Proceedings of the Nantucket Historical Association: Twelfth Annual Meeting

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MYRON SAMUEL DUDLEY Born at Peru, Vermont, February 20, 1837.

Graduate of Williams Collea-e, Class of 1863.

Secretary or his class up to time of his decease.

On 11raduation he enlisted in the Union Army, servina- until the close of the Civil War and attainina- the rank of Captain.

Graduated from the Union Theoloa-ical Seminary in New York City.

Was a pastor of Cona-rea-ational Churches from 1870 until his death.

His Iona-est pastorates were at Cromwell, Conn. (11 vrs.) and at Nantucket.

Was prominent in the orrianization of the Nantucket Improvement Society and the Nantucket Historical Association and much interested in historical matters.

Died at Newina-ton, N. H., November 17, 1905.

P-ROCEEDINGS OF THE

NANTUCKET HISTORICAL c..ASSOCIATION

Twelfth Annual Meeting JULY 18, 1906

WALTHAM PUBLISHING CO., PRINTERS WALTHAM, MASS., 1906.

ANNUAL MEETING E Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Association was held in the old Friends' Meeting-house on Wednesday morning, July 18. The meeting was a well-attended one, nearly every seat in the body of the house being occupied, and was called to order by the President at ten o'clock.

The Secretary read the record of the last Annual Meeting, which was approved. Then followed the reports of the Sec­ retary, Curator and Treasurer, all telling of excellent present conditions and flattering prospects. The Curator being more directly in contact with the visible, tangible life and work of the Association, her report was particularly interesting and instructive. The last of the formal documents to be read was the President's address, which touched briefly several matters of interest in the work, such as meetings of the Bay State Historical League, publishing the vital records of Nantucket, etc. The reports and address were ordered printed in the Proceedings.

The report of the Nominating Committee being called for Rev. Edward Day, Chairman of the Committee, presented the following list as its report and recommendation for the Board of Officers for the ensuing year :

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ALEXANDER STARBUCK. VICE-PRESIDENTS,

HENRY S. WYER, DR. BE JAMIN SHARP, MRS. SARAH C. RAYMOND. MRS. GEORGE G.FISH, MOSES JOY, HENRY B. WORTH. SECRETARY,

MRS. ELIZABETH C. BENNETT. TREASURER,

HENRY S. WYER. CURATOR AND LIBRARIAN,

MISS SUSAN E. BROCK. COUNCILLORS FOR FOUR YEARS,

MISS HELEN B. W. WORTH, ALFRED E. SMITH. AUDITORS,

IRVING ELTING, EDWARD A FAY, ELIZABETH S. RIDDELL. The report was accepted, Mr. Moses Joy and Allen Coffin, Esq. were appointed tellers and the Association pro­ ceeded to b:i.llot. The tellers subsequently reported 64 ballots cast and the nominees of the committee elected by a practi­ cally unanimous vote.

The question of the appointment of a Nominating Com­ mittee for the ensuing year aroused considerable discussion, Messrs Gardner and Day expressing a feeling that when the Coun il sent them a list of nominations for the several offices that their work was somewhat hampered, when they believed it should be absolutely free from any outside influence. Mr.

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Wyer of the Council said the list sent was purely suggestive, not intended to interfere in the remotest degree with an un­ biassed report from the Committee, and was sent in response to a presumed desire for information as to who were eligible and willing to do the work effectively as almost invariably ex­ pressed by previous committees. Rev. Mr. Day said that the list presented had the hearty approval of the Committee.

The following named members, nominated from the floor, were elected a Nominating Committee for the ensuing year: Allen Coffin, Esq., Mrs. Stokeley Morgan, Miss Anna G­ Swain, Miss Helen A. Gardner, Rev. Edward Day. New business being in order, Mr. Moses Joy, at the close of some very interesting remarks concerning the cherry stone containing the one hundred and forty-four silver spoons, brought from Europe many years ago by Capt. Paul West and now in the possession of Miss Phebe West Bunker, pre. sented the Association with what he called a "counterfeit", which he had succeeded in producing, and which contained over three hundred tiny silver spoons. Mr. Joy said the "counterfeit" did not in any way detract from the historical value of the original. The unique gift was accepted and a vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. Joy. Miss Bunker stated that the spoons in Mr. Joy's gift were smaller than those in the original cherry stone.

Henry B. Worth Esq. read a very interesting paper on "The Colonial Meeting-House." Rev. Edward Day made some very interesting remarks referring to points in Mr. \Vorth's paper, and relating to two statements made in his article read a year ago on the "Anti-Slavery Movement in Nantucket," which he had found to be erroneous. The Presi­ dent then presented Rev. Alden B. Whipple, a former princi­ pal of the Nantucket High School, who gave some pleasant reminiscences, and commented on the difficulty he experien­ ced in getting any data relative to the old-time graduates of the High School, and closed by suggesting this as an excel­ lent line of research.

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It was voted to defer the reminiscences until the after­ noon meeting. A vote of thanks to Henry B. Worth Esq. was passed for his indefatigable work in preparing and pub­ lishing the various bulletins pertaining to the early history of Nantucket.

The morning's exercises were concluded with the reading

by Miss Helen Marshall of an interesting and valuable paper prepared by Mr. Herbert Folger of San Francisco, Cal., on "The Mayflower Descendants in Nantucket Families." The meeting then adjourned to the afternoon meeting at four o'clock.

AFTERNOON MEETING An innovation was made in the usual custom of the Association to hold a public meeting in some church, with a formal address by some distinguished person, and this year the experiment was tried of having a reception in the rooms of the Association in the afternoon, with refreshments served, and supplemented with reminiscences from anyone who felt the spirit move. The reception was charming in its social features, refreshments being gracefully served by fair young women. The entire affair was in charge of the Committee on Annual Meeting. After about an hour spent in social enjoy. ment those present were seated in the old Meeting-house, and another hour was passed in the interchange of stories having a Nantucket applicatio n. It was an hour of fun and of more sober anecdote, and showed that there exists among Nantucketers an almost inexhaustible fund of local anecdote which only needs some such occasion to develop. The uni­ versal opinion seemed to be one of approval of the change made by the Committee.

SECRETARY'S REPORT MR. PRESJDENT AND

MEMBERS OF THE NA TUCKET

HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION:-

We have been taught to believe that the world's great minds have matured in silence, that in like silence noble en­ terprises have been matured. Then truly our Association has grown during the past year, for all has been in quiet. Our chronicle now must be a simple one. From the first, however, we have trusted in a golden future. Si) as to numbers we have: Annual 245 Life 53 Life Councillors 4 Total

302

We have lost by death this year, Rev. Myron S. Dudley, Mr. C. C. Crosby, Mr. John P. Treadwell, Mrs. Judith Folger Mitchell, Dr. Benjamin F. Pitman, Mr. Charks W. House.

The Council during the past year has helu its regular meetings.

Our first meeting was calk<l according to custom immediately after the Annual Meeting on July 19, 1905 and Committees were chosen for the ensuing year.

Other Council meetings for routine business were held Sept. 7th, 1905, Jan. 2d, 19o6 June 2d, 1906. But it is for us as an Association to work with vigor. Of course, scattered as are our members, they must leave the burden of the work to the Council. It is for every member to bear in mind that the Annual meeting should be a time for free discussion, that throughout the year, as occasion may arise, it is his privilege to communicate to the Council any idea which undertaken promptly might enlarge our opportunity for service. It is that thought of service which your Secretary would emphasize in looking back over the year. All of us, antucket born and strangers,are one in our love for Nantucket and all of us, perhaps those who live here more keenly than

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others, must be aware of the needs which voice themselves on every side in Nantucket It is our privilege to be here a force for education. Naturally we realize that our influence in that way must be indirect and mediate. But what means are at our disposal! View that past, so rich to all of us in memory of unflagging industry, honest perseverance, sterling integrity of personal character. It is not an idle boast when we say tbat we have something more than a pretty collection of curios to amuse the visitor for a rainy hour. This room in which we sit speaks of lofty things. There are faces in the adjoining rooms, faces on canvass, in which any one of us with the blood of Nantucket in his veins or the love of Nantucket in his heart may take pride. An Historical Association may reasonably play a part in making that past of meaning to the present.

The Science of History has in the past fifty years taken a position of prime importance in our schools and universities. ew text books, to be discarded after a few years of servi<:e, are testing sources in the manner which made Germany an innovator not many years ago. The libraries of our country are doing their best to preserve whatever sources they may have at their disposal for writers of histories. You cannot have forgotten the many pleadings for a fire-proof building which your officers have poured into your ears. The sound of our rejoicings is still heard. We would ask again those of our number who have papers of historical interest to entrust them to our care. It is but fair that they should be made accessible to students. We can promise that they shall be safe.

In this connection our Librarian and Curator will pardon me if I call attention-entering her premises-to the valuable piece of historical work carried on by our honored Vice-Presi­ dent Mr._ Henry B. Worth on "Nantucket Lands and Land­ Owners." Mr. Worth has spared himself no pains; he has with diligence verified all accounts on wl:ich he has drawn A subject like that to which he has turned his attention ha�

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wide bearings. It touches English law and customs in their transplanting on our soiL I have spoken of the collection. of manuscripts as an im­ portant part of our work, which brings us to another aspect of our duties-the care of our general collection. I would call your attention to the arrangement of the collection, to that subor­ dination which our Curator has made apparent; we are here concerned with values, with order and proportion. One has but to look around him in the fire-proof building to have e,·i­ dence of what I mean, of that impression of comeliness and decorum. We appreciate that this is a delicate matter, this arranging the collection so that prominence shall be given where it belongs. Only one who speaks having seen the work of the winter months can tell of what thought and foresight and application are required of our Curator.

