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Book Reviews A Quaker Saga. The Watson: of Strawberryhowe, the Wildman:, and Other Allied F ilies from England's North Counties and Lower Bucks County in Pennsylvania. By Jane W. T. Brey. (Philadelphia: Dorrance & Company, 1967. xxvi, 646 p. Illustrations, coats of arms, photographs, maps, indices. $12.50.) Although the mass of historical and genealogical information brought together within the covers of Mrs. Brey's Saga was collected primarily for the edification of her own descendants and relatives, its scope is so broad that inevitably it will stand as a useful reference work for others not directly related to the families she covers. As a leisurely ramble through the by-paths of family history, it should prove to be of considerable interest to all students of Lower Bucks County families. The book is divided into two parts. In Part I, sub-titled "Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century England and Pennsylvania," the reader is introduced to the "Roots and Beginnings" of the parent stock in the northern counties of England, especially those families centered in Cumberland. This is the homeland of the Watson, Feddel (Fodle), Mark, Site, and Bewley families who form the chief roots of her family tree. Descriptions of personal journeys to their ancestral homesites, and transcripts of and excerpts from early wills illustrate the setting from which Thomas Watson (b. 1651), the emigrant to Pennsylvania, emerges, and help to document the genealogical tables included of the pre_ Pennsylvania ancestors. A side journey into the "Influences of Early Quakerism," and a chronological listing of significant events from 1681 to 1701, the year of Thomas Watson's emigration, enlarge the background. The succeeding chapters in Part I tell the story of Thomas Watson's settlement and life in Falls Township and elsewhere in Bucks County, down to his death in 1738. Quaker customs and practices of the period in England and in Pennsylvania are examined, and notes on the Sotcher and Kirkbride families, members of which intermarried with the Watsons, add interest to the account. The last chapter in Part I is devoted to a condensed genealogical record of several branches of the Watson f orally down to the present time. Sub-titled "Six Generations of Watsons and the Wildman Family," Part II, enlarging upon a part of the genealogical record in Part I, is primarily concerned with Mrs. Brey's own Watson ancestors. Here one finds the "flesh" which covers the skeletal genealogy in Part I of John Watson (2W6), the next two Johns (3W37, 4W148), Joseph (5W202, but hated as 5W49 on page 305, if this reviewer has figured out Mrs. Brey's line correctly), his son Joseph John Watson (6W246), and his daughter Abigail (7W287) who is Mrs. Beep's mother. Genealogical notes on the ancestry of the spouses who intermarried with these six generations of Watsons are introduced, as well as similar notes on families intimately associated with the Watsons: Croasdale, Blakey, Waln, Palmer, Woolston, Cooper, Ely, Paxson, Canby, Newbold, Gillam, Dungan, Harvey, Brown and Margerum. The last chapter is devoted to a shorter account of the ancestry of the Wildman family and a partial genealogical record of descendants. A general index and a name index complete the volume. In a work of such scope, it is perhaps not surprising that errors and duplications should occur, and that an adequately critical appraisal of historical data should at times be lacking. Frequently there is the impression that anything pertaining to the local history of 214 Book Reviews 215 Friends was grist for Mrs. Brey's mill, whether it had anything to do with the family or not. The inclusion of conflicting citations for the location of the first meeting house in Philadelphia (p. 176) is just one example. William Penn died in 1718, and his second wife in 1726, not in 1717 and in 1728, as stated on page 334. The identical quotation from a letter of James Logan regarding Springers Penn's claim to Pennsbury Manor occurs on page 334 and again on page 367. The name of Catherine Owens Peare, biographer of William Penn, appears on page 144 as Katherine Owens Peare, though elsewhere it is spelled correctly. Citations to transcripts of Friends records are given as though located in the Historical Society of Pennsylvania: HSP, MS. Physically this is correct, but the call numbers of the volumes cited are those of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania whose Collections are housed in the building of the Historical Society Mrs. Brey's designation of HSP, MS BU34F, for instance (p. 183n), could be a trap for