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Notes 181
Mr Wade is difficult of identification and could be either Captain Ferral
Wade or Matthew Wade. For Ferral see Calendar of Sir William Johnson
Manuscripts . . . in the New York State Library, comp. Richard E. Day,
(Albany, 1909), pp. 153, 163, 247, 265 and Papers of Sir William Johnson
(Albany, 1921), V, p. 618; VI, p. 677. For Matthew see Calendar of Sir
William Johnson Manuscripts, pp. 221, 438 and Papers of Sir William
Johnson, VII, p. 131. The payments can be dated, L.RL. MS 1483, fol.
243: "1767, April 13, to Mr Wade (had £1.1.0 before) £2.2.0; 55 "May
21, To Mr Wade from America (I fear thrown away) £30.0.0." From
the style of writing Captain Ferral Wade seems the more likely person.
Sir William Johnson or Johnston (1715-1774) had been appointed
Superintendent of Indian Affairs in North America in 1755, the same
year in which he was given a grant of £5000 and created baronet for his
victory against the French forces attempting to invade New York
(D.A.B.).
FOLIO 76 (1767)
Sir Wm Johnsons son and successor in the baronetcy was Sir John
Johnson (1742-1830) who was to command a regiment of loyalist
provincials ("Johnson's Greens") during the American war of independence
(G. E. C., Complete Baronetage).
one Devigny and one De Boyer: no precise identification of these
French prisoners has been found, but they were possibly prisoners for
debt. In 1759 Seeker had, through Jonas Hanway, contributed fairly
generously to the clothing of French prisoners of war, and kept a copy of
the printed proceedings of the committee.
Queens Bounty or Queen Anne's Bounty was the fund formed in 1704
to receive the first fruits and tenths confiscated to the crown in the
reformation under Henry VIII. It was used to augment the livings of
poorer Anglican clergy.
Mr Martell cannot be identified, although he was probably a recent
emigre. In 1767 M. Dumese de St. Pierre led a number of French and
German Protestants to occupy lands granted them by the government at
Cape Sable in Nova Scotia (Hirsch, Huguenots of Colonial South Carolina,
p. 42).
Duke approved my Conduct: but not very heartily. Newcastle reminded
the archbishop of the importance of keeping up his credit at
court and elsewhere (B.L. Add. MS 32,982, fol. 138: Seeker to
Newcastle, 26 May, 1767; fol. 262: Newcastle to Seeker, 9 June).