As Col. Moore and wife died in 1813 and 14 and no member of his family had ever returned to Phila. one can read between the lines that the Moore family after living in affluence preferred the severing of family and social ties, and a life among strangers to meeting in the walks of daily life those who had known Col. Moore and wife in more prosperous times. In 1865 his brother David Moore wrote "James made an assignment of debts and land to discharge this balance and they are amply sufficent" but we see James Moore ceased to "live, move, or have a being" as far as kindred and friends were concerned, so no one of the family could furnish clues to the Court concerning the heirs of James Moore. This sum of $1,327.23, was invested and reinvested by the receiver, until in 1891 it amounted to over $18,000.00, From 1842 to 1890 the fund was in the custody of the Girard Life Ins. Annuity and Trust Co., of Philadelphia. In 1891 the Supreme Court appoint S. D. Davis, Auditor to report a scheme of distribution of the funds. The Auditor published a notice in certain papers, and as a result claimants sprang up from the four corners of the earth. The unusual character of this case was noticed in the papers. One paper happened to catch the eye of Mrs. Crane of Texas, Col Moore's grand daughter who wrote offering proofs, etc. The evidence submitted to the Auditor was so precise that the claims of the descendants were admitted and there were for net distribution $15.759.17.

TOWLES' BIBLE RECORD. Thomas Towles and Margaret D[elany] Moore, eldest daughter of Col. James Moore, married at Northumberland House, by the Rev. Duncan McNaughton, on Thursday, Oct. 1st, 1807. BIRTHS.

James Moore Towles, first born son of Thomas Towles, and Margaret D., his wife, Nov. 1st, 1808.

Henry Martin their second son, Nov. 25th, 1810.

Thomas, their third son, Jan. 23, 1813. Henry, their fourth son, July 18, 1815. Sally, their first daughter, May 16, 1817.

Margaret Delany, their second daughter, Feb'y 3, 1820.

Daniel Sharp, their fifth son, Nov. 21, 1822. DEATHS.

Henry Martin 2nd son of Thomas Towles, Sept. 5, 1814.

Henry the fourth son, Oct. 15, 1815. Thomas Towles, third son d Thomas Towles (sen) died April 5th, 1822, aged 37 years, 6 months.

Note. Both Thomas Towles and wife Margaret D. Moore are buried in the same grave yard with Col. Moore.

[Note: Mrs. Fisher describes the old cemetery as a mass of underbrush which required extensive cutting before access was possible; and that, amongst the mass of broken stones; there remain but those of Col. and Mrs. Moore, and of Thomas and Mrs. Towles.

It seems desirable for the descendants of Col. Moore to have the Government Revolutionary marker placed over the grave, and the cemetery should be cleaned and protected-Ed. | ABRAHAM HOW, OF WATERTOWN AND MARLBOROUGH, MASS.

By Gilman Biglow Howe, Washington

D. C.

Abraham How was one of the earliest settlers of Marlborough, Mass., his name appearing as one of the Proprietors. of that town in 1660. He seems to have lived in Watertown, a few years prior to coming to Marlborough. He married, May 6, 1657, Hannah Ward daughter of William Ward who also was one of the Proprietors of Marlborough. Bond's Watertown supposes him to be identical with Abraham of Roxbury, but this the records show to be wrong. Hudson in his Hist. of Marlborough, makes the same error; the first three children were born prior to coming to Marlborough, the second and third being recorded in Watertown, and we presume that Daniel, the eldest, was born in that town. It is not known when nor where the father was born, family tradition has said that he came from Devonshire, Eng. The only clue we have that he had any relatives in this country, is in his will, where he mentions John Barns senr. as "my loving kinsman" but it gives us no light as to the place of birth. He was a prominent man in the new town. According to Savage, in 1694 he kept the Inn, at which the Commissioners of Massachusetts (to treat with the Mohawks,) lodged the first night of their journey. He died Jan. 30, 1695, and his widow, Nov. 3. 1717, aged 78.

WILL OF ABRAHAM HOW.

I Abraham How of Marlburrough, in the County of Middlesex, in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay, in New England, Farmer, being of intire understanding, but sensible of my approaching death, by reason of my great age, do make and ordain my last Will and Testament in manner and form following, viz. After the resignation of myself unto my most merciful God, on whose trust and richest grace, I hope for a part in the glory of the third heaven.