the uninitiated who innocently calls for a nramiscript record in the Manuscript Department of the Historical Society. While such errors might perhaps be laid to editorship rather than to authorship, it is not at all clear why Mrs. Brey adopted the cumbersome numbering system used throughout the genealogical sections of the work. Perhaps the system seemed logical to her, who has lived with and worked on the family for many years, but to the stranger it leaves much to be desired. While it is comparatively easy to figure out at least a part of a line of descent from an ancestor, it is more difficult to trace back the lineage of a nineteenthor twentleth-century descendant. Where typographical errors occur, as apparently is the case in Mrs. Brey's own direct line, the confusion and uncertainty is compounded. The standard simple numbering system in general use by genealogists of repute would have solved such a problem. These genealogical records, therefore, must be used with caution, and should not be cited for lineage-paper purposes. In spite of such disadvantages, this work will be very useful as a reference guide for students of Lower Bucks County Quaker families. References to specific meeting records and the primary documents exhibited or cited, are all very valuable aids. If the book is accepted in the spirit in which it was compiled — one woman's loving exploration of her ancestry for the enlightenment of her children and grandchildren— and only incidentally as a genealogical record — then she will not have labored in vain. HANNAH BENNER ROACH The Slagle Family in America, Descended from The 'Schlegel von Gottleben Family of Germany. [Compiled by William B. Marye and A. Russell Slagle.] (Privately printed, 1967. Coats of arms, portraits, illustrations, facsimiles, charts. $7.10.) In 1965, Dr. Karl Friedrich von Frank published in his Senftenegger Monatsblatt (V. Band, 10-12 Heft, July/August/September) an excellent genealogy of "Schlegel von Gottleben," covering not only his own researches on the German f orally and its European descendants, but also a section dealing with "Die Fantle Schlegel in Amerika," by William B. Marye and A. Russell Slagle, covering the American branch descended from Christoph Friedrich Schlegel (number Via I. in Dr. von Frank's numbering system). Until now the entire study has only been available in the original German. The present publication is divided into three parts, preceded by a Foreword in English by George Althoff Bingley. Part I, following the foreword, is his English translation of Dr. von Frank's study, as it appeared in the Sent tenegger Monatsblatt, of the Schlegel family in Germany. descended from one Ernst von Schlegel, Surveyor of Mines, born in 216 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine the mid-sixteenth century. His wife's ancestry is carried two generations further back. Christoph Schlegel, the grandfather of the immigrant to America, was ennobled in 1651 by the Emperor Ferdinand III in the Hungarian nobility, and confirmed in a coat of arms, described in the text and beautifully illustrated in color on the cover of the present book. (It is to be hoped that Mr. Slagle will have this registered with the Committee on Heraldry of the New England Historic and Genealogical Society). This section carries the German family down to Johann Adolph August Schlegel, 17881840. • Part II, likewise in English, contains the record of die American Slagle family as compiled by Mr. Marye and Mr. Slagle, which had been translated into German in the Senttenegger Monatsblatt. It begins with Christopli Friedrich Schlegel, born in Grimma in 1676, who was in Germantown by 1700. He moved to New Castle County, Delaware, but then in "the lower countim," in 1705, to Conestoga about 1714, was in Falittler Swamp, Hanover Township in 1731, and finally in 1735 came to rest in Conewago, now in Adams County, but then in Lancaster County. He married in 1718 Anna Maria Aister (Oyster), and died in 1772, survived by his widow who died in 1779. They had four sons and three daughters: Daniel, Jacob, Christopher and Henry Slagle, Catherine who married John Henry Cookus (Guckes), Susanna who married George Clapsaddle, and Mary Magdalena who married Henry Bittinger. Comprehensive footnotes documenting first the German and then the American branches of the family follow Part II. Part III is a complete reprint of Dr. von Frank's entire original German article. It presumably is included for the benefit of those who wish to compare it with the English translation. In addition to a very interesting chart showing inter-relationship between the Slagles and George Washington's