The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-01-19

the four names, Brewster, Bradford, AL den and Howlaad, aggregate 14S against a total membership of 159
 Our 70 Brewster descendants are Of course through the elder and his wife Mary, and for the most part through his son Jonathan and wife Lucretia Oldham.
 JOHN ALDEN AND PRISCILLA,
 TWenty-four of our members trace back to John Alden and therefore, also, to Priscilla the Puritan maiden and her father. William Molines and wife; twenty-five trace back to John Rowland and wife Elizabeth Tilley, and likewise also to her father, John riley; twenty two to Governor William Bradford all through his second wife, Alice Carpen- ter; seven to Richard Warren; six to Edward Fuller, three to Peter Brown two to Miles Standish, who <narried Sarah Alden; two to William White, both through Captain Peregrine; one to Samuel Fuller, one to Francis Cook, one to stephen Hopkins, and one to Ed ward Dotey. Truly a goodly catalogue of ancestors in which will be found the names of every Pilgrim of note except Winslow and Allerton.
 It Is also worthy of notice that four of our members are lineal descendants and perpetuate the name of Rev. John Rob- inson, the beloved pastor of the Pilgrim band at Leyden, Holland, one descen- dant from John Rowland, and the other three from John Alden, and that we have on our membership roll one Brad ford, two Aldens, and one Fuller, all de- scended from the Pilgrims of corre- spending name.
 The total number of ancestors who were passengers in the MayhoWer, as claimed in their papers by our 15l mem bers is 356. or an average of ? 1-S to each applicant, which it seems to your historian is a very fair average per member.
 In the passenger list of the Mayflwer will be found certain family groups | such that tracing to one member of the group implies a descendant from all, Thus William Molines and wife have descendants only through John Alden and Priscilla Cor at least in our society at the present time), John Tilley only through John Howland and wife, etc, etc.
 MORE THAN ONE ANCESTOR. While there are many of our members who can trace back to more than one ancestor there are but few who can trace back to more than one distinct group of ancestors.
 ] Thus but two members trace back to more than two distinct groups, these being Mrs. James Q. Murray, who traces to Bradford; Brewster and Alden, and Mrs. Frederick |. Osgood who traces to Bradford, Cook and Warren. Only five of our remaining members can trace back to two such groups of ancestors, these being Miss Lucy P. Butler, to Rowland and Warren; Cap tain R. B. Bradford, to Bradford and l Brewster; Frederick H. Curtiss to l Standish and Alden; Jonathan Starr. to Alden and Brewster, and your historian to Alden and Rowland
 l There are therefore IA out of the 151 members of this society who have trac- ed back to but one such group of ances- l tors. 8f
 I Considering now the number of an- cestors passengers in the Mayfower claimed by the members, two of your members, Mrs. Murray and your histo- rian, have proved for seven ancestors each; one, Jonathan Starr, proves for six ancestors; one, Frederick H. Cur tiss, for five ancestors; twenty two members for four ancestors each, namely, the Alden group. comprising Priscilla Molines, and her father and mother; twenty three members for three ancestors, being mainly the Howland group, comprising John Rowland his wife Elizabeth Tilley, and her father. John TiHey G have here excluded Bridget Wander velde, for if she was John Tilley's wife, which has been uestioned, she could not have been Elizabeth Tilley's mother, as the mar riage occurred much too late); seven ty-two members trace backsto two an- cestors, and two in nearly every case l being Elder William Brewster and his wife Mary.
 FROM A SINGLE ANCESTOR.
 And finally the remaining thirty of our members claim but a single ances- tor As already stated the total ansec- tors claimed by 151 members amounts to S56 or an average of 1-3 per mem | Der.
 By states our membership is distrib- uted as follows:
 Connecticut, SO; Illinois, 20; Washing ton, D. C., 12; New York, Il; California, Colorado and Ohio, 5 each; Massachu- setts, 3; Washington (state), Nebraska and the Republic of France, each (the latter being members of the United l States consular force), and Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Virginia and | Pennsylvania, each 1.
 l By cities and towns the list stands as follows:
 New London, Conn.,, 40; Washington, D. C., 12; Belvidere, H., Ii, comprising | two families; Hartford, Conn, 10 Chi