Every summer we have a taste of what the Association is in a social way. I mean of how it keeps green many old memories which might otherwise perhaps fall away from us.

For Janus-like we look friendly toward past as well as future.

We talk much about ebb-tide in ew England, of rural ew England, of modern Nantucket in her commercial and social decadence. And we talk with truth, but the future is before us. What shall we make it? I beg you to recall from that past many voices, among them those little ways of speaking peculiarly our own. ¥. e have said over and over again, every one of us: "This is a Nantucket phrase, I must remember it."

Place it where our grand-children shall remember it. \,\'rite it down. The flavor is not of this generation. Cannot every one of us with very little trouble keep a memorandum of such sayings to be filed and indexed later in the Rooms? Then that past may some day in its own tongue speak great things to new men.

You will all have noted how bare is my record of facts.

When I speak of the future and plan for the future, I speak what is the undercurrent of our routine business. We have

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lived as an Association through years of struggle with finan­ cial problems, when we had to ask for much and talk of much.

But now that our position is assured, we must do more. We cannot stand where we are. The question before us is: "What can we do? How can we best serve?"

Respectfully submitted, ELIZABETH C. BENNETT, Secretary.

CURATOR'S REPORT MR. PRESIDENT, AND MEMBERS OF THE HISTORICAL AssOCIATION;-

It is with much pleasure and some pride that I come before you for the twelfth time to report a year's work ancl progress in the department which you have committed to my care, during all these years.

We commenced our season last summer with an enlarged collection an<l new building, and high hopes for greater suc­ cess than we had ever had before. Happily, our expectations were not disappointed, and at the close of the season, we found that we had about doubled our average receipts, and the ap­ preciation of our collection by the thousands who visited it and the commendation of its arrangement and appearance were more gratifying than the pecuniary success.

We have received during the year a few very valuable loans, and about one hundred donations, a few of which may perhaps be mentioned.

The first sewing machine ever brought to the Island, was in our collection last summer, but the interesting data con­ cerning it, came to us subsequently.

In 1855, sewing machines were a doubtful quantity, as one had never been seen here, and no one woman dared to invest one hundred and twenty dollars in anything so problematic, so a few ven­ turesome spirits banded together and paying ten dollars a share, sent for a Wheeler and Wilson machine, arranging that each one should have it a week at a time and pass it along, all having the use of it in this way. It looks clumsily built to our eyes, and is now only an antiquated curiosity, battered and rusty, but we can imagine the stir that must have been made in the quiet community, when the wonderful invention arrived, and how interested the owners must have

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been in mastering the new art. The arrangement seems to have worked satisfactorily for awhile, but one woman appre­ ciating its usefulness more than the rest, desired to own 1t, and gradually bought out all the others, and from her family it comes to us. The names of the shareholders were as fol­ lows:- Mrs. Elizabeth G. Macy, Mrs. Isaac Macy, Mrs. William H. Crosby, Mrs. Henry Coffin, Mrs. George Starbuck, Mrs. Lydia Morton, Mrs. Mary Baxter. Several of these owned two shares.

Next in historical interest are two Yaluable and authentic relics of the Nantucket Indians. One, a mortar, was made before the whites landed here, from wood of a tree cut down at Miacomet. After the great war between the Eastern and Western tribes, some of the Indians moved to the Vineyard, taking this mortar with them. There an Indian gave it to the ancestor of the donor, with the story of its origin. The family moved to Nantucket and the mortar has been handed down in this one family ever since. Its ancient appearance fully bears out the truth of this legend.

The second Indian relic is the huge rock which formed the doorstone of the wigwam of Tashama, the last Indian Chief of Nantucket.

There were four ship's log-books added this year and a number of most valuable letters and manuscripts.

At toe Annual Council Meeting held in July last, a gen• erous sum was voted for investing in historical relics that might be offered for sale, and in this way we have acquired some fine specimens of "scrim-shont" work, one painting of a Nantucket ship, and a child's chair handed down in one family since 1771, and we have rescued several painted portraits of old Nantucket sea captains from the ignominious fate of being "sold at auction on the Square."

This partial record of the year's additions to the collec. tion may be concluded with the mention of new portraits of three of our honored co-workers who have passed on. Life

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Councillor Rev. Myron Samuel Dudley, Vice President Wilson Macy and our faithful Treasurer, Charles Carroll Crosby.

Our Committee of New Work started the Scrap Book, suggested at the last A nnual Meeting. There have been a few responses from the circulars sent out, but unless the papers come in more rapidly, it will be a long time before we have enough to make a good sized bound volume.

After the season of exhibition was over, we took up the work which seemed to us next in importance. Large quanti­ ties of old Nantucket papers had been presented to us from time to time, ever since our Association was established.

Most of these were not sorted and the accumulations were of no use to us or anyone unless they could be filed and bound so as to be easily accessible. This was a task of great magnitude, but by patient and persistent labor, we have succeeded in send­ ing away to be bound forty complete years of these old Nantucket papers. We have carefully filed and catalogued many more, some of which lack but a few numbers to make complete volumes, and right here I want to appeal to all our members, to use their utmost efforts to procure the missing numbers. It surely is not necessary for me to explain the im­ portance of this work, for all who consider the matter must see how valuable historically,a complete file of every newspaper ever published in Nantucket would be, not only to the future historian, but to all who are interested to refer to the past of our Island and people. I will add that a list of missing years and numbers may be found in the Rooms. The completed volumes, preserved in durable buckram bindings, have just arrived, and may be seen in place on their shelves in our news­ paper room.

Our Publication Committee have to report a most valua­ ble addition to our publications. This consists of the fifth part of Mr. Henry B. Worth's great work on "Nantucket Land and L;.nd Owners", and is entitled "Ancient Buildings of Nantucket". This new volume contains sixty-six pages of printed matter, and is illustrated with fine prints ef many old

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houses which are now gone, but will be remembered by many prt:sent as landmarks of earlier days. This has just been received from the printers, and may be seen to-day in the vestibule of the new building.

We have made oiie radical change in the management of our exhibition this year. As most of you arc aware, from the first opening of our rooms, they have been attended by a few devoted women, who volunteered their services when we first started, and each gave one day in every week. This arrange­ ment, originally planned to save expense, proved to be one of our greatest attractions and was so successful that it was fol­ lowed for ten years. Upon the erection of the fire proof build­ ing, two attendants were needed, so last year we provided one salaried one and still depended upon the volunteers for the other. But after ckven summers of service, many of 0ur faith­ ful helpers found it difficult to continue, and we decided that our financial basis was now so firmly established that we ought in justice to release them, so this season we have discontinued all volunteer service. I want to give my tribute of praise to these faithful women who have stood by us so nobly. Perhaps our members do not all realize what their work bas meant to us but in my position as Curator, the value of their services has been impressed upon me, and I assure you, a large measure of our success and prestige is owing to their untiring and un­ selfi:,h efforts. I hope their names will be preserved and hon­ ored as long as our Association shall endure.

Thus we have reached our twelfth anniversary, struck o;D�r, as it were. There has been much accomplished, but much yet remains to be done. A short time 'ago, one of our American divines, now in Europe, was described in these words:- "Other men are known to strike twelve now and then, _but (te does it every time". I hope we shall aspire to have 1t said of us as years go by, that, like our Cambridge preacher, we also "do it every time".

Respectfully submitted, SUSAN E. BROCK, Curator.

CHARLES CARROLL CROSBY Born in Nantucket,July 17, 1836.

Learned trade of machinist in Manchester, N. H. Removed to New York City and eniiaiied in mercantile life as a bookkeeper.

Returned to Nantucket and en"aa-cd as Purser on Steamer Island Horne.

Resiiined about 1879 and eniiaiied in the coal and wood business.

Died in Nantucket, December 16, 1905.

Was a Charter Member of the Nantucket Historical Association and its Treasurer from July 23, 1896 until his death.

Was Trustee of the Coffin School Corporation and was for three years one of the Selectmen of the Town.

Was Aiient of the American Board of Marine Underwriters.

Was a Member of Union Lodiie A. F. a!I. A. M., and a Member and for 20 years Treasurer of Isle of the Sea Royal Arch Chapter.

TREASURER'S REPORT MARY E. CROSBY, TRE ASURER PRO

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NANTUCKET HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIO N, JUNE

15, 1906.

CREDITS.

Balance on hand Membership dues for 1 906 Back dues Advance dues Gate money Old Mill Commissions Sale of cake Error in Industrial bill Use of step-ladder to Roofing Co. Susan W. Folger Estate

'I, 12.01

99.00 8.oo 4.00 345 .31 80.00 2.50 J.00 .20 1.00 551.00

DEBITS.

Inquirer and Mirror Waltham Publishing Co. Water Tax Insurance Plumbers Pictures and Framing Articles purchased for Collection Annual Meeting Bills Carpenters, Painters, &c.

Plastic Roof Co. Secretary's Supplies Salary, Secretary " Treasurer " Curator

$ 23.75 108.30 16.00 19.70 29.74 18.55 112.00 33.50 186.85 102.00 10.00 50.00 75.00 100.00

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Salary, Attendant " Janitor, and extra work Balance to new account

50.00 103.50 65.13 $1104 02

Approved, ARTHUR H. GARDNER, A. B. LAMBERTON, IRVING ELTING, Auditors.

SUMMARY ASSETS.