nephew, Robert E. Lee's first cousin, and Henry Clay's second cousin, there is a chart developed by Dr. von Frank showing descents from the great artist Lucas Cranach to the eighteenth-century German Schlegels and to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Altogether the text provides an excellent biographical treatment of the men of this lineage and will undoutedly be accepted as a standard reference on this family. There is no consecutive pagination in the usual sense, since each page (except in the Foreword) is arranged in two vertical columns, following the pattern of Dr. von Frank's magazine. Though each column is numbered consecutively, their numbering is interrupted by unnumbered pages of illustrations and charts. Presumably because of this arrangement there is no index, and it requires a certain amount of diligence to track back the ancestry of any individuaL The book is available from Mr. A. Russell Slagle, 312-A Wyndhurst Ave., Baltimore, Md., 21210. WArtnn LEE SHEPPARD, J. John Morton its Contemporary Records. By Ruth L. Springer. (Harrisburg, Pa., 1967.: Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. i, 41 p. Facsimile maps, genealogical table, appendices. 9.75.) Mrs. Springer's latest study is a welcome contribution to the literature dealing with early Swedish and Finnish families on the Delaware. Designed primarily to put to rest, once and far all, the erroneous legends and traditions surrounding the life of John Morton (1725-1777), Signer of the Declaration, her study is precisely what its title suggests. By uncovering the facts about his life and immediate family as they are revealed in contemporary documents, she establishes beyond question his birthplace, the location of the two-story stone house in which he lived at the time of his death, and high-lights his character and service to his country. Book Reviews 217 As recounted by Mrs. Springer, John Morton was born in April, 1725, in Ridley Township, now Delaware but then Chester County, the posthumous son of John Morton (d. February, 1724/5) and his wife Mary Archer. When the future Signer was nine years old, his widowed mother married John Sketchley of Springfield Township, the man for whom the Signer named his eldest son, and the person who undoubtedly did much to mold the young boy's character. Married by the time he was twenty-five to Ann Jmtis, daughter of Morton Justis and his wife Brita Walraven, John Morton's public career began in 1756, when he was only thirty-one, just three years after the death of his step-father. Annually returned to the Assembly as representative for Chester County for the next ten years, he also served as a justice in the county, and in 1765 was a commissioner to she Stamp Act Congress in New York. From 1766 to 1769, he was sheriff of the county, then was again returned to the Assembly in the latter year and every year thereafter, serving as its Speaker during the last year and a half of the Assembly's existence. In 1770 he was again commissioned a justice of the county courts, and in 1774 associate justice of the Supreme Court: From 1774 on he was a delegate to the Continental Congress, and in 1776 signed the Declaration of Independence. His public career, however, reveals only one side of his character. Mrs. Springer points out that his close relations with his neighbors and the community are amply revealed in the accounts he kept as guardian of numerous minors' estates, by the property surveys he executed, the road petitions he drew up, and in the letters he wrote which have survived. Such records, too often ignored by historians, are good evidence of the esteem in which he was held by his contemporaries. This brief study is more than just a "debunking" exercise. By means of her careful documentation, Mrs. Springer opens up a wide spectrum of available data, much of it hitherto unexplored, out of which an accurate and definitive biography may sometime be developed. Moreover, the intricacies of family relationships obtaining among the Escheilson, Cornelius and Mortonson 'families — from all of which John Morton descended— as delineated in the genealogical table in Appendix III, and in the text, should certainly aid the hundreds of assorted Morton descendants, claiming correctly or incorrectly descent from the Signer, in resolving their individual lines. HANNAH BENNER ROACH The Boyd-Patterson Ancestry. By H. Minot Pitman and Katherine Patterson Boyd Hunt. (Privately printed, 1967. vi, 191 p Coats of arms, illustrations, appendices, index.) This volume is an attractive and well-presented contribution to the pedigrees of one line of the Boyd and Patterson families in America. Commencing