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REYNOLDS HISTORICAL GENEALOGY COLLECTION
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REGISTER
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SOCIETY OF
COLONIAL
WARS MO.
IN THE
STATE OF MISSOURI.
ORGANIZED IN ST. LOUIS, MO., NOVEMBER 22, 1894.
1898.
Printed by the Woodward & Tiernan Ptg. Co. St. Louis. * * *
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OFFICERS OF THE GENERAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS.
GOVERNOR-GENERAL.
FREDERIC J. DePEYSTER, - - New York.
DEPUTY GOVERNOR-GENERALS.
For New York, CHARLES H. MURRAY.
For Pennsylvania, - Rev. C. ELLIS STEVENS, LL. D., D. C. L.
For Maryland, - Gen. JOSEPH LANCASTER BRENT.
For Massachusetts,- Gen. WILLIAM F. DRAPER, Rome, Italy.
For District of Columbia, Rear Admiral FRANCIS ASBURY ROE. U. S. N.
For New Jersey, MALCOLM MACDONALD.
For Connecticut, Hon. WILLIAM HAMMERSLEY.
For Vermont, - Col. EDWARD A. CHITTENDEN.
For Missouri,
HENRY CADLE.
For Illinois,
JOSIAH LEWIS LOMBARD.
Hon. HENRY O. KENT.
Hon. RICHARD THOMAS WALKER DUKE, Jr.
For Virginia,
Hon. J. STERLING MORTON.
For Minnesota, -
RUKARD HURD.
For Kentucky, -
DAVID MAY JONES.
For California,
SPENCER ROANE THORPE.
ARTHUR SMITH DWIGHT.
For Colorado, Rt. Rev. WILLIAM STEVENS PERRY, LL. D.
For Georgia,-
JOHN AVERY GERE.
For Michigan, -
TRUMAN H. NEWBERRY.
For Wisconsin, - Captain PHILIP READE, U. S. A.
For Delaware, - Hon. IGNATIUS GRUBB.
For Rhode Island, Hon. ELISHA DYER.
SECRETARY-GENERAL.
HOWLAND PELL, Lords Court Bldg., 40 Exchange Place, New York.
DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL. EDWARD TRENCHARD, New York.
TREASURER-GENERAL.
EDWARD SHIPPEN, - 532 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. DEPUTY TREASURER-GENERAL. S. VICTOR CONSTANT, New York.
REGISTRAR-GENERAL.
GEORGE NORBURY MACKENZIE, 1808 Park Ave., Baltimore, Md.
HISTORIAN-GENERAL.
FRANCIS ELLINGWOOD ABBOT, PH. D., - - Cambridge, Mass. CHAPLAIN-GENERAL.
The Rt. Rev. JOHN WILLIAMS, D. D., LL. D., - - Conn. SURGEON-GENERAL.
SAMUEL CLAGETT CHEW, M. D.
CHANCELLOR-GENERAL. Hon. THOMAS F. BAYARD, Delaware.
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OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI, ELECTED OCTOBER 9, 1897.
GOVERNOR.
HORATIO NELSON SPENCER, M. D.,. -
St. Louis.
DEPUTY-GOVERNOR.
Hon. CLARK HAMILTON SAMPSON,
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St. Louis.
THOMAS JAMES, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. Kansas City.
HOBART BRINSMADE,
SECRETARY. 709 Washington Ave., St. Louis. DEPUTY-SECRETARY.
HARRY LEACH BLOCK, -
TREASURER.
St. Louis.
HENRY PURKITT WYMAN,
- 101 South Main Street, St. Louis.
REGISTRAR.
HENRY CADLE, -
HISTORIAN.
Bethany.
JAMES THOMAS SANDS, -
CHAPLAIN.
Rt. Rev. DANIEL SYLVESTER TUTTLE, D. D., S. T. D. (Bishop of Missouri), St. Louis.
GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL.
Horatio Nelson Spencer, M. D. Hon. Clark Hamilton Sampson.
Richard Aylett Barret.
Orlando Powers Bloss.
John Crocker Foote.
Thomas James.
Hobart Brinsmade.
Alfred Lee Shapleigh.
Henry Purkitt Wyman.
Hon. George Eliot Leighton.
Henry Cadle.
Frederick Newton Judson.
George Arnos Newcomb.
Hon. Seldon Palmer Spencer.
Norris Bradford Gregg. DELEGATES TO THE GENERAL SOCIETY.
Edgar Clinton Hays, M. D. Prof. Alexander Frederick Fleet, LL. D.
Rev. Samuel Newell Watson, D. D. Hon. Charles Edward Pearce.
