Of the Sons 0 Be American Revo Ution

Of the Sons 0 Be American Revo Ution

H A WA I I A N S OC I E T Y OF THE Sons 0 be American Revo ution REGISTER FOR NINETEEN HUNDRED AND TWELVE WITH ROLL OF MEMBERS AND THEIR REVOLUTIONARY A NCESTORS AND OTHER INFORMATION OF INTEREST TO THE S OCIETY COMPILED BY D CKEY PERLE L . NE LYLE A . Y HOR I , . P H A C ROBER . T J RATT , OW RD . MOHR PRINTING COMMITTEE HONOLULU PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY 1 9 1 2 PRESS O F CO . , LTD. HON LULU T. H. O . TABLE OF CONTENTS . Anniversaries Hi st ori cal S ketch of the Hawaiian S ociety Officers of the National S ociety Constitution an d B y -Laws of the National S ociety Officers of the Hawaiian S ociety Constitution and B y -Laws of the Hawau an S ociety List of Past 0 ncers of the Hawaiian S ociety Ancestral Records of Members Index of Ancestors f an d of C List of O ficers Members Aloha hapter, Daughters of the American Revolution A VERS NNI ARIES . e : The following are the days , among others , which we c lebrate u 2 2— of Febr ary Birth Washington . 1 0 1 7 75— S of May , urrender Ticonderoga . 1 4 1 7 77— June , Adoption American Flag . 1 7 1 7 75— l June , Battle Bunker Hi l . 1 7 1 895— of S June , Founding the Hawaiian ociety . 2 8 1 6— 7 7 . June , Fort Moultrie 4 1 7 76— July , Declaration of Independence . 1 6 1 7— f 7 7 o . August , Battle Bennington — ’ 7 1 7 80 n . October , Battle of Ki g s Mountain 1 1 — r 7 7 7 S . October , 7 urrender of Bu goyne — e 1 9 1 7 74 . Octob r , Annapolis Tea Party — October 1 9 1 78 1 S urrender of Lord Cornwallis . , — b 2 5 1 83 E . Novem er , 7 vacuation of New York — 1 6 1 7 73 . December , Boston Tea Party — e 2 6 1 7 7 6 of . Decemb r , Battle Trenton HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE HAWAIIAN SOCIETY OF AM R A L THE S ONS OF THE E IC N REVO UTION . The awai i an S ociety of the S ons of the American Revolution was or an i zed 1 7 1 895 on of of u k g June , , the anniversary the Battle B n er Hill, with only eighteen members . A constitution based upon that of the Massa S an d chu s et t s S tate ociety was adopted, the following officers chosen C - Peter ushman Jones , president ; Albert Francis Judd, vice president ; John ffi n er DeWi t t E g , secretary ; William Alexander, registrar ; William Joseph R ev u Forbes, treasurer ; board of managers, . Do glas Putnam Birnie, John n d S Walter Jones a Henry Weld everance . The annual business meetings of the S ociety have ever since been held n 1 7 o the th of June . S ince the organization of the Hawaiian S ociety there have been many of R i S of celebrations anniversaries of evolutionary h storical events . ome the accounts of these celebrations have been taken from the minutes of the S ociety and others gathered from the files of the P aci fic Comm erci al A dv er t i s er on olu lu , which, together with other papers, has given prominent place i n S its columns concerning all the patriotic work of the Hawaiian ociety . The one hundred an d twenty - fi rst anniversary of the Battle of Lexington 1 9 1 896 C was celebrated (April , ) at the home of hief Justice Alb ert an R ev on Francis Judd . After invocation by . Douglas P . Birnie, . Peter C S an ushman Jones, president of the ociety, delivered address upon the significance of the day i n which the patriotic sires of those present had o f H on made the stand against the troops King George . Albert Francis - ’ Judd , vice president , was the next speaker, followed by Mrs . W . W . Hall s ’ “ ’ ” s R s R rendition of Longfellow poem , Paul evere ide which was greeted , “ . C on with applause Mrs . Henry astle then spoke interestingly Lexington ” One Hundred Years After . ’ C s This town has been Mrs . astle home , and she described the great cere monies at the one hundredth anniversary of the Battles of L exington and S Concord when President U . Grant and thousands of Americans wended their way to this liberty spot . Though but a child at that time , Mrs . C astle remembered the dreary , drizzling day and the great