Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-01-04

stood forfeit 10 The King Some years
after the 1ifainder was reversed BY act
OF Parliament.
THE administration 81 Sloughter,
thus tEagirsliy begun. marks the Ensl
abandonment In New York Of the an
ciens Duleh 1sages, and the complete
introducli0n Of English Ia~-"
The LieuRenSnf- Governor OF New
York Al fhe fine Leisler and Milborne
were executed, EsIIowed the connec-
tons of dilborne to-Maryland and be-
came Governor Of Maryland there, and
moved TIE State Capital from St. Mary's
to Annapolis. Ten years previously
(I6S4l the town Of Snow Hill had been
established. at the latter place, later
MiIbournes became merchants.
In David P. Valentines History Of
the Cts OF New York is the fullest
account Of Jac0h Milborne or Milbourne-
He was Of English birth and Puritan
character. His father resided in Bos-
ton, and one Of bis brothers was dis
senting clergyman there. At 20 years
Of age he entered the counting house OF
Thomas De Ia YAH, the leading Eng
lish merchant Of new York. "He sf-
forwards conducted business on his own
account, " hich occasioned his residence
! frawel 4 40 time in other parts. While
| "a s. Is extreme Puritan Prin-
cipsse had been strongly manifested
Mr.. Milborne showed in the
course of these controversies that he
possessed character of great vigor.-
His eloqUence was considered OF a
high order, though the matter of his
orations was criticised by his opponents
as being too diffuse and mystical for
ready comprehension. In the most
CONSPICUOUS of these disputes Governor
Sir Edmond Andross visited Milborne
with heavy fines and imprisonmehts.-
The indomitable Puritan, however went
to England, where he sued the Govern
or for false imprisonment and recover
ed large amount O. damages"
Jacob Mlborne was 40 years Of age
when he married Mary Leisler, then
aged 90. Leisler was the precursor in
New York of John Jacob Astor and
Commodore Vander bilt; his barques
sailed everywhere and be was once en-
shaved by the Algerines. He, was a
German soldier originally, and first ar
rived in New York 1860.
The widow of Milborne LEFT no chill
dren until her subsequent marriage to
Abraham Gouverneur. But the depen-
dence of Milborne's kin upon bis en-
terprlse led to their removal TO Mary
land where their step-uncle, DIR. Jacob
Loockermans, resided. And thus, one
hundred and eighty-six years after ia
cob Mhborne's death, an event which
conyul<ed the Delaware as much as
New York, we find the son Of Mary
MIlbourne laid in the grave on the
banks OF the river Brandywine.
In the year 1852. while Jacob Mil
borne was yet alive and influential VAL
entine Hollingsworth and bis wife Ann,
and several children, arrived at New
Castle from England. Ann was buried at
Newark Friends meeting, 1897. In the
little son Of Ralph Milbourne Townsend
and Ida Hollingsworth, the tides of the
original Puritan and Quaker meet
The mercantile spirit Of Leislef and
Milbourne Us suggested saew in the
ocean packets and bay craft OF the Hol-
lIngsworths. DR.. Ralph Townsend,
who died in the mountain part of New
York, December 18th, preserved the
strong will and literary attributes of the
Puritan Milbournes and had preserved
his life by sheer pluck for more than
four years. Of the same family is Sc
we'll 4. Melbourne, lawyer at Cam
bridge, Md.