David Dickey Sabin. ALTERNATES.
John Frederic Randali. Lieut. Francis Anderson Winter, M.D.,U.S.A. Lauren Chase Eastman. Hugh Campbell Ward.
James William Atwill.
COMMITTEE ON MEMBERSHIP.
Hobart Brinsmade. Hon. Selden Palmer Spencer. Curtiss Crane Gardiner. William Henry Gregg, Jr. Charles Hadley Wyman. COMMITTEE ON HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS. Hon. Milton Welsh. Dr. Edmund Cone Brush. Rt. Rev. Charles Reuben Hale, D. D., LL. D.
St. Louis.
BY-LAWS OF THE MISSOURI SOCIETY.
NAME.
HIS organization shall be known as the Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Missouri, and is a part of the General Society of Colonial Wars, and its headquarters shall be in the City of St. Louis, Missouri.
OFFICERS.
II .- The officers of the Society, to be elected annually from the members of the Society, shall be a Governor, a Deputy-Governor, a Lieutenant-Governor, a Secretary, a Deputy-Secretary, a Treasurer, a Registrar, a Historian and a Chaplain. These officers, excepting the Historian, Deputy-Secretary and Chaplain, shall be ex-officio mem- bers of the Council; and in addition the Council shall be composed of nine other persons.
FEES AND DUES.
III .- The initiation fee shall be five dollars. The annual dues, payable on or before January 1st of each year, shall be five dollars. The payment at one time of $75 shall constitute life membership, and shall exempt the member so paying from annual dues.
QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP.
IV .- Any male person above the age of twenty-one years, of good moral character and reputation, shall be eligible to membership in this Society, who is lineally descended in the male or female line, from an ancestor :
(1) Who served as a military or naval officer, or as a soldier, sailor or marine, or as a privateersman under authority of the Colonies which afterward formed the United States, or in the forces of Great Britain which participated
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with those of the said Colonies in any wars in which the said Colonies were engaged, or in which they enrolled men, from the settlement of Jamestown, May 13th, 1607, to the battle of Lexington, April 19th, 1775; or
(2) Who held office in any of the Colonies between the dates above mentioned, either as
(a) Director-General, Vice-Director-General or member of the Council or legislative body in the Colony of New Netherlands ;
(b) Governor, Lieutenant or Deputy-Governor, Lord Proprietor, member of the King's or Governor's Council or legislative body in the Colonies of New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Pennsylvania and Delaware;
(c) Lord Proprietor, Governor, Deputy-Governor, or member of the Council or of the legislative body in Mary- land and the Carolinas ;
Governor, Deputy-Governor, Governor's Assistant or Commissioner to the United Colonies of New England, or member of the Council, body of Assistants or legislative body in any of the New England Colonies.
ELECTION OF MEMBERS.
V .- Members shall be elected as follows: A candidate must be proposed by one member of the Society and seconded by another. The candidate, or his proposers, shall send his name and documents or other proof of qualifications to the Secretary, who shall transmit them to the Membership Committee. The Committee shall carefully investigate the same. If the candidate be a resident within the juris- diction of another State Society, the said Committee shall, through the Secretary, obtain the consent of the Council of such State Society before making favorable report. Upon favorable report by the Committee, the Council of this Society may elect him by ballot.
A candidate receiving two negative votes shall fail of election.
Payment of the initiation fees and dues shall be a pre- requisite of membership.
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Insignia of the Society of Colonial Wars.
GOVERNOR.
VI .- The Governor, or in hisabsence the Deputy-Governor or Lieutenant-Governor, or in their absence a chairman pro tem. shall exercise the duties of presiding officer at all meet- ings of the Society, under the usual rules of parliamentary laws, subject to an appeal to the Society. He shall have power to convene the Council at his discretion or upon the written request of two members of the Council, or upon the like request of five members of the Society.
SECRETARY.
VII .- The Secretary shall conduct the general corre- spondence of the Society and keep a record thereof. He shall notify all elected candidates of their admission, and perform such other duties as the Society or his office may require. He shall have charge of the seal, by-laws, histor- ical and other documents and records of the Society, other than those required to be deposited with the Registrar, and shall affix the seal to all properly authenticated certificates of membership, and transmit the same to the members to whom they may be issued. He shall notify the Registrar of all admissions to membership. He shall certify all acts of the Society, and, when required, authenticate them under seal. He shall have charge of printing and publications issued by the Society. He shall give due notice of the time and place of the holding of all Courts of the Society and of the Council. He shall keep fair and accurate records of all the proceedings and orders of the Society and of the Council, and shall give notice to each officer who may be affected by them of all votes, resolutions and proceedings of the Society or of the Council, and at the General Court, or oftener, shall report the names of those candidates who have been admitted to membership and those whose resig- nations have been accepted, and of those members who have been expelled. In his absence from any meeting, the Deputy-Secretary shall act, or a Secretary pro tem. may be designated therefor.
