Fall 2009 - Order of the Merovingian Dynasty

Reflecting on the Merovingian Dynasty
Merovingian Mirror
Newsletter of the Order of the Merovingian Dynasty: 448-751
www.merovingiandynasty.com
Fall 2009
Officers...
PRESIDENT GENERAL
Hardwick Smith Johnson, Jr. EdD
1ST VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL
Charles Clement Lucas, Jr., MD
2ND VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL
Charles William Neuhauser
3RD VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL
Juanita Sue Pierce Augustus
4TH VICE PRESIDENT GENERAL
John Hallberg Jones
GENEALOGIST GENERAL
Timothy Field Beard, FASG
REGISTRAR GENERAL
Tracy Ashley Crocker
WEBMASTER
Tracy Ashley Crocker
SECRETARY GENERAL
Linda Corinne Mistler, PhD
ASST. SECRETARY GENERAL
Bromme Hampton Cole
CHAPLAIN GENERAL
The Rev. Dr. Albert Clinton Walling II
TREASURER GENERAL
Barry Christopher Howard
ASST. TREASURER GENERAL
Catherine McCreary Strauch
ARCHIVIST GENERAL
John Mauk Hilliard
CURATOR GENERAL
Brantley Carter Bolling Knowles
CHANCELLOR GENERAL
Sutherland McColley
SURGEON GENERAL
George James Hill, MD, DLitt
COUNSELOR GENERAL
J. Michael Phelps, Esq.
ADVISORY COUNCIL
Caroline Bowen
Grace Fisher DeuPree
Philip Robert Livingston
Brian R. Owens
Shari Kelley Worrell
IMPERATOR-PRINCEPS EMERITUS
Richard Alan Gregory
Volume 2, Issue 1
Greetings from the President General...
Dear Members,
As newly elected
President General I
would like to thank
you
for
the
privilege of serving
the Order for the
2009 – 2011 term,
and pledge to you
my best effort on
behalf of the Order.
During the next two
years my focus will
include increasing
membership,
establishing and
building the OMD
scholarship fund, stabilizing the Order’s
finances, and streamlining administrative and
organizational procedures.
In this, the first issue of the “Merovingian
Mirror,” to be published during my
administration, you will find important
information about the Order, its members, and
its activities. It is anticipated that two issues
of the newsletter will be published yearly. In
the interest of promoting good ecological and
economical practice, the newsletter will be
circulated via email rather than in print form.
It will also be posted on the Order’s website.
Please advise the Order’s Secretary General
and Registrar General if you change your
email address. I urge you to also visit the
Order’s website on a regular basis as it
contains the most current information about
the Order including meetings, insignia,
certificates and previous issues of the
newsletter. Tracy Crocker is the webmaster.
The address is www.merovingiandynasty.com
Your Executive Board has been busy with
several important issues relative to the good of
the Order. Details of some of these are
reported in this issue of the newsletter while
others will appear on the website, in future
issues of the “Merovingian Mirror,” or both at
the appropriate time. A full report of all
business issues and activities will be reported at
the Annual Meeting.
An updated Membership Roster will be
compiled and printed prior to our April 2010
Annual Meeting. Please advise Dr. Linda
Mistler, Secretary General, of any address
changes.
Plans for the 2010 Annual Meeting have been
finalized and you will find the details in this
issue of the newsletter. Make plans now to
attend. I look forward to greeting each of you
at the Annual Meeting.
Sincerely,
Hardwick Smith Johnson, Jr., EdD
President General
Mark Your Calendars…
The 2010 Annual Meeting of the Order of the
Merovingian Dynasty will be a luncheon at the
City Tavern Club in Washington, DC
(Georgetown) on Wednesday, April 14, 2010.
The Council will meet at 11:00 a.m. and the
Annual Meeting/Luncheon will follow. The
speaker will be Dr. C. Brian Rose. We will
award our first OMD scholarship as a part of
the meeting. Please reserve the date. Mark
your calendar now. More information will
follow in the Spring.
Table of Contents…
Scholarship Fund Established……………. 2
Note from the Registrar General………….. 2
New Members……………………………. 2
Directory Changes Contact Info………….. 2
In Memoriam……………………………... 3
Allan Cooper Dell, Jr. Obituary…………… 3
Miscellaneous Information……………….. 3
Memories from the 2009 Annual Meeting… 4-5
Minutes of Annual Meeting………………. 6-7
Dr. C. Brian Rose Bio……………………… 7
Proposal for Membership Form……………. 8
Insignia Order Form………………………. 9
Scholarship Fund Established...