this project with a manuscript history of the Boyd family written by the Reverend Dr. Frederick M. Boyd, her grandfather, Mrs. Hunt set out to complete and update his work. Her search produced more information than she had anticipated, and finding herself "buried in masses of material," as she states in her introduction, she turned the material over to the capable hands of H. Minot Pitman who did "the major portion of research and work, especially on distant . • • branches of the far-flung family." The American progenitor of her line of the Boyd family, James Boyd, was born in Kilmarnock, Ireland, 3 May 1732. He was a son of one of two Robert Boyds, both born in Kilmarnock in 1688. One Robert was a son of John and Agnes (Blackwood) Boyd, the other Robert a son of James and Janet (Conell) Boyd. As listed in the Kilmarnock Register, one of these Roberts had a wife Margaret Thompson and children (as presented 218 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine in this work) named Robert, the eldest, two sons named John, both of whom died in infancy, two daughters named Janet, and the youngest son named James who was the progenitor of the American line. There is insufficient supporting evidence presented, however, to determine James's grandparents, and further research in Kilmarnock is indicated. James himself is said to have come to Newburyport, Massachusetts, in 1756. His first wife was Susanna Coffin, a daughter of Capt. Joseph and Margaret (Morse) Coffin. After her death in 1788, James Boyd married in 1791, Abigail Bulfinch. He died in Boston of yellow fever in 1798. On the Patterson line, the American progenitor appears as Robert Patterson, also born in Ireland in October, 1734. He is said to have come from Newton Stewart, Tyrone, to Wilmington, Delaware, in 1793. He was probably married in Ireland where all his children appear to have been born. Robert died in Wilmington 13 October 1798, but his wife Mary (her surname is unknown) outlived him by eighteen years, dying in Wilmington in 1816. Both were buried in the First Presbyterian Churchyard there. Although this is a direct line pedigree, Mr. Pitman and Mrs. Hunt have included, wherever possible, some data on the brothers and sisters of the direct line ancestor. There are twenty-three pages devoted to the Boyd family, including an interesting account of Mrs. Hunt's father, Lloyd Tilghman Boyd, and her sister's husband, Elwyn Evans, who were connected with the early history of the now-famous Milwaukee journal. The allied families, including the Pattersons, are presented in alphabetical order, m varying lengths from one to fourteen pages. In addition to eleven Virginia and twenty-six New York and New England related families, the Pennsylvania lines covered include Chandler, Jefferis, Nooks and Taylor families, the New Jersey Hutchins family, and the Delaware Baker, Buckley, Graham, Grubb, Lloyd, Naff, Rice and RobInson families. The book is well-interspersed with excellent reproductions of portraits, photographs and documents relating to family members. The heraldic designs, reproduced in full color, are by Elizabeth Morris Panther. There are occasional variances in dates and in the spelling of names which should be noted. For example, on page 4, Joseph Coffin's birth date is given as 23 July, but later as 25 July. On page 104, the birth of Charles Bailey in 1766, is given successively as 28 October and 26 October. On page 12, the name Lloyd is also gmen as Loyd. Of the two appendices, the first is devoted to the Tilghman family, the second to the Rees, Corbit, Hurd, Wiswall and Bent families. Faniilies in England include Hooper, Thompson, and the Scott family descent from Charlemagne. This study is not annotated with pertinent footnotes, although many reference sources are alluded to in the text. While it is not ideal for the researcher who wishes to consult the original records, it is understandable in the light of the mass of material collected, and the fact that much of the basic information is in private family collections, such as Bibles and family letters which are not available to the outside researcher. DOROTHEE HUGHES CAROUSSO The Tethered Book. By Brandon Barrington and L. Wethered Barrell. (Peterborough, N. H.; Richard B. Smith, 1967. xvi, 216 p. Illustrations, portraits, genealogical tables, appendices, index. $15.00.) This attractively produced work purports to be a genealogy of the descendants of Richard Wethered who settled in Kent Co., Maryland, shortly after 1720. The preface states "We are a matriarchy. . - • The last American named Wethered wa John L. Wethered. Book Reviews 219 He died in 1947, deeply mourned." But