ; 2d, Sarah Holmes, dau.
of Forman, and widow of Samuel Holmes, deed., d. at Latting
Town, 1779-80. Letters of Administration on his estate, granted
by Probate Court, of Queens County, to his son, Benjamin Latting
Sept. 3, 1784 (Lib. 2 of Letters of Administration, Surro. Office, N.
Y., p. 176). Issue: —
By 1st wife Leah :
42. i. Benjamin, b. July 7, 1740.
43. ii. Joseph, b. Nov. 12, 1742.
44. iii. Thomas, b. Aug-. 27, 1746.
45. iv. Sarah, b. July 21, 1748, m. Bichard Jackson.
16 The Latting Family. [Jan.,
46. v. PHEBE, b. May 20, 1730, d. unmarried.
47. vi. THEODOSIA, commonly called Docey, or Dorcey, b. Oct. 7, 1750, m. Sam-
uel Carman.
48. vii. SUSAN, b. June 1, 1750, m. Lawrence Fish, of Hempstead.
By his 2d wife, Swrali :
40. viii. WlLLET.
50. ix. Jemima.
51. x. Freelove.
52. xi. Elizabeth, or Betsey.
20. Joseph, 3d son of Josias8 and Susanna (Coles) Latting, m. Mary
Butler, dau. of Capt. Richard Butler, of Oyster Bay, and Hannah
his wife (who was a daughter of John Weeks, of Oyster Bay). He
died June 27, 1776. "ilis wife d. Sept. 27, 1800. They were
both buried in the Old Family Grave Yard, at Latting Town. At
his grave a rude stone was placed at the time of his burial, bearing
simply the initials "I. L. 1776," rudely carved, and now scarcely
discernible, having become almost worn away by time and the action
of the elements.
A -white marble monument, to the memory of both of them, was
erected between their graves a few years ago by their granddaughter,
Hannah Kirby. Issue : —
53.
i.
Hannah.
54
ii.
Ethellnda
55.
iii.
Phebe.
56.
iv.
William.
21. Susanna, dau. of Josias8 and Susanna (Coles) Latting, m. Ben-
jamin Stanton, of Latting Town, Carpenter, who removed to
Ulster County in 1753, and in conjunction with John Latting,
Joseph Carpenter, and John Caverly, purchased the tract of land on
which the settlement of Latting Town, in that county, was made.
22. Deborah, dau. of Josias8 and Susanna (Coles) Latting, m. Valentine
Worden, Oct. 23, 1726.
23. Nancy, dau. of Josias8 and Susanna (Coles) Latting, m. Irish, re-
moved to Danby,' Vermont. Issue : — a dau. Zipporah, who m. Hays.
24. Thomas, only son of Thomas11 and Mary (Skidmore) Lattin, of Stratford,
b. May 1 1, 1727, m. Abigail , b. 1729. He d. in 1801 , she d. in
1795. In sue : —
57. i. Mary, b. Oct. 6, 1758.
58. ii. Abigail, b. Dec. 17, 1759.
59. iii. Mercy, b. Sep. 26, 1763.
60. iv. William Thomas, b. Mar, 11, 1706.
29. Benjamin, son of Benjamin14 and Mary (Barlow) Lattin, of
Stratford, b. Oct. 13, 1736, m. April 12, 1770 ; d. April 8, 1802.
Issue: —
61. i. Ester, b. Nov. 24, 1770, d. an infant.
62. ii. Estkk, b. Dec. 29, 1771.
63. iii. Nathan Benjamin, b. Sep. 26 1773.
64. iv. Abigail, b. July 3, 1778.
30. Luke, 6th son of Benjamin14 and Mary (Barlow) Lattin, of Strat-
ford, born June 13, 1742 ; m. Elizabeth ■ . He was a stalwart man,
of great muscular strength, d. 1 7 — . Issue : —
1871.] Thv tatting Family. 17
G5. i. Rnon.v, b. 1703, bap. iu Epis. church, at Ripton, Aug. 7,1703.
00. ii. G-IDEON, bap. in same, April 4, 1705.
07. iii. BETSEY, bap. iu same, May 3, 1707.
OS. iv. Nabby, bap. in same, Feb. 7, 1709.
32. John, son of John"1 and Martha (Coles) Latting, resided at Latting
Town. Ulster county, d. 1757. Issue: —
09. i. Jacob, b. 175G.
34. Sarah, dau. of Richard17 and Elizabeth (Parish) Latting, m. Coles
Carpenter, of Moscheto Cove, Nov. 1, 1756. She survived her
husband, who died at Moscheto Cove, in 1781. His will dated 4th
month, 6th, 1779. Proved June 23, 1781. N. Y. Surro. office, Lib.
34, p. 228. Issue: —
70. i. Maurice.
71. ii. Benjamin.
72. iii. Latting.
73. iv. James.
74. v. Elizabeth.
75. vi. Deborah.
76. vii. Freelove.
35. Zeruiah, dau. of Pochard17 and Elizabeth (Parish) Latting, m. Capt.
James Farley, Oct. 14, 1770. Tier husband survived her and mar-
ried Audrey Tovvnsend, dau. of Samuel Townsend, of Oyster Bay.
Issue : —
77. i. Elizabeth.
78. ii. Margaret.
30. Freelove, dau. of Richard17 and Elizabeth (Parish) Latting, b.
25 Aug. 1747; m. 20 Dec. 1764, John Cock, son of.Hezekiah
and Rosanna (Townsend) Cock. They resided at Matinecock, on the
place now owned and occupied by their great-grandson Townsend
D. Cock, Esq. He d. Jany. 10, 1819. She d. May 19, 1820.
Issue : —
79. i. George, b. 10 Sept. 1765, m. Freelove Wright, dau. of Gideon Wright,
24 June, 1787, d. 31 Oct. 1855. Issue: — Anne, Gideon, Elijah, Hez-
ekiah.
80. ii. Elizabeth, b. 28 Mar. 1707, d. July, 1774.
81. iii. Ambrose, b. 20 April, 1709, d. 3 Sep., 1832, unmarried.
82. iv. Daniel, b. 24 Apr. 1771, m. Mary Wright, dau. of Gideon Wright, 2
Dec. 1808, d. 27 Augt.1847.
83. v. Hezekiah, b. 28 Dec. 1772, d. 1781.
84. vi. Elizabeth, b. 11 June, 1775, m. Daniel Frost, 28 Apr. 1795, d. 24 Aug.
1857. Issue : — Abraham, Jehiel, Jarvis, Edgar. William Penn, Eliza,
Emily.
85. vii. / Twins, dan's. — unmarried.
86. viii \ b. March, 1777.
87. ix. John Lattlng, b. 18 March, 1779, m. 15 Sep. 1804, Charity Frost, d.
13 March, 1814.
88. x. Refine, b. 18 March, 1781. m. Harriet White, July, 1813, d. 23 Mar.
1830.
89. xi. Rosannah, b. 23 JanV, 1783, d. 15 Jan'y, 1809.
90. xii. Clarinda, b. Sep. 14. 1785, d. 24 Aug. 180-.
91. xhi Richard, b. July 27, 17^7. m. 17 April, 1827, Rebecca Underbill, d. 5
Apl. 1859. Issue: — William.
92. xiv. Latting, b. 30 Nov. 1789, d. 21 Feb., 1854.
2
18 The Latting Family. [Jan.,
93. xv. SABAH, b. 2d Feb., 1792, d. 1 Dec, 1816.
94. xvi. Deborah, b. 17 Dec, 1793, d. Feb. 15, 1810.
37. Ambrose , son of Richard" ami Elizabeth (Parish) Latting, 1>. J any.
11, 1750, removed to Dutchess County, New York, in 1772,
in. Joanna, dau. of Col. Morehouse, of Dover, Dutchess
( Jounty, N. Y., subsequently removed to Hillsdale, Columbia County.
He and Jordan, father of the late Ambrose L.Jordan,
Esq., were neighbors and intimate friends, and Mr. Jordan named
his son, Ambrose Latting, in memory of their friendship. He died
in 1.798. Issue: —
95. i. Elizabeth.
96. ii. Andrew.
97. iii. Refine, b. 1783.
98. iv. Phcebe, b. 1 785.
1 99. v. Sarah, b. 1788, died unmarried.
100. vi. Richard.
101. vii. Nancy.
39. Daniel, son of Josias18 and Mary ( ) Latting, b. 1741, m. 1st,
Henrietta Stage; 2nd, Pettit, widow of Pettit of Hemp-
stead. He served as a private in Capt. Israel Young's troop of
Horse during the Revolutionary war; d. at Jericho, Dec. 22, 1S33,
aged 92 years ; bur. in Friends' Cemetery at Westbury, L. I.
Issue : —
(by 1st wife.)
102. i. Deborah.
103. ii. Sarah, m. Daniel Hoagland.
{By 2d wife.)
104. iii. Isaac, b. 1799, d. young-. } , .
105. iv. Daniel, b. 1799. \ twms"
42. Benjamin, son of Benjamin1'1 and Leah (Siinonson) Latting, b.
July 7, 1740. He was a weaver, resided at Lattingtown, L. I. M.
1st, Deborah Holmes, dau. of his father's 2d wife. He raar'd, 2d,
June 19, 1787, Freelove Wright, dau. of Daniel Wright, of Ma-
tinecock. In the early part of the year 1790 he sold to his brother
Joseph that part of the Lattingtown lands owned by him, and re-
moved with his family to Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County, N. Y.,
where he died June 22, 1819. Issue : —
(by 1st tvife, Deborah.)
106. i. LEAn, b. Nov. 3, 1765.
107. ii. Josiah, b. Jan'y 29, 1767.
108. iii. Adoliuius, b. May 20, 1768.
109. iv. Nathaniel, b. Apr. 15, 1776.
110. v. William, b. Nov. 1, 1778.
(By 2d wife, Freelove.)
111. vi. DEBORAn, b. Apl. 3, 1788.
112. vii. Wright, b. Oct. 20. 1791.
113. viii. "Benjamin, b. June 13, 1794.
114. ix. Sarah, b. Oct. 13, 1797.
115. x. Freelove, b. May 20, 1801.
43. Joseph, son of Benjamin111 and Leah (Simonson) Latting, b.
Nov. 12, 1742, m. Jan'y 4, 1765, Martha Wright (Aunt of his
brother Benjamin's 2d wife), dau. of Daniel and Clementine Wright,
1871.] The Latting Family. 19
of Matinecock, removed to and settled at a place called Yellow-
Coat, near Oyster Bay, L. I., d. May, 1820. Will dated April
26, 1820, proved -June 3d, 1820. Queens County, Lib. D of Wills,
p. 295. Issue : —
116. i. L AN ATI.
117. ii. Nancy, m. McCoun.
118. iii. Rosetta, m. Wood.
119. iv. Elizabeth, m. Coles Wortman, son of Tunis Wortman, of Oyster Bay.
Issue; — (1) Coles, d. young. (2)Rhoda, m. Alsop White.
120. v. Piiebe, m. Horton Wortman. Issue: — (1) Abraham. (2) Nelson. (3)
m. John Hamilton, of Poughkeepsie.
121. vi. L.etitia, m. Isaac Tobias, of Salisbury, Orange County, N. Y.
122. vii. Sally, m. John Powell, Jan'y 15, 1806.
123. viii. Deborah, m. Jacob Kashow, Oct. 8, 1803.
124. ix. RicnARD, m. Elizabeth . Issue: — Hemy K. , now residing at Farming-
dale, Suffolk Co., L. I.
125. x. Jacob, d. Nov. 1820, unmarried. Letters of Admn granted to Silas
Lattin and Joseph Storrs Nov. 29, 1820. Queens County. Lib. D. of
Letters, A., p. 34.
44. Thomas, son of Benjamin19 and Leah (Simonson) Latting, b. Aug. 27,
1746, m. Elizabeth Holmes, Dec. 15, 1773. Removed to Hemp-
stead, L. L, d. Nov. 1813. Letters of Administration on his
estate granted to Stephen Baldwin and Elizabeth Baldwin, by the
Surrogate of Queens County, Dec. 2, 1813. Issue: —
126. i. Esther.
127. h. Elizabeth, m. 1st, Smith. Issue: — Latting Smith, now residing
at Hempstead, L. I. She mar'd, 2d, Stephen Baldwin.
53. Hannah, dau. of Joseph20 and Mary (Butler) Latting ; mar.
Daniel Kirby, d. at Musquito Cove Jan'y, 1822, aged 88 years.
Issue : —
128. Ann, b. Feb. , 1752.
129. Mary.
54. Ethelinda, dau. of Joseph,-0 and Mary (Butler) Latting, m. William
Frost, Nov. 1, 1756. He d. 1794, and she m., 2d, Jacob Valentine.
No issue.
55. Phebe, dau. of Joseph30 and Mary (Butler) Latting, b. Jan.
25, 1744, m. Dr. William Lawrence of Moscheto Cove, L. I.,
May 1 9, 1763, d. at New York, Oct, 29, 1817. This Dr. Lawrence was
descended from Sir Robert Laurens of Ashton Hall, in Lancaster-
shire, England, who was knighted by Richard Coeur de Lion, kin^ of
England, in 1191 (time of the Crusades), for gallant conduct at the
memorable siege of St, Jean d'Acre, in the Holy Land. His emigrant
ancestor in this country was William Lawrence of Great St. Albans,
Hertfordshire, England, who came over in the ship Planter, with Gov-
ernor Winthrop, in 1635, and was one of the Patentees of Flushing,
L. I., where he resided, and where he died in 1680. His will in the
Surrogate's office, New York, has his seal, bearing the impress of the
family coat-of-arms granted to Sir Robert Laurens by king Richard,
at the same time with his knighthood above referred to. He was
evidently a gentleman of affluence, his sword, plate, and personal
effects alone being inventoried at £4,430 sterling. William, who
20 The Lotting Family. [Jan.,
married Phebe Latting, was the fourth in descent from this William
of Flushing. Issue: —
130. i. Sarah, b. 19 0ct.,17G3.
131. ii. ZirroKAH, b. Nov. 2, 1765.
50. William, son of Joseph80 and Mary (Butler) Latting, b. Dec.
26, 1739, in. Sarah Carpenter, dau. of Zeno Carpenter, then of
Moscheto Cove, L. I. (b. Mar. 5, 1 740), resided at Latting Town,
d. Mar. 22, 1812. She died Mar. 30, 1812. Issue:—
132. i. Jacob.
133. ii. Ethelinde.
134. iii. Zeno. b. Dec. 10, 1709, d. June 27, 1784, in bis 15th year.
135. iv. Thorn.
136. v. Charles.
137. vi. Hannah.
138. vii. Jordan.
60. William Thomas, son of Thomas"1 and Abigail Lattin, of Ripton (now
Huntington,) Conn., b. Mar. 11, 1766, bap. in Epis. Ch. at Ripton,
May 18, 1766, m. Abiah Hand, Mar. 18, 1787, d. 1826. Issue:—
139. i. Thomas Anson, b. Dec. 1, 1787, bap. Feb. 24, 1788.
140. ii. Mercy, b. Nov. 25, 1789.
141. iii. Luther, b. May 22, 1792,
142. iv. Abijey Betsey, b. Oct. 12, 1794.
143. v. Sally Ann, b. Jan. 29, 1797.
144. vi. Lorsey, b. March 8, 1799, d. an infant.
145. vii. Lorsey, b. April 13, 1802.
146. viii. Annis, il ™ ■ , . OA 1on,
147. ix. Eunis, } Twins< b- Au2- 20' 1804-
148. x. John Lake, b. Dec. 22, 1807.
63. Nathan Benjamin, son of Benjamin-1 and Mary (Barlow) Lattin, b.
Sept. 26, 1773, m. July 22, 1804, d. April 7, 1845. Issue:—
149. i. David Benjamin.
150. ii. Charles.
151. iii. Granville.
152. iv. Hiram.
153. v. Lyman.
154. vi. John.
155. vii. Polly Ann, m. D. D. Middlebrook, Vergennes, Vt.
156. viii. Sarah Jane, m. Glover N. Sherman, Huntington, Ct.
157. ix. Nathan Birdseye.
69. Jacob, son of John32 and Martha (Coles) Latting, b. at Latting
town, Ulster County, 1756, m. 1784, Derica Ann, dau. of Solomon
Waring, d. 1824. Will proved, Ulster County, April 27, 1824.
Issue : —
158.
i.
Harriet
159.
ii.
John.
160.
iii.
Tunis W.
161.
iv.
Mary.
162.
v.
Joseph.
163.
vi.
James.
164.
vii.
Charles
1G5.
viii
William.
166.
ix.
Waking.
1871.] The Lotting Family . 21
77. Elizabeth, dau. of Capt, James35 and Zeruiah (Farley) Latting,
b. July 26, 1772, m. Zebulon Frost, Nov. 14, 1792, d. at Matine-
cock, March 24, 1853. Issue: —
167. i. Sarah, b. Jan. 1. 1794.
168. ii. Anne, b. Oct. 22, 1795.
169. iii. James, b. Feb. 5, 1797.
78. Margaret (2d dan. of Capt. James35 and Zerniah (Farley) Latting,
b. Mar. 1, 1775, m. Townsend Cock, Nov. 24, 1792, d. Mar. 8,
1848. Issue: —
170. i. James.
171. ii. Daniel.
172. iii. Margaretta, d. unmar. Nov. 28, 1860.
95. Elizabeth, eldest dan. of Ambrose37 and Joanna (Morehouse) Latting,
b. Apr. 23, 1779, m. William Busbnell. Issue: —
173. i. Polly.
174. ii. George.
175. iii. Sarah.
176. iv. David.
177. v. Prudence.
178. vi. Betsey.
179. vii. Lydia.
180. viii. William.
181. ix. Stephen Gano.
96. Andrew, eldest son of Ambrose37 and Joanna (Morehouse) Latting, b.
1781 ; m. ; removed to Point Chicot, Arkansas. Issue: —
182. i. Harry.
183. ii. Morehouse.
184. iii Andrew.
185. iv. William.
186. v. Repine.
97. Refine, 2d son of Ambrose37 and Joanna (Morehouse) Latting, b. 1783,
resides at Hillsdale, Columbia County, N. Y. Held the office of
postmaster at Hillsdale under General Jackson's administration ;
m. Catharine Rossman. Issue : —
187. i. Ambrose.
188. ii. Joanna.
189. iii. Julia.
190. iv. PnomiA.
191. v. Henrietta.
100. Richard, son of Ambrose37 and Joanna (Morehouse) Latting, b.
1792, m. at Hillsdale, Col. Co., N. Y., Sally Foster. Afterwards
removed to Ohio, and subsequently to Point Chicot, Arkansas,
where, after the death of his 1st wife, be married Dec. 2, 1822, 2d,
Cynthia Longley, originally from near Boston, Mass. He died at
Point Chicot, Jany. 20, 1830. Issue (by 1st wife) : —
192. i. Parla Foster, b. 1817.
193. ii. Sarah P., b. 1819 ; m. John Q. Johnson, of Hillsdale, Col. Co., N. Y.
Issue (by 2d wife) : —
194. iii. Richajid Gano. b. Dec. 6, 1825.
195. iv. Nancy Rossman, b. Mar. 12, 1828 ; d. Sep. 14, 1831.
22 Ancient Dutch Families. [Jan.,
101. Nancy, dau. of Ambrose" and Joanna (Morehouse) Latting, b. 1795,
m. Jacob Rossman, of Hudson, Columbia County, X. Y. Issue : —
196. i. Allen.
1!)7. ii. Ann.
198. iii. RICHARD.
111!), iv. PHEBK.
200. v. Harriet.
201. vi. Refine.
102. Deborah, dau. of Daniel" and Henrietta (Stage) Latting, m. Hen-
drickson Walters, of Hempstead, d. 18 — . Issue: —
202. i. Henrietta.
2J3. ii. Latting.
204. iii. Charlotte.
205. iv. Daniel.
206. v. Elizabeth.
207. vi. Sarah.
208. vii. Henry.
209. viii. Jemima.
210. ix. Jusiah.
(To be Continued.)
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT DUTCH
FAMILIES OF NEW YORK.
[By Jonathan Pearson, A.M.]
schermerhooren.
Jacob Janse Schermerhooren is said to have been a native of Water-
land, Holland, although in 1654 his father resided in Amsterdam, and he
was often called Jacob Janse Van Amsterdam. He came out to Beverwyck.
in the year 1636 in the ship Rensselaerswyck, and soon became a prosperous
Indian trader.
In 1648 he was arrested by Governor Stuyvesant on the charge of selling
amis and ammunition to the Indians. His books and papers were seized and
himself removed a prisoner to Fort Amsterdam, where he was sentenced to
banishment for five years and the confiscation of all his property. By the
interposition of some leading citizens the first part of the sentence was
struck out, but his property was totally lost.
These proceedings against Schermerhooren formed subsequently a ground
of complaint against Stuyvesant to the States General.1 Soon after the
settlement of Schenectady he removed his family to that place. He died
there in 1688.
His will was made on the 20th May, 1688, by which he gave to his
Snidest sou Rcyer, "my lot on the river side (Albany) where Kleyn de
GoyerTived;'' to his wife Jannetie, during her widowhood, the rents and
profits of all his real estate, viz., his farm at Schotac, pasture in Albany
over against Marten Gerrifse [Van Bergen's] Island, two houses and lots in
Albany, one over against Isaac Verplanck's, the other where "my son
Symon dwells, and my house and lot in Schenectady, where I now dwell."
In 1700 his executors divided the estate equally among his nine children,
to each 6,320 guilders and 4^- stivers. His whole estate amounted to
56,882 guilders.
Jacob Janse married Jannetie Segers, daughter of Cornells Segerse Van
Voorhout, of Beverwyck, and had nine children, viz., Reyer, Symon, Helena,
1 0'Callag-han's Hist. New Netherland, 1, 441.
1871.] Ancient Dutch Families. 23
who married Myndert Harmense Van der Bogart Jacob, Machtelt, who mar-
ried Johannes Beeckman, Cornelis, Jannetie, who married Caspar Spring-
steen, Neeltie, who married Barent Ten Eyck, and Lucas.
Reyer Jacobse Schermerhooren, horn in Beverwyck in 1652, settled
in Schenectady and became a prominent and influential citizen there. In
July, 1670, he married Ariauntje Arentse Bratt, widow of Helmer Otten,
baker, of Albany. She is said to have been his second wife. He made his
will 5 Ap., 1717, and died 19 Feb., 1719. The following children are men-
tioned in his will: — Jan, his eldest son, baptized in Albany 14 Oct., 1685;
Catalina, who married Johannes Wemp ; Janneke, who married Volckert
Symonse Veeder ; Jacob, and Arent, baptized Jan. 1(593.
Symon Jacobse Schermerhooren was born in 1658.
At the burning of Schenectady, Feb. 9, 1690, he rode to Albany by way
of Niskayuna to carry the news of the massacre, although shot through the
thigh and his horse wounded. His son Johannes, together with his three
negroes, was killed on that fatal night. In 1691 he removed to New York
where he died about 1696, leaving a widow and one son Arnout. He mar-
ried Willempie Yiele and had the following children: — Johannes, baptized
in Albany, 23 July, 1684 ; Arnout, baptized in Albany, 7 Nov., 1686 ; Maria,
baptized in New York, 1693, and Jannetie, baptized in New York, 24 Mar.,
1695.
Jacob Jacobse Schermerhooren resided in the manor of Rensselaers-
wvck and was master of the sloop Star plying between New York and
Albany in 1681-4. He was buried at Papsknee below Albany 20 June,
1743." He married Gerritie Hendrickse [Van Buren] and had the follow-
ing children baptized in Albany: — Jacob, 27 Dec, 1685; Hendrik, 16
Oct., 1687; Cornelis, 22 Sept., 1689; Magtclt, 3 Jan., 1692; Jannetie, 6
May, 1694; Elizabeth, 28 Aug., 1698; Johannes, 21 July, 1700; Reyeiy
21 Feb., 1702.
Cornelis Jacobse Schermerhooren was living in the manor of Living-
ston, near Kinderhook, in 1720. He had previously been master of the
sloop Star. He married, first, Maritie Hendrickse Van Buren, 21 Jan., 1095
and second, Margarita Albertse, on 6 Feb., 1713. His children baptized in
Albany were the following: — Jacob, 4 Oct., 1696 ; Hendrik, in New York,
9 Sept., 1699; Hendrik, 23 Feb., 1701 ; Cornelis, 9 Sept., 1705; Lysbeth,
16 Feb., 1707 ; Jannetie, 23 April, 1710 ; Jannetie, 24 May, 1719 ; Jacobus,
3 July, 1720.
Lucas Jacobse Schermerhooren settled in Raritan, N. J., and is said
to have married Elizabeth Dame in 1700. He had two children baptized
in New York :— Jannetie, 29 Oct., 1701 ; Sophya, 7 Ap., 1703.
Arnout Schermerhooren, son of Symon, of New York, had the follow-
ing children baptized there :— Catharina, May 10, 1711; Willemyntie
[Willempie], 14 Oct., 1713 ; Johannes, 13 July 1715 ; Aeltie, 19 May, 1717 ;
Jannetie, 20 Sept., 1719.
RUTGERS.
Rutger Jacobsen Van Schoenderwoert, alias Rut or Ruth Van Woert,
sailed from Holland in the ship Rensselaerswyck, on the first day of Oct.,
1636, for the Colonic.
He early became an active business man and prominent citizen of Bever-
wyck, owning considerable real estate, and filling responsible offices in the
little community. He was a brewer by trade, and " in partnership with
Goosen Gerritse [Van Schaick] rented the Patroon's brewery in 1649, at
24 Ancient Dutch Families. , [Jan.,
450 guilders a year, paying in addition one guilder for every ton of beer
which they brewed. This duty amounted in the first year t<> 330 gl., and
in the following season they worked up 1 500 stipples of malt.
On the second of June, 1656, he laid the cornerstone of the new church in
Beverwyck." ' Besides divers lots and houses in the village, he owned
in partnership with Andries Berbertsen (Constapel), the island "obliquely
over against Bethlehem," called Pachonakellick, Mohikander's, or Corista-
pel's island; and was also owner and master of the sloop Eyckenboom, ply-
ing between New Amsterdam and Beverwyck. He died in 1065, leaving a
handsome estate for those times; his gold and silverware and jewels
brought at public sale 51 'J guilders.
Rutger Jacohsen and his brother, Teunis Jacobsen Van Schocnderwoert,
who came over in 1640, were the progenitors of two families, distinct both
in name and residence. The descendants of the former took the name of
Rutgers, and settled in New York; those of the latter remained in Albany,
and were called Van Wbert. Teunis married Sara Denys, from England,
19th Ap., 1650, in New Amsterdam, and had a son, Jacob (perhaps
Goosen also), who had a family of eleven children baptized in Albany.
Rutger Jacobsen married Tryntie Janse Van Breestede, the 3 June, 1646,
in New Amsterdam; four years later her sister, Dorotee, married Volckert
Janse Douw, of Beverwyck. Jacobsen had three children by this marriage ;
two daughters: Margaret, who married Jan Janse Bleecker, and Engcl,
baptized in New Amsterdam, 10 Ap., 1650; and a son, Ilarmen Rutgers.
This last inherited his father's estate and trade. His brewery was on
Beaver street, west of the Almshouse; he also purchased, in 1 0 V 5 , the lot
and brewhouse of Jan Thomase and Volckert Janse Douw, being the east-
erly half of the present Exchange Block, which he soon after sold to Goosen
Gerritse Van Schaick and Pieter Lassing.
The date of his death is not known ; he was probably living as late as
1702. lie left two sons, Ilarmen and Anthony, both of whom removed
to New York. The former was admitted freeman there in 1696 ; married
Catharina Myer, Dec. 25, 1706, and had seven children baptized in the
church in New York. He was a brewer; and died on the 9 Aug., 1753,
"at an advanced age." His brother Anthony was a baker; admitted free-
man in 1699, and married Hendrickie Van de Water, Dec. 30, 1694. They
had nine children baptized in the Dutch Church of New York.
RIP VAN DAM.
" Kip Van Dam," says Valentine, " was descended, it is supposed, from
Jacob Van Dam, who was a prominent man in New Netherland, in Gover-
nor Stuy vesant's time." This is a mistake ; he was the son of Claas Ripse
Van Dam, and his wife Maria Bord. Claas was a master carpenter in
Beverwyck as early as 1657, when he was lined two beavers for wounding
Harmon de Metselaer with a pot, and was still living there as late as 1686,
in Bergh (now Chapel) street. His son, Rip, is said to have been born
about 1660, which is probably correct, as in 1681 he is called "Knecht
Van Robert Story," a trader in Albany at that time. Claas Ripse had
also a daughter Debora, who married Hendrick Hansen, son of Capt.
Hans Ilendrickse." "
1 O'Callaghan's Hist. New Netherland, I. , 436.
• We believe in the above sketch Prof. Pearson has finally settled the mooted ques-
tion as to " who was Kip Van Dam's father. "
1871.] Marriage Licenses. 25
NEW YORK MARRIAGE LICENSES.
Granted by Lord CoKNBTTRY, while Governor of the Province.
These licenses are contained in an old book of records in this city, and it
is believed have never appeared in print before.
[Contributed by Jonx S. Gautier, Esq.]
(Concluded from page 13, vol. i.)
1703.
June 11. Jacobus Kiersteade and Eliza Lawrene.
27. Peter Battery and Janekie Davis.
IS. William Thibowe and Mary Du Tay.
18. Thomas Adams and Hannah Patting.
23. William Glenrosse and Eliza Clarke.
29. Peter Christiense and Bellekie Attldns.
Julv 6. John Lafon and Mary Dubois.
6. Hugh Corvard and Patience Throgmorton.
12. John Lesley and Ellen Bissett.
12. John Kelly and Margarett Ffrench Boron.
14. Thomas Bayeux and Magdleleine Boudinot.
19. Lucas Stephance and Catherine Van Dyke.
21. Thomas Ileus and Sarah Loyd.
20. Michael Saatton and Elizabeth Van Tright.
August 7. John Stewart and Rebecca Adams.
9. Octave Coenraats and Mary Longfield.
1 2. Abraham Goesbeck Chambers and Sarah Bayard.
18. Moses Captain and Mary De Witt.
20. Coenradt Iluyblingh'and Deborah Beeck.
28. Alexander Watkay and Mary Bresty.
31. Derrick Schepmodt and Grittie Tappen.
September 2. Cornelius Kiersted and Sarah Elswortb.
3. John Johnson and Hannafan Swanenburgh.
0. Charles Beekman and Ekay Hansant.
10. John Oky and Helena Kyarse.
14. Gerard Schyler and Aegie De Groot,
14. Albert de Vrees and Eunnetie Van Dycke. .
15. Hendrick Bogaert and Ruttie De la Metze.
October 10. John Jusell and Ffrancis Champion.
10. Thomas Ralph and Mary Gunter.
18. James Desbrosses and Ilellena Gaudineau.
19. James Nicholas and Mary Mole.
20. Abraham Ilunderbeek and Martha Woode'tt.
27. John Gilbert and Cornelia Allison.
30. Caleb Beck and Hannah Barley.
November 1. Jacobus Mole and Lydia Winne.
3. Abraham Lanseing and Matthew Leana Huntrick.
4. Christopher Konsly and Sarah Kidd.
6. Jean Garreau and Marie Andere.
8. Edmund Kingsland and Mary Pinnhorne.
IS. Zachariah Goscott and Margrett Bend.
22. Charles Smith and Aleda Hunirk.
25. Roger Brett and Katharine Runabout.
27. Martin Schenck and Cornelia Van Weeselew.
26
Marriage Licenses.
[Jan.,
1704.
January
February
March
1703.
December 3,
0.
G.
9.
13.
14.
18.
24.
6.
7.
11.
14.
18.
20.
25.
25.
26.
1.
10.
2.
3.
4.
4.
7.
14.
29.
5.
10.
14.
19.
20.
21.
25.
2G.
4.
5.
10.
30.
v5.
8.
22.
23.
23.
20.
20.
29.
August 7.
September 7.
7.
9.
1G.
April
Mav
June
July
Adam Cavelir and Mary Dalcale.
John Cornell and Letitia Printz.
Nicholas Stillwel] and Elizabeth Cornell.
John Huttkins and Elizabeth Buckley.
William Huggeu and Raechall Burroughs.
John Corbett and Mary Graham.
Jacobus Bayard and Billyden Deray.
Thomas Whitehead and Jane Creed.
Philip Bosen and Sarah Barker.
Conradus Gettike and Anna Van Aps.
Johannes Johnson and Hanna Clottworthv.
John Denmark and Mary Denike.
John Kerfbyl and Margaret Provoste.
Thomas Hughes and Jane Gunthorpe.
Christopher Beekman and Maria De Lanoy.
Evert Duyckink and Elsie Myer.
Thomas Pape and Mary Pratt.
John Wickham and Jerusia Miller.
Valentine Dushen and Mary Stillwell.
John Markman and Elizabeth Farmer.
Johannes Van Orde and Hendrika Tennike.
Josias Crego and Anne Ellsworth
Arnold Vrille and Elizabeth Vanfford.
Leonard Huygen De Kleyn and Susannah Vaughton.
Johnathan Smith and Elizabeth Piatt.
Arthur Willis and Sarah* Drakes.
Nathan Whitman and Anne Britton.
Ryert Garretson and Gerthryt Lemsen.
Charles Wooley and Hannah Noell.
John Heymer and Dorothy Leigh.
Cornelius Timber and Cornelia Myer.
George Booth and Mary Rowly.
Nathaniel Lynes and Unis Burroughs.
Anthony Hoar and John Iluyco.
John Milldrum and Femmetie Van Boursen.
Phillip Books and Mary Carter.
Frederick Fine and Joan Vincent.
Eporordus Bogardus and Hannah Davlv.
Andrew De Puy and Jane Archanbaw. "
John French and Katherine Benson.
Isaac Gouverneur and Sarah Staats.
Albert Van Winkel and Meritie Deerby.
Stephen Teneve and Neltie Folleman.
John Foster and Altic Cornelise.
Thomas Strateham and Altie Finn.
Hendrick Jansen and Mary Brown.
Nicholas Vanderspeigel and Catherine Stoutenburgh.
John Lanscn and Leana Saunders.
Barent Saunders and Mary Wander.
Myndert Burger and Sarah Dese.
Cornelise Jansen and Margerett Van Noostrandt.
1S7L]
Marriage Licenses.
27
1704.
September
October
20.
81.
21.
4.
9.
14.
16.
16.
18.
27.
November 1 .
7.
8.
9.
13.
14.
15.
December 4.
1705.
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
Jobn Meyer and Sarah De Foreest.
Gerrett Provoost and Altie Roose.
Peter Roose and Hmtie Courtie.
Peter Burtell and Margerett Van Clyff.
John Ogleby and Hannah Ellson.
John Wasburne and Hannah Ilallett.
Peter Peroyne and Anne Holmes.
Walter Thong and Sarah Van Dam.
William Miller and Geertrey Springsteen.
John Waldron and Cornelia Hardenbrook.
William Grant and Rachell Hardenbrook.
Charles Oliver and Margerett Schuyler.
Andrew Sweroer and Elizabeth De Vore.
Samuel Sands and Elizabeth Lessitt.
Richard Greenfeild and Mary Williams.
John Trevitt and Elizabeth Sparks.
John Troup and Elizabeth Tunnwell.
Jacobus Kip and Catalina D'Hart.
8. Mydar Stone and Angletie Moll.
15. Ide Meyer and Anna Ravenstein.
8. John Charleton and Hester Gleve.
11. Enoch Mackelson and Aphia Van Hooni.
12. James Tillett and Sarah Lawrence.
13. Tho. Willett and Charity Stevenson.
1. Adry Beekman and Abigail Lispenar.
19. Robert Reid and Abigail Baily.
27. Thomas Daniel and Sarah Godfrey.
8. Daniel Toy and Frances Wessels.
20. Richard Ray and Eleanor Saunders.
20. James Jamison and Beetie Upton.
10. Evert Van Hook and Neiltie Jacobs.
11. Samuel Thorn, Junr, and Hannah Doughty.
11. Thomas Rainford and Else Vandenbergh. _*■•*»
19. Peter Strycker and Margareta Schenk.
27. Isaac DeRiemer and Anne Woortman.
2. Rob* Williams and Jonimah Bert.
7. Paul Gettes and Mercy Flant.
15. Francis Warne and Sarah Bays.
19. John Riggs and Frances Colburne.
21. Peter Murdock and Jane Marrington.
23. John Freebodv and Sarah Fleet.
25. Pierre Dant and Elizabeth Holt.
9. Thomas Dawson and Mary Thoxter.
11. Tho. Pritchard and Anne Stuyvesant.
20. Allane Jarrett and Hannah Moore.
23. Joannes DeForeest and Tryntie Garretse Ravestein.
26. William Warren and Margariet Oyan.
30. Bernardus Smith and Johanne Hading.
14. Isack Bedlow and Susannah Brasier.
19. John Theobalds and Euson Tuder.
19. David Walcraf and Elizabeth Field.
28
Mi (/■/■ u ige L it -en ses.
[Jan.,
17(i:>.
August 20. Josiab Ogden and Catherina ETardenbroeck.
20. Bernardus Freeman and Margrieta V. Sehayck.
September 1. Rich*5 Hunt and Anne Glen.
3. Richd Stilwell and Debora Cowne.
3. Jobannes Pruvn and Atnilia Sanders.
3. John Gardener and Elizabeth (last name illegible).
15. Thomas Oakley and Mary Burroughs.
29. Robert Colsen and Elizabeth Jones.
October 3. Samuel Kip and Margrieta Kip.
G. Thomas Ming and Man VorcMnson.
13. Thomas Pennistone and Allice AVooderop.
November 2. Anthony Lispenard and Elizabeth De Klyen.
5. Thomas Huttall and Mary Holsworth.
10. Thomas Roger and Mattee Lee.
12. Thomas Sharrokc and Margaret Poste.
14. James Flimming and Allinar Baylie.
16. William Ford and Margaret Hiatt.
21. Benjamin Bunting and Cornelia Carolein.
23. John Adams and Martha Stratton.
28. John Oliver and Katherine Peterson.
December 8. John Cornelison and Elizabeth Hazareth.
8. Thomas Harrington and Heila Johnson.
19. William Warner and Anne De Gray.
24. Samson Broughton and Mary Piavaud.
24. John Fleet and Elizabeth Chamberline.
24. Ilarmanus Brnghman and Allite Stevense.
26. Francis Allard and Mary Ashfuld.
28. Robert Watts and Mary Nichols.
28. Aman Bounn and Mary Prudence.
9. Matthew Bensinck and Katherine Provost.
10. Jaques Corteleau and Altie I. Boerman.
10. Andrew Broughton and Mary Manse v.
15. Stephen Van Brackeling and Dina Bley.
16. Johannes Hoogland and Jannitie Tier.
19. William Teller and Maria VanPricht.
31. Abraham Messelaer and Agenietie Staats.
1. John Townsend and Rose < Hie.
1. Charles D'Val and Susanna Boundinot.
2V. Adrien Lane and Jannitie Van Seckler.
28. Roger Mompcsson and Martha Sinhorn.
5. Solomon Simmons and Mary Mott.
30. John Brown and Abiny Barden.
8.- Paul Mourice and Margaret Kettletas.
-11. Isaac D'Reymer and Mary D' Forest.
12. Thomas Walker and Elizabeth Redott.
1706
January
Februarv
March
April
1871.] Graveyards of Long Island. 29
NOTES ON THE GRAVEYARDS OF LONG ISLAND.
[Contributed by H. R. Stiles, M.D.]
TOMBSTONE INSCRIPTIONS FROM THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCHYARD OF SOUTHOLD.
To the antiquarian, and indeed to every thoughtful and reverent mind,
the graveyards of old towns are deeply full of interest and of " food for
contemplation." And this remark is peculiarly true of the ancient burial-
place connected with the Presbyterian church of Southold. We spent in
this place all the leisure time we could command while in the village, and
would like to jot down for the edification of your readers, if they will per-
mit, a few of the most remarkable and quaint inscriptions which we have
transferred to our memorandum book. First of all, as in duty bound, we
paid our respects to the grave of the first pastor, which is as follows : —
" Mr. John Youngs, Minister of the Word and first setler of the Church of Christ
in Southould, on Long Island ; deceased the 24 of February, in the year of our Lord
1071-2, and of his age 74.
Here lies the man whose doctrine, life well-known,
Did shew he sought Christ's honor, not his own,
In weakness sown, in power rais'd shall be,
By Christ from death to life eternally."
This inscription was re-cut in 1857 by some of his descendants. It would
otherwise have been, at this time, illegible.
"Here lies ye body of William Wells of South-Hold. Gent. Justice of ye Peace &
first Sheriffe of New Yorke Shire vpon Long Island, who departed this life Novem-
ber 13th, 1071, aged 03.
Yea, here hee lies, who speaketh yet though dead,
On wings of faith his soide to Heaven is fled,
His pious deedes and charity was such
That of his praise no pen coidd write too much.
As was his life so was his blest decease,
He liv'd in love, and sweetly dyd in peace."
" In memory of the Rev. Mr. William Throop who departed this life, September
29, A. D. 1730 aged 30 years and 3 months."
Mr. Throop was the fifth pastor of this church.
" In memory of Philemon Dickersonor Dickinson who with his brother Nathaniel
and John Dickinson emigrated from England, and landed in Massachusetts in 1638.
He was admitted a freeman of the town of Salem, in 1041, and removed to Southold
in 1072 aged about 74 years, leaving two sons, Thomas and Peter.
Thomas left four sons Thomas, Joshua, Daniel, and Peter, all of whom removed
to Morris, N. J., about 1745."
From these sons the Dickersons of New Jersey are descended, including
the Hon. Mahlon Diekerson, once Secretary of the Navy of the U. S., who
caused this very neat monument to be erected to his ancestors.
" The remains of Mrs. Eunice Storrs, daughter of ye Honorable Shubl. Conant,
Esq. , of Mansfield, and wife to ye Rev'd. John Storrs, pastor of ye first Church of
Christ in Southold, who died March 27, A. D. 1707, aged 31 years."
This Rev. John Storrs was the sixth pastor of the Southold Church.
" To the blessed memory of Mrs. Mary Hobart, born at Boston, who after she
had served in her own age, by the will of God. fell on sleepe in this place, the 19th of
April, 1098, aged 00 years, 1 month.
Desir'd she lived, lamented she died,
Dyed yet still lives, she lives in precious memory."
Next to Mrs. Hobart's monument stands one of freestone, of large size, but
without inscription — the tablet which bore it, and which was inserted on its
30 Graveyards of Long Island. [Jan.,
face, having been pried out and destroyed by British soldiery during the
Revolutionary War. It marks the resting place of the Rev. Joshua Hobart,
the second pastor of the Southold Church, who came from Boston in 1074.
He came from Hingham, England, and was one of the founders of Hingham,
Mass. Born in England in 1628, graduated at Harvard in 1050, was set-
tled at Southold in 1074, where he died April 22, 1077, aged eighty-four,
after a lahor of forty-five years.
'•Herelyeth the body of Captain John Conkeling, born in Nottinghamshire in
England, who departed this life the sixth day of April att South Hold on Long
Island iu the sixty-fourth year of his age — Anno Dom. 1694."
" Here lies buried the body of Mr. Barnabas Horton born at Monsey in Lester-
shire, in Old England and dyed at South-Hold, the 13 day of July 1080, aged 80
years.
Here sleepes my body tombed in its dust.
Till Christ shall come, and raise it with the just,
My soul's ascended to the trone of God
Where with sweet Jesus now I shall aboad
Then hasten after me my dearest wife
To be partaker of this blessed life
And you dear children all follow the Lord,
Hear and obey his public sacred word
And in your houses call upon his name,
For oft I have advised you to the same.
Then God will bless you with your children all
And to this blessed place he will call.
Hebrews II, and ye 4— He being dead yet speaketh.
Also at his feet lie the remains of his youngest son Jonathan Horton, Captain of
Cavalry in the County of Suffolk. He died February 23, A. D. 1707 M. 00."
This is, perhaps, the most remarkable monument in the yard. It is of a
bluish slate, the best material to resist the action of the elements. A tra-
dition prevails that it was brought over by Barnabas Horton when he came
from England, with the place left in blank to insert the time of his decease,
but this I do not credit. Such a provision is very unlike the character of
the Puritans ; and, so far as ocular examination can attest, the whole in-
scription was made together, and after the decease of the respected person-
age whose progeny even at the present time, is so numerous and energetic.
The observations on his "dearest wife" and "dear children" could hardly
have been made before he knew whether the former would survive him or
the latter be born.
In addition to the above cited inscriptions are those of a host of Moores,
Reeves, Overtoils, Wigginses, Griffens, Whicthams, Furriers, Mapes,
Aekerlys, Benjamins, Coopers, Hallecks, Goldsmiths, Budds, Ilunttings —
copies of some of which we may hereafter give.
THE OLD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH GRAVEYARD OF SAG HARBOR.
The monument erected to the memory of the first person buried in
this yard is still standing, and the inscription reads thus: —
"In memory of James, son of James and Lucretia Howell, who died June 4,
1767, JE. one year, 3 months, 18 days."
An aged sister of this child, living until lately, often said that she remem-
bered her mother weeping bitterly because her little brother was buried
" 'way out in those lonesome woods." For this graveyard, the second in
use here, was then outside of the village, and in a piece of woods ; it is
now iu the very heart of the place.
3871.] Gi'ttvrijtirds of Long Island. 31
The most remarkable thing, however, in this graveyard; is the series of
monuments illustrating "the connubial felicity" of (apt. David Hand,
who had/iVe wives. There they stand, ''all in a row," all of the same ma-
terial (save the last wife's monument, which is of white marble), and of the
same size and general appearance. Here follow their names as I transcribed
them in my note-book: Susannah, died 1791, aged 27 ; Mary, died 1794,
aged 32; Hannah, died 1798, aged 30. At her death the Captain's grief
seems to have found relief in the following remarkable inscription on her
gravestone : —
" Behold, ye living mortals passing by,
How thick the partners of one husband He ;
Vast and unsearchable the ways of God,
Just, but severe, is his chastening rod."
One would naturally suppose that a husband who considered three wives
as a " chastening rod," and who thus affectionately alludes to them as a
" just and severe " manifestation of the " unsearchable ways of God," would
have been content, if not absolutely anxious, to pass the remainder of his
life in single blessedness. Not so, however, for the bereaved gentleman was
again married to Charlotte, who died 1800, aged 30, and Hannah, who died
1835, aged 69. " Last of all," in the words of Scripture, " the man died also,"
in 1840, aged 81 ; and, like those of old, we are tempted to inquire, "At
the resurrection whose husband shall he be ? " Tradition even says that this
Sag-Harbor Bluebeard proposed to another lady, who declined the honor of
being his sixth wife.
SOUTHAMPTON.
The original burying place of the first settlers is about thirty rods east of
the spot where once stood the first meeting-house. But few of the old
monuments now remain, and these are so completely hidden from sight by
brambles, " St. Johnswort," and other weeds, that our explorations involv-
ed almost as much strength and risk to skin and clothes as would be requi-
red to force our way through a Mexican chapparal, or a prickly pear hedge.
Yet, when once found, these tombstones proved to be among the most in-
teresting which I had ever seen, several of them bearing rude sculptures of
family arms and crests — evidences of hereditary honors and family pride
which are rarely found upon the earlier mortuary memorials of our Ameri-
can graveyards. One of the stones thus ornamented bears the family shield
of the Howells (three castellated towers), and the following inscription : —
" Here lyeth the body of Coll. Mathew Howell, and one of the House of Repre-
sentatives for Her Majesty's Province of New York. Deceased May the 4th, Anno
1706, iEtas Sua 55." '
Another monument to Maj. John Howell, who died in 1696, bears even a
better sculptured representation of the Howell arms. Another headstone
much worn by the action of the elements, has upon it a shield containing a
bull's head, the crest of the Herrick family, with the following: —
" Here lies the Body of Win. Herrick, Esq., who departed this life 1708."
A few monuments in this yard are cut upon a beautiful blue Scotch slate,
which seems to have resisted the ravages of time most remarkably, the let-
tering upon their faces being as fresh and distinct as when first cut, over
150 years ago. A tine specimen of this sort is the stone which commemo-
rates the death of "Abigail, ye wife of Abraham Howell, aged 27 Years,
Deceased ye 19 of June, 1688." The oldest monuments, however, are those
32 Original Letters. [Jan.,
which bear no (Jute, or name, or trace of sculptor's tool — mere blocks or low
post* of hard stone — showing simply by their presence where "the rude
Forefathers of the hamlet sleep."
We cannot help expressing our regret that those whose ancestors sleep
beneath the armorial bearings which we have described should not them-
selves have sufficient family pride, or reverence for their progenitors, to
induce thcni to keep this ancient "God's-acre" in decent repair. A half-
day's labor with a scythe, a crowbar, and a spade, would render the old
burying-ground, if not beautiful, at least decent and 1 orahle to the town.
(N. B. It is but just to say that these notes were made in 1804. Possi-
bly there may have been an improvement in the condition of the graveyard
since then.)
ORIGINAL LETTERS.
[Contributed (by request) by T. Bailey Myers, Esq.]
" Prince William Henry in New York." — The February number of
the Historical Magazine for 1868, page 130, contains an article under this
heading. The following letter alludes to a meeting between the future
Sovereign and Lord Nelson, who is not generally known ever to have been
in this city. The Albermarle was attached to the Halifax station, and the
meeting occurred shortly before the evacuation of the city while it was still
a portion of the British Empire.
T. B. M.
Albermarle, New' York,
Nov. 13, 1782
Dear Pilford : — I have just arrived from Quebec with Convoy. Leo-
cock tells me you are here. I shall be delighted to see you, be at the
Admiral's about noon. Have you got your Lieutenancy yet, what ship.
I had the honor of an introduction to the Prince on board the Barrleur by
my Lord Hood, was much pleased with him, he will make a good sailor or
I am much mistaken. We shall be proud of him. If you have any late
letters from home bring them with you. I have one from Kate that will
interest you I think Yours sincerely
Horatio Nelson.
Kosciusko to Dr. Reed.
Dear Reed : — I expected suply of coffee from Charles Town but Could
not get and this news was brod yesterday to my great mortification. Now
you must return me as a sick because I cannot live without Coffee and I
propose to trouble you with it and to begin I beg you to send me Six
pound of Coffee with sugar in proportion, that surprize you I see but
when I have the pleasure of seeing you at my Quarters I convince you of
the necessity that I should be well.
God bless you and your familly
Thad. Kosciusko
Col.
To Doctor Reed
Physician General of the Army.
1871.] Original Letters. 33
[From the " Tomlinson" Collection, through the courtesy of A. M. Palmer, Esq.,
Librarian of the X. Y. Mercantile Library Association.]
Theodorus Van Wyek to Henry Livingston, Jr.
Fishkill Feby. 16- 1779
Dear Sir : — Mr. Slocom Burling a Fighting Quaker a Refugee from the
Enemy, lias made application for that part of the farm which was the
property of Bams Hatfield in Fredricksburg, he is a very Worthy Sensi-
able Man <fc Remarkebly friendly, beg you would not Engage it to another,
and in a few weeks will apply to you for permission.
A few Days ago I gave permission to Richard Willis a Refugee to possess
a house & 2 acres of Land near the Mills which Mr. Ward has in posses-
sion, the house & Land was the property of John Ilaviland now with
the Enemy, which can be proved, Isaac Haviland the father of John has
warn3 Mr Willis out, and in case of Refnsel, tells him he will apply to Mr.
Benson, beg you will tell Mr. Benson that Willis has been in possession
near two years, and that the Soil was the property of Bev. Robinson.
With Esteem, I am Sr
Your Humbe Servt.
Theodorus Van Wyck.
To Henry Livingston Junr. Esq.
Commissioner of Sequestration
for County of Duchess.
Peter Elting to Richard Varick.
New York 10th April 1776.
Dear Brother: — Since my last I Received yours of the 19th 21th
25th ult° and 1st Inst. And note the contents. It alwais gives me infinite
Pleasure to know of your health, may it long continue. I have now moved
in town with aClfevir assortment of Goods I picked up in many parts of the
Country, and have my shop & home at Mr John Turner's in broadway —
were I now injoy perfect health thank god, and left My spouse, Daughter,
& all the family so at Hackensack Last sunday. Miss Cornelia, Tenntje, &
all other friends here are well and desire there love.
Yours with Lieut. Forbe's inclosed I did not Receive until the 6th inst,
and then at Hackensack. Agreeable to your Request I have since taken a
Copey and give it to Wm. to deliver, as I was verry busey when I first came
to town & Mr Forbes out on duty.
Mr Van Antwerp has looked out for an Apaulet for you But cannot find
a good one, but shall try again. Your shoes & Hat I have the promise of
being Ready by Saturday, But myself nor Capt. Van Wyck cannot find you
a Genteel Gold button & loop, tho he says it is not now so verry fashona-
ble, the hat Mr. Vredenberg will have made In the best manner.
The Letters inclosed the 21"' March are all safe delivered. I think you
may with safety send down any Clothes you pleas, tho at present there is
no Way of sending them to Hackensack but in the Stage.
I cannot pass by unnoticed the paregraff in yours of the 25th Concerning
the great Rumer about you & Miss P y in Albany. Is this all sprung
from nothing or is it Somewhat like the old proverb, (where there is much
Smoak must be some fire) tho I make the least doubt in your Assertions to
the Contrary, And will onely advise you to avoid such if posable whilst a
Soldier, And to Fix a Resolution by no means to give away to the tangle of
3
34 Original Lifters. [Jan.,
matrimony whilst in your present station, Whatever you may do when once
again settled in peace.
This day came to town five or six Batalions of Cont' troops from Boston.
I reccon the Army in k about the town must now Consist of near twelve
thons'1 Men, they are fortifying on Every side, night before Last they begun
at noten Island,! hear they are Busey al Staten [sland, &c. the Asia is
moved down as low as Robin's Reef, the men warr have alowed noBoatesto
pass of late, tho I think they I >onte feel Quite so hold as heretofore, and would
be glad of moving out of the way of our two <fc thirty pounders. Our Con-
tinential fleet has been verry successfull of late but cannot acquaint you of
the particulars.
Cap'. Van Wyek told me today he expected that your Batalion would be
ordered out to Join Lord Sterling's Brigade in Jersey tomorrow. Time will
not admit me to add any more But that I Remain
Your Verry Affectionate
Brother & Humble Serv'
Peter Elting.
Addressed
To Capt. Rich" Varrick
Secritary to Gen Schuyler
Albany
Peter Elting to Richard Varick.
New York June 13th 1776
Dear Brother: — I this moment Rec'1 your favor of the by Mr.
Benit and Likewise acknowlege the rec'. of yours of the 18"' ulto 1st &
6th June. It gives me much pleasure to find you are so well in health, But
must still think you are To warm in the affair between you & Mr. Cop. I
donte Mean you should alow your self to be imposed upon Either by your
Inferiors or Superiors, far from it, if you did, I should not own vou as a
brother. But I think a hearty Caining wrould be more sutible to his
Character, & should he after that think proper to demand the Gentlemens
satisfaction, it will then be time enow to Honor him that much, the freedom
I take in this and my former, I bey you will Excuse, which I might have
omited in before. As I alwais think the Plainest & purest friendship will last
the longest.
Your several Inclosed Leters I have all delivered But the last to Lieut*
Gano & Fish, and those will be In a hours time. You must have been
Rong informed about the silk stockings. I can find none such in town
and am Convinsedyou may better suite your self in Albany, as 1 had some
dozen the best thred kind from there to sell here.
Your Portmantua I have sent up with your directions. Papa Came from
there this Morning he left the family all in health. Your Sister Ann is
Quite leen, tho in midling Good health. I suppose my Absence, or
presence here In these alarming times are a good deal the ocasion of it.
Our First & Second Batalion are Beting up for Volunteers in the Con-
gress service for two months and meel with good success. I understand all
the officers have Entered, tomorrow Every fourth men Is to be drafted for
the service. This was done in Bergen Comity last week, but many refuse to
serve, there toory party carried the day in there Election for deputies in
Congress, the County is in Great Confusion, but it -is to be hoped they
will soon be frightened out of it.
1871.] Original Letters. 35
We had some Grand Toory Riders in tins City this week, & in particular
Yesterday. Several of them ware handeld verry Roughly, Being Carried
thrugh the streets on Rails, there Clothes Tore from there hacks and there
Bodies pritty well Mingled with the dust. Amongst them ware Capt.
Hardenbrook, Mr Rapelye, M1 Queen the Poticary & Lessly the barber.
There is hardly a toory face to be seen this morrning. Our Congress pub-
lished A Resolve on the occasion, Expressing there disaprobation, tho it
might have proceeded from a Proper Zeal for the liberties of American
freedom, & desire that it may Cease, & that a mode for punishing such Offend-
ers will soon be Adopted for this Colony.
I Expect M'. Benit to Call for this Every moment shall therefore Add no
more But that I Remain Your Ready
Humble Serv' .
[x\ddressed same as Peter Elting
preceding letter.]
Peter Etthig to Richard Varick.
Kingston 26th March 1777
Dear Brother : — I donte doubt but you have heard before Now of the
Rigulars Landing at Peckskill last Sunday, from the best information to the
Number of About two thousand. We have lost a great many Stores which
are like to have been sot on fire by our People to keep them from falling
into the Hands of the Enimy. Had they made a push at once for the
foorts in all probability they would Have Caried them. But Am in hopes
they might now fail in the Attempt as Gen1 Clinton lias marched down with
the malitia of the Lower End of this County.
I was informed last Evening Mr G. Duycking Jun1' Brought Accounts
from Head Quarters that a few days ago Six hundred of our Riflemen Had
fell in with two thousd of the Enimy, the Former had fought Laying on their
backs, when The Enimy advanced in Collems of ten deep in Order to
Sorround them, But ware obliged to Retreet with the Loss of six bun'1 men.
Gen1 How made a narrow askape about the same time when one out of two
officers that Rode with him was taken prisoner. He likewise informs that
Gen1 Washington was Like to have been taken Some days hence. Whilst
Viewing his lines the Enimies light horse came out after him. to make his
Eskape he leaped a Fence when his horse fell & would have been Taken
had not some of his own Light horse Come out to his Assistance who
attacked the Enimies & give him time to make his Eskape.
I can think of nothing Else But that I Remain your Afectionate Brother
& Verry Hble. Serv*.
Peter Elting
< 'amp at Isle aix Noir
September 9 1775
Richard Banks, Robert Burrage, Andrew Gray, William Antibes, Keday
Lar}T, Lawrence Barry, George Daniels, Simon Lambertson, John Murphy,
Thomas Brown, William Barton, John Dunn and Christopher Sherlock, arc
confined by order of General Montgomery for mutinous behaviour
* John Macpherson
To Capt. Ten Eyck Aid de Camp
Commanding on board
the Sloop Enterprize.
* Afterwards killed with Montgomery at Quebec.
::.;
Tax List.
[Jan.,
TAX LIST OF NEW York CITY IN THE YEAR 1676.
An Assesm' and Tax made The 10th Day of Nouember 1676 fory<> defrayinge of the
( lharges of the Newdocke & Payinge the Cittv debts and other Puhlirmp An^M
'ay
att One Penny halfe Penny \> Pounde.
lb s d
050 Allexander Stilther 00 06 03
050 Andrew Bresteed Cooper 00 06 03
100 Andries Jansen myn Car-
pent1 00 12 06
100 Abraham Jans Baker. . . 00 12 06
150 Anthony Jans Turke. . . 00 is 00
100 Alhird Anthony 00 12 06
100 Allexander Watts 00 12 06
100 Abraham Carmer 00 12 06
100 Abraham Planke 00 12 06
100 Abraham Moll 00 12 06
150 Augustine Blydenburge. 00 18 09
150 A bell Hardenbrooke 00 18 00
200 Adolph Peterson 01 05 00
400 Ashur Leuy 02 10 00
100 Albert Bush 00 12 06
100 Adrian Vincent 00 12 06
050 Ambrose the Carter 00 06 0:J
050 Albert Cornelionson 00 06 03
500 Mr Andrew Gibbs Merch' 03 02 06
050 The Widow Bedlowe... 00 06 03
500 Balthazar Byard 03 02 06
350 Barrent Courten 02 03 09
100 Baye Croustfeild 00 12 06
1 00 The Widdow Burger Jar-
nison 00 12 00
100 Boyle Roeloffs 00 12 06
500 M' Blake 03 02 06
150 Clause Locke 00 18 09
400 Mouns' D Champe . 02 10 00
050 Christeene Lawrier 00 06 03
150 Cornelius Barenson 00 18 09
400 Charles Bridges Estate in
Yorke 02 10 00
250 Cornelius Derricks 01 11 03
000 Christian Leiros 03 15 00
600 Cornelius Clopper 03 15 00
200 W Coaker 01 05 00
100 Coenratt Ten Evck Jun1 00 12 06
200 Coenratt Ten Eyck Senr 01 05 00
100 Cornelius Lucas 00 12 06
4000 Cornelius Stenwicke . . . 25 00 00
600 Christopher Hoghland. . 03 15 00
800 Cornelius Van Borsum. . 05 00 00
250 Claus Bordinge 01 11 03
500 The Widdow Drissius. . . 03 02 06
150 Derrick Ten Eyck 00 18 09
150 Dauid Wessells 00 18 09
100 Dauid Prouost 00 12 06
600 Daniell De haert 03 15 00
500 Derrick Van Clyffe 03 02 06
075 Derrick Clauson 00 09 0 I |
300 Dauid Jacobson 01 L7 06
LOO Euert Wessells 00 12 06
W0 Ephraira Hermans 02 10 00
200 Euert Duykinge 01 05 00
:!,|i Euert Pess 00 1? 06
100 Euert Arnson 00 12 06
Citty debts and other Publique dutyes
lb s d
050 Agbcrt Woousters 00 00 03
LOO Elias Poaste 00 12 06
200 ffredrick Gisberts 01 05 00
3000 ffredrick Phillips 18 15 00
150 ffredrick Arence 00 18 09
100 M' Gibbs Hatter 00 12 06
100 Gulilimus De Honeure. . 00 12 00
100 Garrett Roose 00 12 06
150 Garrett the Miller 00 18 09
500 Garrett Van Trig-lit.
00 George Cooke
03 02 06
. 01 05 00
500 Gulien Ver Planke 03 02 06
050 Garrett Hugen 00 06 03
100 Hendrick Spangaer 00 12 06
100 Hendrick Giller 00 12 06
100 Hendrick Kipp Senr 00 12 06
100 Hartman Wessells 00 12 06
200 Hendrick Williamson Ba-
ker 01 05 00
300 Hans Kiersteed 01 17 06
050 Hendrick Bush 00 06 03
150 Hendrick Jansen Baker. 00 18 09
200 Humphry Dauenport. .. 01 05 00
150 Hendrick Vandicke 00 L8 09
100 Henry Brasier 00 12 06
150 Hendrick Wessells Smith 00 18 09
100 Hendrick Vande water. . 00 12 06
050 John Tunis Carter 00 06 03
050 Jurion Blanke Senr 00 06 03
200 Jacobus Vande water ... 01 05 00
100 Jurion Blanke Jun' 00 12 06
100 John Scouten 00 12 06
100 Jeroniy Johnson 00 12 06
300 John Daruall 01 17 06
3000 Jacob Leishler 18 15 00
500 Widdow Jacob Vemauiaw 03 02 06
100 John ft'orrest 00 12 06
500 James Matthews 03 02 06
100 John Derricks Meyer... 00 12 06
400 John Rider 02 10 00
050 Jacob Claois 00 06 03
050 John Petris Jons 00 06 03
400 John Sharpe 02 10 00
100 Jaques Cousseau 00 12 06
700 Jacob Tunis Baker 04 07 06
150 John Steuens Carpentr. 00 18 09
050 John Van Bresteed Widd. 00 06 03
050 Jacob Varment 00 06 03
LOO Jacob Lenure 00 12 06
300 John Joosteen 01 17 06
100 John Vangrist 00 12 06
050 John Mindenus Miller. . 00 06 03
050 Anotto Grym 00 00 03
100 Jacob Sewart 00 12 06
150 John Vingrte 00 18 09
100 John Rowliffs 00 12 06
100 John Johnson Slott 00 f: 06
800 John Lawrence 05 00 00
1871.]
Tax List.
lb s d
600 Jacobus Dehart 03 15 00
900 Johannes Van Brugen. . 05 13 06
250 John Harpendinge 01 11 03
100 John Johnson Carpenf. 00 12 06
350 John Cowley 02 03 00
400 Jacob Abrahams 02 10 00
250 John Shackerly 01 11 06
100 John Vincent 00 12 06
100 Joufrou Bakers 00 12 06
300 Jacob Kipp 01 17 06
200 Isack Volech 01 05 00
200 Jacob Molyne 01 05 00
100 Isack Molyne 00 12 06
150 Johannes Verueile his
house 00 18 09
100 John Henry 00 12 06
100 John Rey 00 12 06
100 Lucas Tieuhoue 00 12 06
100 Lureus Couelt 00 12 06
200 Lucas Andres 01 05 00
100 Martyn the Smith 00 12 06
100 The Widdow Litchcoe. 00 12 06
400 The Widdow Locker-
man 02 10 00
100 Lauerus Hust 00 12 06
200 Martyn Creger 01 05 00
200 Michael Smith 01 05 00
1200 The Widdow Mathias
Dehart 07 10 00
100 Nicho Baker 00 12 06
100 Nicho Dupin 00 12 06
1500 Nicho Byard 09 07 00
100 Nicholas Delapline 00 12 06
100 Otto Garretts 00 12 06
100 Oom Dirck 00 12 06
3000 Oliff Steuenson Court-
land -18 15 00
150 Peter Vandewater 00 18 09
500 Peter Jacob Marris 03 02 06
200 Peter Byard 01 05 00
800 Paulus Richards 05 00 00
050 Peter Delanoye 00 06 03
050 Peter Cuyper 00 06 03
250 Peter Derinere 01 11 03
250 Peter Gronendicke 01 11 03
100 Peter Guliamne his
houses 00 12 06
050 Peter Limcon 00 06 03
050 Paulus Turke 00 06 03
100 Peter Nice 00 12 06
\ 050 Peter Wessells 00 06 03
'500 Reneire Williams 03 02 06
00 Renire Johns his house. 00 12 06
1000 Robert Storey 06 05 00
100 Mr Spratt 00 12 06
200 Sam11 Edsall ;. 01 05 00
200 Simon Johnes Remeyn. 01 05 00
250 Sejert Alterson 01 11 03
100 Siginomus Lucas 00 12 06
100 Syboate Clausen 00 12 06
100 Mr Sydenham 00 12 06
300 Thomas Lawrence baker. 01 17 06
100 Thymaen Van Borsum.. 00 12 06
100 Timotheus Gabrey 00 12 06
lb s d
100 Thomas Tayler 00 12 06
100 William Ohuxchall 00 1.' 06
200 Warner Wessells hatter. 01 05 00
100 Wm Cooke Carter 00 12 06
3000 Mr Wm Den-all IS 15 00
3000 Cap' Dellauall 18 15 00
1000 The Widdow Winder. . . 06 05 00
300 Wm Merritt 01 17 06
050 Wm Aerster 00 06 03
050 W™ Vredenburge 00 06 03
100 W" Schuron 00 12 06
300 Wm Beakman 01 17 06
2500 Mr Wilson 09 07 06
100 W"> White 00 12 06
050 W" Bogardus 00 06 03
200 Mr West 01 05 00
100 W'" Boyle 00 12 06
200 TheWiddowVan Borsum 01 05 00
200 Moses the Jew 01 02 06
1000 M' GabriellMunueile... 06 05 00
800 Lawrence Vandespeagle 05 00 00
250 Derrick Smith 01 11 06
050 Adrian Derrickson 00 06 03
100 Stoffell Elesworth 00 12 06
100 Joost Carelen 00 12 06
050 Jo'nes Johnson 00 06 03
200 Cornelius Johnson 01 05 00
050 Lowres Wessells 00 06 03
050 Jacobus ffrancine 00 06 03
050 Thomas Dauitts 00 06 03
050 PhiUipp Smith 00 06 03
100 Thomas Jones 00 12 06
200 Katherine Purchase 01 05 00
400 M' Thomas Clarke 02 10 00
1000 M' Sam" Blagg 06 05 00
200 M' Hemlock 01 05 00
500 Rob* Levcock 03 02 06
200 George Masters 01 05 00
100 W" Allyn 00 12 06
300 Richard Man 01 17 06
100 Thomas Wandall 00 12 06
500 Mr Witty 03 02 00
600 Mr Mandeuile 03 15 00
100 John Banninge 00 12 06
100 John Spencer 00 12 06
100 John Watkins 00 12 06
050 Castan Johnson 00 06 03
050 Hans Ghoderus 00 06 03
200 Charles Ettles 01 05 00
200 Elliott the Cooper 01 05 00
100 Clement the Cooper 00 12 06
200 Rob' Hambleton 01 05 00
100 John Smeedus 00 12 00
100 Peter Yonson 00 12 06
050 Phillipp fforrest 00 06 03
050 Dauid Hendriekson 00 06 03
100 Simon Barnes 00 12 06
050 John Peterson Cooper.. 00 06 03
050 Jo" Coursen 00 06 03
100 Thomas ffordon 00 12 06
050 Andreus Clausen 00 06 03
050 Arien Yonson 00 06 03
050 George Walsgraue 00 06 03
050 George Cobbett 00 06 03
38
Tax List.
[Jan.
lb s d
050 Abraham Delanoy 00 06 03 100
200 Derrick Seakers 01 05 00 050
050 Etowliff the butcher 00 06 03
().-)() Cornelius Crcgcar 00 00 (C3 050
050 Jacob Cresson 00 06 03 050
050 Bernard Oarrettson 00 06 03 150
050 Walter Carr 00 06 03 100
LOO Jacob Israel] y° Jew 00 L2 06 376
050 Eerbert Smema 00 06 03 L000
050 Albert Lenderson 00 06 03 150
loo \\ -" Walderne 00 12 06 100
050 John Vincent 00 06 03 ' 300
050 ffrdrick H< adricks 00 06 03 2530
050 Clans Johnson Gardener 00 06 03 078
100 Zachariah Since 00 12 06
050 Gisburi Elberson 00 06 03 2030
050 Bendrick Hugen 00 06 03 63
150 M Wm Lawrence 00 IS 09
050 Trinkev Clock 00 06 03 1000
050 Arian Vanlaw 00 06 03 400
050 Stofffl] Vanlaw 00 00 03 2389
100 M' Eodeney & Joseph 400
Lee 00 12 06
050 Jacob Meuts 00 00 03 50
050 John Bush y Tayler. . . 00 00 03 100
050 Richard Tinker 00 00 0:5 :',;!S
050 Barnadus Hoshuey 00 00 03 100
100 Derrick v Wollspiner. . . 00 12 06 100
050 Andrew Anderson 00 00 03 448
050 Peter Harmunson 00 00 03 181
050 Garrett Henderson but- 586
cher 0 00 03
050 John Shaduell Joyner. . 00 00 03 2111
loo Wm Shipry Mason 00 12 06 666
050 Derrick Tunison 00 00 03 2036
050 Henry Bush Smith 00 00 (CI LOO
050 John'Pangelder 00 00 03
Citty of )
New Yorke f ss-
11) s d
Jonathan Prouost 00 12 00
Jonathan Yonson Van-
lautondicke 00 06 03
John Longstraighton. ... 00 06 03
Jocam Beackman 00 06 0-5
John Moll 00 18 09
Joseph Ilillman 00 12 06
: 111 : 06 John [nians... 02 07 004
Jeronhnus Ebbinge 00 05 00
John Allumby 00 18 09
Jaruis .Alar.- hall 00 12 06
Joseph Knott 01 II 06
: 13 : 11 John Robinson. 15 12 07
: 19 : 00 Thomas Thach-
er 04 01 104
: 00 : 03 Edward Griffith 12 13 09
: 18 : 00 Andrew Nor- .
wood 00 07 08|
Coll Lewis .Morris 06 05 00
Richard Trailers 02 10 00
John Robson 14 17 10}
Isack Continho & Com-
pany 02 10 00
Ralph Huchinson 00 06 03
Iff Morris 00 10 00
M Tayler 02 01 03
M/ Camell 00 12 00
M1 Helmes 00 12 06
: 0: 0 M1' John AUin. . .. 02 14 01
: 1 : 0 M' Shackemaple. 01 02 074
: 15 : 7 Rob1 Sandfords
Estate 03 10 10
: 4: 10 M' James Loyde. 13 03 H>1
Abraham Whearly 04 00 03
George Heathoott 12 04 00
W'" Lawrence Jim1 00 12 00
THESE are in his Majtiea Name to Charge & Command You p "scntly to demand of
all & Euery the Persons in a Schedule or Perticule" hereunto Annexed all & Euery
ye Seu'all Sumes of money Seu'ally written or sett upon their heads beinge assessed
& Rated upon them for & towards y" buildinge y° New docke or wharfe paying of
the Cittyes debts and other Publicpie dutyes And if they or any of them shall Refuse
to pay y • seu'all sumes of Money soe Rated upon them that then you presently
Leuy the same by distress and sale of the Offend" goods Renderinge to y Partyes
the Ouerplus that shall Remaine Upon sale of y" said goods And that j-ou giue a
rue Accompt of y due Execucon of this Precept for y doinge of which this shall
[be] yor sufficient Warrant Giuen Vnd' my hand this 14"' day of Nouernber 1070.
NICHOLAS DEMEY" May'.
To M1' Peter Stoutingburgh Treasurer of
y Citty and to his Ma''" Constables within
this Citty who are hereby Required to be
Aydinge and Assistingein y Executinge of
(he same.
Wills. 39
NEW YORK WILLS.
Abstract of the Will of Jan Vigne, of New York ; dated February
2, 168f. Proven August 28, 1091.
Loaves to his cousin Gerrit Jausen Roos £56.15 ; to Emmerantie, daughter
of Elias and Cornelia (Roos) Provoost, a lot in Tienhoven (now Pine)
street, 25 feet front and rear and running back to the property of the late
Gov. Dongan. In case of her death in her minority, this lot is to devolve
successively to her sister Aeltje, her brothers Johannes, Gerritt, in case any
of them die minors, and if Gerritt so die, the lot is to descend to their
mother Cornelia.
The remainder of his property is divided into six equal parts, one of
which is left to the child or children — 1, of his deceased sister Maria Ver-
planck ; 2, of his deceased sister Christiana Dircksen ; 3, of his deceased
sister Rachel Van Tienhoven ; 4, to Harman de Wolft ; 5, to the child or
children of Claes Woutersen Visser ; 6, to the child or children of Aeltje
Lambertsen Wolft. In case of the death of any one of said children, his
or her share is to go to lawful descendants of such child.
Leaves to his cousin, Isaac Verplanck, his black ^loth coat; to his cousin
Johannes Roos, his coat with silver buttons.
Executors : his cousins Gerrit Jansen Roos, Luycas Van Tienhoven and
Johannes Roos.
Abstract of the Will of Coenraet Ten Eyck, of New York ; dated
September 4, 1680. Proven April 5, 1687. (Liber 3, page 87
of Wills.)
He first approves of the " matrimonial conditions" made with his present
wife (Annetje Daniels) whereby she was to have 2,000 guilders, and upon
which he had paid to her 1,050 guilders, leaving 350 guilders, which he
directs shall be paid to her at once.
He leaves to his son Matthias, the use of the sum of 2,000 guilders, wam-
pum value, for the term of four years; and to his son Tobias, the use of
the same sum for one year. At the end of the time specified these sums to
be returned (without interest) and thrown into the common estate. To
his three sons, Dirk, Tobias and Coenraet his Tannery and business jointly ;
for which they are to allow the common estate a just and reasonable rent.
On the division of the common estate, he institutes as his heirs, his
present seven children, gotten by his deceased wife, Maria Boele. Jacob,
Dirk, Tobias, Coenraet, Hendrick, Matthias, and Maria, married with Wessel
Ten Broeck.
To his eldest son Jacob, he leaves for his birthright, the sum of one hun-
dred guilders, or twelve pieces of eight.
Executors: his four sons Dirk, Tobias, Coenraet and Hendrick.
Witnesses : Wm. Bogardus, Not. Pub., Pieter Stoutenburg, Hendrick
Janse Van Vrevden.
Abstract of the Will of Adriaen Van Schayck of New York. Dated
August 4, 1694. (Liber 2, page 76 of Wills.)
To his wife Rebecca, the full possession and use of his entire estate, with
power to act as executrix of the same without giving account of her actions
^ Our Society's Proceedings.
to any one, and appointing her as tutrix of his minor daughter Dina—
" during her whole life so long as she shall remain unmarried." In case she
re-marries then she is to account for one half of the entire estate and ffive
bonds tor the performance of her duties us executrix.
He constitutes as his heirs their five children, as follows: Belatie mar
ned with Peter DeGrout, Vde, married with Ybel Goetbloet, Cornelia! mar-
ried with Johanms Pluvier, Elizabeth, married with Gerret Onckelba Dina
unmarried. '
To his oldest son Vyde, for his birthright, the sum of twelve pounds, ten
shillings, current money of the country.
Witnesses : Paul Richards, Criele, W. Boo-ardus.
OUR SOCIETY'S PROCEEDINGS.
1 J5H?£ ^f^ °iter 3? ' 187°- ~A Committee was appointed to prepare a cata-
oguyof the library. A Regulation was adopted that the first meeting in each month
(which is on the evening of the second Saturday) should be set apart for the more public
meeting, at which guests may be invited, including ladies, and at which papers
shall be read or addresses delivered. All business matters and topics involving
debate to be postponed to and disposed of at the second meeting, which is held on
the evening of the fourth Saturday.
The Publication Committee presented copies of the Record for October.
Regular Meeting, November 12th.— Large and interested attendance. Two new
members were elected 0. B Moore, Esq., read an attractive paper, being a
Memoir of the late Francis Brockholst Cutting." Following the reading of the
ande5oScKaTDa?yadebyJameS ^ ^^ ^ EraStUS C" Beuedict> Es<^
At the meeting of December 10th, several new members were elected, and dona-
tions of books and pamphlets reported.
Extracts from the MS. autobiography of the late William Gowans, antiquarian
bookseller and publisher, were read by E. R. Purple, Esq
Resolutions were adopted to celebrate the second anniversary of the Society which
will occur on February 27, 1871, and Henry R. Stiles, M.D. , President of the Society
was invited to prepare an address to be delivered on the occasion. '
The annual meeting of the Society was held on January A, 1871 H R Stiles
M.D., presidmg. The Annual Reports were read, and following are brief abstracts of
the same.
The Treasurer's report showed the receipts of the Society for the year 1870, to
From Initiation fees $150 00
Yearly Dues ' ' 950 00
Life Memberships commuted 78 00
Balance in Treasury Jan. 5, 1870 46 ] 5
$524 15
And the disbursements to be 5J3 79
Leaving a balance of g!0 gg
Permanent Fund.
Amount invested, as by last report $200
Received from Life Membership .' .' .' . . 50
Total amount of fund. ... <&o
$250
Notes on Books. 41
The Librarian reported that the Library of the Society now contained 405 bound
volumes and lis:! volumes bound in paper, including pamphlets ; besides a number
of manuscripts, portraits, charts, autographs, etc.
The Recording Secretary reported the membership to be as follows : —
61 Resident,
7 Life,
2 Honorary,
82 Corresponding,
making a total of 152 members in good standing.
The Publication Committee presented their report, which showed that $516.17
had been expended on the publication of the RECORD for the year 1 870, which
amount had been covered by the subscriptions received from all sources.
The Committee recommended the formation of a" Record Club " to assume the
publishing of the quarterly journal of the Society, which recommendation was
adopted.
An election for three Trustees to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of terms
of office of that number was proceeded with. Messrs. S. Hastings Grant and John
S. Gautier, were re-elected, and Mr. Martin H. Stafford was elected in the place of
Gen. G. S. Greene.
At Trustee meeting, held on January 11, the following officers were elected for
the present year : —
President, Henry R. Stiles.
First Vice-President, E. B. O'Callaghan.
Second Vice-President, Edward F. De Lancey.
Corresponding Secretary, W. F. Holcombe.
"Recording Secretary, John S. Gautier.
Treasurer, S. S. Purple.
Librarian, S. Hastings Grant.
Registrar of Pedigrees, S. Edward Stiles.
NOTES ON BOOKS.
Memorial of JonN Slafter, with a Genealogical Account of his Descendants, in-
cluding Eight Generations. By Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, A.M. Privately
printed for the family. Boston, Henry W. Dutton & Son, 1869.
A handsome octavo volume of 155 pages, illustrated by steel plates, including
an admirable likeness of the Author.
Impressed with the importance of having some general system in the construc-
tion of family genealogies or histories, and looking back over the past twenty-five
years, since attention first began to be directed to the preparation and printing of
such works, and meeting with so many failures and abortions, — we are led to direct
particular attention to the work before us, and propose to deduce therefrom certain
leading principles necessary for the proper construction of such a histoiy. It is no
easy task to deal with several thousand names, and the structure and composition
of the Slafter Memorial, being the resvdt of many years of experience and careful
study of the accomplished Corresponding Secretary of the New England Historic-
Genealogical Society, may serve as a guide to those contemplating similar works.
Without committing ourself to any particular method — the following points may
be noticed as of general service : —
1. Let the date of birth, death, and marriage be exact to a day, and let them
follow the name immediately and stand close together. In marriages, give full
name of person thus brought into the family, with date of his or her birth, and
full name and residence of parents.
2. Let the Christian names, one or more, be written out in full, as an initial letter
does not identify a person sufficiently for historical purposes, — and let them be in
small capitals. Give names of children in order of their birth, with full dates of
births and deaths, and to whom married.
3. Give as full a narrative as possible of each individual in the first and earlier
generations ; but let it be a simple recital of facts, with no commonplace personal
eulogy.
■*- Notes on Books.
4. Every genealogical history should have full indexes. Without them the use-
fulness oi the book is greatly impaired. It is generally desirable to have three of
thru,. r| he first should contain thegiven names of the family, which is the subject
of the volume. The second should contain the surnames of the descendants in the
female hues, not bearing the family patronymic. The third should contain the full
names oi those who have intermarried into the family. The references should be
to consecutive numbers, and not to pages. Tables containing names of College gra-
duates and those who have held public offices, civil, military, or professional are
interesting.
The author of this work has followed the system adopted and recommended by
the Society of which lie is an officer, and which is generally followed by New Eng-
land writers oi family history; but with all due deference to the experience abil-
ity, and sagacity which devised and put forth this system, the writer conceives it to
he anything hut a perfect one. Its merits are many— but its faults are annoying
The above are some of the points to which attention should he directed. If our
writers of Family History would study this or any good system, before entering
upon their work, they would often save themselves the trouble of re-arrangement and
their work, when completed, would be far more perfect. As these histories are
always works of reference, their value depends greatly upon a simple, but careful
and systematic arrangement. j S G
A History op the City op Brooklyn, including the old Town and Village of
Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Wuliamsburgh
By Henry R. Sth.es, Brooklyn, N. Y. Published by subscription 8vo Vol°l
1807, pp. 404. Vol. 2, 1809, pp. 500. Vol. 3, 1870, pp. 491.