A Note from the Registrar General…
Due to the generosity of member, Dianne Robinson and her gift
of $25,000.00 in bonds, the OMD Scholarship Fund is now a
firmly established reality. The scholarship fund will be
named the Cornelia “Nellie” Smith Isenhour Memorial
Scholarship Fund, in memory of Dianne's grandmother. Mrs.
Isenhour's father died when she was 6 months old and her
Mother remarried when she was two. She never knew much
about her Smith family and she was always curious about them.
Dianne reports that her grandmother "would be very pleased and
very overwhelmed that I have traced them to the Merovingian
Dynasty."
The lineages of Merovee (Merovech), founder of the
Merovingian Dynasty, from Charlemagne and Hildegard can be
found in the book Order of the Crown of Charlemagne in the
United States: Verified Lineages to Gateway Ancestors that
have Proven Pedigrees to Charlemagne. The book is available
for $75, which includes a 150 lineages of Gateway Ancestors
and companion-searchable data base CD with proofs.
Please contact Tracy Crocker for further information at:
Tracy Ashley Crocker
OMD Registrar General
14115 41st Avenue North
Plymouth, MN 55446-3824
registrar@merovingiandynasty.com
The OMD Board unanimously voted to award an initial annual
scholarship in the amount of $1,000 to a suitable student of
history related to the medieval or earlier period. The scholarship
committee, of which Dianne is a permanent member, will work
closely together to establish criteria for the award. We are
indebted to Dianne and her forward thinking spirit of
generosity. Members of the OMD are encouraged to make
contributions in any amount to the fund to help build the corpus
from which annual awards will be made.
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New Members…
We welcome the following new members who have joined our
organization since the 2008 Directory:
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#139
#140
#141
#142
#143
#144
#145
#146
#147
#148
#149
#150
#151
#152
#153
#154
#155
#156
Silent Auction...
Member Dianne Robinson has generously secured and donated
three items of jewelry for a Silent Auction to be held during the
2010 Annual Meeting to benefit the OMD Scholarship Fund.
Two of the three items are shown below. The third item is
a man’s sport watch donated by Prince’s Jeweler’s of
Vienna, VA.
Ms. Cecelia Maxwell Hale
Mrs. Nancy Ann Davis
Ms. Cornelia Wendell Bush
Dr. Robert Armstead Naud
Mrs. Mary Carolyn Austin
Mrs. Kathy Gayle Wells
Ms. Dianne Robinson
Mrs. Anne Standish Brandt
Mr. Richard Harley Calendine
Carter Branham Snow Furr, Esq
Thomas R. Moore, Esq
Dr. Wallace Harden Smith II
D. Kerry Crenshaw, Esq
Mrs. Mary Ellen Wright
Mr. Lewis Stetson Allen
Mrs. Vernette Snyder Nichols
Mrs. Anna Boykin Ferguson Duff
Mr. Thomas George Schafer
Mr. John Luther Boyter III
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14 K yellow gold Knot Style cufflink with lever back.
Donor is a friend of OMD. Cufflinks never worn.
Value $800.00
Direcctory Changes…
Please notify the Secretary General and the Registrar General of
any changes:
Linda Corinne Mistler, MD
OMD Secretary General
20707 Ruhl Rd.
Freeland, MD 21053-9710
lmistler@prodigy.net
Tracy Ashley Crocker
OMD Registrar General
14115 41st Avenue North
Plymouth, MN 55446-3824
registrar@merovingiandynasty.com
David Yurman 10mm silver and 14K gold bazel with
pearl tips and 10 like stones. The bracelet is from the
Nieman Marcus’ RENAISSANCE COLLECTION.
Value $1875.00
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Mr. Dell is survived by his sisters Diana Ezell and her husband
Charles, Marjorie 'Mimi' Delaney and her husband Timothy and
his sister-in-law, Jaqueline 'Jackie' Jones and her husband Tony
Lewis Putnam. He is also survived by his nieces and nephews
Whitney, Hillary and Cotesworth Delaney and
Christopher,
Andrew and Hunter Geiss, and a host of devoted friends.
In Memoriam…
“For this God is our God for ever and ever; he will be our
guide even unto death”
Psalms 48:14
Mr. Dell, an accomplished equestrian, loved the country life and
enjoyed extensive travel throughout the United States and
England. He had a keen interest in ancestry and was involved in
a vast array of historical societies, but his favorite pasttime was
sharing these moments with his son, Cooper, and wife, Woozie,
weaving together the fabric of their loving family.
'Pause, friend, and strip from out your heart All vanity, all
bitterness, all hate: Quench, for this hour, the fever of your fears.
Then, treading softly, pass within this gate. There, where the
ancient trees wait, hushed and dim, May you find God, and walk
awhile with him!
