RegisteroftheConnecticutSocietyColonialDamesAmerica,1893-1907 NationalSocietyoftheColonialDamesAmericainStateConnecticut REGISTERF O THE CONNECTICUT SOCIETYF O THE COLONIAL DAMESF O AMERICA Register o f The Society of the Colonial Dames of America F1VE H UNDRED COP1ES PR1NTED SKo.„Z.Z. v-. ^@— - ^__g)> Tfiggi/terqfthe t ' oi?r?ecticut <£ocietvofthe < o/onial* , * ^yH^r-U^Ly / FOUNDERS O f The Connecticut Society of the Colonial Dames of America. *•'?/* - r/..: ..t s& lC®amtfofJ$mert£.a > * §&&* £Mijh<dhythe GomwcHcutefbcieiy Us 2 £>oy./2tko &A3VARD C OLLEGE IIP***< |Y EXCHVNSE PUBLICATION C OMMITTEE Mrs. J ohn M. Holcombe, Chairman Miss M ary K. Talcott Mrs. F ranklin G. Whitmore Miss M ary E. Beach Mrs. C harles A. White Mrs. W nxiSTON Walker Mrs. A rthur Perkins . Mrs. C harles E. Gross MMT^tS, m m. CONTENTS Incorporators, 9 Actf o Incorporation 11 Constitution, 1 3 National O fficers, 19o7 23 Officers a nd Managers of the Connecticut Society of Colonial D ames 25 Former O fficers and Managers, 28 Introduction, 3 3 fRolls o Membership, 41 In M emoriam, 195 Eligibility L ist .198 Ministers o f Parishes, 2oo Preachers o f Election Sermons 2o1 Patentees o f the Charter 2o3 Signatures o f the Members of the General Court of April, 1639 [ From Colonial Records of Connecticut, I, 227], . 2o4 Also S ignatures of Fifteen Members of the General Court of 1 665 2o5 Explanatory N otes 2o8 Quotation f rom Sermon of Rev. Mr. Stoughton of Dor chester, 1668, 2o6 The N aming of New London, 1658, 2o6 Ancestors a nd Descendants, . 2o9 Indexf o Members, 321 LISTF O ILLUSTRATIONS Portraits o f the Founders Frontispiece The W yllys House, 33 Mabel H arlakenden 36 Rev. J ohn Davenport, 38 The E aton House 4o Gov. J ohn Winthrop, 2o3 Gov. J ohn Winthrop's New London Commission [Original in S tate Library] • . 2o6 Gov. J ohn Winthrop's Letter of Credit [Original in State Library], 2 o9 INCORPORATORS ♦ELIZABETH H . COLT ♦ELIZABETH JAMES HAMERSLEY *MARY DEMING HOPPIN EVELYN McCURDY SALISBURY ARTICLESF O ASSOCIATION OFHE T CONNECTICUT S OCIETY OF THE COLONIAL DAMES OF AMERICA Sl|r u narratgnfd, Elizabeth Hart Colt and Elizabeth James Hamersley, both of Hartford, Connecticut, Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury and Mary Deming Hoppin, both of New Haven, Con necticut, hereby associate as a body politic and corporate, but without capital stock, under the provisions of Section nineteen hundred and seven (19o7) of the Revised Statutes of the State of Connecticut, and all other statute laws of said State, by articles of association as follows : Article I . The name by which said corporation shall be known is The Connecticut Society of the Colonial Dames of America. Article I I. The purposes for which it is constituted are to create widespread interest in American history to inspire love of this Republic, to do justice and honor to heroic ancestors, and to commemorate the labors and achievements of the founders of our country. Article I II. The corporation is to be located in the city and county of Hartford, and State of Connecticut. ArticleV. I The officers of the corporation shall be a president, two vice-presidents, a board of managers consisting of twelve, and such additional members as shall hereafter be named in the by-laws, and from the board of managers, two secretaries, a treasurer, a registrar, and an historian, who shall be chosen by the board. Article. V The said corporation is one of the affiliated State societies which compose the National Society entitled " The So ciety of the Colonial Dames of America " in the manner and to the extent provided by the constitution of said National Society. And said constitution, to which, for a more particular description thereof, reference is herein had, is a part of the articles of asso ciation of this corporation. ArticleI. V The members of said corporation shall be women having the qualifications prescribed by Article III of said constitu 12 tion, a nd who shall become connected with this corporation in the manner to be provided in its by-laws. 3n i nttnrM inbrrrof we have hereto set our hands this 28th day of November, A. D. 1893. Elizabeth H . Colt, Elizabeth James Hamersley, Mary Deming Hoppin, Evelyn McCurdy Salisbury. State of Connecticut, Hartford, Dec. 16, 1893. The a bove and foregoing is a true and attested copy of the articles of association of the corporation, having no capital stock, entitled " The Connecticut Society of the Colonial Dames of America." Attest, Elizabeth H . Colt, President, Elizabeth C. J. Beach, R. Secretary. Received and filed Dec. 19, 1893. Office of the Secretary. / Statef o Connecticut, )rSS 3 b rrrbg rrrtifu that the foregoing is a true copy of record in this office. in Q Jratimoitg tabrrrnf, I have hereunto set my hand, and