The contents of these volumes are the result of more than ten years' laborious
research and study by the learned and worthy President of our Society He has
gathered this harvest from Colonial and other documents in the State Archives
from county, town, village, and city records, family manuscripts, and many private
sources of information— the materials for an accurate and instructive history of the
city of Brooklyn. J
In the first volume, commencing with 1030, the author has compressed its annals
during the successive phases of Dutch and English domination—its revolutionary
history with the thrilling incidents of the battle of Long Island, and the British
prison ships, and the events connected with the war of 1812.
The second volume embraces the history of the village of Brooklyn from 1810 to
1834— the city of Brooklyn from 1834 to 1854— the village and city of Williams-
burgh from 1827 to 1854, after which follows the consolidated city of Brooklyn to
1809. In this volume the Genealogist and Biographer will find a inine of informa-
tion relating to the earlier families of this portion of Long Island, which can nowhere
else be found in print.
The third volume is devoted to a particular history of the various public institu-
tions of the city— its docks, ferries, parks, churches, cemeteries, charitable, liter-
ary, and educational institutions; all of which are carefully and accurately de-
scribed, and illustrated with many personal and family histories which more appro-
priately belong to this volume.
Each volume contains numerous appropriate and carefully executed illustrations
engraved on steel and wood, in the highest style of the art'; and when we say that
the typographical work is from the press of Mr. Joel Munsell, of Albany— its neat
and elegant typography and paper need no recommendation at our hands. The
work should be in the library of every gentleman or family who has the least decree
of interest or pride in the material progress or glory of the twin sister of our own
city. We hope that neither author nor proprietor will be led to complain for want of
appreciation of the commendable efforts which have here been put forth to chronicle
the meritorious deeds and far-sighted wisdom of the founders of Brooklyn, s. s. P.
A Discourse on the Life and Services of the late Gulian Crommelin Verpl ynck
LL.D., etc. By Charles Henry Hart. Reprinted from the New York Genea-
logical and Biographical Record for October, 1870, 4to, pp. 20. New York 1870
[One hundred copies printed for the author. ]
The eloquent address of Mr. William C. Bryant on the life and character of Mr.
Verplanck, to which many of our subscribers listened when delivered before the New
York Historical Society, was not only published in the V. )'. Evening Post and
separately in a handsome pamphlet by the Society, but was ordered to be preserved
and printed in permanent official form by the Regents of the University. It embra-
Notes on Boohs. 43
ces more especially a literary and political view of the education, personal character,
and public acts of Mr. Verplanck.
A memorial discourse delivered before the Century Club in April last, by Judge C.
P. Daly, has been published by Missis. D. Appleton&Co. It sets forth some points
and traits of Mr. Verplanck's life and character more fully than others, especially
as a lawyer aud judge, but meets with some dissent, and does not cover the whole
ground.
Without interfering with either of these efforts, which needed not our aid, it was
deemed proper that our Society should preserve also, hi permanent form, the more
distinctly genealogical sketch and notice written by our indefatigable neighbor and
Corresponding Member, Mr. Hart; and our impressions concerning its value have
been fully justified by the great favor with which the last number of the Record
containing this sketch was received.
We hope some writer will furnish a more full sketch of the "Vigne" family, from
which it seems the name of Gulian or Guleyn was derived. [See 2d vol. of (PCatta-
ghan's New Netherlands, 322. 1st vol. of Stiles' Brooklyn, 89-90, in note and
authorities there mentioned.]
The " Wessels" family is one also deserving a full account. The dau. Catalynta
Verplanck. who mar. David Pietersen Schuyler on loth Oct. 1657, was the mother,
we suppose, of Catalena Schuyler, who mar. Rutger Bleecker.
David and Catalynte Schuyler were early members of the church at Albany. 1 lut
the will of David, of Albany, merchant, in 1G88, mentioning his wife Catalynte,
eldest son Philip, and seven other children under age, is hi the New York Surrogate's
Office. The widow, it seems, was living in 1700. There must be a very large progeny
interested in these early common ancestors, Verplanck, Vigne, Wessels, and Schuy-
ler. Is it needful to stimulate their ambition and attention? C. B. M.
Collections of the History op Albany from its Discovery to the Present Time.
With Notices of its Public Institutions, and Biographical Sketches of Citizens
Deceased. Vol. III. Albany, N. Y. : J. Munsell, 82 State street. 1870.
Munsell, the indefatigable, is still at work, and volume III. of his Albany Collec-
tions continues the history of that venerable city. The volume before us is enriched
with the County Records. 1054-78 ; notes from newspapers, 1865-67 ; an account
of the Stafford" family, Anneke Janse, etc. The last mentioned article gives the
will of that interesting old lady entire, translated into English by Prof. Pearson.
It likewise includes copies of several conveyances of land in Albany, made by her
descendants, and other interesting matters relating to her family. What a romantic
and entertaining genealogy could be written of the descendants of Anneke ; and as
our Albany friends claim that she rather belonged to their goodly city than to ours,
will not some of them don then working-armor and give us this thoroughly Dutch
genealogy ?
To return to Munsell' s volume : we cannot praise its contents or its mechanical
execution too highly, and warmly congratulate the Albanians on then- possession of
such a hard working, painstaking chronicler. The indexes to the work are admir-
able and complete. J- s- G-
Tiifrd Reunion op tiie Society op the Army of the Cumberland, held at
Indianapolis, 18G9. Published by order of the Society. Robert Clarke & Co.,
Cincinnati. 1870.
We have received, from the senior member of the firm, the above octavo volume
of 189 pages, issued in the beautiful style usual to his house. It is on fine tinted
paper, clearly printed, and embellished with a steel portrait of Maj.-Gen. W. S.
Rosecrans. and a fac-simile, in colors, of the Badge adopted by the Society. The
book has considerable value to a genealogist, as it gives a complete list of the
members of the Society, with their rank in the army, and their present post-office
address.
Pioneer Biography. Sketches of the Lives of some of the Early Settlers of
Butler County, Ohio. By James McBride.
Col. Rogers Clark's sketch of his Campaign in the Illinois in 1778-9.
An Account of the Remarkable Occurrences in the Life and Travels of Col. James
Smith, during his Captivity with the Indians.
Reminiscential Letters from Daniel Drake, M.D., of Cincinnati, to his Children.
The above four volumes, from the press of Robert Clarke & Co., Cincinnati, Ohio,
■W 2\ "/' s and Queries.
1860-70, and forming the "Ohio Valley Historical Series." may well be termed model
books m their way Their purpose is to gather up and place in an enduring and
beautiful form all that relates to the early settlements and history of the Ohio
We wish the publisher a God-speed in his undertaking, and feel confident that in
his hands the series will continue to grow in interest as it increases in numbers
Ihenameot the publishing house is a sufficient warrant for the beauty of the
mechanical portion of these volumes, without words of ours. / S. G.
The Celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Primitive Organization op the
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH and SOCIETY, in Franklin, Conn., Oct 14 18H8
New Haven, Ct., 18(i!). 8vo, 151 pp. ' '
Few volumes of this size present more valuable information, set forth in an
attractive manner, than the one above noted. It contains an account of the Pro-
ceedings at the Celebration ; the Opening Hymn, by the late Miss F. M. Caulkins •
the Address of AVelconie and the Historical Address, by Dr. Ashbel Woodward- the
Historical Sermon by Rev. Franklin C. Jones, etc., etc.. all graceful graphic and
entertammg (we should think) to the general reader who may chance to pick up the
book, as to the antiquarian who refers to it for special purposes. A very large 'hare
£as ™£ tTr^ h<°th c«lebrati^-dbook is due to ]£ Ashbel Woodward. So
has snatched time from the very scanty leisure afforded bv a countrv physician's
practice, to perform a labor of love for the old town of - Norwich West Farms »
\aluable as is his Historical Address, and the Sermon of Rev. Mr. Jones, we think
the great value of the work lies in the 'Historical Addenda, and notes thereto em-
bracing, among others, such topics as List of Original Proprietors of Norwich • Brief
Notices of the Principal Settlers of West Farms, now Franklin; College Graduates
SSS^ ln PTk?1 ; £"***»!■ ! Sketches of individuals not included n
the medical and clerical ranks ; Missionaries, etc. The volume is also well illustrated
&£?7S0Wmf *ie location of settlers of Norwich West Farms (Franklin, from
T ■ vWh «; ^l8*661"^ l10rtraits of llev- Samuel Nott, Col. Jacob Kingsbury,
La Fayette S. Foster, and Ephraim H. Hyde. H R g/'
A Collection of Curious and Interesting Epitaphs, copied from the monuments of
Distmguished and Noted Characters in the Ancient Church and Burial Grounds
Sn,2i'l ?a>TSi Jo ld<UneSeX- uBj Fr™erick Teague Cansick. London : J.
Russell Smith, 1869. Crown 8o, pp. 236.
m The above volume, being the first one issued of a contemplated series of twelve
is devoted to the preservation of the inscriptions on the tombs in the churchyard
fJLof+b^ i >1S aUCie,Ut ^«1-Place is now being destroyed by the passage of
M • C rltTt?? ! safCKed« 0l1 ; ?°f evl lon^ had jt nofc been for the labofs of
Mi. Cansick its tales of births and deaths, of departed virtues and of sorrowing
panegyrics traced on the marble and granite tombs, would have been lost forever
I he work cannot fail to be of interest and assistance to the genealogist It has
frequent illustrations of family arms, and is printed in clear plain type We notice
in the present volume the epitaph of a son of one of our honored New York families •
that ot Lieut Col. John Hams Cruger, who died in London, June 3, 1807 a-ed
69 years Col. Cruger was born in New York and was a prominent citizen prior to
the Revolution when he espoused the Royal side. He served in the British ArmV
and greatly distinguished himself in the South Carolina and Georgia Campaigns'
heTed declaratlOU 0f Peacehe retired to England, where, after an honored life',
J. S. G.
NOTES AND QUERIES.
Atiierton -At what place in England, and when, was Maj.-Gen. Humphrey
Athlon of ^the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Dorchester 1636) 'born; and what
relation to him if any, was James Atherton, who attained his majority in that
£ °f .Dorchester, now Milton, and subsequently, in 1653, was one of the first set-
tlers of Lancaster, Mass. ?
U. 15. A.
J\Totes and Queries. 45
Rec1 Albany May 22 ' 177G of Gapt. Richard Varick the sum of ten pounds, seven-
teen shillings New York Currency being one sixth of Captain's Pay from the 28lh
June 1 7 75 to the 2(ith Feby. 1770 both days included, for my services done as 2a
Lieutenant of his Company in Col. M' Dougalls Regiment.
Daniel Gano.
£10.17.
Dakins — Preston. — In February, 1657-58, Capt. George Dakins (or Deakins) —
probably Cromwellian — was at the east end of Long Island, and at Shelter Island,
in the ship ,-Goulden Parrett;" Edward Preston was with him. Both made affi-
davits at Southold, relating to a controversy or struggle with Capt. X. Silvester.
Can any one refer to historical descriptions of any of these characters '? — c. B. M.
Fludd — Wiieaton — Dodge. — Information wanted concerning any of the passen-
gers of the ship "'Alexander," given in Drok<\* "Founders of Ni n- England" page
106, as having sailed from London, for the Barbadoes, May 2, 1635 ; and particularly
of Thomas Fludd.
Also, such information relating to the Wheaton family as will lead to the discovery
of the father of Sally or Sara/i Wheaton who married William Stafford, Jr., of
Coventry, R. I. ("William Stafford, Jr., was born at Warwick, R. I., February 21),
17-H; and Sarah Wheaton, his first wife, died before 17-50. )
Also, information relating to the Dodge family, before 1700; who had representa-
tives at Block Island, R. I., and also at New London, Conn., in 1694 ; especially as
to the father of Jane Dodge, who married Thomas Stafford, Jr., of Warwick, R. I.,
Dec. 28, 1071. m. h. s.
Swords Genealogy. — I would suggest that old Father Stanford, named on page
12, vol. 1, of the Record, was not of the Episcopal Church, but was a Baptist. His
son, Thomas N. Stanford, was an Episcopalian. I remember the "Old Father"
well, with old-fashioned clothes, broad-biim hat, and gold-headed cane. He was
for many years the Missionary or Chaplain of our city prison. w. H. B.
N. Y., Dec. 3, '70.
The Verplanck Memoir. — On page 36 of the October Record, it is stated that
Isaac Verplanck, baptized February 20, 1651, married Miss Coeyrnans, &c. I be-
lieve this is an error. It was David Verplanck who married Hannah or Harriet
Coeyrnans, and they never had any children. He married a second time, and the
descendants of this second marriage still live near Coeyrnans. There is a portrait of
Mrs. Verplanck nee Coeyrnans in existence. C. A. n.
Coeyrnans, Dec. 9, 1870.
Bryan Newton. — The following, copied from the old records of Jamaica, L. I.,
appears to be the last account we have of the old Capt. Bryan Newton — the member
of Gov. Stuyvesant's Council. Can any one say whether he left descendants ?
C. B. M.
Dec. 20, 1680. — Whereas I Bryan Newton, by special contract sold & assured my
whole lot ik allowance of meadow on Long Neck upon, certain conditions as expres-
sed in a bill of sale given under y hands to George Woolsie J' bearing date —
I do also by virtue of yese presents in consideration of his care labor it pains prom-
ised, engaged ct truly paid as specified in yat bill ifc contract to ye free ik full
consent of my wife Alis Newton engage, assure, give & make over to y said Geo.
Woolse y. homested, land, orchard, fencing, housing. & all immovables appertaining
and belonging thereunto to be his <fc his heirs forever, after the decease of me ifc my
wife ; to be possed vfe enjoyed peaceably by him without molestation by any that
shall presume to lay claim title thereto who sel after ye decease of me <fc my wife. It
is also agreed yl yl sd George Woolse Jr is to make and maintain all y fence & fencing
y* now doth or hereafter shall pertain & belong to y s" homested during the life of me
or my wife, and in case y' either I or my wife during our life shall be necessitated
to sell any part of s ' homested for our sustenance or any necessary supply for our
comfort y s'1 George Woolse shal be engaged to give [y resolution y* and the mad
do1] — in confirmation of this act & deed, grant & contract I have subscribed my name
20 Dec. 1680. Bryan Newton.
Alis Newton.
• Illegible.
I,; Notes and Queries.
I Bryan Newton, inhabitant of Jamaica, have with the consent of my wife Alles
soldtoTho Woolsie, bachelor, of Jamaica, my 10 acre lot westward of the town
for A: m consideration oi a certain penal sum of monev to be paid yearly as exprest in a
bill of dept, under his hand dated herewith; I sa'v. I have made over from us our
liens, executors, & administrators to said Tho* Woolsie all ourright title & property
in the above said in acre lot with the fencings to he his absolute property to possess
enjoy improve & dispose of without any molestation from me or my heirs forever—
(bounds A: giveni For the confirmation of this hill of sale as my absolute deed
A act I have set my hand & seal. Dec. 22 1080.
Bryan Newton
mark
A. Newton.
her
rAug. 26. 1684 George WooMe Jf. sold Mr Bryan Newton's small allotment of
meado_w on farther East neck being a full proportion in the last division belonging
to a 13 acre lot, that is. the proportion that did belong to Mr. Bryan Newton's lot
being in number according to the division, the 20'" lot, amongst the range of small
lots that front to the River (Foster's meadow river) & rear at the pond.
Where \ke the Knickerbockers ?— Speaking of carriers' New Year's ad-
dresses, here is an extract from that sent around years ago by the Albany Dutch-
m <m. We grieve to say a j ournal exhibiting such a remarkable capacity for catalogue
has been for some time in the grave : —
"Where are the Dutchmen of the olden time,
Who saw an ancient city in its prime ?
The Bleeckers, Brenckerhoffs, Van Homes, and Dyckmans,
Van Hooks, Van Bummels, Vauderpoels. and Ryckmans,
Van Rensselaers, Ten Broecks, Van Pelts, and Hoppers '
The Vander Spiegles, Vander Hoofs, and Cloppers ?
Van Benthuysens, Van Sandtfords, and Van Deusens
The Varra Vangers, Sckermerhorns, Van Heusens •
The Vander Voorts, Van Rippers and Van Dycks,
The Vanderheydens, Shingerlands, Ten Eycks,
The Knickerbockers, Lansings and Van Burens,
Van Dams. Van Winkles, Stuyvesants, Van Kewrens ;
The Hoffmans, Rosebooms, Hogebooms and Schraders,
Van Valkenburgs, and Stoutenburghs, and Schneiders,'
Van Schaacks, Van Vetchtens, Visschers and Van Wies.
Van Tromps, Van Schoonhovens. and Vanderzies,
Van Zandts. Van Blarcoms, Schuylers. Van Schellynes,
Downs, Hooglands. Waldrons, A'anderburghs, Bruyns, '
DeWitts, Hochsbrasses, Bonkeous, Van Gleasons,
Van Gaasbacks, Grosbecks, Bensons and Van Hiesons ;
Where are they all, these men of sounding name,
Of pipe, knee-breeches, and round -headed" fame ?
— N. Y. En n In g }[,,il
The Old Tontine Association of New York City— Death of the Eighth
Shareholder.— By the death of Mr. John P. De Wint, recently at Fishkill, at an
advanced age, the eighth shareholder of the Tontine Fund has passed away. In the
Times, of April 21, an account of the formation of this Association was published,
and the following is a brief recapitulation of the facts therein contained. The
Association was formed in 1790 and completed in 1792. The original number of
shares was 203, and upon the payment of .$200 the person so contributing this sum
was entitled to the privilege of nominating a shareholder, who thereupon became a
party in interest to the fund. The appointees were all children, and the name and
sex were given at the time of purchasing the share. By the terms then agreed upon
among the contributors, it was determined that each shareholder so named should
possess a life interest only in the rents, issues, and profits of the fund, which was
invested and placed in the hands of a board of trustees duly elected, who were
empowered to hold a title in fee simjile to the property of the Association. It was
further agreed that when the number of shareholders should be reduced by death to
seven, then the property or the proceeds thereof shoidd be divided into seven equal
parts, and each part should become the absolute " property of one of the seven sur-
Announcement*. 47
vivors. With the fund originally contributed the Tontine Coffee-house, on the
corner of Wall and Water .streets, was erected, which for many years was regarded
as an old landmark. This building was torn down in 1855-56 and replaced by the
present structure. Owing to the rise of real estate in this City, this property is now
very valuable, being worth several hundred thousand dollars. A lull and complete
record of all the shareholders of this fund has been kept from year to year, and the
death of each, as it occurred, noted. At the beginning of the present year ten sur-
vived. The death of Gulian C. Verplanck and George Pixton Rogers, of this
City, last Spring, reduced this number to eight, and by the decease of Mr. De Wint,
the last link in the chain is broken which prevented the property from passing into
the possession of those for whom it was originally intended. The names of the seven
survivors who remain, and who will receive the benefit of this trust fund so strangely
collected, are as follows: Gouverneur Kemble, Horatio Gates Stevens, Robert
Benson, Daniel M. Hoffman, William Bayard, Maria Bayard, and Maiy Ray. — Ni w
York Times.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
GENEALOGIES, BIOGRAPHIES, LOCAL niSTORIES, IN PREPARATION.
Angell.— A. genealogy of the Angell family of Rhode Island is in preparation by
Dr. A. F. Angell, of East Attleboro, Mass.
Dawson. — Mr. C. C. Dawson is collecting facts for and expects to publish this year
"A Record of the Descendants of Robert Dawson, of East Haven, Conn." The
work will also include some account of the families of John and Nicholas Dawson,
brothers, who emigrated to Maryland from Whitehaven, iu Yorkshire, England,
prior to the year lfOO; and of John Dawson, born at Roweil, Westmoreland, Eng-
land, 1735, and who emigrated to South Carolina before the Revolutionary War.
Mr. Dawson's address is 94 Chambers street, New York City.
Dwiglit — Strong. — A typographical error in the last issue of the Record made us
announce that the Dwight Genealogy was going through the press of Munsell of
Albany, while we should have said the Strong Genealogy, by Prof. B. W. Dwight, of
Clinton, N. Y.
Potts. — W. J. Potts, of Camden, N. J. , is very critically examining records con-
cerning early settlers by that name in this country.
Wdkdey. — We are informed that the Rev. J. B. Wakeley of Newburgh, N. Y., is
engaged in collecting materials for a genealogy of his family.
AUibones third and concluding volume of " Dictionary of Authors " is completed,
and will be published immediately.
Colton. — Rev. A. M. Colton, of Easthampton, Mass.. has written and published
a most pleasant biography of his father, Dea. Walter Colton, of Georgia, Vt., who
died in 18(52, at the age of 98 years. The book is for circulation among members
of the family only.
Crittenden. — The Life of Hon. John J. Crittenden, edited by his daughter, Mrs.
Coleman, will soon be issued in two volumes, with portraits, by Lippincott & Co. ,
of Philadelphia.
Dahlgren. — Admiral Dahlgren's Life is in preparation by his widow.
Green.— The Life of Dr. Horace Green, by the Rev. Dr. Le Roy J. Halsey. will
soon be issued by Chas. Scribner tfc Co.
Greene. —The second and third volumes of Prof. G. W. Greene's Life of General
Nathaniel Greene, completing the work, will be issued this spring by Hurd &
Houghton.
Hawes. — Dr. E. A. Lawrence is preparing a Life of the late Rev. Dr. Hawes of
Hartford.
HbUand.—A Sketch of the Life of the late George Holland, the veteran comedian,
is announced for immediate publication by T. H. Morrell, New York City.
48 Announcements.
id nnedy. — The late John P. Kennedy appointed by his will Messrs. Robt. C. Win-
throp. Hen. T. Tuckerman. and Josiali Remington as his literary executors, who should
have the editorial supervision of his correspondence and reminiscences ; the manu-
script volumes bo be boxed up and stored in the Peabody Institute, Baltimore, until
the year 1900, when fchey are to be taken out and presented to the Institute.
Li i. — A memorial of Gen. Robert E. Lee will shortly be issued by the Uni-
versity Publishing Company, of New York City, under the auspices of the Faculty of
Washington College, at Lexington, Va., of which institution he was the President
at the time of his death. It will be compiled wholly from original and authentic
sources, and will contain four portraits as well as other engravings. The entire
profits from its sale will be devoted to the Lee Memorial Fund, for the erection of a
tomb and monument over his remains at Washington College.
Seaton. — A Biographical Sketch of William Winston Seaton, late Editor of the
National TnteUigt ncer, with Notices of his Associates and Friends, is in preparation
by his Daughter.
Simmons. Dr. Ezra Stiles Gannett is preparing a Life of John Simmons, the
Founder of Simmons' Female College.
Verplanck. — We understand that the family of the late Gulian C. Verplanck have
placed all his papers at the disposal of Mr. Charles H. Hart, of 502 Walnut street.
Philadelphia, who proposes to prepare a full life of Mr. Verplanck, and requests any
who have letters of his to intrust the same to him.
WboVman. — A new edition of John Woolman's Journal is announced in Boston,
with an Introduction by John G. Whittier.
A New American Biographical Dictionary.— The proposals for the publi-
cation, by Messrs. Lee & Shepard, of Boston, of a new Dictionary of American Bio-
graphy, by Francis S. Drake, of Boston, have reached us. The author is a man
fully qualified to produce a work that will satisfy the wants of every lover of Amer-
ican History. Having at his command the facilities which the various public
libraries of Boston afford, he has had also the private library of his father, Mr.
Samuel G. Drake, the eminent historian. It is proposed to print the manuscript,
which we understand is already complete, in a volume of about one thousand large
8vo pages, and furnish the same to subscribers for $0.00. The manuscript has been
examined by numerous scholars, who commend it as every way worthy of the sub-
ject. We trust our subscribers will all patronize the work. s. s. P.
Albany, X. 7. — Volume iv. of Munsell's Collections of Albany is going through the
press. We understand it is to contain the record of baptisms in the Albany churches
from the earliest period down to the year 1800. This laborious undertaking is the
work of Prof. Pearson, of Union College, whose name is a sufficient guarantee of the
correctness and thoroughness of these published records. To those tracing the
old families of New York this volume will be invaluable.
din inItKh, 17. — A history of this town, which has been settled aboutone hundred
years, is in course of preparation by H. B. Atherton, of Nashua, N. H.
Chicago. — Mr. J. S. Wright, one of the oldest residents of Chicago, is collecting
material for a careful and elaborate history of that city.
Michigan.— K B. Smith & Co., of Detroit, announce for early publication " The
Red Book of Michigan," edited by Charles Lanman, Esq., which promises to give a
thorough history of that State.
Eye, Westchester Co., N. Y.—A history of the town, from 1660 to 1870, includ-
ing the towns of Harrison and White Plains until 1788, will sunn be published by
subscription, in a large 8vo volume, with map. Price $4.00. Address the author.
Rev. Charles W. Baud, Rye, N. Y.
Tammany Society. — Chauncey C. Burr, it is said, has been commissioned to
write a history of the " Tammany Society " of New York City.
Trnnihnll. — Mr. Hammond Trumbull, of Hartford, Conn., is about to reprint
Pierson's Indian Catechism, originally printed at Cambridge, Mass.. in 1658.
THE NEW YORK
Genealogical anfr §wgrap|ical Retort.
Vol. II.
NEW YORK, APRIL, 1871.
No.
BIOGRAPHY OF BARON DE ZENG.
(Contributed by Edward F. de Lancey, Esq. )
Arms : — Sable, an Ionic column imperially
croivned, in bend, or.
Crest: — Out of a crest-coronet, two spears
coupce, addorsed, or ; pennons
gules, three cocks' feathers sable
arising with each spear ; between
the spears an Ionic column impe-
rially croivned, in bend sinister, of
the first, base on the foot of the
dexter sp>ear ; the crest-coronet sur-
mounting a helmet gold, affronte,
with five bars. '
Frederick Augustus, Baron de Zeng,
the ancestor of the only family of this
name in America, was a Saxon nobleman
born in Dresden, the capital of Saxony, in
1756. lie was the second son of Baron de
Zeng, of Riickerswalde-Wolkenstein, near
Mai"ienberii\ in Saxony, Lord Chamberlain
to the Duchess of Saxe-Weissenfels, and
High Forest-Officer to the King of Saxony,
by his wife, Lady Johanna Phillipina von
Ponickau, of Altenberg. He received a mili-
tary education, and at the age of eighteen
(on February 11th, 1774) was commissioned as " Lieutenant of the Guard "
in the service of the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel.
1 Note. — The arms are blazoned from an Achievement, formerly belonging to Baron
de Zeng, executed in Germany, and now in the possession of his only surviving son,
Mr. William S. de Zeng, of Geneva, N. Y. The crest is remarkable, and of a rare
kind. There is no motto whatever.
50 Biography <>f Baron de Zeng. [April,
It was tin' rule in all Germany then, as it is still, at this hour, that none
but nobles could hold commissions in the army of its sovereign princes.
They could take service and hold appointments under any other German
prince as well as under their own sovereigns. In this respect they had full
liberty, ami with the consent of their own prince, could even enter any
foreign service whatever. The result of this system was, that in all the
German armies were numerous officers from the other and different German
States. Many entered the French, the Dutch, and the Russian services. All,
however, without exception, were of gentle blood. It was in consequence
of these facts that Baron de Zeng, though a Saxon, held a commission in the
arm v of Besse-Cassel, and saw his first service in the Legion of Baron de
Winkop, in the campaign in Moravia and Bohemia. After the war he con-
tinued in the same service, and on the 19th of May, 1770, received likewise
the court appointment of " Ilof-Juncker," or ''Gentleman of the Chamber"
to his Serene Highness, Frederick of Hesse-Cassel.
The succeeding few years were passed in the performance of ordinary
military and court duties, varied by travels in different parts of Europe. It
was at this period that an intimacy began between him and another German
noble, subsequently distinguished in American annals — a friendship which
was never broken save by the death of the latter, years afterwards, when
both were American citizens. This was the celebrated Baron de Steuben.
The latter, a Prussian, was much the elder of the two, and had held at one
time the command of the "Regiment Von Sahnuth," afterwards styled
" Hesse-Cassel." At this period, however, de Steuben was in the service of
the Prince of IIohenzollen-Hechingen. De Zeng was a captain in the regi-
ment of the "Hereditary Prince." This was one of the regiments ordered
to America by the Landgrave of Hesse-Cassel, under the convention en-
tered in to by the British Government with him, the Duke of Brunswick,
and two or three other minor German princes, for troops to aid in sup-
pressing the American Revolution. He, however, did not come to Amer-
ica until quite late in the war, at the close of 1780, or beginning of 1781.
He exchanged from this regiment into that of the "Regiment du Corps,"
his commission in which bears date January 30, 1781. Stationed in the
city of New York and its neighborhood, it was his lot never to have
been engaged in conflict with the Americans. In fact, after his arrival active
hostilities were comparatively limited north of the Chesapeake. Baron
de Zeng was exceedingly pleased with America and the Americans, owing
perhaps to his having fallen in love with a charming Quakeress of Long
Island. Be this as it may, he determined, at the close of the war, to make
America his home. He found some difficulty in getting his resignation
accepted, but finally succeeded, and on the 8th of November, 1783, received,
at his own request, an honorable discharge from the Germ, n service. In
the following year, 1784, he was married in Trinity Church, New York, to
Miss Mary Lawrence, daughter of Caleb Lawrence, and Sarah Burling, his
wife, of Flushing, L. I. She was a lady of extraordinary beauty and grace,
united with a commanding presence, and was gifted with great good sense
and decision of character. Her father was the grandson of Joseph Law-
rence, of Flushing (eldest son of the first William Lawrence, of Great St.
Albans, Hertfordshire, England, who came to America in 1635, by his
second wife, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Smith, of Smithtown, Long
Island, whose second husband was Sir Philip Carteret, Governor of New
Jersey, who founded and named after his wife Elizabethtown, in that
State), and his wife, Mary, daughter of Sir Richard Town ley, son of Charles
1871.] Biography of Baron de Zeng. 51
Townley, who fell at Marston Moor, and sister of Dorothy, wife of the sev-
enth Baron Howard, of Effingham, afterwards created Earl of Effingham.1
After their marriage they lived at Red Hook, Dutchess County, New
York, where the Baron purchased an estate. He became a joint owner,
w7ith his neighbor and friend, the late Chancellor Livingston, of a very
large tract of land in Ulster County. On the 3d of November, 1789, he was
naturalized as an American citizen, in the Mayor's Court of- New York,
under the Act of May 6, 1784, the first State Naturalization Act. He
dropped the use of his hereditary title, though usually addressed by it by
others, and simply signed himself Frederick A. de Zeng.
On January 13, 1792, he was commissioned by Gov. George Clinton,
" Major Commandant of a Battalion of Militia, in the County of Ulster, re-
siding westerly of* the towns of Woodstock, Hurly, Marbletown, and Ro-
chester," as the Commission curiously expresses it. From this appoint-
ment he derived the title of Major de Zeng. by which he was known during
the remainder of his life.
He and Gov. Clinton were intimate friends, socially and politically. At
this period he was deeply interested in the question of the opening of the
interior water communications of this State, and made personal examinations
and surveys in the years 1790, 1791, and 1792, of the entire country from
Albany to the Genesee River. A very interesting account of one of these
journeys in 1792, written at the time by, Mr. Vanderkemp, one of his com-
panions, was published a few years ago. He was much with the Indians dur-
ing these expeditions, took great interest in them, and had their confidence.
This led to his appointment several times as a Commissioner to negotiate
with them — notably in 1794, when Gov. Clinton sent him to treat with the
Oneidas, Onondagas, and Cayugas, relative to their reserved lands. On one
of these occasions he was accompanied by that strange being, Peter Otsegat,
who, on his return from France, had brought a letter of introduction to him
from Gen. La Fayette, and who was visiting at his house when he was called
upon to go to the Indian country. Otsegat was a full-blooded Indian, an
Oneida, who had been taken, when young, to France by La Fayette, and
placed in the family of Madame Letitia La Fayette, where he was thoroughly
educated, and in which he enjoyed all the social advantages of the highest
French society. He acquired learuing easily and well, was animated and
affable, and very polite in his manners and conversation, and remarkable
for his skill and grace in dancing. He continued in France many years,
and on his return was received into the best society of New York. He
gave Major de Zeng full and particular accounts of men, things, and society
as he saw them all in France, with a great many anecdotes of the persons,
male and female, whom he had met. These the Major preserved in a Me-
moir of Otsegat, which he wrote afterwards, but which has unfortunately
been lost. At his own request Otsegat accompanied Major de Zeng to the
Conference with the Indians. The meeting with his own race proved too
much for his education. The old native feeling revived, and the ineradicable
barbarism of the North American Indian triumphed over European culture.
Throwing off the garb and customs of civilized life, he resumed the blanket
and habits of the savage. He married a squaw, and yielding to the vice of
his people, gradually sank ; and the man who had returned from France,
1 See " Historical Genealogy of the Lawrence Family," p. 30, N. Y., 1858 ; " Hol-
gate's American Genealogy," article "Lawrence ; " and " Effingham," in Sir Harris
.Nicholas's " Historic Peerage of England."
52 Biography of Baron De Zeng. [April,
and dwelt some time in New York, an educated, refined, and temperate
gentleman, lived and died a miserable, degraded, drunken brute.
Of an active, enterprizing spirit, Major de Zeng "was one of the earliest pro-
moters of internal improvements in this State. lie was connected with
General Schuyler in the establishing and carrying on the "Western Inland
Lock Navigation Company." He subscribed largely to the stock, and took
a personal interest in the construction of the works. The heaviest part of
the work was to be done at Little Falls, and the superintendence of this
section of the construction he took upon himself, moving his family to that
place temporarily. While residing here his old friend Baron de Steuben
made one of the annual visits he was in the habit of paying him. During
this visit, on the 1G"' March, 1793, Mrs. de Zeng presented her husband
with a son, her fifth child, whom he named William Steuben, in honor of
the Baron; William being the second of his Christian names. Steuben, a
bachelor, was pleased at this unlooked for incident, and remembered it by
leaving to his namesake a thousand acres of land. This child, still living
in vigorous health, is the present Mr. William S. de Zeng, of Geneva, New
York.
About the year 1796, in conjunction with Jeremiah Van Rensselaer and
Abraham Ten Eyck, Major de Zeng established at Hamilton, near Albany,
a manufactory of window-glass, a work, at that early day, of great magni-
tude, as all the workmen and tools, and some of the material, had to be
brought from Germany. This, it is believed, was the first glass-works in
the State, and was very successful. It finally passed into the hands of the
late James Kane, of Albany, who continued the manufacture till the failure
of fuel in the neighborhood caused him to close the works in 1815. It was
a pecuniary success during its whole existence.
In 1812 Major de Zeng suggested the enterprise which resulted in the
formation of the "Seneca Lock Navigation Company," for the enlargement
of the locks and improving of the navigation of the Seneca River, the out-
let of the singular and beautiful group of lakes lying in the heart of West-
ern New York. In 1814 and 1 8 15 he was engaged in and led the enterprise
which at a later day resulted in uniting the waters of Seneca Lake with those
of the Susquehannah by the construction of the Chemung Canal. He made
personally the first explorations of the highlands dividing the water-sheds of
the valleys of the St. Lawrence and the Susquehannah, at the head of
Seneca Lake, for this purpose. He resided for many years at Kingston, in
Ulster County, and subsequently at Bainbridge, Chenaugo County, where
he built and owned the Bridge over the Susquehannah River.
His long, active life closed at Clyde, Wayne County, New York, where
two of his married children resided, on the 26th of April, 1838, having been
extended to the great length of eighty-two years. He was buried in the
cemetery at that place. His wife died about two years before him at
Oswego, N. Y.„ where she is interred.
The fine natural abilities of Baron de Zeng were highly cultivated. He
had, in his youth, all the advantages that rank and wealth could give, and
profited well by them. He was noted for the elegance and manly beauty of
his person, and his graceful manner and mien. The politeness and suavity
of his address was remarked by all with whom he came in contact. In
society, of which he was fond, he was noted for his agreeableness and his
grace in dancing, and he was a great favorite with both sexes.
1871.] Biography of Baron de Z&nq. 53
The family of de Zeng in Germany is now extinct. The eld er brother
of the Baron, John George Frederick Adolph, Baron de Zeng, succeeded
his father in bis office of Grand Chamberlain and High Forest Officer, and
in the possession of the estate of Riicterswalde-Wolkenstein. He married,
in 1780, the Countess of Solms-Zeklenburg, who died in 1800, leaving two
children, Henry Louis, who was killed by being thrown from his horse in
1832, a bachelor, while on a visit to his sister Louise, who was the wife of
Baron von Oelschlagel, a major in the Saxon army, but who had no issue.
This elder brother of Baron de Zeng died in 1829. His son-in-law died in
1 857, and his daughter in 1 858. Another estate possessed by the family was
that of Gros-Zschocher, very near Leipsic, where Baron de Zeng passed much
of his boyhood, and a portion of which came to him. Upon it was a small
chateau, still standing, but now greatly modified and modernized by its
present owner, Baron Tauchnitz, the well-known Leipsic publisher, who
purchased it after the death of Henry Louis, the last Baron in Germany.
This place is historically famous, for it was the scene in part of the great
"Battle of Leipsic," or "Battle of the Nations" as the Germans call it, in
which Napoleon I. was defeated by the Allies. Previous to the action he
and his staff occupied the chateau, though during the battle his head-quar-
ters were more than a mile distant, upon a slight rising ground, where a
monument has been erected to mark the spot.
Besides the brother above mentioned, Baron de Zeng had two sisters,
Johauna Hedwig Frederika, who was the wife of Baron de Winckelman, and
Ernestine Johanna, who died unmarried.
His own children were nine in number, viz.: —
i. George Scriba, m. Eliza Smith, and died at Grand Gulf, Mississippi, but
left no issue surviving- him.
ii. Ernestine, m. James Houghtaling, M.D., of Kingston, Ulster Co.. N. Y..
and left issue.
iii Richard La whence, of Skaneatles, N. Y., m. Sarah Lawrence, his first
cousin, daughter of Richard Lawrence of New York. He died at Oswego,
N. Y, leaving issue:— 1. Rev. Edward de Zeng, of Oswego, N. Y, an
Episcopal clergyman, the present head of the family, who m. Mary
Russell, of Middletown, Conn. , and has issue, one son, Richard Law-
rence. 2. Emmeline, m. James Stokes, Capt. U. S. A.
iv. Philip Mark. m. Lucretia Sears, of Bainbridge, N. Y. ; he died at Clyde,
K Y., 1861, leaving issue: — 1. Charles, 2. Lawrence, 3. John C.
Clark, 4. Philip, 6. Eliza, 7. Mary.
v. William Steuben, m. Caroline C. Rees, daughter of Maj. James Rees, of
Philadelphia, afterwards of Geneva, N. Y., and had issue:— 1. James
Rees, of N. Y., unmarried. 2. Josephine Matilda, m. Edward F. De
Lancey, of N. Y., and died June 5, 1865, leaving issue. 3. William,
died at Panama, 1N40. a bachelor. 4. Caroline, m. Clarence A. Seward,
of N. Y. 5. Henry Lawrence, of Geneva, N. Y., m. Olivia Peyton. 6.
Edward Cutbush, of N. Y., unmarried. 7. Mary Anne, of Geneva, N.
Y., unmarried. 8. Evelina Throop, of Geneva, N. Y, unmarried.
vi. Arthur Noble, m. , but left no issue. He died in 182!).
vii. Sarah, m. Richard L. Lawrence, of N. Y., her first cousin, and has issue.
viii. Amelia Clarissa, m. Addison Griswold. of Syracuse, N. Y., and has issue.
ix. Maria, m. William S. Stow, of Clyde, N. Y., and has issue.
54 The Lotting Family. [April,
THE LATTING FAMILY.
[Contributed by John J. Latting, Esq.]
Concluded from the RECORD of January, 1871.
105. Daniel, son of Danier19 and (Pettit) Latting, b. at Jericho,
1799 ; m. Nov. 21, 1824, Martha Bennett ; d. at Jericho, Aug. 17,
1 852, aged 53 years ; buried in Friends' Cemetery, at Westbury, L. I.
Issue : —
211. i. Jacob.
212. ii. Isaac B.
213. iii. Daniel P.
106. Leah, dau. of Benjamin42 and Deborah (Holmes) Latting, b.
Nov. 3, 1765, m. 1st, Captain Henry Bird, Feb. 19, i783; resided
at Rye, Westchester Co. ; 2d, Joseph Wood, who died shortly
afterwards ; 3d, Simeon De Graff. She died at Albany, N. Y.,
Sep. 17, 1838. No issue by either husband.
107. Josiah, son of Benjamin'1* and Deborah (Holmes) Latting, b.
Jany. 29, 1767; m. 1st, Betsey Bailey; 2d, Deborah Angevine, of
Pleasant Valley, Dutchess County ; removed to Old Paltz, Ulster
County, New York, where he died April 22, 1823. Issue: —
214. i. Polly.
215. ii. Angevlne.
21 (i. iii. Wright.
217. iv.
108. Adolphus, son of Benjamin4- and Deborah (Holmes) Latting, b. May
20, 1768 ; m. Abigail Wright, dau. of Daniel Wright, of Matinecock
(sister of his father's 2d wife) ; removed to Monkton, Addison Co.,
Vermont ; d. in Michigan, Sept. 21, 1840, while on a visit to his son,
Bernice, who resided there. Issue : —
218. i. Jacob, m. Mary Mallard, no issue.
210. ii. Daniel.
220. iii. Henry, rn. Polly Benton. Monkton, Vt.
221. iv. Deborah, m. Leonard Haight, Monkton, Vt., removed to Toronto,
Canada.
222. v. Bernice, m. Abigail Benson, Monkton, Vt.
223. vi. Abigail, m. Gaius Collamer, Monkton, Vt., now reside at Bristol, Vt.
224. vii. Deghove.
225. viii. Carlinda.
109. Nathaniel, son of Benjamin43 and Deborah (Holmes) Latting, b.
April, 1776; m. April 14, 1802, Sarah Allen, of Poughkeepsie,
N. Y. ; d. Oct. 20, 1858, at Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co.,
N. Y. Issue : —
226. i. Joseph A.
227. ii. Deborah.
228. iii William.
220. iv. John W.
230. v. Jane Ann Maria.
1871.] The Latting Family. 55
110. William, son of Benjamin4- and Deborah (Holmes) Latting;, b.
Nov. I, 1778; m. Judith Wood, of Pleasant Valley. Accidentally
killed at West Troy, Oct. 29, 1818. Issue :—
231. i. Adolphus, "Washington Hollow, Dutchess Co.
232. ii. Elvira.
111. Deborah, dan. of Benjamin4- and Freelove (Wright) Latting, b.
Apr. 3, 1788; m. Abraham Wood, of Pleasant Valley, Dutchess
Co., N. Y., May, 1806; d. Sept., 1846. Issue:—
233. i. Julia Ann, m. Duncan Graham, whom she survived, and now resides in
Canada.
234. ii. Lattin, m. Eleanor Ackert.
235. hi. Jerome, d. unmarried.
236. iv. John, m. Leah Bevier.
237. v. Mary. m. Clark Cox.
238. vi. Freelove, m. Nicholas Winnie.
239. vii. Joseph, m. Caroline Lamorie.
240. viii. Joel, m. Almira Burroughs.
241. ix. Sarah, m. Hiram Sleight.
242 x. Deborah. )
243. xi. Maiilon. [ all these 3 died young.
244. xii. )
112. Wright, son of Benjamin4- and Freelove (Wright) Lattin, b. Oct.
20, 1791; m. Maria Flagler, of Pleasant Valley, 1814. Removed
to Lockport, N. Y., where he died, Oct. 9, 1843. Issue: —
245. i. Horace, d. unmar.
246. h. Mary. m. Marsh.
247. iii. Cordelia.
248. iv. Eunice, m. Rev. Parsons.
249. v. Dorcas, m. William H. Green.
113. Benjamin, son of Benjamin43 and Freelove (Wright) Lattin, b.
June 13, 1794; m. 1st, Hannah A. Thurston, of Pleasant Valley,
Dec. 20, 1815. She died August 10, 1817.
He mar. 2d, on 2d Sept., 1819, Mary Houseman Clark, dau. of
Rev. Clark, of Pleasant Valley, N. Y. He afterwards re-
moved to Scipio, N. Y., and subsequently to Auburn, N. Y., where
he now resides. Issue : —
250. i. JonN Clark, b. June 2, 1820.
251. ii. Alfred Augustus, b. Nov. 11, 1821, d. May 24, 1825.
252. iii. Hannah Thurston, b. Feb. 22, 1824.
253. iv. George Ham, b. March 21, 1825, d. Mar. 6, 1858.
254. v. Benjamln Wright, b. Dec. 18, 1830.
255. vi. Mary Louisa, b. Aug. 2, 1833.
256. vii. Jerome Macomber, b. July 16, 1835, d. July 16, 18G4.
114. Sarah, dau. of Benjamin42 and Freelove (Wright) Lattin, b Oct. 13,
1797, m. Peter K. Dubois, of Pleasant Valley, Nov. 18, 1817.
Now living at Salt Point, Dutchess County, N. Y. Issue : —
257. i. Henry, b. Sep. 16, 1818, d. Mar. 22, 1839.
258. ii. Koert, b. July 7, 1820, m. 1844, Maiy Hyatt.
259. iii. Cornelius, b. July 21, 1822, d. Aug. 8, 1846.
260. iv. Egbert, b. Jany. 9, 1825, m. Jan., 1862, Kate Hope.
261. v. Sarah, b. May 24, 1827, d. Mar. 28, 1835.
262. vi. Elizabeth, b. Jany. 17, 1830, m. July 9, 1842, Joel N. Budd.
56 Tlie Lotting Family. [April,
263. vii. Maby, 1). May 20, 1832.
264 viii Robert, b. Sept. 9, 1834, d. June 27, 1835.
265. ix. Sarah, b. Nov. is, 1836.
26'G. x. b. June, 1839, d. same month.
115. Freelove, dau. of Benjamin" and Freelove (Wright) Lattin, b. May
20, 1801, m. 1822, Joshua Holmes, of Pleasant Valley, d. 1852.
Issue : —
2P>7. i. Bradford, m. Amanda Seaman.
268. ii. Sally, m. Martin Wilber.
269. iii. Jane, d. unmarried.
270. iv. Irene, m. 1st, Amos Irish, 2d, Elmanson Irish.
271. v. JOSEPH, m. Delia Denny.
272. vi. Benjamin L., m. Alvirah Briggs.
273. vii. Freelove Ann, unmarried.
274. viii. George W.
128. Ann Kirby, dau. of Hannah63 and Daniel Kirby, b. Feb. 1752, in.
Charles Thorn, Jan v. 13, 1774, d. Aug. 26, 1845. Issue : —
27r,. i. Mary, b. June 2, 1785.
27(i. ii. Elizabeth, b. June 13, 1786.
277. iii. William.
278. iv. Leonard, d. without issue.
279. v. Charles.
280. vi. Stephen.
281. vii. Hallett.
282. viii. Frost.
129. Mary Kirby, dan. of Hannah" and Daniel Kirby, m. 1st, Feb. 14,
1769, Thorn Carpenter, of Mosquito Cove, whom she survived, by
whom she had — Issue: —
283. i. Hannah.
284. ii. Thorn.
HoWs New York Journal and General Advertiser, under date of Feb-
ruary 10, 1774, contained the following paragraph: —
" We hear from Long ilsland that on Saturday, the 29th ult., as Dr.
" William Lawrence, of Musquito Cove, was returning from this city in a
"sleigh, wherein were with him Mr. Jordan Coles and Mrs. Carpenter,
" widow of Mr. Thorn Carpenter, when they were got near home, in descend-
" ing a long steep hill where a large rock projects into the road, the horses
"taking fright, ran violently down the hill, when one of them running
"against the rock was killed dead on the spot, and the people thrown
" out of the sleigh. Mr. Lawrence escaped with little hurt; Mr. Coles
"was considerably hurt, and Mrs. Carpenter much more — it was feared
" at first she would have lost an eye, but it is since hoped they may
" recover without any material injury."
Either from sympathy in their perilous escape, or (which is the more
probable), from an attachment of longer standing, the widow Carpenter
and Mr. Jordan Coles intermarried shortly after this misadventure. Indeed,
we are credibly informed, the parties were actually at the time affianced,
and that the object of this sleigh-ride to the city was to supply the bride
elect with her wedding trousseau.
They subsequently removed to and resided in Brooklyn, on the farm
near G-owanus, bought by him of Robert Stoddard, where he died in Novem-
ber, 1829. His widow survived him. Issue (by this 2d marriage): —
285. iii. John.
286. iv. Jordan.
1871.] The Lotting Family. 57
130. Sarah Lawrence, dau. of Phebe" and Dr. William Lawrence, b.
19 Oct., 1763, m. May 12, 1782, Samuel Deall, Jr., son of Samuel
Deall, of New York, merchant. He was b. in New York, Sept. 27,
1760, d. at Rye Neck, Westcb. Co., Sept. 24, 1823. She survived
her husband and d. in New York, Mar. 27, 1845. Issue: —
287. i. Samuel, b. Jan. 13, 1784.
288. ii. Elizabeth, b. Sept. 13, 1785.
289. iii. William Lawrence, b. Dec. 13, 1787, d. unm'd. May 13, 1867.
290. iv.«» ETHELrNDA Frost, b. Apr. 17, 1790, m. Edward Johnson, July 15, 1820.
291. v. Lawrence, b. Jan. 7, 1793, m. Elizabeth Weed.
292. vi. Edward Lawrence, b. July 8, 1795, d. at sea, 1818.
293. vii. Sarah, b. Mar. 6, 1798, d.Nov. 9, 1802.
294. viii. Mary Lawrence, b. May 18, 1801.
295. ix. Sarah Ann, b. Feb. 24, 1803.
131. Zipporah Lawrence, dau. of Phebe56 and Dr. William Lawrence,
b. Nov. 2, 1765, m. Edward Lawrence, of New York, merchant, d.
at Flushing, L. I., Dec. 24, 1826. Issue:—
296. i. Edward L., b. 1739, m. Matilda Whiting.
297. ii. Phebe, m. Thomas Whiting.
298. iii. John L. , m. Adeline Tupper, no issue.
299. iv. Walter, ni. Malvina Daniels.
300. v. Cornelia, m. Thomas Treadway.
301. vi. Jane, m. Henry B. Fowler.
132. Jacob, eldest son of William'6 and Sarah (Carpenter) Latting, b. Dec.
24, 1764, m. Dec. 16, 1788, Freelove Coles, dau. of Nathaniel Coles,
Esq., of Dosoris. Was a merchant of New York, associated in
partnership with his brother-in-law, Peter Deall, under the firm of
Latting & Deall, from 1790 to 1798, and from 1801 to 1817 con-
tinued business as a merchant in same city in his individual name.
Died at Lattingtown, L. I., Aug. 15, 1847. Issue : —
302. i. Mary, b. Dec. 21, 1790, d. (unm*) Aug. 28, 1820.
303 ii. Elizabeth, b. Aug. 31, 1793, d. (unmfl) Jany. 22, 1866.
304. iii. Joseph William, b. Nov. 12, 1795, d. Apr. 21, 1797.
305. iv. Augusta Freelove, b. — 1800 (unmarried), now residing at Latting
Town, L. I.
133. Ethelinde, dau. of William56 and Sarah (Carpenter) Latting, b.
March 16, 1767, at Lattingtown, L. L, in. 178- Peter Deall,
son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Arthur) Deall, of New York. lie was
b. in New York, Nov. 5, 1768, d. at Ticonderoga, Aug. 22, 1819/
She was a woman of unusual intelligence, of great sprightliness
and vivacity, and remarkable for her conversational talents. In the
year 1801 "she removed with her husband and family to his patri-
monial estate at Ticonderoga, on Lake Champlain, where she con-
tinued to reside, with but few occasional intervals, until her death.
She died at Ticonderoga on Saturday evening, Aug. 3, 1861, in
her 95th year, having outlived her husband and all her children.
Issue : —
306 i Jane Nicoll, b. Jan. 1, 1791 (unmrt), d. at Ticonderoga, August 15.
1854.
307. ii. William Samuel, b. Mar. 11, 1792, d. July 18th, 1822, of yellow fever,
at Matanzas, Island of Cuba. No issue.
308. iii. Caroline Matilda, b. Nov. 5, 1795, m. Stephen H. Eumsey, of
Ticonderoga, d. Sept. 17th, 1828, at Ticonderoga. No issue. Her
husband survived her, and died Feb. 3, 1831.
5S TliC letting Family. [April,
135. Thorn, son of William- and Sarah (Carpenter) Latting, b. Janv 15
F lnm{ 1 gTCt- Moil1^""-< of Philadelphia, March 26/1803.'
to mf Z ^T teTam.erchant ^ Kingston Jamaica 1795
to 179.S Returned from Jamaica to New York in 1798 and sub-
sequent y engaged in mercantile speculations and « adventures" bv
sea ; and on his return from a voyage to the Island of Curacoa in
he summer of 1800, perished by shipwreck on 24th August %£
mcidents of tins disaster were graphically related bv thefoe surS
vor a boy named Richard Devoe, and published at length in the
New York Evening Post of Sept. 6, 1806. Issue •_
'^ ' ^oneloT ^ JaU h 18°4' ^ — P™S' 0f ^adelphia, and has
136. Charles, son of William- and Sarah (Carpenter) Latting, b. at Lat-
tmgtown, Aug. 7 1774, m. 1st, Sarah, §au. of Stephen Frost of
•n1 16C°iC8i0 PIne6' ^ T^ ^ b°ni ^ ^ ^ «* **
May 16, 1810 He m. 2d, June 1, 1811, Elizabeth, also dau of
Stephen Frost. Commenced business life as a merchant at the ear£
age of 20 years bemgfirst despatched, in Oct. 1794, bvhis brothers
Latting & Deall, then extensive shipping merchants in New York as
supercargo m one of their vessels to the West Indies. A letter of
advice written him on this occasion by his elder brother, Jacob Lat
xng is extant, giving him instructions for the voyage, and rules of
conduct for mercantile life, which might well served a model for
young merchants of the present day, while it exemplifies the princi-
ples which governed merchants of that day in their transaction
He was subsequently despatched in like manner on three other vov-'
hfsnn°P , W;St, S8' being MmSelf hr^y interested in the cargoes
he superintended both go ng and returning. The last of these voyages
was made to Kingston, in the Island of Jamaica, in the spring^
1 . 96. Oil this occasion he travelled on horseback, in company with
JaS l^^T*'?? rJT6 Cabra1' aCr°8* the -ountai s of
Jamaica to the north side of the Island. A brief journal kept by him
at this time shows that they visited all the principal estates an/plan-
dZ of t fStQn: £"* f the l8land' l0dSiQg at the elegantS
b«W «! ♦ hosP^b]e planters and receiving much attention and
being most agreeably entertained" by them and their families.
C,!r fT N™J°* ™ the month of August, 1796, and in
. October following, in his 22d year, sailed again from New York as
CS° I-16 J* F°X' Capt- Pavid N°rie' boundfor Lontn
lust a H I T* ^^^ FranCC WaS then Wa^g war with
Austria Her privateers were scouring the seas, and seizing indis-
cnmmately the vessels of friendly as well as those of hostile Jowers
Iht brig Fox, when nearing the English channel, did not escape the
watchtul eyes of the Frenchman, and she was captured on the 19th
Nov., and with her cargo and all on board carried into Nantes
where after a tedious detention and litigation, lasting from the 21st
o December to the 7th of February following, she was finally releas-
ed as an Amencan vessel, and resumed her voyage to London
July following, having meanwhile re-chartered and sent the vessel on
anothei voyage to Leghorn, m Italy. But this adventure proved
still more disastrous, for the brig on this new voyage was captured
by a Spanish pnvatCer, carried into Vigo, in Spain, and finally con-
1871.] The Lotting Family. 59
demned. In July, 1797, Mr. Latting travelled by, stage-coach from
London to Hull, and took passage from the latter place in the ship
Severn, Capt. James Farley, reaching New York on the 23d of
August. He subsequently engaged in other mercantile adventures
from New York, but ultimately retired to the old family estate at
Lattingtown, pursuing the quiet life of a country farmer, where he
died May 1, 1842. Issue (by 1st wife, Sarah): —
310. i. William Frost, b. April 28, 1810.
(By 2d wife, Elizabeth) : —
311. ii. JosEm, b. July 20, 1812.
312. hi. John Jordan, b. March. 31, 1819. '
137. Hannah, dau. of William66 and Sarah (Carpenter) Latting, b. June 1,
1776, m. July 7, 1814, William Kirby, Esq., of Kirby Point, Ticonde-
roga. He was a son of John Kirby, Esq., one of the early settlers
of Ticonderoga. At the time of his marriage he held the office of
Sheriff of Essex County. He served as a volunteer in the American
army at the battle of Plattsburgh, in Sept. 1814, and was commended
for gallant conduct and important services on that occasion. Subse-
quently, in 1830, he represented Essex County in the State Assembly.
He died at Ticonderoga, Nov. 20, 1831. His wife survived him, and
d. at Latting Town, L. L, Nov. 29, 1863. No issue.
138. Jordan, son of William66 and Sarah (Carpenter) Latting, b. at
Latting Town, May 24, 1778. Commenced mercantile life at
the early age of 17 in the employ of his brother, Thorn Latting,
at Kingston, Jamaica. Subsequently, 1799 to 1801, a merchant at
Havana, in company with Augustine J. Roderick, of that city;
afterwards, in 1803, became a planter and merchant at Matanzas,
which continued his residence the remainder of his life. In 1 808 was
appointed and held the office of Deputy U. S. Consul for that
city. In 1817-18, on occasion of his becoming naturalized as a
Spanish citizen, he assumed the name John, and thereafter was
known by the full name of John J. Latting. Mar. at Matanzas,
Feby. 8, 1818, Senorita Maria Leocadia Josefine Marceline Anduz,
dau. of Don lloque Anduz, Adjutant-General of the Island of Cuba ;
d. at Matanzas, of cholera, April 6, 1833. Buried in the cemetery
of that city, where a neat white marble tablet, supported by four
marble columns, was 'erected over his grave by the late John Frazee,
of New York, and his partner, Mr. Launitz, bearing the following in-
scription : —
John J. Latting,
of Long Island, N. Y.,
aged 54 years.
April 6th, 1833.
This Stone
is placed over his remains
by his friends,
Frazee & Launitz,
of New York,
in grateful remembrance of
his amiable virtues
and manv acts
of"
Special Friendship.
G0 The Lotting Family. [April,
148. John L., son of William T. and Abiah (Iland) Lattin, b. Dec. 22,
1807, m. Nov. 18, 1832, Irena Comstock, d. Sep. 1, 1867 : Issue:—
313. i. William Thomas, b. Nov. 4, 1833, d. April 5th, 1835.
314. ii. AhigailAnn, b. Nov. 4, is;;::. <]. Max. 21. 1835.
315. iii. William, b. April 28, 1834
316. iv. Mary Ann. b. April 23, L837.
317. v. Anson, b. Jane 24. 1838, d. Mar. 5, 1842.
318. vi. Lorsey, b. July 18, 1840.
319. vii. George O., b. May 23, 1844.
320. viii. Albert, d. an infant.
153. Lyman, son of Nathan Benjamin,63 m. Lovisa Olmstead, both liv-
ing, and residing at Huntington, Connecticut. Issue: —
321. i. John R.
322. ii. Benjamin S.
323. iii. David Sherwood.
324. iv. CnARLEs E.
325. v. Robert T.
326. vi Emily L.
327. vii. Mary L.
160. Tunis W., son of Jacobfi0 and Derica Ann (Waring) Latting, b. April 1,
1792, m. Sep. 8, 1819, Lydia S., dan. of Israel Van Dyke, of '
Dutchess County, N. Y., now residing at Canandaigua, N. Y. Issue:—
25' V. Harriet C, b. June 4, 1820, m. James D. Johnson, Jany. 28, 1848
, SS* "■• gDNICE Yr, b. June 20, 1822, m. March 2d, 1838, Calvert C. Warner.
1 330. in. Derica Ann, b. Mar. G, 1824, m. Nov. 6, 1864, Richard Giddings,
Canandaigua, N. Y.
22' iV' SELIA F-'^- Mar- 20' 1826< m- APrU 10> 185°- Rev. Edward O. Hall.
332. v. William W., b. Feb. 12, 1828, m. July 4, Mary M. Durham.
333. vi. Jacob T., b. April 17, 1830, d. Dec. 18, 1831
334. vii. Israel V., b. April 17, 1830, d. Mar. 18, 1831
335. yiii. Lydia Melissa, b. May 27, 1833, m. June 4, 1854, Lyman Odell.
336. rx. Jull\ D., b. July 11, 1837.
167. Sarah Frost, dau. of Elizabeth77 and Zebulon Frost, b. Jan. 1
1794, m. April 15, 1810, Hallet Thorn281, son of Ann1-8 and
Charles Thorn, d. 1854. Issue : —
337. i. Ann Elizabeth, b. Mar. 30, 1811, m. Lucius Townsend, of Shoreham
V t. , d. No issue.
• 338. ii. Leonard, b. Nov. 20, 1812, m. Maria Smith, d. Jan'y, 1866
o,n F- Mauoaretta, b. Oct. 26, 1814, m. George Parker, of Vergennes, Vt , d
340. iv. Mary, b. Aug. 12, 1819, d. May, 1835 '
341. v. James F., b. Nov. 22, 1821, m. Dec. 1, 1856, Susan W. Thorn, widow
of Frost Thorn, dec'd.
342. vi. Phebe Jane, b. Aug. 27, 1823, m. Charles Stevens.
Si-i. vu. Charles, b. Aug. 6, 1825, d. 1848
344. yiii. Martha, b. Jan. 13, 1829, m. William M Burtt, of Saugerties N Y
34.j. ix. Julius, b. Jan. 15, 1831. d. Aug. 20, 1854, unmar'd
346. x. William, b. Sep. 29, 1834, m. Emily L. Hallett, Chicago, 111
[ 347. xi. George, b. Sep. 29, 1837, m. Ellen Cobb, Chicago, 111.
168. Ann, dau. of Elizabeth77 and Zebulon Frost, b. Oct. 22, 1795, m
Dec. 17, 1817, Charles Frost, of Matinecock, L. I. Issue:—
348. i. Sarah, b. Sep. 24, 1818, d. March 13, 1819
349. ii. Valentine, b. April 1, 1821, m. 183-, Caroline Covert, dau. of Caleb
Covert.
1871.] The Lotting Family. 61
169. James Frost, son of Elizabeth77 and Zebulon Frost, b. Feb. 5,
1 797, m. Elsey Tower, dau. of Capt. Benjamin Tower, of Shoreham,
Yt., d. June 22d, 1S25. Issue : —
350. i. James Farley, b. June 5, 1823, m. June 9, 1846, Lurana S. Perry,
dau. of Perry, of Shoreham, Vt.
351. ii. Elizaeetii, b. May 4,' 1825, m. Solon Lapham, Shoreham, Vt.
171. Daniel Cock, son of Margaret (Farley)78 and Townscnd Cock, m.
Hannah Coles, daugbter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Townsend)
Coles, of Dosoris. Issue : —
352. i. Lavinia.
353. ii. Farley.
354. hi. Townsend.
194. Richard Gano, son of Richard100 and Cynthia (Longley) Latting, b.
Dec. 6, 1825, m. Jan. 20, 1848, Elizabeth Sophia Holcomb Bibb, a
descendant of Chancellor Bibb, of Kentucky. Issue : —
355. i. Joseph Van Matre, b. Jan. 29, 1849, d. June 17, 1850.
356. ii. EliasByrn, b. Aug. 11, 1850, d. Sept. 30, 1853.
357. hi. Emma Luclnda, b. July 27, 1852.
358. iv. Richard Gano, Jr., b. Aug. 8, 1854.
359. v. Bettie Byrn, b. April 30, 1857.
360. vi. JosEPn Waddell. b. April 2d, 1859.
301. vii. Cynthia Van Matre, b. July 27, 1861.
302. viii. Florence Bibb, b. July 21, 1864.
363. ix. Whitman Longley, b. Oct. 1, 1867.
219. Daniel, son of Adolphus108 and Abigail (Wright) Latting, b. Oct.
10, 1794, ra. Susan T. Wood, Sept. 28, 1827, now residing at Hyde
Park, Dutchess Co., N. Y. Wife d. Sept. 24, 1863. Isstie :—
364. i. James M., b. Sept. 18, 1828.
365. ii. Degroye A., b. Oct. 13, 1830.
366. hi. Ethan Smith, b. Nov. 6, 1832.
307. iv. Sarah Ann H., b. Jan. 1, 1836.
368. v. John H., b. July 16, 1838, rn. June 22, 1864, Rachel B. Waring, dau. of
Jarris A. Waring, Esq. , of Yonkers. No issue.
226. Joseph Allen, son of Nathaniel109 and Sarah (Allen) Latting, b.
Feb. 20, 1803, m. 1st, Mary Wright, Nov. 28, 1821, removed
about 1833 to Albion, Orleans County, where he now resides; m.
2d, Mary Torrance, Dec. 23, 1862. Issue: —
{by 1st wife) : —
369. i. Sarah Maria, b. Jan. 13, 1823.
370. ii. William H., b. July 10, 1824.
371. hi. Joseph Wright, b. Mar. 13. 1826.
372. iv. John Henry, b. Nov. 26, 1827, m. Helen Billings, Mar. 29. 1854.
373. v. ELUAn, b. Nov. 25, 1829.
374. vi. Naomi, b. Jan. 19, 1832, d. in Austin, Texas, May 27, 1862.
375. vii. Abram D., b. Oct. 23, 1834, d.-July 6, 1839.
376. viii. Bartlett, b. Sept. 13, 1836.
377. ix. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 1, 1838.
378. x. Lount, b. May 24, 1842.
(By 2d icife) :—
379. xi. Georgia, b. Apr. 21, 1803.
62 The Latting Family. [April,
227. Deborah, dan. of Nathaniel109 and Sarah (Allen) Latting, b. April 21,
1805, m. 1st, Bartlett Marshall, of Poughkeepsie, Sept. 30, 1823;
2d, George Marshall; 3d, Reuben North, now residing at Poughkeep-
sie, Dutchess Co., N. Y. No issue.
228. William, son of Nathaniel'09 and Sarah (Allen) Latting, b. May 15,
1808 ; m. Dec. 24, 1828, Sarah Wood, of Pleasant Valley ; removed
to Albion, Orleans Co., N. Y. ; d. March 18, 1863. Issue: —
380. i. Nathaniel, b. Oct. 21, 1820, d.
381. ii. Sabah Jane, b. Oct. 19, 1831.
382. iii. Joseph, b. April 13, 1833
383. iv. Deborah, b. Aug. 26, 1835.
384 v. Virginia, b. Oct. 17, 18:37.
385. vi. Nathaniel, b. Aug. 1, 1840.
386. vii. Mary, b. Dec. 22, 1842.
387. viii William Roe, b Mar. 28, 1845.
388. ix. John W., b. Nov. 24, 1847.
389. x. Marshall, b. Nov. 14, 1850.
229. John W., son of Nathaniel109 and Sarah (Allen) Lattin, b. Oct.13, 1810 ;
m. Hannah Wilber, of Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co., Sep. 2, 1829.
Issue : —
390. i. Sarah Caroline, b. Oct. 29, 1830.
391. ii. Ellen, b. Oct. 18, 1835, m. Hix.
392. iii. Emily, b. Sep. 10, 1840, m. Marshall.
393. iv. Jane, b. Sep. 10, 1840, m. Dale.
230. Jane Ann Maria, dau. of Nathaniel109 and Sarah (Allen) Lattin, b.
Jan. 15, 1815; m. Willett Culver, Nov. 8, 1831 ; d. May 8, 1837.
Issue .' —
394. i. Virginia, b. July 24, 1834 ; d. .
247. Cordelia, dau. of Wright112 and Maria (Flagler) Lattin, b.
m. May 29, 1845, Horatio Kilborn, son of Truman Kilborn, Esq., of
Lockport, Niagara Co., N. Y. Issue : —
395. i. Deborah Cordelia, b. July 20, 1846 ; d. Aug. 4, 1847.
396. ii. Allerton Wright, b. June 15, 1849.
397. iii. Charles Truman, b. July 30, 1851.
250. John Clark, son of Benjamin113 and Mary (Houseman) Lattin, b.
June 2, 1820 ; m. March 11, 1845, Amanda Briggs. Issue : —
398. i. JosErniNE Adelle, b. April 5. 1846.
399. ii. Henrietta Louisa, b. April 17, 1848.
252. Hannah Thurston, dau. of Benjamin1'3 and Mary (Houseman) Lattin,
b. Feb. 22, 1824 ; m. Dec. 16, 1844, Ledia W. Watkins. Issue:—
400. i. Alfred Lattin, b. Jan. 29, 1846 ; d. Feb. 26, 1848.
401. ii. Newton Irving, b. May 8, 1848; d. May 25, 1849.
402. iii. Eunice Burdick, b. Jan. 17, 1850.
403. iv. Isabella AmeliaJ b. Sep. 26, 1851.
404. v. Benjamin Lattin, b. Feb. 13, 1854.
405. vi. Arlington Ward, b. Jan. 11, 1856.
406. vii. Mary Louisa, b. Aug. 10, 1859.
1871.] The Latting Family. 63
,254. Benjamin Wright, son of Benjamin113 and Mary (Houseman) Lattin,
b. Dec. 18, 1830; removed to Australia; m. there, Oct. 15, 1854,
Ellen Maria Kelly. Issue : —
407. i. Louisa, deed.
408. ii. Anna Maria.
409. iii. Naomi.
410. iv. Alfred Augustus.
255. Mary Louisa, dau. of Benjamin113 and Mary (Houseman) Lattin,
b. Aug. 2, 1833; m. Jany. 23, 1868, Edward" Searing-, Milton, Wis.
Issue : —
411. i. Frederick Lyle, b. Mar. 1, 1870.
275. Mary Thorn, dau. of Ann1-8 and Charles Thorn, b. June 2, 1785 ; m.
Joseph Cook, of Bridgeport, Conn. ; d. March 1 7, 1863. Issue : —
412. i. William Thorn, b. Oct. 10, 1800; m. May 18, 1828, Julia Ann
Lockwood ; d. Oct. 25, 1866, without issue.
413. ii. CnARLES Mortimer, b. May 10, 1802; d. June 5, 1809.
414. iii. Alfred, b. Mar. 27, 1804 ; ra. Abby Louisa Center ; d. June 6, 1846.
415. iv. Jane Maria, b. Mar. 13, 1806 ; m. William Bryan; d. Nov. 2, 1834.
No issue.
416. v. Harriet, b. Aug. 9, 1808 ; m. William K. Thorn432; d. June 26, 1835.
417. vi. Ann Frances, b. Sep. 29, 1811 ; d. June 6, 1846.
418. vii. Abigail, b. Nov. 2, 1813 ; d. June 28, 1852.
419. viii Mary Elizabeth, b. Apr. 8, 1815 ; m. Edward Tompkins ; d. Mar. 6,
1860.
420. ix. Joseph Mortimer, b. Mar. 29, 1817 ; d. Oct. 8, 1831.
421. x. Emily AuGUSTA,b. Apr. 22, 1819 ; m. Henry Brooks ; d. July 28, 1862.
422. xi. Charles Thorn, b. May 17, 1821 ; d. May 27, 1848.
423. xii. Walter Underbill, b. Jan. 3, 1824; d. Jany. 19, 1843.
424. xiii. George Frederick, b. Sep. 3, 1826 ; m. Harriet A. Bishop.
276. Elizabeth, dau. of Ann H8 and Charles Thorn, b. June 13,
1786; m. Oct. 18, 1803, John J. Cromwell, of Musquito Cove, L.
L, a lineal descendant of Col. John Cromwell, 3d son of Sir Oliver
Cromwell, and brother of the Protector Oliver Cromwell ; d. in
New York, Feb. 1, 1833. Issue:—
425. i. James T., b. July 28, 1804.
426. ii. Daniel T., b. Oct. 10. 1805 ; d. Feb. 1, 1827, no issue.
427. iii. Charles T., b. May 6, 1808.
428. iv. Leonard T., b. Feb. 7, 1810; d. unmarried.
277. William, son of Ann'-8 and Charles Thorn; m. Anne Knapp, of
Greenwich, Connecticut. Issue : —
429. i. Charles E.
430. ii. Ann Augusta, m. G. N. Allen.
431. iii. Julius O. , m. June — , 1826, Mure.
432. iv. William K.
433. v. Frances M. , m. Thomas Garner, N. Y.
434. vi. Mary, m. Joseph L. Clark.
435. vii, Leonard Mortimer, m. Ann Raget, Texas.
436. viii. Alfred, dee'd.
437. ix. Ferdlnand.
438. x. Caroline.
6-i The Lotting Family. [April,
279. Charles Thorn, son of Ann128 and Charles Thorn, m. Phianey
Cock, clau. of Daniel and Rosannah Cock, of Matinecoek, L. I.
Issue : —
4:!!>. i. Anne, m. Armand Le Chaize.
440. ii. Mary, d. unmarried
441. iii. Lavixia, m. Dr. Edgar Voorhees.
443. iv. Margaret.
280. Stephen, son of Ann1-8 and Charles Thorn ; b. , in. Fry ;
d. , 18 — . Issue: —
443. i. Charles.
444. ii. John.
281. Hallet (see Sarah Frost"'7).
282. Frost Thorn, son of Ann128 and Charles Thorn, b. ; m. Susan
Edwards, dan. of Iladen Edwards, Esq., of Winchester, Virginia, d.
Dec. 4, 1854. His widow survived him, and subsequently married
her husband's nephew, James Thorn311, son of Hallett261. Issue : —
445. i. Marcel-lite, b. Jan. 29, 1842 ; m. William T. Garner, Esq., N. Y., April
27. 1865.
44G. ii. Frost, b. June 13, 1850.
285. John Coles, son of Mary129 and Jordan Coles, Sr., m. Sarah Wil-
lett, of Flushing, L. I. Issue : —
447. i. Edwlna, m. Edward Hull, of N. Y.
448. ii. Leonard, m. Elizabeth Carpenter, dan. of Thome Carpenter.
449. iii. Ellen, m. George W. Corlies, son of Jacob Corlies, of N. Y.
286. Jordan Coles, Jr., son of Mary1-9 and Jordan Coles, Sr., m. 1st,
Martha Garretson; 2d, Fanny-" — ; d. May 12, 1835, in New
York. Will dated April 27,1835. Proved June 2, 1835, N". Y.
Surro. Office, Lib. 72, p. 514. Issue (by 1st wife) : —
ELIZA Ann, m. Roelef T. Wyckoff.
Harriet R. , rn. Dr. Hard.
OSCAR, m. , dan. of George W. Brown, of Water St., N. Y.
Louisa E. , m. Jas. H. Rogers.
J I I.! \.
Mart, m. Dr. Hard. She died, and he mar. her elder sister Harriet.
Cordelia, d. unmarried,
viii. Lefferts G.
287. Samuel Deall, son of Sarah130 and Samuel Deall, b. Jan. 13,
1784; m. Catharine Johnson, of Greenwich, Conn.; d. at Ticon-
deroga, N. Y., May 25, 1820. Issue : —
458. i. WILLIAM Henry, drowned in Hudson River, unm'd.
459. ii. Sarah L., m. Elisha Carpenter.
400. iii. John N. , d. aat. 19, unmar'd.
461. iv. Catharine, m. George H. Guion, of Rye.
462. v. Jonathan Johnson, m. Penina Weeks, of Chappequa.
463. vi. Elizabeth A., m. Melancthon Blinn, of Ticonderoga.
464. vii. MaryL., m. William Edw'd Hance, son of Revo C. Hance, Esq., of N.Y.
450.
i.
451.
n.
452.
iii.
453.
IV.
454.
v.
455.
VI.
456.
VII.
457.
viii
1871.] The Latting Family. G5
288. Elizabeth Deall, dau. of Sarah1* and Samuel Deall, b. Sep. 13,
1785; m. Richard L. Mott, son of Alderman Jacob Mott, and
bro. of Jordan L. Mott. She d. March 18, 1812. Issue: —
465. i. Jane Xicoll, dec' d.
466. ii. Samuel Deall. •
294. Mary Lawrence Deall, dau. of Sarah1'0 and Samuel Deal], b. May 18,
1801 ; in. 23 Aug. 1819, John Griffen. lie died in 1863. His wife
survived him and m., 2d, Dr. David L. Rogers, of X. Y. Issue (by
]st husband) : —
467. i. Caroline R.
468. ii. Mary Ciiamplln, d. an infant.
295. Sarah Ann- Deall, dau. of Sarah I30 and Samuel Deall, b. Feb.
24, 1803 ; m. Jan. 16, 1822, Uriah F. Carpenter, Esq., of N. Y. He
d. 29 Nov., 1854. Issue: —
469. i. Sarah Elizabeth, b. Nov. 7, 1823.
296. Edward Lawrence, son of Zipporah IS1 and Edward Lawrence, l>.
, 1739; m. Matilda Whiting. Issue : —
470. i. Robert, lost at sea. No issue.
471. ii. Ann Maria, m. Martin Baker.
472. iii. SARAn, in. Joshua Baker.
310. William F., son of Charles136 and Sarah (Frost) Latting, b. Apr-
28, 1810; m. Nancy Miller, March 17, 184 3. Issue: —
473. i. Sylvia Ann.
474. ii. Charles.
311. Joseph, son of Charles 136 and Elizabeth (Frost) Latting, b. July 20,
1812; m. Oct, 17th, 1837, Sarah, dau. of Jarvis and Phebe Frost, of
Lattingtown ; d. Jan. 2, 1862. Issue: —
475. i Jane Deall, b. June 10, 1839 ; m. Oct. 20, 1837, Townsend D. Cock,
Esq. , son of Alfred Cock, of Locust Valley, L. I.
476. ii. Mary Frost, b. May 19, 1843.
477. iii. Anna Townsend, b. Nov. 27, 1845.
478. iv. Josephine, b. May 19th, 1850; m. Dec. 30, 1869, Charles Frederick
Coles, Esq., of Dosoris, L. I.
479. v. Ella Frost, b. Oct. 16, 1853.
4S0. vi. William Deall, b. Dec. 9, 1855 ; d. Nov. 28, 1863.
481. vii. Edward Townsend, b. April 28, 1837.
312. John Jordan, son of Charles 136 and Elizabeth (Frost) Latting,
b. at Lattingtown, Mar. 31, 1819; Graduate of Middlebury Col-
lege, Vermont, 1838; m. June. 5,1849, Harriet Augusta Emerson,
dau. of Rev. Brown Emerson, D. D., pastor of the Old South Church,
Salem, Mass., ami Mary (Hopkins) his wife. She is granddaughter on
her mother's side cf Rev. Daniel Hopkins, the immediate predecessor
of her father, Dr. Emerson, in the pastorate of the same church, and
who was brother of Rev. Dr. Samuel Hopkins, of Newport, and a
lineal descendant of John Hopkins, of Cambridge (1634) and Hart-
ford (1636). Issue: —
482. i. CnARLES Percy, b. May 28, 1850.
483. ii. Walter Stuteville, b. Feb. 25, 1852.
484. iii. Harriet Emerson, b. Sep. 25. 1855.
485. iv. G-race Vernon, b. Aug. 13, 1859 ; d. Dec. 19, 1860.
486. v. Arthur Deall, b. Feb. 24, 1862.
487. vi. Alice Maud, b. June 25, 1867.
5
GG The Lotting Family. [April,
319. George 0., son of John L.14a and [rena (Comstock) Lattin, b. May 23,
L844; in. Clarissa Harlow Frost, 3d <lau. of Alpha and Sarah Frost,
of Fast Windsor, Conn. ; resides at Milford Village, Otsego Co., N. Y.
Issue : —
488. i. Atiialixda Adaline.
489. ii. LrciNDA.
490. iii. ANSEL.
491. iv. Edmund.
351. Elizabeth F. Frost, dau. of James F.1H9 and Elsey (Tower) Frost, b.
April 5, 1825; m. Solon Lapham, of Shoreham, Vt. Issue: —
492. i. James F.
493. ii. Charles N.
494. iii. Francis M.
495. iv. Almer B.
490. v. Ella F.
497. vi. George S.
364. James M., son of Daniel210 and Susan T. (Wood) Latting, b. Sep.
18, 1828 ; m. Margaret E. Pell, Oct. 25, 1853. Issue:—
498. i. Florence N., b. Aug. 8, 1857.
499. ii. Charles Irving, b. Dec. 12, 1859.
500. iii. Leonora C, b. Feb. 12, 1862.
365. Degrove A., son of Daniel-1'' and Susan T. (Wood) Latting, b.
Oct. 13, 1830, residing at Hyde Park, Dutchess County, N. Y. ; m.
Adelaide Lyon, Dec. 23, 1849. Issue: —
501. i. William II., b. June 24, 1851.
502. ii. Daniel B., b. July 3, 1853.
503. iii. Jane D. , b. June 3, 1855.
366. Ethan Smith, son of DanieF19 and Susan T. (Wood) Latting, b.
Nov. 6, 1832 ; m. Cecelia J. Pell, July 23, 1854; d. in the late' civil
war on the steamer Arago, off Fortress Monroe, Nov. 17, 1862.
Issue : —
504. i. , born Jan. 25, 1858.
367. Sarah Ann H., dau. of Daniel :1 ' and Susan T. (Wood) Latting,
b. Jan. 1, 1836; m. Charles J. Bayer, of New York, June 3, 1860.
Itsu3 : —
505. i. Frank, b. Jan. 28, 1861 ; d. May, 1865.
506. ii. Susan T., b. Feb. 12, 1864.
507. iii. Charles, b. June 3, 1865.
508. iv. I. Ellerslie, b. Feb. 2, 1867.
369. Sarah Maria, dau. of Joseph Allen "''' and Mary (Wright) Lattin,
b. Jan. 13, 1823; m. William Roe Lount, Sep.* 26, 1842 ; d. April
2, 1845. Issue: —
509. i. Joseph A., b. Jan. 1, 1841 ; d. Aug. 2, 1844.
370. William H., son of Joseph A."6 and Mary (Wright) Lattin, b.
July 10, 1824; m. Mary E. Wilson, Dec. 26, 1855. Issue : —
510. i. William.
511. ii. Mary.
1871.] The Lattvng Family. 67
371. Joseph Wright, son of Joseph A."6 and Mary (Wright) Lattin, b.
Mar. 13, 1826; m. Laura Woodruff, Nov. 20, 1854." Issue:—
512. i. Clara.
513. ii. George.
