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GENEALOGICAL
MEMORIAL HISTORY
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
A RECORD OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF HER PEOPLE IN FHE
MAKING OF A COMMONWEALTH AND THE
FOUNDING OF A NATION
COMPILED UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF
FRANCIS BAZLEY LEE
VOLUME III
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
LEWIS HISTORICAL PUBLISHING COMPANY
1910
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Copyright 1910
BY
Liiwis Historical PuBLisiiiNt; Company.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
Among the numerous families of
SMITH Smiths which have been identified
with New Jersey and Salem coun-
ties none has a more honorable record than
that branch of the family which is at present
under consideration,
( I ) John, son of William Smith, the founder
of the family in America, was born in county
Kent, England, in 1645. He was one of the ex-
ecutors of John Fenwick, and in 1685 he and his
wife came to America on board the ship "Ariel,"
Kdmund Daily, master. They landed at New
L'astle, June, 1695. The following August,
Smith same to Salem and purchased one thous-
and acres of land in Upper Mannington from
Samuel and Anna Hedge, and here he made
his permanent home. From that time to this
the place has been known as Smithfield. It is
said that he was a relative as well as a friend
and an executor of John Fenwick, and the
testimony of his contemporaries is that he was
possessed of more than ordinary interest and
business capacity. In 1673 John Smith mar-
ried Susanna, daughter of Edward Alarcy, and
they had two children born in England who
died the first year after they arrived in this
country. Their children born in America were:
I. Susanna born eighth month 8, 1689. 2. Jo-
seph, referred to below. 3. John, Jr., born
1693. 4. Samuel, 1696. 5. Elizabeth, born
third month 3, 1703, married Judge John, son
of Samuel Bacon, of Cohansey.
(II) Joseph, second child and eldest son of
John and Susanna (Marcy) Smith, was born
in 1691, and by his wife had one son Thomas,
referred to below.
(III) Thomas, only son of Joseph Smith,
of Smithfield. married, in 1740, Sarah, daugh-
ter of Elisha and Abigail (Davis) Bassett.
She was born in 1719 and was the eldest child
in a family of thirteen. Children of Thomas
and Sarah (Bassett) Smith were : i. Williairi,
referred to below. 2. David, born seventh
month 17, 1744, married Alary, daughter of
James Jr. and Mary (Oakford) Chamblcss, of
Alloway's Creek. 3. Thomas, born first month
25, 1747, married Hannah Shillis.
(IV) WilHam, eldest child of Thomas and
Sarah (Bassett) Smith, was born eighth
month 31, 1741. He was a captain during the
revolutionary war and served with great dis-
tinction in the American army. Many anec-
dotes have been preserved which prove his
bravery and presence of mind, and the devo-
tion which he inspired in his men. The fol-
lowing is taken from pages 418-19, Historical
Collections of New Jersey, by John W. Bar-
ber: "During these petty manoeuvres of the
enemy, the spirit of our soldiers was excited
to such a degree, as that there appeared to be
an almost unanimous disposition in the militia
to go over the bridge and chastise them. The
most wary of the officers opposed the move-
ment proposed, because the orders of the com-
manding officer had been peremptory that they
were to stand their ground and defend the
bridge to the last extremity, should the enemy
attempt to force a passage in his absence.
During this parley among thein, a little
Frenchman by the name of Decoe, a lieutenant,
who was full of fight, represented to Captain
William Smith, then the senior officer present,
how easy it would be for them to go over and
'drub those insolent rascals.' Captain Smith
being equally animated, forthwith mounted his
horse, and called upon his men to follow. They
immediately obeyed and marched on, or rather
huddled promiscously along the road, with
scarcely any military order. The decoying
enemy, seeing the confused manner in which
the militia were approaching them, feigned a
retreat. Captain Smith, being in advance of
his men. was calling upon them to hasten on,
saying, 'We will have them before they get to
Millhollow,' — a ravine over which the then
road leading to Salem passed, and about two
miles from Quinton's bridge. During this
higgledy-piggledy marching, if I may so call it,
no one thought, while passing, to examine
either the barn, dwelling-house, or swamp in
the rear of it. When the militia had advanced
some yards beyond the house, the enemy rose
up, and poured forth upon our people a most
destructive fire, from the swamp, house, barn,
and fences, under which many of them were
secreted. The militia were thrown into con-
fusion. It was at this moment that Captain
Smith displayed great bravery and presence of
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111111(1 in alliiiipting to rally his men. but they
were s(i ci>iiii)lctely surprised that he could
IK it fciriii tlu-iu into line. The light-horse
I'n.iii the \vn(id> iiiiw came dashing among
llieiu : hut their horses, being untrained, soon
frightened at the clash of arms and report of
guns, and could not be brought within striking
distance of tlu' sabre, except in a few instan-
ces. ( )ur i)eople retreated fighting in small
.s(|uads. and although at first sur])ri.sed, and
attacked in flank and rear, they made good
their retreat across the bridge, but with the loss
of between thirty and forty of their comrades,
t/olonel I land, of the Cumberland militia,
being infdrmed b\' C'cilonel Holmes that the
eiieniN were in Salem. i)Ut his regiment in mo-
tion, and was hastening to join Holmes at Ouin-
lon's bridge, and by an unforseen I'rovidencc,
as designed, he arrived there at the very moment
when the enemy was dealing death and de-
struction among our people. Immediately on
his arrival, he ])laced his men in the trenches
which our soldiers had but a little while be-
fore left, and ojiened upon the pursuing enemy
sucli a continued and well-directed fire, as
soon put a ^top to their career, and saved our
peoiiK- from being cut to jiieces. Hand had
with him two jiiecev of artillery, which, wlien
they opened, soon obliged the enemy to face
about. Captain .Smith had some of his hair
shot away from the back part of his head, a
bullet grazed his loins, and his horse received
two bullets in him, yet he carried his rider
safe over the bridge, and then fell dead under
him."
Cai)tain .Smiib married Sarah, daughter of
James Chambless, Jr., sister of his brother
David's wife. Their children were : I. Mary,
married lolin b'llet. 2. Charles. 3. Washing-
ton. 4. James, married Hannah .\llen. 3.
I'leulah. married Jose]ili H. Wilson, of IMiila-
delphia. h. Clement. 7. Attila. Charles and
.\ttila never married.
( \' ) Washington, son of Captain William
and .Sarah ( Chambless) Smith, had one son,
Peter, referred to below. .After her first hus-
band's death Mrs. Smith married (second)
Joseph !■".. I'lrown.
( \ 1 I i'eter. only son of Wasiiington -Smith,
was bnin in Salem county. Xew Jersey, in
1805. lie married Elizabeth .\nn h'llet, ana
by her had six sons: James \\'ashington, Jesse
Patrick. Samuel Patrick. E])liraini Carll.
Thomas JetTerson, Peter Elmer.
I \'n I Thomas Jefi'ersoii. son of Peter
.'^iiiitb. was born in Salem county. New Jersey.
.\pril 2\. 1841. and is now living in Bridge-
t(in. .\ew Jersey. Flntering Williams College
he graduated in 1862, and finished his medical
studies in the L'niversit\- of Pennsylvania,
where he graduated in the class of 1866. He
then entered upon the practice of his profes-
sion, and after siJending one year in Camden,
Xew Jersey, settled permanently in ISridgeton,
where he has led an active, useful honorable
and successful life. During this time he has
stood at the head of his profession in the
county and state, and in more than one direc-
tion has been the promoter and author of some
(jf the greatest of the medical alleviations
which the state enjoys. For many years he
was the president of the Cumberland County
Medical .Society, and for ten years was the
representative from that society to the State
Medical Society. For eight years also he was
chairman of the standard committee of the
State Society, and edited its annual volumes
of transactions. At the meeting of that body
in June, 1894, in recognition of his ability he
was elected second vice-president, and after
serving for three years in this capacity the so-
ciety bestowed upon him the greatest gift in
its possession, the office of president. Dr.
Smith is also a member of the American Acad-
emy of Medicine, an organization composed
exclusively of college graduates, and of the
-American Medical Association. In 1893 ^''^
was a delegate to the Pan-American Medical
Congress held in Washington. From time to
time he has contributed papers to the proceed-
ings of the various medical societies to which
he belongs, which have been of exceptional
work and value. .After the bill had been in-
troduced and passed by the New Jersey leg-
islature, in 1894, establishing a home for epi-
leptics, and the bill had been voted by the gov-
ernor. Dr. Smith, as soon as he became the
president of the Jersey State Medical Society,
began an active campaign to bring about the
establishment of such a home, and his first
address as president before the society on the
problem of dependency is one of the most
powerful pleas and arguments ujion the sub-
ject that has ever appeared, and its publication
and distribution was the main cause for the
bringing about of the establishment which he
desired, in 1898. This finally took form in
the New Jersey State \'illage for E])ileptics at
Skillman. Xew Jerse\-. where from three to
four hundred epileptic patients find a home
and care. I'"rom its incepti(jn Dr. Smith was
one of the board of managers of the insti-
tution and for ten years was its treasurer.
The last ])osition. however, owing to the pres-
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surt 111 uvcrwork, he was ubligcd to rt-sigti
Me has also for many years been the president
of the mecHcal staf? of the Bridgeton Hospital.
He has been the medical director of the Cum-
berland County Hospital. Dr. Smith has been
active and prominent in various societies and
organizations, among which should be men-
tioned the Sons of the American Revolution,
the Grand .\rmy of the Republic, of which he
is an associate member, the Alasonic order, in-
cluding the Knights Templar, He is tlu prc'-i-
dent of the board of trustees of the South Jer-
se\- Institute, and is a member of the board ot
directors of the Xew |erse\- Training School
for Feeble Minded Children. He is a deacon
in the Raptist church.
Thomas Jefferson Smith. M. I)., married
Mary, daughter of E. V. Glover, of Camden.
Xew Jersey, March 28, 1871.
.According to the records of East-
ll.WD hampton. Eong Island, the Hand
family came originally from Stan-
>te(le. county Kent, England, and according to
ludge Alfred Hand, of Scranton, I'enns_\l-
vania, their arms are : .Vrgent. a chevron azure
between three hands gules. Crest : On a
wreath argent and a gules a buck trippant or.
(I) John Hand, first of the name in this
country, appears on a whaling list in South-
ampton in 1644. .\t the time of the settlement
of Eastham])ton, Eong Island, in i'^48, he was._
one of the com].)any from Southampton who
founded the new settlement. He was born in
1 61 1 and died in 1660, leaving seven children,
by his wife Alice, daughter of William .Stan-
borough, of Canons Ashbie, England, sister to
Josiah Stanborougli. of Eynn and Southamp-
ton : I. John. 2, Stephen, died 1693; had eight
children, one of whom. Joseph, was in West
|erse\' in 1 703. 3. Joseph. 4. Benjamin, re-
moved with his family to Cape May county,
whence his descendants spread into lUirling-
ton and Hunterdon counties, Xew Jersey. 5.
Thomas, referred to below. 6. Margaret or
Mary. 7. Shamgar.
( II ) Thomas, son of John and .Mice I .Stan-
borough) Hand, of Easthanipton. Eong Island,
removed from Long Island to Cape May coun-
ty. Xew Jersey, and died there in 1714, leaving
a will written October 21. 1709, and proved
Xovember 3, 1714, in which he mentioned his
wife, three (laughters and four sons, two of
whom, however, he does not name, and dis-
poses of personal and real property including
slaves. The witnesses are his brother. Sham-
gar Hand. John Townsend and Samuel Mat-
thews. The inventory of his personal estate
made ( )ctober 9, 1714, b)' John I'aige and John
Parsons, amounted to £302, 14 shillings. i'>y
his wife Katharine, he had; i. John. 2.
Recompense. 3-4. Two sons, mentioned but
not named in his will, 5. Deborah. 6. Alice
or Elsie. 7. I'rudence, married a Crowell. 8.
Thomas, referred to below.
( HI ) Thomas ( 2 ), son of Thomas ( i ) and
Katharine Hand, was of age in 1699, died
about May, 1732. In his will he mentioned
the following nine children: 1. Thomas (3).
2. lacol). died 1772: married E.xperience
Crowell. 3. Eidia. 4. Lucy. 3. .^aron. died
intestate, between 1763 and 1768. 0. Levi, died
intestate, between 1734 and 1738. 7. Jeremiah,
of Maurice river, .Salem count}'. 8. Mary.
I). Jerusha.
{I\-\ I Lp to tlie present lime no docu-
ment has come to light which will enable us
to say with certainty exactly who the descend-
ants of the two brothers .\aron and Levi Hand,
the sons of Thomas ( 2 ) were. As the descend-
ants of all of Thomas' other children are ac-
counted, it is absolutely certain that Levi Hand,
referred to below\ is the grandson of one of
these two men and it is to be hoped that a
search of private papers and documents will
bring to light not only the proof neces.sary to
establish the exact relationship of Levi to
.Varon, and Levi, sons of Thomas, but also to
trace out the children of both these men.
( \'I ) Levi, grandson of either .Aaron or
Levi, sons of Thomas (2) Hand, lived in
.Miildle lownshi]). Cape May county, Xew Jer-
sey, and wrote his will October 31. 1818. It
was proved October 26, 1820. In it he men-
tions the following children : A daughter
Zeviah (Sophia) Alatthew : a son Levi, to
whose son Levi he leaves his big Bible : sons
Aaron and Thomas, and grandson Samuel
Matthew, w'ho is his executor. The witnesses
to this will are Xaomi Hand. Jonathan Hand
and Jonathan Hand. Jr.
( \TI ) Aaron, son of Levi Hand, of Middle
township, names in his will, which is dated
May 2/, 1845, and proved June 14, 1852, his
wife, Rebecca Mulford. his son. Aaron Dennis,
who is to be guardian of his son Thomas, and
his son. Ephraim IMulford: his daughters.
.Mary Hoffman and Rebecca Ann Wiley. Re-
becca's husband was James Wiley ; Mary's was
George Hoffman; Ephraim Midford married
Regina Cummings. of Fishing Creek, .\arou
Dennis, referred to below.
( \ 111 ) Aaron Dennis, son t>f Aaron and
Rebecca ( Mulford ) Hand, was born in Middle
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township. Cape .May cininty. June 29. 1819.
died there Eebtuary 13, 1900. He was a farmer.
In 1845 he married" Anna Maria, daughter
of [onathan and Azuba Corneha (Whitaker)
i'\)wler. born April 19, 1821. Their children
were: 1. Rebecca Mulford. (bed at age of
eighteen: married .\lbion Hall, and had one
son. Swain Albioii, died at two months. 2.
Isaac Wiley, a farmer of llurleigh, Xew Jer-
sey ; married Clara \irginia. daughter of
Charles and Barbara (Young) Shivers, and
has one child. Jones l!ean, who married Eliza
Xeal. and have one son. Aaron Mulford. born
September 24. 1909. 3. .Anna .Maria, referred
to below. 4. Seth Whidlin. died in infancy. 5.
.Aaron Wihnon, a ISapti.st clergyman living at
.Salem. Xew Jersey: married Matilda Butler
Williams, of I'aterson, Xew Jersey, and had
four children ; .\lexander Rogers, died in in-
fancy : .Mary Eouise : Donald Dunstan ; Ken-
neth Cromwell. (). Mary Hoffman, died at the
age of seven years. 7. Harry Cobb, a druggist
at Trenton : unmarried.
(IX) Anna Maria, third child and second
daughter of .Aaron Dennis and .\nna Maria
(Fowler) Hand, was born in Middle tow-nship.
near Cape May City, New Jersey. She was
sent to public and private school at Cape May
Court House, after which for two years she
attended the Xew Jersey State Xormal School
at Trenton, and then entered the W'omens'
Medical College of Philadelphia, taking the
full four years" course and graduating with the
degree of Doctor of Medicine. She then took
a ]iost-graduate course at the I'olyclinic, after
which she became the resident physician in
full charge of the Philadelphia Maternity Hos-
pital, at Eleventh and Cherry streets, Philadel-
phia. In 1892 .she went to Cape May City
where she entered upon the general practice of
her profession and there she has remained ever
since, gaining the affection and esteem of the
cfMiinnuiity. Dr. Hand is the vice-president
of the Ca])e May County Medical Society, and
is the chairman of the local committee of enter-
tainment which welcomed and entertained the
Xew Jersey Medical Society at its meeting at
Cape May City in June, 1909. .She is also a
member of the Cape May City P>aptist church
and has charge of the primary department in
the Sunday school.
Dr. Eland's maternal grandfather, Josiah
Whitaker, was one of the largest land owners
of his day in Cumberland county. He w'as a
revolutionary soldier, having served his coun-
try during the war of the revolution and was
one of the soldiers under \Vashington during
the memorable winter at \ alley Forge. He
was a pensioned soldier up to the time of his
death.
.Among the representative men
FULLER of New Jersey of the pres-
ent day who owe their origin to
those who settled in other colonies, there is no
more worthy representative than the Hon.
Royal Paran Tuller, judge of Cumberland
count)', Xew Jersey, whose ancestry belongs to
those hardy pioneers who left New England
and Xew York in order to make the wilderness
of the ( )hio X'alley blossom as a rose.
I 1 I luiiery Rounds Tuller, father of Royal
I'aran 'Fuller, was born at Genesee, New York,
(jctober i, 1824. \\'hile a young man he went
from Genesee to Buft'alo, from there to Cleve-
land. Ohio, and later on removed to Fairfield.
( )hio. -After stopping for some time in New-
ark, Ohio, he finally settled in Vineland, New
Jersey, in i8()6. where he remained engaged in
the practice of his profession until his death
in 189 1. .Shortly after removing to Ohio he
began the study of medicine under Professor
Beckwith. of Cleveland, and became one of
the first homeopathic physicians in the United
States. His brothers and sisters also left the
paternal home in Genesee and removed else-
where. Some of the descendants of the origi-
nal stock are still living near Hartford, Con-
necticut. Dr. Tuller married Jane, daughter
of Dr. Lemuel Powers, of Plymouth, Ohio,
whose mother was one of the Bacons of New
England. Her Aunt .Abigail was the wife of
Millard Fillmore, the thirteenth president of
the United States. Children: i. Malcolm
Bacon, born September 8, 1852, deceased;
graduate of the Hahnemann Homoeopathic
Medical College of Philadelphia ; survived by
two children. Slary Bacon and Agnes. 2. Hor-
ace Lamb, September 16, 1854, died in 1894;
married .Annie Jones, of Norfolk, A'irginia.
3. Willis Norman, Alarch 15, 1857; an attor-
ney at law ; married .Adah Wilder, of Cincin-
nati. 4. Royal Paran, referred to below. 5.
John Jay, December 26, 1861 ; physician in
Philadelphia : graduate of Hahnemann Homoeo-
pathic Medical College of Philadelphia; has
taken post-graduate courses at Paris, Berlin
and Vienna ; unmarried. 6. Daisy Elinor, May
II, 1866; residing in Philadelphia; married
Herman E. Bonschur, of Philadelphia, who
has one child, Margaret Powers.
(11) Royal Paran, son of Emery Rounds,
M. D.. and Jane (Powers) Tuller, was born
at Xewark, Ohio, February 12, 1859, and is
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now living at \ ineland, \e\v Jersey. For lii^
early education he was sent to the public
schools of Newark. Ohio, and \'ineland, New
lersey, where he came with his father when
seven years of age. This training he supple
mented by private courses of study, after which
he took up the study of law in the office of
Edwin M. Turner. Esc|nire, of Vineland, and
tinallv received his certificate of proficiency in
legal study from the Hon. Thomas W. Walker,
of \'ineland. In June, 1881, he was admitted
to the New Jersey bar as attorney, but did not
immediately enter upon the ]>ractice of his pro-
fession, being for a time engaged in other pur-
suits. In November, 1892, he was admitted
to the New Jersey bar as counsellor, since
which time he has been engaged in the practice
of his profession. In politics Judge TuUer is
a Republican, and he has been active and in-
fluential in party affairs, both local and state.
For some time he was the tax collector for
both the township and the borough of \'ine-
land. and he has also been the solicitor for the
city and the borough of N'ineland. In 1907
(Governor E. C. .Stokes a])pointed him judge
of Cumberland county, and February 16, 1909,
he was reappointed to the same position by
Governor Fort. He is a member of the New
Jersey Bar Association and of the Cumberland
County Bar Association. He is a firm Ijeliever
in the benefits accruing from membership in
tile fraternal orders and organizations, and he
is influential and occupies a high ]josition in
their councils. He is a jiast worshipful master
of ^'ineland Lodge, No. fx). Free and .\ccepted
Ma.sons, of \'ineland ; a member of Eureka
Chapter, No. 18. Royal Arch Masons, of Vine-
land-; a Knight Temjilar, and a member of the
( )rder of Jimior Alechanics. Judge Tuller is
a member of the .New Jerusalem church. No-
vember 21. 190^. he married Anna, daughter
of John Wesley' Smith, of Millvillc. New Jer-
sev.