Fire-Proof Building value (cost about $8500) Old Mill insured for Meeting House, Fair St., insured for Collections insured for Middleboro Savings Bank New Bedford Five Cents Savings Bank �ristol County Savings Bank, Taunton People's Savings Bank, Worcester Nantucket Institution for Savings New Bedford Institution for Savings Less Bills Payable, two notes of

$500,

$7000.00

1000.00 800.00 l000.00 1000.00 1000.00 1000.00 1000.00 1000.00 1000.00

$15,800.00 1000.00 $14,800.00

Notes above will be paid immediately upon election of new Treasurer, leaving Nantucket Historical Association free from debt, with $5000.00 invested in Savings Banks as above.

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FELLOW MEMBERS OF THE NANTUCKET HISTORICAL AssoCIATION:-

Ag-ain we are met to review the past and to plan for the future: to take account of work accomplished and to see in what direction research can be improved or extended, and in what hitherto undeveloped fields new discoveries can be made.

The reports of the Secretary and Curator give very inter­ esting data regarding the progress made in our work since we met a year ago, and look hopefully toward the year to come.

The report of our Treasurer pro tempore tells of the flattering condition of our finances. It is with a most sincere sorrow that I say Treasurer pro tempore, a sorrow which I know is shared by you all. Faithful, devoted to his duty, a business man of unswerving' integrity, genial to everyone, interested in all that pertained to our Association, Mr. Crosby was admirably adapted tu the position he held for so many years.

To me he was a personal friend, and�the hearty hand clasp and cheery welcome of Charlie Carroll Crosby are greetings I shall miss in my home comings. It is one more link severed on this side of the eternal shore to be re-welded in the beyond.

I believe and you believe that he, "Sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust," approached the grave 11 Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams."

Since our last meeting the Administrator has completed his stewardship of the estate of the late Miss Susan Wilson Folger, and we have received a final payment of $551, making a total of $rn,551 which the Association has received under her will. The amount of good her generous bequests have

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done to the institutions of her native town so liberally remem­ bered is incalculable, and may well serve as an example worthy the emulation of others.

The Winter meeting of the Bay State Historical League, of which this Association is a member and to which I was appointed your delegate, was held in the hall of the Boston University, in Boston, on Saturday afternoon, February 17.

Mr. William Oscar Scroggs, Fellow of Harvard University, read an interesting paper on "How can Teachers of History aid the work of Historical Societies." He gave a resume of the consideration the subject received at a then recent meeting of the American Historical Association held in Baltimore.

Following the reading- of the address many questions were asked by the delegates.

The Annual Field Day of the League was held this year in Ipswich. There were present delegates from the histori­ cal societies of Lynn, Swampscott, Danvers, Peabody, Ipswich, Arlington, Lexington, Medford, Malden, omerville, Water­ town ancl Nantucket. The annual address of the President in recapitulating tht work of the League already accomplished said "The returns already received from members and from other societies should be brought up to date. We have answers to our circulars from many of the local societies.

These need to be fol owed up and other societies urged to furnish the details of their organizations and the work accom­ plished. When once we have this information from a society, it will be comparativeiy a small matter to obtain periodically additional facts.

A regular semi-annual request will be sent out for these facts or for the information, so that we may be kept thoroughly acquainted with the work of every member of the League. We require in these requests a detailed statement of what is be done-what documents or donations have been received-what papers read before each society since previous report, with correct titles and by whom furnished. We propose to send out to every society, semi-

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annually, a bulletin of these facts, and this information, that all may know what each of the others is doing-how they are prospering, or otherwise."

To accomplish this needed and valuable work President Ayer said would involve some expense, but he hoped each local society would be willing to contribute something to help meet it. I commend this matter to the Council for its con­ sideration.

The election of officers resulted in the choice of W. C. Eddy, of Medford, for President, Mr. Ayer feeling unable to serve longer. Mr. Ayer consented, however, to serve as Sec­ retary, an office which it was difficult to fill because of the large amount of work involved.

At the public meeting subsequently in the South Congre­ gational Church Rev. T. Franklin Waters, President of the Ipswich Historical Society, delivered an interesting address on "The essential Elements of fruitful Historical Research".

It was intended to make a tour of inspection of the his­ toric places in the town, but a thunder shower prevented, but directly in front of the meeting-house where our convention was held is the "Meeting House Green", where stood the jail in which Giles Corey, his wife Martha and others suspected of witchcraft were confined, and where were erected the watch_ house, the whipping post and the stocks.

Since we met a year ago six members of the Association have joined "the innumerable caravan". Four of them were charter members. Besides our honored and beloved Treasurer we mourn also the passing away of Rev.Myron Samuel Dudley , our first President and one to whom the Association was much indebted for its early activity and success; Mr. John Pearse Treadwell, a summer visitor, who at the outset identified him­ self with the work and plans of the Association and became a Life-Member; Mrs. Judith Morris Folger-Mitchell, a name of sweet remembrance to those of fifty years ago who were her

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pupils in the little one-story school house on Winter street, and who, after a long and useful life, has gone to a blessed re­ war�; Dr. Benjamin Franklin Pitman, whose record in the service of his country in the War of the Rebellion brought honor alike to him and to theTown of antucket; Mr. Charles W. House, Nantucket born, for many years a prosperous mer­ _ chant m New York, an interested member in the work of the Association and a liberal contributor to our building fund "So when of two one leaves the House of Time, The other, waiting, cannot help but grieve For the lost friend, to whom in sorrows clime Each memory in its loneliness must cleave, While the sad soul tries through its requiem rhyme A few tear glistening strains of hope to weave".

At the Annual Meeting of the Council last July a new "Committee on New Work" was appointed. This Committ has already made some progress in its work and set in motion plans for the future. There is one direction (not entirely a new one) in which the Association can accomplish a very de­ sirable result and one which will be of lasting benefit to the State, our Town and our Society. I refer to aiding in every possible way the publishing of the Vital Records of the Town.

These records so far as they relate to the towns of Edgartown, Chilmark, Montgomery, Pelham, Walpole, Peru, Alford, Hins­ dale, Medfield, Lee, Becket, Sudbury, Tyringham, Bedford, New Braintree, Washington, Great Barrington, Gill, Arlington, Bellingham, Palmer and Medway and the cities of ewton and Waltham have already been published, and not only form in­ valuable additions to local histories, but they place much matter beyond the risk of loss by fire, and which, if it had been de­ stroyed, it would have been impossible to replace. Twenty-six more are in course of preparation. These rerords are published by the cooperation of the State, the Tow� and the ew England _ Historic-Genealogical Society. If I might make a suggestion it would be that the Town be petitioned to appropriate 250 to have these records copied under the conditions required by the

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State. This sum would not fairly compensate the Town Clerk for his labor, but it could be supplemented by a small sum from the Historic-Genealogica� Society and our Association might very properly aid in a similar way. The editor of these records is particularly desirous to publish those relating to Nantucket but is handicapped in the matter of outlay, being restricted to the payment of but a very small amount. The expense of pub­ lication is borne by the State and the Historic-Genealogical So­ ciety. In closing I would again urge upon our members the desirability of increasing our membership. Every dollar re­ ceived for dues means so much more working capital. We ought to have a thousand interested men and women on our permanent membership roll.

To the Nantucket Historical Association The following poem written for the occasion by Mrs. Susan Barnard Crosby-Lowden was read at the afternoon meeting by Miss Helen Marshall.

To thee our native Isle, We bring our humble lay, Fond memories of thy annals past, Are clustered round this day.

Beneath thy sheltering arm, The star of Freedom shone, For liberty of mind and heart, And slavish fear ne'r known.

We love thee, native Isle, Thy shores by ocean laved, Thy noble dames and sturdy sires, Who many a conflict braved.

How green thy moors and hills, Thy flora brightest hue, Thy sands so clean 'neath ocean's wave, Thy skies are heaven's own blue.

As time with ruthless hand, Makes earth by changes sure.

Thy sacred records still shall stand, We've made them most secure.

God bless thee, native Isle, Through ages yet to come, Historic emblems still preserve, And keep them safe from harm.

To-day our hearts are glad, For He has blessed our aim, Then let us in His name rejoice, Through days and years to come.

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COMMITTEES At the Annual Meeting of the Council held at the Friend Meeting House, Wednesday evening, July 18, the following committees were elected: FINANCE

MILLARD F. FREEBORN, MISS SUSAN E. BR HENRY P. BROWN.

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PUBLICATION

SH RP, MISS SUSAN E. BROCK, DR. BENJAMI MISS ELIZABETH S. RIDDELL. BUILDING

MILLARD F. FREEBORN, HENRY S. WYER, MISS SUSAN E. BROCK. ANNUAL MEETING

MRS. ELIZABETH C. BENNETT, MISS ANNA B. FOLGER, DR. BENJAMIN SHARP, MISS MARY L. MYRICK, MRS. JUDITH G. FISH. NEW WORK

ALFRED E. SMITH, ALEXANDER STARBUCK, MISS HELE B. W. WORTH, MISS EMILY WEEKS, IRVING ELTING.

The Colonial Church and Nantucket

By Henry B. Worth Esq.

The New England Colonial community was base9 on the village system that took its rise before the dawn of history in the forests of Germany. The plan could exist only in regions where the land was diversified, woodland, meadows, tillable soil and barrens separated from each other in more or less variety. If, as in the Southern states, thousands of acres of land lay in extensive tracts all that would be required would be to mark it into sections, square, oblong or otherwise, and thus di­ vide it into adjoining farms. In the South a few such domains, in some instances, constitute an entire county. Mt. Vernon alone in area was about the size of the Island of Nantucket.

