Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. TO gather up what may be found ofthe true and almost romantic history of this little company of 200 years ago, has been with me a labor of love, and a work of absorbing interest. But little would I have found if the men of that day had not kept public records In Church and State, with some measure of care, and if my only 110-1 source had been the materials preserved by a pious reverence for ancestry. A.