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474 Notes and Queries.

NOTES AND QUERIES.

ltot*& A Letter of Benjamin Furly.?

Rott. 7 August 1702 Mess Justus & Daniel Falckner

Dear Srs

My Last to you was of the 14th of April, by my frd Mr Hendrick Valck enbergh, in answer to yrs of the 26th of Sept by wch you advis'd me,

that, by which I saw what James Claypool had wrote me so many years

ago was true. That on the 19 December 1684 The Commissioners had

given forth warrants for the Surveying of 3000 Acres of Land for me, viz 1000 in the County of Philadelphia, 1000 in the County of Chester and 1000 in the County of Bucks ; as also for a Lot in Philadelphia in the High Street on the Schoolkill side dated 3d of February (or the 11th

month) 1684. As also that the sd Commiss" had issued forth another

warrant bearing date the 16th of November 1685 for 1000 Acres more in the County of Philadelphia in Felners town-Ship so called. But that of

the sd 4000 acres, there is but one return to be found of a 1000 in the

Province of Philadelphia betwixt the Lands of James Claypoole and Grif

fith Jones : wch was Surveyed the 21 of November 1685 & returned the 7 feb. 1686. All woh extracted out of the Registers were forward, I find

in your said Letter.

This Return for the 1000 Acres in Philadelphia, I take to be the same, mentioned to be in Felners Town Ship so called (lying between the

lands of J. C. & Gr. Jones) because it was surveyed 5 days after that

warrant. If I mistake, inform me better?

I desired in my sd Letter to be informed if it may be why the other warrants for the other 3000 Acres, & my Lot in the High Street were not as well surveyed, & returned as the last warrant. And whether that

return be reregistered or enrolled ?

I also observed that you had, with much labour, attendance, & cost

at last obtained from the Governour a little before his departure an order

to one James, to prepare 3 warrants for 4000 acres to be set out for me.

2 for each 500 acres for yr selves & one for 500 Acres for Dorothy & her Brother & sisters & that this James was ordered by the Governour to

recommend this to the Commissioners of Propriety, after his departure if not done before. I also took notice that you went to the Governour

& expostulated with him, why he gave order for no more than 4000

Acres seeing I had so long since pd for 5000. And that he answered you that 1000 were already taken up for me :

whence I told you that I concluded these following things : 1. That tho', from the first warrants had onely been issued forth to

Set out, but 4000 Acres for me, yet the Governour owns & knows that I have right to 5000. And consequently needs not my Originall deeds to convince him of it.

2. That my Letter of Attorney sent you, is owned, at last, as sufficient,



Notes and Queries. 475

tho not signed by 2 there willing, tho the things were too generally therein mentioned, nor my Letter of Attorney to Renier Jansen were

not therein revoked. And 3dly that the 1000 Acres in the County of Philadelphia are still

looke upon as belonging to me, and are so, I hope enrolled, woh are the 1000 Acres I would keep with my Liberty land & Lot in the Town.

The rest I shall be glad you dispose of.

I shewd you, that by a Printed Paper painted with a map of the Town, wherein the Lots are divided by numbers my name is found

painted over agt No. 38 in the High Street from the Schoolkill side which is No. 81 in the map ; betwixt Richard Thomas & John Simcocke.

I desired you therefore to procure a new warrant for it, to take it up & cause it to be enrolled, or Registered.

I shewd you that the concessions, & constitutions mentioned in the

deeds do bear, that every purchaser of 5000 Acres was to have 100 Acres, & every purchaser of 1?00 acres 10 acres within the Libertyes of Phila

delphia if the place will allow it without any other exception in

the world, so that Will, Pleasure, Convenience or inconvenience, comes

in no Consideration in this matter, but only, an absolute impossibility, that the Place where they should resolve to erect that Town, can bear it.

As for example if they should, have pitcht upon some Island to build

their City in, or upon some morass, or other. It is a contract to wch the

Eurchasers

have as much right to demand performance as the Governr as to demand his quit Rents. On these terms I and others purchas'd?And long after I had pur

chase & pd for mine. The Governour sent me a Letter of Attorney, (as my Last informed you) to Sell any quantity of Land, not exceeding

30000 acres, in wh is inserted 2 Deed of Lease & Release, referring to

these concessions & constitutions? It is true when he saw what he had done, & that I had sold to the

Frankfurters and others severall Thousand acres, (but far short of 30

Thousand). He wrote me, that I ought to have remembered that that

priveledge of having one Acre in 50. in Liberty lands was only for the first hundred purchases.