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TREASURER.
VIII .- The Treasurer shall collect and keep the funds and securities of the Society, and as often as those funds shall amount to Fifty Dollars, they shall be deposited in some bank in the City of St. Louis, which shall be desig- nated by the Council, to the credit of the Society of Colonial Wars, in the State of Missouri, and such fund shall be drawn thence on the checks of the Treasurer for the pur- pose of the Society only. Out of these funds he shall pay such sums only as may be ordered by the Society or Council, or his office may require. He shall keep a true account of his receipts and payments, and at each annual meeting render the same to the Society. For the faithful performance of his duty, he may be required to give such security as the Society may deem proper.
REGISTRAR.
IX .- The Registrar shall receive from the Society and file all the proofs upon which membership has been granted, with a list of all diplomas countersigned by him, and all documents which the Society may obtain, and he, under the direction of the Council, shall make copies of such papers as the owners may not be willing to leave in the keeping of the Society.
HISTORIAN.
X .- The Historian shall keep a detailed record of all historical and commemoration celebrations of the Society. And he shall edit and prepare for publication such historical addresses, papers and other documents as the Society may see fit to publish. Also a necrological list of each year, and biographies of deceased members.
CHAPLAIN.
XI .- The Chaplain shall be an ordained minister of a Christian Church, and it shall be his duty to officiate when called upon by the proper officers.
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THE COUNCIL.
XII .- The Council shall meet as often as required or at the call of the Governor, or at the call of the Secretary, or at the written request of two of its members. Three shall be a quorum for the transaction of business. They shall have control and management of the affairs and funds of the Society. They may accept the resignation of any member of the Society. At the General Court, they shall submit to the Society a report of their proceedings during the past year. The Council shall have the power to drop from the roll the name of any members of the Society who shall be at least two years in arrears, and shall fail on proper notice to pay the same within sixty days, and on being dropped, his membership shall cease; but he may be restored to membership at any time by the Council upon his written application, and the payment of all such arrears from the date when he was dropped to the date of his restoration. The Council may suspend any officer for cause, which must be reported to the Society, and action taken on the same within sixty days.
COMMITTEE ON MEMBERSHIP.
XIII .- The Committee on Membership shall consist of five members. They shall be chosen by ballot at the General Court of the Society, and shall be elected for a period of one year. Three members shall constitute a quorum, and a negative vote of two members shall cause an adverse report to the Council on the candidate's application: A candidate who has been rejected by the Council shall be ineligible for membership for a space of one year from date of rejection, except upon the unani- mous vote of the Committee.
The Committee shall have power to make by-laws for its government, not inconsistent with the constitution or by-laws of the Society.
RESIGNATION.
XIV .- No resignation of any member shall become effective unless consented to by the Council.
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DISQUALIFICATION.
XV .- No person who may be enrolled as a member of this Society shall be permitted to continue in membership when his proofs of descent or eligibility shall be found to be defective. The Council, after thirty days' notice to such person to substantiate his claim, and upon his failure satis- factorily so to do, may require the Secretary to erase his name from the membership list. The said person shall have a right to appeal to the Society at its next Court or at the General Court. If the said appeal be sustained by a two-thirds vote of the members present at such Court, the said person's name shall be restored to said membership list.
EXPULSION OR SUSPENSION.
XVI .- Any member for cause or conduct detrimental or antagonistic to the interest or purposes of the Society, or for just cause, may be suspended or expelled from the Society; but no member shall be expelled or suspended unless written charges be presented against such member to the Council. The Council shall give reasonable notice of such charges and afford such member reasonable oppor- tunity to be heard and refute the same. The Council, after hearing such charges, may recommend to the Society the expulsion or suspension of such member, and if the recom- mendation of the Council be adopted by a majority vote of the members of the Society present at such Court, he shall be so expelled or suspended, and the insignia of said member shall thereupon be returned to the Treasurer of the Society, and his rights therein shall be extinguished or suspended. The Treasurer shall refund to the said member the amount paid for the said insignia.
Special Courts may be called by the Governor at such times as in his opinion the interests of the Society may demand, and must be called by the Secretary on the written request of three members. All notices of meetings shall be sent out at least six days before the date of the meeting.
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SERVICE OF NOTICE.
XVII .- It shall be the duty of every member to inform the Secretary of any change in his place of residence and of his postoffice address.