the text shows that the descendants of Richard's brother Samuel Wethered, in New England, have not been followed beyond a few generations. Moreover, page 19 seems to indicate that the descendants of Richard's eldest son William Wethered have not been traced beyond the next generation, so that it seems quite possible there are male line descendants living today. Further doubt is cast on the statement in the preface, when we note on page 83 that no record appears for John Donaldson° Wethered, eldest son of Samuel' Wethered (John', Richard"). There may be others. Biographical data is limited to the very early generations and a few selected later ones. All the rest of the descendants shown are merely tabulated with birth, marriage, and death dates; places, spouses' paternity and their birth and death dates are not given. Much of the data supplied is from correspondence, from family Bibles and letters, or word-of-mouth communication. Sources are not usually identified for any one statement. For the most recent generations this reviewer supposes personal knowledge would apply, but for the earlier ones, he would feel more confident if there were citations of evidence. The first two chapters, which deal with the English antecedants of the Wethereds, are based on a statement made by John2 Wethered (Richard') in 1817, containing data supplied him by his "honored aunts." While the data is probably correct as regards the actual migration and the Boston connections, it is certainly incorrect about the identity of the family connections of Richard's mother. In the document (page 9) accepted as gospel by the authors, it is stated that she was "Dolly Lewin, eldest daughter of Sir William and Lady Susanna Lewin and sister of Lady Colchester and Mrs. Sergeant Maynard." This first sister on page 7 is called Lady Sarah Colchester, but one passes over the obvious misuse of this title by the author. However, there was no Colchester barony at this time, and the Viscounty of Colchester had become subsidiary to the Earldom of Rivers. No senior member of either of the two families involved at this period was married to a Lewin, or to anyone named, Sarah. Surely the authors could have learned this by checking any Peerage. There may, perhaps, have been a Knight named Colchester, of whom this reviewer has no knowledge. They took the trouble to visit the home and tomb of Elizabeth Wethered Craddock, stated to be a cousin, and to obtain photographs of her memorial in Berkhampstead ID Sc. Peter's Church, and of the baptismal font in memory of Francis Wethered, as well as of "Ashlyns," her home, but for some reason they do not appear to have examined either the parish or probate records. Yet they have furnished (on page 4 with no cited evidences) an alleged five-generation descent connecting Richard, the immigrant, with Francis Wethered. He appears as a younger son in the Wethered pedigree in Cussan's History of Hertfordshire which they have reproduced and tipped in between pages 176 and 177. The method of tabulating, arranging and numbermg generations is cod using, and not of any usual style. The index is entirely adequate. WALTER LEE SHEPPARD, Jr.. A Simple Guide to Mob Genealogy. Compiled by the Rev. Wallace Clam (1937). Third Edition revised by Rosemary ffolliott. (London: The Irish Genealogical Research Society, 1966. 45 p. Bibliographies. $3.00.) In presenting this completely revised edition of the Reverend Clare's work, the Irish Genealogical Society has provided a handy guide to Irish research for those unable to consult Margaret Falley's monumental two-volume work on the same subject, reviewed in this Magazine in Volume XXIII (1964), 270- 220 The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine The work starts with a brief discussion of family records and local burial grounds, and of the information which may be gleaned from such sources. Catholic, Anglican, Quaker, Huguenot, Presbyteritm and Methodist parish registers and records are considered, with reference to the type of data to be found in each and where such records generally are to be found. The civil registration of births, marriages and death (in force from 1864 on), the records of which are deposited in the Registrar-General's Office, Dublin, is explained. Holdings of the Public Record Office in Dublin briefly mentioned include: wills and copies or abstracts thereof, convert rolls, chancery and equity bills, marriage license bonds (generally of the Established Church only), tithe books which show names and acreage held by land occupiers on each townlmd between 1823 and 1838, and extant census retums. Among material to be found in Belfast in