I give and bequeath unto Hannah my loving wife to be to her use and at her disposal and her own property, all my monies and household stuff, particularly my furnates together with all Sheep Swine and Neat Cattle which I have, except one pair of Steers and one Cow, likewise my said wife shall have to her own use (during her natural life) which of the Two first rooms she shall choose at either end of my new dwelling house together with the free use of the Ovens and Cellar of my said house, as she shall need, and all rent free.

Item, I give unto Hannah my wife and to her heirs and assigns forever, all my right and claim unto all uplands meadows and swamps, lying in the Six Thousands Acres of land lately purchased of the Indians, situated Northward of and near to Marlburroughe aforesaid.

To my Eldest son Daniel How, I give and bequeath all my now dwelling house and out houses, and all those acres of my Houselot or Homestead adjoining to my said House which are yet undisposed of together with my whole Town right in Marlburrough aforesaid for Firewood, Timber and food of Cattle, proportionately unto the five and twenty acres of my houselot granted me by the Proprietors of said Marlburrough.

Item, I give unto my said son Daniel all the Meadows now belonging unto my said house lot, as the said meadows are now devided and distinguished betwixt my said son Daniel and my son Abraham How, and I give my said son Daniel How all my right unto a third Division of Upland in said Marlburrough consisting of fifty acres more or less not yet laid out, together with all my right which or ought to have in any division or divisions of land which Shall hereafter be

made by the Proprietors of said Marlburrough, in the lands as yet undevided According to the full proportion of my house lot of five and twenty acres all those forementioned houses land and rights which I have given and bequeathed unto my said son Daniel How, shall be to himself and to his heirs and assigns forever.

Item, I give my said son Daniel How all my Tacklings and Utensils for Weaving; And my Will is that my said son Daniel How shall well and carefully maintain Hannah my wife his mother immediately after my death with all neces saries and conveniences at his own proper charge for her comfort both in sickness and in health, during the natural life of his said mother the said Daniel keeping or causing to be kept one milch cow, for her use and long as his said mother shall desire the same.

To my Son Joseph How and to his heirs and assigns forever I have already given as his portion in full from mee a certain messuagely next adjoining to my said houselot in Marlburrough the said messuage containing Eighteen acres of land more or less in on entire piece Northward from my now dwelling house together with one dwelling house thereupon situated as more fully appears in a deed of Gift by mee given to said son Joseph How dated the twenty-third day of May in the year of our Lord One thousand six hundred ninety four.

To my son Abraham How I have already given Eleven Pounds toward his purchasing the messuage forementioned of his brother Joseph How, and I give my said son Abraham How Twenty Nine pounds more in money toward the completment of the said purchas,

Item, To my said son Abraham I be queath the two Steers and the Cow above in this my will excepted from the rest of my Cattle Also I bequeath unto my said son Abraham all my furnisher and instruments for Husbandry, which I have not yet disposed of, But my nineteen Iron rings to ty up Cattle with, all I give unto my abovesaid son Daniel,

Item, to my said son Abraham I give my Musquet and my Sword. By my fowling gun shall be at the disposal of my wife, and my will is that my said son Abraham How shall pay or cause to be

paid unto Hannah my wife, his mother during her natural life Twenty shillings money, a year from year to year,

To each of my five daughters already married I give forty shillings and no more because they have already had of mee the Bulk of their portions viz: Mary wife of John Bouker, Hannah wife of Eleazer How, Elizabeth wife of Samuel Brigham, Deborah wife of John Barrett, Jr., Rebecca wife of Peter Rice, The said forty shillings shall be paid unto each of my now married daughters here named in such household goods as my wife shall be best able to spare, within one year after my decease, Unto my two other daughters namely: Sarah How and Abigail How I give portions which shall be for kinds and quantity equa! unto two of their forenamed sisters,

I Appoint Hannah my loving wife Executrix, and my son Daniel How Executor of this my last Will and Testament, And I desire my loving brother in law Capt. Henry Kerley and my loving Kinsman John Barns senr., to be the Overseers of this my Will.

Witness my hand and Seal this twenty fourth day of May in the year of our Lord Christ One thousand six hundred ninety and four Anno Quinto Regni Regis and Regina Super Anglian Guilielmi and Maria.

