Notes, Queries and Corrections

NOTES, QUERIES AND CORRECTIONS. METCALF. Thomas Metcalf, a purchaser of land in Philadelphia, be¬ tween 1789 and 1799, married Rebecca, daughter of Thomas Dewees by his wife Hannah Potts, who died at the Palls of Schuylkill, 21 February, 1793, in her twenty-ninth year. Two children of Thomas and Rebecca (Dewees) Metcalf were baptized at Christ Church: 1. Thomas, born 15 April, 1789. 2. Hannah, born 9 March, 1791, bapt. 25 Nov., 1793. After 1799 Thomas Metcalf’s name disappears from the County records, and he and his young family removed from Philadelphia. He is believed to have re-maiTied, and ultimately was of Uniontown, Maryland. His son, Thomas Metcalf , married Mary Delapiaine. His daughter, Hannah Metcalf, married Dr. Thomas Boyer of Uniontown, before 1811. Thomas Sully ’s “Register of Portraits, 1801-1871,” printed in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography for 1908, 1909, gives: “Bust of Mrs. Boyer for Dr. Dewees 1811; y i i Bust of Thomas Metcalf for Dr. Dewees, 1811.” Without doubt these portraits were of the brother and sister baptized at Christ Church, nephew and niece of Dr. William Potts Dewees, the eminent Philadelphia physician and first president of the Musical Fund Society, 1820-1838. Information is desired of the parentage of Thomas Metcalf, Sr., and the date and place of his birth and death; also any information which will add to, or correct, the above details. Ten dollars will be paid for the first definite data covering these points. A. S. BURLESON. } STOUT. John Stout, a sea captain in the merchant service between the ports of New York, Philadelphia and the Barbadoes, is mentioned in the shipping notes of the American Weekly Mercury of April and May 1722 and August 1723,* when his Sloop Mary is entered as inward and outward bound. He doubtless is the John Stout “of the township of Freehold, county of Monmouth and province of East New Jersey ’ ’ who, . on 18 May, 1708, purchased land on the north side of Dragon Swamp, in Red Lion Hundred, New Castle County-on-Delaware.f This land he sold in 1726, having bought and sold other lands in the same county. After 1726 his name appears to drop out of the county records. He, or his wife Anna, or both were, presumably, members of the congregation of Old Swedes, Wilmington, where three of their children were baptized : J * Republished in facsimile by The Colonial Society of Pennsylvania, vol. Ill, pp. 48, 58, 64, 122; vol. iv, pp. 65, 91. j* New Castle County, Delaware Deed Book, Liber 61, p. 18 ; The Stout Family of Delaware, p. 17, by Thomas Hale Street, M. D., life member of Tlie Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. £ Records of Holy Ti'irvity Old Swedes Churoh, pp. 240, 251, 271. (195) 196 i. ii. iii. Notes, Queries and Corrections. JOSEPH STOUT, born 1716, baptized 10 March, 1717, “six months old; ” married, license dated 14 September, 1763, Mary, daugh¬ ter of Peter and Margaret Keen, who died 22 March, 1767, aged thirty-six years and is buried in Gloria Dei Churchyard, at Wicacoa.* According to the Ship Registers for the Port of Philadelphia, 1726-1775, he was captain of the Brig Debby, 1750, 40 tons, built in Philadelphia of which he was part owner, of the Ship John and Mary,f 1754, and of the Brig t. Lucia pacquet, 1764. While engaged in the merchant service he became lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and so described him¬ self in his will of 4 April, 1773, in which, after making be¬ quests to the Society for the Relief of Masters of Ships,J which he had joined in January, 1766; to the Poor of the Hospital of Philadelphia, and to nephew Joseph Stout and niece Britty Stout, children of brother Cornelius Stout, he left the residue to his only child, Margaret Stout, who subsequently became the first wife of Major, afterwards Colonel and General, Wil¬ liam Macpherson.