THE ORDER OF THE FOUNDERS AND PATRIOTS OF AMERICA Vol. LXXXVII, No. 2 Fall 2013 Whole No. 191 1 Get One Now! Founders of Early American Families Second Revised Edition by Meredith B. Colket, Jr. Revision Editor - Keith M. Sheldon The original 370-page edition of Founders of Early American Families, published in 1975, was sold out rapidly. It contained historical information about some 3,300 male heads of families who emigrated to the 13 original colonies from 1607 to 1657. The Revised Edition of 468 pages, published in 1985, also sold out, was reprinted in 1993 and has been out of print since 1999. It featured data on about 4,400 emigrants - plus a history of The Order of the Founders and Patriots of America, eligibility requirements, a roster of current members, an interesting discussion of where early colonists came from, illustrations of prominent colonists and early residences that may be visited today, data on Coats of Arms and a valuable guide to further genealogical research. The new Second Revised Edition of 491 pages contains 90 more Founder names plus all of the Founder family data in the 1985 Edition, a roster of current members, Governors, General Officers and a list of all past Governors General of the Order. Family historians and genealogists will find this book an invaluable addition to their library. It is priced at $35.00, including shipping and handling. Please use the form below or place your order online at www.FoundersPatriots.org Founders Book c/o John Bourne 31649 Shaker Blvd Pepper Pike OH 44124-5156 Please forward copies of the Second Revised Edition. Enclosed is my check for $ made payable to “Founders Book”. NAME ADDRESS CITY STATE ZIP 2 2 Vol. LXXXVII, No. 2 • Fall 2013 Whole No. 191 Journal of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America The Bulletin, Contents published semi-annually by: The General Court of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America Governor General’s Message 4 Subscriptions: From The Editor 4 Non-members are $10 per year Associates are prepaid by annual dues. The Baronets of New England 5 Editorial Deadlines: February 15th for the Spring issue 118th General Court 11 August 15th for the Fall issue 118th General Court Registration 12 Articles, poetry, activity reports and photographs from Associates Welcome New Associates 13 are welcome. Please send editorial materials to: Associates Called To Eternal Rest 13 or Send changes of address to: Merchandise 14 Daniel Warren 1512 Steuben Road The John Quincy Adams Gloucester Point, VA 23062 [email protected] Foundation 18 www.FoundersPatriots.org News From The Societies 19 www.Facebook.com/founderspatriots General Court, All Williamsburg images are credited to Williamsburg, 2013 24 Past Governor General Lyt Harris. 3 The Baronets of New England A Message From The Governor General We are happy to announce Bayport Printing November 9, 2013. Those attending this Board House, Inc. (Michael Swisher) will be the new com- Meeting will be receiving an invitation to the DC pany to edit and publish our Bulletin. The mailing Society Annual Meeting. It will be held on Friday address for Bayport Printing is 102 Central Avenue, evening, November 8, at the Cosmos Club and I Bayport, MN, 55003; telephone number is 651- hope many of you will attend. 439-3115; email is mswisher@bayportprinting. The John Quincy Adams Foundation is cur- com The Spring Bulletin absolute cutoff will be rently conducting its Annual Fund Raising Cam- February 15 and it will mailed out approximately paign, and this is an opportunity for our members April 1. to invest in the Order’s future. You have until De- James Francis Hall, a member of the Pennsyl- cember 31, 2013 to make checks payable to John vania Society, has volunteered to be the new Web- Quincy Adams Foundation and mail to: master ([email protected]) To access the web- John Quincy Adams Foundation site, use your last name and your National number. Lyttleton T. Harris IV, Chairman Since the last General Court, I have attended 1415 S. Voss Road, Suite 110-102 the annual meetings of the Pennsylvania and the Houston, TX 77057 Ohio Societies, and will be representing the Order in October at Yorktown Days and attending the an- We hope to have a good representation at the nual meeting of the Virginia Society. Louisville, Kentucky General Court. Dr. Jack Early has done a fine job planning and preparing for our As authorized at the General Court in Wil- visit. Further information and registration can be liamsburg, new bases and shipping containers for found in this Bulletin. the flags have been purchased and delivered to Louisville. All arrangements have been made for Steadfast for