BMSWiWtlilllil^^ 1 i ■_.1lj J.I J ■jJlTIL^.— __! Ll„'-— . , ^Pthe groome family and 1 ^m CONNECTIONSs A PEDIGREE Class CSO'.I^, Book '.Gf^h:^^ GoiPgluN" IAJ^ J COPYRIGHT DEPOSrr. THE GROOME FAMILY AND CONNECTIONS: A PEDIGREE. THE GROOME FAMILY AND CONNECTIONS: A PEDIGREE. WITH BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES BY HARRY CONNELLY GROOME PHILADELPHIA PRESS OF J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1907 LIBRARY of CONGRESS Two CoDles Received MAY 6 190r Copyriirht Entry CLAS^ ^ XXc, No. / 7.rfo^. COPY'S. Copyright 1907 BY Harry Connelly Groome INTRODUCTION The late Mr, John Fiske, in a very excellent historical treatise entitled " Old Virginia and her Neighbours," says, that "the pedigrees of horses, dogs, and pigeons have a value that is quotable in terms of hard cash. Far more important, for the student of human affairs, are the pedi- grees of men. By no possible ingenuity of constitution- making or of legislation can a society made up of ruffians and boors be raised to the intellectual and moral level of a society made up of merchants and yeomen, parsons and lawyers." From the latter material the prominent men of colonial times were derived, and on a descent from such men the most characteristic American pedigrees are based. It must be remembered that exactly three centuries have elapsed since the first permanent English settlement was made in this country, and the varied conditions exist- ing during this period of time have afforded a sufficient test of the vigor of such lines of blood as have survived ; so that the history of families which originated with English mer- chants and mariners from two to three hundred years ago, and which have persisted through successive generations of men prominent in the affairs of their respective commu- nities, must be considered worthy of record. I feel, therefore, that I need offer no apology for the pious task which I have undertaken in the preparation of these notes, and, as the interest in genealogy is greatly enhanced by reference to contemporaneous history, I have thought fit to add as an appendix a brief sketch of the early history of Maryland and its institutions under the rule of the Calverts. I have set forth the genealogy of the Groome family of Maryland in full, but in the case of female lines I have, as INTRODUCTION a iiile, recoixletl only such portions as are essential to the pedigree of my father's children, the construction of which is primarily the object of this work. In some cases, how- ever, I have given female lines more or less in detail for the purpose of making clear the relationship of contempo- raneous members of such families to the members of my father's immediate family. In the arrangement of matter the paternal line is placed first, and this is followed by its direct female lines in the order in which they merge with it. Of the maternal female lines, I am not able to give any information in regard to the family of Elizabeth Pierce, wife of Henry' Con- nelly, but I have given in some detail the very interest- ing genealogy of the family of Eliza Andrews, wife of Harry" Connelly. In the preparation of these notes I have necessarily laid myself under obligations for much valuable assistance and advice, and for these kindnesses I must again express my sincere thanks. H. C. G. AlRLIE, NEAR WaRRENTON, Va., December, 1906. NOTE To facilitate cross-reference, Roman numerals are given in parenthesis immediately after the names of persons to whom they apply, to designate the generation to which such persons belong in the chronology adopted for this purpose. The first ancestor in the longest line of descent — viz., Anthony^ Andrews, A.D. 1550 — is considered to belong to the first (i) generation, and the children of SamueP William Groome to the eleventh (xi) generation. The generation numbers of the first ancestors in the shorter lines of descent are reckoned backward from the eleventh. Persons, therefore, whose names are followed by the same Roman numeral are of the same generation. The genera- tion number in connection with an individual to whom it refers is used only at the beginning of a section. The names of persons through whom the direct line of descent is traced, where they first occur in a section, are printed in heavy-faced, upright type. Superior numbers are used to distinguish persons whose first names and surnames are the same, as SamueP Groome and Samuel" William Groome, no account being taken in this respect of second names. In transcribing dates from Quaker records numbered months are designated by name, January in all cases being counted as the first month. CONTENTS GROOME — Sections i to 27. page Derivation of family — Middlesex family — Collateral branch of Middlesex family — Biographical sketches of Samuel^ Groome, SamueP Groome, SamueP Groome and DanieP Groome — Documents — Will of Samuel' Groome — Genealogy — Biographical sketches of SamueP Groome, Charles^ Groome, John^ Groome, SamueP Groome, John^ Charles Groome, SamueF William Groome, James^ Black Groome, SamueP William Groome, Harry Connelly Groome, John^ Charles Groome, SamueP^ William Groome, Alexander Coxe Groome and Pierce Francis Groome — Documents — Wills of Charles^ Groome and SamueP Groome — Family names in- cluded in the genealogy: Brain, Heathcote, Tailer, Moore, Perrin, Owen, Bailward, Revett, Hynson, Kennard, Bowers, Miller, Page, Dunn, Buchanan, Frisby, Pearce, Ringgold, Cruikshanks, Fisher, Rasin, Wroth, Clayton, Poits, Gibbons, Newman, Perkins, Black, Mitchell, McCullough, Denny, Morris, Feddeman, Thompson, Winchester, Earickson, Hungerford, Daingerfield, Beatty, Dawson, Campbell, Wallace, Earle, Hoffman, Hayward, Trippe, Brown, Edmondson, Young, Adrian, Smith, Wallis, Holden, Miller, Huggins, White, File, Knight, Constable, Evans, Fulenwider, Allen, Whittlesey, Williams, Booth, Collett, Seavert, Frazier, Gawthrop, Green, Sheffield, Mayes, Beasley, Stallings, Baylay, Connelly, Reath, Price, Wright, Upton, Roberts, McClure and Lewis 13 CONTENTS HYNSON — Sections 28 to 30. page Genealogy — Biographical sketches of Thomas' Hynson, John' Hynson and Charles' Hynson — Documents — Family names included in the gene- alogy : Kelley, Smith, Rodgers, Holeager, Glanville, Harris, Murphy, Tilden, Carvill, Jones and Groome 55 DUNN — Sections 31 to 34. Derivation of family — Genealogy — Biographical sketches of Robert' Dunn, Robert" Dunn and Robert* Dunn — Family names included in the genealogy: Porter, Hood, Miller, Pearke, Wickes, Brown, Hynson and Groome 62 BLACK — Sections 35 to 41. Derivation of family — Genealogy — Biographical sketch of James^ Black — Family names included in the genealogy : Wallace, Evans, Scott, Hollins- worth, Rice, Donaldson, Kerr, Sharpe, Corre, Pearce, Merritt, Gillespie, Parke, Hossinger, Wilson, Hanson, Cummings, Salsbury, Perkins, Giles, Veazey, Craycroft, Mills, Ward, Groome, Stokes, Couper, Young, Welsh, Sartori and Edmundson . . 65 ALLEN — Sections 42 to 43. Genealogy — Biographical sketches of Elizabeth Sheward Allen and Joshua Allen — Family names included in the genealogy: Sheward, Humphreys, Marr, Broome, Moore, Stokes, Woolman, Austin, Engle, Reichert, Groome, Hogan, Perkins, Wood, Heberton and Walker 69 CONNELLY — Sections 44 to 53. Derivation of family — Genealogy — Biographical sketches of John' Connelly, Henry^ Connelly, Pierce' CONTENTS Page Connelly, Harry" Connelly and Harry'' Connelly — Family names included in the genealogy: Little, Vandoren, Pierce, West, Marcia, Eyre, Gibson, Gaillard, Painter, Dale, Coye, Morgan, Smyth, O'Callaghan, Vickers, Blackburn, Lear, Binney, Klink, Kriegar, Kennard, Peacock, Andrews, Groome, Griffith, Robinson, Carter, Fuller, Foulke, Ashhurst, Frazer, Stimson, Wayne, Leiper, Perot, Ward and Vaux 71 ANDREWS— Sections 54 to 72. Derivation of family — Grant of Arms — Genealogy — Biographical sketches of John^ Andrews, Robert^ Andrews, Robert" Andrews, John^ Andrews, John'' Williams Andrews, Henry'' Wilson Andrews and Robert^ Andrews — Documents — Family names in- cluded in the genealogy: Lenton, Colley, Palmer, Newsam, Sanders, Holder, Greening, Cooke, Black, Lowe, Van Auringe, Callender, Ballard, Wilkerson, Randolph, Taylor, Lee, Blair, Neill, Mason, Con- nelly, Wilson, Thompson, Massara, Jones, Fenton, Abercrombie, Fisher, Pigman, Parkin, Boyd, Perre- noud. White, Newman, McEntee, Lovette, Harris, Hale, Day, Wright, French, Stevens, Horwitz, Poag, Cox, Shaw, Betton, McMichael, Tilghman, Robert, Bourbon del Monte, Field, Adams, Rod- gers, Zinn, du Pont, Godwin and Bradford 82 APPENDIX — Historical Sketch of Kent Island AND OF THE PaLATINATE OF MARYLAND 99 GROOME DERIVATION OF FAMILY 1. Members of a Middlesex family of Groom e were very prominent among the merchants and traders to the Colonies of America during the latter half of the seventeenth and the early years of the eighteenth centuries, and, although the branch of this family of which the fullest records are found terminated with Samuel^ Groome (1685-1714), a collateral branch existed from which I propose to trace the descent of the Groome family of Maryland. Before show- ing the connection of this collateral branch, however, it has been considered advisable to set forth in full such rec- ords of the main branch of the family as are extant. THE MIDDLESEX FAMILY 2. SAMUEL^ GROOME (iv). The first member of the Middlesex family identified with the Colonies of America was Samuel^ Groome, described in his will as a mariner of RatclifTe, in the County of Middlesex, England. (Will dated August 2ist, 1682, probated March ist, 1683-4. P. C. C, Hare, 30.) This Samuel^ Groome may have originally traded to New England and have settled for a time at Salisbury. Savage's Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Vol. II, p. 318, contains the following entry: "Groome, Samuel, Salisbury, 1650, a mariner in the lists of inhabitants dignified with the prefix of Mr., went home to London before 1658. He may seem to be that Quaker who published, in 1676, 'A Glass for the people of New England, in which they may see themselves and 13 CHART OF GROOME FAMILY OF MIDDLESEX AND SUFFOLK, ENGLAND PARENTS NOT KNOWN SAMUEL' GROOME = ELIZABETH of Ratcliffe I Bom Middlesex | 1626 Will pr. I Died I March 23 Feb. 1683-4 1703-4 JOHN» GROOME = ELIZABETH of Stoke by Nayland Suffolk Will pr. I Dec. 1680 Samubl' of Whitechapel Middlesex Horn al.oui i'i<;( i_ i.,.,i 1697 Sarah Moorb Married 3 Sept. i()8i Died 3 Dec. 1704 Elizabeth James Bl-tAIN of VVapping Married 20 Aug. 1670 Margaret =^Georgb Heathcote of 1 .„i,(,>„ y Sarah Bom 16 March 1683 =Thomas Perrin Married about 1701 Samuei of Loriu Bom 30 March 1685 Buried 28 July >7i3 Herring Creek, i. Ann Arundel Ma Co., Md. abou No issue Sept. Marv 1 Susan A Son Daniel* = = Ann Revett =j,, Bom (name NOT of Stoke Married Tai about known) by Nayland 6 June ,^f 1 !ifff 1668 Bom Suffolk 1680 Died 1654 Bom 20 Feb. or i6s4 1683 1656 or 1656 Died 18 July 1690 ~\ ; Elizabeth Daniel^ Samuel^=Margaret Hynson Anne Bom Commanded Died Biiptized 7 Dec. Ship 1767- -8 6 lune 1.594 Heston Kent Co. 1686 J,,?^ 1709 Md. GROOME Spirits, and if not too late; Repent and turn from their Abominable Ways and Cursed Contrivances.' " March 29th, 1656, Samuel' Groom e writes to Mr. Richard Preston, in Patuxent, Maryland, as follows: "This may inform you that Mr. Cranneg hath Shipped abroad Tobacco by which he hath ingaged to pay for yr. use the sume of Thirteen pounds and Tenne Shillings as Witness my hand." (Warrants and Assignments, Maryland, liber 3, fol. 185.) In 1658 he appears in command of the ship "Dove" in the waters of Virginia, a Mr. Samuel Groome being mentioned as refusing to pay a levy made by the Virginia Legislature. (Hening's Statutes, I, 513.) During Bacon's Rebellion in 1676, Gov. Berkeley, of Virginia, issued an order to Captain Samuel Groom e and others trading to Virginia ports, requiring them to assist him against the rebels by the use of their ships. (Hening's Statutes, III, 568.) Samuel' Groome, in command of his ship "Globe," sailed from London to the Patuxent River, Maryland, June, 1676. (A letter from Wm. Penn et al. to R. Hartshorne, dated London, June 26th, 1676, refers to Samuel Groome's ship, for Maryland, having just sailed from England. Smith's History of New Jersey.) William Edmondson, in his journal, says, wishing to go from the Eastern to the Western Shore of Maryland, "Samuel Groome, of London, Master of a ship, being there, sent his boat and two men to take me over (1676)." (Whitehead's East New Jersey under the Proprietors.) Samuel' Groome returned to England and made another voyage to Maryland in 1677, as would seem to be shown by an indenture with a certain Jane Widows, November 7th, 1677, by which she binds herself to serve him for four years, in consideration of her passage to Maryland and other considerations. (Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland, Deeds.) Captain Samuel Groome, commander of the ship "Globe," applied for a license to trade with the Indians, and a com- 14 GROOME mission granting this license was issued by Chas. Calvert, Lord Baltimore, 1681. (Maryland Archives.) May nth, 1681, the ship "Globe," Samuel Groome, commander, is referred to as sailing from Patuxent River, Maryland. (Maryland Archives.) Samuel^ Groome's ship "Globe" subsequently sailed under the command of Captain Watts, a seizure of skins on board of this ship while in command of Captain Watts being recorded May 6th, 1682. (Maryland Archives.) Samuel Groome is mentioned, in Bruce's Economic History of Virginia, as one of the twenty-four traders who furnished the greater portion of the supplies imported into the Colonies of Maryland and Virginia during the latter part of the seventeenth century. This Samuel^ Groome purchased, January 5th, 1664, from Henry Sew^all and Jane Sewall his wife, for ;^i2o, lawful money of England, a tract of land containing 5000 acres, known as Eltonhead Great Manor, lying upon the north side of the Patuxent River, Maryland. (Annapolis Land Office Deeds.) This land, however, did not come into his possession at this time, and as a substitute a grant of another tract of 5000 acres was made September 20th, 1664. (Ma- ryland Certificates.) Eltonhead Manor was apparently resurveyed for him in 1666. (Maryland Certificates.) A tract of 450 acres of land, called Donor, lying on the Choptank River, Maryland, was conveyed to Samuel Groome, March 20th, 1674, by Robert Story. (Annapolis Deeds.) March loth, 1671, Samuel^ Groome landed in the Prov- ince of Maryland 65 immigrants whom he had transported from England in the ship " William and Mary," "at his own cost and charges," and demanded 3250 acres of land as a "benefit" under the conditions of plantation for the trans- portation of these persons. A warrant for this quantity of land was issued May 15th, 1671. (Letter of Charles Calvert to Robert Ridgeley, May 15th, 1671, Maryland Certifi- cates.) This warrant was renewed February 14th, 1672 15 GROOME (Maryland Certificates), and continued of record until Sep- tember 24th, 1677. It was executed November ist, 1678, by John Stanley, Deputy Surveyor under Baker Brook, Esq., Surveyor General of the Province of Maryland, who upon that date notified the Governor that he had laid out for Samuel Groome, "for three thousand two hundred and fifty acres of land, due by record of a warrant for the same quantity granted him the 24th day September, 1677, as appears upon record," a parcel of land called "Partner- ship," lying "in the freshes of the great Choptank River on the North side of said river," containing 1000 acres more or less. A patent for this land was issued to Samuel Groome, merchant, by Charles Calvert, May 8th, 1679. (AnnapoHs Patents, liber 21, fol. 107.) Another parcel of land "for 3250 acres," granted Samuel Groome, Sep- tember 24th, 1677, called "RatcHffe," lying in Talbot County, "in the freshes of the great Choptank River," was surveyed for him by John Stanley, Deputy Surveyor, November loth, 1678, and the patent issued May 8th, 1679. (Annapolis Patents, liber 21, fol. 112-113.) Upon the death of Sir George Carteret, Proprietor of East New Jersey, trustees were appointed to make sale of the province for the benefit of his heirs. The domain was purchased, for the sum of £3400, by Wm. Penn, Robert West, Thomas Rudyard, Samuel Groome, Thomas Hart, Richard Mew, Ambrose Riggs, John Haywood, Hugh Hartshorne, Clement Plumstead, Thomas Cooper, and Thomas Wilcox, and deeds of lease and re-lease were made to the purchasers by the devisees of Carteret on February 2nd, 1681-82. (Mulford's History of New Jersey, p. 207.) Each of the twelve purchasers, soon after, sold one- half of his right to a new associate, and on the 14th March, 1682, another conveyance was made to the new body of twenty-four proprietors by his Royal Highness the Duke of York (afterwards James H). (Grants and Concessions of New Jersey, 1 664-1 702.) Samuel^ Groome is described 16 GROOME in this deed as "of the Parish of Stepney, in the County of Middlesex, Mariner." On November 3rd, 1683, Charles II issued a letter con- firming the grant of the Duke of York to the Proprietors, and declaring that it was "his royal will and pleasure that all persons concerned in the province should yield all due obedience to the laws and government of the grantees and their heirs and assigns, as absolute proprietors and gov- ernors thereof." "The new body of Proprietors did not immediately devise or digest a system of laws, but they adopted measures for the maintenance of government within the province. They proceeded at once to appoint a Governor, and their choice for this office fell upon Robert Barclay, of Urie, Scotland. . . . The appointment of Robert Barclay as Governor was made with a condition that he should not be required to reside in the province, but might exercise his office by deputy." (Mulford's History of New Jersey, pp. 208-10.) On September i6th, 1682, Thomas Rudyard was appointed Deputy Governor, and Samuel^ Groome, Receiver and Surveyor General of the Province. They arrived November 13th, 1682. In laying out and allot- ting lands, the Deputy Governor, sustained by the Council, adopted a course which was at variance with the views of Groome, the Surveyor General, and led to that function- ary's being virtually superseded. The Proprietaries in England, however, did not approve of Rudyard's conduct in the matter; they therefore reaffirmed their confidence in the Surveyor General, and annulled all grants that had not been regularly surveyed by him. (Whitehead's East New Jersey under the Proprietors, pp. 130-1.) It is probable that Rudyard was supposed not to have been wholly disinterested in the transaction of the business of his office. The Proprietors say: "We are very sensible of Samuel Groome's honesty and fidelity to our interest, in his care in seeking out and discovering the best land, and surveying it for our use, and in refusing to comply with the 2 17 GROOME particular interest of any there, by accommodating them with lands, or others at their desire, to our general preju- dice." (Grants and Concessions of New Jersey, 1 664-1 702, p. 182.) Samuel' Groome wrote a letter to his fellow Proprietors in England, August nth, 1683, reporting to them the work he had done in sounding channels and rivers, and surveying lands in the province (for text vid. Scot's Model, p. 281). He died in the same year (1683), leaving unfinished on the stocks at Elizabeth Town (possibly named for his wife) the first vessel built in East New Jersey. The "goods, chattels, wares, and merchandise" belong- ing to the Proprietors of the Province of East New Jersey in the hands of Samuel^ Groome at the time of his death were disposed of by action of a Council held at Elizabeth Town, Essex County, December ist, 1683. (New Jersey Archives, vol. xiii.) Samuel' Groome m. Elizabeth , who survived him, and died February 23rd, 1703-4, aged 77 years. She was buried at Ratcliffe, Stepney, Middlesex, England. (Quaker Registers, Devonshire House, London.) Her will is dated April 22nd, 1703, and was proved June 20th, 1704. (P.C. C, Ash, 130.) The children of Samuel' Groome and Elizabeth Groome w^ere : Samuel^ (vid. Sec. 3). Elizabeth, m., August 20th, 1670, James Brain, of Wapping. Margaret, m., December 27th, 1671, George Heathcote, of London. Mary, m., June 15th, 1682, John Tailer, of Ratcliffe. Susan, d. February 20th, 1683, aged about 15 years. Buried at Ratcliffe. (Quaker Registers, Devonshire House, London.) 