The Mays are an old and .substantial
M.V^ New Jersey family, and for perhaps
more than a century have been quite
numerous in Morris county. The earliest
representative of the particular family here
treated of whom there appears to be any reli-
able account was born in .Morris couiitw but
there apjjears to be no present means by which
to determine just how many generations of
his ancestors may have lived there before his
time.
(I| Isaac May. with whom our present
narrative nnist begin. \\as born in llani.i\cr
township. Morris countw New lersev. previ-
ous to the revolutionary war. but tlie exact
perioil of his life is not known, nor the name
i>f his wife, nor the date of their marriage.
Their children were I'^dward. Liicv and Charles
II.
(11) Charles 11.. son of Isaac May. was
born m I lano\er. New lersev. in 17i)(i. died in
raterson in 185(1. ' l"-' ^rst came to I'aterson
about 1820; he then spent a number of years
ill ( ieorgia and again returned to Paterson and
s])ent the remainder of his days there. He was
a harness maker by ]5rincipal occupation. He
is remembered as having been a well informed
man on all subjects of local and general im-
portance, having been given a good education
in the ci.iinmon schools of his native town. In
1854 he was elected to the legislature and ap-
pears to have exercised consitlerable influence
in political affairs. I le married twice and had
children by both <.if his wives. The name of
his second wife, wlumi he married in New
^'ork City in 1840. was Mrs. Maria ( Kier-
steacl I \ an llouteii. born b'airfield, Morris
county, in l8o() died 1872, widow of
\ an llouten and daughter of Henry W. Kier-
stead. of h'airfield. She was a direct lineal
descendant of .\nneke Jans, progenitor of one
of the notable families of New York City and
who at one time owned a considerable part of
the vast possessions of the corporation of
Trinitx' Church and its parish. The life and
historv of .\nneke Jans is made the subject
of s])ecial mention elsewhere in these annals,
hence needs no re])etition in this ]ilace. By her
first Inisljand Mrs. \'an llouten had two sons,
W illiani \'an Houten and Peter S. \^an Hou-
len. I'lV his first marriage Charles H. May hail
six children: Lucetta. Jane. Maria, Elizabeth,
lulward and I'annie ; and by his second mar-
riage he had one son, Charles H., Jr.
(Ill ) Charles II. ( 2 ) son of Charles H. ( 1 )
and .M.iria ( Kierstead-\'an Houten) May, was
lioni III I'aterson, New Jersey, .Viiril 8, 1841,
,111(1 tiT many years previous to his retirement
from active pursuits was jjrominently identified
with the industrial life of that city. He was
educated in jirivate schools and Trenton .Acad-
emy, and after his school days were ended be-
gan his business career as bookkeeper for Todd
iS: Rafferty, general machinists of Paterson,
and remained with that firm about three years ;
then was employed in the same capacity by
the Watson Alachine Company for the next
four years. In 1864 he became senior partnei
of the firm of May, Rea & Company, and
thereafter was actix'ch' en<raged in industrial
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STATF. ( >l- Xl'.W IICRSEY,
l)iirMiit> until about 1883, ^^ I't'ii he was made'
treasurer ami i,'eneral manager of the Enter-
])rise Manufacturing Company. This position
lie held for a few years and then retired from
all business connections, although since that
time he has given efficient service in various
official capacities, member of the board of edu-
cation for two years and deputy receiver of
taxes fri)!n 1888 to igo2. In political prefer-
ence he is a firm republican and always has
shown a commendable interest in public affairs.
1 le also for many years has been a ])rominent
figure in .Masonic circles and is a member and
past master of Lvanhoe I-odge. No. 88. I'^ree
and .Accepted Masons: member of .\delphic
Chapter, No. 33, Royal .Arch Masons ; member
of Melita Commandery, X'o. 13. Knights Tem-
jilar, all of Paterson, and member of Mecca
Temple, .\ncient Arabic Order Nobles Mystic
Shrine, of New York City. lie is a member
of I'aterson Lodge, No. 60, Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, ami a member and
f(jr fifteen years one of the board of governors
of the Mamilton Club, of Paterson. Air. Alay
is a stockholder in the Paterson .Savings Insti-
tiitiiiu .111(1 the h'ir^t National Pank of Pater-
son.
l)eceiiii)er 30, \H()2. he married, at i'aterson,
Sarah Louise .Allen, born Paterson, December
rc). 1842, daughter of Ste]ihen and Catherine
(.Alien) .\iien, whose cliiidren were: Alpheus
.S., Stephen \\.. Sarah Louise and i^nma Allen.
.Mr. and .Mrs. May have liad two children.
Cora Louise, l)orn .April 2. 18(14, and Rditli.
May 31, 1882. died 1883.
During the last quarter of the
\\'iL.S()\ eighteenth and the first cpiarter
iif the nineteentli centurv tiiere
liad l)een little immigration to tliis country,
owing to various causes, iiut principallv due to
tlie elYects of the revolution and the war of
1812. ;ind the fact tliat iuirope was also fully
occupied \vitii its own affairs. With tlie close
of the \'a])oleonic wars, however, there came
upon the llritish isles a series of famines and
industrial distresses which, cou])led with visions
of unexampled prosperity and unjirecedented
freedom, drew an ever increasing mmiber of
the l)est yeomen and other workmen to .Amer-
ica. .\moiig tiiis number was the founder of
tile Wiisdu f;imily at present under coiisidera-
lidii.
{ I ) Tiiomas Wilson, the founder of the
family, was an Irish farmer, and came over to
tliis country with his bride about 1835. He set-
tled in (lloiicestcr cnuiitv. New lerscv, wliere
lie not onl\ liecame a prosperous ye<jnian, but
also carried on a lunil)ering business on c|uite a
large scale, until liis death, wiiich occurred
.March 25, i8(/).
His wife, I'lllen j. I^awrence, who was born
and married in Ireland, was a descendant of
one of the old F'rench Huguenot refugees who
had Hed to l^lngiand and Ireland in order to
escape the persecutions which succeeded the
revocation of the Edict of Nantes. Under
tlie protection of the British flag the family
liad not only prospered but also risen to promi-
nence, and one of her great-uncles was the
celebrated John Laird-AIair, the first Lord
Lawrence, and a governor-general of India,
being the sixth son of Lieutenant-colonel Alex-
ander Lawrence. Another great-uncle was Sir
I leorge St. Patrick Lawrence, who command-
ed the iMiglisli forces at Rajputana. during the
Se|)oy mutiny in 1858. Still another great-
inicle was .Sir iienry Montgomery Lawrence,
\irtual governor of Oudh anil chief-cominis-
sioiier of Lucknow wiien the mutiny broke out.
wlio lost his life during the famous siege of
tliat place.
Tile children of Tiiomas and Ellen J. (Lawr-
ence ) Wilson, were: i. Robert J., is now
carrying on a lumber business at Franklinville.
( lioucester county, New Jersey. 2. Mary,
married Rev. (leorge S. Campbell. 3. Matilda
I'.. (Mattie), married Rev. Wilson Asdale, of
i'ittsburgh. I'ennsylvania. 4. Charles, referred
to below. 5. Ellen J., married Franklin B..
■^oii of Isaiah and Lydia ( Aliller) Haines, of
.Medford, New Jersey. 6. Rachel, died un-
married. 7. Tiiomas K,, died at the age of six
years. 8. Margaret, died when two years old.
I). X'ictoria C. married Henry P>. Shields. 10.
Thomas C, a farmer, now living at Franklin-
ville, Gloucester county. 11. James M., at
present a member of the police force of New
^■ork City.
I 11 I Charles, fourth child and second son
of 'Idiomas and Ellen J. (Lawrence) Wilson,
was born near Forest Grove, Gloucester
county. New Jersey, January 13, 1854. He
was born in a log cabin, which at that time
was tlie only habitation on what is now the
site of the city of \ineland. He jiassed his
boyliood days on his father's farm, and when
lie was only about twenty years old. in 1874,
Ik' began to manage a farm on his own ac-
count, on the ground in Woolwich township,
(iioucester comity, which he sold in 1900 —
a one hundred and seventy-si.x acre farm near
RusselTs Mills. In 1905 lie served as sheriff
of Crioucester county. In 18(77 he was one
STATE OF NEW lERSEV
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of the freeholders of the town of Swedes-
bore: antl for several years he served the
same town as overseer of roads and highways,
and it is the common opinion that the ex-
ceptionally good roads of that vicinity are
largely due to his careful and painstaking-
efforts and supervision. He is a member of
the Ancient Order United \Vorknien.
Charles Wilson married Anna A., daughter
of Ephraim Dunham, who was born at Mon-
roeville. Salem county, New Jersey, in 1858.
Their four children were : I. Thomas Lawrence,
referred to below. 2. Mabel C, married Ed-
ward I'.lack. and has live children : Harry,
Lester. .Mabel C, Charles and Edith. 3. C.
Iloward, married Irene Rogers. 4. Ethel R.
(Ill) Thomas Lawrence, eldest child of
Charles and Anna A. (Dunham) Wilson, was
born at .Swede.sboro, Gloucester county. New
jersey, July I, 1876, and is now living at
\\'(XKibur)-, in the same county. F"or his early
education lie was sent to the public schools of
his native county, and afterwards went to
l'hiladelj)hia and entered the Pierce Business
College there. He then procured a position
as telegrai)h operator in the employ of the
I'ennsyivania railroad, being stationed at
.""^tone Harbor, Cape May county. New Jersey,
lie remained until 1900, when he was trans-
ferred bv the railroad company to a nuich
better position as operator at Paulsboro.
( iloucester county, where he remained until
1904. In this last mentioned year he left the
employ of the railroad and for a time assisted
in the post office at -Swedesboro, and in the
following year. 1905. when his father was
electerl sheriff of Gloucester county, he was
sworn in as under sheriff. In 1908 he became
candidate for sheriff" of the same county, on
the Republican ticket, and when the votes
were counted it was found that he had been
elected by the largest majority that had ever
been given to a candidate running for that
office, and that moreover his ]jo])ularity was such
that he had run ahead of his ticket by two bun
(Ired votes. It should also be noted that he is
the second youngest sheriff' that has ever Ijeen
elected in New Jersey, he being only thirty-
two years old when chosen. Mr. Wilson is a
member of many organizations, among which
should be mentioned Swedesboro Lodge. No.
157. I'Vee and .Accepted Masons, in which he
is a past master; the Knights of Pythias: and
the Junior Order .American Mechanics. He
is also New Jersey state president of the Pa-
triotic Order of the Sons of .America. In re-
ligion he is an independent. He married,
December <). 1909. Elizabeth l'.. daughter of
.\lonzo V. Rambo, of Thorofare. New
fersev.
The founder of the .Salem
RL'.MSEV branch of the Rumsey family
in .America was Charles Rum-
>e\' who emigrated from Wales in 1605. ar-
riving at Charleston, .South Carolina, whence
he went to New York and Philadelphia, locat-
ing finally at the head of Bohemia river in
Cecil county. Maryland. He married Cather-
ine , born September 26. 1675. Chil-
dren: William, see forward: Prudence, Mar-
garet. Elizabeth. Charles. Edward. Mary.
( irace and John. To his sons William and
Charles he left three hundred acres of land,
the home plantation, and to Edward he left
one himdred acres. Charles Rumsey died
.November 28. 1717. and his wife died .August
2K 1710.
(11) William, eklest sou and chikl of
I'liarles and Catherine Rumsey, was born
.A])ril 2[, 1(598. He became a surveyor of
note, and assisted in locating the state line
between Maryland and Pennsylvania in 1739
and performed other important surveying
service. He also acted as collector of cus-
toms, and became one of the most extensive
land-owners of Cecil county, Maryland, leav-
ing about thirty-five thousand acres of land
to his heirs. The old Rumsey mansion was a
magnificent specimen of colonial architecture,
pictures(|uely situated on an eminence com-
manding a wide expanse of beautiful country.
I le married Sabina Blandenburgh. Children :
William. Benjamin. Charles, see forward:
John, Judith and Sal)ina. William Rumsey
(lied in 1742.
( 111 ) Colonel Charles (2). son of William
.•uid .Sabina (Blandenburgh) Rumsey, was
born in 173C>, died 1780. He served in the
war of the revolution. He was a ntember of
the Maryland council in 1775. the Maryland
council of safety in 177''). and the colonel of
the Elk Battalion. Cecil county militia, the
same year. He married Abigail Jane, born in
1746, died in February, 1827, daughter of the
Rev. Richard and Emma (Oxen) Caner, the
former of whom received his degree of AI. A.
at Oxford, was a minister of the Episcopal
church, residing in Cecil county, Maryland,
and a soldier in the .American revolution.
Children : Henry Caner, Benjamin, see for-
ward : Thomas Ellison, Charkitte J.. Harriet.
Ann and Mary.
( 1\') Benjamin, son of Colonel Charles and
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
Abigail Jane (Canerj Rumsey, was born Janu-
ary 26, "1772, died April i, 1803. He married
-Mary, daughter of George Clark, of Delaware,
and granddaughter of John Clark, who came
from England. Children: i. Charles, married
Ffannah Mulford. 2. Anna Jane, married
Bacon Ware. 3. (leorge Clark, see forward.
4. Eliza !:>., died in 1805.
(V) Creorge Clark, son of Benjamm and
.Mary (Clark) Rumsey, was born in Middle-
town. Delaware, November 24, 1798. He re-
moved to Salem, New Jersey, where for many
years he was engaged in general merchandis-
ing, continuing until about 1841. In 1835 he
was elected a director of the Salem Banking
Company, serving in that capacity until his
death, and in 1842 was appointed to the po-
sition of cashier, rendering efficient service to
the institution in both capacities. He was
also interested in various other business enter-
prises, and was the owner of several tracts of
land. He was a \\ hig and Democrat in poli-
tics, and a member and elder of the First Pres-
bvterian Church of Salem. He married Mar-
garet, daughter of .\ntrim Conarroe, a de-
scendant of the .Antrim and Conarroe families,
the former one of the oldest and most promi-
nent families of New Jersey and the latter of
Delaware. Their only child was Henry Mar-
tyn, see forward, (k'orge C. Rumsey died
December 2S. 18; i. and his wife April 9.
1883.
( VJ ) Henry Martyn. son of ( .eorge Clark
and Margaret (Conarroe) I-iumsey. was born
in Salem. New Jersey, .-\ugust 24. 1838, and is
now living in the place of his birth. He at-
tended private schools at .Salem, Princeton.
N'ewton, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. Penn-
sylvania. .\s soon as his education was com-
pleted he began the cultivation of the farm,
continuing until 18(17. meeting v^'ith creditable
success. Four years prior to this time he wa^
elected to the office of director in the Salem
Banking Company. He was one of the in-
corporators of the Salem National Bank,
which succeeded the .Salem State Bank., and in
1 87 1 was elected assistant cashier, receiving
the ai)pointment of cashier in September,
1881. a position which he has retained ever
■^ince. a period of more than a (juarter of a
century. Tn 1889 the bank erected the ini-
])osing and commodious quarters in which thev
now conduct business. Mr. Rumsey is con-
nected with several financial and business in-
stitutions and interests in Salem, and is re-
garded as oue of the most conservative and
staple financiers of Salem. He is connected
with the Salem Gas Light Company and the
Salem County Alutual Fire Insurance Com-
])any. much of the prosperity of which is due
to his ability and oversight. He takes a deep
and practical interest in all movements calcu-
lated to advance the public prosperity of his
native city. He is a member and elder in the
Presbyterian church of Salem, and a charter'
member of the New Jersey branch of the Sons
of the Revolution.
Henrv M. Ruinsey married, November 24,
1859, Maria Elliott, daughter of Benjamin and
Mary (.Vcton) Bassett, the former of whom
was a prominent farmer of Mannington town-
shi]) and a director in the Salem National
Bank, and the latter a daughter of Saimiel and
Sarah .Acton. She was the youngest of five
children, namely: Clement; Sarah Ann, mar-
ried P.arclay, son of Andrew Griscom ; Rachel,
married Collins, son of Samuel Allen ; Richard,
married .Anne, daughter of Jonathan B. Grier ;
.Maria F-llliott, referred to above. Children of
Mr. and Mrs. Rumsey: i. Margaret Conarroe,
born A]n\] I. 1861; married Thomas Tatnall,
of Wilmington, Delaware ; children : Marjorie
Conarroe, Henry Rumsey and Thomas Jr.
2. (ieorge Benjamin, born June 7, 1865: one
of the directors and a bookkeeper in the Salem
National P>ank, of which his father is the
cashier ; he has been a member of the board of
education and has served as city treasurer ;
one of the trustees of the Presbyterian church ;
married, December 18, 1906, Constance Du
.Mine, daughter of C. M. and Maria H.
( Smith I P-akin. of Salem, New Jet sey ; chil-
dren ; Constance Conarroe. born December 1,
np7. and l^leanor Margaret, born January 11.
H)(X). 3. .Mary .Acton, born September 2.
1873: married Richard \\'yatt Wistar, of
Salem, New jersev.
In 1075 John F'enwick,
.\ It I K )LS( ).\ with his children, associ-
ates and servants, arrived
oiV Ca|)e May on board the little ship "Grif-
hn," Ca])tain (iriffith, master, and the ship and
passengers prt)cee(led along the eastern shore
of Delaware bay and river for fifty miles and
passed the Old Swedes fort located at Els-
l)in-g. near the south of the Assamhocking
river, which had been built by the Swedes
abiiut 1640. At this place a party of English
settlers from New Haven. Connecticut colony,
undertook a settlement soon after the fort
was erected, but became discouraged and re-
turned to New Haven in 1642. leaving the
place in the possession of the .Swedes. The
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STATE OF NEW lERSEY
857
"Griffin" came to anchor there, September 23,
1675 (O. S.), and the next day proceeded up
the river along the eastern shore to the wide
mouth of the Salem river, followed this river
for about three miles until it became quite
narrow, when they landed and, considering the
place a favorable one for the location of a
town, called the sjiot Salem. The passengers
and their household goods were carried to the
shore and the first permanent settlement by
the English immigrants was made on the east-
ern shore of the Delaware river. John Fen-
wick was the owner of one-tenth of the entire
area of West Jersey, and from the time he
made his home at Salem, in September, 1675,
his fortunes and those of William Penn were
closely allied and \\'i!liam Tenn. the pro]irictor
ni I'enusylvania, purchased large tracts of land
in h'enwick's colony.
( I ) .Samuel Nicholson, a native of Orston,
Northampton.shire. England, was one of the
associates of John Fenwick on the "Griffin."
and he had with him his wife Ann, and five
children, all born in Northamptonshire, the
youngest being at the time only three years of
age. He and his family were notable among
tile passengers as being the owners of two
thousand acres to be located wherever the set-
tlement should be made, such a possession giv-
ing them jirominence as leaders, and they were
as well, members of the .Societv of Friends.
Samuel Nicholson had been brc night up as a
husbandman and. upon arri\al at their final
location on the Delaware river, he proceeded
to survey outside the town limits of Salem,
;ind sotith of it, his tract of two thousand acres,
nbtaining full title and possession in the tenth
nidnth. T675. He also purchased a town lot
of ^i^teen acres nn Wharf street in New
Sali.-m. where he built a house of hewn logs,
and in this house the first religious organiza-
tion in Fenwick colon}' was made in 1676, and
the meetings of the Society of Friends were
held in the houses periodically up to iTiSt. when
the need of a meeting house became ajiparent
and to meet this need, .Samuel and Ann Nichol-
son deeded the estate of sixteen acres to "Salem
.Monthly Meeting forever for a Meeting
House and burial ground," and the Societv
enlarged the building, taking out the partitions
and making a firm clay Hoor, and the first
yearly meeting was held in the house as trans-
fiirmed. the date of the meeting lieing 2nd
month 15th, 1684. In this way the fir.st home
in New Jersey of Samuel Nicholson became
the first meeting hi:iuse of the S<K-ietv of
h'riends in the state. L'pon surrendering his
home, Samuel Nicholson selected a site on his
two thousand acre tract for a new home, the
place becoming known as Elsinborough, and he
was made the first justice of the peace in the
Fenwick colony. He devised that his landed
estate of Elsinborough be divided between his
eldest son Samuel Jr., and his youngest son
.\bel. He died at his new home, Elsinbor-
ough, about Tdgo. and his widow, .\nn, died
in i(')93. In her will .Ann Nicholson devised
her estate to the three grandchildren, Rachel,
Mary and Elizabeth .\bbott, and to her sons,
Samuel, Jose])h and Abel Nicholson. Chil-
dren of Samuel and Ann Nicholson: i. Para-
bol, born 2n(l month 20th day, 1659; married
at New Salem, 9th month, 25th day, 1677,
.\braham Strand. 2. Elizabeth, born 3rd
month, 20th day. 1664, married, 1684, John
,\bbott, and had children : Rachel, Mary and
Elizabeth. 3. Samuel, born 3rd month, 6th
day, 1666; married but had no children. Im-
mediately after the death of his wife he made
a will devising his large estate, consisting of
one-half of his deceased father's landed estate,
to his brother Joseph, and shortly afterward
ilied, 1750. 4. Joseph, see forward. 3. .Abel,
born 5th month, 2nd day, 1672: married, ]irob-
ably in 1694, Mary, daughter of William and
Joanna Tyler.
