Notes, Queries and Corrections

NOTES, QUERIES AND CORRECTIONS. REED-BROOKS. REED RECORD from the DOWDNEY BIBLE, formerly in possession of LEWIS H. DOWDNEY, ESQ., of Bridgeton, New Jersey: Lewis Reed,* born March. 1, 1753, died November 28, 1792. Rachel Brooks f Reed, was born June 1, 1758, died August 18, 1824. Children : Lemuel Reed, born January 20, 1776. and Rachel Reed was born February 14, Lewis Reed, 2d child of A. D., 1778. Samuel Reed, 3d child was born May 12, 1783. David Reed, 4th child of Lewis and Rachel Reed, born March 15, A. D., 1785. Died in Millville, New Jersey, May 29, 1830; married July 15, 1805, Lodemia Ayaiÿ bom July 25, 1788; died June 26, 1854. J Cynthia Reed, 5th child of Lewis and Rachel Reed, born March 12, A. D. 1787. Married Henry Dowdney. Enoch and Enos, 6th child, [twins] of Lewis and Rachel Reed, born September 29, A. D. 1792. A. R. J. - ♦ LEWIS REED was the grandfather of Thomas Sydenham Reed, M.D., of Philadelphia. The latter died September 11, 1889, and not September 11, 1859 as stated in SAMUEL CARPENTER and HIS DESCENDANTS, p. 106. RACHEL BROOKS REED administered on -her -husband’s estate December | 11, 1792. According to Charles E. Sheppard, Esq., president of the Cum¬ berland County, New Jersey, Historical Society, and long interested in the compilation of the Brooks, Sheppard and allied families, she was a daughter of -SETH BROOKS, 3D., by his wife, DOROTHY SHEPHERD. The latter was one of the daughters of ENOCH SHEPHERD, JR. (Enoch,2 John,! Esq.), of Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, by ihls wife RACHEL WATSON, who, in his will of June 29„ 1760, named, “daughter Dorothy Brooks." Rachel (Brooks) Reed was also a descendant, In the fifth generation, of the Rev. Timothy Brooks (Seth,4 ,Seth,s Seth 2 Rev. Timothy I), of Swanzey, Massa¬ chusetts, who, with a company of Welsh Baptists, -settled In Hopewell Town¬ ship, at the present Bowentown, iin 1689, and became the pastor of its! first Baptist Church. He died in 1716 in his 55th year; leaving by his < wife, Hannah Bowen, sons, Seth, Zebulon, Timothy, and daughters Hannah, Patience, Keziah and Zerviah. Morgan Edwards, in his HISTORY OF THE BAPTISTS OF NEW JERSEY, (1792) says: “ These [sons and daughters] married into the families of Oresse, Smith, Ayars, Johnsons and Bishops. His grandson Seth is yet [1792] alive, Who tells me that he has eighty of his own /offspring to follow him to the grave." This SETH BROOKS, in his will of May 17, 1789* proved November 19, 1792, named son Seth, and his sons Thomas and Enoch ; sons John and David t grandsons Ira, James and Samuel, the latter two not twentyone; granddaughters Hannah and Mary Brook# ; daughters Temper¬ ance, Sheppard , Elizabeth Hall, Eleanor Falkner and wife Eleanor. , -SETH BROOKS, 3D., by his wife DOROTHY SHEPHARD, had : Rachel, above ; Phebe, who married Isaac Jenkins ; Enoch, Thomas, James and Susan, which sons are named by their grandfather, Seth Brooks, second of the name, in his will just quoted. J Five Colonial Families, vol 11, pp. 1806, 1900. (200) Notes, Queries and Corrections. 201 MAXATAWNEY VOLUNTEERS. In the spring of 1756, a company of volunteers was formed by the frontier inhabitants of Berks and North¬ ampton counties, and contributions of money for the soldiers were made by the settlers more safely located. It was called the MAXETANI The MAXATAWNEY and and ALLEMANGLE FREYEN WACHT-COMPANIE ALLEMANGLE INDEPENDENT-GUARD. It consisted of twenty-four men, who served thirty-nine days from April 3rd to May 11th. The com¬ pany was as follows: * Johannes Hergereder, Captain Carl Weinmiiller Casper Schmick, Serg't Peter Munch Jacob Tholand Peter Keim David Mussgenung Adam Schnebely Georg Bruner George Kuir Salomon Bacher Conrad Bauer Fridrich Zirn Michael Kraul Martin Unangst Nicholaus Dehof Johannes Klein Henrich Schweitzer Nicholaus Arnhold Conrad Frey George Sauselin Henrich Fullweiler Johannes N George Jorgonf Stephan Gooss The captain was paid five shillings per day ; The sergeant two shillings and six pence ; The privates sixteen pence. Six pence a day was allowed for rations and a gill of rum costing eight pence per quart was served daily to each man. The total outlay was £104. 