The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1898-08-22
OF ROYAL BLOOD.
Yet He Sold Newspapers on New
England Steamboats,.


Men of noble descent have been re-
duced by misfortune to the most primi-
tive means OF securing a livelihood, and
not few are in this country. where they
make no boast OF their proud descent
Not that it would injure them in the
eyes of their fellow-citizens OF the Re
public-for here the man is valued for
what he proves himself TO be. That
he is of noble lineage is not laid up
against him, if he is himself honest and
industrious. That no one can be safely
judged by appearances alone appears
from the following, from the Boston
Globe:
AT Somerville today a funeral service
will be held over the remains of a boy
who sold newspapers on the boats of
the Nantasket Beach Company. but who
had an ancestral genealogy few can
boast of. Up TO last Saturday he might
have been seen faithfully and thoroughly
soliciting patronage for papers and mag
| azines among the passengers of the har-
Dor boats. But few had any idea that
they were patronizing a direct lineal de-
scendant of one of the noted monarchs of
Europe, and also the last generation of
passengers OH tue mower, ana some
of the most illustrious citizens of New
England Such, however. is an indisput-
able fact.
THE boys name was Samuel Knee
land. jr., son of Samuel Kneeland, who
has been a resident Of Hull for the last
decade. He was seventeen years old, and
a graduate of the Hull Grammar School.
He attended the bingham High School
for one term. but was forced TO give 1t
an 90 il1-ha41fb and although
his disease. a kidney affection. was pro-
nounced incurable, such was his energy
and courage. rather than spend his time
in idleness, he procured the position OF
newsboy on the steamers, though not
obliged to do so. He died at the home
of his grandfather, Emery K. Souther.
Somerville, last Monday morning.
ALTHOUGH It has been known 10 few,
the boy is a direct descendant. in a def
mite and unbroken line of King James V,
one of his paternal ancestors, William
Kneeland, having married Margaret,
granddaughter of that monarch
william Kneeland, was also given
coat of arms by Queen Mary Stuart, the
original of which is still IN the Knee
land family possession, as is also Bible
800 wears old The boy. It will be seen,
was a blood relative of Mary, Queen Of
Scots.
THE ancestry of the Kneeland family
dates back very clearly TO the year 1925
as is substantiated from most authentic
records. which have been published in a
! book by Stillman F. Kneeland. judge ad-
| vocate general of the State OF New York
| in 1897.
THE dead boy was also a iineal de-
! scendant of the Rowleys and Southers,
who came over in the Mayfiower. and
was the twentieth and last generation or
! the Kneeland family. He was also dl-
| rect descendant on his mothers side OF
| Gen. Benjamin Lincoln and Gen. Curtis
| of the revolution. and OF surgeon Knee
| land of the Forty-ifth Massachusetts vol
unteer regiment"
/ DR.. Samuel Kneeland, a noted scientist
! and writer of Boston, who also taught
| anatomy in the Harvard School, was
| secretary of the Boston Natural History
! Society in the American Academy OF
| Arts and Sciences. He was for twelve
years secretary of the Massachusetts In
! stitute of Technology. and professor of
! zoology and physiology in that instftu-
! ton He was the editor OF the Annual
! Scientific Discovery, and wrote most OF
! the geological and many medical articles
| in the New American Encyclopedia and
| the American Encyclopedia. He also de-
| livered many scientific lectures before the
! Peabody Institute of Baltimore, the Low
! ell Institute of Boston, the Geographical
| Society. New York. and the Cooper In
! ion. He also wrote valuable and stand
/ ard works on volcanic and earthquake
| phenomena.
'srhe boys maternal grandfather, who
| is now living Emory K. Souther. is the
/ Oldest practicing druggist in Boston.
THE KneeIand family came to America
| in 1880 and settled in Boston They built
| the Old South Church and the first Bos-
| ton lighthouse. Kneeland Street, which
| was named after them, was for many
year. their place of residence The
| widow of John Kneeland of the sixteenth
| generation OF the family, gave $780, 10
| establish Andover Theological Academy in
| 1912. John Kneeland also built the orig
| inal John Hancock house.
such is the unusual and partial an
| cestral genealogy of the quiet and lovable
boy from whom hundreds of harbor ex-
! cursiontsts have bought Globes during
the present season. In these days it is
| no uncommon thing to hear quasi claims
| made to royal connection, but the facts
| related above are authenticated by indis-
putable documentary evidence, and the
| family in question have always been very
! reticent in regard to the matter, appar-
| emily deeming it of little or no conse-
quence."
! Cincinnati G.. A. r.. Encampment via
| b. & o.
/ Choice of three different routes. Tickets