But I writ him again, That he ought to have told, or writ me so. If

he would have me remember it & withall to how many I might allow that priveledge onely I writ as I did, by his Authority, sell all on these conditions?And so they have all right to demand it. Or damages for

want of. What he does with respect to these FranckfortrB I know not, nor what

he will doe for me. But this I know 'tis our Right. I told you finally that I would have sent you a Letter of Attorney, in

the manner of the Governours to me, but that I had no skill, nor time to do it. But should take care to have done in England authentikely?

And now having received from England a Copy of a Letter of At

torney so ample to all intents and purposes as is possible. In which all care is taken to obviate all objections, & to give you all

power ; as 1, all former letters of Attorneys are revoked, in so far, as they have not been executed, & confirmed in so far as anything by virtue thereof has been legally done, (as the taking up the 1000 Acres in the

County of Philadelphia &c) 2. You are empowered (if need be) to take up the whole 5000 Acres,

& cause them to be enrolled. To sell & make deeds according to the Laws & customs there ; the one of you to the other?or to any other ; forever ; for the absolute term of 30 years, or for 2 or 3 lives not exceed

ing Ninety nine years?reserving to me and mine onely 1000 Acres




contiguous, as near Philadelphia as may be?& such quit Rent as is

exprest? So that you have full power to dispose of 4000 Acres to yer selves or

any other, upon any of these terms? And lest the authentike copies of the Deeds sent you by Jacob Claesen

Arentson the 5 march 170$ should either not come to yr hand or not be

reed as Sufficient I send to my friend in London, the Deeds of Lease &

Release, & purchase of the quit Rent to 5 Shillings a year, copied by a

Notary, & the Seals of the City added to it, wch my frd, will present to the Governour & he has promis'd to give such Testimonian of his satis

faction therewith as will cause these copies to be Registered, wch wishing safe [torn] hands, with a thousand thanks for the great [torn] & pains you have taken in this my affair [torn] any that ever I before author ize since James Claypooles death, I remavn

Dear S Yr most obliged frd

Benjamin Furly. Letter directed :

To Mr Justus & Daniel Falckner These at Philadelphia In Pennsylvania

The Court Dinner Bills printed in Vol. IX. pp. 239 and 358, are

curious, and the latter historically valuable as exhibiting the cost and

variety of a formal dinner of the time. I send a copy of another din ner bill, which gives the prices of food more in detail than the one

mentioned. C. R. H.

Philad* June 30 John Lawrence to Mary Biddle

1758 To 1 Piece of Beef 13/. 1 Gamon 6/4 . . . .19.4 To 1 Leg of Lamb 2/. Two D? Veal 4/10 . . .6.10 To Bacon for Larding, &c 4/. Rock 3/6 . . .7.6 To 1 quarter of Lamb 2/10 Perch 1/3 . . . .4.1 To 6 Ducks 7/ Chickens 1 Doz 8/ . . . .15. To Calves head 1/8 Meat Pies 4/6 .. . .6.2 To 12 Pound Butter 8/ Cheese 4/ . . . .12. To Almonds 3/ Spice 6/.9. To Currants & Reasons..2.8 To Gooseberries & Strawberis .... .3.6 To Wine 6/ Eggs 3/4 Cream 5/6 .. . .14.10 To Lemons 6/ Peas 11/3 Turnips, Greens &c . .19.9 To Bread 3/ Flour 1/6.4.6 To Pine apples 7/6 Cherries 2/8.10.2

?6.15.7 Wine 1 Doz11 & 8 bottles @ 3/9 .... 3.15. Punch 1 Bowl 5/ 7 D? @ 3/ . . . .1.6. Bristol Beer 6 Bottles.9.

My Trouble.

Received the above in full, Mary Biddle

?12. 5.7 . ?2.10.

?14.15.7

Penn Estates in Pennsylvania, 1779.?The bill before the As

sembly to which this letter refers was entitled "

An Act for vesting the




Estates [unlocated lands] of the late proprietaries of Pennsylvania, in

this Commonwealth" (McKean's Laws, pp. 258-63), finally became a law

November 27, 1779. The writer, Bernhard Dougherty, was a man of

repute in the Commonwealth. He was one of the first Justices of the

Peace appointed in Bedford County, March 12,1771 ; a member of the Council of Safety, 1775-76; Judge of the Courts, Bedford County, 1778 80, and member of the Assembly, 1781.

