Nineteenth Annual Report of the Board of Directors of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania at the Nineteenth Annual Meeting, March 6, 1911

NINETEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF PHILADELPHIA, AT THE NINETEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, MARCH 6, 1911. In presenting our report to this, the nineteenth annual meeting of the members of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, the Board take pleasure in the belief that during the past year they have not been idle in the work of collecting and indexing genealogical material. The following records which were reported at the last annual meeting as copied have been indexed, bound and on the shelves. 1. Records of Zion Lutheran Church, Old Zionsville, Lehigh County, Penna., 1758-1903. 2. Records of Evan. Lutheran Church, Upper Milford, Penna., 1743-1816. 3. Records of Interments in Asbury M. E. Church Yard, Phila., 1829-1868. 4. Docket of John Wilson, Esq., Bucks County, Penna., 1779-1805. 5. Tombstone Inscriptions Trinity, Southwark P. E. Churchyard. Those copied, indexed and now in use. 1. Extracts from Minute Book of Common Pleas and Quarter Sessions Courts of Bucks County, Penna., 1684— 1730. 2. Records of St. Andrews P. E. Church, Phila., 1823— 1905. 3. Welsh Settlers of Hilltown and New Britain, Pa. ( 370) Nineteenth Annual Report of the Board of Directors. 371 4. Interments in Moravian Graveyard, Bethlehem, Northampton County, Penna. 5. Records of Oley Hill Church, Berks Co., Pa., 1753— 1799. 6. Copy of the Inscriptions on the Gravestones in the Moravian Cemeteries at Hopedale and Nazareth, Pa., now being bound. The following have been copied and not yet indexed : 1. Records of Evan. Lutheran Church at Tinicum, Bucks Co., Pa., 1747-4885. Original Records loaned by Rev. C. C. Snyder. 2. Records of Moselem Lutheran Church, Berks Co., Pa., beginning Jan. 1, 1741. Original Records loaned by Rev. R. B. Lynch. 3. Records of Middletown (Bucks County) Monthly Meeting, including Marriage Certificates, Certificates of Removal and Births and Deaths. 4. Records of Dutch Reformed Church of Lebanon, Hunterdon County, N. J., including Records of the Rockaway congregation. Original Records loaned by Rev. W. J. Lonsdale. 5. Records of the Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Church in Northamton (now Monroe) County, Hamilton Township, Penna. Original Records loaned by Rev. C. W. T. Strasser. 6. The Records of the Moravian Church in Yorktown, Penna., have been copied and will be printed in our next publication. The following gifts have been presented to the Society for which the sincere thanks of the Society are due to the donors : 1. Bradhurst Genealogy, entitled "My Forefathers," presented by John S. Bioren. 2. "The Frazier and West Families," by Josiah Granville Leach, presented by the author. 372 Nineteenth Annual Report of the Board of Directors. 3. Marriage Certificate of John Carvel and Martha Ridge, Nov. 10, 1811, presented by Miers Busch. 4. Records of the Families of Palmer, Cutler, Hayhurst, Cornish, Fort, Jeffries, Boyle and Carpenter, presented by Messrs. Miers and Henry Paul Busch. 5. The Orphans Court Records of Philadelphia, abstracted by William Mer vine, presented by him. 6. Copies of Social Register, 1893-1909, also Summer numbers, 1904-1909, presented by Henry Paul Busch. 7. Pamphlet entitled "Col. Timothy Matlack," presented by Dr. A. M. Stackhouse. 8. Kith and Kin, a Magazine devoted to data of Family Re-union Associations, Historical Sketches and Genealogy. Those numbers we have received contain the Chappell Family Genealogy, Babcock Family Genealogy, and data concerning the Washburn, Muhlenberg and Shoemaker Families, Dorrance Family Inscriptions, &c., presented by the Society. 9. Library of Congress Report, 1910. 10. Annual Report of the American Historical Association, 1908, Vol. 1, presented by the Smithsonian Institution. 11. The Essex Institute Historical Collections. 12. Pamphlet entitled "The Standard Oil Company," by Elbert Hubbard, presented by the Roycrofters. 13. Report of the Board of Managers of the Associated Alumni of Central High School of Philadelphia. 14. Biographical Catalogue, descriptive of the Portraits belonging to the Society of the New York Hospital. 15. Bulletin of the New York Public Library. 16. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, proceedings of New England Historic Genealogical Society at the annual meeting Jan., 1910. 17. Records of the American Catholic Historical Society of Philadelphia. 18. Annals of Iowa. 19. "Resolved Waldron's Descendants," compiled by James Henry Slipper, M. D., also presented by him. Nineteenth Annual Report of the Board of Directors. 