3. SAMUEL' GROOME (v), son of Samuel' Groome, of Ratcliffe, Middlesex, England, and his wife Elizabeth Groome, described in the Probate Act Book as of the Parish of St. Marie, Whitechapell, Middlesex, w^as born 18 GROOME 1653; died November 23rd, 1697, and was buried at Rat- cliffe. This Samuel^ Groome is described as a mariner in the Quaker Register of Marriages, Devonshire House, London, but more commonly in other records as a mer- chant. He made voyages to America, but for the most part resided in London, conducting from that point an extensive trade with the Colonies. In 1678 he is found in command of his father's ship "Globe," as appears from the following bond and warrant: "Know all men by these presents, that I, Samuel Groome, the younger, now commander of the Globe of London. Bond for ;^i5o sterling to Chas. Calvert, Lord Baltimore. "Whereas the persons mentioned in the catalog annexed were brought over in the ship above mentioned by Samuel Groome, the Elder, father of the above bound Samuel Groome as by the said catalog may appear, and whereas upon the humble request of the said Samuel Groome the above named Charles, Lord Baltimore, hath promised a general warrant to take up the lands of the said severall persons amounting in the whole to four score and three, now the condition of this obligation is such that if the said persons mentioned in this catalog annexed or any or either of them (have been used to get land) nor shall they by consent of the said Samuel Groome the elder or Samuel Groome the younger &c. Samuel Groome, Junr." Test: Thos. Grulwin. Then follow the names of eighty-three persons. " Captain Samuel Groome giving good security that he, nor any other for him hath made use of the within and above rights, &c. due to the owners of the ship Globe of London. . . Then let him have warrant . . . given under my hand 27 May 1678." (Maryland Certificates, liber 20, fol. 185-186.) Samuel^ Groome appears to have had control of his father's property even during his lifetime, for the Proprietors of East New Jersey, in July, 1683, writing to Lowrie, say, that ' ' Groome may feel disposed to return to England when he should hear of the great inclination shown by the son to sell his father's property, which he has already a right to." He probably did sell it, as it was transferred the same month, July, 1683. (New Jersey Archives, vol. i, p. 432.) 19 GROOME A letter dated "From our Meeting for Sufferings, In London, ye 4th Mo. 1685," "To friends of ye Western Shore in Maryland," and signed by Thos. Hart, John Dew, Geo. Watts, and six others, acknowledges receipt of ;^33, 13s., 6d. for the relief of distressed Friends, the remittance having been enclosed in a letter directed to Samuel Groome. (Record of West River Quarterly Meeting of Friends, Cal- vert County, Maryland. Established 1672.) " Middlesex in England. At a Session on the 14th of the Month called January, 1686, Charles Banister, Aaron Under- hill, Thomas Fidoe, Elizabeth FuUore, Elizabeth Grice, Elizabeth Lockworth, and Sarah Groom" (probably the wife of Samuel^ Groome), "condemned for meeting together were fined four Nobles each, and the said Charles Banister and Aaron Underbill were committed to Newgate Prison." ("A Collection of the Sufferings of the people called Quakers, for the Testimony of a Good Conscience," Joseph Besse, London, 1753, vol. i.) The discontent of the Puritans in Maryland under the Roman Catholic government of the Proprietors became active during the last days of the reign of James II, and in 1688 general charges against the administration of Charles Calvert, third Lord Baltimore, were preferred by Capt. John Coode and others who supported him. In answer to these charges Lord Baltimore directed that certain persons be called before a "Committee of Plantations" to declare and testify in respect thereto, Mr. Samuel Groome being included in the lists as a merchant and trader to Maryland. "My Lord Baltemore's Mem. for the Members to be summoned : 7th. Jan. 1689. ."I most humbly begg your Lordshipps that I maybe favored in hav- ing such Inhabitants, Traders, and Merchants as have Hved, and dealt to my Province this five and Twenty years and upwards called before this Committee of Plantations to declare and testifie before their Lord- shipps their knowledge touching the charge in General against me con- tained in a declaration lately sett forth and sent by Capt. Jno. Coode and his adherents now in Maryland. /^ Baltemore " GROOME "A list of Inhabitants & Traders to Maryland give by Lord Baltemore Coll. Tailler, ] r^,, j , u-^ ^ ,,, ., . ^ > Old Inhabitants. Mr. Abmgton, j Mr. Livingston a member of the Church of England and has many years been an Inhabitant. Mr. Henry Coursney, Junr. ) ^^^^.^^^ ^^ Maryland. Mr. Smith, ) Mr. George Robing, an Inhabitant. Mr. Sam. Groome, ") Capt. Phillips, > Merchants & Traders to Maryland." Capt. Watts. 3 (Maryland Archives, 1687-1693, p. 163.) In April, 1689, "An Association in Arms for the defense of the Protestant religion and for asserting the right of King William and Queen Mary to the Province of Maryland and all the English Dominions" was formed, with John Coode as president. This movement eventually ended in King William's being asked to undertake the government of Maryland, and a scire facias was issued by him against the Baltimore charter, Sir Lionel Copley appointed Royal Governor in 1691, and the palatinate overturned. The conditions of the times are indicated by the follow- ing letter, written by Richard Johns from Maryland, Sep- tember 27th, 1689, to Samuel^ Groome in London: "My friend, "Samuel Groome I should have sent to ye per some former opor- tunity to give thee some account of the great distraction amongst the inhabitants of this (once peaceable governed Province) but to that passe we are now brought that it is difficult to send or receive any letter for feare of its being opened. Wee live in daily hopes of the forward ships btit more especially some order from the Crown of England to settle and compose our present distraction; here is a small Ketch Packet boat that have brought letters for this Government and private letters also but all is kept husht and some private letters alsoe I have seen that have bin open before they came to the owners hands. If thee or Mr. Taylor did send any by the said Ketch they are kept up. I'll say little more only tell thee long soard in the Rabbles hands is our Master. Coll. Darnell and also Richard Smith's wife comes in this ship. I referr thee to them for a full information of matters here. I'll add that I am confident the least scrip of order or Command from King William would be gladly received and readily acknowledged with a general submission from the Freeholders GROOME of this Province. God grant it may come quickly. I hope when the ship comes thou wilt send the goods I sent for at least those that are most necessary for my family. Else I cannot keepe house. I have all my consernes to thy care, Myself wife and family are in health. RiCHD. Johns." (Maryland Archives, 1687-93, P- 126.) Mr. Jacob Lootons, a Baltimore County justice, was found to have had "a great store of Indian trade" in his house in 1692, which was said to belong to Col. Wells and Samuel Groome, under whom he traded. (Letter of Nich- olas Greensbury to Lionel Copley, Esq., Captain General and Governor in Chief in Maryland, dated July 15th, 1692.) Samuel^ Groome, "of London, merchant," filed a bill of complaint February 3rd, 1690, against James Braine, of Stepney, London, in which Groome describes himself as a trader to the "west Indies in America," and states that Braine came to him on the Exchange in London and offered to let the ship "Endeavour," of London, of two hundred tons, to sail from Gravesend to Choptank River in Maryland and thence to return back to London, for three hundred hogsheads of tobacco at £14 per ton, and that Braine after- wards denied the agreement. (Chancery Proceedings, Hamilton, 143-30.) Reference is made in letters of William FitzHugh to bills of exchange drawn on Mr. Samuel Groome, of London, for shipments to him April 25th, 1691, and at other times. (Virginia History and Biography.) Samuel^ Groome filed a bill of complaint against Hope Gifford January 3rd, 1693, for the non-conveyance of cer- tain messuages in the Parish of Hornechurch, Co. Essex, England. (Chancery Proceedings, Reynardson, 246-7.) Samuel^ Groome m., September 3rd, 1681, Sarah Moore, who survived him, and died December 3rd, 1704. She was buried at Bunhil Fields, London. (Quaker Registers, Devonshire House, London.) The children of Samuel^ Groome and Sarah (Moore) Groome were: GROOME Sarah, b. March i6th, 1683; m. Thomas' Perrin, of London, mer- chant, marriage license issued December i6th, 1699; their issue, Samuel Perrin; James Perrin; Thomas^ Perrin; Mary Perrin; and Sarah Perrin. Samuel^ (vid. Sec. 4). Constance, b. August 20th, 1686; m., ist, John Owen; m., 2nd, September, 17 13, John Bailward. JoHN^ d. December 27th, 1688, aged 9 months. Elizabeth, b. June 3rd, 1689; d. November 9th, 1690. JoHN^, b. October nth, 1690. Described as of Plaistovv, Co. Essex, gent., in his will dated July 7th, 1716, proved July 13th, 1716. (P. C. C, Fox, 143.) Elizabeth, b. December 7th, 1694. (Quaker Registers, Devonshire House, London.) Provisions of the will of Samuel^ Groome, of London, Merchant. Dated April 27th, 1697. Proved February 3rd, 1698. (P. C. C, Lort, 57.) To daughter Sarah all those my messuages etc. in the parish of Havering and Hornechurch, co. Essex near Rumford, being about jQioo per annum on condition she pay to my daughter Constance ;£5oo at 18. To son Samuel Groome all those my messuages etc. in the parish of Aiot CO. Hartford, also my messuage wherein I now dwell in Mansell Street in Goodman's Fields, co. Midd. for 10 years. To my said son Samuel all my lands plantations and tenements etc. and also all other my estate, goods etc. in Maryland or elsewhere in America. To my said son Samuel all my messuages, lands, etc. in Ratcliflfe or else- where in England which I have in possession and am entitled to by virtue of the last will and testament of my late father Samuel Groome deceased. To my brothers in law John Tayller and Thomas Moore and to my friend John Tanner one hundred guineas in trust for my said son Sam. to be by them with the consent of my wife, if she be living, applied for the putting out of my said son. To my dau. Constance all those my lands etc. in Donsongor, near Stony Stratford, co. Northampton. To my two youngest children John and Elizabeth Groome all those my messuages etc. near Haverell alias Havering, co. Essex and Suflfolk. To my said wife £50. To my cozens Daniell and Samuel Groome, sons of Daniell Groome, £2$ each at 21. To John Tayller, Thomas Moore and John Tanner all lands etc. in Grany and Feversham, co. Kent, occupied by Thomas Moore, in trust to suffer my said wife to take the rents etc. for her own use during her 23 GROOME life and after her decease to such of my said children as my wife shall appoint. Whereas I have advanced £z°° upon an Act of Parliament made in the fourth year of the reign of King William and the late Queen Mary entitled an Act for granting certain rates and duties of Excise upon Beere etc. I give the said ;£3oo to my said children Sarah, Samuel and Constance. Residuary Legatees: — my wife and my five children. Overseers: — my brothers in law John Tayller and Thomas Moore and friend John Tanner. Executrix: — my said wife. Witnesses: — Harbert Springett, Will: Springett, Fr. Harding. Codicil, dated Nov. 3, 1697, revoking the legacy of the messuage in Man- sell Street given to son Samuel, and bequeathing the same to his wife for her life with remainder of term to son Samuel : ' ' And whereas I have purchased an annuity of ;£4o of Bartholmew Soames of Little Thorlow co. Suffolk Esq. which is issuing out of the manor of Great Thorlow, co. Suff. I give the same to my said son Samuel and his heirs." Wits: — Jacob Brent, Harbert Springett, Fr. Harding. 4. SAMUEL^ GROOME (vi), son of Samuel'^ Groome, of Whitechapell, Middlesex, England, and his wife Sarah (Moore) Groome, was born March 30th, 1685, at Wheeler Street, Whitechapell, Middlesex. (Quaker Registers, Devon- shire House, London.) He is said to have gone beyond seas into Virginia about 17 14 where he died. (Chancery Pro- ceedings, 1714-1758, Groome v. Bailward, Reynardson, 2639.) His death must have occurred prior to June 30th, 1 71 5, that being the date of the chancery suit Groome v. Bailward, in which the fact of his death is recited, and he is evidently the person of this name who is buried at Herring Creek, St. James' Parish, Anne Arundel County, Maryland; the Parish Register, p. 44, containing this entry: "Samuel Groome, merchant, buried July 28th, 1713." Soon after his father's death he was sent to Holland, where he appar- ently remained until after his mother's death in 1704. (Chancery Proceedings, Owen v. Groome, Hamilton, 641.) He was one of the 6xecutors of his mother's will, and was a defendant in two or more chancery suits incidental to the settlement of her estate, the principal of which was 24 GROOME Groome v. Groome (Hamilton, 642), this being a bill of com- plaint by his sister Elizabeth Groome. This property was in litigation after his death (vid. Groome v. Bailward, Reynardson, 2639). In 1709 he appointed Captain Daniel^ Groome, of the ship Heston, his attorney with full power to administer the property in Maryland inherited from his father. (Annapolis Land Records, liber P. L., p. 153.) Samuel^ Groome, "of London, merchant," purchased from Seaborn Tucker, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, July ist, 1712, a tract of land called Chevey Chase, lying in Baltimore County, containing about 200 acres. (Baltimore County Deeds.) July nth, 1713, Samuel^ Groome, "of London, mer- chant," purchased two tracts of land from William Nichols, of Calvert County, Maryland, one known as Price's Venture, in Cecil County, consisting of 125 acres, and the other called New Castell, also in Cecil County, consisting of 400 acres. (Annapolis Deeds.) The purchase of the tract of land called Chevey Chase may have been made by Samuel^ Groome through his agent, Captain Daniel^ Groome, as Levin Donwood, the administrator in Maryland de bonis non of his father, in 1 712, states that he cannot file an account until he hears from one Samuel Groome, merchant, of London, having effects of the deceased in his hands. (Testamentary Pro- ceedings, Maryland, 22, 152.) This would imply that Samuel^ Groome had not at that time left England. Samuel^ Groome was said to have disposed of his effects in England before going to America. (Groome v. Bailward, Reynardson, 2639.) An inventory of the goods and chattels of Samuel^ Groome, "late of London, merchant," was taken August 13th, 1 7 13, by Samuel Harrison and Solomon Burkhead, and appraised as of the value of ;^69, 17s. 5d. (Inventories and Accounts, Maryland, liber 35, fol. 170.) 25 GROOME Samuel^ Groome apparently died intestate and indebted to Levin Donwood, a Quaker o£ Somerset County, Mary- land, in the sum of ;^99o, 6s. 8d. The same Levin Donwood filed an account in 1721 as Samuel Groome's administrator, as follows : Account of Levin Donwood admr. of Samuel Groome late of London, merct. deed, the said accountant chargeth himself with all and singular goods, chattels and credits as per inventory £69: 17:05 also the sum of ;£ 1 1 4 : 00 : 10 £183: 18:03 and prays allowance &c. also prays allow- ance for the just sum of which the said deceased did justly stand indebted unto him at the time of his decease as per account appears and is allowed ;)£99o: 06: 08 Payments made ;£i3 : 1 7 : 02 Balance received by the administrator ;iCi7o: 01: oi Balance due the administrator £S^o : 05 : 07 The above account being preferred to the administrator viz. Levin Don- wood, he was not of capacity to attest the same by reason of his very great indisposition of body so that his reason hath left him without any hope of abatement Test. Sam. Hopkins, Dep. Comm. The above account is made up by virtue of commission. (Inventories and Accounts, Maryland, liber A. D., fol. 7.) A private law was enacted by the Maryland Assembly October loth, 1727, " empowering certain commissioners to vend and dispose of the lands whereof Samuel Groome, the younger, died seized, or was mortgagee, in fee or other- wise, within this Province; as also to sell and dispose of so much of the said land as will satisfy Betty Gale and Levin Gale, executors of the testament of Levin Donwood, late of Somerset County, deceased, the sum of £820: 5s: 7d., stand- ing due from the said Samuel Groome, the younger, to the said Levin Donwood and yet unsatisfied, to the said Betty Gale and Levin Gale, his executors." (Bacon's Laws of Maryland, liber L. 5, fol. 168.) 26 GROOME Under the provisions of this act, James Hollyday and Henry Hooper, commissioners, sold to Geo. and John Gale, September 20th, 1733, the tract of land called Partnership, surveyed for Samuel^ Groome, November ist, 1678, and the tract of land called Ratcliffe, surveyed for Samuel^ Groome, November loth, 1678. Under the provisions of the same Act of Assembly, Wal- ter Smith and Roger Matthews, commissioners, sold, April 2ist, 1735, to Geo. and John Gale, tracts of land called Austin's Chance and Austin's Addition, in Calvert County, and Chevey Chase, in Baltimore County, for the sum of £64, I OS., to satisfy Levin Gale and Betty Gale, executors of Levin Donwood, ;^82o, 5s. 7d., due from Samuel Groome, the younger, to said Donwood. (Annapolis Deeds.) collateral branch of the MIDDLESEX FAMILY. 5. JOHN' GROOME (iv) and Elizabeth his wife, of Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, England, had a son born to them in 1654 and another in 1656. (Parish Register, Stoke by Nayland.) Apparently only one son survived John' Groome, as in his will, dated December 26th, 1679, proved December ist, 1680 (P. C. C, Bath, 164), he mentions only one child, Daniel, whom he makes executor and residuary legatee. 6. DANIEL' GROOME (v), the son of John' Groome, of Stoke by Nayland, and his wife Elizabeth Groome, married Anne Revett in 1680 and died in 1690. (Quaker Records, Devonshire House, London.) This Daniel' Groome, of Stoke by Nayland, affords the most likely clue to the identity of Daniel Groome, the father of Daniel^ Groome and Samuel^ Groome, hereafter referred to; but the connection is only a matter of inference. In addition to the two sons thus ascribed to Daniel' Groome, it is known that he had one daughter, Anne, baptized June 6th, 1686. (Parish Register, Stoke by Nayland.) 27 GROOME Daniel' Groom e suffered imprisonment in London, with other Quakers, in 1683 for refusing to swear; the oath of allegiance having been offered and refused, "the sen- tence of prccnmnire was executed against Samuel Cooper and Daniel Groome, October 13th, 1683." Anne Groome subsequently petitioned the King for the relief of her hus- band. ("A Collection of the Sufferings of the People called Quakers, for the Testimony of a Good Conscience," Joseph Besse, London, 1753, vol. i.) It will be noted that about this time members of the Middlesex family were also affected by the persecution to which the Quakers in England were subjected by King James II (vid. Sec. 3), \ .. . 