Sir :

Will you redeem a few Minutes from you[r] other Business, and read a scrawl from a Person who really esteems you ? you will ask, is it worth

a-reading? I don't know that, but as it is possible you may not have all the News at York as soon as we have them here, and particularly the

Transaction of our House of Assembly, that shall be the subject Yesterday being the Day appointed for hearing the late Proprietaries

(as they are called by our Assembly) by their Counsel, Messre Ross,

Willson, Tylghman and Chew appeared in the House as such; and Messrs Serjeant &c on behalf of the People of Pennsyla on the other

side ; the Audience was numerous, and Mr Ross opened the Debate, be

ginning at the first settling of this Province, which took up the forenoon

intirely, and a good part of the afternoon, wherein he clearly shewed, that the general Idea held out by our House and others, (to wit, That the late Proprietor Wm Penn held his Charter, obtained of the Crown of

Great Britain, was in trust for the Adventurers, and that he in effect, was nothing more than the Peoples' Trustee,) is groundless unprece dented and Vain ; that such a Thought never intered into the Heart of

any of those Adventurers, nor any of their Descendants, and that the

happy expedient of striping Individuals of private Proporty was found out by our present Assembly, Mr Attorney General then got up, and

made his Motion, that the Points urged by Mr Ross were so numerous, And so complicated, that he was by no means equal to the Arduous

Task, unprepared as he then was, and therefore requested a farther Day to consider the subject, wch Motion being granted, and Monday being appointed the Business there ended for the present.

We are very sanguine in this affair, and in my humble Opinion of all

People, the worst calculated to set as Judges in an Affair so exceedingly interesting, not only to the Family of that Great and good Man Willm

Penn but also to every Man of Proporty in the State, being ourselves im

mediately a Party interested in the great dispute, how can we be sup posed to Judge disinterestedly? there is not a Man that sits in this

House, but is by the very Privilege by wch he sits, to wit a Free Holder

incompatable to the appointment, of Judging in his own dispute ; And if the present or any future House of Assembly can with any de

gree of propriety lay their Hands on private Proporty, where can it be

supposed they will end ? I am satisfied every Man in the House has his Mind made up on this

subject, and so unalterably, that was the Angel Gabriel to urge an alter ation 'twou'd be vain ; and I firmly believe the Proprietaries will be

greatly sufferers by our result in this great affair. If I am here during [the] further Debates I will do myself the Pleas

ure of sending you the most material substance of them. I am Sir with all due respect your most Obed*

Hble serv* Barnard Dougherty

Col McPherson Philada March 19th 1779




Spinning-Parties.?Mrs. M. E. Snow, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., a niece of Isaac A. Chapman, author of the first History of Wyoming, con

tributes the following from his " Note-Book" :

" During the winter of 1808-9, which I spent in Lancaster, Pa,, it

was very customary for the young ladies of that place to form what were

called spinning-parties, when several of the young ladies met at the house of a companion, and all spent the afternoon spinning the finest

linen thread on small wheels, until tea was announced, after which, the

company removed to the drawing-room, and spent the evening in con

versation, music, and dancing. " At such times it was customary for such of the young ladies as were

good singers, to amuse the company with original songs, written for the

occasion by some of the young gentlemen. "The following was written for and at the request of Miss Maria

Henry, daughter of Hon. Judge Henry of Harrisburg [mother of Au

brey H. Smith, Esq., a Vice-President of Hist. Soc. of Penna.], then on

a visit to her friend, and set to music and sung at a spinning-party at

Mr. Ellicott's : " When spring, delightful spring comes on,

And wintry storms are o'er, We'll not repine that sleighing's gone,

That sliding is no more ; For greater joys than these shall come

To cheer the gladsome day, With friends abroad and friends at home?

We'll spin dull care away.

" Then on the margin of that stream,

Where Conestoga flows ; On Susquehanna's banks so green,

Where blooms the native rose :

Or where the elms o'erspread the glade, In sportive mirth we'll stray,

Or with our wheels beneath the shade? We'll spin dull care away.

" And when those blissful hours shall come,

Which crown each earthly joy, Those hours which give a happier home,

Shall happier thoughts employ, Content in any sphere of life,

I'll pass each happy day, And free from tumult, noise and strife?

I'll spin dull care away.

" Then cool beneath the shady grove,

While zephyrs play around ; We'll tune our lutes to notes of love,

Or listen to the sound.

Or if domestic duties claim, A portion of each day ;

At evening hour we'll meet again? To spin dull care away.

"I. A. C. "

East King Street, Jan. 1809."




Important Correction.?In the revised edition of volumes ten and

eleven, second series, "

Pennsylvania Archives," recently published by the State as

" Pennsylvania in the Revolution, 1775-1783," appears a

gross error, due to the blundering or stupidity of the printer when

making corrections. It is on page 292, volume one, where after the words "Aides to Major-General Gates" the word "Jones" has been added.

