APPENDIX D LXXXVII 



N-B., in June, 11)04, 1 beg to report on behalf of the Society, as 

 follows : — 



The New Brunswick Loyalists' Society was organized May 13, 

 J8S9. Its first President was the late Sir Leonard Tilley. On his 

 death, in 1896, William Bayard, M.D., LL.D., was elected President, 

 and he has continued in that positon to the present time. A personal 

 reference to Dr. Bayard may not be out of place. For over fifty years 

 he has stood at the head of the medical profession in this province, 

 and now, at the venerable age of ninety years, he still continues to 

 practice his profession, his intellect clear and active, with a keen and 

 lively interest in all affairs of life. The Society naturally feels 

 proud of its President. The ohject of the Society is to perpetuate the 

 memory and principles of the Loyalists, and to bring their descendants 

 into closer associations and bonds of sympathy. Only those who are 

 descended from the Loyalists of 1783 are eligible for membership. The 

 person applying for membership must state, in his or her written 

 application, the name of the Loyalist ancestor, the place of residence 

 of such ancestor in the old colonies, the date of arrival and place of 

 settlement in this country, the number of members in the family arriv- 

 ing, with all other facts aï importance connected with their history 

 during the Revolution and subsequent to their arrival in the land of 

 their adoption. The Society has records of a large number of families 

 of Loyalist descent, which, it is hoped, may in the future prove of great 

 historical value. Lists of Loyalists who settled in New Brunswick are 

 now being printed in successive numbers of the " Record," published 

 by the New York Historic Genealogical Society. These lists are being 

 furnished by j\Ir. D. R. Jack, of this city, the Corresponding Secretary 

 of our Society. 



From time to time papers of a patriotic and historical nature have 

 been read before the Society, but as yet none of these papers have been 

 published. The Society meets every month, and the meetings are of 

 considerable interest. 



