Final Meeting of Executive Committee.

BOSTON, Dec. 1, 1892.

The final meeting of the Executive Committee of the descendants of Governor Thomas Dudley, was held at the New England Historic Genealogical Society's Building, No. 18 Somerset St., Boston, Dec. 1, 1892. Mr. Dean Dudley, Chairman of the Committee presiding. The records of all previous meetings of the Committee were read and approved. The Treasurer submitted his report and it was referred to an Auditing Committee, which later reported the Treasurer's accounts correct in all particulars. The report of the Auditing Committee was accepted. It was voted that the funds held by the Treasurer of this Committee should be transferred to the Treasurer of "The Governor Thomas Dudley Family Association." It was also voted that the records and all books and papers, now in the hands of the Secretary of this Committee, should be turned over to the Secretary of said Association. The thanks of the Committee were extended, by vote, to all all who had sent family memorials and relics to the Reunion for exhibition, and to the Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer, for their services. The record of this final meeting was read and approved. The Committee then adjourned sine die.

Meetings of Board of Directors.

The first meeting of the Board of Directors of "The Governor Thomas Dudley Family Association," was held at the residence of the President, in North Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 17, 1892. This meeting proved to be a very interesting and social gathering. Various matters relating to the future of the Association were discussed and it was voted that all the money received from the Executive Committee, which organized the Reunion, should be placed on desposit and kept intact for the preservation and care of the Dudley tomb. It was also voted that the Committee authorized to publish the Report of the Reunion should make further endeavors to have Mr. Dean Dudley unite with them in the publication of said Report as per vote of the Association.

The second and last meeting of the Board of Directors, was held at the residence of Mrs. Dr. Elizabeth A. Carlton, Boston, Mass., Jan. 31st, 1893. The Publication Committee reported that efforts to secure reconciliation with Mr. Dean Dudley had proved futile and that he had refused to recognize the Committee or Association in any manner. By vote, the Publication Committee were authorized to complete the Report of the Reunion. A vote was passed declaring the office of Historian of the Association vacant.

In Memoriam.

THEODORE MITCHELL KOUES (KEOUS),
BORN AT PORTSMOUTH, New Hampshire,
JANUARY 31ST, 1811.

DIED AT No. 10 EAST 75TH STREET, NEW YORK CITY,
MAY 24TH, 1893.

"An honest man. One that loved God and never defrauded his brother."

Mr. Koues (Keous) was the eldest descendant of Governor Thomas Dudley present at the first Reunion Dinner of the Gov. Thomas Dudley Family Association, at the Revere House, Boston, on the evening of October the twenty-fifth, 1892, and is the first member of the Association to pass from the scenes of earth to those of the Heavenly Home, of whose glories he had a most remarkable vision several days before his departure, 'glories which no language is adequate to describe."

Mr. Koues' descent from Gov. Thomas Dudley is as follows:

GOV. THOMAS DUDLEY1.

REV. SAMUEL DUDLEY?, marr. 1633 at Cambridge, Mass., Mary, only daughter of John Winthrop, 1st Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony.

ANN DUDLEY, marr. Col. Edward Hilton of Exeter, New Hampshire, son of Edward Hilton of Exeter, N. H. COL. WINTHROP HILTON', marr. Jane Wilson. DEBORAH HILTON, marr. Benjamin Thyng, of Exeter, N. H. WINTHROP THYNG, marr. Judith Fowler, of Epping, N. H. DEBORAH THYNG', marr. in 1774, WILLIAM KEOUS, who was born, June 20, 1741, in the Parish of Kirkcolm, Wigtonshire (Galloway), Scotland. A graduate of Harvard University, class of 1768, afterward in 1775 a member of the Brentwood, New Hampshire, "Committee of Correspondence" and clerk of the same. (American Archives. Fourth Series. Vol. I, Page 1222.) Died in Ohio, Sept. Ist, 1814.

THEODOSIUS KEOUS, 4th son and fifth child of William Keous born April 6th, 1784, marr. Margaret Wallace Smith, of Dover, N. H., daughter of Josiah Smith and Abigail Bell, his wife.

THEODORE MITCHELL KOUES (Keous), marr. in New York City, Aug. 8th, 1838, Louisa Henderson Monroe Board, daughter of Joseph Board, Esq., and Elizabeth Bancker Board, née Leaycraft and grand-daughter of two officers of the Revolutionary War, viz:

Major David Board, of New Jersey, paymaster of the New Jersey troops during the war, and Lieutenant William Leaycraft, of Col. John Lamb's New York Regiment of Artillery. After the war Lieutenant Leaycraft was one

of the original members of the Society of the Cincinnati. His membership being now held by one of his great grandsons. Their eight children were:

LOUISE WINTHROP KOUES (Keous), unm.

HELEN KOUES, marr. Geo. Nelson Reynolds, son of Nelson Bradford Reynolds, Esq., of Lewiston, Maine. A lineal descendant of Governor Bradford, of the Plymouth, Mass., Colony.

THEODORE LEACRAFT KOUES10, died aged five years and eight months.

ELIZABETH LEAYCRAFT KOUES10, unm.

WILLIAM HENDERSON KOUES1o, died aged eleven months. GEORGE ELLSWORTH KOUES10, marr., January 3rd, 1878, at Elizabeth, N. J., Mary Parmly Toby, only daughter of Simeon Toby, Esq., of New Orleans, La., and Lavinia Parmly, his wife.

FRANK BLEECKER KOUES, marr._January_2nd, 1889, Jennie, daughter of Robert Burgess, Esq., of Rutherford, N. J. MARY MACAULAY KOUES10, marr. January 8th, 1878, at Kearney, N. J., Thomas Toby, eldest son of Simeon Toby, Esq., of New Orleans, La.

Mr. Koues' long life was crowded with varied and interesting experiences. Until past middle age he was actively engaged in a business with large interests, and had intimate relations and friendships with many leading men of affairs of his time. North and south, east and west of his own country were all familiar to him, as at different periods of his life he had lived in the several sections, and studied closely the differing phases of American development. He also made several extended visits to Mexico and became a great admirer of the better class of Mexicans; and later a trip to England gave him the great pleasure of seeing English people in their own homes. Mr. Koues, by nature, belonged to that choice minority of high-tuned souls, "Seekers after Truth," that are ever widening, extending, their mental and spiritual horizon and who know within themselves that " one and God are a majority."

In sentiment and principle, he was staunchly and truly American, but his sympathies were world-wide, bounded only by the brotherhood of man and the many lands in which men live under various aspects and conditions. Such a life and character can lead to but one sort of old age. Mr. Koues outlived nearly all his early associates and in his later years he gradually withdrew from active pursuits, and became largely a looker on, always a keenly interested and appreciative one at the quickly shifting scenes of the great panorama of the world.

His family and a small circle of intimate and congenial friends were his dear companions and, a student to the last, his books and papers filled many a quiet hour.

All subjects at home or abroad interested him and he kept himself thoroughly abreast of the questions of the day. He grew old most gracefully, the quiet geniality of his nature seeming to ripen with each added year. His well-stored mind, and