CERTIFICATE OF MEMBERSHIP.
XVIII .- Members may receive a certificate of member- ship, which shall be signed by the Governor, Secretary and Registrar.
ALTERATION OR AMENDMENT.
XIX .- No alteration or amendment of the by-laws shall be made unless notice shall have been duly given in writing, signed by the member proposing the same, at a Court of the Society.
The Secretary shall send a printed copy of the proposed amendment to the members of the Society, and state the Court at which the same will be voted upon. No amendment or alteration shall be made unless adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members present at the Court voting upon the same.
ANNIVERSARY.
The Society will meet annually in General Court and will hold a banquet on October 10th. This date is selected because it commemorates two most important events in Colonial History.
First-The occupation of Fort Chartres by English troops, October 10th, 1765. By the Treaty of Paris, con- cluded February 10th, 1763, was settled for all time the question which had been in doubt for a century-whether French or English civilization and rule should shape the destinies of this continent. By this treaty Canada and that portion of Louisiana between the Alleghenies and the Mississippi were ceded by the French and came into possession of Great Britain. Capt. Thomas Stirling, with
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a company of the 42d Highlanders, came down the Ohio in boats from Fort Pitt (now Pittsburg), arriving early in October, 1765. On the tenth day of that month he relieved the French commander of Fort Chartres, St. Ange, who for some months had been under orders to give up the fort whenever a force of British came to relieve him. These were the first English troops who ever set foot in the Illinois country. Fort Chartres, built by the French in 1720, was in its time the strongest fortress in America. Its ruins are on the left bank of the Mississippi River, in Randolph County, Ill., fifty miles south of St. Louis and sixteen miles northwest of Kaskaskia.
Second-On October 10th, 1774, occurred the Battle of Point Pleasant, at the junction of the Kanawha with the Ohio River. This was a most important battle, and the complete victory over the Indians under Cornstalk put an end to their assaults upon our frontiers.
Both these events were important Colonial footsteps in the direction of the West, and hence it seems most appro- priate that this day should be selected as the anniversary of the first Society formed west of the Alleghenies.
INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS AND MEMBERS.
Family tradition will not be accepted by the Society for proof of ancestor's service.
No original or supplemental application will be accepted by the Society that is not complete in the following par- ticulars:
1. Containing a reference for each act of service of ancestor.
2. No cyclopaedias or genealogical works to be accepted as authority for service of ancestor, but reference required to documentary records of the various Colonies, published Archives, histories of established reputation, and recognized works of local historical accuracy.
3. Proceedings of Congress as well as the proceedings of the Conventions, Assemblies and Councils of the various Colonies.
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4. The pagination of references in all cases to be required and verified.
5. Reference to original documents to be supported by such documents, together with two type-written copies thereof, the original to be returned to the applicant after verification of copies in the office of Registrar.
6. All applications must be endorsed by two members of the Society.
The General Society publishes a Register which contains the names and services of the ancestors of the members of all the State Societies, one copy of which is furnished every member free.
Supplemental applications will be published in the Reg- ister of the General Society, to the extent of six, without any extra charge. All in excess of six will be charged at the rate of one dollar each.
The State Society also publishes a Register, containing the name and ancestor's service of the members of the Missouri Society, and publishes, free of charge, all supple- mental applications. One copy of this book is furnished every member free. Extra copies can be had for $1.25 each.
The rosette to be worn in the upper button-hole of left lapel of the coat may be had of the Treasurer, Henry P. Wyman, 101 South Main Street, St. Louis, at a cost of 25 cents.
The insignia, in gold, costing $26, or in silver gilt at $16, may be ordered through the Secretary. It is optional with members whether they purchase the rosette or insignia.
The General Society issues a Diploma Certificate of Membership, engrossed on heavy parchment, with the signatures of the officers of the General Society and State Society attached. This Diploma is a fine work of art. It is optional with members whether they purchase the same. If desired, it must be ordered through the Registrar of the State Society, and costs $7.75 framed, and express charges to be added from New York to destination.
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SUPPLEMENTAL APPLICATIONS.
When descent can be shown from more than one ances- tor as described, supplemental applications may be filed- one for each additional line of descent.
FEES.
The membership fee is $5, and the annual dues $5, which sums must accompany the application.
The General Society also requires a fee of fifty cents for filing every supplemental application, which sum must accompany the same.
Blank applications and any information concerning the Society can be had by addressing the Secretary.
HOBART BRINSMADE, 709 Washington Avenue, ST. LOUIS, MO.
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24 ADAMS, WILLIAM PORTER.