But where the land suitable for house-lots was in scattered lo­ calities, and not extensive, and other kinds of land were sep­ arated by woods and stony barrens, the only practical plan was to assign to the settlers a proportionate part in the house-lot location and also in woodland, meadows, swamp and barren and thus allot to each an equitable proportion in every kind of land. This arrangment would result in the houses being clustered together in a group which would be also advantageous in that the residents would be so placed as to give mutual assistance against a common enemy. This was the arrange­ ment and purpose of the Germanic village.

This system was brought from England by the Puritans and Pilgrims, and as they were inspired with a religious idea the center of the village ·was the meeting house. The typical arrangement was a central square, generally circular or oblong in figure, surrounded by a roadway; radiating from this road were ways that led to the remote parts of the town. Illustra­ tions of this plan may be observed in Plymouth, Taunton, Bridgewater, Rochester, Attleboro', Falmouth, Mansfield,

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Walpole, Medfield, Dedham and Ipswich. As soon as the land was laid out, arrangement was made for the meeting­ house. It was located at a convenient spot fronting the town square or common, and was erected as soon as possible. Often on the same lot was established a common burial ground. The greatest care was shown to have due provision made for the minister and meeting-house. They were as much town insti­ tutions as the poor, school or road department. Appropria­ tions of money were made in town meeting and the Proprie­ tary always made an assignment of a minister's share, and the name "Ministry Lot" remains attached to some localities at the present time. Frequently men of the parish would con­ tribute land or money for the same purpose. Plymouth Colony recommended that in all dead whales found on the shore one share should go to the minister. The central and important fact in the town was the meeting-house, and the principal citizen was the minister, and both were so essential in the life of a New England community that each was main­ tained by taxation at the public expense. The laws enacted by both Puritans and Pilgrims on these matters were explicit, and promptly and rigidly enforced.

Then both Colonies passed stringent laws about church attendance; men were chosen to patrol the town and arrest persons engaged on the Lord's day in acts of recreation or pleasure. It was also their duty to keep people awake during the church service. These Sunday constables were called "tithing men".

During one period citizenship and church-membership were synonymous terms; only church members could vote or hold office. In Hingham a certain individual was found to be ineligible as ensign in the local military company because he could not partake of the church communion. Such was the po ition and standing of the minister and meeting-house in the New England community.

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At Nantucket the situation was radically different. Al­ thouO'h the settlers came from Massachusetts Bay and might be e;pected to take with them the religious customs and usages of the towns whence they came yet every feature of the New England meeting-house already described was lacking.

The first mention of a meeting-house is to be found in 1709, half a century after the Island was settled, in the records of the Nantucket Monthly Meeting of Friends. A vote was passed in 1716 that notice of the town meeting should be posted on the meeting-house, and another vote in 1725 that the notice should be posted on both.meeting-houses. In 1765 the town voted to permit certain material belonging to the North Shore Meeting-house to be stored in the town house during its removal. These are all the references to meeting houses to be found in the records of the town. No mention of the word "minister" is anywhere to be found; not a farthing was ever appropriated or contributed by the town for either minister or meeting-house. Tithing-men were not elected until long after 1700. There was complete and absolute separation of the town and church, and in fact from the set­ tlement of Nantucket to the present time there was never any relation between church, meeting-house or minister and the municipality of the town.

It may be profitable to investi�te the reasons for this peculiar situation, because it must seem strange for families to leave Massachusetts Bay where all activities centered about the meeting-house and found a community where the minister and meeting-house were absolutely eliminated; but an examin­ ation of the facts will explain the unusual condition.

1. For the first thirty years after the settlement of the Island, Nantucket was a part of New York Colony; in 1()(J2 it was annexed to the Province of Massachusetts. New York had no laws requiring the maintenance of minister or meeting­ house, or compelling church attendance. There was no such institution supported by the public treasury, and no compul-

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sory observance of any religious forms; consequently there was absent the most powerful incentive to support a meeting­ house, viz: the fear of the law. With this lacking there would be no public support, and the entire combination would depend on the religious enthusiasm and steadfastness of the inhabi­ tants, and Massachusetts found that this could never be trusted. This important support of the meeting-house never existed and thi� alone wag sufficient to account for the fact that these religious institutions were not established at Nan­ tucket.

2. Under these circumstances, even if they had by vol­ untary contributions succeeded in erecting a meeting-house, no minister would care to undertake to preach in such a section, many miles at sea, surrounded by hundreds of Indians, little opportunity to visit the main land, and worse than all no law compelling the inhabitants to contribute to his support.

3. But an important reason may be discovered in the character and disposition of the settlers. Thomas Macy had been fined for exhorting in public without the proper license or approval; he was probably a man of fluency of speech, and enjoyed engaging in public discourse. Elder Edward Starbuck was disciplined by the Dover church on account of the subject of baptism, and he was rated with the Anabaptists. Peter Folger seems to have been a man of religious emotions and some skill in writing and speech. It has been asserted that he was a Baptist, but this rests on doubtful tradition and may be open to serious question, Cotton Mather, the great Puri­ tan minister writing of Nantucket, said that: "Peter Folger taught the young reading, writing and a knowledge of the Scriptures." Such a commendatory remark would not have been likely if Folger had belonged to the Baptists, a sect hated by Mather. S o far as can be ascertained Macy, Star­ buck and Folger controlled the religious affairs of the Island.

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Mather, while Macy and Starbuck were not in accord with the Colonial Presbyterianism of that day.

The sentiment of the settlers can also be inferred from the vote taken soon after their arrival. Instead of adopting church membership as the test of citizenship they prescribed two qualifications, viz: land ownership and residence on the Island. In this they dismissed from municipal government all religious connection of church and state.

So it appears that this was the situation: the settlers pro. posed to separate religion from government as permitted by the laws of New York Colony. The leaders were indepen­ dent in thought and might have been appropriately designated as "free-thinkers" of that day. Among themselves they were not exactly in agreement, and so under all the circumstances they did not feel the need of a minister or meeting-house, and probably would not have united on any form of creed. They seemed to minister to their own religious needs according to their varying opinions and views, and none interfered with the practice of his neighbor. Having become wearied of the Puritan Church in Massachusetts Bay they resolved to allow to each man absolute religious freedom, consequently the minister and the meeting-house as municipal institutions, never existed in Nantucket.

About the year 1700 the Friends secured a foothold and soon became a powerful factor in all the affairs of the bland.

But it may be asked if all this be true and there was no minister or meeting-house on the Island for the first half century after the settlement, was it a Godless, immoral and irreligious community? By no means. When the Quaker missionaries came to the Island they found a thrifty commu­ nity where occasionally some clergyman had made a visit, where no war had ever existed with the Indians, where the court records show that crime among the whites was almost unknown, where the people were well versed in the Scriptures, where the inhabitants had developed to a point to undentand

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and accept the mystical teachings of the Friends, and where the leading family on the Island was that of Mary and Nathaniel Starbuck. No evidence of degeneration in all this.

To be sure the Islanders were not angels. Tristram Coffin and John Gardner and their adherents could grapple in bitter conflict, and for years the feud might continue, but such events were frequent in every Colonial town; innocent men and women, for fancied crimes, during the Quaker and witchcraft excitements had been condemned to death under the shadow of the Puritan meeting-house; but the results of investigation show that in 1710, when Nantucket had its first organized religious body it was a community as highly advanced and developed as any in the Province, even though it never had minister, meeting or meeting-house.

"Mayflower" Descendants in Nantucket Families HERBERT FOLGER.,

Until quite recently, nothing was more common in this country than to belittle the value of a record of ancestry, upon the ground that every American is born a sovereign and may make his own record. But this overlooked the fact that what a man is may largely be determined by, and is certainly affected by, the traits, temperament, and lives of his progeni­ tors; and, whenever an American reaches eminence in any walk of life, there is an immediate and very natural desire to learn something of his lineage. The so-called patriotic socie­ ties have done much to arouse an interest in genealogy; and these have shown a tendency to work backward as men have become better informed upon the history of their communities in general and of their own families in particular. Of the societies organized in recent years, the one which is closest to the beginning of things in New England is the "Society of Mayflower Descendants" made up of those who trace their descent in male or female lines from any one of the forty-one signers of the celebrated "Mayflower compact," dated Novem­ ber I 1th, 1620. This document was so brief, and its effect has been so far-reaching, that it will not be out of place to present its text, in full:"ln Ye Name of God, Amen: We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereigne Lord, King James, by ye grace of God, of Great Britain, France and Ireland, King, defender of ye faith, etc., haveing undertaken for ye glory of God and advancement of ye Christian faith, and honour of our King and coun­ trie, a voyage to plant ye first Colonie in ye Northern parts of Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly, and

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mutualy, in ye presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politik for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of ye end aforesaid, and by vcrtue hearof to enacte, constitute and frame such just and equal lawes, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices from time to time, as shall be thought most meetc ancl convenient for ye generall good of ye Co;onie, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.

In witnes whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape-Codd ye II of November, in ye year of ye raigne of our sovereigne Lord King James of England, France and Ireland, ye eighteenth, and of Scotland ye fiftie-fourth, Ano Dom. 1620" Of the forty-one signers less than twenty have descendants in the male line, so that but few of the thousand members of the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants bear the names of their respective ancestors who came over on the "Mayflower".

