Twenty-Sixth Annual Report of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania

TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT OP THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, READ AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 4TH, 1918. To the Members of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania : The Board of Directors have the honor to herewith submit the report for the past year. At the twenty-fifth annual meeting of the Society, held March 5th, 1917, the following officers and directors were elected for the ensuingyear : President, J. Granville Leach. Vice-Presidents, Charles P. Keith, Edward S. Sayres, John P. Lewis. Recording Secretary, Edward Robins. Corresponding Secretary, James Emlen. Historian, Ogden D. Wilkinson. Treasurer, C. Howard Colket. Directors. Hon. Norris S. Barratt, David Milne, Henry Reed Hatfield, Louis B. Moffett, Charles F. Jenkins, Ernest Spofford, William S. Lloyd, Prank H. Stewart, Stevenson H. Walsh. At the first stated meeting of the Board, held after the annual meet¬ ing, in compliance with the By-Laws of the Society the Directors divided themselves into classes, as follows: 1st class, to serve for one year: Louis B. Moffett, Prank H. Stewart, Henry R. Hatfield. 2nd class, to serve for two years: Stevenson H. Walsh, Charles F. Jen¬ kins, Ernest Spofford. 3rd class, to serve for three years : William S. Lloyd, Norris S. Barratt, David Milne. The collections of the Society now number 357 volumes, the following13 volumes having been added during the year: Woodbury, Gloucester County, New Jersey, Monthly Meeting. Births and Deaths, 1702-1886. Marriages, 1786-1916. Minutes, 1785-1794. Minutes, 1795-1862. Minutes, 1827-1897. 3 vols. Gloucester County, New Jersey. Returns of Militia and Exempts, 1794. Philadelphia Board of Health, Burial Records of, 1807-1814. Salem County, New Jersey, Marriages, 1795-1869. Salem County, New Jersey, Pittsgrove Baptist Church, Daretown, Frag¬ mentary Records, 1771-1842. (103) 104 Twenty-fourth Annual Report of Board of Directors. Burlington County, New Jersey, Mt. Holly, St. Andrews’ Protestant Episcopal Church, Trinity Protestant Episcopal Church, Marriages, 17851900. Baptisms, 1785-1900. Deaths, 1859-1900. Burlington County, New Jersey, Mt. Holly, Monthly Meeting, Minutes 1776-1827. Great Egg Harbor, New Jersey, Monthly Meeting, embracing portions of Cape May County and of what later became Atlantic County. Births and Deaths, 1681-1841. Marriages, 1809-1837. Minutes, 1726-1843. Cumberland County, New Jersey, Fairfield Presbyterian Church Record. Troth Papers, Volume IV. Genealogical Notes, Volume XIII. In addition to the above, the Boston Evening Transcript, Notes and Queries, July 15, 1903-May 25, 1904, a gift from Miss Anne H. Cresson, has been bound and indexed. No. 1, Volume VII, of the Publications is partly through the press and will shortly be ready for distribution. The accessions by donations, for which acknowledgments are hereby gratefully tendered, are : American Catholic Historical Society, Records of, Volume XXVIII, Nus. 1, 2, 3, 4. American Historical Association, Thirteenth Annual Conference of His¬ torical Societies, 1916. Annual Report, 1914, Volume I, 1915. Busch, Miers. Social Register, Philadelphia, 1917. Philadelphia Red Book, 1878, 1880 and 1881. Busch, Miers and Henry Paul. Social Register, Philadelphia, 1916, 1917. Social Register, Summer 1916, 1917. The Philadelphia Blue Book, 1916. Clapham, Mrs. H. C. Hartman Notes and Photographs. Notes and Queries of Harrisburg Telegraph [mounted in Genealogical Notes. Volume XIII]. Dixon, Prof. W. Macneile. Numerous books and pamphlets relating to the present European War. Doran Co., George H. Hurrah and Hallelujah. Ford, Worthington C. The Boston Book Market, 1679-1700. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Four pamphlets: Rose Family, John Tyler, Abraham Pettibone, Records of the Transactions of the Church of Christ. Photograph of marriage certificate of Abraham Swift. Houghton, Mifflin Co. The Issue. Keen, Dr. Gregory B. Ancestral chart book. Newspaper clippings. Lane Co., John. Britain in Arms. Library of Congress. Report of 1917. Ljungstedt, Mrs. Olaf A. The Wide Spreading Jones Family, a news¬ paper clipping. Louisiana Historical Society. Quarterly of, Volume I, Nos. 1, 2. McAllister, Addams S. McAllister Family Records. Marshall, Dr. John. Aunville’s Oldest Burial Place and its Memories. Twenty-fourth Annual Report of Board of Directors. 