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PHELPS, JOHN JAY, U.S.N.,

of Hackensack, N.J. (Son of the Honble. William Walter Phelps, of Englewood, N.J.; Congressman; U.S. Minister to Austria; U.S. Minister to Germany; Judge of the Supreme Court of N.J.; b. 24th August, 1839; d. 17th June, 1894 m. 21st June, 1860, Ellen, b. 4th Aug., 1838, daughter of Joseph Earle Sheffield, and Maria St. John, his wife, of New Haven, Conn. Descended from William Phelps, who came from Tewkesbury, England, to America in ship "Mary and John," 1630, one of five Commissioners to govern Colony of Connecticut). Born at Paris, France, 27th Sept., 1861; Graduated at Yale University, B.A. 1883; Chosen Freeholder of Bergen County, N.J.; Ensign U.S. Navy, 21st May, 1898; Captain U.S. Merchant Marine, May, 1898; m. 26th April, 1888, Rose Janet, daughter of Joslyn Hutchinson, and Janet K. Hutchinson, his wife, of Staten Island, N.Y.

(i.) DOROTHY.

Issue.

(ii.) ROSE.

Arms-Aigent, on a fesse azure between four lions rampant proper, three mullets or.

Crest-A fish naiant proper.

Motto-Respice finem.

Residences-" Red Towers," Hackensack, N.J.; “Overlook,” Lake George, N.Y. Clubs-University, Union League, University Athletic, N.Y. Yacht, Atlantic Yacht, Seawanhaka Corinthian Yacht, American Yacht, Eastern Yacht of Boston, Oritani Field, Englewood Field, North Jersey Country, Hamilton of Paterson, N.J., Gentlemen's Driving Association of Hackensack, N.J., Lake George Golf, Sachems Head Yacht.

Societies-Psi Upsilon, Scroll and Keys, Military Order of Foreign Wars, Founders and Patriots of America.

ICHOLSON, ANDREW JACKSON (decd.),

of Baltimore, Md. (Son of Johns John Nicholson.-Descended from Christopher Nicholson, by Mary Johns, his wife, who was descended from Sir Arthur Johns, M.P.).

Born 16th February, 1840; d. in Baltimore, Md.,
Banker; m. Rebecca Troup, daughter of
George Blucher Dunkel, and Sarah Nicols
Davidge, his wife.

(iii.) ALAN SMITH. (iv.) ANDREW LEA. (v.) CARROll.

Arms-Azure, two bars ermine, on a chief argent three suns proper.

Crest-Out of a ducal coronet or, a lion's head erased gules.

Motto Per castra ad astra.

Residence-(Family) 2212 Calvert Street North, Baltimore, Md.

READ, JOHN MEREDITH,

of Albany, N.Y. (Second son of His Excellency General John Meredith Read, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer; U.S. Consul-Genl. to France during the Franco-German War; many years U.S. Minister to Greece; Adj.Genl. N.Y.S., with rank of Brig.-Genl., at outbreak of the War of the Rebellion; b. 21st Feb., 1837; d. 27th Dec., 1896; m. 7th April, 1859, Delphine Marie, daughter of the late Harmon Pumpelly, President Albany Savings Bank, and Delphine, daughter of the Hon. John R. Drake, County Judge, Member of N.Y. Assembly and Member of Congress. Great-great-grandson of His Excellency the Hon. George Read, 1733-1798, U.S. Senator,

first and second Senate; Chief Justice and President of Delaware; one of the Six Signers of the Declaration of Independence, who also signed the Constitution of the United States of America; Royal Attorney-General under the Crown, and Member of first Continental Congress; m. 1763, Gertrude, daughter of the Rev. George Ross, M.A., of Newcastle, Del., son of David Ross, Laird of Balblair, Ross-shire, Scotland. Son of Col. John Read, b. in Dublin, 1688; d. at Christiana, Del., 1756, grandson of Sir Charles Read, of the Cities of Dublin and London, d. 1674.Descended from the Cavalier Richard Read, of Culham Manor House, b. at Barton Court, Oxfordshire, 1579. He took an active part on the King's side during the Civil Wars, and with his great-nephews, Compton and Richard Read, defended Barton Court against the Parliamentarians until it was burned over his head).

Born at Albany, N.Y., 27th Jan., 1869; President of the Officers' Military Association of the Albany Rangers.

Arms-Quarterly, 1st and 4th grand quarters. Quarterly, 1st and 4th gules, a saltire between four garbs or (for Read); 2nd and 3rd gules, three lions rampant argent (for Ross); 2nd and 3rd grand quarters, argent, a lion rampant sable, collared and chained or (for Meredith).