11. 4. — - s. w. s. HORTON. The following is a copy of a letter found among the papers of the late Hon. Struban Jenkins of Wyoming, who died in May, 1890. The letter is addressed Mrs. Mary Shales, Troy, Luzerne County, Pa. 9 1 Troy 9 1 was the then name of what is now 1 1 Wyoming. 9 9 The letter is postmarked “Northumberland, Pa., Dec. 3” and is marked “Paid 5.” Northumberland Deer 2 1847 ‘‘ ‘ ’ “ Dear Sister, After informing you of the good health of my Family and myself and soliciting you to come and see us I will redeem the Promise I made you when I Last seen you that is of Sending you a copy of the family Record. I Took this eoppy from my Father’s Bible John Horton was born Febr 26th 1752 Died April 21, 1810 Mary Horton was born June 22, 1759 Died March 25, 1841 the Birth of theer children Sarah Horton was born July 9, 1781 Anna Horton was born April 6, 1783 * Saur’s Der Qermantaur Zeitung , December 25, 1756. f Roberts’ History of Lehigh County, Henna., vol 1, p. 81. ! 202 Notes, Queries and Corrections. Mary Horton was bom March 27, 1785 John Horton was born January 26, 1787 Elizabeth Horton was born July 24, 1789 Miller Horton was born January 22, 1793 Died Oct. 20, 1847 J osiah Horton was born March 13, 1795 Died in Georgia May 31, 1839 Jesse C. Horton was born May 1, 1797 Lewis Horton was born March 30, 1799 Abigal Horton was born August 23, 1801 Died 1 do not recollect the month or day of the month of my mother’s Death I was away from home, at Harrisburg, that winter, and I wish you would send it to me Together with the Time of Abigal ’s death if you have it and the Place of Father 's Birth. Affectionately Yours, Mrs. Mary Shales J. C. Horton.” Another paper has the following (handwriting not recognized) : John Gardner B Jan 9 1773 “ Mary Herron B Aug 22 1774 ‘‘ the above ware married Feb 5 1797 “ Mary Gardner Bor Nov 21 1798 ‘‘ Joseph Gard[ner] Bor Mar 9 1800 Harry Gard[ner] Feb 17 1803 1807 “ Lueretia Gardner Dec 29 “ John Gard[ner] Died Mar 30 1836 ag 63 “ Mary Gard[ner] Died Oct 12 1850 ag 1850 ft Elizabeth Mumford cf Mary f f Born 1731 ( t South Kingstown “ “ I have tried to copy just as written. Before the 1731 is a mark which may possibly be an M or it may be the word “in”. The erasure of name “Elizabeth” and the “Mary” below are as in the original. WILLIAM A. WILCOX. Scranton, Penna. REVOLUTIONARY SOLDIERS BURIED IN IOWA. A clipping from a Des Moines, Iowa, paper states that, the Daughters of the American Revolution have been making a search in Iowa for the graves of Revolu¬ tionary soldiers and have found the following which have been duly marked, thirteen in all: William Blair, born in Lancaster Co., Penna., 1760; died 1840; buried about three miles from the town of Kossuth, Iowa. Timothy Brown, born in New Jersey, 1760; died 1845; buried at Aspen Grove Cemetery, Burlington, Iowa. John Osborn, bom in Virginia, 1763; died 1853; buried at Centre Point, Crawford Co., Iowa. Notes, Queries and Corrections. 203 John Lepper (Leiper?) bom in New York; died 1840; buried at De Witt, Clinton Co., Iowa. Nathan Winter, born in Connecticut ; died 1846 ; buried at Pittsburg, Iowa. Served seven years in the Continental Army. George Perlcins, born in South Carolina, 1754; died 1840; buried at Primrose, Lee Co., Iowa. Charles Sheppard, bom 1760 in Maryland; died 1813; buried on his farm near Pome, Henry Co., Iowa. Daniel Dow, born Otsego Co., New York, died 1860; buried at Col¬ lege Springs, Page Co., Iowa. Martin Linn, “said to have been buried in the cemetery at Tipton, Iowa. 9 Charles Stubbs, born in Delaware, 1750; died 1854; aged 104; buried at Milton, Van Buren Co., Iowa. William Garricks, born in Virginia; buried in the old cemetery at Albia, Monroe Co., Iowa. BE. E. M. HEISTAND-MOORE. ’ PEW HOLDERS OF LOWER WEST CONOCOCHEAGUE CHURCH, Welsh Run) District, Franklin County, Penna. List undated, probably circa 1780.* Many of the male names are found on the roll of Captain John Orbison ’s Company, Colonel Samuel Culbertson’s Battalion, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania Militia, during the Revolution.! John Alexander Robert Alison James Adams George Aire David Anderson John Anderson David Benson Mary Bratton Henry Bradie Jas.