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'June 27, 1769. By house rent £20."

September 12th, 1769. I marryed David Lewis & Jane Mackey; received £1. 10. 0."

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Nov. 3, 1769. Marryed John McKee & Sarah Porter; received £0. 12. 6."

"Jan. 5, 1770. Paid in Licence & Marriage fees £2. 3. 6." February 8, 1770. Married Henry Clark & Ann James.

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£1. 10. 0."

Received

"March 9, 1770. Married Daniel McFarlan and Sarah Spear. Paid 10s.; returned to ye Bride."

"March the 15th. Married Abraham Sankey & Jean Scott; received £0. 15. 0."

"March 28.

ceived £1. 2. 6."

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Married Cornelius Armstrong and Elizabeth Rothwill; re

April fourth. Married John Brooke and Effy

; received."

April 5th. Married John Downey and Rebeccah Neilson; received £0. 18. 3."

"May 8th, 1770. Married John Brice and Demas Huff; received £0. 11. 0."

"June 6. Married Isaac Moody and Margaret Stewart; received £2. 2. 6."

"June 26th. Married John McKee and Margaret Wilson; received £0. 10. 0."

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New-Castle, July the 11th, 1769.* I entered as a Tennent into Mr. Bedford's house."

"July 14. To cash for house expenses, £5. 4. 0.”

"July 26th, 1770. Married Adam Nuttall and Margret York; received £1. 15. 0."

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'August 21st. Married James Stewart and Katharine Platt; received £1. 15."

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Married Alexander McIlhaney & Rachel Dael; received

Married Edward Dilmore and Sarah Sittin, both of Penn

January 28th, 1771.

preaching there, £1. 10."

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Received of John Voorhies at Geo: Town, for

HARVEST ACCOUNT.-Jan3, 1773. Balance of [Est. of John] Eves, 28 acres of wheat, at 40s. per acre, £56. 0. 0.

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Expenses of reaping, &c. To 10 galls. Rum, at 3s. 7d.

"To 8 days' labor reaping, 28 shillings."

[In December, 1772, we find Mr. Montgomery at New Castle, and entries thereafter are made at the reverse opening of the book of memoranda. He was then pastor at New Castle and Christiana Bridge. His entries continue]::

"December 4, 1772. Received for Sallary from Ro. Kerr, £1. 0. 0." "Received of David Thompson, one of the Collectors for the present year, £4. 5.0."

"Paid Nat. Brigan, for part Negro Peg's price, £4. 5. 0."

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'September 22. Received from Dav. Thompson, as a present from sundry persons, £6. 0. 0.”

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Sept. 23, for marrying John Davis and Rachel Morton, £2. 5. 0."

1774. Jan. 18. Received from Isaac Thomas, for a marriage license, £1. 9. 6."

"Feb 1. Received for marriage license and marriage fees, from John Reynolds, £3. 0.0. From James Talbot, for same, £2. 5. 0."

* Evidently a mistake. It should be 1770.-W. H. E.

"1775. March 13. Received of Col. Haslet, for subsistence money, £9. 0.0."

"Mr. McKean, for salary, £2. 0. 0." [This was probably Gov. McKean, who then resided at New Castle.]

EARLY METEOROLOGICAL ESSAY.-"The first Meteorology, or Essay to Judge of the Weather, that ever was printed in Pennsylvania, anno 1687, was written by one of our namesakes, and a well-wisher to our provincial affairs, John Southworth, etc."-Pastorius MSS., The Beehive, No. 496.

Queries.

CAPT. WILLIAM EVELYN, of the 4th or King's Own Regiment, was mortally wounded in a skirmish at Frog's Neck, Westchester County, New York in October, 1776, and died a few days afterwards in New York City. Any information as to the precise date of his death, place of burial, or his military career in America, will oblige CHAS. R. HILDEBURN.

MOORE.-I desire information of the descendants of Thomas Moore, John Moore, and David Moore. The former came to the United States prior to 1718, John in 1727, David in 1722, died in 1726, leaving widow, Mary, and children, William, John, and James. I am writing a genealogy of the Moore family.