ABRAHAM HOW (Seal).

Read Signed and Sealed in presence of these witnesses:

THOMAS RICE, (illegible)

John Barns

CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM AND HANNAH (WARD) HOW:

I. Daniel, b.

1658; m. Oct. 6, 1688, Elizabeth Kerley, dau. of Capt. Henry and Elizabeth (White) Kerley. II. Mary, b. June 30, 1659; m. Feb. 8, 1678, John Bowker, probably a son of Edmund Bowker, of Sudbury, Mass.

III. Joseph, b. April 9, 1661 m. Dec.

29, 1687, Dorothy Martin, dau. of Thomas and Joanna Martin. IV. Hannah, b. Nov. 9, 1663; m. Nov., 1684, Eleazer How, son of John and Mary How.

V. Elizabeth, b. April 5, 1665; m. -, 1683, Samuel Brigham, son of Thomas and Mercy (Hurd) Brigham.

VI. Deborah, b. March 1, 1667; m. 1687, John Barrett, son of John and Mary (Pond) Barrett. VII. Rebecca, b. Feb. 4, 1668; m.

1688, Peter Rice, son of Thomas and Mary (King) Rice. VIII. Abraham, b. Oct. 8. 1670: m. Nov. 14, 1695, Mary How.

IX. Sarah, b. Dec. 20, 1672; m. Nov.
14, 1695, Joseph Stratton, son of
John and Elizabeth
Elizabeth (Traine)
Stratton.

X. Abigail, b. March 4, 1675; d.
April 17, 1697, unm.

ACCESSIONS TO THE LIBRARY.

By Miss Cora C. Curry, Librarian.* *Donations not acknowledged and published should be called to the attention of the Librarian. All should be addressed to Miss Cora C. Curry, 1020 Monroe St., N. W., Washington, D. C.

History of Linlithgow, Scotland, the Town and the Palace, George Waldie. 1889; gift of Mrs. Annie W. Fox, who also presented the History of King and Queen County, Virginia, by Rev. Alfred Bagby, 1908.

City of Boston, Records of the Selectmen, 1736-1742, being Document No. 871886, Report of the Record Commissioners; gift of Mrs. Marion Longfellow, 1916.

Obituary Record of Yale Graduates, for 1916-1917; presented by Prof. Edwin Rogers Embree, Alumni Registrar.

Liberty Bell, 25th Anniversary Celebration number; 32 pages instead of the usual 12 is full of good things, brief and pointed, the history of the Society, its various homes, its members, its library, its methods of work and plans for growth. Propaganda, Spies, Alien enemies, Secret codes, U. S. Intelligence Service are among the timely services shown as duties of patriots of today.

The Lambert Family of Salem, Massachusetts; gift of the compiler, Henry W. Belknap (1918), with leaflet of additions and corrections, a reprint from the Historical Collections of the Essex Institute decendants of Michael Lambert of Salem in 1637, and of Lynn in 1647; of Richard Lambert of Salem in 1636; of John Lambert of Lynn or of

John Lambert of Salem fisherman b. in England 1629, who came to America. prior to 1665. Will be appreciated by the intermarried families, as well as by those of the Lambert name.

Celebration of the 150th anniversary of the First Settlement of Nelson, New Hampshire, 1767-1917, contains Names and Records of Pioneer Settlers of Packersfield, now Nelson, N. H., who had part in the War of the Revolution, 1775-1783; and also a Journal of the Expedition against Quebec, 1775-6; written by Private Ebenezer Tolman of Capt. Samuel Ward's Co., Col. Benedict Arnold's Detachment. This Journal includes a list of the killed, wounded and taken prisoners of the American troops at Quebec on the 31st December, 1775.

Grosvenor Library, Buffalo, N. Y Indexed Catalogue of books on Local History, and Genealogy (1900) and its Supplement (1903) and the catalogue of 1908.

A Biographical Sketch of Dr. Abram P. Garber, physician and botanist, by George C. Keidel, Ph. D., of the Library of Congress, includes ancestry as well as services in vestigating the flora of Florida. Also a bibliography of 45 items, noting his works and collections.

