The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-02-22
WASH|NGTONS BIRTHDAY OBSERVED
IN SCHOOLS AND SOCIAL CIRCLES

memory OF the patriot. DISTANT tnpdS'
the Hawaiian Islands are from tn
mainland, yet scattered over the grouI
are a large number of men who lool
proudly 20 the time when their fore
fathers fought under General Washing
ton for the liberty of their country
Among the names Of the forbears oi
the Honolulu Sons of the Revolution
are some which added luster to the
starry flag, and whose deeds will new
er fade so long as there are histories
to recount them. Among those who
will gather this evening at the resi-
dence OF W. r. Castle, the President of
the society, is william c. Parke, who
has the distinction of being descended
from one of the greatest sailor fighters
in the revolution, one who fought side
by side with Commodore John Paul
Jones. Mr.. Parke's ancestor was Mat
thew Parke, who attained fame as cap
tain of the frigate Alliance. 80 guns,
from 1878 to 1882. In January, 1119, he
sailed her to Brest, France. In Febru-
airy the Alliance was attached to the
squadron of Commodore John Paul
Jones, and cruised in company with her
until the famous engagement between
the Bon Homme Richard and the
Scraps" September %, 1873 During
this cruise the Alliance captured the
Betsey, % guns, and the Union, %
guns. At the end of March, 1871, the
Alliance sailed on another cruise, in
which she captured two Guernsey pri-
vateers and two briggs, the Atlanta"
and the "Trepassy." In 1882 she fought
her last battle while on a cruise To Ha-
yana.
Charles NJ. Cookies revolutionary an
cestor was Colonel Joseph Plat Cooke,
who commanded the militia at Dan
bury, Conn.,, when it was attacked by
the British troops under General Try
on, April 26, 1777. He enjoyed the
friendship and confidence of Washing
ton. and the acquaintance of Lafayette,
Rochambeau and Count De Grasse,
whom he entertained at his house. An
other of his ancestors was Captain
Thomas Starr, who also took part in
the defense of Danbury. He participant |
ed in the battle of Germantown and
was in camp at Valley Forge during |
the winter of 1777-1778
John Efinger's ancestor, who partic-
ipated in the revolution. was Captain |
John Ignatius Won Effinger of Mann
helm, Germany. He came to America
with the troops of Hesse-CasseI, but
after his arrival, fired
with the love of liberty" he joined the
American army. He enlisted in 177S.
when Washington was in winter quar-
-ers on the Schuylkill river in Penn
and served till the end of the
var. August, 1888. He became a captain
he % I'd li,t aIr
attached to the person of Washington.
Peter Cushman Jones' fighting an
estor was Captain Isaac Baldwin who
eryed with Stark IN the Indian and
french wars, in which he is said to !
ave fought twenty battles. AS soon
$ ne heard of the battles of lexington .
nd Concord, he formed company of {
olunteers in Hillsborough. n. H, and A
astened to the front. He arrived there g
4 time to take part in the battle of v
'unker Hill. in which he fell. mortally
at the head of his company. v
lis name appears on the Bunker Hill q
ronze tablet facing Winthrop Square,
oston- =
w. o. Atwater's forefather. Amos n
twater. was in the brigade of General s.
imes Wadsworth, which was raised in c.
76 to reinforce Washington's army in =
ew York. 1t served in the city and
4 the Brooklyn front, being at the a
ght of the line of works during thei u
,ttle of Long Island. August q. 1776.
took part in the retreat to Newt d
ork Mr.. Atwater participated in the OF
lttle OF White Plains. u
w. F. Aliens ancestor was Joseph Il
Hen, who served as sergeant in the Ell
rench and Indian wars. On April 20, "a
10, he started from Mortified with Sc
company which he had drilled. under pi
e command of Captain Eldad Wright. "a
part of Col. Samuel Williams regi- III
ent. He also took part in the expe-
ton against Canada. w
Lorrin A. Thurston's ancestor, Abner al
,odaIe, enlisted on the day of the bat l.;
of Lexington, April 10, 1775. He was IN
member of Captain Howe's company IN
Marlborough and marched to Cam CO
idge Mass, and there did duty until llt
e expiration of his enlistment. Hell
listed again in December. 1875, and tic
rived in the White Plains campaign an
". A Kinney's revolutionary fore vi
Their was Joseph Robbins, who en- II
ted May 1, ITS, in Middlebury, Mass. tn
Captain Isaac Woods company, and &c
rived through the siege of Boston. nj
he next year he took part in the bat we
s of Trenton and Princeton. do
:. NJ. Walton's ancestor was Edmund b.
onroe, who was member OF the wi
mpany which met the British troops ge
Lexington Common, April 10, 1875. co
2 was in the battles of Saltwater. BE
.nnington and Saratoga, at General
irgoyne's surrender. and at the cap He
re of Ticonderoga. He was killed at do
e battle OF Monmouth, June IS, 177S. be
mother of his ancestors was Eph- de
inn Frost, who was an orderly at the Lo
tile OF Lexington. ste
Chamberlain looks back to RE
ilson Chamberlain. who was a pri- er
tie soldier in Captain Ben Richard tn,
MS company in service at Dorchester !
lights, near Boston, in 1875. His see
uses and property were destroyed in wa
e burning Of Charlestown. and his VIII
fe and children escaped to Maiden. bu
ass. He marched on the alarm to {
%
". Y. Castle had an ancestor. Jesse 4.
nney. who served under General cal