: m ^^hH p ' JH^^ ^ f LIBRARY OF CONGRESS^! Chap Shelf ^JiES^'^^l % UNITED STATES GF AMERICA. J| HUGUENOT SOCIETY OF AMERICA CERTIFICATE OF ORGANIZATION CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS LIST OF MEMBERS Organized April 12, 1883. Incorporated June 12, 1883 PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY BY AUTHORITY OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE New York, March, 1892 HUGUENOT SOCIETY OF AMERICA CERTIFICATE OF ORGANIZATION CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS LIST OF MEMBERS Organized April 12, 1883. Incorporated June 12, 1885 PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY BY AUTHORITY OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE New York, March, 1892 HUGUENOT SOCIETY OF AMERICA OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1891-1892. President : Hon. JOHN JAY. Vice-Presidents : For New York : Edward F. de Lancey. For Staten Island : Hon. Chauncey M. Depew. For New Rochelle : Henry M. Lester. For New Paliz : Hon. A. T. Clearwater. For Boston : Hon. Robert > . Winthrop. For New Oxford : Richard Olney. For Narragansett : William Ely. For New Jersey : Rev. D. D. Demarest, D.D. For Delmvare : Hon. Thomas F. Bayakd. For Pennsylvania : Chakles M. Du Puy. For South Carolina : DANIEL Ravenel. For Virginia : RiCHARD L. Maitry. Secretary : Banyer Clakkson, 15 West 45th Street, New York. *** All communications in regard to the Society should be addressed to the Secretary. Treasurer : P. W. CIallaudet, 2 Wall Street, New York. ExecutiTc Committee : Frederic J. de Peyster. George S. Bowdoin. R. Fulton Cutting. Colonel William Jay. J. C. Pumpelly. Also the President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, and the Chairmen of the Publication. Library, and Finance Committees, ex-officio. Publication Committee : Professor J. K. Rees. Professor Allan Marquand. Peter B. Olney. Library Committee : Mrs. Martha J. Lamb. Banyer Clarkson. Finance Committee : Lawrence Turnuke. Charles Lanier. Henry M. Lester. SPECIAL SUB-COMMITTEES. Ladies' Committee : Mrs. Martha J. La.mb. Mrs. Henry C. Stimson. Mrs. William H. Budd. Miss Mary S. Clark. Mrs. Anson P. Atterbury. Mrs. James M. Lawton, Miss Lillian Horsford. On Seal and Diploma : Henry G. Marquand. Dr. Edward H, M. Sell. Henry Le Grand Cannon. Committee on Papers : Rev. W. W. Atterbury, D.D. Mrs. Martha J. Lamh. Banyer Clarkson. CERTIFICATE OF ORGANIZATION OF THE Huguenot Society of America State of New York, ) ^^ r bo. City and County of New York, ) iDc, John Jay, Edward F. De Lancey, Ashbel G. Ver- MiLYE, Louis Mesier, Peter W. Gallaudet, Benjamin F. De Costa, Abram Du Bois, Josiah H. Gautier, Alfred V, Wittmeyer, Morey Hale Bartow, Charles W. Maury, Charles A. Briggs, and Chauncey M. Depew, being per- sons of full age, citizens of the United States, and residents within the State of New York, and being desirous of asso- ciating ourselves as a Society and Corporation for Historical and Literary purposes, and the promotion and maintenance of a Library with special reference to the history of the HU- GUENOTS IN America, pursuant to the AcT of the LEGISLA- TURE of the State of New York, entitled " An Act for the incorporation of benevolent, charitable, scientific and missionary societies," passed April 12, 1848, being Chapter 319 of the Laws of that State of that year and the several Amendments thereof, including the Amendatory Act passed June 15, 1881^ being Chapter 526 of the Laws of said State for that year, and the Act passed May 18, 1883, being Chapter 446 of the Laws of said State for that year, CTIo l)crebt}, according to the provis- ions of said Statute, CERTIFY AND STATE : First. — That the name or title by which the said SOCIETY shall be known in law is the "HUGUENOT SOCIETY OF AMERICA." Second. — That the particular business and objects of said Society are the promotion of Historical and Literary pur- poses, and the forming and maintenance of a Library with a view to preserve and perpetuate the history and promote the principles and virtues of the Huguenots. Third. — That the number of Trustees to manage the said Society shall be nine, and their names for the first year of its existence are John Jay, Edward F. De Lancey, Alfred V. Wittmeyer, Josiah H. Gautier, Benjamin F. De Costa, Abram Du Bois, Peter W. Gallaudet, Chauncey M. Depew, and Morey Hale Bartow. Fourth. — That the business of said SOCIETY is to be con- ducted in the City and County of New York. Jn witness ojljcreof, We have hereunto, and to a duplicate hereof, subscribed our names on this twelfth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five. (Signed,) JOHN Jay, Edward F. De Lancey, A. G. Vermilye, Louis Mesier, P. W. Gallaudet, B. F. De Costa, Abram Du Bois, J. H. Gautier, Alfred V. Wittmeyer, Morey Hale Bartow, Charles W. Maury, C. A. Briggs, Chauncey M. Depew. 