Pearl Hiatt, 'Inscription for a Garden Gate'
#122-ALLAN COOPER DELL, JR.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made to
the Allan Cooper Dell Memorial Fund, c/o Myers Park Band
Boosters, P.O. Box 11891, Charlotte, NC 28220. A service to
celebrate Allan Cooper Dell's life will be held at 1:00 PM
Wednesday, August 5th, 2009, at Myers Park Presbyterian
Church. The family will receive friends Tuesday evening from
6:30 until 8:30 PM at Hankins & Whittington, 1111 East Blvd.,
Charlotte.
Mr. Dell, of Charlotte, died unexpectedly Friday, July 31st,
2009. Born on April 22, 1957, Mr. Dell was the son of the late
Jean Edrington Dell and Allan Cooper Dell, senior. He is
survived by his wife, Susan 'Woozie' Dell, and son, Allan
Cooper Dell, III, of the home.
Mr. Dell is a graduate of Charlotte Latin School, the University
of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and earned a B.S. in Interior
Design from the O'More College of Design with a major in
Historic Preservation. In addition, Mr. Dell studied at the
Parson's School of Design in England, the Institute of Classical
Architecture of Great Britain, and took extensive coursework
through the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. An Allied
Member of the Society of Interior Designers, Mr. Dell was a
highly respected designer among his peers and known for his
generosity and eagerness to mentor and share best practices.
The recipient of many design awards, Mr. Dell worked
diligently to create interiors that were at first glance exuberant
and elegant, but above all else, loved and used by his clients.
While he designed many residential interiors in Charlotte, his
work was recognized throughout the Southeast serving a wide
range of clients all along the Eastern Seaboard. Mr. Dell was
known for his thorough and accurate research and understanding of materials, textiles, architecture, antiques and art. An avid
student, Mr. Dell studied history, architecture, and art
extensively and incorporated his wide knowledge into his work
and his life.
Arrangements were in the care of Hankins & Whittington
Funeral Service. Please share condolences online at:
www.hankinswhittington.com.
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Miscellaneous Information...
The President General solicits your input and welcomes your
suggestions, constructive criticism and recommendations. Please
feel free to contact him via his email address or by telephone.
PRESIDENT GENERAL
Hardwick Smith Johnson, Jr., EdD
(404) 766-9392
hsjohnson30222@yahoo.com
ORDER OF THE MEROVINGIAN DYNASTY’S
REGISTERED AGENT:
Jack McQuerk
312 West Fourth Street
Carson City, NV 89703
Mr. Dell was an active member at Myers Park Presbyterian
Church, and served as a Deacon, a Sunday School teacher, and
a member of many committees. Mr. Dell was a devoted
Christian with a deep faith, a love for all mankind and a
commitment to make the world a better place. He delighted his
friends and family with his quick wit, his friendly smile, and
his willingness to help others.
Any corrections for the newsletter, please contact:
MEROVINGIAN MIRROR EDITOR:
Shari Kelley Worrell
269 Bluff Ct.
Lake Barrington, IL 60010-7312
(847) 277-0268
shariworrell@aol.com
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Memories of Washington, D.C.…
Doris Roth, Marlene Wilkinson
Christine Fortenberry, Gloria Harper
Tom Bird, Mary Lynne Bird
David von Nirschl, Nita Sue Augustus
Mary-Stuart Montague Price, DeEtte Nesbitt
Nicholas Ward, Charles Lucas, Tracy Crocker
Gabrielle Bielenstein, Tim Beard, Danielle Bielenstein
Alberta Baker, Lew Toulmin, Jane Power
Philip Livingston, Bob Arnold
Russell Scott, Anne Scott
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More Memories of Washington, D.C.…
Tim Field Beard, Shari Kelley Worrell,
John Mauk Hilliard, Lynn Long
The Rev. Dr. Christopher Agnew,
Elizabeth Agnew, The Rev. Dr. Albert Walling
Richard Gregory
Jim Marvin, Linda Marvin, Lee Perryman
DeEtte Nesbitt
Brantley and Peter Knowles
Patricia Kryder, Melissa Fischer, Marlene Wilkinson
Linda Mistler, Barry Howard, Charles Lucas
Mary-Stuart Montague Price
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members. Mr. Crocker has a link to the Order of the Crown of
Charlemagne. Members need to email Mr. Crocker for the
password as the link is for “members only”.
Minutes of the Fifth Annual Meeting…
The fifth Annual Meeting of the Order of the Merovingian
Dynasty was held 15 April, 2009 at the Metropolitan Club,
Washington, DC at 5:30pm. The Invocation was given by
Dr. Albert Clinton Walling, II.