J. A. M. P.

STRANGEWAYS.-Is anything known with regard to Arthur Strangeways referred to by Mr. John F. Watson in his Annals of Philadelphia, in the account of John S. Hutton (among Persons and Characters," with a portrait in the first edition), as having "died at Boston at the age of 101 years"? The daughter of Strangeways was married to John Hutton, of Bermuda (where?) in Scotland; and their son John Strangeways Hutton was born in New York in 1684, and was married to Catharine Cheeseman, of that city, by whom he had eight children, and afterwards, in 1735, to Ann Vanlear, of Philadelphia, by whom he had seventeen children, and died in Philadelphia, aged 109 years, December 20, 1792. G. B. KEEN.

DOCTOR THOMAS RUSTON.-Any facts bearing upon the career of Doctor Thomas Ruston, or upon his ancestry or family, are desired. He built the house corner of 8th and Chestnut Sts., Phila.

P.

HORDIWAN.—Who was the wife of Abraham Hordiwan, of Haverford West, and of Dr. Richard Hoskins, who came from the Barbadoes? Dr. Hoskins's wife's first name was Esther. Any information will be acceptable on these points.

WHARTON.

PHILIP MOORE.-Can any one of your readers tell me who his father was, or to what branch of the Moore family he belonged? He lived in Washington County, Maryland, in time of the Revolutionary War, and moved to Favette County, Pennsylvania, in 1780, and from there to the mouth of the Scioto, 1798; was a member of the Episcopal Church; his wife was Nelly Evans; his sons' names were Joseph, Philip. Evan, John, Daniel, and Amos; danghters, Sarah, Elizabeth, Rachel, Nelly, and Casandria; had relatives in New Jersey, and I think in Jefferson County, Va. W. MOORE, Portsmouth, O.

EDWARD WARNER.—Information is desired concerning the ancestry and family of Edward Warner who died about November, 1754. He was a

Friend, and described himself as "of the city of Philadelphia, house carpenter," and sometimes as "merchant." He seems to have been a man of means and position. He married Ann, daughter of William Coleman, and sister of the Judge of the same name, who was a very prominent man in his time. R. B. W.

INFORMATION is desired of any or all of the children (William, Elizabeth, Mary, John, and Richard) of Mary Ann Cherry, whose maiden name was Hollenback, and who is supposed to have been born about 1756; lived many years at or near Martinsburgh, Va., and removed to Ohio with her family about fifty years ago. Any person who has a personal knowledge of any of the descendants, whether by the name of Cherry, Patton, Harris, or Wysong, or can give the address of any person or persons having such knowledge, will confer a favor by making it known to the subscriber. It is desired to trace the genealogy down to the present day, in complete form, to be incorporated with the records of the other descendants of John Hollenback, of Martinsburgh, who was born in 1719, and died in 1793. His other children were George, Jane Hunter, Matthias, and John.

EDW. WELLES, Wilkesbarre, Pa.

HAMPTON.-Any information about Simon Hampton, of Thornbury, Chester County, Pennsylvania, whose son Samuel married fifth month 10th, 1753, Sarah, daughter of George Smedley, will oblige, C. H. K.

JEOFFERIES.-Sarah Jeofferies married, Philadelphia meeting, tenth month 7th, 1704, Richard Robinson, of Philadelphia. Who were her parents? N. G. B.

Replies.

THE WHALLEY FAMILY (pages 55, 230, 231).-In the memorandum published on page 231 of the MAGAZINE, it will be seen that Major-General Whalley, by his second wife, Mary Middleton, had a son Edward.

In the Virginia Rebellion of 1676, after Nathaniel Bacon's death, the opponents of Governor Berkeley made their last stand at New Kent, under leadership of Drummond, Lawrence, and Major Whalley. Drummond was seized by Berkeley and executed, but Lawrence and Whalley fled, in the language of an old chronicler, "making a clean escape, but which way or to what place is not known."

A few miles above Drummondtown, Accomac County, Virginia, is Sinepuxent, an obscure place within the borders of Maryland, affording a most secure retreat.

May not, then, the Major Whalley of Bacon's Rebellion be the son of the Major-General, who, if he lived until A. D. 1718, might have been more than seventy years of age, and the settler on Sinepuxent?

The Sinepuxent settler had a son named Nathaniel, which might have been given out of respect for Bacon.

