returned to England, 1654. | +--------------------------+---------+ | | THOMAS LUDLOW, GABRIEL LUDLOW, m. MARTHA ... m. of Frows. Baptised at | SABAS SUTTON. Warminster, Aug. 27, 1634, | d. 1690. | +---------------------------------------+ | GABRIEL LUDLOW, of New York; born at Castle Cary, Nov. 2, 1663; arrived in New York Nov. 24, 1694; m. SARAH HANMER, April 5, 1697. Copy of the CERTIFICATE OF BAPTISM OF GABRIEL LUDLOW, of New York. “Christenings in the years 1663. “December. The first day of this moneth GABRIEL the sonne of GABRIEL LUDLOW of froome and of MARTHA his wife was christened.” Certified a true copy of an entry in the Register of Baptisms for the Parish of Castle Cary, in the county of Somerset, by 10th day of March, 1883. A. W. GRAFTON, _Vicar_. ----- Footnote 1: Smith, _Debates_, pp. 38, 39. Footnote 2: Smith, _Debates_, pp. 37, 38. Footnote 3: In his message of Oct. 25, 1861, Gov. Shorter made a report showing that the finances of the State for 1861 were in a good condition, and advised against levying a tax to pay the State’s quota of the Confederate tax. He stated that the banks had done good service to the State; that, though in time of peace they were a necessary evil, now they were a public necessity; that all the money used by the State in carrying on the war had come from the banks.—Official Records, Ser. IV, Vol. I, pp. 697–700. Footnote 4: O. R., Ser. IV, Vol. I, pp. 697–699; Acts of Gen’l. Assembly, Feb. 2, Nov. 27 and 30, and Dec. 7 and 9, 1861; Patton’s Message, Jan. 16, 1866. Footnote 5: Ordinance No. 33, amending sections 1373, 1375, 1393 of the Code, Mar. 16, 1861. Footnote 6: In 1861, two banks were chartered, two in 1862, five in 1863, and two in 1864. Several of there were savings banks. Footnote 7: Ordinance No. 18, Jan. 19, 1861; Nos. 35 and 36, Mar. 18, 1861. Footnote 8: