The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-30
SOME GREAT NAMES.
The Nomenclature of the Three Chief Coi-
Iections of Notable Americans.

1ectiona OF NOtnDts h"erNa"s'
Whatever may happen. tho three leading
collections OF men who will always retain the'r
positions In the minds II the people and In the
history OF tho United states are the l1lRrim
Fathers, the slRners OF the Declaration OF In
dependence and the Presidents. OF the hrst
there we're forty one. OF the second fiity.six
and OF the third twenty -four up to this time
but how long this list will be before the end
is reached no man knoweth. OF the first 1t Ia
hardly necessary to say that none was born III
this country: OF the second all we're born mere
except eight and OF the last wo are proud TO
say all are native born hmericans-for fur-
thor particulars on this point see the Consul
tuition OF tho United States Looking over the
lists with special reference to nomenclature.
at least christen menclature. IL Ia seen that
plain John leads all the others. with ten OF him
among the Pilgrims. six among the signers
and two among the Presidents. and these two
are father and son (Adams). John easily leads
the Pilgrims hut he 10 elualled six by the
Samuels. Georges. Williams and Thomases
among the siRners. and among tho Presidents
he 10 led by Ave Jameses. There are two each
OF John Andrew and William. and there Is but
one each OF the other names.
There were six Pilgrims bearing the name
OF Edward second In number to John. but he
had fallen away to ono among the signers ana
mas uOI YET appeared IN tne ''"s'
Thomas. William and Richard appear four
times each among the Pilgrims. gain to six
zach for William and Thomas among the sign
ers drop to two for Richard. and william APP
pears twice among the Presidents. Thomas
once and Richard not at all. There were two
Franchises among the Pilgrims. three among
the sianers and none among the Presidents.
James makes a good showing with one OF him
among the Pilgrims. two among the signers
and Ave among the Presidents-two and a hall
times as many as any other. There were no
Andrews among Pilgrims or siRners. but two
are among the Presidents. John. James. Will
liam and Thomas are the only nam es repre-
| sented in all the lists. There were two ROB
erts among the siRners, but none among the
the signers and one President. -,
or the snrnsmes not +, one rs aTGnG the b Ll
hS no nn@s sdss hronsh The
Plerims was Clarke. Williams and Hopkins,
Seina P steph "i HopFins In each. Thi; iden
| tity OF names appears again among the signers
the pam. nav 5. remarked that The clarke
| Of the Pilgrims spelled his name With an ..
appssrins among the .isnefs and the Prss
| dents. thore o re two Adamses, Harrison. JET
terson and TAYLOR. OF the pilRrims not one n,
the signers Lee Richard Henry. and Francis
IiFhtfoot and Robert Treat Paine. put them.
Presidents. although Grover Clsveland dIoppedi
the stephen 70 which he was entitled. and
the ms ony TO Write s SS
q al the namess shoMs IL Johns - WilllamT s
wards. : Richards, 5 Franchises. Samuels,
leach, Roberts and stephens and one Isaac.
fesr onh GSares Bu
ton. LYMAN. Josenh. Phllip. Arthur Lewis,
Caesar, Roger. Matthew, oliver. Martin. Zach;
| Ten Of the signers were born In Massachu-
San rI; and MARYLAND. four each in New Jersey
| Connecticut and South Carolina, three In New
in and one each in Maine
EeIe born in Ireland. two each IN England end
P ii Wales s4 h tsa
mortal paper. The oldest siener was Benja
min Franklin born January, 1903. in hi,
year End t tie c 1rgnSe' h was "a
vember. 1+". in his twenty-seven,h wear, The
Who T:sChsd The
John Adams jol) and Thomas Jefferson tS3
on tt the SANE day lux S2e The ;
had given the casting vote n favor q the adop
and three died at tina. age. The first to. Sign
was John Hancock Of Massachusetts and the
hG%s 81 til. .sn.r s0s TIT.
lawyers lead with twenty. six. or nearly half
Then come eight merchants. ~ farmers, 81,
minister, printer, =, sailor. shoemaker ant
plantsT-Thich is the same thing as farmer
nR y Mr. Rfs ysS Of G Fesrr vS ans
farmer. Not So: however. BENJAMIN Frank
lin, printer. and Roger Sherman. shoemaker.
Mr. william Williams Of lebanon, Conn. wer,
the only two siSnsrs to 60 on record as states