the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland — established some forty years ago — in the Registry of Deeds and in the Genealogical Office in Dublin, are noted such items as the Calendar of Collections summarizing data from solicitors' offices and the old large estates; abstracts of records lost in 1922; administrations intestate; prerogative marriage licenses; grants of arms and heraldic manuscripts, and funeral certificates of Irish gentry. The holdings of various libraries such as the National Library of Ireland, the Royal Irish Academy, Trinity College Library and the Public Library of the Cathedral City of Armagh, are noted briefly. Included also is mention of Irish records to be found in Lambeth Library, the British Museum and the London Public Record Office. The book concludes with two bibliographies, both arranged alphabetically. The first lists basic reference works and printed records, the second, a selected nine-page listing of Irish family histories. All in all, this slender volume should prove most useful for those of Irish descent seeking information on where to look for data revealing their ancestry. For the uninitiated, it should be noted that the original compiler of the Guide founded the Irish Genealogical Research Society — a Registered Charity in 1936. The Society's main purpose is to collect genealogical records, to contribute toward replacing the tremendous loss of such records in the Four Courts in 1922, and to publish records and recent genealogical research in the Society's journal, The Irish Genealogist. The Society's address is C/o The Irish Club, 82 Eaton Square, London, S.W.], England. HANNAH BENNER ROACH Thomas Platt of Burlington, New Jersey, and His Descendants. By Charles Platt, Jr. (Peterborough, N. H. The Richard R. Smith Co., Inc., 1967. xvi, 364 p. Map, photographs, facsimiles, genealogical chart, tables, bibliography, indices. $16.50.) To a certain degree this present work is an extension of Mr. Platt's earlier study, the Platt Genealogy which appeared in 1963' That work dealt with numerous Platt lines in America, particularly that of Richard Platt who settled in New Haven in 1638. In it a bare dozen pages dealt with Thomas Platt of Burlington and his descendants, of whom Mc. Platt is one. The present book enlarges upon those few pages, and incorporates information uncovered in the last three years which link five lines, considered in his earlier work to be unconnected with either Richard of New Haven or Thomas of Burlington, as integral parts of the Thomas Platt descent. Most of this new data was acquired by correspondence with descendants whose particular ancestors moved away from New Jersey. Census records were examined for vital statistics not supplied by these informants, or to check out those given. Occasionally Book Reviews 221 tombstone inscriptions were supplied. The quality and quantity of information about these later generations is therefore uneven, and is particularly evident in the female lines reported. If descendants of daughters supplied complete information on their ancestry, this was included, but if none was forthcoming, no effort seems to have been made to locate any descendants of those married daughters. In reporting on Platt descendants who remained in the general vicinity of the Delaware Valley, Mr. Platt has made much use of deeds, extant lists of eighteenth-century ratables, extant vital records, and wills and inventories. In setting up family groups, he is careful to note which are only conjectural assumptions made by him on the basis of available evidence, often very meager. But in reporting the mass of information he has accumulated, it is unfortunate that he has not greatly profited by the critical review of his Platt Genealogy by Milton Rubincam in the June, 1964, issue of the National Genealogical Society Quarterly (p. 123). He has retained the unwieldy numbering system of the earlier work though it is a system which needs four pages for explanation, and which necessitates considerable patience in using to trace any one family line. The whole work would have made for easier reading and reference if families were grouped in the usual fashion in their own appropriate order and place. As it is, constant reference to the seven so-called indices (covering 74 pages) most be made to locate all known members of a family. The first of these unusual indices is called "Wives' Alphabetical Section," cross-indexed to the christian names of their Platt husbands. Actually it is an index of the wives' maiden names. The next index lists in alphabetical order the maiden names of wives' mothers, cross-indexed with the wives' alphabetical