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Issue .- Jane, born about 1673, married, May 20, 1692, Gar- rett, the son of John Dorlant; Martin, born 1675; Wellemtje Janse, born about 1677, married Pieter Wyckoff, of Mon- mouth county, New Jersey; Stephen, born October 2, 1681, died young; Johannas, baptized November 5, 1682, died young; Neeltje, baptized November 23, 1683, married, Octo- ber 5, 1712, John Wyckoff, of the Raritan, New Jersey; Steven, born February 2, 1685; Aaltje (or Alletta); Antje (Anna) Schenck.
STEVEN SCHENCK was born (on the farm of his father, commonly called " the Mill Farm," in the south- east part of Flatlands), February 2, 1685; died Novem- ber 6, 1767. He married Ann, daughter of Nicholas Wyckoff, October 23, 1712, who was born August 29, 1693; she died July 15, 1766. Steven Schenck built the first house in Canarsie.
Issue .- Jane, born June 27, 1715; died March 20, 1778; mar- ried Folgert Sprong, who was born Jannary 18, 1718, and died October 25, 1807; resided in Flatlands. John, born May 23, 1718; died December 15, 1775; resided at Oyster Bay, Queens county; had children. Sarah, born November 24, 1720; died December 3, 1797; married Abraham Emmons; residence, Gravesend. Ann, born June 1, 1723; died August 1, 1803; married Abraham Duryee, who was born April 5, 1720, and died September 7, 1785; resided at Fishkill Plains, Dutchess county. Wilhelmina, born October 15, 1726; died December 18, 1802; married Peter Ammerman, of Flatlands. Nelly, born April 28, 1730; died October 9, 1784; married Nicholas Williamson, of Jamaica, L. I .; no issue. Nicholas, born September 4, 1732; died April 3, 1810. Margaret, born January 17, 1736; died April 8, 1814; married Peter I. Mon- fort, of Fishkill Plains, Dutchess county, N. Y .; he was born March 12, 1731; died September 20, 1791. Maria, born March 28, 1739; died May 13, 1813; married Samuel Stryker, who was born October 19, 1736; died February 7, 1828; resided in Gravesend.
BIOGRAPHIES.
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NICHOLAS (second son of Stephen and Ann) SCHENCK, married, March 11, 1767, Willemtie (Wilhelmina) Wyckoff, who was born December 23, 1736, and died September 12, 1779; resided at Canarsie Point.
Their children were : Stephen, born July 18, 1758; died De- cember 14, 1787. John, born October 7, 1760; died March 28, 1823. Anna, born March 19, 1763. Nicholas, born February 23, 1765; died September 10, 1836. Wilhelmus, born February 19, 1767; died September 28, 1767. Adriana, born August 22, 1768; died September 1, 1830. Wellemtie, born June 3, 1771; died August 2, 1776. Nelly, born February 13, 1776; died August 8, 1776.
NICHOLAS (son of Nicholas Schenck and Wilhelmina Wyckoff), married, April 20, 1788, Alletta Remsen, who was born December 3, 1768, and died May 6, 1855.
Their children were : Anthony Remsen, born February 7, 1790; died September 15, 1871. Jane, born March 19, 1792; died May 28, 1843. Jane Schenck married Ralph Malbone. Wilhelmina, born December 30, 1794; died January 18, 1816. Wilhelmus, born August 20, 1797; died March 16, 1832. James, born April 19, 1800. Abraham, born September 12, 1802. Maria, born May 31, 1805; died December 27, 1814. Stephen, born June 30, 1808; died May 15, 1842.
COL. ANDREW HARRISON.
Mr. ANDREW HARRISON, a veteran of six wars, was born in New York city, in 1824. He was a soldier from pure love of military excitement and adventure. His first experience was, at the age of sixteen years, in the Florida war; next, in Texas, under Gen. Sam Houston, against Santa Anna; then he served in the Mexican war; next, in the campaign against the In- dians, in Oregon; then he accompanied Col. Walker, the "grey-eyed man of destiny," in his Nicaraguan cam- paign; and, lastly, was in service in the war of the Civil Rebellion, first in the Department of the Potomac,
and later in the Department of the Gulf. Col. Har- rison has testimonials from Gen. Wool (the last letter he ever wrote), and from many well-known military men under whom he has served in the United States army. He is the last survivor of the old guides across the plains.