373. Elijah, son of Joseph A.'"1' and Mary (Wright) Lattin, b. Nov.
25, 1859; m. Clara Billings, April 19, 1854. ^ Issue : —
514. L Henry, b. June 1, 1855.
376. Bartlett, son of Joseph226 A. and Mary (Wright) Lattin, b. Sep.
13, 1836; in. Margaret Phebe Anderson, 186-. Issue: —
515. i. Ella.
516. ii. Nahum.
425. James T. Cromwell, son of Elizabeth'78 and John J. Cromwell,
b. July 28, 1804; m. Jan. 31, 1828, in the Parish Church of St.
Johns at Hampstead, near London, Eng., Adeline Louisa Cuteil,
then in her 14th year. He was a physician, President of the Medi-
cal Society of the City of New York ; d. at Lockport, Illinois.
Issue : —
517. i. Augusta Adeline, b. July 27, 1829; m. Morgan of Milwaukee.
518. ii. Leonard E., b. June 20, 1831 ; d. without issue.
519. iii. James, d. without issue.
520. iv. Charles, dec. no issue.
427. Charles T. Cromwell, son of Elizabeth276 and John J. Crom-
well, b. May 6, 1808 ; m. May 31, 1832, Henrietta Amelia Brooks,
dau. of Benjamin Brooks, Esq., of Bridgeport, Conn., a lineal
descendant of Col. John Jones, one of the Judges who signed the
warrant for the execution of King Charles I., whose wife was
Henrietta Cromwell, eldest sister of the Protector. Resides at
Manersing Island, Rye, Westchester Couuty. Issue :
521. i. Charles B., b. Feb. 19, 1833 ; drowned June 19, 1860, by the upsetting
of a sail-boat in a squall near Manersing Island ; unmarried.
522. ii. Henrietta Maria, b. June 24, 1836; m. Oct. 1, 1856, John deRuyter.
523. iii. Oliver Eaton, b. Oct. 6, 1847, Cleveland, Ohio.
467. Caroline R., dau. of Mary 294 and John Griffin ; m., 1st, S. Harris
Meeker ; 2d, Frederick E. Thomas. Issue by 1st husband : —
524. i. John G.
525. ii. Mary D.
526. iii. Haywood Glover.
469. Sarah Elizabeth, dau. of Sarah Ann 295 and Uriah F. Carpenter,
b. Nov. 7, 1823; m. July, 1843, Augustus Embury, of N. Y.
Issue : —
527. i. Peter Augustus.
528. ii. Clarence U.
529. iii. Alphonse Loubat.
530. iv. Louis Philippe, dec.
531. v. Emma.
532. vi. Pauline.
533. vii. Arthur Deall.
68 Ancient Dutch Families. [April,
477. Anna T., dau. of Joseph 3" and Sarah (Frost) Latting, b. Nov.
27, 18-15; m. June 30, 1868, Alanson H. Green, of Brooklyn, L.I.
Issue : —
534. i. Jennie Townsend, b. July 23, 18G9.
478. Josephine, dau. of Joseph 3" and Sarah (Frost) Latting, b. May
19, 1850; m. Dec.30, 1869, Charles F rederick Coles, son of Frederick
Coles, Esq., ofDosoris, L. I. Issue : —
535. i. Mary Adele, b. Nov. 29, 1870.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT DUTCH
FAMILIES OF NEW YORK.
[By Jonathan Pearson, A.M.]
BANCKER.
(First Three Generations in Albany County. )
Gerrit Bancker came to Beverwyck (Albany) about 1656, as a trader,
probably from Amsterdam, Holland, where he had a brother, Willemj living
as late as 1700. His house-lot in Beverwyck was on the south side of State
street, the third east from Pearl street, as it then was, and his son Evert's
lot was next east of his father's. He owned considerable real estate in other
parts of the village, besides a bouwery in Schenectady. His wife was Elisa-
beth Dirkse (daughter of Dirk Van Eps and Maritie Damens). After liis
decease she removed to New York and opened a store ; she died 3 July,
1693. The inventory of her property made 26 August, 1093, shows that
she had houses and lands in Schenectady, Albany, Catskill, and New York,
besides a large amount of personal property. Gerrit Bancker left but one
son, Evert, born 24 January, 1665; and a daughter, Anna, who married
Johannes De Peyster, 21 September, 1688, in New York.1
Evert Bancker was a merchant, and held several important offices —
Justice of the Peace, 1692, and Mayor of Albany, 1695-6 and 1707-9. He
married Elizabeth, daughter of Stoffel Janse Abeel, 24 September, 1686;
made his will, March 13, 1734 — proved, 31 July, 1734; gave to his son
Johannes £50, provided "he continues to live with me till my decease or till
I dispose of my farm where I now live." He mentions the following chil-
dren who were to share alike in his estate: Elisabeth, Chri stoffel, Willem,
Jannetie, Adriaan, Gerard as, and Johannes. He was buried 10 July, 1734;
his wife Elisabeth was buried 20 March, 1734. Their children were bom
in the following order: — Gerardus, 11 February, 1688; Neeltie, March 1,
1689 ; Gerardus, June 12, 1691 ; Elisabeth, July 29, 1693, m. Gerrit Lansing;
Christoffel, October 27,1695; Anna, born at New York, and baptized 3
October, 1697, died October 2, 1706; Willem, October 28, 1699 ; Jannetie,
August 28, 1701, m. Ilainianus Schuyler; Adrianus, October 10, 1703;
Gerardus, April 1, 1706; Anna, June 12, 1708, died May 30, 1709; Johan-
nes, March J 5, 1710, died April 30, 1 710; Johannes, birth and baptism
unrecorded. Of the five sons of Evert Bancker, three, Christopher, Adriaan,
and Gerardus, settled in New York, and Willem and Johannes settled in
Albany County as farmers.
' Will of Gen-it Bancker, dated November 25, 1690, and proven May 7, 1G91
(N. Y. Wills, Book 4, p. 81). Leaves all his property to his wife as long as she lives
or remains his widow. Appoints his son Evert and S( n-in-law Johannes De Peyster as
guardians of his minor chddren.
1871.] Ancient Dutch Families. 69
Christopher Bancker ' married Elisabeth Hooglant, in New York,
October 16, 1719; one son, Adriaan, was baptized in New York, July 3,
1720.
Adriaan Bancker married G. Elisabeth Van Taerling, in New York,
January 30, 1729.
Gerardus (Gerrit) Bancker married Maria De Peyster, in New York,
October 31, 1731. The following children were baptized in tbe church at
Albany: Anna, September 3, 1732 ; Evert, August 10, 1734 ; Elisabeth,
May 9, 1736; Johannes, February 22, 1738.
Willem Bancker married Annatie Veeder, in Schenectady, December
17, 1726. The following children were baptized in the Schenectady church :
Evert, December 13, 1727; Thomas Brouwer, not registered; Elisabeth,
July 16, 1732; Catharina, October 6, 1734; Neeltie, December 21, {'.)
1737; Annatie, August 16, 1740; Jannetie, March 25,1744; Evert, Sep-
tember 21, 1746.
Johannes Bancker married Magdalena Veeder, and had the following
children baptized in Schenectady: Elisabeth, June 7, 1735; Gerrit, Feb-
ruary 27, 1737.
OOTHOUT.
(First Three Generations in Albany County. )
The name of Jan Janse Oothoct (written Oothoet by himself), the
First Settler, appears in the Albany County records about 1664. The name
of Fob Janse Oothout, probably his brother, of New Amstel, on the Dela-
ware, occurs the year before. Jan Janse was a brewer, settled in the Grey-
neybos (pine woods), opposite Albany, and married Hendrickie Cornelise
Van Nes, daughter of his neighbor, Cornelis Hendrickse Van Nes. lie
made his will on Mar. 13, 168 J; and letters of administration were issued
to his sons, Hendrick and Jan, on the 3d of January, 1 69|. In his will he gives
to his son Johannes (or Jan) a red mare ; to Hendrick, 3 or 4 years after
"my decease," a young horse or an old mare; Arien, aged about 12 years,
was to have two years schooling and a trade, and a red stone horse with a
star in his forehead ; when 20 years of age, a new suit of clothes ; and
then the remainder of his property was to be divided equally among his six
children. The following were his children in 1 688 : Johannes, the eldest
son, Hendrick, Arien, the youngest son, Mayke, Antje, and Jannetie.
Hendrick Janse Oothout was appointed Surveyor of Albany in 1700,
and held the office for many years. He married Caatje, daughter of
Volckert Janse Douw, Ap. 30, 1684; made his will Oct. 11, 1738 . . .
proved Ap. 26, 1740; and was buried July 15, 1739. The following
children were baptized in the church in Albany: Volkert, Mar. 1, 1685;
Hendrick, Mar. 10, 16S6; Dorethee, 18 Dec. 1687, m. Cornelis Bogard ;
Maretje, Mar. 12, 1690; Volkert, Oct. 23, 1692 ; Jan, Ap. 7, 1695 ; llen-
derickie, May 2, 1697; Henderickie, 3 Sept, 1699, m. Isaac Bogard;
Margariet, July 13, 1701, m. Dominie Johannes Van Driessen ; Anna, Dec.
15, 1703, m. Pieter Wouterse Quackenbos; Jonas, Dec. 9, 1705.
Johannes Janse Oothout, of the manor Rensselaerswyck, married Aaltie
Evertse, "weduwe Van Gerrit Lubbertse," May 5, 1689. He was buried 5
Feb. 1745; she was buried 12 Dec. 1739. The following children were
baptized in the Albany church: Feitje, Ap. 17, 1693; Rebecca, Nov. 17,
1695; Jan, 7 Jan., 1700; Ilenrikje, 5 Jan., 1707.
Arien (Adriaan) Janse Oothout, of manor Rensselaerswyck, married
1 Alderman from the North Ward of N. Y. City, 1738-1742 and 1755.
70 Ancient Dutch Families. [April,
Lammcrtje, daughter of Pieter Loockermans, Nov. 3, 1700. He was buried
26 Feb., 1752. They had the following children baptized in the Albany-
church : Johannes, Nov. 29, 1702, buried 27 Sept., 1752 ; Pieter Looker-
mans, Dec. 17, 1704; Hendrikie, Dec. 15, 1706 ; Maria, Dec. 8, 1708;
Anna Catryna, Mar. 4, 1711; Pieter Loockermans, Mar. 1, 1713; Anna,
Jan. 1, 1710 ; Catryna, Jan. 11, 1718 ; Mayke, Feb. 10, 1723.
Jan IIkndrickse Oothout, m. Catalina Van Deusen, July 15, 1721.
Children baptized in the Albany church: Catharina, Ap. 29, 1722 ; Elisa-
beth, Sept. 27, 1724; Maria, May 6, 1727; Margarita, Feb. 15, 1730.
Jan Janse Oothout, m. Maritie Wendel, June 23, 1729. Children bap-
tized in the Albany church: Johannes, Jan. 6, \"t'M ; Maicke, Sept. 24,
1732; Abraham, Dec. 8, 1733; Cornelis, Dec. 7, 1735; Mavke, Ap. 30,
1738; Myndert, Ap. 20, 1740; Evert, June 27, 1742 ; Alida, Oct. 19, 1744.
Jonas Hendrickse Oothout, m. first, Elisabeth Lansing, Mar. 30, 1741.
She d. Mar. 11, 1754; secondly, Elisabeth Vinhagen, Ap. 13,1756; the
tradition [not strictly true] is that the first child baptized (4 Sept., 1715)
in the old Dutch church of Albany was Elisabeth Vinhagen, wife of Jonas
Oothout, and that the church bell tolled the last time at her burial, she hav-
ing died March, 1806, in her 92d year. Children baptized in the Albany
church: Heudrick, May 16, 1742; Abraham, May 27, 1744; Volkert, Dec.
26, 1747; Volkert, Sept. 2, 1750; Magdalena, July 8, 1753; Johannes,
Feb. 6, 1757 ; Catarina, May 7, 1758.
LESPINARDE.
The first settler of this name was a baker, and is mentioned in the records
of Albany as early as 1670, when he hired the bakery of Jan Rinckhout
for one year, with privilege of baking both for Christians and savages. An-
thoine Lespinard made his will 2 Ap., 1685, spoke of wife Abeltie and of
children, Johannes, aged 10 yrs. ; Cornelia, Margarita, and Abeltie, aged
about 6 mps. He left 8 beavers to the poor of Albany, or the value thereof
in silver money. He was not living in 1697. Only. two of his children
were recorded in the baptismal register of the Albany church. Antony,
Oct. 31, 1683; Abeltie, Sept. 21, 1684, another Anthony was born subse-
quently, who removed to New York and married Elisabeth Dekleyn, Nov.
3, 1705. It was this person, probably, Avho gave name to the "Lispenard
Meadows." The family seems to have disappeared both from Albany and
New York.
Nyack, Rockland Co., N. Y.— From a copy, in 1869, of the inscriptions in the
old graveyard in this village, the following principal names are given, with the ear-
liest date at which each appears. The ground originally belonged to the Presbyte-
rian church, but was lately sold, and the remains removed (in 1870) to Oak Hill
Cemetery : —
Abbey, 1842. Dezendorf, or Deazendurf, 1833. Onderdonk, 1818.
Appleby, 1839. Dickey, 1820. Oakley, 1843.
Bellowstee, 1832. Elliott, 1846. Powley, 1835.
Blauvelt, 1848. Felter, 1841. Riker, 1817.
Caufield, 1841. Graham, 1832. Smith, 1835.
Cushman, 1852. Grimshaw, 1838. Sarvent, 1804.
Concklin, 1838. Huyler, 1838. Steel, 1838.
Comelison, 1825. Hynes, 1845. Taylor, 1849.
Dealing, 1837. Lent, 1839. Teunay, 1840.
De Cantillon, 1832. Lydecker, 1832. Tallman, 1817.
Demurest, 1855. Oliver, 1867. Van Houten, 1801.
S. E. s.
1871.] Anniversary Address.
ANNIVERSARY ADDRESS
By Henry R. Stiles, M.D., President.
Delivered on the occasion of the Second Anniversary of the " New York
Genealogical and Biographical Society," February 25th, 1871.
Mr. President,1 Fellow-Members and Friends, of the New York
Genealogical and Biographical Society: —
The resolution conveying to me your wish that I should address you on
this anniversary occasion suggested as a topic " The history, present condi-
tion, and future prospects of the Society.'''' The past history and present con-
dition of the Society, however, do not seem to me to demand any fuller unfold-
ing than that already furnished in the brief statement just presented by the
Secretary ; and concerning our Future, it is sufficient to say that it will be
just what we ourselves shall choose to make it. I have preferred, therefore,
to choose another theme, viz. : The Science of Genealogy, its nature, uses,
and requirements — especially considered with reference to the field of Ameri-
can Genealogy, and in connection with its twin-study, Biography.
Fifteen years of labor in these pursuits— although giving me, of course,
some claim to experience — will hardly justify me in the presumption that I
shall be able to add anything new, or materially different, to that which has
already been said or written on the subject by hundreds of my co-laborers,
many of whom have been longer in the service, and few of whom can be
surpassed in industry and enthusiasm. In fact, as you will perceive from my
numerous quotations, I prefer to bring together the experiences, suggestions,
and pleasant thoughts of these fellow-laborers — and not only of these, but of
those, the gifted," the wise, and the good of all ages and climes, who have
given fit utterance to their impressions upon this subject — in order that you
may the better survey and be convinced of the dignity, value, and interest
which attach to it. " And so, standing this evening upon the threshold of
our third Society year, I would, as it were, lift the curtain which intervenes
betwixt ourselves and this worthy (though invisible) " cloud of witnesses,"
and entreat them to be seated amongst us, that they may receive due honor,
' and we both pleasure and profit thereby.
Genealogy is defined as " an enumeration of ancestors and their children
in the natural order of succession." It is as worthy to be deemed a science
as any other form of human knowledge which is based upon fixed principles
or well-ascertained facts, and which requires method and skill in its investi-
gation. It boasteth, also, a great antiquity. Indeed, we cannot imagine a
period so remote, or a state of human intelligence so defective, in which the
families of mankind have not, in some manner, kept the memorials of their
ancestry. The method, extent, value, and permanency of these memorials
or records has, of course, been largely dependent upon the intellectual and
social civilization of those who have kept them ; yet in every clime, and
through all time, there is abundant evidence of an inherent disposition on
the part of man to preserve the memorials of preceding generations of his
own family and race.
This inherent disposition arises, in fact, from an immutable necessity of
Man's existence, since God, as the crowning act of His work of Creation,
1 The Chair was occupied, on this occasion, by Edward F. De La^tcey, Esq. ,
the 2d Vice-President of the Society.
72 Anniversary Address. [-^Pr^>
established tlie Family Relation as the corner-stone of all human, social,
political, and religions organization. The family relation we see to be, in
form as well as in date, primeval : tor God, having created Man the physi-
cal embodiment of strength, form, and majesty, whom he named Adima, or
Adam (in Sanscrit, the first man), v.a\ e to him also a female counterpart,
the physical embodiment of grace, gentleness, and beauty, Ere or IIkva —
(Sanscrit, tlmt which completes Life). To these two representatives of the
complete Unman Life — who were also endowed with the gifts of conscience
and of speech, which rendered them superior to all He had yet created, yet
inferior to the angels and to Himself — He presented, as a residence, the
primeval Taprobane of the ancients, the Island of Ceylon — which is, even
to-day, the lovelies! pearl of the Indian Seas, — saying to them (and here I
prefer to quote, since I must go back to Tradition, from the beautiful
legend given in the Vkdas, or sacred hooks of India, that great and venera-
ble .Mother-Land of all subsequent Religions, Literatures, and Civilizations)
— "Go, unite and produce beings who shall be your living image upon earth,
for ages and ages after you have returned to me. I, Lord of all that exists,
have created you to worship me throughout your lite, and those who shall
have faith in me shall share my happiness after the end of all things. Thus
instruct your children, that they forget me not, for I shall be with them
while they continue to call upon my name." It will be seen, then, that the
family thus instituted by this primeval marriage — a unit in form, dual as to
parentage, germinal as to its nature, being the seed-bud or God-appointed
means for the propagation of the human race — was also designated by its
Divine Founder as a normal relation, i. e., as the only established and lawful
state of union and life for mankind, and the one especially adapted to the
wants and welfare of the race ; and from it arise a thousand social relations,
duties, comforts, and delights, to benefit and bless mankind. Human Intelli-
gence, whatever its experiments and wanderings — numerous enough they
have been, as we know — has never yet succeeded in improving upon the
Divine model of the Family Relation. Human Experience, also, recognizes the
fact that the Family Relation is essential to the physical health and comfort of
mankind, as well as to " that moral purity of the sexes required by God,
and alone respectable among men," it being the very " substratum or ground-
work of all social relations, domestic comforts, and good manners in Society "
— without which the world would be a mere chaos of human beings.
We accept the Familij, therefore, as a type, foreshadowing — (1) the
School, in the nurture and education of children ; (2) the State, in which
mature Human Life develops its powers in multifold relations and ways ;
and (S) the Church, or that condition of the Spiritual Life in which Man
is brought into intimate relations with God. Through this fourfold
"warp and woof" of Family, School, State, and Church, runs the central
principle of Obedience to a Higher and properly constituted Authority,
which is Man's first great lesson on Earth — linking him, as it were, by a
golden thread of analogy, both to his Infinite Creator and to his fellow-
man. "Honor thy father and thy mother," says the Bible, which for so
many centuries has been the accepted organ of Divine Revelation to so
large a portion of the human race ; and, as has been felicitously expressed
by one of our hest American genealogists, Mr. J. A. Vinton,1 "the Fifth
Commandment of the Decalogue stands foremost in the Second Table of
the Law. As the First Commandment, ' Thou shalt have no other gods be-
fore Me,1 stands at the head of the First Table, and virtually includes the
1 Preface to the Giles Memorial.
1S71.1 Anniversary Address. 73
remainder of that Table, so the Fifth Commandment, as it precedes, so —
in effect — it contains the precepts that follow. It is in vain that a man who
disregards the Fifth Commandment pretends to observe any other. A man
who does not honor his parents is not, and cannot be, a truly moral man.
The temper of mind which impels a person to break that command which
is the Leader and Chief of all the ethical precepts of the Divine Law, will,
when occasion shall arise, impel him to break all the rest. Our habits of
obedience, or disobedience, to the Law of God begin here. It must be so,
because our parents are the persons with whom our earliest human relations
connect us ; and indeed, for a time, our parents stand to us in the place of
God. We come, then, to this conclusion, that reverence for parents is es-
sential to a sound moral character. But, what my parents were to me, their
parents were to them. My grandfather and grandmother cherished for my
father the same tender affections, and, with the same diligence, labored for
his good. All that my father was he owed, under God, to the care bestow-
ed upon him by the natural guardians of his being. The same holds true
through all thegenerat.ions of the past. And thus the Fifth Commandment
binds us to reverence and honor all our ancestors, as far as made known to
us, and so far as our ancestors were worthy of such regard."
It is, then, the Family Relation which furnishes both the occasion and
the material for Genealogy.
The arrangement of this material assumes three forms, viz. : (1) Genealogies
in law; (2) Genealogies in fact; and (3) Genealogies in name. Each of
these classes possesses a separate and distinct value and importance, and for
each a different species and degree of proof is requisite.
1. Genealogies, in law, require that description of evidence ordinarily
demanded by a court of law ; or, by the English Heralds, in the establish-
ment of rights, titles, and honors.
2. Genealogies, in fact, involve such a rigid and searching investigation
of what we may call " family realities," as render a true descent scarcely
ever provable fur many successive generations. It deals with questions of
family likenesses, hereditary diseases, and mental resemblances, which are,
in fact, the most indubitable evidences of transmission of blood. It may be
very properly characterized as Physiological Genealogy.
3. Genealogies, in name, are those in which an attempt is made to gene-
alogize, or arrange, as correctly as may be possible, all persons of any one
name who may be presumed to derive from a common origin. In this class
of pedigree every scrap of record which relates to the name, or may have
any bearing upon it, is to be collected, sifted, and matched. This is the
style of pedigree most in vogue among American genealogists, who, having
little or no occasion to prove their claims to particular honors, titles, or
estates, take a pleasure in proving the diffusive character of the virtues and
honorable qualities inherent in and radiating from the first progenitor.1
1 In regard to this form of genealogies, a competent and experienced English
genealogist remarks that " after svich research is completed, the negative system of
reasoning is quite admissible. The compiler is (mite entitled to exercise his
judgment in arranging his material ; for, where he has every evidence on the subject
before him, he is not liable to err (in law) even in his arrangements of those por-
tions of his pedigree whose legal proof is deficient. If he have five Bernard Bar-
ringtons living in 1680, and his evidences give legal proof for appropriation of the
destinies of four, he is entitled to identify the fifth without legal proof ; but he
could not do so without knowing what became of the others, or without the advan-
tage of some similar knowledge bearing on the subject. I myself consider this
kind of genealogy quite as trustworthy as genealogy in laic. Nay, it very often is
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Thereis also another recognized classification of genealogies— with re-
ference to the blood, viz. : (1) by continuous pateb^Il descents; (2) by
continuous maternal descents; and (3) by the « seize-quartiers"
I. Continuous paternal descent, although it is the system of genealogy
vhK-hhas.nostul.un,,,, in England and her colonies, is the most unini-
portant and least provable. In this opinion all genealogists and physiolo-
gists will concur, as they will, also, in the converse statement, that
2 Continuous maternal descent is the most easily proved, and of much
greater importance, in a physiological point of view, than the paternal
descent-even where the latter is fully proved. It is, in fact, the system o
genealogy instituted by Providence and the Law of Nature. Observalion
and Science combine to prove to us that Man, despite his arrogance in all
questions between the sexes, is only the accidental element in parentage.
W hen we reflect that it is the woman who accepts the anxieties and perils
which Fecede—and- the onerous and tender responsibilities which follow—
tin birth of the offspring; when we remember that those responsibilities
are never or rarely, abjured by her-but that, "through good report and
evil report "a mother's love follows her child-until, in all our hearts, it is
the accepted synonym of Human Fidelity in its purest form ; when we
see, also, as we look among our acquaintance, our relatives, and our fellow-
men how much larger a proportion of qualities they inherit from their
mothers than from their fathers, we must admit that the old principle of
SZ ^t£qmte! Vmt/em" /The offsP™g Allows the mould is correct,
and that the system of genealogy by continuous maternal descent is only a
just recognition of the sacred and important part borne by the woman' in
the great work of Reproduction.
It is worthy of note, also, in this connection, that within the borders of
our own Empire State there now exists in full force (and has existed for
centuries past) the most remarkable exhibition of this law of descent in the
female line which the world has ever witnessed. I refer to the " League
of the Ho-de-no-sau-nee," instituted among the Iroquois, or "Five
Nations, which, although dwindled to a mere figment of its ancient powers
and tame, still retains intact and in active operation its peculiar organiza-
tion. The tribal system of the Iroquois differed from that of any nation
of ancient or modern time in that it was not a group of families, like
the Grecian and Roman tribes; nor was it made up of the lineal de-
scendants of a common father, like the Jewish tribe-inasmuch as the
father and his child were never of the same tribe. Yet it more nearly
resembled the Jewish system in its general character— differing from it
(as from all other similar institutions of mankind) chiefly in this that it
confined the transmission of all titles, rights, and property in the female line
—to the exclusion of the male. This principle, which is strangely unlike the
^Z?nS °f dispr°Ti?.? Pedi^ees which have been proved according to law It is
virtually, an impossibility to establish any identity in the absence of Evidence
living m 1,08, and he of the same name and description, living in 170!) mifrht not
be the same person They might be father and son; nay, they might be father
and legitimate son ! Yet the law would suffer such evidence i/be proof of k en
tty Indeed, nothing of the sort ought to be allowed till every evidence which
might bear on the subject is recovered. It is quite impossible to calculate what the
genealogy m caw is (and much less than in fact) until the genealo^X naZi is
arranged. I could myself ' prove black white,' in a court of Law, wefe not ha
I prefer genealogy m name and genealogy in fact so much to any other that I
f^f'^JZ™^*1010'10** aud penetrafce the *** before I make a
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canons of descent adopted bv civilized nations, seems perfectly to have
secured several important objects. » By its operation the certainty of descent
in the tribe, of their principal chiefs, was secured by rules infallible ; lor the
child must be the son of its mother, although not necessarily of its mother s
husband. If the purity of blood be of any moment, the lawgivers of the
Iroquois established the only certain rule the case admits of, whereby the
assurance might be enjoyed that the ruling sachem was of the same family
or tribe with the first taker of the title." The limits of this address will not
permit me to enter into the details of this tribal system whereby the tribes
were interwoven by indissoluble bonds into one political family, absolute in
peace and irresistible in war; nor can I venture to explain, as I should like,
the clear and perfect plan which the Iroquois had devised for computing the
degrees of consanguinity. Suffice it to say that it presented a most extra-
ordinary system of Indian legislation—" the most perfect, perhaps, which
the wit of man hath ever devised." « Simple in its foundation upon the
family relationships, effective in the lasting vigor inherent in the ties ot
kindred, and perfect in its success in achieving a permanent and harmonious
union of the nations, it forms an enduring monument to that proud and
progressive race who reared under its protection a wide-spread Indian
sovereigntv." 1 , . T . ,. , ,
3 The third physical classification of Genealogies to which 1 have alluded,
viz. 'the " seize-quartlers " (or literally, " the sixteen heads from which one de-
rives his descent"), is that which involves the equal consideration ot all
progenitors of equal degrees and generations. It is the system which has
generally obtained throughout the Continent of Europe, and which, 1
believe, is growing rapidly in favor among American genealogists. It is
hardly necessary for me to add that it is, in every point of view, by tar the
most valuable and important of these physical classifications which have
been mentioned. .
Having thus described the nature of Genealogical Science, 1 proceed to
a consideration of the xises derived from its pursuit. g ^
" It is the custom with some persons," says Mr. J. B. R. Walker,- to
depreciate, and even to ridicule, genealogical inquiries and labors, lhe study
of pedigree seems to them not only tedious, but profitless. They have no
reverence or love for the Past, and it is a matter of indifference who their
ancestors were, or whether they ever had any. This is sometimes an ec-
centricity—sometimes a proud independence, which ignores ancestry,
in order to increase its own importance, and show that its heights and
honors have not been attained through the wealth, patronage, or name ot
progenitors. But a more fruitful cause of this low estimate has been the
boasting and arrogance of some, with reference to their distinguished an-
cestors. There is a false and foolish pride of lineage, which deserves cen-
sure and ridicule. It was such conceit that prompted the retort of Cicero,
when a patrician said to him, 'You are a plebeian.'— </ am a plebeian,
replied the eloquent Roman orator, ' and the nobility of my family begins
with me; but that of yours will end with you.' The vain reliance upon
remote and doubtful pedigrees, and the arrogant assumption of place and
honor by reason of distinguished descent, without corresponding merit, was
well ridiculed by Lord Chesterfield, when he placed among the portraits
of his ancestors two old heads, inscribed— Adam de Stanhopeand Eve de
Stanhope. It has been justly observed, ' all that a man can rightfully lay
1 League of the Iroquois. By Lewis H. Morgan. Chapter IV.
2 Memorials of the Walkers of the Old Colony. Preface. A
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claim to, is his own name; the embellishment should be his own, not that
of his defunct predecessor.' This thought has been expressed by Chap-
man, with great felicity and force, in these lines:
Tis poor, aud not becoming perfect gentry,
To build their glories at their fathers' cost ;
But at their own expense of blood or virtue,
To raise them living monuments ; our birth
Is not our own act. Honor upon trust
Our ill deeds forfeit ; and the wealthy sums,
Purchased by others' fame or sweat, will be
Our stain, for we inherit nothing truly
But what our actions make us worthy of.' "
In the same strain of invective against this arrogance of descent, "rare
-bEN Jonson " thus discourses : —
Boast not the titles of your ancestors.
Brave youths ! They're ih ear p< tssi ssion— none of yours.
When your own virtues equall'd have their names,
'Twill be but fair to lean upon their fames,
For they are strong supporters ; but, till then,
The greatest are but young gentlemen."
Mr. Lower justly remarks that "family pride, abstractly considered, is one
of the coarsest feelings of which our nature is susceptible." Indeed —
Those who on glorious ancestors enlarge,
Produce the debt, instead of the discharge. "
One of the wisest of ancient time has said —
" Et Genus, et proavos, et qua? non fecimus ipsi,
Vix ea nostra voco."
And Caius Marius set forth the same truth when he said that "the glory
of ancestors casts a light indeed upon their posterity, but it only serves
to show what their descendants are. It alike exhibits to full view their
degeneracy and their worth."
Nothing, indeed, can be more absurd than the attempt to make family
history, even when true, an unqualified source of ostentation ; and such
attempts justly merit all the attacks of wit and sarcasm which their preten-
sions inevitably invite. Still it is evident that the study of Genealogy has
suffered much undeserved obloquy and inconsiderate condemnation, owing
to the inability of many persons to make a just discrimination between
pride of ancestry and a taste for pedigree. A little reflection, however, will
convince us that the two feelings, although often combined in the same
individual, are not necessarily connected with each other. And, even when
they are thus combined, I cannot see why any vitiated results should follow,
unless the pride of ancestry too greatly predominate. With this dis-
tinction carefully kept in mind, I think that Genealoo-y needs no defence at
our hands, other than that inherent in the facts which maybe developed
by the following consideration of its uses.
The uses of the study of Genealogy may be divided into two classes—
the moral and the practical— the former being, perhaps, less generally appre-
ciated than the latter. Yet, as we shall see, the two are intimately blended
in their bearing upon the interests of mankind.
The moral uses of Genealogy arise from the fact that the information
gamed by its pursuit is of a nature which necessarily tends to enlarge and
ennoble our minds, by placing us in connection with those who have preceded,
or who may succeed us, in the world's arena ; to enlighten us with reference
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to the principles, laws, and methods of the Divine Government in its deal-
ings with the Human Race ; and to strengthen us in virtuous and honorable
lives and deeds, by presenting us with bright examples of worth and in-
structive examples of degeneracy.
" Not to know what took place before one was born, is to remain forever
a child," savs Cicero.
" We shall invariably find," says another author, " the more we free our-
selves from the idea of Time and Spa<;e, the nearer we approach to the
understanding of the Infinite— to that which has neither beginning nor
end — anci nothing does this so effectually as the abstracting ourselves from
the Present in the consideration of the Past."
The learned Dr. Samuel Johnson remarks that " whatever withdraws us
from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant and the
future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking
beings."
One of our American genealogists1 has well said, that "the love ot our
kindred is the first degree of the expansion of the heart, in its progress
towards universal benevolence.''''
"Whoever enters into these investigations," says one of the founders of this
Society,2 "or peruses these family histories, beginning with himself, tf he
will, and tracing the golden current through all its myriad windings, will rise
from the engrossing study, his sympathies touched at a thousand new points,
his whole nature lifted up to a higher and broader purpose, and himself a
better, truer, nobler unit of the race to which he belongs.
" ' As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake ;
The centre mov'd, a circle strait succeeds ;
Another still, and still another spreads ;
Child, parent, brother, first it will embrace,
His neighbor next, and next all human race.' "
Whitman 4 says : " No virtuously disposed mind can look back upon a long
line of truly venerable ancestors, without feeling his motive to a virtuous life
strengthened. He can scarcely help feeling that it is not for him to be the
first to bring disgrace upon his lineage. It will, moreover, lead him to re-
flect that his posterity also will be looking back, and comparing his life with
that of his progenitors. And who in such case can fail to feel as a father in
the presence of his offspring. And sad, indeed, would it be to find them
crimsoned with shame at witnessing in him a mortifying exemplar." _
Daniel Webster has fitly said,0 " There is a moral and philosophical re-
spect for our ancestors, which elevates the character aud improves the heart.
Next to the sense of religious duty and moral feeling, I hardly know what
should bear with stronger obligation on a liberal and enlightened mind, than a
consciousness of an alliance with excellence which is departed, and a con-
sciousness, too, that in its acts and conduct, and even in its sentiments and
thoughts, it may be actively operating on the happiness of those that come
after it."
Again the distinguished statesman above quoted bears his tribute to the
usefulness of genealogical studies, when he says : " To be faithful to our-
1 Genealogies of the Passaic Valley, N. J., by John Littell. Preface.
2 Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, in his Quarter-Century Anniversary Discourse
before the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society, Boston, March 18, 1870.
3 Pope — slightly accommodated.
4 Memoir of John Whitman and his Descendants. By Ezekiel Whitman. Preface.
5 Webster's Works, i. 6.
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selves, we must keep our ancestors and posterity within reach and grasp of
our thoughts and affections — living in the memory and retrospection of the
Past, and hoping with affectionate care for those who are to come after us.
We are true to ourselves only when we act with becoming pride for the
blood we inherit, and which we are to transmit to those who shall soon till
our places."
" If there are any studies purely human, winch tend to elevate and ennoble
the nature of man, and lift it up £o a truer and loftier type, they are such
as lie within the domain of the Family, where the gentlest and strongest
elements of character mingle together, and are moulded more perfectly than
anywhere else into a unity of feminine sweetness and manly dignity." !
"To dwell upon the character of the good with love and veneration," says
Mr. Eli K. Price, of Philadelphia,2 "is to begin to be like them; and if
we can thus derive a refining influence, it is our duty to make that influence
as enduring as possible."
Mr. Vinton, in remarking upon the influence which history exerts upon
nations,8 says : " What is thus true of nations is also true of families. There
is not an intelligent, public-spirited, virtuous man anywhere to be found who
can deny that his motives to virtue and patriotism are thoroughly reen forced
by the consideration — if such were the fact — that his ancestors were brave
and upright men ; * * * and a distinguished American clergyman, now
living, has observed : 'There are riches of moral power in such an ancestry
as ours.' The history of a nation being nothing else than the collective his-
tory of the families that compose that nation, it is easy to see that sufficient
reasons exist why families should have their histories written. They are
thus connected with the great transactions of the Past, and posterity are
enabled to discover what their ancestors had to do with the successive por-
tions of the national history."
Lord Ltndsay, in his extensive and excellent Lives of the Lyndsays, has
observed that "the inheritance of an illustrious name may have but a slight
influence in restraining a bad man from the commission of a dishonorable
action, but there cannot be a doubt of its invigorating influence on those who
are worthy to bear it ; it is an incentive to virtue, to emulation, to consistency
— and God forbid that in days like these we should cut away one sapling,
however weak, which may assist us in climbing the rough and rocky and
hilly path of Honor and Virtue which is set before us. At the same time
the sluggish — those who are disposed to rest their claim to consideration on
the merit of their ancestry, and not their own individual activity, should re-
member Sir Thomas Overbury's pithy sarcasm on such characters, that
1 they resemble potatoes, of which the only valuable portion is under ground.' "
And it was a noble saying of the late Lord Clarendon, " that birth con-
veyed no merit, but much duty, to its inheritor."
Nor can we forbear again to quote the eloquent words of Lord Lynd-
say, himself a noble specimen of a noble line, who says : " Every family
should have a record of its own. Each has its peculiar spirit, running
through the whole line, and, in more or less development, perceptible in
every generation. Rightly viewed, as a most powerful but much neglected
instrument of education, I can imagine no study more rife with pleasure
and instruction. Nor need our ancestors have been Scipios or Fabii to
1 Rev. E. F. Sl after' s Anniv. Address, before quoted.
2 Centennial Meeting of Descendants of Philip and Rachel Price. Phila., 1854,
page 5.
'Vinton Memorial. Preface.
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interest us in their fortunes. We do not love our kindred for their glory or
their genius, but for their domestic affections and private virtues that, unob-
served by the world, expand in confidence towards ourselves, and often root
themselves, like the banyan of the East, and flourish with independent vigor
in the heart to which a kind Providence has guided them. And should we
not derive equal benefit from studying the virtues of our forefather, ? An
affectionate regard for their memory is" natural to the heart ; it is an emotion
totally distinct from pride. — an ideal love, free from that consciousness of
requited affection and reciprocal esteem which constitutes so much of the
satisfaction we derive from the love of the living. They are denied, it is
true, to our personal acquaintance, but the light they shed during their lives
survives within their tombs, and will reward our search if we explore them.
Be their light, then, our beacon — not the glaring light of heroism which
emblazons their names in the page of history with a lustre as cold, though
as dazzling, as the gold ©f an heraldic illuminator, but the pure and sacred
flame that descends from heaven on the altar of a Christian heart, and that
warmed their naturally frozen affections till they produced the fruits of piety,
purity, and love, evinced in holy thoughts and good actions, of which many
a record might be found in the 'annals of the Past, would we but search for
them, and in which we may find as strong incentives to virtuous emulation
as we gather every day from those bright examples of living worth which
it is the study of every good man to imitate. And if the virtues of stran-
gers be so attractive to us, how infinitely more so should be those of our own
kindred; and with what additional energy should the precepts of our parents
influence us, when we trace the transmission of those precepts from father
to son, through successive generations, each bearing the testimony of a virtu-
ous, useful, and honorable life to their truth and influence, and all uniting
in a kind and earnest exhortation to their descendants so to live on earth,
that— followers of Him, through whose grace alone we have power to obey
Him — we may at last be reunited with those who have been before and
those who shall come after us.
' No wanderer lost,
A family in heaven.' "
From this mass of concurrent testimony to the importance of the moral
uses of Genealogy, I pass to a brief consideration of the practical uses
arising from its study.
1. It may be said' of this — as of any other exact science — that it not only
furnishes valuable information,, but that the mind is strengthened and sys-
tematized by the very processes of investigation by which that information
is obtained.
2. It is important in legal cases concerning claims to inheritance — and is
indispensable, indeed, in those states in which the enjoyment of certain
rights is conditional upon qualifications of lineage and descent,
This may be termed the social and pecuniary value of Genealogy — and
is the one most widely and unhesitatingly appreciated by mankind, for it
touches, at once, that self-interest which is an inherent principle in every
individual. A person may not have the slightest interest in his ancestry
(or, indeed, in his posterity) — he may say, as in the old song,
"Of all my father's family, I like myself the best,
And if I am provided for, the Deil may take the rest. "
But if he has reason to think that a far-off inheritance, or an assured
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social position depends upon the. information which he may be al>le to give
or to secure, his sympathy and liveliest co-operation are at once enlisted. Of
the real importance of Genealogy, in a legal point of view — even in this
country, where the laws of primogeniture do not obtain, and where social
distinctions are not so closely defined — many interesting facts in proof could
be furnished from the experience of almost any genealogist, but that is
scarcely necessary on this occasion.
3. Genealogy is practically useful as an auxiliary to historical science —
in the elucidation of the complicated relations of dynastic families, of claims
and controversies as to succession, etc. "As the ocean is composed of
drops," says Mr. Cushman,1 "so the history of a country is made up of
the acts of each individual person. And those acts, in the aggregate, give
the character of the people as well as an indication of the policy and ad-
ministration of the government. Hence the importance of genealogies."
"I make no apology, therefore, for Genealogy,'' says Lord Lyndsay,
— " and even in a merely intellectual point of view, as supplying many an
hiatus in the page of early history, as unveiling many a secret spring,
which, unseen and unsuspected, has influenced the revolutions of human af-
fairs, and as throwing no scanty ray on the spirit and manners of the past,
she may stand fearless before the altar of Time, by the side of History,
though on the step below her."
4. There is, however, still another and more important practical use of
Genealogy, to which I desire to call your attention. It arises from a com-
bination of the moral and practical uses which we have previously consid-
ered, and may be described as the philosophical use. It consists of the
application to the individual, family, and social relations of mankind, of those
principles and laws which are developed by the study of Genealogy, and
of the lessons enforced by its moral influences. In other words, it deals
with the great problem of Natural Heritage — a problem which has been
succinctly stated by Dr. Charles Elam, in this form: —
" What of essential nature do our parents and ancestors bequeath to us ?
Apart from those transitory possessions of money, houses, and land, which
do not endure, what do we derive from our parents that is permanent and
inalienable — that determines our temperament and constitution, our pro-
clivities to health or disease, to virtue or vice, to dulness, mediocrity, or
genius — in short, our entire intellectual and moral nature, no less than
our physical organization?"3
It is this phase of Genealogy which, of late years, has allied itself
closely to Ethnology (the science which treats of races), to Anthropology
(which treats of man), to Physiology (which deals with the subtle forces of
man's physical and mental nature), and, in short, to every department of
Science, Art, and Discovery from which information can be drawn which shall
assist to solve the mysteries of our being, and the "why and wherefore" of
the operations of Nature, of which man forms so great a part.
It will readily be seen that Philosophical Genealogy, as we have termed
it, is at once the broadest, most ennobling and beneficent department of
Genealogical Science, whether we consider its relations upon the student, or
its ultimate results to society.
"Genealogy," says Sir Edgerton Brydges, "is of little value unless it
discloses matter which teaches the causes of the decay or prosperity of
1 Cushman Genealogy. Preface.
2 A Physician's Problems. London, 1809.
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families, and furnishes a lesson of moral wisdom for the direction of those
who succeed."
"To read aright the lesson of human history, to reach Avise and safe
generalizations, one must not forget the law of descent and force of charac-
ter there is in blood and race," says Walker, lie further says: —
" It is argued, indeed, by such as underrate genealogical research, that
every claim upon the esteem of others is founded upon character, and that
this embodies every quality that can justly command the affection and rever-
ence of men. But, as character is not altogether isolated from, or indepen-
dent of ancestral fountains, from which the native impulses, the mental
and moral tendencies and forces have come, the subject of pedigree belongs
clearly to the history of every man's mind and life. Our ancestors live in
us ; though dead, they speak. In Nature, below man, the various orders of
being, animate and inanimate, do little more than repeat ancestral forms and
habits. Man also is a derivation from the past, and ought to be considered
and weighed in connection with it. The study of Genealogy, therefore, has
important scientific and moral uses. It summons the past to interpret the
lives of men with respect to physical, mental, and moral character. It shows
how the past has poured itself into our present life." 1
I must confess, my friends, that I am sorely tempted to dwell more at
length upon this most interesting department of our favorite science ; but
I feel that I cannot do so without too great a departure from the line of
thought which I have marked out for myself for this evening. I am aware,
moreover, that it needs a wider range of study and experience, and a greater
and bolder grasp of intellect than mine, to render it the justice which it
demands. The interesting paper on " Race Development," winch our worthy
confrere, Dr. Humphreys, read before us at a receut meeting, together with
the discussion to which it gave rise at the succeeding meeting, must also
have convinced you that a topic so suggestive, and affording so many rami-
fications for investigation, and so many abstruse problems for solution, is
not to be lightly handled; nor is it one upon which conjectures can be
rashly hazarded, or opinious hastily formed. It is, too, a science yet ill its
infancy — which is receiving the most careful attention of many noble,
thoughtful, and practiced minds — and we may well wait, ponder, and it
may be, add our humble mite of fact and illustration to whatever of
definite and systematized knowledge the future may bring forth on this
subject.
For we may, indeed, rest assured that " when the work which we have
begun shall have advanced to anything like general completeness, when the
1 Says an English genealogist whom we have already quoted (UOyh-y Bailey), " I
am quite persuaded that were men to ponder well upon the dispositions and conduct,
and its results, of those who gave them existence, it would in every respect tend to
the advancement of their families. * * * I can assure them ( and I speak from
my own success in deriving future results from genealogical consideration of the
past) that prophets and -fortune-tellers might become common and veritable, were
they only to look into pedigrees and family histories. Upon knowing the past
history of a family and its seize-quartAers, we could (in the present state of affairs)
readily foretell the leading points in its future history.
"Men inherit all their predispositions from their progenitors, and by knowing
how and why their forefathers have erred, they may be enabled to conduct them-
selves differently. I know of a case (for which I can vouch) where a hereditary
weakness in the blood had for four generations prevented the prosperity of a fam-
ily ; the fifth in descent, having penetrated the secret cause of his family's misfor-
tunes, resolved to conquer and crush the impulse which was quite as strong in him-
self as in his progenitors. He did so, and succeeded in establishing his family."
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great majority of our family histories shall have been written, if the defini-
tion of the old Greek be true, that « history is philosophy teaching by
example,' we shall obtain, under the scrutiny of scientific grouping and
arrangement, other lessons of great value and importance. We shall he
able to estimate, with far greater precision than we now can, the influences
upon man in his physical and moral character, of climate in its dryness,
humidity, and temperature; of locality, as on our rivers, on the hill-sides,
and among the mountains, in the country or in the city; of education, in
the free-school, under private tutorage, in the college, in classic or scien-
tific courses; and of a multitude of other particulars, that come within the
province of our historical investigations. And we may go on in the work
we have undertaken to do, with the consciousness at every step, that these
investigations are expanding, mellowing, and enriching our own characters,
and, in their results, are transmitting a priceless legacy to others of the
great family to which we belong."1
The requirements of Genealogy are two-fold : 1st, those which pertain to
the investigator; and 2d, those which pertain to the arrangement and proper
expression, in written or printed form, of the results of his labors. And,
in regard to the first-named class of requirements, I shall offer no apology
for quoting what has been so admirably said by Prof. Wm. Chauncey
Fowler, in his suggestive paper before the N. Eng. Hist. Geneal. Society,
entitled " Conditions of Success in Genealogical Investigations, illustrated
in the Character of Nathaniel Chauncey."
" Love of kindred " is very properly stated, by Prof. Fowler, as the first
condition of success in genealogical investigations. " The second condition
of success," he says, " is a love for the investigations. By this I mean, not
a love merely for 'the end gained, but also for the means employed. The
hunter pursues the game, not always because it is valuable, but because he
loves the pursuit. He will sometimes give away, or throw away, what he
lias obtained in the chase, though he would not willingly forego the pleasure
of obtaining it; even if the chase should lead him through woodlands and
brambles and morasses and mire, until he is weary. The true genealogist
pursues his objects as eagerly as does the keen sportsman bis, when the
'game's afoot.' The very term 'investigation' suggests foot-prints or
tracks, which the genealogist follows, as the hunter docs the tracks of a
deer.
" In genealogy, as in other departments of knowledge, there must, in
order to success, be such a love of investigation, such a love of following
foot-prints, however faint, that the pursuit furnishes a sufficient motive in
every step of the progress. ' Even when the wished end's denied, still
while the busy means' are plied, they bring their own reward.' Probate
records must "be searched, wills, and decrees of court must be examined
for the knowledge sought. Graveyards must be visited, gravestones, defaced
by time, must be deciphered with all the patient, persistent zeal of 'Old
Mortality,' as described by Walter Scott, Correspondence must be opened
with those who are ignorant of the subjects. Works on heraldry and
town ami county histories must be examined. The aged are to be qucs-
1 Rev. EL . Slapter's Anniv. Address before the X. E. Historic Genealogical
Society, 1870. See alsoJWe to page 37 of same. Also Francis Galton's Inquiry
iut<> tin Laws and Consequences of Hereditary Genius, London, 1870.
In this connection, also, we would call attention to the very suggestive remarks
of our fellow-member, C. B. MoORE, Esq.. in that portion of his article on '•Plan
of Genealogical Work" contained in the " Record" for July, 1870.
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tioned, traditions are to bo carefully gathered up, and facts arc to be sought,
as wheat is winnowed from the chaff.
"Now, if all this is a drudgery, a penance to any one, such a one will
win but little success in his investigations, inasmuch as a love of investiga-
tion is an indispensable condition of success.
"A third condition of succcess in general investigations is an active
imagination. In all historical studies an active imagination is necessary
in order to impart life, animation, and action, to the dead past. An active
imagination is necessary to frame hypotheses, form conjectures, and thus
to discover what are the sources of evidence, and then to invent the best
modes of approaching those sources and making them available. Imagi-
nation must light the torch of discovery in the hand of the votary as he
presses on into the shadows, clouds, and darkness which rest on past gene-
rations. To one without imagination, genealogy seems to consist of names
of persons, and dates of births, of marriages and deaths, a barren catalogue,
and the long past to be like the valley described by the prophet Ezekiel, as
full of bones, dry hones. To the genealogist of an active imagination, these
bones come together, become clothed with sinews and flesh and skin — come
forth from their graves, an exceeding great army, living, breathing, and
showing the very form and pressure of the times. Especially will his
ancestors reveal themselves to him in true form and lineament, as a descend-
ant who has sought earnestly for them with a longing heart ; as father
Anchises revealed himself to pious JEneas, who sought him beyond the
Stygian waters, beyond the deep shades of Erebus, in the broad Elysian
fields of the blessed ones. From those shady realms where no real voice nor
sound is heard, they will speak to him in distinct language for his instruc-
tion, and offer themselves to him for acquaintance and communion.
" A fourth condition of success in genealogical investigation is a sound
and disciplined judgment. By this I mean a judgment that has been thor-
oughly exercised and trained in other subjects, and thus prepared for success
in this study. Such is the connection between the different branches of
knowledge, and such is the similarity in the operation of the human mind
in grasping them severally, that the pi*oportion can be genei'alized in some
such way as this; any work is all the better for being written by a man
who has disciplined his judgment by exercising it on any subject. For
instance, the 'Hyde Genealogy,' by Chancellor Walworth, is all the better for
having been written by one who had disciplined his mind by studying the
higher branches of the law. In general investigation, facts must be sepa-
rated from fiction, truth from falsehood, history from tradition, reality from
dreams; and for this a sound and disciplined judgment is necessary. Hy-
potheses may be framed with advantage, theories may be adopted; but
their value must be tested by sound judgment, before they can be received
as true. In the contradictory statements, in the false dates, in the repetition
of the same name in the same or contiguous generations, the genealogist
will find himself bewildered in a labyrinth, unless for threading it, a sound
judgment, like the Cretan Ariadne, furnish the clew.
" The fifth condition of success, in genealogical investigation, is a consci-
entious regard for truth. This is necessary in order to protect the soul
against the temptations to error. Conscience invigorates all the powers of
the mind into the highest activity, in the discovery of truth. Without the in-
vigorating influence and protecting power of conscience, the genealogist is
in danger of adopting conclusions furnished by vanity or indolence.''
To these five conditions of success in genealogical investigation enumera-
84 Armiversary Address. [April,
ted by Professor Fowler, I venture to add three others, which, though im-
plied perhaps, by the general tenor of his remarks, still seem to demand a
more distinct recognition — viz.: Perseverance, Patience, and Tart.
Patience and Perseverance, indeed, are indispensable, for the tangled
threads of family history cannot be unravelled by impatient fingers. " The task
of the genealogist," says Mr. Nathaniel II. Morgan',1 "in groping his way
amid the dusky records of the Past, is much like that of the American Indian
in pursuing an obscure trail through a tangled wilderness. An acute faculty
of perception, and a keen and practiced eye, must note and scrutinize every
obscure foot-print, every rustled leaf" every bent twig; now progressing
capidly, under a clear light, and guided by sure tokens ; and, anon, suddenly
arrested by a total absence of all further signs, and forced hopelessly to
abandon the trail long and patiently pursued; until, perchance, again some
new and unexpected way -mark greets his eye, inspiring fresh pursuit."
Tact is that peculiar faculty which some persons possess, in a higher de-
gree than others, of getting at the right thing in the right way. It arises
from a happy combination of a delicate perceptive sense and a well-balanced
judgment, and in its highest development amounts to an intuition. I
am inclined to consider it, although a natural gift, yet largely dependent
upon education and practice. Be that as it may, however, its possession
is a crowning gift; and the genealogist who, to all other requirements, adds
this of tact, must inevitably be pre-eminent among his fellows.
The requirements of Genealogy which pertain to its arrangement and
expression in priuted or written form, are :
1. Exact definition.
2. Simple statement.
3. Rigid conciseness.
These are points which will be fully appreciated by every genealogist, and
which need no further elucidation.
But, as Prof. Wm. Chauncey Fowler has well said :~ " The genealogy of
a family should not consist merely of names in the lines of descent. In
addition to these, it should present biographical sketches of those in the lines
who ought to be held in everlasting remembrance, and thus at once gratify
a natural feeling of the heart and conduce to its moral improvement. There
is a beautiful illustration of my views on this point in one of the genealogical
tables in the 1st Book of Chronicles — 'And Jabez was more honorable than
his brethren. And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh, that thou
wouldst bless me, indeed, and enlarge my border; and that thy hand might
be with me, and that thou wouldst keep me from evil, that it may not grieve
me ! And God granted him that which he requested.' Because he was
more honorable than others, he is distinguished by this biographical sketch,
while only the bare names of others are given."
Minuteness of detail is indispensable in the delineation of individual char-
acter; and if Adam Smith said, that in reading the life of Milton, he wished
to find the smallest particulars relating to his personal habits — even what shoe-
buckles he wore, how much more eager for the same information would he
have been had he been a descendant. Tndeed, ancestral virtues, being the
property of a family, ought to be transmitted, as if by a law of entail, un-
alienated and undiminished. And they should be recorded, as in a pub-
lished registry, with all the associations of persons, times, places, manners,
1 Morgan Genealogy. Preface.
2 Preface to Memorials of the Chaunceys.
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etc., in which they originally existed. " Minute historical facts," says
Lodge, " are to history as the nerves and sinews, the veins and arteries are
to an animated body ; they may not separately exhibit much of use, ele-
gance, or just proportion, but taken collectively, they furnish strength, spirit,
and existence itself. An historian who hath neglected to study them knows
but the half of his profession, and, like a surgeon who is ignorant of anatomy,
sinks into a mere manual operator."
The difficulties attending genealogical researches are well known to every
laborer in the field, and there is scarcely an American genealogical author
who Las not, in the preface to his work, alluded most feelingly to this sub-
ject. There is, indeed, a most amusing similarity of experience and expres-
sion in regard to this point. Mr. Neale humorously says :' "Never was
proof-reader more bewildered by Mr.Choate's hieroglyphics, than was I by the
quaintly-formed letters, the unaccountable abbreviations, and the varied and
peculiar orthography of the MSS. of the seventeenth century ; never was the
unknown quantity more incomprehensible to the tyro in algebra, than were
to me the occasional batches of eight or ten children — most of whom, by the
by, died in infancy, having been sent into the world for no other apparent pur-
pose than to afflict their worthy parents and myself; and Proteus himself never
assumed more shapes, nor was the Wandering Jew more ubiquitous, than
some of my forefathers, who, emulating that interesting and industrious
•domestic animal who is ever in another place when the finger is on him,
would prove, as soon as I thought I had them fairly established in the
bosoms of their families, to belong to another branch and a different genera-
tion ; in consequence of all which, I am confident that no lovers within daily
mail communication ever spoiled more paper than I have done during "the
prosecution of these inquiries."
" In collecting information by correspondence," says Peck,2 " it often
occurs that letters received will be such as to render it impossible to
determine what was intended by many of the names and dates. The
authors of such letters, when written to for explanations, often refused or
neglected to answer my letters — perhaps offended because I could not read
their letters, or uncertain themselves in relation to the names and informa-
tion given. Sometimes information must be received from aged persons,
the only source from which it can be obtained. They are liable, in the
presence of a stranger — approach them with all the care you can — to become
confused, or, from the impaired condition of their memories, to give incorrect
information. Some of my facts have been received from town clerks; they
are liable to errors in copying records, often old, worn, and defaced." Many
of these clerks, we may add, are chosen with too little regard for their
fitness for the office, and are frequently incompetent to decipher, to copy,
or to have the charge, indeed, of the records committed to them. Some-
times there may appear to be errors which really do not exist ; and puzzling
discrepancies occur between family registers, town records, and tombstones, in
regard to the same date ; the difficulty becoming greatly increased when
the parties have settled and died in sections remote from the place of their
nativity, and therefore isolated from the original records. Removals from
birth-places, indeed, frequently throw the genealogist " off the trail," for
town and church records seldom show to what place the patties removed.
Identity of family names sometimes helps the trace in these cases; but the
difficulty increases when descendants of females (who have changed their
1 Neale Family. By T. A. Neale.
3 Gen. Hist, of Descendants of Joseph Peck. By Ira B. Peck.
86 Arvm/oersa/ry Address. [April,
surname by marriage) are to be traced. Registries of marriages kept bv
town clerks and clergymen are seldom indexed at all — and even when they
are, only by names of males; while registries of births frequently mention
only the full name of the father and the Christian name of the mother, with-
out her family name. Even if given, if there chance to be more than one
family residing there of the same given and family name, the identity be-
comes obscured and puzzling.
Then there are the difficulties arising from the little interest felt in the sub-
ject by many who are applied to for information — and whose replies to in-
quiries, although not so courteously expressed, are virtually the same as
that which Mr. Layard received from an Eastern caliph to whom he had
written for information about certain antiquities — ''The answer which vou
seek of me, 0! illustrious friend and Joy of my Liver, is both difficult and
useless to be given." This class of people appear to think it an impossibility
to find the name of their grandfather, and show a stolid indifference to the
history of their ancestors ; yet they are generally anxious to know " if there
is any property anywhere coming to the family, that you are after " — that
being the only conceivable reason, to their minds, why any one should be
troubling himself about them or their forefathers. Others, when called
upon, express a lively interest in the subject, and offer to send, at some
future time, the records of their families, if you will only furnish them with
some information as to who their ancestors were, as far back as you have*
traced them. Beware of such — 0 genealogist ! for after you have carefully
copied out an abstract of the desired information, and sent it to them, hoping,
and expecting, from what they have said to you, that by their help you will
be. enabled to complete "another line " of families — you find yourself and
their promises alike forgotten — you'll never hear of them or their records
again. And there are those, too, who when written to, with the return pos-
tage enclosed, either neglect or refuse to answer letters, or to return cir-
culars.
One thing, however, the genealogist can confidently rely upon — and that
is, that these very people, whose stupidity and neglect have caused innu-
merable delays and annoyances in the preparation of the work — will be the
very first ones to "to pick it to pieces," when, at last, it is published.
Forgetting their previously assumed ignorance in regard to their family
history, they will point out many errors and shortcomings; they will tell
you that the whole thing was evidently printed to glorify certain families
and individuals, and will either "go back on" their subscriptions, or will
pay for the volume in such a humble-aggrieved sort of way as makes the
poor author feel as if he was, in reality, "a fraud." On every such sub-
scription list there will be found the man who enthusiastically said, " Put
me down for twenty copies " — and then incontinently " tapers off" by taking
one ; the man who has assured you, time and time again, that he " can sell
you off a hundred copies, just among his connection,'1'1 and whom you find
rather " lukewarm " at the last, and evidently expecting to get his copy for
nothing; and funniest and most aggravating of all, the man who loudly
proclaims among his friends that the book is "totally unreliable," "full of
mistakes," etc. — and whom at last you face down with a request that he
would show you the errors of which he complains ; whereupon he proves to
you, with an air of vindicated innocence, that you have omitted to mention
the birth of a babe, who lived just two hours and never was named — per-
fectly ignoring, meanwhile, the fact that you have traced him and his family
back to the days of William the Conqueror, and have proved his family
more respectable than he has proved himself to be !
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Of course, we genealogists do not pretend to entire freedom from error.
We do get things awfully " mixed " sometimes. Despite all human care,
errors of transcription will occur; printers' types, always frolicsome, are
perplexing! v frisky when " set up " in genealogies ; figures " drop out," or
get " turned around," even after the last proof-sheet has passed the author's
hand — and then — woe he to him ! Grave deacons are scandalized at dates
which hint at irregularities in their earlier lives; rosy-cheeked maidens
pout and will nut he comforted, because the figures in "that horrid book "
make them ten years older than they really are ; bachelors are credited with
families for which they have not considered themselves responsible ; fathers
are furnished with a second wife and a new lot of children, which really be-
long to a grown-up son of the same Christian name;1 some men are con-
signed to an early tomb, to their own infinite surprise as well as that of
their families and friends — and, once in a while, we may ehancc to hang the
wrong man ! That's very awkward, indeed — especially if any of the rela-
tives are living, and care enough for their ancestors to take up the cudgel in
their defence. Under such circumstances the genealogist finds consolation
in the reflection that perfect work can only proceed from perfect wisdom, and
that " to err is mortal." The only trouble is, in these cases, that the parties
whom he has unwittingly aggrieved do not seem to remember that " to for-
give is divine." His only way of escape from tire indignation he has aroused
is to promise that all errors shall be cheerfully and fully corrected " in the
next edition " — knowing perfectly well (if his victim does not) — that there is
about as much chance of another edition being published as there is of a
man dying twice. For, who ever heard of a second edition of a genealogy
being called for ? Echo answers, " Who ? "
This class of works are generally published at the risk of the author — sell
slowly — rarely cover expenses — and frequently burden him with debt.
Aiid genealogists, I may remark, are not generally the persons who can
afford to be in debt. In this country, at least, a genealogist who can afford
the luxury of publishing the results of his labor, at his own cost, is a rara
avis, and as much an object of suspicion among his fellows as a jackdaw
wearing the plumes of a peacock. But, unanimous as is the testimony of
genealogists respecting the difficulties attendant upon genealogical research,
it is no less unanimous as to its peculiar fascinations and' pleasures. Some
of these pleasures have been briefly alluded to ; but they must, indeed, be
experienced to be properly appreciated. Do not allow yourselves to fall
into the common prejudice, my friends, that Genealogy is a dry, uninterest-
ing studv — " Lethe's wharf her paradise, and her votary dull as the
weed that fattens there."
"The Spirit of Discovery," says Lord Lyndsay, "breathes expectation as
eager, and enjoyment as intense, into the heart of the enthusiastic Genealo-
gist, as into that of a Bruce or a Ilumboldt. His researches resemble theirs ;
he journeys, as it were, into the mountains of an unexplored land, where
peaks beyond peaks bound the horizon as far as the eye can reach, their
snowy pinnacles glittering in the sun, while clouds of darkness rest
upon their sides and conceal their bases. But, as he ascends, the
clouds open to receive and disappear below him, and, while he is
1 Morgan mentions a case of similar names and cotemporary dates, in which
there were " no less than eight Williams of the fifth generation, who were all about
the same age and settled in the same locality, several of whom had children whose
names were also alike," rendering it "an exceedingly laborious and perplexing
problem to determine satisfactorily, from the records, to which particular AVilliam
those children severally belonged."
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lost to the sight of those who watch liim from the plain, the bonds
by which those mighty thrones of Nature are allied are clearly re-
vealed to him ; peaks, hitherto un descried, arise to greet him as
lie advances; mountain rills, whose accumulating waters spread ver-
dure and fertility through other regions than those he has left behind,
refresh him with their grateful murmur; while, wherever lie wanders, the
fruits of knowledge hang luxuriantly around him in fragrant clusters, re-
served for his hand alone to gather. Such, intellectually, is the pilgrimage
of the Genealogist. He starts with a few isolated names in view — the sole
remembrances that Time has spared of the race whose origin and early
annals he is ambitious of elucidating. Rolls of charters are laid before him ;
he examines them one by one, his rapid eye recognizing at once, in the
body or among the witnesses of the document, the one familiar name, the
object of his inquiry. By his side lie the tablets wherein he registers
each newly-discovered clansman, with exact reference to the date and pur-
port of the deed that testifies of his existence. Nothing wearies him.
Chieftains start to light whose very names have been forgotten ; the casual
hint of relationship thrills through him — and his heart throbs, his cheek
bums, and his hand quivers with rapture as he transcribes a document which
at a glance reveals to him a long avenue of ancestral dead. And then, with
quick and feverish step, he hurries to his closet, and there arranging his notes
in chronological order, broods over them in silence till a ray of light flashes
from among them — the warriors of old time arise and defile before him ; a pa-
triarch leads the way ; his children follow after him ; and their sons and
grandsons, gliding side by side, close the ghostly procession. Nor is it a
mere dream ; for they assume the very rank, and defile in the very order of
time, in which the eye of the antiquary has just discovered that they lived.
" Is his task over ? 'tis scarce as yet begun. Now let him invoke Biogra-
phy— now let him emerge from night into day, from genealogical gloom into
the blaze of history; now and henceforward let him accompany his chosen
people — emancipated like the American Indians, from the subterranean
world their ancestors so long dwelt in — through all their wanderings on
this upper earth ; chronicling their loves, their hates, — their joys, their sor-
rows,— their errors, their virtues ; estimating their influence on the world
they lived in, and deducing lessons of principle from their conduct and its
consequences, which may be beneficial to hundreds yet unborn of emulating
descendants.
"There is, indeed, something indescribably sublime in the idea of a
race of human beings influencing society through a series of ages, either
by the avatars, at distant intervals, of heroes, poets, and philosophers,
whose names survive among us, familiar as household words, for centuries
after their disappearance, or by the continuous development of genius, wis-
dom, and virtue, through successive generations, till the name which has
been thus immortalized becomes at last, through the experience of mankind,
presumptive of worth in the individuals who bear it. A Genealogical
Biography which should make us as intimately acquainted with such a
race as if, like its guardian angel, we had watched over it from its birth,
would surpass in interest the brightest pictures of romance — would be the
most engaging portrait of human nature that, fallen as that nature is, the
pencil of Truth could delineate."
* * -* *
The experience of every genealogist will testify that this, though enthusi-
astic— is not extravagant language. We know that Genealogy and Biogra-
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phy contain the essence of true Romance — that amid their apparently dry
and arid walks, and within the very shadows of mouldering tombs, we are
continually happening upon some " sweet flower of poesie," some linger-
ing tendril of human affection ; some neglected, but indestructible seed of
human faith and loyalty— little things, it is true — but yet "so picturesque,
so suggestive, so touching, so dramatic when they occur in the midst of
these dry records, that they seem to throw out an electric light at every
link in the chain of the generations. Each of these names in the table
is the memorial, perhaps the only memorial, of a human heart that once
lived and died— a heart that has kept its steady pulsation through some
certain period of time, and then ceased to beat and mouldered into dust.
Each of these names is the memorial of an individual home-life, that had
its joys and sorrows, its conflicts and achievements, its opportunities wasted
and improved, and its hour of death. Each of these days of ' birth,' 'mar-
riage,' ' death ! ' Oh, how significant ! what £ day was each of these to
some human family, or to some circle of loving human hearts! ' "
And now for a few words upon American genealogy. The end and
scope of genealogies in this country is, for the most part, very different
from those published on the European Continent. There the endeavor of
such studies is to connect one's self with noble and distinguished families, or
to ascertain rights to titles and estates. But here nothing of the kind is
open to us, and, with but few exceptions, our genealogies " show that a man
may have a grandfather, and be proud of the fact, although that ancestor
may have had no ornamental or ' noble ' handle to his name. American gene-
alogists go back to the Mayflower, through a line of John Smiths nine-tenths
of whom were poor men, and the majority manual laborers, and take pride
in an ancestry that have displayed the virtues of honesty, thrift, manliness, and
more or less of the' Christian graces. They may point out a few eminent di-
vines, lawvers, statesmen, or other intellectual magnates ; but the stock in the
main shows its noble and enduring traits in the hand-to-hand struggles with
the coarse necessities of life." We find their authors not insensible (nor would
we have them so) to a feeling of gratification, that those from whom they
claim descent were favorably regarded by their fellow-men, on account of
having occupied conspicuous stations ; nor do we find them disposed to
depreciate the virtues of their own families. They evidently feel, as one of
their number has recently said: " We have a right to be kindly affectionate
one to another. We are blood-relations, and like all well constituted fami-
lies, we are a mutual admiration society: and no one can complain while
we keep our mutual admiration within our own little circle and do not sound
a trumpet before us, as the hypocrites do, to be seen of men. Surely we
mav look in our glass, in our own room. In all these dark generations, we
see" ourselves. They are our family mirror." a We find our American gene-
alogists true to the American theory that every man is to be measured by
his own worth and works — a theory well expressed by Mr. RicHARn H. Greene
in his Preface to the Todd Genealogy : —
" In completing this work, let me say to the descendants : — I claim for you
no greatness, save a virtuous and honest parentage. May future generations
keep up the standard in these respects, whatever they may do in others;
and may he who takes up the thread of this history find you have not
learned "to be great, unless, at the same time, you have continued to be
good."
1 N. Eng. Hist.- Gen. Register, I, 290.
3 Preface to Benedict Genealogy.
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r Concerning the history of the growth and development of genealogical
research in the United States, I have not time to speak — nor, indeed, is it
necessary, since the subject lias been so admirably stated in the Introduc-
tion to Mr, W. II. AYiiitmore's Hand-book of American Genealogy, and
also in his later American Genealogist — books which, as well as anything
heraldic or genealogical coming from Mr. W.'s pen, are well worthy
of your careful perusal. The first known genealogy, in a distinct form,
published in the United States, was a Genealogy of the Family of Mr.
Samuel Stebbins ami Mrs. Hannah Stebbins, his wife, 1707-1771, a little
pamphlet of twenty-four pages, published at Hartford, Ct., 1771 ; the
second was a tabular pedigree of the Family of Chauncey, printed in
1787. Shortly after the Revolutionary War, the Massachusetts Historical
Society was formed, and fostered a taste for historical, biographical, and
genealogical research among the besl New England minds ami families. In
1813 John Farmer (who heads the list of American genealogists) issued at
Concord, N. II., a little twelve-page Family Register of the Descendants
of Ed ward Farmer, of which an improved edition was issued by him in
1820; and, in 1829, he published his Genealogical Register of the First
Settlers of New England, a work of great research, and which was for many
years the chief authority on family history, until supplanted in 1862, by
Savage's Genealogical Dictionary. In 1822-4, he and Mr. J. B. Moore
(the excellent father of Mr. Geo. H. Moore, Librarian of the New York His-
torical Society) published at Concord, N. II., Collections, Topographical,
Historical, d'e, relating to New Hampshire, in three volumes, containing
considerable genealogy and biography. And though, for many years after, but
little was done — and that little by isolated individuals, yet enough was ac-
complished to keep alive the fire upon the altar of Family Affection and
History. In 1844 the unwillingness of the Massachusetts Historical So-
ciety to enlarge its borders, by removing the restrictions of its charter,
which prevented the access of the increasing number of those interested in
historical studies, led to the formation of the New England Historic-Genea-
logical Society, and accident turned the attention of the new organization,
prominently, to the support of Genealogy. Rivalry proved beneficial to the
growth of both societies. In 1857 the Neiv England Historic and Genealogi-
cal Register was established under the auspices of that Society, and from that
point the progress of Genealogical Science in this country has been on-
ward. Previous to this time "the wealth of our records was hardly imag-
ined, the necessity of severe examination of traditions scarcely thought of,
and the simplest and most economical form of arrangement was not yet in-
vented." Soon, however, all these points began to receive proper atten-
tion; old records were examined, old manuscripts published, and the influ-
ence of learned societies was brought to bear upon State authorities to pub-
lish the most important documents in the Colonial and State Archives, and
to enact proper laws for the preservation of the MSS., <fcc. Under this im-
pulse, of which by far the largest share is due to the New England Historic-
Genealogical Society, nearly all the New England States have now issued,
and are continuing to issue, volumes of their earlier annals which furnish in-
valuable stores of material to the historical and genealogical student. Almost
every State in the Union, as well as several of the new territories, have
already well-established historical societies and libraries; and the Historical
Magazine ; or, American Notes and Queries, established by Charles B.
Richardson, at Boston, in 1857, and subsequently removed to New York
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City,1 has done good service as the accredited organ of these societies, and
bv furnishing a means of communication to literary and historical students all
over the United States.2 Since your speaker first became acquainted with
the genealogical field, in 1 85G, he has seen a wonderful improvement in the
subject-matter of genealogy. At that time, even, some of the absurd mis-
takes of earlier days had not entirely disappeared ; many were the men
who held to the belief that "three brothers of the name came over here to-
gether," from one of whom he was descended ; every family was confi-
dent of being of noble descent ; and nearly every family was positive of being
the rightful inheritor of an immense fortune in England, if they had the
means of proving their undoubted connection therewith. Fortunately, how-
ever, for our reputation, a better knowledge of our early history has largely
dissipated the public faith in any such mythical claims and beliefs. In the
arrangement and contents of genealogies there has been a marked improve-
ment— in other words, the matter has been reduced to a science, and com-
bines clearness of method and economy cf space, the plans and suggestions
of the Reyister having largely tended towards the very general adoption
of a form of arrangement which has become the generally accepted stand-
ard among American genealogists.
Our recent genealogical publications are much more extensive and exact
than the early ones. Many of their notes " rise to the dignity of historical
essays, and their summaries are important contributions to the study of sta-
tistics. Not a few of these family histories will be found as interesting as
any o-eneral histories, and a few contain important chapters of our history
elsewhere unwritten." 3 The works of Savage, Bond, Drake, Goodwin,
Morse, Shattuck. Ward, Fowler, and many others whose names might be
cited, are models of taste and arrangement, and monuments of indefatigable
industry, enthusiasm, and well directed ability.
It has been well said that " the study of genealogy must be governed by
the tone of public sentiment. In one age or country it may serve only to
foster a mistaken pride ; in our own, we trust, it is only active to encourage
kindly feelings of relationship, and to record the actions of deserving men.
It is a study not in itself unworthy of any intellect ; it is suited to our tastes
and peculiarities; it is in no way incompatible with our republican institu-
tions. There is no fear that our respect for the ties of blood will ever enable
any family or class of families to become our hereditary rulers ; but their
recognition may do much to soften the hardships of daily life." 4
Thus much, briefly, concerning the rise and progress of Genealogy in
America ; and now permit me to call your attention to a few of the " land-
marks" bv which we trace its progress in our own State.5
In 1804 the New York Historical Society of this city was instituted,
and duly incorporated in 1809. It has since enlisted the sympathy of our
best class of citizens, and has wielded an immense influence in favor of
historical studies.
1 Now conducted by Henry B. Dawson — a most earnest student and vigorous
writer.
2 This magazine originated among members of the New England Historic Genea-
logical Society and was intended ' ' to encourage and f acilitate historical studies,
and to occupy a co-ordinate field, but to which the pages of the Register could not
be spared."
3W. H. WniTMOKE's Hand-book of American Genealogy. Introduction.
4 Ibid.
6 It must be understood that this is but an outline sketch of what has been accom-
plished in the development of New York history and genealogy within the past
sixty years.
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In 1819 there was printed at Onondaga, N. Y., by Lewis II. Redfield,
a slip or small sheet — Genealogy of the Red fields, which was tlie fourth
genealogy known to have been published in the IT. S. ; and the next gene-
alogical issues in this state were from the press of our antiquarian friend
and fellow-member, Joel Munsell, of Albany, in the year L 848, being the
Genealogy of the Adam Family ami that of the Isaac Lawrence Family, by
the late Fred. J. Pease, of Albany; also the Welles Genealogy, by Albert
Wells, of this city — all small and rather meagrely filled pamphlets. In the
same year (1848) there was also issued from Mr. MunselPs press a large and
expensive quarto volume, devoted to genealogical tables of several New
York families, with biographical notes. When I mention that these families
were those of Rapalje, Johnson, Van Rensselaer, Livingston, Beekman,
Hoffman, De Lancey, Bleecker, Barclay, Roosevelt, Van Schaick, and
Lawrence, you will readily perceive that this elaborate work (with a for-
midable title — but generally known as Ho/gate's Genealogies) was distinctively
a New York book. During the same year also appeared Mr. Robert Bolton's
extensive History of Westchester County, in two volumes, which presented
(mostly in tabular form) the pedigrees of over seventy-five families, all
prominently identified with this State.
.Meanwhile, in 1831, had appeared Judge W. W. Campbell's Annals of
Tryon County, the pioneer of a long line of county histories, many of which
(like Eager's Orange Co., 1846 — Blake's Putnam Co., 1849 — Thompson's
Long Island, 1839, 2d edition, 1843 — Benton's Herkimer Co., 1856 — et
alios) embody no small amount of valuable family and biographical lore.
Nor should we overlook the Manual of the Corporation of the City of New
York, from 1845 to the present time, under the editorship of the late ven-
erable D. T. Valentine, and of his courteous successor, Mr. Joseph Shannon,
Clerk to the Common Council ; as well as the similar Manuals of the City
of Brooklyn (1856-1870), edited by City Clerks Henry McClosky and John
Bishop — all of which contain rich stores of original material which are indis-
pensable helps to historian, genealogist, and biographer.
In 1852 appeared the excellent History of Newtown, in Queens Co., by
James Riker, Jr., containing twenty-six carefully prepared genealogies of
families of that county — mostly of Dutch origin. Mr. Riker's modest work
may be considered as the first successful and authoritative essay towards the
development of the peculiarly perplexing, yet as peculiarly interesting, lines
of Dutch genealogy, and was indeed, for many years, the only perfect
specimen of this class, until the issue in 1866 and 1867, of the Bergen and
Van Brunt genealogies, by the Hon. T. G. Bergen, of Bay Ridge, L. I. By
this time, however, the tide of New York genealogy was in steady flow —
mostly from the press of Mr. Munsell, of Albany, who has probably published
more works on local history and genealogy than any other printer in the
United States, and whose personal interest in these studies — equalled only
by his devotion to the practice of his beautiful art — has been manifested by
his own labors in these lines of research, as well as by the hearty sympathy
and assistance extended to every association like our own, and to every
"poor devil" of an author who is tugging wearily but hopefully at "the
laboring oar."
While all this (and much else which I have not time to recapitulate) was
being accomplished by private enterprise, our noble State, through her con-
stituted authorities, was not idle. The priceless treasures of her archives —
both in Dutch and English manuscript — were confided to the care of our
accomplished friend, Dr. E. B. O'Callaghan. Under his magic touch, order
emerged from chaos, the hitherto neglected documents were properly
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arranged and translated, and their contents made available to the historian,
4 the genealogist, and the lawyer, in their respective lines of study and use.
Never was an important trust committed to more faithful or competent
hands. Never did archivist bring to this herculean work of collation,
translation, and svstematization, a greater degree of enthusiasm, of trained
skill and ripe judgment, than this gentleman, whose name will ever be im-
perishably identified with the State, whose archives he has not yet exhausted,
and with the City of New York, whose records are now in course of publi-
cation, under his translation and supervision.
To another honored member of our Society was also assigned a distin-
guished share in the securing and preservation of our early colonial history ;
and the eleven huge quarto volumes of " Colonial Documents, " copied from
the original manuscripts in the public offices of Holland, England, and
France, and published by the State in 1850, form a lasting monument to
John Romeyn Brodhead ; while to the pens of both O'Callaghan and Brod-
head we are indebted for the two most elaborate and satisfactory histories
of our State which have yet been published. Nor should we overlook in
this connection, the eminent services rendered by the Hon. Henry C. Mur-
phy, of Brooklyn N. Y., himself a scholar of ripe culture, and the .author
of several exceedingly valuable contributions to the Dutch history of the
State ; and to whose personal influence, in his several capacities of State
Senator, and of IT. S. Minister to the Hague, much of credit is due for the
liberality with which the State has carried forward the great work of gather-
ing, preserving, and publishing its public records. Both the State and City
of New York may be congratulated that their records are presented to the
public in form and style unequalled by any similar class of publications, for
appearance and convenience of use.
To come down to later days, however, I may mention that a Rochester
Pioneer Association was formed, in 1847, by gentlemen and ladies who had
"settled at, or were born in Rochester, prior to the 1st of January, 1816,
and who were then residents of that city, or its vicinity." And, in 1855,
the juniors, not wishing to be outdone by the old gentlemen, organized a
society composed of persons resident in the County prior to 1825, under
the title of the Junior Pioneer Association, of the City of Rochester and
Monroe County, N. Y. An Address delivered before this latter Society
at its Annual Gathering, in 1860, was published as "No. 1, of its Histori-
cal Collections."
In 1859, The Ulster County Historical Society was organized at Kings-
ton, N. Y., and issued, during the years 1860 and 1862, four numbers of
" Collections," which gave rich promise both of the intent and the ability of
its members to preserve the historic, biographic, and genealogical memorials
of the "original and present county of Ulster; of the Hudson River Valley,
and of the State generally." Its seal, bore like our own, the arms of the
State, above which was displayed an open rio-hthand, the whole surmounted
with the date 1614, and encircled by the Dutch legend — Gedenkt-aen-de
dagen-van-ouds — to remember the days of old. The Society's activity,
however, was considerably affected by the outbreak of the civil war, in 1861 ;
and the death, in the field, of its originator and first secretary, Col. Geo. W.
Pratt, was a blow from which it seems never to have recovered.
About 1861, Mr. S. Hastings Grant, then Librarian of the Mercantile
Library Association of this city, received from his friend, Mr. Arthur Gil-
man (author of the Oilman Genealogy), then a member of the institution,
a donation of fifty dollars to be spent upon such department of the Library
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as Mr. Grant might elect. Mr. Grant, knowing the donor's interest in gene-
alogical studies (and being himself considerably interested in the same
pursuits) invested the amount in such works on American genealogy as he
could procure. The sum of fifty dollars at that time, when scarcely any one
had turned their attention to the collection of this line of hooks, went much
farther in their purchase than thrice that sum would now do, and Mr. Grant
was enabled to place upon the shelves of the Library a very neat collection
of these genealogies. Pleased with the result of his gift, Mr. Gilman shortly
after placed another like sum in Mr. Grant's hands, which was expended
in the same judicious manner, for the same class of books. Upon this
foundation arose the Genealogical and Heraldic department of the Mercan-
tile Library, which was, for a few years, the only collection of American
genealogy accessible to the public, and was kept up by Mr. Grant with
commendable zeal, until his resignation of the librarianship, in 1866. Since
that time, I fear that those who control the interests of that institution
have overlooked somewhat the value of their genealogical department, and
have allowed it to fall behind.
