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of American history told so vividly." — Zion's Herald.
"The scope and the variety of the subjects treated add
much "to the value of the successive numbers, and also to
the enjoyment of the readers." — T/ie Hamilton Revie^v.
" It stands at the very front of the best class of periodical
literature in America." — Educational Gazette.
"It is an admirably diversified collection of papers, not
too heavy fo the entertainment of the average reader,
and not too light for real value." — New York Tribune.
"This invaluable periodical overflows with bright and
choice reading. In the artistic elegance of its printing ii
holds the highest rank in the magazine field."
—'The School-teacher, Winston, North Carolina
" Mrs. Lamb certainly possesses the rare secret oj
communicating a perpetually fresh and lively interest tii
the annalistic literature of the serial she edits. The selec|
tions have the charm of romance."
— The Living Church, Chicagcj
"It is a marvel of elegant and accurate erudition anj
superbly artistic illustration. It is a beautiful publicatiotj
high-priced, and produced with lavish liberality as to m(
chanical quality of paper, type, etc., as well as to tl j
quality of its literary conxen's."— Home and Country.
PUBLISHED AT
743 BROADWAY, NEW^ YORK CITY.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.
Publication Committee :
Rev. BEVERLEY R. BETTS, Chairman. Dr. SAMUEL S. PURPLE.
Gen. JAS. GRANT WILSON. Mr. THOMAS G. EVANS.
Mk. EDWARD F. DE LANCEY. Mr. WILLIAM P. ROBINSON.
6.
OCTOBER, 1891.-CONTENTS.
Early Explorations ok the North American Coast. With seven
Portraits. ..........
Stephen Thorne, the Loyalist. By the Rev. A. W. 11. Eaton.
RixoRDS OF the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New
Baptisms. (Continued). .......
Jasper Griffin of Southold, N. Y. By Edmund J. Cleveland.
Wehdings at St. Mary, White Chapel, London. From 1616 to
(Continued). .........
Notes and Queries. Two Letters of Fitz-Greene Halleck — Me
History of the City of New York — Bishop Samuel Provoost and Dr.
Smithson Hartley — Genealogical Inquiries — Old Burial Ground -
Price, R. N. — Addresses of our Society . ....
Obituary. Mrs. Rebecca Yates Wemple. ....
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NOTICE.
While the PubHcation Committee aim to admit into the RECORD
such Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical matter, only, as may
be relied on for accuracy and authenticity, it is to be understood
that neither the Society nor Committee are responsible for misstate-
ments of facts (if any), or for the opinions or observations contained
or expressed in articles under the names, or initials, of contributors.
All communications intended for the RECORD should be
addressed to '' The Publication Committee of the Record," at the
rooms of the N. Y. Genealogical and Biographical Society, No. 23
West 44th Street, near the Fifth Avenue, New York.
The Record will be found on sale at the rooms of the Society,
which are open everyday; at Brentano Brothers, 5 Union Square, W. ;
and at E. W. Nash's, 80 Nassau Street, New York. The Society has
a few complete sets on sale. Price for the twenty-two volumes, well
bound in cloth, $60.00; sets complete, except for the year 1875,
$55.00. Subscription, payable in advance. Two Dollars per annum :
Single Numbers, Sixty Cents each.
Payments for subscriptions,' and annual dues of Members of the
Society, should be sent to Dr. Georc;e H. Butt.er. Treasurer, No.
23. West 44th Street, New York.
$2.00 per Annum
Vol. XXII.
No. 4.
THE NEW YORK
Genealogical and Biographical
Record.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF AMERICAN
GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY.
ISSUED quarterly.
October, 1891.
PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY,
Berkeley Lyceum, No. 23 West 44TH Street,
NEW YORK CITY.
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1891.
President,
First Vice-President,
Second Vice-Presideni , .
Recording Secretary,
Corresponding Secretary,
Treasurer, .
Librarian,
Registrar of Pbdi'^B'''
Gen. JAS. GRANT WILSON.
Dr. ELLSWORTH ELIOT.
Dr. SAMUEL S. PURPLE.
Mr. THOMAS C. EVANS.
Rev. ROSWELL RANDALL HOES.
Dr. GEORGE H. BUTLER.
Mr. GERRIT H. VAN WAGENEN.
Mr. JOSIAH C. PUMPELLV.
Dr. Ellsworth Eliot.
Mr. Gekuit H. Van WAGE.^
Executive- Coinmitlec.
Trustees.
Mr. Edward Trenchard.
Mr. William P. Ketcham.
Term Expires, 1S92.
Mr. Jacob Wendell.
Mr. Henry T. Drowne.
Mr. Thomas C. Cornell,
Term Expires, 1893. Term Expires, 1894.
Mr. Charles B. Moore. Gen. Jas. Grant Wilson.