Crests-1. On the stump of an oak tree erect a falcon rising proper belled and jessed or (for Read); 2, a demi-lion rampant, gules (for Ross); 3, a demi-lion sable collared and chained or (for Meredith).

Mottoes-1. Cedant arma Togæ (for Read). 2. Nobilis est ira leonis (for Ross). 3. Heb ddin Heb ddim a duw a Digon (for Meredith).

Residence-7 Elk Street, Albany, N.Y.

Club-Fort Orange.

Societies-Sons of the Revolution, Penna. Historical, N.Y. Historical, 32 Degree Mason, Sons of Veterans, Hon. Mem. Army and Navy Union, Albany Institute.

DYER, LOUIS,

of Oxford, England (Second son of Charles Volney Dyer, M.D., of Chicago, Ill.; one of the founders of Chicago in 1836; appointed by President Lincoln, in 1863, Judge of the International Mixed Court for the condemnation of Slavers, which sat at Sierra Leone, and finally at Rome, 1864-65; b. Clarendon, Vt., 12th June, 1808; d. 24th Sept., 1878; m. 7th November, 1837, Louisa Maria, b. Sherburne, N.Y., 20th Sept., 1812; d. 25th April, 1876, dau. of Asa Gifford and Dinah Talcott, his wife, of Norwich, Conn.-Descended from William Dyer-a great-nephew of Sir James Dyer-one of the founders of Portsmouth in 1638, and of Newport in 1639; the first "Clerk" of the Rhode Island Colony. Born at Chicago, Ill., 30th Sept., 1851; Graduated A.B. Harvard University, 1874; B.A. Oxon, 1878; M.A. Oxon, 1893; Assistant Professor of Greek at Harvard University, 1878-87; Acting Professor of Greek at Cornell University, 1895-96; Lecturer in Modern Languages at Balliol College, Oxford University, 1893-96; on Council of Hellenic Society since 1891; m. 23rd Nov., 1889, Margaret Ann, daughter of the late Alexander Macmillan, Hon. M.A. Oxon (Joint Founder with his brother Daniel of Macmillan and Co.), of Portland Place, London, and Bramshott Chase, Hants., and Caroline Brimley, his wife, of Cambridge, England.

3ssue.

(i.) CHARLES VOLNEY, b. 22nd December, 1890.

(ii.) CECIL MACMILLAN, b. 17th January, 1894.

(i.) RACHAEL MARGARET.

Arms-Sable, on a fesse between three goats passant argent, a martlet. Crest-A Saracen's head in profile proper, on the head a cap or, verged round the temples chequy argent and azure.

Motto-Terrere nolo, timere nescio.

Residence-Sunbury Lodge, Banbury Road, Oxford, England.
Societies--Hellenic, Dante Society, Friends of Russian Freedom.

ARSONS, GEORGIANA HULL (née HULL),

PARSO

of Stamford, Ct. (Daughter of George Hull, of Redding, Conn.-Descended from George Hull, who came to America from England circa 1700, and his wife, Esther Bulkeley, a descendant of Rev. Peter Bulkeley, of Concord, Mass., 1643). Born at Redding, Conn.

Issue.

(i.) HAROLD ASHTON, m. Mary Brookfield Payson.
(ii.) WALDO HULL.

Arms-(For Hull) Azure, an eagle displayed or.
Crest-A hunting horn azure garnished argent.

Residence-6 Second Street, Stamford, Fairfield Co., Conn.

DOD

ODGE, JOHN HOLMES PRENTISS.
LL.B.,

of Manchester-by-the-Sea, Mass. (Only son of John
Crowninshield Dodge, b. 2nd October, 1809;
d. 11th Feb., 1889, First Secretary of the Chicago
Board of Trade, and Alderman of the City of
Chicago in 1852 m. 14th Dec., 1848, Catharine
Lucretia, b. 23rd Sept., 1817, daughter of Colonel
John Holmes Prentiss, of Cooperstown, N.Y., by
his 1st wife, Catharine Cox, daughter of General
Jacob Morris, who served as Aide-de-camp to General
Charles Lee; was engaged in most of the battles of
the War of the Revolution, and took a distinguished
part in the gallant defence of Fort Moultrie; he
was the son of General Lewis Morris, a Member

of the Continental Congress, and voted for and signed the Declaration of Independence; a Brigadier in the Continental Army after his resignation from Congress in 1777.-Descended from William Dodge, who came from England in the fleet, which arrived in 1629, on the "Lyon's Whelp," and settled at Beverly, Mass.).

Born at Chicago, Illinois, 13th Oct., 1850; Graduated from Columbia College Law School, Columbia University, New York City, LL.B., 1870; Counsellor-at-Law; Member of the New York Bar and of the Boston Bar, and a Counsellor of the Supreme Court of the United States of America.

