The Seventh Annual Report of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania

THE SEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE GENEA¬ LOGICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA. In presenting their seventh annual report, your Board of Directors feel that the past year has been in many ways the most successful one since the Society was formed. A large number of new members have been elected to the Society ; the shelf room for the collections of the Society has been considerably enlarged, and by the courtesy of the Historical Society all our collections are now placed together and are more accessible than they have ever been. It is to be hoped in the future that if it is possible, more extended and commodious quarters will be given us, so that our con¬ stantly increasing publications and collections will have the best of care. The following work has been done by the Society from March 7th, 1898, to March 6th, 1899 : 1. Christ Church Baptisms, 1706-1791, indexed and bound. 2. Christ Church Baptisms, 1791-1816, copied, to be indexed when brought to later date. 3. Marriages in Christ Church, 1807-1816, copied, to be indexed when brought to later date. 4. St. Stephen’s Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, from 1823, being bound. Alphabetically arranged. 5- Bucks County Wills, 1685-1795, indexed. 6. Burials in Delaware County, 1784-1880, being in¬ dexed. 7. Genealogical Collections of G. P. Harlan, Vols- 1-10, indexed, bound. 8. Records of Marriages at Marshalton, Chester County, Penna., by Moses Marshall, Esq., 1796-1813. (80) Seventh Annual Report 81 9. Harlan and Marshall Genealogies, note books, Vols. 11-24, inclusive. The Board have to acknowledge with thanks the follow¬ ing gifts : 1- Annals of the Early Settlers' Association of Cuiahoga County, Ohio. 2. Hunnewell Family Chart. 3- Wells Family Chart4- 13th Annual Report of the Maine Genealogical Soci¬ ety. 5- Catalogue of Library of late Frederick D- Stone, Litt. D. 6. Memoirs of Joseph Rushing Whittaker. 7. By-Laws of Colonial Society of Massachusetts. 8. Transactions of the Huguenot Society of South Caro¬ lina. 9. Report of Central High School, Philadelphia. 10. 3rd Report of Historical Society of Montana, 11. Foulke Family Notes from Edwin Rhodes Booth, Esq. 12. Sermon to Free Masons, 177813- Farm Life in Central Ohio Sixty Years Ago. 14. The Underground Railroad. 15. Charter and Re-organization of the Society, 1891-92, of Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio, and Reports, 3 vols16. Bulletin of New York Public Library, 3 numbers. 17. James Stites Genealogy18. The Genealogical Advertiser, No- 1. 19. Ancestry of Gillingham Family. 20. Memoir of Levi Knowles. 21. Records of Wetherill Family. 22. Smith Wills of New York, from Charles Hare Hutch¬ inson, Esq23. Early Long Island Wills, from Charles Hare Hutch¬ inson, Esq. 82 Seventh Annual Report. 24. Westchester County Wills, from Charles Hare Hutchinson, Esq. 25. Fifty Years of Progress. 26. Records of St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, of Philada., presented by John F. Lewis, Esq. 27. Records of the Frankford Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia, presented by John F. Lewis, Esq. These last two works deserve more than a passing men¬ tion as they are complete records, indexed and very hand¬ somely bound, and are a great addition to the collection of the Society. The Board also acknowledge with thanks a contribution of $300 from Alfred Smith, Esq., and one of $100 from Ed¬ ward Clinton Lee, Esq., for prosecution of the work of the Society. The Board have to report that during the past year there have been one hundred and ten new members elected. They have with regret to announce the death of L. Tay¬ lor Dickson, Esq., one of the Vice Presidents of the Society, and one of our most valued members, and who had taken from the first foundation of the Society a deep and earnest interest in its success ; a memoir of him has been prepared and will be printed in the forthcoming publication of the Society. John F. Lewis, Esq., was elected a member of the Board in place of Mr. Dickson, deceased, and subsequently Richard M. Cadwalader was elected Vice-President to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Mr. Dickson, and Mr. Lewis was elected treasurer to take the place of Mr- Cad¬ walader. The Board have great pleasure in reporting that the new publication of the Society, No. 4, Vol. I, is now in the printer’s hands, and will be issued in a very short time. The Board have received as usual many courtesies from the Historical Society and especially from its Librarian and Assistant Librarian, for which they beg to return their thanks. Seventh Annual Report 83 The Board have with regret to report the death of the following members during the past year : HENRY D. BIDDLE, CHARLES P. PEROT, L. TAYLOR DICKSON, FRANCIS M. BROOKE. All of which is respectfully submitted. EDWARD SHIPPEN, M. D., U. S. N., EDWARD S. SAYRES President. Recording Secretary. March 6th, 1899.