5 State of New York, | City and County of New York, f ss. On this twelfth day of June, A.D. 1885, before me personally came and appeared John Jay, Edward F. De Lancey, Ashbel G. Vermilye, Louis Mesier, Peter W. Gallaudet, Benjamin F. De Costa, Abram Du Bois, Josiah H. Gautier, Alfred V. Wittmeyer, Morey Hale Bartow, Charles W. Maury, and Charles A. Briggs, to me personally known, and known to me to be twelve of the individuals mentioned and described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and they severally acknowledged to me that they executed the same for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. Saml. Hoff, Comr. of Deeds, N. Y. City and Co. State of New York, City and County of New York, SS. On this thirteenth day of June, A.D. 1885, before me person- ally came and appeared Chauncey M. Depew, to me personally known, and known to me to be one of the individuals men- tioned and described in and who executed the foregoing in- strument, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same for the uses and purposes therein mentioned. Saml. Hoff, Comr. of Deeds, N. Y. City and Co. I hereby approve the within certificate and consent that the same be filed. Dated June 13, 1885. George P. Andrews, Justice of the Supreme Court. State of New York, ) c c Office of the Secretary of State, | ' I have compared the preceding with the original Certificate of Incorporation of "HUGUENOT SOCIETY OF AMERICA," with acknowledgment thereto annexed, filed and recorded in this office on the thirteenth day of June, 1885, and do HERE- BY CERTIFY the same to be a correct transcript therefrom, and of the whole of the said original. Witness my hand and the seal of office of the Secretary of State, at the City of Albany, this eighteenth day of April, one thousand eight hun- dred and eighty-seven. Frederick Cook, Secretary of State. CONSTITUTION. ARTICLE I. NAME. The name of this organization shall be the " HUGUENOT Society of America." ARTICLE II. object. The object of the Society shall be: First, To perpetuate the memory and to foster and promote the principles and virtues of the Huguenots. Secondly, To publicly commemorate at stated times the principal events in the history of the Huguenots. Thirdly, To discover, collect, and preserve all still existing documents, monuments, etc., relating to the genealogy or his- tory of the Huguenots of America. Fourthly, To gather by degrees a library, for the use of the Society, composed of all obtainable books, monographs, pam- phlets, manuscripts, church and other registers, relating to the Huguenots. Fifthly, To cause statedly to be prepared and read before the Society, papers, essays, etc., especially on obscure or dis- puted questions in Huguenot history or genealogy ; their settlements, biographies, public acts, influence on society, arts, commerce, and politics of America especially, and of other countries where they settled. Sixthly, To cause to be prepared and published, when the requisite materials have been discovered and procured, from time to time, a series of octavo volumes entitled : " COLLEC- TIONS OF THE Huguenot Society of America." An Annual Bulletin shall also be published to correspond in general uniformity with the " Collections." It shall contain the proceedings of the Society, notices of papers read before the Society, or abstracts of them, or the papers in full at the discretion of the Publication Committee. It shall also contain the Annual Financial Statement of the Treasurer, and such a brief review of the doings of other Huguenot Societies as the Committee may deem it advisable to print. Seventhly, To establish branches of this Society in other American cities, and to encourage the foundation of similar Societies in other countries where Huguenots have taken refuge, in order to arrive, with their aid, at a correct estimate of the combined influence of the Huguenots upon the history of the world at large. ARTICLE III. membership. Sec. I. The membership of the Society shall