Returning to Brooklyn, in 1870, he is now engaged in law and the real estate business; and has delivered many public lectures upon his military life and ad- ventures, in which he has wrecked his health and strength.
HISTORY
OF THE
BENEFICENT AND SOCIAL ORGANIZA IONS
OF
BROOKLYN AND KINGS COUNTY.
FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS. F TREEMASONRY IN KINGS COUNTY .- The early history of Freemasonry in Kings county is involved in great obscurity; the scanty records that are left to us are little more than traditions. We know, however, through colonial newspapers, that during the War of the Revolution, military lodges existed in both the American and British armies with the approval, and indeed the co-operation of the authori- ties on either side. So far as known, the earliest Masonic organization in Kings county, was the Union Lodge, which was instituted by the colonial troops stationed on Long Island, in 1776, for the defense of New York. Many of the members of this informal lodge were killed in the disastrous battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776; and on the 13th of September of that year, the Master, together with many of the members, were taken prisoners by the British. The Lodge was thus, through the chances of war, disbanded, never to reorganize.
In 1729, the Duke of Norfolk issued a deputation to Samuel Coxe, of New Jersey, as Grand Master of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. That was the first notice of Masonry in this country, and was pub- lished in the Gazette by B. Franklin.
The Grand Lodge of New York was first organized in 1781. On February 4, 1784, the petition of James Gar- diner, John Leverel Hudson and Joseph Corwin, for a warrant to establish a Lodge on Long Island, was granted by the Grand Lodge. Thus was instituted the Jamaica Lodge, which surrendered its warrant on January 16, 1793; a little later in the same year, the Mechanics' Lodge was organized in Kings county; it languished awhile and passed away. On December 7, 1796, a petition was presented and filed for a Lodge to be called the Suffolk Lodge; this effort bore no fruit, and not until 1797 was a Masonic Lodge permanently estab- lished in Kings county. On June 7th of that year, a petition was granted for a Lodge in the "Town of Brooklyn," to be named St. Albans, No. 62. This
Lodge, until June 5, 1799, exerted the beneficent influ- ence which characterizes all similar organizations; when, because of internal dissensions, its charter was revoked by the Grand Lodge. On September 10 of that year, George A. Clausman, Martin Boerum, Daniel Rhodes, Fred. Cleveland, Henry Eckford, Thomas Thomas, Nathaniel Hempstead, John McKinny, John Martin, and Samuel Thomas, mostly members of the disor- ganized St. Albans Lodge, met at Martin Boerum's house, near Fulton Ferry, and petitioned for a warrant to establish Fortitude Lodge, No. 84, which was granted December 4, 1799. The Lodge commenced its existence with George A. Clausman, Master, and 84 members. Its first meetings were held at Martin Boerum's, near Fulton Ferry. In 1813, moved to Main street, corner of James; in 1817, moved back to Boerum's, then called Hunter's Hotel; then to Fulton street, above Sands; then to Military Garden, in Fulton street, near Boerum street; in 1842, the Lodge moved to No. 3 Front street, and united with the Hohenlinden and Nassau Chapter; on May 5, 1859, these Lodges removed to the corner of Court and Joralemon streets.
BLUE LODGES, F. and A. M.
Acanthus, No. 719, Bedford and Fulton aves., was insti- tuted January 30, 1872, and meets in Styles' Hall, corner Bedford ave. aud Fulton st., Brooklyn. OFFICERS, 1882-'83 : A. W. Peters, W. M .; Azariah Seiple, S. W .; M. F. Van Vrancken, J. W .; C. Ackerman, J. D .; J. W. K. Oakley, S. M. C .; W. H. Hoole, J. M. C .; George Grant, Chap .; J. C. Cortis, Sec .; C. F. Bloom, Treas .; M. Grimes, S. D .; T. B. Limb, Tiler. Present roll of members, 90.
