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Notes on t^t iFaftnflff ot mt Wiolt<br />

much character <strong>and</strong> expression, strongly marked features. The older gen-<br />

eration were nearly all tall <strong>and</strong> well formed." Another member <strong>of</strong> the<br />

same branch writes : "The<br />

women <strong>of</strong> the family have been distinguished<br />

for their beauty, the men for gallantry <strong>and</strong> generosity, <strong>and</strong> both for<br />

hospitality."<br />

Here end our De Wolf notes. We have been unexpectedly beguiled<br />

into a much fuller sketch than we could have anticipated, finding it a new<br />

<strong>and</strong> interesting field for the genealogist <strong>and</strong> historian. To many <strong>of</strong> the<br />

widely scattered descendants <strong>of</strong> Balthasar De Wolf <strong>of</strong> Lyme we furnish<br />

the missing link which proves their descent from him ;<br />

present the first tabular pedigree ever made <strong>of</strong> their family.<br />

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<strong>and</strong><br />

to all we

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