Contemporaneously with this, at Southold, in Suffolk Co., L. I., another
of our members, Charles B. Moore, Esq., had organized in a limited, familiar
form, an association called the Genealogical Society of Southold. This,
the first association for genealogical studies in our State, was composed of
five or six gentlemen, and but little is known of its history. Its results
were the collection of a considerable quantity of genealogical material con-
cerning Suffolk County families, filling several manuscript books, and all now
probably in the keeping of the worthy chairman of our Executive Committee,
who was, virtually, the Society.
In 1862 the Buffalo Historical Society was organized, and has since been
actively at work in preserving the history and biography of Western New
York, and especially of the city of Buffalo. An excellent history of that
city, and a number of occasional pamphlets (addresses, papers, etc.) upon
special subjects of their local history, have been published ; and the work-
ing men of the Society, although few in number, have displayed an activity
and ripeness of judgment, in the detail of their labors, well worthy of imita-
tion by other and older institutions.
As for private collections of genealogical, local, and biographical works
in this State and city, those of our worthy Treasurer, Dr. S. S. Purple, and
of Mr. D. Williams Patterson, of Newark Valley, Tioga Co., N. Y., undoubt-
edly are the most complete ; after which are those of Messrs. F. S. Hoff-
man, Charles I. Bushnell, S. W. Phcenix, of this city, Mr. II. B. Dawson
(editor of the Historical Magazine), of Morrisania, N. Y., Dr. Franklin B.
Hough, Lowville, N. Y., and others.
In May, 1863, at Brooklyn, N. Y., was formed the Long Island Histo-
rical Society — an institution which has had a wonderfully successful career,
and to which (as partly forming the nucleus of its present excellent library)
your speaker contributed his private collection on American genealogy and
local history — a collection, originally commenced in 1856, as a necessity —
a loorking library. During the first two years of the Society's existence,
this department was carefully cared for and largely increased (especially by
the donations of Hon. J. C. Brevoort, of Brooklyn) — becoming, at once, the
best genealogical library of reference outside of Boston. When, in 1865,
your speaker resigned the librarianship, he was followed by Mr. Geo.
Hannah (formerly Mr. Grant's assistant in the N. Y. Mercantile Library),
who, fortunately appreciating the peculiar value of this department, has
faithfully kept it well abreast of the rapid increase of this class of books.
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Emulative of this zeal, and in compliance, also, with a steadily in-
creasing demand for this class of reference- books, Dr. S. B. Noyes, the
talented librarian of the Brooklyn Mercantile Library, lias established and
is adding to (as far as means will permit) a genealogical department in that
institution.
The New York Historical Society's department of local history and gene-
alogy is tar less suited to the necessities of the student than the institutions
before mentioned. Yet, in its superb collection of manuscripts and of New
York newspapers, there are inexhaustible quarries in which both genealo-
gist and biographer may work with profit and delight.
The Astor Library stands unrivalled, at present, in a cognate and most
important department, viz., that of English County Histories and works
on Heraldry; and is followed, in the same line, in a very creditable manner,
by the Long Island Historical Society, and the Mercantile Library xYssocia-
tion of New York.
Nor should the State Library at Albany be overlooked, as it contains a
very superior collection of those works in which we are particularly in-
terested.
In the summer of 1804, three gentlemen, residents respectively of Con-
necticut and the cities of New York and Brooklyn, organized a club for the
purpose of publishing such works only " on American history and genealogy,
as would otherwise remain in manuscript." Over all their movements
they threw the veil of secrecy, and so successfully, that even at this late
day, we believe the outside world, with probably one or two exceptions, is
ignorant of the names of those who constituted the u U. Q. Club" — although
we may be permitted to say that they are to be found on the membership-
roll of this Society. In the following year (1865) two genealogies [Holmes
and Watson) were issued by the Club, being important and interesting
contributions to this class of literature, and exquisite specimens of book-
making, from the " Bradstreet Press." The club edition of these works was
limited to ninety-nine copies in octavo and forty-two in quarto size, of which
only one-third were allowed to be placed in the market for subscription. The
Club, however, succumbed to the revulsion of feeling which closed the " large-
paper-and-limited-edition mania" of 1864 and '65, and exists no more.
During the last days of 1865, also, an association was formed at an even-
ing; party in the city of New York, with the curious title of The Rip Van
Dam Family ; its membership limited to thirteen, each member assuming,
at its meetings, the surname of Van Dam, and having among its prominent
purposes the issue of tracts relating to the local history and biography of
New York City. Its first and only literary production — a memoir of the
venerable and public-spirited Knickerbocker whose name the Club bore —
was printed (fifteen copies only), but never issued, even to its membership,
for whose special benefit it was prepared.
The HudsonWest Shore Historical Society, established at Nyack-on-the-
Hudson, on the 21st of November, 1869, is doing its share also in keep-
ing alive " the traditions of the fathers."
To all these local societies (and there may be some of which we have
not heard) we wish a hearty " God-speed," as being one with us in spirit,
and fellow-laborers in the ripening fields of New York History which sur-
round us.
" Last, but not least," was the formation of our own — the New York
Genealogical and Biographical Society, gathering into its membership
no small measure of the experience, enthusiasm, and enterprise hitherto
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lacking concentration and co-operation, in our city and throughout our
State. Who cannot feel that its way was prepared before it '. We — who,
if not the pioneers, had at least been the advance-guard, in this community,
of this under-valued Science of Genealogy; we, who had long watched and
sympathized with the glorious success of our brethren of New England, in
their Historic Genealogical Society, and had drank freely at the fountains
which flowed from their example and their excellent quarterly, The Rer/is-
ter ; we, who knew that, within the wide borders of our own loved Em-
pire State, there were treasures of family history and gems of personal
character as rare and worthy of preservation as any handed down from the
decks of the Mayflower; we, who saw also that, amid the overwhelming
rush of this cosmopolitan population, flowing in upon us from every known
quarter of the globe, there was need that the conserving and ennobling in-
fluences of Genealogy should be brought to bear upon our social life and
interests — and that brave, strong, and ready fingers must quickly unravel,
hold, and control the lines of descent from the noble men and women who
gave to our State its first characteristic impress — before the pressure of the
Present should ineradicably efface the noble memorials of our Past — we,
Sons of New York, by birth or adoption, knew that our time had come.
There was a spontaneity of impulse which guaranteed an assurance of suc-
cess, and we determined to attempt that for New York which our Yankee
friends had so successfully doue for New England.
How far we have succeeded, you, my iellowr-members, already know,
and the friends who meet with us this evening have been informed by the
Secretary's statement. This pleasant audience; our steadily growing mem-
bership and already valuable library ; the character of the papers read and
discussions held at our meetings ; the choice and varied contents of our
"Record;" and, above all the interest, harmony, and freedom of thought
and action which have characterized our past two years, afford — to our
minds, at least — sufficient proof that we did not overrate the ripeness of the
harvest upon which we entered.
Still, we are fully conscious that our work is but just begun. As we
walk around about the foundations of our enterprise, we feel that they are
well and solidly laid, and we are beginning, modestly but hopefully, to
plan the form and character of the superstructure which is to be raised
thereon.
Friends — whose patience I have this evening so severely tried, bear with
me a moment longer, while I mention what we need to secure for our
Society a permanent and glorious success ; for, with anything less than a
permanent and glorious success we shall not be satisfied.
First. We need sjiecial endowments and permanent funds for the aug-
mentation and preservation of our Library. Our friends, members, and
correspondents have been very generous towards us, in donations of books,
pamphlets, etc. ; but we absolutely need money with which to purchase
many of the books necessary to the usefulness and completeness of our
library. A hundred dollars, notr, would go farther in this way, than three
hundred dollars two or three years hence. These works are generally of
small editions, and soon taken up among the families to whose history they
relate; as they become gradually scarcer, they command still higher prices ;
others are so privately printed as only occasionally to be obtained, at the
death of some family holder of a copy, or at the break-up of some rare
library. At such chance opportunities, the library which stands ready with
watchful eye and ready money gains the prize. And when I tell you that
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a rough estimate places the number of genealogies issued in the Unite. 1
States', since 1800, at nearly four hundred — not to mention twice that num-
ber of local histories, which contain a large amount of genealogy and bio-
graphy— you will perceive that our young library, well as it lias done
hitherto, has no small task to "catch up" with works already published and
daily beit!<;- published. We believe there are men in this city who would,
on a proper presentation of the subject, feel a pleasure in founding special
departments in our Library, by the donation of sums of $50, $100, or
upwards, to be spent in books' on Heraldry, Local History, Biography,
English County Histories, etc. Such donations should, in all cases, bear
the names of their donors, in perpetuo ; while, to gifts of $1000 or more,
might be accorded the additional honor of a separate alcove in the library,
bearing the donor's name.
We need also a fund, the annual interest of which may be applied to
the binding of pamphlets and unbound works; another for publishing such
genealogical or biographical works as may be deemed worthy of issue, from
time to^time, under the auspices of the Society; and an engraving fund,
which shall afford to the " Record Club " of the Society the means of having
engraved such portraits, arms, autographs, etc., as may be deemed essential
to the value and interest of the magazine in their charge, and which expense
they might not otherwise feel warranted in incurring.
Second. We need a larger membership — a membership which will make
itself felt on the Treasurer's books; and, still more, by its actual living
presence at our meetings, its earnest participation in our interests, its daily
influence in our behalf, its gifts to our library, &c, <fec. We have, indeed,
avoided the error (too common to young societies) of lumbering up our
rolls with the names of every man who has been more or less distinguished
in any department of public service or of literature ; and our own members,
both resident and corresponding, have all been chosen with especial refer-
ence to their personal identification with some one of the branches of research
in which this Society is interested. Yet we have made no very determined
effort to increase our numbers, being content to let them drift in upon us by a
principle of " natural selection," as a naturalist would say. The time has
now arrived, however, when we should make a more systematic attempt to
increase our membership ; and I feel that we now hold such a position before
the community in which we dwell, as warrants us in such an attempt.
Third. We need more convenient and attractive quarters. In saying this
I do not ignore the necessity which is still laid upon us, of " cutting our
garments according to our cloth ; " nor do I fail to appreciate the peculiar
advantages and comforts which are furnished to us at so reasonable a rate,
in this pleasant building; yet I still feel that we need a home of our own.
Never did a young married couple, wearied with boarding or hotel life,
look forward with u.ore impatience to housekeeping and a little " snuggery "
of their own, than do we to a suite of comfortably furnished apartments,
with a librarian constantly on hand and at work building up the collection ;
with ample space for our library-cases ; with tables covered with historical,
genealogical and other magazines, and with walls adorned with portraits of
old New Yorkers ; open day and evening to our membership and to the
visiting stranger; always bright and cheerful to both heart and eye — such a
modest, cheerful home," in short, as Genealogy should have in this great
city. Such a home we shall have some day, and the sooner we obtain it, the
better it will be for us. We shall not fail to win the respect of this commu-
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iiity, by showing it that wo have made a ])cr?nanent settlement here, and do
not mean to be dislodged.
When we obtain such a home — however plainly it may be furnished — we
mean to stay in it contentedly, striving to make it to others what it will
be to ourselves, the pleasantest spot in New York City, outside of our own
individual homes. Meanwhile, we can be working together for the increase
of that Building fund, the nucleus of which already exists in the shape of
a little Permanent Fund, carefully husbanded in our Treasurer's hands, and
of some real estate in this city and on Long Island, generously bestowed
upon us by our late First Vice-President,1 to whom belongs the honor of
having first conceived the idea of this Society. Future benefactions, we
trust, will flow in upon us, augmenting this humble beginning, until the
Society — strong in membership and rich in its collections — shall find appro-
priate quarters and every convenience for its future usefulness, in a substan-
tial and elegant Fire-Proof Building.
I have the perfect faith in the generous impulses and liberality of this
community, to believe that all these needs which I have enumerated will
be fully met — and it may be, anticipated — if we, as members of this Society,
are determined to make its influence felt outside of our own little circle.
We may be, indeed, as the "little leaven that leaveneth the whole lump,"
and the " lump " in which we arc placed may seem exceedingly hard ; but we
must keep " working," and when the leaven fairly begins to work, you
know how rapidly it spreads throughout the mass. " Wherefore, brethren,
let us not weary in well doing," inasmuch as ye know that we labor, as
our Society motto reminds us, " Both for the honor of our ancestry, and for
the instruction of our posterity '."
The Buffalo Historical Societt, organized April 15, 1803, and having- for
its general design the discovering, procuring and preserving " of whatever may
relate to the history of Western New York in general, and the City of Buffalo in
particular," is an energetic and highly successful institution, which has already
formed collections of inestimable value to the historian, genealogist, and antiquar-
ian. " Among the facilities for reference afforded by the Society to the public, is
an Obituary Record," just completed to the close of 1870. It commences with the
publication of the first Buffalo newspaper, in 1811, and embraces the names of
8,223 citizens of Buffalo, of the age of twenty years and upwards, who died there,
or elsewhere during the above period, with their ages and dates alphabetically
arranged. It is the intention of the Society to continue this valuable register, thus
keeping a book of necrology at all times written up for consultation by its mem-
bers and others interested, and so arranged, in alphabetical order, as to be of easy
reference.
" The secretary is also still engaged upon the Marriage Record" and will prob-
ably finish it the present year. It was commenced many years ago by Mr. Ives,
Librarian of the Buffalo Young Men's Association, and brought down to 1833. Dr.
Armstrong has revised the work from the beginning, and continued it to the year
1830. When finished, it will embrace a record of all the marriages which have been
announced in the Buffalo newspapers since the year 1811 ; including the names of
the parties, in alphabetical order, the dates of marriage, in chronological order, and
the names of the journals in which they were published. Every entry is necessarily
repeated, so as to be alphabetically arranged under the surname of each party.
These two records, of deaths and marriages, will, at all times, be accessible to the
public, without charge ; and often save hours of perhaps fruitless search among
voluminous files of papers.
1 See Historical Sketch, by the Secretary, in the present number.
1871.]
The Rockwell Family.
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THE ROCKWELL FAMILY.
WHILE looking: through the town of East Windsor, Conn., in February, 1870, for
records of the descendants of Matthew Grant, I bought a manuscript genealogy of
the Rockwell Family, contained in a single half sheet of foolscap paper, entirely
unpunctuated, which is interesting for its age, one hundred and forty years, for
its correction of errors, and for the light which it sheds on the maiden names of
two of the early settlers of New England, viz., John Drake's wife, and Thomas
Norton's wife.
It is probable that manuscript copies have been made for various branches of the
family, as, in 1852, a document of similar form was printed as an appendix to " A
Sermon preached at the Funeral of Martin Rockwell, of Oolebrook, Conn., Dec.
11, 1851."
Should any reader of this know of such a document in manuscript, I shall be
glad to see it, that I may compare it with that which I have. I send a transcript
of it, with a few notes, for publication in the Record.
D. Williams Patterson.
Newark Valley, N. Y., March 20, 1871.
A Genealedgy of a famely of the Rockwells in New England from Decon
"William Rockwell a first planter in New England down to this present
time A D 1731. Note the first Gollomn contains the Names the Second
the persons Names to whom thay Married the third the Children Names
those Marked so [x] are ded those so Marcked in the third Collomn dide
befoor Maredg the same figure affixd to the same Name in the first and
third Collomn denote the same pursons.
Willliam [ij
Susan an
John 1
Rockwell
Decon
C ha pin
Ruth 2
Marv 3
Sam"11 4
x Joseph
Sarah 5
xJohn 1
f xSairab
Sarah 6
Rockwell
J Ensign
Ruth 7
1 xDeliveranc
[Haws [2]
Lydia 8
xJohn
xHannah
Josepth 9
Elizebeth 10
xRuth 2
xChristopher
Rockwell
Huntinton
xMary 3
xJeffery
Rockwell
Baker '[3]
xSam11 4
xMary
Mary 11
Rockwell
Norton
xAbigail
Sam1! !2
Joseph 13
John 14
Abigail 15
100
The Rockwell family.
[April,
Sarah 5
Rockwell
Sarah 6
Rockwell
Ruth 1
Rockwell
xLydia 8
Rockwell
x Joseph 9 [4]
Rockwell
x Elisabeth 10
Rockwell
xMary II
Rockwell
xSam11 12
Rockwell
Decon
x Joseph 13
Rockwell
Sarjant
John 14
Rockwell
x Walter
Gaylord
xDaued
Hall
xDanil
Mix
xJoshua
At water
Elisabath
Foster
xJeams
Ward.
Josiah
Loom as
xElisabeth
Gaylord.
Elisabeth
Drack
Anne
Skiner
Josiah 16
John
Joseph 17
j xEdward
( xElisabeth
William 18.
xHannah
Edward.
Ebnezer
Elisabeth 19
xSamvel
xAYilliam
Matthew [5]
x Son.
Joseph 20
xElizabeth
Bengaman 21
Jeams 22
Job
Elezebeth
xJohn
xSon
Anne
j xSon
( xdafter
Danil
David
Mary
Abigail
x Isaac
Ebnezer
1S71.]
The Rocktoell Family.
101
Joel
Martha
xSylvanus
Rachel
xJohn
xAbigal
John Smith
Rockwell 15
Josiah 16
Rebekah
Rebekah
Rockwell
Loom as
Ruth
Josiahj]
Ezra
Waitstill
Eunice
Joseph]
Susanna'1
Samvl
Rockwell 17
Yemans
Elisabeth
Mary
Susauah
Joseph
William 18
Hannah
Seth
Rockwell
Foster
Elisabeth 19
Thomas
Rockwell
Gram [6]
Joseph 20
hannah
Joseph
Rockwell
huntenton
Hannah
j xSon
( Jerusha
Johnthan
xSam"
Samuel
Bingiman 21
Margaret
Margaret
Rockwell
pork [7]
8am"
Elisebeth
J earns 22
Abigal
Ebnezer
Rockwell
Lonias
William
xAbigail
Abigail
My Grat Granmothers Maiden Names acording to the Remberenc are
Suzanah Chapins and Grace Wells ou my father Side Elisebeth Rogers
on ray Mothers Side My Grat Granfa'ther Name with my Grat Gran-
mothers are William Rockwell and Susanah his Wife Thomas Morton
and Grace his Wife John Drack and Elisebeth his wife William
Gay lord
My father Dyed May 13 1725. m. r [8]
My Mother Dyed Decr 12 1727
102 The Rockwell Warmly. [April,
1. Deacon William Rockwell, and his wife, Susanna Chapin, were ancestors of
President Grant, through their daughter Ruth, who in. Christopher Huntington.
William Rockwell d. May 15, 1640, and his widow m. (2d) May 29, 1645, Matthew
Grant.
2. This name is plainly written Haws, and corrects all other accounts. Savage
and Stiles have it Haynes while the A. I'.. Hist. Geneal. Register, v. 361, has it
Hayes. I can find no Deliverance Haynes, while Deliverance Hawes, b. Dorches-
ter, June 11, 1(540, dan. of Richard and Ann Hawes [Savage, Gen. Diet. ii. 380],
was of the right age, and in the right town, to marry John Rockwell, at Dorches-
ter, Aug. is. 1662.
3. The Rockwell pamphlet, p. 2'-). calls Mary's husband Jeffrey Mohon, which is
followed by Stiles, Hist, of Windsor, p. 762, whil . Gen. Diet., iii 558, dis-
credits the whole name, and thinks that the " baptismal came was borrowed from
the husband of Joan." whom he calls Jeffrey Baker, who is shown by Stiles, p. 52(5,
to have m. Jane Rockwell, Nov. 15. 1(542, and by the Register, v. (i4. to have m. on
the same date, lone Rockwell. As William and Susanna Rockwell had a daughter,
Joan, b. Ap. 25, 1625, whom onr author has not named, it would seem that ha has
erroneously called her husband the husband of Mary, and left us no clue to the
real name of Mary's husband, if she had one.
4. This shows that Hon. Edwin Stearns was in error in correcting the Hist, of
Windsor, p. 762, lines 31 37, see Supplement, p. 116 ; and his correction to Hue 36
was really an addition to the facts contained in the paragraph beginning with liue
;'>r, for "Joseph3" m. Elizabeth Foster, and "Joseph5" m. Elizabeth Drake, as
shown by Stiles. Further proof is given by Stearns I Windsor Supplement, p. 117,
1. 1), in the age of Dea. Joseph, "hi 75th yr." at his death, Oct. 28, 1742, showing
that he must have been b.' as early as 1668, and not, as he says in the first line of
the paragraph, in " 1670." Mr. Stearns was certainly in error as to which Joseph
Rockwell went to Middletown.
5. The author. See note 8.
6. The Rockwell pamphlet says Elizabeth m. Thomas Spencer, so does the His-
tory of Windsor. Our author is correct; the name was Grant, i
7. This name is plainly written "pork," and may possibly be intended for Park,
though more likely for Polk, or Paulk. There is no authority, but the Rockwell
pamphlet, for calling it Drake.
8. Matthew Rockwell, the author of this Genealogy, was b. Jan. 30, 1707-8,
so, when it was written, in 1731, he was about twenty-three years old. He was a
•• physician, clergyman, and deacon," and d. at East Windsor, March 28, 1782.
His father. Dea. Samuel Rockwell, 12, b. Oct. 19, 1667, and his mother, Eliza-
beth Gaylord, b. Feb. 19, 1670, died, as stated in the text.
His grandfather, Samuel Rockwell, 4, 1>. March 28, 1631, m. Ap. 7, 1660, Mary
Norton, of Saybrook, dau. of Thomas and Grace (Wells) Norton, of Guilford.
His grandfather, (maternal) John Gaylord, m. Nov. 17, 1653, Maiy Drake, not as
shown in Hist, of Windsor, p. 624, dan. of Job, for Job's dau. Mary, was then less
than four years old {Jllsl. Windsor, p. 583); but, the dau. of the first John D.ake
and his wife Elizabeth Rogers.
He gives us the names of his f our great-grandfathers, and of three of his great-
grandmothers.
William and Susanna (Chapin Rockwell have been noticed in note 1.
Thomas Morton is an error for Thomas Norton, of Guilford {Savage, Gen Diet.
iii. 293), the maiden name of whose wife, Grace Wells, hitherto unpublishsd, is
here brought to light.
John Drake came to Boston, 1630, removed to Windsor, where he was accidentally
killed, Aug. 17, 1659 ; his widow, Elizabeth, said to be in her hundredth year, died
Oct. 7, 1681, and her maiden name, Elizabeth Rogers, hitherto unpublished, is here
brought to light.
He seems not to have known the name of Dea. William Gaylord' s wife.
1871.] Wills. 101
WILL OF MATTHIAS VAN DYCK.
In the name of God Amen the eighth day of March, in the twenty
second year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord George the second King of
Great Brittain France and Ireland and defender of the faith and in the year
of our Lo§:l God One thousand seven hundred and forty nine I Mathys
Van Dyck of the Red Hook in the Township of Brookland in Kings
County on the Island Nassau in the Province of New York Miller being at
present very sick and weak in body but of perfect mind and memory
thanks be given unto God therefore calling unto mind the mortality of ray
body knowing that is appointed for all men once to dye
I do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say
principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of
God that gave it and for my body I recommend it to the earth to be buried
in a christian like and decent manner at the discretion of my executors
hereafter mentioned nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall
receive the same ao-ain by the mighty power of God. And as touching
such worldly estate wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life I
give devise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form
Imprimus It is my will and order that after my lawful debts are paid
and my funeral charges are defrayed by my executors hereafter named I
give grant devise and bequeath unto my loving children by name John
Catrintje Tuentie Augenitie Jannetie Maria Mayke Engeltie Margrietie and
to their body heirs all my estate real and personal what I have in the Town-
ship of Brookland at Red Hook or elsewhere to be divided in nine equal
portions by my executors hereafter named after the expiration of six weeks
after my decease Upon the following manner that is to say that my
executors shall have full power and lawful authority to sell my whole estate
both real and personal to the best advantage of my children aboved named
amongst my said children
Item I give to my son John my silver hilted sword it is my will order
that my daughter Augenitie shall have thirty pounds less than the vest ot'
my children "to be reducted out her portion and it is my will and order that
my daughters Engeltie and Margrietie shall have their out sett soo as my
other daughters had at their marriage
Lastly I do hereby make and ordain my loving son John and my son
in law Joseph teuton and Thomas Dods whole and solely my executors of
this my last will and testament praying their care
In- Witness Whereof I the said Mathys Van Dyck have hereunto put
my hand and seal the day and year first above written
MATHYS VAN A DDYCK [l. s.]
mark
Proved April 10, 1749.
Rec. Lib. 1G, p. 413.
OUR SOCIETY'S PROCEEDINGS.
Regular Meeting of January 14. — After the usual routine business, an able paper
was read by Frederick Humphreys, M.D. , on " Race Development." Tbe reading
of the paper was followed by a spirited discussion on the subject of Race Develop-
ment Genealogically Considered, being participated in by Drs. Stiles, Holton, and
Humphreys ; and Messrs. Moore, De Lancey, Knox, and others. The subject was
made the order of debate for the next regular meeting of the Society.
1"4 Our Society s Proceedings. {A.-\)i'\\,
Meeting of January 28. — The evening1 was unfortunately a very stormy one,
and tlic attendance limited. The subject of Race Development was considered,
and Mr. Charles Moran addressed the meeting on that topic.
'/ tint of February 11. — Large and valuable donations of books. Dr. Simeon
X. Leo, of this city, read a paper on the " Life and Character of Judah Touro, of
Newport, It. I."
At the meeting of March 1 1 , a valuable .MS. volume, of 320 pages, was presented
to the Soi L( fcy by Mr. Royal Paine, of Brooklyn, containing an index «r directoiy
to grav< yard inscriptions in a large number of towns. A paper was read by C. B.
Moore, Esq., on "James Jackson and John Stiles," in relation to ancient law suits
affecting land claims.
Meeting of March 25. — A valuable donation of MS. volumes of Genealogical
Records of a large number of Nantucket (Mass.) families, accompanied by a collec-
tion of pamphlets, was received from Mr. Silvanus J. Macy, of this city. Mr. W. K.
Coventry Waddell exhibited several interesting historical papers relating to his
family, more particularly to his grandfather, Alderman William Waddell, temp, the
Revolutionary War.
Remarks on the subject of Race Development were made by Drs. Humphreys,
Holton, Stiles, and Holcombe.
THE SECOND Anniversary of the formation of the Society was observed on the
25th of February. There was a large attendance of members and invited guests.
Edward F. De Lancey, Esq., Vice-President, occupied the chair. Alter the elec-
tion of several new members, and the presentation of valuable donations of books,
etc. , the Secretary read letters that had been received from Samuel G. Drake, Esq. ,
and the Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, of Boston. An Historical Sketch of the Society
followed, which had been prepared by Mr. John S. Gautier, the Recording Secre-
tary, at the request of the Committee of Arrangements. The Anniversary Address
was then delivered by Henry R. Stiles, M.D., the President of the Society. It
was listened to with marked attention, and a cordial vote of thanks was passed to
i he speaker upon its conclusion. The Address was also referred to the Publication
Committee for publication. It will be found entire in the present number of the
Record. The following is the " Historical Sketch" above referred to.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, whose Second Anniversary
we have met together this evening to commemorate, has had but a brief existence
measured by the calender of time, but in the work performed and inaugurated un-
der its auspices, its record would seem necessarily to embrace a much longer period.
On Saturday evening. February 27, 1869, seven gentlemen assembled at the resi-
dence of Dr. David P. Holton in this city, in response to a letter of invitation from
him. The following paragraph from this letter aptly explains the object of the
meeting.
" It has been thought expedient to take measures for developing and preserving
" the family history of the settlers of New York, from the earliest times down to
" the present. In order to do this, it seems necessary to form an association, the
'• object of which shall be to furnish the facilities, and stimulate a taste for investi-
"gations and historical studies of this sort."
In this meeting the objects and aims of the proposed Society were fully discussed,
the deliberations being greatly assisted by the wise counsel and experience of the
Rev. Edmund F. Slafter, of Boston, the Corresponding Secretary of the New Eng-
land Historic Genealogical Society, who was present.
A Certificate of incorporation was adopted and signed by those present. This
certificate however, under legal advice, was afterwards amended, and was finally
signed and acknowledged on the 10th of March, and filed in the office of the Secre-
tary of State at Albany.
The Society now had a legal existence.
The names of the incorporators embodied in the certificate were : Henry R.
Stiles, David P. Holton, Wm. F. Holcombe, Edward C. Marshall, S. Hastings Grant,
S. Edward Stiles, Seymour A. Baker, and Samuel S. Purple, who, with the ad-
dition of Francis S. Hoffman, composed its first Board of Trustees.
The next labor necessary for the infant Society was the preparation and adoption
of a code of By-Laws. After careful debate and consideration this work was ac-
complishi d, and the By-Laws were formally adopted on the l?th of April. By the
terms of these, the government of the Society was vested in a Board of Trustees,
1871.] Our Society1 '« Proceedings. 105
nine in number, and the officers were to be chosen by the Board, from among its
own members.
The membership was divided intd four classes: —
7«7/< Resident, upon the payment of $10 initiation fee, which covered the dues
for the first year: and $5 annually thereafter. .
£mmtf, Life, upon the payment of $30 in one sum, the same to be invested as a
perpetual fund for building purposes.
Third, Honorary.
Fourth, Corresponding. ,. „, e . ,,
The first regular meeting of the Board of Trustees was held on the 24 of Apiil,
at which the first officers of the Society were elected; and on the 8, of May the
Seal was formally adopted. . , , ■, c „7.
We now in May, 1869, find the Society fully organized and ready for work.
From this time until the 7, of July the meetings were held at the residence of
Dr W F Holcombe. and on that dav the Society held its first meeting in this Hail,
which has since been its home. The membership gradually increased-donations
of books, charts, pamphlets, and manuscripts multiplied.
The necessity of having some means of communication between this and similar
societies, and with Genealogists throughout the country, early made itself felt;
and in the month of December, 18(59, " Bulletin No. 1 " was issued Tim i was the
first publication of the Society-its first venture m pnnt. It was but a little waif
thrown upon the waters, but with those interested mthe subjects of which it treated,
it found much favor and commendation. ,,,... • i +„
It was good for a beginning, but it soon became apparent that it was inadequate
to supply all the wants and needs of the Society in this direction-besides if fre-
quently issued, entailing an expense upon the Society it could illy afford to bear
At a meeting of the Board of Trustees held on 11, of March, 1870, a plan f or
publishing a regular quarterly journal, under the superintendence of a Publication
Committee, was presented and adopted ;-the result being the birth of The Jew
York Genealogical and Biographical Record," and the appointment of the first Pub-
lication Committee of the Society, consisting of Henry R. Stiles, S. Hastings Grant,
and John S. Gautier. . , ., .
* The Recokd soon became an important feature m the Society s work, and it is
believed has done more to develop an active working interest in its own ranks, and
to arouse the attention of the public than aught else besides.
During the vear 1869, the Society was the recipient of a donation from Dr. V if.
Holton and wife, of an agreement to provide free, a building site .for the erection
of a fire-proof building to be used by this Society in connection with ■ three -others ;
the agreement being conditional upon the raising of the sum of $150,000 with whicn
to erect the building. ■ . , ... G
In the month of June, 1870, Dr. Holton and wife likewise presented to this bo-
ciety ten acres of woodland situate in the town of Islip, on Long Island, by a deed in
fee simple, the proceeds of the sale of which were to be invested by the Trustees,
and the interest arising from the same to be appropriated for library purposes
The second annual meeting of the Society was held in this Hall on the 4th ot
January last, and full reports were presented showing the present condition of the
Society. A summary of these statistics will be found in the Record for January
The' meetings have been of considerable interest, and a brief mention or some or
the papers read at the same may not be out of place : —
Biography of Ezra L'Hommedieu.
The Old Librarian. .... .,
Biography of William Wood, the founder of the Mercantile Library of this city.
The Livingston Family, with particulars relating to the late John B. Coles.
Biography of Jacob Townsend Gilford, M.D.
Sketch of the Life of Anthony Jansen Van Salee, the first actual settler of New
Utrecht, L. I.
Pedigradation, or Notation of Pedigrees. .
The Public Records of England, contained in the Record House, m Lonaon.
Early Settlements of Suffolk County, L. I.
Memoir of Francis Brockholst Cutting.
The desire to increase the size of the Record long engaged the earnest thoughts
of the members of the Society, and led to the formation of the The Record CM.
This Club or Association (whose membership is not confined to the members ol tins
Society) which has assumed the expenses of the publication of the Record, bas
10^ Notes on Boohs.
[Apri
cmH \ " ffreinUmber fo* J?6 current year, in an enlarged and improved form,
oonsistmg of 48 pages, and the expectation is to keep it at that size, at least. The
journal wdl be found to be of much greater interest, and its enlarged size and
varied table of contents cannot fail to increase its influence and circulation The
subscription price for the current year is $2.
The brief history of the Society has been thus imperfectly sketched from its
£S£?5 M T?? ^ and ifc only remains to note some of ^ ^£
portant ot the works it has in hand.
First-It is coUectmg a Library' of Reference, which is already respectable in
^parbcnlar line and rapidly increasing, destined in time to be an mvaluable «S
to the genealogist, and those engaged in kindred studies
.W«f/.-It publishes a quarterly journal, devoted to the interests of Genealogy
rS?S, "' v 'ea' \y.haa.aa encouraging circulation, and which fills a g%
long noted m the library publications of New York
» lt^TInhaa a standing Committee on Biographical Bibliography, whose labor
rt is to compile a series oi mdexes alphabetically arranged, containing reference to
^B%9raphies and Btopraphzcal Notices, in print, of citizens, resident? landowners,
or visitors of the Province and State of New York, divided by centuries. Also
to note in such indexes the libraries in this city or State, public 'or private, contain!
ing such books. It will readily be imagined that this is the labor of years- and
that it will supply a want long felt by the large numbers working in genealogical
and biographical fields of research. °
Lastly.- -It brings together in pleasant and profitable intercourse those interested
in the subjects implied in the name of the Society, attracts in corresponding mem-
bership the local antiquarians scattered throughout the country, but more particu-
larly our own State, and by the m ry fact of its existence and support, demonstrates
how large a number are interested in gathering up and preserving from oblivion the
records ot then- ancestry.
The Society has already done much in its chosen field, but it has mapped out for
itself greater work for the future, and it is ready to extend a heartv welcome to
all new friends who may desire to enrol themselves among its members
It is ever mindful that its sacred duty is to preserve and give to the world the
records of the first planters, and of the citizens of this great Empire State of the
teSSSL? ' aUd ^ ^ alS° GVer mbldtul tbat fche Proud motto of that State
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KOTES OX BOOKS.
Papers relating to the History op the Crimen m Virginia, A.D., 1650-1776
Edited by William Stevens Perry, D.D. Privately printed, 1870. Large
paper, quarto, pp. xvu.-585. °
The beautiful volume of which the above is the full title, is the first of a contem-
plated issue of twelve, and is deserving of more than a mere passing attention It
is composed ot a series of MSS. gathered from three principal sources : I. The
Archives of the Archiepiscopal Palace at Lambeth ; II. The Bishop's Library at
Fulham ; and, III. The letter books of the Venerable Society for the Propagation of
the Grospel in Foreign Parts, their transcription having been secured some twenty
years or more ago by the persistent labors and discriminating care of the late Rev
fcfc ff laWk!l Dn?-' ^LD-' tbe first Historiographer of the American
Chinch and to whom the Church owes such a large debt of gratitude for the preser-
vation of her ancient archives. The importance of the publication of these MS.
records can be better understood when we are told that many of the original papers
horn which they were transcribed have since been destroyed. The venerable
Doctor has passed away from among us, but has left a vacant niche as vet unfilled,
and the Editor of the volume before us has paid a graceful compliment in inscrib-
ing the work to his memory.
The volume opens with a copy of the Instructions to Sir Walter Berkely Gov
ernor of Virginia, 1G50. The letters and numerous documents that follow, are of
exceeding interest and of great value to the writer of ecclesiastical history, or of
the secular history of the Old Dominion. Under date of April 11, 1700, we have an
address of the Clergy of Virginia to the Governor, to which twenty-seven names are
aroacnea. Ln 1 i 14, a list of the French Protestant Refugees in the Parish of Kin«-
\\ imam, giving the names of seventy-one heads of families, together with the num-
ber ot women, and children of each sex, in their respective households,— an inte-
IS 71.] Notes on jBooTcs. 107
restino- list and among the names we recognize some that have since become famous
in the° social and political world. In 1719, the Journal of the Convention hold at
the College of William and Mary, with names of delegates, etc. In 1754, k a list or
the present Ministers of Virginia,"— which gives the name of Clergyman, or his
Parish, and County. , „ ,
But space will not permit us to mention half the subjects of interest to be iound
in this noble volume, and the Reverend Editor must be congratulated on the final
success of his plan to issue these Historical Papers relating to the Church m the
several American Colonies prior to the Revolutionary War. They have been looked
for— hoped for— for many years, but it was not until Dr. Perry took the work in
hand, infusing into it the requisite energy and vigor, that our hopes have been met
with a consummation. The succeeding volume, which we understand is now in press,
will give the papers relating to Pennsylvania. The series are issued by subscrip-
tion °the edition being limited to 250 copies, and the net cost is assessed pro rata
upon each subscriber. As the list fills up (and it should have been full to over-
flowing long ago) the price per volume of course lessens. We sincerely trust that
the enterprise and untiring zeal in the cause of historical research of the Reverend
Doctor, in preserving these ancient records of the Church, will meet with its merited
return,' and enable him to complete the series. We commend our readers to a
perusal of the volume. J- s- G-
The Churchman's Year-Book, with Kalendar for the year of Grace 1871. Com-
piled by William Stevens Perry, D.D. Hartford: Church Press Company,
1871. 12mo, pp. 437-lxiv.
This attractive volume is an invaluable book of reference for every member
of the Church, and an extremely useful one to writers for the press, the biogra-
phist, etc. , Arc. It is a carefully prepared compilation of the statistics of all the
dioceses in the U. S., a complete list of the Clergy, the succession of Bishops, not
only of the American Church, but of the Archbishops of Canterbury as well, and a
great mass of interesting general reading relating to the history of the Church.
This is the second year this Year-Book has been issued by Dr. Perry, and the volume
for 1871 is a pleasing companion to its predecessor.
Correspondence between William Penn and James Logan, Secretary of the Pro-
vince of Pennsylvania, and others. 1700-1750. With Notes by the late Mrs. Deb-
orui Logan. Edited, with additional Notes, by Edward Armstrong, M.A
Vol. I. Philad. : printed by J. B. Lippincott & Co., for the Historical Society ot
Pennsylvania. 1870. Imp. 8vo, pp. 380, with Preface of 59 pp.
The above work, being Volume IX. of the Memoirs of the Historical Society of
Pennsylvania, is replete with interesting information relating to the early history ot
our sister State The present volume embraces the letters of the " Logan Collec-
tion" down to the close of the year 1704 ; and in two succeeding volumes we are
promised a continuation of them to the year 1750.
The principal subject of the volume is pleasantly prefaced by a Biographical
Memoir of the Penn family, another of Mrs. Deborah Logan and her Ancestors, and
a short sketch of James Logan. The Memoir of the Penn family is by John Jay
Smith. Esq. , and briefly sketches the family genealogy from William Penn, who
died in 1591, through Giles Penn, who was bom in 1621, and his son, Sir William
Penn, Kt., the father of the William Penn. It treats more particularly, however, of
the descendants of William Penn, the Quaker, and presents pleasant pictures of their
life at '4 Stoke Castle" and " Pennsylvania Castle, " in England, and at " Solitude^
on the banks of the Schuylkill, in Pennsylvania. The author dismisses Macaulay s
charges against Penn in a paragraph. The charge of maliciousness he prefers against
Macaulay will hardly hold good, and the expression, " the would-be historian, ap-
plied to him, is unfortunate. That he was sometimes biassed in his judgment by
his aversion to the Stuarts and veneration for his beloved hero, William of Orange,
is true ; but that all his charges (and most serious ones they were) against the
" Great Quaker " were made simply through maliciousness and without any founda-
tion in truth, the writer must be permitted to doubt. Penn was essentially a calcu-
lating man, with an eye to business and profit, and certainly an obsequious courtier
when his interests were at stake. In that extraordinary Court of that extraordinary
King, James Second, it is not very unfair to conclude that many, if not all of the
statements made by Macaulay were but too true ; and it is certainly unfortunate
that the proofs collated from Perm's papers by Granville John Penn, and which axe
10^ Notes and Queries. [April,
ed to be ample and conclusive proofs of the falseness of Macaulay's statements
should not be given to the public. y Abatements,
But enough We do not propose to argue this much-mooted question of William
P ana morality, butarmpy to commend this volume of the Pennsylvania Historical
E'S;;n"sas on1ot 1Qterc«fc aud usefulness; and we trust it will soon be fol-
lowed by its promised successors. TO,.
J. s. <;.
The Prescott Mkmorial; or, A Genealogical Memoir of the Prescott Families in
America In two parts. By William Prescott, M.D. Boston: Henry W.
Dutton & Son, 1870. 8vo. pp. xiv.. 653. J
This noble and closely printed volume is the crowning work of a long and useful
lite ; its venerable author bemg now in his 82d year. It contains a very full and
remarkably interesting record of the descendants of two second cousins,-./^ m of
Massachusetts, and James,of NewHampshire, -who emigrated hither. the one iu 1(540
the other m 1665. Sixty pages are devoted to a synopsis of the preceding genea-
logical portion, and to very elaborately prepared indexes ; while, throughout the
™?wl\ f ^merous biographies, etc., are abundant evidences of painstaking
c<u:e that the honorable name of Prescott should lose none of the respect which it
has always maintained in New England. An engraving of the Prescott arms and
numerous portraits, lend an additional value to the volume. H r s
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register and Anti-
quarian J( ) ORNAL for January, 1871.
m The January number of this well known Quarterly comes to us rich in interest-
ing matter and embellished with a steel-plate engraving of William Plumer whose
biography opens the number. The varied contents which follow are of great interest
to the Genealogist and Antiquarian, and we regret that our limited space forbids
even an enumeration of them. The entire volume evinces the careful attention and
supervision of its learned and able Editor, Col. Hoyt, to whose devoted and unwearied
ShSSSE WB hQ-eU T-1^1^01" Several years Past for the veiT complete and
satisfactory manner in which the Register has been issued.
The Annals of Iowa. Published Quarterly, by the State Historical Societv,at Iowa
™7- January, 1871. Edited by the Corresponding Secretary. 8voppsi)
I his publication, which has for its object the gathering together and perpetuating
m an enduring form the early history of the State of Iowa, enters with the present
number upon its ninth volume. This work is ably edited by Mr. F Lloyd the Cor-
responding Secretary of the Society. The number under notice is enriched with a
steel engraving of Col. John A. Garrett of the 40th Iowa Infantry, and a pleasantly
written biographical sketch of him is in the number. We trust that the promise that
each number shall contain a biography will be carried out.
NOTES AND QUERIES.
r?:?*™°n T-~" From EariyTTSettlers of Conn : »_" Samuel Bancroft, 1647. William
J. <>ii>,. Can any one give Hinman's authority for these names and dates v Has
any one seen the name upon Long Island records ? From tradition it is possible
B^S^eZJfmi^ L' perhai)SthenCe t0 CaP* Ma* * J- wm»*»™l
Bowne — William Boicne was a recorded freeman of Mass. in 1637 We find
from the Gravesend, L. I., records the following mem. :—
Mar. 12, 1640.—" To William Bowne was granted a planter's lott "
Sept 20, 1GU.— "John Bowne desiring a planter's lott, itt was granted him by the
fcowne, lying next unto John Morris's ; y« ad lott i* fully p' for."
16Uo, Dec. 26.— " James Bowne married Mary Stoul."
1670, Apr. 25. Deeds signed by Jarm s Bowne, at this time of " Portland Point in
the county of New Jersie."
_ 1680, Aug. 25.— Andrew Bowne " of the cittie of New York, merchant " sells land
m Gravesend. '
• 1»85'n" This 20 daye of y« 4th month "-"John Boicne of Middletown in East Jer-
of Gravesend " nt °f land °n Ghhevt's island N^ Coney Island) in the town
1691 —Andrew Bowne sells land in Gravesend, "which land did formerly belong
to my rather. J °
From the N. J. Records at Trenton, we find :—
! In a list of » the purchasers of Nervasink, Narumsum, and Proobaperk," the fol-
1871.] Notes and Queries. 109
lowing names, with number of shares taken by each:— John Bowne 1, James Bowne
1, ^Yilh'l'm Bowne 1, <7<?An 2?0ten« o/^. 1.
There are also numerous other entries extending through a long term ot years,
showing the family to have been prominent in Monmouth and Middlesex counties.
Thomas Boime, with his son John, and daughter Dorothy (afterwards Famngton),
came to Boston in 1649, and from thence to Flushing, L. L, in 1651. Here John
died in 1698, leaving a large family of children.
Was there any relationship existing between the Flushing and Gravesend (after-
wards N J ) families ? At what time did WiUiam Bowne first appear in Mass., and
was he the same who appeared in Gravesend in 1646, and was the John who was
granted a planter's lot there in 1647, a son of said William ? Did the said 11 lllwm
own land while in Mass. , and what was the name of his wife ? J. T. Dow NE.
Glen Cove, Long Island, Mar. 11, 1871.
Corwin —From what place in England did Matthias Gorwin sad, who settled and
received a grant of land at Ipswich, Mass., in 1633, and another in 1634. In 1638
he removed to New Haven, and in 1640 to Southold, L. I., where he permanently
lived afterward. Are the passenger lists of the vessels which brought over the first
settlers of the Massachusetts Bay Colony yet in existence ? Can any one refer to
the newspaper reports of about 1848, in which (it is said) Kossuth, when m this
country, referred to the Corwin family as of Hungarian extraction i A certain his-
tory of Connecticut (or Massachusetts ?) states the same fact, as members ot the
family assert, but the authors name is forgotten. tWhat history does this ? Any
information will greatly oblige E- T- COKWIN.
Millstone, N. J.
Feak— Feaks— Feeks. Underhill.
Robert Feaks, who in company withCapt. Daniel Patrick, in July, 1640, made the
first purchase and settlement of Greenwich, Conn., married, about 1631, Ehzabetb
widow of Henry Winthrop. He is believed to have died at Greenwich about 1644,
leaving several children. Can any one inform me their names ? It is said the widow
Feaks subsequently came to Long Island and married Capt. John Underbill. This
is probably incorrect. It is possible Capt. XL's 2nd wife was a daughter of Robert
and Elizabeth Feaks; or was she a daughter of Henry Feak, or Feaks who was of
Lynn (1632) and Sandwich (1637 to 1644), and who subsequently, about 1 600-6,
came to Newtown, L. I.? Who was the first wife of this Henry Feaks V He mar-
ried for his 2nd wife Johanna Wheeler, widow of Wheeler, and died poor to
1658 He left several children. What were their names ? I am informed there
is a tradition in the Feaks family that John Feak, or Feaks, an early settler of
Matinecock, L. I., was the brother-in-law of Capt. Underhill If this s be a true
report " it may tend to solve the query. Who was Capt. Underhill s 2nd wife ?
f Herald's Visitations —In what public libraries in this country can be found
copies of We Herald's Visitations of various counties of England, which have been
printed? Especially those of Suffolk and Kent? Also Berry s Pedigrees of the
families of Kent— 1830, fol. Sa-
Howe —We understand that the preliminaries have been arranged for a general
Katherhiff of all bearing the name of Howe throughout the U. S., to be held at
Harmony Grove, South Framingham. Time not definitely decided upon, but prob-
ably June 1. Col. Frank E. Howe, of this city, is the Chairman of Committee of
Arrangements.
Stanford —In the January Record, page 45, W. H. B. suggests that " old
Father Stanford" was a Baptist, and not an Episcopalian. He is correct
John Stanford was born on 20 October, 1754, at Wandsworth County Surrey,
En-land Though baptized in the Church of England, he in early life became at-
tached to the Baptists. He sailed from England in 1785, arriving at Norfolk,
Virginia, on 7 January, 1786 ; and in the November following removed to New
York where he opened an academy for the instruction of boys which proved an
entire success. At the same time he followed the avocation of a preacher and
ministered to the spiritual wants of the only congregation of Baptists at that time
in this city— the services being held in churches of other denominations, offered for
the purpose, and often in private houses. In 1788 he received the degree of Master
of Aits from the Brown University, and in 1829 that of Doctor ot Divinity from
Union College.
110 Announcements. [April,
He was long known and respected, as the Chaplain of the City Prisons, having
commenced his labors in this held in 1807, though not receiving any formal appoint-
ment or remuneration until the year 1812. He died at his residence in Lispenard
street, in this city, on 14 January, 1834, in his 80th year. His son, Thomas N.
Stanford, was long connected with the well-known publishing house of Swords,
Stanford cV Co., and later, Stanford & Swords. New Yorker.
STEELMAN. — .Tan Hendricksen Steelman sold to Jacobus Backer, on March 17,
1655, house and lot in New Amsterdam, being northward of Fort Amsterdam and
the Beavers' Path, on the North River, being the same premises conveyed to him
December;!, 1654, by Pieter Stoutenburgh.
On the 8th of May, 1666, Jan Hendrick Steelman mortgaged his Bowerie at Bos-
wyck, Long Island, unto Timothy Gabry.
Can any one give me further information of this Steelman '? Was he a Swede,
and did he soon after this date remove to Gloucester County, Xew Jersey ?
St ago.
WlLCOXSON. — I want information of the family of " WiMiam WUcoxson, L^-nen
Wever," who, with his wife Margaret and son John, emigrated from St. Albans,
Hert, Eng., in 1635 to Conn. (N.E. His. and Gen. Reg., vol. 14, p. 304, and Savage's
Die.) He died at Stratford, 1652. His widow. Margaret, m. Win. Ilayden of Wind-
sor, Conn., Emigrant. Savage supposes him to have had !) children, and numbers
among them Elizabeth, who m. Henry Stiles (Stiles' Windsor) ; Hannah, who m.
Daniel Bayden, son of Win. ; Sarah, who m. Juo Meigs, and Phebe, whom. Jno
Birdseye. Is Savage correct in his record of this family, and can any of your
readers add to it ? HAYDEN.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
GENEALOGIES, BIOGRAPHIES, LOCAL HISTORIES IN PREPARATION.
Andrews.— A genealogy of the descendants of John Andrews, from 1040 to 1871,
will be issued during the present year, by Mr. Alfred Andrews, of New Britain,
Conn.
Barrows, Barrus. — Mr. Hiram Barrus, of Reading, Mass., has in manuscript
some notes regarding his ancestry bearing the names above.
Bowen — Story — Martin. — Isaac Story, Esq., of Boston, is engaged upon a gene-
alogy of the descendants of Richard and Ann Bowen, of Rehoboth, R. I. Also,
upon genealogies of the Story and Martin families.
Fletcher. — Mr. Edward H. Fletcher, of this city, has in preparation a History of
the Descendants of Robert Fletcher, who came from England, and settled in Con-
cord, Mass., in 1680.
Handy. — The Rev. Dr. Isaac W. K. Handy has been engaged for the last twenty
years in collecting materials for a genealogy of his family, and the work, which was
retarded by the late civil war, is now nearly ready for the press. The family is
traced from Samuel Handy, a native of England, who settled in Somerset County,
Maryland, at an early period, and died there in 1721. Dr. Handy calls his work the
" Annals and Memorials of the Handys and their kindred: embracing notices
Chronological, Biographical, and Historical — -together with full Genealogical Records
of the Handys, Winders, Dashiells, Gillisses, Irvings, Kers, Henrys, Polks, Wilsons,
Harrises, Bayards, Waterses, Wailesess, Chailles, Russells, Browns, Colemans, and
other cognate Families in the United States." His address is Mt. Sidney, Augusta
Co., Virginia.
Jyewcomb. — Mr. John B. Newcomb, of Elgin, Kane Co., 111., has issued a circular
(No. 2) asking for additional information concerning the family, especially " of the
foWi?;' generations — the records chiefly of the pas t hundred years? The genealogy
upon which he has been so many years engaged, is announced for publication
during the present year, and — as the edition must needs be limited — persons desir-
ing the work are requested to give immediate notice.
Phelps. — A miniature two-page genealogy of the ancestry of Frank Phelps, son of
Oliver S. Phelps, of Portland, Oregon, was issued on the 1st of Dec. 1870, as a
souvenir of the lad's tenth birth-day anniversary. Frank is ninth from William
Phelps, the emigrant of Dorchester, Mass., and Windsor, Conn.
Rimmels, 1700-45. — A genealogy of the descendants of Samuel Rimmels, of Brad-
ford, Mass., is in preparation by Rev. Moses F. Rimmels, of Sanbornton, N. H.
1871.] Obituary. Ill
Tenney. — Jonathan Tenney of Owego, Tioga Co., N. Y., has in preparation, and
nearly completed, genealogical memoirs of the Tenney Family. He has also col-
lected many genealogical and biographical notes and papers concerning the Bayley,
Crane, Bacbelder, Pettingill, Reed, and Le Gro families.
Woodward.— H. R. Stiles, M.D. (P.O. Box 58), Brooklyn. N. Y., would be obliged
for any genealogical information concerning the Woodwards, of Lebanon, and of
Sharon, Conn., or of Warren Co., N. Y.
Cortes. — Mr. Arthur Helps has a Biography of Hernando Cortez in press. It is
dedicated to Carlyle.
Hopkins and Malum.— The Rev. John Henry Hopkins, the former editor of the
Church Journal of this city, but now residing in Burlington, Vt. , is engaged in edit-
ing the unpublished works of his father, the late Bishop Hopkins. We understand
the papers and writings of the late Rev. Milo Mahan, D.D., of Baltimore, have also
been placed under Mr. Hopkins' supervision for publication.
Mason. — Mr. George S. Hillard is said to be engaged in writing the life of that
once distinguished Boston lawyer, Jeremiah Mason.
Mason. — A life of Captain John Mason, Patentee of New Hampshire, Vice-Ad-
miral of New England, and Governor of Newfoundland, is in preparation by Charles
W. Tuttle, Esq., of Boston.
McClellan. — " In memoriam, K. M." An elegant privately printed volume of 79
pages, small quarto, preserves the memory of Kate McClellan, only daughter of Dr.
C. R. and Eloise M. McClellan, of Brooklyn, N. Y., who was born at Brooklyn, July
30, 1842, and died August 5, 1869.
Perm Papers. — The Pennsylvania Historical Society have just concluded with the
Penn family in England the purchase of the papers of William Penn.
Raymond.— -The life of Henry J. Raymond, by S. S. Conant, is nearly ready for
publication.
Taylor. — a memorial volume of Samuel H. Taylor, D.D., the late lamented
Principal of Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass., with a photographic likeness, will
be published next month by W. F. Draper, Andover. Subscription price $1.75.
Ticknor. — Mr. George S. Hillard proposes to write a memoir of his late friend,
George Ticknor.
j¥ew York. — Messrs. Harper Brothers announce the Second Volume of the His-
tory of New York, by John Ronieyn Brodhead, LL.D., as being nearly ready for
issue. In this volume, we believe, Mr. Brodhead continues his interesting history to
and including the government of Leisler.
Rochester, Y. Y.— Bev. F. DeW. Ward, of Geneseo, N. Y., is preparing an Ecclesi-
astical Histoiy of Rochester.
Warren. X. 11. — William Little, Esq., of Manchester, N. H. , has written a his-
tory of Warren, N. H. It contains about 600 pages, and is illustrated with wood-
cuts and photographs, and an occasional lithograph and steel plate, to the full num-
ber of thirty or more.
OBITUARY.
DAVID RICHARD FLOTD JOXES.
This representative of two old L. I. families (in the eldest male line), born
6 April, 1813, on the ancestral place at South Oyster Bay, died there on 8 Janu-
ary, 1871, in his 59th year. He was the eldest son of Thomas Floyd Jones, and
Cornelia (Jones) his wife ; gr.-son of David R. Floyd Jones, and Sarah (Onder-
donk) his wife; and great grand-son of the 4th Richard Floyd (b. 1731, d. 1792),
who married Arabella Jones, dau. of Judge David Jones (the first judge of many in
the family) ; they and their children taking the name of Floyd Jones as a condition
of holding a large tract of land on L. I. under the Judge's will.
After such preparation, as could be made on L. I., he entered Union College in
1828, and graduated in 1832. He studied law with his mother's brother, the late
Judge Samuel W. Jones, of Schenectady ; was admitted to the bar in 1835; and
practised for about five years in N. Y. City. In the fall of 1840 he was elected to
the Assembly from N. Y., and re-elected in 1841 and 1842. In the fall of 1843 he
was elected to the Senate from the First Senatorial District for four years, his elec-
112 Obituary. [April, 1871.
tion almost deciding the fate of the present school system of the city, which ha
advocated, lie was next chosen a member of the Constitutional Convention of
1846, in which he took a prominent part. In 1847 he was appointed Clerk of the
N. Y. Superior Court, and he held that station until 1852. He then retired to his
paternal estate on L. I., and was President of the Queens Co. Agricultural Society,
delivering- a noted address, which was printed. In 1850 he was persuaded to
represent Queens Co. in the Assembly. In the fall of 1859 he was elected Secre-
tary of State, holding that office in 1860 and 1861, when the civil war broke out.
On 4th July, 1802, in a published address, he proclaimed his loyalty to the Union in
terms we have not space to repeat. In the fall of that year he was elected Lieut. -
Governor of the State. His address as President of the Senate would also bear
repetition. After two years in that station, not acting the partisan, he retired to
private life; but as a prominent member of the Protestant Episcopal Church, he
took a decided part in forming- the new Diocese of L. I. He became a member of
its standing committee, and a Deputy to the General Convention and to the Federate
Council. He was elected President of the American Church Union. "With impaired
health he visited Europe, in some hope of a restoration ; and on his return, shortly
before. his death, read a valuable paper, which has been published, recommending
some points for which he was himself noted, viz. : — " Wise and discreet action;"
avoiding " offensive personalities;" abstaining from extreme utterances; "keep
not only within the pale of sound principles, but in their maintenance give need-
less offence to none." He married Mary L., dau. of the late George W. Stanton,
of Albany, and left her with one son and three daughters, besides two brothers and
a sister, with families, to deplore their great loss. " In personal appearance he was
prepossessing, tall, and finely formed, with black piercing eyes, dark hair, and a mild
and intellectual countenance."
Obituary notices in the Brooklyn Eagle, the Glencove Gazette, the Church Journal,
and some others, embrace additional particulars for which our limits are too scant.
C. B. M.
RICIIAItD VAN WYCK TIIORNE.
Mr. Thome was born at the family homestead, at Great Neck, Long Island,
December 2;», 1 777, on an old farm of about 250 acres, which has been in the family
for seven generations.
While yet a young man Mr. Thome entered upon the study of medicine with Dr.
Samuel L. Mitchill, the distinguished naturalist, and about the year 1800 he went to
sea as a ship's surgeon. One voyage disgusted him with the profession, and return-
ing to New York he embarked in trade with his brother John. The firm, which is
still perpetuated with the living sons, was perhaps the oldest in New York. They
had large transactions in tobacco, in hay, and other products, and, at a later period,
entered upon the sale of patent presses for cotton, hay, and tobacco. The applica-
tion of the screw principle to docks was suggested by Mr. Thome to a firm in this
city, who were seeking to build one at the foot of Bridge street many years ago. It
was the embryo idea of more elaborate and sufficient machinery for the purposes
needed. The firm had business at different times in Water street, Hanover square,
and in Sloat lane — an old-time locality, right in the rear of the Exchange on Wall
street.
About the year 1805 he was united in marriage to Miss Sullivan, a daughter of
John Sullivan, a New York merchant. This estimable lady was the charm of a
happy home circle for more than forty years, and died in 1850. Five sons were
born to them, one of them recently retiring from the Presidency of the Board of
Education, one of them associated with the Brooklyn Bank, the others in different
and equahy honorable and successful callings.
The more public life of the deceased was confined to a term in the Assembly about
the year 1837, and several terms as Alderman in the City Council. He was one of
the trustees of the village before Brooklyn dreamed of its present proportions. He
was a Director in the Long Island Insurance Company from its start, and for a short
period was President of the Brooklyn Bank.
Mr. Thorne retired from active business about the year 1855, and has since rested
from his labors at the family mansion, at the comer of Sands and Adams streets,
Brooklyn, which he has occupied since 1824 — nearly half a century. His life was
eminently social, and cultivated, and quiet, rarely obtrusive enough to attract public
attention, but filled with many unobtrusive acts of goodness, and presenting the
example of rare practical Christianity and benevolence. He died April 11, 1871.
THE NEW YORK
Vol. II. NEW YORK, JULY, 1871. No. 3.
TEACES OF AMERICAN LINEAGE IN ENGLAND.
[By thk Right Rev. Wm. Ingraham Kip, D.D.]
They say in England that Burke's Peerage is "the Englishman's Bible."
He certainly pores over it with a devotion which, had it been the Bible,
would have prepared him to be a Professor of Biblical Interpretation in a
Theological Seminary. The aristocracy have this immense crimson-bound
volume in their libraries because it gives their own family history. The
middle class parade it on their centre tables because its possession seems in
some way, they cannot define how, to associate them with the titled class.
Then, if they should happen to see a live lord, it is a great satisfaction, on
their return home, to open Burke and learn all about him. It makes them
almost feel as if they were acquainted with him.
Burke, it is true, gives the history of these families, but then there is add-
ed to it an immense amount of the Romance of History. The old Norman
nobility of England have most of them died out, and it is strange to see, in
Shirley's Noble and Gentle men of England, how few families are now re-
maining, in the male line, of those who occupied any prominent position in
the days of the wars of York and Lancaster. Tbe great Percy family, for
example, has three times become extinct in the male line. Then, some one
who had married its heiress took the name of Percy, and had the title of
Duke of Northumberland revived for his benefit. The last time this oc-
curred was in 1750, when it was done for one of the Smithson family who
had married the daughter and only child of the last Duke. Thus, new
shoots are grafted on the old lines.
Besides this, new men are constantly rising up and winning their way in-
to the upper class, and these must be furnished with pedigrees. So Burke
begins perhaps by stating, that " one of this name flourished in Kent, temp.
Henry III." To be sure there is a dreadful hiatus between this imagi-
nary character and temp. Victoria, when the new lord makes his appearance,
but there is a sort of uncertain glamour thrown over it which, without any
reason, seems to connect the present with the distant past. Still, with all
these drawbacks, Burke is a very valuable record, and we cannot understand
the history of England without knowing something of the history of its
great families.
8
114 Traces of American Lineage in England. [July,
Then, besides Burke's Peerage is his Landed Gentry^ a work of equal
interesl and value to the historical student. Many of these untitled families
have lived on their broad lands since the Norman conquest. You turn, for
instance, to the Fitzherhert family, and read of the present proprietor of
their estates — Mir. Fitzherbert is the 26th Lord of the Manor of Norbury,
and the ]0th Lord of Swinnerton." Many of these families have for gener-
ations refused peerages, preferring to be Old Commoners rather than New
Lords.
The third volume, to complete the set, is Burke's Extinct Peerages, a
record of families which possessed titles, traced down to the death of the
last holder of the title.
What interest have we Americans in these volumes? Apparently very
little. And yet, in turning them over, we every little while light on some
scrap of American family history, giving a portion of the records of families
who are descended from these old stocks, and whose history would not be
complete without this notice of the parent tree ; or, what we find is mingled
in some way with the annals of our own country, so that it throws new
light on some point in our affairs, or gives a completion of detail to some
portion of American History.
Let us take an example of this — Benedict Arnold. His name is un-
fortunately " familiar in our cars as household words." Every school boy-
knows the story of his treason, as it mingles with the sad narrative of Ma-
jor Andre's life and death. We know that England rewarded his betrayal
of his trust, with the rank of Major-General in her service, the same which
he had held in our aimy. But the war ended, and he went to Europe
with her returning forces, and what is afterwards known of him \ There
are one or two anecdotes floating about — such as the account of his duel
with Lord Balcanas — and that is all. We will guarantee there is not one
American in a thousand can tell anything with regard to his future. As far
as we are concerned — as Carlyle would express it — "he disappeared into in-
finite space."
Have not some of our readers thought of this ; wished to know the sub-
sequent history of the Arnold family, and wondered whether his treason en-
abled them to prosper in worldly matters, or whether "the sin of the father
was visited on the children to the third and fourth generation " i We
know no source from which this want can be supplied, except b\ Burke's
Landed \Jentry. We turn to the name of Arnold and find this history of
the family : —
General Benedict Arnold, m. 8 April, 1779, Margaret, dau. of Edward
Shippen, Chief Judge of Pennsylvania, and died in 1801, having had issue.
Edward Shippen, Lieut. Uth Bengal Cavalry, and Paymaster of Mutra, d. at Dina-
pore in India, lo Dec, 1813.
James llobertson, Lieut. -General, K. II. and K. Crescent, m. Virginia, d. of Bart-
lett Goodrich, Esq., of Saling Grove, Essex, which lady died 14 July. 1818.
George, Lieut.-Col. 2d Bengal Cavalry, died in India 1 Nov. 1828.
William Fetch, of whom presently.
Sophia, m. Col. Pownall Phipps, E. I. C. Service (of the Mulgrave family).
Wm. Fetch Arnold, Esq., of Little Missenden Abbey, Capt. 12th Lancers, b. 25
June, 1794; m. 19 May, 1819, Elizabeth Cecilia, only dau. of Alexander Ruddach,
Esq. , of Tobago, and had issue,
Edward Gladwin, of whom presently.
William Trail, b. 23 Oct., 1826, Capt. 4th Itegt.
Margaret Stuart, m. Rev. Robert H. S. Rogers.
Elizabeth Sophia, ?». Rev. Bryant Burgess.
Georyiana Phipps, m. Rev. John Stephenson.
1871.] Traces of American Lineage in England. 115
Rev. Edward Gladwin Arnold, of Little Missenden Abbey, Co. Bucks, Rector
of Stapleford. Herts, b. 25 April, 1823 ; m. 27 April, 1852, Charlotte Georgiaua,
eldest daughter of Lord Henry Cholmondeley.
Seat, Little Missenden Abbey, Co. Bucks.
Here we have the whole story minutely set forth, from the arch traitor
himself down to his grandson, the present representative. It seems that his
sons held high offices in the army, and the family had been enabled to take
its place among the English Landed Gentry, and to hold it to the present
time. In a worldly point of view, there is probably hardly a family of the
American Generals who remained faithful in the " times which tried men's
souls," which at the present day is as well off as that of Benedict Arnold.
Let us take another example — Sir AVilliam Johnson. There has always
been a great deal of romance associated with his life. Settling on the Mo-
hawk, among the Indians, he obtained an influence over the Six Nations
which no other white man on this Continent has possessed. In the old
French war he was able to array these powerful tribes on the side of the
English, and uiulcr his command they secured to the Colonial troops the
victory over the French under Baron Dieskau at Lake George, and thus
this raid into the colonies was hurled back. For this he was rewarded
with a Baronetcy. He resided at Johnson Hall in a kind of barbaric splen-
dor, which was most captivating to the Indian chiefs who were his con-
stant visitors. The late Wm. L. Stone, of New York, published his life in
two volumes, and Paulding made him a prominent character in'his novel of
The Dutchman's Fireside. He died just as the Revolutionary War began,
and it is asserted that his life was shortened by the violent struggle through
which he, like many other leading men, was obliged to pass in deciding
between the cause of his old friends and that of the Government to which
he owed his honors.
His son and successor, Sir John Johnson, seems to have been troubled
with no such scruples, but at once arrayed against the Colonists all the In-
dian tribes over which he had influence. For years his inroads kept in fear
the whole border down to the very surburbs of Albany, and terrible were
the scenes enacted in many a solitary hamlet, and even in the large town of
Schenectady, when they were sacked and burned by his wild warriors.
Their record is graphically written in Stone's Life of Brandt. When the war
ended he retreated into Canada, abandoning his great possessions and
leaving Johnson Hall, which still stands, a monument of the family.
But what was his future history, and how fared it with the family who,
for loyalty, thus abandoned their wide lands ? Few indeed had sacrificed
as much as they did for this cause. We turn to Burke's Peerage, and here
is the record of the next generations : —
William Johnson, Esq., born at Smithtown, Co. Meath, descended from au
Irish family, was adopted by his maternal uncle, Sir Peter Warren, K. B. , and went
out with him to North America, where he rose to the rank of a Col. in the army,
and distinguished himself as a military commander during the first American war,
and as a negotiator with Indian tribes; he wras created a Baronet 27 Nov., 1755. He
d. 11 July, 1774, aged 51), at his seat, Johnson Hall, New York, leaving, by Cathe-
rine Wisenberg, his wife,
John, his heir.
Anne, m. to Col. Daniel Clauss, of North America, and d. about 1798.
Mary, m. Col. Gray Johnson, and had two daughters, Maxy, wife of Gen. Colin
Campbell ; and Julia.
The son and heir,
II. Sir John, of Mount Johnson, Montreal, Superintendent-General, and In-
spector-General of Indian Affairs in British North America. Colonel-in-Chief of the
116 Traces of American Lineage in England. I 'J"1-}",
six battalions of the militia of the Eastern Township of Lower Canada, was knight-
ed at St. James, London, 22 Nov., 1765. He m. 30June, 1??:;. Mary, dan. of John
Watts. Esq., sometime President of the Council at New York, and by her had
issue,
1. William. Lieut. -Col. . b. lTTo ; m. 1802, Susan, dan. of Stephen De Lancey, Gov-
ernor of Tobago, and left issue, ,
Charlotte, m., in 1820, to Alexander, Count Balmain, Russian Commissioner at
St. Helena.
2. \!>am GORDON, 3d Baronet.
3. James Stephen, ('apt- 28th Regt., killed at Badajos.
4. Robert Thomas, drowned in Canada, 1S12.
5. Warren, Major 68th Regt., d. 1813.
6. John, of Point Oliver, Montreal, Col. Comm. 6th battalion of militia, b. 8
Aug., 1782, m. 10 Feb., 1825, Mary Deane, dan. of Richard Dillon, Esq., of Montre-
al ; and (I 23 June, 1841, leaving issue,
William George, present Baronet.
7. Charles Christopher, b. 29 Oct., 1798, Lieut. -Col. in the army. Knight of the 2d
class of the Prussian Order of the Lion and Sun; m. 1818, Susan, eldest dan. of
Admiral Sir Edward Griffith, of Northbrook House, Hants, and d. 30 Sep., 1S.34.
Sir John died Jan., 1830, and was succeeded by his eldest surviving son.
III. Sir Adam Gordon. Lieut. -Col . of (ith battalion of militia. b. 6 May, 1781,
</. num., 21 May, 1843, and was succeeded by his nephew, William George.
IV. Sir William George Johnson, of Twickenham, Co. Middlesex, an officer
in the Royal Artillery, b. 19 Dec, 1830, succeeded as 4th Baronet, at the decease
of his uncle in May, 1843.
Thev too have preserved their position, hut at the end of the lineage, in
Burke, there is no Seat given, as usual, and we presume, therefore, the Bar-
onet is landless, and has no compensation for the wide manors his family
once held on the pleasant Mohawk.
Sometimes, when no lineage of a family is given, we trace the name
through various intermarriages. This is the case with the De Lancets,
Huguenots from France, so prominent in New York, until they were crushed
by tiie confiscations which followed the Revolution. One of them, as we
see above in the Johnson family, is mentioned as marrying a son of Sir John
Johnson. The name occurs again in another family, for after the death of her
first husband we find her marrying Lieut. -General Sir Hudson Lowe, K. C.
B., so well known as the Governor of St. Helena during the imprisonment
of Napoleon. Her brother, Sir William Howe De Lancey, died at Waterloo
on the Staff of the Duke of Wellington. Another of the family married
Lieut.-Gcn. Sir William Draper, and another Field Marshal Sir David Dun-
das. Another is recorded as the wife of Sir Julius Clifton, Bart. In this
way it is that here and there we meet with traces of this old loyalist family.
Here is a little scrap with reference to the Ross family. They are not
Americans, but the item forms a part of American history. Turning over
the Landed Gentry, our attention was arrested by the peculiarity ^i' the fol-
lowing name : — David Ross of-Bladensburg, Esq., of Rosston, Co. Down.
Looking at the lineage, we found this account of his grandfather : —
Robert Ross, Major-General in the army, who, after serving with the highest dis-
tinction in the Peninsula, was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the army sent
against the United States; and after a short career of uninterrupted success, dur-
ing which he possessed himself of the American Capital, fell, 12 Sept.. 1814, while
advancing to attack the enemy's position near Baltimore. On his widow and his
descendants was conferred the honorary distinction " of Bladeusburg" to be added
to the previous family name, by the Prince Regent.
So this was the reward Government bestowed upon the family of the
British General who died on the raid against Washington.
1871.] Traces of American Lineage in England. 117
There is another case of a name somewhat different. In Lord Erskine's
family, a name has been given by its head to perpetuate the remembrance
of American descent. The late Lord Erskine, in 1800, married Fanny,
daughter of General Cadwallader, of Philadelphia, and their eldest son, the
present Peer, received this name: — Thomas Americus Erskine.
At the close of the last century, Sir John Temple came to this country
as British Consul General. He married in Boston, and his descendants,
in different lines, under various names, are widely diffused through the East
and New York. This is Burke's record : —
Sir John Temple, born in 1730, m. 20 Jan., 1767, Elizabeth, dau. of James
Bowdoin. Esq. , Governor of the State of Massachusetts, and had issue,
G-renville, his successor.
James, b. 7 June, 177(5, who assumed the surname of Bowdoin, pursuant to the
desire of his maternal uncle.
Elizabeth Bowdoin, m. in 178G, Thomas Lindell Winthrop, Esq., of Boston.
Augusta, m. to Lieut. -Col. Palmer, of 8th Hussars.
Sir Grenville Temple, b. 10 Oct., 1768, m. 20 March, 1797, Elizabeth, dau.
of Col . George Watson of Boston, and had issue,
Grenville, late Baronet.
Sir John Temple died in 1796, and his monument can now be seen in the
chancel of St. Paul's Church, New York.
Another family of English Baronets is the Skipwiths of Virginia. During
the civil war with the Puritans they were driven from England, to escape a
distasteful rule, and remained for four generations in Virginia. Burke gives
this brief account of their sojourn here : —
Sir Grey Skipwith. This gentleman emigrated into Virginia in America, dur-
ing the usurpation of Cromwell, where he died, and was succeeded by his only
son,
Sir William, who was succeeded by his eldest son,
Sir Grey. This gentleman d. in Virginia, and was succeeded by his son,
Sir William, of Kestwould in Virginia, who continued to reside there, and dying
ki 1764. was succeeded by his son,
Sir Peyton, who married twice and had issue,
Grey, his heir.
Peyton m. in Virginia.
Leila m. 1st to Charles Carter, Esq., secondly to St. George Tucker, Esq.
Sir T?evton died in Virginia, 9 Oct., 1805, and was succeeded by his eld-
est son, Sir Grey, who returned to England, and whose son is the present
Baronet, residing at "The Hill," at Lutterworth. The younger branch re-
mained in Virginia, where they have been a wide-spread and influential
family.
In the romantic story of Major Andre we learn that it was at the, resi-
dence of Beverley Robinson, opposite West Point, that he met Arnold.
The house is still standing unaltered from that day. The owner's family
were well-known loyalists. Emigrating from England in the reign of
Charles II., Christopher Robertson was Secretary of the Colony, and his
son, John Robinson, was President of the Council of Virginia, and married
Catherine, dau. of Robert Beverley, Esq.
From one of his sons the New York family descended. At the close of
the Revolution they retired to New Brunswick and Canada, where Burke
thus gives the history of the present head : —
Sir John Beverley Boblnson, Bart. , of Beverley House, in the city of To-
ronto, Chancellor of Trinity College in the Province.
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Sir John was appointed Acting Attorney-General of Upper Canada, in November,
lsr,'; Solicitor-General in March, 1*15; Attorney-General in February, 1818 ; and
Chief Justice of Upper Canada, 13 July, L839. In November, 1850, he was ap-
pointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath, and created a Baronet, by patent,
Septi mber 21, L854.
Another branch remained in New York, where the name is still held in
honor in the community.
In the notice of the Dallas family, the present head of which is Sir
Robert Charles Dallas, Bart., we have the following notice of the American
branch : —
James Dallas, Laird of Cantray, was killed at Cullodcn ; ami soon after that event
some of his clan emigrated to the West Indies and the United States of America,
where they formed establishments to which, in memory of their Highland home and
ancestry, they gave the same territorial designation. Dallas castle is an estate of
considerable importance in the island of Jamaica, and the county of Dallas is an ex-
tensive district in the State of Alabama. The State of Pennsylvania was represented
in the Senate of the United States by the Honorable George Dallas, Vice-President
of that distinguished assembly, and one of the most eminent jurists of his country.
In turning over Burke's Extinct Peeiaycs, we find the lineage of another
American family, the Ingrahams, a family now scattered from Boston to
South Carolina.
The records of this family begin with Ranulf, the son of Ingel'ram or
Ing'ram, who was Sheriff of Nottingham and Derby, in the beginning of the
reiV> of Henry II., as were his sons Robert and William. Robert Ingram,
Knight, whose arms are painted at Temple Newsam, was of so great emi-
nency in the reign of Henry III. that the Prior and Convent of Lenton
granted to him a yearly rent out of their lands at Sheynton and Nottingham
for his military services in their defence.
In the reign of Charles I. Sir Arthur Ingram, of Temple Newsam, was
prominent as a Cavalier. On the triumph of the Parliament, he saved his
estate by the fact that he married a daughter of Lord Viscount Fairfax, of
Gilling, and his eldest son had married a daughter of Montague, Earl of
Manchester, both Parliamentary leaders. Sir Arthur died in 1G55, six years
before the restoration of Charles II. On the King's return, he created Sir
Arthur's eldest son Henry, Viscount Irwin.1 The title remained in the
family until 1778, when, on the death of Charles Ingram, ninth Viscount
Irwin, without sons, it became extinct. Henceforth the history of the
family is carried on in Burke's Landed Gentry. The estate descended to
the Marchioness of Hertford, daughter of the last Viscouut, and from her
to her sister, Mrs. Meynell, whose son took the name of Ingram, and his son
is now the possessor of Temple Newsam.
The American Ingrahams, — the spelling of the name having been changed
after their settlement in this country — are desended from Arthur Ingram,
second son of Sir Arthur and youngest brother of the first Viscouut. He
married a daughter of Sir John Mallory. This younger branch has made
the name historical in our own country, and the gallantry of Captain Dun-
cau N. Ingraham, at Smyrna, in 185:i, when, in command of the St. Louis,
he forced the Austrian vessels of war to give up an American citizen held
by them, gained a world-wide celebrity.
1 The portraits of Sir Arthur Ingram, in Cavalier dress, of his son Henry, first
Viscount Irwin, in full armor, and his grandson Arthur, second Viscount Irwin, in
half armor (all nearly full length), are in the collection of the Bishop of California,
in San Francisco.
1871.] Traces of American Lineage in England. 119
Perhaps the only Peerage in this country is that of the Fairfax family.
Few names arc more identified than this with the history of England. In
the civil war, Lord Thomas Fairfax commanded the Parliamentary Army at
Nasehy, and decided the fate of England. Burke gives this accouut of the
one who emigrated to America.
THOMAS, sixth Baron. This nobleman inherited from his mother a splendid
fortune, consisting of several manors in Kent, estates in the Isle of Wight, and a
tract of land in Virginia, called the Northern Neck, comprised within the boundaries
of the rivers Potomac and Rappahanock. containing, by estimation. 5,700.000 acres.
From his father he inherited Denton Hall and other property in Yorkshire, but he
was obliged by his mother and grandmother to dispose of those, in order to redeem
the Colepepper manors. His Lordship had a commission in the Horse Guards, but
visiting his American estates about the year 1739, he was so captivated with the
soil, cfimate, and beauties of Virginia that he resolved to spend the remainder of
his life there; and he soon after erected two mansions, Belvoir and Greenway
Court, where he continued ever afterwards to reside in a state of baronial hospi-
tality.' His dress was plain and simple, his manners modest and unaffected, and
his style of living magnificent. Such was his generosity that he gave up his Eng-
lish estates to his brother Robert, and the surplus of his American income was
distributed among his poor neighbors. His principal amusement was hunting ; and
after the chase he was wont to invite the whole field to partake his hospitality. He
had been educated in revolutionary principles, and had imbibed high notions of
republican liberty. He was Lieutenant and Custos Rotolorum of Frederick County,
and presided at the provincial courts of Winchester, where, during the Session, he
kept an open table. His Lordship d. unm. at Greenway Court, in 1782, when the
titles devolved on his only surviving brother.
Robert, seventh Baron. This nobleman m. twice, buttf. without issue m liJ4,
when his Kentish property devolved upon his nephew, the Rev. Denny Martin, and
the baronv was confirmed by the House of Lords, in 1800, to his kinsman, Rev.
Bryax Fairfax, who then became the eighth Lord Fairfax. He married Miss
Carey of Virginia.
Bryan Fairfax was a clergyman of the Episeopal Church in Virginia, and
he went to England and placed his claim on record — as he said in a letter
published in the fourth volume of the Fairfax Correspondence—" not be-
cause he wished to assume the title himself, but some of his descendants
might."
His son, Lord Thomas Fairfax, died in Virginia in 1846, when, his eldest
son Albert having died some years before, he was succeeded by his grand-
son. Of this Burke gives the following record : —
Fairfax of Cameron, Baron (Charles Snowden Fairfax), in the peerage of
Scotland, succeeded to the dignity, as tenth Baron, upon the demise of his grand-
father, 21 April, 1846.
He never assumed the title, but resided for the last years of his life in
California, and died at Baltimore in 1839, while on a visit to Ins old home.
He was succeeded by his brother, John Fairfax, now residing in Maryland.
The American history of this family has been peculiar. For several
generations, frequent inducements have been held out to them to return to
England, as it was wished that so historical a title should not be lost to the
country; but they preferred their American home. When Lord Erskine
was Lord Chancellor, he wrote to Lord Thomas Fairfax, offering, if he
would return, to recover for him Leeds Castle and its estate. He replied,
however, most characteristically, that "he did not want Leeds Castle, as he
had in Virginia as much property as he wished." It was an offer which
Lord Erskine would not have made unless he had been certain of having
good grounds for it. The common report, indeed, has always been, that
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Mr. Martin, who toot possession of Leeds Castle on the death of his uncle,
Lord Robert Fairfax, in 1793, had do legal title, and the claim of the family
was not prosecuted on account of the supineness of the true heirs, their dis-
tance, and the greatness of their Virginia estat< s rendering them indifferent.
