Samuel, son of Richard and Mary Everard, 31 1
Samuel, son of John and Joanna Gay, 10 1
Joseph, son of William and ---- Barstow, 6 4
Obadiah, son of Daniel and Lydia Morse, 8 6
Mary, daughter of Edward and Susan Richards, 28 7
Abigail, daughter of Ferdinando and Ann Adams, 15 7
John, son of John and Annis Morse, 8 4
Daniel, son of Henry and Elizabeth Smith, 13 8
John, son of James and Ann Allen, 4 10
Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Margery Alcock, 28 10
Barnabas, son of Robert and Ann Linsdell, 13 9
Benjamin, son of Ralph and Phebe Wheelock, 8 9
(To be continued.)
ANNIVERSARY OF THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY OF CINCINNATI, O.
The 226th Anniversary of the Landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, was
celebrated in the City of Cincinnati by the New England Society, on
Dec. 22, 1846. The services on the occasion were as follows: Prayer by
the Rev. Dr. Beecher; Reading the Scriptures by the Rev. Mr. Magoon;
Address by B. B. Fessenden, Esq.; Benediction by Rev. Dr. Stowe. With
these services appropriate music was interspersed.
On Jan. 5, 1847, the annual meeting of the Society was held, and the
Report was read by the Rev. Dr. Colton. In the Cincinnati Gazette we
find the following account, which, we doubt not, will be interesting to
our readers.
This Society was organized January 14th, 1845. Its objects are, to
cherish the memory and perpetuate the principles of the original
settlers of New England; to collect and diffuse information respecting
New England and New England emigrants to other parts of the country,
especially to the West; and to extend charity to the needy of New
England descent. It is composed of men born in New England, and the
male descendants of New England ancestors. The Society has a liberal
charter from the Legislature, and is wholly free from debt. It has
upwards of 200 members, and the number is rapidly increasing, 23 having
joined at the last meeting.
It was voted to appropriate one half the surplus in the Treasury
towards the establishment of a valuable library of historical
and antiquarian works in relation to New England, and to start
a subscription of $500 in aid of the project, of which $200 was
immediately subscribed, and it is thought the balance can be made up
this month. A catalogue of the works desired has been made out, which,
we trust, the Directors will be enabled at once to purchase. The income
of the Society this year, if this subscription is filled, will amount
to $1,100.
A Committee was appointed, to ascertain if a course of Lectures could
be prepared in time to be delivered this winter.
The Society contemplates the erection ultimately of a Hall for their
library, meetings, and lectures, for which a lot has been offered on
liberal conditions.
The following gentlemen were elected officers for the ensuing year,
(Mr. STARR having declined reëlection as President.)
_For President_, Timothy Walker. _For Vice-President_, Lot E. Brewster.
_For Corresponding Secretary_, Chauncey Colton. _For Recording
Secretary_, Henry Crane. _For Treasurer_, James Lakey. _For Directors_,
Henry Starr, Edmund Gage, Melzer Flagg, Maynard French, Jonathan H.
Niles, Wm. Wiswell, Jr.
The following gentlemen have been the Presidents and Vice-Presidents,
since its formation:
1845.--Bellamy Storer, _President_. Ephraim Robbins and Henry Emerson,
_Vice-Presidents_.
1846.--Henry Starr, _President_. Lot E. Brewster, _Vice-President_.
1847.--Timothy Walker, _President_. Lot E. Brewster, _Vice-President_.
NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.
_Guide to Plymouth, and Recollections of the Pilgrims. By William S.
Russell._
"_Come listen to my story,
Though often told before,
Of men who pass'd to glory,
Through toil and trial sore;
Of men who did for conscience' sake,
Their native land forego,
And sought a home and freedom here,
Two hundred years ago._"
Boston: Published for the Author, by Samuel G. Drake, 56 Cornhill.
1846.