be as follows: First, All descendants in the direct male lines of the Huguenot families that emigrated to America prior to the pro- mulgation of the Edict of Toleration, November 28th, 1787. Seco7idly, All descendants through the female lines of the Huguenot families that emigrated to America prior to the pro- mulgation of the Edict of Toleration, November 28th, 1787. Thirdly, Representatives of other French families whose profession of the Protestant faith is anterior to the promulga- tion of the Edict of Toleration, November 28th, 1787. Fourthly, Writers who have made the history, genealogy, principles, etc., of the Huguenots a special subject of study and research, to whatever nationality they may belong. Sec. 2. The members of the Society may consist of three classes : Resident, Corresponding, and Honorary. Sec. 3. The annual fees of members, Corresponding and Honorary members excepted, shall be five dollars, and the pay- ment of fifty dollars shall constitute a life member. Sec. 4, The mode of electing members shall be as follows • Candidates may be proposed in writing at any regular meeting of the Society or of the Executive Committee, by two mem- bers, one of whom shall sign the certificate from personal knowledge or accompany it with his written proof of its state- ment. Such nominations, with a written statement of the name, address, occupation, and descent of each candidate, shall be considered at the next meeting after the nomination has been made of the Executive Committee, who shall pass thereon. If the said Committee report favorably upon the nomination, the candidate shall be considered as duly elected ; but if any member of the Executive Committee demand a ballot, the election shall be by ballot, and a two-third vote of the members of the Committee present shall be necessary to elect. Each elected member shall be notified of his election by the Secretary, who shall furnish him with a copy of the Constitu- tion and By-Laws and List of Members. On his admission he shall pay one year's subscription. ARTICLE IV. OFFICERS. Sec. I. The officers of the Society shall consist of a Presi- dent, a Vice-President for each original Huguenot centre or settlement in America, a Secretary, a Treasurer, an Executive Committee, a Library Committee, a Publication Committee, and a Finance Committee. The Executive Committee shall be composed of five mem- bers appointed by the President, together with the President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, and Chairman of the Publication, Library, and Finance Committees. In the absence of the President or any of the Vice-Presidents, it shall elect its own Chairman, pro tempore. This Committee shall have power at any of its meetings to fill vacancies caused by the death or resignation of any officers of the Society. Any five members I* lO of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Sec. 2. Besides the ordinary rights and duties of a presiding officer, the President shall appoint all the Committees, also their place of meetings. In conjunction with the Secretary and Treasurer, he shall have the power, and upon the written re- quest of three members of the Executive Committee, it shall be his duty to call Special Meetings of the Society. Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Vice-Presidents to interest in the object of this Society the Huguenot descendants of their localities, and when deemed advisable to establish branches of this Society in all parts of the country, and especially in those localities which they represent. In the absence of the President, a Vice-President shall pre- side, and exercise all the rights and privileges of the President ; and if more than one Vice-President be present, the Vice- President of the centre where the meeting is held shall be the presiding officer. Sec. 4. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to keep an accurate record of all the proceedings of the Society ; to con- duct the correspondence of the Society; to notify members of the meetings of the Society ; to inform officers and new mem- bers of their election ; to countersign all drafts made on the Treasurer ; and to call and arrange for all meetings of the Society, under the direction of the Executive Committee ; to prepare and submit to the Executive Committee, at their meeting next before the Annual Meeting, a report of the pro- ceedings for the last year. It shall also be his duty, under the supervision of the Publication Committee, to prepare the Annual Bulletin, as provided for under the Sixth Section of Article II. Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the Treasurer to collect all dues, fees, and other moneys belonging to the Society, and so often as these funds shall amount to fifty dollars, he shall deposit the same in some bank in the city of New York, in the name of the " HuGUENOT Society of America." II Out of these funds he shall pay such sums only as may be ordered by the Executive Committee, or, in special cases of necessity, by the Finance Committee. He shall keep an accu- rate account of his receipts and disbursements, and render an account of the same at each Annual Meeting of the Society, which will name a committee to audit them. Sec. 6. It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to examine and pass upon the credentials of candidates ; to elect new members, as provided for in Section 4, Article III., of this Constitution ; to engage suitable persons to deliver the addresses and prepare the papers contemplated in this Consti- tution ; and to make all other arrangements necessary for the meetings of the Society, and to transact all business of the Society not otherwise provided for in the Constitution. Sec. 7. The Library Committee shall be a committee of three. It shall have immediate control of the buying, bind- ing, cataloguing, and care of books, manuscripts, pamphlets, documents, and property of the Society. It shall also have the selection, direction, and payment of the Librarian and Assistant-Librarians, and the charge of such other business as may be directly connected with the Library or Reading Rooms of the Society. Sec. 8. The Publication Committee shall be a committee of three, and shall have the selection, supervision, and con- trol, of all the publications of the Society, subject to the ap- proval of the Executive Committee. Sec. 9. The Finance Committee shall be a committee of three, and shall authorize all disbursements, audit the accounts of the Treasurer, and generally supervise the finances of the Society, and make a Semi-Annual Report to the Executive Committee. Sec. 10. The officers of the Society shall be annually elected at the annual business meeting, but if any vacancy occur during the year, it may be filled at the next meeting of the Society by the President, as authorized. 12 ARTICLE V. MEETINGS. Sec. I. The Annual Business Meeting shall be held on April 13 — the day of the promulgation of the Edict of Nantes, granting freedom of worship to the Huguenots of France. Should such date fall upon Sunday, then the day thereafter shall be the day for this meeting. Sec. 2. The Annual Public Meeting, and all other meet- ings not herein above-named, shall be held during the year at such time as may be deemed advisable by the Executive Com- mittee. BY-LAWS. Sec. I. Notices of meetings shall be given at least one week in advance. Sec. 2. It shall always require ten members to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Sec. 3. At all meetings of the Society the order of busi- ness shall be as follows : 1. The reading and adoption of the minutes of the pre- vious meeting. 2. Reports of officers. 3. Reports of the Executive Committee. 4. At the annual meeting, election of officers. 5. Nomination of new members. 6. Reports of special committees. 7. Miscellaneous business. 8. The reading of papers or addresses, before the So- ciety. 9. Adjournment. Sec. 4. All resolutions shall be presented in writing to the Chair. Sec. 5. Appeals taken from the decisions of the Chair shall require a two-third vote to be sustained. Sec. 6. The object or objects of special meetings shall be stated in the call. Sec. 7. At special meetings all resolutions shall require a two-third vote of the members present. Sec. 8. A copy of all papers read before the Society shall be requested by the Library Committee for preservation among its archives. Sec. 9. The Executive Comnnittee shall have power to arrange for the Society an annual dinner, or other entertain- ment, at their discretion, at such time and place as they may decide to be most appropriate. Sec. 10. A regular monthly meeting for the transaction of business, for reading and discussing papers, etc., shall be held on the first Tuesday of each month, from November to May, inclusive. Sec. II. If any member neglect or refuse to pay his annual fee