Adytum, No. 640, was instituted June 14, 1867, with a membership of 14. First OFFICERS : Jno. W. Simons, Wm. M. Doe, Chas. A. Hodges, Johu C. Hill. Present member- ship, 50, officered by Chas. K. Myers, Rudolph Gunzenhauser, James L. Farley, and Arthur C. Jacobson.
Allemania, No. 740, 317 Washington st.
Altair, No. 601, 40 Court st., was organized Dec. 22, 1865, with 41 members, officered by Peter M. Borland, Wm. E. Pearse, John A. Elmendorf, Jr., Thomas H. Morrison, and Chas. F. Rogers. Present membership is over 200; OFFICERS:
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Starks Edson, Warren C. Hubbard, Horace H. Stevens, L. V. D. Hardenbergh, and Charles S. Carter.
Anglo-Saxon, No. 137, 40 Court st., was instituted March 13, 1848, and was regularly organized July 22 of that year, with 10 members and the following OFFICERS: John E. Good- child, M .; James Sheward, S. W .; Henry Jessup, J. W .; B. H. Downing, Sec .; M. Mottram, Treas. The present member- ship of this Lodge is 120, officered by Fitz R. Vermeule, M .; Samuel E. Weaver, S. W .; Phil. H. Bowne, J. W .; Robt. B. Atterbury, Sec., and William Conklin, Treas.
Anthon, No. 769, 413 Bedford ave.
Aurora Grata, No. 756, 306 Fulton st.
Baltic, No. 354, So. 2d and 4th sts., was organized in 1853. OFFICERS (1882-'83) are: James E. Hand, Master ; L. F. Tice, S. W .; Chas. P. Lloyd, J. W .; Chas. W. Hayes, Treas .; John Doherty, Sec .; Benj. F. Briggs, S. D .; A. F. Upson, J. D .; T. F. Randall, Chap .; Wm. J. Lepine, Tiler.
Bedford, No. 574, 317 Washington st.
Brooklyn, No. 288, 306 Fulton st.
Cambridge, No. 662, Court and Joralemon sts.
Cassia, No. 445, 89 Broadway.
Central, No. 361, Fulton and Flatbush aves.
Commonwealth, No. 409, instituted in 1856 or '57, has never been incorporated. The original membership was less than 50. First OFFICERS: R. McChesney, W. M .; Benj. Price, L. W .; Jas. M. Fuller, J. W. Present membership, 379, officered by (in above order) G. F. E. Pearsall, J. W. Evans, E. F. Jordan.
Corner Stone, No. 367, Grand and 7th sts.
Clinton, No. 453, was instituted Oct. 3, 1806, with twenty charter members, officered by Hon. S. L. Mitchell, Sam'l Torbert, John D. Miller, C. M. Slocum, and Thos. M. Vail. The present membership is over 100; the OFFICERS : Francis E. Sherwood, W. M .; Francis W. Clyde, S. W .; Geo. G. Kendrick, J. W .; Chas. F. Grim, Treas., and Chas B. Valen- tine, Sec. This venerable Lodge meets at No. 89 Broadway, E. D., on the 1st, 3d and 5th Wednesday of each month.
Cosmopolitan, No. 585, Court and Montague sts., was or- ganized in 1865, and meets at Montague place, corner Conrt st., Brooklyn. The OFFICERS for 1882-'83 are : George W. Cummings, Master ; Albert W. Dougherty, S. W .; Thomas Penney, J. W .; Joseph S. Myers, Treas .; Edward Sloggatt, Sec .; Joseph W. Irwin, S. D .; Mahlon B. Adams, J. D .; Jo- seph W. Riell, S. M. of C .; James B. Quinn, J. M. of C .; Edwin F. Lindridge, Chap .; J. H. Von Nardroff, Organist ; P. C. Wilson, Tiler.
Covenant, 317 Washington st., was organized Dec. 2, 1874, First OFFICERS were: L. W. Beasley, Master; Geo. B. Elmore, S. W .; Monroe B. Washburn, J. W. Original membership, 77. Present membership, 118, headed by following officers: Geo. B. Elmore, C. H. K. Smith, Chas. N. Elliott.