crowds that i n thronged the village on that auspicious day . The old house which Paul Revere had his interview with John an cock and S amuel Adams was de on scribed, and although still inhabited was being pulled down right the heads of the dwellers therein by patriotic relic hunters . Marble slabs mark the spots of interest around these historic towns and the annual re currence of the 1 9t h of Apri l brings a concourse of people from all over the E ast t o Concord and Lexingt on to View again the place where ou r fore C i fathers laid down their lives for liberty . Mrs . astle was at Lex ngton a n year ago and found the place thronged o that day with sightseers . All through Massachusetts an d in all the older S tates markers have been placed by the S ociety of the S ons of the American Revolution on the spots where — i n R A dver t i ser . great events occu rred the War of the evolution . 46 96 i t The S urrender of Cornwallis was celebrated by the S ociety on Monday C evening (October at the Y . M . A . building, and was attended ’ n by many of Honolulu s prominent men a d women . The decorations were i of handsome, the American colors predom nating , with a beautiful setting w an d flowers and plants . A large map sho ing the location of Yorktown 6 HA W A IIA N SOCI E TY i of C interest ng points strategical army movements, prepared by ompatriots an d On Judd Dickey, was conspicuously displayed . the stage were seated - f u e o S Rev . Hon . Albert Francis J dd, then vice pr sident the ociety ; Douglas i C n of P . B rnie , and aptain Natha Appleton, the honored guest the evening . ff R ev S After the invocation had been o ered by the . Mr . Birnie, ecretary ‘ E fli n er of i n John g called the roll, when all but eight the members residing r Honolulu responded . Two letters from absent membe s were read, as follows ONOM E A 1 2 1 896 , October , . E ffin er S a awai i S S R Mr . John g , ecret ry ociety ons of the American evo lu i on u t , Honolul — Dear S i r an d Compat ri ot z Thanks f or card of invitation to Cornwallis I C li I i n Day, but cannot j oin . The last ornwal s celebration took part was i b e - held in old Marlboro , about sixty years s nce . It used to a quasi holiday r C of ou r f ou . o in part of Massachusetts olonel Wood town, as colonel the i l i n of t m itia that vicinity, as right , represented Washing on (and perhaps o f R Lafayette) . His command was made up the Marlboro ifles (a crack C S R S volunteer company) , the Marlboro Militia ompany, udbury ifles, tow, C an d di Acton, oncord, other companies of that vicinity . The inva ng British b o were a scrub set from other neighboring towns . As a y, of course my “ ”— speci al attraction and admiration were ou r Old Con t 1 n en t als com ’ a ni es i n old 76 t wo p with no uniforms but clothes of , with queues and w a n d old k an d of I n igs, flat hats, powder horns mus ets, a band painted i dians w th bows, arrows and tomahawks . The enemy were driven into a on an d ll fort rising ground, by ski ful generalship we took their works . ’ 0 r ! i n , it was a glo ious day My grandfather s musket was the action , b u t I i n i I am sorry to say it is no longer ev dence . Asa G . Thurston and on e of wished to celebrate Fourth July . We took the barrel from the t of i n of s ock , loaded it with plenty powder, put a long piece iron that fi “ ” fitted the bore , xed and chained it to a heavy A harrow, laid a long r e . slow match , which we fired, and then prudently reti ed b hind the barn ou r o r From standpoint u plans had proved a success . The harrow was of not injured, the slug went through the side the mill house, to be sure , but did not pass through the head of a large cask of vinegar i n which it was imbedded ; but only fragments of the old Continental remained . When u ou r e called to acco nt the next day at headquarters, only defens and miti “ : old scri m shon ed gating plea was But we are here , unharmed, and the ” ’ ’ l i n powder horn is safe .

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