|| JOHAN STOUT, born 28 Jan., 1718/9; bapt. 17 May, 1719. CORNELIUS STOUT, born 2 Dec., 1721, bapt. 28 May, 1722; de¬ ceased before 4 April, 1773; married 2 Dec., 1744, Christ Church, Philadelphia, Rebecca Till, daughter of John and Brightweed Till. Issue, the first six baptized at Christ Church : 1. Anne, b. 12 Oct., 1745; d. 20 Sept., 1746. 2. Hannah, b. 10 March, 1747; bu. 7 Dec., 1750. 3. Joseph, b. 9 May, 1748; living 4 April, 1773. 4. Margaret, b. 16 Nov., 1750; probably she who was daughter, ’ buried 7 March, 1759. 5. Cornelius , b. 22 Oct., 1752, doubtless deceased before 4 April, 1773. 6. Rebecca, b. 8 Aug., 1754. 7. Brightweed, married, at Christ Church, 3 Sept., 1772, William Nichols. ‘‘ ’ Information is desired as to the parentage of John Stout and the time and place of his death; the maiden name of his wife Anna and the time and place of her death, also any data which will add to or correct the W. M. H. foregoing details. STODDARD. JAMES STODDARD of Flaugherty’s Run, on a line between Beaver and Allegheny Counties, Pennsylvania, arrived before 1790; born 1753 to 1760; died Dec., 1843; married 1774 to 1781, Nancy Issue : i. -- -- ROBERT STODDARD of the same place, born 1775 to 1784; died . Issue: 1. James, m. Jane 1865; married Margaret 2. Ellen, m. James Brown. 3. George McClellan, m. Eliza McCollister, and had seven children. 4. Elizabeth, m. David K. Clever. 5. John, m. and had son John R. of Pitts- * Descendants of Joran Kyn, pp. 148-9, by Gregory B. Keen, LL.D., member •f The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania. j- Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, vol. xxv, pp. 122, 416; vol. xxvll, p. 354. J List of Members belonging to the Society for the Relief of Masters of Ships, 1765-1812, printed In Appendix to The Tree Family, by J. Granville Leach. II “Extract from the Letters of John Macpherson, Jr., to William Patterson, 1766-1773,” by William Macpherson Hornor, E»q., in Pennsylvania Magazine •f History and Biography, vol. 23, pp. 51-2. Notes , Queries and Corrections. 197 burgh. 6. Emaline or Emma, m. Andrew P. Clever. 7. Eobert P. 8. Margaret Anne, m. William Hood. 9. Mary I., m. Robert Stewart. ii. and iii. Two sons, born before 1790; died young. iv. MARGARET STODDARD, m. Mr. Morrow. v. MARY STODDARD, m. Mr. Brown. vi. ELIZABETH STODDARD, m. John Simpson. vii. ELLEN STODDARD, m. .Tames Clark. viii. CATHARINE STODDARD, bora after 1790; died after 1859; married 1838 to 1857, William Richie (spelled many ways). ix. EMILY STODDARD, married, 1838 to 1851, Samuel Wells. x. ANNE STODDARD, bora 1790 to 1808; died unmarried in 1859; lived with her nephew George McClellan Stoddard at Man¬ chester, Penn a. Some additional information in the possession of Gilbert S. Walker. HENRY STODART of East Pennsborough, Cumberland County, Penn¬ sylvania, born before 1757; died before 1793, leaving 3 orphan children, for whom Andrew Etnminger was appointed guardian: * i. ii. iii. JOHN STODART, born 1774 to 1779. ELIZABETH STODART, born 1781 to 1793. MARTILENA STODART, born 1781 to 1793. ROBERT STODDARD (or Studdert) of Meeks Run, Moon Township, Alle¬ gheny County, Pennsylvania, arrived before 1809, and died there, June 28, 1829. He is said to have been born in Enniskillen, Ireland, about 1765, and to have gone first to Hagerstown, Md., and Carlisle, Pa. He was married in America, and, as hi3 wife had relatives by the name of Seetin or Seaton, it is thought her name was Mary Seaton. She was born about 1770, and died Sept. 10, 1824. There were 7 surviving chil¬ dren all of whose descendants have been traced down to date: NANCY STODDARD of the Forks of Montour Run, Allegheny County, Penna., b. Feb. 