On the other hand, a few years since, the Martins, of Leeds Castle, peti-
tioned the Queen to revive in their favor the title of Lord Fairfax, on the
ground that the legal possessors had virtually abandoned it, not having
assumed ii for three generations, or been in England to offer allegiance as
barons of the realm. A notice of this application was served on the late
Charles Fairfax, but be took no notice of it, or even made any reply.
Perhaps three of the most historical English descents of American
families are those of the Barclays, Livingstons, and Lawrences, of New York.
Each of them lias a proved pedigree of more than 700 years. The Bar-
clays prove their descent from Theobald de Berkeley in 1110. From him
they are traced down1 to David Barclay, of Uric, of whom Burke gives
the following notice: —
David Barclay, born in 1G10, Colonel under Gustavus Adolphus, purchased, in 1048,
the estate of TJrie, from William, Earl Marischal. He was eldest son of David Bar-
clay, of Mathers, the representative of the old home of BARCLAY, of Mathers. He
m. Katharine, daughter of Sir_Robert Gordon, of Gordonstown, and had. with two
daughters, Lucy and Jean, m. to Sir William Cameron, of Lochiel, three sons, Robert
his heir, John, who settled in America, and "ThmcIT'"^ 1*— "
From this son John is derived the American branch. It is curious to see
how soon the line became mingled up with the familiar names of our old
New York families. We will trace it for a couple of generations. The
great grandson of John Barclay was the Rev. Henry Barclay, D.D., Rec-
tor of Trinity Church, New York, who died 1764. He married Mary,
daughter of Colonel Rutgers, of New York, and had issue —
Cornelia, m. Col. Stephen De Lancey.
Anna, m. Col Beverley Robinson.
Thomas, in. Susan, daughter of Peter De Lancey, Esq.
The children of Thomas Barclay were —
Eliza, m. Schuyler Livingston, Esq.
1 >e Lancey, m. Mary, widow of Gurney Barclay, M.P.
Susan, ?n. Peter G. Stuyvesant, Esq.
Thomas, in. Catharine, daughter of Walter Channing, Esq., of Boston.
We turn now to the Livingston family of New York. Few American
families have so distinguished a lineage. The history of the elder branch,
the attainted Earl of Linlithgow, can be found in Burke's Extinct Peerages.
The present representative of the family in Scotland is a Baronet, and his
lineage is given by Burke in his Peerage.
The family is descended from Livingius, a Hungarian nobleman, who came
over to Scotland in the suite of Margaret, Queen of King Malcolm III., about
1068. From that time their names were prominent in all the political and
warlike movements in Scotland. Sir Alexander Livingston, of Calendar,
was Judiciary of Scotland. His son, Sir James Livingston, bad tin-
appointment of Captain of the Castle of Stirling, with the tuition of the
young King, James II., committed to him by Ids father. He died about
1467.
The family then received the title of Lord Livingston, which, in the
seventh Lord Livingston, was merged in the higher title of Earl of Lin-
1 NicolPa Peerages and Solgate's Genealogies.
1871.] Traces of American Lineage in England. 121
lithgow. In 1047 Sir James Livingston was created Earl of Newburgh.
The sixth Lord Livingston fought for Queen Mary at Langdale, and his
sister, Mary Livingston, was one of the four Marys who were maids of
honor to the Queen.
In March, 1650, John Livingston was scut as a Commissioner to Breda,
to negotiate terms lor the restoration of (diaries II. tie died in 1092, and
his son, Robert Livingston, emigrated to America in 1676. He became,
July 18, 1683, the first proprietor of the Manor of Livingston, on the Hud-
son. From that day the name has been identified with every movement in
the State, and (what should be a patent of nobility in this country) it is
found among the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.
We finish this list with the Lawrence family of New York. Their first
ancestor of whom mention is made in the English Records, was Robert
Laurens, Knight of Ashton Hall, Lancastershire. He accompanied Richard
Coeur de Lion in his famous Crusade to Palestine, and distinguished him-
self at the siege of St. Jean d'Acre in 1191, by being the first to plant the,
banner of the" Cross on the battlements of that town. For this he received
the honor of knighthood from King Richard, and also a coat of arms with
the fire cross (cross raguly gules), which is borne by his descendants in
this country to this day. His family intermarried with that of the Wash-
ingtons, bis grandson, Sir James Laurens, having married Matilda Washing-
ton, in the reign of Henry III.
After this the family became eminent in England. Sir William Lawrence,
born in 1395, was hilled in battle in France, in 1455, with Lionel, Lord
Welles. Sir John Lawrence was one of the commanders of a wing of the
Eno-lisb army at Flodden Field, under Sir Edmund Howard, in 1513. Sir
John Lawrence, the ninth in lineal descent from the above Sir Robert
Laurens, possessed thirty-five manors, the revenue of which, in 1491,
amounted to £6,000 sterling per annum. Having, however, hilled a Gen-
tleman Usher of Henry VIL, he was outlawed and died in France, when,
Ashton Hall and bis other estates passed, by royal decree, to bis relatives
Lord Monteagle and Lord Gerard.
Another member of this family was Henry Lawrence, one of the Patentees
of Connecticut in 1635, with Lord Say and Seal, Lord Brook, Sir Arthur
Hasselrigg, Richard Saltonstall, George Fen wick, and Henry Darley.
They commissioned John Winthrop, Jr., as Governor over this Terri-
tory, with the following instructions: — "To provide able men for making
fortifications and building houses at the mouth of the Connecticut River
and the harbor adjoining; first, for their own present accommodation, and
then such houses as may receive men of quality, which latter bouses we
would have builded within the fort." The Patentees all intended to accom-
panv Governor Winthrop to America, but were prevented by a decree of
Charles I.
This Henry Lawrence was in great distinction in England during Crom-
well's time. "Born in 1600, be became a Fellow Commoner of Emanuel
College, Cambridge, in 1(522, but having taken the Puritan side he was
obliged to withdraw for a time to Holland. In 1641 he was a member of
Parliament for Westmoreland, but when the life of the king was threatened,
he withdrew from the Independents. In a curious old pamphlet printed in
the vear 1660, entitled, "The mystery of the good old cause, briefly un-
folded in a catalogue of the members of the late Long Parliament, that held
office both civil and military, contrary to the self-denying ordinance" — is
the following passage: — "Henry Lawrence, a member of the Long Parlia-
122 Traces of American Lineage in England. [July,
ment, fell off at the murder of His Majesty, for which the Protector, with
great zeal, declared that a neutral spirit was more to he abhorred than a
Cavalier spirit, and that such men as he were not fit to he used in such a
day as that when God was cutting down Kingship root and branch. Yet
he came into play again, and contributed much to the setting up of
the Protector; for which worthy service he was made and continued
Lord President of the Protector's Council, being also one of the Lords of
the other House." :
Be married Amy, daughter of Sir Edward Peyton, Bart., of Iselham in
Cambridgeshire. He leased his estates at St. Ives, from the year 1(531 to
1636, to Oliver Cromwell, to whom he was second cousin. He was twice
returned as member of Parliament for Hertfordshire, in 1653 and 1G54, and
once for Colchesterborough in Essex, in 1656; his son Henry representing
Caernarvonshire, the same year. He was President of the Council in 1656,
and gazetted as "Lord of the other House," in December, 1657. On the
death of Cromwell he proclaimed his son Richard as his successor. In
Thurloe's State Papers, vol. 2, is a letter to him from the Queen of Bohe-
mia (sister of King Charles), recommending Lord Craven to his good offices.
From the tenor of the letter it appears that they were in the habit of corre-
sponding. In a Harleian Manuscript, No. 1 160, there is a drawing of all
the ensigns and trophies won in battle by Oliver, which is dedicated to his
councillors, and ornamented with their arms. Amongst these are those of
Henry Lawrence, the Lord President, with a cross, raguly gules, the crest,
a fish's tail or semi-dolphin. A portrait of the President is inserted in
Clarendon's History of the Rebellion. His monument, not yet effaced, is in
the chapel of St. Margaret, alias Thele, in Hertfordshire.-
John, William, and Thomas Lawrence, who came to New York in 1635,
were cousins of the above Henry Lawrence. They became at once large
landholders in the Colony, and from these the present New York family is
descended.
These may be called the " dottings of history." It may seem unimportant
to us as to what are the descents or intermarriages of families, but this is far
from being the case. It is by these inquiries only that we can often determine
what are most likely to be the prominent intellectual or moral traits of a
race. An infusion of new blood into a family may alter its characteristics for
generations. The royal family of. Austria still exhibit the long face and
peculiar shape of the jaw which was derived from their intermarriage with
a Polish princess two centuries ago. And why may not mental and moral
peculiarities be stamped upon a race in the sa e way ? One family is dis-
tinguished in war, another in literature, another in statesmanship, and
another in art; and we can trace through the whole line the same kind of
talent developed.
The settlement of this new continent is often putting a "great gulf"
between families who have made it their home, and the memorials and
reminiscences they left behind them on the other side of the ocean. Vet
these traditions and historical facts should be chronicled for the benefit of those
who are to succeed them. From these data only can we understand those
mysterious laws of organization by which either physical or mental or moral
traits are transmitted in families.
Arid this subject is now receiving increased attention in our country.
In New England a quarterly periodical is devoted to genealogical records,
1 Harleian Miscellany, vol. vi., p. 489. ■ Ibid.
1871.] Ancestry of General Richard Montgomery. 123
while numerous volumes have been published, each comprising the history
of some single family. Will not, then, the families which arc now growing
up in our land, branches of some parent tree which is still fixed in the soil
of the old country, feel an interest in tracing their blood as it flows through
channels on different sides of the Atlantic"? If so, these brief notes may
not be without their interest or use.
ANCESTRY OF GENERAL RICHARD MONTGOMERY.
[By Thomas II. Montgomery, Esq.]
In all of the biographies or other notices of the short but eventful life of
this brave man, there appears to be nothing stated regarding his ancestry or
kin beyond his parentage. It may interest the American genealogist to
know somewhat of this ancestry, and I am now enabled, by the results of
recent researches, to give his genealogy, which, [ think, will be found
worthy of so noble a scion.
For the data which I now propose to give the readers of the '; Record"
I am largely indebted to my kinsman, Major-General George Samuel Mont-
gomery of the Bombay Army (whose great-grandfather was cousin-german
to Richard Montgomery), and I desire to make my full acknowledgment of
the obligations we are" under to him for the results of his very thorough
investigations.
It is not proposed to add anything here to the biography of General
Montgomery's life as already known to Americans ; and I will carry his ge-
nealogy up to the date when the line of which he was a cadet sprang from
the house of Montgomery.
1. Hugh Montgomerie of Hessilhead, in the parish of Beith, Ayrshire,
was the third son of Alexander, Master of Montgomerie, who d. in 1452,
and grandson of Sir Alexander Montgomerie of Eglinton and Ardrossan,
who was created Lord Montgomerie January 31, 1448-9, and who was
nephew to Sir Hugh Montgomerie, whose bravery and death at Otterbourne,
138S, is commemorated in the Ballad of Chevy Chace. The first Lord
Montgomerie was eleventh in direct descent from Roger de Mont-
gomerie, who accompanied William from Normandy, and was rewarded by
him, among other large grants, with the earldoms of Shrewsbury, Arundel,
and Chichester.
Hugh of Hessilhead was also designed of Bargraw (Balgray), which was a
part of the Hessilhead estate. Pont, writing about 1608, describes " Hazle-
" head Castell as a strong old building, environed with lairge ditches,
" seatted on a loch, vcill planted and eomodiously beautified, the heritage
" of Robert Montgomery, Laird thereof; famous it is for ye birth of that
"renowned poet Alexander Montgomery."1 Hugh m. Janet d. of Max-
well of Pollok, and had one son, Sir John.
The arms of Hugh Montgomerie of Hessilhead, as entered in the Lyon Of-
fice, were az. two lances of tournament, proper, between three fleurs-de-lis, or,
and in the chief point three annulets, or, stoned az. with an indentation in
the side of the shield, on the dexter side. Punt's MS. in the Advocates'
Librarv gives but one annulet ; but in confirmation of the above, the tomb-
stone of Alexander Montgomery's wife Margaret, noted below, be-ars the
three, as well as the seal of Alexander's son, John of Croghan.
J Cuningham Topographized, by Mr. T. Pont. MS. in the Advocates' Library.
124 Ancestry of General Richard Montgomery. [Jnly,
2. Sir John Montgomerie, of Hessilhead and Corsecraigs, succeeded his
father. He lost his life at Flodden Field, 1513, where his kinsman Culh-
berl Montgomerie of Skelmorlie was also slain. Sir John left an only son.
3. Bugh Montgomerie of Hessilhead, described as "old Hugh " in
Crawford's MS. Baronage. He m. " Houstoun's daughter," and d. January
23, 1556, having several children.
4. i. John, who succeeded him, and in whose great-great-grandson Robert the
line of Hessilhead ended in the hitter's death prior to November 19, 1672.
5. ii. Alexander
0. iii. Robert, minister of Stirling, who. in the face of his presbytery, accepted
from Lennox the see of Glasgow, and was Archbishop from 1581 to 1589. For this
action he was finally excommunicated by the presbytery, notwithstanding the royal
orders to stay proceedings in his case. '
7. iv. EZEKIEL, of Weitlands, Kilharchan parish, whose line ended in Ezekiel
Montgomerie, Sheriff Depute of Renfrewshire, circe 1700.
5. Alexander Montgomerie was "an early Scottish poet of considerable
genius and fame." HisuCherrie and Slae," on which his poetical reputa-
tion principally rests, was first published in Edinburgh in 1595, although
MS. copies were in circulation among his friends many years previous to
this. Ilis merits commended him to the king, who granted him several
favors ; and James, in his "Revelis and Cantelis of Scotte's Poesie," 1584,
quotes some of his pieces.- He subsequently was granted a pension of
500 merks. He bore the title of Captain, and he may have been
an officer in the Guard of the Regent Morton. He had travelled ex-
tensively out of his own island, hut we must lay to poetic license the state-
ment in his " Navigation" that he had ever been in this country, as well as
that other saying he was of foreign birth, for we have seen above that Hes-
silhead Castle was the place of his birth.
3 " As for myself, I am ane German borne,
" Qnha ay this fasion, vhilk ze se, hes worne;
" Qtthilk lenth of tym culd nevir caus me change,
" Thoght I haiv bene in mony cuntry strange ;
" Thrugh all Europe, Afrik, and Asia,
"And tJirow the in a fund out America.
' ' All thair conditiouns I do vnderstand,
" Baith of the peple, and also of the land."
His death occurred prior to 1611, but amid "the paucity of materials re-
maining for his nominal biographer," we must lament the absence of any
notice of his wife ; but we know he left a son and daughter. His arms
were thoseof Hessilhead, describi d above, with the exception of putting the
three fleurs-de-lis in chief and the three annulets in base; he may have made
this distinction, being a younger son, and it was adhered to by his family.
8. i. Alexander.
9. ii. Margaret, m. Alexander Vallance, Burgess of Glasgow. In a trial for
witchcraft which took place at Glasgow, March 22, 1G22, a Margaret
Wallace was charged with bewitching their daughter, and Alexander
Montgomerie, Margaret's brother, is summoned as a witness, but. he ab-
sented himself on the ground of sickness, and was excused. In the plead-
ings it was urged that " his (Alexander) deposition conld nocht have been
"ressuavit gif he had compeirit, becaus it wald haife bene objictit con-
1 Robertson's Scotland. B. VI. lx. 1582.
- The first entire collection of his poems, with biographical notices, edited by
David Irving, LL.D.. and printed at the press of Jas. Ballantvne & Co., was pub-
lished in Edinburgh, 1821. 3 The Navigatioun, p. 233, Ed. 1821.
1S71.] Ancestry of General Richard Montgomery. 125
" trair him that he and Margaret Montgomerie are brother bairns of the
" hous of Hessilheid, quhais dochter is allegit to bait' bene witchit."1
8. Alexander Montgomerie was in orders in the Episcopal Church, of
which his father was, it is presumed, a member, as lie was much at Court.
He went to Ireland (probably after the date of the above trial), whither he
was attracted by the large grants of land his cousin Sir Hugh Montgomerie
ofBraidstane (created May 3, 1622, Viscount Montgomerie of the Great
Ardes), had received of the Crown from the estates of Con O'Neale in
the counties of Down and Antrim in 1005. Sir Hugh was the son of Adam
Montgomerie of Braidstane (descended from Robert of Braidstane, elder
brother to Hugh ( 1 ) of llessilhead) by the daughter of John (4) of llessilhead,
Alexander's uncle. Many members of the family followed their fortunate
cousins to Ireland, who offered them many inducements to settle there, and
to this period must be assigned the rise of the Irish branches of the family,
so many members of which have distinguished themselves in the history of
their country. Sir Hugh's brother George, Dean of Norwich, was made
Bishop of Derry and Raphoe about 1605, and in 1611 became Bishop of
Meath.
Alexander settled near Derry, and afterwards received from the Bishop,
his cousin, the appointment as Prebend of Do, in the barony of Kilmacrenan,
County Donegal. But he was not destined to lead the quiet life of a shep-
herd ; at the breaking out of the Great Rebellion he not reluctantly became
the warrior. " Who (when debarred by ye Presbiterians to use the
" Word-) took the Sword, and valiantly wielded the same ag1 the Irish, and
" he gott a command in whch he served divers y cares in y" begining of ye
;' Grand Rebellion in Ireland, and never turned taile on y King's cause nor
" was Covenanter, so he well deserved y' Satisfaction3 whob his posterity has
"for his sd services before Juue, 1649 1 have seen mr Alexr mont-
" gomery at Letterkenny not farr from Do, in A", 1643, and heard men
" talk much to his credit, for his valourous actions Ag1 the Irish Rebells." 4
His wife was Margaret, d. of Rev. Alexander Conyngham, Dean of
Raphoe, and ancestor of the Marquis of Conyngham. A kinsman of Alex-
ander, Robert Montgomerie of Bonyglen, m. another d. of Dean Conyngham,
and from this marriage descends Sir Henry Cunningham Montgomery, Bart.
of the Hall, Co. Donegal. Margaret d. June 18, 1675, and is buried at Do;
the inscription on her tombstone is surmounted by the llessilhead and
Conyngham arms impaled. Alexander d. in 1658, and was doubtless also
buried at Do, but there are now no remains of his tomb. Happily we have
1 See an interesting and valuable notice on this point in the genealogy by Mr.
James Paterson, which appeared in Notes and Queries for January 4, 18Gb, pp. 4-7.
-" But, alas ! this beautiful order, appointed and settled by his Lordship [Viscount
' " Montgomerie] , lasted no longer than till the Scottish army came over and put their
" Chaplains in our Churches ; who, having power turned out all the legal,
" loyal clergy, who would not desert Episcopacy and the service book, and take
"the covenant." — Montgomerie MSS. i860, p. 1~7.
3 This satisfaction appears to have amounted to £1,704 lis. 8d. by Irish Record
Commis. Reports, Vol. ill., p. 304. G S. M.
4 Montgomery MSS. , 1869, pp. 393-3. These papers, written by William Montgom-
ery of llosemount (grandson of the first Viscount Montgomerie), between the years
1006-1700, were first in print by extracts in the columns of the Belfast News Let-
ter in 1785-6, and again in 1822. All then existing were collected and printed in a
volume, at the News Letter office, in 1830, 12mo, pp. 335. They were republished
by Messrs. Archer of Belfast in 1869, under the intelligent and careful editorship
of Rev. George Hill, large Svo, but only Vol. I., pp. 472, is as yet issued.
12f> Ancestry of General Richard Montgomery. [July?
the inscription preserved to us in William Montgomery's MSS. " Ilere fol-
lows his Epitaph, lately given Mee by Mr. Alex McCausland : —
•• Now Hee to Nature his last debt bequeaths
'• who, in his life, charged through a thousand Deaths.
''One man. y' have seldom seen on Stage to doe
''the Tails of Samwell & <>f Sampson too.
" fitt to convince, or Hen an Agag down
" feirce in his Arms. & Priestlike in liis gown.
•• These characters were due as all may see
" to our Divin, & brave montgomery.
"Now Judge with what a Courage will he rise
" when the last trumpet sounds y great Assize.
■' And for y grave stone
" By what here underlys you may conclude
" what ere he bee, how either great, or good ;
" nor might, nor meekness can from death secure us
" here lys a Parson utriusque Juris." '
Alexander and Margaret Montgomerie's children were —
10. i. John.
11. ii. William, of whom the only mention we have is in the will of his
brother. -
10. Major John* Montgomerie, of Croghan, was also active in the
fighting of his time. "The s'1 Mr. Alex" son, major John Montgomery,
"joy ned himself to our third Vise49 [Hugh Montgomerie] party, & was taken
" by \' usurpers soldiers; whose officers had ordered him to be putt to death,
"and he had been executed, had not the two Ladys montgomerys their re-
" quest intervened." His will was proved August 28, 1070, and in it he
directed bis body to be buried in the chancel of Lifford church ; it is sealed
with the llessilhead arms, bearing the letters A. M. on either side of the
crest, which is an arm and band grasping a sword or scimetar. This was
probably his father's seal. He leaves surviving him his wife and three sons
and seven daughters. 4
12. i. John.
13. ii. Alexander.
14. iii. Robert, of Anarea, Co. Monaghan, " ye youngest brother is stili a comet
"in y same Regim' & may gett a good fortune in warr or peace it he
" live." B He died in 1705, and was father of
15. i. Alexander, of Bessmount, had
10. i. Robert, d. before his father, leaving
17. i. Alexander.
18. ii. GEORGE, both of whom appear to have died before their grand-
father.
19. ii. Mary, m. Alex' Nixon of Nixon Hall, Co. Fermanagh, and their
descendants by her father's will assume the name and arms of Mont-
gomery, and are the Nixon-Montgomerys of Itessinovmt.
Samuel.
William, ancestor of the Montgomerys of Ballykeel House."
Robert.
George, of Drumvortagh, m. March 18, 1 T 41, Isabella, d. of James
Smyth of Ballymore, and d. Aug. 13, 170-1, leaving one son,
24. i. ROBERT, of Villa, Dromore, m. Aug. 14. 17<i!>. Sarah, d. of Samuel
Campbell of Largantamery, and d. July 3, 178!). His grandson is7
Vai oiian MONTGOMERY, Esqre, of Crilly House, Co. Donegal.
1 MSS.. L869, p. 392. a G. S. M.
3 MSS.. L869, p. 392. At the defeat of Lisnastrain, 1649.— Editor.
* G. S. M. B MSS. 1809, p. 393. 6 G. S. M.
7 MS. letter of V. M., April 19, 1869.
20.
ii.
21.
iii.
22.
iv.
23.
v.
1871.] Ancestry of General Richard Montgomery. 127
25. iv. Catharine.
26. v. NicnoLA.
27. vi. Rebecca.
28. vh. Margaret.
29. viii. Mary.
30. ix. Eliza.
31. x. Ann.
12. John aIoxtgomerie succeeded his father, and '-was a major of Dra-
" goons in Coll. Rob1 Echlins regiment. . . . lie was a Taal propper person ; as
"comely wthall as one shall see in a summers day." ' By his first wife he
left several children. "He was lately married to ye Lady moor (a great
" fortune) in Mounster, hut he died soon after." i But we have knowledge
only of two sons and a daughter.
32. i. JOHN, of whom nothing is known.3
33. ii. Col. Alexander had large estates, Convoy, etc., in Donegal, Ballyconnell
in Cavan, etc. He m. a d. of Henry Perry, Esq. , but left no children.
By his will, proved in 1729, he directed that Convoy and Ballyconnell
should not be united in one person, and that whoever inherited them
should take the name of Montgomery.4
34. iii. Margaret, m. Rev. George Leslie, D.D., of Clonreish. Their son George
assumed the name of Montgomery, becoming possessor of Ballyconnell,
but he left no heirs male.6 He was M.P. for Co. Cavan. •
13. Alexander Montgomerie, of Ballyleck, and was Colonel. He m.
Elizabeth, d. and h. of Col. Thomas Cole of Ballyleck, prior to 1096, and
d. March 25, 1722, leaving several children. It was probably early in
this century that Alexander and his cousins appear to have disused the
Hessilhcad "arms and have adopted the shield of the Montgomery arms,
as carried by the Earls of Eglinton, adding thereto, instead of the
Scottish crest, an arm in armor, the hand grasping a broken spear, and
for motto, instead of the Scottish " Garde bien," the words " Patriae infelici
fidelis."
35. i. TnoMAS.
30. ii. John, succeeded to Ballyleck. He was M.P. for Co. Monaghan, and com-
manded a regiment of horse, under Marlborough. He m. in 1722
Mary, d. of Dr. Cox, who was physician to Queen Mary ; she was
maid of honor to Queen Anne. He left three children.
37. i. John succeeded to Ballyleck ; was elected M.P. for Co. Monaghan Oct.
8. 1741, and died December following.
38. ii. Alexander, succeeded his brother in Ballyleck. He was a General of
Volunteers, and M.P. for Co. Monaghan for about 43 years. He
m., 1st, Dec. 23, 1746, Catharine, d. and co-h. of Col. Hugh Wil-
loughby Montgomery, of Carrow, M.P., Co. Monaghan, who was
descended from the first Viscount Montgomerie. By this marriage
he had
39. i. John, who succeeded to Ballyleck, M.P. for Monaghan, and Colonel
of the county militia. He m. the d. of Thos. Tipping, of Beau-
lieu, Co. Louth, by which that estate came into the family.
He d. 1797, leaving no children.
40. ii. Hugh, Colonel in Madras, where he d. 1794.
41. iii. Alexander.
42. iv. Mary.
43. v. Reverend Robert, succeeded to Ballyleck, and also m. a d. of Thos.
Tipping of Beaulieu, and d. Nov. 26, 1825, aged 72 years. His
second son was Captain Thomas Montgomery, R. N., who m.
1 MSS. 1869, p. 393. ■ Ibid. 3 G. S. M.
4 Ibid. b Ibid.
128 Ancestry of General Richard Montgomery. [July,
Nov. 28, 1815, Judith, Susannah, d. of Robert Montgomery of
Convoy (17) House, and d. April 28, lSfiO, aged 83 years; their
fourth son is GEORGE SAMUEL, who was born at Convoy House,
Dec. 2:!. 1820, is Major-General in the Bombay army, and Com-
panion of the Star of India. General Montgomery m. Sep. 7. 1854,
Letitia, d. of Rev. Chas. Gayer. Rector of Ventry and Dunnerlin,
Co. Kerry, and has. 1. THOMAS ROGER ARUNDEL GAYER; 2,
Charles Arnulpe Shrewsbury; ;!. Evelyn Fannie; 4, Salis-
bury Mabel.
Alexander m., secondly, Fleonora, d. and co-h. of Acheson Moore, of
Garvey, and his son
44. vi. Nathaniel, who assumed the name of Moore.
Alexander d. August, 1785.
45. iii. Alexander.
46. iv. Robert, of Brandrim, m. Sarah, d. 'of Robert Maxwell, of Falkland.
They had one son.
47. i. ROBERT, who succeeded to Convoy on the death of Alexander John (52).
lie built Convoy House, which was finished about 1807. He m., 1 7 7s,
Frances, d. of George Fraser, of Cuba House, Kings County, and d.
1833, leaving
48. i. ROBERT, who succeeded him, and in., June 10, 1811. Maria Frances,
d. of Alex. Stewart, Esq., of Ards, and whose son, Robert GEORGE,
is now of Convoy.
49. ii. Captain GEORGE, served at different times in the 18th and 20th Regi-
ments. He was at Maida, under Sir Ralph Abercrombie in i
and at Corunna. He m. Maria, d. of John Rutherford. Esq., and
emigrated to Canada, about 1840, with his family. His children,
Robert Rutherford, Alexander Joitn, John Rutherford,
George Peter, Frances Jane, Jeannette Julia, Georoiana.
Maria A.
50. iii. Alexander Richard, Captain in the 23d Regiment Royal Welsh
Fusileers ; was at Copenhagen, Badajos, Salamanca, etc. D. at
Convoy, May 15, 1863.
51. iv. JUDITH SUSANNA, m. Capt Thomas Montgomery, R. N., son of Rev.
Robert Montgomery (43), of Ballyleck. She d. May 22, 1809, aged
8U years.
35. Captain Thomas Montgomery, M.P. for Lifford. His wife's name
was Mary Franklyn. lie was for this marriage disinherited by bis father,
his brother John (36) succeeding to Ballyleck. Col. Alexander Mont-
gomery (33), of Convoy, left this estate by will to Thomas, but in a codicil
passes him over in favor of Alexander John (52), Thomas's eldest son. lie
lived :tt times in Kildare street, Dublin, Abbeyville, Co. Dublin, Arbour Hill,
and at Feltrim. His will is dated June 15, 1758; his eldest son being pro-
vided for, he leaves him a nominal legacy, and divides his property between
his three younger children. His wife's death is noticed in the Gentleman'' 's
Magazine, "April, 1758, in Kildare street, the wife of Captain Tliomas
Montgomery." Their three sons were considered the finest and handsomest
men of their day.'
52. i. Alexander John.
53. ii. John, was living at Lisbon, in 1776, as appears from a letter written him
by Chancellor Livingston under that address, announcing to him the ■
death of his brother Richard (54), at Quebec, dated in March, 1770.
54. iii. Ricn.\RD.
55. iv. SARAH, m. Charles, fourth Viscount Ranelagh. Richard, her brother, left
her a large estate. " My dear sister's large family want all I can spare.
I could wish to recommend one or two of her younger children to
my Janet's protection." The will is given in the Hwtor. Mag. vol. iii.
p.' 47, 18.31).
1 G. S. M.
1871.] Ancestry of General Richard Montgomery. 129
52. Alexander John Montgomery, of Convoy, which he inherited as
above. lie was a Captain in the 43d Regiment, and was at one time in
America, from which he returned on leave in 1749. He was M. P. for Co.
Donegal for 32 years, and voted against the Union. He d. September 29,
1800, aged 78, and was buried at Raphoe, where his tomb is.1 "The
" mother of the writer had seen Alexander Montgomery anil described him
" as a fine-looking, handsome man, very tall and stately, and most dignified
"and polite in his manners."2 He was a very remarkable man, strong in
frame and strong in will, and left a great name in Donegal, where he was
called " old Sandy." He was never married, and Convoy passed to his
cousin Robert (47) of Brandrim, to whom he devised it.
Chancellor Livingston wrote him, under date of February 3, 1176, to ap-
prise him of his brother's death, " an event which is here considered as a
" public calamity, and has plunged this family into the deepest affliction
" Your worthy brother and my best friend having been placed at the head
" of our armies, displayed abilities which even the partial fondness of his
" intimates dared not expect ; he distinguished himself as a soldier and a
" statesman As, Sir, I have not the pleasure of knowing your
" political sentiments, I am unable to say whether you will derive any con-
" solation from the manner of General Montgomery's death. Rut 1 most
" frankly confess that much as I loved him, I rather envy than lament an
" end which has secured to him the praise due to an able advocate for the
" rights of mankind, and that eternal glory that waits on great and worthy
" actions."
54. General Richard Montgomery was born December 2, 1736, not at
Convoy, as sometimes stated, but at Swords; Felt rim near Swords having
been a residence of different members of the family, and indeed at times of
Thomas Montgomery.3
The events leading to Richard Montgomery's design of coming to Ameri-
ca have always been involved in obscurity, but the following which I have
not before seen may give the whole clue to his emigration : •' You no doubt
'• will be surprised when I tell you I have taken the resolution of quitting
" the service and dedicating the rest of my life to husbandry, for which I have
" of late conceived a violent passion. A passion I am determined to indulge
" in, quitting the career of glory for the substantial comforts of independ-
" ence. My frequent disappointments with respect to preferment, the little
" prospect of future advancement to a man who has no friends able or
" willing to serve him, the mortification of seeing those of more interest
" getting before one, the little chance of having anything to do in the way
" of my profession, and that time of life approaching when rambling has no
" longer its charms, have confirmed me in the indulgence of my inclination.
" And as a man with little money cuts but a bad figure in this country among
" Peers, Nabobs, &c, <fcc, I have cast my eye on America, where my pride
" and poverty will be much more at their ease. This is an outline of my
" future plans." The tenor of this is borne out in a letter he wrote — one
of the last he ever penned — to his father in-law, Judge Livingston, who died
before the letter reached its address, at '• Headquarters before Quebec,
"December 16, 1775 Should my good fortune give me
1 G. S. M. 2 G. S. M.
3 This on the authority of Captain Alexander Montgomery, uncle of General
George S. Montgomery. G. S. M.
4 MS. Letter written to his cousin John Montgomery (39) of Bally leek, in the pos-
session of General George S. Montgomery.
9
130 Ancestry of General Richard Montgomery. [July,
" success, I shall as soon as possible return home. I have lost the ambition
" which once sweetened a military life — a sense of my duty is the only
" spring of action. I must leave the field to those who have a more powerful
" incentive. I think our affairs at present in so prosperous a situation, that
" I may venture to indulge myself in that sort of life which alone gives me
" pleasure. Should the scene change, I shall always be ready to contribute
"mv mite to the public safety." Alas! for him and for his adopted
countrv, what a change a fortnight brought to these bright dreams. But
yet the letter to his father-in-law betrays the cause of his failure in Quebec,
the force of which perhaps his unflinching spirit underestimated. " The
" unhappy passion for going home which prevails among the troops, has
" left me almost too weak to undertake the business I am about."
General Montgomery, soon after his coming to America in 1772, "laid out
" part of his money in" the purchase of a farm and house near King's Bridge,
" about thirteen miles from the city of New York. Upon this he erected
" a small fort, which was evacuated and has been ever since garrisoned by
" the British troops After your brother's marriage, having ac-
" quired a tract of land by my sister, he laid out a considerable sum of
" money in building a dwelling house and mills, which by his will were left '
" to his widow." ' This is Montgomery Place on the Hudson, now in the
possession of Mrs. T. P. Barton, who inherited it from her aunt, Mrs. Mont-
gomery.
Mrs" Montgomery kept up an intimate correspondence with members of
her husband's family in Ireland, and many years after his death paid them
a visit. There are many specimens of American trees at Convoy, the seed
of which it is said she sent over.2 She died in 1828, aged 85.
There is a very good portrait of the general at Beaulieu House,a photograph3
of which I have seen, and which when compared with that at Montgomery
Place, would make it appear that the latter was a copy of the former; he
must have sat for it at an earlier age than 36, the period of his coming to
America ; he is habited in a red coat, and had not yet resigned his commis-
sion in the British army.
General Montgomery left behind him but few memorials of his active
and eventful life ; those that have come to light have mostly all appeared in
the biographical notices already written of him. His correspondence was
sparse, but good ; time may yet collect many of his letters still in private
hands, and these, with other memorials which we hope are in store for the
curious inquirer, may at a future day be given by some lover of his memory
— and what American does not merit this claim ? — to the public.
Philadelphia, May 6, 1871.
^ ~»-~t»—
An Antique Record. — In the old church books of the First Baptist Church in
Stamford, Ct., is the following: antique record: "October 8, 1797. Died, at Nor -
walk, Sybil Whitehead, aged 116 years— a member of this church, baptized October
5, 1780, in the 99th year of her age. She lived at Norwalk, where she kept school,
and for years frequently came on horseback to Stamford (a distance of thirteen
miles from her home), to attend public worship— coming on Saturdays and return-
ing on Mondays. The last time she came to Stamford was in May, 1789, at which
time she was 1 09 years old. She then walked nine miles, and also returned on foot.
She was never married."
1 Letter of Chancellor Livingston to Viscount Ranelagh, dated Salisbury, Novem-
ber 2, 1777.
3 G. S. M. J Sent me by General George S. Montgomery.
•
1871.] The Gelston Family. 131
THE GELSTON FAMILY,
DESCENDANTS OF JUDGE HUGH GELSTON, OF SOUTHAMPTON, L. I.
[BY BENJAMIN W. DWIGHT, OP CLINTON, ONEIDA CO., N. Y. ']
Rev. Samuel Gelston and Judge Hugh Gelston-, brothers, emigrated
from Belfast, Ireland, and settled in Southampton, L. I. Rev. Samuel was
settled there as a Presbyterian clergyman for some ten years (1 71 7-27),
as colleague pastor with Rev. Joseph Whiting.2
But little is now known of their ancestry. It is a tradition in the family
that their father was a man of wealth, owned mills on the river of Belfast,
and bad a numerous family of sons, one of whom, Thomas, sailed on trad-
ing voyages in a vessel of his own. The family fled as refugees to Connec-
ticut, at the time of the occupation of Long Island, by the British, during
the Revolutionary War.
1. Judge Hugh Gelston, b. in Belfast, in 1697, came to Southampton
in 1717, where he became a merchant. In his later life he was, for
twenty-one years (1752-73), Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for
Suffolk Co., L. I., having been first appointed to that office when 55 years
old, in 1752, and reappointed, in 1764 and 1771, under the colonial govern-
ment. He was an Irish Presbyterian. He m. in 1 7 17, Mary Maltby,
b. about 169S (dau. of John Maltby, Jr.,3 of Southampton, L. I., and Su-
sannah Clark) ; she died July 23, 1737. He then m. for 2d wife Mrs. Mary
(widow of Francis) Pelletreau. She was the second wife of Mr. Pelletreau,
by whom she had a dau. Hannah Pelletreau, who m. Rev. Edward (son of
Rev. Sylvanus) White, of Southampton, L. I. She had with her also, at the
1 For the arrangement of this Genealogy, Prof. Dwight, is not responsible — it
having been arranged by the Publication Committee, in accordance with the system
which they have to request should be adopted by those who contribute Genealogies
for publication in the Record.
2 See Webster's Hist, of the, Presbyterian Church in America.
3 John Maltby, or Maltbie, with his brother William, came to New Haven, Ct. ,
about 1670, from Yorkshire, England, as is supposed — (N. E. Gen, Reg. xi. 201 ).
They had the rank of gentlemen, and were merchants. He m. about 1671, Mary
Bryan, of Milford, Ct., b. there in 1654 (dau. of Richard and gd-dau. of Hon.
Alexander B., who came from Ashton, Clinton Bucks, England). He died in 1070
— lost at sea, probably ; and his widow m. (2d) about 1680, Rev. Joseph Taylor, of
Southampton, who d. a?. 31, April 4, 1682. She m. (3d) Jan. 30, 1690, John
Howell, Jr., of Southampton, who d. Mch. 8, 1692, vs.. 44, leaving her a widow for
the third time, when but thirty-eight years old. Issue (by 1st husband John
Maltby): John, Jr., and Mary, b. in New Haven, June 1, 1673.
John, Jr., m. Susannah Clark. He d. at Southampton, June 27, 1706, a?. 33.
Issue: Mary, b. about 1698, m. Judge Hugh Gelston; Sarah, b. 1705, d. Sept. 8,
1723.
Mary, m. Dec. 5, 1689, Maj. Joseph Fordham, son of Rev. Robert, of South-
ampton {Thompsons Hist L. Z, 213); and their children were Mary, b. March
11, 1691; Joseph, b. Sept. 19, 1093; Phebe, b. July 22, 1696; Alexander, b. Oct.
3, 1700 ; John, b. Oct. 27, 1.703 ; Hannah, b. July 19, 1705.
William Maltby, brother of John, Sr., rem. to Branford, Ct., abt. 1672,
where he d. in 1710, 2d. 65. His first wife he m. probably in England. He m.
(2d) Abigail Bishop, b. at New Haven, Oct. 30, 1659 (dau. of Deputy Governor
James Bishop). Issue (by 1st wife) : Jane ; John ; Mary, b. in 1672 at New
Haven; William, b. at Branford, Ct., Jan. 9, 1673; Elizabeth, b. April 30, 1676;
Daniel, b. May 19, 1679. (By 2d wife, Abigail Bishop) ; Samuel, b. Aug. 9, 1693;
Jonathan, b. July 14, 1098.
132 The Gelston Family. [J*»ly,
time of In r second marriage, a child of her husband Pelletreau, by his first
wife, Iss ue: —
(lh/ 1st wife, Ufanry Maltby.)
2. i. Maby, 1). Jan. 19, 1718, d. untn. Oct. 9, 1740.
:;. ii. Susannah, b. March 38, 1721, m. CoL Josiah Smith, of Moriches, L. I.
4. iii. Maltby, b. March 20, 1723, of whom hereafter.
5. iv. Sarah, b. March 10, 1725, of whom hereafter.
6. v. Sami EL, b. March 34, 1727. of whom hereafter.
7 vi. Jam:, b. April L3, 1729, of whom hereafter.
8. vii. HUGH, b. July lit. L730, d. .May 1'.). 1734.
9. viii. John, b. July 17, L732, .1. Feb. 26, 1734.
10. ix. Thomas, b. .Slay 15, 17:!4. «1. April 1. L752.
11. x. Hugh (2d), b. Sept. 13, 1735, of whom hereafter.
(7/// 2<l wife, Mrs. Mcvry PeUetreau.)
12. xi. MABY (2d), b. Aug. 10, 1746, of whom hereafter.
1:5. xii. JEBUSHA, b. Aug. 28, 1748, of whom hereafter.
14. xiii. Thomas Chatpield, b. , d. x. 16 years.
4. Maltby Gelston, m. Mary , wasa fanner in Bridgehampton, L. I. ;
deacon in the Congregational Church, and much esteemed as a
peacemaker. He d. Sept. 22, 1783. She d. Feb. 28, 1785. Issue : —
David, b. July 7, 1744, of whom hereafter.
Elizabeth, b. Nov. 3, 1746 ; m. David Pierson, of Sag Harbor, L. I.
Jam:, b. Aug. 9, 1748, of whom hereafter.
John, b. Aug. 1, 1750, of whom hereafter.
Thomas, b. Apl. 7, 1752, of whom hereafter.
HUGH, b. Nov. 19, 1754, m. Puah (dau. of David) Corwith, of Bridge-
hampton. He was a merchant at Sag Harbor, L. I. and d. , without
issue, Apl. 26, 1828.
William, b. Sept. 3, 1756, of whom hereafter.
MABY, b. July 3. 1758, m. (1st) James Green, mariner, of East Haddam,
Ct., who was lost at sea ; (2d) Caleb Rogers, of Bridgehampton.
23. ix. Abigail, b. Sept. 28, 1763, d. Jan. 2, 1781.
5. Sarah Gelston, became the second wife of Elias Pelletreau, Dec. 29,
1748. He was the son of Francis P., and Mary Osborne ; was b. May
31, 1726, and was a farmer at Southampton, L. I. He had by his
first wife a dau. Hannah, b. Nov. 12, 1735, who m. in 1757, Rev.
Edward White, and d. March 1, 1810. She d. April 14, 1784.
Issue .' —
24. i. Jane, b. May 13, 1750 ; m. Judge Pliny Hillyer, of Ct.
25. ii. Fkancis. b. May 15. 1752 ; d. Sept. 2i). 1765.
26. iii. John, b. July 29, 1755, of whom hereafter.
27. iv. Elias, b. Aug. 29, 1757.
28. v. Hugh, b. Nov. 25, 1762 ; d. July 30, 1771.
0. Samukl Gelston, M.D., m. Oliver, of Boston, and resided at Nan-
tucket, Mass. — was a physician. Letters of inquiry directed to his
descendants have received no response.
[Miss Winifred Gelston Coffin, of Nantucket, is believed to be one of
his granddaughters. She m. May 1, 1838, Henry Lewis Day, of Ravenna,
Ohio, who was b. Dec. 22, 1814! Issue.— Henrietta Gelston, b. July 8,
1S39 ; Henry Lewis, b. May 6, 1841 ; Roland Gelston, b. May 13, 1843.]
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7. Jane Gelston, m. June 1, 175:?, Rev. Joseph Strong. He was
b. March 19, 1*728-9 (son of Capt. Joseph Strong, of Coventry,
Ct. and Elizabeth, who was dau. of Preserved Strong and Tabitha
Lee of Coventry ) ; grad. Yale, in 1740; became first pastor of Gran-
by, Ct. (1752-79); Chaplain in the Revolutionary Army
(1780) ; pastor at Williamsburgh, .Mass. (1781-1803), and d. at
Goshen, Mass., Jan. 1, 1803. Mrs. Strong d. Sept. 21, 1811, ge. 82.
Issue : —
"29. i. Jane, b. Oct. 5, 1754. m. 1779. Rev. Reuben Holcombe. He wasb. Feb.
11. 1752, son of Reuben H. , of Simsbury, Ct., and Susannah, dau. of
Seth Hayes; grad. Yale, 1774; settled at Sterling, Mass. . for 35 vrs.
(1779-1814); Mrs. Holcombe d. April 11, 1822, se. 0(1.' Issue:—
Susan, b. and d. 1780-1.
30. ii. JOSEPH, b. April 7, 1756, of whom hereafter.
31. iii. GELSTON, b. Nov. 15, 1758, m. 1782, Deborab Rowe, of Granby, Ct., b.
April 8, 1754 (dau. of Abijah 11., and Deborah Forward); lived in
Granbv and Williamsburgh, Mass. ; was a farmer and speculator in
stocks ; d. in 1804; she d. Sept. 30, 1808. Had 8 children.
32. iv. Elizabeth, b. April 27, 1760, m. (1st) Lathrop Mayhew, of Williams-
burgh, Mass.; m. (2d) Sherebiah Butts, of So. Hadley; both farmers ;
had 3 child, by 1st husband. She d. Feb. 13, 184!).
33. v. Mart, b. May 24, 1762, m., Oct. 11, 1781, Perez (son of Roger and Ann)
Clapp, of Southampton, Mass., b. June 14, 1757 ; merch. and taverner
at Southampton ; 7 children. He d. April 4, 1818 ; she d. Oct. 31 . 1802.
34. vi. William, b. January 11, 1766, m. Oct. 14, 1792. Rhoda (dau. of John)
Skinner, of Hartford, farmer at Williamsburgh, Mass. ; had 6 child.
He d. April 8. 1849. She d. April 11, 1853.
35. vii. Hannah, b. March 19, 1768, m. Dec. 30, 1790, Seth Dwight, of Williams-
burgh, Mass., b. Dec. 15, 1769 (son of Josiah D. and Tabitha Bigelow),
a merchant at W. , and afterwards at Utica and Buffalo, N. Y. , where
he d. April 31, 825. She died at Utica, April 15, 1813. They had 7
child. , one of -whom was the celebrated Rev. Dr. Harrison Gray Otis
Dwight, of Constantinople. Mr. Seth Dwight m. (2d) Susan, wid. of
Caspar Hewson, of Albany, 1ST. Y.
36. viii. SUSANNAH, b. March 18, 1770, m. May 5, 1793, Thomas Mayhew. 1).
Nov. 12, 1767 (son of Payne M., of Charlemont, Mass., and Margaret
Wass), a merch. at Williamsburgh, Mass., where he d. March 26, 1843,
and she d. Sept. 12. 1842 ; had 5 children.
37. ix. Sarah Pelletreau, b. Sept. 11, d. Sept. 24, 1772.
11. Hugh Gelston, m. (1st) Nov. 1763, Phebe Howell, b. :n 1739 (dan.
of David and Phebe Howell). Shed. Sept. 18, 1772, and he m.
(2d) Nov., 1773. Mary Foster, 1>. in 17:10 (dau. of Hachaliah F. and
Mary Culver). She d. April, 1803; he d. Dec. 1, 1815, at Sher-
1 Mr. Holcombe adopted two children — one his own nephew, the other a niece of
bis wife, viz. :
I. Augustine Holcombe. b. January 31, 1797 (son of Nahum H. and Rebecca
Moore), who m., June 1, 1825. Lucy Bush. b. March 30, 1794 (dau. of
Col. Jotham B., of Boylston, Mass., and Mary Taylor, of Northboro',
Mass.) ; was a farmer and fruitgrower in Sterling, Mass., and d. May
11, 1837. Mrs. H. then m. Rev. Bancroft Fowler, of Greenfield, N.
H. She d. Oct. 3, 1854. and he in 1856. Ixxite /—Five children, who
all died in childhood, except William Frederic HOLCOMBE, M.D.,
b. in Sterling. Mass., Apl. 2, 1827; m. Nov. 16, 1852, .Margaret Wan-
zer (dau. of Moses W. , and Sarah Aiken, of Sherman, Ct.), and is an
oculist and aurist in New York City ; no issue.
II. Delia Jane (dau. of Seth Dwight, of Williamsburgh, Mass., and Hannah
Strong, his wife.) She m., January 1, 1817, Rev. John White, of Ded-
ham, Mass. (Unitarian).
124 TJk (,','f.sfo// Family. [J"ly^
man, Ct., where he lived, after ] 80G, having previously !>oen a farm-
er at Southampton, L. I. Issue (by 1st wife, Phebe Howell): —
38. i. Maltby, b. July 17, 1776, of whom hereafter.
12. Mary Gelston, m. in 1774 Dr. Israel Ashley, Jr., of Wcstfield, Mass.,
b.June 15, 174 7 (son of Dr. Israel A., and Margaret Moseley, of West-
field), who d. March 14, 1814. She d. March 31, 1816. " Issue:—
39. i. Israel Gelston, b. Aug-. 13, 1776, d. May 29, 1800.
40. ii. Mary, b. Aug-. 21, 1778, of whom hereafter.
41. iii. MARGARET, b. Nov. 11. 1780, of whom hereafter.
42. iv. Harriet, b. 1 783, in. Jesse Farnham ; no issue. She d. April 2, 1855.
43. v. THOMAS, b. March 16, 1787, of whom hereafter.
13. Jercsha Ctelston, m. (1st) Capt. Howell, of Portland, Me., and
(2d) Capt. Thomas Sandford, also of Portland. She was a member
of Rev. Edward Payson's Church. She d. at Springfield, Mass., Jan..
1837. Her two husbands were sea-captains. Issue: —
(By 1st husband, Howell.)
44. i. Francis, b. March 30, 1769.
(By 2d husband, Thomas Sandford.)
45. ii. Mary, b. July 8, 1774.
46. iii. SOPHIA, b. March 13, 1776.
47. iv. Frances, b. July 28, 1778.
48. v. Thomas Gelston, b. Jan. 17, 1781, of whom hereafter.
49. vi. Laura, b. May 20. 17s:!.
50. vii. Delia, b. March 23, 1786.
51. viii. Nathaniel, b. April 29, 1788; d. at Brookline, Mass., July, 1821.
15. David Gelston, m. Phebe (dau. of John) Mitchell, of Bridgeharnpton,
L. I., and was for many years Collector of the Port of New York,
and a member of the State Legislature. He was also sent by the
Provincial Congress of New York as a delegate to the Governor of
Connecticut to solicit him for one thousand of the Connecticut
Militia to defend Long Island, in August, 1770. He d. August 21,
1828. Issue: —
52. i. Phebe.
17. Jane Gelston, m. "David Sayre, of Bridgehampton, L. I., about 1770.
lie was son of Benjamin (b. in 1706 and d. 1790), and was b. May
1, 1747 ; was a farmer and carpenter. He d. Sept. 11, 1830. She
d. Jan. 4, 1832. Issue: —
53. i. STEPHEN, b. March 9, 1772. m. Sophia Eysam. He was a farmer and
mi reliant at Bridgehampton, L. 1., and d. July 2, 1822. Ismt : —
Mary, Fanny, David. "William, and Caroline.
Gelston, b. Oct. 28, 1773 ; d. Jan. 27, 1786.
Elizabeth, b. June 10. 1775; d. Oct. 31, 1831.
MARY, b. Jan. 8, d. Jan. 10, 1778.
Phebe, b. Sept. 24. 1779; d. Dec. 4, 178:;.
Jam;, b. Dec. 6, 1781.
Fb \n< 'is, b. Jan. 5, 1784, m. Feb. 15, 1810, Susan (dau. of Capt. George)
Taylor, of Cats-kill, N. Y. He was a tin and stove merchant at C. ,
and an ;ictive Christian ; enjoyed a hale and hearty old age. He was
the fireman on board the first steamboat on which Robert Fulton went
up the North Paver, and the writer has heard him describe the comical
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experiences of that trip. He d. in 18G8, 83. 84. Mrs. Sayre d. Oct.
5, 1861. Issue : — Jane, Sophia, .lames Maltby, Samuel Penfield,
Mary, who m. Charles B. Pinckney, of Catskill.
CO. viii. Maltby Gelston, b. May 5, 1786; a shipmaster; d. unmarried at St.
Catharine's, W. I., Dec. 10, 1825, when homeward bound on a whaling
voyage.
61. ix. PnEBE (2d), b. Aug. 2, 1787 (living, 1871), at Bridgehampton. L. I.,
probably.
62. x. David, b. Aug. 5, 1789 ; d. Sept. 29, 1792.
63. xi. Hugh, b. Apl. 15, 1791 ; d. Oct. 11, 1793.
18. John Gelston m. (1st) Phebc (wid. of Nathan) Morehouse, nee Fos-
ter; (2d) Phebe Herrick, of Southampton, L. I. He cL 1831.
Issue : —
64. i. John, b. at East Haddam, Ct., June, 24, 1779, d. July 22, of same year.
19. Thomas Gelston, m. Mary (dan. of David) Corwith, of Bridgehamp-
ton, L. I. Issue : —
65. i. Sarah.
66. ii. Bichard, had three children.
67 hi Laura, who m. Capt. Jeremiah Ludlow, a sea captain of Bridgehampton,
L. I.
68. iv. Thomas, a merchant at St. Louis, Mo.
69. v. Leander, a merchant at St. Louis, Mo.
21. William Gelston m. in July, 1781, Scena Sears (dau. of Matthew S.
and Martha Warner), who was b. July 11, 1760. He was a farmer
at East Haddam, Ct., and d. June 24, 1840. She d. Mch. 7,
1S46. Issue: —
70. i. Abigail, b. Sept. 3, 1781, m. Joseph Sluman Brainerd (son of Amasa B.,
and Jedidiah Osborne), b. Sept. 5. 1776, and a resident of New York City.
He d. inE. Haddam.Ct., Dec. 24, 1840. No issue.
71. ii. Matilda, m. Timothy Wright, Jan. 10, 1821. No issue.
72. iii. Larissa, m. Welles, of East Haddam, Ct. No issue.
73. iv. William, Jr.,m. Oct. 21,1821, Lucy Bigelow( dau. of John B. , and Temper-
ance Spencer), b. Sept. 10, 1798. He was a farmer at East Haddam,
Ct. Issue : — Larissa, Abby Ann, whom. Henry E. West of New Lon-
don, Ct. ; Maltby, a jeweller in New York City ; Mary Jane, John Bige-
low, and Lucy. .
74. v. Hugh, b. June 8, 1789 ; d. Sept. 30, 1790.
75. vi. Huon (2d) b. Aug. 30, 1794; m. Rebecca Durham, of Baltimore, Md.,
where he resided.
76. vii. Maltby, b. Nov. 23, 1797; d. at Charleston, S. C, Mch. 23, 1828.
77. viii. Richard D. b. June 21. 1800; m. Sept. 16, 1821, Carile D. Palmer, b.
Dec. 17, 1802 (dau. of William P., of East Haddam, Ct., and Dorothy
Smith).
78. ix. Henry, b. Feb. 26, 1803, m. in 1832, Ann M. Howell; merchant, of New
York City. Issue: — Helen, Emma A., Jessie, William.
79. x. George Sears, b. Aug. 13, 1805, m. Minell; resides at Fort Ham-
ilton, N. Y.
26. John Pelletreau, m. April 9, 1785, Mary (dau. of Dr. William)
Smith. She d. Dec. 2, 1817. He d. Aug. 26, 1822. Issue:—
80. i. William Smith, born June 8, 1786, m. (1st") May 23, 1810. Nancy (dau. of
David) MacMe ; m. (2d) June 26, 1834, Elizabeth (dau. of Col. Isaac)
Wells, of Westfield, Mass. Hed. Mch. 15, 1842. Issue .-—Albert, George,
Jane, who m. Lyman Lewis ; Mary Smith, Gilbert, Hugh Gelston.
Alexander, Mary Gelston, Francis, Helen, William Smith. George
Wells.
136 The Gelston Family. [July,
81. ii. Nathaniel, b. Sept. 18, 1787, d. Jan'y 5, L823
82. iii. Sarah, b. July !!>. L789, d-Apl. 15, 1839.
83. iv. Charles, V.. Dec. 1!'. 1791, d,Feb. 27, 1863.
84. v. Edwin, 1,. Jan. 11. 1T!).">, ,1. [840.
85. vi. John Smith, b. Feb. 15, 1804, d. Dec. 1,1824.
30. (Rev.) Joseph Strong, grad. Yale, 1784; in. ATav 20, 17\86, Sophia
Woodbridge, 1.. Oct. 16, 1761 (dau. of Rev. John W. of So. Hadley,
Ma>s., and Martha ( 'lark, pre\ iously widow of I >aniel Strong, of North-
ampton, Mass.) ; and was settled at Heath, Mass. (1790-Ib03),andat
Eastbury, Ct. (1806-17); and preached at Preble, K Y. He d.
Dec. 19', 1823, She d. June 27, 1832. Issue :—
86. i. (Hon.) Joseph, 1>. Aug-. 28, 1787 ; farmer at S,.. Eadley Mass., several
years member of Mass. Legislature ; ami after 1830, a miller at Roches-
ter, N. Y. where he d. Aug. 1847. No issue.
87. ii. (Prof.) Theodore (LL. D.), b. July 20. 1790; grad. Yale. 1812; Prof. , of
Math., at Hamilton College, N. Y. (1816-27) and at Rutgers College, N.
J. (1827-62); d.Feb. 1,1869. Had seven children.
88. iii. Sophia Woodbridge, b. Jan. 1,1793; m. May 7, 1825, Benj. Woolsey
Dwight, M.D., b. Feb. 10, 1780 (son of Pres. Timothy Dwight, of Yale
College, and Mary Woolsey, dau. of Benjamin Woolsey Jr. , of Dosoris,
L. I. ), grad. at Yale, lTD'.l ; a physician, afterwards a hardware merchant
at Cats-kill, X. Y. (1817-31), and after April, 1831, a farmer at Clinton,
Oneida Co., N. Y., where he was also Treasurer of Hamilton College
( 1 83 1 - 50), and where he d. May 18, 1850. She d. Dec. 3, 1861. They
had six children.
89. iv. WOODBRIDGE (M.D.), b. Aug. 24, 1794; grad. Yale, 1815, physician in
Boston. Mass., for over 40 years, where he d. March 29, 18(31. He m.
twice, and had but one child — who d. early.
90. v. (Hoii.)Maltby (M.D.), b. Nov. 24, 1796, grad. Yale, 1819, resides at
Rochester, N. Y. Has been Mayor of that city. No issue.
91. vi. Elbridge, b. June 13, 1798, d. July 31, 1800.
92. vii. DELIA, b. May 18, 1800, m. Oct. 1, 1822, Prof. Charles Avery, LL.D., b.
July 29, 1795 (son of Gardner A., of Munson, Mass.. and Amy Newell)
who grad. at Hamilton College, N. Y., in 1820; was Prof, of Chemistry
there, etc. (1834-69.) Had seven children.
93. viii. Horatio Elbridge, b. May 19, 1802, d. Jan. 24, 1803.
94. ix. Amanda, b. Jan. 12, 1804, m. March 7, 1826, Dr. Stephen Yan. Rensselaer
Bogart, b. March 14, 1804, (son of John B., of Albany, and Christiana
Yought), a physician at Geneva, N. Y. , and for over 25 years at "the
•Sailors' Snug Harbor," at Staten Island, N. Y. Had ten children.1
38. (Rev.) Maltby Gelston, grad. Yale, 1791 ; studied theology with
Rev. Dr. Jonathan Edwards, at New Haven, Ct. ; preached at W.
Granville, .Mass. ; Roxbury, Ct. ; and AY. Rupert, Vt. ; and was
installed at Sherman, Ct., April 26, 1797, on "a salary of £100 and
a few cords of wood." For some years he was the only officer of
the church, performing the duties of both pastor and deacon. He
m. July 17, 1798, Jane Mills Bord well, b. Apl. 24, 1773 (dau. of
Rev. Jbel B. of Kent, Ct, and Jane Mills). She d. Apl. 20, 1S50,
and he d. Dec. 15, 1856 ; a man of feeble constitution, but of regu-
lar and energetic habits of body. During his ministry of forty-five
years, two hundred and forty-nine persons were added to the church.
He was held in high esteem as a presiding* officer and counsellor in
ecclesiastical meetings. Issue: —
1 For an extended account of the Strong descendants of Hugh Gelst i m, see llixt<>nj
of Descendants <>f Elder John Strong, <>f Northampton, Mass., by Benjamin 11"
Dwight — now passing throgh the press under the care of Joel Munsell, of Albany,
N. Y.
1871.] The Gelston Family. 137
95. i. (Dea.) Hugh. b. Dec. 17. 1799 ; m. May 21, 1828, Cornelia Gaylord, b.
Feb. 28, 1803 (dau. of David G., and Armida GiddingS, of New Mil-
ford. Ct.); a farmer at Sherman, Ct. Issue:— Mary Eliza; Jane
Armida ; Betsy, who m. Ferris Leach, of Sherman ; Paulina Wildman ;
Maltby Gaylor.
96. ii. Betsy, b. Mch. 7, 1801, m. Dec. 27, 1831, Hiram Fairchild, a farmer at
Brookfield, Ct. Issue /—Sidney Hawley ; Sarah Lucia ; Eliza
Gelston.
97. iii. Piiebe, b. Sept. 15, 1803 ; m. Dec. 11, 1821, James Addison Totter, of
Lansing, Mich. She d. Apl. 29, 1841. Issue /—Clark ; Addison ; Malt-
by Gelston ; Maltby ; Betsy ; George Washington ; Henry Martin ;
James Addison ; Phebe Jane.
98. iv. (Rev.) Maltby, b. Apl. 30, 1805; grad. Yale, 1827 ; ord. June 8, 1831,
resides at Ann Arbor, Mich. Hem. Oct. 20, 1834, Marcia H. Merwin.
/,s,„ .-—Antoinette Brackett ; Adelaide Merwin; Gratia Mary ; Sarah
Grefen ; Joseph Maltby ; Joseph Mills ; Henry Wisewell.
99 v. Jane. b. Feb. 7, 1808; m. Sept. 18, 1827, Daniel Waldo Northrap. M.D.,
of Sherman, Ct., b. March G. 1802 ; grad. Yale 1825 (son of Levi N.,
and Abigail Cable). Issue .-—Charlotte, who m. Nelson William
Northrop.
100. vi. Mary, b. May 3, 1812 ; m. March 1, 1864, Samuel Curtiss Conn, of Kent,
Ct. , a druggist.
101. vii. (Rev.) Mills Bordwell, b. Aug. 27, 1817 ; grad. Yale, 1843, and at
N. H. Theol. Sem., 1846 ; a Presbyterian clergyman at Naples, N. Y.
(since 1855), and previously (1847-55) at Albion, Mich. He m. Sept.
10. 1851, Caroline Elizabeth Fanning, b. January 3, 1827 (dau. of
William and Catherine F. ) Issue :— Mary Catharine ; William Fan-
ning ; Anna Bordwell ; Arthur Mills ; Caroline Louise.
40. Mary Ashley, m. June 15, 1800, Hon. Elijah Bates, of Westfield,
Mass., b. July 27, 1770 (s. of Nathaniel B. of Granville, Mass., and
Hannah Church). She d. July 10, 1845, and he d. Feb. 4, 1850.
He was a lawyer — at one time" State Senator, and, in later life, a
farmer. He was grad. at Yale in 1794. Issue : —
102. i. William Gelston, b. Nov. 17, 1803 ; m. Oct. 30, 1830, Jane Pelletreau
Ashley, of Sheffield, Mass., b. Jan. 21, 1808. She was dau. of Maj.
Wm. Ashley (son of Gen'l John, and grands, of Col. John A. ) and
Jane Hillver, whose mother was Jane Pelletreau, dau. of Elias and
Sally Pelletreau, of L. I. He resides at Westfield, Mass. Issue .-—8
child.— one of whom, Jane, m. James C. Greenough, a teacher at
Westfield.
103. ii. Mary AsnLEY, b. May 29, 1809 ; m. Horatio Lane Warner, of Shef-
field, Mass., b. Dec. 10, 1795, trader and manuf. at Waterloo, N. Y.,
where he d. Issue : — Margaret.
104. iii. Henry Webster, b. July 25, 1811, m. Dec. 14, 1836, Elizabeth R.
Everughim ; m. (2d) Augusta Concklin. of Rensselaerville, N. Y., is
a merchant in New York City. Issue {by his 1st wife, Elizabeth):—
Joseph Delaplaine.
41. Margaret Ashley, m. Jan. 20, 1805, Lyman Lewis, b. Apl. 17, 1776
(son of Samuel L., of Plymouth,- Ct., and Sarah Curtis) ; merchant at
Westfield, Mass., where 'be d. Oct, 26, 1822. She d. Nov. 18, 1833.
Issue : —
105. i. Israel AsnLEY, b. Dec 12, 1805, d. Apl. 5,1831, a merchant at West-
field.
106. ii. Henry, b. Sept. 18. 1807, d. MarchS. 1827.
107. iii. Lyman, b. May 2. 1801, m. (1st) Oct. 7, 1855, Jane Pelletreau, of South-
hampton, L. I. Shed. May 27, 1842. He was a merchant at N. Y.
Citv, and Westfield, Mass., and m. (2d) June 13, 1843, Jeanette
Wells, of Greenfield, Mass. Issue .-—Margaret Ashley, who m. Jason
110.
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R. Hanna, of Rahway, N. J. ; Lyman ; Elizabeth Mackie : Jane Pelle-
treau ; Samuel Ciapp.
108. iv. F™»jiM^b. June 23, 1812 ; d. Jan. 7, 1842; a merchant in New
109. v. Mary Gelston b. Sept. 13, 1815 ; m. Aug. 30, 1843, Robert (son of
fSm&A ■) ' ° Plttefield> Mass., was a wool dealer. He d. Jan.
14, 1864. Issue /—Cornelia Gelston ; Robert Ashley ; Margaret Claim
Thomas Asm ey, b. March 25, 1818, m. July 20, 1841, Maria Seymour,
of Hadley, Mass. Issue :— Maria S. ; Thomas A. ; Orville B • Fred-
enck ; Henry S. ; Charles B.
43. Thomas Ashley, m. Dolly Celestia (dau. of Maj. Matthew) Ives, b.
Dee. 6, 1800. Is a merchant and banker at Westfield, Mass
Issue : —
111. i. Thomas, Jr., b. Apl. 26, 1836. Is a merchant at Bloomington, 111 Issue r
— George W. ; Lucy T.
112. ii. Sarah Hale, b. Apl. 26, 1841 ; m. Sept. 11, 1861, Geo. R, Whitman,
a merchant in Chicago, 111.
113. iii. Lucy Thorpe, b. Feb. 6, 1844.
114. iv. Susan Celestia, b. June 14, 1848.
48. Thomas Gelston Sandford, m. Maria Halsey Head, of Warren, Mass.,
who was b. Apl. 22, 1796 ; resided in Topsham, Me. He d Feb
15, 1832. She d. Feb. 9, 1831. Issue:—
115. i. James Head, b. Aug. 13, 1814; m. (1st) Dorothy Y. Burton ; m. [2d]
Arabella ; resides in Mazeppa, Minn. Issue (by 1st wife Dorothy) •
—James and Edward T. (twins), b. Aug. 23, 1840— (the latter a
captain m First D. C. Cavalry in war of the Civil Rebellion) ; (by second
wife, Arabella) : George Dwight.
116. ii. Thomas Hovey, b. Apl. 11, 1816 ; m. May 3, 1854, as his second wife,
Eleonora Waller Head, of Portland, Me., b. Jan. 11, 1832 (who was
dau. of James H. and Jerusha Gelston Dwight, the dau. of James
Scutt D., of Boston, and his wife Mary Sandford)— and by her had
Issue .-—Edith Dwight ; Frederick Swift ; Parker Bovd
11/. in. Francis Head, b. Nov. 12,1817.
118. iv. William, b. June 30, 1819 ; drowned July 4, 1827
119. v. Joseph Head, b. Sept. 17, 1820.
120. vi. Gelston, b. Oct. 12, 1826, drowned Nov. 30, 1837.
121. vii. Maria Head, b. Dec. 30, 1829.
52. Phebe Gelston, hi. Nicoll Floyd, of Mastic, L. I. (son of Gen. Wm.
F. of M., one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and
Hannah Jones). Issue : —
122. i. William, m. Julia Wolcott.
123. ii. David Gelston.
124. iii. Augustus.
125. iv. JohnG.; a member of Congress ; m. Sarah (dau. of Gen. S.) Kirkland,
126. v. Catharine F., d. early.
127. vi. Julia, m. Dr. Edward Delafield, of New York City.
128. vii. Mary, m. John Ireland, of New York City.
(Note. The name Gelston is often corrupted into Gilson, and those who bear this
name anywhere in the land, are believed to be descendants, almost wholly
of Rev. Samuel Gelston, brother of Judge Hugh Gelston.)
1871.] Ancient Dutch Families. 139
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT DUTCH
FAMILIES OF NEW YORK.
[By Jonathan Pearson, M.D.]
TELLER OP ALBANY AND NEW YORK.
(First three Generations.)
Willem Teller, the first settler, merchant of New York, aged about
78 years, in a deposition made July 6, 1698, said that he arrived in this
province in the year 1639, was sent to Fort Orange by Governor Kieft;
served there as corporal, and was then advanced to be Wachtmeeter of the
Fort; that he had continued his residence at Albany from 1G39 till 1692,
with some small intermissions upon voyages to New York, Delaware, and one
short voyage to Holland. He was a'trader for about 50 years in Albany,
from whence he removed to New York, in 1692, and continued in business
there till his death in 1701. In his will made Mar. 19, 1698, proved 1701,
he spoke of but six of his nine children, as then living, viz. : Andries, Hele-
na, Elisabeth, Willem, Johannes, and Jannetie, and though a prosperous
merchant, the inventory of his property amounted only to £910 10s. 2d.
There is reason to believe, however, that he had distributed most of his es-
tate among his children before his death. He was one of the early
proprietors of Schenectady in 1062, though he never resided there perma-
nently, and one of the five Patentees mentioned in the first Patent of
the town in 1684. His first wife Margaret Donchesen died before
1664, in which year he made a marriage contract with Maria Verlett, widow
of Pa'ulus Schrick. She died in 1 702, when an inventory of her estate was
made, amounting to £1,275 12s. 9d. His children were, Andries, born
1642 ; Helena, born 1645 ; Maria, born 1648 ; Elisabeth, born 1652 ; Jacob,
born 1655; Willem, born 1657, and Johannes, born 1659; the following
were his children by the second wife, Caspar and Jannetie. Eight of these
are known to have married and had families as follows:
Andries Teller, merchant, served as magistrate for several years in Al-
bany before his removal to New York; made his will Dec. 16, 1702, in
which he spoke of his children Margaret and Andries ; he died in 1703. He
married Sophia, daughter of Oloff Stephense Van Cortlandt, May 6, 1671, in
New York, and had'ckildren, Margarita, Andries, and Oliver Stephen, bap-
tised Nov. 29, 1685 in Albany. Of these two sons, Andries died near the
time of his father's death, leaving a son, Andries, who died in 1730, leaving
a widow, Mary, and daughter, Catharina ; Oliver married Cornelia De Pey-
ster, Oct. 12, 1712, in New York, and had a son, Johannes, and two daugh-
Helena Teller [eldest daughter of Willem Teller, senior], married first
Cornells Bogardus, son of the noted Anneke Janse, and had one son, Cor-
nells, who married Rachel DeWitt, and died in 1707. After the death of
her first husband in 1666, Helena Teller remained a widow until 1683, when
she married Francis Rombouts, a merchant of New York.
Maria Teller married Pieter Van Alen, trader of Albany, about 1667.
He owned a bouwerv at Kinderhoek, and died January, 1674, leaving two
sons, Johannes taud* Willem. After his death his widow married
Lookermans in 1676.
Elizabeth Teller married, first, Abraham Van Tricht, of Albany, by
whom she had two daughters, Magdalena, baptized Oct, 21, 1683, wife of
140 Ancient Dutch. Families. [July,
Abraham Lansing; and Helena, baptized May 30, 1086. On the 29th
June, 1692, she becamethe wife of Melgert Wynantee Vanderpoel, widower
ofAriaantje Verplanck, by whom she had two children, Willem and
Anaantje.
-I U30B Teller, merchant, in 1684 was master of the sloop Hopewell, run-
mngrrom New York to Esopus. I., 1686 he was living in Whitehall stmt
N ew ^York He married Christina Wessels, Oct. 24, 1683, by whom he
bad two children, both baptized in NTew York; Willem, Dec 22, L689 and
Anna Margarita, Aug. 1, L694. In his will, made Aug. 6, 1696, he spoke
only of his wife, and daughter Anna; his widow Christina made her will
kept. 17, 1698.
Willem Teller, junior, merchant, resided i„ Albany until his marriage
when be removed to New York, lie made his will June 5, 1710, spoke of
i,ls *«e,eld.es1 son Willem, Johannes, Jacobus and one daughter, not
named. He married Rachel Kierstede, Nov. 19, 1686 in New York The
following children were baptized there : Margarita, Aug. 17,1687- Willem
Sept. 1, 1G89; Willem, Dec. 25,1690; Hans, Mar. 1-.', 1093; Margariet!
Feb. 2,1696; Jacobus, Ap. 18, 1699; Audries, Jan. 25, 1702; Jacobus,
Auo-. 29, 1703. '
Johannes Teller was a farmer at Schenectady. At the time of the
burning of the village, in 1690, he and a negro servant were carried away
captive by the French and Indians, and in consideration that he was much
reduced m property by that event, his father conveyed to him on the 20th
ot June, 1700, a house-lot and his lands in Schenectady. lie made his
will on the 25th of May, ] 725, in which he spoke of sons Johannes,
W Mem, and Jacob, and daughters Margaret, wife of Jacob Schermerhorn ;
Mana, wife of Abraham (den, and Annatie, wife of Harmanus Vedder
He married Susanna Wendel of Albany, Aug. 18, 1086, and had the fol-
lowing- children, baptized in Schenectady: Johannes (?), Market a Feb
19, 1693; Willem, Oct, 4, 1695; Jacobus, July 15, 1698 ;' Maria, Dec.
25, 1700; Anna, Feb. 20, 1704. '
Caspar, the eighth child of Willem Teller, wasprobablv deceased in 1698
when he made his will.
Jannetie or Jenkeke Teller married, Nov. 26, 1684, Arent, the fourth
son of Col Philip Pieterse Schuyler, and Margarita Van Slichtenhorst, of
A bany. He was a trader, and about the year 1695 removed from Albany
and was admitted freeman of New York City; perhaps he afterwards set-
tled on Second River, N. J. The following children were baptized in
Albany: Margareta, Sept. 27, 1685; Philippus, Sept. 11, 1687; Maria
Oct. 6, 1689; Judik, Mar. 13, 1692; after his removal the following were
baptized in New York: Casparus, May 5, 1695 ; Wilhelmus, June 2, 1700.
STAATS.
(The First Three Generations in Albany County.)
Major Abram Staats (Staes) came to Rensselaerswyck in 1642 ; in 1643
he became one of the council of the colony. His profession was that of a
surgeon, but he soon entered into trade, planting, and freighting between
New York and Albany. He dealt largely in real estate in Albany and
owned a plantation in Claverack. I lis house-lot was a portion of the present
Exchange block, fronting on Broadway. His wife was Catrina Jochemse.
[Daughter of Jochem Wesselse ?] lie died before 1701, leaving four sons,
Jacob, Abraham, Samuel and Jochem.
1871.] Wev^ Fork Marriage Licenses. Ill
Jochem Staats married Antic Barentse, daughter of Barent Reyndertse;
she died in L707. The following children were baptized in Albany: Barent,
Trvntie, Jan. 7, 1685; Isaac, Jan. 15,1688; Tryntie, Sept 8 1689 died
Ap 1703 ; Isaac, June 28, 169! ; Reynier, baptized in New \ ork, 29 July,
1696; Richard, bapt. in New York, Aug. 10, L696; Isaac, bapt. in Albany,
July 20, 1701 ; Elizabeth, bapt. in New York, June 18, 1712. _
Samuel Staats was a physician, and settled in New York, but is said to
have retired to Holland, on the surrender of the Province to the English in
1664 where he remained until the accession of the Prince of Orange to the
English throne. On his return to New York, about 1688, he entered hear-
tily into the politics of the day, and became a partisan of Leisler, and one
of his council. He died about 1715. The name of his first wife is not
known; his second wife was Catharine Hawarden, married m New York
May 7 1709 In 1703 he had nine children; only the four following are
recorded in the Dutch church of New York: Catalina, bapt. June 16, 1689J
\nna Elisabeth, Dec. 21, 1690; Johanna, Jan. 31, 1694; Try ntje, Ap. 5. 169 J
J vcon Staats, the eldest son of Major Staats, was a surgeon, and practised
his profession in Albany. In 16P0 he was commissioned Justice of the
Peace- in 1698 he was surgeon to the garrison in Albany; at one time he
was master of a sloop plying between New York and Albany. His wife
Rycke died in Sept. 1 709. It is not known that he left any children.
Abraham Staats, born in 1665, settled on a farm in Claverack. He mar-
ried Elsie Wendel, daughter of Johannes Wendel, of Albany, July 3, 1696.
He made his will 24 Sept., 1 731— proved Jan. 30, 1739-40 The following
children, baptized in the Albany church, were living at the date of his will:
Abraham, bapt. May 30, 1697; Maria, Oct. 23, 1698; Abraham, July 28
1700, "non compos" in 1731; Catharina, Nov. 1, 1702; Johannes, Sept.
24 1704; Sara, June 2, 1706; Isaac, Sept, 26, 1708; Jacob, Oct. 7, 1711,
d. Feb. 16, 1735; Elizabeth, Jan. 4, 1713; Joachim, May 20, 1/16; Elsje,
June 30, 1718; Samuel. , , M ,, r
Parent Staats, of the manor of Rensselaerswyck, married Neeltie ber-
ritse Vandea Bergh Dec. 1 5, 1701. The following children were baptized
in the Albany church: Joachim, May 3, 1702; Anna, Pec. 2-1, 1703; An-
aantie, May 13, 1706; Catharina, Dec. 12, 1708; Geertruy, Mar. ll,jjllj
Jannetie, Feb. 22, 1713; Joachim, Sep. 15, 1717; leuntie, Mar. 20, 1/20;
Gen-it, June 3, 1722; Elizabeth, Oct, 3, 1725.
Isaac Staats, of Albany, married Maria Van Denser l June 23 1728.
Children baptized in Albany; Joachim, Ap. 20, 1729; Elizabeth Ap. 16,
1731 ; Anna, Oct. 22, 1733 ; Willem, May 2, 1736 ; Parent, June 3, 1739 ;
Heudrick, Sept. 20, 1741.
NEW YORK MARRIAGE LICENSES.
[Contributed by E. B. O'Caxlaghan, M.D.J
These licenses are recorded in the old books of record in the Surrogate's
office, New York City.
1692.
November 19. Stephen Vallou and Mary Gallais.
December 16. Abraham Ketteltas and Antie Boelen.
1693.
January 18. Marcus Lafort and Hester Richards.
142
New York Marriage Lieenses.
[July,
L693
February
March
April
June
August
September
October
1609.
August
July
August
14.
15.
18.
18.
29.
81.
September 24.
29.
1700.
February 14.
1701.
August
16
25
8. Andrew Groves and Jane Boyle.
20. Michael Bourthier and Mary English.
20. Benjamin Norwood and Cornelia Van Clyff.
20. John Van Hoorn and Cathrina Meyhi.
22. John Macky and Jane Persons.
25. John Finch and Hester Davis.
10. Henry Kemble and Catharine Baker.
10. Cornelius Vielle and Catharine Bogardus.
14. Michael Greenham and Mary Davis.
28. John Wicken and Kathrine Fredricksen.
7. John Hope and [sabel Allin.
20. John Peterson and Hannah Gerritse.
26. George Anderson and Elizth Stevenson.
27. Charles Sleigh and Sarah Purrington.
17. John Chambers (butcher) and Mary Drummond.
4. William Burch and Hanna Robinson.
4. Roger Baker and Mary WalHngton.
18. Richard Potter and Kathrine Reay.
27. DirckAdolph and Ariaentie Kierstead.
10. Benj. Phips and Hannah Dean.
18. John Anthony and Elizth Geritse.
23. Meyndert Schuyler and Rachel Cuvler.
25. HenryckSymonse and Ariaentie Samuell.
9. Henry Roof and Marg1 Coulylie.
4. Lodwyck Vander Burgh and Effey Ten Broeck.
— Benj" Funeile and Anna Du Boy.
George Cornwell and Aim Merchant.
Richard Gleave and Hai> Philip.
David Denham and Mary Elslev.
Alexander Steuard and Cornelia Depbeyster.
Richard Thome and Phebe Denton.
Adam Ball andElizth Collins.
Richard Lawrence and Charity Gierke.
John White and Cornelia Vander Burgh.
Peter Bert on and Elizabeth Arcbambeau.
9. Adriaen Mans and
Robert Hooper and Mrs. Sarah Graham.
Francis Van Dyke and Fyche Direcks.
Arthur Willis and Joanna Carr.
Peter Biljan and Maria Brean.
John Battler and Sarah
29
September 15
15
October 2. Ferdinand Ravaud and Mary
3
12.
25.
27.
William Dorton and Prudence Shelston.
Kiliaen Van Renselaer and Maria Van Cortlandt.
George Maynard and Isabella Willson.
Barent Staats and Nieltje Gerrets.
Thomas Cockling and Deborah Smith.
William Van Xewenhuvsen and Elizabeth De Haert.
1871.]
Ulster County Papers.
143
ULSTER COUNTY PAPERS.
[From the "Tomlinson Collection," by the courtesy of A. M. Palmer. Librarian, Mercantile Library, N. T.]
No. I.— A Lyst of patents Granted from y' 5th December 1GGG to the 8th September
1709 to Sundry persons In the County of Ulster, In the province of New lark. '
Quit Rent Reserved, Location, etc.
Hurley.
A Lott.
A Lett.
A Lott.
West side of a Piece of Land
Granted to the New Village.
Hurley.
Hurley.
Hurley.
Hurley.
Hurley.
Hurley.
Corner Lott.
Hurley.
this Land Included In Cham-
bers Confirmation Dated the
28th Octo. 1686— Called the
Lordship or Mannor of Fox-
hall.
this Included as above Said,
do.
do.
In the Manor of Foxhall.
this Included in the Mannor
pattent.
Now Whitaker's Land.
Near unto the New Village.
do.
a house In "Wildwyck.
for keeping a horse mill for the
use of the Towne.
this Included in his Manor of
Foxhall.
part Included in the Manor of
Foxhall. Error for Hurley.2
1709 to S
und>\
/ persons In the County c
Date of Patent.
Name of Grantee.
1666
December
5.
Jeronemus Ebbing.
1667.
February
6.
do.
u
9.
do.
((
9.
do.
April
15.
Thomas Hall and
Petrus Byard.
«
15.
Thomas Hall and
Albert Haymense.
