V[z^ S OCIETY OF SO NS OF THE REVOL UTION I N THE ST ATE OF MARYLA ND. MDCCCXCIV. IBum ilHonumcntum Sete J^erennfus. THE CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS OP THE Society of Qon^ of the IRevolution, IN THE STATE OF MARYLAND. ROLL OF MEMBERS AND LIST OF THE ANCESTORS BY RIGHT OF WHOSE REVOLUTIONARY SERVICES SUCH MEMBERSHIP IS HELD, BALTIMORE : 1894. Gift Mrs. Julian Jamee 1912 JOHN MUHPHY i CO., PEINTER3. BALTIMORE. E I ^ OFFICEKS GENERAL SOCIETY. 1893. Genebai President, HON. JOHN LEE CARROLL, Ellicott City, Md., Of the Maryland Society. General Vice-President, GARRETT DORSET WALL VROOM, Trenton, Of the New Jersey Society. Second General Vice-President, JOHN SCREVEN, Savannah, Of tlie Georgia Society. General Secretary, JAMES MORTIMER MONTGOMERY, 56 Wall Street, New York, Of tlie New York Society. Assistant General Secretary, WILLIAM HALL HARRIS, 216 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Of the Maryland Society. General Treasurer, RICHARD MoCALL CADWALADER, 710 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. Of the PennsylTania Society. General Assistant Treasurer, STEPHEN SALISBURY, Worcester, Of the Massachusetts Society. General Chaplain, REV. MORGAN DIX, D. D., 8. T. D., New York City, Of the New York Society. General Registrar, JOHN WOOLF JORDAN, 1300 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Of the Pennsylvania Society. General Historian, THEODORUS BAILEY MYERS MASON, U. S. N., Washington, Of the District of Columbia Society. MARYLAND SOCIETY. Instituted, -_.....- Apeil Htii, 1892, Incoepoeated undbe the Laws of the State of SIaeyland, - - - April 13th, 1892. Incoepokatobs. JOSEPH HENRY STICKNEY, EDWARD GRAHA.M DAVES, THOMAS WILLIAM HALL, COLUMBUS O-DONNELL LEE, MOZART WILLIAM HAYDEN, JOHN SELDEN SAUNDERS, McHENRY HOWARD, JULIAN LE ROY WHITE, ROBERT CARTER SMITH. MARYLAND SOCIETY. OFFICERS. President. Hon. JOHN LEE CARROLL, Ellicott City. Vice-President. McHENRY HOWARD, Equitable Building, Baltimore. Secret A BY. ROBERT RIDDELL BROWN, 213 St. Paul Street, Baltimore. Treasurer. WILLIAM BOWLY WILSON, 216 E. Baltimore Street, Baltimore. Registrar. WILLIAM HALL HARRIS, 216 St. Paul Street, Baltimore. Managers. DANIEL COIT OILMAN, L. L. D., JOHN WORTHINGTON HANSON, MOZART WILLIAM HAYDEN, CHARLES ©"DONNELL LEE, WILMOT JOHNSON, JOHN SELDEN SAUNDERS, CLAYTON COLMAN HALL. Delegates to the General Societt. EDWARD GRAHAM DAVES, THOMAS WILLIAM HALL, JOHN SELDEN SAUNDERS, WILLIAM HALL HARRIS, WILLIAM BOWLY WILSON. Alternates. JAMES A. BUCHANAN, CHARLES CDONNELL LEE, DANIEL COIT OILMAN, L. L. D., ROBERT BROWN MORISON, M. D., EUGENE FAUNTLEROY CORDELL, M. D. Constitution. ARTICLE I. Name of Society. The Society shall be known by the name, style and title of "Society of Sons of the Revolution in the State of Maryland, of Baltimore City." AETICLE II. Objects. The objects of the Society are social, educational and patriotic, and the Society is formed for the particular purpose of perpetuating the memory of the men who in military, naval and civil service of the Colonies and of the Continental Congress, by their acts or counsel, achieved the Independence of the Country ; and to further the proper celebration of the anniversaries of the birthday of Washington, and prominent events connected with the War of the Revolution ; to collect and secure for preservation the manuscripts, records and other documents relating to that period ; to inspire the members of the Society with the patriotic spirit of their forefathers ; and to promote the feeling of fellowship among its members. AETICLE III. Membership. Any male person, above the age of twenty-one years, shall be eli- gible to membership in this Society who is descended from an ancestor, as the propositus, who, either as a military, naval or marine officer, 7 8 soldier, sailor, or marine, or official