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was over he established the once famous mercantile 

 house of Seton, Maitland & Co. He married Miss 

 Rebecca Curzon, of Baltimore, and left issue, one 

 of his descendants being Monsignor Robert Seton, 

 D.D., Rector of St. Joseph's Church, Jersey City 

 Heights. 



EDWARD WALKER. 



Elected a member of the Society in 1843, he 

 served for twenty-seven years as Secretary, Second 

 and First Vice-Presidents, and as a member of the 

 Charitable and Executive Committees and Commit- 

 tee of Accounts. Of a social disposition and of a 

 generous nature, he was one of its most active and 

 useful members. He was Chairman of the first 

 Executive Committee under the change in the Con- 

 stitution made in 1869, and while holding that office 

 he founded the Contingent Fund, from which great 

 benefits have flowed to the beneficiaries of the So- 

 ciety. The good he did can hardly be recounted 

 within the limits of a memoir brief as this must ne- 

 cessarily be, but in perpetuating his name it is suffi- 

 cient to say that he was as generous with his purse 

 as he was indefatigable in his efforts to relieve the 

 misfortunes of others. He died in 1877 and at his 

 death the Society mourned one of its most zealous 

 and useful members. 



