Twenty-Seventh Annual Report of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania

TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, READ AT THE ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 3RD, 1919. 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-sixth annual meeting of the Society, held March 4th, 1918, the following officers and directors were elected: President, J. Granville Leach. Vice-President, Charles Penrose Keith, Edward Stalker Sayres, John Frederick Lewis. Becording Secretary, Edward Robins. Corresponding Secretary, James Emlen. Treasurer, C. Howard Colket. Historian, Ogden Duncan “Wilkinson. Directors, to serve three years, Henry Reed Hatfield, Louis B. Molfett, Frank H. Stewart. After the election, Miss Anne Hollingsworth Wharton read an inter¬ esting paper on ‘‘Robert Fulton a Submarine Inventor, ’’ and the Presi¬ dent of the Society, also read a paper entitled, “Dr. Timothy Stidham (1620-1686), the first Swedish physician on the Delaware.’’ Mr. Porter F. Cope exhibited an old coin, given to his ancestor by Major Andrfi, of the British forces during the Revolution, and related a graphic story in connection therewith. The membership of the Society is as follows: Number of members March 1, 1918 312 DeathB during the year 7 . 3 Resignations 6 16 Dropped from the roll 296 12 Elected and qualified during the year Number of members March 1, 1919 The membership is classified as follows : Honorary Life Active Publication Fund 308 5 93 195 15 308 The following were transferred from active to life membership: William S. Lloyd Mrs. Julia A. Jewett Miss Margaret E. Wright George Allen Chandler (203) 204 Twenty-seventh Annual Report of Board of Directors. Transferred to Publication Fund: The Free Library of Philadelphia During the year 1918 the additions to membership, were : Miss Anne Hollingsworth Wharton H. Stanley Craig (honorary member) Henry W. Shoemaker Charles W. Lord, Jr. William Ellis Scull Dr. Hugh Hamilton J. Gardner Bartlett Clarence V. Roberts Lieut. Joseph Brooks BloodMrs. Julia A. Jewett good Parker Miss Anna J. Magee (life member) Wyoming Historical and Geological Society (Publication Fund) With profound regret the Board reports the death of the following members : Joseph Heacock, died March 18, 1918. Miss Emily Ritchie Perkins (life member), died June 16, 1918. Colonel Joseph Willcox, died October 1, 1918. Richard McCall Cadwalader, died December 9, 1918. Joseph Brooks Bloodgood, Jr. (life member), died January 22, 1919. Wilbur F. Rose, died January 25, 1919. Marriott C. Smyth, died February 26, 1919. Richard McCall Cadwalader, Esq., whose death is noted, was elected a member of the Society during the first year of its organization, 1892; was later chosen a director, and still later, treasurer, and in 1898, he succeeded L. Taylor Dickson, Esq., as a vice-president of the Society, which position he retained until 1910, when he resigned that office. He rendered faithful and valuable service to the Society, his last act in this connection occurring in 1916, when, recognizing that, in view of his advanced years he could not remain many years as a member, he caused his eldest son, Captain Thomas Cadwalader, to become a life member of the Society. Mr. Cadwalader was widely known and universally es¬ teemed for his high personal and civic virtues and worth. Shortly after the last annual meeting, No. 1 of Vol. VII of the Publications came from the press, and was duly distributed among the members. In this connection it is fitting to state that, these Pub¬ lications are widely recognized as being valuable contributions to the literature of the genealogical world. No. 2 of Vol. VII is now in press. It is with much regret that, the Board announces the resignation of Mr. James Emlen as corresponding secretary, a position which he has acceptably filled for nine years and to which he declined re-nomination on account of pressing business duties. The Treasurer ’s report shows a gratifying financial condition. During the year, the Permanent Fund has been increased by the purchase of $350 Liberty Loan and one share of United Gas Improvement stock, to which is added one $50 Liberty Loan received for life membership. May the Board not entertain the hope that other members of the Society will transfer themselves from the active to life membership, by the medium of a $50 Liberty Loan! By so doing they will enrich the Twenty-seventh Annual Report of Board of Directors. 