in the service of any one of the thirteen original Colonies or States, or of the National Government representing or composed of those Colonies or States, assisted in es- tablishing American Independence dm-ing the War of the Revolution, between the 19th day of April, 1775, when hostilities commenced, and the 19th day of April, 1783, when they were ordered to cease. Provided : That when the claim of eligibility is based on the service of an ancestor in the " minute men " or " militia," it must be satis- factorily shown that such ancestor was actually called into the service of the State or United States, and performed garrison or field duty ; and Provided further : That when the claim of eligibility is based on the service of an ancestor as a "sailor" or "marine," it must in like manner be shown that such service M'as other than shore duty and regularly performed in the Continental Navy, or the Navy of one of the original thirteen States, or on an armed vessel, other than a merchant ship, which sailed under letters of marque and reprisal, and that such ancestor of the applicant was duly enrolled in the ship's company, either as an officer, seaman, or otherwise than as a passenger ; and Provided further : That when the claim of eligibility is based on the service of an ancestor as an " official," such service must have been performed in the civil service of the United States, or of one of the thii-teen original States, and must have been sufficiently impoiiant in cliaracter to Iiave rendered the official specially liable to arrest and imprisonment, the same as a combatant, if captured by the enemy, as well as liable to conviction of treason against the Government of Great Britain. In the construction of this Article, the Volunteer Aides de Camp of General Officers in Continental Service, who wei'c duly annoimced as such aud who actually served in the field during a campaign, shall be comprehended as having performed qualifying service. The civil officials and military forces of the State of Vermont, dur- ing the War of the Revolution, shall also be comprehended in the same manner as if they had belonged to one of the thirteen original States, 9 No service of an ancestor shall be deemed as qualifying service for membership in this Society where such ancestor, after assisting in the cause of American Independence, shall have subsequently either adhered to the enemy, or faile., Uniontown, Md. Great-great-grafldson of Thomas Clark [1737-1809], Member Pro- vincial Congress of New Jersey, 1775-6. Also : Great-grandson of George Eyster [1757-1836], Private, Captain Michael Srayser's Company, Colonel Michael Swope's Regi- ment, First Battalion, York County, Pa. Associators. Cap- tured at Fort Washington, and a survivor from the British prison ship " Jersey." 1892. White; Julian LeRoy, Baltimore. Great-great-grandson of Martin Eichelberger [1759-1840], Lieu- tenant, Colonel Thomas Hartley's Additional Regiment, Continental Line of Pennsylvania, September 19, 1777. 1892. Whitridge; James Hindman Barney, Baltimore. Great-grandson of Josias Carvil Hall [1746-1814], Colonel Com- manding Second Battalion, Maryland Flying Camp, 1776. Colonel Commanding Fourth Battalion Regulars, of Organi- zation of March 27, 1777. Supernumerary Colonel Maryland Line. Served at Battle of Germautown. Member Mary- land Society of the Cincinnati. 1893. William.s; George Huntington, Baltimore. Great-grandson of George Doolittle [1759-1825], Private, Captain Churchill's Eighth Company, Colonel Comfort Sage's Third Battalion Connecticut Troops, June-December, 1776. Pri- vate, Lieutenant David Smith's Company, Colonel Thomas Baldwin's Sixth Regiment Connecticut Militia, April-May, 1777. Private, Captain Humphrey's Company, Colonel Re- turn Jonathan Meigs' Sixth Regiment Connecticut Line, May 1, 1778, enlisted "for the War." Corporal same, Octo- ber 1, 1780. Sergeant, Captain Humphrey's Company, Fourth Regiment Connecticut Line, January 1, 1781 (formation 1781-83). At New York, Long Island, White Plains, and Stony Point. 