Persons in whose hands the volume may come will be kind enough to erase the word

" Jones." William H. Egle.

Deutsch-Americanisches Magazin.?Mr. H. A. Rattermann, who so long and ably edited the Deutsche Pioneer, has recently commenced the

publication of a quarterly with the above title, devoted to the history, literature, science, art schools, and family life of the Germans in Amer ica. The first number has now appeared. It opens with a portrait and a biographical sketch of the late Frederick Kapp, who has done so much to elucidate the history of the Germans in America. Among the other

papers which are of special interest to Pennsylvanians are : "

The Youth ful Career of General Peter Muhlenberg," by Dr. Germann, who, in asso ciation with Dr. Mann and Dr. Schmucker, is now editing an edition of the

" Hallesche Nachrichten" and

" Memorial Notices of Jedediah Weiss,

Karl F. Beckel, and Jacob C. Till, Musicians at Bethlehem," by Mr. John W. Jordan of our Historical Society. The promise is also given that in the next number will be commenced the publication of Dr. Seid ensticker's account of the German newspapers of the last century, the

great majority of which were issues of the press in Pennsylvania. This

quarterly begins under excellent auspices, and appeals strongly to all in terested in the subjects of which it treats. S. W. P.

A Description of the Colors of the Associators of Pennsyl

vania, 1747.?In a copy of "

Plain Truth," written by Benjamin Frank

lin, and printed in 1747, which copy is now in my library, the original owner has written a description of the colors of the regiments organized at that time. As this information is interesting, and perhaps not else where accessible, I send a transcript of his description :

" In consequence of the above Proposal an Association was entered

into by ye People of all Ranks, but ye Quakers, and the following is an account of the Devices and Mottos on some of their Colours. "

Devices and Mottos painted on some of the Colours of the Associa tion Regiments in and near Philadelphia, in the year 1747. "

First : A Lyon erect, a naked Scimiter in one Paw, the other holding tho Pennsylvania Escutcheon. Motto : Pro Patriae. "

2d. Three arms wearing different Linnen, ruffled and chequed, the Hands joined by grasping each others wrist, denoting the Union of all Parties. Motto : ?nita Virtus Valet.

"3d. An Eagle, the Emblem of Victory descending from the Skies. Motto : A Deo Victoria.

"4th. The Figure of Liberty sitting on a Cube holding a Spear with tho Capp of Freedom on its Point. Motto : Inestimabilis.

"5th. An Arm with a naked Faulchion in its Hand. Motto: Deus

adjuvat Fortes. "

6th. An Elephant, being the emblem of a Warrior always on his

Guard, as that Creature is said never to lay down and hath his arms ever in readiness. Motto : Semper Paratus.

" 7th. A City walled round. Motto : Sal us Patrie Summa Lex.

"8th. A Soldier wth his Piece recovered ready to present. Motto: Sic Pacem Querimus.




" 9th. A Coronet and Plume of Feathers. Motto : In God we Trust.

" 10th. A Man with a Sword drawn. Motto : Pro Aris aet Focis. &c."

S. W. Pennypacker.

November 25, 1886.

History of the Indian Walk performed for the Proprie taries of Pennsylvania in 1737 ; to which is Appended a Life of Edward Marshall. By William J. Buck. 8vo, 269 pp. Price $2.

Of all the transactions between the Proprietaries of Pennsylvania and

the Indians of the Province, there is perhaps no one which has been the

subject of so much discussion, and on which writers differ, as that fa

miliarly known as the " Walking Purchase," which occurred in Septem

ber of 1737. The result of this walk so exasperated the Indians that

they eventually resorted to savage vengeance and war. Mr. Buck in his

work (which is an amplification of Charles Thomson's "

Enquiry into

the Causes of the Alienation of the Delawares and Shawanese Indians

from the British Interest, etc.") treats of the Proprietary Government

and the rights of the Indians ; the lands sold by the former, which had not been granted to them by the latter; the trial walk ; the preparations for the walk ; the walk, and the results of the walk ; and short bio

graphical sketches of the prominent persons, white and Indian, con

nected therewith. The sketch of the life of Edward Marshall, the only one of the three who finished the day and a half day's walk, is the re

sult of considerable research, and a valuable addition to the work, and

the author is to be commended for the labor he has devoted to his sub

ject. The book is neatly printed and indexed, and the edition limited

to two hundred and ten copies. On sale by Edwin S. Stuart, Ninth below

Market Streets.