(IT) Joseph, second son an<l fcmrth child
(if Samuel and .Ann Nicholson, was born 2nd
month, 30th day, 1669, died in 1702. .After
his marriage he lived in the homestead on the
north bank of the Aloimiouth river, where
.Mlowaystown now stands. Of this property
he sold one-half to George .Abbott, who came
from New England about 1696, and the other
half to .Samuel Stebbins and John Forth.
George Abbott built a dwelling house upon the
place in 1706, and an addition to the same in
1725, and the house was in contimied use as a
dwelling and in excellent repair in 1909. Jo-
se])h Nicholson after selling this homestead re-
moveil to then ( iloucester county, now Cam-
den, New Jerse\-, where he died intestate. He
married. January 3. 1695, Hannah Wood.
Children : ( leorge and .Samuel.
( HI ) .Sanmel ( 2 ), son of Joseph ami I lan-
nah (Wood) .Nicholson, was born in i(x)H.
died in 1750. lie married (first) 1722. .Sarah
ISurrougli; (second) 1744. Rebecca Saint;
(third) 1749, Jane .Albertson. Had a number
of children, among them being a son .Abel.
( I\' ) .Abel, son of Samuel (2) and Sarah
(I'.urroutrh) Nich(jlsi>n, was born between
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STATK Ol' .\]•:\^■ JERSEY.
1735 ;iiiil '74". <li^'<l ill 17''! 11^' married Re-
becca .Aaroiison, and his son was horn after
his death.
( \' ) Abel (_'), son of Abel (1) and Re-
becca ( .\aron.son ) Nicholson, was born in
(lloiicester connty. New Jersey, 1761. died
December I), iSjij. He married (first) Alary,
danghter of Isaac Ellis; (second) Sarah,
daughter of ■ — Redman, and widow <if
Stephen Alnnson Day; had six children.
( \'I ) Isaac, son of Abel (2) Nicholson, was
horn February 18, 1790, died .\ugust 20, 1870.
He married. Marcli 24, 1S14, I'riscilla Wills
and had six children.
(\'ll) Isaac ^^'ills. son of Isaac and I'ris-
cilla (Wills) .Vicholson, was born in Camden
county. Xew Jersey, January 26, 1829. He
was a farmer, and served in the legislature of
Xew Jerse)' as a member of the general as-
sembly for three terms, and as a director of
freeholders for Camden county. He w-as also
a charter member of the state Grange and
served as a master in that body. He married
FJizabeth Mi" ire. born in Delaware townshi]).
Camden county. Xew Jersey, 1833. daughter
of Joseph Kay and Keturah (Haines) Lippin-
cott. Children: Joseph Lippincott, see for-
ward; Keturah, twin of Josejih Lippincott.
died in infancy; Herbert M.. born in 1857;
\'irginia, 1859, unmarried; Jessie, born in
\R()i. umnarried.
(\'III) Joseph Lipijincott. eldest child of
Isaac Wills and Elizabeth Aloorc (Lippincott)
Xicholson, was born in Delaware townshi]),
Camden county. New Jersey, July 8, 1855. ^^^'
was a pupil in the iniblic schools of his native
town and studied under private tuition, com-
pleting his school training with four years at
Westtowu I'riends Hoarding School, l^pon
leaving the latter institution he entered the
office of I'. C. Garrett, a cotton and woolen
manufacturer in Philadeljjhia, where he re-
ceived a good business training. His next oc-
cu|)ation was on his father's farm, as assist-
ant in the latter's extensive milk business. De-
ciding to take up the study of medicine, he be-
came a student in the medical department of
the Cnivcrsity of Pennsylvania in 1877, being
graduated in 1890 with the degree of Doctor
of Medicine. lie supplemented this cour.se
with nine nu)nths' practice as resident physi-
cian in the Cooper Hospital at Camden, Xew
Jersey, and fifteen months at the Philadelphia
Hosi)ital, Philadelphia. In 1892 he located at
Camden as a physician and surgeon, and at
the ])resent time (1909) is engaged in the ac-
tive duties of his profession, with a large and
rennnierative practice. He assumed the duties
and responsibilities of visiting surgeon on the
medical stafif of Cooper Hospital in 1895, and
still holds that position. His professional af-
filiations include membership in the American
Medical Association ; New Jersey State Medi-
cal Society ; Camden County Medical Society ;
and Camden City Medical Society. He is
always a welcome visitor at the meetings of
these organizations, and has read interesting
and valuable pajjers at various times. His po-
litical choice is the Republican party, and his
religious home is at the Friends Meeting. He
was elected a member of the Camden P)oard of
Trade and of Haddon Grange.
Dr. Xicholson married, June 22, 1893, Eliz-
abeth Davis, daughter of John P^lkinton and
Mary (Davis) Thompson, of Salem, New Jer-
sey. Children: Elizabeth M., died young;
J(ise])h Lip])incott ( 2 ), born February 19, 1898;
Jesse Thompson, April 28, 1903.
The language of the Welsh
HARRIS comes into the Cymric group of
the Celtic, and Wales has al-
ways formed the most important member of
the group. There is no doubt of the antiquity
of the Cymric tongues. Pezron, the Rritisli
investigator, gravely affirms that the Welsh
and Arnioric (which he considered the same)
had been the language of the Titans, that is.
the language of Saturn, Jupiter, and the other
powerful gods of heathen antiquity. The
Rev. Joseph Harris, editor of the Scren
(ioiiicr, remarked in 1814 that "it is supposed
by some, and no one can di.spute it, that Welsh
was the language spoken by Adam and Eve in
Paradise !"' Preposterous as the views of
patriotic Welshmen may be on the subject, it
is undoubtedly true that the Welsh is one of
the oldest languages in Europe and that it
possesses a literature reaching back to re-
moter times than that of any modern tongue,
excepting possibly Irish, and unlike Irish or
.Scotch Gaelic; it is not dying out. It has a
genuine literary as well as oral existence, al-
though the changes it has undergone are nu-
merous and great since heard by Csesar and
Agricola. and it is the only living link that
unites the distant past with our times. No
wonder so many men of letters, authors, poets,
novelists, educators and professional men have
pride in pointing to their \\'elsh origin. They
have taken in learning with their mother's
milk for countless generations, and heredity
has truly a just claim as helping to make
Welshmen educators and educationists. The
STATE OF NEW IICKSI'IY,
859
Rev. (oseph Harris, aforementioned, has only
a spiritual and racial relationship to John How-
ard Harris, Ph. D., LL. D., concerning whom
see forward, and his distinguished sons and
daughters.
( I ) Reese Harris, a man of learning hoth
in literature and mathematics, came from his
native town of Alesthyr, Tydval, Wales, to
America, in 1836, and located in Indiana
ci'unty, Pennsylvania, in what is known as the
I'.utSngton \'alley, and there was a farmer and
civil engineer. He married Isahel, daughter
of Thomas Coleman, a lineal descendant from
Captain James Coleman, a soldier in the
French and Indian war. The hardy pioneer
life of the period was ijroductive of a family
of stalwart and self-reliant children, accus-
tomed to the hardships and apparent disadvan-
tages of farm life on the frontier.
(II) John Howard, son of Reese and Isa-
bel (Coleman) Harris, was born on his fath-
er's farm in Indiana county. Pennsylvania,
Ai)ril 24. 1847. He was brought up on the
fanu. attending the district school during the
winter months, and was a pupil in the academy
at Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, for two
years when, on reaching his sixteenth year, he
felt impelled to offer his services to his coun-
try as a soldier. The impression made upon
the mustering ofificer by his well-developed
body was an excellent one, and he was ac-
cepted in spite of his extreme youth. On en-
listing he was assigned to the Second P>attalion.
L'nited States Volunteers, then serving in
Western \'irginia, and was transferred to
Company H, Two Hundred and Sixth Penn-
sylvania Volunteers, serving in Grant's cam-
paign against Richmond, was made sergeant
of the company in August, 1864, and took part
in all the battles in which his regiment en-
gaged up to the surrender of Lee and the oc-
cupation of Richmond by the Federal army.
On being mustered out with his regiment in
i8ri3 he entered the L'niversity of Lewisburg,
Pennsylvania, which later became Bucknell
Cniversity, and was graduated in 18(39 with the
degree of Bachelor of .^rts. In 1870 he
foxmded the Keystone Academy, at Factory-
ville. Pennsylvania, was made pastor of the
Factoryville Baptist church in 1880. carried on
the executive duties of both academy and
church for nine consecutive years, was elected
a member of the board of trustees of Bucknell
l'niversity in 1888, and resigned his pastorate
in 1889 in order to accept an invitation from
the trustees of Bucknell L^niversity, Lewis-
burg, Pennsylvania, to become the president of
the institution. This honorable promotion was
largely due to the good work he had done dur-
ing the twenty years he had been engaged in
preparing at the Keystone Academy pupils for
matriculation at Bucknell. In 1909 he had
rounded out twenty years as president, at
which time he had a stafT of fifty instructors,
seven hundred and seventy-five students, and a
library of thirty thousand volumes, with a pro-
ductive fund of seven hundred thousand dol-
lars. His success as an educator and his peda-
gogical knowledge gained for him the honorary
degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Lafayette
O'lllcge in 18S4, and that of Doctor of Laws
frnm Dickiusnn Ccillege and Colgate University
in 1891.
Mr. Harris married (first) .Mary Elizabt-tli
.Mace, born in Factoryville, Pennsylvania, in
1853, died in 1880. She was the daughter of
Criah \'. and Ruth ( Bailey ) Mace, grand-
daughter of P.enjamin F. Bailey, and great-
granddaughter of Benjamin and Catharine
( Stark I Bailey, the latter a descendant of Gen-
eral .Stark, of revolutionary fame. Children :
I. .Marv B.. born .\ugust 19, 1874: was edu-
cated at Bucknell University, from which she
received the degree of Bachelor of .-Vrts, and
that of Doctor of Philosophy for work in the
Sanscrit language, from the l'niversity of
Chicago. 2. Herbert Frederic, see forward.
3. Howard Mace, born in 1878. died in 1884.
Mr. Harris married (second) July 20. 1881,
Lucy liailey. Children : 4. Reese Harvey,
iiorn July 3. 1883; received the degree of
I'.aclielor of -\rts from Bucknell University in
i<P3. and that of Bachelor of Laws from Har-
vard University in 1908: he is an attorney and
counsellor at law in Scranton, Pennsylvania.
5. George Bailey, was graduated from Buck-
nell l'niversity with the degree of Bachelor of
.\rts in 1904, and received that of Doctor of
Dental Surgery from the l'niversity of Michi-
gan in 1908: he is practicing his profession in
Detroit, Michigan. f\ Spenser Tillinghast, re-
ceived the degrees of Bachelor of .Arts and
Civil Engineer from Bucknell l^niversity in
1907, and has been civil engineer for the Car-
ter Oil Company, at Sisters ville. West Vir-
ginia, for the past year. 7. Coleman John, an
undergraduate at Bucknell University, of the
class of 1912. 8. James Pardon, an under-
graduate of Bucknell University, also of the
class of 19 1 2. 9. Walter William, student at
I'ucknell .Academy, to. Stanley Newton, also
a student at Bucknell Academy.
I 111) Herbert Frederic, eldest son and sec-
ond child of John Howard and Marv Elizabeth
86o
S'l-ATE Ol- NEW JERSEY.
< Mace ) Harris, was born in Eactoryville.
Pennsylvania. Jnne 30. 1876. He was a pupil
in the public schools of I*'actoryville, prepared
for college at Ilucknell Academy, and was
graduated from I'.ucknell University with the
degree of Uaclielor of Arts in 1896. and that
of Alaster of Arts in 1897 : in 1899 he received
the degree of P>achelor of Eaws from Colum-
bia University, now (ieorge Washington Uni-
versity. He then read law in the office of At-
torney (leneral Henry C. McCormick, at Will-
iamsport. Pennsylvania, and was admitted to
the Pennsylvania bar in 1899. He began the
active i)ractice of his |)rofcssion in Harrisburg.
Pennsylvania, removing to Caniden. New Jer-
sey, in 1004. was admitted to jjractice as an
attorney in June. 1004. and established law
offices at Xo. 428 Market street. In June,
1907, he was made a counsellor at law for New-
Jersey. His law partner in Camden, New
Jersey, is Curtis T. liaker, Esq., a graduate of
the University of Pennsylvania, with the de-
gree of IJachelor of l.aws. and the stvle of tlie
firm is ISaker & Harris.
Cjxin the declaration of war w itli .^])ain.
.\pril 21, 1898, Mr. Harris enlisted in the
Twelfth Pennsylvania X'olunteer Re.giment,
and served up to the signing of the peace
])rotocol. .-Xugust 12, l8cjS, when he was
lionorably discharged. Mr. Harris is an ac-
tive member of the Republican party, and of
the P>a[)tist church of Camden. In 189S he
affiliated with Ivy Lodge. Xo. 397. P'ree and
.\cce])ted Masons, of \\'illiamsport, Pennsyl-
vania, and was ra])idly advanced in the work
iif the lodge. Mr. i larris is unmarried.
.\^ far back as the Harding
1L\1\1)IX(1 family has lieen traced on
Xew Jersey soil it has always
been found in Salem county, and at the pres-
ent time it is impossible to say from whence
tlie ancestors of the branch now under con-
sideration have come, although the probabili-
ties arc that it belong-- lo the Xew England
family.
(]) 'riioiua- Harding, I'oiuuicr of the Xew
Jersey branch, was born July 2(1, 1772. He
married Lydia Richman. i)orn in Salem
county. New Jersey, I'-ebruary 8, 1776. Chil-
dren: Catharine, born July 28. 1797: Benja-
min, see forward: John. June 8. 1800: .Ann.
September 20. 1801 : Rachel, December 13,
1803; Elizabeth, June 21, 1805: Thomas, De-
cember 6, 1808; Henry. I-Vbruary 18. 1811:
Eli. October i, 1820.
(]]) Benjamin, second child and eldest son
of Thcimas and Lydia (Richman) Harding,
was born at Whig Lane, Salem county, New
Jersey, December 21, 1798, died April 4, 1880.
He married, January 23, 1823, Mary Marshall
Eisler. born near Clayton, then Fislerville,
Ciloucester county, New Jersey, September 11,
1800, died November 9, 1862. She was the
daughter of Leonard and Mary (Marshall)
Eisler. the former, who was born in Swedes-
boro. died in .\pril. 1846, the latter, who was
the first wife, died about 1812. Children of
P.enjamin and Mary Marshall (Eisler) Hard-
ing: .Annie F.. born .April 11, 1824. died July
24. 1881 : Leonard F.. January 23, 1827, died
on Thanksgiving da_\'. T878: Lydia M.. Decem-
ber 14. 1828: John, died in infancy: Hannah
H.. October 7, 1830, died in 1894; Thomas W..
July. 1836, diecl January. 1845: Benjamin
Eranklin. see forward.
(HI ) Benjamin Franklin, youngest child of
Benjamin and Mary Marshall (Fisler) Har<l-
ing. was born at Glassboro. New Jersey, Octo-
ber 14, 1838, and is now- living at Bridgeton,
Xew Jersey. He was educated in the public
schools of Clayton, New Jersey, and at the age
of fifteen years entered the West Jersey Acad-
emy at Bridgeton w-here he took a complete
course. Lie returned to the family homestead
in 1857. remaining on the farm until May 7,
1873, when he located in Bridgeton, New- Jer-
sey, and accepted the position of superintend-
ent and treasurer of the Bridgeton Gas Light
Company, an office he has filled up to the
f)resent time I 1909). He is a director and a
member of the executive committee of the
Cumberland .Mutual Eire Insurance Company,
and a directtir and president of the Bridgeton
Hos[)ital. In |)olitics Mr. Harding is a Republi-
can with mdependent proclivities. He was a
member of the Bridgeton city council, 1886-
<)i. during the last year serving as president of
that body; in early life took an active part
in educational matters, serving as superin-
tendent of schools for his township. 1863-66.
He is a member of the Second F'resbyterian
Church of I'ridgeton. one of the elders, has
represented his church at the synod, and was
superintendent of the Sunday school connected
with his church for thirty-three years. Mr.
Harding married. May 14, 1867, Harriet Lore,
who died .April 27. 1898. daughter of Rev.
.Samuel Law-rence, of Lewistown. P'ennsylva-
nia, who w-as born in Philadelphia in 1793.
Children: I, Samuel Lawrence, see forward.
2. Mary Marshall, born July 3. 1878: married.
September 17. igo8. Rev. William W. John-
eton. a Presljvterian clergv man. now connected
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8(>r
with mission work in Tsinanfu, China. 3.
Benjamin MiUon, February 2, 1884; a student
in his fourth year at the Jefferson Medical
College. Philadelphia.
(IV) Samuel Fawrence. eldest chikl of
Benjamin Franklin and Harriet Lore (Law-
rence) Harding, was born August 29. 1875.
He is now connected with the Western Electric
Company of Chicago, residing in that city.
He married, Xovember 18. i<)03, Marie An-
trim, of Philadelphia, a descendant of one of
the most prominent families of New Jersey.
Children : Robert Lawrence, born January 3,
T906: Marian Louise, August 21, 1909.
The ancestor of the Darnell
DARNELL family came over to the New
World with that large body
of stalwart English yeoman who had em-
braced the tenets of George Fox, and who had
watched the birth and growth of the (Juakei
colonies along the banks of the Delaware with
fascinated and longing eyes, dreaming of that
peace and prosperity which so many, and
among them the f<;)unders of the Darnell fam-
ily and his descendants, lived to realize and
enjoy.
(I) Of John Darnell, emigrant and ances-
tor of the family, little is known except the
fact of his emigration and the date of his mar-
riage. Coming to this country some time after
1700, he settled in Evesham township, Burl-
ington county, New Jersey, where his descend-
ants have borne and perpetuated his name in
the honor and esteem of their fellowmen for
the last seven generations. Here also it was
that he found his wife in 1722. She was Han-
nah, daughter of John Borton Jr., by his first
wife, and granddaughter of John and Ann
Borton, of Hillsdown, on the Northampton
river, Burlington county, and formerly of the
parish of Aynhoe, county Northampton, Eng-
land, from which place they had come over to
this country, bringing with them a certificate
dated the 5th of Third month, 1679, from the
Monthly Meeting of Friends at Burton, in Ox-
fordshire, which stated that "they have walked
(these many years) honestly among us living
in the fear of God and in obedience to the
blessed truth revealed in this our day and have
been of a good savour to ffriends and to their
neighbors in y^ village where they dwell."
John and Hannah (Borton) Darnell had five
children: i. Edward, referred to below. 2.
Lewis, born 1736; married, 1759, (irace
Thomas, and their son Isaiah married Sarah,
daughter of Edmund Bartlett, Sr., and had
two children. Aar(.>n and Sarah. 3. William,
1739. 4. Hannah, 1742. 5. Jemima, ( )ctoljer
6, 1744. died January 13, 1818; married Relm-
boam, son of Robert Braddock and Elizabeth,
daughter of Joseph and Mercy (Clement)
Bates, and granddaughter of Robert Braddock
and Elizabeth, daughter of Timothy Hancock,
the emigrant, and also of James Clement, the
emigrant, who was the son of Gregory Clem-
ent, the regicide. Of their ten children.
Rachel, the seventh, married Joshua Dudley,
and their chikl Rachel, by her marriage with
Edmund Darnell, referred to below, became
the great-grandmother of William Sharp Dar-
nell, also referred to below.
( II ) Edward, eldest child of John and Han-
nah (Borton) Darnell, was born in Evesham
township, Burlington county. New Jersey, the
14th of First Month, 1730, died in the same
place between 1789 and 1791. In 1754 he
married in the Evesham Monthly Aleeting.