1893. WiLLiAR; John Andrew, Baltimore. Great-grandson of Joseph Ware [1753-1805], Private, Captain Robert Smith's Company, Colonel Heath's Massachusetts Regiment, Lexington Alarm, April 19, 1775. Sergeant, Captain Moses Whiting's Company, Thirty-Sixth Regiment. At Cambridge October 5, 1775. Sergeant, Captain Footer's Company, Colonel Greaton's Regiment, 1777-1779. Sergeant, Captain Tisdale's Company, same Regiment, 1780. 40 DATE OF IKSIGNIA ELECTION. »<>• 1892. Wilson; James Gulian, Baltimore. 933 Great-grandson of Daniel Bowly [1745-1807], Ensign, Captain John Sterrett's Independent Company Maryland Militia, April, 1776. Company served under General Smallwood, March, 1777, and under General Wayne, September, 1777. Member Committee of Safety and Observation of Baltimore Town, 1775. 1892. WnsoNj John Appleton, Baltimore. 928 Great-grandson of Elisha Scott Williams [1757-1845], Private Second Company, Second Kegiment, Connecticut, May 5 to December 17, 1775. Adjutant First Kegiment, Connecticut Line, Lieuteuaut-Colonel Andrew Ward, July, 1776 to July, 1777. Sergeant, Captain Stauton's Company, Eighth Kegi- ment, Connecticut Militia, August 6, 1780. Present at Battles of Trenton, White Plains and Princeton. Served on Privateer "Hancock." 1892. Wilson; William Bowly, Baltimore. 932 Great-grandson of Daniel Bowly [1745-1807], Ensign, Captain John Sterrett's Independent Company Maryland Militia, April, 1776. Company served under General Smallwood, March, 1777, and under General Wayne, September, 1777. Member Committee of Safety and Observation of Baltimore Town, 1775. 1892. Wood; George Wisner, Baltimore. 929 Great-grandson of James Morgan, Ensign Second Kegiment, Middlesex County, N. J., Militia. Captain, same. Captain New Jersey State Troops. IRoster of Hncestors. Adams; John, . Aemstrokg; John, Blodoet; Samuel, BowiT; Daniel, Massachusetts, . Crane; Charles Thomas Pennsylvania, . Armstrong; Horatio Gates New Hampshire, Ahrens; Adolph Hall Ahrens ; Theodor George Hall ; Clayton Colman Hall; Thomas William Stickney ; Joseph Henry (died 1893) Maryland, . Jackson; George Somerville Jackson; John James, Jr. Thompson ; Henry Oliver Wilson; James Gulian Wilson; William Bowly Brookes; Benjamin, . . . Maryland, Tuck ; Philemon Hallam Buchanan; William, . . . Maryland, Brown; Robert Eiddell Buchanan ; James A. Morison; Ernest Nathaniel Morison; Robert Brown Btjknet ; William, . . . New Jersey, Collins; Josiah Burnet; William, Jr., . . New Jersey, Collins; Josiah Carroll, of Cabrollton, Charles, Maryland, . Carroll ; John Lee Cordell; John, .... Virginia, . Cordell; Eugene Fauntleroy 6 1735-1826 1725-1795 1724-1807 1745-1807 1752-1800 1732-1804 1730-1791 1737-1812 1720-1790 41 42 Ckane; Bufus, .... New Jersey, Crane; Henry Eyland Clark; Thomas, .... New Jersey, Weaver; John Jacob, Jr. • • 1744-1804 1737-1809 D'AunaNAc; Louis Jean Baptiste Chambaron, . France, , Brantly; William Theophilus Daves; John, North Carolina, Collins; Josiah Daves ; Edward Graham Deems ; Fredebick, . . . Pennsylvania, . Deems; James Harry Deems ; James Munroe Deems; Clarence 1749-1827 1748-1804 -1791 Doolittle; Ghorge, . . . Connecticut, Williams; George Huntington Earle; Bichabd Tilghman, . Maryland, Earle; Samuel Thomas Eaton ; Wh-liam, .... North Carolina, Collins ; Josiah Daves; Edward Graham Eichelberoeb ; Martin, . . Pennsylvania, . White; Julian LeBoy Etstee; George, .... Pennsylvania, . Weaver; John Jacob, Jr. GiLMAN ; Samuel, .... New Hampshire, Oilman; Daniel Coit Gray; Georob, .... Pennsylvania, . Carey; Charles Hamilton Carey; James Hall; Josiab Cabvil, . . . Maryland, . Hall; William Carvel Harris; William