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RECENT BOOKS * - CHURCH MUSIC AND MUSICAL LIFE IN PENNSYLVANIA IN THE EIGHT EENTH CENTURY. In three volumes. Prepared by the Committee on His- . . torical Research Volume ii Philadelphia. The Pennsylvania Society of the Colonial Dames of America, 1927 8vo, pp xii, 291 ; cloth The present volume ( happily there is to he a third ) of Mrs. Parker Js gallant enterprise completes the study of the music which the various sects of German pietists brought to Pennsylvania and fostered here ; thus imparting to our colonial history a distinction as romantic as it is unique The volume opens with a sketch of the accomplished Pastorius ( Whit tier ’s 1{ Pennsylvania Pilgrim ’ ’) for the sake of his fugitive Germantown love song, here given as translated by a Governor of Pennsylvania and set to music by Arthur L Church An account of the immigration and hymnody of the Mennonites and Dunkards follows, which does full justice to the unparalleled development of mystic music in the Ephrata Cloister The Schwenkfelder Hymnody comes next, a copious stream at its very beginnings, and one still flowing through Pennsylvania meadows The study of the Moravian contribution to the music of the colony and state, which concludes the volume, covers more than a hundred pages and traces Moravian history and music from Hermbut to Nazareth and Beth lehem and Lititz ; this also a stream that still waters Pennsylvania This rich and convenient conspectus of a fascinating subject makes a striking contrast with the familiar type of local histories in the competence of its information, the appositeness of its illustration, and the care fulness of the guiding hand that secures proportion and moulds these studies into unity The new volume reflects added credit upon its compilers and its editor, and upon the gracious lady who stands as its spon sor , Louis F. Benson . . . . - . . . . . - - . - . — DE CARPENTIER ALLIED ANCESTRY OF MARIA DE CARPENTIER, wife of Jean Paul Jaquet, Vice-Director and Chief Magistrate on the South River of New Netherland, 1655 1657. By Edwin Jaquett Sellers, Philadelphia [ Press of Allen, Lane & Scott ], 1928 Cloth, 8°, with embossed coat of arms in gilt on cover, pp, 236, including index Edition limited to one hundred copies Obtainable from the author, 1301 Spruce Street, Phila delphia Price, $10 The work, a mine of information, is based on the almost unique account and family register of Jan de Carpentier , born at Sandwich, England, in 1577, and written by him in, or before, 1654. It includes the children of Governor Jaquet and his wife Maria de Carpentier, and indisputably links the South River family with its Holland homeland. Jan de Carpentier traces himself to his great - grandfather , and makes notes on all his mater nal lines, wbieh supplied clues to 188 lines of allied descent from English and Continental noble and royal families. - . . . . . - - - - • By members of or contributors to Che Society, or relating to Pennsylvania. ( 200 ) 1928 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.2 201 Recent Books. CHRONICLES OP THE BEMENT FAMILY. A history of the descendants of John Beamond, or Bement, of Salem, Massachusetts, 1637 ; with brief mention of the family of his brother, William Beamond, also of Salem, and of Saybrook, Connecticut By Josiah Granville Leach, for Clarence Sweet Bement, both of Philadelphia. Compiled between the years 1902 and 1923, and assembled in one typewritten quarto volume of 402 pages, with copious footnotes and numerous photostat illustrations. Nearly two thousand descendants have been traced The work, begun and carried forward at the instance of Mr Bement, the widely-known bibliophile and numismatist of Philadelphia, was in tended for publication and family distribution The compilation was about ready for press when death overtook both the generous patron and the indefatigable compiler Under the pious urge to see this genealogical adventure reach some definite harbor, six typed copies of the work have been made and bound by two representatives of patron and compiler One volume has been placed in the Library of Congress, at Washington, and another in The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, of which the compiler was the one-time president and the patron a member Other copies may, at some future time, be prepared and placed with other . . . . . . P . . libraries It is hoped that by this means the valuable genealogical, almost human, document may be insured against destruction and its contents made avail able for those who desire to know what manner of men and women their Bement forebears were, who followed ever ‘ ( Westward the course of Em pire ’’ until their habitat was bounded by the two oceans, the Great Lakes on the north, and the Gulf on the south Of sturdy New England stock, pioneer life had no terrors for the de scendants of John Bement With unusual mechanical genius, they forged their own tools in their own plants and mills, or became construction engineers in railway enterprises that eliminated space Many rose to con siderable