„Arms---Barry of six or, and sable, on a pale gules a woman's breast gouttant. Crest-A demi-lion maryn sable, langued and armed gules, about his neck a gemel gold.

Motto-Veritas.

Residence-Manchester-by-the-Sea, Essex Co., Mass.

Clubs-Calumet of New York, Essex County, Manchester Yacht, Union Boat of Boston.

Society-Bar Association of the City of Boston.

TAYLOR,

MARTHA

FAUNTLEROY),

LORIMER

(née

of New York City (Daughter of Thomas Waring
Fauntleroy, of Virginia, whose ancestors settled in
Virginia, 1636).

Born at Oakley, Gloucester Co., Virginia; m. 26th
Feb., 1862, Archibald Taylor, M.D. (deceased),
Assistant Surgeon U.S. Army; Surgeon C.S.
Army.

3ssuc.

(1.) FIELDING LEWIS, M.D., b. 24th May, 1868.
(ii) WALTER FAUNTLEROY, b. 7th Nov., 1870.
Arms (For Fauntleroy) Gules, three infants' 'heads
argent, crined or.

Crest-A fleur-de-lis or, between two wings expanded

azure.

Residence-173 West 73rd Street, New York City.

SHIELD

HIELDS, CHARLES WOODRUFF, D.D.,
LL.D.,

of Princeton, N.J. (Only son of James Read Shields,
b. in Virginia, 24th Dec., 1799; d. 27th Oct., 1876;
m. 1825, Hannah, b. in New Jersey: d. 21st Aug.,
1856, youngest daughter of Parsons Woodruff, and
Mary Mulford, his wife, of New Jersey, a descendant
of Lion Gardiner, first Lord of the Manor of
Gardiner's Island. Descended from Thomas
Shields, b. in Scotland, came to America, 1725;
m. Anne Bayard, of Bohemia Manor, Maryland).
Born at New Albany, Indiana, 4th April, 1825;

Graduated at Princeton University, A.B.,
A.M., D.D.; at Columbia University, LL.D.;
Chaplain of the New Jersey Society of Colonial Wars; Professor in
Princeton University, New Jersey; m. (1stly) 1846, Charlotte
Elizabeth, daughter of Peter Bain, and Nancy Ward, his wife, of
Albany, N.Y. m. (2ndly) 1851, Elizabeth, only daughter of the
Hon. John K. Kane, U.S. Judge, and Jane Duval Leiper, his wife,
of Philadelphia.

Issue.

(1.) ALBERT JAMES, b. 8th December, 1849; d. 18th January, 1860. (ii.) CHARLES WOODRUFF, b. 27th February, 1853; d. April, 1877. (i.) CHARLOTTE JULIA, d 1891; m. Bayard Stockton.

(By 2nd m.)

(i.) JAMES READ, b 25th February, 1867.

(ii.) THOMAS LEIPER KANE, b. 25th February, 1869.

(i.) HELEN HAMILTON, m. Bayard Stockton. (ii.) Jane Du VAL LEIPER.

Arms-Gules, on a bend or, three shields azure.

Crest-A dexter arm embowed in armour holding a shield, azure.

Motto-Vincit qui patitur.

Residences-" Morven," - Princeton, N.J.; "Nethercliffe," Ochre Point, Newport.
Clubs-Century, University, Newport Golf, Nassau of Princeton.
Societies-Sous of the Revolution, Colonial Wars.

AKER, GEORGE COMSTOCK,

BAK

of Comstock, N.Y. (Eldest son of Isaac Volney Baker (2nd), Member of Assembly; State Senator; Superintendent of State Prisons; Railroad Commissioner, &c.; b. 15th Aug., 1843; m. 14th Sept., 1865, Laura Demmis, b. 10th Oct., 1844, daughter of Andrew Clark, and Thankful Desdemona Brown, his wife, of Comstock, N.Y.-Descended from John Baker, of Swanzey, Mass., soldier in King Philip's War, circa 1675). Born at Comstock, N.Y., 29th April, 1868; Deputy-Attorney-General, S.N.Y.; A.B., 1888; LL.B., 1889: LL.M., 1891; Vice-Presdt. General, Society War of 1812; m. 18th April, 1895, Mary Louise, daughter of Jasper Van Wormer, and Mary Louise Bridges, his wife, of Albany, N.Y.

Residences-Comstock, N.Y.; Albany, N.Y. Clubs--Fort Orange, Camera, Acacia. Societies-Colonial Wars, Sons of the Revolution, War of 1812, Old Guard, &c.