total up to £20.6.6 for the month. Though, as I have said before, there is no evidence of general dealing in Slaves, he was not indisposed to accommodate a friend for we read: "2 of the Servants for account of Jno. Barclay is The Joiners D° for 2 coffins £10. 4. 2.6 John Barclay was living in Ireland, and the doctors bill argues a concern regarding the valuable human chattels committed to his charge which the writer might not have manifested for waged domestics. Altogether the book is a very human document and affords a pretty accurate insight into the life of the Merchant-Adventurer-Planter of the times sending out his ventures sometimes in his own ships, sometimes in those of which he was part owner and sometimes in those of others. Adventuring his capital in many lands, carefully following his ventures yet calmly awaiting results, keenly interested in his affairs which shewed a steady growth, but not tied to his counting-house or unmindful of social amenities. A typical specimen of those builders of colonial empire, mostly men of Devon, who have spread the influence of the Anglo-Saxon Race throughout the world. SOME DELAWARE GENEALOGICAL RECORDS. BY REV. C. H. B. TURNER. [The following family records were found scattered through copies of A Compendious History of Catholick Church &c., by Alexander Petrie, Hague, 1662, and Sermons by Jeremy, Lord Bishop of Down and Connor; some on the margins of pages and others in the spaces at the ends of chapters.] Andrew Wear, was born 25 of December 1727. Charless Perry, Departed this Life December 3, 1759. Elnor Perry, wife of Charles Perry, departed this Life 9th Day of January 1764. Winifred Baily, Daughter of Charles [Perry] & Elnor his wife Departed this Life 15 February 1765. Winifred Baily, Daughter to Joseph & Winifred Baily, was born 15 Day February 1765. Catharine Perry, was born 28 Day July 1745. Thomas Cail, was Born 9 day of March 1748. Charles Perry Cail, was Born 29 Day October 1750. Elizabeth Cail, was Born 16 Day of febry 1753. John Cail, was Born 14 of September 1755. Persila Cail, was Born 10 Day July 1756. William Harris, son of Mathias & Hester Harris, Born 8 Day of January 1765. Joseph Baily Harris, Son of William Harris, was born in year of our Lord 1789, June 25, about nine o'clock. March ye 5th day my son Lindsy Opie was born 1714. February ye 25th my son Tho Opie was born 1716, and Departed this February ye 5th. my Daughter Susannah Opie was born 1719/20. Who are the Children of John Opie & Anne his wife. Lindsy Opie was married to Sarah Hoale [or Heale] March ye 4th in ye year 1734. September ye 10th my wife miscarried with a Daughter, 1735. January ye 11th. my son Lindsay Opie was born, 1740. March ye 4th. my wife was Delivered of a Son at 8 the clock & he lived one hour. 1742/3. October 30th. my son Thomas Opie was born about 3 hours before day, 1744. VOL. XLIII.-18 Winifred Baily, was Married to William Harris September 25 in the year 1788. Joseph Baily Harris, son of William Harris and Winifred Harris his wife was born June 25, 1789. Mathias Harris, son of William Harris and Winifred his wife was born November 2, 1799. William Harris, the son of William Harris & Winifred was born November 2, 1799. James Ridgley Harris, son of William Harris & Winifred was born March 20, 1802. Hannah Jacobs, Departed this Life December the 19th 1766. Simon Kollock, the son of Shepard Kollock and Mary his wife was born March 11, 1744, and Catharine Perry, was married October the 31, 1765, at Lewistown by the Rev. Mathew Wilson. Charles Perry Kollock, the son of Simon and Catharine Kollock, was born august the 21, 1766, at daylight in the morning. Catharine Kollock, the wife of Simon Kollock Departed this life September 14, 1766, at seven o'clock in the morning. Charles Perry Kollock, Departed October the 22, 1766, at daylight in the morning. Simon Darby, son of Ephraim Darby and Elizabeth his wife was born February ye 14th 1735, and Died February-1772. Samuel Darby, son of Ephraim Darby and Elizabeth his wife was Born November ye 29, 1737, and Dyed April 15, 1779. Elizabeth Darby, Daughter of Ephraim Darby and Elizabeth his wife was Born May 16th. 1740, and Dyed January—1773. John Darby, son of Ephraim Darby and Elizabeth his wife was Born April ye 3d. 1742. William Darby, son of Ephraim Darby and Elizabeth his wife was Born Sanders Darby, son of Ephraim Darby & Elizabeth his wife, was Born William Darby, son of Ephraim Darby & Elizabeth his wife was