This is a neat 12mo of about 400 pages, "designed to present
such historical facts connected with our early history, and
descriptions of interesting localities with which they are
connected, as are deemed of essential importance to the
numerous visitors who resort to the spot, rendered memorable
as the scene where the foundations of republican institutions
were first laid in this western world, and the principles of
religious and civil liberty were successfully established in
New England." The design of the author has been accomplished.
Although much novelty can hardly be expected in relation
to subjects which have already become trite, though not
uninteresting, yet by a judicious collection of facts and a
pleasing presentation of them, the work is well adapted to
engage the attention of the reader, and to furnish him with
the information desired. It commences with a brief detail of
the circumstances, which led our Pilgrim Fathers to leave
the land of their birth and embark for a country of pathless
wildernesses, abounding in savage beasts and still more savage
men. It follows them in their voyage, through storms and perils
to them unknown before; it describes their arrival at Cape Cod,
the sufferings, privations, and hardships they endured, and the
subsequent increase and growth of the infant Colony, all in a
manner highly instructive. The various places of interest to a
traveller in the town of Plymouth are distinctly and minutely
pointed out, and many matters of importance are related
concerning them. Several ancient documents of great value are
also inserted, together with some notice of the Pilgrims. The
volume closes with a collection of Hymns and Songs, selected
from the productions of our best authors, composed with express
reference to Anniversary Celebrations in Plymouth and other
parts of the United States. The work is embellished with a map
of Plymouth village in 1846, a frontispiece engraving of the
town and harbor of Plymouth, also several other designs. It is
a book eminently useful to the traveller, and valuable to the
historian.
* * * * *
_The History of Charlestown, Massachusetts. By Richard Frothingham,
Jr. "The History of a Town is united with that of the Country to which
it belongs, and with that of the ages through which it has stood."_
Charlestown: Charles P. Emmons. Boston: Charles C. Little and James
Brown. 1845.
This is a work issued in numbers of about 50 pages each. The
author states, in the commencement, his sources of information
to be, the town Records; Records of the first church in the
town; the Colony Records; the Probate and Registry Records; and
private collections of papers. From such materials we should
think a most perfect history can be made. We are pleased to
see an interest arising in the minds of many, concerning our
local or town histories, for by this means only can that of
the state be rendered accurate. "Each town has some noted spot
where the Indian may have fought for his burial-places, or the
colonists for their freedom; that may have sheltered a hermit
or a regicide; that superstition may have invested with a fairy
legend, or nature have robed with more than fairy magnificence.
Each has its Liberty Tree, its Green Dragon, its Faneuil Hall,
where its patriots may have counselled or acted. And each has
had citizens who laid its foundations, perhaps in hardship
and danger." It is for the local annalist to gather these
traditions and facts, from which the state historian may form
a comprehensive and accurate account. This work is embellished
with quite a number of interesting engravings. Four numbers
have appeared, containing much useful and curious matter, and
we hope soon to see the remainder. The work is highly deserving
public patronage, and we hope that Charlestown and its vicinity
especially, will amply reward the author for his indefatigable
labors.
* * * * *
_A Gazetteer of Massachusetts, containing Descriptions of all the
Counties, Towns, and Districts of the Commonwealth; and also, of
its principal Mountains, Rivers, Capes, Bays, Harbors, Islands, and
Fashionable Resorts. To which are added Statistical Accounts of its
Agriculture, Commerce, and Manufactures; with a great variety of useful
Information. By John Hayward, Author of the "New England Gazetteer,"
"Book of Religions," &c._ Boston: John Hayward. 1846.
This is decidedly a valuable work. The name of the author
alone would guarantee an elaborate, and, so far as within
his ability, a strictly accurate publication. It presents
Massachusetts in a statistical, historical, and topographical
light, and is filled with such matter as would be deeply
interesting to the antiquary, and the man of business, indeed
to all in Massachusetts who take any pleasure in knowing
the condition and prosperity of their own state. It is a
work useful for reference in regard to education, internal
improvements, matters of commercial importance--and may be
regarded as a universal Gazetteer. We cheerfully commend it to
the patronage of the public.
