cated with any other Disease, we have never found to be contagious.

From the great Number that have dyed, we are certain the same Thing has happened in the other Vessels, that is, the People have become sick since we visited them, or that the sick have been wickedly conceal'd from us, and indeed we have now no Room to doubt the latter, for we are inform'd that one of the Ships lay below on Pretence of being aground, but that she was kept back only to have time to take out the Sick.

Our Fellow Citizens are under great Apprehensions of some infectious Disease, being communicated to them from the Hallifax, and we are sincerely concerned there has been so much Cause for their Fears: We are notwithstanding, conscious of having done our Duty faithfully in that Affair, according to the best of our Knowledge: We used our utmost Endeavours to inform ourselves of the Number lost, and of the Nature of the Diseases of which they had dyed on board the said Ship, and after comparing the Condition she had been and was then in, for ought we know with that of many others, which had for 10 Years past been admitted up to the City, without communicating any contagious Diseases to the Inhabitants, we were under no Apprehensions of any particular Injury from her, and after a re-examination of her, & the People on board, we have not had any Reason to change our Opinion, there having nothing happened from her, but what has happened from the healthiest Ships. We do not pretend to say there was no malignant infectious Cause in this or any other of the Ships, we can only say, if there has been any such, it has evaded our most diligent Enquiry. We can judge by no other Rules but the Histories of the Previous Disorders and the present Appearance of the People, whether their Diseases are contagious or not, that is, whether they may be communicated from distempered to sound Bodies: we are sensible, that several Persons who have been

long on board Palatine Ships, have contracted Fevers, from Breathing and imbibing an unwholsome Air, this it does not require the Skill of a Physician to foresee, nor is it our Duty to prevent, but as no Person on Shore, within our Knowledge, has contracted Diseases from the Palatines themselves, (unless where many of the sick have been kept together,) nor no Person who was taken ill, after being on board the Ships, have communicated their Fevers to others, we hope we have not been mistaken, in the Nature of these Diseases.

We cannot conclude this Representation without saying, that our Case is really hard, since a Security from contagious Diseases is expected from us, and the Legislature has not made the necessary Regulations to prevent malignant Diseases being generated by these People, after they come into Port, where there is much more Danger of it than at Sea.

November 16th 1754.

THO: GRAEME.

THOMAS BOND.

GENEALOGICAL NOTES

REGARDING

THE

FAMILY OF GLEN, OR GLENN.

BY THOMAS ALLEN GLENN.

[No excuse, perhaps, is necessary for preserving here these notes in connection with a surname borne by over forty of those who arrived in the colonies from the earliest times to about the commencement of the Revolution. With the exception of two, these adventurers were kinsmen, and at least fifteen of them settled in Pennsylvania. In Scotland and Ulster, at the present day, however, the surname is somewhat uncommon, and those bearing it, for the most part, stand high in the communities to which they belong. This family was represented in the Darien expedition, with the first Dutch on the Delaware, and in the French and Indian Wars. General Forbes claimed near kinship with the Linlithgow branch. Some fifty of the name served, mostly as privates, and not with especial distinction, during the Revolution. The civil roll includes one Royal Governor, and two Governors of States. The information following is necessarily condensed; but it may prove of interest to descendants, and corrects some errors.]

At the close of the 13th century we find three families bearing the surname of Glen; two in Scotland, the other in England.

The English Glens, (Leicestershire) came, doubtless, from Nanancort, Balliwick of Quency, Normandy, where the name occurs 1170, and later.1 It is claimed, however, that this family assumed the surname from Glen Magna. If so, individuals returned to Normandy in the service of the de Quencys, their lords.