205 — Permanent Fund of the Society, a Fond that is regarded as the back¬ bone of the organization. The yearly income from investment of the Permanent Fund amounts to $382.25. The Special Fund of $1000, started by one of your directors, MT. Frank H. Stewart, three years ago, had reached that amount. Sub¬ scribers to the Fund during the past year were: Mrs. James Mifflin (additional), $100; Miss Leach, $50; J. Gardner Bartlett, $5.00; Charles F. Jenkins, $100; Frank H. Stewart (additional), $50.00, and a director, $25. This additional income has enabled the Board to employ a tem¬ porary copyist. The Collections of the Society now number 367 volumes, the following volumes having been added during the year : Genealogy of the Peale Family, presented by John F. Lewis. Salem County, New Jersey, Pilesgrove Monthly Meeting, Births and Deaths, 1756-1896. Marriages, 1794-1896. Minutes, 1794-1850, 18571917. 3 volumes. Norristown, Pennsylvania, St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church. Baptisms, 1815-1914; Marriages, 1817-1905. Communicants, 1818-1867; Confirmations, 1818-1868; Burials, 1818-1914. 2 volumes. Philadelphia Burial Records, Board of Health, 1815-1824. Pedigree of Evelyn Briggs, Milton Nathaniel and Burton Lincoln Baldwin, presented by Evelyn Briggs Baldwin. Troth Papers, Volumes V, VI. The accessions by donations, for which acknowledgments are hereby gratefully tendered, are : American Catholic Historical Society, Records of. Volume XXIX, Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4. American Historical Association, Proceedings of the Twelfth Annual Conference of Historical Societies. Annual Report, 1914, Volume II. Ashbrook, Louis. Dividend Book, Schuylkill Bridge Company, 1813-1818. Busch, Henry P. History of the Old Testament Church. Busch, Miers. Social Register, Philadelphia, 1918. Camp, W. M. Samuel F. Patterson. Craig, H. Stanley. The Head of the River Cemetery Records, Cape May County Marriages. Deacon, Howard. New Jersey Genealogy of Newark Evening News, 1905-1917. Dixon, Prof. W. Maeneile. Numerous books and pamphlets relating to the War. Doran Co., George H. The Great Crime and its Moral. Dorland, Dr. W. A. Newman. Genealogy of the Boggs Family and John Barry Farrell. Gates, Mrs. Susa Young. Surname Book and Racial History. Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Photographs of two marriage cer¬ tificates; Kirke data and chart; newspaper clipping, a short article on the Albright family. Photograph of samples and data con¬ cerning Mary Doe. \ 206 Twenty-seventh Annual Report of Board of Directors. Jenkins, Charles F. Descendants of Margaret Foulke. Jordan, Dr. Ewing. Genealogy of a Part of the Taliaferro Family in Virginia; Sketch of the Withers Family of America; Genealogy of Theophilus Colhoun Dunn, and the Doctors Walton of Stroudsburg, Pa.; Barton and Otto genealogical data. Keen, Dr. Gregory B. Chart of Descendants of Solomon Cresson and Anna Watson; Newspaper clipping of Philadelphia Families En¬ titled to Bear Coats of Arms. Library of Congress. Report for 1918. Loche, Mrs. Francis. Neiman Notes. Louisiana Historical Society, Quarterly of. Volume I, Nos. 2, 3, 4. New Jersey Historical Society, Proceedings of. Volume III, Nos. 1, 2, 3. Reiehner, L. Irving. Bible Records of Judge Jacob Van Wickle; James Reeves Stephens, and Jeffrey Clark Stephens; Reiehner Bible Record; Manuscript Records of the Van Wickle and Morgan Families; Reiehner Papers, Volumes I and II. Rogers, Mrs. Harry. Pioneer Robert McKee’s Descendants. Shoemaker, Henry W. Eldorado Found; Penn’s Grandest Cavern; A Pennsylvania Bison Hunt; Early Potters of Clinton County; Penn¬ sylvania Deer and their Horns; Pennsylvania Wild Cats; The Black Moose in Pennsylvania; Extinct Pennsylvania Animals. Spofford, Ernest. Photograph of 1015 Clinton Street, Philadelphia. (The house in which The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania was formed.) Stewart, Frank H. Marriages of Burlington County, New Jersey, 17951826 ; Marriages of Cumberland County, New Jersey, 1795-1837 ; Baptisms of Cohansie Baptist Church, 1757-1857 ; and Deaths, 1802-1878; Stewart’s Genealogical and Historical Miscellany, Nos. 1 and 2. Yarnall, William F. Chart of the Yarnall Family. In addition to these accessions, the Society has received from Henry R. Edmunds, Esq., a most valuable collection of genealogical material, the result of many years of research by his son, the late Major Charles Welsh Edmunds. It is arranged in catalogue form, and is methodically housed in wooden cases made for the same. It will be known as the ‘‘ Charles Welsh Edmunds Collection. ’’ All which is respectfully submitted, J. GRANVILLE LEACH, President. EDWARD ROBINS, Recording Secretary. — NOTE. Members of the Society are urged to send without delay to the Recording Secretary, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, complete records of their activities in any form of Government or Red Cross service. Those who have been or are in the Military or Naval Service of the United States or the Allied Nations are especially requested to give full particulars about rank, assignment to duties, numbers and names of organizations or ships, engagements, and casualties.