Dr. Charles Clement Lucas reported that we need to have a
scholarship to qualify for 501(c)(3) status. He stated that he would
like to have a $500.00 scholarship, per year, for a student of Dr.
Brian Rose. Dr. Rose is a professor at the University of
Pennsylvania and a leading expert in medieval archeology. Dr.
Rose is President of the Archaeological Institute of America. A
motion was made by Dr. Lucas and it was seconded. Motion
passed.
Those in attendance were the following: Mr. Richard Alan
Gregory, President General; Dr. Hardwick Smith Johnson, Jr.,
First Vice President General; Dr. Charles Clement Lucas,
Second Vice President General; Mr. Timothy Field Beard,
Genealogist General; Mr. Tracy Ashley Crocker, Registrar
General and Webmaster; Mr. Barry Christopher Howard,
Treasurer General; Ms. Juanita Sue Pierce Augustus, Recording
Secretary General; Dr. Albert Clinton Walling, II, Chaplain
General; Mr. John Mauk Hilliard, Archivist General; Dr. Linda
Corrine Mistler, Curator General; Mr. J. Michael Phelps, Esq.,
Counselor General; Mr. John Hallberg Jones, Assistant
Treasurer General.
Mr. Gregory called on Mr. John Mauk Hilliard to give the
Nominating Committee Report. It was as follows:
Members of the Advisory Council in attendance were: Mrs.
Charles Lamar DeuPree, Mrs. Brantley Carter Bolling Knowles,
Mr. Russell Cecil Scott and Mr. Philip Robert Livingston. Mrs.
Joel Strauch attended as a guest.
Mr. Gregory brought greetings and welcomed all to the fifth
Annual Meeting. In Mr. Gregory’s possession was the President
General’s neck chain which had arrived in time for the meeting.
Mr. Gregory announced that the donor’s names would be
engraved on the chain and would be passed on to the next
President General of the Order.
A motion was made and seconded that the Minutes of the last
Council Meeting be approved as mailed and that they be filed.
Motion carried.
Mr. Barry Christopher Howard, Treasurer General, gave his
report. Mr. Howard reported a balance, as of April 10, 2009, of
$19,874.03. However, $8,537.43 is accounts payables that are
still outstanding. The 990 forms have been filed for 2008 and
2009. Copies attached.
President General
First Vice President General
Second Vice President General
Third Vice President General
Fourth Vice President General
Genealogist General
Registrar General/Webmaster
Treasurer General
Secretary General
Chaplain General
Archivist General
Curator General
Chancellor General
Surgeon General
Counselor General
Asst. Treasurer General
Asst. Secretary General
Hardwick Smith Johnson, Jr., Ed.D
Dr. Charles Clement Lucas
Charles William Neuhauser
Ms. Juanita Sue Pierce Augustus
John Hallberg Jones
Timothy Field Beard
Tracy Ashley Crocker
Barry Christopher Howard
Linda Corrine Mistler, PhD
Dr. Albert Clinton Walling, II
John Mauk Hilliard
Mrs. Brantley C. Bolling Knowles
Sutherland McColley
George James Hill, M.D., D. Litt
John Michael Phelps, Esq.
Mrs. Joel Strauch
Bromme Hampton Cole
Advisory Council:
Mrs. Charles Lamar DeuPree
Philip Robert Livingston
Russell Cecil Scott
Ms. Caroline Bowen
Ms. Sharyn Dianne Worrell
Mr. Brian R. Owens
Imperator-princeps emerite:
Richard Alan Gregory
Mr. John Mauk Hilliard gave a resolution that “a thank you go to
Mr. Richard Alan Gregory for his vision and his careful
stewardship of the Order”. The resolution was passed by
acclimation.
A motion was made by Mr. Timothy Field Beard and seconded
by Dr. Charles Clement Lucas that the Treasurer General’s
report by accepted. Motion carried.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at
6:00pm.
It was discussed that Mr. Howard investigate the cost of insuring
the President General’s neck chain. The amount of $20,000.00
was discussed. Mr. Howard will look into this and report at the
next meeting.
A Fragmented Account of the “Le Bal des Royals”
15 April 2009
Metropolitan Club
Washington, DC
It was also discussed that Mr. Howard differentiate between our
funds. There should be a General Fund, a Life Membership
Fund and a Scholarship Fund. Mr. Howard will adjust his
Treasurer’s report to accommodate this request.
One hundred sixty members of the Order of the Merovingian
Dynasty and the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne met for “Le
Bal des Royals” at the Metropolitan Club, Washington, DC on 15
April 2009.