(?) Brady Esther Crawford Margaret Crener John Cunningham David Collens ( ?) Robert Chambers Jas. Clark Geo. Coffee John Flanagen Ephraim Fosbinder John Gilles John Gabriel John Hughs David Huston John Huston Samuel Irwin Joseph Irwin Robert Johnston Adam Johnston Is. Johnston Nathaniel M. Kinstreet Jas. Kelly Thomas Kinstreet David Kennedy Thomas Kennedy John Nesbit John McFall Mary McKee Julia Mullan Wm. MeOashland John McMeshl Rebecca MeCalmath Wm. Phillips John Parkhill Josiah Price Wm. Rankin Jeremiah Rankin James Rankin David Rankin Benj. Roberts Francis Roberts James Ross * The first church edifice of this congregation was burnt by the Indians in 1760. The second was built circa 1773 and stood for a hundred years. The present edifice, on the ground of the original one, was erected in 1871, by the late Elias Davidson Kennedy of PhiLadelphia, as a tribute to the use¬ fulness of his father a one-time pastor of the church. The name was then changed from “ Welsh Run Presbyterian Church ” to " The Robert Kennedy Memorial Church.” !Pennsylvania Archives, Firth Series, vol vi. Notes, Queries and Corrections. 204 George Crawford Thos. Cellars Jas. Campbell Sami. Cross Joseph Dunlap James Dunlap Francis (?) Dougherty William Duffield William Duffield (two) Sami. Duffield David Duffield Wm. Dunwoody Widdow Davis Phillip Davis Wm. Davis Margaret Davis James Davis Thos. Edmiston George Baker Wm. Lemon Adam Long Margaret Lewis Nelly Lewis John Loughead Jane Lawson John Lough Rebecca Moreson John Mullen Alexr. Miller Jane Miller Robert Mackey Sami. Martin Wm. Mees David Meeks Fergus Morehead Andrew Maze Francis Maris Nathaniel Nesbit Jacob Shimcr Thomas Shearman Margaret Shannon Joseph Shannon Mary Slone Samuel Smith Oliver Smith James Smith Charles Shields Jno. Steel Alexr. Willson John Wray James Wray John Work John Williams Isaac Williams George Walker Thomas Wason James Watson Copied by MRS. V. S. FENDRICK of Mercersburg, Penna. MCMICHAEL. Wilmington Borough, Delaware, 10 5th. mo. 1788, “This is to certify that, by and with the consent of Samuel Byrus * and Eliza¬ beth his wife, John Kennady and Martha his wife, and Rebecca Mackintire, late McMichael, I cut out and separated this leaf of paper from the Bible which they all declared upon their respective solemn affirmations was the Property of their late deceased Father, Charles McMichael. Signed James Gibbons.’’ WALTER MCMICHAEL the son of Charles McMichael was born August 31st, about eleven o’clock in the morning, 1746. Elizabeth McMichael the daughter of Charles McMichael was born November 9, 1748. Robert McMichael was born about half an hour after sunset June 28, 1751. Martha McMichael daughter of Charles McMichael was born June 7, 1753, about three o’clock, A. M., under the planets Jubiter and Mercury in conjunction. Rebecca McMichael, daughter of Charles McMichael was born the third day of December about two in ye morning, 1757. Jane McMichael daughter of Charles McMichael was born September ye ninth, 1759. ‘ N. B Upon examining the above named persons They all agree that they have good Reason to believe their Brothers are both deceased but Walter they are clear is. ’’ [The case in which this record was produced as evidence is, Lessee of George Douglass vs. William Sanderson, 1 Yeates Reports, p. 15]. ‘‘ ‘ _ * Byars? Notes, Queries and Corrections. 205 WEST JERSEY MILITIA. iThe following is a copy of a letter formerly wrapped around the will and inventory of Elizabeth Morgan of Water¬ ford township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, dated July 20, 1719, proved September 14, 1720, and on file in the Office of the Secretary of State, Trenton, New Jersey. “To Peter Bard Esq ’re att Burlington Care of Mr. Samuel Bustell. Yours I received from Gloster, which I communicated to Coll Rolf. He desired me to give his service to you & inform you that he was some time ago with Coll Spicer & appointed officers. If the List is not come to your Hands, I have sent you a copy viz: Jacob Spicer Coll. John Rolf Lieut Coll. Prances Gandoneth Major John Kort Adjutant. For Salem, Elsanborough & Alloways Creeks prec. George Tranchard Capt. Benj. Hayns