7. In the will of Samuel^ Groome dated 1697 (vid. Sec. 3) a bequest is made to his "cozens" Daniel^ Groome and Samuel* Groome, minors, described as the sons of Daniel' Groome, who, as we suppose, died in 1690, and whose children at the date of this bequest would therefore have been orphans. Although the relationship indicated by the word "cozens" as used at that time might have been that of nephew, such a relationship would not have been possible in this case, as Samuel^ Groome had no brother named Daniel. We must therefore regard the word as having been used in its present sense, and, as these cousins were under age at the date of the will, we may con- sider them as of the generation of the testator's children. It will thus be seen that, whether the identity of Daniel' Groome, known to be the father of Daniel- Groome and Samuel* Groome, has been correctly established in other respects, he was without question a member of a collateral branch of the Middlesex family of Groome and doubtless the son of a brother of Samuel' Groome. The near relationship of Daniel^ Groome and Samuel* Groome to the main branch of the family is shown by the fact that Daniel^ Groome appears as "next friend and guardian" of John^ Groome, son of Samuel^ Groome, in 28 GROOME the chancery suit of Groome v. Groome, 1709. (Hamilton, 644.) The responsible and confidential relations which he held with the children of Samuel^ Groome are further shown by Samueu^ GroOiMe's power of attorney, dated in 1709, authorizing Daniel^ Groome to act for him in Mary- land. (Land Records, Annapolis, Maryland, liber P. L., P- I53-) Daniel^ Groome was a seafaring man and one of the traders to Maryland, as is shown by an advertisement of the rates at which he offered to convey tobacco to Samuel^ Groome in London, as follows: "These are to give notice to all persons that I, Daniel Groome, Commander of the Ship Heston riding at anchor in Herring Bay in Anne Arundel County, being purposed to export tobacco to England from Maryland upon freight this present voyage Doe hereby publish the rate thereof at fifteen pounds the Tunn the Freighters consigning their tobacco to Mr. Samuel Groome Merchant in London, Witness my hand this 2 July 1708. Daniel Groome." (Anne Arundel County Deeds.) Samuel* Groome, the younger brother of Daniel^ Groome, following the example of so many members of his family, would naturally have turned his attention to the Colonies, and we probably find in him that Samuel* Groome who, previous to the year 17 18, arrived from England and settled at Worton Creek, Kent County, Maryland. His identity is indicated by the consistent plan of nomen- clature adopted by him for his children, and by a compari- son of such of their names as are not directly traceable to his wife's family with the names of the main and collateral branches of the Middlesex family; thus, the name of his eldest son was Samuel, his own name and the name borne by the eldest son in each generation of the main branch of the Middlesex family; the name of his second son was Daniel, the name of his father and of his elder brother; the name of his third son was Charles, the name of his wife's father; the name of his eldest daughter was Sarah, 29 GROOME the name of the wife of his cousin Samuel" Groome (from whom, it will be remembered, he received a legacy on com- ing of age) as well as the name of Samuel^ Groome's eldest daughter; the name of his second daughter was Anne, presumably the name of his mother; the name of his third daughter w^as Elizabeth, presumably the name of his grandmother and also a name occurring in three gen- erations of the main branch of his family; the name of his fourth daughter was Jane, the name of one of his wife's sisters; the name of his fifth daughter w^as Margaret, the name of his wife; and the name of only one child, Milcah, remains unaccounted for. GENEALOGY 8. SAMUEL^ GROOME (vi), of St. Paul's Parish, Kent County, Maryland, (assumed to be) the son of Daniel^ Groome and Anne (Revett) Groome, of Stoke by Nayland, Suffolk, England; died 1767 or 1768. (Inventory of his property by Jas. Piner and Wm. Ringgold, February 2nd, 1768.) Samuel^ Groome is described as a mariner in sundry deeds dated 1723, 1724, and 1742. A family Bible, pur- chased in 1802 by his grandson. Dr. John^ Groome, con- tains an entry to the effect that Samuel^ Groome arrived at Worton Creek (Kent County, Maryland) from England. In 1724 Samuel^ Groome acquired by purchase a tract of land called Exchange, on Worton Creek, consisting of 100 acres, being a portion of a tract known as Cornwallis' Choice; in 1728 he purchased a tract of land called Far- mouth, on Worton Creek, originally in Baltimore County, but at the date of the deed in Kent County, Maryland, consisting of 200 acres; in 1737 he purchased 50 acres of land, being another portion of the tract known as Corn- wallis' Choice; in 1742 he purchased 100 acres of land, being another portion of the tract called Cornwallis' Choice. 30 GROOME (Kent County Deeds.) Samuel^ Groome appears as a commissioner and justice of the peace for Kent County in 1740 and 1743. (Commission Book in Maryland Historical Society.) He was elected churchwarden of St. Paul's Par- ish, April nth, 1726. (St. Paul's Parish Records.) Sam- uel^ Groome died intestate, an administration account being filed June 7th, 1769, by Charles^ Groome and John Waltham. (Administration Accounts, Kent County, Mary- land.) Samuel^ Groome m. Margaret Hynson, dau. of Charles^ Hynson and Margaret (Harris) Hynson, of Kent Island, Maryland, and had issue : Sarah, b. November 13th, 1719. Anne, b. July 14th, 1723. Samuel^, b. July 13th, 1725. Described as Samuel Groome, Jr., merchant, in deed dated 1756. His issue, Margaret (m. John Tilden Kennard; issue, Samuel Groome Kennard, b. July 28th, 1785, d. November 7th, 1845; "^- Sarah — ), and Sarah (m. Major James Bowers). Elizabeth, b. September 15th, 1728. Daniel^, b. October 6th, 1730, d. without issue. CHARLESi (vid. Sec. 9). Jane, b. October 25th, 1735; m., December 15th, 1757, Thomas Miller. Margaret, b. September 5th, 1739. Milcah, b. September 8th, 1742, d. Dec. i8th, 1786; m., Jan. ist, 1764, John' Page, son of Ralph Page and EHzabeth Page; their issue, James Page, b. Aug. 22nd, 1766; John^ Page, b. Dec. 13th, 1768; Henry Page, b. Feb. i6th, 1770; Milcah Page, b. April ist, 1774; and Elizabeth Page, d. 1787. 9. CHARLES' GROOME (vii), of Chester Parish, Kent County, Maryland, son of Samuel* Groome and Margaret (Hynson) Groome, of St. Paul's Parish, Kent County, Maryland; born March 2nd, 1732; died March 29th, 1791. Charles^ Groome, described as a farmer, purchased at different times the following tracts of land: from Thomas Perkins a tract called Hopefull Unity, 150 acres, February 31 GROOME 2oth, 1761 (Kent Co. Deeds, liber J. S.) ; from Richard Hynson a tract called Rickett's Farm, 68 acres, September 23rd, 1780 (Kent Co. Deeds, liber D. D.) ; from Henry Brooks a tract called Pope's Chance, 20 acres, October i8th, 1784 (Kent Co. Deeds); with John Kennard from Arthur Bryan a tract called Worton Manor, 220 acres. May 25th, 1790 (Kent Co. Deeds, liber B. C.) ; from John Kennard his share of the tract called Worton Manor, January 19th, 1 791 (Kent Co. Deeds, liber B. C). He was made registrar of Chester Parish, Kent County, Maryland, February 4th, 1766, shortly after the parish had been created by an Act of Assembly from parts of St. Paul's Parish and Shrewsbury Parish. Charles' Groome held the position of registrar of Chester Parish until the day of his death. He and John Waltham, as administrators of Samuel Groome, filed an account June 7th, 1769, and he filed another account as sole administrator, January 27th, 1776. (Administration Ac- counts, Kent Co.) An inventory of Charles' Groome's estate, filed July 21st, 1791 (Kent Co., Md., Inventories), showed that he died possessed of 25 negro slaves. Charles Groome died of smallpox, the year 1791 being memorable in Kent County for the general inoculation of the inhabitants to arrest the ravages of that disease. Charles' Groome m., ist, Martha Dunn, dau. of Robert^ Dunn and Anne (Miller) Dunn, of Broadnox, Kent County, Maryland, and had issue: Daniel* (vid. Sec. 10). James' (vid. Sec. 11). Martha, b. February 12th, 1763. Sarah, b. February 20th, 1765, d. April 25th. 1798. Her will, dated February 24th, 1798, was probated May 3rd, 1798. Charles-, b. February 25th, 1767, d. July 27th, 1824, unmarried. JOHN' (vid. Sec. 12). William', b. March 19th, 1771, d. prior to 1788. Charles' Groome m., 2nd, Sarah Kennard (d. Sept. nth, 1800), and had issue: 32 GROOME MiLCAH, b. Sept. 2nd, 1773, d. Sept. 2nd, 1792. Ann, b. July 23rd, 1775; m. James Buchanan; their issue, Mary Ann Buchanan (m. Richard Frisby). Samuel* (vid. Sec. 13). Henrietta, b. March 23rd, 1779, in. William Pearce. Elizabeth, b. April 20th, 1781, d. October 1794- Mary, b. March 2nd, 1785, m., ist, 1802, Josias^ Ringgold; their issue, Josias^ Ringgold (m., Dec, 1826, Ann EHza Cruikshanks) ; Sarah Ann Ringgold; Charles Ringgold; Mary Ann Ringgold (m., Feb. 6th, 1827, Dr. Jacob Fisher); Henrietta Groome Ringgold (m. Joseph Rasin) ; and William Groome Ringgold; m., 2nd, Benjamin' Blakiston Wroth; their issue, Charles Wroth; Kinwin Wroth; Elizabeth Wroth; Benjamin^ Blakiston Wroth (m., Nov. i6th, 1848, Anne CaroHne Clayton); and William Groome Wroth (m. Mary Poits). William^ Hynson (vid. Sec. 14). Joseph^ Charles, b. October 3rd, 1791. By direction of the Vestry of Chester Parish, Charles^ Groome wrote the following letter to the Rev. Philip Hughes under the date of August 4th, 1769. "Dear Sir: I am directed by the Vestry to acquaint you that they have ordered me to register your induction whenever you please to pro- duce it, and have given orders for your admission into the church any time when you will attend. And the Vestry would be glad if you will preach at the Church to-morrow August 5th, 1769. r^.. ... yy rmryyuy (Chester Parish Records.) WILL OF CHARLES GROOME. {Kent County, Maryland, Wills, liber 7, page 315.) In the name of God Amen, I, Charles Groome, of Kent County & State of Maryland, being sound and disposing memory & understanding, considering the certainty of death, & uncertain of the time thereof, being desirous to settle my worldly affairs, & thereby be the better prepared to leave this world, when it shall please God to call me hence, do there- fore make & publish this my last Will & Testament, in manner & form following, that is to say. J 33 GROOME First. I give and bequeath unto my dear wife the use of all my lands except that tract or parcel of land, I bought of the State, called Tildens' Forest, during her widowhood, & all the crops that shall be on said lands, at my death, & all debts due to my estate, towards paying all my just Debts, & supporting and Educating & bringing up my young children, out of the profits arising from said lands, & outstanding Debts. But in case my wife should die before my debts be paid, and children Educated and brought up, then and in that case my will and desire is that my son James Groome, should take possession of the above men- tioned lands, in order to settle and pay the balance of said debts, if there be any left unpaid, & support & Educate & bring up my said youngest children, untill they come of age, with what portion they may have, and if my son James Groome should die, before this my last will be sufficient, then my will & desire is that my son John Groome, should take possession of said lands, & have and enjoy every privilege & advantige and be under every obligation, as my son James would have been if he had lived. Item, My will and desire is that the tract of land I bought of the state called Tildens' Forest, be sold by heirs at their discretion, when they may think it most convenient and advantageous, & the money arising from the sale, to be equally divided between my sons, Daniel, Charles & John Groome, & my daughter Sarah Groome. Item, I give and bequeath unto my son Daniel Groome, all my ne- groes he has in his possession, except Tush, and my book account I have against him & no more. But in case my Estate should be obliged to pay any Debts of my son Daniel, that I am security for the same, shall be taken out of his portion of the sales of the land, I have given him, and if not enough to satisfy said Debts or claims, he shall allow it in my book account I have against him. Item,, I give & bequeath unto my two sons Samuel, & William Hyn- son Groome, all that tract or parcel of land lying on Worton Creek, I bought of Arthur Bryan, John Kinnard, to them and their heirs law- fully begotten, & if either of said sons should die without such heirs, his part to go to surviving one, and if both should die without such heirs, the said land shall then be divided between all surviving sisters of my present wifes children. Item, My will and desire is that all my negroes, except what is given already or will be mentioned hereafter, after my wifes third part be taken out be divided between all my children, except my son Daniel, who has his share given already. Ite'in, I give unto my son John Groome, his choice of all my horses. Item, My will is that all the residue of my personal Estate after my wifes third part is taken out be equally divided between all the children of my present wife, and my daughter Sarah Groome. Item, My will & desire is that all my three negro men, Philip, Tush, & Napraw be free after my death, at the end of the same year. Item, My will & desire is that after my heirs comes in possession of my home plantation that they shall pay unto my five daughters, Milcah, 34 GROOME Ann, Henrietta, Elizabeth, & Mary Groome, three hundred pounds cur- rent money, in four years after they take possession, & the former debts paid, otherwise my said daughters shall have liberty to take in possession all that part of my land I purchased of Richard Hjmson, & sell and dis- pose of the same at public vendue, & the money arising from the sale thereof be equally divided between, & if either of my said daughters should die before they come of age, I will their portion to be divided between the others. Item, My will and desire is that if in case my sons James Groome, or my son John Groome, should not to stand & abide by & fulfill their part of this my will, then & in that case I give & bequeath unto my son James Groome all my home land & plantation to him and his heirs law- fully begotten, and if he should die without such heirs, to my son John Groome. Item, My meaning & intention of the above will is not to debar my wife in case she shall marry, of her Dower, of my real estate, except the land I bought of the State called Tildens Forest. And lastly, I do appoint my dear wife Sarah Groome, executrix of this my last will. Dated loth. March Anno Domini, 1791. Witnesses, H.\r. Everitt. Charles Groome. Joseph Everitt, Sen. William Hicks. Probated May 7th, 1791. Note. — The land held by Charles^ Groome at the time of his death and bequeathed in the above will was disposed of by his heirs as follows : John* Groome sold his interest in the tract called Tilden's Forest to his brother Charles^ Groome, May 2nd, 1801; Sarah Kennard Groome, widow and executrix of Charles' Groome, having died September nth, 1800, James' Groome foM the tracts known as HopefuU Unity, Pope's Chance, and Rickett's . jrm to Samuel Wallis, March 2nd, 1802; James' Groome sold his interest in the land on Worton Creek to Samuel^ Groome, March 2nd, 1802, for 5 shillings and for the further consider- ation that Samuel'' Groome should educate William- Hynson Groome and Joseph' Groome, minor sons of Charles' Groome (Kent Co. Deeds, liber T. W.); Samuel" Groome and William^ Hynson Groome sold a part of Worton Manor to William Hosier, April 14th, 1810; Charles^ Groome sold 108 acres of the tract known as Tilden's Forest to Luke Howard, Sept. 17th, 181 2; James Buchanan, Mary Ringgold, Samuel^ Groome, William- Hynson Groome, and Joseph' Charles Groome sold a part of the tract known as Tilden's Forest to Luke Howard, Augvxst 30th, 1817 (Kent County Deeds, liber B. C). 10. DANIEL* GROOME (viii), of Kent County, Mary- land, son of Charles' Groome and Martha (Dunn) Groome, of Chester Parish, Kent County, Maryland; born October 28th, 1758 ; died November 9th, 1805. 35 GROOME Daniel' Groome purchased from John Wilson, April 23rd, 1788, a tract of land called Green Branch, 167 acres, in Kent County, and a tract called Perkins' Addition, 115 acres, in the same county. (Kent Co. Deeds.) Daniel^ Groome m. Martha Gibbons (b. Jan. 7th, 1767; d. Dec. 28th, 1797), and had issue: Peregrine William (vid. Sec. 15). Martha Dunn, m. J. L. Newman. Margaret, m. William Newman. Gabriel. Lavinia, d. August, 1849, unmarried; buried at Shrewsbury Church. (Shrewsbury Parish Records.) (From Journal of Peregrine William Groome.) 11. JAMES' GROOME (viii), of Kent County, Maryland, son of Charles' Groome and Martha (Dunn) Groome, of Kent County. Maryland; born September 18th, 1760; died 1824. James' Groome m. Sarah Perkins, dau. of Col. Isaac Perkins and Ann Perkins, of Kent County. Maryland, and had issue : IsAAC^ Perkins (vid. Sec. 16). Charles'' D. (vid. Sec. 17). James^ W., d. without issue. Thomas B. (Kent County Wills. Letters of Mrs. Sarah A. Holden and Charles'" M. Groome. Old Kent, Geo. A. Hanson.) 12. DR. JOHN' GROOME (viii), of Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland, son of Charles' Groome and Martha (Dunn) Groome; born May 2nd, 1769; died May i8th. 1830. John* Groome was educated at Chestertown, Maryland, and studied medicine under Dr. George Wallace, of Elkton, where he subsequently practised. He purchased from Jo- seph Wallaston 200 acres of land known as White's Folly, October 15th. 1800 (Cecil Co., Md., Deeds), and from Mary Scott, his wife's sister, a tract of land known as By Chance and Adventure, 139 acres, October 20th, 181 5 (Kent Co. 36 GROOME Deeds). His account as his father's executor was allowed May 28th, 1829. (Administration Accounts of Kent Co.). He was a subscriber to a Bible printed for Matthew Carey at Philadelphia, October 27th, 1802. John^ Groome's will, dated April 21st, 1827, was probated June 9th, 1830. JoHN^ Groome m., August 31st, 1799, Elizabeth Jennette Black (widow^ of Dr. George Wallace), dau. of James" Black and Jennette (Wallace) Black, of Black's Cross Roads, Kent County, Maryland, and had issue: JoHN'^ Charles (vid. Sec. 18). SAMUEL" WILLIAM (vid. Sec. 19). Elizabeth Jennette, b. February 12th, 1805, d. August 20th, 1866; m., December 12th, 1831, Captain Matthew' C. Pearce; their issue, Matthew'-' Carroll Pearce, b. March 14th, 1839, d. Novem- ber 27th, 1866; Mary Wallace Pearce, b. April 26th, 1843 C"^-' January loth, 1872, Dr. Andrew B. Mitchell); Elizabeth Jen- nette Pearce, b. December 22nd, 1846 (m., January 19th, 1876, Chnton McCullough; issue, H. Clinton McCullough, Matthew Pearce McCullough, Hiram McCullough, and John Groome McCullough); and Ellen M. J. Pearce, b. October 2Sth, 1848, d. July 13th, 1898. The following bill of sale, dated July 22nd, 1805, is recorded in Cecil County, Maryland, Deeds: " Know all men that I, John Groome, of Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland, for the sum of 50 pottnds, los. paid by' Thomas Moore, merchant of the City of Baltimore, hath sold said Thomas Moore, all my rights of the following negros, Cyrus, aged 10 years last May, and Ned, aged about 7 years last March." 13. SAMUEL*^ GROOME (viii), of Easton, Talbot County, Maryland, son of Charles' Groome and Sarah (Kennard) Groome; born May 7th, 1777; died March 14th, 1828: Samuel" Groome filed an account as administrator of his mother's, estate, September 26th, 1807. March 2nd, 1802, he undertook the care and education of his younger brothers, William^ Hynson Groome and Joseph' Charles Groo.me, receiving as a consideration from his father's estate an interest in a piece of land on Worton Creek. 37 GROOME vKent County Deeds.) On January i8th, 1811, he pur- chased from the widow of Owen Kennard a lot in the town of Easton, Maryland, on which he afterwards built the house which served as his residence. (Talbot County Deeds.) (The knocker from the front door of this house was transferred in 1900 to the door of the Mansion House at Airlie, near Warrenton, Virginia.) Samuel" Groome m., ist, Margaret Denny (b. 1786, d. Dec. nth, 1810). (Talbot County Deeds, liber J. L., No. 35. P- 70.) Samuel" Groome m., 2nd, October ist, 181 2, Deborah Morris (died January 2nd, 182 1), daughter of James Morris, and had issue: Ann Matilda, m., November 25th, 1840, Philip Henry Feddcman; their issue, Morris Groome Feddeman. Mary Elizabeth, m., June 9th, 1840, William* Smyth Thompson; their issue, Elizabeth Morris Thompson; Samuel Groome Thompson (m., July 8th, 1864, Caroline Nixon Winchester); Sarah Matilda Thompson (m., Feb. 28th, 1867, Frederick G. Earickson); Mary Rebecca Thompson; William- Augustine Thompson (m., June 9th, 1875, Florence Hungerford) ; and Charles Doudle Thompson. Other children, who did not survive their parents. WILL OF SAMUEL" GROOME. {Talbot County, Maryland, Wills, liber J. B., No. 8, page 357.) I Samuel Groome, of the Town of Easton, in Talbott County, and state of Maryland, merchant, In the first place 1 manumit, and set free all my negroes, and mulatto slaves, but their freedom shall not take effect untill their respective 35 years of age. But it is my will and I direct that if or either of them shall at any time before the arrival at the said age, freely and fully consent to removal to the Colony of Liberia, and emigrate thither under the direction of the Colonization Society, they shall be immediately free, and shall have the sum of Twenty Dollars each out of my estate. I give and devise unto my niece Lavinia Groome, an annuity of $100.00, for the term of 10 years from January next. After paying all my debts, I devise the residue to my two children, Anna M. Groome, and Mary E. Groome. I appoint my brother William Hynson Groome, sole executor of this my last will and testament. 38 GROOME In case m^^ daughters shall die without issue, I direct that my estate shall be divided into three equal parts, and go to my brother William H. Groome, my sister Mary Wroth, and my niece Mary Ann Frisby, daughter of my sister Nancy Buchannan. Will dated 9th. March 1828. Witnesses, Theodore Denny, Samuel Groome. N. Hammond, Samuel T. Kennard. A certificate, of which the following is a copy, was pre- sented to Captain John^ C. Groome, of Philadelphia, in 1906, by the son of the negro to whom it was issued. State of Maryland, Talbot County, to wit: I hereby certify that by the last Will and Testament of Samuel Groome late of Talbot County aforesaid, deceased, proved in my office on the 17th day of March, 1828, he gave freedom to all his negroes, their freedom to take effect at the respective ages of Thirty-five years, and I further certify that Wm. H. Groome came and proved to my satisfaction that the bearer hereof call- ing himself George Reason, aged about thirty-five years, black complexion, about 5 feet 6 inches high, with a small scar on his left leg, and raised in the County aforesaid is one of the Identical negroes mentioned in and set free by said last Will and Testament. In Testimony of which I hereto subscribe my name and affix the seal of my office this 26th day of February, A.D. 1861. Certf. N. Rice, (Seal) Register of Wills for Talbot County. 14. WILLIAM 2 HYNSON GROOME (viii), son of Charles^ Groome and Sarah (Kennard) Groome, of Tal- bot County, Maryland; born June 13th, 1788; died January 9th, 1869. William^ Hynson Groome m., November 13th, 1833, Elizabeth Matilda Kennard (b. May 2nd, 1807; d. Jan. 4th, 1863), dau. of Owen Kennard and Ann Kennard, and had issue : Charles* Owen, b. September 5th, 1834; m., November 24th, 1858, Helen Virginia Daingerfield (b. August 19th, 1837, d. March 15th, 1875), dau. of Theodoric Bland Daingerfield and Ann Eliza (Thornley) Daingerfield, of Spottsylvania County, Virginia; their issue, Virginia Daingerfield, b. October 23rd, 1866, d. Novem- ber 6th, 1869; Helen Daingerfield, b. June 6th, 1869 (m., Feb. 3rd, 1898, Eugene Luber Beatty); Samuel" Mosley, b- 39 GROOME October 20th, 1871, d. Au;j;usl isi''- '•'^')7; Daingerfield Mosley, b. October 27th, 1873; ^^'^ ^^'"^ others, who died in infancy. Ann Kennard, b. November 27th, 1836; m., February 6th, 1862, Ehas' O. Dawson, of Easton, Maryland; their issue, EHzabeth Groome Dawson, b. November 21st, 1862 (m., October 19th, 1887, Milton Campbell) ; William Groome Dawson, b. March 30th, 1864 (m., January 22nd, 1889, Myra Phelps Wallace); Edith Dawson, b. November 15th, 1867, d. September 17th, 1868; Anna Kennard Dawson, b. July 26th, 1869 (m., October i6th, 1888, Matthew Tilghman Goldsborough Earle); Edith Offley Dawson, b. September 19th, 1871; Elias'- O. Dawson, b. Feb- ruary 6th, 1873 (m., January 21st, 1900, Blanche H. Hoffman); and Claude Brownrigg Dawson, b. November 17th, 1874 (m., November 21st, 1900, Charles Eccleston Hayward). William' Hynson, b. May 4th, 1839, d. August 26th, 1841 1 twins Samuel'" Thomas, b. May 4th, 1839, d. August 17th, 1839 * Sarah Elizabeth, b. November 23rd, 1841, d. November 29th, 1841. Susan Amelia, b. June 17th, 1843, d. November 28th, 1843. Mary Elizabeth, b. March i6th, 1845, d. May 27th, 1845. Robert' William, b. August 20th, 1846; m., September 28th, 1871, Elizabeth Ennalls Trippe (d. Jan. 4th, 1899), of Newtown, L. I.; their issue, Elinor Condit, b. December 19th, 1874, d. Novem- ber 20th, 1892; W^illiam^ Hynson, b. October 4th, 1876; and Robert- Condit, b. February i6th, 1878. 15. PEREGRINE WILLIAM GROOME (ix), of Easton, Maryland, son of Daniel* Groome and Martha (Gibbons) Groome, of Kent County, Maryland; born March 19th, 1794; died May 25th, 1870. Peregrine William Groome m. ist, August i8th, 1819, Maria Celixda Brown, of New York, and had issue: Maria Elizabeth, b. August 30th, 1820, d. January 30th, 1875; m., November, 1839, Thomas' Scott Dawson; their issue, Thomas^ Scott DaW'Son; Ella Groome Dawson; and Maria E. Dawson (m. Col. Horace Leeds Edmondson ; issue, William Leeds Edmond- son, Perry Groome Edmondson, and Alice Leigh Edmondson; m., ist. Gov. James^ Black Groome [vid. Sec. 21]; m., 2nd, Philip R. Fendall Young [vid. Sec. 41]). William-', b. March, 1822, d. February, 1823. Elizabeth, b. Dec, 1823, d. May, 1824. Peregrine William Groome m. 2nd, January i8th, 1837, Eliza Ann Adrian. No issue. (From Journal of Pere- grine W. Groome.) 40 GROOME 16. ISAAC PERKINS GROOME (ix), of Kent County, Maryland, son of James' GrooME and Sarah (Perkins) Groome, of Kent County, Maryland; born in Kent County; d. January, 1838. Isaac' Perkins GroOiME m., January i6th, 1823, Emily E. Smith (b. May i6th, 1803, d. March ist, 1847), and had issue : Marietta D., b. January 24th, 1824, d. August, 1835. William* Henry, b. July 17th, 1825, d. August 14th, 1825. Isaac''' Jefferson (vid. Sec. 20). Emily E., b. October 29th, 1829, d. March 24th, 1831. Charles*, b. February 28th, 1831, d. March 24th, 1832. Sarah Ann, b. January 21st, 1833; m. ist, August 25th, 1857, Hugh Wallis (d. November 27th, 1857), of Kent County, Mary- land; m. 2nd, July 26th, 1880, Rev. Levi Lincoln Holden (d. April 30th, 1894). Samuel* Thomas, b. February 23rd, 1835, d. September 7th, 1835. Susan Jane, b. December 4th, 1836, d. August 14th, 1837. Brainerd Ashbury, of Petersburg, Virginia, b. July 3rd, 1838. He was a soldier in the Confederate Army, and died January 5th, 1864, at Fort Delaware. (Letters of Mrs. Sarah A. Holden.) 17. CHARLES'' D. GROOME (ix), of Kent County, Maryland, son of James^ Groome and Sarah (Perkins) Groome, of Kent County, Maryland; born 1800; died May 17th, 1884. Charles^ D. Groome m.. May 29th, 1825, Sarah A. Miller (d. jcin. 22nd, 1844), and had issue: Charles^ M., b. October, 1834; m., 1863, Mary A. Huggins; their issue, WilHs F., b. 1864 (m., December 5th, 1894, Margaret White; issue, Arthur T., Marietta F., and Margaret A.) ; James'' Perkins, b. 1866 (m., Dec. 2nd, 1901, Florence N. File); and Essie H., b. 1868, d. 1880. Evelina, d. without issue. James* Perkins, d. without issue. Marietta, d. without issue. Sarah A., d. without issue. Joseph- T., d. withotit issue. (Letters of Charles^ M. Groome.) 41 GROOME 18. Colonel JOHN' CHARLES GROOME (ix), of Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland, son of Dr. John* Groome and Elizabeth Jennette (Black) Groome, of Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland; born June 8th, 1800; died November 30th, 1866. John"' Charles Groome graduated from Princeton Col- lege, 18 1 9, as the first honor man of his class. He studied law in the office of Judge Chambers, of Chestertown, Mary- land, and subsequently graduated from the Litchfield Law College. He entered upon the practice of law at Elkton, Maryland, in 1822. In 1833 he was elected to the Maryland Senate to fill an unexpired term, and upon its expiration he declined re-election. In 1857 he was nominated as inde- pendent candidate for Governor of Maryland, having the indorsement of the Democratic party. He was defeated, receiving, however, a majority of the vote of the State out- side of the city of Baltimore. He served as aide-de-camp on the staff of Thomas Ward Veazey, Governor of Maryland, 1835-1838. John"' Charles Groome m., December 6th, 1836, Elizabeth Riddle Black, dau. of Judge James* Rice Black and Maria E. (Stokes) Black, of New Castle, Delaware, and had issue : James* Black (vid. Sec. 21). John' Charles, b. December 22nd, 1839, d. October i6th, i860. Maria Stokes, b. September 3rd, 1842; m., April 27th, 1864, Hon. William' M. Knight, of Baltimore, Maryland; their issue, William' Knight, b. April 13th, 1865; John Charles Groome Knight, b. September 9th, 1866, d. Jul}'^ 27th, 1888; Elizabeth Black Knight, b. September 28th, 1868; Ethel Knight, b. October 28th, 1873; James Groome Knight, b. April 13th, 1875; Maria Stokes Knight, b. February 17th, 1877; and Rebecca Knight, b. Septem- ber 23rd, 1880. Elizabeth Black, b. July 17th, 1844; m., June 13th, 1866, Albert' Constable, of Elkton, Maryland; their issue, Alice Constable, b. August 14th, 1867, d. July i6th, 1888; Arline Constable, b. March 22nd, 1870; Albert'- Constable, b. July 22nd, 1871 (m., June 6th, 1906, Emily Evans); John Groome Constable,!). Sep- tember 15th, 1872; Henry Lyttleton Constable, b. March 27th, 42 GROOME 187s; Reginald Constable, b. Jan. 7th, 1878 (m. Oct. 25th, 1905, Rebecca Steele Evans) ; Katharine Young Constable, b. August ist, 1879; William Pepper Constable, b. March 27th, 1882; and Mary Constable, b. April 14th, 1884. Jane, b. March 17th, 1847; "^-i January 31st, 1872, Dr. John' Jan- vier Black, of New Castle, Delaware; their issue, Elizabeth Groome Black, b. October 30th, 1872; Groome Black, b. June 8th, 1S74, d. September 13th, 1877; Armytage Middleton Black, b. November 20th, 1875 (m., October 4th, 1899, Henry Lee Fulenwider ; issue, John Janvier Black Fulenwider, b. July 24th, 1901); and John- Janvier Black, b. July 29th, 1880, d. Feb. 6th, 1881. William® Henry Page, b. February 13th, 1849; d. May 3rd, 1850. 19. DR. SAMUEL' WILLIAM GROOME (ix), of Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland, son of Dr. John* Groome and Elizabeth Jennette (Black) Groome, of Cecil County, Maryland; born July 26th, 1802; died May nth, 1843, and was buried in the burying-ground of the Head of Christiana Presbyterian Church, Newark, Delaware. Samuel^ William Groome graduated from the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, and returned to Elkton to practise medicine. May 29th, 1824, he was elected cornet of the Elkton Troop of Cavalry, commanded by Captain Samuel Hollings worth. At the time of his death he was president of the Elkton Lyceum. Samuel" William Groome m., January 26th, 1830, Elizabeth Sheward Allen, dau. of Joshua Allen and Anna (Moore) Allen, of Philadelphia, and had issue: John® Charles, b. February 19th, 1831, d. February 20th, 1831. Anna Allen, b. July 8th, 1832; m., November 20th, 1854, Charles' Chauncey Whittlesey (died March loth, 1875), son of Gen. Chauncey Whittlesey, of Middletown, Conn. ; their issue, Chaun- cey Whittlesey, b. Oct. 9th, 1855, d. Sept. 2nd, 1856; Elizabeth Groome Whittlesey, b. June 21st, 1857, d. Oct. 16th, 1862; Nancy Allen Whittlesey, b. March 6th, 1859, d. April i8th, 1859; Alice Groome Whittlesey, b. May 21st, i860 (m., March 23rd, 1886, Joseph Carson Williams); Lucy Randolph Whittle- sey, b. Feb. 6th, 1863, d. July i6th, 1886; Iva Whittlesey, b. Dec. 1 8th, 1864; Charles- Chauncey Whittlesey, b. July i6th, 1866, d. March 5th, 1868; Edith Whittlesey, b. Jan. 6th, 1869, 43 GROOME Lillie Whittlesey, b. March mUi, 1871, d. Xov. 17th, 1886; and Groome' Whittlesey, b. Jan. 17th, 1873 (m., June 17th, 1900, Marie Henriette Booth; issue, Charles-' Chauncey, b. May iSth, igoi, and Groome'-, b. July 12th, 1903, d. Sept. 21st, 1903). SAMUEL* WILLIAM (vid. Sec. 22). The following resolutions were passed by the Elkton Lyceum, May nth, 1843: "Resolved, That this Lyceum has received with deep and unfeigned regret the melancholy intelligence of the death of its late President, Dr. Samuel W. Groome. "Resolved, That in token of respect for the memory of the deceased the members of this Lyceum will wear the usual badge of mourning for the space of thirty days. "Resolved, That the members of this Society will attend the funeral of the deceased. "Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be published in the Cecil Whig and Cecil Democrat. "Resolved, That in further token of respect for the memory of the deceased this Society adjourn. "Thos. M. Coleman, V. President, H. C. Mackall, acting Sec'y." 20. ISAAC- JEFFERSON GROOME (x), of Peters- burg, Virginia, son of Isaac' Perkins Groome- and Emily E. (Smith) Groome, of Kent County, Maryland; born Feb- ruary 13th, 1827. IsAAC^ Jefferson Groome m. ist, June, 1853, Eliza- beth Collett (d. May 31st, 1866), at Baltimore, Maryland, and had issue : William' Wallis, b. August 30th, 1854, at Baltimore; m., July 27th, 1879, Lutitia Seavert; their issue, Alma Elizabeth, b June 19th, 1880 (m. Joseph Frazier; no issue); Herbert Revere, b. Janu- ary 2ist, 1883; Mabel Estelle, b. January nth, 1886 (m., December 25th, 1904, Charles' Madison Gawthrop; issue, Charles^ Madison Gawthrop, b. September 28th, 1906); Blanche Wallis, b. December 28th, 1888; Sadie Lelia, b. September 7th, 1892; and Edith Seavert, b. October 4th, 1894. IsAAC^ Perkins, b. June 6th, 1856; m., Mardh ist, 1883, Ida Estelle Green, at Williamsburg, Kansas; their issue, Walter Brainerd, b. September 7th, 1884; Edgar Howard, b. August, 1887; James'"' Perkins, b. May 7th, 1892 ; and Virgil Gladys, b. July 28th, 1899. Emily, b. 1858, d. 1863. 44 GROOME Sarah Ellen, b. January 6th, 1862; m., January 23rd, 1884, Marion Brooks Wallis; their issue, Hugh Bodien Wallis, b. Septem- ber 7th, 1885 C"^-. October 25th, 1906, Grace Bennett); Medford Holden Wallis, b. November nth, 1889; and Herman Neal Wallis, b. January i8th, 1894. Mary Elizabeth, b. April 2nd, 1866, d. June 30th, 1866. Isaac' Jefferson Groome m. 2d, October 29th, 1868, Martha Sheffield (d. August ist, 1902), and had issue: Senora Odessa, b. November loth, 1869; m., October 17th, 1888, John' Edward Mayes, of Belfield, Virginia; their issue, Margery Waller Mayes, b. August i8th, 1889; Edward Wallis Mayes, b. October 3rd, 1890; James Preston Mayes, b. May 13th, 1892; Carl Jefferson Mayes, b. August 27th, 1893; Augusta Emily Mayes, b. April 6th, 1895; Robert Arthur Mayes, b. January 27th, 1897; Herbert Shelton Mayes, b. November i6th, 1898; John^ Wesley Mayes, b. January 27th, 1901; Martha Evelyn Mayes, b. June 15th, 1902; William Doris Mayes, b. May 8th, 1904; and Senora Odessa Mayes, b. January 29th, 1906, d. November 26th, 1906. Emily Augusta, b. June loth, 1874, d. May 4th, 1895. Bertha Lelia, b. October 12th, 1878; m., July 5th, 1897, George Arthur Beasley, of Petersburg, Virginia; their issue, Sarah Augusta Beasley, b. December 5th, 1898; Stella P^ay Beasley, b. March 13th, 1900; Bertha Edna Beasley, b. October i8th, i90i;'and Edgar Lee Beasley, b. March 6th, 1903. Irving Brainerd, b. January 30th, 1882; m., November 27th, 1902, Celia May Stallings; their issue, Preston Edmond, b. November 18th, 1904; and Melvin Jefferson, b. June, 1906. (Letters of Mrs. Sarah A. Holden.) 21. Governor JAMES' BLACK GROOME (x), of Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland, son of Col. John'"' Charles Groome and Elizabeth Riddle (Black) Groome, of Elk- ton, Cecil County, Maryland; born April 4th, 1838; died October 4th, 1893, and was buried in the churchyard of the Presbyterian Church at Elkton, Maryland. James'^ Black Groome was educated at Mt. Washington, Maryland, and at the New Jersey Collegiate School. He studied law in his father's office and was admitted to prac- tice at the Cecil County bar in 1861. In 1871 he was elected to the Maryland Legislature (House of Delegates) and was re-elected in 1873. In 1874 he was inaugurated 45 Cx R O O M E Governor of Maryland, having been elected to fill the unex- pired term of the Hon. Pinkney White, and held this of^ce until 1876. From 1879 to 1885 he represented the State of Maryland in the United States Senate, and from 1886 to 1890 held the of^ce of Collector of Customs at Baltimore, having been appointed by President Cleveland. James^ Black Groome m., February 29th, 1876, Alice Leigh Edmondson, dau. of Horace Leeds Edmondson and Maria E. (Dawson) Edmondson, of Bal- timore, Maryland, and had issue : Maria Edmondson, b. February 9th, 1877; m., December loth, 1904, Atwell C. Baylay, Lieutenant, Royal Engineers, British Army; their issue, Alice Leigh Armynel Groome Baylay, b. October 8th, 1905. 22. SAMUEL^ WILLIAM GROOME (x), of Phila- delphia, Pa., son of Dr. Samuel' William Groome and Elizabeth Sheward (Allen) Groome, of Elkton, Mary- land; born December 3rd, 1835. Samuel^ William Groome was born in Elkton, Mary- land, and at the age of fifteen, his father having died some years previously, was taken to Philadelphia by his mother to be educated. He entered the Protestant Episcopal Academy, and, after completing his education at that insti- tution, he engaged in mercantile business in Philadelphia. He was first connected with the wholesale dry-goods house of C. W. Churchman, and afterwards formed a partner- ship with Theodore Emery in the coal business. He was connected with Edward J. Etting, iron broker, and in 1879 formed a partnership with J. F. Bailey, under the name of J. F. Bailey & Company, iron commission merchants. He was a member of the German Club of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Club, a founder of the Philadelphia Fencing and Sparring Club, and of the Philadelphia Gun Club, being the first president of the latter organization. He was also a member of the University Barge Club and was 46 GROOME elected commodore of the Schuylkill Navy, 1861, and served as such by re-election until 1867. Samuel^ William Groome m., January nth, i860, Nancy Andrews Connelly, dau. of Harry- Connelly and Eliza (Andrews) Connelly, of Philadelphia, and had issue : HARRY CONNELLY* (vid. Sec. 23). JOHN» CHARI^MS* (vid. Sec. 24). BhIZA ANDREWS* b. November 21st, 1864; m., April 5th, 1888, Thomas* Reath (b. Jan. i8th, 1859), o^ Philadelphia, son of Benjamin B. Reath and Emma Wood Reath, of Philadelphia; their issue, Thomas- Reath, b. November 2nd, 1890; and Nancy Andrews Reath, b. October 27th, 1894. SAMUEL'' WILI.IAM* (vid. Sec. 25). ALEXANDER COXE* (vid. Sec. 26). PIERCE FRANCIS* (vid. Sec. 27). 23. Major HARRY CONNSLLY GROOMB (xi), of Airlie, Fauquier County, Virginia, son of Samuel^ Wil- liam Groome and Nancy Andrews (Connelly) Groome^ of Philadelphia; bom November 7, i860. Harry Connelly Groome was born at the residence of his grandfather, Harry^ Connelly, No. 2037 Walnut Street, Philadelphia. He was graduated from the Protes- tant Episcopal Academy in 1876 and entered the Univer- sity of Pennsylvania in the class of 1880, from w^hich insti- tution he was, however, unable to graduate owing to the financial embarrassments of his father. He entered the latter's office in 1878, where he remained until the autumn of 1883. In 1884 he purchased a farm of 700 acres in Wythe County, Virginia, called "Locust Hill," in partnership with his brother, John- Charles Groome, and W. O. Moore of Wytheville, Virginia. He returned to Philadelphia in 1889. He served as resident secretary of the Philadelphia Country Club in 1 89 1 and introduced the game of golf in Philadelphia. He was instrumental in introducing the game of polo in * The persons whose names are thus indicated are the subjects of the pedigree which forms the framework of this volume. 