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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



t2««» S. Till. July 2. '69. 



may ascertain who compares their respective composi- 

 tions. It is liltewise undeniable that her letters surpass 

 those of the authors and poets among whose correspond- 

 ence they are found." 



I subjoin a genealogical scrap, and shall be glad 

 if any of your readers can throw light on a point 

 of which I have hitherto met no elucidation, — the 

 connexion between Abigail Hill and the Harley 

 family. Harley's mother, it is well known, was 

 A-bigail Stephens of Essington, in Gloucestershire ; 

 on the other hand, the mother of Abigail Hill was 

 a grand-daughter of Sir J. Jennings, — a cousin, 

 therefore, of the Duchess Sarah. 



(Of the family of De la Hill, Kilininton, Devon, 



Sj» Robert Hill. < Judge of Common Pleas under Hen. IV., Hen. 



I (. v., and Hen. TI., High Sheriff of DeTon, 1437. 



Bobert. 



I 



Richard, settled at Truro about 1600. 



Richard, Treasurer to the "Long Pari., 1G12-49, 

 Abraham, First Treasurer to the R. Society. 

 Richard, died without issue. 



Thomas. 



I 

 Francis. 



I 

 Abigail, William. 

 Lady Masham. | 



William. 

 Peter. 



Samuel Lord Masham, 

 died without issue, 

 1776. 



Anne, married 

 Henry Hoare, 



Esq., 1736. 



William=Anne Vivian. 



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Capt. Thos. HiU=P. Grenfell. 



ReT.Pascoe Grenfell Hill, present representative of the family. 



H. D'AVENEY. 



Norwich. 



ZACHABY BOYD. 



Believing that a correspondent of " N. & Q." 

 can resolve most questions relating to the literary 

 productions of the Rev. Zachary Boyd, I beg to 

 inquire if he can furnish any precise information 

 regarding the dates and peculiarities of the several 

 editions of The Psalmes of David in Meeter, by the 

 Minister of the Baronie Church ? 



I have a copy of that Prirded at Glasgow hy the 

 Heires of Geo. Anderson, 1648, where the author, 

 in an address To the R. Rev. the faithfull Minis- 

 ters of God's Word of Britain and Ireland, says, 

 in 1644 he put his hand to this work of the 

 Psalmes, "whereof I give you now the last edition." 

 Again, "I hope the judicious reader shall finde 

 this last edition mended in many things ; and, if 

 any thing hath been observed by any in former 

 editions, let them consider it to bee mended in 

 this last;" which several passages indicate at least 

 a third impression; but as Mr, Neil, and others, 

 specially name a third edition under date 1646, I 

 suppose I must consider mine the fourth, and 

 most probably the final completion of the travells 

 of Mr. Zachary in this line. 



In my book the prose alternates with the meeter, 

 and there is subjoined "The Songs of the Old 

 and New Testament," with the same imprint, pre- 

 ceded by an address, dated Glasgow, 27th Feb. 

 1648, wherein he states that he had been ex- 

 pressly charged with this work by the General 

 Assembly in 1647. I have in vain tried to make 

 up a Note of the several impressions of this re- 

 markable version, and I shall be glad if your cor- 

 respondent's extensive diggings in this old field 

 enables him to supply what is wanting in this re- 

 spect in Laing, Holland, Cotton, and others. 



J. O. 



Rev. P. Rosenhagen — his literary Repidation. — 



" The Revd. Philip Eosenhagen is lost because he pub- 

 lished nothing with his name. But he was very well 

 known in the literary world, and better still in the con- 

 vivial world ; this, however, must have been more ajter 

 1774 than before. He had the sort of reputation to which 

 Theodore Hook should attach a name, as the brightest 

 and most enduring instance of it." — Athenaeum, 1858, 

 p. 268. 



Can any of his writings or wit be now traced ? 



J. Md. 



Family of Watson, Yorkshire. — Can any of 

 your readers who are learned in Yorkshire gene- 

 alogies clear up the following for me ? In a His- 

 tory of the Family of Baird of Auchmedden, Sj-c. 

 recently published in Edinburgh, I find it stated 

 that a James Baird married " Jane Watson of 

 Bilton Park, Yorkshire." It is about this Jane 

 Watson that I wish information, as I can find no 

 notice of any family of this name in connexion 

 with Bilton Park, near Aynsty, which is, I be- 

 lieve, the only Bilton Park in Yorkshire. It is also 

 stated in the work quoted that the family to which 

 Jane Watson belonged afterwards took the name 

 of " Wood- Watson," and resided at " Malton Ab- 

 bey ; " but here again I can find no trace of the 

 name. I am inclined to believe that Bilton and 

 Malton must be misprints or errors of some sort. 

 I may state that in an old MS. vol., in the hand- 

 writing of the above Jane Watson, I find inscribed 

 the names " Elizabeth Watson," "Eliz. Holcombe, 

 her Book, 1703," and "Thos. Dalrymple," and 

 " John Dalrymple," who were in all probability 

 relatives of the Jane Watson in question. 



Sigma Theta. 



Lambert: Geering. — The Rev. Thomas Lambert 

 of Drogheda died in 1661, leaving four children : 

 1. James ; 2. George (father of Ralph, Bishop of 

 Meath) ; 3. Anne, wife of Mathew Geering ; 4. 

 a daughter, wife of John Brunker. Wanted, 

 Mr. Lambert's pedigree. Was he of the York- 

 shire family ? What was his daughter, Mrs. 

 Brunker's name ? and who was Mathew Geering ? 



Y. S. M, 



