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Son, Philadelphia, 1859), D. W. Belisle says : " The maternal ancestor of 

 John Adams was John Alden, a passenger in the Mayflower, and thus he 

 inherited from his parentage the title of a Son of Liberty. The last 

 words he ever uttered were, ' Independence forever ! ' " Thus it appears 

 that the Huguenot " Priscilla " was the ancestress of one of our Presi- 

 dents. 



Eaely Society in New York 



In the society which marked the early days of the Republic, In New 

 Tork, then the seat of the Continental Congress, Mrs. John Jay, wife of a 

 Huguenot descendant, was the acknowledged leader. Her talented hus- 

 band was secretary for foreign affairs. Her " Dinner and Supper list " 

 for 1787-8 contains the names of the men and women prominent in that 

 day. General Washington was among the honoured guests in that 

 hospitable mansion. Mrs. Jay was a Livingston. Early in the list are 

 the names of Colonel John Bayard, distinguished member of a Huguenot 

 family, and his wife. Other names are Alexander Hamilton, "the 

 vivacity of whose French blood would make him a welcome guest at 

 every social gathering " ; Dr. John Rodgers, Presbyterian minister, and 

 his wife, who was of the Delaware branch of the Huguenot Bayard 

 family; and Dr. Provoost, bishop of New York, a chaplain of Congress, of 

 combined Dutch and Huguenot descent. Two other names of note 

 among the Huguenots were Elias Boudinot and Daniel Huger, the latter 

 of the South Carolina family so honourably represented in the Revolution. 

 The DeLancey family was represented, as were the Izards of South 

 Carolina. Both in Congress and society the Huguenot families were at 

 the front. 



Washington And A Huguenot Maiden 



The great Washington, in his early life, was smitten, according to well 

 established tradition, by the charms of a maiden of French blood, the fair 

 Mary Philipse, who later became Mrs. Morris.. Her father's mansion, 

 still standing on Harlem Heights and known as the Jumel Mansion, was 

 Bubsequently Washington's headquarters. 



Tracing Some Obscure Lines 



It is not assumed in the case of the names here given that a French 

 ancestry is certain ; simply that there is fair reason for believing it. No 

 harm will be done if the genealogical case is not made out. 



Backus. Isaac Backus, Baptist author and minister, born Jan. 9, 1724, 

 at Norwich, Conn., died in 1806 at Titieut, Conn. Descendant in fifth 

 generation of William or Stephen Backus, who came to Norwich, Conn., 

 from Norwich, England, in 1637. Backus doubtless from Beccues, a Wal- 

 loon. DeSue Beccues was witness to a Walloon baptism in Norwich, 

 England, as the records of the Huguenot Society show. 



Deland, DeLand, Delane, Delaune. Philip Delane or Deland, probably 

 a Huguenot, came to Newbury, Mass., in 1G94. Rowland Deland, the 

 probable ancestor, is given as a member of the Walloon Church at Nor- 

 wich, England. 