Great interest has been aroused in the history and honor­ able record of the different towns and villages in the Colonies of Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and others; and they vie with one another in their laudable efforts to establish historical societies, preserve local antiquities, etc.; but it has long seemed desirable to find a common ground upon which the descendants of the pioneers of New England may meet all over the Union. Since it goes to the root of things, and the families of the settlers in nearly all New England towns inter-married with those of the "Mayflower" passengers, membership in the Society of May­ flower Descendants seems to furnish this common ground most suitably and conveniently; and it only remains for us to see if Nantucket families may be included in this category.

When this paper was first proposed, it seemed fitting to show under what conditions alliances were formed between

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the families of "Mayflower" passengers and' those of the set­ tlers of Nantucket; but both time and lack of material at this distance from New England have conspired to prevent the carrying out of this project. It must suffice to say that, while most of the first settlers of the Island appear to have come from Newbury, their sons and daughters scattered somewhat; and, on the other hand, the children and grandchildren of the "Mayflower" passengers settled, to some extent, in Barnstable, Dartmouth, Martha's Vineyard and other places with which the people of Nantucket had close relations. Therefore, with the hope that some other member of our Association may be tempted to continue this inquiry under more favorable auspices, the paper will be limited to the presentation of a few lines of descent which appear to be well authenticated, with very brief accounts of the ancestors from which they spring.

JOHN HOWLA D It is quite possible that, of the "Mayflower" descendants now living in Nantucket, the majority can trace their descent from John Howland, the thirteenth signer of the Compact.

He was one of the youngest of the passengers, from Essex County, England, and is the subject of an interesting incident in Bradford's Journal:- "In a mighty storm, John Howland, a passenger, a stout young man, by a keel of ye ship was thrown into ye sea. But it pleased God, he caught hold of ye topsail halliards we hung overboad, and run out ye length, yet he kept his hold the several fathoms under water, till he was drawn up by ye rope to ye surface and by a boat-hook and other means got into ye ship; and tho' somew't ill upon it, liv'd many years, and became a useful member both in church and Commonwealth." It is further said of him, that he was Deputy and Assistant the greater part of his long and useful life; that he was one of the leading men in the Colony, a partaker of their hazardous undertakings and eminent for his devotion to its interests, both in civil and religious matters.

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Elizabeth Tilley, daughter of John Tilley, the sixteenth signer of the "Mayflower" Compact, .so that all of his descendants have two "Mayflower" ancestors. He removed from place to place, lastly to Rocky Nook, in Kingston, before 1665, and remained there until his death, February 22, 1672.

Desire (2) Howland, daughter of John Howland and Elizabeth Tilley, married Capt. John Gorham, a familiar name in Nantucket.

Shubael (3) Gorham, son of Capt. John Gorham and Desire Howland, married Puella Hussey, daughter of Stephen Hussey and Martha Bunker of Nantucket; and they seem to have resided on the Island, where their children married and had numerous descendants. While it has been impracticable to trace many of these to the present day, mention will be made of some of those in the fourth and fifth generations, with their marriages, in order that families bearing their names at the present time may be interested to search out their own descent. Shubael Gorham had two sons, of whose descendants I have learned nothing; and seven daughters, all of whom married.

Abigail (4) Gorham, born March 31, 1699, married James Lovell, who may not have lived in Nantucket; Lydia (4) Gorham, born March 14, 1701, married Joseph Wurth, whose posterity is numerous; Hannah (4) Gorham, born July 28, 1703, married, first, William Manning, October 24, 1726, and second, William Stubbs, December 21, 1732; Theodate (4) Gorham, born July 18, 1705, married first, Francis Coffin, and second, in 1736, Reuben Gardner; Desire (4) Gorham, born September 26, 1710, married Zechariah Hunker; Ruth (4) Gorham, born May 7, 1713, Dr. Cornelius Bennett of Middle­ boro, son of Ebenezer Bennett and Ruth Coombs, the latter probably a daughter of Francis Coombs and granddaughter of Degory Priest, twenty-ninth signer of the "Mayflower" Compact; and Deborah (4) Gorham married, December 11, 1735, Beriah Fitch.

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In the fifth generation, Lydia (Gorham) Worth had eight sons and four daughters, Abigail (5) Worth marrying first, George Bunker and second, Benjamin Bunker, Anna (5) mar­ rying first, Abram Macy and second, Tristram Swain, Miriam (5) marrying Jonathan Gardner and Lydia (5) marrying Peleg Bunker; Hannah (Gorham) Manning had two children by her first marriage, her daughter, Phebe (5) Manning, marrying Matthew Mayhew ; and by her second marriage, Hannah (Gorham) (Manning) Stubbs had one child, Rebecca (5) Stubbs, who married Prince G. Hayden; Theocate (Gorham) Coffin had, by her first marriage, two son. , Peleg and William, of whom I know nothing, and a daughter, Judith (S) Coffin, who married Nathaniel Hussey; by her sec.md marriage, Theodate (Gorham) (Coffin) Gardner had three sons, Reu­ ben, Thaddeus and Shubael, and one daughter, Naomi (5) Gardner, who married Francis Chase; Desire (Gorham) Bunker had five sons, and two daughters, one of whom, Desire (5) Bunker, married first, Eben Benshall and second Abner Coffin; Ruth ( Gorham) Bennett had but one child, Christina (5) Bennett, who married Samuel Russell; and Deborah (Gorham) Fitch had four sons and five daughters, of whom Eunice (5) Fitch married Benjamin Barnard, Ly dia ( 5) married Simeon Glover, Parnal ( 5) married Samuel Whippey, and Puella (5) Fitch married first, Benjamin Pierce and second, James Newcomb. From this somewhat tedious narration, it will be found that the grandchildren of Shubael (3) Gorham, residing in Nantucket, were not less than thirty-nine in num her; and their descendants in the next five generations must now include an important part of the population of the Island bearing the names of old ettlers.

Of those on the Pacific Coast, I know only the children of the late II. S. Bunker, whose son, Charles D. Bunker, succeeded to his business as Custom House broker, and whose daughter, Miss Margaret L. Bunker, is connected with the San Fran­ cisco Post Office, and is interested in all things which relate to the history of their family; and the children of the late

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George F. Worth, whose son, Dr. Sidney Worth, is eminent as a physician in San Francisco, and one of whose daughters married Elisha Brooks, an educator well known in this com munity.

Space will not permit us to follow this line; but five of the great-granddaughters of Shubacl (3) Gorham married Gilbert Jenkins, Obed Clark, Borden Chase, Reuben Morse and Stephen Weston, respectively, thus adding other familia­ names to the list.

Stephen (4) Gorham, the son of Shubael (3) Gorham's brother John, married Elizabeth Gardner, daughter cif James Gardner and Mary Starbuck. They originally lived in Barnstable, but removed to Nantucket with several of their children, of which there were five sons and seven daughters.

In the fifth generation, Mary (5) Gorham, daughter of Stephen, married Andrew Gardner and had eight sons and three daughters; Susanna (5) Gorham married first, Daniel Paddock, by whom she had two sons and five daughters, and second, Jonathan Folger, without issue; Sarah (5) Gorham married Daniel Hussey aud had two sons and three daughters; Lydia (5) Gorham married William Swain and had two sons and three daughters, most of whom removed to Easton, New York; Elizabeth (5) Gorham married David Bunker and had three sons and three daughters; and Lois (5) Gorham married Jonathan Macy, and had seven sons and three daughters.

Among the husbands of the daughters by these marriages were the following, bringing new names into the "Mayflower" list:-Ebenezer Coleman, Joseph Inott, William Green (no children recorded), George Freeborn, Jethro Mitchell, Joseph Chambers, Pool Pierson, James Wood and William Long (no children recorded). Four of the sons of Jonathan Macy and Lois (5) Gorham married and had thirty-eight children, some of the daughters being married to the following:-Peleg Slocum Folger, Charles Barney, Joseph Howes, Simeon Brewer, George Easton, Benjamin Knowles, William Watson,

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Stephen Swift, Gideon Swain and J. T. Coleman. No doubt there are descendants of several of these marriages upon the Pacific Coast, but the only ones with whom I am acquainted are the children of the late John C. Mitchell, whose son, George M. Mitchell, is the San Francisco representative of the Home Insurance Co. of New York.

FRANCIS COOKE. The seventeenth signer of the "Mayflower" Compact is said to have been born in I 577, and to have fled from Eng­ land to Holland with Pastor Robinson. He married in Leyden, but his wife and children did not accompany him on the "Mayflower" but came out on the "Ann.'' He made his home in Kingston, but joined with his son John and others in purchasing the land of the settlement of the town of Dartmouth, now New Bedford, in 1662. He seems to have been very highly esteemed, and is said in Bradford's History, as if it were phenomenal, to have lived to see "his children's children have children." He died in 1663 at the age of 86.

John (2) Cooke, his son, married Sarah, daughter of Richard Warren, the twelfth signer of the Compact; and had Esther (3) Cooke, who married Thomas Taber. Thomas (4) Taber, their son, married Rebecca Harlow; and had Mary (5) Taber, who married David Joy, and moved to Nantuc.ket; Mary (6) Joy (their only child), married Reuben Coffin, born June 21, 1727; but although their married life extended over fifty years, no children are given to them in the record.

The next line from this ancestor seems somewhat more hopeful. Mary (2) Cooke, daughter of Francis Cooke, married Lieut. John Thompson; and had Mary (3) Thompson, who married Thomas Taber. Their son Joseph (4) Taber, married Elizabeth Spooner; their son Benjamin ( 5) Taber, married Susanna Lewis; their son Benjamin (6) Taber, born 1733, married first, Hannah Gardner, and second, Eunice

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North Gardner, leaving five sons and one daughter, who are believed to have numerous descendants in Nantucket.

