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10 THE 1910 INDEX VOLUME XXXX Philip Bevier Hasbrouck HE name of the one to whom this volume is dedicated, at once suggests a long hne of European ancestry of social rank and influence. The surname is common in northern France, about Calais, whence came Abraham Hasbrouck, a refugee, to find religious freedom in America. It was in the latter half of the seventeenth century that he, with others similarly persecuted, came to America to build for themselves homes in a land of freedom. They settled in New York state, and from then until now in the section where this pioneer Hasbrouck built his home, the name has been a prominent one among the inhabitants. That this early pioneer possessed the qualities of leadership is indicated by the fact that he was called to participate in the affairs of the government as a member of Governor Andres ' s staff. The middle name, Bevier, came to Professor Hasbrouck through his paternal ancestry, by marriage with the family of that name, made famous through Colonel Bevier, who fought with the Americans at the siege of Quebec. The early ancestry on the maternal side traces back to Louis Du Bois, the Walloon, a pioneer settler of the Wallkill valley in New York. In France and Flanders there were many noted men of this family, famous as surgeons, statesmen and historians. It was largely through the influence of Abraham Hasbrouck, of Governor Andros ' s staff, that the English crown was induced to grant lands to the early settlers of Wallkill valley. Parts of these early grants still remain in the possession of the descendants of those to whom the original allotments were made. Barnes gives us an idea of the character of the Huguenot refugees who early settled in this country, when he says of them: Their severe morality, marked charity, elegant manners and thrifty habits, made them a desirable acquisition. They brought the mul- berry and olive, and established magnificent plantations on the banks of the Cooper. They also introduced many choice varieties of pears, which still bear illustrious Huguenot names. Their descendants are eminently honorable, and have borne a proud part in the establishment of our Republic. Of seven presidents who were at the head of the Congress of Philadelphia during ihe Revolution, three were of Huguenot parentage. Such were the predominant characteristics of the people from whom the subject of this brief biographical sketch has inherited those sterling qualities of character that have made him such an efficient worker in M. A. C, for the past thirteen years. It is these