Jane Driver, who bore him two children: i.
Samuel. 2. Edmund, referred to below.
(Ill) Edmund, son of Edward and Jane
(Driver) Darnell, was born in Evesham town-
ship, Burlington county. New Jersey, in 1768.
In 1790 he married Rachel, daughter of Joshua
and Rachel (Braddock) Dudley, who through
her mother's mother, Jemima (Darnell) Brad-
dock, was a great-granddaughter of John Dar-
nell, the emigrant, referred to above. Chil-
dren of Edmund and Rachel (Dudley) Dar-
nell: I. Rachel, married Benjamin Satter-
thwaite. 2. Joshua, referred to below. 3.
Edward, died unmarried. 4. Ann, died un-
married. 5. Hanna, died unmarried. 6. Isaac,
referred to below. 7. Job, married Agnes,
daughter of William and Elizabeth (Lukens)
Mullen. Children: i. Charles, married, 1852,
Lydia. daughter of Joseph and Deborah
(Engle) Haines, and had Joseph, who mar-
ried Miss Morse, and another child, unmar-
ried, ii. Sarah, married Mark, son of George
and Esther (Haines) Buzby, and has two chil-
dren, Georgianna and Walter, the former un-
married ; iii. Edmund, married Hetty, daugh-
ter of William Jessup ; iv. Agnes, died unmar-
ried ; v. Henry, married .\nna Prickitt and has
one son, Albert H. 8. David, married Mary
C, daughter of John and Rebecca (Cowper-
thwaite) Evans. Children: i. Howard, mar-
ried Elizabeth F. Haines ; ii. John, married
Edith Middleton. iii. Rebecca, married James
Bell ; iv. Jane, married Robert Engle ; v. Mary
Anna, unmarried ; vi. Ezra, unmarried ; vii.
David, unmarried; 9. -12. Four children who
died young or in infancy.
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(IV) Joshua, sun of Edmutul and Rachel
I Dudley i Darnell, married Eliza Lippincoit.
Children: i. Aaron, referred to below. 2.
Enoch, married Martha S., daughter of
Thomas and Susanna ( P>allinger) Haines, and
liad Joshua, who married .Martha , and
Anna H., married William Henderson. 3.
Rachel, married Levi Jones. 4. Caleb, married
a Miss 1 laines.
( \" ) .\aron, .son of Joshua and Eliza ( Lip-
pincott) Darnell, married Mary Warrington.
Children: 1. Elizabeth, married Benejah
Haines. 2. Rachel, married William Evans.
3. Warrington, married three times, and by his
second wife had one child. 4. Hannah, mar-
ried Barcley .\llen. 5. Sarah, married Elwood
Johnson. 6. Mary, married Reading Mar-
jorum. 7. .Ann. married a Mr. Sharp.
( I\" ) Isaac, son of Edmund and Rachel
( Dudley ) Darnell, was born in Evesham town-
shi]). Burlington county, New Jersey. Febru-
ary 5. i-yfj. died in that place in 1855. Like
his ancestors he was a gentleman farmer and
lived on the same acres which had supported
them, and which he had received from them
by direct inheritance. He married Sarah,
(laughter of .Solomon and Lydia (Burrough)
.Saunders. Her father was a son of John
Saunders, and Elizabeth, daughter of Free-
dom Lippincott and Elizabeth, daughter of
John, son of Dr. Daniel Wills. Freedom Lip-
pincott was the son of Freedom and Alarv
f Curtis) Lippincott. Her mother was the
(laughter of Samuel and .Sarah (Lamb) Bur-
rough, granddaughter of Samuel and Ann
(Gray) Burrough, and great-granddaughter of
Samuel Burrough. the emigrant, and Hannah,
daughter of John Roberts, the emigrant.
Children of Isaac and Sarah (Saunders)
Darnell: i. Edward, referred to below. 2.
Lydia, married .\ndrew, son of William and
Jemima (P.raddock) Sharp. His mother was
the daughter of Darnell and Sarah ( Rogers 1
Mraddock. and granddaughter of Rchoboam
and Jemima (Darnell) Braddock. Children:
i. Richard, married Rebecca Lamb: ii. Isaac:
iii. Walter, married a Miss Kain : iv. Laura,
married Joseph Randall. 3. Hannah, died un-
married. 4. Samuel. 3. .Ann, died aged three
years, h. Deborah, died in in fane v.
(\') Edward, son of Lsaac and Sarali
( Saunders ) Darnell, was born in Evesham
township. Burlington count v. New lersev, in
.Vovember. 1835. He was 'a farmer, and an
( )rthiKlo.\ Friend of the Evesham Meeting,
and was one of the most highly resi>ected and
in a quiet way influential men of the comnnm-
ity in which his life was spent. He married
.\bigail .Ann, daughter of William and Jemima
( Braddock) Sharp, referred to above (see
.Sharp, V). Children : i. William Sharp, re-
ferred to below. 2. Henry Sharp, deceased ;
married Ida Stratton. 3. Lewis Sharp, born
1863; married Elizabeth Mary Stratton. 4.
Sarah Hilliard, married Lewis B. Hillman. 5.
.\nna Jemima, married William J. Moss. 6.
Edward Eugene, married Alberta B. Wooden.
7. 1-lorence, married Charles D. Haven. 8.
.Mary Collins, living and unmarried. 9. Lydia
Shar]), married M. Weber Watkinson.
(\1) William Sharp, eldest child of Ed-
ward and .\bigail .\nn (Sharp) Darnell, was
born in Evesham township, Burlington county,
.\ugust 5, i860, and is now living at No. 421
I'enn street. Camden, New Jersey, with his law
otilices at No. 322 Market street, Camden, New
Jersey. For his early education he was sent
to the public schools at Penn Grove, Evesham
township, and to the private academy of Mil-
ton H. .\llen. at Medford. Burlington county,
Xew Jersey, from which latter institution he
graduated in 1876. .After his graduation he
became a teacher in the Cookman Institute at
Jacksonville. Florida, and after holding this
position for a short while he gave it up in order
tt) become the bookkeeper for the firm of
Taylor Brothers in Camden, New Jersey.
Here he remained four years, and then turn-
ing his attention to the study of law ])ursued
his reading in the law office of Leaming &
lilack in Camden, and was finally admitted to
the .New Jersey bar as an attorney in 1887.
Since that time he has been engaged in the
general practice of his profession in Camden,
and having made a siiccialty of corporation law
has become widely known as one of the lead-
• ing legal lights in that section of the state. He
is also a master in chancery. Mr. Darnell is
a Reiniblican but he has always declined to
hold office. He attends the Protestant Epis-
copal Church of St. Paul in Camden.
Mr. Darnell stands at the head of the pub-
lic-spirited and influential men of the city in
which he lives and he has been called to many
I>ositions of responsibility and trust which he
lias always filled not only to his own honor
and credit, but also to the full satisfaction of
all concerned. He is the counsel for the Inde-
jiendent Order of Foresters of New Jersey,
and also the counsel for the Shepherds of
Beth. He is a member of the P>oard of Trade
of Camden and of the Camden Bar .Associa-
tion, and in addition to these he is the treasurer
of the Camden ("ountv. Xew Tersev. Societv
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STATE OF NEW IKKSEY.
sr,,^
fur the rri-vcntion uf Cruelty to Children.
Among the many financial institutions with
which .Mr. Darnell is connected and in the
management of which he plays an influential
part, should be mentioned the Pennsylvania
Automobile Supply Company, the John Baiz-
lev Iron Works, the Peerless Pottery Com-
])any, the Pennsylvania Graphite Company, the
American Chemical and Xovelty Company, the
W. H. Dobbins Company, the American Gas
and Power Company and a large number of
other New Jersey corporations.
.\bout 1S84 Mr. Darnell married Ella
Louisa, daughter of William and Eliza
(I'lronksi Siatcher. of Philadeljihia. iler
mother was born in I^ondon. England. January
13. 1831. Children: I. Mabel W'olcott, born
Camden. New Jersey. 1885: unmarried and
living with her parents. 2. Hattie Ann Eliza.
1891. 3. Kate Siatcher. 1897. 4. Ella Eoui^a.
-September. 1902.
William Sharp and 1 honia^
S1!.\RI' Sharp, brothers, the children of
Francis Sharp, of Oak l.ane. in
the parish of St. Anne. Limehouse, county
Middlesex, England, and grandsons of Thomas
Cooper of 16 George street, in- the parish and
c<nmty above mentioned, according to the
record jjreserved in the old family Bible of
William's son, John, "came over Sea on the
Ship Samuel * * * and landed in New
Jersey about the 4th or 5th Day of September
1682." According to the family tradition the
three children, John. W illiam and Hugh, who
acc(Mii])anied the brothers William and
Thomas, were all of them children of William.
( I ) John, son of William Sharp, who ac-
comjianied his father to this country in 1682,
married. Jime 17, 1688, in Burlington Monthly
Meeting. Elizabeth, daughter of John Paine,
of I'.urlington. Children: I. William, referred
lo below. 2. Elizalieth. born May 4, 1692. 3.
John. December 8. i'ii)3. died October 23,
iJ2<): married (first) Jane l^'itchardall and
I second ) .\nn Haines. 4. Thomas. .August
2^. iCyjS: married Elizabeth Smith. 5. Han-
nah, December i. 1700; married Thomas
.\dams. (). Samuel, September 5. 1702: mar-
ried Elizabeth fiaines, 7. Sarah. June 30.
1705. Elizabeth, wife of John Sharp, died
.Vovember 28, 1705.
(H) William (2). son of John and Eliza-
beth (Paine) Sharp, married (first) Mary,
daughter of Francis and Afary ( i^.orton ) .Aus-
tin. This was in 1716. and after her death he
married Hannah . who survived hint.
Children, the last seven by the second wife:
I. Rebecca, born 1719, died August 17, 1781 :
married Solomon Haines. 2. Hannah, March
27, 172 1 : married Jonathan Haines. 3. Hugh,
referred to below. 4. Esther. .\])ril 2('i. 1727;
married Job Haines. 5. William. I'ebruary
19, 1730: married Mary Haines, d. Sarah,
.\ugust 15, 1733; married I'.arzillai Prickitt.
7. .Samuel, May 3, 1737. 8. Jane. .September
19. 1739; married Robert Engle. 9. A child
born April 14, 1741. 10. Isaac, Xovember 9,
1744, died young, 11. Josiah, June i. 1748.
12. Elizabeth, August 30, 1731.
( IH) Hugh, son of William (2) and Mary
( -Austin ) Sharp, was born January 15, 1724.
He married (first) Sabilla , and (sec-
ond ) Ann, daugliter of Mark and Ann (Han-
cock ) Stratton. Children, three by first wife:
1. Sabilla. born .April 23. 1733. 2. Hannah.
.May 24, 1737. 3. Thomas, August I, 1739.
4. Job. October 21, 1761 : married (first) Ann
. and (second) Esther, daughter of
Thomas Brooks, widow of Thomas Sharp. 3.
William, referred to below.
{ l\' ) William (3), son of Hugh and Ann
(Stratton) Sharp, was born March 10, 1770.
lie married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas
anil Elizabeth (Zane) Rakestraw. Her grand-
parents were Thomas Jr. and Mary (Wilkin-
son ) Rakestraw and her great-grandparents
were Thomas Rakestraw and Thomas Wilkin-
son. Children of William and Elizabeth
(Rakestraw) Sharp: i. Eli, married Kathar-
ine Sinnickson. 2. PTanklin, married Eliza
Braddock, sister to his brother William's wife.
3. William, referred to below. 4. Isaac, mar-
ried Hannah Engle. 3. Charles, married
(first) a Miss Logue ; (second) Esther
Leatherberry : (third) a Miss Somerall. 6.
Maria, married Benjamin Wilkins. 7. Eliza-
beth, married Japheth Bowker. 8. Amanda,
married a Mr. Morford. 9. Susan, married
Wesley Evans.
( \' ) William (4), son of William (3) antl
I'dizabeth (Rakestraw) Sharp, married Je-
mima, daughter of Darnell and Sarah ( Rog-
ers ) Braddock. Her grandparents were W^ill-
iam and Martha (Esturgans) Rogers and
Rehoboam and Jemima ( Darnell ) Braddock.
(."hildren of William and Jemima (Braddock)
.Shar[) : i. Ferdinand, married Lydia daughter
of Edward B. and .Abigail (Haines) Thomas.
2. Hugh, married (first) Jane .Ann, daughter
(d Isaac and Hannah ((iarwood) Sharp, and
(second) Rebecca, danghtei of William and
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
Charlotte (Beck) Venicoinbe, and the widow
of Dr. Benjamin Fisler. 3. Benjamin, mar-
ried AdeHne (Garwood) Hilhard. 4. Jemima,
married Edwin Crispin, as his first wife. 5.
Abigail Ann, married Edward, son of Isaac
and .Sarah (Saunders) Darnell (see Darnell,
\'). 6. Jervis, married Sarah A. R, Githens.
7. Andrew, married Lydia, daughter of Isaac
and Sarah (Saunders) Darnell. 8. Lewis L.,
M. D., married Rebecca (Bailey) Sharp,
widow of Edward .Sharp, deceased. 9. Henry,
married Annie, daughter of Amos and Jane
(Prickitt) Wilkins. 10. Edward (deceased);
married Rebecca Bailey.
The Gaskills are an old Bur-
GASKIEI. lington county family and the
name is frec|uently mentioned
in connection with the early history of Spring-
field township. r)ne historical account speaks
of Job Gaskill as one of the earliest settlers
there and says that he came from England at
a very early period and was one of the pioneer
farmer.s of the vicinity. He had a son, Thomas,
who married Elizabeth Hilman, and their son
was the late Hon. Job Hilman Gaskill, of
Pemberton. New Jersey. It is said too that
Jobstown, in Springfield township, was named
for Job Gaskill, although by some writers that
distinction seems to be claimed for Job Lippin-
cott. So early as 1777-78 Josiah Gaskill was
constable of Springfield township, and in 1781
a Job Gaskill was member of the township
committee. William Gaskill was township
clerk in 1802 and 1808, and in 1815 Abel Gas-
kill w-as the pioneer merchant at Jacksonville,
while Daniel Gaskill kept the first tavern there,
was the first postmaster of the hamlet and also
an early shoemaker in the township.
(I) Joseph Gaskill, doubtless in some man-
ner related to the Job Gaskill mentioned in the
jjreceding paragraph, and perhaps his son, is
said to have been born in Burlington township,
probably before 1780, but little else appears
to be known of him. His wife's name was
Sally, and their children were Furman, Joseph,
George, Richard, Caleb S., Asa, Mary, who
married Daniel Lippincott, and Sarah, who
married Robert Deacon. Joseph Gaskill was
a farmer during the greater part of his life
and spent his declining years in Mt. Holly.
(II) Caleb S., son of Joseph and Sally Gas-
kill, was born in Burlington county, in 1813,
and died in September, 1886. He was a well
educated man for his time and also a very suc-
cessful farmer, raising and dealing extensively
in sheep, and it is said that his lambs and
sheep were always considered the best sent
to the markets. He also raised many swine
and beef cattle and was in all respects one
of the most enterprising farmers of his time
in southern New Jersey. He served in various
official capacities, was a Whig and later a Re-
publican, and a devout F"riend. In 1842 Mr.
Gaskill married Esther A. Johnson, who was
l)(irn in Mt. Holly. June 15, 1820, and is now^
living in Mt. Holly. They had ten children:
John C, C. Frank, Joseph H. (now dead),
.Xewton (now dead ), Richard S.,(died young).
Laura \'., Hettie A. (lives with her mother in
Mt. Holly), Robert Stockton, Mary J. (mar-
ried FIdward E. Logan, a farmer) and Sally
(who also lives with her mother).
(HI) Robert Stockton, son of Caleb S. and
Esther A. (Johnson) Gaskill, was born near
Buildtown, New Jersey, June 18, 1856, and re-
ceived his education in the Lumberton public
school, William J. Kelley's tuition school.
Charles Aaron's academy and Mark R. Sovy
institute, all at Mt. Holly, and Bryant & Strat-
ton's Business College, at Philadelphia. After
leaving school he worked for a time on his
father's farm, then went to Alt. Holly and
took up the study of law in the office and
under the instruction of James N. Stratton,
Esq., with whom he was associated until the
time of Mr. Stratton's death. Mr. Gaskill
was admitted as an attorney in February.
1882, and as counsellor at law in F'ebru-
ary, 1885. During the earlier years of
his professional career he practiced some-
what extensively in the criminal courts
and gained a wide reputation as a successful
criminal lawyer. This special branch of pro-
fessional work, however, he afterward aban-
doned in favor of a general office practice. In
addition to his law practice, which always has
been large, Mr. Gaskill for many years has
been somewhat prominently identified with
local interests and institutions, having served as
township solicitor, special county solicitor, vice-
president of the board of education, and for fif-
teen year as president of the Northampton fire
department. He is past master of Mt. Holly
Lodge, No. 14, F. and A. M., deputy grand
master of the District of Columbia, and is an
Elk, a Republican in politics and a member of
the Society of Friends.
On November 9, 1904, Mr. Gaskill married
Beulah, daughter of William H. and Hope
(Zelly) Deacon, of Northampton township,
Burlington county.
STATE OF NEW
",RSi:v
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The Perry family, which has
I'l-LRR'S' long had an honored existence
in Essex county, has to-day no
more able representative than Edward Smith
I'erry. whose ancestry so far as it is ascer-
tainable is o'iven below. His grandfather, the
earliest member of his line of whom we have
definite information, may have been a son of
Deacon John Perry, of Orange, who died Oc-
tober I, 1821, aged seventy-five years; he may
have been a grandson of Arthur Perry, born
1716, died January i, 1777, who with his wife
Jane is buried in the old public cemetery at
Orange. He may also have been the grand-
son of r)eniamin and Sarah Perry, whose nine
year old daughter died March 16, 1735.
(I) George Perry was born in Bloomfield,
Essex cpunty. New Jersey, January 27, 1796,
and died November 11., 1848. His wife, Jane
Ochiltree, was born October 7, 1800, and died
November 12, 1879. They are both buried in
the [jloomfield cemetery. Children : Smith ;
Caroline, married Thomas Taylor, of Bloom-
field : William, married the widow Nancy
Trembly: George Washington, referred to
below.
(H) George Washington, son of George
and Jane (Ochiltree) Perry, was born in
Bloomfield, New Jersey, May 10, 1834, and
died November i, 1889. He bought and sold
live stock. He married, July 3, 1859, Sarah
.\nn, daughter of Edward G. and Catherine
(Wilcox) Smith, and granddaughter of Caleb
and Sarah (Garthwaite) .Smith. Her father
was married twice, his second wife being Mar-
garet Rofif. Children, last two by second wife :
Sarah A. Smith, referred to above ; Ameha ;
Elizabeth, wife of Levi Van Buskirk ; Alma,
wife of James Dickerson : and Matilda, mar-
ried (first) Freeman Condit ; (second) a Mr.
Rogers. Children of George Washington and
-Sarah Ann (Smith) Perry: i. Kate, born Au-
gust 6, i860, died September 30, 1863. 2. Ed-
ward Smith, referred to below. 3. Addison
Griffin, referred to below. 4. Kate L., born
in Bloomfield, November 11, 1867; married in
New York, January 30, 1898, Dante J. Bis-
perone, for whose ancestry see appended Bis-
perone sketch. 5. Duncan Kennedy, referred
to below. 6. Amelia, married Alfred Clark, of
Paterson, New Jersey ; three children. 7. Har-
riet, died aged sixteen. 8. Wilson George, re-
ferred to below.
(HI) Edward Smith, son of George Wash-
ington and Sarah Ann (Smith) Perry, was
born in Orange, New Jersey, October 5, 1862.
For his early education he was sent to the
CJrange public schools, and learning the trade
of a hatter, he became in 1880 superintendent
of the Brennan & Carr factory, where he re-
mained for twenty-five years, and resigned in
order to accept his present position of registrar
of Essex county, to which he was elected in
1905. Previous to this he had served for
twelve years and eight months as one of the
members of the common council of ( )range.
In politics he is a Reintblican. He is a member
of Lodge No. 135. Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks, of Orange, and of Lodge No.
12, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of
Orange. His clubs are the Republican Indian
League, the L'nion League Club, of Orange,
and the McKinley and Roosevelt Club. Of
the last two he is president. He is a member
of the First Presbyterian Church, of CVange.
On October 10, 1885, Mr. Perry married Ella
Bertha, daughter of George Washington and
Mary (Schaefifer) \'incent, for whose ancestry
see X'incent sketch appended. Children: i.