Lieut. David Smith Ensign. Piles Grove & Maniton prec ’nt Mounce Keen Capt. Gabriel Peterson Lieut. Isaac Van Metre Ens. For Morris River Joseph Lord Capt. Wm. Rawson Lieut. Thos. Hoskins Ensign. For North Side of Cohansey Jeremiah Bacon Capt. Josiah Fithian Lieut. Thos. Wethman Ensign ( ?) For South Side of Cohansey Henry Buch Capt. John Ogden Lieut. Ephraim Seely Ensign. I have nothing more at pst. but please to accept of my Best Service And assure yourself I am Your most obedient Serv’t Fr. Gandoneth. Bear my Respects to Mr. Bustell & all Officers. ’’ The letter is undated, but relates, probably, to the new Regiment of Militia in West Jersey, authorized by Governor Burnet, in 1721, that West Jersey might have three regiments as well as the Eastern Division. See 'New Jersey Archives, vol. xiv, p. 165. L. A. M. — 206 — Notes, Queries and Corrections. — — SHORES CHAMBERS HARRISON SPRAGUE. SAMUEL SHORES was bap¬ tized at Christ Church, Philadelphia, January 15, 1710, aged twenty-one years. Samuel Shores, probably the same, married (Christ Church Records) Sarah Harrison, February 21, 1710. Joseph Chambers of Burlington, married (New Jersey Licenses) Sarah Shores of Burlington, November 17, 1732. Charles Harrison of Philadelphia, married (Christ Church Records) Esther Shores, April 14, 1762. “Charles Harrison, Esq., late: of Phila¬ delphia, but now of Boston, Massachusetts,” made his will April 28, 1766.* He left a large estate in Boston, Carolina, and elsewhere; making a bequest of 1000 £ sterling to the Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, and another of 100 £ to wife’s niece, Rebecca Chambers, f “Mr. Charles Harrison, gentleman,” was buried at Boston, July 28, 1769, aged seventy years (Trinity Church Records). Mrs. Esther Harrison married, secondly, Dr. John Sprague, Sen. of Dedham, Mass., who had also been previously married. She died at Dedham, October 5, 1811, aged eighty-three years (Dedham Episcopal Church Records). John Sprague, Jr., son of Dr. John Sprague, married circa 1773, Rebecca Chambers, the niece of his step-mother. Mrs. Rebecca Sprague, widow, died July 13, 1813, aged fifty-eight years. The children of John and Rebecca (Chambers) Sprague, order uncertain, were: Charles Harrison Sprague, born February 3, 1774. Esther Sprague, bom December 14, 1777. Elizabeth Delone Sprague, married Samuel Sweet, September 15, 1810. Lawrence Sprague, baptized March 8, 1795. Horatio Sprague, baptized December 24, 1798. Rebecca Sprague, married Abraham Eustis, captain U. S. A., June 24, 1809. Sarah Chambers Sprague, born October 11, 1789; married John Maguire, February 10, 1809. Who were the parents of the above Sarah (Shores) Chambers and Esther (Shores) Harrison? Any additional information on the Shores family is greatly desired. J. J., Boston, Mass. — LEWIS DILL. A letter of MRS. J. L. TEST of Reynoldsville, Penna., to MRS. JANE LEWIS BROWN of Ridgway, Elk County, Penna., under date of November 16, 1908, confirms the statements in the LEWIS-DILL query of the last number, and gives some additional information. It states that Lewis Lewis died in Lewistown, leaving considerable property in the neighborhood of Milton and Newbury, and, in Lycoming County. The letter further states that, Sarah, the only daughter of Lewis Lewis and Jane Dill, married Enoch Passmore, and that the said Enoch and Sarah (Lewis) Passmore were the grand-parents of the writer, who was then, 1908, aged seventy-three years. Mrs. Test added that EDWARD LEWIS, relationship not given, had lived as a tenant in her house. Notes, Queries and Corrections. 