373 20. Col. Robert G. Johnson's " M.S.S. of Judge John Holme," presented by Mrs. T. Roberts Harper. 21. 2 vols. Genealogical and Historical Queries and Answers from the New York Mail and Express, presented by Miss Mary Sinnott. OUR MEMBERSHIP. 262 Number of members March 1, 1910, We regret to report the death of the following members during the year : Robert Winder Johnson, December 27, 1910. John Heman Converse, May 3, 1910. Joseph Smith Harris, June 2, 1910. Philip Syng Physick Conner, June 2, 1910. Mrs. William L. Elkins, June 6, 1910. Frank Read, July 28, 1910. Charles Williams, November 10, 1910. William G. Thomas, November 19, 1910. William Foster Biddle, August 10, 1910. Norris W. Harkness, August 10, 1910. Edward Swift Buckley, November 15, 1910. Edmund H. McCullough, May 31, 1910. Hon. Simon P. Wolverton, October 24, 1910. James B. Gazzam, March 30, 1909. 15 John M. Hartman, September 4, 1910. The following resignations have been accepted : J. D. Campbell. Henry Pemberton. Mrs. Mary A. Albertson. 4 J. L. Schwartz. Members who have been dropped from membership, 3 22 New members, 240 71 Present membership, 311 374 Nineteenth Annual Report of the Board of Directors. A gain of 49 members. The largest number of members recorded was in 1903, when there were 328. The membership is classified as follows :— 3 Honorary, Life, 51 257 Active, 311 There has been added to the Permanent Fund the sum of $900.00 by means of 18 Life Membership fees. To insure the permanency of the work of the Society, the members are urged to become Life Members. The income from this fund now amounts to $208.00, which is about enough to copy two Records per annum. It has been a very successful year as regards the number of records copied. With the exception of the years when the Records of Christ Church and of Salem, N. J., Monthly Meeting were copied (when outside clerical help was engaged and separate funds raised), more records have been copied this year than in any year since the Society was founded. Copied, indexed and bound, 12 At the Binders, 1 Copied and indexed, 1 Copied and ready to be indexed, 6 20 The collection now numbers 259 volumes. The increase in our membership has been due to the energy and interest displayed by our most valuable Treasurer, C. Howard Colket, Esq., who has been untiring in his efforts to aid the Society in every manner. At the last annual meeting of the Society, March 7, 1910, the members had the pleasure of hearing Miss Annie Hollingsworth Wharton read a most attractive paper, entitled "Sulgrave," the English home of the Washingtons. Nineteenth Annual Report of the Board of Directors. 375 Col. J. Granville Leach also read an interesting paper on John Sotcher, Esq., Wm. Penn's Steward at Pennsbury. The Board reconvened after the annual meeting and reelected Rear Admiral Edward Shippen, M. D., Ti. S. N., President. Col. J. Granville Leach, Vice-President. Edward S. Sayres, Recording Secretary. James Emlen, Corresponding Secretary. C. Howard Colket, Treasurer. The Board report that during the past year Publication Vol. IV, No. 2 has issued, and the next number, Vol. IV, No. 3, is now being prepared. We are under obligations to the Council, Librarian, Curator and Staff of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania for their usual courtesies and attention to our wants. Our Clerk and Transcriber, Miss Bunting, has been most diligent in the work confided to her. All of which is respectfully reported by EDWARD SHIPPEN, M. D., REAR ADMIRAL U. S. N., Retired, President. EDWARD S. SAYRES, Secretary. 376 Report of the Treasurer. REPORT OF THE TREASURER FOR YEAR ENDING FEBRUARY 28, 1911. PERMANENT FUND. Receipts. Balance on hand March 1, 1910 18 life-membership fees @ $50 Interest on deposits $190 06 $900 00 4 10 904 10 $1094 16 Disbursements. 4 shares Philadelphia Traction Co. 7 shares United Gas Improvement Co $350 50 598 00 948 50 Balance on hand, March 1, 1911 $145 66 Investments. $2000 Electric and Peoples 4 per cent, trust certificates. 25 shares Philadelphia Traction Co. 7 shares United Gas Improvement Co. CURRENT FUND. Re,eeipts. Balance on hand March 1, 1910 Received from dues . Income from investments Interest on deposits Sale of publications Temporary loan $270 86 $1256 00 196 00 8 14 9 00 200 00 1669 14 Disbursements. Copying Records Binding Records Expenses of Annual Meeting. Cost of Publication, Vol. IV, No. 2 Stationery, postage and sundries $1940 00 $1100 21 50 85 136 04 249 23 244 17 1780 50 Balance on hand March 1, 1911 $159 50 C. HOWARD COLKET, Treasurer. Phila., 1 March, 1911. Examined and found correct. JAMES EMLEN, STEVENSON H. WALSH, Auditing Committee.