In Leicestershire, 45 Hen. III., Galfridus de Glen and Winarch his wife are mentioned.2 Walter de Glen, clericus, and Alan his brother appear 54 Hen. III.3 On 18 July, 10 Edw. I., a commission of oyer and terminer was granted Nicholas de Stapleton on complaint that Adam, son of Geoffrey de Glen, and others, had broken

1 Rot. Norm.

Ex. E. Rot. Fin., ii., 346. 'Ibid., ii., 512.

into his house at Newton Harecourt, at night; and, 20 Edw. III., John de Glen held lands in Humberston." A John de Glen was in Sitheston, 33 Hen. VI. Other references occur; but after the reign of Edward III. the house declined, descendants sinking to mere husbandmen. The name, now usually written Glenn, remains in Leicestershire." Branches settled in Derbyshire, Rutlandshire, London, and elsewhere. One Richard de Glenfield held lands in Glen Parva, 20 Edw. III., and in 32d of same was lord of that manor. The arms of Glenfield and those of Glen of Leicestershire, are similar.10 Thomas Glen, or Glenn, or Glean, in Philadelphia, 1684, was of this line probably from near Sproxton; and Nicholas Glen, a descendant, I believe, of the Rutland branch, was soon after in Maryland.

GLEN OF SCOTLAND.

Neither of the families of Glen of Scotland bore that surname before being seized of lands from which they assumed it; nor were they kinsmen.

A history of Scottish Parishes states that "The Glen," in Traquair, Peebles, gave its name to its ancient owners. This estate comprises an extensive glen, from whence its appelation, and in which stood the stronghold of its lords.11 Before 24 Edw. I. "The Glen" belonged to Duncan de le Glen,12 who died prior to 3 Sept. of that year, when his widow, Sara, subscribed allegiance. Duncan was the first of his race to be so called. The family was Celtic, Colban son of Duncan, under the

'Cal. Pat. Rolls, i., 47.

"Burton's "Leicestershire."

Inq. P. M., William Lovell, 33 Hen. VI.

"A very respectable branch of this family has long resided at Sproxton.

The name is found in Duffield and neighbouring parish registers. The Rutland branch, assuming arms, was disclaimed by the heralds.

• Burton.

10 Ibid.

11 Orig. Paroc. Scot., i., 44.

12 Rot. Scot., i., 26.

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designation of Colban de Glen, with Annabella his spouse, had a grant from Robt. I. of Quilts, Peebleshire (adjacent to "The Glen"), for payment of 20s. 8d yearly, half the service of a bowman in the King's army, and one suit yearly at the court of Peebles.13 After 1329, Symon de Peebles, with consent of Andrew de Moray, Warden of the Kingdom, granted Henry de Douglass his lands of Quylt (Quilts) which he had as heir to his sister Anabella, who had been enfeoffed there by King Robert. This grant (undated), confirmed 1368,14 proves that Colban died without issue; which is the last we hear of this family. What became of "The Glen," is not clear; but Gilbert Cokburn, Thomas Middlemarch, and Stewart of Traquair held it 1479-1488.15 Colban, who was living 1329, held some appointment at Court, and the Queen left him a legacy.16

The second Scots family of Glen assumed that surname from the lordship of Glen, Renfrewshire, so called from a vale in Lochwinnoc, out of which flows the Black Cart Water. This lordship, comprising Bar, Brigend, Lynthills, Gaytflat, and other lands, was granted by David I. to Walter the Steward. The first lords, therefore, were the Stewards, holding of the King in capite, who, by subinfeodation, parcelled the lands among their retainers. Thus, in the grant of Pete Auchingowan in Lochwinnoc to the convent of Dalmunlin, on the Waters of Air, about the beginning of the 13th century, the pasture is described as "by the same bounds which Alexander the son of Hugh held the land of the Steward." 18

Lord Richard de le Glen, before 12 Nov., 20 Edw. I. (1292), under the designation of Richard de le Glen dño de le Glen et nam in Dño, holding this lordship of the

13 Mun. Vet. Com. de Mortoun, 27, 28; Robertson, 23.

14 Ibid, 66, 67.

15 Orig. Paroc. Scot., i., 44.

16 Rot. Scac. Reg. Scot., i., 169, &c.

17 Retours.

18 Orig. Paroc. Scot., i., 95.