Mr. Edmund A. Hurry. Mr. William P. Robinson.
Mr. Samuet, Burhans, Jr. Dr. Samuel S. Purple.
Committee on Bioi^rap Ideal Bihliogiapliy.
Mr. Charles B. Moore.
Mr. Theophylact B. Bleecker, Jr.
Mr. Henry T. Drowne.
THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER
Contains a variety of valuable and interesting matter concerning the Histoiy, Antiquities,
Genealogy, and Biography of America. It was commenced in 1847, and is the oldest
historical periodical now published in this country. It is issued quarterly (each number
containing at least 96 octavo jpages, with a portrait on steel) by the New England
Historic Geaealogical Society, 18 Somerset Street, Boston, Mass. Volume XLIV. began
in January, 1890.
Price. $3.00 per annum in advance. Single numbers, 75 cts. each.
Testimonial from the late Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, Ph.D., LL.D., of Boston.
" No other work is so rich in materials which give an insight into the history of the
people of New England, their manners, customs, and mode of living in bygone days."
From the late Col. Joseph L. Chester, LL.D., D.C.L., of London, England.
"Tome the work, of which I possess a complete set, is invaluable. I consult it
constantly, not only for matters relating directly to Americans, but also in reference to
English families of the seventeenth century, concerning whom these volumes contain a
vast amount of information not to be found elsewhere. There are no books in my library
that I would not sooner part with than my set of tiie Register. "'
A MONUNENTAL WORK.
THE MEMORIAL HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
FROM ITS FIRST SF:TTLEMKNT TO THE YEAR 1892.
Edited by Gen. J AS. GRANT WILSON.
In four royal octavo volumes of about 600 pages each, and illustrated with not
less than 1,000 portraits, views of historic houses,, scenes, statues, tombs,
monuments, maps, seals, etc., and, fac similes of autographs and ancient documents.
It is expected that the. first volume will be ready October 30th, 1891, and that the
others will follow at intervals of six months. The work, which will be printed by
the De Vinne Press, and issued by the New York History Company, will be sold
only by subscription at the following prices, payable on the delivery of each volume :
PRICES AND STYLES OF BINDING.
Extra Cloth, per Volume $7 50 Half Morocco, per Volume $io 00
Library Leather, per Volume. . . 8 50 Full Morocco or Russia 12 00
Persons desiring the work, of which a portion of the first chapter appears in the
present number of this periodical, will please send their address to the publishers,
and the volumes will be forwarded immediately on publication, free of charge.
In presenting to the people of the great metropolis of the New World, an
accurate, exhaustive and trustworthy history of the city of New York, the publishers
believe that they are supplying something that will be appreciated and warmly
welcomed by the community. The work will be prepared on the co-operative plan,
many of the most eminent scholars and writers of the present time being contributors
to its pages, and treating subjects to which they have given particular attention.
Among these contributors may be mentioned the following well-known
gentlemen :
Hon. CHARLES P. DALY,
Rev. B. F. de COSTA, D.D.,
Rev. MORGAN DL\, D.D.,
Dr. THEODORE W. DWIGHT,
Mr. EERTHOLD FERNOW,
Mr. ROBERT LUDLOW FOWLER,
Ho.N. TAMES W. GERARD,
Mr. ANDREW H. GREEN,
Gen. OLIVER O. HOWARD, U. S. A.
Hon. ]0H-\ IAY,
Prof. EUGENE LAWRENCE,
Bishop HENRY C. POTTER,
Gen. MEREDITH READ,
Dr. SAMUEL S. PURPLE,
Gen. T. F. RODENBOUGH, U. S. A.
Hon. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Rev. PHILIP SCHAFF, D.D.,
Dr. JOHN GILMARY SHEA,
Mr. WILLIAM L. STONE,
mk. bayard TUCKERMAN.
Gen. Jas. Grant Wilson, the author of several historical works and numerous
valuable memoirs, also the chief editor of the " Cycloptedia of American Biography,"
in six octavo volumes, has been selected as the editor of this important work. Each
volume will contain at least five steel engravings of distinguished characters
connected with New York History, and about 100 beautiful vignette portraits,
almost all accompanied by facsimile autographs of the subjects; also several
hundred views of historic scenes and houses, statues, birthplaces, residences,
monuments and tombs of illustrious New Yorkers. Many rare portraits and original
documents relating to early New York history, as far back as 1626, were recently
obtained in England and Holland by General Wilson, and will ojjpear in fac simile
in the first volume of this magnum opus.
NEW YORK HISTORY COMPAN
132 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK.
!Ap'27
Press of J. J. Little & Co., Aster Place, New York
^
"The scope and the variety of the subjects treated add
much "to the value of the successive numbers, and also to
the enjoyment of the readers." — T/ie Hamilton Revie^v.
