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Hon. Stephen, 291; Graham, Lt.-Col. James Duncan, 189; Greenleaf, Rev. Jonathan, D.D., 88; Hale, Hon. Salma, 292; Hayward, Hon. Elijah, 86; Hockey, Joseph, 84; Howard, John Seaver, 188; Humphrey, Hon. James, 192; King, Hon. John Alsop, 377; Lane, Hon. Ebenezer, 301, 373; Piper, Solomon, 205, 374; Porter, William Smith, 373; Stickney, Two, 187; Swett, Col. Samuel, 374; Updike, Wilkins, 375 Memoirs and Notices of

Lane, Hon. Ebenezer, 301; Piper, Solomon, 205; Webster, Hon. Daniel, 1; Wilder, Hon. Marshall P., 97

Mills, early, in New England, 270

Mount Grace in Warwick, Mass., why so called,

127

New England Historic-Genealogical Society

Annual Address (1867) of the President, 121
Officers of, 199, 204

Proceedings of, 91, 198, 295, 379

New England, early settlers in, ancestry of, 250
Newspapers, earliest, 144, 180
Notes and Queries-

Notes. Alden, Mrs. Abigail, 207; Browne,
Hugh, of Salem, Mass., 256; Dorchester north
gate, 269; Eastman, Mrs. Jonathan, of Con-
cord, N. H., 251; Emigrants, New England,
traced, 369; Fenian, origin of the name, 180;
Friction Matches, the inventor of, 180; Geor-
gia Historical Society, 178; Gold, first found
in the United States, 180; Golden Wedding of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Conant, of Ipswich,
Mass., 76; Grant and Lee, Generals, 179;
Hoyt family meeting, 76; Hyde and Glover,
162; Letter "S," 181; Library of Peter Force,
Washington, D. C., 264; Log Book of Joshua
Benjamin (1725-1733), 367; London Times,
value of a complete set of, 162; Longevity, re-
markable, 181; Luther, descendants of, 182;
Madison Flute, 278; Martin, Christopher, of
the Mayflower, and his servant Solomon Prow-
er, 77; Maryland, Record of, 367; Narragan-
set Indians, an old custom of, 182; Neck-gate-
hill, Dorchester, 269; Newspapers, earliest,
144, 180; Plague, Cure for the, 367; Ross,
John, Death of, 131; St. Louis, Missouri, His-
torical Society at, 178; Sharp, Thomas, 178;
Soldier's Widow, 182; Syracuse, N. Y., early
settlement of, 256; Telegraphy, ancient elec-
tric, 182; Wallingford, 278; Wentworths,
LL.D., 368

Queries-Genealogical, 368; Hancock, John,
284; House, oldest in the country, 144; Mar-
riage Ceremony, a singular one, 284; Scott
family, 179; Southold, L. I., first settlers of,
75; Upshall, Nicholas, manuscripts of, 365;
Woolson, Thomas, 178
Replies.-Cromwell, Oliver, descendants of in
America, 177; "God's promise to his Planta-
tion," 179; Hart, Mrs. Miriam, 284; Mag-
netis Reductorium, &c., the authorship of, 77;

Marbury family, 180, 283; Peters, Hugh, ser mon of, 284; Rogers, Rev. Nathaniel, 284

Paddock, Zechariah, 23

Page, John, of Haverhill, Petition of grandchildrer of (1738), 60 Palmer, Eliakim, death of, confirmed (1749), 68 Pedigree of Washington, 34; error in, exposed, 25of Tuttle, 132; of Winslow, 210 Pepperrell, Sir William, Commission of as Lieutena.raf General (1757), 208

Petition for a Presbyterian Meeting-house, Philadel phia, (1749), 24

Philadelphia, Presbyterian Meeting-house in, an ap peal by Gilbert Tennent for assistance in building (1749-50), 23

Pequot Land reservation, Groton, Conn. (1720-1), 211 Portraits

Lane, Hon. Ebenezer, 301; Piper, Solomou 205; Webster, Hon. Daniel, 1; Wilder, Hora Marshall P., 97