Born November ye 15th, 1728 and Dyed January ye 17th insuing. William Darby, son of Ephraim Darby and Elizabeth his wife was born May ye 15th 1730, and Dyed July ye 5th. 1742. Ephraim Darby, son of Ephraim Darby & Elizabeth his wife, was Born February ye 14th. 1733, and Dyed November 1769. Elizabeth Darby, Daughter of Ephraim Darby and Elizabeth his wife, was Born April the 19, 1768. Sanders Darby, son of Susan Darby and Jane his wife, was Born August 15th 1766. Oliver Darby, son of Simon Darby and Jane his wife, was Born December the 17th. 1767. Mary Darby, Daughter of Simon Darby and Jane his wife, was Born April the 19, 1768. Thomas Skelton Harrison. In recording, with deep regret, the death of Thomas Skelton Harrison, one of its members (May 3, 1919), the Council of The Historical Society of Pennsylvania wishes to emphasize the great sense of personal loss which is felt by his associates on the Board. To the officers and councillors of the Society, Mr. Harrison was more than a valuable colleague; he was a friend, at once kindly and genial, and it is hard to realize that he is here no longer to lend graciousness, dignity and the tact of a man of affairs to the deliberations of this body. He became a Councillor of the Society on November 25, 1918, and although his connection with its administration was short, he was, between that time until two weeks before his death, a most active and interested member-wonderfully active, indeed, considering his advanced age. Only a short time before his fatal illness he was the host of one of the receptions given under the auspices of the War Service Committee of the Historical Society, and those who were there will not soon forget the brief but stirring address which he made to the enlisted men of the army, navy and marine corps who were present. He was himself a veteran of the American Civil War, and this placed him at once en rapport with the boys of this generation who had served in France and who knew, therefore, all that was implied by an armed conflict. It may be added, as an example of the charm of Mr. Harrison's character, that although he had long given up speaking in public (an art in which he was an adept at one time) and his health was by no means good during the winter just passed, yet when one of his fellow-Councillors asked him, as a personal favor, to say a few words to the boys in khaki, he willingly accepted the task and thus contributed to a really picturesque incident-the greeting of a man who had taken part in the naval battles of 1861-65, to a group of young heroes, many of whom had faced death in the French trenches. As the last public appearance of Mr. Harrison nothing could have been more picturesque, more patriotic or more fitting to the man. It seemed, as it were, the bridging of one war-time generation with another, and through it all shines out the kindly nature of him who was its central figure. Mr. Harrison was a member of this Society for fiftyone years, as was most appropriate, for he was, in the best sense of the word, a typical Pennsylvanian. He was the son of Michael Lieb and Virginia Thomas Skelton Harrison; was born in this city, September 19, 1837, and received his education in the Classical Academy of Dr. John W. Faries and in a business college. During the Civil War, he served as Paymaster in the United States Navy, and in 1897 was appointed by President Harrison, Consul General in Egypt. 1918, he published "The Homely Diary of a Diplomat in the East, 1897-1899," in which he gives some of his experiences and impressions during the period of his official residence in the capital of Eygpt. In Mr. Harrison took an active part in the success of the Centennial Exhibition of 1876; was an original member of the Committee of One Hundred, and also the 1913 Committee of the same name. He was a member of the Advisory Board of the University of Pennsylvania Museum; a Trustee of the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art; Commander of Post 18, Grand Army of the Republic; the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Loyal Legion and Pennsylvania Commandery Naval Order of the United States. He was also a member of the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania, and the Numismatic and Antiquarian Society of Pennsylvania. Thomas Skelton Harrison was a courteous gentleman, a warm-hearted friend and a model citizen. The Council will long remember him with affection: his place will be hard to fill. |