Another child of the above Thomas Taber and Mary (3) Thompson, John (4) Taber, married Phebe Spooner; and had Jabez (5) Taber who married Abigail Taber, and had Eunice (6) Taber, who married Jethro Allen, son of Silvanus Allen and Jemima Starbuck of Nantucket. Whether they resided in Nantuck�t or Dartmouth is uncertain; but two of Jethro Allen's sisters married grandsons of Shubael (3) Gorham in Nantucket .

DEGORY PRIEST. The twenty-ninth signer of the "Mayflower" Compact is set down in the Leyden records as from London, and he had been a member of the L:eyden company for many years before coming to New England. He married in 1611, Sarah (Aller­ ton) Vincent, widow of John Vincent and sister of Isaac Allerton, fifth signer of the Compact and one of the most influential of the Pilgrims. In November, 1615, Degory Priest was admitted a citizen of Leyden, a sure indication of the esteem in which he was held He died in the first winter after the arrival of the "Mayflower;" but his two daughters were brought over by the widow in the "Ann." Of these, Mary ( 2) Priest married Phineas Pratt of Charlestown, cf some note in the early history of the Colony; and had Joseph ( 3) Pratt, who married Dorcas Folger, daughter of Peter Folger of Nantucket, and had numerous children. Doubtless they made many visits to the home of their maternal grand­ father; and Sarah (4) Pratt married her cousin, Jeremiah Coleman, of Nantucket son of John Coleman and Joanna Folger; and had 5 chiklren. One of these Lydia, ( 5) Cole­ man, married first, William Starbuck and second, Theophilus Pinkham ; but the children of the first marriage, if any, are not recorded in San Francisco, and Nantucket records say that there were none by the second marriage.

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Enoch (5) Coleman, son of Jeremiah and Sarah (Pratt) Coleman, married Mary Myrick and had several children; of whom, Eunice (6) Coleman married Benjamin Whippey, Lydia (6) married Charles Folger, Abigail (6) married first, Christopp.er Coffin and second Uriah Pinkham, and Elizabeth (6) married Latham Coffin. Of these, Benjamin Whippey had nine children, of whom four sons married, two daughters, Elizabeth and Sally, married Benjamin Folger as his first and second wife, and a daughter Lucinda married Hezekiah Folger. Abigail (6) Coleman appears to have had but one child by her marriage to Christopher Coffin, Abial (7) Ctffin, who married Paul Coleman; and no children by her second marriage to Uriah Pinkham. Latham Coffin and Elizabeth (6) Coleman had three sons, Lot C., Je,seph, and K1mball, who married, and one daughter, Mary Ann, who died single.

By far the largest number of Enoch (5) Coleman's descend­ ants sprung from the marriage of Charles Folger and Lydia (6) Coleman, whose children, William, Mark, Peleg and others had large families. Among those now living of this line, are Franklin Folger, formerly of Springfield, a member of this Association; Miss Lydia M. Folger, als,) a member of our Association and daughter of David Folger, always an esteemed citizen of Nantucket; Horace Coffin , son of the late Horace P. Coffin and Ann M. Folger; Henry M. Upham, long known in connection with the Old Corner Bookstore, Boston; Daniel W. Folger, accountant, and Eugene Folger, of the firm of A. J. Rich & Co., both of San Francisco, sons of the late Charles A. Folger;.the children and grandchildren of the late Henry C. Macy and Elizabeth Folger of San Francisco; Clinton Folger, manager New Zealand Insurance C., and Herbert Folger, assist21.nt general agent, German American and other insurance companies, San Francisco, sons of the late Seth Folger and Rachel C. Joy; Howard C. Holmes, consult­ ing engineer, son of the late Cornelius Holmes and Maria Folger, of San Francisco; and many others in Nantucket.

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Bethiah ( 4) Pratt, another daughter of Joseph ( 3) Pratt and Dorcas Folger, married Sampson Cartwright of Nantucket, and had two children, Alice and Hezekiah. Why these names were selected, in a generation when it was almost the rule to give the names of parents or grandparents to the first children, is a puzzle; but research has, so far, failed to connect Sampson Cartwright with Henry Samson, of the "Mayflower", or with any other family in that group.

Hezekiah ( 5) Cartwright married Abigail Brown, and four of the sons and four daughters married, giving a long list of grandchildren and adding several new names to the Nantucket list. Of the daughters, Rachel (6) Cartwright married Jabez Macy; Mary (6) married Ebenezer Coffin; Abigail (6) married Barnabas Gardner; and Bethiah (6) mar­ ried John Macy. The four married sons had fourteen daugh­ ters who married the following:- Peleg Mitchell, David Starbuck, Henry Barnard, Thomas Swain, Richard Bunker, James R. Myrick, Seth Swain, John Whippey, John F. Coffin, Matthew Jones, Frederick Hussey, Thaddeus Coffin, Peter F. Ewer; and four of their granddaughters married Oliver F. James, John Newell, Dr. L. R. Sheldon and William C. Pease.

The last named has had an established reputation as a builder in San Francisco for many years; and his son, Henry Cart­ wright Pease, is the head of one of the largest merchandise firms in Eastern Oregon, residing at The Dalles, in that state.

A nong the descendants of Peleg Mitchell and Lydia (7) Cartwright are Mrs. Benjamin Albertson (Mary Ann Mitchell), Mrs. Charles S. Hinchman ( Lydia Swain Mitchell) of Phila­ delphia, and Col. Geo. M. Brayton, all honored members of our A,sociation; Charles Neal Barney, present mayor of Lynn; and Mary Hayward Mitchell, wife of John Havemeyer of New York.

Interest is also aroused by the lines from Henry Barnard and Love (7) Cartwright, including such well known descend­ ants as Miss Helen B. VI. Worth of Nantucket, Henry B. Worth Esq. of New Bedford, and the Rev. Phebe A. Hanaford.

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To old Californians, a welcome addition to the list of "Mayflower" descendants comes from the line of Seth Swain and Eliza (7) Cartwright (whose daughter Emeline married George A. Lawrence, in the person of Mrs. Charles Carroll Swain (Elizabeth Swaih Lawrence) of Martinez, California.

Last, but by no means least, we may trace from the mar­ riage of David Starbuck with Phebe (7) Cartwright, the "Mayflower" descent of the President of this Association, Mr. Alexander Starbuck, to whom we owe so much that mere adjectives are superfluous.

In addition to the lines of "Mayflower" descent now sub­ mitted it is confidently believed that several more exist. As a partial excuse for the crude and imperfect way in which this interesting subject has been presented, the writer ventures to remind his associates that the past two months, during which the best work upon the paper was to have been done, have been filled with extra work and anxiety for all those who were engaged in business in San Francisco at the time of its calam­ ity in April last. Time will bring order out of chaos and restore the fortunes of those who suffered, directly and indi­ rectly, by the catastrophe; and it is hoped that the researches undertaken in the preparation of this paper may be prosecuted to a more successful conclusion hereafter. This cou ld be much better done by someone who has access to the complete records known to exist in Nantucket and Lynn; and if this effort arouses the interest of a resident of the Island, with both time and opportunity to carry it on, its purpose will largely have been accomplished. The President pointed out, in his last address, the need of preserving the records which now exist; and emphasis should be laid on the fact that few towns are so situated and equipped that the descendants of the first settlers can trace unbroken lines of descent in the town for from seven to ten generations, sometimes from a single series of records, like those of the late William C.

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Folger Fire may destroy these at any time, and it is to be hoped that steps have already been taken to make official copies of the Town and Friends' records.

Special acknowledgment must be made for the inspiration to take up this inquiry, received from examination of the records of the late George F. Worth, who patiently prepared them three thousand mill! from home under great disadvan­ tages; and who recently died at an advanced age in San Fran­ cisco, leaving his records to his son, whose home is but a single block from the limit of the conflagration, which consumed some five square miles of compactly built business and resi­ dence property; also, to Mrs. Mary A. Albertson, for assist­ ance given in several lines; and to Miss Winifred S. Chase of Nantucket who has courteously put aside her own work, more than once, to furnish information not obtainable in California.

Trusting that this inadequate treatment of the subject may yet be acceptable, and with hearty good wishes for the continued success of the enterprise, this paper is submitted for the kindly consideration of the Nantucket Historical Association, whose membership must so largely be made up of "Mayflower" Descendants, NOTE If anyone discovers any presumed error in Mr. Folger's interesting paper or can ai<l him in any way in the development of the above or kin 1rcd lines he would be greatly pleased to have them communicate with him.

His present address is Herbert Folger, 214 Sansome St., San Francisco, Cal.

LIST OF MEMBERS. LIFE COUNCILLORS.

Caroline L. W. French, Boston, Mass.

Hon. Alexander Byron Lamberton, 303 East Ave., Rochester, N. Y. Henry Barnard Worth, New Bedford, Mass.

LIFE MEMBERS.

Capt. Seth Mitchell Ackley, U. S. N., Washington, D. C. Mrs. Wm. H. 1\1:. Austin, Nantucket.

B Col. George Mitchell Brayton, Navy Dept., Waihington, D. C. Prof. Charles Barnard, 139 East 39th St., New York City.

Susan Emma Brock, Nantucket.

Annie Warren Bodfish, Nantucket.

Thurlow Weed Barnes, 253 Broadway, New York City.

Elizabeth Gardner Macy-Barney, Nantucket.

Julia D. Brown, 35 West 130th St., New York City.

C Elizabeth Rebecca Coffin, Nantucket.

Emma Co!eman, Nantucket.

Eva Channing, Exeter Chambers, Boston.

