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McLeod " (1855). He also compiled a Greek gram- mar (1838). See memoirs of him bv Rev. John D. McLeod (New York, 1852), and "Rev. Gilbert McMaster (Philadelphia, 1852).— His son, Theophi- Ins Ada in. educator, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., 8 Oct., is 10, was graduated at the University of Pennsyl- vania in 1830, and became an assistant in the aca- demic department of that institution. In 1837 he accepted the chair of natural philosophy and chem- istry in Indiana university, and in 1852 he became professor of mathematics in Miami university, but three years later he returned to his former post. He was transferred to the chair of ancient lan- guages in 1864, and during 1859 was acting presi- dent of the university. In 1886 he withdrew from active work and was made professor emeritus. Prof. Wylie was ordained as a clergyman in the Reformed Presbyterian church in 1838, and was pastor of that church in Bloomington, Ind., in 1838-'52 and 1855-'69. He has in preparation a " History of the University of Indiana," with sketches of the faculty and graduates. — Another son, Theodore William John, clergyman, b. in Philadelphia, 3 Oct., 1818, was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania in 1836, studied the- ology, was ordained to the ministry of the Reformed Presbyterian church, and in 1838 became associate pastor with his father of the 1st church in Phila- delphia. When the latter died in 1852, the son suc- ceeded him as pastor. He was corresponding sec- retary of the board of missions of his church in 1843-'9, professor in the Reformed Presbyterian theological seminary in 1847-'51, 1854-'7, and 1859-'69, and edited the " Missionary Advocate " in 1838-'41 and the " Banner of the Covenant " in 1845-55. The University of New York gave him the degree of D. D. in 1859. Dr. Wylie is the au- thor of an •' English, Latin, and Greek Vocabulary " (Philadelphia, 1839); " The God of our Fathers" (1854) ; and " Washington as a Christian " (1862).

WYLLY, William, jurist, b. in a southern state in 1757; d. in Devonshire, England, in 1828. He adhered to the crown in the Revolution, and, re- moving to New Brunswick, became the first king's counsel and registrar of the court of vice-admi- ralty in that province. In 1787 he went with his family to the Bahama islands, where, in 1788, he was appointed solicitor-general and surrogate of the court of vice-admiralty. In 1804 he was appoint- ed advocate-general of the vice-admiralty court, in 1812 he became chief justice, and in 1822 chief justice of the island of St. Vincent.

WYLLYS, George, governor of Connecticut, b. in Fennv Compton. Warwick, England, about 1570 ; d. 'in Hartford, Conn., 9 March, 1645. He was liberally educated, and after a course at one of the English universities settled on his large es- tate in Knapton, Warwick. He ardently espoused the cause of the Puritans, and in 1636 sent his steward. William Gibbons, with twenty men, " to purchase and prepare for him in Hartford, Conn., an estate suitable to his rank," on which Gibbons was directed to build a house, and prepare for the reception of his master's family. Wyilys arrived in 1638, and at once became an important mem- ber of the colony. He was a f ramer of the con- stitution in 1639, and at the first election that was held under it was chosen one of the six magistrates of Connecticut, holding office until his death. He was chosen deputy governor in 1641, and gov- ernor in 1642. Gov. Wyilys was famed for his social and domestic virtues, his simplicity of man- ners, and his love for civil and religious liberty. — His son, Samuel, magistrate, b. in Warwick, Eng- land, in 1632 ; d. in Hartford, Conn., 30 May, 1709, came to this country with his father in 1638, was graduated at Harvard in 1653, and in 1654 was elected one of the magistrates of Connecticut. In this office and the corresponding one of assistant under the char- ter of Charles II. he was re- tained by an- nual election for more than thirty years. On his estate, and in front of his house, the charter of Con- necticut, ac-

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common account, was concealed in a large hollow tree, to secure it from Sir Edmund Andros(see Andros, Edmund, and Treat, Robert), and it remained there un- til his deposition from the governorship on the accession of William and Mary. This tree, which was called the Charter Oak, was said to be 1.000 years old. There is a legend that when Gov. Wyl- lys's steward, Gibbons, was about to cut it down, a deputation of Indians remonstrated, and it was allowed to remain. It stood for 169 years after the charter was concealed in it, but was prostrated by a violent gale of wind in August, 1856. — George's grandson, George, secretary of the colony of Con- necticut, b. in Hartford, Conn., 6 Oct., 1710; d. there, 24 April, 1796, was the son of Hezekiah Wyilys, who was secretary of the colony in 1712-'30. George was graduated at Yale in 1729, and, in con- sequence of the failure of his father's health, was chosen secretary pro tempore in 1730, becoming his successor in 1734. He held that office for sixty subsequent years, during which he attended every session of the legislature. He was town-clerk of Hartford from 1730 until his death, became a cap- tain of militia in 1738, and held a commission of lieutenant-colonel in the French war in 1757. Not- withstanding the fact that he was in active sym- pathy with the loyalist element during the Revo- lution, his tenure of office was not interrupted. He married Mary, daughter of Rev. Timothy Wood- bridge. — Their son, Samuel, soldier, b. in Hart- ford, Conn., 15 Jan., 1739; d. there, 9 June, 1823, was graduated at Yale in 1758. He was appointed lieutenant-colonel of Col. Joseph Spencers regi- ment in 1775, commanded a regiment at the siege of Boston, and in January, 1776, became a colortel in the Connecticut line, serving throughout the Revolution. He then returned to Hartford, held several civil offices, and in 1796 succeeded his father as secretary of Connecticut, which post he held un- til failing health caused his resignation in 1809, when the office had been occupied by his grand- father, his father, and himself, in uninterrupted succession for ninety-eight years. He was a mem- ber of the Connecticut academy of arts and sci- ences, and for many years brigadier-general and major-general of militia.

WYMAN, Morrill, physician, b. in Chelmsford, Mass., 25 July, 1812. He was graduated at Harvard in 1833, and at the medical department in 1837. Meanwhile he served as assistant engineer on the Boston and Worcester railroad during 1833, and during 1836 was house physician to the Massachusetts general hospital. On the completion of his medical studies he settled in Cambridge, where he has since followed his profession. In 1853 he became adjunct professor of the theory and practice of medicine in Harvard, but he relinquished