47 G R O O INI E Philadelphia in 1890 and was for several seasons captain of the local team. In 1894 he accepted an appointment as an assistant cashier of Customs under John R. Reade, Collector of Customs at Philadelphia during President Cleveland's second administration. . His connection with the State militia of Pennsylvania, with which he was prominently identified, began in 1883, when he was elected a member of the First Troop, Phila- delphia City Cavalry. He served with this organization for eleven years, being appointed corporal 1889, sergeant 1890, first sergeant 1894, and elected second lieutenant 1894. As a member of this troop he was in riot service at Homestead, Pa., 1892. He resigned his commission Decem- ber, 1894, and was appointed first lieutenant and adjutant of the Third Regiment Infantry N. G. P. by Colonel Robert Ralston, March, 1895. In 1896 he was appointed Assistant Adjutant-General, with the rank of major, by Brigadier- General John W. Schall, commanding the First Brigade N. G. P. In 1897 he brought out a "Military Handbook," a compilation of some pretensions, prepared for the use of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, which was recom- mended for the "guidance and instruction of the N. G. P. in all matters not otherwise prescribed by competent au- thority," in a circular published by the Adjutant-General of Pennsylvania in August of that year. Major-Genera 1 George R. Snowden, commanding the Division N. G. P., appointed him aide-de-camp, in 1898, and in this capacity he attended the mobilization of the Pennsylvania militia at Mount Gretna on the outbreak of the war with Spain. As general officers of the militia with their staffs were not oft'ered commissions as such in the volunteer army. Major Groom E accepted a commission as first lieutenant and ad- jutant of the Third Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, May ist, 1898. This regiment was ordered to Chickamauga and attached to the First Brigade, Second Division, First Army Corps. May 28th Lieutenant Groom e was appointed Acting 48 GROOME Assistant Adjutant-General of the brigade to which his regiment was attached, but a few days later was relieved of duty at his own request, his regiment having been trans- ferred to the Third Brigade, Provisional Division, Fifth Corps, formed to re-enforce General Shafter at Tampa, where it immediately proceeded. Owing to inadequate transportation, however, the Third Pennsylvania remained at Tampa and was subsequently assigned to the Third Brigade, Second Division, Fourth Corps. The regiment proceeded from Tampa to Ferdinandina, Fla., July 31st, thence to Huntsville, Ala., August 27th, and from there was ordered back to Philadelphia, arriving September loth, and was mustered out of the United States service Octo- ber 22nd, 1898. Major Groome was placed on the retired list N. G. P. February 9th, 1899. In 1899 he acquired an estate near Warrenton, Vir- ginia, where he now lives. He organized the Fauquier Club at Warrenton, 1902, and served as its president until 1905. He was elected a vestryman of St. James's Church, Hamilton Parish, Va., April 8th, 1904, and again in 1905 and 1906. In 1905, in collaboration with his wife, Mary Groome, he edited an anthology of verse, under the title of "Saddle and Song," published in Philadelphia in the same year. He has been a member of the following organizations and clubs: Germantown Hare and Hounds Club, Philadelphia Riding Club, Philadelphia Fencing and Sparring Club, Germantown and Merion Cricket Clubs, Delta Psi Fraternity, College Boat Club of the U. of P., Philadelphia Barge Club, Alumni Association of U. of P., Philadelphia Polo Club, Philadelphia Country Club, Amer- ican Hunt and Pony Racing Association, Rose Tree Fox Hunting Club, Radnor Hunt, Warrenton Hunt, Chevy Chase Club (Washington, D. C), Young Men's Democratic Association (of Phila.), Military Order of Foreign Wars, Army and Navy Club of New York City, St. Anthony, University, and Rittenhouse Clubs of Philadelphia, Metro- 4 49 GROOME politan Club of Washington, D. C, and Fauquier Club of Warrenton, Virginia. Harry Connelly Groome m. ist, April ^nl, 1883, Elizabeth Dunbar Price (b. June 9, 1862; d. September 26, 1883), dau. of Richard Price and Anna Maria (Dunbar) Price, of Philadelphia. Harry Connelly Groome m. 2nd, October i8th, 1899, Anne Louise Wright (b. July 31st, 1865; d. April 27th, 1904), dau. of Charles Bristow Wright and Susan (Townsend) Wright, of Philadelphia, and had issue: Susan Townsend, b. November 5th, 1900. Harry Connelly Groome m. 3rd, July 7th, 1905, Mary Haskell Upton (b. December 5th, 1873), dau. of Edgar Wood Upton and Elizabeth Girdler (Evans) Upton, of Peabody, Mass. 24. Captain JOHN' CHARLES GROOME (xi) , oi Philadelphia, son of Samuel'' William Groome and Nancy Andrews (Connelly) Groome, of Philadelphia; born March 20th, 1862, at Philadelphia. John* Charles Groome was graduated from the Prot- estant Episcopal Academy in 1877, and engaged in mer- cantile business in Philadelphia until 1883, when he joined his brother Harry Connelly Groome in the purchase of a farm known as Locust Hill, in Wythe County, Virginia. He resided on this property from the time of his marriage till 1888, when he returned to Philadelphia, and was shortly afterwards made treasurer of the Almy Manufacturing Company. In 1897 he accepted a position with Hutchinson & Company, wine merchants. In 1902 he established him- self as a wine merchant and importer under the name of Groome & Company. He was elected an active member of the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry in 1882. He was appointed cor- 50 GROOME poral in 1887 and sergeant in 1889. He was elected cornet in 1894 and first lieutenant six months later in the same year. In 1896 he succeeded General E. Burd Grubb as captain, to which office he w^as re-elected in 1901 and again in 1906. As a sergeant he was present with the troop during the riots at Homestead, Pa., in 1892. He commanded the troop in riot service at Hazleton, Pa., September nth to 28th, 1897, and again in the same section of the State, October 8th to November 12th, 1902. Upon the declaration of war with Spain, April 21st, 1898, the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, under the command of Captain Groome, participated in the mobili- zation of the National Guard of Pennsylvania at Mt. Gretna, Pa., and was mustered into the United States ser- vice May 7th. June 17th Captain Groome formed a squad- ron composed of the three cavalry troops of the National Guard of Pennsylvania, and as senior captain assumed command. July 7th this squadron was ordered to proceed from Mt. Gretna to Camp Alger at Dunn Loring, Virginia, where they were attached to the headquarters of the Sec- ond Army Corps. July 24th the squadron was ordered to Newport News, and on the 28th day of the same month the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry, under command of Captain Groome, was detached from the squadron and embarked for Puerto Rico. The troop landed at Ponce, Puerto Rico, August 6th, under orders to report to General Brooke at Guayamo. H Troop, Sixth Cavalry, U. S. A., being added to Captain Groome 's command, he proceeded to Arroyo and thence to Guayamo, where he arrived on August 13th, and was directed by General Brooke to cover the left flank of the line of battle then being formed for an attack on the Spanish earthworks immediately in front of the American forces. Meantime the Peace Protocol be- tween the two governments had been signed and General Brooke received orders to suspend all military operations. September 3rd the troop embarked at Ponce for the United 51 GROOME States, and arriving home were mustered out of the volun- teer service November 21st. Among the notable incidents in the history of the First Troop during the period of Captain Groom e's command were the erection, in 1901, of a new armory on Twenty- third Street, between Chestnut and Market Streets, and a luncheon given in this armory, to President Roosevelt, on Washing- ton's Birthday, 1905, at which Captain Groome presided. The Department of Pennsylvania State Police having been created in 1905, Captain Groome was given command with the title of Superintendent by Governor Pennypacker, July ist, and directed to effect its organization. This force was to consist of mounted men who were to be divided into four troops and established in different localities of the State. The organization was completed in March, 1906, and the efficiency of the force was amply demonstrated during the strike riots which occurred in the summer of the same year. Captain Groome was elected secretary of the Philadel- phia Horse Show Association in 1895, and succeeded Mr. A. J. Cassatt as its president in 1899. He has been the del- egate from the Philadelphia Country Club to the Polo Association since the latter's organization in 1891, and has been a member of the executive committee of the National Polo Association since 1901. He has been at different times a member of the following organizations: Philadelphia Club, Racquet Club, Markham Club, Merion Cricket Club, Philadelphia Cricket Club, Radnor Hunt, Lima Hunt, Upland Hunt, Army and Navy Club of New York, and the Philadelphia Historical Society. John'^ Charles Groome m., April 15th, 1884, Agnes Price Roberts (b. October 31st, 1863), dau. of Edward Roberts and Martha Price (Evans) Roberts, of Phila- delphia, and had issue : Agnes Roberts, b. February 9th, 18 Martha, b. March loth, 1886. John'' Charles, b. January 4th, 1897. 52 GROOME 25. SAMUEL' WILLIAM GROOME (xi), of Phil- adelphia, son of Samuel^ William Groome and Nancy Andrews (Connelly) Groome, of Philadelphia; born Sep- tember 19th, 1872. Samuel^^ William Groome was educated at the Prot- estant Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia. After leaving school he spent several years in Chicago, and subsequently engaged in desultory newspaper work. In 1904 he estab- lished the Sportsman's Advertising Bureau and News Agency in Philadelphia. Samuel'- William Groome m., April 19th, 1894, Maud McClure (died Feb. 23rd, 1899). No issue. 26. ALEXANDER COXE GROOME (xi), of Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania, son of Samuel^ William Groome and Nancy Andrews (Connelly) Groome, of Philadel- phia; born August 14th, 1875. Alexander Coxe Groome was born at Philadelphia and educated at the Protestant Episcopal Academy 1888-93, and at the Drexel Institute 1893-95. During his school days he was prominent in athletics, being captain of the football team of his school and of its track team. With two others he founded the Upsilon Omega Fraternity, the first inter-scholastic Greek-letter society of Philadelphia, and served as its president for fifteen years. He was employed as an electrician by the Bell Telephone Com- pany, Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company, etc. In 1904 he entered the office of Merchant & Evans Co., of Philadelphia, tin-plate manufacturers, and in 1905 was placed in charge of their Baltimore agency. He has been a member of the following clubs : The Markham Club of Phil- adelphia, Philadelphia Fencing and Sparring Club, Merion Cricket Club, Philadelphia Barge Club, Green Spring Val- ley Hunt Club of Baltimore, Md., and the Upsilon Omega Fraternity. 53 GROOME 27. PIURCn FRANCIS GROOME (xi), of Paris, Texas, son of Samuel^ William Groome and Nancy An- drews (Connelly) Groome, of Philadelphia, Pa. ; born November 6th, 1877. Pierce Francis Groome was born at Philadelphia and educated by a private tutor and at the Protestant Episco- pal Academy, 1888-91. After completing his education he found commercial employment in Philadelphia for a few years, after which he went to Texas and lived there on a cattle ranch until 1897, when he entered the service of Geo. H. McFadden & Bro., of Philadelphia, cotton mer- chants. He was first assigned to duty at cotton agencies in Texas and afterwards to their shipping department at Gal- veston. He was a survivor of the great Galveston flood of 1900, and rendered important public service in the repression of outlawry during the re-establishment of civil authority. He was reassigned to duty at the cotton agencies in Texas, first at Temple in 1903 and afterwards at Paris, being placed in charge of the agency in the latter place in 1906. He enlisted in Battery A, National Guard of Pennsylvania, in 1896, serving four months. He became a member of the Order of Masons, September, 1904. Pierce Francis Groome m., December 4th, 1900, Bessie Cecil Lewis (b. Nov. 9th, 1877), dau. of James William Lewis and Mary Ellen (Winston) Lewis, of Missouri, and had issue : Samuel''*, b. July loth, 1903. Mary Nancy, b. March 4th, 1906. HYNSON GENEALOGY 28. THOMAS' HYNSON (iv), of Kent Island, Mary- land; born about 1620. (Court Proceedings, Kent County, Maryland.) Thomas^ Hynson settled in the Isle of Kent in 1650, and appears as Clerk of Kent County in 1652. (Court Pro- ceedings of Kent County, liber A, fol. 49-57.) In 1652 Lord Baltimore's government was overthrown, and Stone, the Proprietary Governor, was deposed by four commis- sioners representing the Commonwealth of England. These commissioners appointed, July 31st, 1652, nine local com- missioners to administer the affairs of Kent Island, of whom Thomas^ Hynson was one. The Parliament subsequently being dissolved, the government of the Province of Mary- land passed into the hands of a commission, acting under the authority of the Lord Protector, which on March ist, 1654, appointed Philip Conner Commander of the County of Kent; seven commissioners were named to assist the Commander of the Island, Thomas^ Hynson being one, and being also one of the Quorum. Thomas^ Hynson appears in 1655 as High Sheriff of Kent County (Court Proceedings, Kent County, liber A, fol. 100), and in 1659 he represented Kent County in the House of Burgesses. Thomas^ Hynson m. Grace (vid. chart in possession of Mrs. Thomas Hill), and had issue: JoHN^ (vid. Sec. 29). CHARLES' (vid. Sec. 30). Thomas'-, churchwarden of St. Paul's Parish in 17 14 and vestryman in 1722. Henry. 55 IIYNSON Copy of Commission recorded in Court Proceedings of Kent County, liber A, fol. 66. Whereas, the reducing, settling and governing of Virginia, and all the English plantations within the Bay of Chesapeake, was referred to certain Commissioners, by order from the Council of State for the Com- monwealth of England; and whereas, the Governor and Council for this Province of Maryland, in obedience and conformity to the said order and power, have authorized and deputed the persons, whose hands are here- unto subscribed, for settling the Isle of Kent, and the rather for that reason of some differences, and complaints by the inhabitants, there, against Capt. Robert Vaughan, the chief in place and command upon the said Island, the course of justice, and keeping courts for the better adminis- tration thereof, hath been of late discontinued: These are, therefore, in the name of the Keepers of the Liberty OF England, by authority of Parliament, to signify, and declare, that for the present, till further order out of England, Mr. Philip Conner, Mr. Thos. Ringgold, Mr. Thos. Bradnox, Mr. Henry Morgan, Mr. Nic. Browne, Mr. Thos. Hynson, Mr. Joseph Wickes, Mr. John Phillips, and Mr. John Russell, be Commissioners for the said Island, and that they, or any four of them, whereof Mr. Philip Conner, or Mr. Thos. Ringgold to be always one, shall have power to hear and deter- mine all differences, and to call courts for that purpose as often as they shall see cause, to make choice of a Sheriff, and a Clerk for keeping Rec- ords, and Execution of Writs, and all other process, and to act in all things for the peace, safety, and welfare of the said Island, and the inhab- itants thereof, as they or the former Commissioners did, or might do, by virtue of their commission from the Lord Baltimore, and the Governor & Council of this Province under him. Requiring all the inhabitants of the said Island to take notice of this Order, and to conform themselves accordingly, as they will answer the contrary at their peril. Given under our hands, at the Isle of Kent the 31st day of July, 1652. Ri: Bennett, Ead: Lloyd, Thos: Marsh, Leo: Strong. Copy of Commission recorded in Court Proceedings of Kent County, liber A, fol. 97. Whereas by exercise of the Chiefe Magistracy, and Administra- tion of the Goverment, over England, Scotland, Ireland, and Dominions thereunto belonginge, doth now reside in his Highness the Lord Protec- tor; assisted with a Council; In whose name all writs, process, Com- mitions, Graunts or orders are to runne; and from whom all Magis- 56 HYNSON TRACY, and powers, in the three Kingdoms, or Nation aforesaid, and the Dominions thereof, is to be derived; And this Province of Maryland, by lawfull power from the su- preme AuTHORiTiE of the Commonwealth of England, formerly and since from the Lord Protector, and Counsell, now beeinge Committed, to the Honorable Richard Bennett, Esq., and Colonell Wm. Claiborne, is subscribed to the present Government of England, and established therein, by a Commition Graunted in the name of his Highness the Lord Protector, unto Capt. Wm. Fuller, Mr. Ritch. Preston, Mr. Wm. Durand, Mr. Edwd. Loyd, Capt. Jno. Smith, Mr. Leo. Strong, Mr. Lawson, Mr. Jno. Hatch, Mr. Wm. Parker, Mr. Ritch. Wells, and Mr. Ritch. Ewen, for the orderinge, directinge and Governinge, all the Af- fayrs of Maryland: Therefore the sayd Capt. Wm. Fuller, and the rest of the Commi- tioners, present at a Court houlden at Providence, the 28th Day of februari 1654, Accordinge to order of this Court in Pursuance, of the Discharge of that trust, which is Committed to them, for the more eassie and speedy Administration of Justice, Conservation of the peace, pre- vention of insurrections and disturbances which may arise, and for the suppressinge of the same have in the name of the Lord Protector, and doe by these presents nominate, and appoint Mr. Phillip Connier Chiefe Commander, of the County of Kent, within the Province of Maryland, Givinge and Grauntinge, in the name of his Highness, the Lord Protector of England, etc., unto the sayd Phillip Conier, Power and Authoritie, in the sayd Countie, to Commaund all persons therein, in all things relatinge necessarily to the defence thereof, from the Insur- rections of Indians, and attempts of any persons whatsoever, unlaw- fully made, against the peace and libertie of the people, as also to Com- maund them, in that which concerns the due Administration of Jus- tice and Right, the Execution of Lawes, upon delinquents and the lawfull and necessary use of the Militia. Requiringe the people of the sayd Countie to bee subject to all his lawfull Commaunds, And also wee doe by these presents Nominate and appoint Mr. Joseph Wickes, Mr. Tho. Ringgold, Mr. Thomas Hynson, Mr. Jno. Russell, Mr. Henry Morgan, Mr. Wm. Eliot, and Mr. Henry Carline, to bee Commitioners for the sayd County of Kent Assistant to the sayd Mr. Philip Conier (who is hereby appointed President of the Commition) for the Conservation of the peace. Administration of Justice, and right Executinge of Judgment to all persons indiferently, in all Causes, of which they shall bee allowed Capable to have Cognizance, and for the present as they have formerly done, untill further order bee published. And that any foure of the sayd Commitioners whereof Mr. Philip Conier, or Mr. Joseph Wickes, or Mr. Tho. Ringgold, or Mr. Tho. Hinson, to bee all ways one, shall have power to Keepe Courts, at such times and in such places as to them shall seem Convenient and necessary, And that all writs, proces, warrants, supenas, etc., which concerne the County Court, shall bee signed by the sayd Mr. Philip Conier, but in his 57 HYNSON absence by Mr. Joseph Wickes, and upon e.xtraordinarie or sudden occa- tion, which endangers the Saftie of the County, preventinge or suppress- inge of any dangerous action, the nearest Commissioners shall have power to give out a warrant, directed to the Sheriffe or Constable and in case of Extremitie depute one to serve the same, And lastly the sayd Mr. Philip Conier, and the sayd Commissioners are Required to Cause the Clerk of theire Court to transcribe the Court prosedings and to deliver them to the Secretarie of the Province, every six Months, at the Generall Provinciall Court. Given at Providence under my hand this first day of March 1654. Will Fuller, William Durand. 29. Colonel JOHN ^ HYNSON (v), of Kent Island, Maryland, son of Thomas^ Hynson and Grace Hynson, of Kent Island, Maryland; died 1705, and was buried at St. Paul's Church, May loth, 1705. JoHN^ Hynson, as a commissioner of Kent County under the government of the Calverts, sat as one of the judges over courts held for the said county on the following dates : September 28th, 1674, January 25th, 1675, December 7th, 1675, March 25th, 1676, April 6th, 1676, April 20th, 1676, June 27th, 1676, October 30th, 1677, October 28th, 1685, and June 22nd, 1686. By virtue of a new commission, he took the oath of commissioner and justice of the peace, November 4th, 1685. He was a member of the House of Burgesses, 1694-95-96-97. He was appointed a commis- sioner and justice of the peace by Sir Francis Nicholson, Royal Governor, June i6th, 1697. On November i8th, 1697, he was chosen a vestryman of St. Paul's Parish, and on the records of that parish he is referred to as "Col." John Hynson. A John Hynson is described in the records of Shrewsbury Parish as Sheriff of Kent County in 1705. JoHN^ Hynson m. Anne , and had issue: JoHN^ (a pew-holder of St. Paul's, April i8th, 1720). Nathaniel', d. 1721 O. S.; m., ist, Hannah (buried at St. Paul's Nov. 26th, 1 7 13); their issue, Nathaniel-, b. Jan. 12th, 1709, d. 1712; Mary; and Hannah; m. 2nd, August 6th, 1714, Mary Kelley; their issue, Nathaniel' (m., Oct. 29th, 1735, 58 HYNSON Mary Smith) ; Martha; and Rebecca. Nathaniel' Hynson repre- sented Kent County in the House of Burgesses in 1716, 1719, 1720, and 1721. Sarah. Elizabeth, m. Rodgers. Jane, m. PhiHp Holeager; their issue, Nathaniel Holeager. Mary, m. Glanville. 