Queries (see Notes and Queries)

Relationship of the Combination Settlers at Exeter,
N. H. (1639), 315

Replies (see Notes and Queries)
Royalist Handbill (1774), 60
St. Clair's Defeat, 339

Salisbury, N. H., formerly Stevenstown, 2
Schenectady, N. Y., extracts from the Doop Boek of
the Dutch Church, 128
Sparhawk-Rogers-Stoughton-Cooper,
Soldiers' Monuments, dedications of-

172

Brighton, 73; Concord, Mass., 282; King's Chapel, Boston, 281; Lowell, Mass., 73; Ludlow, Mass., 338; Medford, 74; Southborough, Mass., 282; Stockbridge, Mass., 69, 75 Tallcott and Mott families, 215 Towns

Boston, 71, 281; Bridgewater, Mass., 225; Burlington, Vt., 282; Chelsea, 71; Chester, Mass., 224; Columbia, Conn., 70; Concord, Mass., 282; Croydon, N. H., 71; Dartmouth, Mass., 265; Dorchester, 72, 163, 269, 329; Exeter, N. H., 315; Hartford, Conn., 70; Lyndeboro', N. H., 277; Mendon, Mass., 281, 380; Northborough, Mass., 72, 281; Orleans, Mass., 212; Piscataway, N. J., 142; St. Louis, Mo., 178; Schenectady, N. Y., 128; Somerville, Mass., 282; Southborough, Mass., 282; Southold, L. I., 75, 179, 180; Syracuse, N. Y., 256; Warwick, Mass., 124; Wiscasset, Me., 354 Treaty with the Eastern Indians (1717), 47 Warwick, Mass., sketch of, 124 Warwick, the Barque (1630-1636), 223 Washington, George, ancestry of, 25 Wheelwright, Rev. John, 363 Whittemore family of Hitchin, co. Hertford, Eng., 169 Wills

Gates, Horatio, 254; Russell, John, of Dorches-
ter (1633), 338

Winslow family, English ancestry of the, 209
Witchcraft delusion, victims of, 16

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Rev. ELIAS NASON will edit the present volume of the Register. Communications may be sent to the Editor at Boston, by mail, or left for him at the Rooms of the Society, No. 13 Bromfield Street, Boston, Mass.

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NOTES AND QUERIES. Notes.-Royalist Handbill distributed at Boston in 1774 among the British Soldiers, 60; Death of Henry Axtell, 60; Heirs of John Page, 60; Death of Eliakim Palmer, 68; Hoyt Family Meeting, 76; Golden Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Conant, 76; Christopher Martin, of the Mayflower, and his servant Salomon Prower, 77.

Query.-First Settlers of Southold, L. I., 75.

Reply. The Authorship of Magnetis Reductorium Theologicum Tropologicum, 77.

CENTENNIAL AND OTHER CELEBRATIONS-June 13, 1866, Croydon, N. H., 71; Aug. 21, at Hartford, Ct., Anniversary of landing of Deaf Mute Instructors, 70; Sept. 30, Winnisimmet Church, Chelsea, Mass., 71; Oct. 3, Birth of John Pierce, of Dorchester, Mass., 72; Oct. 24, Church at Columbia, N. Y., 70; Oct. 29, First Baptist Church Sabbath School, Boston, 71; Oct. 30, Settlement of Rev. Joseph Allen, D.D., at Northboro', Mass., 72.

SOLDIERS' MONUMENTS.-June 17, 1865, Ladd & Whitney Monument at Lowell, 73; July 26, 1866, Brighton, 73; Sept. 6, Medford, 74; Oct. 17, Stockbridge, 75; Proposed Monument of the Boston Cadets, 73.

NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC-GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY. Necrology.-Joseph Hockey, 84; Rev. Henry S. Clarke, D.D., 84; Thomas Chadbourne,, M.D., 85; Hon. Elijah Hayward, 86; Rev. Jonathan Greenleaf, 88; Edward Bush, 89.