Pittsburgh Lots.?No. 3. By L*-Colonel Ried Commanding his

Majestys Forces in the District of Fort Pitt. Permission is hereby granted to John Gibson to Occupy and Build

upon a Lott of ground in the New Town of Pittsburgh ; in Considera tion of which he is willing to pay Twenty Shillings Yearly, if demanded, and also to be subject to such Regulations as may be ordered by the

Commander in Chief, or by the Commanding Officer of the District, for

the good of his Majesty's Service. Given Under My Hand

at Fort Pitt the 28th day of August 1765 John Re?d Lt. Col.

Uniforms of the Philadelphia Associators in 1775.?The fol

lowing letter from Mrs. Mary Morgan, sister of Francis Hopkinson and

wife of Dr. John Morgan, to her sister Anne, wife of Dr. Coale, of Bal

timore, gives some idea of the costumes adopted by the Philadelphia Associators. It is without date, but was probably written in May or June, 1775.

"Last Thursday we had a grand review of all the Batallions, all

dressed in their regimentals, the first in Brown & buff?the 3d brown, trimed up with white?and the 2d in brown & red?you see I have not

mentioned them in their order, but it would not be me if I had, beside these there are four other uniforms, the light Infantry to the 3d Batalion

are dressed in green and with white lappls & white waistcoats, breeches

etc. Caps and feathers it is as compleat a company as can be, all

gentlemen and most of them young fellows & very handsome, my neigh




bor Cadwalader Captain & my brother George Morgan first L*. There is another Company all young quakers?their uniform is light blue &

turned up with white, made exactly like the green, then there are the

rangers Mr. Francis Cap*?Uniform is tanned shirts with a Cape?a belt round their waists with a Tomyhawk sticking in it?some of them paint their faces and stick painted feathers in their heads, in short their

aim is to resemble Indians as much as possible?Lastly comes the light

horse, Mr. Markoe their captain?there is only five & twenty of them as yet, but really they look exceedingly well, you would be surprised to see how well the horses are trained for the little time they have exer

cised, in short they did extraordinarily well & made a most martial ap pearance. What did not a little inspire them, was the presence of a great number of the genteelest people of the place among whom was collected the most pretty girls I have seen this long time, but the one that drew

every one's attention was the famous Jersey beauty Miss Keys, who is now on a visit to Mr. Robedeau she may justly be said to be fairest where thousands are fair I have had an opportunity of seeing her more

than once and think her a most beautiful creature, and what makes her still more engaging is her not betraying the least consciousness of her own perfection."

C. H. R.

Marriot.?The following is a copy of the "

Order to Enquire the Circumstances of Mary Marriot, March 29th 1757" :

" Philada. ss

" To the Overseers of the Poor of the said City. Mary Marriot al

ledging to us That altho she is very thankful that herself and Daughter are so well provided for with all the necessarys of Life, and in so plenti ful a manner, Yet, as they were both brought up in a delicate way, begs leave to Assure us, that the Provisions of the Almshouse are generally too gross for their nice Stomachs, and especially at Breakfast, and Sup per Times ; neither is there care taken to provide anything pretty for

them, to sup, in the Afternoons; they therefore beg the favour of us to

desire you to take this Important Affair into your most serious Consid eration and if you find the Case fairly Represented, you may allow them

Tea, Coffee, Chocolate or any thing else that you verily believe will be more agreeable to their palates. " Dated March ye 29th 1751.

(Signed) "WmPumsted, " Edwd Shippen."

Mary Becket.?I should like to ascertain the parentage of Mary Becket, who came to Pennsylvania in 1684, under the following circum stances :

Her name appears in the list of passengers by the ship "

Vine" from

Liverpool, which arrived at Philadelphia the 17th of the 7th mo. (Sep tember) of the year mentioned. Her immediate party consisted of Henry

Baker, his wife (Margaret), their four daughters, two sons, and ten ser

vants, all of whom are booked as "

from Walton in Lancashire." (Penna. Mag. of Hist, and Biog., Vol. VIIL, No. 3, p. 333.)

This was probably Walton-le-Dale, near Preston, and not Walton-on

the-Hill, now a suburb of Liverpool.