30. CHARLES' HYNSON (v), of Kent Island, Mary- land, son of Thomas^ Hynson and Grace Hynson, of Kent Island, Maryland. Charles' Hynson was appointed Clerk of the Kent County Court November 28th, 1693, and June i6th, 1697, he was appointed a commissioner and justice of the peace for Kent County by Sir Francis Nicholson, Royal Governor. He was elected a churchwarden of St. Paul's Parish, Novem- ber 1 8th, 1697, and a vestryman, April 6th, 1708. Charles' Hynson m., March 25th, 1687, Margaret Harris (who m., 2nd, James Murphy), dau. of William Harris, and had issue : Thomas*, d. 1738; m., October 19th, 1710, Wealthy Ann Tilden, dau. of Marmaduke Tilden and Rebecca Wilmer Tilden; their issue, Charles^, d. 1782 (m., November 30th, 1739, Phoebe Car- vill) ; Martha; Waltham; and Mary (m. Thomas Jones). Charles' (represented Kent County in the House of Burgesses 1739-1740). William (represented Kent County in the House of Burgesses 1757- 1758, 1762-1763. He inherited a property called Poplar Hill on Langford Bay from his grandfather William Harris. — Kent County Wills, E. C. i, fol. 154). MARGARET, b. September 7th, 1697, m. SAMUEL* GROOME (vid. Sec. 8). Also Dorcas, Judith, Jane, and Anne. Copy of Commission and Dedimus Potestatem recorded in the Proceedings of a Court held for Kent County, August 24th, 1697. WilUam the Third, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith &c. To Mr. WiUiam Frisby, Mr. John Hinson,-Mr. Hans Hanson, Mr. Thos. Smyth, Mr. James Smith, Mr. John Whittington, Mr. Charles 59 HYNSON Hynson, Mr. Thomas Ringgold, Mr. Phili]:) Hopkins, of Kent County, Gent. : Know ye for the great trust and confidence We have in your Fidel- itie, circumspection, prudence and Wisdom, have constituted, ordained and appointed and by these presents Doe constitnte and Ordaine and appoint you the said William Frisby, John Hynson, Hans Hanson, Thomas Smyth, James Smith, Charles Hynson, Thomas Ringgold and Philip Hopkins, Commissioners, joyntly and severally to keepe the Peace in Kent County and to keep and cause to be kept all Lawes and orders for the conservacion of the peace and for the quiet rule and Government of the people, in all and every Articles of the same and so Chastize and pun- ish all persons offending against the forme of any of the Lawes and Orders of this our Province, or any of them in Kent County aforesaid, according to the Lawes and Orders, shall be fit to be done. Wee have also constituted and appointed you and every four or more of you of which you the said William Frisby, John Hynson, Hans Hanson and Thomas Smyth or one of you are always to be one of the Commissioners to Enquire of the Oaths of good and Lawfull men of your County, aforesaid, of all manner of Felonies, Witchcrafts, Inchantments, Soceries, Magick art, Trespasses, Forestallings, Ingrossings, and Extor- tions whatsoever, and of all and singular other misdeeds and offences, whatsoever, of which Justices of the Peace, in England, may or ought Lawfully to Enquire, by whomsoever or wheresoever done or perpetrated, or which hereafter shall be done or perpetrated in the county aforesaid, against the Lawes and Orders of this Province, Provided you proceed not in any of the cases aforesaid to the life or Members, But that in every such case you send the Prisoners with their Indictments and the whole matter depending before you to the next Provincial Court to be holden for this our Province, whensoever and wheresoever to be holden, there to be Tryed. And further Wee doe hereby Authorize and Impower you to issue out Writts, Process, and Attachments, and to hold Plea of Oyer and Terminor, in all actions, real, personal and mixt, and after Judg- ment, Execution to award in all causes civil, according to the Lawes, orders and reasonable customes made and provided in this our Province of Maryland except in matters relating to Titles of Land. In which cause civil soe to be Tryed, Excepting as before Excepted, Wee do constitute and appoint You the several and respective persons aforesaid to be Judges as aforesaid: And therefore Wee doe Commend You, that you diligently Intend the keeping of the Lawes and Orders of all and singular otherthe premises, and at certain days appointed, according to Act of Assembly, in such case made and provided, and at such place as You or any Four or more of you as aforesaid, shall in that behalfe appoint, you make Inquiry upon the premises and perform and fulfill the same in forme aforesaid, doing therein what to Justice appertaineth according to the Lawes, Orders and reasonable Customes of this our Province, and therefore Wee Command the Sheriff of our County by virtue of these presents, that at the place and on the dayes, aforesaid, that you or any 60 HYNSON such four or more of you as aforesaid, shall make knowne to him that he give his attendance on you, and, if need require, he cause to come before you, or any such four or more of you, such and so many good and Law- full men of your County by whom the truth of the pfemises may the better be knowne and inquired. And chiefly you shall cause to be brought before you on the days and at the place aforesaid the writts, proofs, process, and Indictments to your Court and Jurisdiction belonging, that the same may be Inspected and by due Course determined. Witness our Trusty and Well beloved Francis Nicholson, Esq. our Capt. General and Governor in Chief in and over our Province and Ter- ritory of Maryland this sixteenth day of June in the ninth year of the Reigne, Annoq. Dom. 1697. (Seal) Fr. Nicholson. William the Third, by the grace of God of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith, to Mr. John Hynson, and Mr. Hans Hanson and Thomas Smyth of Kent County, Gent. Greeting: Wee doe authorize you the said Hans Hanson and Thomas Smyth or either of you to Administer the Oathes appointed by Act of Parliament, instead of the Oathes of Allegiance and Supremacy, as alsoe the Oathes of Justice to the said John Hinson, And you the said John Hynson having taken the said Oathes, are to administer the same unto the said Hans Hanson and Thomas Smyth and the rest of the Justices and Commis- sioners of the said County, respectively as they are nominated in the within written Commission. And that you and every of you doe severally subscribe the text, and for soe Doeing this shall be your sufficient Author- ity hereof, fail not and when you have soe done you are to Certifie the same under your hands and seals, unto us in our High Court of Chan- cery, with all convenient speed. Witness our Trusty and Well beloved Francis Nicholson Esq. Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over our Province and Territory of Maryland this sixteenth day of June in the ninth yeare of our Reigne, Annoq. Dom. 1697. (Seal) Fr. Nicholson. DUNN DERIVATION OF FAMILY 31. Members of this family were among the early- settlers of Kent Island, Maryland, Robert^ Dunn (vid. Sec. 32) appearing as a land-owner in 1649 and being joined by his brother Pasco in 1652. Pasco Dunn left the island about 1666, having disposed of his land, and settled in Elizabeth City County, James River, Virginia, where he reached some prominence, as upon the solitary old record book of that county now extant, he appears in 1688 and 1689 as one of his Majesty's justices, his colleagues being such men as Thomas Wythe, Captain Anth. Armistead, etc. GENEALOGY 32. ROBERT' DUNN (iv), of Kent Island and Broad- nox, Kent County, Maryland; born 1630; died May 12th, 1676. Robert^ Dunn settled on Kent Island, Maryland, about the year 1649, at which date his name appears on the rec- ords of Chestertown in a land transaction with one William Body. April 5th, 1652, Robert^ Dunn and sixty-five other freeholders of the Isle of Kent subscribed allegiance to the Commonwealth of England. Robert^ Dunn appears in 1663 as representing Kent County in the House of Bur- gesses. In 1668 he appears as Clerk of the County Court and April 16th, 1669, he was appointed commissioner of * I am indebted to Edwards S. Dunn, Esq., of Philadelphia, for the information on which my notes in regard to the early members of his family are based. — H. C. G. 62 DUNN Kent County and a member of the Quorum, which office he held until 1671. In 1669 he also appears as a Burgess for Kent County. In 1671 he was appointed keeper of the Standard of Weights and Measures for his county and in 1673, High Sheriff of the county, both of which offices he held until the time of his death. About 1670-75 he removed from Kent Island to the head of Langford Bay, on the mainland, where he settled upon a tract of five hundred acres of land, known as Broadnox. Robert^ Dunn m., 1652 or 1653, Joan Porter, daughter of William Porter and Susannah Porter and widow of John Hood, and had issue : Susannah, b. prior to 1656. Jane, b. prior to 1656. Rebecca, b. prior to 1656. William\ d. 1656. Alice, d. 1678. ROBERT^ (vid. Sec. 33). 33. ROBERT - DUNN (v), of Broadnox, Kent County, Maryland; son of Robert^ Dunn and Joan (Porter) Dunn; born about 1660; died 1729. Robert ^ Dunn was one of the founders of St. Paul's Parish in 1693, and served as a vestryman for eight years between 1703 and 1715. He (or his son Robert) w^as a member of the Maryland House of Burgesses in 1722. Robert- Dunn m. ist, prior to March 24th, 1696, Mary — (d. 1709), and had issue: ROBERT3 (vid. Sec. 34). James', baptized May 28th, 1699, d. prior to December 30th, 17 10. Jane, baptized March ist, 1701- William-, m. Martha Miller, daughter of Michael^ Miller. Mary. Robert- Dunn m. 2nd, prior to December 30th, 17 10, Mary, widow of John Pearke. 63 DUNN 34. ROBERT' DUNN (vi), of Broadnox, Kent County, Maryland, son of Robert^ Dunn and Mary Dunn ; born about 1696-98; died 1745. Robert' Dunn resided on the estate originally acquired by his grandfather, but which during his father's lifetime and his own had been increased until it comprised about one thousand acres of land. He was a commissioner for Kent County, appearing as Judge of the County Court in 1736 to 1738, and is designated as one of the Quorum in 1737, 1740, and 1743. He (or his father) was elected a churchwarden of St. Paul's Parish in 1725 and a vestryman in 1728 and 1729. Robert^ Dunn m. Anne Miller, daughter of Michael^ Miller, and had issue : Rebecca, m. Joseph Wickes. James^, b. June loth, 1728, d. 1781; m. ist, 1750, Martha Anne Brown; m., 2nd, EHzabeth Hynson. Darius, b. June 4th, 1731. Hezekiah, b. May i6th, 1734. MARTHA, d. May 21st, 1771; m. CHARLES » GROOME (vid. Sec. 9). BLACK DERIVATION OF FAMILY 35. This family was of Scotch-Irish descent and be- longed to the Presbyterian Church. JAMES' BLACK (vi) with his wife and children emigrated from Londonderry, Ireland, in 1740, and settled in Kent County, Maryland, GENEALOGY 36. JAMES' BLACK (vii), of Black's Cross Roads, Kent County, Maryland, son of James ^ Black, of London- derry, Ireland; born 1732, in Ireland; died November 30th, 1794, Newark, Delaware, and was buried at the Head of Christiana Church. James' Black's biography must be found in an obituary address by the Rev. John Creery: "Mr. James Black was a warm friend to his country, and early took an active part in defence of her rights and privileges; his usefulness, open and candid deportment, procured the love and esteem of a large circle of acquaint- ances. ' ' He served his country with reputation for several years in places of public trust, and his fellow citizens have, on several occasions, fully manifested the confidence they reposed in him. In his extensive and various branches of business for many years, he was much esteemed for his probity and punctuality. By his industry he acquired a large fortune, and was able and ready to relieve the dis- tressed; his sincere friendship and piety endeared him to many, especially those who were intimately acquainted 5 65 BLACK with the doctrines of Christianity; a lover of the truth, and truly exemplary for sobriety, and a steady performance of the duties enjoined by our holy religion. "In his death, the public hath lost a faithful servant; the religious society to which he belonged, a worthy and useful member; and his family, a careful and indulgent head." James^ Black m. ist. May nth, 1762, Jennette Wallace (b. 1741, d. April 22nd, 1774), dau. of Andrew Wallace and Eleanor Wallace, and had issue: ELIZABETH JENNETTE (vid. Sec. 40). Ann, b. August 3rd, 1765, d. January, 1767. John', b. November 3rd, 1767, d. June 9th, 1775. George", b. May 31st, 1770, d. November 20th, 1771. Mary, b. April 17th, 1773, m James Scott. James^ Black m. 2nd, February 14th, 1775, Margaret Evans (b. 1744, d. September 13th, 1779), and had issue: Margaret, b. November 24th, 1775, d. September, 1776. Ann, b. November loth, 1777, d. July 20th, 1830, m. Captain William Hollingsworth. James^ Black m. 3rd, November 22nd, 1780, Mary Rice (b. 1756, d. September loth, 1833), dau. of Judge Evan Rice, and had issue: Jane, b. November 2nd, 1781, d. May 19th, 1786. Martha, b. August 9th, 1783, d. September 27th, 1783. James* Rice (vid. Sec. 41). Sarah, b. September 24th, 1787, d. December 3rd, 1861. Catherine Maria, b. October 5th, 1789, d. January 9th, 1865, m. John Donaldson. Jane, b. October 12th, 1791, d. December 17th, 1844. Margaret, b. October 17th, 1793, d. November, 1793. 37. WILLIAM BLACK (vii), son of James' Black, of Londonderry, Ireland, is known to have married and to have had children. He, or his descendants, subsequently settled in the Carolinas. 66 BLACK 38. MARTHA BLACK (vii), dau. of James' Black, of Londonderry, Ireland, married Andrew' Kerr, and had issue : Mary Kerr, m. Sharpe, of Kentucky. Samuel Kerr, m. the dau. of James Corre, of Kent County, Md. Elizabeth Kerr, m. Henry Pearce; their issue, Sarah Ann Pearce. Patty Kerr, m. Benjamin Merritt; their issue, William K. Merritt; George A. Merritt; and Adeline K. Merritt. James Kerr. Andrew^ Kerr, m. Hannah Gillespie; their issue, Mary (m. Francis G. Parke, of Cecil Co., Md.; issue, Andrew Kerr Parke); George G. ; and James Black. Charlotte Kerr, m. Joseph Hossinger. 39. GEORGE' BLACK (vii), of Fairfields, Kent County, Maryland, son of James' Black, of Londonderry, Ireland; died January, 1797. George' Black m., 1770, Margaret Wallace, dau. of Andrew Wallace and Eleanor Wallace, and had issue: James^, b. January 4th, 1772, d. October 27th, 1804; m., December 12th, 1798, Margaret Wilson, dau. of John Wilson and Mary Perkins Wilson; their issue, Susan Wilson (m. Col. Alexander Baird Hanson); and John-' Gustavus (m., June 4th. 1833, ^^~ phonsa Cummins). Ann, m. James Salsbury. George-'. John'-', m. Mary Perkins, dau. of Col. Isaac Perkins; their issue, Eliza; Jane; and Caroline Ann. Elizabeth, m. Giles. Andrew. Thomas. 40. ELIZABETH JENNETTE BLACK (viii), dau. of James^ Black and Jennette (Wallace) Black; born January 24th, 1763; died May 7th, 1817. Elizabeth Jennette Black m. ist, January 23rd, 1787, her cousin Dr. George Wallace (b. 1753, d. June 17th, 1796, Elkton, Maryland), and had issue: James^ Black Wallace, b. June loth, 1788, d. September 3rd, 1825, Natchez. 67 BLACK Mary Wallace, b. September 17th, 1789, d. July 9th, 1867; m., September 24th, 181 2, Gov. Thomas Ward Veazey; their issue, James Wallace Veazey, Joseph Wallace Veazey, Ellen Matilda Veazey, Elizabeth Black Veazey (m. Benjamin' B. Craycroft; issue, Benjamin"'* B. Craycroft and Thomas Veazey Craycroft), and Mary Emma Veazey (m. Dr. Samuel E. Mills). Joseph' Wallace, b. February 5th, 1791, d. Sept. 12th, 1872; m., June 17th, 1825, Elizabeth Ward; their issue, George F., d. November, 1884; James", d. in infancy; Joseph^ Veazey, b. April 12th, 1830, d. November i6th, 1905 (m., April 25th, 1867, Cor- nelia C. Price; issue, Mary Elizabeth and Veazey Ward); Mary Caroline, d. 1877 (m. Edward Ward); John Charles Groome; and Laura Virginia, b. February 29th, 1836, d. May 19th, 1898. Elizabeth Jennette Black m., 2nd, Dr. JOHN^ GROOME (vid. Sec. 12). 41. Judge JAMES' RICE BLACK (viii), of New Castle, Delaware, son of James"^ Black and Mary (Rice) Black; born May 14th, 1785; died September 3rd, 1839. James* Rice Black m., February 15th, 1806, Maria E. Stokes, of Philadelphia, and had issue : Mary, b. December 27th, 1810, d. October 17th, 1874; m., July 24th, 1832, Dr. James Couper, of New Castle, Delaware. Elizabeth Riddle, b. February 15th, 1816, d. September loth, 1902; m., December 6th, 1836, Col. John^ Charles Groome, of Elkton, Maryland (vid. Sec. 18). Sarah, b. November 21st, 1819, d. December 6th, 1893; ^^■< May 12th, 1841, Commander William^ S. Young, U. S. N.; their issue, James Black Young, b. Jan. 29th, 1842, d. August 28th, 1892 (m., Nov. 2nd, 1865, Elizabeth T. Welsh); Betty Conrad Young, b. Aug. 29th, 1843, d. March i8th, 1865 (m., July 15th, 1863, Samuel Welsh); Robert Young, b. Feb. 4th, 1846, d. August 29th, 1878; William- S. Young, b. Dec. r7th, 1848, d. June loth, 1906; Katharine Maria Donaldson Young, b. March 27th, 1856, d. July 20th, 1884 (m., Oct. 23rd, 1883, Frank A. Sartori) ; and Philip R. Fendall Young, b. September 8th, 1858 (m., December 4th, 1895, Alice Leigh Edmondson [widow of James* Black Groome]) . ALLEN GENEALOGY 42. The first member of this family of whom anything is known was a native of New England and married Eliza- beth Sheward, an Englishwoman and a Quaker preacher. She belonged to the Pine Street Meeting (Second and Pine Streets, Philadelphia) and continued to preach there after her marriage to Allen. She married, 2nd, Clement Hum- phreys. By her Allen had issue: JOSHUA (vid. Sec. 43) I twins. William, b. 1775 -• Constance, m. William^ Marr, of England; their issue, William^ Allen Marr (d. without issue) and Elizabeth Constance Marr (m. Dr. James Broome; issue, William Allen Broome, Mary Broome, and Elizabeth Broome). 43. JOSHUA ALLEN (viii), of Philadelphia, son of Allen, of Philadelphia, and Elizabeth (Sheward) Allen, of England; born, 1775; died, 1838, in Elkton, Maryland. Joshua Allen was an importer of silks in Philadelphia and later became a school-teacher at Elkton, Maryland. Joshua Allen m., 1800, Anna Moore,* dau. of Abel MooRE and Elizabeth (Engle) Moore, of Trenton, New *BENJAlVIINi MOORE (iv), of Burlington, New Jersey, m., Septem- ber 6th, 1693, Sarah Stokes (M. Minutes, Burlington Meeting); their issue, John\ Benjamin-, Thomas, and Joseph^. JOSEPH' MOORE (v), son of Benjamin' Moore and Sarah (Stokes) Moore, m. Patience Woolman; their issue, Elizabeth, Mary, Patience, Uriah, John-, JosEPH■^ Abner, Jonas, and Cyrus'. CYRUS' MOORE (vi), son of Joseph' Moore and Patience (Wool- man) ]Moore, m. Mary Austin; their issue, Abel. 69 ALLEN Jersey (who obtained a divorce from him in 1820), and had issue: Grenville', b. 1802, d. 1806 (drowned). Maria, b. August 27th, 1804, d. January 8th, 1845; "i-. 1840, Judge Emanuel Reichert, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. ELIZABETH SHEWARD, b. June 15th, 1806, Baltimore, Mary- land; d. February nth, 1886, Philadelphia; m. DR. SAMUEL' WILLIAM GROOME (vid. Sec. 19). Sarah, b. April 27th, 1808, d. May 17th, 1875; "">■' June 6th, 1833, James Hogan; their issue, Cecelia Hogan, b. December 28th, 1835; Maria Allen Hogan, b. April 12th, 1840, d. October, 1905; and Charles Meigs Hogan, b. October 13th, 1842. Grenville- Moore, b. October, 1810; d. April 7th, 1840, Natchez, Miss, (killed in a cyclone), cotton commission inerchant and member of Natchez Guards. Cornelia Adeline, b. August 27th, 1812, d. August 19th, 1895; m., October 8th, 1835, Henry' Perkins, of Salem, Massachusetts; their issue, Henry- Allen Perkins, b. July 31st, 1836 (m., April 30th, 1864, Mary F. Wood, of Bordentown, N. J.; divorced May ist, 1886; no issue); Edward Lang Perkins, b. May 28th, 1843 (m., January 24th, 1882, Caroline A. Heberton [d. March 23rd, 1905]; issue, Cornelia Allen, b. July 17th, 1884, d. August 3rd, 1885); and Francis Moore Perkins, b. June 6th, 1851 (m., June 19th, 1889, Franc A. Walker [d. May 3rd, 1895]; no issue). ABEL MOORE (vii), of Trenton, New Jersey, son of Cyrus' Moore and Mary (Austin) Moore, m. Elizabeth Engle; their issue, Grenville, CYRus^ Aaron, Patience (b. 1768), ANNA (b. December 27th, 1780, at Trenton, New Jersey; d. November 12th, 1869, at Philadelphia; m. JOSHUA ALLEN), Elizabeth, John'', and George. Anna Moore was one of the little girls chosen by the ladies of Trenton to scatter flowers before Washington on his passing the bridge at that place April, 1789, on his way to New York to be inaugurated first Presi- dent of the United States. Her sister Patience also took part in this reception. CONNELLY DERIVATION OF FAMILY 44. The parentage of the brothers John' Connelly, Henry' Connelly, and George^ Connelly has not been ascertained. It is probable, however, that their ancestors emigrated from Ireland and settled in some locality other than Philadelphia, to which place this branch subsequently removed. GENEALOGY 45. Colonel JOHN ^ CONNELLY (viii), of Phila- delphia, Pennsylvania; born December 25th, 1752, died February 3rd, 1827, and was buried at Old Presbyterian Church, corner of Fourth and Pine Streets, Philadelphia. John^ Connelly was commissioned ensign in a company of artillery raised by Benjamin George Eyre at the begin- ning of the Revolutionary War. This company was one of the three raised by the three brothers, Jehu, Manuel, and Benjamin George Eyre, and known as the "Associated Companies of Philadelphia." At the battle of Trenton the Associated Companies were formed into a regiment under command of Colonel Jehu Eyre. (Penna. Archives.) John' Connelly was commissioned captain of the Eighth Company of this regiment, April 15th, 1780. He served with distinction during the war and retained his connection with this company until July 8th, 1795, when he was commis- sioned major of the Artiller}^ Battalion of Pennsylvania. August 2nd, 1800, he was commissioned lieutenant-colonel and subsequently colonel of artillery, which commission he held until 1808. 