* * * * *
_Epitaphs from the Old Burying-Ground in Cambridge. With Notes,
by William Thaddeus Harris, Junior Sophister in Harvard College._
Cambridge: Published by John Owen.
It has been, and still is, the disposition of the public, to
regard the resting-places of the deceased with aversion, rather
than with pleasurable interest. This we think should not be the
case. "Forget not the faithful dead" is worthy to be inscribed
at the entrance of every cemetery, and these, instead of being
permitted to run to waste, should be adorned, and made pleasing
to the sight. Thus the grave may be divested of its gloom, and
the graveyard, now an object of terror, may become frequented
as a place for calm, serious, and profitable meditation.
In this volume a complete transcript is made of the epitaphs
in the burying-ground, from 1653 to the year 1800; but in the
years succeeding 1800, with a few exceptions, the names only
of those, to whose memory monuments have been erected, are
given. In addition to these, which are 670 in number, there are
brief notices of many, whose monumental inscriptions are given.
A table, also, of the deaths of many, whose monuments have
crumbled to dust, or whose remains were deposited in tombs, is
appended. It is a volume of 192 pages, octavo, printed at the
University press, and must be interesting to those who delight
in curious and antiquated matters. We hope others will be
induced to prepare like collections from those spots where,
"Each in his narrow cell forever laid,
The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep."
The author is a son of Thaddeus William Harris. M. D.,
Librarian of the University, and grandson of the late Rev.
Thaddeus Mason Harris, D. D., of Dorchester. We may at some
future time make extracts from the work.
* * * * *
_Loring's Massachusetts Register, or Record Book of Valuable
Information, for the year 1817. Designed as a Suitable Companion for
the Professional Man, the Merchant, the Public Officer, and the Private
Citizen._ Boston: James Loring, 132 Washington Street.
This volume is the _eightieth_ of the Massachusetts Register,
and its value as a work of reference will, we think, be
appreciated by the public for as many years to come. Such a
work is much needed by all classes of business men throughout
the state. It comprises statistics of civil officers;
professional men; societies and associations, literary,
scientific, religious, and benevolent; commerce; mercantile
affairs; naval and military officers; courts and justices;
institutions of learning, and also those for benevolent
purposes; corporations of all kinds. It is literally _multum
in parvo_. Mr. Loring, who has much of a historical taste,
deserves great praise for his endeavors to render it accurate
and useful; and it should have an extensive circulation in the
state.
The publishers of the Register have been as follows:
In 1767, Mein and Fleming, at the London Bookstore, north
side of King street, now State street; in 1774, Mills and
Hicks, School street, next door to Brackett's Tavern, sign
of Cromwell's Head; in 1779, Thomas and John Fleet, sign of
the Bible and Heart, corner of Cornhill and Water street; in
1801, John West and Manning and Loring, until 1813, when its
publishers were West, Richardson, and Lord, and the present
publisher, who has been a proprietor for forty-six years past.
* * * * *
_A Statistical View of the Population of Massachusetts, from 1765 to
1840. By Jesse Chickering._ Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown.
1846. pp. 160.
"The object of this essay is to exhibit the increase of the
population of Massachusetts, and the changes which have taken
place in the number and proportion of the inhabitants in
the several parts of the Commonwealth, during the period of
seventy-five years from 1765 to 1840." "The censuses consulted
in the preparation of this work are the Colonial census,
ordered in 1764 and finished in 1765, and the six censuses of
the United States, taken at intervals of ten years, from 1790
to 1840." The number of inhabitants in Massachusetts in 1765,
from various calculations is estimated at 244,149, exclusive of
1,569 Indians. In 1790, according to the United States census
published in 1791, the population was 378,787, which is adopted
as the true number; in 1800 it was 422,845; in 1810, 472,040;
in 1820, 523,287; in 1830, 610,408; and in 1840, 737,700.