" It stands at the very front of the best class of periodical
literature in America." — Educational Gazette.
"It is an admirably diversified collection of papers, not
too heavy fo the entertainment of the average reader,
and not too light for real value." — New York Tribune.
"This invaluable periodical overflows with bright and
choice reading. In the artistic elegance of its printing ii
holds the highest rank in the magazine field."
—'The School-teacher, Winston, North Carolina
" Mrs. Lamb certainly possesses the rare secret oj
communicating a perpetually fresh and lively interest tii
the annalistic literature of the serial she edits. The selec|
tions have the charm of romance."
— The Living Church, Chicagcj
"It is a marvel of elegant and accurate erudition anj
superbly artistic illustration. It is a beautiful publicatiotj
high-priced, and produced with lavish liberality as to m(
chanical quality of paper, type, etc., as well as to tl j
quality of its literary conxen's."— Home and Country.
PUBLISHED AT
743 BROADWAY, NEW^ YORK CITY.
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record.
Publication Committee :
Rev. BEVERLEY R. BETTS, Chairman. Dr. SAMUEL S. PURPLE.
Gen. JAS. GRANT WILSON. Mr. THOMAS G. EVANS.
Mk. EDWARD F. DE LANCEY. Mr. WILLIAM P. ROBINSON.
6.
OCTOBER, 1891.-CONTENTS.
Early Explorations ok the North American Coast. With seven
Portraits. ..........
Stephen Thorne, the Loyalist. By the Rev. A. W. 11. Eaton.
RixoRDS OF the Reformed Dutch Church in the City of New
Baptisms. (Continued). .......
Jasper Griffin of Southold, N. Y. By Edmund J. Cleveland.
Wehdings at St. Mary, White Chapel, London. From 1616 to
(Continued). .........
Notes and Queries. Two Letters of Fitz-Greene Halleck — Me
History of the City of New York — Bishop Samuel Provoost and Dr.
Smithson Hartley — Genealogical Inquiries — Old Burial Ground -
Price, R. N. — Addresses of our Society . ....
Obituary. Mrs. Rebecca Yates Wemple. ....
VOKK
16:^5
morial
Isaac
John
163
174
1S3
igi
204
207
209
NOTICE.
While the PubHcation Committee aim to admit into the RECORD
such Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical matter, only, as may
be relied on for accuracy and authenticity, it is to be understood
that neither the Society nor Committee are responsible for misstate-
ments of facts (if any), or for the opinions or observations contained
or expressed in articles under the names, or initials, of contributors.
All communications intended for the RECORD should be
addressed to '' The Publication Committee of the Record," at the
rooms of the N. Y. Genealogical and Biographical Society, No. 23
West 44th Street, near the Fifth Avenue, New York.
The Record will be found on sale at the rooms of the Society,
which are open everyday; at Brentano Brothers, 5 Union Square, W. ;
and at E. W. Nash's, 80 Nassau Street, New York. The Society has
a few complete sets on sale. Price for the twenty-two volumes, well
bound in cloth, $60.00; sets complete, except for the year 1875,
$55.00. Subscription, payable in advance. Two Dollars per annum :
Single Numbers, Sixty Cents each.
Payments for subscriptions,' and annual dues of Members of the
Society, should be sent to Dr. Georc;e H. Butt.er. Treasurer, No.
23. West 44th Street, New York.
$2.00 per Annum
Vol. XXII.
No. 4.
THE NEW YORK
Genealogical and Biographical
Record.
DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF AMERICAN
GENEALOGY AND BIOGRAPHY.
ISSUED quarterly.
October, 1891.
PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY,
Berkeley Lyceum, No. 23 West 44TH Street,
NEW YORK CITY.
OFFICERS AND COMMITTEES FOR 1891.
President,
First Vice-President,
Second Vice-Presideni , .
Recording Secretary,
Corresponding Secretary,
Treasurer, .
Librarian,
Registrar of Pbdi'^B'''
Gen. JAS. GRANT WILSON.
Dr. ELLSWORTH ELIOT.
Dr. SAMUEL S. PURPLE.
Mr. THOMAS C. EVANS.
Rev. ROSWELL RANDALL HOES.
Dr. GEORGE H. BUTLER.
Mr. GERRIT H. VAN WAGENEN.
Mr. JOSIAH C. PUMPELLV.
Dr. Ellsworth Eliot.
Mr. Gekuit H. Van WAGE.^
Executive- Coinmitlec.
Trustees.
Mr. Edward Trenchard.
Mr. William P. Ketcham.
Term Expires, 1S92.
Mr. Jacob Wendell.
Mr. Henry T. Drowne.
Mr. Thomas C. Cornell,
Term Expires, 1893. Term Expires, 1894.