affixed the s eal of said State, at Hartford, this fifth day of January, A. D. 19o7. Theodore B odenwein, Secretary. THE C ONSTITUTION THE C ONSTITUTION OFHE T COLONIAL D AMES OF CONNECTICUT IVbicb i s the Constitution of tie National Society PREAMBLE W hereas, History shows that the remembrance of a nation's glory in the past stimulates to national greatness in the future, and that successive generations are awakened to truer patriotism and aroused to nobler endeavor by the contemplation of the heroic deeds of their forefathers, therefore the Society of Colon ial Dames of America has been formed, that the descendants of those men who in the Colonial period, by their rectitude, cour age and self-denial, prepared the way for success in that struggle which gained for the country its liberty and constitution, may associate themselves together to do honor to the virtues of their forefathers, and to encourage in all who come under their in fluence true patriotism, built on a knowledge of the self-sacrifice and heroism of those men of the colonies who laid the founda tion of this great nation. ARTICLE I . " T his Society shall be known by the name, style, and title of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, and shall be composed of State Societies, of which there shall be one in each of the thirteen original States and one in the District of Columbia." There may be an associate society in any of the non-colonial States by and through the consent of the National Society. ARTICLE I I. The o bjects of this Society shall be to collect and preserve manuscripts, traditions, relics, and mementoes of by-gone days, to preserve and restore buildings connected with the early his tory of our country, to diffuse healthful and intelligent infor (i5) 1 6 C onnecticut Society of Colonial Dames mation c oncerning the past, to create a popular interest in our Colonial history, to stimulate a spirit of true patriotism and a genuine love of country, and to impress upon the young the sacred obligation of honoring the memory of those heroic ances tors whose ability, valor, sufferings, and achievements are beyond all praise. ARTICLE I II. The S tate Societies shall be composed entirely of women who are descended in their own right from some ancestor of worthy life who came to reside in an American colony prior to 1750, which ancestor, or some one of his descendants, being a lineal ascendant of the applicant, shall have rendered efficient service to his country during the Colonial period, either in the founding of a commonwealth or of an institution which has survived and developed into importance, or who shall have held an important position in a Colonial government, or who, by distinguished services, shall have contributed to the founding of this great and powerful nation. All s ervices which constitute a claim to membership must have been rendered before July 5, 1776, but this date shall be held to include all the signers of the Declaration of Indepen dence. ARTICLE I V. " T he regular meeting of the National Society of the Col onial Dames of America shall be held every two years in Wash ington, D. C. Special meetings may be held upon the order of the National President or upon a request of a majority of the State Societies. Such meetings shall consist of the National officers and a representation not exceeding five delegates from each Colonial State Society and the District of Columbia. Each Society in the non-colonial States may send one delegate to the Biennial Council, with the right to vote on all questions except ing changes in the Constitution. The vote of each of the four teen societies now forming the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America, however cast, shall count as five. The necessary expense of such meeting shall be borne by the National The C onstitution. 17 Society, a nd it shall be empowered at its regular meeting to assess each State Society in order to provide requisite funds. At the regular meeting of the National Society, a President, three Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Assistant Secretary, Treasurer, Registrar, and Historian shall be elected by ballot, a majority of the States present being necessary to a choice. All officers to serve until the next regular meeting, or until their successors shall be chosen. " T he National Society shall have power at any meeting to admit a State Society thereto from the thirteen original States and from the District of Columbia, and also an associate Society from any of the non-colonial States, a majority of the States admitted forming a quorum." ARTICLE V . " T he State Societies of the Colonial Dames of America shall meet annually on the day appointed by their several by laws, and oftener if found expedient.