22, 1789; d. Jan. 12, 1859; m. July 4, 1809, Hon. John Walker; had ten children. ii. MARTHA STODDARD, Pittsburgh, Penna., b. circa 1790; d. Feb. 6, 1878; m. (1) Alexander Smith; five children; m. (2) Matthew Patrick; 1 child. iii. JOHN STODDART, of Allegheny City, Penna., b. Carlisle, Penna., Sept. 13, 1793; d. East Brady, Penna., Apr. 10, 1879; m. Aug. 26, 1819, Mary or Polly Holmes; seven children. iv. MARY STODDARD, of Coraopolis, Penna., b. Aug., 1798; d. Dec. 23, 1888; m. William Powel Ferree; seven children. ROBERT STODDARD, JR., of Moon Township, b. Moon Twp., 1805; ▼. d. Jan. 5, 1844; m. 1832 Margaret Crooks; five children. vi. MARIA STODDARD of North Fayette Twp., Allegheny Co., Penna., b. Dec., 1800; d. Pittsburgh, Oct. 20, 1876; m. Nov. 17, 1820, John Jeffrey; ten children. ▼ii. ELIZABETH, or BETTY, STODDARD of Pittsburgh, b. 1807; d. Jan. 19, 1877, unmarried. Information concerning the ancestry of these Stoddards desired by Gilbert S. Walker, eare A. S. M. E., 29 West 39th Street, New York City. i. * Cumberland County Court Docket 3, pp. 136, 206. 198 Notes, Queries and Corrections. WARE. John Ware, Jr., married in Salem County, New Jersey, in 1749, Elizabeth Fogg, who is thought to have been the daughter of David Fogg by his wife Elizabeth Bowen. She, however, may have been the daughter of Samuel Fogg, 3d., who died intestate in Salem County, in 1732. Can some reader of the Publications give definite information upon the parentage of Elizabeth (Fogg) Ware? LILLIAN Y. C. HARPER. BRINTON -BRUNSON. In “Abstracts of New Jersey Commissions,” printed in the Publications, ante p. 68, the name of Barefoot Brunson is given as Barefoot “Brinton. y y Few surnames have had more liberty taken with the spelling thereof than this Brunson, Brymson, Brimson, Brynson, Brinson, Brinton. Barefoot Brunson, Esq., was the son of David Brunson * of Millstone River, then in Middlesex County, N. J., by his wife Frances, daughter of Dr. Henry Greenland, and is named in his father’s nuncupative will, proved 15 Sept., 1696. Frances Greenland Brunson, married again, about 1697, her neighbor, John Hornor, Jr., of Stony Brook, who, in his will of 4 April, 1715, gave legacies to her children: Bearfoot Brunson,f Mar¬ garet Fleet, Mary Farnsworth, Anna Brunson, and to son-in-law [stepson-in-lawj Joseph Stout, he having married Ruth Brunson. Barefoot Brunson was high sheriff of Somerset County between 1720-1730. He made his will 10 March, 1742/3, proved 13 May, 1748. His widow, Mary Brunson,+ and Thomas Lawrence, Esq., of Philadelphia, executrix and executor of his will, advertised for sale, in 1751, 300 acres of land on Millstone River Bridge, on the Brunswick Road, in Somerset County, with 150 acres in Middlesex County, about a mile from Kingston. J. G. L. — HATHA WAY-BORDEN-KEEN. Emma Corinna Borden, daughter of Jef¬ ferson Borden of Fall River, Massachusetts, by his wife Susan Elizabeth Easton, see Publications ante 99, married at Fall River, 11 December, 1867, William Williams Keen, Jr., M. D., of Philadelphia. Children: 1. Corinna, b. 4 November, 1868. 2. Florence, b. 8 December, 1869. 3. Dora, b. 24 June, 1871. 4. Margaret, b. 5 March, 1878. CORINNE KEEN FREEMAN. HATHAWAY. Joshua Hathaway, Publications ante 98, son of Isaac and Rebecca Hathaway, whose mother was Rebecca Church, born January 19, 1727/8, married Mary Evans (Widow), August 23, 1749,|| by Rev. Silas Brett. Their children, recorded § at Freetown were : * David “ Brymson.” in New Jersey Archives, vol. xxx, p. 557. ■j- Bearfoot “ Brunson.” Ibid., voi. xxiit, p. 238. — %lbid., vol. xix, p. 100. II Freetown Records, Book 1, p. 202. § Ibid., p. 208. Notes, Queries and Corrections. 