<i
15.
Nicholas Varlett and
Thomas Hall.
u
23.
Philip Schuyler.
(«
25.
Gosen Gerretsen.
u
29.
Jan Tomesen.
May
4.
Volkert Janse.
M
7.
Lewis D'Bois.
it
7.
do.
i ((
21.
Thomas Chambers.
June
21.
21.
21.
23.
23.
29.
11.
17.
18.
18.
27.
28.
do.
do.
do.
Margriet Hendriekse Chil-
dren.
Thomas Chambers.
Jurian "Westfall.
Jan D Weve (?)
Anthony Crispell.
Mathys Blanjan.
do.
Thomas Chambers.
Cornells Wynkoop.
1 This list of patents is written on eight large-sized folio sheets of paper, and was
probably made out soon after the last date given, September 8, 1709. The remarks
appended as to location, etc., are generally written by a different person. When no
rent is mentioned, it is said to be " Such Dutys and Acknowledgements as now are
or here after Shall be Established."
2 The words "Error for Hurley," are in a different handwriting.
1U
Ulster Count// Papers.
[July,
Date of Fatent.
1667.
July 23.
" 23.
Name of Grantee.
Cornells Barrentse.
Roeloff Swartwoudt.
23.
do.
August
5.
Lambert Huybertse.
u
10.
Mrs. Anne Brodhead.
1668
April
'l7.
Evert Pells.
May
27.
Widow & Relict of Jacob
Hap.
a
27.
Tbc Children of Jacob Hap.
June
23.
George Hall
July
6.
Lambert Huybertse.
i<
16.
Hendrik Jochimse.
a
16.
Svveer Teunisson.
a
16.
do.
a
16.
Pieter Hellebrants
16. Roeleff Swartwoudt.
July 31.
October 8.
19.
19.
November 2.
1609.
August 13.
Edward Whitaker and
Tbomas Mathews.
Barrent Kunst.
Petius Stuyvesant.
Adrian Huybertse.
Walran D' Monti.
Evert Pels.
Mynheere Stuyvesant.
Quit Kent Reserved, Location, etc.
Hurley.
this Ground Included In a Pat-
tent of Wessle Ten Broeck
Dated the 2J Goto. 1676,
ami Afterward Included In
Ten Broecks Confirmation
Dated the 11 of Octo. 1787.1
Hurley.
Wildwyck — this Supposed the
Same for 2 parcells of Swart-
wout Included as above said.
Hurley.
Marbletown.
Wildwyck.
No Rent, this Included In the
Confirmation of Walrand Du
Mont Dated the 9th Nov.
1685.
do. do.
House Lott.
Hurley.
Calves Pasture. Aert Martin-
sen.
House Lott.
House Lott.
Over against the Calves Pas-
ture.
2 Lotts. 1 to the South of
Lewis Du Bois, to the North
of Thomas Harmson. A
Lott without the Palesadoes.
Hurley.
for 2 Lotts. One Lott In-
cluded In the Confirmation
of Wessle Ten broeck, Dated
the 11 Octo. 1687.
Hurley.
this Included In a Confirma-
mation of Edw. Whittaker,
Dated 4th of Novb. 1685.
Strand. Rent 1 bu. wheat.
No Rent, this Included In
the Confirmation of Wessle
Ten broeck, Dated 11 Octo.
1687.
1 These notes have had the pen run through them, and the word " Hurley" writ-
ten by a different hand.
1871.]
Ulster County Papers.
145
Date of Patent. Name of Grantee.
1670.
March 3. Edward Whitaker.
July
1. Cristen Maund.
1675.
October 15. Pieter Cornel iese.
" 15. George Hall.
15. do.
Cl
15.
a
15,
a
15.
M
26.
U
26.
1676.
October
2
John Biggs.
John Matty sen.
Cornells Hooghboora.
Heymen Albertse Kosa.
Albert Haymense.
William Asforby.
2. Anthony Addison.
2. Ffrederick Hussev.
2. Lieut. George Hall.
2. Mathys Mattysen.
2. Wessell Ten Broeck.
2. John Kirton.
November 20. Troopers Esopus.
" 20. Samuel Leet.
;' 20. William Nottingham.
" 20. Thomas Kirton!
1677.
September 29.
Mathys Jansen and
Dirk Janse Shepmoes.
" 29.
Lewis D' Bois & partners.
October 8.
John Williamsen.
" 8.
Wessell Ten Broek.
Quit Rent Reserved, Location, etc.
No Rent. Corner Lott of
Ground.
Rent 1 bu. wheat. Assigned
to Ffrederick Hussev.
No Rent. Mill.
Rent ^ bu. wheat. A Pasture.
A Swampy Marsh Ground
Eward of Kingston, bound-
ed by Wessle Ten broeg.
Rent i bu. wheat. Christ".
Tappens house & part of
Joannah De Laet. Alis Hul-
ters pattent.
^ bu. wheat.
4- bu. wheat.
1 bu. wheat.
1 bu. wheat.
1 bu. wheat.
Brick yard.
Hurley.
Hurley.
1 bu. wheat.
1 bu. wheat. Meadow Ground
Redout Creek, about the
fall, three Sides thereof to-
ward the hills.
1 bu. wheat.
1 bu. wheat. Below Kingston,
a Meadow 72 Acres.
1 bu. wheat, this Land In-
cluded In the Confirmation
of his bearing Date the 1 1th
Octo. 1687.
1 bu. wheat. Butterfield to
to the S.W. of Marbletown.
Conts 28 acres.
Invalid.
1 bu. wheat.
" " Below Kingston.
5 bu. wheat.
1 bu. wheat.
J " this Land Included
In the Confirmation of Said
Ten broeck bearing Date the
11th Octo. 1687.
10
146
Ulster Comity Papers.
[July,
Date of Patent
1077.
October
Name of Grantee.
1680.
March
8. Troopers.
Jacob Ruttgers.
Joost Adriansen.
8. George Hall.
8. Tjerck Claesen (DeWitt).
8. Claes Teunisson.
5. George Davis.
" 25.
July 21.
November 16.
December 30.
" 30.
" 30.
Adrian Gerretsen.
Ffrederick Husey.
Thomas Chambers.
Quit Rent Reserved, Location, etc. .(J
bu. -wheat. the one Sixth
of this Included In the Con-
firmation of Ten broeck
aforesaid,
bu. wheat.
bu. wheat. Count}7 House
and a Certaine Lott for a
Pasture beyond the Mill
Dam or Creek. Lott No. 3
Containing about 6 acres,
bu. wheat.
bu. wheat. Now Nicholas De
Mayer,
bu. wheat.
bu. wheat. Island Called
Minisinck and a Streak of
Land on the South Side of
the Ronndout Creek.
bu. wheat.
bu. wheat. Strand &c.
bu. wheat, this Included In
his Manor of Foxhall, Dated
Octo. 20th 1686.
Henry Bat em an and Com-
pany. 1 bu. wheat
William D' Meyer and Com-
pany. \
bu. wheat,
North Side.
Plattskill &c.
Capt. Stephanus Cortlandt
and the heirs and Adminis-
trators of George Davis. \
bu. wheat.
1684.
March
6.
Lambert Iluybertse.
2 bu. wheat
a
29.
Leendert Beekwyke.
3 bu. wheat
1685.
November
4.
Edward Whitaker.
2 bu. wheat
«
9.
AValran Dumond.
H "
u
19.
Anne Beeck and her
dren.
Chi
i-
4 «
1686.
March
17.
Frederick Hussey and Con
i-
pany.
20 "
April
23.
Jacob Mil borne,
1 Shilling.
«
26.
Hendrick Ten Eyck.
£ bu. wheat
u
26.
Henry Beekman.
6 "
July
29.
Lewis D' Boye.
1 "
August
26.
William Harris.
3
«
26.
Thomas Tunison Quick.
2 "
«.
26.
Jacob Rutsen.
5
1871.]
Ulster County Papers.
147
Date of Patent.
Name of Grantee.
Quit Rent Reserved, Location, etc.
1686.
September 10.
John Spragg.
1
u
11.
James Graham and
John Delavall.
6
a
" 11.
Gvsbert Groom.
1
u
October —
William Fisher.
7 bu
. wheat.
U
Anne Garton.
1
a
u 03.
Henry Pawling.
1
u
" 28.
Thomas Chambers.
5
Called Foxhall.
Now, CoL Abm Gaasbeck
Chambers.
" 28.
John Jooste.
2 bu.
wheat.
" '-'8.
Wyntie Albertse.
2
a
" 28.
Gerret Gysbertse.
1
U
1687.
February 22.
Thomas Loyd.
2
u
" " 23.
Nicholas Anthony.
3
a
" 23.
Pieter Winne.
1
u
March 1 4.
Roeleff Hendricksie.
4
u
« 21.
John Cock.
i
a
April 21.
John Eltin.
|
«
May 23.
Cornelis Hooghboom.
l
" House Lott &c.
" 31.
George Meales and Com-
pany.
8
a.
19.
Kingston.
104 bu. wheat and 1 shilling.
June 27.
Gysbert Cornelise.
1 bu.
wheat.
October 11.
Wessell Ten broeg (Broeck).
3
a
25.
John Delavall.
2
u
" 25.
John Knight.
2
u
168S.
June 2.
Lewis D' Bois.
4
it
July 30.
Jochim Staats.
2
a
1692.
January 9.
Thomas Fullerton.
4
a
1693.
November 7.
Anthony Crispell.
4 Shillings.
1694.
March 1 5.
John Ward.
4
a
it a
Hendrik Cornelise Bogard.
10
tt
May 14.
Tyirck Claesen De Witt.
18
a
August 23.
Charles Brodhead.
One
pepper corne.
September 13.
John Van Campen & Co.
48 shillings.
" 20.
Geertruy Bruyn.
16
n
October 12.
John Van Campen & Co.
48
a
" 26.
John Hamell.
4
a
1695.
August 15.
Martha Asht'ordbie.
3
a
1696.
November 2.
Elizabeth Peacock.
8
a
1697.
September 8.
Claes Luyler.
9
a
148
Ulster County Papers.
[July,
Quit Rent Reserved, Location, etc.
Date of Patent. Name of Grantee.
1701.
April 13. David Provoost & Company. 5 Pounds.
" " Robert Sanders & Company, 3 " 15 shilling.
1703.
June 11. Sovervn Ten Houdt. 10 shillings.
25. Rochester. 30 "
" " Marbletowne. 30 "
" " Johannes Hardenbergh &
Company. 3 Pounds.
" " Cornells Cool. 12 shillings.
1709.
September 8. Peter Mathews, William
Chambers, William Davis
(100 acres). 2 shillings & 6 pence.
No. II. — Agreement relative to the working of a Lend Mine in Rochester Totcnship. '
" This Indenture of Agreement made the twenty eth day of May in the third
" year of the Keigne of our Soveraigne Lord George the Second by the Grace
" of God of Great Brittaine Ffrance and Ireland Defender of the faith &c.
" And of the year of our Lord Christ one thousand seven hundred and
" thirty, Witnesseth that Whereas Antbony Rutgers, Cadwallader Coldenr
" Cornelis Hornebeek, Lodewick Hornebeek, Albert Pawling, Gilbert Liv-
" ingston, Jan Roosevelt, Petrus Rutgers, Jan Schoonmaker and Gerardus
" Hardenberg owners and proprietors of a Certaine mine lying and being in
" the Township of Rochester, near a place Called Nepenagh, have agreed to
" work the said mine at the Joynt Charge of the said owners in the follow-
" ing proportions according to the shares they have in said mine " * * *
each of the above-named persons had one-ninth share, with the exception of
the two last, who had each one-eighteenth share. They further agree to
meet on the first Tuesday of every month to adjust accounts, <fec, the first
meeting "to be at the house of Cornelis de Witt In the said Towne of
" Rochester on the first Tuesday in the month of July next." Each of the
above-named owners, the two last being counted as one. to pay the ninth
part of all expenses and charges, and to receive the same proportion of net
profits. At the meetings the voice of the majority to rule, and the vote by
proxy allowed. " And it is further agreed that the owners and proprietors
" aforesaid that in case any one Shall Neglect or Refuse to pay his propor-
" tion of the money ordered as aforesaid for three months, then notice Shall
"be Given him by two Credible persons of such Neglect * * * and if
" not then paid, Publick Notice Shall be Given by a writing affixed on the
" Court house at Kingston and on the City hall of the City of New York
" that such a persons Share of said Mine is to be Sold by publick outcry on
" Such a day at Kingston, Provided that the time of sale be not less than
" Six Weeks after the demand made as aforesaid * * * and that the
"time of such Sale shall not be in months of December, January, Febru-
" ary and March."
' This Agreement is written on four sheets of large-sized quarto paper, and covers
five sides of the same . It is in a good state of preservation, well written, and the
signatures plain and distinct.
1871.] Dutchess County Papers. 149
The agreement then provides that if any of the parties neglect or refuse
to pay his proportion of the charges for one month, he shall he charged at
the rate of one per cent, per month, this interest to be paid to the person
who advances the money required.
" And the Said owners do agree Each to pay five pounds for one-ninth part,
"and So in proportion for a Smaller or a greater share towards Carrying on
"the work of the Said mine till the first Tuesday in July next which sums
" of five pounds Shall be paid to Capt. Cornelis Hornebeek. * * * It
" is the true Intent and meaning of these presents is that when any of the
" owners is diffident in his payment the other owners shall take his Share
" of the oar that is allready digged or shall be digged at the time of such
" difficiency at the Rate of fifteen pounds per Tun if none of the owners
" offer more for it."
All accounts to be kept in a proper book by the person in charge of the
mine and rendered at the monthly meetings, the owners to have access to
such book of accounts at all times.
"And that this agreement shall be Lodged in the hands of Coll. Abraham
" Gaasbeck Chambers not to be delivered to any person without the consent
" of all the owners above written."
Here follow the signatures of the ten proprietors, excepting those of
Petrus Rutgers and Johu Roosevelt, which were affixed by Anthony Rutgers
as their attorney. The witnesses to the several signatures were Henry Rowe,
Job Compton, Jacob Van de Willeger, and Thomas Thong. The seals used are
all alike, and are merely the impression on wax of a coin of Queen Anne. On
the 8th of July, 1730 (probably the first meeting provided for above), an
additional article of agreement was added to and endorsed upon the original
document. It beginsas follows: "Whereas it may be apprehended that the
" heirs or assigns of the Late Coll. Jacob Rutsen and others may Commence
" a Suit in Law or take Some method to get possession of the Lead mine
"now in the possession of the within named proprietors" * * * they agree
each with the other to defend their rights by " all lawful ways and means"
against any claims advanced by heirs of the late Coll. Rutsen or those of the
late Lewis Bevier. each paying their share of expenses of such proceedings.
The witnesses were Jacobus Van de Willager, Thomas Thong, Hendrick
Van Weyeu and Cornelis de lameter.
On the same date, July 8, 1730, Cornelis Hornebeek assigned to Gerardus
Hardenberg one-half of his ninth part of interest in the mine.
DUTCHESS COUNTY PAPERS.
[From the Tomllnson Collection.]
Poll List for Poughkeepsie Precinct in Dutchess County, taken on
April 29, 1783.
[This election was for two Senators for what was termed the " Middle
District," and for seven members of the Assembly. The successful candi-
dates appear to have been, for Senators, Jacobus Swartwout to succeed
Zephaniah Piatt, and Joseph Gasherie to succeed Thomas Palmer; these two
gentlemen being elected by a large majority over their respective opponents,
Cornelius Humphreys and Johannes Snyder. For the Assembly, Dirck
Brinckerhoff, Jonathan Dennis, Anthony Hoffman, Cornelius Humphreys,
150
Dutchess County Papers.
[July,
Ebenezer Hosted, Matthew Patterson, and Thomas Storm, were elected.
We proceed to give the poll list arranged in alphabetical order.]
Gulian Ackerman, Farmer.
Nicholas N. Anthony, "
Isaac Balding, Jr., "
George Balding, "
John Bailey, Esquire.
Nathan Bailey, Farmer.
David Barclay, Barber.
Lancaster Burling, Shipwright.
John Boerum, Farmer.
Johannes Brie, Turner.
John Copeman, Wheelwright.
Samuel Curry, Blacksmith.
Ezekial Coupar, Joyner.
Philip Cooper, "
Samuel Cook, Surgeon.
William Cook, Innholder.
Lewis Dubois, Esquire.
Peter Deyo, Farmer.
James Douglas, Barber.
Evans Deane, Farmer.
Thomas Dering, "
Richard Everitt, Gentleman.
Clear Everitt, Esquire.
Johannes Fort, Farmer.
Abraham Fort, "
John Freer, Esquire.
Abraham Freer, Farmer.
Simeon Freer, Jr., "
Jacobus Freer, "
Michael Gerry, "
Jacob Griffin, "
Davis Hunt, Joyner.
Stephen Hams, Cordwainer.
William Hyer, "
Thomas Henderson, Mariner.
Charles Hoffman, Farmer.
Udny Hay, Esquire.
Henry Kipp, Farmer.
Simon Lawson, "
James Lusky, "
Jacobus Latsom, "
Henry Livingston, Esquire.
James Livingston, Esquire.
Peter And. Lawson, Farmer.
Gilbert Livingston, Esquire.
Leonard Lewis, Farmer.
John P. Lawson, Farmer.
Henry Livingston, Jr., Farmer.
Simeon Ler<>y, "
Jacob Low, "
Peter Low, "
Malcom McEwen, Plummer.
\\ "mes Manny, Mason er.
Henry Mott, Carpenter.
John Moss, Farmer.
Robert Noxon, Physician.
Zephaniah Piatt, Esquire.
Henry Pelty, Farmer.
John Palmateer, Cordwainer.
Thomas Pinkney, Farmer.
Ezekial Pinkney, Carpenter.
Francis Pelty, Farmer.
David Reynolds, "
Isaac Rom en e, "
John Record, Joyner.
Simon Schermerhorne, Mariner.
Johannes Swartwout, Brewer.
BarnardusT. Swartwout, Farmer.
Abraham Slegth, Jr., "
Richard Snedeker, Esquire.
Joseph Scott, Farmer.
Ralph Thurman, Jr., Merchant.
Samuel Tridor, Mariner.
Frederick Tobias, Farmer.
Peter Tappen, Physician.
Jacobus Van Kleeck, Farmer,
Peter P. Van Kleek, "
Garret Van Vliet, "
Cornelius Velie, "
John Van Kleeck, Esquire.
Myndert Van Der Bogart, Farmer.
Peter Van Bramer, "
Jacob Van Bunscoten, "
Matthew Van Keuren, "
Henry Van Blerkum, "
Francis Van Der Bogart, Wever.
Frederick Van Vliet, Farmer.
James Winans, Mariner.
John Wiltsie, Farmer.
Moses Williams, Millwright.
Melancton L. Wolsey, Gentleman.
Michael Welding, Farmer.
Poughkeepsie, April 29, 1783. We the Subscribers, Inspectors of the
Election for Senators for the Middle District of this State, and Members of
Assembly for the County of Dutchess, held this day agreeable to an Act of
1871.] The Vail Family. 151
the Legislature entitled to regulate Elections within this State, passed the
27th March, 1778, do certify the above Poll List for two members of the
Senate for the middle district and members of the Assembly to be just and
true.
Jacobus Frear, Peter Tappen,
Peter Low, Abm. Fort. ^ Inspectors.
Gelevn Ackerman.
THE VAIL FAMILY.
[Contributed by C. B. Moore, Esq.]
Mr. Alfred Vail, the genealogist, of Morristown, N. J.,b. 1807, by his
own account, was a son of Stephen Vail, b. 1780, and Bethea Youngs, his
1st wife, a grandson of Davis Vail, b. 1756, and Hannah Moore his wife, a
great-grandson of Thomas Vail, b. 1720, and Sarah Davis his wife, and a
great-great-grandson of John Vail, b. 1685, and Martha Fitz Randolph his
wife.
Of John's father he had not the Christian name; but John's mother,
named Elizabeth, b. 1657, married a 2d husband, Gach, and a 3d
husband, John Griffith, and she d. in 1747. This known ancestor John
Vail had brothers, Samuel, the eldest, Arthur and Thomas ; and sisters, Martha
and Mary. He removed from Westchester Co., when young, to Woodbridge,
N. J., became a preacher among the Friends, and died there in 1774, leaving
a large family of children.
Mr. Alfred Vail learning this about his immediate progenitors, endeavor-
ed to find the ancestry, and to trace the descendants of John. He wrote
letters for information, got copies of wills and registries, and became earnest
and energetic in his inquiries.
Presently, dividing the Vails into classes from localities, he sought to
trace all of the name. He found the labor of writing and answering numer-
ous letters burdensome. Persons to whom he wrote, if they answered at
all, often sought more information than they gave. In 1852 he sent out a
printed circular, asking 36 questions, very detailed and specific. The 35th
was, " what is the common tradition in regard to your remote ancestors ? "
and the 36th — the best one — was a very full inquiry for records, deeds, wills,
and documents. In 1854 he sent another circular, called his 3d Edition,
in which he reduced the questions to 19, deemed by him necessary to com-
plete the account of a single family, father, mother, etc. He continued af-
terwards to send this form. It had no date. In that year he sent also his
own pedigree so far as ascertained, and a long printed circular explaining
his plan and course. He also printed and circulated, gratis, copies of the
earliest wills found, and extracts from records. This was very neatly done,
and was attractive and useful.
Doubtless he received in return a mass of ill-digested reports, crudely
gathered and not very reliable, but which, by careful arrangement and sys-
tem, might prove valuable. It was his part to do this, but his work was
never completed. His health failed. His family and friends found him so
earnest and enthusiastic that they took him to be a monomaniac. He was
obliged to desist, and presently died. Of his gatherings we have no further
152 The Vail Family. [July,
account. Some efforts to find them have failed. In their absence another
may have to go over the same ground.
There was a John Vail, who in 1682 was a resident of Westchester Co.,
and who d. about 1684. He left a widow, Eunice, to whom letters of
administration were granted. See Lib. A. N. V. ]>. 55.
There was also a Samuel Vail, who, with Eliza his wife, conveyed land in
Westchester Co. in 1688. He might have been the father of John, the
known ancestor of Alfred.
Two wills of Jeremiah Vail, both of Southold, L. I., one in 1722, the
other in 1748, were found and published by Alfred. Neither of these wills
mentioned any son John, and Alfred (as many others have) failed to find
the older wills. But among these there has since been found the will of
Jeremiah Vail, Senior, apparently the first settler, dated in ] 685 and proved
in 1G87, who had several sons, John and Daniel being named in the will.
Some traces of persons removing from Southold to Westchester Co. are
very distinct. Nathaniel More, a son of the first Thomas More of Southold,
married Sarah, a dau. of the first Jeremiah Vail of Southold, and went
with others to Westchester Co. at an early date. He had a house and land
there, but he returned to Southold and died, leaving a will under which the
house and land in Westchester Co. were sold by his Exrs. These facts and
the like, aid in arriving at a full trace of the family.
No remote genealogy is to ever be deemed perfect. But it seems a mis-
fortune that Mr. Alfred Vail after all his efforts, was baffled, and did not dis-
cover this early will, nor complete his work. It will be but a fair return
for his gratis publications in aid of others, to publish this in our Record. The
wife's name, " Joyce," is supposed to identify this Jeremiah, Senr, as the one
who came from Salem, Mass., to Southold about 1650, and who had a dau.
Abigail, baptized at Salem 18 May, 1645; a dau. Sarah, baptized 1647
(who mar. N. More), and a son Jeremiah baptized there 30 December, 1649,
who also came to Southold and settled and died there. As the evidence
now stands, it seems probable that he was the common ancestor of the
Vails of America. The name was spelt Vale, Veal, Veyl, Vail, or Vale, very
indiscriminately.
The WiU.
Southold December 4 1685
In the name of God Amen
I Jeremy Veale sen an inhabitant of the toune of Southold in ye County of Suffolk
being at this time in bodly health praysed be god for it do make and declare these
presents to be my last will and Testament as followeth
Imps I comitt my soule at its departure out of my body into ye hands of my
Redeemer Jesus Christ and my body when dead to ye grave In Assured hope of its
Ressurection at ye last day and as for my temporal! estate My Just Debts and
funerall charges being payd I doe give and bequeath as followeth first I give to my son
John Vale and his heyres and assigns forever my dwelling house withall ye out houses
thereunto belonging together withall the home land that are within fence and two
acres of meadow in the old field and one acre of upland in said field and half of one
first lot at Carchauge and one lott of townd Comonage also I give him all my house-
hold goods and Movabls whatsoever and all my stock of cattle sheep horses and swine
Reserving to my beloved wife Joyce vale the full thirds of all these premises during
her naturall Life —
2'ly I give to my son Daniell veale and to his heyres and assigns that piece of
home land without fence butting upon John paynes land to the southwestward of it
and soe lying between the two highways together with a first lott of towne Comon-
age and the other half of the lott at Carchaug
1871.] Benedict Arnold. . 153
31y I give to Jeremy Foster the son of Joseph Foster of Southampton one first
lott at Carchauge lying to ye Westward of that lott I have given to my son John
and Daniell to him the said Jeremy Foster his heyres and asignes forever
41y I give to my well beloved friend & neighbour Thomas Tustan of Southhold
above said and to his heyres and assigns forever one second lott of meadow contain-
ing two acres or aboutes more or less in Carchauge divition bounded to ye Southward
by Richard Benjamins meaddow and the East side by fort neck and to ye North ward
running to a highway near a hill called brook hill all which meadow with all the
branches running out of it and a hole of meadow a little distant from it on the
East towards fort neck
ultimo : I constitute and make my son John veale sole executor of this my last
will and testament.
In witness whereof I doe hereunto sett my hande and seale
Signed before us witnesses 1
Joshua Hobart
Jeremy 1 vale [ye seale]
John Payne j hig mark
Thomas Mapes Jr J
the afores'1 will was presented to ye Courte of Ses-
sions now sitting at Southold for the County of Suffolk October the 19th 1G87 where
the same was proved by the oaths of John Payne and thomas Mapes two of the
evedences subscribed to ye same and the executor confirmed
A true coppy
John Howell Clark
BENEDICT ARNOLD.
[By T. Bailey Myers, Esq.]
To the Publication Committee :
In compliance with your invitation, I send a copy of a document bearing, perhaps,
an important connection with the history of our City and State, if it prove to be an
early warning of Arnold's treason. It is taken from a package of the military
papers of Governor George Clinton, for 1779, which has lain for many years undis-
turbed in the family, all of which are fully authenticated by the signatures of the
writers, endorsements, rough drafts of replies, and dockets. It is written in a fine
flowing hand, and on paper of the period, and although without note or endorse-
ment, its authenticity is unquestionable, the only doubts connected with it are as to
its being the original or a contemporaneous copy, who was the writer, to whom it
was addressed, and what wras the " Plot " referred to by its anonymous writer, evi-
dently then within the enemy' s lines, and addressing some one in this city, then
occupied by the British troops. Although not dated it was evidently written in
1779, and from the expression "last fall and this winter," in the latter season of
that year. Although the plot of Arnold did not culminate until September, 1780,
he had resigned his position as Military Governor of Philadelphia on the 18th of
March, 1779, on the action of Congress on the complaints, and although urgent to be
heard, obtained no investigation by a court until the 20th of December in that year.
In these long months passed unemployed, crippled, and impatiently waiting from
day to day to be heard, surrounded by the Tory associations of his wife, with a
proud heart suffering from a sense of wrong, and moderate means to gratify his
taste for display, the idea of revenge was doubtless originated, and the negotiation
for his treason commenced. To one who, after the long interval, dispassionately
reads the proceedings at that trial, two facts must be evident : one that the charges
were feebly sustained if not trivial ; the other that they were vindictively pressed,
after an exasperating delay, by Timothy Matlock, the Secretary of the Common-
wealth (sustained by General Joseph Reed, the President). Great events in history
often turn on trifles. Matlock, whose portrait, which has come down to us. shows in its
stern, morose, rough outline, that of a man more difficult to please than to anger,
had taken deep offence because his son, a militiaman on duty at Arnold's quarters,
had been delegated by Major Franks, his aid-de-camp, to go for a barber, and had
written a letter of remonstrance in keeping with his picture. Arnold had courteous-
154 Benedict Arnold. [Jul J,
ly replied, defending his action, and deprecating his wrath, but affording no salve
for the Secretary's exaggerated sore. The message to the barber, and not an interest
for the public weal, afforded the motive for the prosecution. Matlock was a power
in the State, and Arnold a military accidency. whose authority may have clashed
with that of the civil authorities, and whose pretty Tory wife, brilliant equipage,
and viceregal state, were offensive in the eyes of the grim Secretary, and he was to
be degraded or rotated to some command remote from his presence. Congress
respected the representatives of State authority as leaders of men, and required
their support, and like Lincoln, when notified of the capture of a command, " did
not care for the brigadier, he could make plenty of those, but he wanted the men."
The punishment of Arnold, whose courage, services, and suffering had been un-
equalled, would appear, without considering his after-treason, to have been graver
than his offence.
The accompanying letter was written at the period of his trial, the ' ' Plot " alluded
to in the connection with the expedition "to your (our) river." " great sums of
money," " Tryon and Clinton," and the flags that had been violated, are ground for
a fair inference that it was intended as a warning against the occurrences of the
next slimmer.
On the other hand the wording of the letter is very incoherent, and neither the
spelling nor the style are in keeping with the writing; these may all have been covers
to conceal the writer, or the whole affair the effort of an alarmist or of a knave.
The " preserving of the letters," as an evidence of a service which takes no definite
form on the face of this one, beyond creating a general suspicion, and the pro-
posal ' ' to secure your British officers and soldiers "in a city filled with the enemy's
troops, would give ground to the possibility that the letter was written by a knave
or a fool. The letter is laid before your readers, who will be competent to judge by
its contents of its origin or its intent. The only point on which there can be no
question is as to its authenticity.
T. B. M.
Westminster Hotel, May 25, 1871.
The Letter.
Time draws near, look out trouble is nigh, mind your Tories, Brittish
officers, Soldiers and Negroes, your stores is in danger, your City also. Look
out for you may be assured that now in a few days you will experience it
unless you look out very well, in the first place secure your Brittish Officers
and Soldiers, your principal Tories — great Sums of Money has been sent to
your City, to your Country last Fall and this Winter by Tryon and Clinton,
your flags have not been of much service, surely did you search them, no,
for nobody did to my knowledge, some time past I wrote to a friend of
mine, and did mention names but nothing is done, I suppose my Friend was
as many in your Service, I shall mention no names, my Life should be in
clanger, and now I have an opportunity to know both sides, and as I have
been concerned in the Brittish service in putting a wicked Plot into execu-
tion which my conscience will not allow me induces me to warn you for
in a few days the whole contests may be put to an end, if it was not to be
hindered, a reward I do expect to have if by my means you save your coun-
try which I will be able to prove if you are successful by calling for my
letters which you will keep, it was not long ago since I left General
Howe, his army is not very numerous, he means to destroy the City of
Philadelphia and send all his force to your River and to the Eastward and
the Indians will come down on your Frontier, you may perhaps take many
that will declare themselves innocent, they will offer to swear, no oath must
be taken of a Man who is not for your Country for they think it not legal,
I was to take any Oath that any Rebels was to offer me, I have had a great
sum of money to undertake a wicked plan which I hope to convince you
with when I call for my Letters. We find out we caunot conquer you with
1871.] Ancient Wills. 155
fair means, now no Time or Money or Lives will be spared to do it, for all ways
you will men to execute them, pray look out for no Time ought to be lost.
Hand to Hand stand by each other now or never. I am of no small rank
in the Brittish Service, nor dare I to return my life is at stake with yours
for not doing which I did undertake to do with many of your own Country-
men, favor no Man nor Friends if you mean to stand or you soon will fall
which advice please to take from your vvel wisher
1 O. E.
ANCIENT WLLLS.
(Contributed by E. B. O'Callaghan, M.D.)
Abstract of the Will of Nicolaes du Puis, of New York ; dated
October 13, 1685. Proven July 14, 1691. (Liber 4, page 116 of
Wills.)
Leaves all his estate, real and personal, to his wife Catalina during her
widowhood ; in case she re-marry, the half to go to his children, viz. : Jan,
Moses, Aaron, Susanna, and Nicolaes, whom he constitutes his universal
heirs, share and share alike. Should his wife die unmarried, the children
are to be her heirs also. Appoints his wife executrix.
Abstract of the Will of Gerritt Bancker,1 of Albany ; November
25, 1690. Proven May 7, 1691. (Liber 4, page 81 of Wills.)
Styles himself merchant at New Albany; constitutes his "respected
wife, Elizabeth," his sole, general, and universal heir of all his property, real
and personal, whether situated in Albany, in Schenectady, in New York, in
England, in Holland, or at sea, so long as she remains his widow. If she
re-marry, then she is to make over one-half of his estate to their children.
His eldest son to have £6 as his birth right, and each unmarried child to
have a respectable outfit upon their marriage, of the same value as his mar-
ried children have already received, and 300 beavers, or their value in
current silver coin, counting one piece of eight at twelve guilders in Wam-
pum value.
Appoints his son Evert, and his son-in-law Johannes De Peyster, of New
York, as guardians of his minor children, and his wife as sole executrix.
Witnesses : G. Swartt, Jan Ondekerck and J. Becker.
Abstract of the Will of Anthony Rutgers, of New York; dated
January 9, 1754. Proven April 2, 1754. (Liber 19, page 25, of
Wills.)
Calls himself of " New York City, Attorney at Law." Gives one-half of
his estate to his wife Elizabeth ; the remainder to be sold and the proceeds
to be put at interest, which said interest is to be paid his wife until his son
Peter shall arrive at the age of 18 years, when the money at interest is to
be called in, and paid to Peter, who is to possess one half of the estate real
and personal. His wife to receive the rents and profits of the estate until
Peter be eighteen, for his support, education, etc. He makes his wife, and
father in-law Charles Williams; his executors.
By a codicil, dated January, 1754, he gives the use of all his plate to his
1 See Record, Vol. 2, No. 2, page 68, for April, 1871.
156 New York Militia of 1776. [July,
wife during her life-time, and after her death to go to Peter. In case of
his death before attaining the age of 18, the whole estate to go to his wife,
her heirs and assigns forever.
Abstract of the AVill of Peter Mesier, of New York ; dated Oct.
2, 1765. Proven June 1, 1784. (Liber 36, page 525, of Wills.)
Gives his oldest son Abraham, the corner house and lot in which he now
lives, situate on South side of Cortlandt street, west of Mesier st. ; to his
son Peter, the corner house and lot in which he now lives, on the S. side
of Cortlandt st., east of Mesier st. ; to his daughter Elizabeth, wife of
Abraham Bussing, the house and lot in which said Bussing lives, on S.
side of Cortlandt st., east of Peter Mesier, Jr. ; to his two grandchildren
Jacob Van Voorhis, Jr., and John Van Voorhis, sons of his daughter
Catharine, deed., wife of Jacob Van Voorhis, the house and lot occupied
by Jacob Van Voorhis, situate on S. side of Cortlandt st., or the sur-
vivor of them in case one of them die in his minority. Five years after the
testator's decease, the remainder of his real and personal estate, in New
York or elsewhere, is to be divided into four equal parts, of which he
leaves one each to his children, Abraham. Peter, Jr., and Elizabeth, and his
two grandchildren, Jacob and John Voorhis. Executors, Abraham and
Peter Mesier.
NEW YORK MILITIA OF 1776.
"A List of the Officers of the Regiment and Independent Companies of the New
York MUitin."
[Contributed by W. Coventry H. Waddell, Esq.]
George Brewerton, Colonel ; William Waddell, Lieutenant-Colonel ; Jobn Watts,
Jr., Major. Commissions dated October 23, 1776.
East WArd.
Captain. First Lieutenant. Second Lieutenant. Ensign.
Fred'k Rbinelander, James Stewart, Thomas Barton, Jr. , Philip Rhinelander.
Isaac Heron, John McAdams, Wm. Rhinelander, Valentine Nutter.
Middle Ward.
Joseph Totten, John B. Moore, Peter Totten, William Gregg.
Thomas Brownjohn. Benj. Storet, Jr., Wm. Morton, Donald McClean.
North Ward.
Edward Pryor, James Aymar, John Lewis, Jr. , Albert Smith.
John Lewis, Waldron Blaan, Edward Nicoll, Jr., Daniel Ebbets, Jr.
S. and D. Ward.
Smith Ramage, Francis Panton, Edward Agar, Wm. Hulet.
West Ward.
Garret Sprs. DeWint, John Dumont.
Out Ward.
Edw'd Hardenbrook, John Fowler, John Hopper, James Striker.
John Dikeman, David Henry Mallor.
German Independent.
Fred'k Wm. Hulet, John Binker, Peter Grim, John Balhus Dash.
1871.] Notes on Books. 157
Rangers.
Christopher Benson, John Grigg, James Leonard, Andrew Law.
Independent Highland Company.
Normand Tolenn, James Seaman, Abel Rapalyie, Donald McPherson.
Commissions all dated November 15, 1776.
Fees to the Governor's Secretary on the within commissions : —
3 Field Officers, at 24/, £3 12 0
12 Captains, at 12/, 7 4 0
30 Subalterns, at 8/, 12 0 0
£22.16 0
Endorsed in the handwriting of the Lieut. -Colonel :
i4 Edmund Fanning, Esq., Sec'y. Return of officers of the Regiment and Inde-
pendent Companies of the New York Militia. ' '
The original document is in the possession of Mr. W. Coventry H. Waddell,
grandson of William Waddell, the Lieut. -Colonel.
OUR SOCIETY'S PROCEEDINGS.
At the regular meeting of the Society held on the evening of April 8, one Life
and several Corresponding Members were elected. A paper was read by Col. T.
Bailey Myers on the Colonial Governors of New York. Col. Myers illustrated his
remarks by the reading and exhibition of autograph letters of the several Governors,
selected from his valuabls MSS. Collection.
Regular meeting of April 22. — Valuable donations of books reported. A paper
on the Vail Family, accompanied by the Will of Jeremy Vale or Veale, of
Southold, L. I., dated 1085, prepared by C. B. Moore, Esq., was read by Mr.
Latting.
At the meeting of May 13th, a paper on the Biography of Cadwallader Colden,
prepared by S. S. Purple, M.D., was read by Mr. Edwin R. Purple.
At the regular meeting held on May 27, large and valuable donations of books
were received. Two Life and three Resident Members were elected.
At the regular meeting held on the 10th June, a paper was read by C. B.
Moore, Esq. , on the Biography of John Ledyard, the traveller. The Society ad-
journed until the second Saturday in October next.
NOTES ON BOOKS.
Memorials, being a Genealogical. Biographical, and Historical Account of the name
of Mudge in America, from 1638 to 1868. By Alfred Mudge. Boston : Printed
by Alfred Mudge & Son, for the family, 1868. 8vo, pp. xiv. 443 ; 13 portraits,
1 fac-simile of an ancient deed, and cut of family arms. Edition, 400 copies.
These memorials trace the fines of descent of Jarvis Mudge, of Boston, Mass.,
1638; of Thomas Mudge (presumptive brother of Jarvis), of Maiden, Mass., hi
1657; of Charles, of Windham, Conn., who came from England about 1716; and
of Edward, emigrant to this country in 1792. Twenty -four pages are also devoted
to a modest and exceedingly interesting research into the history of the English
families of the name, and eighteen to a " Roll of Honor," embracing biographical
notes concerning the military services of the American Mudges in all the wars which
have occurred in this country, from the old French and Indian times down to the
Civil Rebellion. Much similar matter is also contained in the Appendix, together
with a peculiarly pleasant biography of Rev. Enoch Mudge, the first native Method-
ist preacher of New England. The arrangement of these memorials is excellent —
simple, easy of reference, and harmonious in treatment. The fulness of detail
visible in every part bears testimony to the enthusiastic painstaking of the author,
and the historic skeletons of the ancient Mudges are neatly clothed with biographic
draperies which render them presentable and attractive to readers of modern times.
Indeed, we especially commend to our working genealogists the fulness_ of bio-
158 Notes on Books. [Juljj
graphical detail which this volume exhibits. " Posterity delights in details,"
indeed; but it is the "living" details — the little facts and descriptions which
Bhow forth the actions, peculiarities, etc.. of the man as he moved and bore his
share in " the world's hard field of battle" — which are needed. In this class of
details we find the very soul of Genealogy, and the source of those influences which
it legitimately exerts upon the minds and characters of the present and of future
generations.
To those who are interested in vital statistics we commend the statements and
illustrative tables on pages viii.-xii. of Introduction, relative to vitality, increase,
etc. , of the race. Such statistics, as developed by close genealogical research, are
of rare interest and value to the scientific and medical professions, and illustrate, in
an indubitable manner, the importance of a science which is often decried as trilling
and useless.
Mr, Alfred Mudge, the author, has long been esteemed as a master workman in
the typographical art, and it is almost needless to say that, in this volume, he has
not only raised a lasting monument to the memory of his ancestors, but also to
himself as a printer. It is a luxuriously beautiful volume, in which calendered and
tinted paper, perfect type, and good ink combine to please the eye and satisfy the
taste.
New York genealogists will find much to interest them in the volume, especially
in the line of descent from Jarvia Mudge, through Ebenezer (p. 51), progenitor of
the Western New York branches, and Moses (p. 47), ancestor of the Long Island
branches. H. R. S.
History of Rye, Westchester County, New York, 1660- 1870, including Har-
rison and the White Plains, till 1788. By Charles W. Baird. Illustrated by
Abraham Hosier. N. Y. : A. D. F. Randolph & Co. 1871. Imp. 8vo, pp.
xvi. 570.
The noble volume before us, the result of some six years of labor by the Rev. Mr.
Baird, is a welcome addition to the local histories of our State, — and this
' ' Chronicle of a Border Town " will take its place as a standard work of reference in
its allotted field.
The arrangement of the volume is a good one, clear and easily followed, and as
the author expresses it, is threefold in its character — "the Town, the Churches, and
the Families." The opening chapter is devoted to a brief review of the Colony of
the New Netherlands from its discoveiy in 1609, to the surrender to the English in
1664. The town history follows, from which it appears that the original purchasers
of the tract of land afterwards called Rye township were Peter Disbrow, John Coe,
and Thomas Stedwell, all from Greenwich, Conn. , the first Indian deed being dated
January 3, 1660. From this point upward, the history of the town is full and com-
plete. The second part of the work is devoted to the history of the churches of the
various denominations, with interesting biographical sketches of the successive
pastors in charge. The third part, about one hundred pages, is absorbed by gene-
alogies of the old families of Rye. Here we find many familiar names, celebrated
alike in the political and social history of our State ; — Jay, Heathcote, Van Rensse-
laer. Disbrow, and many others, with a sketch, more or less full, of each family.
The volume is closed with copies of historical documents, lists of town officers, etc.,
in the form of an appendix. The indexes, of which there are three, are admirable
and complete, comprising one of dates, one of names, the third being a general
index.
While there is so much to praise, the work, we regret to say, is not free from the
very general fault of local histories, in being written from a sectarian standpoint.
The author, a representative of a particular denomination, is not always just or his-
torically accurate in his review of the establishment of the Church of England in Rye
township, and from thence into the Colony of Connecticut, and of the dissensions
that followed in respect to Church lands, etc. Then we must respectfully dissent
from the reverend author in his expressed views of the government of New York while
under the Dutch. It has always been difficult for the old Colony of the New
Netherlands— its rights, its government, and its people — to obtain impartial
treatment at the hands of those writing from a New England standpoint, and the
present work is not an exception to the rule.
We must, however, reiterate our satisfaction at the publication of this fine local
history, and trust that the author will attract many followers in his footsteps, in
gathering up for permanency the records andj history of the old towns in our
1S71.] Notes and Queries. 159
State. The volume under notice is pleasantly illustrated by Hosier, printed at the
Riverside Press, and must give the amplest satisfaction in its "make up" and
finish. There is but a limited edition printed, and it is sold at the reasonable price
of five dollars per copy. Every lover of New York and her history should secure
one of these interesting volumes before it is too late. J. S. G.
Catalogue of the Governors. Trustees and Officers, and of the Alumni and
other Graduates of Columbia College (originally. King's College) in the City of New
York, from 1754-1870. N. Y. : D. Van Nostrand, 1871. Imp. 8vo, pp. 103, on
tinted paper.
This, the seventh general Catalogue of the Alumni, etc. , of our venerable College,
comes to us vastly improved in form, elegance of dress, and increased interests of
contents. In the* catologue of 1805 the first attempt wa3 made to indicate profes-
sion of graduates with other brief biographical notices. The succeeding one of
18(58 showed progress in the good work, and the volume before us exhibits a very
marked improvement, the notices being fuller in every detail. It appears that pre-
vious to 1867) there was no written record of the Alumni regularly kept at the
College, and in the present catalogue information is solicited respecting graduates
and others connected with the College in the past, so that the records may be made
more perfect. The present number gives, so far as has been ascertained : 1. Pro-
fession or occupation ; 2. Honorary degrees conferred upon graduates ; 3. Positions
of honor and trust held at various times ; 4. Date of death and age. There are two
good indexes, one of officers and one of graduates.
m — • — i^
NOTES AND QUERIES.
Bowne— Feke — Underhill. — In Thompson's Hist. L. Z, Vol. II., p. 75, he
says John Bowne " married, soon after his arrival here (Flushing, L. I.), Hannah,
daughter of Robert Field, a sister of Elizabeth, wife of the celebrated Capt. John
Underhill." Other writers have copied from him until the impression seems quite
general that they were really of the Field family In a letter from Capt. Underhill
• to John Winthrop, Jr., dated at " Southould (L I.) 12 of April 1050," he says, " Sir,
I was latli at Flusching — Hanna Feke is to be rnarrid to a verri gentiele young
man, of gud abiliti, of louli fetture and gud behafior."
From an entry in John Bowne's journal, about one month later, we find "John
Bowne and Hanna Feke married in Flushing May the 7th. 1(550 ould styl."
Again, in one of the deeds for the Bowne farm at Flushing, dated 1000, we find
that " Robert ffeke and John /'<*■" convey " to our brother John Bowne,'" &c. An-
other of these deeds, dated 1009, is signed by John Feke "of Killingworth " (now
Matinecock) where he had probably removed.
There is, I think, hardly a doubt existing that Capt. Underhill and John Bowne
married sisters, as the Captain in his will, dated 1071, appoints his "brother John
Bowne " and others to " see to yc estate."
From this we think there can be but little doubt that Elisabeth (who m. Capt.
U. ), Hannah (who m. Jno. Bowne), Robert, and John Feke. were brothers and sisters.
Who were their parents '? J. T. Bowne.
Glen Cove, Long Island.
Flowd. — A " List of Ancient Names in Boston and Vicinity from 1030 to 1044,
by John Farmer," is published in Vol. I, p. 193, New England Hist. an<l Geii'l Reg-
ister, and among the names given as living at Boston is "Flowd." Can any ac-
count be given of him, or should the name be Flood or Fludd ? Any information
relating to him will be very thankfully received. Stafford.
Herald's Visitation. — In answer to Sa.'s query in the April Record, p. 109, I
can say that very few copies of the Herald's Visitations have ever been published
separately, and very few, if any, have found their way to this country. As a rule
they are very expensive, being private publications. The various county histories
contain copies of these visitations, and Vol. 40 " Camden Society's Publications "
contains the visitation of Huntington under William Camden. "The Genealogist's
Manual, by Richard Sims. 1850," will furnish you with full information as to all
the printed visitations to 1850.
A copy of W. Berry's " Pedigrees of Kent Families" Fol., 1830, can be found at
the Astor Library, as also those of Sussex, Buels and Surry, Essex, Hertfordshire
and Hants, by the same author. Stafford.
100 Announcements. [Jubr? 1ST1.
Lyman.— There will be a gathering of the Lyman Family at Northampton,
Mass. , on August 30 next. All the descendants of Richard Lyman, one of the
early settlers of Hartford (1035), are earnestly invited to be present.
Merritt. — Is anything known of Nehemiah Merritt, whose wife was Dinah
Hopkins, and who was living at Quaker Hill, Dutchess County, N. Y., in 1730? It
is supposed that he was a son of Thomas Merritt, of Rye, Westchester County, N.
Y. I shall be glad to know if such is the case, and also when he settled at Quaker
Hill. Douglas Merritt.
CURIOSITIES OF THE New City Directory.— The New York City Direc-
tory for 1ST 1-2, just published, presents some amusing combinations of names among
the 200,953 it contains. For instance, there are a number of Houses and only one
Foundation ; a number of the Goodkind, Corns, and Coffins, several Plants, some
Lively and some Nott, Long, Short, and Hot. Of the different colors, there are
547 Whites, 91 Blacks, 937 Browns, 3 Blues, and 253 Greens. Then there are 30
Whiteheads, and 2 Redheads ; 22 Bulls, 3 Cowards, 1 Happy, 1 Hen, and 1 Chick.
Of the seasons, there are 32 Winters, 24 Springs, and 5 Summers ; of household
utensils, 5 Pitchers, 01 Bowles, 1 Broker ; 2 Allwell, and 1 Sick ; of horse fare, 4
Oats, 3 Straws, and 38 Hays. There are, also, 00 Lords, 21 Dukes, 321 Kings, 10
Queens, 20 Princes, 14 Barons, and 24 Earls. The ancient name of Smith occurs
1,800 times, There are 30 Barbers to 1 Shaver, 5 Shoemakers, 7 Tinkers, and 1
Blower ; 50 Pages with only 1 Blot ; 1 United, 2 Loose, and 1 Blind ; 3 Lawyers
against 28 Judges, and 2 Jurys with no Verdict. Then, again, there are 40 Popes,
11 Priests, and 81 Bishops ; 12 Peacocks and 2 Heads; 2 Books, 4 Bound ; 10 Cof-
fees, with 18 Beans ; 20 Shepherds with 11 Flocks ; 1 Ship, 2 Masts, and 04 Sea-
men. Of the different nations, there are 5 Englands, 18 L-elands, 4 Wales, 2 Chinas,
2 Germanys, 2 Frenchman, 8 Germans, 2 Dutch, 1 Irish, 32 English, 99 Welsh, and
only 2 Americans and 7 Turks. Of the different fruits, there are 3 Apples, 4
Peaches and 7 Plums. Then come 7 Moons, 1 Morningstar, and one Gentleman.
The name of George Washington occurs nine times, that of Thomas Jefferson
twice, John Quincy Adams four times, and Sly, Smart, and Slick once each. There
are 2 Clocks and 39 Hands ; 1 Lion, 3 Bears, and 90 Wolfs ; followed by 14 Divines,
and 9 Deacons. The shortest name in the Directory is Py.
Query. — Where can I find a copy of Duchesne's edition of Ordericus Vi talis,
1019, or the reprint ? M. H. S.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Jefferson. — Messrs. Harper & Bros, announce for publication " The Domestic
Life of Thomas Jefferson," compiled from family letters and reminiscences, by his
great-granddaughter, Sarah N. Randolph.
Peck. — Mr. Ira B. Peck, of Woonsocket, R. I., has issued a circular asking for
additional information relating to families bearing that name, with a view to
publishing a supplement to his recently issued work, " Peck Genealogy." This
proposition of Mr. Peck's to make still more correct and comprehensive his valu-
able history d the Peck family, which already absorbs an octavo volume of some
442 pages and contains over 11,000 names, evinces decided courage and persever-
ance ; and we trust will meet with the success it merits.
Strong. — The history of the descendants of Elder John Strong, of Northampton,
Mass. , by B. W. Dwight, which will be issued in two large octavo volumes, containing
records of some 22,000 of the Elder's descendants, is announced by Munsell for the
midsummer.
Tuttle. — E. G. Tuttle, Esq., of Dorset, Vt. has in preparation a genealogy of the
Tuttle family, which is soon to be published by Tuttle & Co., of the Rutland
Herald.
J. Camden HOTTEN, of London, announces that he will publish "The Original
Lists of Persons of Quality, Emigrants, Religious Exiles, Political Rebels, Serving-
Men Sold for a Term of Years, Apprentices, Children Stolen, Maidens Pressed, and
others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations between 1000-
1700," with their ages, the localities where they formerly lived in the mother coun-
try, the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particu-
lars. These lists have been compiled from MSS. preserved in the State Paper De-
partment of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England. They will be of especial
interest in America.
THE NEW YORK
cncalagical antr ^iognpfjical Jwnrlr.
Vol. II. NEW YORK, OCTOBER, 1871. No. 4.
AX ADDRESS
By Chas. B. Moore, Esq.,
Before the JYeio York Genealogical and Biographical Society, at its regular
meeting, November 12, 1870.
SKETCH OF FRANCIS B. CUTTING.
In Memoriam.
Mr. President : — Soon after the death of the late Francis B. Cutting, a
meeting of the gentlemen of his profession was called, addresses were made
by Messrs. Evarts, O'Conor, and Gerard, leaders of the bar, and resolutions
were passed pointing out his traits as an eminent lawyer. These have been
published but slightly, and read but by a few. The weather was excessively
hot ; many had left the city for the country, and all, by reason of the heat,
desired to be relieved at that period from active efforts or serious labor.
This would be a sufficient apology, if any were needed, for waiting until a
convenient opportunity like the present, to sketch more deliberately my
particular views.
I speak for myself alons, not for the family ; and I address not merely
the legal profession, but persons of every class interested in his career, and
I will notice such points of his genealogy and biography as may be useful :
to preserve a record, and inform the student.
If I first notice his American ancestry, you may the better appreciate
his position and surroundings, his growth and actions.
In England, after the civil and foreign wars of the l7th century — in the
early part of the 18th — great attention was directed to the education and
religion of the people, and to the destitute condition in which the early
colonists of America had been left. Destitute, indeed, they were. The
band of clergymen and educated men who first came over had passed away.
The children they had taught were also gone. Of the third generation,
fewer than any other could write a decent letter, or even write their names.
Yet a thrifty people, of great energy and industry, had started, or tried to
start, in this wilderness both churches and colleges, without waiting for
11
1G2 Sketch of Francis B. Cutting. [October,
bishops or doctors. No doubt learned instructors could be well employed.
On both sides of the Atlantic this was ] erceived. Societies -were formed
and contributions raised throughout the kingdom. New churches were
built in tins country, some in harmony with the English State church, and
others not so, and educated clergymen, as well as doctors and lawyers, were
induced to leave England, prepared to be of use here. Among these was
the Rev. Leonard Cutting ; who, after graduating at college in England,
and taking orders there, came to this region in America. He preached at
New Brunswick, N. J., and at Hempstead and Oyster Bay on Long Island,
where Episcopal churches had been organized. In 1756 (twenty years be-
fore the Revolutionary war), he was a tutor and acting professor of classical
literature in King's, now Columbia, College. Tins was before the first class
graduated at that college. He, as described, was " a polished gentleman,
of fine classical acquirements and general erudition." ' He settled at
Hempstead, L. I., in 1766. He continued there the teaching and train-
ing of young men. II? had several noted pupils, among them John Pintard,
born in 1759, and Dr. Samuel L. Mitchell, born in 1764, afterwards a Sena-
tor of the United States. The eloquent biographer of Dr. Mitchell informs
us that " with this excellent instructor Dr. Mitchell continued for several
years, and acquired an intimate acquaintance with classical literature," and
that Mr. Cutting, his preceptor, " early predicted the future eminence of his
pupil, and contributed by his praise and encouragement to its fulfilment."
No better sample — in honor of his preceptor — of a pupil who became
devoted to learning and "full of knowledge" need be given. This learned
clergyman and instructor, making this country his home, took a wife from
the French Huguenot family of Pintard, noted among New York aldermen,
and he left a son, William.2
This son was educated by his father, and at Columbia College. He grad-
uated in 1793. There were many then in college afterwards noted as
lawyers. William Cutting studied law, and in due time was admitted to
the bar. He was good-looking and of good manners, and being a " gentle-
man, one, &c," he was admitted socially into the best society which New
York then afforded.
About the year 1800 he married Gertrude Livingston, of a family which
had been one of the most distinguished in the State. AY alter Livingston,
her father, was of the eldest male branch of the large Livingston family —
then a fact of much importance — he being a son of Robert, the eldest son
of Philip, who was the eldest son of Robert, the first American Livingston.
Walter Livingston married Cornelia, a daughter of Peter Schuyler. Nearly
all his American ancestors had been legislators or public officers of the
Colony. He became a member of the Assembly, and was twice Speaker.
He was also a County Judge, a Regent of the State University, and a Trustee
of Columbia College. Fully performing his part, as one of the landed
gentry of the new State, he lived until 1797 or '98. He left other children,
sons and daughters. One daughter, a favorite sister of Mrs. Cutting, be-
came the wife of the noted Robert Fulton. The family, it is understood,
lived in New York city, or frequented the city in winter, while occupying
a part of the old manor on the Hudson in summer.
Mr. William Cutting, by the reputation we have yet of him (and there
are persons now living who knew him well), was a popular man, of much
^Thomp. L. I., 33.
8 For other particulars, see Vol. V. of Sprague's Annals.
1871.] Sketch of Francis S3. Cutting. 163
bonhomme and pleasantness of address and manner. In 1807 and '03
(before I was born), he was Sheriff of New York — an office then usually
filled by a lawyer, and of such repute and influence that the proudest were
quite willing to fill it. Its unpleasant duties could be performed by depu-
ties. Abraham M. Valentine was one of his deputies — afterwards an
alderman. Mr. Cutting had married into a noted judicial family. The
Chancellor, Robert It. Livingston (descended from the second son of the
first Robert), lived until 1813, but retired from office in 1805.
The Judge, Brockkolst Livingston, who had practised law in New York
city, was on the bench from 1802 to 1823. Morgan Lewis and Smith
Thompson, who both married into this large Livingston family, also became
Judges ; so did Jonas Piatt. Edward Livingston, the Mayor, District
Attorney, and great civil lawyer (his friend and acquaintance), went to
Louisiana about 1803. The legal field at New York was clear for Mr. Wil-
liam Cutting, his rank among associates was good,1 and it seems he had
much law business to occupy his attention ; but he" did not assume the
advocate's part to any noted extent, and few memorials arc left. I believe
he did not press causes before his wife's relatives. He practised some in chan-
cery., He dealt some in real estate. He had Mr. John Jacob Astor for an
associate in some purchases, but iu none of these was be very successful. In
1814 he, with Robert Fulton, his brother-in-law, had a lease for twenty -five
years of the ferry between New York and Brooklyn (since called the Fulton
Ferry). The object was to bring into use, for the ferry, the new steam-
boats which, upon Fulton's approved plans, were attaining speed and gain-
ing public favor. Fulton being without much pecuniary means, the Living-
ston family was relied on for funds, and in fact engaged deeply in the pecu-
niary risk. The difficulties, delays, and expenses, besides the risks, attend-
ing this experiment, were not small, and they occupied much time and
attention as well as money. Fulton died <at the outset, in 1815, and in
embarrassed circumstances. Mr. Cutting removed to Brooklyn and resided
there, keeping an office in New York, and of course crossed the ferry daily.
But his life, as well as Fulton's, failed before he could fully see the result.
He died in the prime of life in 1820, leaving no will. He left six sons and
two daughters. William L. was the eldest, and Francis Brockholst, whom
we are specially to notice, was the second. Besides these two, there were
four sons — Henry G., Robert L., Fulton, and Walter L. — the last born near
the time of his father's death.
Gertrude Cutting, the widowed mother of this large family — a thorough
Livingston — was an extraordinary woman. She had first to be administratrix
and guardian. She devoted herself to her children, and lived a widow forty-
four years, until July 5, 1864. Her father's city property had been sold by
him or his executors. The remaining country lauds went generally to others.
Her husband had purchased one parcel, afterwards valuable, but he appa-
rently was not prosperous. She had some property left her at his death,
but then she was not deemed wealthy. The ferry, even, had not shown
that it would pay the great cost of building and running steamboats. She
devoted the energies of a strong mind not merely to the education and
starting in life of her children, but to the improvement of her pecuniary
means for their benefit. The ferry lease finally proved valuable. She con-
tinued its principal owner and manager long after the death of her husband.
Her investments of what she realized were skilfully made, and (though long
1 See Yal. Man., 1858, 612.
104- Sketch of Francis B. Cutting. [October,
producing no income) were ultimately advantageous. Observing, of course,
the increasing travel at Fulton Ferry, she foresaw (and none foresaw more
clearly) the continued rapid growth of Xew York city and of Brooklyn,
then its suburb. But while shrewdly gathering and cautiously investing
ber means, for tbe future benefit of her family, she must live inexpensively,
and she sought for many years to prevent her children from indulging the
idea that they could be supported in case or luxury, or without industry and
effort, by the use of her means. She insisted upon temperance, and en-
joined economy and thrift both by precept and example. We now come to
the individual whom we have thus introduced to your notice.
Francis B., the second son, born on Gtb August, 1S04 (long familiarly
called Frank or Brock), was made to understand that be must work bis own
way in the world. The war of 1812 and its excitements were the great
events of his boyhood, lie was about eighteen years old when bis father
died. lie was not sent to college. His brother, Robert L., afterwards, in 1 S30,
under bis advice, graduated at Columbia College. Several of bis subsequent
brothers-in-law studied tberc. Many of his familiar acquaintances among
tbe young men of New York were of that college- — others went to Yale
and Princeton, or elsewhere. There were enough around him to excite his
ambition for an education.
After profiting by Bensel's school, where French was taught, bis princi-
pal studies were under the tutelage of the late Bishop Doane, of New Jer-
sey, an excellent instructor; comparable at least with bis grandfather. He
acquired a good knowledge of the ordinary classics. He also learned
French. He could readily understand law phrases, or cite from Virgil in
Lathi and read it, but be used tbe French with more ease and pleasure, and
could converse freely in that language. He bad some knowledge also of
Greek. His practice in translating must have been carefully pursued. Tbe
result was that be bad a great command of language ; a remarkable fluency
and readiness, in fit and appropriate English words, not betraying their
origin. As be was not favored with a complete collegiate education, his
studies were tbe more dependent upon his own perseverance for success.
His ambition took tbe direction of making himself, by energetic effort, an
accomplished lawyer. He profited some (I know not bow much) by attend-
ance upon the Law School at Litchfield, Conn. He was one of a large class,
but few are now living. Tbe rules of court required of a student a long appren-
ticeship— one of seven years in a practising lawyer's office, unless shortened
by a college diploma or by an allowance for approved classical studies. He
completed — not his legal studies — but his apprenticeship, in the law office
of Messrs. George Griffin and George W. Strong, while they were together,
after the death of John "Wells, tbe eloquent, who bad previously been tbe
partner of Mr. Strong. Mr. Griffin, succeeding Mr. Wells, was tbe one to
attend to trials in court, and has been fully eulogized by another of bis
students. Mr. Strong was tbe officcdawycr and adviser, and was a pattern
for that elass of men. Bis patient care and attention, bis familiarity with
the proper forms for everything required, and bis great knowledge of tbe
law and tbe practice of the courts, were tbe safe foundation upon which
success in court was generally based and won. Tbe relations between Mr.
Strong and Mr. Cutting were pleasant. Mr. Cutting, studying to keep up
with other students, and working some under bis direction in tbe office,
bad a very high regard for him, and formed a just estimate of his valuable
qualities. Tbe tradition of the office is that Mr. Cutting was a hard
worker, anxious to learn bow all tbe work was done. It was an office which
IS 71.] Sketch of Francis B. Catting. 165
then had the best repute for students, and this was practically certified by
so competent a judge as Chancellor Kent, who sent his son William, the
subsequent judge, to the same office.
Obtaining his license as a lawyer, Mr. Cutting early formed a law partner-
ship with Mr. Isaac Paris a son of Daniel Paris, whose grandfather had been
in office, and associated with some of the Livingstons in the Revolutionary
struggle. His father had been a lawyer, a Master in Chancery, and a mem-
ber of the State Senate, and, in the country, was a law partner of the well-
known Daniel Cady, of Montgomery county, but bad obtained his wife
from the noted Irving family of New York.
Mr. Isaac Paris, after profiting by his father's teaching— having New
York connections — had been trained* or exercised, in New York city, in
the law office of the distinguished lawyer and Senator, Cadwallader D.
'Colden, ' and of his partner, Col. Charles Graham, an office which had
many mercantile suits (such as suits for and against insurance companies),
and generally the highest class of professional business. Senator Colden
ranked high. Any one can read his judicial opinions and his Life of Fulton,
and judge of his character. Col. Graham had commanded a regiment
whose captains were nearly all lawyers, and had a fine standing both in
court and in camp. Mr. Paris doubtless was well acquainted with the
practice and the modes of proceeding in such suits. He was a fit associate
for Mr. Cutting to begin with. Both were industrious, and they soon had
some collecting business upon which to exercise their skill and industry.
(I was a clerk then, and can well remember one suit against an insurance
company commenced by them.) Few printed blanks were then used.
The long manuscript declarations of that period (now called complaints),
with many counts (or repetitions of the same story slightly varied), and
other long papers were copied, not by clerks, but in the plain and bold
handwriting of either of these two, Mr. Paris or Mr. Cutting. Mr. Fran-
cis R. Tillou afterwards joined them. They had first an office at No. 20
Nassau street, in the law buildings, so called (far different from the mag-
nificent marble pile now standing). Afterwards, Mr. Cutting removed into
Wall street, near Mr. Strong, where he steadily long continued.
The elder brother of Mr. Cutting, William L., died in March, 1S26, about
25 years of age. He left a will by which he gave his property to his
mother. He had received a conveyance from her, and had also bought
land from others. One exercise of the young lawyer, then, the eldest sur-
viving son of his mother, was to prove this brother's will in the Supreme
Court, as a will of real estate ; a thing now, since the Revised Statutes, quite
out of fashion.
This was done in May, 1828. I then became acquainted with him. His
senior partner, Mr. Isaac Paris, was lame, and not in good health, having
the pale face of a hard student. Perhaps he worked too hard. He did not
live long, but died in 1828. Mr. Francis R. Tillou, a laborious working-man
— who could stand work — not too hard a student — a lieutenant in Col.
Graham's regiment, became the only partner of Mr. Cutting.
These two worked together as partners for over sixteen years, until 1 84-4.
It fell to Mr. Cutting: to try causes in court. This, doubtless, was the part
of his professional work which he preferred, and for which he of the two
was best fitted. But for some time such trials did not often occur. One
of his first attempts to try a cause in court was for a sailor ; and he was
'See Yal. Man., 18G3, G24.
106 Sketch of Francis 11. Cutting. [October,
beaten and disappointed. It was not a Bull-Run battle in importance, or in
effect. It occasioned no despondence, and perhaps defeat on that was bet-
ter for him than success. It enjoined caution. Mr. Tillou, previously in
I nsinesS as a lawyer and notary, had clients of the marine class. These
afforded the young firm some exercise which may have been profitable for
learning, if not othenvise. Mr. Cutting received from his family connections
little business or aid in the outset when apparently most needed. But such
aid often diminishes strength and confidence for the future. He started
out alone, apparently aloof from them : none are known as employing him,
or patronizing him at any early date. lie was not deemed in want.
Doubtless he had their good wishes ; possibly some collecting business.
But I think the general opinion was that he would not continue to be indus-
trious, and thus it was hard for him to get work which depended much
upon industry. He determined to master this difficulty. His earliest
known patron was the ship builder, Henry Eckford, who had been a mem-
ber of Assembly, was somewhat a politician, and who heard his remarkable
voice at some political meeting — perhaps urged him to speak. Mr. Eckford
was so well pleased that he at once employed the young speaker in a case
of notoriety and importance. That case, tried in the Court of Common
Pleas with successful results, was the first of any note in which the young
man or his friends could hear the echo of his voice in a court of record. It
was reported in the newspapers ; but in his rapid addresses so much was
intended for the ear and for instant effect, so much was in voice and action,
that his speeches in print would disappoint any one who listened to them.
They were seldom half reported. (Mr. Fox, the orator, said, "A speech
which reads well must necessarily have been a had one. I do not subscribe
to that ; but many speeches are better for the ear than in print.)
Mr. Eckford steadfastly adhered to the young lawyer, but went abroad,
I think, in 1830, and died at Constantinople in 1832, with many unfinished
attempts and outstanding engagements on hand. He had a partner in New
York, another in Baltimore, and was building ships in Turkey. He left a
will, and an entangled estate, which, unfortunately, had long to be defended
by Mr. Cutting. The defence was in the main successful. I have collected
together the various reported eases in which suits about this will or this es-
tate came before the courts.1 Mr. Eckford, who knew best, thought his
estate Avas not capable of division within ten years, and he made provisions
accordingly. These were made the chief ground of attack ; but, curiously,
when this objection had been fought through all the courts to the highest,
a new claim against the estate was started by reason of Mr. Eckford having
been a surety for S. Swartwout, and then the estate could not be settled
for ten years longer. It is plain to me that many of these attacking suits
ought not to have been brought; and yet that their successful defence very
much depended upon Mr. Cutting.
It is a popular mistake to suppose that the whole or even the greater
part of the advocate's labor is in the court-room. AVhile Mr. Cutting was
with Mr. Tillou, the principal papers — the draughts — were prepared by Mr.
Cutting, and the briefs or points always. The two, together, gradually
acquired a large general business, including suits in chancery as well as in
other courts — city, State, and national. Novel cases under the limited
1 See Paige's Reports, vol. 4, p. 403 ; vol. G, p. 505 ; vol. 8, p. 89 ; vol. 9, p. 521 ;
vol. 10, p. 319 ; Denio's Reports, vol. 5, p. 646 ; Sandford's Chancery Reports, vol.
2, p. 110 ; Peters' s TJ. S. Reports, vol. IT, p. 251; Howard's U. S. Reports, vol. 1,
p. 250.
1871.] Sketch of Francis B. Cutting. 167
partnership law of 1822, doubtful trusts under deeds and wills, entangled
commercial or marine questions — often of a general or foreign character —
were not merely debated by him in court, but bills of complaint, libels, an-
swers, pleas, demurrers, and very troublesome exceptions and briefs, had
first to exercise his skill, diligence, and patience in the office. His great
success in court was mainly due to his previous careful preparation.
I know not how many years I should allow before saying that his posi-
tion and prospects were entirely changed from what they were in the out-
set. After be was fairly started in business, he married one of the daughters
of William and Sarah Heyward. Mrs. Heyward (who died but recently,
and with whom I became well acquainted), was a daughter of the old New
York merchant, Nicholas Cruger. Her mother, Mr. Cruger's second wife,
and widow, became afterwards the wife of William Rogers, and surviving
him lived until 1833. Much of her history is given in the law reports.1
She cautiously preserved her suburban lots, derived chiefly from her first
husband, until they greatly increased in value, and by will she gave these
over to her grandchildren. Mrs. Rogers — previously Mrs. Cruger — had
no child surviving her, by either husband, except this one daughter (Mrs.
Heyward), who was otherwise provided for by her father, Mr. Cruger. She,
Mrs. Heyward, bad a large family of children, brothers and sisters of the
wife of Mr. Cutting, and of course grandchildren of Mrs. Rogers. Mr.
Cutting and one of the young Hey wards were the executors of Mrs. Rogers,
and her will directed a* sale by the executors soon after her decease. The
will was drawn in her old age by Mr. Charles Graham, who had encountered
Mr. Cutting as a lawyer in court, generally as an antagonist,2 and who knew
him well.
Mr. Cutting took no part in having such a will executed, and resolved to
take none of the conveyancing or law business of this estate to his own
law office. His duties and interest as executor and lawyer for the same
estate might be inconsistent. Mr. and Mrs. Heyward, his wife's parents,
disliking the will, his position towards them and towards Mr. Graham might
be more free from reproach, if he had none of the law business. As execu-
tor, he took the opinion of Mr. Daniel Lord and of other counsel upon im-
portant law questions which arose ; and he and his co-executor employed a
young firm (Moore & Havens, one of them myself, merely a personal
acquaintance, the other from the office of Mr. Strong), then entirely discon-
nected with him, to act for the executors. The successful disposal of lots
and the preservation and care of this estate for his wife and her brothers
and sisters, became a new and anxious charge for him. This he held and
attended to during life, taking no fees nor commissions. The sale and divi-
sion were made in 1835. The estate in the aggregate proved a large one:
I cannot see how it could have been managed by him to better advantage.
The lots rose a little in price after the sale, for two or three years, then fell
for ten or fifteen years. Many mortgages taken (to facilitate the sale) for
parts of the purchase money were not paid. Mr. Cutting had apprehended
loss from selling too soon on a rising market. He bought other lots for
himself which he did not sell. His purchases, being generally of vacant and
unproductive lots, were taxed and assessed at high rates ; and when prices
fell, he had a heavy load of charges to bear through the long depression.
All this is mentioned, because it strongly affected his course and conduct.
1 3 John Reports, 564; 7 do., 557 ; 8 Barbour, 486; 3 Selden, 314.
2 See 1 Edward's Chancery Reports, p. 456, etc.
168 Sketch of Francis B. Cutting. [October,
By the advantageous sale of Mrs. Rogers's estate, and by the increased
value of his mother's lands, his wife and family were apparently secure, and
in 1835 he deemed himself at liberty to relax in some degree the constant
labor to which he had been led by his early wants, by his energetic habits,
and by his devotion to professional engagements. J lis politics from early
training and association were Democratic. The members of the Livingston
family were generally of that party. Their course towards the General Gov-
ernment has been often misunderstood. Their theory was, that the national
organization had and could properly exercise great and irresistible power to
repel foreign attack or to suppress domestic insurrection ; but they thought
that much of its power, though needed in great emergencies, ought not to be
exercised during peace, either from fear of a despotism or in order to up-
hold the State governments. At the time of which we are now speaking,
Edward Livingston, of Louisiana, who had supported General Jackson, had
become Secretary of State at Washington. The proclamation from his pen
against nullification, one of the most able and memorable of State papers,
took such points as Mr. Cutting and all the Livingstons could readily adopt.
His friend and acquaintance, Charles Ludlow Livingston, of New York, son
of Philip P. (yet living in this city), after being often elected to the Assem-
bly (from 1829 to 1833), and twice Speaker, had taken his seat in the State
Senate. In the fall of 1835 Mr. Cutting consented to be a candidate for
the Assembly from New York city. He was nominated and easily elected.
After his election the great fire of New York occurred, in December, 1835,
making sad havoc and requiring some new laws and many new insurance
companies. He served at Albany in 1836 and 1837. Once he had the
highest number of votes of any on his side in every ward in the city save
one. In that, the fifteenth, a popular resident of the ward exceeded him by
one or two votes. I have not time to speak of him as a legislator. His
speeches and course can be gathered from the State paper. I leave them
for the reader, but I can say that to be present in Albany at the dinner table
at Cruttenden's with Luther Bradish, Charles L. Livingston, Francis B.
Cutting, and others, sharply exercising their wits, recompensed to a good
listener some of the cold- discomforts of a winter journey to Albany, when
there were no railroads and steamboats were stopped by ice. I was nearly
frozen in such a journey, and melted out there.
But the political situation was not a favorable one for him. Mr. Van
Buren was President. Nullification was put down, but it had divided and
weakened the old Democratic party. A division of sentiment and action,
especially on financial questions, pervaded the whole party and affected
all society. In the city, though still Democratic, the party had lost ground
under General Jackson, and although it had partially recovered, the city
was not in harmony with the country. His opinions did not correspond
with those of some of his political friends (nor with mine). He was more
friendly to limited partnerships than to corporations. I need not enter
further into explanations. Serving two years in the Assembly, he was not
a candidate for re-election. It was usual to re-elect old members. His
name wras used, with or without his consent, in opposition to the renomi-
nation of Hon. Ely Moore for Congress. The latter, supported strongly by
mechanics, was renominated and elected. There was no vacancy then for
Mr. Cutting to go to Congress if he desired it. (Mr. Moore, however, with
politeness, attributed his renomination to Mr. Cutting's forbearance in not
pressing his own claims !)
Mr. Cutting had not abandoned his professional pursuits, and encounter-
1871.] Sketch of Francis B. Cutting. 1G9
ino-tlie revulsion which occurred in moneyed affairs — the banksall suspending
in May, 1837 — lie then worked in his profession with great earnestness and
vigor. The course of the party he supported had not accorded with the
views of the more wealthy portion of his former clients. The buyers of
real estate and speculators generally were in a. sad plight — everything fall-
ing. He now had to meet the hostile prejudices or feelings of jealous rivals,
of political opponents, and financial sufferers. There was no difficulty in
getting abundant law business, but there was much difficulty in managing-
it satisfactorily or in collecting any money by suits.
His acquaintance with the French language — and perhaps the recom-
mendation of Edward Livingston, who had become U. S. Minister in
France — brought him some French clients. The banking-house of Bon-
naffe, Boisgerard <fe Co. employed him to prosecute a large claim against
the New York Banking Company. Mr. Cutting prosecuted vigorously, re-
covered judgment for near $100,000, and issued execution. The Sheriff of
New York found nothing within reach. An injunction and receiver had to
be applied for, and wrere ordered, shutting up the banking company. The
question was whether the creditor should wait for distant collections, or
stockholders, who had not paid in full for their stock, be forced to pay.
Alone, representing distant foreigners, who could give him little personal or
moral support, Mr. Cutting encountered a force which seemed to pervade
all society. The struggle was a long and hard one, ending in collecting
funds for the French claim from suffering stockholders, who probably never
recovered the loss.1 Another new banking company got French funds or
credit, failed, and attempted repudiation under the name of usury. This
also was defeated, but only after a long struggle." Some other suits were
of like character.
Mr. Cutting was employed by a ship-builder, a successor of Mr. Eckford,
who had lost a vessel at sea in 1825, to enforce a policy of insurance. Suit
was commenced and judgment recovered after a contest. But funds had
been loaned to some of the officers of the company on the security of its
own stock, and the loans attempted to be cancelled by surrendering this
stock to the company itself, a course forbidden by law. Failing to find any
other property, Mr. Cutting had to proceed against such stockholders, and
again had a long struggle, finally collecting the money, about seventeen
years after the vessel was lost.3
These are samples of some litigated suits, finally successful. Attempts
at collections were numerous, with small results. Many foreclosures of
mortgages occurred, and many bankruptcies. The State redemption law4
(intended as a relief) proved very disastrous to many responsible mortgagors.
It destroved the market for sales under mortgage. Mr. Cutting had to take
part in these difficulties, and to an extent well calculated to deprive him of
popularity. The revulsion, occasioning many absolute failures, brought
perhaps the greatest portion of suffering and loss upon persons who strained
honorably to pay all, and who in the effort not only sacrificed all their
means, not only lost the result of previous labors, but pledged their future
earnings. Mr. Cutting was himself a great sufferer, almost a bankrupt. He
had to" enforce securities against others, and to labor with diligence to sup-
port himself, to pay taxes, assessments, and mortgages, and to avoid a
1 See 3 Sandford's Chancery Reports, 4GG.
2 4 Sandford's Chancery Reports, 281 ; Reversed, 4 Comstock, 3G3.
3 3 Edwards, 215 ; 9 Paige, 152 ; affirmed in December, 1842.
4 Laws 1837, p. 455, and 1838, p. 2G1.
170 Sketch of Francis B. Cutting. [October,
disastrous sale of his unproductive property. He was unflinching; some,
doubtless, thought him harsh.
At one time his health failed. lie was advised to take a sea voyage, and
was all-cut about a year. Some litigated suits which he had expected to
try had to be tried by others in his absence. Some were lost. Clients and
friends were disappointed. Opponents perhaps rejoiced.
After his return, his partner, Mr. Tillon, claimed a respite. He wished to
relinquish the laboring oar at the' office. He became an Alderman in 1843,
and afterwards Recorder. Others were called in. Moore <fe Havens (before
employed for Mrs. Rogers's estate) for some time assisted in his general
business, and others succeeded them. Soon a greater run of retainers and
suits than Mr. Cutting ever before had Avas waiting his action. Fifteen or
more causes of various characters have been on the day calendars repeat-
edly, day after day, waiting for him to try them in turn. Generally not
more than one could be disposed of in a day, sometimes two or three, and
some would consume several days. The larger the force in his office, the
more extensive the arrangements made to manage his business, the greater
appeared the press of suitors to whom he could give no attention. This,
of course, could not last. I hope it may never be imitated. He was very
apt and quick in doing his special part: often trying a cause every day for
many days in succession, making his preparations for the trial and attend-
ing to his current business with what aid he could get in the morning and
evening hours, while others were recreating or resting. He appeared to
enjoy the exercise. It has been said he was as much delighted in the chang-
ing scenes, the mazes, and excitements of a trial as any young person in
those of a dance or play. Some of the tough and tedious cases, involving
complicated questions of law or fact, are represented in the law reports ;
some appear in the New York Legal Observer. But the sharp daily strug-
gles, involving questions of fact disputed before a jury, are mainly out of
sight, and are generally forgotten, except by those who were immediately
involved in them. Some can understand the wearing effect upon a very
laborious man — laborious even in his thoughts — of having a crowd of per-
sons depriving him of all rest, by constantly seeking an interview for ad-
vice, watching and waylaying him, meeting him, whichever way he turned,
and these such good and valuable friends, and so earnest, that an interview
could not be refused. He could not even think upon a topic pleasing to
himself, except when free from these. His opportunity for exercise out of
doors — freed from importunity — was by riding early in the morning before
others left their beds, as he often did. It was a secret ; when found out, it
was spoilt by too much company. When this failed, seclusion at home, re-
fusing all society, became almost a habit. By the year 1852 he had suc-
ceeded in carrying his vacant lots past the crisis, without losing them by
taxes and assessments or by mortgages. He even borrowed money and
bought others, some on the outskirts of Brooklyn. They all commenced
rising in value. It was no longer necessary to work so hard.
In the fall of that year he was elected a member of Congress from New
York city. It is not in accordance with the present gathering or feeling to
follow him in the political field. Public reporters have the care of that.
His public course can be investigated by any so disposed. But on other
grounds than are generally attributed, he was not well pleased at Washing-
ton. The truth is, he liked his profession better than 2)olitics, and the judi-
cial better than the legislative branch of our Government. He was not a
candidate for re-election.
1871.] Sketch of Francis B. Cutting. 171
He bad three sons growing up to manhood. Two of them studied law;
and he, coming back to his law office, continued the care of some lawsuits,
offering them opportunities for exercising tlieir faculties and following his
footsteps. He continued to act as counsel in important causes. His health
before long became precarious. He again went abroad to recruit and for
advice. He was in France, attended by skilful physicians, when the civil
war broke out, on the election of President Lincoln. He was a known friend
and supporter of Mr. Douglas, with whom he had formed a personal ac-
quaintance. But like the latter, coming to the rescue, he turned at once to
support the Government. Two of his sons entered the army as officers,
and throughout he and they gave the war for the Union an energetic sup-
port.
At the second election, during the war, he took a bold and efficient stand
in favor of re-electing Mr. Lincoln. He presided and spoke at public meet-
ings advocating his views and making his own record of them, which can be
referred to. Some of the band of Democratic office-holders or office-seek-
ers seemed puzzled at this. Some perhaps cannot easily forgive it. Let
them cool. Patriotism is above partisanship.