Chicago, Ill. 1148
Fourth in descent from Sergt. Thomas Adams (1723-1790), served in the Company of Capt. Stephen Whipple, Col. Plaisted's Regiment, Massachusetts troops, on the expedition to Crown Point, 1756, also Quality Sergeant in Capt. Whipple's Company, Col. Berie's Regiment, at Fort Edward, 1756.
69 NDERSON, JOHN WHEELWRIGHT. Belvidere, Ill. 1865
Fourth in descent from Robert Clark (1710-1775), Repre- sentative to the General Court of New Hampshire, 1756-57.
64 ATWILL, JAMES WILLIAM. St. Joseph, Mo. 1769
Fifth in descent from Ebenezer Burrill (1702-1778), Member of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, 1774.
17 BARRET, RICHARD AYLETT. St. Louis. 766
Third in descent from William Winston (1737-1799), a Lieutenant in the Virginia troops, in French and Indian Wars.
Fifth in descent from William Aylett (1697-1760), Burgess, King William County, Virginia, 1723-26.
Sixth in descent from Mordecai Cooke, Member Virginia House of Burgesses, 1696, 1702, 1714.
Sixth in descent from Henry Corbin, Member of the Council of Virginia, 1663.
Fifth in descent from Peter Presley, Burgess, Northumber- land County, Virginia, 1711, '12, '15, '18, '19, '23, '26, '36, '44, '45.
Sixth in descent from William Presley (1621-1669), Member of the Virginia House of Burgesses, 1647.
Seventh in descent from Charles Barret (1565-1634), Lord Proprietor of New Albion, New Jersey, Staten Island, and Long Island, 1634.
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BASCOME, WESTERN RADFORD. Brooklyn, N. Y. 1770
Fourth in descent from Philip Kearny (1704-1775), Member of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1746-1747.
Fifth in descent from Michael Kearney, Treasurer of the Province of East New Jersey, 1723-25. Held a commission in H. M. Navy. Clerk of the General Assembly, Province of New Jersey.
Fourth in descent from John Watts (1715-1789), Member of New York Colonial Council, 1758-76. Member of Colonial Assembly, 1752-59.
Sixth in descent from William Nicoll (1657-1723), Member Council, New York, 1691-98. Speaker of Colonial Assembly, 1702-18. Attorney General, 1687-90.
Seventh in descent from Matthias Nicoll (1621-87), Captain in the British Army, 1664. Secretary of the Province of New York, 1664-80. Member of the King's Council, 1667-80. Speaker of Provincial Assembly, 1683. Judge of the Court of Admiralty, 1686. Mayor of New York, 1672.
Seventh in descent from Colonel Jeremias Van Rensselaer ( ..........- 1674), the Second Patroon. Member of the Colonial Assembly, and Speaker, 1664. Colonel of Militia at Albany.
Seventh in descent from Philip Pieterse Schuyler (1628-83), Captain in New York Provincial forces, 1667. Captain of Foot at Schenectady, New York Provincial forces, 1669.
Fifth in descent from Etienne (Stephen) de Lancey (1663- 1741), Member New York Colonial Assembly, 1702, '09, 1716, *25, '27.
Sixth in descent from Colonel Stephanus Van Cortlandt (1643-1700), King's County Regiment, 1671-93. Member of King's Council, 1680-1700.
Seventh in descent from Colonel Oloff Stevensen Van Cortlandt (1600-84), in 1649 Colonel of the Burgher Corps, and in 1655-64, the last Burgomaster of New Amsterdam before the English Conquest.
Eighth in descent from Brant Arentse Van Slichtenhorst, First Resident Director of the Colonie of Rensselaerwyck, 1646-48, and Commander of the Fort at Rensselaerwyck.
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63 BLOCK, HARRY LEACH.
St. Louis. 1768
Fifth in descent from Dr. Thomas Walker (1715-94), Adjutant to the Frontier Counties of Virginia, 1754. Served in the expedition to the Ohio against the French. Was at Brad- dock's defeat. Member of the House of Burgesses.
61 BLOSS, ORLANDO POWERS. Kansas City, Mo. 1535
Sixth in descent from Exercise Conant (1637-1722), Deputy to the General Court of Massachusetts for Beverly, 1682, '83, '84.
Seventh in descent from Roger Conant (1592-1679), Governor of the Massachusetts Colony at Cape Ann, 1625-26, and Salem, 1627-29. Deputy to the General Court, 1634.
Sixth in descent from Jonathan Crane (1658 -........ ), Ensign and Lieutenant of the Train Band of Windham, Connecticut, 1695, 1703. Deputy to the General Court, 1707, '09, '11, '13, '14, '17, '21, '22.
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