. An historical narrative of the Ely, Revell and Stacye families who were among the founders of Trenton and Burlington in the province of West Jersey 1678-1683, with the genealogy of the Ely descendants in America . lass taken out of oneof the windows of the west wing of the Hall by grandfather on which is written with a dia-mond William Eyre, Feby 26—1640. Neminem metueinnocens.^^ A VISIT TO OGSTON IN 1903. To the lover of nature, and out of door life, there is nocountry on earth perhaps more charming than rural Eng-land in spring and summer. No wonder that the earlyRomans remaine
. An historical narrative of the Ely, Revell and Stacye families who were among the founders of Trenton and Burlington in the province of West Jersey 1678-1683, with the genealogy of the Ely descendants in America . lass taken out of oneof the windows of the west wing of the Hall by grandfather on which is written with a dia-mond William Eyre, Feby 26—1640. Neminem metueinnocens.^^ A VISIT TO OGSTON IN 1903. To the lover of nature, and out of door life, there is nocountry on earth perhaps more charming than rural Eng-land in spring and summer. No wonder that the earlyRomans remained on the little Island and were fol-lowed by the Saxons, Danes and Normans. The com-bination of the balmy Gulf stream climate with the keenstimulation of the extreme northern latitude, has hadmuch to do no doubt with the amalgamation of races rep-resented in the modern Briton. On a bright morning in May in 1903 I left the train atAlfreton, Derbyshire, armed with a pocket camera, tomake a foot trip to Ogston Hall and vicinity. The brightgreen of the fields with the yellow and purple tints inthem from the buttercups and spring flowers, the invig-orating air, gave one the full inspiration of the joy REVELL EFFIGIES IN SHIRLAND CHURCH THE REVELLS OF OGSTON HALL. 105 The road to Ogston Hall winds up a steep ascent andplainly shows its centuries of age in the mossgrown rocksalong its sides out of which it was hewn during the daysof the Crusaders. As I followed the winding course of the road up thehill, past massive oaks which met overhead in a canopyof green, my thoughts naturally turned back to the dayswhen over this same well-beaten path, armed Crusaders,bearing on their shoulders the red cross of the Templars,started forth on their long journey to the Holy Land,embued with the self-sacrificing spirit of the early Chris-tian martyrs, to save the Holy City from the hands ofthe Infidels. And years after, on the return of these samewarriors bronzed and weather beaten, wha
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