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The Journal of Heredity 



varied, though all bearing considerable 

 gifts. 



DESCENDANTS OF SAMUEL LAWRENCE 



As an illustration of wide divergence 

 in lines, we may take the history of the 

 descendants of Major Samuel Law- 

 rence. He had five sons, all of whom 

 displayed ability above the average, 

 one a lawyer and four who followed 

 manufacturing, giving their name to 

 the cities of Lawrence in the states of 

 Massachusetts and Kansas, besides 

 Lawrence University and Lawrence 

 Scientific School. Of the five, two 

 founded lines which show great lon- 

 gevity and illustrate strikingly the ne- 

 cessity of long life for eugenic fitness. 

 It is among the descendents of Amos 

 and Abbott Lawrence that the greatest 

 number of distinguished names ap- 

 pears. Amos married Sara Richards, 

 whose father had superior ability 

 largely of a mechanical nature, and 

 whose mother was a daughter of Amos 

 Adams. One of their sons became a 

 physician and director of many muni- 

 cipal undertakings, while Amos Adams 

 Lawrence was known for his success in 

 promoting the cause of the Free Soil 

 Party. Abbott Lawrence, besides con- 

 ducting manufactures on a gigantic 

 scale, rendered his country signal serv- 

 ice as a diplomat in many trying situa- 

 tions. In this he takes rank with 

 Franklin. His success was due to his 

 quick perception of the merits of a 

 question, infinite tact and thorough- 

 going truthfulness. He married Kath- 

 arine Bigelow, daughter of Timothy 

 Bigelow and Lucy Frescott. Tim()th\- 

 Bigelow was a distinguished speaker 

 in the Massachusetts legislature. Two 

 of their sons were merchants noted for 

 public spirit, a third, consul-general to 

 Italy, while a daughter, Anna, counts 

 among her descendants eminent physi- 

 cians and architects. The younger 

 daughter. Katharine, through her mar- 

 riage to Augustus Lowt'jj. JH-came the 

 mother of Percival Lowell, director of 

 an astronomical observatory-, Kliza- 

 beth Lowell (Mrs. WilMam Lowell Put- 

 nam), writer and a(ti\e in welfare 

 work, Abbott Lawrtiicc Lowell, Presi- 



dent of Harvard University, and Amy 

 Lowell, writer of free verse. Thus the 

 gifts of this family, through marriages 

 into equally gifted stocks have given 

 character during two centuries to local 

 and national life in science, art, politics 

 and a wide range of philanthropies. 



OTHER CONSPICUOUS EXAMPLES 



The Dwight-Edwards-Woolsey net- 

 work has often been cited for its con- 

 spicuous examples of scholarship, 

 brilliant exposition and signal adminis- 

 trative ability. As this family has 

 ramified into many of the great families 

 of New England, producing hundreds 

 of eminent men and women, so the 

 families of Lee, Fitz-Hugh and Ran- 

 dolph of Virginia, and Preston, Breck- 

 enridge, Payne and Porter of Kentucky 

 have ramified into other "better fami- 

 lies" to furnish names of outstanding 

 merit in the direction of our history. 



THEODORE ROOSEVELT's ANTECEDENTS 



Of the volumes that have been 

 written to establish the claim of Theo- 

 dore Roosevelt to a place among the 

 three greatest Americans, and as "the 

 greatest American of his day," little 

 has been said of his birthright to this 

 title. He is known to ha\e claimed 

 derivation from five or six strains all of 

 which were noted for their fighting 

 qualities; and it is probably not gener- 

 ally known that his forebears included 

 at least two who might be taken as 

 protot\pes of himself. These were 

 Archibald Bulloch, great-grandfather, 

 and Robert Barnwell Roosevelt. Archi- 

 bald Bulloch was goNcrnor of (leorgia 

 during the Revolution. He took an 

 active part in the patriot cause when 

 its friends were few and was a member 

 of the Continental (\mgress. When a 

 sentinel was posted at the door of the 

 Kxecutive office, he ordered him re- 

 mo\ed. saying: "I act lor a free 

 people, ill whom I ha\e entire confi- 

 dence, and wish to axoid on all occa- 

 sions, the appearance of ostentation" 

 — words which ma>' well be taken as 

 the text of the life of his distinguished 

 grand.son. 