George Washington, born July 16, 1886. 2.
Ella Bertha, January 5, 1888. 3. Edward B.,
October 19, 1899. 4. Floyd C. CJctober 6,
1891. 5. Charles W., March 20, 1894. 6.
Jrving G., .\ugust 8, 1895.
(Ill) Addison Griffin, son of George Wash-
ington and Sarah Ann (Smith) Perry, was
born at Bergen Hill, Bergen county. New Jer-
sey, April 23, 1865, and is now living in Orange,
New Jersey. After receiving his early educa-
tion in the public schools he obtained a position
in a produce dealer's, which he gave up in
(Trder to engage in the milk business. This in
turn he relinquished one year later, and spent
two years in the employ of a railroad, and
finally in 1897 'i^ started the sale and exchange
stable which he has continued to conduct up to
the present time. In politics he is a Repub-
lican, and in religious conviction a Presby-
terian. In June, 1888, he married, in East
Orange, (first) Josephine Ryan, and (second)
about 1897, Annie Ryan, a cousin of his first
wife. The father of his first wife was Michael
Ryan, and of his second, I^Iichaers brother
Philip. Children of Addison Grififen Perry: i.
Lillian Veronica, born February 10, 1890. 2.
Arthur A., August 27, 1891. 3. Florence, June
4, 1894. 4. Irene. 5. Walter, June 11, 1898.
6. Mary Francis, December 7, 1899. 7. Frank
H., March 7, 1905. 8. Ruth, December 9, 1906.
(Ill) Duncan Kennedy, son of George
Washington and Sarah Ann (Smith) Perry,
was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, Jaiuiary
17, 1 87 1, and is now living in Orange. For
his early education he attended the public
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STATE OF NEW [ERSEY.
schools of Orange, after which he learnt the
trade of hatter ; but after working for eight
years at this he went into a box factory and
later into the Orange water department. In
1908 he gave up this last employment in order
to enter the town fire department. He is a
Republican and a I'resbyterian. June 22, 1896,
Mr. Perry married, in Xew York City, .Mary,
daughter of Michael and Maria (Brown) Ryan,
and widow of William Burke, who by her first
husband had three children : Josephine Mary
IJurke, born December 25, 1888; William F..
March 18, 1890; Lawrence, May 26, 1892. Her
lather was born in 1838. and died Alay II,
1905: her mother was born in 1835. and died
October 26. 1884. Children of Duncan Ken-
nedy and Mary (Ryan-Burke) I'erry: Edna
Loretta, born July 29, 1902, and Helen .Marie,
November 16, 1906.
(HI) Wilson George, son of George Wash-
ington and Sarah .\nn (Smith) Perry, was
born in Orange, New Jersey, January 27, 1879,
and is now living at 70 Mitchell street. West
Orange. He received his education in the
public .school, and then learned the trade of
hatter, at which he has continued ever since,
being employed in the blocking department of
one of the large C)range factories. He is a
Republican. July 1, 1900, Mr. Perry married,
in Orange, Caroline, daughter of Louis and
-Mexandrienne (Browdin) Amirault. Children:
I. Irene .\dele, born February 7, 1901. 2.
Robert Wilson, December 5, 1903. 3. Lor-
raine Estelle, March 26, 1905. 4. Eleanor
Corinne, December 2j , 1907. 5. Wilson (leorge,
October 7, 1908.
(The Pt-peroiie Line).
Dante J. Peperone is the only child of John
and .\nne Marie Pejierone. His parents were
natives of Turin. Italy, his father being born
there December 18, 1842, and dying in .Amer-
ica, November 8. 1907. Coming to this coun-
try in 1 886 with his son, who was born in
Turin, .\pril 12, 1872, the father obtained em-
ployment in one of the large Orange hat fac-
tories, and Dante J., who had received his early
education in the Italian parish schools, com-
pleted it in the Orange public school. He was
nine years old when he was brought to this
country, and after leaving school he learned
the trade of carpenter, and by his energy and
ability has risen to the position of foreman
for several of the large contractors. It should
be mentioned as an evidence of his ability that
he built his own home. He is a Republican and
a Presbyterian. He is secretary of Lafayette
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, a
member of the Encampment and of the
Brotherhood Insurance Company, January 30,
1898, .Mr. Peperone marrieil, in .\ew York
City, Kate Loretta, daughter of George Wash-
ington and Sarah Ann (Smith) Perry, who
was born in Bloomfield, New Jersey, Novem-
ber II. 1867. Children: i. Cecile Anna, born
December 16. 1898. 2. Elmira Sarah, Septem-
ber 30, 190V 3. .Marie Adelaide. .August 14,
1908.
(The Vincent Line).
Thomas \ incent, born in England, married
.Martha Reynolds, and had thirteen children,
among whom was George Washington, re-
ferred to below.
(II) George Washington, son of Thomas
and Martha (Reynolds) Vincent, was born in
West Orange, New Jersey, Jidy 23, 1842, and
died there May 5, 1905. After being educated
in the Orange public schools he became for a
while a clerk in a store, and then set up in busi-
ness for himself as a produce dealer. He was
a Republican, and a member of the Methodist
Episcopal church ; the secret societies of which
he was a member were the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, and the Knights of Pythias.
He married, August 27, 1859, Mary, daughter
of John Christopher and Wilhelmina (Zimmer-
mann) SchaelTer, who came to this country
from (iermany. She was born in New York
City, January 12, 1842, and is the oldest child
of her parents. Children: i. Ella Bertha,
born March 22, 1866; married, October 10,
1885, Edward Smith, son of George Washing-
ton and Sarah Ann (Smith) Perry. 2. Amelia,
wife of George Jorgensen. 3. Caroline. 4.
George Washington, married Grace Condit,
and has two children — Hazel and Wesley. 5.
Thomas, married Annie Jacobus, and has three
children — Wilbur, Martha and Myrtle. 6.
.Arthur, married Elizabeth Macauley, and has
line child, .Arthur.
The Condit family of New Jer-
CONDIT sey which has played such an
important and prominent part
in the history of Esse.x county from its earliest
period down to the present day, is of Norman
descent, and the name has had honorable men-
tion more than once in English history.
.Among the most prominent of the English
members of the family was John Conduit
Knight, who married, in England, Catherine
Barton, widow, niece of Sir Isaac Newton,
with whom the couple resided during Sir
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Isaac's life, and from whom they inherited iiis
estate. Sir John Conduit succeeded Sir Isaac
alsi) as master and warden of the mint, and
(lied January 20. 1/39, aged eighty years. His
wife dietl May 27, 1737. aged forty-nine.
Their monument is in Westminster .Abbey.
They had one chihl, a daugiiter. who married
a Air. W'allap, eldest son of Lord Lynington.
Die Kensington estate descended to the Earl
iif Portsmouth.
(I) Jdim L'unditt, first known nieniber nf
the family in this country came to .\nierica
ill i()7S. with his son Peter, and settled at New-
ark. New Jerse}'. He bought land there in
1(189 and 1691. He died in 1713. By his first
wife he had a son Peter (referred to below),
and by his second wife, Deborah, he had an-
other son, John, who died a minor. There is
reason to believe that his second wife was a
widow when he married her, and that she had
a ihuigliter, Marv, who married Captain [ojin
.Morris.
(II) Peter, only child n{ Juhn Cumlitt tn
reach maturity and marry, came over to .\mer-
ica with his father. He died in 1714, leaving
a widow and seven children. P'runi the fre-
i|uent mention in the Newark record of the
"two widows Cunditts," it seeins probable
that Peter's widow lived with her mother-in-
law at least for some tiine after her liu.s-
band's death. Peter Condit married, in i'i()5,
Mary, daughter of Samuel Harrison, of New-
ark. Samuel was son of Sergeant Richard Har-
rison, and grandson of Richard Harrison of
Cheshire, England, and Brandford. Connecti-
cut. Children of Peter and Mary ( flarrison )
Condit: i. Samuel, referred tn below.
2. Peter, born 1698 or 1699: died July 11,
17C18: married I'hebe Dodd. 3. John, born
aliout 1701 : died about 1783; married Joanna,
<laughter of Mathew \V'illiams, of Newark.
4. Nathaniel, born about 1703: died June 23.
1746: married Elizabeth, daughter of Swain
and .Susan (.\ckerman) Ogden of Orange. 5.
.Mary, liorn 1705 or 1706. 6. Philip, born
April, 1709: died December 23, 1801 ; married
.Mary Day. 7. Isaac, born 171 1 or 1712, liv-
ing in I7')4, and married, but wife's name un-
known.
(HI) Samuel Condit, eldest ciiild uf Peter
and Mary Harrison Condit, was born in New-
ark, New Jersey. December 6, ifk/i, and died
Jidy 18, 1777. .Alxnit 1720 he purchaseil laml
lying between the ( )range Mountains, after-
wards called Pleasant Valley. Subtracting
from this land five ])lantations of fifty acres
each, he built on each plantation a house which
lie diiiiated to each of his five sons, giving at
the same time a family Bible apiece. He re-
served for himself a homestead plot of seventy
acres. Three of these farms have ever since
remained in the family line of descent, and it
is a remarkable fact that his descendants have
a continuous representation in an official ca-
pacity in the churches of Orange for more than
one hundred and fifty years. He is buried
in the Orange burying ground, having 'survived
his first wife more than twenty years, and his
.second wife exactly five months. Their
graves are near their husband, while in close
proximity is the resting place of their third
son, Samuel Junior.
In 1722 Sanuiel Condit married Mary Dodd.
born November 8, 1698, died May 25, 1755.
She was the mother of all his children. The
second wife, whom he married in 1756, was
Mary (Nutman) Williams, ^he widow of
.Amos, born 1700; died February 18, 1777.
Children of Samuel and Mary Dodd Condit:
I. Daniel, referred to below. 2. Jotham, Ixirn
January 29, 1727: died July 9. 1752; married
Rebecca Pierson. 3. Samuel, January 13,
1729, to November 18, 1776; married (first)
Mary, daughter of Joseph Snu'th, of Orange :
(second) Martha (Carter) Wilcox, widow of
Stephen Wilcox, of Elizabethtown, who after
his death married (third) Deacon Paul Day,
nf P.ottle or Long Tlill, Morris county, New-
Jersey. 4. Martha. October 17, 1731, to Jan-
uary fi. 1831; married (first) Gers'hom Will-
iams, ( second ) Jedediah Freeman. 5. David,
March 17. 1734. to .April 24, 1777, married
Joanna Williams. Enlisted in Second Regi-
ment New Jersey Militia during the revolu-
tion ; promoted to major 1776, and for gal-
lantry brevetted lieutenant-colonel. 6. Jona-
than, October 18, 1736, to August 29, 1823;
married his cousin Jemima, daughter of John
Condit. Was captain of militia. Second New
Jersey Regiment, during the revolution.
(IV) Daniel, eldest child of Samuel and
Mary (Dodd) Condit, was born in Orange,
December 27, 1723, and died November 11.
1785. He was a farmer and occupied the
land given to him by his father. He was also
a soldier in the revolutionary army, having
enlisted as a private in the first Batallion, sec-
ond establishment of the New Jersey militia.
He married Ruth, born December 29, 1723,
diefl November 23. 1807, daughter of Samuel
and Jemima (Williams) Harrison, grand-
daughter of Samuel and Mary (Ward)
Harrison, and great-granddaughter of Ser-
geant Richard Harrison. Daniel was a
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STAT1-. (>!• NEW JERSKY
ck'acon in ihc I 'rcsliytfrian cluiieii. and
an exfni]>lary Christian man. Cliildrcn
vi Daniel and Ruth (Harrison) Con(Ht : i.
Adonijah, born 1749; died September 13
1770. 2. Eunice, married Nathaniel Ogden.
3. Jemima, married Alajor Aaron Harrison.
4. Alary, born January 18, 1756: married her
cousin I'hili]), son of Philip Condit. of Morris-
town. 5. Joel, married Sarah Wheeler. 0.
Amos, born January 2, 1759; died March 12.
1802; married Dorcas Harrison. 7. Samuel,
referred to below. 8. Ira, I-'ebruary 21. I7()4.
to June I. 1811 ; a graduate of Princeton Col-
lege and a trustee thereof; vice-jiresident and
])rofessor of moral philosophy in (hieen's
(now Rutgers) College; became a nunister
in the Dutch Reformed Church. He married
Sarah, daughter Henry I'erine, of l-~reeholil.
New Jersey.
(\') Samuel, sexenth child and fourth soi;
of Daniel and Ruth (Harrison) Condit, was
born August 16, 1761, and died August 31.
1822. After his marriage he removed to thr
eastern side of the Orange Mountain and re-
sided at what was long known as ""I'ory
Corner." I le was a farmer, a devout Chris-
tian man, a kind parent, a sincere friend, and
a private in the revolutionary war. In 1785
he married Hannah, born October 20, 17(14.
died J.inuary 31, 1855, daughter of Ichabod
and .Sarah (Williams) Harrison, grand-
daughter of Nathaniel, and great-granddaugh-
ter of Joseph Harrison and Dorcas, daughter
of Sergeant John Ward. Their children were :
t. Jemima, born October 7, 1786; died Decem-
ber 16, 1788. 2. Sarah, July 30, 1788, to Au-
gust 24, 1 841 ; married Ichabod Losey. 3.
Jemima. April 29, 1791. to March 28, 1882;
married Samuel Morris Dodd, whom she sur-
vived fifty-one years. 4. Eunice, July 2,
1793. to .November 22, 1882; married John
Munn. 5. Harriet, November 22, 1795, to
January 4, 1880: married (first) Viner Van
Zandt Jones, (second) Deacon Henry Pierson.
6. Samuel, March 22, 1798. to October 22,
1864; married Phebe Peck. 7. Mary, Novem-
ber 3, 1802, to December 30, 1881 ; married
Stephen Dodd. 8. Abigail, March 29, 1804,
to .\pril 26, 1880; married Thomas D. Kil-
burn. 9. Clara. F'ebruary 28, 1806, to March
23, 1842; became first wife of Thomas W.
Munn. 10. Ira II., referred to below. 11.
Ichabod, born December 6, 1810; died 181 1.
(\T) Ira H., next to the youngest child of
Samuel and Hannah (Harrison) Condit, was
born May 16. 1808. and died January 7. 1906.
He was a farmer, and the first part of his life
lived at ( )range, but s])ent the latter years in
Eivingston township, Esse.x county. Eor sev-
eral years he was a member of the board of
chosen freeholders. He married Phebe Far-
rand Mulford, born September 8. 1808, daugh-
ter of Timothy and Susan (Kitchell ) Mulford,
and granddaughter of Aaron and Phebe (Ear-
rand ) Kitchell ; for some years after the war
(if the revolution, .Aaron Kitchell was a mem-
Ijcr of the .New Jersey legislature, from 1791
to 1 801 he was in congress as a representa-
tive from that state; and from 1805 to 1809
he was L'nited States senator ; also grand-
daughter of Timothy and Esther (Osborn)
Mulford. Their children are; i. Samuel, born
July 9, 1832, now living in Oakwood avenue,
( )range ; married Mary Elizabeth Harrison.
2. Clara. January 27, 1834, married Zenas
Williams. 3. Hannah, born October 9, 1839;
married Orlando Williams. 4. Elias Alulford.
referred to below. 5. Susan, born July 2,
1843. '*• I^^Tah. born December 18, 1848;
married Amos W. Harrison. 7. and 8. Mary
and Harriet, twins, born October 31, 1850. 9.
Ira, born February s, 1835: died March 24.
1859.
(\T1) Elias Mulford, fourth child and
second son of Ira H. and Phebe Farraud
( Mulford) Condit, was born in Orange town-
ship, Essex county, New Jersey, May 21, 1841.
For his early education he attended the Orange
jniblic schools, after leaving which he com-
])leted his education in private schools. Some
time later he went into business for himself
as a surveyor and civil engineer, and in gen-
eral business but of late years has been en-
gaged only in a real estate business. In poli-
tics Mr. Condit is a Republican, devoted to
the interest and Welfare of his party. From
1885 to 1889 he was a member of the board of
chosen freeholders, and for a considerable time
director thereof. In 1886 and 1887 he was
for two terms a member of the New Jersey
house of assembly. In 1890 he was a candi-
date for congress, but with his party sustained
defeat in the great tariff debate of that year.
He was a delegate to the Republican national
convention in 1892 at Minneapolis.
November 29, 1870, he married, in West
Orange, Sarah Louise, born July 4. 1842,
daughter of Charles and Susan (Losey)
Beach. Children : i. Charles Beach, born June
7. 1872; married Mary Maude Kynor, born
November 16, 1874, eldest daughter of George
W. and Annie (Ciibbons) Kynor; and has one
child, Warren Kynor, born September 10,
1907. He is a graduate of Princetott Univer-
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sity. 1895, ami Princeton Theological Semin-
ary, 1898. He was for nine years pastor of
the Presbyterian Church at Liberty Corner,
N'ew Jersey, and is now pastor of the Trinity
Reformed Church, Newark, New Jersey. J.
l^hebe Augusta, January 27. 1874. 3. Clara
Louise, March 28, i87r). 4. W'ilberforce, born
Xovember rfi, 1878; married Emma Louise
Smith. Iwrn May 2, 1882: children: Dorothy.
born September 14, i()02: Ruth Louise, Feb-
ruary 4. 1004: W'ilberforce Mulford, Febru-
ary 4, 190(1. 5. .\lbert Kitchell, born F"ebru-
ary 12, 1880; graduated from Princeton Vu\-
versity, 1902, and New York Law School.
1904. He is now an attorney in Passaic, New
Jersey. 6. Llattie May, born January 30,
1882. 7. Elias Mulford fr., born September
29, 1883.
The Merz family, which was
MERZ worthily rejiresented by the late
Henry Merz. for several years a
|)rominent and influential resident of Newark,
New Jersey, is a late ac(|uisition to the state
of New Jersey.
(I ) Joliannes Merz was born in the vicinity
nf the city of Darmstadt, in the <lukedoni of
1 lesse, Germany. He was a highly educated and
cultured man, and served for over fifty years
in the capacity of schoolmaster in the town of
Hensheim, winning and retaining the respect
and esteem of all under his control, as well as
of his fellow citizens. The government con-
ferred upon liim a medal for faithful services
upon his fiftieth anniversary as a schoolmaster.
The greater portinn nf lii> life was spent in
the town of Pcnsheim. in the affairs nf which
he took a deep interest, and there he married
Katharine W'erle, who bnre him nine chilrlren :
I. .August, died in infancv. 2. Henry, whose
sketch follows. 3. Karl, came to America and
became prominent as a musical com])oser, and
who was successively profes.sor of music ;it
Oxford University and at W'oostei' [Univer-
sity, Ohio. 4. Eniile, who came to America
and died at San hVanciscn. California. 5.
Katharine, vnhuileered in the capacity of nurse
in a military lios])ital during the Franco-Prus-
sian war, 1870: she was awarded two medals
of honor, one by Emperor William I and the
second by the Grand Duke Ludwig HI in rec-
ognition of her faithfulness and fidelity to
duty: she came to .America and now (I90<;))
resides with her sister-in-law on Littleton ave-
nue, Newark, New Jersey. 6. Louis, came to
America, liut returned to the fatherland. 7.
Marie, became a Sister of Mercv in the his-
toric city of Alanheim, (iermany; she died in
[87(j. 8. Hans, at present resides in the city
uf I'icrlin. 9. (ieorge, died in early life. Mr.
ami Mrs. Merz were consistent Christians,
and members of the Roman Catholic church,
of which Air. Alerz was for many years the
official organist.
I II) Henry, son of Johannes and Kathar-
ine I W'erle ) Alerz, was born in the town of
liensheim, Alay 29, 1833, died in Newark, New
Jersev, Alay 13, 1905. His early mental train-
ing was under the tuition of his father : later
lie entered the Gymnasium, a classical school,
and pursued his studies with a view of enter-
ing the ministry. This aim was abandoned,
however, and he decided to emigrate to the
new world, and accordingly set sail in 1853,
landing at New York City. Shortly after-
ward he removed to Philadelphia, Pennsylva-
nia, and there secured a position in a music
store, being well <|ualified for the work by his
natural talent as well as by the musical edu-
cation that had been part of his early train-
ing. -After a few years, becoming desirous of
improving his condition and circumstances, hi'
took up his residence in New York City and
engaged in business on liis own account, open-
ing and conducting a ])hotogra]ihic studio. He
conducted this enter])rise until about 1899,
when he became interested with his brother-in-
law, Frederick Heller, in the manufacture of
I'ltramarine Blue, an article which was then
for the first time successfully manufactured
in tlie Cnited .States by the firm of Heller &
Merz. In addition to the article above named
the\' manufactured a large variety of aniline
(he stuffs, and their plant in Newark is the
largi st of its kind in this country, furnishing
em|)lovinent to many skilled operatives and
laborers. As both memliers of the firm were
thorough business men. straightforward in all
their transactions, the enterprise proved a com-
plete success and was highly remunerative.