Mr. Timothy Field Beard, Genealogist General, reported that
there were several papers still in the application process.
Dr. Hardwick Smith Johnson, together with Mr. Richard Alan
Gregory, called to order the first combined meeting of the Order of
Mr. Tracy Ashley Crocker, Registrar General, reported twelve
new members since our last meeting; we now have 140 active
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The Crown of Charlemagne and the Order of the Merovingian
Dynasty.
Dr. C. Brian Rose to Speak at 2010 Annual
Meeting...
The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of
America was recited and the Invocation was given by the Rev.
Dr. Christopher Agnew.
Mr. Johnson introduced the Council of the Order of the Crown of
Charlemagne and Mr. Richard Alan Gregory introduced the
Council of the Order of the Merovingian Dynasty.
Dinner was served.
Mr. John Mauk Hilliard introduced the new officers for the
OMD.
Mr. Richard Alan Gregory called for a vote of the Bylaw change.
The new Bylaw (Paragraph 2) reads as follows, with the change
in Italics.
DR. C. BRIAN ROSE
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“The initial Advisory Council will be nominated, elected and
installed at the first Annual Meeting in April, 2005 and will serve
for a period of two years. Thereafter, the members of the Advisory Council will be nominated and elected along with the officers, every two years with the exception of the President General
who shall not serve more than two consecutive terms.” Motion
passed.
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Professor of Classical Studies at University of Pennsylvania
James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology
Curator-in-Charge, Mediterranean Section, University
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Vice President, American Research Institute in Turkey
President, Archaeological Institute of America
Trustee, American Academy in Rome
Education
Ph.D. (Art History and Archaeology) Columbia University,
1987
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M.A. (Art History and Archaeology) Columbia University,
1980
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B.A. (Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology) Haverford
College, 1978
Mr. Nicholas Donnell Ward, Esq. was installed as President
General of the Order of the Crown of Charlemagne. Mr. Timothy
Field Beard installed the new officers. Mr. Ward moved that Dr.
Hardwick Smith Johnson, Jr. be given the honor of Honorary
President General of the Order. Motion passed.
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Officers and Council members of the Order of the Merovingian
Dynasty were installed by Mr. Timothy Field Beard. Outgoing
President General, Richard Alan Gregory, placed the President
General’s neck chain and jewel around the neck of newly elected
President General, Dr. Hardwick Smith Johnson, Jr.
Current excavations
Head of Post-Bronze Age excavations at Troy (since 1988)
Granicus River Valley Survey Project (recording and
mapping the Graeco-Persian tombs that dominate the area)
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Dr. Albert Clinton Walling, II, Chaplain General of the OMD,
delivered the Benediction.
Teaching and research
Mediterranean archaeology
Roman art
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The meeting was adjourned and the members enjoyed dessert and
dancing.
Recent courses
(undergraduate) (graduate) Roman Topography, the
Archaeology of Troy, Augustan Rome, and Roman
Republican sculpture, architecture, and coinage
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Respectfully submitted,
Ms. Juanita Sue Pierce Augustus
Recording Secretary
Major publications
Dynastic Commemoration and Imperial Portraiture in the
Julio-Claudian Period (1997)
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English-language editor, Studia Troica, the annual journal
of the Troy excavations
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The Order of the Merovingian Dynasty (OMD) was conceived of
and organized in September 2004 by 23 Founder Members whose
names denote leadership in the field of genealogy to honor the
heritage of the Merovingian Kings, the first of which was
Merovee who governed the Salic Franks from 448-457.
Work in progress
final publication of the architecture and architectural
decoration of the Roman houses at Troy
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Order of the Merovingian Dynasty
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PROPOSAL FOR MEMBERSHIP
6 May 2009
To the President General and Committee on membership:
The undersigned propose for membership in the Order:
Full Name: ___________________________________________
Maiden Name: ________________________________________
Address: ___________________________________________________________________
City: _________________________________________________
State: Zip: Country: _____________________________________
Tel # Email: ___________________________________________
Occupation: ___________________________________________
Who is personally known and request that a formal invitation be sent to our friend. It is understood that upon acceptance of the
invitation and payment of the fees, that lineage blanks will be sent to the prospective member on which can be recorded the requisite
genealogical data relating to lineal descent from the.
Other Personal Recommendations
(As Societies, Commissions, and Honors)
Name of Gateway Ancestor: ______________________________
Proposed by: __________________________________________
Proposed by: __________________________________________
Proposer Comments:
Please send completed Proposal for Membership to:
Tracy Ashley Crocker
OMD Registrar General
14115 41st Avenue North
Plymouth, MN 55446-3824
Or e-mail to:
registrar@merovingiandynasty.com
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