On Herman's Map, published in A. D. 1673, on the south side of the Pocomoke River, near its mouth, is a point called Ratclif. Among the patents issued by Governor Berkeley, of Virginia, was one to Radcliffe without Christian name, dated November 9, 1666, for 1200 acres on Crooked Creek. flowing into the Pocomoke River. Could he have been the brother Ratliffe spoken of in Edward Whalley's will?

On April 9. 1674, there was granted to J. Wallop. alias Wardlaw, 450 acres on the Swanseacute Creek near the boundary of Maryland and Vir

ginia, which flows into the Atlantic. Edward Robins, on March 27, 1676, received a patent for 680 acres on Chincoteague Island below the Sinepuxent, commencing at the boundary of Maryland and Virginia.

Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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EDWARD D. NEILL.

ALTERATION IN THE PRAYER-BOOK (page 226).-In the historical account of Christ Church, the late Dr. Dorr, R. R." will find the following on page 180:

1776, July 4th. "A vestry meeting was held on this memorable day, the minutes of which we give entire. At a meeting of the Vestry at the Rector's July 4th, 1776, present Rev. Jacob Duché, Rector, Thomas Cuthbert, Church Warden, Jacob Duché, Robert Whyte, Charles Stedman, Edmund Physick, James Biddle, Peter DeHave, James Reynolds, Gerardus Clarkson, Vestrymen.

Whereas, the honourable Continental Congress have resolved to declare the American colonies to be free and independent States, in consequence of which it will be proper to omit those petitions in the liturgy wherein the King of Great Britain is prayed for, as inconsistent with the said declaration, therefore, resolved, that it appears to this vestry to be necessary, for the peace and well-being of the churches, to omit the said petitions; and the rector and assistant ministers of the united churches are requested, in the name of the vestry and their constituents, to omit such petitions as are above mentioned.'" As the vote on the Declaration of Independence did not take place until the evening of the 4th of July, 1776, the action of the vestry of Christ Church was doubtless prompted by the passage of the "Resolutions respecting Independency" on the 2d of July, and shows the important consideration which that measure commanded.

F. D. S.

ROBERT STRETTELL JONES (page 226). In the PENNA. HIST. MAG., you inquire for descendants of R. S. Jones. I think it probable that none of his descendants hereabout will see your query. I therefore will answer it. Ann Jones married George Fisher, long a distinguished lawyer at Harrisburg. She was his second wife.

Robert Strettell Jones Fisher, Judge Fisher, of York. Has a family.
His signature R. Jones F."

Ann, unmarried.

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Edward married, and had issue.

Catharine married John Frederick Houston, of Columbia, family. Elizabeth Jones married Thomas Elder, son of Rev. John. A prominent lawyer here. She was his second wife.

Catharine, of Harrisburg, married Samuel Bethel Boude, of Columbia,

and had issue.

Thomas married Margaret Wilson, daughter of J. L. Wilson, of Harrisburg, and had issue.

John married, and had issue.

James married Miss Carpenter, of Halifax, daughter of Samuel Carpenter, a family.

Ann Jones, died unmarried.

The Fishers settled in Middletown, Dauphin County.

Harrisburg.

A. B. H.

[Mr. Hildeburn, who sent us this query, has received from Geo. Fisher, Esq.. an extended genealogy of the descendants of Robert Strettell Jones.-ED.]

TRANSLATOR OF CHASTELLUX'S TRAVELS (page 227).-An answer to this query will be found in the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, April, 1869.

Boston.

S. A. G.

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EULOGY ON THE FOUNDER OF PENNSYLVANIA, delivered beFORE THE
PENN CLUB, TO COMMEMORATE THE ONE HUNDRED AND
NINETY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS LANDING.

BY WAYNE MAC VEAGH.

GENTLEMEN: The Executive Committee of the Penn Club thought it not unbecoming to gather its friends together upon this anniversary of the landing of him whose name it bears upon the soil of the State he founded, and their partiality has devolved upon me the agreeable duty of expressing the gratification the members of the club feel at your presence, and the heartiness of the welcome they desire to proffer you. They are especially glad to receive the learned members of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and to avail themselves of this opportunity to bear their testimony to the inestimable value of the distinguished services that society has already rendered, and the services more distinguished, if possible, which it is destined to render in enlightening and elevating the patriotism of the citizens of the imperial commonwealth, whose early history it has caused to be investigated with so much patience, and illustrated with so great discernment.

It is, indeed, no less an authority than my Lord Bacon, who, (361)

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