105 New Jersey Historical Society, Proceedings of, Volume II, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4. North Carolina Historical Society. The James Sprunt Historical Publi¬ cations. Parker, Sir Gilbert. Numerous Pamphlets relating to the present Euro¬ pean War. Pennsylvania Federation -of Historical Societies. Acts and Proceedings 1917. A Bibliography of Lancaster Co., 1745-1912. Risley, Miss Sarah A. Gloucester County, N. J., Returns of Militia and Exempts, 1794. Stewart, Frank H. Salem County, New Jersey, Marriages 1795-1869. Records of Fairfield Presbyterian Church, Cumberland County, New Jersey, Pittsgrove Baptist Church, Daretown, Salem County, New Jersey, Fragmentary Records 1771-1842. Stokes, Frederick A. Open Boats. Stokes, Samuel E., Jr. Letters of Nancy Evans Stokes. Turner, Rev. Joseph Brown. Journal of the Presbyterian Historical Society, Volume IX, Nos. 2, 3, 4. Walker, Mrs. Cyrus. English Ancestry of Peter Talbot. Weigbtman, Mrs. Aubrey H. Marriage Certificate of Benjamin Field and Caroline H. Fraley, 1850. Wilkinson, Ogden D. Photograph of Becker (Baker) Bible Records. Willcox, Col. Joseph. Historical Sketches of Some of the Pioneer Cath¬ olics of Philadelphia and Vicinity. Biography of Rev. Patrick Kenny, A. D. 1763-1840. Ivy Mills, 1729-1866. Willcox and Allied Families. A Hand-Book of Practical Suggestions for the use of Students in Genealogy. Proceedings of the Delaware County Insti¬ tute of Science, Volume VII, No. 4. In the last annual report, attention was directed to a proposed special fund of $1000 for copying records, and to the fact that $520 had been secured towards such end. Since then the fund has been increased to $670 by the following subscriptions: Mr. John W. Sparks Mr. Louis B. Moft'et A lady member, who desires not to be named $100.00 25.00 25.00 Subscriptions, in sums large or small, are earnestly solicited to make up the $330 needed to complete the proposed fund. The membership of the Society is as follows : Number of members March 1, 1917 306 Deaths during the year 8 3 Resignations 6 17 Dropped from the roll Elected and qualified during the year 289 23 Number of members March 1, 1918 312 106 Twenty-fourth, Annual Report of Board of Directors. The membership is classified as follows: Honorary Life Active Publication Fund 4 90 205 13 312 The following were dropped from membership: Edwin J. S. Adams C. G. Fox John Douglass Brown W. Graham Tyler Henry G. Clay, Jr. Frank E. Webner The Board report with regret the death of the following members: Mrs. Katharine R. Styer, died January 20, 1917. Reuben Miller, died March 14, 1917. Richard Wain Meirs (life member), died April 20, 1917. John Poster Graham, died May 24, 1917. Joseph R. Wainwright, died July 7, 1917. Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, died August 21, 1917. Richard Ashhurst, died December 27, 1917. Joseph T. Bailey, died February 3, 1918. The following were transferred from active to life membership: Miss Lydia T. Morris Hon. John M. Gest Samuel F. Houston Ogden D. Wilkinson Mrs. M. Stanton Taylor Hon. Henry A. DuPont Miss Annie Adele Leach Miss Mary E. Sinnott During the year 1917 the additions to membership were: Mrs. James H. Little Wilbur Paddock Klapp, Jr. (life) Jesse Williams Edward M. Klemm Klapp (life) Joseph B. Bloodgood, Jr. (life) John L. Ruth Edward Wiener Miss Emily Ritchie Perkins (life) Mrs. William H. Hickman Mrs. Henry Goddard Leach (life) Mrs. Trueman H. Clayton Mrs. Samuel Emlen Carpenter Samuel Wagner Miss Estelle Ashton Brooks Thomas Hart Addams S. McAllister Frank K. Irwin Col. John H. Sinex Mrs. Herbert S. Darlington Miss Anna Elizabeth Low Miss Margaret R. Grundy Mrs. Seymour Davis Miss Martha Bunting The investments of the permanent fund have been increased, during the year, by the purchase of nine shares of United Gas Improvement Company stock, and $100 of the second Liberty Loan. The Directors adopted a resolution authorizing the treasurer to accept Liberty Loans in payment of life memberships, and it is hoped that members will avail themselves of this privilege. Respectfully submitted, J. GRANVILLE LEACH, President. EDWARD ROBINS, Recording Secretary.