Thirtieth Annual Report of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania

THIRTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENEA¬ LOGICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA. READ AT THE ANNUAX, MEETING, MARCH 6, 1922. To the Members of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania: The Board of Directors beg to submit the following report, which covers the period from March 1, 1921, to December 31, 1921. At the twenty-ninth annual meeting of the Society held March 7, 1921, the following named officers and directors were elected: President, J. Granville Leach. Vice-Presidents, Charles P. Keith, Edward S. Sayres, John P. Lewis. Seconding Secretary, Ernest Spofford. Corresponding Secretary, Edward Robins. Treasurer, C. Howard Colket. Historian, Ogden D. Wilkinson. Directors, to serve three years, Louis B. Moffett, Prank H. Stewart, Henry R. Hatfield; to serve for two years, Wilbur P. Klapp, M. D. After the election, Mr. Edward Biddle gave an exceedingly interesting and informing address on “Some Unedited Revolutionary Letters, with Comments.” The usual supper for the members and guests followed. Two resolutions unanimously adopted by this meeting should be noted : “Resolved that The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania in Annual Meeting assembled desires to express great regret at the illness and absence of its President, Colonel Josiah Granville Leach, the strong hope of his early recovery and the highest appreciation of his services to the Society since its first gathering together; and to add to this, particular thanks for the contribution made by him of a Third Liberty Loan Bond of One Thousand Dollars to the Treasury of the Society.” “Resolved that the Society express its deep regret at the absence of its faithful and efficient Treasurer, Mr. C. Howard Colket, and its hope that he will soon regain his accustomed health and vigor.” At a regular monthly meeting of the Board of Directors held May 16, 1921, announcement was made of the receipt of the Anne Hannum Cresson legacy of $1,000. The death of Mrs. James Mifflin on May 27, 1921, brought with it keen regret and profound sorrow. A life member of the Society, a Director, and Chairman of The Associate Committee of Women, Mrs. Mifflin ’s deep concern in the work and welfare of the Society was varied and pronounced, and the seventh clause of her will provides for a legacy of $2,000. In other clauses of her will provision is made for legacies to The Historical Society of Pennsylvania. In justice to her memory attention should be invited to the fact that, during the period of the (215) 216 Thirtieth Annual Report. Historical Society’s entertainment of soldiers, sailors and marines, Mrs. Mifflin was lavish in the expenditure of her time and substance. She endeared herself to every worker in that field; and she won for herself the undying gratitude of many a lonely and needy boy in the service. During the year Article II, Section III of the By-Laws was amended and adopted to read : ‘ The annual dues shall be five dollars, payable in advance on the first day of January in each year, Provided that, a person elected between July first and January first shall pay two dollars and fifty cents for the balance of the fiscal year, and further provided that, a person elected between November first and January first shall not be required to pay annual dues for the fiscal year.” Owing to unrest in the printing world and to other causes, the Publication of the Society for 1921 was not delivered to the member¬ ship until February, 1922. The unusually large balance in the Treas¬ urer’s report is due, therefore, to the fact that no publication bill was presented in 1921. This is the first year since 1906 that such a delay has occurred in this branch of the work. From March 1, 1921, to December 31, 1921, 51 new members have been enrolled. This progress is in large measure due to the