71 CONNELLY An active philanthropist, he rendered valuable service in the relief and aid of his fellow-citizens during the yellow- fever epidemic in 1793, for which he received the thanks of the citizens of Philadelphia assembled in public meeting on March 22nd, 1794. In 1794 he was appointed a prison inspector under the provisions of the Act of 1790 and served as such until 1799. The criminals of that day, by reason of the system in vogue, were made objects of infamy by being exposed constantly to public view, and they were sunk into greater depths by being allowed to indulge in drunkenness and vice within the prison walls if they had the money to purchase those indulgences. Colonel Connelly threw himself with all his energy and philanthropy into prison reform, and with great success. Dr. James Mease, writing in 181 1 of Mr. Connelly, says of him, "To Mr. John Connelly and Mr. C. Lownes may be justly ascribed the merit of bringing to the test of the fullest and most successful experience the humane principles of the new penal code. Those gentle- men were appointed inspectors of the prison at an early period, and upon them devolved the arduous task of break- ing down all difficulties arising from the long continuance of that most disgusting, that foul system of discipline which had long disgraced the management of the jails." Colonel JoHN^ Connelly was a Democrat in politics, and as such he was elected to the State Senate, October, 1809, from the City and County of Philadelphia and the County of Delaware, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Dorsey, and served during the ses- sion commencing December 5th, 1809, ending March 20th, 1 8 10. During his service, Governor Simon Snyder having sent to the Legislature a message recommending the aboli- tion of capital punishment, he made a motion in the Senate looking to that end, and supported it by a masterly and powerful argument. In the final vote on locating the capital at Harrisburg, he voted in the affirmative. Among other 72 CONNELLY legislation he obtained was the extension of the charter of the "Rector, Church Wardens, and Vestrybien of the United Episcopal Churches of Christ Church and St. Peter's Church in the City of Philadelphia," granted June 24th, 1765, so as to include St. James's Church, then recently built. In 181 1 he declined a renomination to the Senate, but in 181 2 he was elected and served as a member of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth. In 18 13 he was a member of the Philadelphia Committee of Public Defence in the war against Great Britain, and in 18 14 a member of the War Committee of Correspondence. In perfect accord with his humane character, he became, in November, i8"i8, a member of the Committee of Cor- respondence to aid in preventing the extension of slavery into new States. In 1824 he was a candidate for Presidential Elector in the interest of William H. Crawford. Governor Simon Snyder appointed and commissioned him auctioneer for Philadelphia, a position he held for many years. As the first named of the incorporators of the Pennsyl- vania Railroad Company, he was designated to act as president of the new company, and empowered to act as such until December 9th, 1823, when an election was to be held, at which the officers of the company were to be chosen. " Mr. Connelly thus became the first president in Pennsylvania of a railroad company, and that company bearing the same name as the great Pennsylvania corpora- tion of to-day, its projected line being intended to cover the same ground as that which is now partly occupied by the Philadelphia Division." (History of the Penna. R. R. Co., W. B. Wilson.) Colonel JoHN^ Connelly was one of the trustees named in the Charter of the First Presbyterian Church, Phila- delphia, granted September 21st, 1796, and was annually re-elected until 1802, when he was elected elder, which position he held until the time of his death. (Records First Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia.) ■ 73 CONNELLY He was elected a member of the Hibernian Society in 1790. (History of the Penna. R. R. Co., W. B. Wilson.) John' Connelly m. ist, at Burlington, N. J., March 30th, 1780, Anne Little (b. April nth, 1748, d. October 29th, 181 1), and had issue: James, b. January 15th, 17S1, d. January i8th, 1782. John', b. March 22nd, 1782, d. March, 1784. George-, b. September 13th, 1783, d. September, 1793. Mary, b. April 17th, 1785, d. April, 1798. John-' M., b. January 17th, 1787, d. March 29th, 1855. Ann Louisa (vid. Sec. 48). Thomas, b. August loth, 1792, d. October 25th, 1822. John' Connelly m. 2nd, November loth, 1815, Ellen Vandoren. No issue. 46. HENRY' CONNELLY (viii), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died February 3rd, 1822. Henry' Cqnnelly was engaged in mercantile business in Philadelphia, and was elected a trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of that city in 18 10 and was re-elected annually for several years. Some years before his death he removed to New Hope, Delaware, where he operated a cotton mill of which he was the proprietor. Henry' Connelly m., December 13th, 1800, Elizabeth Pierce, and had issue: Pierce' (vid. Sec. 49). HARRY 2 (vid. Sec. 50). Eleanor, b. July 12th, 1808 (d. in infancy). John*, b. December 27th, 1809, d. 1888; m., ist, Angelica West; their issue, Elizabeth, Mary Cornelia, and Madeline; m., 2nd, Felicity Grandpr^; their issue, Georgine, b. March 20th, 1862 (m., January i8th, 1886, Eugene A. Marcia). George', b. November 12th, 1813, d. 1865. George'' Connelly entered the University of Pennsylvania in 1828, was graduated from that institution in 1831, and subsequently received the degree of A.M. He was one of the founders of the Zelosophic Literary Society and on graduating divided first honor with Dr. John W. Faires, George'' Connelly delivering the Latin salutatory address and John W. Faires delivering the Greek salutatory address. George'' Connelly resided in New Orleans, 74 CONNELLY where he was a prominent cotton factor and an adherent of the Confederacy. He died unmarried. Margaret, b. May 24th, 1821, d. June 25th, 1821 ) . Eleanor, b. May 24th, 1821, d. May 24th, 1822 j 47. GEORGE^ CONNELLY (viii), of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died, 1793, of yellow fever. George^ Connelly married (his wife dying, 1795, of yellow fever) and had issue: -Mary Penn, b. June 5th, 1792, died March 26th, 1884, unmarried. After the death of her parents, Mary Penn Connelly was taken charge of by her grandmother and afterwards adopted by her uncle Colonel John^ Connelly. In 1813 she went to Bethle- hem, where she passed the rest of her life. She was confirmed, and became a member of the Moravian Congregation, March 31st, 1822. She was well known and highly respected in Bethle- hem. (Records of Moravian Church, Bethlehem, Pa.) (Supposed to have had another daughter or a son.) 48. ANN LOUISA CONNELLY (ix), daughter of John' Connelly and Anne (Little) Connelly, of Philadelphia; born November 14th, 1788; died April 19th, 1832. Ann Louisa Connelly m., July loth, 1806, Manuel^ Eyre (b. Feb. ist, 1777, d. Feb. 9th, 1845), of Philadelphia, son of Manuel' Eyre and Mary (Wright) Eyre, of Phila- delphia, and had issue: Juliet Phillips Eyre, b. April 29th, 1807, d. July, 1825. Mary Eyre (vid. Sec. 51). Manuel^ Eyre, b. May 29th, 1810, d. July i6th, 1810. John Connelly Eyre, b. September 27th, 1811, d. October 3rd, 1849, unmarried. Ann Louisa Eyre, b. Sept. 24th, 1S13, d. Jan. 21st, 1844, unmarried. Harriet Eyre (vid. Sec. 52). Ellen Eyre, b. Dec. 25th, 1817, d. July 7th, 1889; m., Jan. 2nd, 1838, Dr. Charles^ Bell Gibson, of Philadelphia; their issue, Sarah Gibson, b. May 25th, 1839, d. Aug. ist, 1839; Charlotte Gibson, b. May 20th, 1840, d. Nov. i8th, 1840; William Gibson, b. Aug. 23rd, 1841, d. Feb. 2sth, 1877; Mary Elizabeth Gibson, b. March 5th, 1843 C"^-' ^^^- 2nd, 1865, Dr. Edwin S. Gaillard; issue, Ellen Eyre Gaillard, Edwin White Gaillard, G. W. Smith Gaillard, Charles Bell Gibson Gaillard, William Eyre Gibson Gaillard, Marion HoUingsworth Sims Gaillard, and Frank 75 CONNELLY Paschal Gaillard); James Cheston Gibson, b. Aug. 8th, 1845, d. July loth, 1847; Charles- Bell Gibson, b. Sept. 6th, 1847, d. August 7th, 1848; Beverly Tucker Gibson, b. Aug. 20th, 1849, d. 1876; Ann Louisa Gibson, b. August 31st, 1851; Charles' Bell Gibson, b. June 19th, 1853, d. May 20th, 1876; Ellen Eyre Gibson, b. Jan. 26th, 1855, d. May 28th, 1855; and Manuel Eyre Gibson, b. November 3rd, 1857, d. Aug. 22nd, 1877. Manuel* Eyre, b. December i8th, 1819, d. August 29th, 1879; ^n-. October 8th, 1840, Eliza Painter; their issue, ManueP, b. Feb. 5th, 1842 (m., Jan. 15th, 1866, Letitia Dale; issue, Manuel*, Manuel', Geluch, Ellen Dale, Mary, and Gerard Dale) ; Mary, b. Dec. 8th, 1843, d. Jan. 25th, 1870, unmarried; Ellen, b. Dec. 19th, 1845, d. Sept. 28th, 1887 (m., Feb., 1874, Charles Coye); and Frances Augustine, b. Aug. 2nd, 1848 (m., June 14th, 1871, Joseph Morgan; issue, John Eyre Morgan, Robert Churchman Morgan, Charles Coye Morgan, Ellen Eyre Morgan, Frances Augustine Morgan, and Websler Lowman Morgan). Mahlon Dickerson Eyre, b. April 13th, 1821, d. August 28th, 1882; m., June 15th, 1859, Isabella Olivia Carrell Smyth; their issue, Virginia, b. Apr. 4th, i86o (m., Aug. 15th, 1891, Lawrence O'Callaghan) ; Katherine, b. April loth, 1861 (m., 1886, Edgar Vickers); Charles Connelly, b. March 14th, 1862 (m., 1890, Eva Blackburn); Isabella Olivia, b. March i6th, 1863 (m., July ist, 1891, Blackburn); and Arthur Hale, b. Jan. loth, 1869. Wilson^ Eyre, b. April 15th, 1823, d. September 4th, 1901; m., August 30th, 1856, Louisa Lincoln Lear; their issue, Lincoln\ b. July 24th, 1857 (m., June 20th, 1888, Marianna Haywood Binney; issue, Lincoln- Lear and Virginia); Wilson-, b. Oct. 30th, 1858; Manning Kennard, b. March 31st, 1861 (m., Aug. 14th, 1886, Clara Klink; issue, Wilson'' Lear) ; Richard Derby, b. Feb. 26th, 1869 (m., June 21st, 1893, Elizabeth Kriegar; issue, Elizabeth); and Louisa, b. Jan. 16th, 1872. Virginia Eyre, b. June 1st, 1825; m., July 13th, 1854, Manning Kennard. Richard Alsop Eyre, b. January 29th, 1828, d. March 15th, 1831. 49. Rev. PIERCE^ CONNELLY (ix), of Florence, Italy, son of Henry^ Connelly and Elizabeth (Pierce) CoNNELLY,of Philadelphia; born August 9th, 1804, died 1885. Pierce' Connelly entered the University of Pennsyl- vania in 1818 and was graduated from that institution in 182 1, subsequently receiving the degree of A.M. He afterwards studied law and was admitted to the bar but 76 CONNELLY deciding later to enter the ministry, he took orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church and became the rector of a church at Natchez, La. This charge he resigned in 1835 and assumed ecclesiastical dress in the Church of Rome in 1843, in the Collegio dei Nobile at Rome, taking orders in 1845. He was chaplain to the Earl of Shrewsbury at Alton Towers about 1848, and afterwards to Mr. Henry and Lady Harriet Drummond at Albury Park. He resumed orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church of America, and founded the American Church in Florence, Italy, in 1867, of which church he was rector until the time of his death. He wrote the rules which were adopted as the constitution of the Con- vent of the Holy Child Jesus, at St. Leonard's by the Sea, England, in 1848, and a pamphlet entitled "Cases of Con- science" while at Albury Park. In 1852 he wrote "Reasons for Abjuring Allegiance to the Church of Rome. " His wife founded the order of the Holy Child Jesus and subsequently became mother general of this order. After her death, w^hich occurred about 1880, she was presented for beati- fication, and it is expected that the various stages will be completed and the decree published in a little over fifty years from the date of her death. Pierce^ Connelly m., about 1830, Cornelia A. Pea- cock, and had issue: Mercer, b. 1832, d. 1852. Adeline, b. 1836, d. 1900. Pierce- Francis, b. 1841, at Opelousas, La., was educated at Marlborough College, England, where his talent for drawing became conspicuous. He studied painting at Brussels with Eckhart, and drew under Miicke at Dusseldorf. He was a medal- ist in the Ecole des Beaux Arts, where he continued his studies under Ingres. Upon the advice of Hiram Powers, he became a sculptor and established a studio in Florence, Italy, and this city became his permanent place of residence. Some of his more important works are "Death and Honor," a bronze exhibited at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, "Ophelia," and "Thetis and the Infant Achilles." Unmarried. Magdalene, d. in infancy. ' ■ ^' (Letters of Pierce- Francis Connelly.) 77 CONNELLY 50. HARRY- CONNELLY (ix), of Philadelphia, son of Henry' Connelly and Elizabeth (Pierce) Connelly, of Philadelphia; born June 30th, 1806; died February 9th, 1863, and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. Harry- Connelly, after his education had been com- pleted, removed from Philadelphia to Roseville, near New- ark, Delaware, where he subsequently became the proprietor of extensive cotton mills. The operation of these mills necessitated visits to the Southern States during which he laid the foundation of friendships with many prominent Southern men ; for the remainder of his life these associations produced in him a strong affiliation with the South. On his return to Philadelphia, about 1840, he engaged in business as an importer and dealer in wines, and his establishment at Seventh and Chestnut Streets eventually became famous as a rendezvous of the pubHc men of the day. He numbered among his friends Henry Clay and many of the leading men of Kentucky. He was a close personal friend of James A. Bayard, of Delaware, and John W. Forney, in his "Anecdotes of Public Men," speaking of Harry '^ Connelly and his place of business, says, "I have met in this dark back room, with its low cobwebbed ceiling, most of the public characters between 1845 and i860." In company with Senator Bayard, Mr. Connelly was the guest of Jeffer- son Davis at Montgomery, Alabama, when Mr. Davis received the news that Fort Sumter had been fired upon April 12th, 1 86 1, by the Confederate battery at Fort John- son. After the outbreak of the Civil War, although he con- tinued to reside in Philadelphia, Harry" Connelly was outspoken in his advocacy of the cause of the Southern States, and until the time of his death his name was promi- nent on a list of persons in Philadelphia who were suspected of communication with the Confederate Government, and at one time he w^as in constant expectation of arrest. He had determined to resist arrest, and stated publicly that he would not be taken alive. The circumstances of his death 78 CONNELLY were never known. His body was found in the Delaware River at Philadelphia, and, although the finding of the coroner's jury was that death had been caused by acci- dental drowning, many of his friends believed that he had been killed by a political adversary. Harry^ Connelly m., July 24th, 1828, Eliza Andrews, dau. of Robert^ Andrews, of Andrewsia, near Wilmington, Delaware, and Anne (Mason) Andrews, of Bordeaux, France, and had issue: Manuel Eyre, b. 1829, d. July 26th, 1830. Elizabeth, b. 1833, d. April 12th, 1837. NANCY ANDREWS, b. August i6th, 1838, at Roseville, Delaware; m. SAMUEL' WILLIAM GROOME (vid. Sec. 22). Harry* (vid. Sec. 53). 51. MARY EYRE (x), daughter of Manuel' Eyre and Ann Louisa (Connelly) Eyre, of Philadelphia; born November 6th, 1808; died July 17th, 1873. Mary Eyre m., February 5th, 1829, Dr. Robert ' Egles- FELD Griffith (d. June 26th, 1850), of Philadelphia, and had issue: Robert- Eglesfeld Griffith, b. Dec. 23rd, 1829, d. February 28th, 1866, unmarried. Ann Louisa Griffith, b. June 15th, 1833, d. Sept. nth, 1882, unmarried. Manuel Eyre Griffith, b. Jan. i8th, 1837; m., Sept. 15th, 1864, Mary Ellen Robinson; their issue, Mary Eyre, b. June 19th, 1865 (m., November loth, 1898, Geo. Cuthbert Carter; issue, Robert Carter); Anne Louisa, b. April 30th, 1867; Robert' Eglesfeld, b. November 25th, 1868 (m., April 17th, 1895, Eliza- beth Wilmer Fuller; issue, EHzabeth Wilmer) ; and Ellen Robinson, b. January 21st, 1878 (m., June 6th, 1900, Roland Roberts Foulke). 52. HARRIET EYRE (x), daughter of Manuel' Eyre and Ann Louisa (Connelly) Eyre, of Philadelphia; born February 13th, 181 6; died April 3rd, 1890. 79 CONNELLY Harriet Eyre m., March 12th, 1835, John^ Ashhurst (d. Feb. i8th, 1892), of Philadelphia, and had issue: Richard' Lewis Ashhurst, b. Feb. 5th, 1838; m., May 30th, 1861, Sarah Frazer; their issue, Harriet, b. June 15th, 1862; Richard^ Lewis, b. Dec. 20th, 1865, d. March 31st, 1870; Frazer, b. July 30th, 1867; Mabel, b. Dec. 20th, 1869 (m., Nov. 12th, 1902, Frederick Jesup Stimson) ; and Roger, b. June 21st, 1876, d. 1904. John' Ashhurst, b. August 23rd, 1839; d. July 7th, 1900; m., Dec. 8th, 1864, Sarah Stokes Wayne; their issue, John-', b. Dec. 31st, 1865; William Wayne, b. May 22nd, 1867 (m. Ellen Eyre Gaillard); Mary Jane, b. Jan. 13th, 1869 (m., Oct. 15th, 1891, Edward Fayssoux Leiper); Anna Wayne, b. Oct. 13th, 1870 (m. Rev. EHston Perot); Sarah Wayne, b. Nov. 29th, 1874; Astley Paston Cooper, b. 1876; and Emma Matilda, b. October 17th, 1882. Manuel Eyre Ashhurst, b. Oct. 30th, 1841, d. May 7th, 1845. Elizabeth Ashhurst, b. March 5th, 1845, d. March i8th, 1845. 53. HARRY'* CONNELLY (x), of Philadelphia, son of Harry^ Connelly and Eliza (Andrews) Connelly, of Philadelphia; born February 7th, 1841, at Philadelphia. Harry^ Connelly was educated at private schools in Philadelphia, and entered the University of Pennsylvania 1856. He was expelled from that institution in December, 1857. From 1858 to 1862 he was in the law office of Ben- jamin Harris Brewster. In 1862 he entered the banking house of P. F. Kelly and Co., and in 1864 he was ad- mitted to membership in the Philadelphia Stock Exchange. He continued in active business as a stock broker until 1890, when loss of hearing compelled his retirement. He was president of the Philadelphia Stock Exchange 1884 to 1885. He was a contributing member of the Volunteer Fire Department of Philadelphia from i860 until the date of the organization of a paid Fire Department by the city (about 1872). He was a member of the University Barge Club, the Philadelphia Club, the Pennsylvania Club, the Reform Club, the Zelosophic Society, the Zeta Psi Frater- 80 CONNELLY nity, and the Southern Club of Philadelphia. He was for many years a vestryman of St. Clement's Parish, Phila- delphia. Harry' Connelly m. ist, November 12th, 1868, Anna A. Ward (died October 26th, 1870), dau. of Gen. Aaron Ward and Mary (Watson) Ward, of Westchester County, New York. No issue. Harry^ Connelly m. 2nd, April nth, 1874, Sarah Waln Vaux, dau. of Richard Vaux and Mary (Waln) Vaux, of Philadelphia, and had issue : Gladys, b. August 29th, 1877. AvERYL, b. February 12th, 1885. ANDREWS DERIVATION OF FAMILY 54. The ancestors of the Andrews family of the man- orial estates of Alexton, in the County of Leicester, and of Pisbroke, in the County of Rutland, England, originally came from France during the Norman dynasty. Certain members of this family took an active part in the First Crusade in Palestine in 1097 under Duke Robert of Nor- mandy, and in a later Crusade at the battle of Salado in Valencia the family was again represented in the following of Sir James Douglass, who had borne from Scotland the heart of King Robert in a silver casket. During the battle Douglass found himself and his immediate following sepa- rated from the main army and hard pressed by the Moors. Taking the casket from his breast he cast it before him into the thickest of the fight, and, crying, "Now, thou, pass thou onward as thou wert ever wont to do, and Douglass will follow thee or die," he and his little band pressed fiercely in, and, although Douglass himself was killed, the casket was regained and carried back to Scotland. The survivors of this feat of arms were afterwards accorded the right to bear on their crests a lion holding a heart in his paw. "By the grant of arms to Anthony Andrews, recorded in the Heralds' College of Arms, London, Oct. 28th, 1583, the history and rank of the family is described heraldically, by the emblazonry and insignia on their arms. The charges on the shield, 'Azure, a cross ermine, between four fieurs de lis gold,' indicate the origin of the family in France and their having taken part in the early Crusade. The crest, 82 ANDREWS ' On a torse silver and azure a demi-lion, the tails forked gold, a crown argent, and holding in his dexter paw a heart gules,' represents an acknowledgment for distin- guished military services during the Crusades. The Helmet and Mantling, 'Mantled gules double argent, helmet in profile argent five bars gold,' as shown in the emblazoned arms, in the College of Arms, London, indicates that the family was an eminent and distinguished one in England. These arms are supposed to have been borne by this family before the College of Arms was established in 1483. They were reissued and placed on record there, in accordance with the