PUBLISHED AT THE SOCIETY'S ROOMS, 13 BROMFIELD STREET. PRINTED BY DAVID CLAPP & SON. 1866. $3.00 per Annum. Postage Two Cents. WM. B. TRASK, WM. H. WHITMORE, Rev. H. M. DEXTER, D.D. Publishing WM. S. APPLETON, A.M. Rev. ELIAS NASON, A.M. WM. B. TOWNE, Rev. ELIAS NASON will edit this volume Records of Wethersfield, Ct. The Clarkes of Rhode Island, Letter of a New England Clergyman in 1645, 211 Will of Rev. Richard Mather, Posterity of William Davis, of Freetown, Life and Public Services of Hon. William Narrative of Hendrick, an Indian Sachem, Extracts from Schenectady Doop-Boek, Genealogy of Foster of Andover, NOTES AND QUERIES. Notes.-Carlyle's opinion of Genealogy, 220; Mr. Norton's views of the Presbyterian and Congregational Differences, 229; Importance of Genealogy, 229; Preservation of Indian Names, 230; Birth-day Celebration of Widow Abigail Alden, 259; Sale of fine and rare copies of American books, 289; First Screw Vessel, 290; George Cruikshank, 290; Mrs. Obed Baker and straw braid in this country, 290; Longevity, 290; Gold, 290; Derry, N. H., 291; First edition of the Bible in English printed in America, 291; Inquisition at Cupar in Fife (1489), 291; Possible Eastern origin of Yankee Doodle, 291; Acts-Apostles Pegden, 291; Present State of Jamestown, Va., 291; Widow of Rev. John Robinson, 292. Queries.-Patriotic Whisper in the Ears of the King, 290; Wrecks on Lake Erie, 290; Why is Friday the "hangman's day"? 291; Codfish Aristocracy, 291. CENTENNIAL AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS.-March 19, 1865, First Church at Middleboro', Mass., 294; Oct. 15, First Church at Nantucket, Mass., 294; Oct. 26, Church at Green's Farms, Ct., 294; April 7, 1866, Marietta, O., 295; May 17, Newark, N. J. (by the New Jersey Historical Society), 296. NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. Necrology.-Joshua Coffin, 267; William B. Bradford, 270; Rev. Martin Moore, 271; Jared Sparks, LL.D., 272; Hon. Matthew Harvey, 274; Proceedings.-March 7, 1866, paper by Prof. W. C. Fowler, LL.D., and valuable donations by Mrs. BOOK NOTICES.-Collections of New Hampshire Historical Society, vol. viii. 279; Memoir of Giles Firmin, 280; Addresses at the Dedication of the rooms of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 280; Random Recollections of Albany, 281; Dexter's edition of Mourt's Relation, 281; The Hastings Memorial, 282; Heraldic Journal, 283; Dwight's Journal of Music, 283; Dexter's edition of Church's gations, 284; Niagara Frontier, 284; Gardner's Centennial Address at Wales, Mass., 285; Anthology of New Netherland, 285; Dinner to Senor Romero, 286; De Peyster on the Moral and Intellectual Influence Journal, 287; Deane's In Memoriam Jared Sparks, 288; Narratives of the Career of Hernando De Soto, 288; Proceedings of Suffolk Institute of Archæology, 288. CONDITIONS OF SUCCESS IN GENEALOGICAL | Gen. Society, Boston, will continue to examine ANNALS OF EVANGELICAL NONCONFORMITY IN GENEALOGIES, PEDIGREES, &c.-John A. Bou- Orders left with John H. Sheppard, Esq., Libra- Woburn Centre. in the Necrology in this number, pp. 267-70, was JUST PUBLISHED. AN INDEX TO THE PRINTED HERALDS' VISITATIONS. By GEORGE W. MARSHALL, LL.M. No Index to the contents of those Heralds' Visitations which have been printed, has yet been made, hence those valuable records are rendered unavailable to the general student. The above work is intended to supply this want. It will be printed in Price to subscribers, 5s. Subscribers' names will be received by the publisher, MAINE Brunswick, Bowdoin College; Orrington, Archelaus D. Atwood; Portland, Hon. Israel Washburn, Jr., T. A. Deblois, John M. Brown. N. HAMPSHIRE. Portsmouth, Jacob Wendell. MASSACHUSETTS. Amherst, Edward Tuckerman; Boston, William B. Bradford, John A. Loring, George W. Messinger, John J. May, Jonathan Tenney; Belchertown, Mrs. Mark Doolittle; Bridgewater, Dr. Asa Millet; Cambridgeport, S. D. Bennett; Canton, Ellis Ames; Chelsea, Azel Ames, Jr.; Samuel Bassett; Dorchester, William T. 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Bonney, Benjamin Fish, James D. Fish, Francis S. Hoffman, A. W. Morgan, H. N. Otis, G. S. Page, T. M. Peters, S. Whitney Phoenix, William H. Potter, John A. Russell, William E. Smith, Paul Spofford, William H. Stevens, B. P. H. Trask, Jr., Sam. Wetmore, William Wood & Co.; Newark Valley, D. Williams Patterson; Newburgh, William E. Warren; Rhinebeck, C. S. Wainwright; Rochester, Henry R. Selden; Troy, Benj. H. Hall, J. F. Winslow. PENNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia, John Jordan, Jr., Mercantile Library S. Fifth St., Sam'l H. Perkins, J. H. Redfield, E. Chauncey; West Chester, J. Smith Futhey. DELAWARE. Wilmington, Rev. Charles Breck. OHIO. Brecksville, Theodore Breck; Cleveland, James Wade, Jr.; Columbus, Ohio State Library. INDIANA. Indianopolis, A. G. Willard. ILLINOIS. Alton, Robert B. Smith; Chicago, William E. Doggett. WISCONSIN. Galesville, George Gale; Milwaukee, E. D. Holton. MINNESOTA. St. Paul, William H. Kelley. For 1865. Boston, Charles Adams, Jr., Jona. Tenney; Brooklyn, N. Y., D. 