199 Mary, born March 12, 1751. . Warren, born July 15, 1752. Isaac, born May 15, 1753. Simeon, born October 23, 1754. Roby, born July 9, 1757. Joshua, born April 15, 1760. Caroline, born December 9, 1761. H. ST. CLAIR. HATHAWAY. REEVES. It may interest the readers of the ‘ Annals of the Sinnott, Rogers, Coffin, Carlies, Reeves, Bodine and Allied Families, ’ ’ by Miss Mary E. Sinnott, edited by J. Granville Leach, to know that, Biddle Reeves, Jr., married, license dated 23 September, 1756', Elizabeth Albertson, Arthur Reeves, brother of the groom, being bondsman. This license is among those un -indexed in the office of the Secretary of State of New Jersey at Trenton. SOPHIE SELDEN ROGERS. ‘ MACPHERSON-WHITE. In “A Record of the Inscriptions of the Tablets and Grave-stones in the Burial-grounds of Christ Church, Philadelphia, ’’ compiled by Edward L. Clark, warden of the Church, 1864, p. 15, Elizabeth White, daughter of the Rt. Rev. William White, first Bishop of Pennsylvania, is incorrectly given as the wife of Genb John Macpherson and her death as occurrng in 1830. She was born in Philadelphia, 28 January, 1776; died in that city 9 November, 1831, and married 9 March, 1803, as second wife, General William Macpherson of Philadelphia (1756-1813), brother of the gallant Captain John Macpherson, aide-decamp to General Richard Montgomery who fell with him in the attack upon Quebec, 31 December, 1775, and son of Captain John Macpherson (1726-1792) of Mount Pleasant, Philadelphia, one of the unique char¬ acters of Colonial and Revolutionary Philadelphia, who commanded privateer Britannia of Philadelphia in the French War of 1757 and the Spanish War of 1762, and served as Captain of the Armed Boat Anti traitor in the Revolution, under commission of 17 May, 1781. When the break between the Mother Country and her American Colonies took place, William Macpherson was serving as an officer in the British Army from which service, after numerous and fruitless applications for per¬ mission to withdraw, he finally succeeded in escaping and joined the American forces, and was honored by Congress with a commission as major, by brevet, 16 September, 1779, acted some time as aide-de-camp to Generals La Fayette and Arthur St. Clair, and was major and aidede-camp to General Lincoln, June, 1781 to June, 1783. Later he was a delegate to the State Convention which ratified the Federal Constitution of 1787; member of the Pennsylvania Assembly of 1788-89; surveyor of customs, 1789; inspector of revenue, 1792 and naval officer for the port of Philadelphia, 1793-1813; commanded a battalion of militia known as the Macpherson Blues in the Whiskey Insurrection in western Penn¬ sylvania, 1794, and, on 11 March, 1799, was appointed by President Adams, 200 Notes, Queries and Corrections. brigadier general of the provisional army sent into Northampton County, Pennsylvania to quell the Fries Rebellion. One of the founders of the Society of the Cincinnati, he remained in active participation with the organization until his death, being vice-president of the State Society from 1807. By his first marriage to Margaret Stout, daughter of Joseph Stout, a well-known sea captain in the merchant service of Philadelphia and a lieutenant in the British Navy, General Macphenson had five chil¬ dren.* By his second to Elizabeth White, before noted, he had two daughters: 1. Esther White Macplierson, born 22 August, 1804, who married Thomas Harris, M. D., surgeon U. 8. N., and died without issue, 28 May, 1857. 2. Elizabeth Macpherson, born 17 July, 1806, married 20 March, 1838, Rev. Edwin Wilson Wiltbank, by whom she W. M. H. had four children. RECENT BOOKS. THE QUESTON or ALSACE AND LORRAINE. By Thomas Willing Balch, L. H. D. Philadelphia, 1918. 