for two consecutive years, the Treasurer shall report the same to the Executive Committee, who may strike his name from the roll of membership. Sec. 12. Such members of the Society as do not themselves bear Huguenot names, shall add to their own names (on sign- ing the Constitution) the Huguenot names through which they claim descent. Sec. 13. The original Huguenot settlements in this coun- try, each of which is entitled to a Vice-President, are as fol- lows : New York City, Staten Island, Long Island, New Ro- chelle, New Paltz, Boston, New Oxford, Narragansett, Maine, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, and Florida. Sec. 14. The Constitution and By-Laws of this Society may be amended or repealed at any meeting of the Society by a two-third vote, but the changes proposed to the Constitution must have been submitted at a previous meeting. LIST OF MEMBERS. Members are requested to notify the Secretary of any change of address or if tliere are any errors in this list. The names in Italics in braclicts at the end of each entry are those of the for- eign families with which the member claims connection. * This mark is prefixed to the names of Life Members. f This mark is prefixed to the names of Deceased Members. X This mark is prefixed to the names of Members who have resigned. 1883, Aborn, Robert \V., N. Y. City. {Gahrid Bernon.) 1883. AiKMAN, D.D., Rev. William, Atlantic City, N. J. {Spcir.) 1889. Allaire, Hal., Allaire, Monmouth Co., N. J. {Alex Al- laire. ) 1885. Allen, Miss Candace, Providence, R. I. (Benwn, Craiv- /ord.) 1885. Allen, Charles Bernon, Providence, R. I. {Bernon, Crazv- ford.) 1883. Ames, Mrs. Helen M., N. Y. City. {Du Piiy, Lavitton, Buys of Buy.) 1 89 1. Anderson, U. S. A., Mrs. Gen. Robert, [Eliza Bayard] Wash- ington, D. C. {Bayard De Bey ster.) 1888. Atterbury, Mrs. Anson P., N. Y. City. {Bayard.) 1887. Atterbury, John Turner, N. Y. City. {Boudinoi.) 1883. Atterbury, D.D., Rev. W. W., N. Y. City. {Boudinot.) 1S83. Bacot, J. Vacher, East Orange, N. J. {De Saussure, Pierre Bacol.) 1883. Bacot, R. C, East Orange, N. J. {De Saussure, Bierre Bacot.) 1884. BakeiC, Guy Ellis, Albany, N. Y. {Bayeux, Boudinot, Lis- penard, ) 1885. *Balch, Thomas Willing, Philadelphia, Pa. {de Frouville.) 1883. Ballou, George William, N. Y. City. {Cardinal Balue.) 1886. Banta, Theodore M., N. Y. City. {Dejuarest.) 1886. Barbour, William D., N. Y. City. {De la Maitre.) 1890. Barbour, Mrs. William, N. Y. City. {Mercereau.) 1890. Barnett, M. Amelia, N. Y. City. {Burnett.) i6 1885. f Bayard, M.D., Edward, N. Y, City. {Bayard.) 1886. Bayard, Louis Pintard, N, Y. City. {Bayard.) 1883. Bayles, Miss Frances Seguine, Orange, N.J. {Valleau, Segiiine, de Taller anges.) 1883. Bayles, Mrs. George, Orange, N. J. {Valleau, Seguine, de Taller anges. ) 1888. Beck, Louis Du Bois, N. Y. City. Du Bois, Blanchau, Has- brouck. ) 1883. Ben'jamin, W. Romeyne, N. Y. City. {Romeyn, Lozier, Brou- wer.) 1889. Benneville, James S., de, Philadelphia, Pa. {de Benneville, Seguin.) 1 89 1, Blackwell, William, Bayard, N. Y. City. {Bayard.) 1 89 1. Blackwell, Miss Ruthella Rosina, N. Y. City. {Bayard.) 1884. I BoDiNE, MoRDAUNT, N. Y. City. {Du Bois.) 1883. BoNTECOU, Frederick T., N. Y. City. {Bontecou.) 1885. Bookstaver, Hon. H. W., N. Y. City. {Bodine, Fetter.) 1889. Boudinot, Miss J. J., N. »Y. City. {Boudinot.) 1885. I'Bouvier, Miss Mary H., Warwick, N. Y. 1885. *BowDoiN, George S., N. Y. City. 1890. BowDOiN, Miss Isabel G., Baltimore, Md. {Baudouin.) 1890. Bradley, M.D., Miss E. N., N, Y. City. {De Bevier.) 1886. Brez, J. D., Brooklyn, L. I. {Brez.) 1885. Briggs, D.D., Prof. C. A., N. Y. City. 1890. Brimmer, Hon. Martin, Boston, Mass. 1 89 1. fBROKAW, Frederic, N. Y. City. {Le Febre.) 1 89 1. Brokaw, Rev. Isaac P., N. Y. City. {Broncard.) 1891. Brokaw, Isaac Vail, N. Y. City. {Le Febre.) 1 89 1. Brokaw, William Vail, Ni Y. City. {Le Febre.) 1891. Broome, George Cochran, Brooklyn, L. I. {de La Totireiie.) 1884. Brown, Joseph O., N. Y. City. {Vinge.) 1891. Bruen, Alexander Jay, Washington, D. C. {Jay.) 1891. Bruen, Mrs. Alexander M., Washington, D. C. {J^y-) 1884. Budd, Mrs. William H., N. Y. City. {Bruyn, Esseltine.) 1884. Budd, William H., N. Y. City. {Bruyn, Esseltine.) 1883. Bull, M.D., Charles S., N. Y. City. {Seguin.) 1889. Campbell, Mrs. Henry Godwin, Paterson, N. J. {Mercereau.) 1888. Cannon, H. B., N. Y. City. {Le Grand— Cannon.) 17 18S5. Cannon, Col. Le Grand, N. Y. City, (Z