Roger Haydock, then a prominent preacher of the Society of Friends,

writing in his own name and in that of his wife Eleanor, from Warring




ton, in Lancashire, the 7th of 4 mo. 1684, to Phineas Pemberton, at that time already settled in Pennsylvania, says,

" Along wth ye bearer hereof

cometh daughtr Mary, as by ye contents of ye enclosed to thy fathr which on purposse I leave unsealed thou may understand: To yor care wee

comit her ... & place you as in our stead ; wch wee rest in hope you will take upon you, that is a fatherly & motherly care over her, whom we

truly love, & who comes in her owne inclinacons for those pte to w011 inclinacons wee have condescended, . . . And although shee come with

H. B. . . . y* if you see better to settle her either at her Arivall, or within a year's tyme, or more or lesse, wee impower you so to do, & w* you do is & shall be accounted by us as if wee did it our selves. . . ."

There follows a proposed "

provision to Answr for a years table &c." An enclosure dated at Liverpool the 16th of the same month speaks

of Henry Baker's detention "

by a wicked priest" and the anxiety lest he be not able

" to come along w01 his wife & family," adding,

" How

ever since our daughter Mary cometh along I entreat thy care of her when it shall please god y* shee arives there ; & wee fully

. . . leave ye

disposeall of our daughtr to thy fathr mothr thy selfe & thy wife, even from the very day of her arrivall ; and of yor care wee are not doubtfuil a word to-ye wise is sufficient, we are here at Liverpool severall of us, to

wit besids myselfe & wife, Bror Jon. Henry & his wife, cossen E. Hod

son, cosen E. Shaw, Bror B. Bangs : Jon. Johnson, w : Grandson & othr friends. ... I onely add if it seem good to you y* our daughr abide a

little wth Marg*. Baker . . . wee are satisfyed ... & hope shee may in

tyme be in a capacity of some place of prfermnt, or at least of a place wherein shee may be of more service?yet wee leave all to you ; and shall account w* you do, as if wee did it ourselves. . . ."

Same to same, 20th 6 mo. 1686 : "... I have also Answered thy mind or Desire given about Mary, whom as wee . . . have comitted to

yor care we leave under yor care, hopeing shee will comply wth yor Advice

& Answr you in our names, as if wee were prsent to requyre, order or

dispose of for her good . . . wee received her love by her owne hand

expressed, wth love Answering it, & desire she may improve her hand

writing; . . ." R. H. (alone) to P. P., 10th 7 mo. 1695 : ". . . Now as to Accounts on

Mary behalf ... as we concluded before we marryed to give Mary 1001. so it was placed for her &c. . . ."

In all letters from Haydock or his wTife to Mary Becket she is ad

dressed as "

daughter," and in hers to them, she calls them "

father" and "

mother." One of her daughters she named Eleanor, for she did not

remain single, but on the 4th of 8 mo. 1691, was married at "Falls

Meeting," Bucks County, to Samuel Bowne, of Long Island, son of the John Bowne so well known to students of our colonial history. By this

marriage Mary became the ancestress of several prominent families both

in New York and Philadelphia. In the official certificate of her marriage she is described simply as

" of ye County of Bucks & province of Pensilvania, Spinster," and the

names of her parents are not given. There is some circumstantial evi

dence tending to show that she might have been from ten to fourteen

years of age at the date of her arrival, or between seventeen and twenty one at the time of her marriage. It may seem hardly worth while in

the absence of even a shadow of evidence in their support to refer to

the several theories invented to account for her origin, were it not that one of them (if indeed this be an invention) has assumed almost the dig nity of a tradition, and has several times appeared in print. It is to the

effect that Mary was "a ward in Chancery" of the great Percy family,




and that the name of her real, as well as that of her adoptive, mother was Eleanor. It would be interesting to know when this legend is first

heard of. Another story, accepted without inquiry by one branch of the

family, that Mary came to this country in the capacity of "

companion" to a "

travelling Friend," without intention of remaining, until she fell in with her future husband, may, in the light of the letters cited, be

finally dismissed. Some particulars of the Haydocks might be useful in attempting this

genealogical puzzle. Roger Haydock (I follow his certificate of mar

riage), "

of Coppull in the County of Lancaster" (Coppull lies some seven or eight miles southeast of Walton-le-Dale), was married to

" Elianor

Lowe of Crewood Hall in the County of Chester, Spinster," on the "

sixth day of the month called May in the year according to the Eng lish accompt 1682," or about two years before "daughter Mary" left

England forever. There is nothing to show, as far as I am aware, that Roger had been

married before. When arrested, in 1674, for non-payment of tithes,? " the pretended Cause was for 10 Thrave of Oates . . . and something

for smoak-Penny, and Tithe of Hen and Geese,"?he was described in

the commitment as "

an unmarried man." His influence upon Eleanor

began long before their marriage. In her "

Testimony" concerning him,

published after his death (see " A Collection, &c," London, T. Sowie,

1700), she says he was "at the first Meeting I was at, when I received the Truth," and that the

" Concern of Love . . . relating to Marriage

. . . continued betwixt us for the space of five Years," during which time she also

" laboured ... in the Work of the Ministry."