207 From Mrs. Mary E. Lewis Kaister of Bartlesville, Oklahoma, comes the information that THOMAS LEWIS, born in 1776, married CYNTHIA ELLIS and lived in Elk County, where his descendants were also located until recently. His son, Ellis Lewis, born in 1808, married Anna Mickles, and was the father of JANE LEWIS BROWN, who, in Nov., 1921, was living with her daughter, Mrs. Kaister, in Bartlesville. Information as to the family and parentage of LEWIS LEWIS, or, to that of his wife, JANE DILL, will be greatly appreciated. The latter had a sister, MRS. BRACKEN of Pittsburgh. MRS. ALLEN B. HITE, Cherokee Park, Louisville, Ky. — CRAWFORD PARKER. Isabel Parker, bom in York County, Penna., August 21, 1756; died near Emlenton, now in Venango. County, Penna., December 30, 1839. She married John Crawford. Who were her parents! I. P. C. DE LONG. A Correction. In ‘‘The Pennsylvania-German, ’’ volume IV, October, 1903, page 382, in an “addendum” to an article on “The De Long Family in America,” it is claimed “that the De Longs come from the French nobility according to de Maiguey’s ‘Science of Heraldry,' published in Paris in 1856.” This claim is credited to the Bev. Calvin M. De Long, East Greenville, Pa. Since the writer as well as he who is credited with this claim are descendants, though in different lines, of the same Pyeter Delangh (or as he himself was wont to write his name: pyeter delangh), ho came from the Hudson Valley to what is now Berks county in Pennsylvania, some time, it would seem, between 1730 and June 1738, this claim naturally had more than ordinary interest for him. Upon making inquiry where this work by de Maiguey had been con¬ sulted, the writer was referred first to the British Museum and then to some libraries in this country. Inquiries were addressed to the British Museum and also to the leading libraries in Chicago, Philadelphia, Wash¬ ington, New York, and Boston. The usual reply from these libraries was that they had no book under this title by this author and further that they had no knowledge of the existence of such a book. The F. C. Stechert Company however suggested that, possibly, the following book was intended : ' ‘Nouveau Traite Historique et Archeologique de la vraie et parfaite Science des Armoiries, par M. le Marquis de Magny, Paris, 1856.” A copy of this work was procured with some difficulty, for it is very scarce, and was examined with reference to this claim that the De Longs are descendants of the French nobility. The writer has however f ailed to find any mention of the name “De Long” in this rather large work. The only name in it that comes closest to this name, in its present form or spelling, is found in the following statement on page 41: “LONG, ANGLETEB.RE, comtb de Wilts,” which of course is not “de Long,” but “LONG, ENGLAND, county of Wilts.” There is evidence for be¬ lieving that this particular claim that the De Longs are descendants of the French nobility rests upon this statement in this work by de Magny, 208 Notes, Queries and Corrections. of which the author’s name is erroneously given as de Maigney, as else¬ where (see below) it is given, likewise erroneously, as de Maigney. In the first place, there is apparently no author by the name of de Maigney who wrote a book under the title “Science of Heraldry’’ that was published in Paris in 1856. In the second place, it is to be observed that the book by de Magny was published in PaTis, and that too in 1856, and that its title in abbreviated form and in English might be given as “Science of Heraldry,’’ and all the more readily so, since on the title page the words, “Science des Armoiries, ’’ of the rather long title are printed in bolder and larger type, and also since these words constitute the binder’s title. All this would seem to indicate that de Magny ’s Science des Armoiries is cited under an incorrect form of the author’s name and under an English title. The author’s real name de Magny be¬ came de Maiguey, and the abbreviated French title, Science des Armoiries, became Science of Heraldry. As to the particular statement in the work, the one quoted above, this seems to have been quite misunderstood. The only question is by whom it was misunderstood. Was it misunderstood by the above mentioned Calvin M. He Long (who now writes his name de Long, having adopted the latter form apparently about a decade and a half ago, though quite recently he told the writer by letter that he again writes his name De Long) or, by some one else who was then followed by the former? There is evidence for believing that the latter is the case. In 1901 there was published in Carlisle, Pa., a book by the Rev. A. Stapleton, entitled 1 Memorials of the Huguenots in America. ’’ On page 158 is printed a list of names under the title, “List of the French Nobility,’’ another on page 159, under the title, “The French Nobility, con. ’’ This list is claimed to contain names of ‘‘families of noble rank described in de Maigney 's (sic) Science of Heraldry.’’ In a foot note additional information is given concerning this author and his work. Thus it is said that the work was published in Paris, in 1856. Here however the book is cited not under an English but under a French title, as follows, “Science des Armoiries.” In this list of families that are alleged to be of the French nobility Stapleton places the name “de Long” or rather “Long, de, ” which is however not found in the original from which the compilation was confessedly made. When now it is observed : (a) that Stapleton’s work was published prior to the article in the Penn¬ sylvania-German, the one in 1901, the other in 1903; (b) that all the data in the claim “that the De Longs come from the French nobility according to de Maiguey ’s ‘Science of Heraldry,’ published in Paris in 1856” are found in Stapleton; and (c) further that the name of the author in the Pennsylvania-German is given ias de Maiguey while in Stapleton it is given as de Maigney, one can hardly escape the conclusion that the data in the Pennsylvania-German with reference to this particular point were derived from Stapleton and not from the original work by de Magny, whether in the British Museum or elsewhere. If this is so, and there can hardly be any doubt about its correctness, ‘ 209 Notes, Queries and Corrections. then the particular statement in de Magny ’s work was misunderstood by Stapleton and the one quoted in the Pennsylvania-German simply ‘‘patschte hintendrein. ’’ This particular claim “that the Do Dongs come from the French nobility according to de Maiguey’s ‘Science of Heraldry,’ published in Paris in 1856’’ is therefore ill-founded and has no genealogical or his¬ torical value.* Finally, as a caution to others, who may use the book by Stapleton, it should be added that there are other mistakes and misstatements in Stapleton ’s work in connection with the list on page 159, os also with that on page 158. There are also inaccuracies and misstatements in the body of the work. There are also frequent and doubtful claims with reference to the European origin of certain other American families, claims that are unsupported by reference to documents or by a statement of the evidence, which shows that so far as this is done the work is unscientific. Without citing further particulars at this time, it requires but to be stated that Stapleton seems to assume with reference to this work by de Magny that, because it is written in French that, therefore, all the families listed therein are French, which of course is not the ease. Indeed, he char¬ acterizes this work by de Magny as a “work on the French nobility.’’ A superficial examination of the work reveals at once that among the families listed are noble families of other European countries. DR. IRWIN HOCH DR LONG. 523 West James Street, Lancaster, Penna. — — HAMILTON HAMELTON. An abstract of the will of JAMES IIAMELTON of Conemaugh township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania, dated April 2, 1808; probated August 6', following, is given in PUBLICATIONS, vol. viii, p. 55. This should be James Hamilton. The daughter Elizabeth, therein described ‘‘insane, ’’ overcame this affliction and married JOHN WEAVER, sheriff of Dearborn County, Indiana, son of GEORGE and MARY WEAVER. John and Elizabeth (Hamilton) Weaver lived in Dawrenceburg, Indiana, had a large family and many descendants well and favorably known in that vicinity. Ann, youngest daughter of James Hamilton, married John Getty and, though not specifically so described in his will, was known tb have been a daughter. JULIA A. JEWETT. * On the Germanic origin of the family name De Dong, partially anglicised from Delangh in the case of the writer’s family, and the earliest known occurrence of It in 1366, in one of its variant forms, in the Qii1Ungen Vrkunden b u ch, see his article on Jacob Jansen Van Jttten, 1663, Otherwise! Known as Jacob Jansen De Lange, in “ The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record,’’ vol. Dill, January 192a, page 74. —