Crystal Wave, No. 638, 317 Washington street, was insti- tuted February 13, 1867, with 21 members. The OFFICERS were : H. E. Day, Henry L. Foote, Jas. A. Beardsley, Wm. McBride, and B. Cromwell. The present membership is 162, officered by N. W. Kendall, W. M .; R. H. Dumbleton, S. W .; Jos. R. Brown, J. W .; Jno. F. Tandy and Jno. S. Davenport, Secs.
Copernicus, No. 545, 98 Broadway.
Delta, No. 451, Court and Joralemon sts.
Euclid, No. 656, 413 Bedford ave., was instituted March 14, 1867, at the corner of Myrtle and Kent aves., with 96 mem- hers. First OFFICERS : W. A. Kelsey, P. A. Hall, J. T. Bur- dick, M. Chichester, and Wm. Barwick. The present mem- bership is 66, officered by J. Pritchard, J. J. Herold, Bernard Reid, Fred'k Heeg, and F. S. Brooks.
Ezel, No. 732, 165 Clermont ave.
Fortitude, No. 19, Court and Joralemon sts., was organized Dec. 4, 1799, at old Fulton Ferry, and was incorporated under New York State laws in 1879. The original membership of this masonic branch was 15; the present, 204. The State OFFICERS at time of organization were : Robert R. Living- ston, G. M .; Jacob Morton, S. W .; Martin Hoffman, J. W. The Lodge OFFICERS: Geo. A. Clausman, Master ; D. Rhodes, S. W .; Henry Eckford, J. W. This Lodge, though old in years, is young in vigor, and holds its honorable place among the brotherhood because of its good works as well as age. Present OFFICERS are, in order as above, Wm. McDonald, Geo. C. Gill, Sam'l L. Harris; Henry Block, Treas .; A. J. Hicks, Sec.
Greenpoint, No. 403, was instituted in Greenpoint, March 14, 1856, and was chartered July 4th of the same year. The original membership was 25. First Master, Henry Schroeder; First Secretary, John T. Mearns. The present membership is 205, officered by Wm. T. Giles, Jno. F. Valentine, Jas. H. Whitehorne and Michael Smith.
Greenwood, No. 569, 22d st. and 3d ave.
Hill Grove, No. 540, Kent and Myrtle aves., was instituted June 9, 1864, with thirty members. First OFFICERS : Jos. D. Evans, Gerrard Willett, Wm. J. Munn and Wm. A. Evans. The present membership is 159. OFFICERS : C. N. Silliman, Jas. Mccullough, Wm. Holland and Jas. L. Murphy.
Herder, No. 698, was instituted at Greenpoint, in Novem- ber, 1869, with sixteen charter members, officered by Jacob Leoboldti, Henry Vogt, Geo. Bullwincle, John Bowers. The present membership is 127. The OFFICERS : Fred. Zimmer, F. Lotterle, S. Lambert and Henry Vogt.
Hohenlinden, No. 56, 306 Fulton st., was instituted June 21, 1821, and is not incorporated. The original membership was 323. The first OFFICERS : Erastus Worthington, Master; George Worthington Rodgers, Senior Warden, and Ralph Malbone, Junior Warden. The present membership of this veteran Lodge is 180. The OFFICERS : William V. Babcock; Henry J. Twarts; Loftin Love; Samuel Love, Sec., and Ira L. Brackett, Treas. This Lodge meets at Masonic Hall, 304 and 306 Fulton st.
Hyatt, No. 205, 89 Broadway.
Joppa, No. 201, Court and Joralemon sts .- The first com- munication of this Lodge was held at the corner of Fulton and Orange sts., July 10, 1850. The original membership was forty-eight, which has increased to two hundred and mineteen. The first OFFICERS were : Geo. Leeds, Master; N. L. Pettitt, Senior Warden; S. B. Rea, Junior Warden; Geo. W. Gerace, Treas. The OFFICERS at present are: Benj. F. Adams, W. Burton, C. R. Randall, J. H. Griffith. This Lodge was char- tered Dec. 27, 1850.
La Universal, Court and Joralemon sts., was instituted in Brooklyn in 1874. The membership is distinctively Spanish, and numbered originally 80 members; the first OFFI- CERS were : Antonio Gonzalez, Serafin Sanchez, Felix Garcia and Jose G. Garcia. The present membership is 150, officered by Manuel Rodriguez, Alvano Garcia, Enrique Guerra and Lisardo Carás.