Dr. Ellenwood Bunker Coleman, Nantucket.

D Mary Gallucia Hatch-Durfee, Palmyra, N. Y. Mary Marrett-Dudley, Portsmouth, N. H. Charles Henry Davis, Philadelphia, Pa.

E Irving Elting, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Susan Green-Elting, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Richard Gardner Elkins, 40 State St., Boston.

Harriet Ann Elkins, Nantucket.

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F Sarah Joy Folger, Nantucket.

Gulielma Folger, Nantucket.

Anna Barker Folger, Nantucket.

Rebecca Macy Watson-Farnum, Franklin, Mass.

Ellen Frothingham, 9 Exeter St., Boston, Mass.

Frederick V. Fuller, Carson Trench Machine Co., Charlestown, Mass.

Emma Mitchell-Fowl�, 90 Cranford St., Roxbury, Mass.

H Grace Elkins-Hutaff, New York City.

Rev. Phebe Ann Coffin-Hanaford, 230 West 95th St., New York City.

Frances Chester White-Hartley, 232 Madison Ave., New York City.

Martha Hussey, 303 East Ave., Rochester, N. Y.

J Minnie Agnes Jonah-Johnson, Bath, N. H. Moses Joy, 52 Divsion St., New Haven, Conn.

K Charles E. Kelly, 1926 Pine St., Philadelphia, Pa. Laura M. Kimball, 145 Troup St., Rochester, N. Y. Mary E. Macy, Nantucket.

Mary Louisa Myrick, Nantucket.

Carrie A Middlebrook, Nantucket.

Madeleine Curtis Mixter, 241 Marlborough St., Boston.

Emily Burns Mitchell, 405 Franklin Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Edwin D. Mead, 20 Beacon St., Boston.

Nelson Macy, 23 N. Walnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.

R Sarah Coffin Codd-Raymond, 52 Division St., New Haven, Conn.

Rev. Walter Huntington Rollins, Newtonville, Mass.

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Susan Amelia Starbuck, Nantucket.

Mary Eliza Starbuck, Nantucket.

Henry Pease Starbuck, Santa Barbara, California.

Charlotte Puffer Baxter-Starbuck, Santa Barbara, California.

John Austin Starbuck, Santa Barbara, California.

LI T OF MEMBERS

Sarah Bunker Swain, Nantucket.

William H. Swift, Pittsfield, Mass.

Mary Abby Starbuck, 303 East Ave., Rochester, N.Y. amuel B. Sweet, Gen. Freight Agent, Lake Erie and Western R.R., Indianapolis, Ind. Henry Augustus Willard, 1333 K St., Washington, D. C. Prof. William Watson, 107 Marlborough St., Boston.

Caroline Earle-White, 2024 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Helen B. W. Worth, Nantucket.

Henry Sherman Wyer, Nantucket.

Rebecca Clark-Hussey-Wyer, Nantucket.

Mary Crosby Wyer, Nantucket.

ANNUAL MEMBERS.

Geoffrey Charlton Adams, 608 Flatiron Building, NewYork City.

Letitia Macy-Adams, 2785 Morris Ave., Bedford Park, New York City.

Mrs. James Alden, 314 W. 23 St., New York.

Mary Ann Mitchell-Albertson, 3940 Brown St., Philadelphia, Pa. Charles Warren Austin, Nantucket.

Rachel Austin, 85 Congdon St., Providence, R. I. John K. Ayers, Nantucket.

Anthony W. Ayers, Nantucket.

B Marianna Sprague-Barnard, Lafayette Ave., Cor. Cumberland, Brook­ lyn, N.Y. Frank Redfield Barnard, Lafayette Ave., Cor. Cumberland, Brooklyn, N.Y. Marian Jesup Barnard, Lafayette Ave., Cor. Cumberland, Brooklyn, N. Y. Malinda Swain-Barney, Nantucket.

Benjamin Allen Barney, Menlo Park, Cal., San Mateo Co. Lydia Howland Swain-Barney, Menlo Park, Cal., San Mateo Co. Alanson Swain Barney, Hopedale, Mass.

Mrs. R. A. Babbage, 244 West 101st St., NewYork City.

Maud Babbage, 2-44 West 101st St., New York City.

Grace Davis-Barnes, 229 State St., Albany, N.Y. Mr. and Mrs. William Barnes, Cliff Road, Nantucket.

Elizabeth M. Blackburn, 108 Thornton St., Roxbury, Mass.

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Amy Ahc�-13enton, 177 Kensington St , Cleveland, Ohio.

Sarah Gardner-Bensusan, 159 Madison Ave., New York City.

Annie Sale Chinery-Brayton.

William M. Barrett, Equitable Building, New York City.

John W. Barrett, 60 Wall St., New York City.

Charles C. Barrett, 176 Randolph St., Chicago, Ill. George Henry Brock, Nantucket.

Charlotte Amanda Coleman-Brock, Nantucket.

Joseph Chase Brock, Nantucket.

Albert Gardner Brock, Nantucket.

Annie Cartwright-Brock, Nantucket.

Alice G. Beebe, Wellesley, Ma!>s.

Dr. Anne Mooers Gardner-Blossom.

Adelaide T. Bryant.

Mary W. Babcock, Montclair, N. J. Dr. Herbert L. Burrill, 22 Newbury St., Boston.

Caroline Cayford-Burrill, 22 Newbury St., Boston.

Henry Pinkham Brown, Nantucket.

Barker Burnell, San Diego, Cal. Lauriston Bunker, Nantucket.

Rachel Wirtz-Brown, Nantucket.

Phebe West Bunker, Nantucket.

William Bunker, 51 Wall St., New York City.

Margaret Agnew-Bunker, 51 Wall St., New York City.

E lizabeth Starbuck Barker-Overman-Boone, 327 Central Park \Vt!st, New York City.

Hon. William Mitchell Bunker, 1417 G St., N. W. Washington, D. C. Josephine Sylvia-Brooks, Nantuckt!t.

Helen Mar-Pinkham-Belcher, 298 Dudley St., Providence, R. I. Elizabeth Crosby Plaskett-Bennett, Nantucket.

Florence Mary Bennett, Nantucket.

Harriet Stanton Bennett, 352 Carlton Ave., Brooklyn.

Alfred Bunker, 25 Juniper St., Roxbury, Mass.

Job Barnard, U. S. Court House, Washington, D. C. Maria L. Booth, Bayonne, N. J. Emma Wakeman-Bovey, The Ansonia, New York City.

C Allen Coffin, Nantucket.

Sarah Affia Catlin, Warsaw, Indiana.

Sidney Chase, 74 Devonshire St., Boston.

Ella Merrihew-Chase, 74 Devonshire St., Boston.

Mary E. Crosby, Nantucket.

LIST OF MEMBERS

Ethel M. Coffin, Kansas City, Mo. Delia Macy Upham-Chapman, 622 Tremont St., Boston.

Silas B. Coleman, 204 Griswold St., Detroit, Michigan.

Elisha P. Coleman, 1 Potter Park, Cambridge, Mass.

Winnifred Swain Chase, Nantucket.

Tristram Coffin, 351 Main St., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Edward Gardner Chase, 4851 Kenwood Ave., Chicago, Ill. Estelle Lillian Jenness-Chase, 4851 Kenwood Ave., Chicago, Ill. Gertrude Lozier-Chisholm, 2055 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, Ohio.

Mary Elizabeth Allen-Crowell, Nantucket.

Amelia Missouri-Callender, 42 Pine St., New York City.

Florence Easton-Conable, Monrovia, Los Angeles Co., Cal. Harriet Ann Chase, 124 South 16th St., Philadelphia, Pa. Col. H. 0. Clark, Orange, N. J. Emma Cook, Nantucket.

Mary Jane Summerhayes-Cobb, Nantucket.

Harriet M. Coffin, 104 Johnson St., Brooklyn, ]'T. Y. William F. Codd, Nantucket.

James H. Cary, 152 Friendship St., Providence, R. I. Bracey Curtis, Nantucket.

May H. Congdon, Nantucket.

Albert D. Coffin, 179 Alexander Ave., New York City.

D Charles Bunker Dahlgren, 510 West State St., Trenton, N. J. Augusta Smith-Dahlgren, 510 West State St., Trenton, N. J. Harrison Gray Otis Dunham, q5 Front St., New York City.

Harriet Kempton Dunham, 39 Fifth St., New Bedford, Mass.

Margaret Eliot Dodd, Norfolk House, Roxbury, Mass.

Horace S. Dodd, Norfolk House, Roxbury, Mass.

Eliza Sands Godfrey-Dillingham-Defriez, Nantucket.

George William Dibble, 275 North Fulton Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Anne Hayt-Dibble, 275 North Fulton Ave., Mt. Vernon, N. Y. Mary Ewer Coffin-Denham, Nantucket.

Hannah W. DeMilt, 149 West w5th St., New York.

Rev. Edward Day, Nantucket.

E Mrs. Benjamin C. Easton, 97 Clark St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Horace Easton, Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co., New York City.

George B. Edwards, 539 Cass Ave., Detroit, Michigan.

Harriet Brown-Edwards, 539 Cass Ave, Detroit, Michigan.

Paulino Echeverria, 56 East 93d St., New York City.

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Harriet Richmond Easton, Nantucket.

Dr. John Tracey Edson, 66 West 49th St., New York City.

Sarah F. Earle, 18 William St., Worcester, Mass.

F Judith Jones Derrick-Fish, Nantucket.

Lydia Maria Folger, Nantucket.

1illard F. Freeborn, Nantucket.

Emily Shaw-Forman, Wellesley Hills, Mass.