section. Next comes the "Daughters' Alphabetical Section," cross-indexed with their Platt fathers. If descendants are known, they are here included following the daughters' vital records, in successive generations. Unmarried Platt daughters are listed next alphabetically by first name only, cross-indexed to their Platt fathers. The fifth index is an alphabetical listing of "Surnames joined to Issue of Daughters," but with no page references as to where those daughters are mentioned. Next follows an alphabetical index of the Christian names of male Platts, each identified by his individual number, such as 131-122-412-2. The only index having page references is the last one, a general index of persons, not in the Platt descent, who are mentioned in the main text. In spite of such criticisms of organization and presentation, Platt descendants should be grateful for all the information Mr. Platt has brought together within the covers of this book. It is liberally illustrated with interesting photographs of many descendants, both living and dead, and the facsimiles of numerous original public records and private letters all testify to his earnest endeavor to verify as much of the record as possible. HANNAH BENNER ROACH Persons Naturalized in the Province of Pennsylvania, 1740-1773. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967. [Excerpted and reprinted from Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, II (Harrisburg, 1890), 293-415.] 139 p. Index. $10.00.) Muster Rolls of the Pennsylvania Volunteers in the War of 1812-1814. (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967. [Excerpted and reprinted from Pennsylvania Archives, 2nd Series, XII (Harrisburg, 1890), iii'-xxiv, 1-528.] 560 p. Index. $15.00.) These two volumes are among the latest in the series of reprints of Pennsylvania records being published by the Genealogical Publishing Company of Baltimore. Their noon The Pennsylvania Genealogical Magazine 222 worth-while project of making available to researchers Pennsylvania material long out of print is a particular boon to students just entering the field of genealogical research. Fifteen or twenty years ago it was possible to pick up second-hand volumes of the Archives, but these, as well as other related works, are rapidly disappearing. The company's reprints, many of which have the advantage of newly compiled indices entirely lacking in the original works, are therefore of inestimable value. Such a one is the first of the volumes noted above. A 15 - page name index has been added, obviating the need to examine the list of naturalizations page by page in search of a specific name. The second of the above listed reprints, which deals with records of the War of 1812, does not include the papers and documents dealing with the war which are included in the original volume. Those are extremely useful in understanding the military arrangement of that period, and their omission in this reprint is unfortunate. The original index of company officers is included in the reprint, but it is still necessary to use the Sixth Series of the Archives and its index in the Seventh Series in order to find individual names on the rolls of this war. Perhaps at some time in the future the company will consider reprinting Volume VIII of the Sixth Series (which also has rolls of the War of 1812), retaining the original pagination which is referred to in the Seventh Series. HANNAH BENNER ROACH Winchester Settlement Papers, 1667-1842, from records of several Winchester parishes. Compiled by Arthur J. Willis. (Folkestone, Kent, 1967. 124 p. Facsimiles, indices. $4.50.) Winchester Guardianships after 1700 from Diocesan Records. Compiled by Arthur J. Willis. (Folkestone, Kent, 1967. [Reprinted from The Genealogists' Magazine 19631.] 88 p. Facsimile, index. $2.00.) A Hampshire Miscellany, IV: Exhibit Books, Terriers and Episcopatus Redivivus from records of the Diocesan Registry. Compiled by Arthur J. Willis. (Folkestone, Kent, 1967. 84 p. Facsimile, indices. $4.00.) Canterbury Marriage Licenses, 1751-1780. Compiled by Arthur J. Willis. (Folkestone, Kent, 1967. 