prominence in the cities of the West as well as those of the East In Brattleboro, Lowell, Hartford, Grand Eapids, Toledo, Lansing, Des Moines, Mishawaka and Philadelphia the name became identified with mills and iron furnaces, and with the church, educational and general social forces making for community betterment Patron and compiler well merit the profound appreciation of the Bement family for the research involved. That it failed of print, is un - S - . - . -. G . . - . fortunate, but not irremediable THE HISTORY OF THE ALLENTOWN CONFERENCE OF THE MINISTERILTM; OF PENNSYLVANIA , by Preston A Laury Kutztown Publishing Company, Inc , Kutztown, Penna , 1926 Quarto, cloth, pp 387 Dedicated to the Memory of Prof William Wackernagel, D D , LL.D., 1836-1926, Muhlen berg ’s Grand Old Man The history is placed before the conference members and general public with the view of presenting in convenient and permanent form many his torical facts relating to the churches of Northampton, Lehigh and adjoin ing counties Obstacles innumerable and disappointments not a few, from time to time, confronted the editor and his staff. The neglect to record ministerial acts, particularly in the Colonial churches, was a source of . . . . . . . .. . - . 1928 . Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.2 Recent Books. 202 keen regret, and the imaginary history prepared by those unprepared as to historical facts a serious stumbling-block In spite of all this perhaps beeause of it right gallantly has the task been performed Attention is especially called to the Chronological Table of Parishes and Con gregations, pages 10 to 12 inclusive, and to the Chronological Sketches of Churehes and Congregations, pages 75 to 366 — . . — - . PARR, HADDOCK AND ALLIED FAMILIES. Prepared and Privately Printed for Helena L. Farr By the American Historical Society, Inc., New York, 1927, In Devoted Memory of William Wilberforce Farr, D.D. and of David Haddock and Catharine Lucy Haddock, Parents of Blessed Memory, this volume is Dedicated by Helena Louise Haddock Farr Quarto, half morocco, pp 70, por illus. The ancestral lines of Farr, Haddock, Shinn, Haseltine and White are skilfully treated and illustrated ; the whole making an appropriate memorial, more enduring than marble or granite and more outstanding. . . . . .. GENEALOGY OF TI?E HOLLOWAY FAMILIES. By Olin E Holloway, M D , Knightstown, Indiana, 1927 Octavo, cloth, pp 462, including blank pages 439-458 for additional family records ; lacks index. Dedicated to the Holloway Family in America The volume deals principally with the descendants of John Holloway of Chesterfield, Burlington County, New Jersey, who died there in 1717, and who, it is suggested, may he identical with John, son of Thomas and Gartery Holloway of Froom, Somersetshire, and born 3 August, 1686 The data for chapter iii was furnished by Alfred C Justice of Philadel phia , Chapters xxiv and xxv treat of the Philadelphia families of the name: Thomas Holloway, circa 1750-1815, and Joseph Holloway, circa 1729-1791 Chapter xli contains many New Jersey and Pennsylvania items which may serve as clues for connections, . - . S . P . . . G DAVID SELLERS , MARY PEN NOCK SEINERS. By their Daughter, Sarah Pennock Sellers. Written in 1916’. Published in 1928 with a few additions. Octavo, cloth, pp. 155, map, 2 por., 21 illus, This is a most readable narrative of the seed time and harvest of a prosperous Philadelphia family. The stirring times of the John Brown raid on Harper 's Ferry ; the burning of Pennsylvania Hall ; the visit of Lincoln to Philadelphia in 1861, when “ every one was afraid to touch the question of slavery, " yet listened breathlessly to “ his immortal words: *1 have said nothing but what I am willing to live by, and, if it be the pleasure of Almighty God, to die by ; " the battles of Bull Bun and Balls Bluff ; the Sanitary Fair ; the presidential campaign of 1864, with Lincoln against George McClellan ; the election, 1 when Pennsylvania was indeed the Keystone State , all this and much more is told with deft detail and gracious charm. - ‘ . WELLES AND ALLIED FAMILIES , Genealogical and Biographical, Pre pared and Privately Printed for Catharine J, Welles and Frances S Welles by the American Historical Society, Inc , New York, 1927 Folio, bound in crushed levant, watered silk end - papers, illustrated with numer ous steel engravings and 150 reproductions of coats-of -arms in full color ; Pp 232 . . - . . 1928 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.2 Recent Books. 203 While primarily the ancestry of Henry Titus Welles and Jerusha Lord, the sumptuously executed volume deals with the Welles, Saltonstall, Lord, Hyde, Pitkin, Haynes, Edwards, Chapman, Huntington and many other well known New England families, some of which are carried to English nobility and royalty In connection with Governor Thomas Wells of Connecticut, the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record calls to the reader 's attention that the original articles, of which this volume is another edition, appeared before Mr, Lemuel H. Welles indubitably proved in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register that the wife of the Governor was Alice Tomes, not Elizabeth Hunt, as usually recorded - . . EARLY NARRATIVES OF BERKS COUNTY. By J. Bennett Nolan, Esq., of the Berks County Bar. Published under the auspices of the Historical Society of Berks County, Reading, 1927. Octavo, cloth, pp. 188 4 1. 