The U. S. censuses of 1790, 1800, and 1820 were taken August
1st; and those of 1810, 1830, and 1840 were taken July 1st; so
that the intervals between the second and third, and the fourth
and fifth were two months _less_ than ten years, while that
between the third and fourth was two months _more_ than ten
years. These differences in the length of the intervals affect
the numerical results, but so slightly, as not to be materially
important in the comparative results, especially for so long
a period as from 1790 to 1840. The least increase discovered
in any period is in that embracing the time from 1810 to 1820;
probably owing in some degree to the war then existing with
Great Britain and the emigration of many citizens to the West.
In the period from 1765 to 1790, the increase was greater than
it has ever been.
The increase of Boston, in proportion to its inhabitants, from
1765 to 1790 was very much less than that of the country towns,
while from 1790 to 1840 it was very much greater, thus showing
the modern tendency to centralization. Besides the great amount
of statistical matter of which the above is an exceedingly
brief epitome, it contains a table showing the average number
of inhabitants in each year, according to the U. S. censuses,
together with the increase, on the supposition of a uniform
rate of increase in each year, the same being carried on to
1850, at the rate of increase from 1830 to 1840. Much other
valuable matter is contained in this publication; manifestly of
great labor and of apparent accuracy. Such a work as this of
Dr. Chickering was much needed to rectify the many errors which
had arisen in the taking and computing the censuses. We only
add, that could such a statistical view be taken of every state
in the Union, many important facts would be discovered and many
data be obtained, from which inferences might perhaps be drawn
greatly interesting and useful.
* * * * *
_A Discourse delivered before The Maine Historical Society at its
Annual Meeting. September 6, 1846. By George Folsom. "But I doubt not
* * * it will prove a very flourishing place, and be replenished with
many faire Towns and Cities, it being a Province both fruitful and
pleasant."_--F. Gorges. Description of the Province of Maine. Portland:
Published for the Society. 1847.
The subject of this discourse is the early discovery and
settlement of Maine, and the character of those who were most
active in the work of colonization. It clearly indicates the
author to be a man of historical research not only in regard to
the state of Maine, but also in respect to New England and the
early settlers generally. It is well worth the careful perusal,
both of those who are fond of historic lore, and those who are
searching for truth; as it contains facts which are important
and are not generally known.
Mr. Folsom concludes his discourse of 75 pages as follows:
"In my humble opinion, Maine owes some public acknowledgment
to the memory of Sir Ferdinando Gorges, for having laid the
foundation of its existence as a separate and independent
community. Bradford and Winthrop are names that will never
die amongst their successors at Plymouth and Massachusetts
Bay; Pennsylvania will never forget her obligations to the
illustrious Friend of humanity who peopled her wilderness; nor
will Georgia suffer the memory of the enlightened Oglethorpe
to perish; Maryland has stamped the name of Baltimore upon
her brilliant commercial metropolis, and North Carolina has
her 'city of Raleigh,' although the projected colony of Sir
Walter proved a splendid failure. And shall Maine do nothing
to mark her sense of the merits of the liberal patron and
successful abettor of the first settlements within her limits;
who expended a large fortune upon his projects of discovery and
colonization; who, when the country was abandoned and denounced
by others as too cold and dreary for human habitation, actually
hired men to pass the winter here to prove the contrary; and
who died without reaping any substantial return for all his
labors and outlays, leaving only a legacy of lawsuits to his
descendants? It is time that justice was done to his memory.
From the small beginning he made, this community has become
a widely extended, populous, and wealthy state--rich in her
resources, and not less distinguished for the active enterprise
and laborious industry of her population. She can well afford
to honor the memory of the man who foresaw all this, and
devoted the energies of a long life to its consummation."
* * * * *
_The Sin and Danger of Self-Love, described in a Sermon preached at
Plymouth, in New England, 1621, by Robert Cushman. With a Memoir of the
Author._ Boston: Published by Charles Ewer, and for sale by Crocker
& Brewster, Samuel G. Drake, Little & Brown, James Munroe & Company,
Benjamin Perkins, and James Loring. Dec. 22, 1846.
The text from which this sermon was written is, 1 Cor. x.:24.