Although of a (luiet and reserved disposition,
Mr. Merz took an active interest in the af-
fairs of the community wherein he resided,
and while a resident of New ^^)rk City served
as a member of the board of education and also
as one of its trustees, and was connected in an
official capacity with the German Hospital of
.\ew A'ork City. In 1889 he removed to his
beautiful residence at No. 143 Littleton ave-
nue, Newark, where his death occurred. I le was
a member of the l-Yee and .\ccepted Masons,
and an active member of the Turn A'erein, the
l.iederkranz and other social German organi-
zations of X't-w \ijrk City and Newark. Mr.
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STATE OF NEW lERSEY.
Mcrz inlieritcd to a remarkable degree the
characteristics of his father. He loved music
and books, and was thoroughly conversant
with his favorite authors along both lines. He
enjoyed the acquaintance of a wide circle of
friends, both in New York and Newark, who
esteemed and appreciated him for his many
excellent traits of character, and in his home
life he also displayed the c|ualities which en-
dear, proving always a faithful, loving iius-
band and indulgent father.
Henry Merz was married in Philadelphia,
I'ennsylvania, December 20, 1856, to .\ugusta
Heller, born in Bensheim, in the dukedom of
Hesse, Germany, May 18, 1837, daughter of
Christian George and Elizabeth (Boll) Heller.
Children: 1. Carl, born September 20, 1857;
married Marie Roth; no children. 2. Freda,
January 28, 1859: married Dr. Henry KroU-
])feilifer ; children: i. I'reda, born Alay 21,
1883; ii. Harry. November 5. 1884; iii. Elsie,
p-ebruary 16, 1889; iv. Carl, April 25, 1894.
3. Emilie, .\pril 8, 1861 ; married George Pro-
chazka; children: i. Ottillie, born October 11,
1887; ii. Cieorge, Deceml)er 14, 1889; iii. Al-
bert, December i6, 1896. 4. Harry, Decem-
ber 2j, 1863; married Elizabeth Bernhardt:
one child, Elsie, born December 8, 1892. 5.
Johanna, b'ebruary 19, 1865, died August 22.
i86f). (). Ottilie, December 14, 1867. 7. En-
gine, .\prii II, 1869. 8. .\ugust, November
7, 1873: married, .\pril 2'). 1899, Florence \'ic-
toria Doyle ; children : i. and ii. \'iola and
Ottilie (twins), born June 13. ii)00: iii. Henry.
.\ugust 22, 1906, died March 19, 1909. 9-
Elsie. July l},. 1883.
'liie narrative here written
J A\'i•.\\■.\^■ has relation to one of the
prominent families of America,
whose ancestor obtained his first knowledge of
the new world while on service as a British
naval officer stationed at New York ami who
afterward became a permanent resident of that
city.
(1) William Janewav. Ixiru in Ltmdon.
England, an otfieer cm l)oard Mis Britannic
Majesty's ship "Richmond." was stationed at
New York in 1996. While there he married
and purchased an estate (May 10. if'x)8). of
William Merritt, mayor of New N'ork, the
lands thus acquired being situated in what now
is the si.xth ward of the cilw Early in \(^f)
he returned to England with liis ship, and hav-
ing settled his business affairs there he came
back to New York, being entrusted by his
sovereign with tlie cliarter of Trinitv Church.
and by the crown was appointed vestryman of
the church. He was one of the committee
charged with the duty of erecting the first
church edifice on the present site ; and both he
and his wife lie buried in Trinity churchyard.
She was Mrs. .Agnes (DeKay) De ]\leier,
daughter of Jacobus and Hildegard (Theunis)
De Kay, and jjy lier William Janeway had an
only son.
(II) Jacob, son of William and Agnes (De
Kay-De Meier) Janeway, was born in New
York City in 1707, baptized by Rev. Dr. W.
X'esey, and died in Somerset county. New Jer-
sey, Alarch 11, 1746. He married in New
^'ork, Jinie 29, 1738, Sarah Hoagland, born
.November 13, 1709, died in Somerset county,
lanuary 4, 1760, and both she and her husband
are sup])osed to be buried in the Piscataway
churchyard in that county. After their mar-
riage Jacob Janeway and his wife removed to
.Somerset county and settled at Aliddlebrook,
between Hound lirook and Somerville, and
there be nwned mills and a store. They had
four children, all oi whom were baptized by
Rev. Dr. Skinner in the Piscataway Episcopal
church, and all of them died young, except the
youngest.
(III) ( ieorge, .son of Jacob and Sarah
( Hoagland) Janeway and the only one of their
children who grew to maturity, was born in
Somerset county. New Jersey, October 9, 1741
(or 1742?) and ac(|uired his early education
there. Being an attendant from boyhood of
the Reformed .church (then the only church
in Somerville), he became a communicant of
that denomination, and so it happened that
tlie Jane ways ceased to be Episcopalians.
When he attained his majority he went to New
\'ork to recover the estate belonging to his
grandfather, William Janeway, and after a
series of prolonged litigations he succeeded in
regaining the property. He continued to live
in New York until after the British troops
took possession of the city, when, having taken
an active part with the .American colonists in
llie revolutionary struggle, as captain of a com-
pan\- in the Second regiment of New York
militia, he was compelled with his family to
leave. He returned, however, with General
Washington after the evacuation of the city
bv the P>ritish army, and continued to live there
until hi^ death. i3uring his enforced absence
from New York, Captain Janeway resided in
New Brunswick, New Jersey. His house in
the city during the interval was occupied by
the liritisb. and when they evacuated they
painted a large letter "R" on the front door.
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to iiulicate that it had been the dweUing of a
rebel American. During the time he hved in
Xew llrunswick, George Janewa^v's family oc-
cnpied the old mansion called liuccleugh, now
owned bv the heirs of the late Colonel Warren
Scott. Ca])tain Janeway |)ossessed large
means, was a gentleman of character and high,
social jMisition. and was a member of the Dutch
Reformed church. On .\pril 2^. 1823, he was
appointed by the legislature of the state of
Xew York one of the commissioners to la\
(jut the Delaware and Hudson Canal. Me died
in Xew ^'ork, September 2, 1826. He mar-
ried, December 13, 1767, Efifie Ten Eyck, and
bv her had three sons and one daughter.
Their first son died in infancy. Their second
son. W'illiam. born December 13. 1772, was
drowned in Xew York harbor in 1814. Their
third son. Jacob Jones, was born Xovember
20. 1774. and is noticed in succeeding ])ara-
graphs. Tiieir only daughter, Sarah .\nn. wa^
born March 17. 177Q. and married (ieueral
Teter \'an Zandt.
(T\' ) Rev. Jacob Jones Janeway, D. D.,
youngest son of George and Efifie (Ten Eyck)
Janeway. was born in the city of New York.
Xovember 20, (774, died in Xew Brunswick.
.Xew Jersey, June 2/. 1838, full of years, hav-
ing attained and enjoyed a prominence in the
ecclesiastical and educational world such as
fell to the lot of but few men of his time.
I lis life, his character and his good works
have left their impress on all later generations
of his descendants, just in the same manner as
his teachings and example left their impress
on scores of young men who sat under his in-
struction while he occupied the professor's
chair. He graduated from Columbia College,
studied for the ministry under Rev. Dr. John
H. Livingston, became assistant pastor of the
Second f'resbyterian Church of Philadeliihia
under Rev. Dr. Ashbel Green, succeeded as
sole pastor when Dr. Green was made jiresi-
dent of Princeton College, and afterward was
connected with that church for nearly thirty
years. He was then appointed to a profess-
orshi]) in the ^V^estern Theological Seminary
at .Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, but resigned
and returned to Philadelphia, w'hence he wa.~
called to the Reformed Dutch Church in Xew
llrunswick, where he was settled pastor for
one year, resigning to become pastor of the
.Market Street Reformed Church in New York
City. In 1833 he was elected vice-president
of Rutgers College and removed to Xew
llrunswick. That office he resigned in 1839,
returned to the Presbvterian churcji. anil be-
came trustee of Princeton College and presi-
dent of the board of directors of Princeton
Theological Seminary.
( )n April 17, 1804. Dr. Janeway married Mar-
tha ( Iray Leiper, born in Philadelphia, Septem-
ber 2, 1783, daughter of Colonel Thomas Lei-
])er, who was born at Strathaven, Scotland, De-
cember 1 3, 1 745. son of Thomas Lei])cr. Coloneh
Lei(ier was educated at ("dasgow and graduated
at F.dinburgh, his father intending him for the
ministry. However, on the death of his
father the eldest son Robert inherited the pa-
ternal estate, and Thomas at the age of eight-
een came over to .America to join his brother
.Andrew, a |)hysician settled in Maryland.
\\'hile there he received an offer to enter the
Philadelphia mercantile house of his cousin,
(iavin Hamilton, which he accepted, and after
being associated with him for several years
he went into business for himself and pros-
]iered. fie married Elizabeth, daughter of
I ieorge Gray, of W'hitby Hall, on the Schuyl-
kill, owner of Gray's Ferry. During the revolu-
tion (ieorge Gray was president of the pro-
vincial assembly of Pennsylvania, author of
the famous "Treason Resolutions," chairman
of the committee of safety, and president of
the board of war of Pennsylvania. .At the
beginning of the revolutionary war Colonel
Leiper, with other gentlemen, organized the
First City Troop of Philadelphia, maintaining
it at their own expense. lie was orderly ser-
geant and afterward first lieutenant of the
troop, which participated in the principal
battles under Washington and often served as
bodyguard to that distinguished commander.
He stood beside General Mercer when that
officer was killed at the battle of Princeton.
When the army at X'alley Forge was in a desti-
tute condition and General Washington ap-
pealed to Robert .M<jrris to raise funds to sup-
ph' the needs of his men. Colonel Thomas
l.eiijer contributed five thousand ])Ounds for
that jjnrpose. There is in the p<issession of the
family a j^ersonal letter from ( ieneral Wash-
ington to Colonel Leiper thanking him for his
services during the war. I le also gave other
large sums of money to the .American
cause during the war and as treasurer of
the First City Troop he carried the French
subsidies to the army at ^'orktown. Colonel
Leiper purchased a large estate in Delaware
coimty, Pennsylvania, four miles west of Ches-
ter, and there built a large summer home,
called Strathaven Hill, .Avondale. He also
erected several large mills there, while on the
estate there were immense (|uarries, and in
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STATE {)!• XF.W I ERSE V.
order to carry the stone from the <|uarries
to the Delaware river he built in 1810 the
first railroad in this country. He helped to
originate the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia,
was president of the council during three
terms, nominated Thomas JefTerson for presi-
dent, and died in Avondale in 1825.
Rev. Dr. Jacob Jones and Martha Gray
( Leiper) Janeway had eight children: i. Rev.
Dr. Thomas Leiper Janeway, born February 27,
1805, married Abbie H. Howell. Their son.
Dr. John H. Janeway, entered the Union army
at the beginning of the late civil war and con-
tinued in the service until the end of the con-
test : then entered the regular army and
served until a few years ago, when he was re-
tired for age, with the rank of colonel. Rev.
P). H. Janeway, brother of Dr. John H. Jane-
way, served during the war as chaplain of one
of the New Jersey regiments. 2. George Ja-
cob Janeway, born October 14, 1806, married
Julia A. Matilda Smith. Their eldest son.
Colonel Jacob J. Janeway, entered the Four-
teenth Xew Jersey Infantry, served through-
out the war and was mustered out with the
rank of lieutenant-colonel, also being brevetted
colonel: he is now a prominent manufacturer,
residing in New Brunswick. Another son,
Dr. Edward G. Janeway, is a well-known
physician in New York City. 3. William
Yates Janeway, born July 6, 1809, died in in-
fancy. 4. Elizabeth Leiper Janeway, born No-
vember 24, 181 1, married John \'an Nest. 5.
Rev. John Livingston Janeway, D. D., born
April 21. 1815, married Maria W. Wetherell :
served as chaplain of the Thirtieth New 'Jer-
sey Infantry for a long time during the war.
until com]ielled to resign on account of ill
health. C>. William Richard Janeway, horn
December 29, 1817, married Julia Hartshorn.
Their eldest son, Colonel Hugh II. Janeway.
entered the l'"irst New Jersey Cavalry as lieu-
tenant at the beginning of the war. The regi
inent was known as the "fighting regiment."
having taken jiart in ninety-five battles and
skirmishes during the war. He was the first
Cnion officer wounded near Washington, and
was wounded fifteen times during the war;
became colonel of his regiment long before the
war ended, and was killed at the head of his
regiment while leading it in its last battle, at
i'etersville, Pennsylvania, a few days before
Lee's surrender at .\])pomattox : was then in
his twenty-fourth year. 7. Martha (]ray
Janeway. bcirn March 23, 182 1, died unmar-
ried. 8. Henry Latimer Janeway, born .\u-
gust Q, 1824, sfi- forward.
( \ ) Henry Latimer, youngest son and child
of kev. Dr. Jacob Jones and Martha Gray
(Leiper) Janeway, was born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, August 9, 1824, and is the only
son of his parents' children now living. His
early eflucation was received at Nash and
Mann's School, New York City, Benjamin
Mortimer's School, New Brunswick, New Jer-
sey, and Rutgers College Grammar School.
He entered Rutgers College in 1840, and was
graduated in July, 1844; M. A. in course.
1847. He studied medicine for some time,
but did not enter the profession; instead, in
184^1. he engaged in the manufacture of wall
paper in New Brunswick, and is still in that
business, which is carried on under the style
of Janeway & Company, lncor])orated. For
many years he has taken a commendable in-
terest in i)olitical afifairs. although never for
personal advancement, being originally a
Whig, later a Democrat, and now a Republi-
can. For many years, too, he was prominently
identified with Free Masonry and Odd Fellow-
ship, and held the highest offices in the bodies
of which he was a member in both orders. At
one time he was a member of the Union Club
of Xew lirunswick. In 1854 Mr. Janeway
was elected a trustee of the First Presbyterian
Church of New Brunswick, for many years
was i^resident of the board, and is still serving
in that capacity. In 18^^12 he became a trustee
of Rutgers College, and at the present time
he is senicjr member of the board. For
twenty-two \ears he was a member of the
board of education of New Brunswick, and
for seven years president of the board. He
served forty years as a director of the New
I'.ninsuick (las Light Company, was charter
numlier of tile board of directors by whom
was built the New Brunswick City Water
Works anil for more than forty-five years was
a director of the Mutual Fire Insurance Coni-
p.iny of New Brunswick. In 1876 he was ap-
pi iuted by Governor Bedle member of the
New Jersey centeiniial commission, h'or
many years he has been a member of the
I'll ard of Trade of New Brunswick and of the
Washington .Association of Morristown, a
fellow of the .American Geographical Society.
Xew N'ork. a councillor of the Institute of
Civics, member <jf the Xew Jersey Historical
.Siciety. and member of the .Sons of the .Ameri-
can Revolution.
At Geneva. Xew York. October 18. 1848.
Henry Latimer Janeway married Catherine
Aheel. horn in Belleville. Xew Jersey. F"ebru-
ary 13. iXjc), daughter of Rev. ( lustavus .Abeel.
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D. D., a minister uf the Dutch Reformed
church, who married Mary J., daughter of
Abraham \'an Xest, of New York City. Dr.
Abeel's grandfather was Colonel James Abeel.
who served as (|uartermaster general under (len-
erai Washington. Children of Henry Latimer
and Catherine ( .\beel I Janeway: i. (iustavus
.\beel Janeway, died young. 2. Katherine
\'an Xest Janeway (deceased), married W'il-
loughby Weston (decea>ed). and had a son.
Henry Janeway Weston (deceased). 3.
Henry Latimer Janeway (tleceased), married
Mary Wetmore : four children — Mary Alison
Janeway, Katherine Abeel Janeway, Helen
Rodney Janeway, and Henry Latimer Jane-
way. Three children (with their mother) re-
side with their ( irandfather Janeway in New
Brunswick. 4. Mary .^beel Janeway, died
j-oung. 5. Helen Hamilton Janeway, resides
with her father in New Brunswick. 6. Har-
mon Crosby Janeway, died in infancy.
The family here described are
MARCCS of the Jewish faith, with mind
and intelligence always recept-
ive to the best truths of all beliefs, and with
ambition to e.xcel in learning and achievement.
The first rect)rd of them is in X'ienna, .\us-
tria. and the members of the family wiio have
made the L'nited States their abiding place
have becnme jiublic-spirited and valuable citi-
zens.
(I) i'.ernard Marcus was burn in X'ienna.
.\ustria, and subsequently removed to I'aris.
France. He was a banker, and married FJer-
tha, daughter of .\braham Wisner. uf Paris.
They had a son Herman David.
(II) Herman David, son of IJcrnard and
liertha (Wisner) Marcus, was born May 26,
1867, in Paris, France. He came to .America,
a poor boy, landing in New York in November,
1883, and made his way to Philadeli)hia, where
for a time he made his living at first peddling
He afterwards obtained a position as a boy in
a brewery, and eventually i)ursued a course
at the l'hiladel])hia Dental College, from which
he graduated in February, 1888, with degree
D. D. S., but his ambition was not satisfied,
and the same year he entered the Medico-
Chirurgical College, of the same citv, from
which he graduated in 189 1 with degree M. D.
He spent a year as resident physician or in-
terne at the College Hospital, the next year in
the .same capacity at the Philadelphia Hos-
pital, and was then for a time attached to the
I'hiladelphia Mnnicijial Hospital. From i8<)3
until 1000 Dr. Marcus was lecturer of thera-
peutics and general urinary diseases, and then
was for a time a lecturer on anatomy and
physical diagnosis at Philadelphia Dental Col-
lege. From 1894 ""t'l 1898 he served in the
P'olyclinic College and Hospital as special as-
sistant to the chair of diseases of the chest.
In h'ebruary. iipi. Dr. Marcus removed to .At-
lantic City, which has since been his home, and
where he immediately entered upon the general
practicv of medicine, winning well deserved
success. 1 lis advance in life, from a penniless
boy to the jiosition <.)f a prominent physician
in one of the finest cities of the land, well illus-
trates the possibilities ojien to perseverance
and pluck, in the land of wide opportunities.
Dr. .Marcus is a member of the .American
Medical .Association, New Jersey State Medi-
cal Association, Atlantic County Medical .As-
sociation, also of the Benevolent and Protect-
ive ( )rder of P^lks, of .Atlantic City. He is an
independent Republican in politics, and in re-
ligion a liberal Jew. He is a man of high at-
tainments, and has from time to time con-
tributed to the various medical magazines and
journals, on a variety of subjects.
Dr. Marcus married (first ) in 1892, Jean,
liaughter of Julius Blumenthal, of Altoona,
i'eimsylvania, who died in 1900, leaving two
children. Bernard, born 1893, and Jean, born
1900. He married (second) A'etta, daughter
of Aloses Kaufman, of Charlottesville, \'ir-
ginia, born in {'"ebruary, 1872. and they became
parents of one child, Madeline Katherine, born
September. 1904.
[■'.lizabeth Drinker quaintly re-
SMITH marks in the charming diary
which she wrote over one hun-
dred and fifty years ago that three Mr. Smiths
had called on her in the course of one morn-
ing, and that not one of the three were in any
way related to the other, and concludes her
account of the visit with the remark: "I think
there are nv_n\- Smiths in .Vortli .America than
there are all other people put together."
Whether the ancestor lA the branch of the
family at present tmder consideration was oiu'
of Elizabeth Drinker's callers or not it is im-
|)ossible to say. but at any rate Dr. Walter
llorstmanu .Smith and his ancestors have
played unite an im])ortant part in the history
of Philadeliihia and f^ennsylvania.
( I ) John Smith, the first ancestor of whom
we lia\e information, was born in Scotland.
When a young man he entered the Cnited
.States navy and was one of twelve men picked
out to set fire to the (jld frigate "Philadel
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l)hia" at the battle of Tripoli. He married
Rebecca Lauterback and among their children
was John L., see forward.