Lessing, No. 608, Court and Montague sts.
Lexington, No. 310, cor. Court and Montague sts.
Long Island, No. 382, Court and Montague sts.
Manual, No. 636, Grand and Seventh sts., E. D., was insti- tuted Jan. 29, 1867, with 20 charter members, and the follow- ing OFFICERS : John Gibbs, G. L. Judson, H. C. Lanius and Jeremiah Brown. The present membership is 135, headed by Wm. Miller, N. T. Travis, L. A. Blendermann and J. H. Bartley.
Marsh, No. 188, South Second and Fourth sts.
Mistletoe,, No. 647, 317 Washington st.
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Montauk, No. 286, 40 Court st., was instituted April 7, 1853, with 17 members. The first OFFICERS were : Richard L. Delisser, Robt. W. Sage and Wm. N. Puffer. The present membership is 131, officered by Geo. D. Bascome, David Barnett, P. L. Schenck, Nevin W. Butler, Secretary, and Thos. J. Northall, Treas.
Nassau, No. 536, Court and Joralemon sts.
Oltmans, No. 446, Broadway and Boerum sts.
Orion, No. 717, 264 Flatbush ave.
Progressive, No. 354, Grand and 7th sts.
Reliance, No. 776, Greenpoint, was instituted in Brooklyn June 19, 1877, with 33 members. The first OFFICERS were : Thos. Anderson, W. M .; Geo. Wygant, S. W .; Moses Engle, J. W .; Geo. H. Rhodes, Treas., and John R. Conner, Sec. The present membership is 78. OFFICERS: James Camp- bell, W. H. Godfrey, Seba Brinkerhoff, E. R. Smith and Geo. Wygant.
Ridgewood, No. 710, Broadway and Ralph aves.
Sanctorum, No. 747, Court and Union sts.
Schiller, No. 304, Broadway and Boerum st., was instituted in Brooklyn, E. D., in 1853, with 144 members. The first OFFICERS were: B. Bomhard, J. Engelhaupt, J. J. Wolf, and B. Redenback. The present membership is 268. The OFFICERS: Chas. Alphey, Rudolph Fischer, H. W. Miller and Theo. Tiekmann. This Lodge meets at the German Savings Bank Building, corner of Broadway and Boerum st.
Seawanhaka, No. 678, Greenpoint.
Star of Bethlehem, No. 322, Court and Joralemon sts.
Star of Hope, No. 430, Broadway and Boerum place. The first regular communication was held at Metropolitan Hall, in Myrtle avenne, E. D., April 9, 1857. The OFFICERS for 1882-'83 are: Wm. E. Esperson, W. M .; Andrew Peck, S.W .; Joseph Wolf, J. W .; Peter Reitner, Treas .; Edward M. Wun- der, Sec.
Stella, No. 485, 40 Court street.
Tuscan, No. 704, was instituted June 30, 1870, and meets at Lexington Hall, corner of Gates and Reid avenues. The OFFICERS (1882-3): Thomas Isted, Master; Henry Ohlandt, S. W .; William H. Rob rts, J. W .; James Cornelius (P. M.), Treasurer; Charles E. Burgess, Secretary; Robert Hull (P. M.), Chaplain.
Yew Tree, No. 406, South Second and Fourth streets; was organized June 20, 1859. Its OFFICERS for 1882-83 are as follows: Henry H. Cook, W. M .; M. C. Carswell, S. W .; W. H. Pinder, J. W .; Harvey W. Peace, Treas .; William G. Halsey, Sec.
Zeredatha, No. 438, 306 Fulton street; was instituted in June, 1860, with 25 charter members and the following officers: Benjamin Price, Edward A. Hodgson, and Charles P. Marrat. The present membership is 212, officered by James A. Cassidy, Joseph E Pattison, George W. Downes. P. F. Lenhart, Treas, and Edward Payne, Sec.
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTERS.
Altair, No. 237, Meserole avenue and Orchard street, E. D. Banner, No. 214, Vernon and Third streets, L. I. City. Brooklyn, No. 148, Court and Joralemon streets.