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THIS publication contains selections from the reports and communications of an historical character which have been read at the meetings of the Institute; genealogical sketches of the families of the early settlers; brief biographical notices; and finally, such facts and statements as will tend to elucidate the History of the County of Essex, its inhabitants and institutions; thus promoting one of the primary objects in the organization of the Essex Historical Society, which, in 1848, was incorporated with the Essex County Natural History Society, under the name of the ESSEX INSTITUTE. Abstracts of Wills, Deeds and other documents which are deposited in the offices of the County of Essex; Records of Births, Marriages, Deaths, Baptisms, etc.; gleanings from town and Church Records, in said County; also, such other material of a kindred nature as may be obtained from other sources, will be inserted in its columns. 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All exchanges will be accepted with pleasure. TERMS-$2.00 per annum. The Rooms and Library of the N. E. Historic-Genealogical Society. The rooms of the Historic-Genealogical Society, No. 13 Bromfield Street, are open daily from 10 A.M. to 1 o'clock; and from 3 o'clock P.M. to 5 o'clock. The Library now contains over 7,000 Volumes, and more than 20,000 Pamphlets, many of which are exceedingly rare and valuable. The collection of Town Histories is the most extensive in the country. Visitors are always cordially welcomed to the Rooms and to the use of the Library. and The New England Historical and Genealogical Regifter. THE TWENTIETH VOLUME. EDITED BY THE REV. ELIAS NASON, A.M. THIS periodical was commenced in 1847 as the organ of the New England Historic-Genealogical Society. It is devoted to the publication of ancient Records and Documents, genealogies of the early American families, brief biographies, and antiquarian matters generally. Besides preserving and making accessible various Town, Church, Court and other Records, which are widely scattered and are every day in danger of destruction, the nineteen volumes that have been completed have placed beyond the reach of accident or caprice, many documents that have been preserved in private hands. They contain much material for the history of the social life of the New England people. To the descendants of the first settlers of New England who wish to trace their ancestry back to their emigrant progenitors, this periodical is indispensable. No other work contains such ample materials for doing it. Here they all can probably find something concerning their ancestors. In the Western, Middle, and Southern States many of the descendants of the fathers of New England are to be found, most of whom must cherish a kindly recollection of the home of their fathers and feel a desire to strengthen the ties that connect them with it. Those who feel no interest in the genealogy of New England, must be sufficiently interested in its history to be willing to aid in these efforts to rescue from oblivion its ancient records and other fast perishing memorials of the past. The Register is published by the NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, No. 13 Bromfield street, Boston, Mass., at Three Dollars a year in advance. The work appears in quarterly numbers of 96 pages each, octavo, in January, April, July and October. An engraved portrait accompanies each number. Only a small number of copies over those actually subscribed for, will be printed. NOTICES. The Publishing Committee, in their Address to the Readers of the Register for January, 1859, announced their design of confining genealogical articles to the first four generations in this country, except occasionally bringing down a few lines to the present time. Some families, however, have expressed a wish to have later generations preserved in detail in the Register. The Committee are willing to do this by adding additional pages to the Register, if correspondents or their friends will pay the expense of the same. Our subscribers cannot complain of such additions, as they will not be subject to the charge of them. The Historical and Genealogical Register is issued quarterly, in January, April, July and October; each number containing about 96 pages, 8vo., making annually a volume of about 400 pages. N. B.-Subscribers will observe that the Register is in no case sent to them after they have or dered it stopped, unless such order is received after a new volume has commenced, and arrearages remain unpaid, when, according to the rules of periodicals, they are liable for another year. S. G. DRAKE, 13 Bromfield Street, has for sale a large collection of works on GENEALOGY, TOWN, COUNTY and STATE HISTORIES, and a general collection of works on American History. Also a few complete sets of the REGISTER (15 Volumes) bound in cloth or in numbers. In numbers, $2.50 the Volume; in cloth, $3. Persons taking the Register can always have their numbers bound in a uniform style, as heretofore, on application to Mr. Drake, as above. |