2 -(- 89 -f- 1 p., language map, 15 full-page illustrations, 8°. The annexation of Alsace and Lorraine, by Germany in 1871, was one of the factors in bringing upon the world the Great War which has in¬ jured and still continues to threaten the civilization of to-day, and this volume, by Mr. Balch, gives the question the illumination of a personal contact with and a thoughtful knowledge of the lost provinces. OUTLINE OF THE HISTORY OF OLD ST. PAUL’S CHURCH, PHILADELPHIA, 1760-1898. By Hon. Norris Stanley Barratt. Published by The Colonial 7 p., il., 8°. A Society of Pennsylvania [Lancaster], 1918. 327 limited number of copies of this book are for sale by the Society, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia. A very valuable contribution to the religious and social life of the community has been made in this comprehensive summary of the life of the Third Protestant Episcopal Congregation of Philadelphia. In scope, the volume covers : An appeal for the preservation of the venerable church structure and burial ground; a brief survey of the general con¬ dition of the Episcopal Church in the United States; the Articles of Agreement for St. Paul’s foundation, 1760; the Act for its incorporation, with supplement thereto; sketches of the rectorates; abstracts of Title; descriptions of church plate; inscriptions on tombstones and vaults in the church and churchyard; list of vestrymen, and petition to dissolve corporation, 1901. The biographical and genealogical data, with which the work is replete, cannot fail to interest the local historian, genealogical student, and those whose forebears were, in time past, affiliated with the parish. Forty-six illustrations, including portraits of a majority of the rectors, church plate, plan of vaults and graves, and other related sub- + * Gregory B. Keen’s Descendants of Jdran Kyn of New Sweden, pp. 149-153 gives account of William Macpherson and children of first marriage. ! Notes, Queries and Corrections. 201 jects, add to the attractiveness of this, the sixteenth publication of the Society. GREGORY STONE. GENEALOGY, ANCESTRY AND DESCENDANTS OF DEACON GREGORY STONE OF CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, 1320-1917. By J. Gardner Bartlett. Published for the Stone Family Association, Boston, 1918. 905 8 p., 15 full-page ills., 8°. As the title indicates the scope of the work is comprehensive and it is a source of congratulation to the Stone Family Association and the genealogical public that, the author has so ably succeeded in the almost monumental compilation. Rightly has he divided the word of truth between history and genealogy, and in his hands the descendants of the pioneer, Gregory Stone, who came to Massachusetts in 1635, settling at Cambridge, have been shown to be a race of solid and substantial worth. In war and in peace have they borne well their part in the making of American history and in the upbuilding of a great country. May there be more family associations imbued with the spirit of which this work is so fitting an index. THE PACIFIST AND OTHER POEMS. By Howard Futhey Brinton. The Gorham Press, Boston, 1918. 61 p., small 8°. A collection of verse somewhat reminiscent of Austin Dobson, but with a present day individuality of its own, which makes the wish father of the hope that there may be more to follow. PENNSYLVANIA SOCIETY OF THE REVOLUTION, Annual Proceedings of, 1917-1918. Compiled by the Secretary and published by the Society [Philadelphia], 1918. 87 p., 8°. In addition to the usual statement of the Object of the Society, lists of officers of the General Society and of the founders, officers, managers, delegates, standing committees and Color Guard of the Penn¬ sylvania Society, the volume contains an account of the thirtieth annual meeting, obituations of deceased members, sermon preached in the Wash¬ ington Memorial Chapel, Valley Forge, by the Rev. W. Herbert Burk, B. D., December 16th, 1917, and a “Roll of Honour of those members of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution now [1918] en¬ gaged in the Government Service in connection with the present war as reported to the Secretary. ’ ’ PENNSYLVANIA PENSIONERS OF THE REVOLUTION. By Mrs. Harry Rogers and Mrs. A. H. Lane. Reprinted from the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1918. 