_Let no man seek his own: but every man another's wealth._ It
is divided into two parts: 1. A _Dehortation_, consisting of
the first clause. 2. An _Exhortation_, comprising the latter
clause. The design of the discourse was to keep up the noble
flow of public spirit in the emigrants, which perhaps then
began to abate, through their accumulating hardships and
sufferings, but which was necessary for their preservation
and security. The author exhorts his hearers to assist each
other in their labors and toils, to distribute their property
among those that were needy, and so far as consistent to seek
their neighbors' happiness and prosperity. "The discourse is a
precious relic of ancient times. The sound sense, good advice,
and pious spirit, which it manifests, will, it may be hoped,
now, and in all future time, meet with approval and beneficial
acceptance in our community." It is written in the quaint
old-fashioned style of our Forefathers, and we noticed that the
last head of remarks, which contains but one sentence, is just
a page in length. The discourse is preceded by a Biographical
Sketch of Mr. Cushman, by the late Hon. John Davis of Boston,
together with a letter from him to Charles Ewer, Esq., and
a brief Address by Mr. Cushman to "his Loving Friends the
Adventurers for New England, together with all Well-Willers
and Well-Wishers thereunto," dated "Plymouth in New England,
December 12, 1621." These several articles form a pamphlet of
32 pages, well printed, which, on account of its Christian and
patriotic principles, should be generally diffused. For this
improved edition, we are indebted to the liberality of the
publisher.
* * * * *
_Deficiencies in our History. An Address, delivered before the Vermont
Historical and Antiquarian Society, at Montpelier, October 16, 1846,
with an Appendix containing the Charter, Constitution, and By-Laws of
the Society, the Vermont Declaration of Independence, January 15, 1777,
the Proceedings of the Convention, 4th of June, 1777, and the Song of
the Vermonters, in 1779. By James Davie Butler, Professor in Norwich
University_. Montpelier: Eastman and Danforth. 1846.
The design of this address seems to be, to illustrate the
importance of preserving the fragmentary and unpublished
history of Vermont, a state which for interest in its early
history is surpassed by no other in the Union. Notwithstanding
this, however, it has been greatly neglected. Prof. Butler
urges strongly upon the members of the Society to exert
themselves to repair the losses, and give to the world an
honorable account of the Green Mountain State. While others
have given partial and one-sided details of her history, no
true son has arisen to vindicate her honor. Says Mr. Butler,
"Let us leave our history to be written by foreigners,
and it will be the play of Hamlet with the part of Hamlet
omitted.--The Genius of history says to us, all and each, that
thou doest do quickly; like the sibyl to the ancient king, she
year by year brings with her fewer and fewer antique records,
but unlike the sibyl demands for them an even increasing
price.--The records of our fathers have in part perished with
them,--some of them live in the memories of patriarchs, who
still stand among us with eyes undimmed and natural force not
abated, as if on purpose that such as hold the pen of the
ready writer may still embalm their sayings.--Let us redeem
the time, since if our old men pass away unquestioned, no
buried Pompeii can be raised from the grave to enlighten our
wilful ignorance." The discourse is interspersed throughout
with historical gems, and in connection with the additional
documents forms a valuable production.
Professor Butler has kindly furnished us with a genealogical
account of the Butler Family, which will be inserted in the
next No. of the Register.
* * * * *
_The Patrician: Edited by John Burke, Esq., Author of the Peerage,
Landed Gentry, &c._ May, 1846. London: E. Churton, 26 Holles Street.
pp. 94.
The dedication of the work is as follows:
To the Right Honorable Lord Leigh, of Stoneleigh, the first
volume of the Patrician is respectfully inscribed.
The number before us is the _first_ of the first volume. Ten
have already been issued. It is a work devoted to History,
Genealogy, Heraldry, Topography, Antiquities, and General
Literature. Each number contains a long list of births,
marriages, and deaths. The editor must be a man of varied
learning, and particularly acquainted with the subjects
of which he treats. The work is not adapted to the public
generally, and must, therefore, be limited in circulation.
As an English production it may be interesting to the higher
classes or nobility of England; but it cannot attract the
attention of Americans.