(II) John L., son of John and Rebecca
(Lauterback) Smith, was for many years a
builder and manufacturer of locomotives at
Philadelphia, and was a master mechanic of
exceptional ability. He built and ran the first
locomotive which run from Philadelphia to
Germantown, and run the first engine up the
inclined plane. He married Rebecca, daugh-
ter of Peter Johnson, a flour merchant of
Philadelphia, who served in the battles of Ger-
mantown and Brandywine in the revolution-
ary war. Among their children was Joseph,
E. C, see forward.
( III ) Joseph E. C., son of John L. and Re-
becca (Johnson) Smith, was born in Philadel-
phia, Pennsylvania, 1843. For many years he
was the cashier for William H. Horstmann &
Company of Philadelphia. In 1870 he mar-
ried in Philadelphia Margaret Emma, born in
1849, daughter of Hugh and Susan L. (Venai )
Kilpatrick, the former of whom was a son of
.\ndre\\ Kilpatrick, and the latter a daughter
of and Katherine (Stahl) \'enai ;
Katherine (Stahl) \"enai was a daughter of
John Stahl, of Lancaster, I'emisylvania, who
aided the revolutionary war financially. Chil-
dren of Mr. and Mrs. Smith: i. Howard
(jrove, born 1872, died in 1903. 2. Roland
Hand, born 1873, died December 2},. 1902. 3.
J. Ellis, horn November 9, 1879, twin with
Walter Horstmann. 4. \\''alter Horstmann,
see forward.
(I\') Walter Horstmann, youngest cliild of
Joseph Ellis Coffey and Margaret Emma ( Kil-
j)atrick') Smith, was born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, November 9, 1879. For his
early education he attended the Friends" school
in Philadel])hia. He then entered the medical
department of the I'niversity of Pennsylvania,
1898, and graduated in 1902 with the degree
of M. D. I'or two years he served as an as-
sistant in the Philadelphia Hospital, after
which he engaged in the genera! practice of his
profession in Philadelphia. During his serv-
ice in the Philadelphia Hospital Dr. Smith
opened an office at Haddonfield, New Jersey,
which is now the scene of his labors. He is .i
member of the .■\merican Medical Association.
New Jersey Medical Society, Camden County
Medical Society, and Alumni .\ssociation of
the I'niversity of Pennsylvania. He is an en
thusiastic student of his profession, and he hai
reported and written for the various medical
magazines and jiapers. He is a member of the
I.'.cdical Club of Philadelphia. He is a mem-
ber of the Presbyterian church, and a Republi-
can in politics.
Dr. Smith married. May 18, 1904, Violet
Ringgold Thompson, of Annapolis, Maryland,
a direct <lescendant of William Smith, of
Maryland, known as "Gold Heels," and who
aided the revolutionary war financially. They
have one child, \\ alter Horstmann Jr., born in
1907.
There have been since the early
AilBOTT days of the colonization of
South Jersey three distinct
families by the name of Abbott in that section
of the stale. One of these is the family of
George Abbott, of Salem ; another the de-
scendants of John Abbott, of Chesterfield, and
the third, which is at present under considera-
tion, the posterity of James Abbott, of Long
Island. So far as is known there is no rela-
tionship between any of these families, nor so
far as is known there is no relationship be-
tween any of these families, nor so far as the
records that have come to light show have they
intermarried with each other.
( I ) James Abbott, founder of the family at
])resent under consideration, was born in
county Somerset, England. He emigrated to
Long Island somewhere near the close of the
seventeenth century, antl died there leaving
seven children — two daughters and five sons :
I. James, referred to below. 2. Isaac. 3.
Benjamin, went to Pennsylvania. 4. Daniel,
moved to New England. 5. William, settled
in South Jersey.
(II) James (2), son of James (i) Abbott.
i)f Lung Island, settled in Salem county. New
Jersey, about the same time that his brother
Isaac removed from Long Island to the head
of the Raritan river, in Hunterdon county,
.New Jersey. He died between 1763 and 1768.
and among his children was a son John, re-
ferred to below.
( HI ) John, son of James (2) Abbott, was
horn in Salem county, New Jersey, April 8,
1758. died April 3, 1834. He married (first)
Elizabeth Harden, who died February 18.
1787. *ITe married (second) Rebecca Chattin.
l)orn September 29, 1764. died March 17,
1813. Children, all except the first by second
marriage: I. Thomas, born March 10. 1786,
died May. 1795. 2. Elizabeth, September 8,
1790, died .^pril 23, 1850: married Clark W'eb-
ster. 3. Mary, October 21, 1792, died Febru-
arv 23. 1874: married William Murphy. 4.
.Sarah, July i(>, 171)3. died about 1887: married
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STATE OF NEW lERSEY.
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a llanby. 5. Martha, April 25, 1798; married
a llanby; died about 1892. Sarah and Mar-
tha married brothers and lived near each other
in southern Indiana. 6. Isaac, November i,
1800, died July i. 1835. 7. John Chattin, re-
ferred to below. 8. David. February 7, 1807,
<lied April, 1854.
I 1\" ) Mon. John Chattin .\bbott, son of John
.ind Rebecca (Chattin) Abbott, was bom in
S;ileni count\'. New Jersey, March 2, 1803.
Ahimt 1S30 he removed from Salem county to
Mays Landing, Atlantic county, where lie was
f( ir a time employed as a clerk at the Weymouth
Works. Subsequently he became general
manager for Dr. Schoenburger, of Pittsburg,
I'ennsylvania, where he had charge of his fur-
naces in the .\llegheny mountains, near Ho\-
lidaysijurg. He was a civil engineer and a
merchant: he served for fifteen years as one
of the lay judges of Atlantic county, and was
for several terms a member of the board of
freeholders. He died October 2, 1891. Mr.
.\bbott married, October 31, 1834, Ann (ioil-
frey, daughter of William and Rejoice (Steel-
man ) Treen ; she was born in 1810. Chil-
dren: I. William Treen, born September 29,
1836; now a Methodist clergyman, residing at
.■\sbury Park, New Jersey, and during the civil
war chaplain of the Twenty-third Volunteer
Regiment New Jersey Infantry. He married
Rebecca (jilbert, of Burlington, and has Cath-
arine, Stella, and William (lodfrey .Abbott, of
I )cean City. 2. John Godfrey, born Novem-
ber 20, 1838: enlisted during the civil war as
private, i)romoted corporal and first lieutenant,
nuich of his time acting captain of the Forty-
eighth Regiment of the New- Jersey Volun-
teer Infantry, Company G, killed in action at
hOrt W'agner in 1863; unmarried. 3. Joseph
Edward Potts, referred to below. 4. Clark
Webster, born .November 12, 1842; married
.Arabella Wilson, and has John, Henry, .-Mbert,
I'lorence, .Sarah. Emma, Wilmer, Melvin and
(lark Webster Jr. 5. pjenjamin Treen, born
.August (>. 1845: a physician living at ( )cean
City: married (first) Harriet Blue: (second)
Fiuma (iodfrey. who died a year later ; (third)
Delia Corson; children by first marriage,
Anna, married Stejihen Little, of Camden;
I'-lizabeth : Dolly, married George Parsons. 6.
Kebecca .\., born December 12, 1847: died un-
married. 7. Charles Tuller, born December
J~. 1849. (lied in 1902: lived at Mays Landing:
married Caroline (ilover, and has Howard W.,
Bessie (dover, Mary, married Richard W.
Towell. and has Richard W., Jr., Charles Tul-
ler, Margaret, Edward and Adella. 8. Mar-
garet Treen, born 1852; married Robert T.
Kenny, of Wahoo, Nebraska.
( \' ) Joseph Edward Potts Abbott, third
child and son of John Chattin and Ann God-
frey (Treen) Abbott, was born at Mays Land-
ing Atlantic county. New Jersey, August 20.
1840. For his early education he attended the
[Hiblic school, after which for about three years
lie taught school, and then began the study of
the law in the office of the Hon. George S.
Woodhull, of Camden, wdio in 1866 became
one of the justices of the supreme court. He
was admitted to the New Jersey bar as an at-
torney in November, 1865, and as counsellor
in June, 1870. From 1866 to 1872 he was the
only attorney practicing in Atlantic county,
and hi> law practice covered a very wide range,
especially in real estate and corporation cases.
-March 7, 1898. at the earnest solicitation of
Governor (iriggs, he accepted the appointment
of prosecutor of the pleas of Atlantic county.
In 1903 he accepted a rea])])ointnient of the
same position from Governor Murphy, and
filled the office until 1908. He is a member
of the New Jersey Bar Association, and of the
.\tlantic County Bar Association, and he is
known to-day not only as one of the oldest
living practitioners in the state, but also as the
father of the Atlantic county bar.
Ill ]xilitics Mr. .Abbott is a Republican, and
he has been one of the most active members
of his party in his state and county. What
was known as the two term rule for members
of the congress in New Jersey was broken by
the election of James Buchanan to a third
term largely through his efforts, and to his
efforts was due the method of representa-
tion in the Atlantic county delegation which
])revents the undue preponderance of a place
like -Atlantic City is settling legislative matters
relating to the country districts of the county.
Mr. .Abbott has long been a great student of
and is one of the authorities on numismatics
and minerals, and he has been for over thirty
\ears gathering a collection. He has made a
s])eciarty of American silver coins, and his
collection is regarded as one of the finest in
the country. His mineral collection of nearly
I Hie thousand species has among it some of the
rarest specimens which were e.xhibited at the
Centennial Exhibition at Philadelphia, 1876.
Mr. -Abbott married, -\ovember 8, 1862,
Adeline H., born March 2~. 1836, daughter of
Charles and Mary (libson. of Doylestown,
Pennsylvania. Children, both of whom died
in infancy: Joseph Edwin and Wilbur Mere-
dith. They have an adopted daughter, Nellie
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M.. horn October 28, 1885. a graduate of the
inil)lic school of Mays Landing, and devoted to
( Ircat difficulty is found in trac-
IIARKIS ing individual members of this
numerous family owing to the
number of immigrants who came to New Eng-
land in the first period of settlement and to the
similarity of christian names abounding, such
as John, Thomas. William, etc. In 1643 Will-
iam Harris ojjened in Ijiswich, Massachusetts
r>ay Colony, and took up land. The same year
lohn Harris also located there and was
allotted two or more lots and the same year
Thomas appears and is also allotted two lots.
These men may have been brothers or cousins,
as thev were of the same relative ages. Will-
iam. John and Thomas each took a wife and
])ossiblv one or more children. With a sec-
ond installment of settlers another brother or
cousin appears in the person of David Harris,
who arrived in 1643 and who is the progenitor
in whom we are interesteti in this .sketch.
(I) David Harris, a wheelwright by trade
and Mary Weld, his wife, was allotted two
lots of land in Ijjswich, which they sold in
1653 and removed to Middletown, Connecticut
colony. William and Edde or Edith Harris
had removed from Ipswich to Middletown, the
same or possibly the previous year, having
sold their allotted two acres of land in Ips-
wich. David and William Harris thus becom-
ing ])ro])rietors and freemen of Middletown
in 1632. David and Mary (Weld) Harris had
one child. Mary, born in l])swich, April 2,
1651. and other children born in Middletown,
including Thomas, see forward.
(in Ihomas. son of David and Mary
( Weld ) 1 larris, was born in Middletown, Con-
necticut Colony, probably in 1653, and he lo-
catetl in I'airtield where he brought up a family
which included a first child Thomas, see for-
ward.
(HI) Thomas (21. eldest son of Thomas
(I) Harris, of Middletown. was born about
1685 in Eairfield, and he became a member of
a comjiany of New England colonists who left
••"airfield in Connecticut Colony early in the
eighteenth century and settled in Cumberland
county. Xew Jersey, where they purchased
land, founded a town which they called I'air-
field and parcelled the tract among the adven-
turers, according to the size of their respect-
ive families as was the custom in Xew Eng-
land. His will was probated at Trenton. Xew
Jersey. January 24. 1750. which places the
year of his death 1749. He named his eldest
son Thomas, see forward, as was the custom
of the family.
(1\') Thomas (3). son of Thomas (2).
was born in Eairfield, Cumberland county,
.\'ew Jersey, Xovember, 1710. He served as
surgeon in revolutionary war with Xew Jer-
sey troo])s and became known as Captain
Thomas. In 1750 he was sent to England in
behalf of the people of Eairfield, Xew Jersey,
to try and secure a perfect title to the land in
the southern jiortion of the township, taken up
by the Xew England settlers, but in this effort
he was not successful. Among the valuable
mementos he brought back with him from
England was a large folio volume of the works
of Rev. John Flavel, the eminent non-con-
formist preacher, which is now owned by his
great-great-grandson and namesake. Thomas
W. Harris. Captain Thomas Harris died in
Eairfield. Xew Jersey, A))ril 27, 1783.
( \' ) E])hraim, son of Cajitain Tliomas (3)
I larris, was born in T~airfield, Cumberland
county. Xew Jersey, in 1731. He received a
good education, was |)rominent in public af-
fairs, was appointed by the governor a justice
of the peace of Cumberland county, September
17, 1772, a justice of the court of pleas, I-'eb-
ruary 28, 1774, a representative in the council
of the state that met at Trenton, Xew Jer-
sey. October 21, 1778, and served at one time
as s])eaker pro tempore of the house of assem-
bly. He was in the state legislature when the
state constitution was framed and was consid-
ered one of the leaders in the adoption of thai
measure. He was a strong Presbyterian in
religious faith and became a ruling elder of the
"Old Stone Church ( Presbyterian) of Fair-
field. Dr. Whitaker, historian of that church,
says of him that he was "the most intelligent
man in the session." He married twice and by
his first wife had children. Thomas and Pier-
son, see forward.
(XT) Thomas {4). eldest son of Hon.
E])liraim Harris, was born in Eairfield, Cum-
berland county, Xew Jersey, about 1794. He
was a farmer and imikeeper, and an un.suc-
cessful candidate for sheriff of Cumberland
county, defeated by a few votes only. He
had a son, Theophilus Elmer Harris, born
Tamiarv 58, 1796, who was sheriff of Cumber-
land county, 1848-51. township assessor for
several years, a prominent anti-slavery advo-
cate and an early member of the Rei)ublican
party. He married. February 12, 1817, Eydia,
daughter of L'rben Dixon, of Fairfield, and
thev had ten children and he married a second
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wife !)y will nil lie liad two children. One uf
his sDiis hy his first wife was Thomas Urbeii
llarris. a jironiiiient merchant of Bridgeton,
and originator of the l:!ridgeton Saving F.und
and lluiUiing Association founded in June,
1865, and its secretary: treasurer of the West
lersey Transportation Company and president
of the Bridgeton National Bank from 1884.
He married (first) Mary C. Holmes, August
30. 1853, and (second) Isabella Robinson,
.\|)ril 15, i8(/i. His children all died in early
cliildhood.
( \"] ) I'iorson. son of Hon. Epiiraim and
brother of 'J'homas llarris was born in Fair-
field. Cumberland county, New Jersey, about
1824. He married and removed to Borden-
town, Burlington county, where his son Pier-
son, see forward, was born.
(VII) Pierson (2), eldest son of Pierson
(i) Harris, was born in Bordentown, Burling-
ton county, New Jersey; about 1825. He was
a carriage mainifacturer. He married as his
first wife Emma Holmes, and as his second
wife Mary Beebe. He removed to Tuckahoe
before 1854. Children : Lewis D., Emma J.,
Edward P., Hannah, Gilbert Tyce, see for-
ward. Hannah resides at Clifton, Delaware
county, Pennsylvania.
(\'III) Gilbert Tyce, son of Pierson (2)
and Emma (Holmes) Harris, was born in
Tuckahoe, New Jersey, 1854. He married in
1870 Sarah, daughter of Parker T. and Sarah
Townsend. She was born in 1856, and they
removed to Atlantic City, Atlantic county,
New Jersey, after their four children were
born, as follows: i. Howard Godfrey, born
October 16, 1 87 1, see forward. 2. Parker
Townsend, I'hiladelphia, Pennsylvania, Febru-
ary 5, 1873: married Augusta, daughter of
Ephraim and .Vugusta Sooy and they had two
children : Ephraim and i\ugusta Harris. 3.
Hannah Naomi, born Pittsville, Maryland, De-
cember, 1879: married Charles O. Barker and
had three children : Howard, Gilbert and Ruth
Barker. 4. Edward Gunby, born Atlantic
City, May, 1883.
(IX) Howard Godfrey, eldest child of Gil-
bert Tyce and Sarah (Townsend) Harris, was
born in Tuckahoe, New Jersey, October 16,
1 87 1. He attended public school in Atlantic
City, to which place his parents had removed
and he prepared for college, entering Rutgers
College, New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1890,
and graduating B. S., 1894. He took up the
profession of civil engineer in Atlantic City
and also carried on an extensive business in
buying and selling real estate, in which he was
eminently successful. He laid out streets,
]iarks and road systems for .\tlantic City,
which greatly increased the value of real es-
tate in that winter capital so liberally patron-
ized by the wealthy classes. His business as
a real estate dealer is conducted in partner-
ship with George A. Elvins, with offices in the
Bartlett building, Atlantic City, New Jersey.
He was elected ])resident of the Ventnor city
council, in which place he took up his residence
after his marriage. His religious and political
affiliation is with no particular church or party,
but he su]ii)orts both good government and
good works in the line of bettering humanity.
He married. May 9, 1897, ^'1^ Moore, born
June 12, 1873, daughter of Evan J. and Emity
(Read) Risley. Children: i. Helen Lucile,
born May 9, 1899. 2. Howard (Godfrey (2),
January 12, 1904.
There are numerous tra-
Ll.VDSLEY ditions concerning John and
Francis Lindsley, according
to most (jf which, it is said that the two broth-
ers came from a place not far from and to the
southwest of London. One story is that the
place was the town of Lindsley or Lindlcy,
which would indicate, if the story were true at
all, that the place was the country seat of the
head of the family. In an old family Bible
in Morristown, which formerly belonged to
Mrs. Elizabeth (Lindsley) Shaw, is found this
item among others: "Francis Lindsley came to
this country in the ship with Robert Kitchel in
1639." This vessel is said to have been the
first to anchor in New ' Plaven bay. John
Lindsley signed the oath of fidelity in New
Haven in 1641, but it seems probable that the
first authentic record of Francis is in connec-
tion with his law suit brought by Stephen Med-
calfe. in 1645, when he and his brother were
living in Branford, Connecticut. Francis was
sued by Medcalfe, who won suit. Some gen-
ealogists say that John and Francis came to
America with their father, John Sr., who is
said to have died at Guilford, in 1650, but as
yet no proof of the statement has come to life.
There is also a tradition that Francis was in
Cromwell's army, and took part in the battle
of Wallby, which, however, was fought in
1685, when both brothers were recorded as
being in Brandford, and if they came to
America in 1639 or 40, they could not have
been in the Cromwellian army, because the
first battle of the Great Rebellion, Edgehill.
was fought in 1642.
(I) Francis Lindsley, founder of the fam-
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ily in New Jersey, came to that colony from
iJranfurd but with the Milford company in
1667, and died there between the years 1704
and 1710. His name appears among the forty
adcHtional settlers who signed the Fundamental
agreement, June 24, 1667. His home lot was
number 44, and he obtained patents for several
tracts of land, part of which was in the right
of Ebenezer Canfield. He was a large land-
holder, but does not appear to have taken a
prominent part in the town affairs. In the
first tax list of Newark he was assessed for
£210. His house lot of six acres is on the
south side of J^Iarket street, at the corner of
High, where the courthouse now stands. In
the distribution of lands by lots, he drew sev-
eral tracts in different parts of the township,
and in 1696 or 1697 obtained the patent from
the proprietors of East Jersey, confirming
these lands to him. The patent covered two
hundred and eighty-seven acres of land in
small tracts, and the patent is still preserved in
the rooms of New Jersey Historical Society
in Newark. In 1686 he was one of the com-
mittee chosen to lay out highways during the
ensuing year. Francis Lindsley married,
June 24. 1O55, "it ISranford, Susanna Culpep-
])er. His children, born in Branford and
Newark, were: i. Deborah, born 1656. 2.
Ruth, 1658. 3. Ebenezer, referred to below.
4. John, 1667. 5. Uenjamin. 6. Joseph. 7.
Jonathan. He divided his estate while he was
living between his five sons and left no will.
(Hj Ebenezer, eldest son of Francis and
Susannah (Culpepper) Lindsley, was born in
Branford, 1665, died in 1743, and was buried
in the old graveyard at Orange, his daughter
Hannah being buried by his side. The deed
of gift for his share of his father's land is
now among the Lindsley papers in the posses-
sion of the New Jersey Historical Society in
Newark. He was two years old when hi>
father came to New Jersey, and in a deed from
Josiah ( )gden. to him, he is styled wheel-
wright, it is not known whom he married.
