the month of February 1751, o. 8., Lord Chesterfield introduced into the House of Lords a Bill for reforming the Calendar and adopting the Gregorian style of reckoning, which was used by all Christendom, except Russia, Sweden and England.

By the statute of GEORGE II, CHAP. XXIII, A. D. 1751, it was enacted that the "Supputation, according to which the year of our Lord beginneth on the twenty-fifth day of March, shall not be made use of from and after the last day of December one thousand seven hundred and fifty one; and that the first day of January next following the said last day of December shall be reckoned, taken, deemed and accounted to be the first day of the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two:-and from and after the said first day of January, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two, the several days of each month, shall go on and be reckoned and numbered in the same order,-as they now are, until the second day of September in the said year, one thousand seven hundred and fifty-two inclusive; and that the natural day next immediately following the said second day of September, shall be called, reckoned and accounted to be the fourteenth day of September," 1752.

The reader will now be able to reduce with ease the dates of the Old Style to the new. In the above list, according to a puritan enactment, the months are deprived of their timehonored names and numbered like convicts; MARCH being the first month.

SEC. 67, A. ANDREW HANSON, whose death is recorded in the List, was b. in Sweden, in 1618, the son of Col. Hanson, of the Swedish Army, and grandson of John Hanson, of London, was descended from Roger de Rastrick, who was seated at Rastrick, in the Parish of Halifax, York county, England, in the year 1251.

ROGER DE RASTRICK, of Rastrick, left three sons, viz., Hugh de Rastrick, of Linlands,--Rev. John de Rastrick, and Simon de Rastrick.

HUGH DE RASTRICK, of Linlands, and his wife Agnes were living in 1257, and had sons, viz., John de Rastrick, and William de Rastrick.

JOHN DE RASTRICK, son of Hugh de Rastrick and Agnes, his wife, left a son,

JOHN DE RASTRICK, whose eldest son,

HENRY DE RASTRICK, left a son,

JOHN DE RASTRICK, who in the year 1330, assumed the

surname of HANSON (a diminutive of Henry's son) and signed his name, JOHN HANSON, to a deed in '1337. He m. Alice (dau. of Henry de Woodhouse, and granddau. and heiress of Alexander de Woodhouse by his wife Beatrice, dau. and heiress of Thomas de Toothill), and had a son, John Hanson.

JOHN HANSON, of Woodhouse, son of John Hanson and Alice de Woodhouse, m. Cicely de Windebanke, and left a son, John Hanson.

JOHN HANSON, of Woodhouse, son of John Hanson and Cicely de Windebanke, m. Cicely, dau. of John Ravenshaw, and left a son, John Hanson.

JOHN HANSON, of Woodhouse, son of John Hanson and Cicely Ravenshaw, m. Catharine, dau. of John Brooke (whose wife was a great-grandchild of Thomas Beaumont, of Whitely), and left a son, John Hanson.

JOHN HANSON, of Woodhouse, son of John Hanson and Catharine Brooke, m. Agnes Savile (eldest dau. of John Savile, Esq., of New Hall, by Margery, dau. of John Gledhill), and had sons, viz., John Hanson, of Woodhouse, b. 1517, d. 1599,-Edward Hanson, of Nether Hall, b. 1520, d. Dec. 1601,-Thomas Hanson, of Rastrick, and Arthur Hanson.

THOMAS HANSON, of Rastrick, son of John Hanson and Agnes Savile, m. Janet, dau. of John Gledhill, of Little-even, in Barkisland, and had sons, viz., Roger Hanson,-Thomas Hanson, of Rastrick,-John Hanson, of London, and Robert Hanson, of Rastrick.

JOHN HANSON, of London, son of Thomas Hanson and Janet Gledhill, m. Frances, dau. of John Prichard, and had sons, viz., John Hanson,-Thomas Hanson, and Edward Hanson.

HANSON ARMS-English.

ARMS: Or, a chevron, countercomponed, argent and azure, between three martlets, sable.

CREST: On a helm, a chapeau, argent, lined argent, a martlet, volant, sable, mantled gules, double argent.

MOTTO: SOLA VIRTUS INVICTA.

N. B. Certified by William Ryley, Norroy King at Arms, 17th Jan'y 1652.

JOHN HANSON, of London, son of John Hanson and Frances Prichard, while taking a summer tour in Sweden, fell in love with and m. a Swedish lady, who was closely connected, in friendship, at least, with the Royal Fanrily. He and his