The Third Annual Report of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania

THE THIRD ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENEA¬ LOGICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA. IN presenting the third annual report of the Society to the members, the Directors feel justified in stating that slowly but surely they are acquiring valuable manuscripts in the shape of copies of Church records, consisting of births, marriages and deaths, and in some cases valuable original documents, which if lost could never have been replaced, inscriptions from tombstones rapidly crumbling to decay, copies of wills and family records. Some of these have been secured by purchase and some by presentation, and the Society has now a nucleus of genealogical matter which bids fair to grow rapidly and be, in a few years, of inestimable value to historical and genealogical students. Besides this there has been printed and distributed to every member and various kindred societies copies of our first publication, the character of which, it is trusted, was satis¬ factory, and if deemed so by the members, an attempt will be made in the near future to issue another number of the same kind. The Directors report that under their supervision, during the past year, the following records have been copied : Southampton Baptist Church, Bucks County, 1689-1842, 499 pages. All completed, and are now being indexed. St. David’s Episcopal Church, Radnor, 1717-1840, all copied and now being indexed. The records of this church are very imperfect and we are greatly indebted to the Rev. Mr. Kellar of this parish for a search he is now instituting in our behalf for the missing books. First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, 1698-1791, copied and being indexed, includes baptisms, marriages and burials. Some portion of these records had previously been copied, particularly the marriages, which were printed in (94) The Third Annual Report. 95 Pennsylvania Archives, but there had been many omissions and it was found necessary to go over and have copied the whole record. In this connection attention is called to the copies of the old tombstones in the burial ground of this church, with reproductions of some of them as contained in the late publication of the Society. Wills of Philadelphia; abstracts of these have been com¬ pleted to 1800 and indexed, and are being bound. The Society has acquired by purchase a large number of original court documents of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, viz., 120 Original Marriage Bonds, 1747 to the Revolution (containing signatures of parents or relatives of contracting parties), and also about 600 original writs of said county, same date, giving the names, occupations and residences of perhaps over 1,000 early inhabitants of Lancaster County. These papers are being arranged and indexed, and are con¬ sidered invaluable ; if lost they could not be replaced, as no copies have been made of them. The following presentations have been received : 1. The records of St. Michael’s Parish, Talbot County, Maryland, by Col. J. Granville Leach. 2. Hanover German Reformed Church Records, by Mr. John W. Jordan. 3. Unrecorded Wills at Trenton, N. J., fifty in number, relating to Counties of Salem, Cape May, and Gloucester, New Jersey, by Mr. Francis B. Lee. 4. Early MS. records of the Supreme Court of Pennsyl¬ vania before 1800, not yet arranged, but very valuable; obtained through Col. J. Granville Leach. 5. Records of Marriages of Great Valley Baptist Church, Chester County, Pennsylvania, 1792-1818, fifty-two en¬ tries, no records of births or deaths of this church known to be extant by Mr. Thomas Allen Glenn. 6. Records of Marriages of Lowrer Merion Baptist Church, Bryn Mawr, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1805-1838, 370 entries no records of births or deaths of this church known to be extant by Mr. Thomas Allen Glenn. 7. Inscriptions on Tombstones in St. Paul’s Lutheran — — — — 96 The Third Annual Report. Church, Ardmore, Pennsylvania, by Mr. Thomas Allen Glenn. 8. Inscriptions on Tombstones in ancient graveyard at Strafford Station, Pennsylvania Railroad, by Mr. Thomas Allen Glenn. 9. Inscriptions on Seventh Day Baptist Tombstones, New¬ ton Square, Radnor, Delaware County, by Mr. Thomas Allen Glenn. 10. Inscriptions on Tombstones in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church yard, Third Street below Walnut, Philadelphia, by Mr. Stevenson Hockley Walsh. 11. The Minutes of Abington Monthly Meeting, 16821746. Copy made by Gilbert Cope in 1893; presented by Mr. Joseph E. Gillingham. 12. Index of all names mentioned in Learning and Spicer’s Grants and Concessions, Edition of 1758 ; presented by Mr. Francis B. Lee. 13. The Warrens of Williamsburg, Mass., presented by Mr. Henry M. Warren, 532 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. 14. Book of Accounts, Philadelphia Almshouse, 1767-1768, giving receipts and expenditures, by Mr. Thomas Allen Glenn. 15. Memoranda relating to the ancestry of the family of Levi Parsons Morton, by Col. J. Granville Leach. 16. Gazzam and DeBeeler families, by A. DeB. Mackenzie. 17. Kirk Family and Craighead Family, by Mr. Charles F. Jenkins. 18. Ancient inscriptions in Cemeteries of the Moravian Churches in Philadelphia and Nazareth, Pennsylvania, with some Genealogical records of the congregations at Lebanon, Pa., and New York City, by Mr. John W. Jordan. 19. Inscriptions in Church yard of the Church of the Epiphany, Philadelphia, by Mr. Stevenson Hockley Walsh. 20. The German Church in Alexandria Township, Hun¬ terdon County, New Jersey, commencing 1763 ; by Mr. John W. Jordan. 21. Record of the Lincoln and Boone families. Since the last annual report there have been elected seven¬ teen new members, and there have been nine resignations. The Third Annual Report. 97 Owing to the illness of the Treasurer he is unable, at this time, to present the usual written annual report. The Directors again bring to the attention of the mem¬ bers the desirability of adding to our membership. The matter which can be collected by this society is almost unlimited and most invaluable for preservation ; in a few years it is possible that it will be more difficult to secure, as every day adds to the danger of its loss. The Board is greatly indebted as heretofore to the kindly courtesies of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and their Librarians who aid them in every manner tending to add to the prosperity of this society. Your Board have to report the death, during the year, of the following members : SAMUEL K. ASHTON, M.D., WILLIAM F. MISKEY, GEOKGE M. COATES, SAMUEL L. SMEDLEY, SAMUEL CLARKSON, ANDREW D. HEPBURN, SAMUEL S. HOLLINGSWORTH. GEORGE F. LEE. All of which is respectfully submitted. EDWARD SHIPPEN, M.D., U.S.N., EDWARD S. SAYRES, President. Recording Secretary.