Madeleine Fish, Hotel Greenleaf, Quincy, Mass.

Herbert Folger, 214 Sansome St., San Francisco, Cal. Prof. Edward A. Fay, Kendal Green, Washington, D. C. Eben W. Francis, Nantucket.

Franklin Folger, Nantucket.

John B. 1' olger, u3 Park St., Medford, Mass.

Annie Alden Folger, 113 Park St., Medford, Mass.

Keddy Ray-Fletcher, The Orchard, North Betchworth, Buckland, Surrey, England.

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Rev. Walter Russell Gardner, D. D:, Algoma, Wis., Kewaunee Co. Arthur Hinton Gardner, Nantucket.

Mary Brown-Gardner, Nantucket.

Grace Gardner, New Bedford, Mass.

Elizabeth Howard-Gurley, 1401 Sixteenth St., Washington, D. C. Charlotte Mooers Gardner, Nantucket.

Elizabeth Frances Mitchell-Goodsell, 144 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Griscom, Pittsburgh, Pa. Edward Waterman Gardner, 97 High St., Passaic, N. J. F. B. Gummere, Haverford, Pa. Helen Anthony Gardner, 2 Cleveland St., Roxbury, Mass.

Lucretia Macy Gardner, 2 Cleveland St., Roxbury, Mass.

Edward Payson Greene, 236 Cumberland St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Donald Gray, Baker's Drug Store, Boylston St. and Mass. Ave., Boston.

Phebe Andrews Luther-Gills, 81 6 Carroll St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Sarah D. G. Gardner, 83 Arundel St., Roslindale, Mass.

Elizabeth F. Glenn, 62 West 71st St., New York City.

Dr. John Shackford Grouard, Nantucket, Mass.

Lena Weymoutb-Grouard, Nantucket, Mass.

H Sarah S. Howes, Nantucket.

Mary Swift-Stran-Haggerty, 233 West 83d St., New York City.

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LIST OF MEMBERS

Ann Eliza Joy-Hodge, Nantucket.

Bertha Hazard, The Eliot, Eliot Square, Roxbury, Mass.

Lydia Swain Mitchell-Hinchman, 3635 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Andrew G. Hussey, Nantucket.

Roland Bunker Hussey, Nantucket.

Arietta Cathcart-Hussey, Nantucket.

Eliot B. Hussey, Waldeck Road, East Milton, Mass.

Peter Berry Hayt, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Beulah Morris Hacker, 2312 Locust St., Philadelphia, Pa. Lucy Brackett Chase-Hutchinson, Englewood, N. J. Emily Weed Barnes-Hollister, 8 Granger Place, Rochester, N. Y. Lucy Drew Morton Humes, Nantucket.

Sarah D. Hammond, Nantucket.

Hannah G. Hatch, Nantucket.

I E. S. Isom, 177 Kensington St., Cleveland, Ohio.

J Ann Louisa Brown-Janes, 2192 Massachusetts Ave., North Cambridge, Mass.

K Robert Bowne King, Nantucket.

Gertru<le Mitchell King, Nantucket.

Eliza Jane Barnard-Adams-Kempton, Sharon, Mass.

Charlotte Rebecca Macy-Kelley, 478 County St., New Bedford, Mass.

Harold Chandler Kimball, 13 Argyle St., Rochester, N. Y.

L Josiah Coffin Long, 148 E 20th St., New York City.

Sarah Elizabeth Lovell, 34 Akron St., Roxbury, Mass.

Isabel Winslow Macy-Lehmaier, 132 Nassau St., New York City.

George Martin Luther, 886 Carroll St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mary Hartness Gould-Luther 886 Carroll St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mary G. Luther, 386 Carroll St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Sarah Gorham Swain-Lothrop, 101 Beacon St., Boston.

Susan Barnard-Lowden, New Bedford, Mass.

Isaac Augustus Macy, 135 Front St., New York City.

Lydia Hussey Macy, 2z8 West 44th St., New York City.

Sarah Eliza Hallett Mildram, Nantucket.

LIST OF MEMBERS

William Starbuck Macy, Reynolds' Terrace, Orange, N. J. Anne Alexander-Macy, Reynolds' Terrace, Orange, N. J. George Henry Mackay, 304 Bay State Road, Boston.

Maria Mitchell Starbuck-Mackay, 304 Bay State Road, Boston.

Susan Rebecca Hallet-Mitchell, Nantucket.

Helen Leeds-Mitch•ll, 2954 Prairie Avenue, Chicago, Ill. John Wendell Macy, Nantucket.

Charlotte Elizabeth Wyer-Morrissey, Nantucket.

Mary Elizabeth Skinner-Mattocks, Lyndon, Vt. Elizabeth Easton Macy, Nantucket. \Villiam Frank Macy, 82 Devonshire St., Boston.

Cromwell G. Macy, 261 Broadway, New York City.

Cromwell G. Macy, Jr., 261 Broadway, New York City.

Helen Marshall, 71 Williams St., Norwich, Conn.

Eleanor Williams-Morgan, Nantucket.

Rosamond Lee Mitchell, 72 West St., Worcester, Mass.

Richard Mitchell, Webster, Mass.

N Caroline Harriet Bartlett-Nicholson,

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G. St., So. Boston.

0 Maria Louisa Tallant-Owen.

p Henry Paddack, Nantucket.

Timothy Coffin Pitman, Nantucket.

Joseph W. Phinney, 270 Congress St., Boston.

Priscilla Morris-Phinney, 270 Congress St., Boston.

Jane Coffin-Perry, Nantucket.

Edgar J. Phillips, Tribune Building, New York.

R Elizabeth S. Riddell, Nantucket.

Dr. George D. Richmond, Nantucket.

John H. Robinson, 1932 First St., Washington, D. C. Benjamin Franklin Riddell, Fall River, Mass.

James Estep Reeves, Loveland, Ohio.

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Sic;lney Starbuck, Port Kenyon Packing Co., Herndale, California.

Horace Starbuck, Nantucket.

Maria Theresa Swain-Dibble -Swain, Nantucket.

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LIST OF MEMBERS

Hannah Ballinger Leedom-Sharp, Nantucket.

Dr. Benjamin Sharp, 24 Elm St., Brookline,• Mass.

Virginia May Guild-Sharp, 24 Elm St., Brookline, Mass.

Lillian Carpenter-Streeter, 234 North Main St., Concord, N. H. Hannah Gardner Sheffield, Nantucket.

Anna Gardner Swain, Nantucket.

Jenny Smith-Allen-Simonds, Nantucket.

Reuben C. Small, Nantucket.

Phebe Coffin Hanaford-Small, Nantucket.

Alexander Starbuck, Waltham, Mass.

Ella Maria Warren-Starbuck, Waltham, Mass.

Mary Pollard Riddell-Smith, Nantucket.

Edward A. Swain, 100 Williams St., New York City.

Sylvester Swain, 87 St. James Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Eunice Swain Barney-Swain, 87 St. James Place Brooklyn, N. \'.

Ella Frances Sylvia, Nantucket, Mass.

Charles West Sawtelle, Sharon, Mass.

Mrs. Albert D. Smith, Center St., Orange, N. J. J. A. Smith, Bessemer City, North Carolina.

Annie Coffin-Smith, 120 Riverside Drive, ew York City.

Caroline E. Swift, 30 Woburn St., Medford, Mass.

Anne C. Swift, 30 Woburn St., Medford, Mass.

Ellen Starbuck-Swain, 144 Clinton St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Alfred E. Smith, Nantucket.

Ida A. Shaw, 25 West 58th St., New York City.

John Welsch Searing, 100 East 17th St., New York.

Annie E. Pidgeon-Searing, 100 East 17th St., New York.

Mrs. Alden-Sampson, Haverford, Pa. Mary Abby Swain, Nantucket.

Annie B.-Sheldon, Madison, Wisconsin.

T Mary Gardner Coleman-Tallant, Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

Morris House.

Mary Adams-Torrey, 23 Winthrop St., Boston Highlands, Mass.

Edward G. Thomas, Nantucket.

Minnie Townsend, Nantucket.

Jane M. Tobey, Nantucket.

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Henry Macy Upham, Exeter Chambers, Boston.

Grace LeBaron-Upham, Exeter Chambers, Boston.

Florette Upham, Nantucket.

LIST OF MEMBERS

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Mary Sophronia Whippey, Nantucket.

Frederick Worth, 314 Cumberland St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Marianna Coffin-Worth, 314 Cumberland St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Mary Coffin Worth, 314 Cumberland St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Frederick Worth Jr., 314 Cumberland St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Emily Weeks, Simmons College, Boston.

Dr. Burt Greene Wilder, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. William Harris Wyer, Nantucket.

Sarah Gardner-Whittemore, Nantucket.

Annie Spencer-Waite, Nantucket.

Mary Frances Mitchell-Williams, 10 Rockland St., Roxbury, Mass.

Sarah M. Wing, Hotel Colonial, Nassau, N. P., Bahamas.

Nannie Riddell Wood, Naotucket.

William S. Walsh, Yonkers, N. Y. Mrs. William S. Walsh, Yonkers, N. Y. Elias Hawley White, 700 West End Trust Building, Philadelphia, Pa. J. Mortimer Whitford, 125 East 50th St., New York City.

Amelia Barnard-White, 1o87 Madison St., Brookly11, N. Y. James Chase Wallace, American Ship Building Company, CleYelaod, 0.

Elizabeth Caroline-Wallace, " " " " " " Elizabeth Watson, 383 East Avenue, Rochester, N. Y. SPECIAL NOTICE

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