The Portland daily press., 1893-09-04
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OLD FAMILIES STILL LEAD.
Newport Society Wants to Know Who the
Swolis Are Now. 4

Newport Society Wants to Know Who the
Swells Are Now.
There has been much discussion in
Newport of late concerning the leader
ship Of society--as to who are entitled to
take prominent positions in 1t and carry
it on. The multimillionaires are unques-
tionably doing most Of the entertaining
now, and one constantly hears the ques-
tions: "Who are the swells2" "Have the
nobs all died out and disappeared, or are
they yet exercising a controlling infiu-
ence in society," The principal old
Knickerbocker manorial families are rep
resented>in society at the present time
by the Livingstons, the Van Rensselaers,
the GARDENERS Of Gardeners island, the
Morrises Of Mcrrisania, the Van Cort-
landts, the Floyd oneses, the Thomp-
sons of Sagtikos, the Beekmans, the De
Lanceys, the Pells and the De Peysters. !
The heads OF the Livingstons are Harry
Walter Livingston and Johnston Living
ston, men Of fashion. The head Of the Van
Rensselaers Is Bayard Van Rensselaer,
the PATRON by right, who married de-
scendant OF the GARDENERS Of Gardeners
island. The head of the Morrises is A.
Newhold Morris. The head Of the Gar
diners Of GARDENERS island is Colonel j.
Lyon Gardiner, twelfth lord Of that
manor. The head Of the Van Cortlandts
is Pierre Van Cortlandt in one branch and
Augustus Van Cortlandt in another.
Colonel De I4aucey F1oyd-Jones repre-
sents the family of that name, and Fred
erick Diodati Thompson represents his
family. The Beekmans are represented
by Gerald Beekman, the De Lanceys by
Edward T. De Lancey. The Pells are
headed by George Washington Pell and
Rowland Pell, and the De Peysters BY
General ]. Watts De Peyster, the Stuy-
vesants by Rutherford Stuyvesant, the
Duers by James G.. K. Duer, the Jays by
John Jay, the Hamiltons by Schuyler
Hamilton, the Winthrops ip New York
by Edgarton L. Winthrop, and in Bos-
ton by Robert G. Winthrop; the Schuy-
lers by Philip Schuyler and John Schuy-
Ter, secretary Of the Society Of the Gin
cinnati; the Lawrences by J. g. K. Law
renee, the Roosevelts by James B. Roose-
welt and J. Roosevelt Roosevelt. and the
Kings by A. Oracle King. N
All Of these people hold high positions
in the fashionable world Of today, and
notwithstanding the assumption of the
multimillionaires that family is of no
importance in New York they are still
regarded in an entirely different way
from the new people. This family pride
has had new impetus given to it lately
by the formation of the societies OF the
Sons of the Revolution, the Sons OF the
Colonial Wars, the Colonial DANES, etc.
Even in our republican country StuyA
vesant, Livingston or a Van Rensselaer,
commands social position if he is at all
fitted for it, while other mortals must
work for and make ona themselves.
Many mothers are better satisfied if
their daughters marry representatives
Of the old Knickerbockers with moderate
fortunes than If they marry into wealthy
families which have recently secured
places in fashionable society. This has
been illustrated by several notable in
stances Of late years. The old Colonial
stock was never so much appreciated as
at present.-Cor. New York World,