rules, orders, and regulations of Heraldry estab- lished during the reign of Queen Elizabeth." (Preface to Genealogy of the Andrews Family and Alliances, by Robert* Andrews.) GRANT OF ARMS 55. To All and Singvler, as well Nobles and Gentiles as others to whom these presents shall come, be scene, heard, read, or understoode: I. Sr. Gilbert Detricke, Knight als Garter, principall King of Armes, send greeting in Or. lord God, everlasting: forasmvch as avnciently from the beginning, the valiant and vertvos acts of excellent personnes, have beene comended to the World and posterity, with svndry monvments and remembrances of their good desearts, amongst th. which the chiefest and most vsval hath beene the bearing of signes in shields, called armes, being demonstracons and tokens of prowes and valoir diversley distrib- vted, according to the qualities and desearts of the personnes meritting the same to th. intent, that such, as by their vertves, doe add and shew- forth to the advancement of the common weale, the shine of their good life, and conversacon in dayley practize of things worthy and Comend- able, may therefore receive due honor in their lives, and also derive and Continve the same svccessively to their posterity forever — Amongst the wch. nomber, Anthony Andrews of Pisbroke in the Covnty of Rvtland — Gentleman, not knowing what armes his ancestors have bore and not mynding to shew forth any other than he may lawfvlly beare. In Consid- eracon Whereof, and for fvrther declaracon of the worthynes of the said Anthony Andrews and at his instant reqvest, I, the said Garter, principall King of Armes, by power & avthority of my office, to me comitted by tres patente, vnder the great scale of England have assigned, geven, and Granted vnto the said Anthony Andrews, and to his posterity forever theese Armes and Creast, to be borne in manner and forme heerin declared and set forth. That is to say, Azvre, a crosse, Ermyne, 83 ANDREWS betvixt fovre, Flover de Ivces govld, on a torce, silver and azvre, a demy lyon, the tayles efforcee govld: a crown argent hovlding in his dexter Paw a hart Gvles: Mantled Gvles, dovbled argent: as more playnely appeareth, depicted in this Margent: all wch. said armes, wth. Helmet, Mantles, Torce and Creast, and every part and parole therof — I the said Garter doe by thees presents, ordeyne and set forth vnto the said Anthony Andrews and to his posterity forever, and he and they, the same to have, hold, vse, beare, and shewforth at all tyme & tymes hereafter in Shield, Coat Armour, or otherwise, at his or their owne liberty and pleasvre, without th impediment lett. Interruption of any person or personnes: In Witness Whereof: I the said Garter principall King of Armes, have signed theese Presents with my owne hand and have herevnto put the seale of my office with the seale of my armes, dated the xxviiith day of October 1583. In the xxvth yeare of the Raigne of our Sovveraigne lady Elizabeth by the grace of God. Qveene of England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, &c., &c: ^ G. Detricke als Garter principall Kinge of Armes. This is a trve copie of the Originall now remayning in ye custody of Edward Andrews, Esq: grandchild of ye above written Anthony Andrews. Examined the 5th day of Febrvary 1638. ^ Wm. le New, Clarencieux Jere. Talbot, Wm. Dugdale Blanch Lyon I certify that the above is correctly copied from an entry in the first volume of Grants, page 228, preserved in the College of Arms, London. G. A. Lindsay, Portcullis. London, Eng. 28th June, 1893. GENEALOGY 56. ANTHONY' ANDREWS (i), of Alexton, in the County of Leicester, and Pisbroke, in the County of Rutland, England; born 1530. Anthony^ Andrews m. Dorothea Lenton, of Alin- wele, in the County of Northampton, and had issue: EDWARDi (vid. Sec. 57). ANTHONY^ m. the dau. of Anthony CoUey, of Glaston, in the County of Rutland; their issue, Anthony'' (m. ; their issue, Mar- garet, d. unmarried). Fanny. 84 ANDREWS 57. EDWARD' ANDRE\A^S (ii), of Alexton, in the County of Leicester, son of Anthony' Andrews and Dorothea (Lenton) Andrews. Edward' Andrews m., ist, Brigitta Palmer, dau. of William Palmer, of Carleton, in the County of Northam- ton, and had issue: EDWARD^ (vid. Sec. 58). Edward' Andrews m., 2nd, Jane Newsam, of Chades- hunt, in the County of Warwick. 58. EDWARD-' ANDREWS (iii), of Alexton, in the County of Leicester, and Pisbroke, in the County of Rut- land, son of Edward' Andrews and Brigitta (Palmer) Andrews. Edward- Andrews m., ist, Judith Sanders, dau. of Edward Sanders, of the County of Warwick, and had issue : Brigitta. Anthony*. Judith. Maria. Johanna. Edward" Andrews m., 2nd, Maria Holder, dau. of Clemens Holder, of Southwell, in the County of Notting- ham, and had issue : Thomas'. Clemens. JOHNi (vid. Sec. 59). Edward^ Flora. Catherine. Anna. 59. JOHN' ANDREWS (iv), of Alexton, in the County of Leicester, and Pisbroke, in the County of Rutland, son of Edward^ Andrews and Maria (Holder) Andrew? born at Alexton. 85 ANDREWS John' Andrews emigrated to iVmerica, under the patron- age of Cecil Calvert (Lord Baltimore), about the year 1654, and settled in Calvert and Anne Arundel Counties, in the Province of Maryland. JoHN^ Andrews m. Mary , and had issue : JOHN2 (vid. Sec. 60). Ed\v.\rd\ Anthony^. Thomas*. Nathaniel'. Marcus', m. Rebecca ; their issue, Sarah, Daniel, Rebecca, Nathaniel^ Marcus^, and Isaac. Elizabeth. Maria. 60. JOHN^' ANDREWS (v), of Dorchester County, Maryland, son of John' Andrews and Mary Andrews; born in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. John'^ Andrews m. Alice Greening, and had issue: MOSES' (vid. Sec. 61). John*. James'. William'. Joseph'. Thomas'*. Mary. Eleanor. Joan. 61. MOSES' ANDREWS (vi), of Cecil County, Mary- land, son of JoHN^ Andrews and Alice (Greening) An- drews; born 1720, in Dorchester County, Maryland. Moses' Andrews m. Letitia Cooke, and had issue: Moses'-. JOHN* (vid. Sec. 62). James*, b. 1760, in Cecil County, Maryland, d. 1823, in Newcastle County, Delaware; m. Elizabeth ; their issue, Martha (m. Samuel Black); Abigail (m. John A. Lowe); Eliza (m. John Van Auringe); Alexander; William'; Louisa; Rebecca; Sheminth; Willison; and Henry' (m. and had issue, five daugh- ters and a son, Henry'- P.). Robert' (vid. Sec. 63). Polydore. 86 ANDREWS 62. REV. JOHN* ANDREWS, D.D. (vii)> (^C'Cecil County, Maryland, son of Moses^ Andrews and Letitia (Cooke) Andrews; born April 4th, 1746, in Cecil County, Maryland; died March 29th, 1813. He was buried in Christ Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. JoHN^ Andrews graduated from the University of Penn- sylvania in 1765. Ordained priest of the Episcopal Church in England 1767. In charge of St. Peter's Church, Lewes, Delaware, upon his return from England and remained there several years, leaving there to take charge of St. John's Church, York, and St. John's Church, Carlisle, Penn- sylvania, with missionary jurisdiction in Cumberland and York counties, Pennsylvania, from 1770 to 1775. He then accepted charge of St. John's Church, Queen Anne County, Maryland, and remained there until the commencement of the Revolutionary War, when, not considering himself absolved from the oath of allegiance to England at the time of his admission to Holy Orders (although a decided Ameri- can in politics) , he did not think himself at liberty to cancel that obligation and assume another to the United States. He therefore became disqualified for the public exercise of his profession, and removed again to York, Pennsylvania, where he established a classical academy, which he con- ducted with distinguished reputation and success. When the independence of the United States became firmly estab- lished and acknowledged, he resumed the exercise of his clerical functions by the acceptance of the parish of St. Thomas, Garrison Forest, Baltimore County, Maryland, of which he was the rector from April 13th, 1782, to April, 1785. His superior talents and acquirements in classical literature were so conspicuous that when the Protestant Episcopal Academy was instituted in Philadelphia in 1785, he was solicited by the unanimous vote of the trustees to accept the charge of the same. The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on him by Washington College, Maryland, in 1785. He was principal of the Episcopal 87 ANDREWS Academy, Philadelphia, 1785 to 1789, and was professor of moral philosophy in the University of Pennsylvania from 1789 to 1 813; also vice-provost of said University 1789 to 1 8 10, and provost of the same iSioto 1813. (Gene- alogy of the Andrews Family and Alliances, by Robert* Andrews, 1893.) JoHN^ Andrews m. Elizabeth Callender, dau. of Robert Callender and Frances (Slough) Callender, of Carlisle, Pennsylvania, and had issue : ROBERT^ (vid. Sec. 64). Letitia. Mary. Joseph-. JoHN^ (vid. Sec. 65). William^ Neill. George. Elizabeth Callender. EDWARD^ b. August 2nd, 1790, d. October 23rd, 1825. Mary Benger. Copy from the record of a meeting of the Church Wardens and Vestrymen of St. Peter's Church, Lewestown, Delaware, ye 3d day of August, 1767 : Present; Jacob Kollock, Daniel Meney, Church Wardens; John Clowes, Samviel Paynter, Ross Woolf, Jacob Kollock, Jr., Luke Shields, WiUiam Lewis, Daniel Mintz, John Rodney and John Russell, Vestrymen; which day the Rev. Mr. John Andrews produced to the said Church War- dens and Vestrymen, his credentials of being admitted into Priest's Orders, and his license to preach in Pennsylvania; also a letter dated ye 21st of February, 1767, from Daniel Burton, Secretary to the Venerable and Honorable Society for Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign parts, which was read before the said Church Wardens and Vestrymen, and accepted with gratitude, so far as it concerned the Church of St. Peter's, aforesaid. The Vestry then agreed to meet at the church aforesaid to consider the affairs of the said church on Wednesday next being the eighth day of this instant. They also ordered that the letter aforesaid from Dr. Burton be entered in their book, which is as followeth, viz: Gentlemen: I have reed, your letter of the nth of November last and com- municated it to the Society, who are very glad that you have made choice of so worthy a person as Mr. John Andrews to recommend for 88 ANDREWS your minister. He is in pursuance of your request, appointed to be a mis- sionary in your country. From the recommendations which he brought with him and the conversation I have had with him I make no doubt but that he will acquit himself in every part of his character with credit and usefulness, and therefore hope that you will testify your regard both to him and to the Society, by contributing in a genteel and liberal manner toward his decent support. I am Gentlemen with much regard, Your most obedt humble servant, D. Burton. Abingdon Street, Westminster, Feby 21st, 1767. To the Church Wardens and Vestrymen of Lewes in Sussex County on Delaware, Pennsylvania. The following obituary on the character of the late Dr. JoHN^ Andrews was published in the Theological Magazine, June 19th, 1813 : The loss which society has sustained by the death of the late Rev. Venerable and Learned Provost of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Andrews, calls as justly and as loudly for public regret as it does for the tear of affection and the sigh of friendship. This excellent and exem- plary man closed his period of probation on Monday, the 29th of March, 1813, in the 67th year of his age. The various requirements of science and the singular assemblage of virtues which constituted and adorned his character can only be justly estimated by those who enjoyed the high privilege of intimate and familiar intercourse with him. As a public character his usefulness was extensive and important. The distinguished institution in which he for many years exercised his talents, and over which he presided at the time of his death, owes much of its celebrity to his direction and discipline. His perfect knowledge of his native lan- guage rendered him one of the most accurate composers and elegant readers that combined knowledge, taste and judgment could form. Nor was he less skilled in the Greek and Latin languages. His minute and judicious observation of men and manners, the wide range which he com- manded of classical lore and general information, aided by a remarkably accurate and retentive memory, rendered his colloquial powers unri- valled. As a theologian he was well versed in systematic divinity and ecclesiastical history and was an able and zealous defender of the doc- trines of the Protestant Episcopal Church. He was richly endowed by nature with all those excellent qualifications which are necessary to give dignity to character and real value to human action. He was an impress- ive and eloquent preacher; a correct, critical and copious linguist, and an extensive and accomplished professor of belles lettres and literature. Such were a few of the unrivalled powers of intellect which excited the admiration and commanded the respect of all who knew him. Pious with- ANDREWS out austerity, devout without ostentation, his sentiments were formed and his conduct regulated by that "pure and undefiled rehgion" which, equally uninfluenced by the folly of enthusiasm or the credulity of super- stition, rendered the constant tenor of his life exemplarily virtuous. 63. Rev. ROBERT' ANDREWS (vii), of Williams- burg, Virginia, son of Moses' Andrews and Letitia (Cooke) Andrews, of Cecil County, Maryland; born in Cecil County, Maryland; died 1804, and was buried in the churchyard of Bruton Parish, Williamsburg, Virginia. Robert' Andrews entered the University of Pennsyl- vania in 1763 and graduated in 1766. The degree of M.A. was conferred on him by that institution in 1771. After acting as tutor for some years in the family of John Page, of Virginia, he went to England in 1772 and there took Holy Orders in the Church of England. On his return to Virginia he was made professor of moral and intellectual philosophy at William and Mary College, Williamsburg. He at one time acted as private secretary to Governor Nel- son, and served as commissioner in 1781, with Dr. James Madison (afterwards President of the United States), to determine the boundary line between Virginia and Pennsyl- vania. Robert' Andrews m., ist, Elizabeth Ballard, dau. of Robert Ballard, of Princess Anne County, Maryland, and had issue : Robert^, resided in New Orleans. John", unmarried, resided in Richmond, Virginia. Catherine, m. Joseph Wilkerson. Anne, m. William Randolph, son of Peyton Randolph and Lucy (Harrison) Randolph, of Wilton, Virginia; their issue, Elizabeth Randolph; Robert Randolph; and Catherine Randolph (m. George Taylor; issue, Lucy Taylor, m. Charles Carter Lee). Elizabeth. Robert' Andrews m., 2nd, Mary Blair (b. 1758, d. January 19th, 1820), dau. of Judge John Blair, of Virginia. No issue. (Letter of Henry* White Andrews.) 90 ANDREWS 64. ROBERT-' ANDRE\A^S (viii), of Andrewsia, near Wilmington, Delaware, son of Rev. John^ Andrews, D.D., and Elizabeth (Callender) Andrews; born May, 1774, at York, Pennsylvania; died Aug. nth, 1842, at Philadelphia, and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia. Robert- Andrews graduated from Mr. Brown's Acad- emy, Owingsburg, Maryland, and from the Episcopal Acad- emy of Philadelphia. He became engaged in mercantile business in Philadelphia and later, in 1798, in an extensive shipping business at Bordeaux, France. He remained in France until 1822, when he returned to the United States and subsequently resided in Philadelphia, and at Andrewsia, near Wilmington, Delaware. Robert^ Anrdews m., ist, Elizabeth Neill (died 1802, at Toulouse, France). No issue. Robert^ Andrews m. 2nd, December 27th, 1804, at Bordeaux, France, Anne Mason (b. July, 1783, d. 1808), dau. of Gen. John Mason, of Analostan Island, D. C, and Clermont, Fairfax County, Virginia, and Rebecca (Fenton) Mason,* and had issue: ELIZA, b. 1806, Bordeaux, France; d. July 24th, 1872; m. HARRY2 CONNELLY (vid. Sec. 50). Nancy (vid. Sec. 66). * No mention of the marriage of General John Mason to Rebecca Fenton, or of the existence of their daughter Anne Mason, is made in the records of the Mason family, and in this respect they are incomplete. Although nothing is known of Rebecca Fenton further than the fact that she lived at the time of her marriage to Mason in Georgetown, Maryland, and that she bore him a daughter, her marriage to him is proved by the testimony of seven merchants of good standing of Bor- deaux, France, two of whom were natives of Maryland, and all but two citizens of the United States. This testimony was elicited in the pro- ceedings by Anne Mason before the Civil Tribunal at Bordeaux, in lieu of the presentation by her of a certificate of birth registry, upon her marriage to Robert- Andrews. Under the French Civil Code it is required that persons about to contract marriage shall produce their certificates of registry of birth, but, as stated in the decree of the Civil Tribunal of Bordeaux, Robert^ Andrews and Anne Mason were per- 91 ANDREWS Robert'- Andrews m. 3rd, June i6th, 18 13, Mary Margaret Wilson (b. 1784, d. October 4th, 1854), dau. of Henry Wilson and Mary (Hopkins) Wilson, of Mary- land, and had issue: John* Williams (vid. Sec. 67). Henry^ Wilson (vid. Sec. 68). Mary Antoinette, b. 1819, d. 1870; m. Louis N. Massara ; no issue. Edward® Callender, b. 1822, d. 1864; m. Mary Jones, of Philadel- phia; their issue, Edward'. 65. JOHN-' ANDREWS (viii), of Philadelphia, son of JoHN^ Andrews and Elizabeth (Callender) Andrews; born February 20th, 1783, at Garrison Forest, Maryland; died i860, and was buried in Laurel Hill Cemetery, Phila- delphia. John^ Andrews was educated at the Episcopal Acad- emy in Philadelphia. He w'ent to Bordeaux, France, 1801, and was associated with the commercial house of his brother Robert. He returned to Philadelphia in 18 10, and w^as engaged in mercantile business; he was for many years cashier of the United States Bank in Philadelphia, remaining mitted, upon its being made known to the Tribunal that no registers of birth were kept in the United States, to substitute therefor, and with the same force and effect, the testimony of witnesses. These witnesses testified "that it was within their complete knowledge that Anne Mason was the daughter of John Mason and Rebecca Fenton, her legitimate father and mother." Mason placed his daughter in the care of Mesdames Dureau and Labory in Bordeaux, the child's mother probably surviving her daugh- ter's birth only a short time. Anne Mason grew up and was educated in France and there met and married Robert' Andrews. Letters of Mason to Andrews and to his daughter (in the possession of Robert^ Andrews, of New York), at the time of their marriage, evince the greatest affection for the latter and much solicitude for her future well-being, and express the writer's intention to rfecall his daughter to his home (then presided over by his second wife) upon the completion of her education. In the letter to Andrews, Mason announces his determination to make the same provision for Anne as for his other daughters. For the history of the Mason Family in other respects, vid. "The Life and Letters of George Mason," Kate Mason Rowland. 92 ANDREWS with it until it was closed; afterwards he held a position in the Quartermaster's Department, United States Army, and subsequently in the United States Custom-House, of Philadelphia. JoHN^ Andrews m. Margaret Abercrombie, dau. of Rev. Dr. James Abercrombie and Ann (Baynton) Aber- crombie, of Philadelphia, and had issue: John' Callender. Robert*. Elizabeth Callender (vid. Sec. 69). James''. Ann Baynton (vid. Sec. 70). 66. NANCY ANDREWS (ix), dau. of Robert- An- drews and Anne (Mason) Andrews; born February 3rd, 1808; died October 26th, 1866; married, February 27th, 1832, Jabez' Maud Fisher, of Philadelphia, and had issue : Robert Andrews Fisher, b. December 21st, 1832, d. October 6th, 1893; m., January i6th, 1865, Anna Brown Pigman; their issue, Lizette Andrews, b. December 21st, 1868; and Mabel Burbridge, b. October 13th, 1870, d. November 26th, 1874. Miers Fisher, b. April 27th, 1834. Morton Coates Fisher, b. June 24th, 1835, d. December 29th, 1889; m., February 23rd, 1876, Catharine Parkin. Sarah Redwood Fisher, b. December 19th, 1836, d. September 19th, 1837- Eliza Andrews Fisher, b. April i6th, 1838, d. March 24th, 1867; m., February 22nd, 1866, Edward D. Boyd. Redwood Fisher, b. November 19th, 1839, d. May 12th, 1870, m., May 6th, 1865, Rachel Louise Perrenoud; their issue, Louise Andrews, b. July 27th, 1866; Charles Gustave, b. Au- gust 3rd, 1868; and Ella Lavinia, b. September 3rd, 1870. Jabez^ Maud Fisher, b. January 9th, 1842, d. February 12th, 1879. Benjamin Warner Fisher, b. April 20th, 1843,