Hall Whitridge; James Hindman Barney Hanson; Alexander Contee, , ilaryland, Hanson ; John Worthington 1759-1825 1728-1788 1705-1780 1759-1840 1757-1836 1723-1778 1726-1800 1746-1814 1749-1806 43 Hanson; John Maryland, . Hanson; John Worthington Hatjse; Michael, . . . . Pennsylvania, . Hayden; Mozart William Hatben; Thomas, .... Connecticut, Hayden ; Mozart William HoPKiNSON, Francis, . . . New Jersey, Smith; Alexander Crawford Howard; Caleb, .... Massachusetts, . Howard; Willard Howard; John Eager, . . Maryland, . Howard; John Duvall Howard ; McHenry Hull; Jacob, Pennsylvania, Hayden; Mozart William Jett; William Stark, . . . Virginia, . Marys; Eobert Johnston; James, .... North Carolina, Johnston; Bartlett Shipp Jones; Allen, Collins; Josiah North Carolina, Jones; Cadwallader, . . . Virginia, . Collins; Josiah Lee; Thomas Sim, . . . Maryland, Lee; Charles O'Donnell Lee; Columbus O'Donnell Lee; William Lewis; Fielding, .... Virginia, . Lewis; Lawrence Fielding Levhs; Francis, .... New York, Johnson ; Wilmot Leiper; Thomas, .... Pennsylvania, . Carey; Charles Hamilton Carey; James Long; Nicholas, .... North Carolina, Collins; Josiah McKean; Thomas, . . . Pennsylvania, . Coale; Robert Dorsey 1715-1783 1750-1797 1745-1817 1737-1791 1760-1783 1752-1827 1804 1742-1805 1755-1795 1819 1725-1781 1713-1803 1745-1825 1817 44 Mailett; Petkk, .... North Carolina, Lee; Hillyard Cameron Lee ; Julian Henry Maeshaix; Thomas, . . . Virginia, . Smith; Robert White Smith ; Thomas Marshall Mason; Steveks Thomson, . . Virginia, . Mason, B. ; John Thomson Mason; Thomson, .... Virginia, . Barnes; John Thomson Mason Mason, R. ; John Tliomson Maxwell; Hugh, .... IMassachusetts, . Kirkland; Ogden Arthur Mifflin; Jonathan, . . . Pennsylvania, . Mifflin; Robert Wright Montague; Caleb, . . . Massachusetts, . Stockbridge ; Henry, Jr. Moobe; Nicholas Buxton, . . Maryland, . Barry; Robert McKean Morgan; James, .... New Jersey, Wood; George Wisner Morton ; John, .... Virginia, . Morton ; Copeland Nelson; Thomas, .... Virginia, . Dame; William Meade Page; Cartes, Dame; William Meade Palfrey; William, . . . Massachusetts, . Lee; Francis Maltitz Patterson; William, . . . Maryland, Patterson ; James Wilson Perkins; Elisha, .... Connecticut, Perkins; Elisha Henry Goddard ; Henry Perkins Poor; Joseph, .... Massachusetts, . Poor; Charles Lane Reed; John Massachusetts, . Beed ; John Ludovicus 1744-1805 1730-1802 1760-1803 1733-1785 1733-1799 1753-1840 1731-1782 1316 1730 1738-1789 1758-1825 1741-1780 1752-1835 1741-1799 1737-1796 1755-1835 45 EoBrN80"N; Daniel, . . . Delaware, . Hayden ; Mozart William Sattndees; Celet, . . . . Virginia, . Saunders; John Selden Scott; Gustavus, .... Maryland, . Scotl; Charles Henry Slaitghteb, James, . . . Virginia, . Lockwood; William Fairfield Smith; Samuel, .... Maryland, . Smith; Eobert Carter Smyth; Thomas, .... Maryland, . Browne; Bennet Bernard Stewart; Daniel, Jr . . Clark; WilUam Bullock Stewakt; David, .... Maryland, . Stewart; Charles Morton Stewart; Charles Morton, Jr. Strembeck; Jacob, . . . Pennsylvania, . Allen; Edward Gray Thornbukg; Joseph, . . . Pennsylvania, . Birckhead; Patrick Macaulay Gibson ; George Thornburg Macaiilay Tilghman; Jasies, .... Maryland, Earle; Samuel Thomas Ward; Andrew, Jr., . . . Connecticut, Comstock; Edward Foote Ware; Joseph, .... Massachusetts, . Williar; James Andrew Watkins; Gassaway, . . . Maryland, Warfield; Edwin Williams; Elisha Scott, . . Connecticut, Goodenow ; Rufus King Wilson ; John Appleton Wilson; James Armstrong, . Pennsylvania, Denison; Charles Carroll Yates; Thomas, .... Maryland, Pennington ; Yates 1737-1832 1753-1801 1752-1839 1729-1819 1756-1834 1745-1817 1755-1841 1752-1820 1743-1809 1728-1799 1753-1805 1752-1840 1757-1845 1740-1815 Hn flDemoriam. 1892. Joseph Henry Stickney, . . . May 3rd, 1893 LIBRARY OF CONGRE; 011 711 293 7