With regard to Crewood. William Gerrard (temp. Edw. III.) gave the lands of Crewood in Crowton and Kingsley to Thomas Gerrard, by

Edward the Black Prince as capital lord (Helsby's ed. of Ormerod's

Cheshire, 1882, Vol. II. p. 126), the male line of Gerrard, of Crewood,

terminating in Peter Gerrard, Esq., great-grandson of Richard (26 Eliz.), from whom the Crewood estate descended to the Leycesters, and it is now owned by Ralph Leycester, Esq., of Toft Hall. These details may have a bearing upon the

" Percy" tradition, in what way there is no

room to explain here.

Eleanor, the daughter of Richard Gerrard, of Crewood, married Robert

Lowe, of Eaton, and became the mother of Roger Hay dock's wife. In

the pedigree given in Ormerod, Haydock is described as " of the Brick hall, Penketh" (near Warrington), which is not quite accurate, as it was not until five years after his marriage, that, according to his brother John's account in the

" Collection" aforesaid, returning from one of his

journeys, he "

pass'd for Lancashire to his Wife and Family, which he removed from Warrington, to Brick-hall in Penketh, in the 5th Month, 1687." At the time of his marriage, in May, 1682, he was, as his certifi cate proves,

" of Coppull," and he afterwards, by his brother's account, "

stayed in Lancashire and Cheshire, till the latter end of that month, and then travelled for London, afterwards through the South part to

Exeter, visiting the Churches, to Bristol, and so into the North, where he settled his Wife at Warrington, in the South of Lancashire, in the 7th

Month following." My query is, who were Mary Becket's parents, and in what relation

did she stand to the Haydocks ? Why did so young a child desire to leave her home in England, and what motive could have been strong enough to induce her guardians to let her go ? Why, throughout the voluminous correspondence, is all reference to her origin so carefully avoided, and

parentage concealed with, apparently, studied caution ?




I can think of no source from which the answer is so likely to come as

the contemporary letters of the early settlers of Bucks, and as the gossip about her?if there were any?would be likely to be revived on the occa

sion of her marriage, I should feel much obliged to any one who may have letters of that date, if he or she would kindly refer to them.

Among the witnesses of Mary's marriage occur the names of Willetts, Hastings, Janney, Yardley, Wain, Baker, Kirkbride, Hoops, Hough, Cooke, Rhoads, Dickson.

Thomas Stewardson. Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia.

Rhoades?Roberts.?Information is desired of date of death of Samuel Rhoades, Mayor of Philadelphia in 1774, and also of Hugh Roberts, a City Commissioner in 1791.

P. MacF., Jr.

December, 1886.

Ancestry of David Howell.?Information is wanted of the ances

try of David Howell, son of Aaron and Sarah- Howell, born in

Morristown, N. J., January 1,1747, graduated at Princeton, 1766, died in Providence, R. I., July 21, 1824.

Mrs. A. J. Bulkley. 167 S. Elliott Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.

The Society of the Cincinnati.?Information is desired concern

ing the following-named officers and their descendants. These officers all held commissions in the New Jersey Line, Continental Army, and were original members of The Society of the Cincinnati in that State.

The notes given in connection with the names are taken from Saffell's Records of the Revolutionary War, Gardner's Army Dictionary, Ham

ersly's Army Register, and the Records of the Society. Captain William Appleton. Practitioner of medicine. Died prior to

1808.

Surgeon William Barnet. Died about 1783. Represented in the So ciety by his son, Isaac Coxe Barnet, admitted 1822, who was United States Consul in France.

Captain William Barton. Died 1802. Represented in the Society by his son, Gilbert Barton, admitted 1806, died 1812, and by his son, Jo

seph L. Barton, admitted 1812. Joseph L. Barton was appointed Cap tain United States Army, September, 1812.

Ensign John Bishop. Moved out of New Jersey prior to 1808.

Captain John Blair. Died out of New Jersey prior to 1808.

Major Nathaniel Bowman. Died 1788.

Captain Eden Burroughs. Died in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, February 26, 1825. Represented in the Society by his son, Cassius Burroughs, admitted 1828.

Captain Samuel Conn. Died 1788. Captain Ephraim Darby. Died prior to 1808. Lieutenant Chilion Ford. Died out of New Jersey in 1801. Ensign Peter Faulkner. Died in the District of Columbia, September

27,1823.

Captain James Heard. Died in Middlesex County, New Jersey, March 26, 1831.