Constellation, No. 209, Fulton and Flatbush avenues. De Witt Clinton, No. 142, 89 B'dway, E. D .; was instituted E. D., January 19, 1853, with 13 charter members. The OFFICERS: T. J. Hendrickson, High Priest; Chas. Cobb, King; Brewster Jarvis, Treas .; and F. Englehaupt, Sec. The present membership is 175, officered by Thomas C. Adams, H. W. Bryant, Theo. E. Green, and George B. Claflin.
Evening Star, No. 225; Myrtle and Kent avenues; was organized April 23, 1868, under dispensation, with 24 mem- bers. First OFFICERS were: Geo. N. Wilbur, A. H. Davidson,
Elijah Pratt and W. A. Kelsey. The present membership is 78, officered by Francis Nolan, Austin Appleyard, James Pritchard and W. K. Todd.
Greenwood, No. 265, 476 Fifth avenue.
Gate of the Temple, No. 208, Myrtle avenue and Adelphi street, was instituted May 16, 1867, at the corner of Myrtle and Kent avenues, with 18 members. The first OFFICERS were: Robert H. Wilber, High Priest; Judson Curtis, King; John H. Clickner, Scribe; J. Box, Treas .; J. W. Johnson, Sec. The present membership is 87. The OFFICERS: Robert Har- per, Wm. M. Post, Charles G. Suydam, Robert Jones and Theodore Thieler. This chapter was chartered February, 1868, and meets in the Hall, corner Myrtle avenue and Adelphi street.
Nassau, No. 109, 304 Fulton street.
Orient, No. 138, P. O. Building; instituted in 1847; meets at 317 Washington street. The OFFICERS for 1882-'3 are as fol- lows: Chas. M Truman, High Priest; Henry Drisler, Jr., King; Geo. W. Van Buskirk, Scribe; James B. Goldey, Treas .; E. J. Campbell, Sec .; Jasper N. Sims, C. of H .; M ... E ... S. S. Conant, P. S .; Geo. W. French, R. A. C .; M .. E .. F. H. Down, M. 3d V .; J. J. Duff, M. 2d V .; F. H. Boehne, M. 1st V .; Rev. T. S. Pycott, Chaplain; S. H. Ackerman, Organist; J. E. Cook, Ass't Organist; George Reock, Tiler.
Progressive, No. 198, Grand and Seventh streets.
Pentalpha, No. 206, Flushing.
Ridgewood, No. 263, Lexington and Ralph avenues.
KNIGHT TEMPLAR COMMANDERIES.
Clinton, No. 14, 306 Fulton street.
De Witt Clinton, No. 27, 89 Broadway.
Greenwood, No. 58, Twenty-second street and Third ave. St. Elmo, No. 57, was organized at Greenpoint, November 14, 1873, and received charter August 14,1874. First OFFICERS were: Geo. C. Bradley, Eminent Commander; Wm. Bridges, Generalissimo; J. H. Whitehorn, Treas .; J. R. Laws, Re- corder. The original membership was 18; the present, 92. Present OFFICERS are, in the order above, John H. Bonning- ton, Henry Vogt, Sylvester Gray, James H. Whitehorn.
EASTERN STAR.
Esther, No. 2, 306 Fulton street.
Stella, No. 29, 315 Washington street.
Harmonia, No. 34, South Second and Fourth streets, E. D. Radiant, No. 35, Masonic Hall, Meserole st., Greenpoint. Mizpah, No. 40, 306 Fulton street.
Alma, No. 41, South Second and Fourth streets, E. D.
Zipporah, No. 45, Corner Court and State streets.
Evangeline, No. 51, Greenwood Hall, Twenty-second street and Third avenue, Brooklyn.
Crescent, No. 55, Masonic Temple, Seventh and Grand streets, E. D.
Masonic Mutual Relief Association was organized in Brooklyn, March 9, 1867, and incorporated April 3d of that year. Its object: the relief of widows and children of de- ceased members. The original membership was 1,225. The first OFFICERS: James M. Fuller, John M. Weeks, Henry W. Karn and Harvey Farrington. The present membership is 1,090. The OFFICERS: Joseph Short, Jr., William Parker, Geo. M. Anderson and George W. French.
ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED (SCOTTISH) RITE OF MASONRY.
This Rite has for many years been established in " The Valley of Brooklyn," under the title of AURORA GRATA. Its highest body, the Aurora Grata Con- sistory (19th to 32d degree), was, a few years since,
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merged in the New York City Consistory, but the other bodies remain, and are in very efficient order, viz .:
Aurora Grata Lodge of Perfection (4th to 14th degree, in- clusive).
Aurora Grata Council, Princes of Jerusalem (15th and 16th degrees), org. April 19, 1866, with 14 members; present mem- bership, 134. First OFFICERS: E. Gates, M. E. S. P. G. M .; R. C. Gurney, G. H. P .; M. Bridgman, M. E. S. G. W .; J. Armstrong, M. E. J. G. W .; J. N. Wickoff, Jr., G. K. of S .; C. H. Pelletrean, Jr., G. T. Present OFFICERS: J. P. Abel, M. E. S. P. G. M .; E. B. Jordan, G. H. P .; H. H. Stevens, M. E. S. G. W .; C. F. Graves, M. E. S. J. G. W .; J. Jay, C. Daughters G. K. of S .; Edwin Gates, G. T.
Aurora Grata Chapter, Knights of Rose-Croix (16th and 17th degrees).
INDEPENDENT ORDER OF ODD FELLOWS. LODGES.
Odd Fellowship received its start in Brooklyn, from the action of certain brethren of the order, resident in the city, but holding membership in New York city lodges. Several meetings and consultations were held in the year 1839, at the house of Brother James W. White; and finally application was made to the Grand Lodge for a charter. This application, signed by Bros. Geo. P. Bancroft, Garret B. Black, Lemuel B. Hawx- hurst, John Van Pelt, William G. Hynard, James W. White, John Higbie, Abram Campbell, Charles and John Pelletrean, was favorably received by the G. L., and a charter granted, to be known as
BROOKLYN LODGE, No. 26, I. O. O. F., which was fully or- ganized Nov. 12, 1839, in Hall's Building, corner Fulton and Orange streets, by John A. Kennedy, at that time G. M. of the Order in the States, assisted by the officers of the G. L. The OFFICERS then chosen and installed were: L. B. Hawx- hurst, N. G .; James W. White, V. G .; Wm. G. Hynard, Sec .; John W. Van Pelt, Treas. At the next meeting, Nov. 19th, Messrs. John C. Roach, Thaddeus Davids, Rich. Hallam, Henry Rohring, Jarvis Rogers, Thos H. Redding, Geo. Bloomfield, William M. Johnson, John Povie, David M. Smith, Henry S. Smith, Peter L. Taylor and Philip Adams were initiated members. By 1847, the membership num- bered 500, and Nassau 39; Principle, 48; Atlantic, 50; Ivanhoe, 127; and Magnolia, 166, had been colonized from it. From its organization in 1839 to January, 1844, this Lodge has enrolled 1,070 members. Present active membership, 117.
This lodge at an early day purchased ten lots in Green- wood cemetery in which to furnish a place of decent se- pulture for its members, and for strange Odd Fellows dying here, away from home and friends. Present OFFICERS: H. H. Boyles, N. G .; Wm. Donelly, V. G .; E. M. Osborne, Per- manent Sec .; S. H. Merryweather, Sec .; John Stevenson, Treas. (to whom we are indebted for this account of the lodge).
List of the NOBLE GRANDS of this Lodge :- 1839, L. B. Hawxhurst ; 1840, J. W. White, John Higbie, John Pelletreau, Peter L. Taylor; 1841, S. A. Smith, John C. Roach, James Jordan, John F. Solomon ; 1842, James McChesney, Richard Sharp, Thomas H. Redding, S. A. House; 1843, Thomas Jones, James De Revere, G. W. Niles, Obed. H. Joy; 1844, D. A. Taylor, Henry R. Oxwith, D. P. Barnard, Solomon Skinner; 1845, J. J. Ryan, Thomas Leslie, William Lane, Frederick Blair; 1846, John B. Pitt, Daniel Chauncey,
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