Mr. Charles B. Moore. Gen. Jas. Grant Wilson.
Mr. Edmund A. Hurry. Mr. William P. Robinson.
Mr. Samuet, Burhans, Jr. Dr. Samuel S. Purple.
Committee on Bioi^rap Ideal Bihliogiapliy.
Mr. Charles B. Moore.
Mr. Theophylact B. Bleecker, Jr.
Mr. Henry T. Drowne.
THE NEW ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER
Contains a variety of valuable and interesting matter concerning the Histoiy, Antiquities,
Genealogy, and Biography of America. It was commenced in 1847, and is the oldest
historical periodical now published in this country. It is issued quarterly (each number
containing at least 96 octavo jpages, with a portrait on steel) by the New England
Historic Geaealogical Society, 18 Somerset Street, Boston, Mass. Volume XLIV. began
in January, 1890.
Price. $3.00 per annum in advance. Single numbers, 75 cts. each.
Testimonial from the late Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, Ph.D., LL.D., of Boston.
" No other work is so rich in materials which give an insight into the history of the
people of New England, their manners, customs, and mode of living in bygone days."
From the late Col. Joseph L. Chester, LL.D., D.C.L., of London, England.
"Tome the work, of which I possess a complete set, is invaluable. I consult it
constantly, not only for matters relating directly to Americans, but also in reference to
English families of the seventeenth century, concerning whom these volumes contain a
vast amount of information not to be found elsewhere. There are no books in my library
that I would not sooner part with than my set of tiie Register. "'
A MONUNENTAL WORK.
THE MEMORIAL HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
FROM ITS FIRST SF:TTLEMKNT TO THE YEAR 1892.
Edited by Gen. J AS. GRANT WILSON.
In four royal octavo volumes of about 600 pages each, and illustrated with not
less than 1,000 portraits, views of historic houses,, scenes, statues, tombs,
monuments, maps, seals, etc., and, fac similes of autographs and ancient documents.
It is expected that the. first volume will be ready October 30th, 1891, and that the
others will follow at intervals of six months. The work, which will be printed by
the De Vinne Press, and issued by the New York History Company, will be sold
only by subscription at the following prices, payable on the delivery of each volume :
PRICES AND STYLES OF BINDING.
Extra Cloth, per Volume $7 50 Half Morocco, per Volume $io 00
Library Leather, per Volume. . . 8 50 Full Morocco or Russia 12 00
Persons desiring the work, of which a portion of the first chapter appears in the
present number of this periodical, will please send their address to the publishers,
and the volumes will be forwarded immediately on publication, free of charge.
In presenting to the people of the great metropolis of the New World, an
accurate, exhaustive and trustworthy history of the city of New York, the publishers
believe that they are supplying something that will be appreciated and warmly
welcomed by the community. The work will be prepared on the co-operative plan,
many of the most eminent scholars and writers of the present time being contributors
to its pages, and treating subjects to which they have given particular attention.
Among these contributors may be mentioned the following well-known
gentlemen :
Hon. CHARLES P. DALY,
Rev. B. F. de COSTA, D.D.,
Rev. MORGAN DL\, D.D.,
Dr. THEODORE W. DWIGHT,
Mr. EERTHOLD FERNOW,
Mr. ROBERT LUDLOW FOWLER,
Ho.N. TAMES W. GERARD,
Mr. ANDREW H. GREEN,
Gen. OLIVER O. HOWARD, U. S. A.
Hon. ]0H-\ IAY,
Prof. EUGENE LAWRENCE,
Bishop HENRY C. POTTER,
Gen. MEREDITH READ,
Dr. SAMUEL S. PURPLE,
Gen. T. F. RODENBOUGH, U. S. A.
Hon. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Rev. PHILIP SCHAFF, D.D.,
Dr. JOHN GILMARY SHEA,
Mr. WILLIAM L. STONE,
mk. bayard TUCKERMAN.
Gen. Jas. Grant Wilson, the author of several historical works and numerous
valuable memoirs, also the chief editor of the " Cycloptedia of American Biography,"
in six octavo volumes, has been selected as the editor of this important work. Each
volume will contain at least five steel engravings of distinguished characters
connected with New York History, and about 100 beautiful vignette portraits,
almost all accompanied by facsimile autographs of the subjects; also several
hundred views of historic scenes and houses, statues, birthplaces, residences,
monuments and tombs of illustrious New Yorkers. Many rare portraits and original
documents relating to early New York history, as far back as 1626, were recently
obtained in England and Holland by General Wilson, and will ojjpear in fac simile
in the first volume of this magnum opus.
NEW YORK HISTORY COMPAN
132 NASSAU STREET, NEW YORK.
!Ap'27
Press of J. J. Little & Co., Aster Place, New York
^
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