Major William Helms. Member of Congress from New Jersey, 1801 to 1811. Major-General New Jersey Militia. Removed to Tennessee.

Died 1813.




Captain John Holmes.

Captain Jonathan Holmes. Moved to State of New York. Ensign John Hopper. Died in Bergen County, New Jersey, November

14, 1819. Captain William Kersey. Major United States Army, June 30, 1794.

Died March 21, 1800. Ensign Francis Luce. Ensign United States Army, September 29,1789.

Resigned May 1, 1791. Captain Absalom Martin.

Captain Giles Mead. Died out of New Jersey prior to 1808. Captain Alexander Mitchell.

Captain Benajah Osman. Moved to Natchez, Mississippi, prior to 1808.

Captain John Peck. Died out of New Jersey prior to 1808. Captain Robert Pemberton. Died 1788. Major Samuel Reading. Moved out of New Jersey prior to 1808. ?aptain John Read. Captain Samuel Seeley. Brigadier-General of Militia, Pennsylvania.

Died at Dingman's Ferry, Pike County, Pennsylvania. Lieutenant Jonathan Snowden. Military Storekeeper at West Point,

1810 ; ordnance ditto, 1821. Died 1824. Captain Abraham Stout. Moyed to Ohio prior to 1808. Ensign Cornelius R. Suydam. Ensign United States Army, March 17,

1786. Captain Abel Weyman. Died in Burlington County, New Jersey, 1788.

Information is also desired concerning the two following officers and their descendants. They were both original members of the New York State Society, but by transfer connected themselves with the New Jersey State Society. Lieutenant James Giles. Born in New York, 1759. Died in Cumber

land County, New Jersey, 1825.

Lieutenant-Colonel Samuel Hay. Although an original member in New

York, his military service had been in the Pennsylvania Line. Died 1803. Represented in the Society by his son, Rev. Philip Cortlandt

Hay, D.D., who was born in Newark, New Jersey, July 25, 1793. He was pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in Newark, where he

died, December 27, 1860. Herman B?rgin,

Assistant Treasurer General Society Cincinnati.

Germantown, Pennsylvania.

William Masters.?Was William Masters, who married Mary Law rence in 1754, and died in 1760, the young lover whom Letitia Penn

jilted for William Aubrey ? If so, it must have been quite a youthful affair, yet one would think it a much more serious case from the manner in which James Logan treats it in his letter to Letitia's father in May, 1702.

Letitia Aubrey died in 1746, and it is certain William Masters did not comfort himself in marriage until eight years later. The latter's de scendants have no data to set this question at rest, nor do Christ Church records give his age at death. T. H. M.

In January of 1752 there was published at Lancaster, Pa., "

The Lan caster Gazette, a Compendium of the most material Foreign and Home

News ;" a folio of four pages, printed in English and German, by H. Miller and S. Holland, on King Street. Was the first-named publisher




the Henry Miller, of Philadelphia, from 1760 to 1779, an enterprising printer and also publisher of the Staatsbote f E. T. W. B.

Lotting Purchase.?What territory comprised the Lotting Pur

chase, alluded to in old deeds of conveyance pertaining to a part of what is now Hunterdon County, West Jersev, and why was it so called ?

H.R.

Can any one supply the authors' names of the following pamphlets ?? "

View of the Proposed Constitution of the United States, . . . with Notes and Observations. Philadelphia, 1787."

" Observations on the New Constitution, and the Federal and State

Conventions. By a Columbian Patriot. Boston, Printed, New York, re-printed, 1788." " An Address to the People of the State of New-York : Shewing the

Necessity of Making Amendments to the Constitution, proposed by the United States previous to its Adoption. By a Plebian. Printed in the State of New York, 1788."

" Fragments on the Confederation of the American States. Philadel

phia, 1787." P. L. F.

Shippen Papers.?In a letter from C. J. Shippen to his father, at

Lancaster, written in Philadelphia, December 13, 1759 (see Letters and

Papers relating chiefly to the Provincial History of Pennsylvania, etc., p. 169), he states: "I enclose you a party paper for your amusement; the authors are said to be Wm. Franklin, Jos. Galloway, and George

Bryan, but I know not with what justice. The introduction, and the letter from Montreal, are said to be wrote by an older hand. The differ ence between them and the other parts of the paper is very apparent. If a superlative degree of scurrility is wit, I think the piece has merit.

Read and judge." C. R. Hildeburn, in "

Issues of the Pennsylvania Press, 1685-1784," does not mention the paper. What is known of it ?

X. Y.



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