God and Country the Executive Board Meeting in Washington, D.C., Charles Hampton From The Editor Governor General Hampton has provided my digital photographs of lower resolution that look mailing address, telephone, and e-mail details in well enough on an iPhone, iPad, or laptop comput- his message (immediately above), so it would be er do not translate well to print. superfluous to repeat them here. Of course, if you prefer to send an article on Reports from the several societies, letters to paper, or photographs as prints or slides, they are the editor, and informative articles on subjects also welcome. of interest are always welcome and encouraged. If you wish to submit them via e-mail, please put It is my aim to publish the Bulletin in a time- “OFPA” in the subject line, followed by a brief de- ly fashion, and to that end, deadlines will be ob- scription of your article’s content. That will enable served. As Governor General Hampton has noted, me to identify your e-mails easily and attend to the deadline for our Spring 2014 issue will be Feb- them promptly. ruary 15, 2014, with mailing on or about April 1. The deadline for the Fall 2014 issue will be Sep- Text is best submitted as a Word document. tember 15, with mailing on or about November 1. Short articles may be included in the body of an e-mail. Digital photographs should be at a resolu- Michael Scott Swisher tion of 300 dpi for best print reproduction. Many Editor 4 The Baronets of New England The Baronets of New England by Duane L.C.M. Galles 1661), who settled in Salem, Massachusetts, about Copyright, 2013, Duane L.C.M. Galles 1638. The next baronet was Sir George Downing (1623-1684), son of Massachusetts Founder Em- The Fall, 2000, issue of the Bulletin published manuel Downing and his wife Lucy Winthrop, sis- the first part of the story of “The Baronets of New ter of Massachusetts Governor John Winthrop. Sir England.” Research in heraldry and biography and George was a graduate in 1642 of Harvard College, related subjects had received a fillip during the and after this Harvard graduate and real estate de- American Civil War, and the New England Histor- veloper Downing Street in London is named. Sir ic Genealogical Society, established in 1845, was John Davie, of New London and Groton, Connecti- determined to make its contributions to that war cut, was the third baronet noted. His eponymous effort. One was the creation in 1864 of its Com- grandfather in 1641 was created a baronet and in mittee on Heraldry. Southerners had long main- 1706 the Harvard-educated grandson succeeded tained that, while the early Founders of Virginia to the baronetcy. and the Carolinas were scions of cavaliers, the Founders of New England were yeomen and re- In England baronets were first created in ligious zealots. The Committee on Heraldry was 1611. A sort of hereditary knighthood, King James established to research the gentry origins of New I proposed to create two hundred of them from England’s Founders and their quarterly publica- among gentlemen of suitable estate and lineage. tion, The Heraldic Journal, was founded to make The recipient got the title of “Sir” and might add known the fruits of this research; it did so—rather his degree of baronet after his name. Baronets copiously—for four years from 1865 through 1868. had precedence after barons’ younger sons and their eldest son was to have the right to a knight- In the preface to the first volume ofThe Heral- hood at the age of twenty-one. To his arms as an dic Journal, the Committee proclaimed, “we hope augmentation of honor the baronet might add the that the present volume has fully demonstrated badge of Ulster, a bloody hand couped on a silver that…the founders of New England were not de- canton. Some baronets also got a grant of armori- rived from the lowest classes in England.” In the al supporters which would be a further augmenta- next sentence—somewhat disclosing the real pur- tion of honour to their coat of arms. In exchange pose of their endeavor as well as evincing a whiff for these honors the recipient had to pay for the of Darwinism—the Committee added, “hereafter upkeep of thirty infantrymen in Ulster to repel the it may be an important question to discuss, to Irish rebels there or pay over to the royal excheq- what extent the prosperity of New England, and uer the equivalent sum of £1095. A further £1200 even the whole country, has depended upon the had to be expended in fees to secure the patent of stock here first established.”1 Indeed, historians appointment. writing at Harvard College (or others trained there) would soon begin suggesting that American histo- Today a baronetcy is a coveted honour.