Declining all employments for others, he passed his later years in much
seclusion, though attending often at his office to transact his private business,
and frequently giving his approved advice gratis to his old friends or clients.
In their opinion (and among them were very intelligent men), he would
grasp in his close view all the bearings of any complicated affair, and
promptly give a precise direction leading to a just solution of difficulties,
better than any other man in existence. His memory, strained to hold so
many thousand particulars until done with, and then accustomed to dismiss
them entirely, became to me a curious study. His oratory may well be left
for others todescribe. His language has been mentioned. I think that in his
most elaborate preparations for an argument, he gave little thought to words
or sentences — only to ideas, leaving the words to come of course. I never
knew of his writing out, like Brougham, an exordium or peroration, or any
part of a speech, in advance ; yet I could tell very easily a speech which
he had carefully arranged in advance from one hastily made without pre-
vious reflection. I think the judges could tell also. It was very different
in style and in compactness and strength. He had a fine personal appear-
ance" and good address. He was intrepid in boldness, generally avoiding
offensive terms. He had a voice of much strength and fulness, while pleas-
ant in tone and modulation. He had a large and generally accurate knowl-
edge of the rules of law and evidence applicable to the class of business in
which he was called upon to advise or act, and great readiness in the use of
it. All admit his force and success in jury trials. Carefully reviewing and
arranging all the particulars, he sought to reduce the questions to be passed
upon by a jury to the smallest number and to the greatest plainness and
simplicity. But after stating these questions, he w^as very full in his argu-
ments to" show how they should be decided. He often iterated his proposi-
tions, and, varying the form of illustration, appeared tautological. But this he
a lively, attractive manner, and was seldom tedious. He observed and knew
well the fixed ideas and the different modes of thought and technical
phrases used by the mercantile and shipping classes, and by citizens gen-
erally. Ferhaps with these no one could compete with him. But when he
172 Sketch of Francis B. Cutting. [October,
went before an audience of farmers, with whom he had little converse, he
did not claim to be a competitor of some others who were better acquainted
with that class. The cases in which he was particularly successful were
clearly marked. The)7 were essentially commercial or shipping, involving
rights of property and modes of transacting the active and serious business
of life. He advised very few actions Bounding in daniages: I recollect but
three or four. In one important action for the libel of a merchant in his
credit and husiness, it was arranged for that master of the passions, Ogden
Hoffman, as associate counsel, to have the last and principal speech, while
he opened the case, introduced the evidence, and examined the witnesses, —
preparing the way finely: and there was a verdict for $10,000 damages.
But appeals to the passions or feelings for such results were not generally
to his taste. The opposing counsel, if known to him, he would designate
as his "learned friend." lie sometimes seemed profuse in personal compli-
ments, as if they were mere civilities. He was generous in bestowing them.
He softened the harshness of contention by means of them. The compli-
ments which I think pleased him the best were from.Chief Justice Taney,
after he had argued before the Supreme Court of the United States the
case of Harmony vs. Mitchell (reported in 13 How. Sup. Ct. Rep. 115. See
also 1 Blatchf. 549, and New York Legal Observer, 329). They were not pub-
lic, but were warm and flattering beyond the range of mere civility, and
beyond the ordinary sobriety of the Chief Justice. The decision, classed
as constitutional law, was thought by some to be a step in advance — in the
interest of civilization and in restraint of the roughness, destructiveness, and
barbarity of offensive war. The Chief Justice wished it to be so treated.
No such decision can be found in Europe. I fear it has had little effect
here, and none there.
A point of State constitutional law, affecting the patronage and power of
some of our city judges, was urged by him successfully in the case of Con-
nor vs. Warner, or Warner vs. The People (2 Demo, 272). It exhibited
samples of the different modes and processes of reasoning or arguing a
single point. He took up that case because, on application some years pre-
viously, he had written an opinion that way. Other cases for the same
client, such as Connor vs. The Mayor, 1 Seld. 285, had a different fate.
I had an opportunity to observe his course and conduct in many such
cases. He would gallantly come to the rescue of a friend in distress, but
it appeared to me that in some instances where he had no sympathy for his
own client, or was arguing a point adverse to his friends, but thought his law
was right, he acquitted himself better, was more careful and earnest in his
arguments, than even in other cases, — I suppose from a hind of jealousy lest
his lack of sympathy should injure his argument, or an apprehension lest he
should not do justice, by reason of his feelings. His opponents felt his force,
perhaps more than others. He often had new clients from those whom he
had beaten in a suit ; but some were offended, and could never recover
their equanimity. He was a good equitv lawyer. He was a greater friend
of the civil law, compared with the common law, than most New York
lawyers. He liked the forms and proceedings of the courts of the United
States quite as well as those in the State courts ; and was not even an
opponent of the Code of Procedure.
He was never called upon, like the English sergeants, to adopt a motto ;
but he tells us by his life, that without reliance upon antecedents or sur-
roundings, he took the earliest on record, that of Fineux, C. J. : " Suce
quisquejortunce faber." No pedigree nor wealth dispenses with that maxim.
1S71.] Sketch of Francis B. Cutting. 173
His presiding at the dinner to Mr. Gerard, and the address of Mr. Brady
complimenting- him, have been described by others. His last public ap-
pearance, I think, or last public speech, was on the death of James T.
Brady, in February, 1869. His remarks on that occasion (reported in 54
Barbour's S. C. Exports, 642), brief, spoken off-hand, with great readiness,
but without notes or previous preparation, and not mere compliments,
may serve as a sample of his command of fit language to express his mean-
ing clearly and simply, but effectively.
His last disease was from a disturbed or diseased valve of the heart, in-
volving, as it proceeded, greater and greater difficulty, pain, and distress,
until it was necessary to give him opiates, or other medicines, deadening or
removing the sense of pain. He had looked forward to the relief before
experienced from getting into the country for the summer. He liked to be
on or near the sea. Through life, in many hasty efforts, I think, he had
not been very successful in securing a place that pleased him long, or well,
in the country. His last, at "Westport, Connecticut, on the Sound, I
believe, did so. But as the hot weather came on, it was deemed unsafe to
remove him there. He wished no notice, out of doors, to be taken of his
illness, and few, even of his nearest, friends, were advised of its severity. He
died in New York city on 26th June, 1870. His body was deposited in
his well-chosen vault at Greenwood. He rests from his labors. The coun-
sellor, the eloquent orator, was taken away from us.
I have confined myself chiefly to what fell under my own observation,
and have avoided those topics or points on which I have no information not
common to others, or on which my feelings might probably mislead me.
In doing so I fall far short of what I think his character deserves.
He was a lawyer of extraordinary learning and ability, a friend with
nothing to bind him to me, but, iu action and generous confidence, sur-
passing all others I have had.
To show you I am not alone in this view, and how truly I have spoken,
I ask to have the resolutions read which were carefully drawn by those who
knew him well, who were often, his antagonists, and who certainly were
very competent judges.
Resolutions Adopted at a Meeting of Members of the Bar, held in the United States
Court Room, Nexo York City, '30th June, 1870.
Resolved, That in the death of Mr. Cutting-, we lament the loss to the community
of an eminent citizen and a great lawyer, and to ourselves of a friend and associate
in the profession, whose life and conduct were our admiration and our pride.
Resolved, That the varied and brilliant powers of mind which Mr. Cutting brought
to the service of the administration of justice in the practice of the law — tbe
thorough and extensive learning with which these natural powers wrere disciplined
and developed — the wide and active industry in which they were exercised — the
manifold forms and many courts in which they were displayed — the multitude of
causes in which, and of clients for whom they were exerted — and tbe abundant suc-
cesses of his whole career, have combined to give Mr. Cutting a place of the first
and highest distinction in the generation of lawyers with whom his name and fame
are to be enrolled.
Resolved, That we recall his noble presence and his energy of action and of voice —
his unlimited resources of knowledge and of art1— his zealous devotion to the in-
terests in which his professional duty was enlisted — his unfailing respect to all
courts and judges— his faith to his companions in the strenuous contests of the bar
— his helpful kindness to the worthy ambition of the younger lawyers— his generous
estimation of his rivals and competitors, with sadness, indeed, tbat his place among
living lawyers shall know him no more, but with a grateful pride that his memory
and his example remain to the perpetual honor of the profession he has so greatly
adorned.
Resolved, That we respectfully offer to his family our sympathy in their affliction.
17±
The Scott Family.
[October,
THE SCOTT FAMILY,
DESCENDANTS OF RICHARD SCOTT, OF PROVIDENCE, R. I.
[By Martin B. Scott, Esq., of Cleveland, 0.]
Arms of Scott of Glemsford, with quarterings
of Bcaufitz, Pimpe, Pashley, Scrycaux,
Wormanviile, and Gowcr.
The original name of this family was " Bail-
leul," subsequently spelled "Baliol." Pierre de
Bailleul, Lord of Fiscamp in Normandy (as ap-
pears by the roll of Battle Abbey), came in with
William the Conqueror, and was progenitor of
John Baliol, founder of Baliol College, Oxford —
a baron of great wealth and influence, which
was much increased by his marriage with Der-
vorgille, daughter and one of the heirs of Alan,
Lord of Galloway, Constable of Scotland, by
Margaret, eldest daughter of David, Earl of
Huntington, and sister of John Scot, last Earl of
Chester (the first of the name of Scot met with
in English history). John Baliol, King of
Scotland, son of John and Dervorgille, had a
younger brother who wrote his name William
Baliol le Scot — Scot probably being added to
perpetuate the name of his great uucle, John
Scot, who died without issue.
Edward I. was a man of violent passions, and
when he dethroned John Baliol, his rage against
all who bore the name was so impetuous, that
to avoid the fury of that monarch the name
was changed, and William Baliol le Scot dropped
Baliol, and assumed the name of William Scot (See Hasted's History of
Kent). It is a singular fact that the name of Baliol (since the death of
Edward Baliol in 1363) is not met with in English or Scotch history.
This William Scot was the founder of the family of " Scott of Scott's
Hall, Kent." His eldest son, John Scott, was born in 1290.
1. Richard Scott, of Providence, was descended from a younger branch of
this family, seated in the parish of Glemsford, Suffolk, about the
middle of the 16th century. His grandfather's name was Edward,
and his father was Richard, as appears by the will of the latter,
which also shows that Bichard was eldest son and heir.
It is probable that Richard Soott came over in the ship Griffin, in
company with William Hutchinson and his wife, the famous Anne
Hutchinson, and her sister, Katharine Marbury, afterwards the wife
of Richard Scott. He joined the first church of Boston " the 28th
of y» sixth month, 1634." Hutchinson joined the church "the
26th of ye eighth month, and his wife the 2d of yr9th month,
1634."
1871.] The Scott Family. 175
He was one of the thirteen " Second Comers " who joined Roger
Williams at Providence in 1637, was the first signer, and probably
drew up the agreement of the thirteen, defining the terms on which
they joined the colony, " in civil things only," reserving freedom of
conscience. He was one of the fifty-four joint proprietors of the
Roger AYilliams's purchase from the Narragansett Sachems ; was a
representative in the General Assembly, and a Commissioner to treat
with Massachusetts on the boundary line. In the first tax list of
Providence (1650), there was but one who paid a higher tax, which
indicates he was possessed of considerable means for those times.
He " was a man of good abilities and acquirements " (Ilowland's
Recollections) ; he joined the first Baptist Church at its organization
in Providence, and Gov. Hopkins says, " was the first Quaker con-
vert in New England."
He married Katharine Marbury (sister of Mrs. Anne Hutchinson)
about 1637. She was the moving spirit in organizing the First Bap-
tist Church in the new world, although Roger Williams has the
credit of it, notwithstanding he only remained in the church three
or four months, declaring their baptism could not be right. Win-
throp says : — " A sister of Mrs. Hutchinson, the wife of one Scott,
being infected with Anabaptistry, and going last year (1637) to live
at Providence, Mr. Williams was taken (or rather emboldened) by
her to make open profession thereof, <fec." She joined the Quakers
in 1656, and going to Boston in 1658, to visit some of her brethren
in prison, was herself cast into prison, and by order of the court
was whipped ten stripes with a threefold corded knotted whip laid
on with great cruelty. (See JVeiv England Judged.) She visited
England in 1660, and died at Newport, R. I., in 1687, aged about
70 years; her husband died 1680-81.
The issue of Richard Scott and Katharine his wife were : —
2. i. EicnARD, who probably died young' and unmarried, as nothing is known
of him after arriving to manhood.
3. ii. JonN, of whom hereafter, b. 1040; m. 1G61; d. 1G77.
4. iii. Mary, " "
5. iv. Patience, " "
6. v. Deliverance, m. "William Richardson, of Newport, August 30, 1670. She
probably did not live long after her marriage, as there is no record of
any children, and W. Richardson m. again in 167S.
7. vi. Hannah, of whom hereafter.
3. John Scott m. Rebeckah , her maiden name is not positively
known, but there is strong circumstantial evidence that she was the
daughter of Sylvanus White, son of Peregrine White, born on board
the Mayflower. John was wounded at Pawtucket in King Philip's
war, 1675. He took the oath of allegiance to Charles II. in 1668,
but was not the John Scott (mentioned by Savage) of Salem, servant
of Laurence Southwick, the Quaker. John Scott, of Salem, figured
in Long Island, and was also a descendant of the Scotts of Scott's
Hall.
8. i. Sarah, b. Sept. 29, 1662.
9. ii. John, b. March 14, 1664.
10. iii. Mary, b. Feb. 1, 1666.
11. iv. Katharine, b. May 23, 1668.
12. v. Rebeckah, b. Dec. 20, 1669 ; m. John Whipple.
13. vi. Sylvanus, b. Nov. 10, 1672, of whom hereafter.
176 The Scott Family. [October,
4. Mary Scott rn. Christopher Iloldcr, an English Quaker, who was
whipped and had his ears cut oft' in prison at Boston. She visited
him in prison, for which she was imprisoned until the sitting of the
next court, and barely escaped the cruel punishment inflicted on
her mother some months before. Her father gave the Island of
Patience, in Narragansctt Bay, to her as a marriage portion. Issue : —
14. i. Mary, b. in 1GG2, m. Peleg Slocum, of Dartmouth.
15. ii. Eliza, b. Jan. 4, 1GG5.
5. Patience Scott, born 1647. When a child of eleven years, she felt called
by divine authority to go to Boston and bear witness against the
persecuting spirit of the Puritans. She denounced Endicot and the
court as unjust judges of the innocent. Child as she was, they cast
her into prison, and she was brought before the next General Court,
and questioned as to her faith and doctrines. She confounded her
judges, and so won upon the conscience and sympathy of the peo-
ple present, that the court dared not sentence her to any punishment,
and adjudged she was not of sufficient years to be obnoxious to the
law. (See New England Judged, and Seidell's Hist, of the Quakers.)
She m. Henry Beers, of Newport, Sept. 20, 1608. Issue: —
16. i. Henry, b. Sept. 7, 1673.
17. ii. Katharine, b. Oct. 22, 1675.
18. iii. John, b. Dec. 29, 1678.
19. iv. Katharine (again), b. Feb. 25, 1681.
20. v. Charles, b. Sept. 4. 1683.
21. vi. Mary, b. Sept. 15, 1684.
7. Hannah m., in 1666, Gov. Walter Clark, of Newport (second wife). He
had four wives ; his third wife was a dau. of Roger Williams. Clark
was an eminent Quaker, and was Governor of Rhode Island for twelve
years. Issue : —
22. i. Hannah, b. Oct. 28, 1667.
23. ii. Katharine.
24. iii. Content.
25. iv. Deliverance.
26. v. Frances, b. Jan. 17, 1673.
27. vi. Jeremiah, b. Feb. 21, 1674; d. young.
13. Sylvanus is the only son of John and Rebeckah Scott that we have
any account of who arrived to manhood. He m. Joanna, dau. of
Gov. Joseph Jenkes, of Rhode Island. In the early records of Provi-
dence, he is called Capt. Sylvanus Scott, which, coupled with the
fact that his wife was a Baptist, would indicate that he was not a
Quaker. He, with his brother-in-law, Jenkes, was the first iron
maker in Rhode Island, and was for several years a member of the
General Court and Town Council of Providence. Issue : —
2S. i. John, b. Sept. 30, 1694, father of Job, the Quaker preacher.
29. ii. Catharine, b. March 31, 1696, ni. Nathaniel, son of Gov. Joseph
Jenkes.
30. iii. JOSEPH, b. Aug. 15, 1097, m. Elizabeth Jenkes.
31. iv. REBECKAH, b. Feb. 11, 1699, m. John Wilkinson. Jemima Wilkinson,
Elect Lady, was their granddau. , b. 1751, and d. in Yates Co., N. Y. ,
July 1, 1819.
32. v. Esther, b. Dec. 5, 1700. Of whom hereafter.
33. vi. Sylvanus, b. June 20, 1702.
34. vii. Joanna, b. Dec. 11, 1704. Of whom hereafter.
1871.] The Scott Family. ITT
35. viii. OHAKLES, b. Aug. 23, 1705, m. Olney, Dec. 16, 1728 ; lived in Cum-
berland, R. I.
36. ix. SARAH, b. June 15, 1707, m., 1726, Stephen Hopkins, signer of Declara-
tion of Independence. She died Sept. 9, 1753.
37. s. Jeremiah, b. March 11, 1709; d. without issue; gave his estate to
Nathaniel.
38. xi. Nathaniel, b. April 19, 1711. Of whom hereafter.
28. John Scott m. Lydia Comstock. He was not a Quaker. Capron says
lie owned large possessions on the plain in the great meadow hollow,
Providence; bed. 1798. Issue: —
39. i. Jon. the celebrated Quaker preacher, b. 18th of 10th mo., 1751 ; of whom
hereafter.
40. ii. Mary, m. Augustus Lapham, a Quaker, who d. at Mecbanicsburg, Cham-
paign Co., Ohio, in 1860, leaving numerous descendants.
32. Esther Scott m. Thomas Sayles, of Smithfield, R. I., Dec. 14, 1721.
Issue : —
41. i. JonN Sayles. b. Jan. 6, 1722.
42. ii. SYLVANUS, b. March 29, 1724.
4:J. iii. Stephen, b. July 16, 1727.
44. iv. Joseph, b. Sept. 29, 1730.
34. Joanna Scott m. Judge Daniel Jenks, a member of the General As-
sembly for forty years ; Nicholas Brown, of Providence, m. their
dau. Rhoda, from whom are descended the famous Providence fam-
ily of that name.
38. Nathaniel Scott, son of Sylvanus, m. Mercy Smith, b. 1714, d. 1709.
She m. Benjamin Slocum (second husband); her first husband d.
1745 ; they were all Quakers of the straightest sect. Issue : —
441.i. Emma, m. Caleb Greene.
45. ii. Sarah, m. Eleasor Brown ; descended from Chad Brown.
46. iii. Mercy, m. Philip Mason; had a son, James, m. Candice Bowen. No
issue.
47. iv. Jeremiah, m. Sarah, sister of Eleasor Brown ; they had a son, Henry,
and a son, Richard S. Scott ; d. at Smithfield, R. I., 1863, Eet. 76.
48. v. Sylvanus, m. Jerusha, sister of Eleasor Brown.
39. Job Scott m. Eunice Anthony, 1st of 6th mo., 1780. He was a
Quaker by convincement, and not by birthright; in 1792 he had a
call to preach in Europe, and landed in Dunkirk, French Flanders,.
in 1793 ; he preached through England and Ireland with Richard
Baxter and other eminent Quakers, and died of small-pox at Balli-
tore, twenty-eight miles from Dublin, Dec, 1793. He was an elo-
quent preacher, and stood high as an earnest and devoted Christian ;;
his diary and letters were published after his death in two large oc-
tavo volumes. He had three sisters : Mary, Penelope, who m. Doc^
tor Hewes, and d. without issue, and Sarah, who m. Thomas Hazard,,
had one dau., who d. without issue. Issue: —
49. i. Oziel, b. 16th of 4th mo., 1781 ; d. 1790.
50. ii. Lydia, b. 28th of 9th mo., 1782; d. without issue.
51. iii. Sarah, b. 10th of 7th mo., 1784; d. without issue.
52. iv. Mary, b. 7th of 1st mo., 1786; d. without issue.
53. v. James, b. 7th of 4th mo., 1788 , of whom hereafter.
54. vi. RUTn, b. 13th of 9th mo., 1789; d. without issue.
48. Sylvanus Scott and Jerusha his wife removed from Smithfield, R. I.,
to Cheshire, Mass., about 1773, and resided there until they died;,
the former in 1829, set. 84, and the latter in 1819, ait- 73. Issue : —
12
178 The Scott Family. [October,
55. i. JESSE, b. 17G7, m. Susannah Chaffe ; d. Feb., 1813, at Fairfield, N. Y. ;
leaving 3 sons and 2 daus., Charles, Lester, George E., Sarah, and
Sophia.
56. ii. Nathaniel, b. May 31, 17G9, of whom hereafter.
57. iii. Joanna, b. 1771; m. Charles Jenkes; d. April 4, 185G ; they have a
son, Linden, now residing (1870) in Mayfield, Ohio.
58. iv. WrLLIAM, b. 1773 ; m. Sarah Hunt, widow of Michael Jenkes. He
died in Tioga Co., N. Y.. Aug. 2, 1859. They had chil. — Sarah, m.
Ephraim Comstoek; Sylvia, m. Daniel Boughton; Cynthia, m. James
M. Mott; Patience, m. Lyman Legg.
59. v. PATIENCE, b. 1774; m. Wm. Legg; d. in Tioga Co., X. Y., March 13,
1858; no issue.
GO. vi. Edward, b. 1777; m. Elizabeth Lewis; d. at Deerfield, X. Y., April
2G, 1842; no issue.
61. vii. Mercy, b. Sept. 18, 1780; m. Levi Bowen ; d. April 29, 1858, at New-
port, N. Y. They had chil. — Lucy, Daniel, Henderson, Nathan, Al-
mina, and Edwin.
G2. vih. Lydia, b. Nov. 18, 1782; m. Calvin Bowen; d. Aug. 27. 1858, at New-
port, N. Y. They had chil. — Alva, Mason, Bedora, Hezekiah, William,
Jerusha, Cynthia.
G3. ix. Sylvan us, b. 1784; m Malinda Sherman; d. at Cheshire, Mass., April
29, 1858 ; left 7 daus. and 3 sons, Eleasor R., Brown S., and Leland.
G4. x. Jerusha, b. 178G; m. David Bowen; d. March 1G, 1818, at Cheshire;
left one dau.
G5. xi. Lemuel, b. June 6, 1790; m. Nancy Bowen, living in Michigan 1871.
They have chil. — Jesse, Nathan B., Albert S. , Lucy B. , m. Sheldon
Ide— all reside in Michigan.
GG. xii. Jaeez, born 1779 ; d. 1790.
53. James Scott m. Alice Sisson ; in 1835 he left the Quakers, and with
his wife embraced the doctrines of Swedenborg, joined the New
Jerusalem Church, became a reader and preacher, wrote some pam-
phlets of a metaphysical cast in support of the theories of Sweden-
bora; ; had a daughter, Anne, who m. Abner Lowell, of Portland,
Maine. lie died in 18G3, and was the last of the male line of John
and Job.
56. Nathaniel Scott, b. in Smithfield, R. I., 1769. His father's family
removed to Cheshire, Mass., in 1773. He m. Charlotte Bowen in
1791, and removed to Deerfield, Oneida Co., N. Y., in 179S, and
resided there until his death (Feb. 1, 1847), excepting in 1806, when
he kept a hotel in Utica; he built his house in the midst of a dense
forest, about two miles from the now city of Utica, and in a few
years plucked from the wilderness a well-improved farm, where he
lived the remainder of his days. Issue: —
G7. i. Cynthia, b. Feb. 1793; d. Feb. 24, 18G8. Children, by 1st husband,
Flalsit Tisdale, Mary E., now wife of Hon. Sam'l Williamson, of Cleve-
land, Ohio ; by 2d husband, Jas. C. De Long, James died at 20 ; no
issue ; Martin B., m. Helen Linebacker,JJtica, N. Y., who have two
sons, James and Frederick.
William B., b. Dec. 29, 1794, lives at Taberg, Oneida Co., N. Y.
Sophia, b. 1797; m. Rev. Benj. G. Paddock, July 2, 1837 ; died without
issue.
Harriet, b. March 1G, 1799; d. Aug. 11, 1845 ; unm.
Martin B., of whom hereafter.
T2. vi. Louisa Ann, b. Nov. 8, 1803; m. Selah Thomas, March 12, 1829; live
at Hinsdale, Cattaraugus Co. , N. Y.
73. vii. Otis D., b. Dec. 8, 1805; m. 1st, Lucinda Cary, 2d, Julia Bloss ; had
by 1st wife, Harriet, who m. Daniel Shepard, of Chicago ; by 2d wife,
Walter F. ; Otis d. April 1865, at Annsville, N. Y.
T4. viii. Charlotte, b. *iarch 1G, 1808; m. Bich'd Herenden 1842; had Nelly
C. and Arthur S. ; resides in Utica, N. Y.
GS.
ii
09.
iii.
70.
iv.
71.
v.
1871.] L' Estrange. 179
75. ix. SUSAN, b. May 7, 1809, unm. ; resides at Cleveland, Ohio.
70. x. Nathaniel, b. Jan. 27, 1812; d. unm. at Deerfield, N. Y., 1832.
77. xi. George, b. Jan. 20, 1814; d. in infancy.
71. Martin B. Scott, b. at Deerfield, Oneida Co., N. Y., March 8, 1801,
where he lived until 1824; was engaged in the commerce of Lake
Champlain, Hudson River, and Erie Canal from 1824 to 1838, resid-
ing during that time at Whitehall, Albany, and Xew York ; went to
Cleveland, Ohio, in 1838, and has since been engaged in the com-
mercial and shipping interest of the great lakes, and as a general
produce dealer; m. Mary Williamson (b. Feb. 11, 1813), March 25,
1840; she d. Oct. 1, 1859. Issue: —
78. i. Isabella Ursula, b. Dec. 29, 1840; d. March 1, 1855.
79. ii. Edward, b. May 21, 1842; d. young.
80. iii. Mary Louisa, b. January 16, 1844; d. Nov. 11, 1848.
81. iv. Martin B., Jr., b. Dec. 17, 184G ; d. April 29, 1870. He volunteered
at 17, served 100 days in the Union army, and returned broken down
in health.
82. v. Richard, b. Feb. 10, 1850 ; d. young.
83. vi. Charles O., b. April 28, 1852, now in Harvard College.
84. vii. John W., b. June 15, 1855.
L'ESTRANGE.
[Communicated by Rev. Charles W. Baird, of Rye, N. Y. ]
Note. — The following account of one of the Huguenot settlers of New
Rochelle and Rye is copied from a document written apparently in the
close of the last century. There are reasons for believing that the writer
was Mr. John Strang, of Peekskill, a lawyer, and a man of some note, who
died in that place, about forty years ago, at a very advanced age. The man-
uscript, which I have copied literatim, is comprised in a small book of
twenty-eight pages. The cramped hand-writing, as well as the construction
of his sentences, seems to indicate the author's French extraction, of which
it is evident that he was pardonably proud. He seems to have taken great
pains to collect information, both as to the causes of his ancestors expatria-
tion, and as to the humble career of the refugee himself; and bis account,
with some trifling exceptions, appears to agree with the facts of history.
0. W. B.
A Memorandum of the family of Daniel 1, estrange and' of Charlotte his
wife who escaped from France in the year 1685 in the time of the perse-
cution under Lewis the XIV and came to America in 1688 and settled at
New Rochelle in the County of AVestchester then Province of New York.
Daniel 1, estrange was born about the year of 1650 in the City of Paris
in France and educated for the mercantile line of business ; which he com-
menced at about the age of twenty-two years, and about that time married
to Charlotte Hubert a daughter of Fraucis Hubert and Levina his wife
Citizens of Paris in France and soon after settled himself in the mercantile
line in Company with Gabriel Hubert a brother of Mrs. 1, estrange his wife.
Mr. 1, estrange and his wife had been educated in their religious tenets in
the Episcopal [Reformed] faith. — The protestants in France had fcr near a
Gentry under the Edict of Henry IV continued to exercise their religion
freely; but in the year of 1685 Lewis XIV the king of France instigated
through his enthusiasm in the Roman Catholick faith was induced to revoke
ISO UEdraiuje. [October,
the edict of Henry IV which had confirmed the protcstants in the full
exercise of their religious tenets, and continued ever since that time. This
measure in his revocal of this Edict which had secured ever since the time
of Henry IV the protcstants in France in the full exercise of their reli-
gion was allowed and considered at once very arbitrary and very extremely
impolitic, since scarcely any inconveniency had arisen in this time nearly
a < 'entry from the privileges enjoyed by the protestants under it.
It had been considered irrevocable; therefore the greatest obstinacy of
these religionists as is usual, now arose in proportion to the severity with
which they were persecuted and threatened. Previous to this Edict of
Henry IV which was passed in the year of 1598, and called the Edict of
France [iVawtesl great had been the sufferings of the protcstants; for in
the year ] 572 in one night at St. Bartholomew's [i. e., on St. Bartholo-
mew's eve] 30,000 was massacred among whom was Admiral Coligni.
The Prince of Condi [Conde] was at the head of the protestants The Duke
of Guise of the Catholicks; that in about one Centry 1,000,000 suffered. —
In the course of the persecution which ensued the revocal of this Edict by
which the liberty of conscience and the full exercise of their religion was
denied to the protestants about 500,000 persons were forced to seek refuge
in differents parts of Europe, who preferred their liberty of conscience to
their Country ; about 50,000 of whom sought their safety in Great Britain
with liberty of conscience, where they were received by James II who is
known by the name of the Duke of York; who openly aided them with
money and protected them as protestant refugees with his power; admit-
ting of them without any expence to the privileges of English subjects.1
Mr. l,estrangc and his wife with Mr. Gabriel Hubert and others their neigh-
bours and acquaintances were among those who were noxious to the Roman
Catholicks and Jesuits [Jessuists] from their great and [illegible] adherence
to their protestant religious tenets ; and therefore among those who were
constrained to seek safety and take refuge in England from the cruelties
practiced in the persecution, by death-tortures — exclusion from sleep — confis-
cation (fcc &c «fec
Mr. 1, estrange and Mr. Iluhcrt in their having sought their safety and
relief, retired to the City of London in England where were some of their
mercantile correspondents, to whom they introduced themselves ; and
Mr. l,estrange procured for himself a Lieutenancy in the guards of King
James II, and Mr. Hubert resided in the City of London and went into
business in the Mercantile line.
Mr. 1, estrange and Mr. Hubert in having so escaped had left all of their
property in France; and Mr. l,estrange had also left his wife Mrs. 1, estrange
with one child (a son) of about one year old exposed to the prevailing fury
of the times, and to the rage and fury of the Roman Catholicks and Jessuists ;
the property of Mr. 1, estrange and Mr. Hubert was confiscated and Mrs.
^estrange being thereby divested of it, she soon became destitute in a great
measure of all support and subsistence and nearly suffering through the
malice of the Catholicks and Jessuists. — Under these circumstances, Mrs.
1, estrange was constrained in the course of a year to attempt her escape
also, and to seek her husband and brother through the extreme sufferings
to which she was exposed to — for subsistence and necessaries of life ; this
she effected after many and repeated attempts by applications made to the
guards of the City for a permission to go out of the same into the suburbs
1 James II., a bigoted Papist, was forced by public opinion to show this favor to
the refugees. See Weiss' Freiich Pror. Refugees, i. 257.
IS 71.] I) Estrange. 181
of the City with a view of procuring of such necessaries as those of wood —
Meat Bread — Water &c «fcc &c — the three, latter of which were frequently
refused of which she was, and then very often experiencing of the greatest
■wants. This liberty being refused to her upon several and repeated solici-
tations and applications made in the most submissive terms backed with
the most pressing urgency painted, (sic.) Sbe finally urged bv necessity and
hunger <fcc &c &c which not only now, but generally proves the parent
of all inventions, was reduced to the necessity again to attempt a repetition
of her applications to the guards with all the most feeling urgency, and to
propose to deposit her child a son of about two years old with the guards
as a pledge for her return. — The escape of the protestants was most nar-
rowly watched and prevented under the most strict, rigid and attentive or-
ders.
This proposition was at length listened too by the officer of the guards
upon such her most ardent and pressing entreaty, and accepted of and em-
braced, when she was permitted to pass through the gate of the City upon
her so depositing of her child to the care and custody of the guard ; and so
she effected her warmest and most anxious purpose under the pretence of
passing only into the suburbs of the City and for the assigned purposes.
She having by this means effected her escape did immediately proceed to
England in the pursuit of her husband and brother, and having come to the
city of London, and entering the City was passing through a street when she
was observed by some Gentlemen from an upper loft of a dwelling house — and
being recognized as a french Woman, and also supposed to be a refugee,
they addressed her by an enquiry from where she was — her business — her
name and her wishes &c <fcc &c — when they learned from her that she
was a french refugee, and that she was in the search of her husband and
brother and who they were &c &c &c. She was then thereupon invited
to come into the house, when she was soon made acquainted with the Gentle-
men, and that they were acquainted with her husband and brother, and
that she should be conducted to them ; that her husband was in the guards
of the king and that her brother was in the City, and she was conducted to
her husband by the Gentlemen. Mr. 1, estrange shortly after was from the
extended benevolence and bounty of the English government enabled to set-
tle himself in the City of London where he resided and remained sometime ;
he continuing in the Guards uutil about the year 1688 when he having dis-
posed of his commission was enabled thereby to aid himself and did embark
with a number of other protestants refugees his associates, many of whom
were his acquaintances for America, and arriving there landed at the City of
New York in the course of the year 1688 with his wife and one son or
more children, with a large number of those his associates french refugees.
Mi*. l,estrange now in Company with many of those his associates french
refugees and acquaintances proceeded to New Rochelle in the County of
Westchester where they making of a settlement did settle themselves in
their different and respective professions and callings of life, as Merchants
Physicians farmers Mechanicks &c. <fec. <fec.
Mr. 1, estrange having procured for his use a farm of new lands and a lot
in the Village as named he commenced a grazer and farmer — Amonu those
of Mr. l.estrange intimate friends and associates and who accompanied each
other to New York and from thence to New Rochelle was the family of
the l,Besley (sic) — known by the name of Bayley (the English doctor called)1
1 1, c, called by the English Dr. Bayley.
1S2 r Estrange. [October,
— Allair-Guion Le Hommedieu &c. (fee. <kr. between the descendants of some
of these families there have been much familiar intercourse with Mr. l,es-
tranges [until '.} about the beginning of the revolution in America.
>ir. l,estrange with his associates having made the settlement of New
Rochelle where the Village is, he settled himself down on his lot in the set-
tlement and improved his farm near where Peter Shute Esquire has since
resided, here he commenced the grazing business and occupation but his
want of a competent knowledge of the business was so great as exposed
him to many losses and much and great embarrassments and inconvenien-
ces, so that he did not from the newness of the Country succeed to his ex-
pectation and wishes; this induced him to Relinquish this occupation and
turn his mind to some new course of dependence, and of embarking in the
Mercantile line ; this he did in the Village, paving an attention to his farm-
ing business also. In this way he continued residing in the village a few
years in this occupation. — Having resided a few years here he determined to
"settle himself at the town of Rye in the County of Westchester where was
then a settlement progressing: accordingly be moved to Rye and there set-
tled himself down with his family in the Mercantile— Innkeeper and farm-
ing business he having procured a lot in the Town Plot, and situate upon
the East side of the Blink [Blind] brook and including the lands East
thereof and where the Park family have since possessed he having likewise
a farm lying north of the town plot and near the line of Harrisons Pur-
chase, including the lands since possessed by Jesse Hunt Esquire ; he was
likewise a proprietor in the pattent of the white Plains where he had a
farm situate south of the Court house (now) and where Bartholomew Ged-
ney has possessed and which has descended to the Gedney family. — Mr.
1, estrange resided in Rye several years in the respective business of a farmer —
Innkeeper and merchant and until his death which was about the year of
1710 as near as can be asscertained, and was buried at the Episcopal Church
at which he was an attendant and a member of it is said. — His great an-
tipathy to the Catholicks and Jessuits is said to have been very warm and
almost unbounded, so that often it occurred upon the very mention of them
and upon bis recounting and recalling to his mind and memory the suffer-
ings cruelties and hardships which he had himself experienced, and which
he had seen practiced upon the protestants in france ho would often he
most frequently elated to almost a frenzy and fury and scarcely able to resist-
bis passion and govern and retain himself from violence when any of them
was in company with [him] ; of this some instances arc related in particular.
Mrs. 1, estrange survived Mr. 1, estrange with three sons — Daniel — Henry and
Gabriel — and four daughters Mary — Charlotte Penelope and Lucey.
Lewis XIV The king of Eranee in his lifetime or The Duke of Orleans
the Regent after the death of Lewis in or about the year of lV-20 by a proc-
lamation notified all of such of the protestants refugees who had made their
escape leaving of their estates and properties in france to return, and that
upon their personal application, or upon that of their representatives that
their several Estates and properties should be restored, returned and repo-
sessed to and by them. Whereupon Mr. l,estrange being then dead. Mrs.
l,estrange embraced the opportunity so offered by the proclamation for an
application thereunder for that of her husband Mr. l,estranges property, and
being aided by a Mr. Simpson a merchant (a jew) in the City of New York
an acquaintance of Mr 1, estranges in his lifetime prepared her youngest son
Gabriel who was so patronized by Mr. Simpson to go to France in the name
of her husband Mr. l,estrange deceased as his representative, and in persu-
IS 71.] £ Estrange. 183
ance of the proclamation to solicit the restoration of his estate in France
which had been left there by him when be made his escape. Mrs 1, est range
having accomplished his preparations, he set out from Mew York where he
embarked for England under the patronage of Mr. Simpson her friend in
his way to France counting for the aid of his Uncle and his friends in Eng-
land. He arrived in London and from thence proceeded to France, and ar-
rived in the City of Paris where under the aid of Mr. Simpson he made his
application in pursuance of the proclamation for the restoration of the estate
of his late father. What aid was afforded to him by his Uncle Hubert or
his friends cannot be assertaincd ; he was so successful in some measure as
report at this time passed as that he acquired a considerable sum, but not
the full amount of the estate, ami to what amount or sum remains very un-
certain as after he had accomplished his business he returned to England to
his Uncle Hubert in the City of London and from there forwarded to his
Mother and the family a sum and but trifling in comparison with [what]
was expected and what the estate was estimated at and was expected to be
obtained as the report then passed, and he settled himself with his Uncle
Hubert, and married in England. — He only enabled his Mother by his re-
mittances to settle her two sons and four daughters in a decent way. The
Eldest son Daniel at the White Plains upon the farm of land acquired by
her husband Mr. l,cstrange as one of the proprietors in pattent of the White
Plains, and where the Gedneys have possessed about south of the Court-
house.— Henry the other son' in the Village of Rye on or near the home-
stead. Her daughters were married into the families of Budd, Purdy and
Park of the County of Westchester; except the youngest who married to
one Davie a merchant or planter from the West India (one of the Islands)
where she went with him and settled and resided. Some of her descend-
ants have but a few years ago resided in the City of Philidelphia, and were
very opulent, — Mary married John Budd— Charlotte married Roger Park.
Penelope to Samuel Purdy Esquire and Lucey to Davie. — Her son
Gabriel after his return from France, remained in England and remained
with his Uncle Hubert in London where he married a wife and settled him-
self. He had one child a son if no more — report says that he was opulent
and in the mercantile line; but his filial duty and attention to his Mother;
and attention to the family was much wanting, as he very seldom corre-
sponded with them in the lifetime of his Mother and less so with any of the
family after her death. He lost his wife by her death, and was said to have
married to a second.
Mrs. l,estrange died in the Town of Rye, and about the year of 1722 and
[an] aged Woman as near as can be assertaincd from information, and was
buried in the Church yard of the Episcopal Church of the Town, having
lived to see all of her children settled from her.
This information so far has been acquired by the Narrator, and who is
indebted for it to a very respectable old Lady in the City of New York by
the name of Mary Gilliot a widow and who was a child of a french family
of (respectable) refugees and who escaped from France also with Mr. 1, es-
trange and his wife in the persecution to England and were intimate ac-
quaintances of theirs ; and whose parents having died in England Mr. and
Mrs. 1, estrange patronized and adopted into their family when a child, and
brought her to America with them and with whom she remained, and with
Mrs. l,estrange after the death of Mr. l,estrange until she married, when she
settled at New Rochelle and from thence moved to New York (the city)
where she lost by death her husband ; here she resided when the Narrator
1.^4 IS Estrange. [October,
acquired this information from her on what was then called Golden hill in
1772 : her attachment and respect for Mr. I,estrange was very warm and
strong as appeared from her professions and which her advanced age might
serve most probably to strengthen and contribute more too: It was such, as
appealed for when she met with the Narrator and beared bis name men-
tioned, and upon an enquiry from one of her acquaintance of the family of
the Narrator and found that he was a descendant of the family of Mr. l,es-
trange, she appeared most happy and to be elated with joy, and made tbe
most pressing invitations to tbe narrator to call upon her, at the same time
the most waim assurances of her respects and regard for Mr l'estrange and
bis family and tbe Joy she possessed at meeting with a descendant of tbe
family — Tins interview occurred in the office of John Jay Esquire at the
time the Narrator was in his clerkship with him, and upon John Jay Es-
quire's calling the Narrator by his name.
To one other most respectable and anticnt Lady Mrs. Pbebe Lee (of the
Purdy family) the Narrator is likewise indebted for a continuation of the
most of the circumstances here related as she bad heard them related by
Mr. and Mrs. 1, estrange frequently ; and of which and of whom she at the
time of the relation to the narrator retained tbe most perfect recollection.
Gabriel having settled in London and there married had by his first wife
a son named William. In the year or about that of 1754 William came to
America and while here made several vissits to his relations, and spent much
time with them, lie was a Lieutenant in the British Navy and upon the
station at New York where he remained for nearly two years. He had had
a liberal education and was esteemed to be a young man of good abilities,
but was much inclined to and had a great propensity for liquor; for this
reason bis father whose aim and intentions were and who had designed him
for tbe Clerical order and gown, was constrained to relinquish such aim and
to procure for him a commission in the Navy as a lieutenant. While he
was upon the American station he kept up a regular correspondence with
the families here; and also after his return to England; some of bis letters
are yet to be seen in tbe poscssion of Jarod [Jared ?] a descendant of one
of the families. — When be left the station of New York, he was from Eng-
land stationed in the East India Seas ; from whence there is tbe last direct
intelligence of him. His father married a second wife but there is no cor-
rect information of any family be had by her, or whether any, nor of the
Hubert family, tbo there are of the names in Europe as appears from the
Military and Naval Calanders in England and France, and also from the
Civil records of both those Countries.
Not much different of the year 1740 there came to America a person who
called himself 1, estrange from Paris in France as be represented and called
upon the family in the County of Westchester and particularly upon Mr.
Daniel 1, estrange who was residing in tbe Manor of Cortlandt, having re-
moved from the White Plains — He claimed that he was the son of a Mr.
Daniel l.estrange and Cbarlotte hestrange and who was left in France with
tbe guards by Mrs. l,estrange in the City of Paris when she made her es-
cape in the time of tbe persecution of the Protestants, and said that he had
been brought up in tbe City of Paris by a person, and who claimed to be
an acquaintance once of Mr. and Mrs. 1, estrange but whose name can not be
called to mind by the informant but which he mentioned. The informant
saw him and beard bis relation and claim made; he urged many reasons to
induce the family in America to accept of him as a descendant of Mr. and
Mrs. I,estrange with circumstances upon which he founded bis claim to be
1871.] L'Edrange. 185
the same person who was left when a child and entrusted to the care of the
guards.
Mrs. riicbe Knapp the "Widow of David Knapp deceased is the informant
and recollects well the seeing of him, and her memory serves her as to all
the circumstances and the occasion of his visit as he said : she was the
daughter of an intimate neighbour of the family of 1, estrange where he was.
She says that it was by many persons supposed that it was very probable
that he was the same person whom he claimed to be: however that the
family bail so much their doubts in their minds that they refused to extend
to him the hand of connection, and as a branch of or descendant of the
family and that he left them and proposed to return to France and endeavour
to procure the necessary and more authentic evidences of his claim. That
his vissage and countenance were generally favorable to his claim and much
bespoke it, and that many of the circumstances by him related greatly cor-
responded with those related by Mr. and Mrs. 1, estrange in their lifetimes,
and not unknown to the families in America and most of their Neighbours.
However he was not known to return after he left America again. In cor-
roboration of this circumstance of his coming to America and presenting
himself and his claim as and for the child which was left by Mrs. 1, estrange
and deposited to the care of the Guards when she made her escape, Mrs.
Phebe Lee before mentioned as an informant has often related the same as
received from Mr. and Mrs. 1, estrange — and there are of the family whose
memories serve them well to have heard it related by their Ancestors and
others, whose respectability and veracity must do away all doubts of that
occurrence and the circumstances.
The Family of Daniel l,estrange and Charlotte had the following Children
viz.
Daniel— born in England and Married to Phebe Purdy a daughter of
Purdy of Rye Neck.
Charlotte born at New Rochelle and married to Roger Park of the town
of Rye.
Mary — born. at New Rochelle and married to John Budd of the Town of
Rye and the proprietors representative.
Penelope — born at New Rochelle and married to Samuel Purdy Esquire
of White Plains.
Henry — born at New Rochelle and married to Kissam of Nassau
Island.
Gabriel — born at the Town of Rye and went to France and returned to
England and settled in London.
Lucey — born at the town of Rye, and married to Davie, a Merchant
or Planter from one of the West India Islands.
Daniel 1, est range married Phebe Purdy a daughter of Purdy of
Rye; he settled at the White Plains upon a farm now in the possession of
the Gedney family and moved from there about the year of 1 744 to the Manor
of Cortlandt and settled himself; he procured Three farms, one known
by the Name of the Haff farm and included the lands now owned by
Doctor Elias Quereau called the saw mill farm — One situate on the ridge
and where once Benjamin Field posessed & One in Stooney street and
where Caleb Morgan now lives. He is said to have likewise procured a
farm for each of his children. The first farm he posessed himself and died
in the possession of. The Saw Mill (the other) he settled his son Daniel
upon. The second he settled his son Francis upon — The Third he proposed
for his son Gabriel, but died before he was settled thereon.
18G Helps fa- New York Genealogists. [October,
He had the following Children viz.
Daniel— married to Elizabeth Galpin a daughter of Joseph Galpin in
King Street.
Francis — married to Elizabeth Hyatt a daughter of John Hyatt Esquire
of the Manor of Cortlandt.
Joseph Married to Jemima Budd a daughter of Joseph Budd Esquire of
the Manor of Cortlandt. lie went into the provincial service as called as a
Lieutenant in the year 1758.
John— Died while in the Colledge at Newark In New Jersey as a student
in the year 1 74—.
Gabriel— Married Hannah Clements a daughter of Johanus Clements of
the Manor of Cortlandt; afterwards in the year 1758 went into the provin-
cial service called as a Lieutenant and returned home at the close of the
Campaign and soon thereafter died.
Phebe— Married to Abraham Purdy a son of Purdy of the Manor
of Cortlandt.
Elizabeth— Married to Joseph Sackett a son of the Reverend Mr. Samuel
Sackett a Presbyterian Minister of what is now called Yorktown.
Henry — Married to Margaret Hazard a Daughter of Thomas Hazard of
the Island of Nassau.
HELPS FOR NEW YORK GENEALOGISTS.
[communicated by henry r. STILES, M.D.]
I. Among the manuscripts in possession of the Long Island Historical
Society, at Brooklyn, is a collection which might be properly called " The
Landon Papers." They are of a miscellaneous character, letters, legal
documents, accounts, etc., selected from the papers of Judge Jared Landon,
of Suffolk county, Long Island, and covering the period between 1772
and 1S10; during which time the Judge was a prominent personage in
the count v. The examination of these papers affords us many interesting
glimpses of the condition of Suffolk county during the Revolutionary war.
and reveals the high estimation in which the Judge seems to have been
held by his fellow-citizens, whom he represented for several years in the
Legislature of the State, immeditely after the close of the war. Among
these papers is a small quarto volume of some sixty leaves, unbound, and
endorsed on the first leaf" Office Memorandum Book, June 1st, 1752."
The owner's or writer's name is not found; but we have reason to sup-
pose that it was Judge Landon's own memorandum book, and its contents
are memoranda of " wills proved" and " letters of administration issued,"
between June 1st, 1782, and March 13, 1784 — the left-hand pages being
occupied with dates and mem. of wills proved, and the opposite, or right-
hand pai2;cs, with a little fuller detail and dates of letters of administration
issued. "" Most of the entries are made at Rombout (Rondout), on the
Hudson, or at Kingston, Ulster county; and the record preserves many
names and items relative to well-known New York families, scattered along
the North River counties from Albany to New York city, and on Long
Island and in Connecticut. It is evidently the private office record of a
Probate Judge ; and the fact of his work being performed at Rombout and
Kingston is accounted for by the fact that the British army were at that
time occupying New York city, and the unsettled state of the country, and
1871.] Helps for New York Genealogists. 1S7
of its public records, necessiated some shifting about of its legal and public
offices and officials.
From this hook I have extracted all memoranda concerning the wills of
soldiers of the Revolutionary army. — as affording valuable data for New-
York genealogists. My experience has been that although almost every
family "had an ancestor in the Revolution," the evidence is, in most cases,
tiurely traditional ; and that probate memoranda, like these given below,
which fix name, regimental connection, and presumptive proof of relation-
ships, *&ve of great value as well as interest to those who are " looking up
their ancestry." In which belief I submit the following excerpts from Judge
Landon's manuscript book: —
1782. June G, at Runabout, issued letters of admin, to George Bateman,
upon est. of Enos Hagerty, private in Col. Lamb's Regiment of
Artillery.
June 20, at Runabout, issued letter of adm. to Daniel Deniston, of
the City and County of Albany, lieutenant, upon est. of James
Smith, of the City of New York, a private in the old Fourth New-
York Regiment.
July 29, atRumbout, adm. issued to James Shemrood, a private in
Col. Van Cortlandt's Regiment, upon est, of Micajah Sherwood,
a private in the same Regt.
August 14, at Runabout, Will of Thcodorus Van Wyek proved "in
common form," the surviving witnesses being with the enemy.
Probate issued same date.
Oct. 29, at Rumbout, issued letters of adm. to Licom Brown, of
the precinct of Goshen, in the County of Orange, carpenter, upon
est, of Jeimes Brown, a private in Col. Van Cortlandt's Regiment.
Dec. 9, at Rumbout, issued letter of adm. to Thomas Palmer, of
Newburgh Precinct, in the County of Ulster, Esquire, upon est.
of Richard Savage, sergeant in Col. Lamb's Regiment of Artillery.
Dec. 31, at Rumbout, issued 1. of adm. to Robert Creig, a soldier
in the First New Hampshire Regiment, upon est, of John Creig,
a private in Col. Goose Van Schaick's Regiment.
1783. Feb. 7, issued 1. of adm. at Kington, to Isaac Hubbell, captain
lieutenant in the New York Regiment of Artillery, upon est. of
Thomas Thompson, captain lieutenant in the same regiment.
Feb. 7, issued do., at Kingston, to Samuel T. Pell, captain in the
Second New York Regiment, upon est. of William Glenny, a
lieutenant in said regiment,
A] ril 10, at Rombout^ to Daniel Fordom, "late of Southampton,
Suffolk, Long Island, esquire, but now of Seabrook, in the State
of Connecticut," 1. of adm. to William Morpelth, late a pri-
vate in Col. Van. Cortlandt's Regiment, who made a will in his
lifetime, but neglected to appoint an executor or executors.
May 14th. Issued 1. of adm., at Rombout, to William Hawkins,
of Danbury, Conn., a sergeant in Col. Zebulon Butler's Regi-
ment, upon est. of Israel Hawkins, a private in Col. Van Schaick's
Regiment.
31 a v 23. Issued 1. of adm., at Rombout, to Reuben Van Gelder, a
private in the Second Massachusetts Regiment, on the est. of
Jacob Van Gelder, a private in the late Fifth New York Regi-
ment.
May 26. Issued 1. of adm., at Rombout, to William Gillapsy, a ser-
1S8 Helps for New York Genealogists. [October,
geant in the First New York Regiment, upon the est. of James
Qillapsy, a private in the old Fourth New York Regiment.
May 2 7. Issued do. to Charles Parsons, a captain in the First
New York Regiment, upon the estates of George Skelleribergh,
William Jones, Anthony McLane, Garlugh Stall, Christian Blie,
all privates in said regiment.
Do. Issued 1. of adm. to Robert Witlson, an ensign in the First
New York Regiment, upon the est. of Edward Fry, a sergeant in
the same regiment.
Do. to Elisabeth Mills, late widow of the deceased, hut now the wife
of John Mills, upon the est. of Michael Wolf, a private in the
First New York Regiment.
Do. to William. Brumly, a private in the First New York Regi-
ment, on est. of John Brumly, a private in same regiment.
Do. to George Bachus, a private in the First New York Regiment,
upon est. of John Bachus, a private in same regiment.
Do. to Peter Looman, a private in the First New York Regiment,
and Mary his wife, upon the est. of Elisha Henderson, and also
upon est, of John Barret, privates in the same regiment, during
the life of said Mary Looman, and no longer.
May 29th. Issued I. of adm. to William Haburn, a sergeant
in the First New York Regiment, and Mary his wife, upon est, of
Francis Cramberry, a private in the late Third New York Regi-
ment, during the life of the said Mary Haburn, and no longer.
Do. to Samuel Lewis, a lieutenant in the First New York Regi-
ment, upon the est, of Robert Weldcn, late sergeant major of the
old Third New York Regiment, And, Aug. 10, to same, on est.
of Engelhart Persmith, a private in the old Third New York
Regiment,
Aug. 16. Issued 1. of adm. to Susannah Dimond, widow, and
George Clark, of Montgomery Precinct, in the County of Ulster,
weaver, upon the est. of Moses Dimond, a private in the Second
New York Regiment.
Do. to David Schauper, of the County of Albany, farmer, upon the
est. of William Schauper, a soldier in Col. Warner's Regiment.
Do. to Hannah Dihblc, of the County of Albany, late the widow of
Thomas Ryan, upon the est, of Thomas Ryan, a private in the
First New York Regiment.
Do. to John D. P. Ten Eyck, of the City and Co. of Albany,
merchant, upon est. of Angus 3fathewson, a private in Col. James
Livingston's Regiment.
Do., at Rumbout, to Palmer Cady, of King's District, in the Co.
of Albany, esquire, upon est. of Robert Smith, of the County of
Albany, a private in Col. Hazel's Regiment.
Aug. 19. Issued at Rumbout, 1. of adm. to Hannah Lee, of Fred-
erieksbnrgh Precinct, in the Co. of Dutchess, late the widow of
Stephen Fenton, now the wife of Stephen Lee, upon est. of Amos
Fenton, of the same place, a private in Col. Van Cortlandfs Regi-
ment.
Aug. 19. Do. at Rumbout, to Eleanor Losee, of Rumbout Precinct,
in the Co. of Dutchess, widow, upon the est. of Paul Losee, of the
- ime place, a private in the Third New York Regiment.
Aug. 21. Do. at Rumbout, to James Townsend, of Fredericksburgh
1871.] Helps for 2\ew York Genealogists. ISO
Precinct, Co. of Dutchess, carpenter, upon est. of Absalom Town-
send, of same place, a private in Col. Lewis Dubois' Regiment.
Oct. 7. Iss'd 1. of adm. at Rumbout, to James Gregg, a captain in
the First New York Regiment, upon the est. of Hi chard Gorman,
and of Michael Harris, privates in the same regiment.
(N. B.) Administration could not he granted to Captain Gregg
upon the est. of Thomas Ryan, agreeable to the other bond and
certificate, it having been before granted to Hannah Dibble, the
willow of the intestate.
Oct. 8. Do. to Joseph Crook, a lieutenant in the Sixth Massachusetts
Regiment, upon the est. of Peter Kelly, a private in the Second
New York Regiment.
Nov. 7. Do. at Rumbout, to Xea! Shaw, of the City and Co. of Al-
bany, ropemaker, upon est. of George C. Nicholson, a major in Col.
James Livingston's Regiment.
Nov. 12. Do. at Rumbout, to Puah Davis, of Easthampton, in Co. of
Suffolk, widow, upon estate of John Davis, of the same place, a
major in the New York troops.
Dec. 31. Do. to William Elsworth, of Kingston, Co. of Lister, gun-
smith, upon the est. of Peter Elsworth, a lieutenant in Col. Wi-
senfelt's Regiment.
IV 84 — January 9. Issued 1. of adm. to Cornelius J. Bogert, of the City of
New York, attorney at law, on est. of Henry Bogert, of the same
place, formerly a lieutenant in Col. Lamb's Regiment of Artillery.
Jan. 10 Do. to Mary Barrit, of Schenectady, in the Co. of Albany,
spinster, upon est. of Walter Barrit, a private in Col. Goose Van
Schaick's Regiment.
Jan. 'SO. Do. to John Quackingbush, of Schenectady, in Co. of Al-
bany, farmer, upon est. of Jacobus Quackingbush, a corporal in
Col. Seth Warner's regiment.
Do. to William Lighthall, of Schenectady, in Co. of Albany, gentle-
man, upon est. of Benjamin Commins, a private in Col. S^eth
Warner's Regiment.
Feb. 5. Do. to David Van Derheyden, of Town of Schenectady, Co.
of Albany, cooper, upon est. of Christian Van Vorst, a private in
Col. Goose Van Schaick's Regiment.
Do. to Elizabeth Hanly, of the Co. of Albany, spinster, upon est of
David Hanly, a private in Col. Goose Van Schaick's Regiment.
Feb. 10. Do. to Robert Wilson, an Ensign in the First New York
Regiment, a creditor of Wm Vallance, late a private in the same
regt., deceased ; and also (on 14th) on est. of Patrick Wall, late
a private in the same regt., deceased.
Feb. 17. Do. to Isaac Hubbell, of the City of New York, a captain
in Col. Lamb's Regiment of Artillery, a creditor of William Scott,
of the same place, a sergeant in same regiment.
Feb. 18. Do. to Naniae Curtis, of Cornwall Precinct, Co. of Orange,
father of Joel Curtis, late of same place; and of JVaniw Curtis,
Junior, late a private in Capt. Strong's company, deceased.
March 6. Do. to Harmanus A'an Huysen, of the City of New York,
grocer, a brother of John Van Huysen, late a dragoon in Col.
Lee's Reo-iment of Lio-ht Horse, deceased.
190 Ancient Families of Xew York and Albany. [October,
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT DUTCH
FAMILIES OF NEW YORK AND ALBANY.
[By Jonathan Pearson, A.M.]
Schuyler.
(First Three Generations.)
Philip Pieterse Schuyler was probably the elder of the two brothers
of this name who settled about 1050 in Bcverwyck.1 His bouw'ery em-
braced the southerly portion of the present village of West Troy, besides
which he owned various house lots in Albany. lie married Margareta,
daughter of Brant AertseVan Slichtenhorst, Dec. 12, (22) 1050, and had
the following children :-Gysbcrt, born July 2,1052; Geertruy, b. Feb. 4,
1054, who married Stephanus Van Cortlandt, Sept. 10, (Oct, 3) 1071;
Alida, b. Feb. 28, 1050, who married first Rev. Nicolaes Van Russelaer,
and secondly Robert Livingston ; Pieter,b. Sept. 17, 1057 ; Brant, b. Dec.
18, 1059 ; Areni, b. June 25, 1002 ; Sybilla, b. Nov. 12, 1004; Philip, b.
Feb. 8, 1000; Johannes, b. Ap. 5, 1008; Margareta, b. Jan. 2, 1072 ;
Catharina (?) who married Pierre Guillame De Peyster.
Geertruy Schuyler married Stephanus, son of Oloff Van Cortlandt,
Sept, 10, 1071, and had the following children baptized in New York:
Johannes, Oct. 28, 1072 ; Margrietje, July 29, 1074 ; Anna, Feb. 28, 1077 ;
Olof, Nov. 0, 1078 ; Maria, April 21, 1080 ; Gertruyd, Jan. 20, 1082 ; Philip-
pus, Aug. 22, 1083 ; Stephanus, Aug. 10, 1085 ; Geertruydt, Feb. 23, 1087 ;
Gysbert, Oct. 7, 1088 ; Elisabeth, May 28, 1094.
Alida Schuyler married first Domine Nicolaas Van Rensselaer, who
died in 1078; and secondly Robert Livingston, by whom she had the
following children, baptized in Albany : Philipina Johanna, Feb. 3, 1084 ;
Philippus, July 25, 1080 ; Robert, July 29, 1088 ; Gysbert, March 5, 1090 ;
Willem, March 20, 1092; Johanna," Dec. 10, 1094; Catrine, July l'7,
1098.
Pieter Schuyler, merchant, was the first mayor of Albany 1080-94;
married first Engeltie Van Schaick, and secondly Maria Van Rensselaer,
Sept. 14, 1091." lie was buried Feb. 22, 1724. Children baptized in
Albany: Philippus, Oct. 5, 1084; Anna, Sept, 12, 1080; Geertruy, Aug.
17, 1089; Maria, May 8, 1092; Geertruy, Feb. 11, 1094, married Joh-
annes Job: Lansing; Philippus, Jan. 15, 1090; Jeremias and Pieter, twins,
Jan. 12, 1098.
Brandt Schuyler married Cornelia Van Cortlandt in New York,
July 12. 1082. He lived in Broad Street, New York; died Aug. 15,
1752. Children baptized in New York: Philippus, Nov. 0, 1083; Oloff,
Dec. 12, 1080; Johannes. Jan. 15, 1090.
Arent Schuyler, trader, married Jenncke Teller Nov. 20, 1084: in
1095 he was admitted freeman of New York; perhaps he settled later on
Second River, New Jersey. Children baptized in Albany : Margareta,
Sept, 27, 1085; Philippus, Sept. 11, 1087; Maria, Oct. 0, 1089; Judik,
March 13, 1092; Children baptized in New York: Casparus, May 5,
1095 ; Wilhelmus, June 2, 1700.
Philip Schuyler settled in New York, where he married Elisabeth De
Meyer, Aug. 24, 1GS7. He had a son Nicolaas baptized Sept, 21, 1092.
1 N. Y. Gen. and Biog. Record, vol. i., 28.
1871.] Van Schaiclc. 101
Capt. Johannes Schuyler held a captain's commission in 1690 at the
ao-e of 22 years, and led an expedition to Canada ; lie had great influence
with the Indians; from 1703 to 1700 was Mayor of the City of Albany ;
married Elisabeth Staats, widow of Johannes Wendel, and died July 25,
1747. His wife was buried in the church June 5, 1 7:37. Gen. Philip
Sclmvler was his grandson. Children baptized: Philip, Dec. 25, 1095,
killed by the Indians at Saratoga Nov. 28, 1745 ; Johannes, Oct. 31, 1097;
Margarita, Jan. 12, 1 701, "Aunt Schuyler.'' of the "American Lady,"
married her cousin Col. Philip Schuyler; Catelyntje, March 5, 1704, mar-
ried Cornelia Curler.
VAN SCIIAICK.
(First Three Generations.)
Two families of this name early settled upon the upper Hudson, of which
Goosen Gerritse was head of one, and Claas, of the other.
Capt. Goosen Gerrite Van Schaick, brewer and trader, was one of
the earliest settlers at Fort Orange and of Beverwyek, a man of influence
and repute in the little village. He married first Geertie, dau. of Brant
Peelen Van Nieuwkerk, who died about 1056; and secondly Annatie Lie-
vens in 1057; his children by the first wife were Geertie; Gerrit, hom
1050 ; Sybrant, b. 1053 ; Anthony, b. 1055 ; by the second wife he had
Gerritje, b. 1057; Engeltie, b. 1059; Livinus, b. 1001 ; Cornells, b. 1003 ;
Margarita, b. 1005; Barent, b. 1008. Capt, Van Schaick died in 1070.
Geertie Goosense Van Schaick m. first, II endrick Coster ; and second-
ly, Johannes Gerritse Lansing. Children by the first husband, Anthony ;
Goosen ; Gerritje, who married Johannes Roseboom ; Antje, wife of Johan-
nes Bleecker; children by the second husband, Elisabet, b. 1079, wife of
Stephanus Groesbeck ; Gertruy, baptized Nov. 2, 1684, and married lieyer
Gerritse; Johannes, bp. Sept, 4, 1687; Engeltie, bp. Aug. 17, 1690; Ger-
rit (?) ; Abraham (*).
Gerrit Goosense Van Schaick married Alida, daughter of Brant
Arentse Van Slichtenhorst, and died Nov. 11, 1679. She afterwards mar-
ried Pieter Davidtse Schuyler, whom she outlived.
Sybrant Goosense Van Schaick married Elisabeth Van der Poel, and
had the following children : Gooseu, born 1677 ; Catharina, born 1079, and
married Adriaen Quackenbos; Antony, born 1081; Gerrit, baptized Jan.
4, 1085. He died about 1085 ; and his widow married Bennony Van Cor-
laer in 1080.
Antony Goosense Van Schaick married Maria, dau. of Anthony
Cornclisc Van der Poel. He was buried Feb. 4, 1737. Children baptized :
Anthony; Goosen, Oct, 5, 1084; Gerritje, Sept. 11, 1087, married Coen-
raadt Ten Eyck ; Catharina, baptized in New York, Sept. 21, 1090, married
Samuel Coeymans; Goosen, April 29, 1094; Goosen, Feb. 10, 1090; Sy-
brant, May 12, 1700; Anna Margarita, Dec 0, 1702.
Gerritje Goosense Van Schaick married Capt. Andries Drayer in
Albany, Jan. 17, 1074.
Margarita Goosense Van Schaick married Rev. Barnhardus Freer-
man, of Flatbush, L. I., Aug. 25, 1705, in New York. Their daughter,
Anna Margarita, married her cousin, David Clarkson, son of Secretary
Clarkson.
102 Family Types. [October,
VAN DER POEL.
(First Three Generations.)
Wynant Gerkitse Van der Poel was an inhabitant of Beverwyck as
early as 1654, and probably earlier. His wife, Tryntje Melgerse, was a
licensed vrocd-vrouw ; when lie made Ids will, Feb. 29, 1G95, he was said
to have been late of Albany, now of New York; this will was proved April
17, 1 V02 ; he was not living in 1699. He had at least three children : —
Gerrit, Melgert, and Catryn.
Gerrit Wynantse Van Der Poel married Catryn Van Santen, who
died April 8, 1709. Children: Wynant, baptized in New York, Aug. 27,
1090; Wynant, baptized in Albany, Oct. 11, 1091.
Melgert Wynantse Van Der Poel, gun stocker, first married Ariaantje
Verplanek ; and secondly, Elisabeth Teller, widow of Abraham Van Tricht,
June 29, 1092; he died about 17 10. Children : Melgert; Maria; Trinke ;
Abraham; Wynant, baptized Oct. 14, 108:3; Gelyn, baptized May 17,
1685 ; Jacobus, March 9, 1087 ; llenderick, June 2, 1089 ; Wilhelm, March
19, 1693; Ariaantje, Nov. 17, 1695.
Catryn Wynantse Van der Poel, married Willem Gysbertse Van Den
Bergh, and had the following children baptized in Albany : Wynant; Ger-
rit f Cornells ; Willem, Jnlv 5, 1685; Willem, May 16, 1087; Catarina,
Oct. 13, 1089; Wilhelmus,'june 12, 1692 ; Geertje, April 10, 1698.
FAMILY TYPES.
[By David Parsons Holton, M.D.]
The persistency of Family Types through successive generations is one
of the topics interesting to genealogists.
These types are found reappearing in the third, the fifth, and other gen-
erations, though in some intermediate ones they may have been less appa-
rent. This is shown by a comparison of a scries of family portraits ; and
it is hoped that, by systematic and combined labors of genealogists, aided
by photographic and other chemical processes of recent date, these types
may be more fully demonstrated, and the laws of their development more
fully known.
Family characteristics are found not only in the physical form, they are
even more clearly shown in the intellectual and moral traits. The hereditary
persistency of types is affected by circumstances acting on the parents and
on the offspring. To determine the combined result of hereditary and cir-
cumstantial forces affecting the persistency of family types is a problem of
no easv solution. By much careful observation, and by classification and
tabulation of causes and effects in every department of human nature,
through a series of generations, and by a rigid comparison of these results
as developed in the descendants in male and female lines, genealogists may
formulate the. elements of the problem.
To facilitate the notation of these inquiries, and the method of intercom-
munication on these subjects, a system of symbols is needed. The fields
for investigation which will assist in the solution of the problem of the types
are numerous and extensive, inviting talents of various kinds and degrees.
To illustrate one department of the proposed researches in regard to the
1871.] Family Types. 103
development of family types, it is proposed to select brothers and sisters,
whose characteristics, ancestral and descendental, are generally known.
Let ns commence with .Matthew4 Griswold, the Governor of Connecticut,
and his sister Phoebe4, who married Rev. Dr. Jonathan8 Parsons, of Kew-
buryport, Mass. This brother and sister were of the fourth generation from
the immigrant ancestor, Matthew1 Griswold, of Saybrook, Conn.
We invite co-operation to secure two series of original portraits or photo-
graphic copies of representatives of each of several generations; the
being in the line from the brother, the other being in the line from the sis-
ter—the corresponding generations of each scries being grouped in sections
to facilitate comparison.
As preliminary, we need an initial section common to the two series,
having likenesses of paternal and maternal ancestors of the said brother and
sister. In the second section introductory to the two series, let us place, if
possible, the likenesses of Matthew4 Griswold, and those of all his brothers4
and sisters.4 Thence diverge the two series, each having likenesses, if they
can be obtained, arranged in their respective generations, counting from the
Governor and his sister of the fourth generation.
In the first series, fifth generation, are Deacon John,5 of Lyme, and his
brother Roger5, the second Gov. Griswold of Connecticut. In the first se-
ries, sixth generation, are John6 Griswold, the large shipping merchant of
New York, who died at Hyde Park, Aug. 4, 1856, Charles Chandler6 Gris-
wold, of Lyme, Conn., Roger6 Wolcott Griswold, of Ashtabula, Ohio, Wil-
liam Frederick6 and Robert Harper6 Griswold, of Lyme. In the seventh
and eight generations, first series, are found numerous living descendants of
those above named.
In the second series, representing the descendants of his sister, who mar-
ried Rev. Dr. Jonathan3 Parsons, are found her sons, Captains Thomas4* and
Jonathan,4 of Xewburyport, who died, the former in 1772, the latter in
1784; Marsh field4 Parsons, of Lyme, and Samuel Holden4 Parsons, Maj.-
Gen. in the Revolutionary War ; also, her daughter, Phoebe,'1 wife of Cap-
tain Ebeuezer Lane, Lucia,4 wife of Captain Joseph Tappan, and Lydia, wife
of Captain Moses Greeuleaf. Among the grandchildren of Rev. Dr. Jona-
than3 Parsons and his wife Phcebe4 Griswold are found : Enoch" Parsons,
President of the U. S. Branch Bank in Hartford, Conn.; and grand -daugh-
ters Lucia,3 wife of Hon. Stephen Titus Ilosmer, Chief Justice of Conn. ;
Mehitable,5 wife of Dr. Win. B. Hall, of Middletown, Conn. ; Anna,"' wife
of Fitzwilliam Sargent, of Gloucester, Mass. ; Lois,5 wife of Captain Jacob
Stone, of Newburyport, Mass. ; Margaret,5 wife of Stephen Hubbard, of
Middletown, Conn., and afterwards wife of Alfred Lathrop, of Champion,
N. Y. All the foregoing are deceased.
W ithout now giving names as representatives of subsequent generations
this article closes with a hope that some genealogist or physiologist will
propose a practical system of representing the resemblances in individuals,
say for six generations, in a way to determine the law that governs in
descendants the reproduction of the antecedent types;
* Thomas4 and Jonathan4 Parsons were of the fourth generation from the immi-
grant ancestor. Deacon Benjamin1 Parsons, of Springfield, Mass. ; while they were
of thefft/i generation from their immigrant ancestor. Matthew1 Griswold, of Say-
brook, Conn. Hence, they should be indexed or pedigraded Thomas5 and Jonathan5
in a work specially devoted to GrBISWOLD GENEALOGIES ; but as Thomas' aud Jon-
athan1 in a Parsons' Memorial.
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[94 New York Marriage Licenses. [October,
Ni;\V YORK MARRIAGE LICENSES.
SUPPLEMENTARY LIST, FOR THE YEARS 1 756 AND 1
In 1800 the State published a volume containing a list of Marriage
Licenses on record in the office of the Secretary of State, Albany. Since
that time 1 found a few more boots containing licenses issued in 1756 and
1758. I have included in alphabetical order the names of the panics to
whom these licenses were granted and they are now published as a supple-
ment to the volume of 1860.
E. B. O'Callaghan.
1758, June 10. Agnew, John and Abigail Stout.
1*758, June 30. Alexander, James and Judah Hutchinson.
1756, Apr. 27. Allen, Hannah and Isaac Skinner.
1758, Aug. 31. Allen, Jasper and Elizabeth Wright.
1756, Apr. 23. Anderson, Eliasand Susannah Dawson.
1758, Aug. 16. Anderson, Robert and Ann Ball.
1756, Jan. 16. Anthony, John and Elizabeth Dally.
1756, Feb. 2. Aymar, Jane and Dennis Wortman.
1758, June 21. Baird, Francis and Esther Eagles.
1758, Aug. 16. Ball, Ann and Robert Anderson.
1758, July 7. Ball, Mary and John Coffram.
1758, June 20. Baceheuse, Margt. and Andrew Coest.
1756, June 2. Banto, Paulus and Frances Minthorne.
1758, Aug. 1. Bean, Elizabeth and Isaac Wheeler.
1758, Aug. 2. Beatty, Jane and Thomas Pool.
1758, June 12. Beekman, Catharine and James Cebra.
1758, June 15. Benneway, Eva and Abraham Fort.
1756, Apr. 30. Benson, Benjamin and Catharine Deronde.
1758, Aug. 5. Benson, Catharine and Terence Conoway.
1756, Mar. 23. Bergen, Geoige and Magdalen Bratt.
1758, Aug. 5. Berton, Peter and Anne Duncan.
1750, May 20. Bloom, Mary and George Kapeije.
1756, May 2. Bogardus, Catharine and John Wills
1756, Jan. 28. Bogardus, .John and Mary Du !
1756, Apr. 23. Bogart, James and Elizabeth Pocock.
1756, Mar. 11. Bogert, Isaac and Mary Strickland.
1756, Jan. 3. Boghart, Linah and Lodowick Inslaer.
1 756, Apr. 5. Borright, Catharine and Thomas Noble.
1756, May 14. Bound, Hannah and Joshua Ferris.
1758, Aug. 1. Bown, Hannah and Godfreyd Strcit.
1758, Aug. 21. Bradt, Catherine and Richard Green.
1755, July 13. Brasher, Abraham and Helena Kortright.
1756, May 3. Brasier, Catharine and Albert Ryckman.
1756, Mar. 23. Bratt, Magdalen and George Bergen.
1750, June 9. Bratt, Tryntie and Jacob De Foreest.
175(1, Mar. 25. Brinckerhoff, Daniel and Ann Montfort.
1758, July 10. Brinckerhoff, Elizabeth and John A. Brinckerhoff.
1756, Apr. 10. Brinckerhoff, John and Mary Lyster.
1758, July 10. Brinckerhoff, John A. and Elizabeth Brinckerhoff.
1758, July 22. Buftiere, John ami Mary Simonsen.
1871.] '■ York Marriage Lie uses. L9o
17.18, June 5. Burdett, Susannah and John Low.
1758, July 13. Burney, Edward and Elizabeth Cramshire.
1758, Aug. 4. Burnsj Elizabeth and Charles Mjsrry.
1758, Aug. 24. Bush, Anne and [saac Somendyck.
J 7.")';, June 14. Butler, Hannah and Nathaniel Coles.
1758, An--. 5. Butler, Mary and Johannes Vanderheyden.
L 756, Mar. 1. Cain, Catherine and Jeremiah Punt.
1758, Aug. 16. Cargill, James and Ester Earl.
1758, June 12. Cebra, James and Catharine Beekman.
1758, Aug. 24. Chapman, Mar}- and Wm. Hawkshurst.
1758, Aug. 11. Child, Gertruy and Abm. Leggett.
1758, June 10. Chushow, Jacob and Famatje Van Kleef.
1758, Aug. 14. Cline, William and Joanna Underwood.
1756, May 6. Cobham, Robert and Mary Gereau.
1750, Jan. 27. Cock, Abraham and Hilah Minthorne.
1758, June 20. Coest, Andrew and Margt. Baceheuse.
1758, July 7. Coffram, John ami Mary Ball.
1758, June 8. Cole, Catharine and John Needham.
1756, June 14. Coles Xathaniel and Hannah Butler.
1758, Aug. 5. Conoway, Terence and Catharine Benson.
1756, May 6. Cornel, Gilliam and Margt. Schanck.
1750, May 15. Cornwell, Joseph and Sarah Heady.
1750, June 3. Corsen, Ann and David Kingsland.
L758, Sept. 1. Cox, Ann and Michael Hay.
1758, July 13. Cramshire. Elizabeth and Edward Burney.
1756, May 14. Cramshire, Jane and William Finne.
1756, Jan. 23. Crocheron, Abm. and Eliz. Du l'uv.
1758, June 21. Orosfield, Stephen and Mary Kerbyle.
1750, Apr. 12. Cuyper, Rachel and Dennis Van Dorson.
1750, Jan. 16. Dally, Elizabeth and John Anthony.
1758, July 19. Daltou, Margaret and Edward Keho.
1758, Aug. 14. Davis, George and Elizabeth Turner.
1758, July 22. Davis, Sarah and Jonas Higby.
1756, June 7. Dawson, Mary and Myndert Van Evera.
1750, Apr. 23. Dawson, Susanna and Elias Anderson.
1750, Jan. 13. Dean, Alexander and Elizabeth Lynch.
, Mar. 28. Dean, Daniel and Charity Odell.
1753, July 11. Dean, Elizabeth and John Welch.
1 756, Feb. 3. Decker, Charles and Mary Morril.
1 7 6, June 9. De Foreest, Jacob and Tryntie Bratt.
1756, Feb. 12. De Graw, James and Ann Rapelie.
1756, May 1. Denton, Martha and Stephen Herriman.
1750, Apr. 30. Deronde, Catharine and Benjamin Benson.
1758, July 29. Devoe, Arou and Mary Van Vey.
1750, Apr. 5. De Von, Catherine and Wm. Van Northstra
1756, May 20. Douglass, Margaretand Thomas Fullard.
1750, Jan. 28. Du Bois, Mary and John Bogardus.
1758, Aug. 5. Duncan, Anne and Peter Berton.
1758, Aug. 22. Duncan, Frances and George Duncan Ludlow
1750, Jan 23. Du l'uy, Elizabeth and Abraham Crocheron.
1758, Aug. 22. Dutcher, Elizabeth and John Folbemus.
1756, Apr. 20. Duyckman, Rebecca and Abraham Hooper.
19G
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[October,
June 21.
11 58,
An--. L6.
1758,
An--. 19.
1758,
Au- 21.
1758,
July 15.
1 756,
May 14.
1758,
Aug. L9.
1 758.
June ::<>.
1756,
L758,
.May 14.
June 10.
1 *7EC
1 i 56,
June 15.
1758,
Au-\ is.
1750,
.la.,. 7.
1750,
May 14.
1756,
May 20.
1756,
1756,
1758,
May 10.
May 6.
Aug. 12.
1758,
1758,
July 8.
Aug. 21.
1756,
Apr. 23.
1756,
1 756,
Apr. 7.
June 4.
1758,
June 13.
1758,
Aug. 29.
1756,
Jan. 26.
1758,
Aug. 9.
1758,
1758,
Sept. 1.
Aug. 24.
1758,
1756,
1756,
Sept. 1.
May 15.
May 1.
1758,
Aug. 18.
1758,
1758,
July 22.
July 10.
1758,
June 29.
1756,
Apr. 20.
L758,
Aug. 4.
1758,
Aug. 26.
L758,
June 10.
1758,
June 30.
1758,
Aug. 12.
1758,
1756,
July 20.
Jan". 3.
Feb. 2.
1758,
June 14.
1756
Feb. -J 7
1758
June 13
1758,
Sept. 1.
Eagles, Esther and Francis Baird.
Earl, Ester ami fames < iargill.
Edwards, Frances and William Fielding.
Ellis, Elizabeth and Tfiaomas McBride.
Emotts, Annatji and Edward Kelly.
Ferris, Joshua and Hannah Bound.
Fielding, William and Frances Edwards.
Finley, Robert and Sarah Montanie.
Finne, William and Jane Cramshire.
Fitzcharles, Wyntie and Lucas Schermerhorn.
Fort, Abraham and Eva Benneway
Founten, Sarah and Daniel McSwain.
Fry, John and Mary Van Pelt.
Frederick, Elsie and Boudewyn Le Conte.
Fullard, Thomas and Mar-ant Douglass.
Gale, John and Ann Jones.
Gereau, Mary and Robert Cobham.
Geraud, Mary and John Martin.
Gillam, Phebe and William Peek.
Green, Richard and Catherine Bradt.
Griffin, Rebecca and Edwd. Stevenson.
Hait, Benjn. and Ann Smith.
Hall, Robert and Catharine Vredenburgh.
Hall, Sarah and Win. Wallace.
Hamilton, Charles and Catherine Stillwell.
Hamilton, Mary and James McGrath.
Hancock William and Hannah Sise.
Hart, Catharine and Christopher Johnson.
Hawkshurst, Win. and Mary Chapman.
Hay, Michael and Ann Cox.
Heady, Sarah and Joseph Cornwell.
Herriman, Stephen and Martha Denton.
Higbie, Mary and Michael Murphy.
Higby, Jonas and Sarah Davis.
Hoese, Jannetji and Harm an Pruyn.
Holmes, Ann and Edwd. Parine.
Hooper, Abm. and Rebecca Duyckman.
Hopper, John and Sophia Read.
Horrenbrook, Mary and David Morrishor.
Howlen, Oliver and Elenor Welch.
Hutchinson, Judah and James Alexander.
Hyatt, Mary and Joseph Tomkins.
Innes, Elizabeth and John Wingfield.
Inslaer, Lodowick and Linah Boghart.
Jackson, John and Charity Tredwell.
James, Elizabeth and Charles Moore.
Jeycocks, Francis and Mary Willsey.
Johnson, Maria and Isaac Slover.
Johnson, Christopher and Catharine Hart.
1871.]
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197
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May 10. Jones, Ann and John Gale.
July 28. Jones, Daniel and Ann Robinson.
July 19. Keho, Edward and Margaret Dalton.
July 15. Kelly, Edward and Annatji Eraotts.