372 p. Appendix, indices. $19.50.) The first three volumes noted above, all published by Mr. Willis at Hambleden, Lyminge, Folkestone, Kent, continued his presentation of extracts from Winchester parish records and from the Diocesan Registry archives. Previous volumes in the series were reviewed in this Magazine in Volumes XXII (1961), 154; XXIII (1964), 269; XXIV (1966), 234. The Winchester Settlement Papers contains abstracts of the certificates granted by the parish churchwardens and overseers to persons on their removal into another parish. Such certificates were equivalent to an agreement that the parish of original settlement would receive back the person if he became chargeable to the new parish. A typical early entry from the Book of Certificates for the parish of St. Maurice reads, "Atkinson, John, wife Alice & son John, Dec. 1700 [from] Farnborough." Later certificates are much more detailed and give considerable genealogical information as in the following: "John Hodson of St. Thos. carp. B. at Chippenham Wilts where fath lived & died. After his fath's death worked journeywork with brother Joseph H. at Chippenham. Now rents home in St. Mary Kal of Mr. John Talmage at 810 p.a. & paid rates on it. Several children living but only 2 with him, John 18 & Susanna 14, neither of which has settlement. 13 Nov. 1767." A still later certificate for Hodson, dated in Jan. 1769, gives his age as 45, and the name Book Reviews 223 of his "late wife Mgt." Such entries are obviously invaluable genealogical sources. A surname index, one of places arranged by counties, and a short index of inns and alehouses mentioned in the certificates, are included. The records presented in Winchester Guardianships are of equal value genealogically. Basically the entries represent proems under the hands and seals of minors nominating guardians and proctors to appear before the Consistory Court in order to apply for letters granting administration of estates. The information in them is similar to that found in Orphans Court records in Pennsylvania. A typical certificate, as given by Mr. Willis in abbreviated form, read. "Wm (20) Hy (20) Salter of Freshwater. G. Benj Wheeler of the s., step-fath, 10 Jan. 1712. For admon of gr. fath Thos S. sen. of F." Here we have age, place of residence, name of step-father and of grandfather. A quarter of a century later another entry very possibly refers to one of the former minor applicants: "Hy (14) Wm (11) Jas (10) Salter. G. Jno 'Wady of Freshwater yeo. 19 Feb. 1738. For fly S. of F. mason, fath & Margaret S. als Lacey moth." An index of surnames makes it possible to determine whether there are other successive records referring to one individual. The Hampshire Miscellany, IV, concludes the series begun in 1963. Entries from Consistory Court Books and Exhibit Books — the registers in which the Diocesan Registrar recorded his official acts — include appointments to livings, wills (not abstracted here) and their probate, marriage licenses issued, leases of manors, sequestrations, consecration of churches, and similar matters within the jurisdiction of the ecclesiastical court. The rolls of church properties, known as Terriers, are arranged alphabetically by church, but do not list the individual holdings. Mr. Willis points out that since all the records abstracted in this and the previous three volumes of the Miscellany have now been transferred to the care of the County Archivist where they may be photoprinted and are now readily available, detailed listing is therefore unnecessary. The last section of the Miscellany, Episcopatus Redivivus, comprises abstracts of the register entries relating to the reinstatement and renewal of administration of episcopal estates after the Commonwealth. The records run from 1660 to 1668. This section and the Exhibit Book entries are individually indexed, this one by name, place and appointment, the Exhibit Book entries by name, place and subject. The fourth book published by Mr. Willis in 1967, Canterbury Marriage Licenses, 171107g0, continues the series of such records last published in 1906. To the actual record in the Registers of Licenses General, from which the abstracts have been taken, are added the allegations where available, supplying ages of the parties, occupation, guardians of minors and bondsmen. Following the marriage licenses, a four-page Appendix lists induction massdares of vicars, licenses to parish clerks, and miscellaneous licenses such as for "Lewis Smith of Fordwich to practice surgery, 25 Aug. 1751," which were found scattered through the Registers. Two surname indices, and one of the places mentioned in the Appendix complete the volume. Of the four volumes, this is the only one photo-reproduced and printed offset from copy set on electric keyboards. The other three volumes are reproduced from ordinary typed copy; though all of the volumes are heavily abbreviated, each contains a list of abbreviations used, and each has a helpful explanatory introduction. Researchers interested in the genealogy of families in southern England continue to be indebted to Mr. Willis for his diligence and protracted labor in making these records available. HANNAH BENNER ROA,H