8 por. The writer 's purpose was, as outlined in bis Foreword, “ to clothe the dry bones of history with a semblance of living flesh.** With this intent he has made a collection of clear-cut, masterly silhouettes which will repay the closest scrutiny. Reading, “ Fair City, ” lives again in its past. A list of the journals, etc., covered by the author, is worthy of mention for the use of others : Mittleberger 7s Journal, Hiltzheimer 7s Diary, Elizabeth Drinker 's Diary, Margaret Dwight ’s Diary, Graydon 7s Memoirs, Wilkinson 's Memoirs of My Own Times, Letters of Enos Reeves of the Pennsyl vania Line, John Penn ’s Journal, Duke de la Rochefoucault 7s Travels through the United States of America, Cazenove 's Journal, Mrs. Royall 7s Pennsylvania, or Travels Continued in the United States. SAVAGE, TISDALE AND ALLIED FAMILIES. Prepared and Privately Printed for Mary ( Tisdale) Savage by the American Historical Society, Inc., New York, 1926. Quarto, full morocco, with portraits and other illustrations of family interest, together with coats-of -arms in color ; pp. P - S - . G 103 A sketch of James Savage ( 1813 1896) of Belfast, Ireland, and Cleve land, Ohio, is the opening chapter of this handsome piece of the book maker 's art. The Tisdale family is traced from John Tisdale who was in Plymouth Colony in 1636. Other families sketched are: Barnum, Burt, Graham, Drummond, Ruthven, Carnegie and Morris - - - . EARLY REMINISCENCES. By Samuel L. Parish. New York, 1927. Oc tavo, morocco, pp. 92, por. 16, other illustrations 22, including one of a settee which originally belonged to William Penn and came from his house in Philadelphia. These Reminiscences, written over thirty years ago and reduced to “ their present printed form for private circulation among members of the family, ’ 7 have the atmosphere of Philadelphia of other days days when gardens and greenhouses could be found in the rear of private dwellings, not only on Arch Street, with the stable for the family coach and horses opposite on Cherry Street, but on other streets as well. These now are but a memory to those who remain ; a memory it were well to keep alive by reproductions such as adorn these pages. Man is the sum of his “ ancestors, ” wrote Emerson. It follows, therefore, that he who best pre serves a record of the lives and features of sueh ancestors blesses not only the past, but serves as an example for the future. - — - 1928 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania PGM Vol X No.2 204 Recent Books . - WHITNEY, WYNE AND ALLIED FAMILIES, GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPH ICAL. Prepared for Mrs. Mary C Whitney by the American Historical Society, Incorporated, New York, 1928. Quarto, full morocco, watered silk end- papers, 147 pp., 3 ills., including 2 por. ; in addition to eight coats- of -arms blazoned in colors Mrs. Whitney ’s dedication of this handsome volume is ‘ ( To a husband [ George Franklin Whitney, M D ] whose skill as a physician and whose knowledge of medical science created enduring service to mankind. To a father [ George M Wyne] whose honorable and useful career is a source of pride, and To an ancestry of exceptional luster and distinction 1’ Brief accounts are given of the Clement, Clements, Knowlt-on and Hastings families . . .. . . . THE HENRY ADAMS GENEALOGY . HENRY ADAMS OF SOMERSETSHIRE, ENGLAND, AND BRAINTREE, MASS. HIS ENGLISH ANCESTRY AND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS, compiled by J. Gardner Bartlett for Edward Dean Adams, New York, 1927. Octavo, cloth, 15 -1- 170 pp., coat -of -anns . . . facsim , genealogical tab , map, 6 por Profusely illustrated, the book in its format is as chaste as a granite monolith and is at once a living monument to a family of unusual dis tinction in all that is best in American life, and to the learning, genealog ical acumen and honesty of the compiler, whose untimely death robs the profession of an outstanding leader Aside from the information the book may impart, it is a delight for the eye and touch P . - - . GENERAL SOCIETY OF COLONIAL WARS. Report of the Historian General, 1921 1927 Octavo, cloth in Society ’s colors, 143 4 2 pp , por 3, ills. 8 Primarily an outline of the General Society, organized in 1893, the well-arranged data is a storehouse of detail as to the formation and con tinuance of the twenty -six State Societies of which i 'ennsylvania was the first under the provisions of the constitution of the parent New York Society, The State Society reports are eminently readable, the illustra tions historically interesting and the lists of officers valuable. G S - . 1928 Copyright The Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania - . . . - - PGM Vol X No.2