64 p., 8°. Compiled from the Orphans ’ Court Dockets of the City and County of Philadelphia, and antedating the Acts of Congress which relieved the States of their pension responsibility, these abstracts supply indis¬ pensable evidence of service not otherwise often obtainable. Valuable to genealogists and for general reference libraries. » 202 : Notes, Queries and Corrections. REICHNER AND AIKEN GENEALOGIES. Compiled and Edited by L. Irving Reichner. Philadelphia, 1918. 222 p., small 8°. This is a compilation of such families as are connected with the an¬ cestry of the compiler and his wife, and is intended for private distri¬ bution only. The families are: Reichner, Fraser, Moore and Howtzell of Philadelphia City and County; Stephens, York, Henry, Clark, Reeves, Wetherby, Vanneman, Quinton, Smith of Smithfield and Bull of Glou¬ cester or Salem counties, New Jersey; Aiken and Cloud of South Caro¬ lina; Holmes of Georgia; Case of Morris County, New Jersey and Orange County, New York; Van Wickle, Rue, Morgan, Boice, Evertsen and Dove of Somerest and Middlesex Counties, New Jersey, together with Cowenhoven, Applegate, Van Baal, Teller and De Sille of New York. STEWART’S GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL MISCELLANY. By Frank H. Stewart, President of the Gloucester County Historical Society, and member of the Board of Managers of The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, Nos. 1 and 2. Woodbury, New Jersey, 1918. In gathering genealogical material, relating to Southern New Jersey, from somewhat unusual sources and putting the same into print, Mr. Stewart has displayed a degree of public spirit and historical acumen most worthy of emulation. No. 1 contains: Samuel Mickle’s Account Books, 1779-1799; Early Marriages in Old Gloucester County by Members of Newton Meeting, 1685-1705; Declarations of Intentions at Newton and Baddonfield Meeting, 1705-1725; Certificates of Removal and Clearness, 1712-1720; Marriages Performed by John Ladd in Old Gloucester County, 1731-1760. Of the articles in No. 2: Burlington County Births, 1753-1773, from the practice book of an un-named physician of that locality; Account Books of John Ladd, 1720-1770, those of Frederick Steelman, 1772-1778, Colonel Richard Somers, 1787-1789, and that of the latter’s son, Constant Somers, 1789-1799, and a number of Bible records, beginning with that of Samuel Mickle of Newton, Gloucester County and Philadelphia, well illustrate the value of these publications. BELOVED AMERICA, Great Land of Liberty, Thou art my Home. Words and Music by [Mrs.] Bertha M. B. Taylor. Published by Penna. Music Litho. Co., Philadelphia [1919]. 3 p., folio. This patriotic selection is now sung in a number of the Philadelphia Public Schools. HISTORY or THE PHILADELPHIA AND LANCASTER TURNPIKE. The first long turnpike in the United States. By Hon. Charles I. Landis. Printed in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1918, 1919. A valuable contribution to the history of Pennsylvania’s internal im¬ provements and a comprehensive survey of the first link in the great western communication from Philadelphia. JOSEPH BONAPARTE IN PHILADELPHIA AND BORDENTOWN. By Charle¬ magne Tower, LL.D. Printed in the Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, 1918. An address delivered before The Historical Society of Pennsylvania, May 13, 1918.