June 21. Kcrbyle, Mary and Stephen Crosfield.
.May 22. King, Mary and John Sullivan.
June 3. Kingsland, David and Anne Corsen.
July 13. Kortright, Helena and Abraham Brashei".
May 20. Lambertson, Elenor and Thomas Maddox.
Aug. 31. Land, Anne and David Aug. Roche.
May 14. Le Conte, Boudewyn and Elsie Frederick.
Jan. 9. Le Conte, John and Catharine Van Home.
June 19. Leffertse, Cath. and Peter Luyster.
Aug. 11. Leggett, Abm. and G-ertruy Child.
A.ug. 17. Lewis, James and Hannah Mullenix.
June 28. Lewis, Joseph and Phytie Losier.
June 6. Livingston, Margt. and Peter R. Livingston.
June 6. Livingston, Peter R. and Margt. Livingston.
June 28. Losier, Phytie and Joseph Lewis.
June 5. Low, John and Susannah Burdett.
Jan. 24. Lowdon, Samuel and Sarah Oakes.
Aug. 22. Ludlow, Geo. Duncan, and Frances Duncan.
Api\ 23. Luyster, Anne and Peter Luyster.
Apr. 23. Luyster, Peter and Anne Luyster.
June 19. Luyster, Peter and Catharine Leffertse.
Jan. 13. Lynch Elizabeth, and Alex. Dean.
July 22. Lynch, Mary and Caleb White.
Apr. 10. Lyster, Mary and John Brinckerhoff.
Feb. 23. Mabbet, Samuel and Ruth Yeomans.
Aug. 21. McBride, Thomas and Elizabeth Ellis.
Aug. 23. McCarter, Cath. and Dennis Mannar.
June 12. McClane, Daniel and Ann McNeal.
Jan. 28. McDowell, Martha and Lawrence Sweney.
Au^'. 21. McDugal, Elenor and Joseph Northorp.
Jan. 26. McGrath, James and Mary Hamilton.
Mar. 18. McKim, William and Mary Watson.
Aug. 23. Macmar, Dennis and Cath. McCarter.
June 12. McNeal, Ann and Daniel McCiane.
May 6. MeXeal, Arthur and Barbara McNeal.
May 6. MeXeal, Barbara and Arthur McNeal.
Aug. 18. McSwain, Daniel and Sarah Founten.
May 20. Maddox, Thomas and Elenor Lambertson.
June 22. Maloney, Iluner and Christ. Sennett.
Jan. 20. Mann, Ann and Abraham Willson.
Sept. 1. Mannev, Wines and Altie Vandenbergh.
Mar. 17. Marshall, Frances and Paul Mersereau.
Aug. 12. Martin, John and Mary Geraud.
July 31. Melvin, Catharine and Mathias Rash.
Aug. 4. Merry, Charles and Elizabeth Bums.
Mar. 17. Mersereau, Paul and Frances Marshall.
198 New Fork Marriage Licenses. [October,
1758, Aug. 4. Merven, Hannah and Epenetus
1758, July L5. Mesereaii, Mary and Simon Van Name.
1758, June 15. Michelsea, Hendrict and Margari I \
1756, Jan; 6. Miller, Dorothy and Jonathan M:.
L756, Jan. 6. Mills, Jonathan and Dorothy Miller.
1756, June 2. Minthorne, Frances ami Paulus Ba
1756, Jan. 27. Minthorne, Hilah and Abraham Cock.
L758, June 30. Montanie, Sarah and Robert Finley.
1750, Mar. 25. Montfort, Ann and Daniel Brine] i
L758, June 14. Moore, Charles and Eliz. .lames.
L756, Apr. 17. Moore, Henry and Neeltie Ploughms i.
L758, June 27. Morey, John and Mary Williams.
1756, Feb. 3. Morril, .Mary and Charles Decker.
1758, Aug. 26. Morrishor, David and Mary Bom
1756, Feb. 21. Mott, Hannah and Nathaniel Ogden.
!::>>. A.ug. 17. Mullenix, Hannah and James Lewis.
1758J Aug. 18. Murphy, Michael and Mary Higbi< .
1758, Aug. 22. Myer, John and Amey Roe.
1756, Apr. 2. Myer, Susannah and Isaac Vermillj
1756, Mar. 4. Nagle, Hendriek and Anna RuJ
1758, June 8. Needham, John and Catharine Col< .
1758, Aug. 29. Nevin, .lames and Susannah Wilsey.
1750, Apr. 5. Noble. Thomas and Catharine Borright.
1758, Aug. 21. Northorp, Joseph and Eleuor McDu
1758, Aug. 18. Norwood, Richard and Deborah Shadwick.
1758, Aug. 5. Nutt, Ann and Edward Price.
1756, Jan. 24. Oakes, Sarah and Samuel Lowdon.
1758, Mar. 28. Odell, Charity and Daniel Dean.
1756, Feb. 21. Ogden, Nathaniel and Hannah Mott.
]756, Mar. 2. O'Neil, Mary and Thomas Salter.
1756, Mar. 29. Oothout, Jonas and Eliz. Van Haugle.
1758, June 29. Parine, Bdward and Ann Holmes.
1758. July 8. Peek, William and Phebe Gillam.
1758, Aug. 8. Piatt. Elizabeth and Daniel Tucker.
1758, Aug 4. Piatt, Epenetus and Hannah Merven.
1750, Apr. 17. Ploughman, Neeltie and Henry Moore.
1750, Apr. 23. Pocock, Eliz. and James Bogart.
1758, Aug. 22. Polhemus, John and Eliz. Dutcher.
1750. May 19. Pollort, Christian and Samuel Watson.
L758, Aug. 2. Pool, Thomas and Jane Beatty.
1758, July 10. Post, Abraham and Annaka Schoomm :.
1758, June 21. Poulison, John and Ceriruy Speir.
1758, Aug. 5. Price, Edward and Ann Nutt.
L758, July 10. Pruyn, Harman and Jannetji Ho e.
1755, Dec. 31. Pudney, James and Mary Warner.
[756, Mar. 1. Punt, Jeremiah and Catherine Cain.
. 1756, Feb. 12. Rapclie, Ann and James De Graw.
1756, May 10. Rapalie, Cornelius and Cornelia Wycl
1756, May 20. Rapelje, George and Mary Bloom.
1758, July 31. Rash, Mathias and Catharine Melvin.
1871.J New York Marriag< Licenses. 199
1758, Ann-. 4. Read, Sophia and John Hopper.
1758, Julv 28. Robinson, Ann and Daniel Jones.
1758^ Aug. 31. Roche, David Aug. and Anne Land.
1758, Aug. 22. Roe, Amey and John Myer.
1756, May 22. Ross, Charles and Catharine Ryne.
ITofh .Alar. 4. Ruffee, Anna and Hendrick Nagle.
1756, Ma) 3. Ryckman, Albert and Catharine Brasier.
1756, May 22. Ryne, Catharine and Charles Ross.
1756, Mar. 2. Salter, Thomas and Mary O'Neil.
1756,' May 6. Schanck, Mrgt and Gilliam Cornel.
1758, June 10. Schermerhorn, Lucas and Wyntie Fitzcharles.
1758, Julv 10. Schoonmaker, Annaka and Abraham Post.
1758, June 22. Sennett, Christopher and Huner Maloney.
17 58, Aug. 18. Shadwiek, Deborah and Richard Norwood.
1758, July 22. Simonsen, Mary and John Bufflere.
1756, Jan. 10. Sirle, John and Martha Smith.
1758, Aug. 0. Sise, Hannah and William Hancock.
! ; >6. Apr. 27. Skinner, Isaac and Hannah Allen.
1758^ Aug. 30. Sleght, Johannes and Gerritji Van Bunsckotca.
1758, June 13. Slover, Isaac and Maria Johnson.
1756, Apr. 7. Smith, Ann and Benjamin ilait.
1756, Alar. 19. Smith, Gilbert and Abigail Vandewater.
1756, Apr. 5. Smith, Henry and Margaret Whiley.
1758, June 24. Smith, Jemima and Stephen Wood.
1756, Jan. 10. Smith, Martha and John Sirle.
1758, Sept. 1. Snedeker, Richard and Eliz. Van Bummill.
1758, Aug. 24. Somcndyck, Isaac and Anne Bush.
1758, July 17. Somerindike, Abigail and Samuel Wall.
1758, June 21. Speir, Gertruy and John Poulison.
1756, Apr. 23. Stevenson, Edward and Rebecca Griffin.
1758, Aug. 29. Stillwell, Cath. and Charles Hamilton.
1758, July 11. Storm, Peter and Catalyntie Van Dyck.
1758, June 19. Stout, Abigail and John Agnew.
1756, June 11. Stoutenburg, Annatie and Jacobus Van \ leek.
1758, Aug. 1. Streit, Godfreyd, and Hannah Bown.
1756, Mar. 11. Strickland, Alary and Isaac Bogert.
1756, May 22. Sullivan, John and Alary King.
1758, June 30. Swart, Dirck and Annatie Arandesee.
1756, Jan. 28. Sweney, Lawrence and Martha AIcDowell.
1756, June 10. Ten Brook, Jeremiah and Maritie ATan Ale:\
1758, July 6. Terry, Cath. and Niel Wilkinson.
1758, Aug. 12. Torakins, Joseph and Alary Hyatt.
1756, Feb! 2. Tredwell, Charity and John Jackson.
1758, Aug. 8. Tucker, Daniel and Elizabeth Piatt.
1758, Aug. 14. Turner, Elizabeth and George Davis.
1758, June 19. Turner, AVilliam and Margaret Weeton.
1758, Aug. 14. Underwood, Joanna and William Ctine.
1756, June 10. A'an Alen, Alaritie and Jeremiah Ten Brook.
1756, Feb. 5. Van Annan, Johannes and Alida Vanderheyden.
1758', Sept. 1. Van Bummill, Eliz. and Richard Suedeker.
200 New Veil- Marriage Licenses. [October.
1758, Aug. 30. \'an Bunschoten, Gerritji and JohaDnes Sleght.
I '.".* >8, Sept. 1. Vandenbergh,- Artie and Wines Manney.
1758, July 12. Vandenbergh, Ami,' ami Abraham Wimple. V,
1758, Aug 30. Vandenbergh, Maretje and Wynant A". Vandenbergh. /\
1758, Aug.30. Vandenbergh, Wynant V. and Maretje Vandenbergh.'*^
1756, Feb. 5. Vandenheyden, Alida and Johannes Van Annan.
1758, July 10. Vanderheyder, Dirck and Sarah Wendell.
1758, Aug. 5. Variderbeyden, Johannes and Mary Butler.
1*758, June 30. Vandesee, Annatie and Dirck Swart.
L756, Mar. 19. Vandewater, Abigail and Gilbert Smith.
L756, Apr. 12. Van Dorson, Dennis and Rachel Cuyper.
1758, July 11. Van Dyck, Catalyntie and Peter Storm.
1756, June 7. Van Evera, Myndert and Mary Dawson.
1750, Mar. 29. Van Haugle, Eliz. and Jonas dothout.
1750, Jan. 9. Van Horne,j2atharine and John Le Conte.
1758, June 10. Van Kleef, Famatje and Jacob Chushow.
1758, July 15. Van Name, Simon and Mary Mesereau.
1750, Apr. 5. Van Nbrthstrand, William and Catharine De Vou.
1756, Jan. 7. Van Pelt, Mary and John Fry.
1758, July 29. Van Vey', Mary and Aron Devoe.
1750, June 11. Van Vleck, Jacobus and Annatie Stouteu burgh.
1756, Apr. 2. Vermillya, Isaac and Susannah Myer.
1750, June . 4. Vredenburgh, Catharine and Hubert Hall.
1758, July 17. Wall, Samuel and Abigail Somerindike.
175S, June 13. Wallace, William and Sarah Hall.
1755, Dec. 31. Warner, Mary and James Pudney.
1750, Mar. 18. Watson, Mary and William McKira.
1750, May 19. Watson, Samuel and Christian Pollort.
1756, Jan. 2. Webber, Cornelius and Jane Willson.
1758, June 19. Weeton, Margt. and William Turner.
1758, June 10. Welch, Elenor and Oliver Howlen.
1758, July 11. Welch, John and Elizabeth Dean.
17.'.s, July L0. Wendell, Sarah and Dirck Vanderheyder.
1758, Aug. 1. Wheeler, Isaac and Eliz. Bean.
1756, Apr. 5. Whiley, Margaret and Henry Smith.
1758, July 22. White, Caleb and Mary Lynch.
1758, July 0. Wilkinson, Niel and Catharine Terry.
1758, June 27. Williams, Mary and John Movey.
1756, Feb. 27. Willsey, Mary and Francis Jeycocks.
L756, Jan. 20. Willson, Abraham and Ann Mann.
1750, Jan. 2. Willson, Jane and Cornelius Webber.
1750, May 2. Willson, John and Catharine Bogardus.
1 758, June 15. Wilse, Margaret and Hendrick Michelsea.
175; . Aug. 29. Wilsey, Susannah and James Nevin.
1758, July 12, Wimple, Abm. and Antic Vandenbergh.
July 20. Wingfield, John and Elizabeth Innes.
1758, June 24. Wood, Stephen and Jemima Smith.
1756, Feb 2. Wortman, Dennis and Jane Avmar.
1758, Aug. 31. Wright, Elizabeth and Jasper Allen.
1756, May 10. Wyckoff, Cornelia and Cornelius Rapali .
1750, Feb. 22. Yeomans, Ruth and Samuel Mabbet.
Is, !.] Aged Persons of the Town of Sangerfield.
201
AGED PERSONS OF THE TOWN OF SANGERFIELD.
[CONTRIBUTED BY MARTIN II. STAFFORD, OF NEW YORK CITY.]
•• Ami the aged arose and stood up." — Job xxix.
The town of Sangerfield, Oneida countj , X. Y., is situated in the southern
part of the county, eighty-eight miles westerly from Albany, on the Cherry
Vallcv turnpike, and seventeen southwest from Utica. Its latitude is north
43° 54', with an elevation of about 1,375 feet above tide-water and 800
above CJtica and the long level on the Erie canal. Its shape is nearly
that of a parallelogram, and contains about 18,900 acres. This town was
originally known as Township No. Twenty of the twenty townships laid out
upon the west side of the Unadilla river. It was surveyed in the summer of
1789, under a law of the Legislature passed February 25, 1789. After its
survey, and previous to its settlement, it was simply known to the land specu-
lators of the day as "Township No. 20 of the twenty towns." It was in-
eluded in Whitestown, Montgomery county, at the time of the survey, and
in 1790 and 1791 was purchased of the State upon speculation, chiefly by
Michael Myers, Jedediah Sanger, and John J. Morgan, a considerable por-
tion being subsequently leased in perpetuity. Feb. 16, 1791, upon the
formation of Herkimer county, this township was included in that county,
and the first step taken towards its settlement in the fall of this year. San-
gerfield was in Chenango county upon its formation, by an act passed
March 15, 1798, but was annexed to Oneida county, April 4, 1804.
The town is essentially an agricultural one, although there is some manu-
facturing carried on in the village of Waterville, which stands chiefly upon
lots Nos. 39 and 40 ; but a small part of the village is, however, in the town
of Marshall.
I>v the census of June, 1870, the town contained a population 2,513, —
the village of Waterville containing about one-half. On the 1st of March,
1871, the town numbered among its residents the following persons seventy
years of age and upward : —
Mrs. Joana Carey 98 Zerah Rowell 82
Mrs. Amy Wilcox 96 John Haven 82
John Davis 92 j Chauncey Baldwin 80
Mrs. Sally West 90 ; John Egbert 80
Jonas Banton 90 Randall Wightman 80
Luthur Warriner 89 Mrs. George Leaworthy 80
Mrs. Sarepta Stafford. 79
Mrs. Tryphena Stetson 79
John Mott 79
George Penner ' 79
Darius Babcock 78
Mrs. Amy Owen 78
31 rs. Robinson 78
Richard Damon 78
Guy E. Edgerton 78
Mrs. Susan Benedict 77
Mrs. Gilbert M. Giftbrd 77
Horace Tower 77
Horace Bigclow 77
Philip Lumbard 77
Harry Chesebrough 77
George Green 89
Jonathan Jewett 88
Mrs. Hannah Dve 86
Lemuel Hill . 86
Mrs. Eliza Wells 86
Eleazar Tompkins 85
Mrs. Ziphah Carey 85
Nathaniel Putnam 85
Mrs. Nathaniel Putnam 84
Aaron Stafford 84
Leander Gridley 84
John McCluskey 84
William Lawton 83
Mrs. Day 82
Pliny Beebe.". 82
202
Ancient Wills.
[October,
Mrs. Benry Tower 7:5
Mrs. Horace Terry 73
Mrs. Jonas Banton 76 Thorny Keenau <•»
Mrs. Lemuel Oil! J6 John Winchell
Mrs. Aaron Stafford- 76
Medina Preston 'J
Joseph 1 >e Forresl .
Mis. John Mott 76
Mrs. Eliza Coggshail 76
Mrs. Rhoda Loomis 76
Mis. Moses Bush 76
ird Pugh 76
Terence Brady 76
Homer Hale 761
Joseph Miller 76
Mrs. Zerah Howell 75
Mrs. Mary Geer 7">
Mrs. A. Miller 75
Mrs. Joseph De Forrest 74
Chauncey Buell 74
Henry Tower ' 1
Loomis Miller 74
Abner Stockwell 74
Martin Morgan 74
Isaac Risley 74
James Ledwell 74
Miller Babbitt 71
Jeremiah Tooley 74
Mrs. Susan Chase 74
7::
Mrs. Mary Duffy 73
Hugh Brady 73
Mrs. Elisha Peck
Elexis Seymour
Mrs. Klexis Seymour 7:5
Mrs. Dennis Bangs 73
Clark .1. Rogers.. 7:5
Bridget Mauley 7:5
Mrs. Stanton Part 7:?
Elijah Conger 72
Mrs. E. Bigelow 72
Daniel Wells 72
Mrs. A. B. Robinson ~<-
11. B. Norton 72
Richard Hughes 72
Mi's, .lames Ledwell i I
William P. Cleveland 71
Alvin Bugley 71
Mrs. B. Southwick 71
Lyman Wolcott 71
.Indus Candee 71
Asa Carter 70
Adino Winchell 70
Ninety-six in all ; and it is not a little singular that there is not a Smith,
Jones, Brown, Black, or White anion- them, notwithstanding these families
are ^ represented in the town, and two of them (Jones and White) largely
so Aaron Stafford and Leander Gridley were born the same day.
ANCIENT WILLS.
(contributed by e. b. o'callaghan, m.d.)
Abstract of the Will of Edward Antill, of New York, aged 45 years, made
10 June, 1704. Proved 7 April, 1725. (N. Y. Wills, Lib. 10, p. 42.)
Leaves half his land lying to the North of Hudson's River formerly pur-
chased from Augustine Graham, to his wife, Sarah, and the other halt to his
Bb children, William, Charles, Anna, Edward, Elizabeth, and George. He
further gives his wife all his interest in a certain propnetyship formerly
purchased of David Joshack Laird, of Minevarre, in East Jersey. He
makes his wife and his daughter Anna residuary legatees. Witnesses, V\ il-
liam Yesey, B. Cosens, and William Sharpas.
Abstract of the Will of Johannes Westbroeck, of Knightsfield, Ulster Co
dated 20 January, 1725-26. Proved 10 April, 1727. (N. Y. Wills, Lib.
10, p. 314.)
Gives his wife, Magdalena, the usufruct of his estate during her life ;
after her death it is to be divided equally between his six living children,
viz • Vnthonv, Johannes, Cornelius, Dirclc, Sarah, wife ot Cornelius Van
1871.] Ancient Wills. 203
Aken, and Antic, wife of Jacob Van Etten, and Benjamin, son of his de-
ceased daughter Ursula.
Abstract of the Will of Cornelis Van deb Volgen, of Schenectady, dated
24 March, 17;H. Proved 30 December, 1735. (N. V.Wills, Lib. 13,
p. 13.)
Having no children, left part of bis property to bis wife, Elizabeth,
during her widowhood, the remainder he divided among his nephews and
nieces, viz.: Gysbert Van Bracked, son of bis sister Catharine, Cornelis
Van der Volgen, son of Lawrence (brother), Cornelis Groot, son of Eliza-
beth (sister), Nicholas de Graaf, son of Ariaentje (sister), Jannetie Van der
Volgen, daughter of Tennis (brother), Maritic Truax, daughter of Neeltje
(sister). The widow of the above-named Cornelis Van der Volgen subse-
quently married Joseph Van Sice.
Abstract of the Will of Jochim Schoonmeker, of Kingston, dated 9 De-
cember, 1729. Proved 7 November, 1730. (N. Y.Wills, Lib. 11, p. 52.)
He married Antjc Hussey, and left fifteen children, viz. : Cornelis, Hend-
rick, Frederick, Jacobus, Benjamin, John, Jochim, Daniel, Tryntie (m. Ja-
cobus Bruyn), Eltie (m. Joseph Haasbrook), Jacomyntie (m. Johannis
Miller), Gr'ietje (m. Moses Dupuis, Junr.), Elizabeth (m. Benjamin Dupuis),
Antje, (m. Cornelis Wynkoop), Sara (m. Jacobus Dupuis), to whom, after
providing for bis wife, he devised his whole estate, share and share alike.
Abstract of the Will of Helena, widow of .Tax Burhans, of Brabant, in the
Corporation of Kingston, Ulster Co. (died 1732), dated 19 October,
1728. (N. Y. Wills^ Lib. 11, p. 302.)
She left her property to her children, viz. : Barent, William, Abraham,
Isaac, Samuel, David, Hellitie (ra. Edward Whittaker), Jannetie (m. Peter
Dubois), Elizabeth (m. Jan Ploegh), and to the children of her deceased
son Johannes, share and share alike.
Abstract of the Will of Hans Bergen, of Brookland, Kings Co., dated
18 January, 1731. Proved 20 June, 1732. (N. Y. Wills,Lib. 11, p. Mil).
Leaves his estate to his wife Ptacbel during her widowhood ; after her
remarriage or death to his children : Michael, Fammike, Tennis, Derick,
and Hanse.
Abstract of the Will of Governor Willi am Cosby, of New York, dated 19
February, 1735. Proved 30 March, 1830. (N. Y. Wills, Lib. 12, p. 451).
Leaves the land lately purchased of the Germans by him and called the
Manor of Cosby, on both sides of the Mohawks River, to his sons William
and Henry, viz.: the part on the south-east side of the river to William,
and the north-west side to Henry ; to his wife Grace during her life one-
third of his lands in Ptochester, Ulster Co., with the mines thereunto belong-
ing, the other two-thirds to bis above-named sons. The residue of his real
estate in America he gives to his wife to be sold as she shall think proper.
He leaves also to his wife his house and ground in Soho Square, London,
to be sold to pay his debts, also to his wife, during her life, his bouse at St.
Leonards Hill, with lands adjoining; after her death to go to "William.
His wife is to distribute his personals among his children at such times and
in such proportions as she may think proper.
2 i Ancient Wills. [October,
Abstract of the Will of Maria Truax (of Schenectady), widow of Evert
Wendell. Proved 'JO April, 1782.
No children. Leaves legacies to her brother, Isaac Truax, and to her
f<uir sisters : Susanna and Elizabeth, wife of Caleb Beck, Sara, wife of Olaas
Van der Volgen, Catalyntie, wife of Claas de Graaf. To Maria dau. of said
Catalyntie, and her house and lot to Johannes and Simon Arentse Vedder,
as it came to her from her grandfather, Andries Nacks. < >ther bequests are
made to Maria Rosa and Gertruy Lamberts. Witnesses, John Henry, hat-
ter, Deri i • lf"Y aifiTTgen, doctor, and John P. Truax.
Abstract of the Will of Rev. William Vesey, Rector of Trinity Church,
New York. Dated 1 May, 1710. Proved 21 July, 1740. (N. Y.
Wills, Lib. 15, p. 008).
Gives fifty pound to the poor of the City. Leaves to his brothers and
sisters, viz.": John Vesey, Mary Green, Elenor Turner, Hannah Bracket,
Benjamin Vesey, all of Brantry, to each of them £25. To his godson and
nephew, Joseph Read, junior, 'of New York, £100. To his goddaughter.
Mary Braine, dau. of Thomas Braine, of Flushing, he leaves £50. All the
rest and remainder of his estate, real and personal, he leaves to his wife,
Mary Vesey.
Abstract of the Will of Anthony De Milt, dated 27 May, 1689 ; proved
10 Sept., 1689.
Constitutes as his universal heirs his five children, viz. : Isaac, Maria,
Anna, Peter, and Sarah De Milt, begotten by his deceased wife, Elizabeth
van der Liphorst, having out off any claim on account of primogeniture by
leaving his eldest son, Isaac, one hundred guilders, Wampum value. To
Maria Winter, "for her special good service," he bequeaths three pieces
of eight. Filially, he appoints his sons Isaac and Peter, and his son-in-law
Isaac Kip, executors.
Abstract of the Will of Domine Samuel Drisius, dated 17 September,
1669; proved 18 Deer., 1688.
Constitutes his wife Elizabeth Grevenraet his sole and universal heir
during her life. After her death the estate to go to the heirs of each ; on
the testator's part to Jane Slaade, of London, widow of Anthony Slaade,
and her heirs. He leaves to his godson Isaac, son of Cornells, Steenwyck,
mayor, " his whole Bibliotheque of Bookes." The executors are Abraham
Staets and Philip Putersen Skuyler, both of Albany.
Abstract of the Will of Elizabeth Grevenraet, widow of Dom. Drisius,
deed., dated 4 July, 1684; proved 24 Jany, 168*.
Constitutes as her heirs her children, viz. : Mrs. Margaret Steenwick,
Machtelt Gouverneur, widow of Nicholas Gouverneur, deed, Mr. Peter
De Riemer and the two children of her deceased son, Hubart De Riemer,
namely, Isaac and Elizabeth De Riding, gotten by Catharina .... for one
stake in all her real and personal property, which is to be divided in four
equal parts, viz. : Hubart's two children one part, and her daughters and
sons each one share. The widow of her son Bubart is to receive the income
of her said two children for their support until they arrive at majority or
marry.
1871.] Notes on Bonis. 205
Abstract of the Joiut AVill of Henry Vandtck, formerly Fiscal of New
Netherland, and of Diwertie Cornells ]iis wife. Dated 13 Augst,
1G55 ; proved 20 March, 1GSJ. (N. Y. Wills, Lib. 14 A., p. 13.)
Declare that they have already honestly doted their two dau., viz., Lida
Vandyck, wife of Nicholas Meyer, & Rycke Van Dyck, wife of .John Du-
rctt, ami now bequeath the sum of Four Hundred guilders to each of their
minor children, viz., Cornells, aged 13 years, and Janncke, aged 9 years, to
he paid them on coming of age or when married. The survivor of the tes-
tators to have the usufruct of the estate during his or her life, upon whose
death the estate to devolve on the four children aforesaid in equal portions.
In case any of the children die without issue, the share of said child is to
devolve to the surviving children as above.
NOTES ON BOOKS.
OHIO VALLEY HISTORICAL SERIES.
No. 1. Bouquet's Expedition Against the Ohio Indians in 17H4, with a
Preface by Francis Parkman, author of "Conspiracy of Pontiac," etc. Maps
and Plates. 8vo.
No. 2. Walker's History op Athens County, Onio, the Ohio Land Company,
and the first Settlement of the State, at Marietta. Five Portraits, and an His-
torical Map. 8vo.
No. 3. Colonel George Rogers Clark's Sketch op his Campaign in toe
Illinois in 1778-79, with Introduction by Hon. Henry Pirtle, of Louisville,
and Major Bowman's Journal of the taking of Post St. Vincent. 8vo.
No. 4. McBride's Pioneer Biographies. Sketches of the Lives of some of the
early Settlers of Butler County, Ohio, with Portrait of the Atxthor. 8vo.
No. 5. Dr. Daniel Drake's Pioneer Life in Kentucky, in a series of Reminis-
cential Letters to his Children. 8vo.
No. 6. Colonel James Smith's Narrative op his Captivity Among the In-
dians in Ohio, 1755-58. Cincinnati : Robert Clarke & Co., Publishers. 8vo.
The '"Ohio Valley Series" had its origin in the happily conceived design of pre-
serving by publication a number of hitherto unpublished manuscripts relating .to
the early history of the valley watered by the Ohio River, as well as by its tribu-
taries, including Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana,
and Illinois. No historical works are more interesting, and none at present more
eagerly sought, not only by the general reader, but by the bibliomaniacs who make
a specialty of American history, than the badly printed, time-worn, and rarely
found volumes which preserve for us the fascinating aboriginal history of the won-
drous West ; the French and English intrigues and wars for its possession ; the
travels and adventures of its early explorers, hunters, and missionaries ; its early
settlement by the whites, the bloody "Indian wars," and dread "captivities."
Every book, pamphlet, or printed scrap of the kind has of late assumed a new im-
portance in the book market, and the interest which has so long been centered upon
New England as the oldest historic placer, is being gradually transferred to the
fresher fields of the West. Scarce forty years ago, and the literature of the West
was mostly confined to the books printed at Cooperstown and Albany, in this State,
and Hartford, Connecticut, carried to and peddled through the earlier Western
States by book pedlars, in wagons and on foot. And lo ! now we have, in these
and other issues of Robert Clarke & Co.'s, a return in kind, in form and execution
so daiuty and elegant that the East may well look to her laurels in the typographic
art, if she would not be outdone by the Cincinnati printers. Nor are the con-
tents of these volumes less fascinating than their excellencies of mechanical exe-
cution. They form a welcome instalment of that return of historic lore which
is due the East from the West ; for, as the East has sent its children by thousands
to settle and conquer the West, and has strengthened those children by the influences
of social ties and a noble history, it is but natural that the East should find a more
than ordinary interest in the histoiy which, through its children, it has worked out
in the West. Therefore it is that we welcome this noble (though private) enter-
prise, which has undertaken to give us in so authentic and so handsome a shape,
206 Notes and Queries. [October,
these precious historic memorials of the Ohio Valley country. Their interest is not
merely local, it is national in its character. n. R. S.
Memoir of George Ticknor, Historian of Spanish Literature. By Charles II.
Eart, LL.B., Philadelphia, 1871. Large 8vo, pp. 24.
Our Library has received from the author a copy of this Memoir, originally read
before ili ■ Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Philadelphia, May 4, 1871, — and
now privately printed in the very eleganl reral biographical monographs
from the same practiced pen. It is a delicately conceived and well executed tribute
to the iih mory of one of the best cultivated minds which America has thus far pro-
duced— and from beginning to end, is replete with interest. H. R. B.
MEMORI iX OP WILLIAM SPOONER, 1637, and of his Descendants to the Third Gen-
eration ; of his Great Grandson, Elnathan Spooner, and of bis Descendants, to
1871. By Thomas SPOONER. Cincinnati: Robert Clarke & Co., 1871. 8vo, pp.
242. Private Edition, loO copies.
We have been, for some years, aware that this work was in course of prepara-
tion, and have had opportunity to know with what great zeal and patience its author.
Thomas Spooner. of Reading, Ohio, was gathering its material, both genealogical
and biographical. And, at last, the accomplished fact— in all the beauty of tinted
paper, fair, type and neat binding — is upon our library table, creditable alike to
aul her and publisher. It is, however, if we understand aright, not the completed
work— but, only a " feeler," as it were— a foretaste of the history of the Spooner
race, which is on its way to us, in such good time, and with such goodly form and
complete Less as it may please the author of all families to vouchsafe to our friend
in the final fruition of his arduous and self-imposed task. Accepting this volume,
then, as a sample, we have reason to expect a careful, well-considered and valuable
history of the author's family — enthusiastic in conception, creditable in execution,
and " embracing the names of nearly thirteen thousand of the descendants of
William Spooner, coming from about three thousand families."
Mr. Spooner's style is lively, modest, and exact ; the arrangement of his matter
is simple and good, and the frequent and copious notes with which his statements
are '"clinched,'' betray the conscientiousness which is characteristic of the true
antiquary. n- R- s-
NOTES AND QUERIES.
MERRITT. — In reply to the query of Douglas Merritt, in the 3d No. 2d Vol. of
the Record, there is good reason for supposing that Nehemiah .Merritt was a mem-
ber of the Society of Friends. His name appears in the Calendar of (N. Y. ) Land
Papers as erne of ten petitioners applying for a grant of 2o,000 acres of land included
in the present towns of Queensbury and Fort Ann, X. Y., iu 1701.
He became interested, by purchase, in the Queensbury township patent, issued
20th May, 1762, as appears by the following extracts from the Proprietors' records:
"At a meeting of the Pr ipri< tors, held at the shop of Nehemiah and Daniel Mer-
ritt, on ' the oblong,' in Dutchess County, on the 10th of July, 1762, a vote was
passed that the town lots in said township be drawn by lot on the 24th inst.
'• On the 23d of February. 1763, the Proprietors met at the place above I
and appointed William Smith, Nehemiah Merritt, and Abraham Wing ' Trustees to
rent out the undivided lands.' "
The same month Nehemiah Merritt contributes £32 " on account of the Patent
charges."
Nehemiah Merritt, Jr., is also designated as one of the Proprietors, in a township
map of about the same date.
The same year Abraham Wing, of Beekman Precinct, Dutchess County, with his
family and dependents, removes to Queensbury, and begins the settlement, at first
called Wing's Falls, and now known as (den's Falls, N. Y. Abraham Wing's three
eldest daughters were married to three brothers by the name of Merritt, presumed
to be sons of the Nehemiah in question, to wit, Nehemiah Merritt, Jr., Ichabod
Merritt, and Daniel Merritt.
Joseph Merritt, the first-born of Ichabod, was the first white child born in the
town of Queensbury. A. w. n.
1871.] Announcements. 207
Toledo (Ohio) Historical and Geographical Society. A meeting of citi-
zens was held .lime 14, for the purpose <>i! organizing the Toledo Histori a] and
phical Society. An association was formed by the election of the following
officers: President — J. Kent Hamilton; Vice-Presidents— 1st. Dr. Geo. L.
Hoege; 2d, A. J. Bebout; od, 11. Waggoner; Secretary— E. H. Fitch;
Treasurer — B. P. OGLE.
Grave- Yard Inscriptions.
A stone bearing the following inscription may be found in the Waterville Ceme-
tery. Waterville, Oneida Co., N. Y. : —
•• Stephen Barrett died May 21, 1832, aged 79 years and 3 months"
" Here lies an Oneida County pioneer
To his friends and family dear ;
"When the country was new,
And its inhabitants few,
And Eastern Yankee bands
Were hunting wild lands.
And straugers were plenty.
And accommodations scanty,
His table was spread to the needy,
And his house was open to the weary. "
M. II. s.
The two inscriptions here given are taken from a small family grave-yard near
Louis Perkin's house, Eye Beach, New Hampshire. It is believed they have not
been published before : —
"Here Lyes Buried | ye Body of Mr | Samuel Langdon | who died Decr | 2
172.J | in ye 26 year | of his age.
• " Ann Langdon yu | daughter of Mr j Samuel Langdon & Mrs Han ] nah Langdon
aged I (J mo died Janv 20 1725."
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Adams. — -Among the most important announcements recently made is that by
Messrs. J. B. Lippincott & Co., of the " Memoirs of John Quincy Adams, com-
prising portions of his Diary, from 1795 to 1848." edited by his son, Charles Francis
Adams, who represented the United States at the Court of St. James, during the
trying times of the Civil War. The Diary begins with Mr. Adams' appointment by
President Washington as Minister to the States of Holland, in 1795, and includes
sixteen years of his diplomatic service in that country, in Prussia. Russia, and Great
Britain, and in the negotiation of the Treaty of Ghent. It likewise embraces the
whole of his later labors in posts of the highest responsibility at home, down to the
termination of his career in the hall of Congress, on the 22d of February, 1848.
Thus it necessarily brings into view numbers of his most distinguished contempora-
ries during critical periods in both hemispheres, and supplies authentic materials
for an accurate comprehension of the most important events of a very remarkable
era in human affairs. It is proposed to issue the work in volumes of uniform size
and character with those heretofore published of the papers of John Adams. The
first volume will be put to press at an early day. and the remainder will follow in due
course; the whole to be comprised in five or six octavo volumes. — Am. J. it.
Gazette.
Bagg. — Lyman H. Bagg. of West Springfield. Mass., is compiling a genealogy of
scendants of John Bagg, who married Hannah Burt, at Springfield, in 1007.
He considers that all who bear the name in America, are of the same general line.
Buchanan.— The Life of James Buchanan is being written by Prof. James C.
Welling, of Princeton College.
i OargiU. — William C. Capron, of Uxbridge, Mass., is collecting the record of the
Cargili family, which came to this country about 1720. He has account of three or
four generations in Scotland, prior to arrival here.
208 Announcements. [October, 1s71.
'. — The undersigned has in preparation a genealogy of this name and. by
means of an extensive correspondence with representatives of the name and many
of their collateral kindred, has collected much material for the purpose.
A complete List of the descendants of the Rev. Marston Cabot and Mary Dwight,
has been obtained, as well as much other material. Any statistics of this nature
will be gratefully* received and acknowledged by yvilliam p. cabot.
Boston. Mass.
Dayton. — Chas. Nathan Dayton. P. O. address. 107 Front st., N. Y., is collecting
material for a Dayton or Daighton genealogy, and would like information on the
subject.
LeffingweU.—'Bxsy. E. B. Huntington, of Stamford, will publish about New Year,
1872, his .Memoir of the American Leffingwell Family.
Query 1. What is the origin of the name?
Query 2. What is the date of Lieut. Thomas Leffingwell's immigration? The
author will be greatly obliged to any antiquarian friend who can aid in the solu-
tion of either question.
Thayer.— Mi. Bezaleel Thayer, of Northern New York, is now looking up some
part of the family mentioned above. He is at present with a son or nephew in San
Francisco.
Warren County. — Our fellow-member, Dr. A. W. Holder, of Glen's Falls, lias
commenced, in the Messenger, published at that place, a series of Biographical
Sketches of Distinguished Townsmen, the first one being that of Hon. George
Sanford ; the second, Sept. 8, Dtjane B. Simmons, M.D.
CORRECTIONS.
The Gelston Family, p. 135 of this Vol., should be
19. Thomas Gelston, son of Maltby, b. April 7. 1752, m. Mary, dau. of David
Corwith, of Briilgehampton, L. I. Issue: —
SARAH, who mar. David Cook, and had 6 c.
JOHN, who m. but left no c.
Run Alii), who m. twice and left 3 c, viz., 1. Laura, who m. Capt. Je-
remiah Ludlow, of Bridgehampton, L. I. ; 2. Thomas, and ■'!. Lean-
der, merchants of St. Louis, Mo. ii. p. ii.
Biography of Ezra L'Hommedieu, pp. 3 and, 4 of this Vol. The name of the
second wife of Benjamin, Jr., the mother of Hon. Ezra L'Hommedieu, was Martha
Bourn.
The name of his (Ezra's) second wife was Mary Catharine. She had two children :
a son who died in infancy, and one daughter Mary, who married Samuel S. Gardi-
ner, Esq. Mrs. Gardiner had three children, all daughters. Mary, the eldest, mar.
Mr. E. N. Horsford, formerly Professor at Harvard, and died leaving three daugh-
ters. Prof. Horsford afterwards mar. Phoebe, the second dau. of Mr. Gardiner, and
she has one c. , a dau. Mrs. G.'s third dau., Fanny, mar. Prof. George M. Lane,
of Harvard. They have 3 c.
Page 7. In later life Mr. L'Hommedieu was not ranked as a "Federalist" in
politics, but as a "Republican."
Page 7. The word printed u perennium" should of course be " permnvm"
Some other small errors the reader will detect without difficulty. C. B. m.
New York Militia of 1776, pp. 15(5 and 157 of this Vol.— The following names
were printed incorrectly in the Roster contributed to our July No. by Mr. Wad-
dell:--
Middle Ward.— Joseph Totton, Peter Totton, William Grigg.
North Ward. — Waldron Blaau.
Out Ward. — David Henry Mallos.
Oi rman Independent Co. — Frederick Wm. Huht, John Binkes, John Baltus Dash.
Independent Highland Co. — Normand Tolmie.
END OF VOLUME TWO.
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66.
ii.
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Vol. 2.
No. i.
THE NEW YORK
Genealogical and Biographical
Record.
Devoted to the Interests of American
Genealogy and Biography.
ISSUED QUARTERLY
January, 1871
PUBLISHED FOR THE SOCIETY,
Mott Memorial Halt, No. 64 Madison Avenue,
New York City.
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE,
JOHN S. GAUTIER, • S. HASTINGS GRANT,
S. S. PURPLE, M.D., HEN. R. STILES, M.D., Ex-off.
Mott Memorial Hall, 6-4 Madison Avenut.
JANUARY, 1871.— CONTENTS.
PAGE
Biography of Ezra L'Hommedieu. — By C. B. Moore, Esq 1
Genealogy of the Latting Family. — By John J. Latting, Esq 8-
Contributions to the History of the Ancient Dutch Families of New York :
Schermerhooren, Rutgers, Rip Van Dam. — By Jonathan Pearson, A.M. . . . . 22
New York Marriage Licenses, granted by Lord Cornbury from June 11, 1703, to April 12,
1706.— Contributed by John S. Gautier, Esq 25
Notes on the Graveyards of Long Island: Southold, Sag Harbor, Southampton. — By
//. H. Stifes, M.J) 29
Original Letters. — Contributed by T. Bailey Myers, Esq., and from the " Tomlinson Col-
lection." Horatio Nelson, Nov. 13, 1782 ; Thad. Kosciusko, ; Theodorus Van Wyck,
Feb. 16, 1779 ; Peter Elting, April 10, 177G, June 13, 1776, March 26, 1777; John Macpher-
son, Sept. 9, 1775 32
Tax List of New York City in the Year 1676 36
Abstracts of New York Wills : Jan Vigne, Feb. 2, 1688-9 ; C. Ten Eyck, Sept. 4, 1686 ;
A. Van Schayck, Aug. 4, 1694 39-
Ouk Society's Proceedings.— Oct. 22, 1S70; Nov. 12, 1870; Dec. 10, 1870; Jan. 4, 1871 . 40
Notes on Books. — Memorial of John Slafter, by Rev. E. F. Slafter; History of Brooklyn,
by H. R. Stiles ; Discourse on Hon. G. C Verplanck, by Chas. H. Hart ; Munsell's Col-
lections of the History of Albany, vol. 3 ; Third Reunion of the Society of the Army of
the Cumberland ; Ohio Valley Historical Series ; 150th Anniversary of the Congregational
Church, Franklin, Conn. ; Collection of Epitaphs from St. Pancras, Middlesex, by F. T.
Cansick .41
Notes and Queries. — Atherton ; Dakins— Preston ; Fludd — Wheaton — Dodge; The Swords
Genealogy ; The Verplanck Memoir ; Bryan Newton ; Where are the Knickerbockers ? . 44
Announcements of Genealogies, Biographies, and Local Histories ...... 47
New Members Elected. — See cover, page 3.
Recent Donations Received. — See cover, page 3.
" The Record Club" announcement. — See cover, page 4.
The object of this Society is to collect and preserve (also to publish, as far »s practicable) Genealogical, Bio-
graphical, and Historical matter, relating for the most part, though not exclusively, to the State of New York.
A Library has been commenced, already containing many works of great value to the genealogical student ;
which, by donation, exchange, and otherwise, is rapidly increasing.
The stated meetings of the Society are held on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month (excepting
July, August, and September), at half-past seven o'clock P.M., at the Mott Memorial Hall. (54 Madison Avenue,
New York. At the meeting on the second Saturday, papers will be read or addresses delivered. The meeting on the
fourth Saturday will be of a business and conversational character. These meetings are open to the public.
Membership. — For admission to the Society, the candidate must be nominated by a member, in writing : be
approved by the Board of Trustees, and voted in at a regular meeting. The initiation fee is Five dollars, and liesi-
drii/ Membership requires the payment, annually, of Five dollars. The Life Membership fee (in lieu of all annual
assessments) is Fifty dollars. The Clerks of the several Counties and Towns of the State are members of this
Society er-ojjldo.
Jr*f The Society respectfully solicits from its friends and members in the State, and elsewhere, contributions
of genealogical and biographical material. In the collection and preservation of such material, every one, by the
diligent use of some of their leisure moments, can assist the Society to form a library of reference, which shall prove
of incalculable service to future students of American Genealogy and History.
Copies of ancient inscriptions and epitaphs, full snd exact copies of inscriptions from the cemeteries, monu-
ments, tombs, tablets, etc., to be found in every city, town, village, and hamlet of the State: extracts from town,
church, and parish records : transcripts of public records of births, marriages, and deaths, and of private family
records; personal reminiscences and narratives,- taken from the lips of old persons yet living among us; auto-
biographies; lists of, soldiers and sailors, histories of regiments, military organizations, etc., in the Revolutionary
War, ttie Second War, and the late Civil War.
Biographical memoirs, sketches, and notices of persons who came to North America, especially to the colony
and State of New York, before the year 1700: showing from what places in Europe they came, their families there,
and their descendants in this country. Full and minute genealogical memoirs and tables, showing the lineage and
descent of families from the earliest date to which they can be authentically traced, down to the present time, with
their branches and connections.
All donations of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, etc., will be gratefully received in behalf of the Society, and
promptly acknowledged.
m: e m b e ;r s
ELECTED SINCE THE LAST ISSUE OF THE "RECORD."
RESIDENT. j MYERS, T. BAILEY, New York City
0' CALLAGHAN, EDWARD B. , M. D. , ' '
WEEKS, JOHN A.,
By the payment of fire dollars initiation fee, and five
dollars annual dues.
BAGG, MATTHEW D., New York City
BETTS, Rev. BEVERLY R., "
DE FOREST, HENRY G.,
HAND. CLIFFORD A.,
HAVENS, CHARLES G., "
CORRESPONDING.
DAVIS, C. H. S., M.D., Meriden, Conn.
JOHNSON, WOOLSEY, M.D., PERRY, Rev. WM. STEVENS, D.D.,
LIVINGSTON, CHARLES LUDLOW," . Geneva, N.Y.
DONATIONS TO THE SOCIETY
SINCE THE LAST ISSUE.
From Wm. S. Appleton, Boston : — " Memorials of the Cranes of Chilton, with Pedigree of the Family." .
From Hon. Tennis G. Bergen. New Utrecht, L. I. : — "The Genealogy of the Bergen Family,'' and " The Genealogy
of the Van Brunt Family."
From Thomas L. Clacher, New York City : — " The Life of Peter Van Schaack," and " Hammond's Political History
of New York," in two vols.
From Robert Clarke, Cincinnati, 0. :: — "Third Reunion of the Army of the Cumberland," "General Pope's Cam-
paign," and three pamphlets.
From Rev. E. Tanjore Corwin, Millstone, N. J. : — "Prospectus for a Complete Genealogy of the Corwin Family.1'
From Samuel G. Drake, Boston .-—Catalogue of his Library.
From Henry T. Drowne, yew York City : — The Insurance Monitor.
From Ellsicorlh Eliot, M.D., New York City : — "Centennial Proceedings at the North Dutch Church, New York
City," and two other pamphlets.
From the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. .—One set of newspapers.
From Hon. John W. Ferdon, Piermont, N. Y. : — One pamphlet.
From diaries II. Hart, Philadelphia : — " Necrological Notice of Richard Stockton Field, LL.D."
From Wm. Fred. Holcombe, M.D., Neio York City : — " Manual of Memorial Church in Springfield, Mass.," and five
other pamphlets.
From Joseph Jackson Howard, LL.D., London, England: — Four numbers of the Miscellanea Genealogica et
Heraldii a.
From George R. Howell, Mount Morris, N. Y. : — " The History of Franklin, Conn."
From the loica State Historical Society: — "The Annals of Iowa for 1870."
From John J. Latling, New York City : — " History of the town of Shoreham, Vt."
Frum the N. E. Historic- Genealngical Society of Boston : — The Historic-Genealogical Register for 1870.
From Capt. H. N. Preble, U.S.N. : — Conclusion of the " History of the Prebles in America."
From the " Publication Committee" of the Society : — " Munsell's Collections of the History of Albany," vol. 3.
From the Quartermaster-General of the United States: — No. 25 of the "Roll of Honor."
From Joseph Sabin dt Sons, New York City : — The American Bibliopolist for 1&7Q, and part of set for 1869.
From Elliott Sanford, New York City : — " Sketch of the Wodell Family," and two pamphlets.
From Rev. Enoch Sanford, Raynham, Mass. : — " The History of Raynham, Mass."
From J Gilmary Shea, New York City: — " The Genealogical Register of the Merrimack Valley," and two reprints
of French tracts.
From Rev. Joseph T. Tuttle, Crawfordsville, Ind. .-—"History of the Presbyterian Church, Madison, N. J. ;" and
eleven pamphlets.
From George F. Tuttle, New York City : — "The Canada Directory for 1857-8."
From Ashbel Woodward, M.D., Franklin, Conn. : — "History of Franklin, Conn.," and "Life of General Lyon."
From R. Wynkoop, New York City : — "Manual of the New York Common Council for 1858."
Jg^* It is desirable that all Donations intended for the Library of this Society should be
plainly addressed to
S. HASTINGS GRANT, Librarian,
N. Y. Genealogical and Biographical Society,
64 Madison Avenue,
New York City.
Acknowledgments for the same will be made both by mail and through the medium of the
Record. The following are wanted for the Society : —
' "The New Eng. Historic-Genealogical Register for 1864."
Also, numbers of the " Manual of the New York Common Council," for various years.
THE RECORD CLUB.
An Association, whose full title is " The Record Club of the New York
( iENEALOoit'AL and Biographical Society," has lately been organized, and its
objects may be briefly stated by extracts from the Constitution of the same :
1. The object of the Club shall be "the publication of "The New York
Genealogical and Biographical Record."
2. Membership is not confined to the members of the Society ; and any person
interested in the advancement of the objects and purposes of the publication will
be welcomed to its ranks.
3. The only liability incurred by the Club, or the members thereof, is the
expenses incidental upon the publication of the Record, which, it is hoped, will be
fully met by the receipts from subscriptions ; the edition for the present being
limited to five hundred copies.
4. The management of the affairs of the Club is vested in a Council of six
members, of which three are the Publication Committee of the Society. The
Officers, chosen from the members of the Council, are a Chairman, a Treasurer,
and a Secretary.
The Annual Meeting of the Club is held in the City of New York, on the
first Wednesday in December of each year.
The Constitution has been approved by the Board of Trustees of the New
York Genealogical and Biographical Society, and all amendments to it must have
the like approval.
The Officers of the Club for the year 1871 are — Charles B. Moore, Chair-
man; John J. Latting, Treasurer; and S. S. Purple, M.D., Secretary. The
other members of the Council being Henry R. Stiles, M.D., John S. Gautier,
and S. Hastings Grant.
Any person desirous of becoming a member of the Club will please signify
such wish to any of the above-named gentlemen.
All communications relating to the publishing department of the Record,
contributions of literary material, etc., should be addressed to the Publication
< iommittee.
Payments should be sent to JOHN J. LATTING, Treasurer
of Record Club, No. 64 Madison Avenue, New York.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
The New York Genkalogical and Biographical Record is published quarterly
under the sole supervision of the Publication Committee, and is the official organ of the New
Vork Genealogical and Biographical Society.
The terms of subscription for the year 1871 are Two Dollars, and subscriptions are
requested.
Vol. 2. No. 2.
THE NEW YORK
G
ENEALOGICAL and J3IOGRAPHICAL
B
Record.
Devoted to the Interests' of American
Genealogy and Biography.
ISSUED QUARTERLY.
April, 187 1
PUBLISHED FOR THE SOCIETY,
Mott Memorial Hall, No. 64 Madison Avenue,
New York City.
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE,
JOHN S. GAUTIER, S. HASTINGS GRANT,
S. S. PURPLE, M.D., HEN. R. STILES, M.D., Ex-off.
Mott Memorial linn, 64 Madison Avenue.
APRIL, 1871.— CONTENTS.
PAGE
Biography OF Baron de Zeng.— By Edward F. de Lancey, Esq 49
GENEALOGY OF THE Latting FAMILY : Concluded. — By John J. Lotting, Esq. ... 54
Contributions to the Ancient Dutch Families of New York : Bancker, Oothout, Les-
pinard — By Jonathan Pearson, A. AT. 68
Anniversary Address. — Delivered before the Society, February 25, 1871. — By Henry R.
Stiles, .\f.J>., President 71
The Buffalo Historical Society 98
The Rockwell Family.' — By D. Williams Patterson, Esq 99
Will OF Matthias van Dyck : March 8, 1749 103
Our Society's Proceedings.— Jan. 14, Jan. 28, Feb. 11, Feb. 25, March 11, March 25, 1871 103
HISTORICAL SKETCH of the Society. Presented February 25,1871. — By John S. Oautier,
Esq., Recording Secretary 104
Notes on Hooks. — Papers relating to the Church of Virginia, by Wm. S. Perry, D.D. ; The
Churchman's Year-Book for 1871; Correspondence between William Penn and James
Logan, Vol. I. ; The Prescott Memorial, by William Prescott ; The New England Histori-
cal and Genealogical Register, January, 1871 ; The Annals of Iowa, January, 1871 . . 106
Notes and Queries. — Bancroft ; Bowne ; Corwin ; Feak — Feaks— Feeks — Underhill ; Herald's
Visitations ; Howe ; Stanford ; Steelman ; Wilcoxson ; Grave-yard Inscriptions at Nyack,
N. Y 108
Announcements of Genealogies, Biographies, and Local Histories 110-
Obituary.— David Richard Floyd Jones. — Richard Van Wyck Thome Ill
New Members Elected. — See cover, page 3.
Donations recently Received. — See cover, page 3.
" The Record Club " announcement. — See cover, page 4.
The object of this Society is to collect and preserve (also to publish, as far as practicable) Genealogical, Bio-
graphical, and Historical matter, relating for the most part, though not exclusively, to the State of New York.
A Library has been commenced, already containing many works of great value to the genealogical student ;
which, by donation, exchange, and otherwise, is rapidly increasing.
The stated meetings of the Society are held on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month (excepting
July, August, and September), at half-past seven o'clock P.M.-, at the Mott Memorial HALL, 64 Madison Avenue,
New York. At the meeting on the second Saturday, papers will be read or addresses delivered. The meeting on the
fourth Saturday will be of a business and conversational character. These meetings are open to the public.
Membership For admission to the Society, the candidate must be nominated by a member, in writing ; be
approved by the Board of Trustees, and voted in at a regular meeting. The initiation fee is Five dollars, and Resi-
dent Membership requires the payment, annually, of Five dollars. The Life Membership fee (in lieu of all annual
assessments) is Fifty dollars. The Clerks of the several Counties and Towns of the State are members of this
Society ex officio.
|J3gP The " Record " will be found on sale at the Mott Memorial
Hall : — Volume One, with Index, Price One Dollar ; Volume Two, Nos.
One and Two, Fifty Cents each.
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WADDELL, W. H. COVENTRY,
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TENNEY, JONATHAN,
WESTERYKLT, HAKMAN C,
l'ii'iniont, N. Y.
Stamford, Ct.
Esopus, X. Y.
Owego, N. Y.
Washington, D. C.
DONATIONS TO THE SOCIETY
SINCE THE LAST ISSUE.
From H'. S. Appleton, Boston: — Ancestry of Priscilla Baker.
From 11. 11. Atherton, Nashua, N. //. :— Newspaper cuttings, mounted.
From Charles ft Atkins', Augusta, Me. : — One pamphlet.
From John M. Bancroft, New )'ork CUy : — Semi-centennial of the Providence Journal, and one other pamphlet.
From the Buffalo llhtori al Society : — Proceedings at the Annual Meeting, held Jan. 11, 1871.
From Matthew D. llagg. New York City: — Men and Times of the Revolution : Denton's Description of New York
'C.nvan's Reprint); The Succession of Parliaments — Names of Members from the Restoration to 1761; and
thirteen pamphlets.
From Rev. Beverly R. Betls. New York City : — Commemorative Discourse of the late Prof. Charles Anthon.
F, om Robert Clarke, ftnctnnrttt, O. : — Seven pamphlets and one newspaper.
From the Diocese of Albany, Rev. (i. C. Pennell, Secretary: — Journal of the Primary Convention, 1S68, and Journal
of the 2d Annual Convention, 1S69.
From Will'ird I.. Felt, New York City: — One pamphlet.
Fron. W. P. 6 trris •n, Neva York City : — Constitution and By-laws of the N. E. Society of Orange.
From Grant. M.D. : — Genealogy of the Boothe Family, of Stratford, Conn.
From C. J '. Bo idtey, Hartford, Ct. : — Goodwin's Genealogical Notes of the First Settlers of Conn, and Mass.
From choirs II. Hart, Philadelphia .' — i iographical Memoir of Gulian C. Yerplanck (Reprint, en lar^e paper, from
the "' Record").
From Joseph J. Howard, London. England-: — The Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, Nos. 10, 11, and 12.
From Fred tic .1 . Holden, Washington : — Congressional Directory ; U. S. Naval Register ; and forty-three pamphlets.
From W. /•'. Hoicombe, M.D., New York City: — Proceedings of 4th Annual Convention of Am. Ins. of Architects,
and thirteen other pamphlets.
From the. Iowa State Hixtoi teal society, F. Lloyd, Secretary, Iowa City : — The Annals of Iowa for January, 1871.
. From John J . Latting, Neio York City.: — The New York Observer Year-Book, 1871.
From Elias. Loomix, LL.D.. New ilaren, Ct. : — Genealogy of the Lootnis Family.
From Charles 11. Moore. New York City: — Register of Approved Shipmasters, New York, 1870; the 65th Anniver-
sary Celebration of the N. E. Society of New York ; and two pamphlets.
From the Minnesota Historical Society. St. Pauls, Minn. : — Annual Report for year 1870.
From Silvanus J. Maey. New York City: — Four MS. vols., containing genealogical records of the Coffin, Jenkins,
Swain, Worth, Gardner, and other families ; Genealogy of the earlier Generations of the Coffin Family mN. E. ; the
Dane Family Pedigree; Collections of Wisconsin Historical Society for years 1854-67-68-6!); New York Tax
Book for 1850; Memorials of Deceased Friends, 18-16; Sabin's American Bibliopolist for 1869; and 134 pamphlets.
From the New England Historic, Genealogitxil Society, Boston: — The '•Register" for January, 1871 ; and Proceed-
ings of the Society at Annual Meeting, January 4, 1871.
From II. Onderdonk, Jr., Jamaica, N. Y. : — Queen's County in the Olden Time; and Revolutionary Incidents.
From Rev. Wm. S. Perry, D D., Geneva, N. Y. : — Proceedings of the Associate Alumni of Hobart College, 1870.
From A. M. Palmer, New York City : — Accession List of Mercantile Library.
From John 0. Pe.'tibone. Weatogue. Ct. : — Two pamphlets.
From Royal Paine, Brooklyn, N. Y. : — MS. volumes of Index to Tombstone Inscriptions.
From Rev. George C. Pennell, Cfiamplain, N. Y. : — One pamphlet.
From the %t Record Club,''' New York City: — Vol. IX. of the Pennsylvania Historical Society Memoirs (Penn and
Logan Correspondence;.
From Henry R. Stiles. M.D., Brooklyn, N. Y. : — Belknap's History of New Hampshire, edited by John Farmer;
Genealogy of the Reed Family ; and several pamphlets.
From Rev. Henry B. Sherman, Esopus, N. Y. : — One pamphlet.
From Joseph Sabin <£, Sons, New York City : — American Bibliopolist for January, February, and March, 1871.
From B. H. Satterlee, Plymouth, Conn. : — Five autographs.
From William B. Towne, Milford. jtV. H. : — Fifteen valuable pamphlets.
From Jonathan Tenney, Oicego, N. Y. : — Memorial of Class graduated at Dartmouth College. 1843.
From George II. Wiltiams, Utica, N. Y. : — Historical Sketch of the first Presbyterian Church in Utica.
From the Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison: — Annual Report, 1871.
]^** It is desirable that all Donations intended for the Library of this Society should be
plainly addressed to
S. HASTINGS GRANT, Librarian,
N. Y. Genealogical and Biographical Society,
64 Madison Avenue,
New York City.
Acknowledgments for the same will be made both by mail and through the medium of the
ReGord. The following are wanted for the Society : —
"The New Eng. Historic-Genealogical Register for the years 1861, 1862, and the April No., 1864 '
Also, numbers of the " Manual of the New York Common Council," for various years.
THE RECORD CLUB.
An Association, whose full title is "The Record Club of the New York
Genealogical and Biographical Society," lias lately been organized, and its
objects may be briefly stated by extracts from the Constitution of the same :
1. The object of the Club shall be the publication of "The New York
Genealogical and Biographical Record."
2. Membership is not confined to the members of the Society ; and any person
interested in the advancement of the objects and purposes of the publication will
be welcomed to its ranks.
3. The only liability incurred by the Club, or the members thereof, is the
expenses incidental upon the publication of the Record, which, it is hoped, will be
fully met by the receipts from subscriptions; the edition for the present being
limited to five hundred copies.
4. The management of the affairs of the Club is vested in a Council of six
members, of which three are the Publication Committee of the Society. The
( )ihcers, chosen from the members of the Council, are a Chairman, a Treasurer,
and a Secretary.
The Annual Meeting of the Club is held in the City of New York, on the
first Wednesday in December of each year.
The Constitution has been approved by the Board of Trustees of the New
York Genealogical and Biographical Society, and all amendments to it must have
the like approval.
The Officers of the Club for the year 1871 are — Charles B. Moore, Chair-
man; John J. Latting, Treasurer; and S. S. Purple, M.D., Secretary. The
other members of the Council being Henry R. Stiles, M.D., John S. Gautier,
and S. Hastings Grant.
Any person desirous of becoming a member of the Club will please signify
such wish to any of the above-named gentlemen.
All communications relating to the publishing department of the Record,
contributions of literary material, etc., should be addressed to the " Publication
Committee."
Payments should be sent to JOHN J. LATTING, Treasurer
of Record Club, No. 64 Madison Avenue, New York.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record is published quarterly
under the sole supervision of the Publication Committee, and is the official organ of the New
York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
The terms of subscription for the year 1871 are Two Dollar*, and subscriptions are
requested.
Vol. 2.
No.
THE NEW YORK
Genealogical and Biographical
Record.
Devoted to the Interests of American
Genealogy and Biography.
ISSUED QUARTERLY.
July, 1871.
PUBLISHED FOR THE SOCIETY,
Mott Memorial Hall, Xo. 64 Madison Avenue,
New York City.
$2 per Annum.
Postage Two Cents.
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE,
JOHN' S. OAT/TIER,
S. S. PURPLE, .M.D..
B. II \STINCS (111 ANT,
HEN. R. STILES, M.D., Ex-off.
Mi,n Memorial Ball, (il Madison
JULY, 1871.— CONTENTS.
Ti:\< bs OF Amerk an Lineage in England. — By 77"' Right Rev. Wm. Tngraham Kip, D.D
An. estri "i" General Richard Montgomery. — By Thomas II. Montgomery, Esq,
Genealogy of the Gelston Family.— By Benjamin IE D wight, LL.J).
Contributions to the History op jche Ancient Dutch Families gp New York : Teller
Staats. — By Jonathan Pearson, A.M.
New Yore Marriage Licenses.— Contributed by I'. B. C Callaghan, \f.I>. .
Ulster County Papers. — Nos. land 2 ' .
Dm hess County Papers
Tin: Vail Family. —Contributed by 0. 11 Moore, Esq
Benedict Arnold.— By T. Bailey Myers, Esq
Abstracts oe Ancient Wills.— Contributed by /•-'. I>. C Callaghan, Esq.
N'nv YORE MlLTTlA OF ITTti. — Contributed by II'. Coventry II. Waddell, Esq.
<)i r So. [ety's Proceedings. — April 8, April '2:2, May 13, May 25, May 27, June 10.
NOTES ON Books. — Mudge Memorials; History of Rye, N. Y., by Rev. Charles W. Baird
Catalogue of Columbia College, 1 754—1 870
Notes and Queries. — Bowne — Feek — Underbill; Flowd; Herald's Visitation : Lyman; Mer
ritt ; Curiosities of the New York City Directory
Annoi n< EMENTS ...............
New Members Elected. — See cover, page 3.
Donations recently Received. — See cover, page :>.
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The object of this Society is to collect and preserve (also to publish, as far. as practicable) Genealogi
graphical, and Historical matter, relating for the m ist part, though not exclusively, to the State of New York.
A Library has been commenced, already containing many works of great value to the genealogical student;
■ donation, exchange, and otherwise, is rapidly increasing.
The stated meetings of the Society are held on the second and fourth Saturdaysof each month (excepting
July, August, and September), at half past seven o'clock r.M., at the MOTT MEMORIAL HALL, 64 Madison Avenue,
New York. At the meeting on the. second Saturday, papers will be read or addresses delivered. The meeting on the
fourth Saturday will be of a business and conversational character. These meetings are open to the public.
Membership For admission to the Society, the candidate must be nominated by a member, in writing; be
approvi d by the Board of Trustees, and voted in at a regular meeting. The initiation fee is FIVE dollars, and Resi-
dent Membership requires the payment, annually, of Five dollars. The Life Membership fee (in lieu of all annual
jments) is Fifty dollars. The Clerks of the several Counties and Towns of the State are members of this
i as officio.
7%0"Recobd" will h, fun ml on sale at the Mott Memorial
Hall: — Volume One, with Index, Price One Dollar >• Volume Two, Nos.
One. Two, and Three, Fifty Cents each.
MEMBE R S
ELECTED SINCE THE LAST ISSUE OF THE "RECORD."
LIFE. CORRESPONDING.
Tlv the payment ol fifty dollars.
COLES, WILLIAM P., New York City. , CHESTER, JOSEPH L., London, England.
LIVINGSTON. JOHNSTON, Tivoli. N. V. HUMPHREYS, O. M., Minneapolis, Minn.
MERIUTT, DOUGLAS. Irving-ton. X. Y. MORAN, B., London, England.
RESIDENT. WOODWARD, A.SHBEL, M.D.. Franklin, Ct
By the payment of five dollars initiation fee, and five
dollars annual dues.
VAN rensselaee; PHILIP l.
DONATIONS TO THE SOCIETY
SINCE THE LAST ISSUE.
From John <?■ Adams, M.D., New York City: — "Biographical Memoirs of Jacob Harsen. M.D., John A. S
M.D., and Samuel W. Moore, M.K.: " and " Biographical Sketch of class of 1826, Sale College."
From Rev. Beverly R'. Setts, New York City: — "Boutell's English Heraldry."
From Mui th,ir l>. Bagg, N< w York i 'Ha : — " Mrs. Grant's Memoirs oi an American Lady : " " History of the Dutch
in the state of New York : " " Triennial Catalogue of Columbia College, 181 1 : " and our pamphlet.
From Ledyard Bill, Springfield, Mass. .-—One volume.
From Thomas I,. Clarlnr. Xi-ir York City : — " Memorial of Frederick I.ytnan '['remain." and three pamphlets.
From i oii, </■ i our, n,i. New liar, n .-—Three numbers of paper.
From Robert Clarke, Cincinnati : — " Pioneer life in Kentucky;" " Miscellanies (the last two volumes of Ohio Val.
Historical Series) ;" several valuable pamphlets and book catalogues.
From ,la, m 8 i ;•/, i,, an London : — " Perm Pedigree, and t leriealogica) Notes of the Family."
From DiOCi »« of < '< nlrttl New York : — " Three Convention Journals."
From Diocese of Long Island: — "Three Convention Journals."
From Samuel G. Drake, Host,,,, : — "Catalogue for May. 1871."
From Ellswortfi Eliot, M.J)., New York City: — " Manual of Church of North Haven, Connecticut ;" and one other
pamphlet.
From Isaac J. Greenwood, New York City: — ''The Historical Magazine from January. 1867 to June. 1870" (incl.).
From W. F, Holcom.be, M.T>.. New York City : — "History of Fitchburgh; Fitchburgh during the Rebellion ;" four
numbers of " Medical Register," and fifty-six pamphlets.
From Joseph J. Howard, Lou, ton. England: — "Miscellanea Genealogica it Weraldica, for March and Hay. 1871."
From Rev. Isaac W. A". Handy, D.D., Mi. Sidney, Virginia : — Eight pamphlets.
Fnon Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts: — "Catalogue 1870-71."
Fro,,, Frederick A. Holden, Washington : — "Land-Office Reports, 1869 and '70."
From Charles II. Hart. Philadelphia .'^-One pamphlet.
From Miss Elizabeth < '. Jay, New York City: — "History of live. Westchester County, New York."
From Woolsey Johnson, M.D., New York City: — "An Account of Yellow Fever in New York, 1798; with List of
l>o,uh-. etc."
From Right Rev. William I. Kip, D.IK. San Francisco, California : — "Army Life on the Pacific."
From Kenyan College, Gambier, Ohio : — " Catalogue, 1870-71."
From John ■/. Lotting, New York City: — "The Blatchford Memorial," and one newspaper.
From Silvanus J. Mdcy, New York City: — "Historyof Franklin. Connecticut" ( three copies) ; "MS. Chart of the
Macy Family : " and lot of " .MS. Deeds and other papers relating to Macy Family."
From M fr<<i Mitdge, Boston: — "TheMudge Memorials; " and "Annual Reports of Boston Board of Trade, 1855 to
1870."
From Thomas II. Montgomery, Philadelphia: — "Obituary Notice of Charles Nicoll Bancker," and one other
pamphlet.
From N. F. Historic Genealogical Society, Boston : — "The Register for April, 1871."
From F. II. <r i 'allaghan, M.D., New York City : — " Index to Vols. 1, 2, and 3 of Translation.- of Dutch MSS.. Sec. of
state'- Office, Albany."
From George II. Preble, Gharlestown, Massachusetts: — "Memoir of William Pitt Fessenden."
From Henry I>. Pain,'. M.IK. N w York city: — '-'Annals of the Medical Society of Albany : " "American Medical
Biography;" "Memorial of Alden March, M.D. ; " "Census of Rhode Island, taken 1774 ; " "Historyof Town
of Newburgh, New York" (in part); " Hinman's Puritan Settlers of Connecticut " (5 parts), etc., etc., — in all five
bound volumes and twenty three pamphlets.
From Henry A'. Stiles, M.D.. New York City : — " The Adventures of Christopher Hawkins ; " " Dring's Recollections
•of the Jersey Prison Ship: " " Tapers in Relation to Case of Silas Deane; " " Examination of Joseph ( lalloway,
Esq.;" J' Papers Relating to Maryland during the Revolution" (the three last being publications of the
"Seventy-six Society"); "Holmes' Letter" (V. Q. Club), seventeen copies, six in large paper: "Watson.
Genealogy" (U.Q. Club), seventeen copies, six in large paper; "Genealogy of (Connecticut) Stiles Family."
fifteen copies; " Genealogy of (Massachusetts) Stiles Family." five copies; "Windsor old Church Records,"
two copies : " Life of John Hancock." two copies, etc.. etc., — in all six bound volumes, fifty-eight volume.- bound
in paper, thirty-one pamphlets and newspaper cuttings.
From George T. Strong. New York City: — "Dunlap's History of the New Netherlands," two volumes.
From Joseph Sabin d- .sons. New York City: — ••American Bibliopolist for April and May. 1671."
From Sturtevant, Newark Valley, New York.: — One volume.
From Filial Sanford, New York City: — " Newspaper Cuttings, mounted, of names of citizens of New York worth.
in 1854, $100,000 and over." etc. '
From Ii. M. Tredwell, Brooklyn. New Turk: — ■" Life and Public Services of Samuel Adams," three volumes.
From A. S. Win ,/,r ami P. A. Young, Brooklyn. New York: — "Abstractof the Title of the Lefferts' Farm."
From ./. F. William*. St. Pant, Minnesota : — One pamphlet.
NOTE.
The Publication Committee invite the contribution of Family Genealogies;
hut will have to confine all articles upon such subjects to the first four genera-
tions, and to limit the space to about eight pages. Additional pages will be given,
and the line brought down to any later generation upon the expense of inserting
these pages being assumed by the contributor.
•rsssxxspf^s?
THE RECORD CLUB.
A\ Association, whose full title is"The Record Club of the New Xokk
Genealogical and Biographical Society, has lately been organized, and its
objects may be briefly stated by extracts from the Constitution of .the same:
1. The object of the Club shall be the publication of "The New York
Genealogical and Biographical Record."
2. Membership is not confined to ili<' members of the Society ; and any person
interested in the advancement of the objects and purposes of the publication will
he welcomed to its ranks.
3. The only liability incurred by the Club, or the members thereof, is tie-
expenses incidental upon the publication of the Record, which, it is hoped, will lie
fully met by the receipts from subscriptions; the edition for the present being
limited to five hundred copies.
4. The management of the affairs of the Club is vested in a. Council of six
members, of which three art: the Publication Committee of the Society. The
< Ifficers, chosen from the members of the Council, are a Chairman, a Treasurer,
and a Secretary.
The Annual Meeting of the Club is held in the City of New York, on the
first Wednesday in December of each year.
The Constitution has been approved by the Board of Trustees of the New
York Genealogical and Biographical Society, and all amendments to it must have
the like approval.
The ( Mlicers of the Club for the year 1871 art — CHARLES l!. MOORE, Chair-
man; John J. Lattixg, Treasurer; and S. S. PURPLE, M.D., Secretary. The
other members of the Council being Henry R. Stiles, M.D.j John S. Gautier,
and S. Hastings Grant.
Any person desirous of becoming a member of the Club will please signify
such wish to any of the above-named gentlemen.
All communications relating to the publishing department of the RECORD,
contributions of literary material, etc., should be addressed to the "Publication
< lommittee."
Payments should be sent to JOHN J. LATTING, Treasurer
of Record Club, No. 64 Madison Avenue, New York.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
The New York Genealogical, and Biographical Record is published quarterly
under the sole supervision of the Publication Committee, and is the oiticial organ of the New
York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
The terms of subscription for the year 1871 are Two Dollars, ami subscriptions are
requested.
^snaanme
Vol. 2.
No. 4.
THE NEW YORK
Genealogical and Biographical
Record.
Devoted to the Interests of American
Genealogy and Biography.
ISSUED QUARTERLY
October, 1871
PUBLISHED FOR THE. SOCIETY,
Mott Memorial Hall, No. 64 Madison Avenue,
New York City.
B§
$2 per Annum.
Postage, Two Cents.
PUBLICATION COMMITTEE,
JOHN S. GAUTIER, S. HASTINGS GRANT,
S. S. PURPLE, M.D., HEN. R. STILES, M.D., Ex-off.
MoU Memorial Hall, 64 Madison Avenue.
OCTOBER, 1871.— CONTENTS.
PACK
Sketcii of the late Francis B. Cutting.— By Charles B. Moore, Esq 161
The Scott Family.— By Martin B. Scottx Esq l'4
&., , OCNT of Daniel L'Estrange and Wife, Huguenot Immigrants.— Communicated by
Eev. ''Inn-Ira W. Baird ' 17v)
Hi i. ps for New York Genealogists : Memoirs of Revolutionary Soldiers deceased.—
Communicated by Henry R. Stiles, Esq. . . . :
Contributions to the History of the Ancient Dutch Families of New York and
Albany : Schuyler, Van Schaick, Van der Poel.— By Jonathan Pearson, A.M.
Family Types.— By David Parsons Hotion, M.D • •
New York Marriage Licenses: Supplementary List for 1756 and 1758.— Contributed
by E. B. O'Cattaghan, M.D.
Aged Persons op the Town of Sangerfield, Oneida County, N. Y.— Communicated by
Martin II. Stafford, Esq. . . ■
Abstracts of Ancient New York Wills. -Contributed by E. B. V Callaghan, M.D.
Notes on Books.— Ohio Valley Historical Series; Memoir of George Ticknor, by Charles H.
Hart ; Memorial of William Spooncr
Notes and Queries.— Merritt; Toledo (O.) Historical and Geographical Society; Grave-Yard
Inscriptions
Announcements
Corrections • . . ■
Donations recently Received.— See cover, page 3.
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206
The object of this Society is to collect and preserve (also to publish, as far as practicable) Genealogical, Bio-
graphical, and Historical matter, relating for the msst part, though not exclusively, to the State of New York.
A Library has been commenced, already containing many works of great value to the genealogical student ;
which, by donation, exchange, and otherwise, is rapidly increasing.
The stated meetings of the Society are held on the second and fourth Saturdays of each month (excepting
July, August, and September), at half -past seven o'clock P.M., at the MOTT Mkmoiual Hall, 04 Madison Avenue,
New' York. At the meeting on the second Saturday, papers will be road or addresses delivered. The meeting on the
fourth Saturday will be of a business and conversational character. These meetings are open to the public.
Membership—For admission to the Society, the candidate must be nominated by a member, in writing'; be
approved by the Board of Trustees, and voted in at a regular meeting. The initiation fee is FiVB dollars, and liesi-
dent. Membership requires the payment, annually, of Five dollars. The Life Membership fee (in lieu of all annual
assessments) is Fifty dollars. The Clerics of the several Counties and Towns of the State are members of this
Society ex-oj)lci.o.
|3§r The "Record" will be found on sale at the MoU Memorial
1 1, ,11;— Volume One, with Index, Price One Dollar ; Volume Two, Nos.
One, Two, Three, and Four, Fifty Cents eacL
* * The " Index " to Volume Two will be issued with No. One of Volume Three, ami will
be sent to all Subscribers to the present Volume.
DONATIONS TO THE SOCIETY
SINCE THE LAST ISSUE.
From M. D. Saga, New York City : — "Sketches of Celebrated Canadians," &c. By Henry J. Morgan. 8vo.
From the Genealogical Begistry, Hew York City : — Two pamphlets and two forms. Bvoand folio.
From Joseph Jackson Uoieard, London, England :— " The Miscellanea Gcnealogica et Heraldica for June and
July, 1871."
From Charles FT, Hart, Philadelphia : — "Memoir of George Ticknor." By Charles H. Hart. B. 8vo.
From Thomas II. Montgomery, Philadelphia:— 'Several Book Catalogues, and other pamphlets.
From the N, E. Historic-Genealogical Society, Boston : — "The New England Genealogical Begister for July, 1871."
From Joseph Sabin <t Sons, NeiD York City : — " American Bibliopolist for June and July, 1671.'"
From Elliot Sandford, New York City:— "Obituary Bccord of Graduates of Amherst College for 1870^1," and one
otiier pamphlet.
From Thomas Spooner, Heading, Ohio :— " Memorial of William Spooner, l(i:;7, and his Descendants." Svo.
From Mr. and Mr*. James C. Tmcnsend, Oyster Bay, L. I. .-—"A Memorial of John, Henry, and Richard Townsend
ami their Descendants." Svo.
From Isaac F. Wood, New York City: — "The American Journal of Numismatics," Vols. lto4; "Catalogue of
Lafayette College, Penn."
From Cyrus Woodman, Cambridge, Mis*. . — "The Becords of the Church of Christ in Buxton, Me." Svo.
The New Yobk Genealogical and Biographical Society respectfully solicits from
those friendly to its aim and object (which is to collect an 1 preserve Genealogical, Biographical,
and Historical matter, relating for the most part, though not exclusively, to the State of New
York), donations of books, pamphlets, MSS., records, ancient wills, cop'es of epitaphs and
inscriptions on tombs, biographical memoirs or sketches of the original settlers of this country,
&c., &c.
The donations will be gratefully received, and duly acknowledged by the Librarian, as well
as in the ^Record" of the Society.
The following may be named as some of the most prominent of the wants and needs of the
Society :
BOOKS — from Publishers, Authors, and others, on subjects germain to the objects of the
Society.
CATALOGUES— of Colleges, annual and triennial.
Libraries, public and private.-
Theological Seminaries.
Law Schools.
Medical Schools and Societies.
Academies and High Schools.
DIRECTORIES— of Cities and Towns.
CHURCH MANUALS AND FUNERAL DISCOURSES— from Clergymen.
REPORTS— from Adjutant-Generals.
Annual Reports of Libraries, Benevolent Societies, &c.
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES contained in Periodicals and Newspapers.
NOTE.
The Publication Committee invite the contribution of Family Genealogies ;
but will have to confine all articles upon such subjects to the first four genera-
tions, and to limit the space. to about eight pages. Additional pages will be o-iven
and the line brought down to any later generation, upon the expense of inserting
these pages being assumed by the contributor.
NOTICE
IVe are pained to announce^ Just as the p?*inting of the p?*esent
JVo.of ' tlie '"Record" is concluded, the death, on the morning of the
2dinst., ofJomv S. GzLutieu, J?sq., C7iairman of our Publication
Committee, a7id also Recording Sea,eta?y of the Society. Fuller
particulars respecting the deceased ivill be giyen in the next JV'o. of
the "Record."
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.
This periodical — the organ of the New York Genealogical and Biographical
Society — is published quarterly in the city of New York. The work is issued in
the interests of American Genealogy and Biography in general, but more particu-
larly as identified with the State of New York. Its object is to gather together
and preserve, in an enduring form, the scattered records of the early settlers and
residents of the Colony of the New Netherlands, and the Province and State of
New York ; to perpetuate their honored names, and to trace out and preserve the
genealogy and pedigree of their families. The pages of the Record are devoted to
the following subjects, and contributions of such materials are requested:
Biographies of Citizens and Residents of the Province and State of New York ;
Family Genealogies; Copies of Ancient Church, Town, and State Records, and
Inscriptions on Tomb-stones ; Pedigrees and Ancient Wills ; Essays on Historical
Subjects relating to Genealogy, Biography, and Heraldry, with illustrations of
Family Arms, Crests, and Seals ; together with announcements of forthcoming
works on these several subjects ; Notes and Queries, etc., etc. A complete index
of names and subjects accompanies each volume. The whole will form a valuable
collection, in a convenient form, for consultation and reference.
The Record is issued by " The Record Club," under the supervision of the
Publication Committee of the Society. Membership in this Club is not confined
to the members of the Society ; and any person interested in the advancement of
the objects and purposes of the publication will be welcome to its ranks. The only
liability incurred by the Club, or the members thereof, is the expenses incidental
upon the publication of the Record, which, it is expected, will be fully met by the
receipts from subscriptions ; the edition for the present being limited to one
thousand copies.
The Officers of the Record Club for the year 1871 are — Charles B. Moore,
Chairman; John J. Latting, Treasurer; and S. S. Purple, M.D., Secretary. The
other members of the Council being Henry R. Stiles, M.D., John S. Gautier,
and S. Hastings Grant.
All communications relating to the publishing department of the Record,
contributions of literary material, etc., should be addressed to the "Publication
Committee."
Payments should be sent to JOHN J. LATTiftG, Treasurer
of Record Club, No. 64 Madison Avenue, New York.
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
The New York Genealogical and BioGRArmcAL Record is published quarterly
under the sole supervision of the Publication Committee, and is the official organ of the New
York Genealogical and Biographical Society.
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