activity of The Associate Committee of “Women. In connection with this increase in the membership, the Board desires to express its obligation to many individual members of the Society as well as to the Associate Committee. ‘ The membership, the largest in the history of tho Society, is as follows : Number of members, March 1, 1921 406 Deaths 8 Resignations 5 13 Elected and qualified 393 51 Number of members January 1, 1922 444 The membership classified is as follows: Honorary Life Annual Publication Fund 5 128 295 16 444 The following were transferred from annual to life membership : John 0. Heckman Mrs. Hamilton Bell W. W. Reed, M. D. Mrs. Walter .1. Freeman Joseph R. Grundy Winthrop Sargent Mrs. Alvin A. Parker Miss Nina Lea During the period from March 1, 1921, to December 31, 1921, the additions to membership were: Thirtieth Annual Report. 217 Life Members. Mrs. J. Horace Ervien Mrs. Louis Prevost Evans Mrs. Harrold E. Gillingham Frank Worthington Melvin Mrs. Edward W. Parker Mrs. J. Madison Taylor Annual Contributing Members. Miss Ida Fricke George H. Adams Clarence Foster Hand Mrs. J. Howe Adams Mrs. Clarence Foster Hand Miss Helen Audenried Miss Letitia A. Humphreys Frank H. Bachman Henry A. James Mrs. William Barnett, Jr. William H. Johnson Martin "V. Bergen Mrs. Benjamin Harris Brewster, Jr. Samuel C. Kerr Mrs. Bobert Pitfield Brown Gildon E. Kill© Joseph A. Campbell Edward Law Mrs. George Fritz Chandler Arthur H. Lea Miss Anna K. Coates Craig N. Ligget Mrs. Whitwell W. Coxe Thomas Lynch Montgomery, Litt.D. Adolphus Boggenburger John Bulon Downer Mrs. Frederick Dracass Henry W. Scarborough Edwin Squire Dunkerley Charles F. Schaeffer Houston Dunn Mrs. J. D. L. Schoonover Mrs. Houston Dunn Mrs. Arthur W. Sewall W. B. Eilenberger St. George L. Sioussat Mrs. Frederick Enders Miss M. Ina Warren Herman W. Fernberger Miss Eleanor Elizabeth Wright The following named members were elected in January and February, 1922: Mrs. Harry C. Campion Mrs. Julien Ortiz George J. DeArmond G. Byron Summers J. Keyser DeArmond Miss Juliana Wood William P. Bancroft Henry B. Coles Hubert Somers Mrs. William F. Thacher Daniel B. Wentz Mrs. John C. Groome Frederick C. Fearing Henry S. Williams Henry S. Drinker, Jr. Miss Emma Cadbury Miss Alice Browning Doughters Miss Elizabeth W. Lowry Vivian Frank Gable Mrs. Samuel S. Thompson Evan Bandolph Mrs. Thomas F. Branson Mrs. Evan Bandolph Miss Caroline N. Bhoads Miss Frances H. Irwin John C. Lowry Alfred Cope Garrett George Bailey, Jr. Mrs. Jones Wister Franklin Smedley Mrs. Felix E. Schelling James G. Biddle Mrs. Howard Gardiner Miss Mary Hart Darragh Miss Jean E. Graffen Harry H. Battles Mrs. Frank B. Black Henry G. Borneman George Fritz Chandler Mrs. Tristram C. Colket, 2d 218 Thirtieth Annual Report. With profound regret the Board reports the death of the following named members: William W. Frazier died Aug. 24, 1921. George H. Hill died Aug. 28, 1921. John Woolf Jordan, LL.D. (Honorary member), died June 11, 1921. Samuel W. Levis died Max. 7, 1921. Mrs. Daniel S. Merritt died June 22, 1921. Mrs. James Mifflin (life member), died May 27, 1921. S. Davis Page died Oct. 10, 1921, Oomly B. Shoemaker died Feb. 24, 1921. The collections of the Society number 406 volumes, of which the following were added from March 1, 1921 to December 31, 1921: De Witt and other Families. Family Charts by W. Nelson Mayhew, comprising the following families: Mayhew, Hubley, Shippen, Burd, Haliburton, Bowers, Curtis, Nagle, Bodney, Hidings, Pollock, Annan, Plumley, Riley, Clay, Du Bois, Brinekley, MeYaugh. Northern District Monthly Meeting, Philadelphia: Marriages, 17721907 ; Births, Deaths and Burials, 1772-1882. Philadelphia Wills: Abstracts arranged alphabetically, 1724-1802, 2 volumes. Trinity Episcopal Church, Swedesboro, N. J., Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths, 1713-1796. Photostat copy of the original record. St. James’ Episcopal Church, Philadelphia: Baptisms, 1828-1895; Mar¬ riages, 1831-1900; Burials, 1829-1900. Besides the before mentioned, the Records, of Christ Episcopal Church, Upper Merion, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, have been copied and indexed and are now at the bindery. Tho record was loaned through the courtesy of Rev. W. W. Taylor. The registers of baptisms, marriages and burials of Gloria Dei (Old Swedes' Church), Philadelphia, kindly lent to the Society by its rector, Rev. Percy R. Stockman and the vestry, are now being copied. The marriages contained in the first volume of the original register are in print. The accessions by gift, fox which acknowledgment is hereby grate¬ fully tendered, are: Printed. American Catholic Historical Society, Records of. Volume XXII, nos. 1, 2. American Historical Association. Annual Report for 1918. 3 Volumes. Busch, Miers. Social Register for Phila., Summer, 1919. Dunning, Mrs. Cora Garber. Mohlet-Garber Family History. Felt, Dorr Eugene. A Register of the Ancestors of Dorr Eugene Felt and Agnes (McNulty) Felt. Harper, Mrs. Thomas R. Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine. Vol. LIV, Nos. 7-12; Vol. LV, Nos. 1-6. Iowa, Historical Deportment of. Annals of Iowa, Jan. and April, 1921. Kansas State Historical Society. Publications. Thirtieth Annual Report. 219 Leach, Mias May Atherton. Tombstone inscriptions on Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts. Library of Congress. Report, 1921. Ljungstedt, Mrs. Milnor. A County Court Book, October, 1921. Louisiana Historical Society, The. Quarterly for July, 1920. Lybarger, Donald "Fisher. History of the Lybarger Family. Mann, Percy McGTaw. Fifty Years of Progress, The William Mann Company. Marshall, Dr. John. Dawson Family Records. North Carolina Historical Society, The. The James Sprunt His¬ torical Publications. Yol. XVII, No. 1. Quayle, Alexander J. Terrill Genealogy. Rogers, Mrs. Harry. Genealogical clippings from Hartford Times, New York Mail and Express, The Baltimore Sun, Freehold Transcript, Newport Mercury and The Weekly Inter Ocean; a total of 22 volumes. Wharton, Miss Anne H. The Reviewer, October, 1921; Account of the Meeting of the Descendants of Ool. Thomas White, of Maryland, June 7, 1877; Buckley’s Genealogical Notes, Part second, 1878. Woodruff, Clinton Roger®. Early Memoirs of the Stilwell Family. Manuscripts. Donaldson, Francis. Effort to find parents of Gainor Evans who married Peter Lukens, 1719. Embry, Mrs. M. Cecil. History and Chart of the Owsley Family. Historical Society of Pennsylvania, The. Genealogy of Adam Beeber ; Extract from Diary of Mary W. Roberts; Findley Data; and Holliday entries in Deed Books of St. Stephen’s Parish, Cecil County, Maryland. Irwin, Miss Frances H. Manlove Bible Records. Jenkins, Charles F. Information in regard to William H. Ballowell of Plymouth, Montgomery County, Pa., and some of his Descendants. Jones, Miss Sibyl Tatum. Sharpless Bible Records. Knipe, Mrs. Reinoehl. Historical Sketches of St. James’ P. E. Church, Perkiomen. Leach, Miss May Atherton. Fraser Papers— Commissariat of Inver¬ ness, Scotland, 1630-1800; Commissariat of Edinburgh, Scotland, 15141800; Photograph of land survey 1732 of Edward Winslow; Photographs of land surveys and deed of Kenelm Winslow; Philadelphia Wills, Abstracts alphabetically arranged, 1724-1802. Lytle, Leonard. Lytle Chart. McAllister, Addams S. The Addams Family in America. Mann, Percy McCraw. Extracts from letters received by Joe. H. Mann. Moore, Dr. E. M. H. Old Welsh Run Church Pew Holders; Early Settlers in Cincinnati, Ohio. Scarborough, Henry W. Abstracts of Wills of the Pearson Family. Turner, Rev. C. H. B. Martin Family Abstracts from Deed Book, Wilmington, Delaware. Valentine, Mrs. Abram S. Genealogical Collections of the late Charles F. Haseltine. Wilcox, William A. Horton Family data. Respectfully submitted, J. GRANVILLE LEACH, President. ERNEST SPOFFORD, Recording Secretary. —