Proceedings.-Sept. 5, 1866, Paper by Col. Joseph L. Chester, 91; Oct. 3, Paper by Rev. Calvin E. Stowe, D.D.; Report on Sudbury Fight, 91; Nov. 7, Paper by Rev. James Freeman Clarke, D.D., 93. BOOK NOTICES.-Fowler's History of Durham, Ct., 93; Caulkins's History of Norwich, Ct., 945 Whitney's Oration at the Dedication of the Soldiers' Monument, Brighton, 95; Historical Magazine, 95; Demorest's Young America, 95; Charnock's Verba Nominalia, 95; Record of the Hoyt Family Meeting, 36; Wilson on the Military Measures of the United States Congress, 96; Lothrop's Fourth of July Oration, at Boston, 96.

ERRATA. In this (January) Number of the Register, page 46, line 13, for 1845 read 1745. Page 62, line 34, for Mansfield read Marshfield.

PAYMENTS FOR THE REGISTER FOR 1866-7.

For 1866.

MAINE. Dennysville, Peter E. Vose.
NEW HAMPSHIRE. Concord, Hon. M. T. Wil-
lard; Great Falls, H. W. Nason; Portsmouth,
Rev. Chas. Burroughs, D.D.

MASSACHUSETTS. Boston, B. W. Harris, John
Ward Dean, Samuel G. Drake, John K. Wiggin,
A. Williams & Co., Col. Henry Lee, Jr., Richard
Briggs, A. W. Lovering, Boyle & Co., Hon. Wm.
S. Leland, Geo. W. Wheelwright, Gen. John S.
Tyler, Wm. S. Appleton, Crosby & Ainsworth, J.
Lothrop Thorndike, Geo. B. Bigelow; Brookfield,
Hon. Chas. Adams, Jr., Charlestown, Capt. C. A.
Randlett, Edward F. Everett Chelsea, Charles
Merriam; Fall River, James Dearborn; Newbu-
ryport, Rev. Geo. T. Chapman, D.D.; Northamp-
ton, Hon. Osmyn Baker, Hon. Chas. A. Dewey;
Sandwich, E. S. Whittemore; Watertown, Nath'
Whiting; Woburn, J. P. Converse; Westford, Rev.
Ephraim Abbott; Worcester, B. F. Hayward.

RHODE ISLAND. Providence, Rev. E. M. Stone. CONNECTICUT. Franklin, Ashbel Woodward, M.D.; New London, Miss F. W. Caulkins; Stonington, Richard Wheeler.

NEW YORK. Albany, Joel Munsell; Brooklyn, D. Haley, Sidney Green; Elizabethtown, Essex Co., Hon. Robert S. Hale.

NEW YORK. New York City, James W. Elwell, Capt. Ambrose H. Snow; Salem, Wash. Co., Asa Hatch.

PENNSYLVANIA. West Chester, D. G. Brinton. OHIO. Cleaveland, Peter Thacher; Cincinnati, Mercantile Library.

INDIANA. Indianapolis, Rev. N. A. Hyde.
ILLNIOIS. Quincy, Rev. S. H. Emery.
MICHIGAN. Detroit, Hovey K. Clarke.

For 1867.

MAINE. Kennebunk, Hon. E. E. Bourne; Saco, E. P. Burnham.

MASSACHUSETTS. Brookline, Wm. B. Towne ; Boston, John M. Bradbury; Berkley, Lieut. Giles L. Leach; Cambridge, Cyrus Woodman; Fall River, Hon. John S. Brayton; Oliver Chase; Fairhaven, Mrs. Anthony Cox; Freetown, Mrs. Catharine F. Leban; Middleboro', Job C. Peirce; Salem, Alfred Poor; Waltham, J. B. Bright.

RHODE ISLAND. Providence, Stephen Randall. CONNECTICUT. Middletown, Samuel H. Parsons. NEW YORK. Rhinebeck, C. S. Wainwright. PENNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia, Charles H. Hart; West Chester, J. Smith Futhey, M.D.

OHIO. Cleaveland, Peter Thacher; Zanesville, Zanesville Athenæum.

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