The Early Life of Prof. A. Marshall Elliott, by the same author and a Memorial, (Jan. 24, 1844-Nov. 9, 1910) of Dr. Elliott, with a resume of his interrupted work the translation and compilation of a critical edition of the Fables of Marie France, generally referred to as "Old Franch Fables,' -are three very readable papers read before the Romance Club of Johns Hopkins University by Dr. Keidel, Late Associate in Romance. Johns Hopkins. They contain family history, and are gifts of the author. In the Library of Congress is a work listed as "The Colonial History of Catonsville, Md. "It is a series of mounted newspaper clippings from the Catonsville Argus Jan. 6,-April 27. 1012: Dec. 7, 1912—April 5, 1913, by Dr. Kiedel. Members of the National Genealogical Society can render valuable service by making similar compilations of other localities.

The First Reunion of the Coursen Family Association, Valley Park, Pa., June 3, 1916, gift of Miss Maud Burr

Morris, includes various spellings of the name of this Huguenot family who came to America between 1612-1618; settled in New Netherlands and intermarried with the Dutch; and a brief history of its origin and descendants.

Seventeen publications have been received from the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, as follows:

Charter, By-laws, List of Officers, Members; Papers read before (the Soby C. Ben Johnson (1880): Manuscripts ciety 1868-1898), Sketch of the Society

of the Earl of Ashburnham; Remarks of American Newspapers Ross Memorial -William Sterling Ross (1802-1868) and Ruth Tripp Slocum Ross (1804).

Notes on the Tornado, Aug. 19, 1890, in Luzerne and Columbia Counties, Pa., with names and damage done to the inhabitants and their homes.

Massacre of Wyoming, July 3, 1778, with Acts of Congress and Petitions of the sufferers for Congressional aid. Also contains a Roll list of the town of Westmoreland, Aug. 20, 1781.

Erection of Monument of Capt. Joseph Davis, Lieut. William Jones and other of the Pa. Line killed by Indians, April 23, 1779.

History of First Presbyterian Church, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., organized 1772; Early Grist-Mills of Wyoming Valley, Pa., many of them used as forts. Lacoe Collection of Palaeozoic Fossils, in the rooms of the Society. Count Zinzendorf and the Moravian and Indian Occupancy of the Wyoming Valley, 1742-1763, by Frederick C. Johnson.

Rev. Jacob Johnson of Wallingford, Conn, and Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (17131797) His ancestors and descendants. 32 pages full of genealogical data. Compiled by F. C. Johnson, (1904). Valuable.

Sketch of Hon. Hendrick Bradley Wright, b. 1808, descendant of John Wright, emigrant of Burlington, New Jersey, 1681.

Sketch of Edmund Lovell Dana, b. 1817, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., descendant of Anderson Dana who removed from Pittstown to Wilkes-Barre in 1772.

In these two articles read before the Society, George B. Kulp has interwoven. interesting local history. (Continued.)

experienced help; inflammable, temporary and widely separated buildings and frequent shifting of records, all invite loss and destruction of valuable records of both the present generation and also. of the past. The economic losses are already experienced in the War Risk Insurance work.

Records are often stacked upon floors, in attics, cellars and garages-anywhere to make room for present emergencies. The need for immediate legislation starting a large archives building (and a temporary fire proof structure for storage) daily grows more imperative. Such relief will immediately release sixty rooms in the State, War and Navy main building alone, and all other departments will be similarly relieved.

A full realization of urgent conditions. facing the authorities should assure immediate Congressional legislation to save the federal records. Organizations and individuals should urge remedial action by this Congress.

NONCOMBATANT SERVICES. Alexander Doran, in "Survival No. 12, 784" of U. S. Pension Bureau, under date of May 14, 1833, said that, as a member of the militia of N. J. during the Revolutionary War, he was paid by his captain from a fund levied upon the Quakers who refused to do active military duty; and that other militiamen were similarly paid by their captains. This, fact, we believe, has been unknown to historians.

During the present great struggle the Quakers are maintaining a considerable body of their own members in active reconstruction work in France, through voluntarily subscribing a thousand dollars. per worker abroad. Large numbers of Friends, and of other non-conbatants, are in various ways quietly and actively showing their loyalty to the U. S. Government in these times which try men's souls, and there is no uncertainty as to their patriotism.

All true Americans can perform helpful service by promptly reporting active Hun sympathizers, wherever they may be found. The Secret Service will "do the rest."