His children, however, were: i. Hannah, born
1693, married Elisha Stansborough. 2. Ebe-
nezer, ify/). 3. Josiah. 4. Flihu. 5. Benja-
min, referred to below.
(ill) Benjamin, youngest siMi of Ebenezer
Lindsley was born in Newark, 1715, died in
1785. He was buried beside his father in the
Old MouiUain Society graveyard at Orange. In
1753 he subscribed £6 to the Second Meeting
House at Orange. He married (first) Mary,
born .May 11, 1724, died August 15, 1755,
youngest child of John Morris, of Newark,
who died in 1729. She was the granddaughter
of Captain John Morris, born in New Haven,
i66<'), died 1749, by his wife, Sarah; great-
granddaughter of John Morris and his second
wife, Elizabeth (Harrisonj Lampson, daugh-
ter of Richard Harrison and great-great-
granddaughter of Thomas Morris, who signed
the Plantation Covenant in New Haven, 1639.
Children of Benjamin and Mary (Morris)
Lindsley were: i. Sarah. 2. Elizabeth, born
1749. 3. John, referred to below. Benjamin
Lindsley married (second) Dorcas Harrison,
wlici survived him many years, and died with-
nut issue.
( 1\' ) Jiihn, only son and youngest child of
Lenjanun and Mary (Alorris) Lindsley, was
born ni that ]>art of Newark which is now
known as South Orange, 1752, died in 1819,
and was buried in the Old Orange graveyard.
He was an important and influential citizen,
and for his time quite. wealthy. From 1788 to
1813 he was justice of the peace, and for
many years, beginning in 1808, was a judge of
the inferior court of common pleas. He was in
the battle of Monmouth Court House, but being
an only son, and having besides a family of his
own and various other responsibilities, he found
a substitute to take his place for the remainder
of the war. This substitute was killed in a
later engagement, and Judge Lindsley contrib-
uted to the support of that substitute's mother
as long as she lived. In 1784 he was one of
the subscribers to the "Parish Sloop." At the
usual Fourth of July celebration, held in 1814,
he and Major Abraham W'inans were the bear-
ers of the National Standard, an honor always
conferred on two of the leading men of the
town. He was an elder of the First Presby-
terian Church of Orange, and a man of affairs,
of undoubted integrity and good judgment and
his advice and counsel were of weight in every
department of life.
Judge John Lindsley married Phebe, born
175(1, died 1839, daughter of Israel and Mary
( Curry ) Baldwin ; granddaughter of Joseph
and Rebecca Baldwin ; great-granddaughter of
Benjamin and Hannah (Sargeant) Baldwin,
of the Milford- Newark settlers; great-great-
granddaughter of Joseph Baldwin, of Mil-
ford, Connecticut. Children of Judge John
and Phebe (Baldwin) Lindsley were: i. Lydia.
2. Sarah, became the first wife of Stephen D.
Day. 3. Mary, became the second wife of
Stephen D. Day. 4. Matilda. 5. John Mor-
ris, referred to below. 6. Benjamin. 7.
Phebe. 8. Eliza. His home was where the Ro-
man Catholic C)rphan Asylum now stands in
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Soutli Orange, the land having been inhcnteil
from Ebenezer Lindsley.
(\ ) John Alorris, elder son of Judge John
and I'hebe (Baldwin) Lindsley, was born in
South Orange, New Jersey, April 25, 1784,
died in Orange, October 19, 1863. He was a
leading man in the community, and was one
of the first to start a country store in that
place. Me was associated witli his brother-in-
law. .Stephen D. Day, until 1806, when the firm
was dissolved and the business continued by
.\Ir. Lindsley in the store built for the firm, on
the easterh corner of Cone street, the site now
occupied by the Orange Savings Bank. For
many years he did a thriving business, and
was recognized as one of the leading and most
enterprising merchants in Essex countv.
When his .^ons, Xelson and George, became of
age. they were taken into partnership and the
business continued as John M. Lindsley &
S'>ns. until his death. In 1850 Nelson and
( ieorge Lindsley established the coal business,
which they ran so successfully, and they were
the first to introduce that article m the
(_)ranges. This business gradually increased
to such an extent that they finally gave up
their dealings in general merchandise, limiting
their trade to coal and hardware. While tak-
ing no prominent part in politics, John Morris
Lindsley encouraged improvements in every
direction antl had the greatest faith in the fu-
ture development of his native town. He wit-
nessed its growth from a simple farming dis-
trict to a flourishing township, which gradually
developed into a prosperous city.
John Morris Lindsley married Charlotte,
<laughter of Daniel, granddaughter of Daniel,
born 1720. died 1794, great-granddaughter of
the Rev. Daniel, 1691 to 1747, antl great-great-
granddaughter of Daniel Taylor, of Saybrook,
Connecticut. Her great-grandfather, the Rev-
erend Daniel Taylor, was the first pastor oi
the Mountain Society in Orange. Charlotte
(Taylor) Lindsley was born September 23.
1787, died August 25, 1857. Children of John
Morris and Charlotte (Taylor) Lindsley were:
I. Nelson, referred to below. 2. Romana A.,
born January 13, 181 1, died March 31. 1889:
married ( first) Philip Kingsley, the first law-
yer of Orange, and (second I Locke Catlin.
3. John Philip, born October 3. 1813, died June
I'). 1884. 4. Ann Eliza, born August 12, 1816,
<lied March 6, 1893; married Edward Truman
llillyer. 5. James Girard, born .March 1<),
1819. 6. George, see sketcli.
(Vli Nelson, eldest child of John Morris
and Charlotte (Taylor) Lindsley, was born
.\ugust 2^,. i8o8, died Sunday, July i, 1888.
For his early education he attended the public
schools and the Orange .Academy, and after
leaving the latter enteretl his father's store as
clerk, and later with his brother (ieorge suc-
ceeded to the business. In 1862 the new brick
building was erected on the opposite corner,
and for twenty years the firm was the most
jirominent of any in the county, outside of
Newark. In 1883, owing to increasing weak-
ness. Nelson Lindsley withdrew from the firm
and left the business to be conducted by his
brother. Mr. Lindsley had no desire for poli-
tics or social life, but he was a staunch Re-
])ublican and he was always a leader in every
movement which tended to improve the town
or to l)enefit his neighbors. He was especially
active in the movement made in 1857 to secure
lietter facilities on the Morris and Essex road.
1 le was one of the committee which waited
upon the managers of the railroad to protest
in the name of C)range against an increase
of fares to New York and Newark, of fifty
and twenty-five per cent., and he continued
to agitate the matter until the committee's
object was accomplished. He was also prom-
inent in securing the incorporation of Orange
as a town. This movement started in 1859,
and he called to order the first public meeting
held to consider that (|uestion in Willow Hall.
on November 17, of that year. In the follow-
ing year he was elected to represent the third
ward, when the first town committee was or-
ganized, and he served for one term of three
years. For many years he was the president
of the Rosedale Cemetery Association, and
spent much of his time in bringing the ceme-
tery to that state of development for which it
has since become noted. Cnder the old
militia system he took an active interest in
military affairs, and was the adjutant of the
h'iftieth Regiment, Essex Brigade. There
have been few men who occupied a more im-
|)ortant position or exercised a greater influ-
ence in the community.
Nelson Lindsley married Ann, ilaughter of
Caleb, granddaughter of Captain George,
great-granddaughter of Caleb, great-great-
granddaughter of George Jr., and great-great-
great-granddaughter of George Sr.. and great-
great-great-great-granddaughter of Richard
llarrison. of Newark. Their children were •
I . Ciiarlotte. 2. Edward. 3. Anna, married
(first) I'arrand Dodd, and (second) Orrin S.
Wood. 4. foiin Nicol, referred to below. 5.
Lucy. 6. Walter.
(\II) John Nicol. fourth child and second
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son of Nelson and Ann ( Harrison j Lindsley,
was born on the corner of Center and Reuck
streets. Orange, November 23, 1846, and is
now living in Orange, New Jersey. He was
sent to the public schools for his early educa-
tion and completed his studies at Dr. Hay's
school, the Orange Academy, and at a private
school at Fergusonville, Delaware county, New
Vork. After leaving school, wishing to ob-
tain a more thorough knowledge of general
business affairs than he could acquire in
Orange, he went to New York City, and for
six years worked in the employ of the Russell
& Erwin Manufacturing Company of that
city. In 1885 when his father on account of
failing health, retired from the coal and hard-
ware business, John Nicol Lindsley returned
to Orange and took his place in the firm under
his uncle, George Lindsley. On the death of
the latter, Charles Alfred, his cousin, suc-
ceeded his father, George Lindsley, and the
two were for a time associated in the business.
In 1889 a division was made, Charles Alfred
taking the coal business, and John Nicol the
hardware. This he enlarged and made many
changes in, adding a greater variety of goods
and conducting a more extensive trade than
was carried on by either his father or his
grandfather. He is a man of great force,
energy and determination of character. Al-
though taking no active part in politics, Mr.
Lindsley is an ardent Republican and true to
the principles represented by his party, and is
president of the board of police commissioners
of Orange. He is one of the directors of the
r)range National Bank ; one of the managers
of the Orange Savings Bank, and he has suc-
ceeded to his father's position as one of the
managers of the Rosedale Cemetery Associa-
tion. He is also president of the board of
trustees of the I'irst Presbyterian Church of
Orange. His clubs are the Essex County
Country Club and the Hardware Club of New
York.
John Nicol Lindsley married, November 24,
1875, Ella, daughter of Napoleon and Mary
f Leonard) Stetson, granddaughter of Stephen
and Susan (Batterson) Stetson. Children of
John Nicol and Ella (Stetson) Lindsley are:
Mary, .Anna, Isabel.
(For ancestry .«ee preceding sketch).
(\'I) George Lindsley, young-
LINDSLE^' est child of John Morris and
Charlotte (Taylor) Lindsley.
was born at his father's homestead, on the
corner of Main and Cone streets, August 23,
1821. died in Orange, New Jersey, February
24, 1886. He was educated in the public
schools and Orange Academy, and began his
business career as clerk in his father's store.
Later on he was taken into partnership with
his father and elder brother, Nelson, and when
his father retired from business he and his
i)rother continued the business under the firm
name of John M. Lindsley & Son. At this
time they gave up dealing in dry goods, but
continued the grocery, hardware and coal busi-
ness, which they were already conducting. For
several years the business was conducted on
the old plan, on the southeast corner of Main
and Cone streets, but about i860 John Morris
Lindsley, the senior member, made a division
of his property and the west corner came into
the possession of the two brothers. Nelson and
(jeorge, and they erected their brick building
on the site of the old homestead and conducted
business under the firm name of N. & G.
Lindsley until the failing health of the elder
brother. Nelson, necessitated his retirement,
and George assumed control and associated
with himself John Nicol Lindsley, son of his
tmcle, Nelson Lindsley. George Lindsley was
a public-spirited man, took a keen interest in
the development of Orange, and to his enter-
prise and energy are due many of the im-
provements that have given Orange a fore-
most rank as a suburban city. He was one
of the original incorporators of the Orange
Savings Bank. He was a shrewd business
man, and made a number of profitable invest-
ments in real estate. He was an ardent Re-
publican and an earnest worker for his party,
his influence being largely felt at the polls.
For some time he represented his ward in the
common council and in the board of chosen
freeholders.
Cieorge Lindsley married Henrietta Ma-
tilda, sister to General Alfred Munn, and
daughter of William and JMatilda (Fartouite)
Munn. of Orange, granddaughter of Aaron
Mmm, great-granddaughter of Benjamin
Munn, and great-great-granddaughter of John
Munn. Her father was the cashier of the
Orange Bank, now the Orange National Bank.
Children: I. Frank, died at the age of six
months. 2. Stuart, see forward. 3. Emma
Louisa, deceased. 4. Laura Matilda. 5.
Katharine Alunn, died in infancy. 6. Charles
Alfred, referred to below. 7. Clara Augusta,
born 1862, died 1886.
(\TI) Stuart, second son of George and
Henrietta Matilda (Munn) Lindsley, was born
in Orange, New Jersey, February 18, 1849.
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Ik- acquired his (.-(iucatioii in the pubhc schools,
the well-known private sclmol conducted by
the Misses Robinson, Newark Acadeniy, and
School of Mines of Columbia College, frotn
which he was graduated in 1870. The year
following his graduation he was engaged in
the private laboratory of Professor Charles A.
Chandler as an analytical chemist. He then
took up civil engineering, and for six years
served in the capacity of engineer for the
Dundee Water Power and Laud Company,
having charge of the works of the company
at Passaic, New Jersey. During a portion of
this time he was also city engineer of Pas-
saic, and engaged as well in private work in
the line of his profession. He had never,
however, quite dropped his studies in metal-
lurg}\ and in 1873, there being a general busi-
ness depression in the east, he accepted an
ofifer to go as chemist to the L'nion Consoli-
dated Mining Company of Tennessee, an ex-
tensive copper smelting company located at
Ducktown, Tennessee. In 1879 he went to
Leadville, Colorado, and became an assayer
for the Gage Hagaman Smelting Company, the
proprietor of one of the early silver-lead
smelting works of that place. Subsequently he
accepted a similar position with the Chrysolite
Silver Mining Company. I-'rom this place he
removed to Clifton, Arizona, to accept an ap-
jiointment of superintendent and metallurgist
of the Detroit copper Company. Later he
filled the same position with the Royal George
Smelting Company at Canyon City, Colorado,
and he also performed other work in the west
as a mining expert.
Returning to the east in 1887 he soon after-
wards engaged in business in Orange, New-
Jersey, where he formed a copartnership with
Robert Wright under the firm name of Wright
& Lindsley. They established an extensive
quarry and stone crushing plant on the line of
the Erie railroad, near the Great Notch, and
engaged in the business of Telford and Mc-
.\dam road construction in the several com-
munities in northern New Jersey reached by
the above railroad. After the death of his
father he joined his brother, Charles Alfred,
who had already succeeded to the coal busi-
ness, and formed a new partnership under the
firm name of S. &. C. A. Lindsley. This was
after his cousin, John Nicol Lindsley, had sep-
arated from his brother, Charles Alfred, and
taken as his share of the old business the hard-
ware trade. The property on the southwest
corner of Main and Cone streets was left to
Stuart and Charles Alfred- by their father's
will ; they enlarged the building and added
some seventy-five feet on the west side of the
corner. Stuart Lindsley organized the Essex
County Electric Compan.y, of which he was the
manager ; this company supplied Orange and
West Orange with electric lights, and was later
merged with others into the present system of
the Public Service Corporation. In 1899 he
joined with George D. and Joseph M. Mer-
rill, brothers of his wife, and formed a cor-
poration known as The Merrill Bros. Com-
pany for the nianufacture of sterling silver
novelties, acting as treasurer of the company
from its formation to the present time (1909).
•A facttjry was established in the city of New^-
ark and the company has developed a flourish-
ing business, growing steadily in volume and
importance from year to year.
Stuart Lindsley is one of the few descend-
ants of the old founders of the C)ranges who
have continued the work begun by their an-
cestors, to whose energy, enterprise and busi-
ness sagacity the city of Orange owes its great
prosperity. His long experience in tlie west
developed the characteristics inherited from
his ancestors and awakened within him the
spirit of self-reliance and coi-ifidence, to which
he owes his success in his various enterprises.
Stuart Lindsley married Katharine Eliza-
beth, born in 1849, daughter of John Leonard
and Lucy ( Balch ) Merrill, and descendant of
Nathaniel Merrill, the founder of Newbury-
port, AJassachusetts, in 1635. Children: i.
George Leonard, born 1882 ; married Louise
Van Court Clarke. 2. Lucy Merrill, 1884, 3.
.Mice, 1887. 4. Horace Nelson, 1889. 5.
Girard, 1891.
( VH) Charles Alfred, the sixth child and
third son of George and Henrietta Matilda
( Munn ) Lindsley, was born on Day street.
Orange, April 30, 1859. Studious, earnest
and thoughtful as a child, as a man he de-
veloped the same characteristics. He began
his studies in the public schools and after
graduating from the Orange high school, in
1877. \^'^s prepared for college by his private
tutor, and entering Princeton University re-
ceived his B. A. degree in 1882. Soon after
this he entered his father's employ as a clerk,
and after the latter's death formed a partner-
ship with his cousin, John Nicol Lindsley, and
continued for a time in the coal and hardware
business established by his father. In 1885
the division, whereby John Nicol Lindsley took
the hardware business as his share, having
been made, Charles Alfred formed another
partnership with his brother Stuart under the
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name of S. & C. A. Lindsley, and he con-
tinued to develop this branch of the business
and also to become connected with other enter-
]5rises. With his brother he became interested
in the l'~ssex County Electric Company, of
which he was the secretary. He also assisted
in organizing and since that event, in 1893, has
been a director in the Second National Bank
of Orange. In politics Mr. Lindsley is a Re-
publican, and for three years, from 1896 to
1899, was a member of the board of school
commissioners of Orange, arid in 1907 and
1908 a nienihcr of the city council of East
()rangc. Mr. Lindsley in religious matters
adheres to the church of his ancestors, but he
is in sympathy with the more advanced and
liberal ideas of modern Presbyterians. He
has been for many years an elder in the First
Presbyterian Church of Orange of which he is
a trustee and the treasurer. He is an earnest
supporter of the work of the church, has been a
teacher in the Sunday school, and is clerk of
the session.
Charles Alfred Lindsley married, January
16, 1894, Emily, daughter of Frank Decker.
of Rochester, New York, a descendant of one
of the earliest of the old Dutch settlers of New
Netherland. She was born in Rochester, Feb-
ruary 23, 1866. Her sisters are: Frances,
married ( leorge Sabie, and has one daughter,
Kathryn, and Lulu, married Harry Phillips,
and has one daughter, Marian. Children of
Charles Alfred and Emily (Decker) Lindsley
are: i. Eldredge Decker, born January 2, 1893.
2. lileanor. September 6, 1897. 3. Laurence
.Alfred, |ulv 2. 1000.
lames Ivightmire, the hrst
RIGHTMIRE member of the family of
whom we have definite in-
formation, conies of an old and honored
family of New Jersey, and according to tradi-
tion his grandfather was in 1713 sheriff of
Middlesex or Somerset county. He may have
been a brother of the Jacob Richtmyer, of
Middlesex county, who married Maria, daugh-
ter of Abraham and Elizabeth \^an Voorhees
and granddaughter of Jan Janse Van Voor-
hees and Neeltje Nevius. James Rightmire
was born in 1770, and died March 7, 1829, his
will being proved the following year. For
many years he was school teacher at Deans,
Middlesex county. New Jersey. He married
Sarah, born Xovcniber 25. 1779, and died 1843,
daughter of Jacob and Mary Van Pelt. Chil-
dren : I. Jacob \'an Pelt, referred to below.
2. Aaron, died 1872. 3. George, died 1872.
4. Wanchie, married a Mr. Ayres. 5. Cath-
arine, married a Mr. Wilson. 6. Maria, mar-
ried Thomas Schenck. 7. Sarah, married Voor-
hees .Suydam.
(II) Jacob \ an I^elt, son of James and
Sarah (Van Pelt) Rightmire, was born at
Deans, New Jersey, March 5, 1800, and died
there September 8, 1880. He was baptized
March 25, 1800, in the Franklin Park Dutch
Reformed Church. He was owner of a boat
that ran between Albany and New York in
1824; after having an accident which disabled
his right arm, he discontinued that business,
after which he conducted a general store at
Deans over forty years. He married Isabella,
daughter of John and Isabella (Izesbister)
Franks, who was born February 18, 1803, and
died December 11, 1864. Children: I. Maria,
born June 21, 1826; died February 18, 1909;
married William \'an Derveer. 2. James, born
.August 30, 1827; married Mary Tompson. 3.
TlKjnias F.. born March 5, 1829; died May 14,
ii)n8: married Elizabeth Post. 4. Margaret,
born November 21, 1830; living 1909; married
Peter (iarritson. 5. Jacob, born March 26,
1833; died December 30, 1899; married Ada-
line Stults. 6. Sarah Ann, born March i,
1835 ; died February 25, 1905 ; married Samuel
Franklin. 7. John T., born April 24, 1836:
living 1909: married (first) Jane Ann Hough-
ton ; ( second ) Mary Louisa Helwright. 8.
Aaron, born January 9, 1839: died November
30, 1865: unmarried. 9. Isaac, born August
24. 1840; died March 25, 1873; unmarried.
10. X'oorhees Suydam, referred to below. 11.
William IL, born May 19, 1845; died Janu-
ary (■>. 1904; married Lydia Vanskiver. 12.
Abraham H., born November 13, 1848; died
.\'<ivember 20, 1873; married Sophia M. Nye.
(HI) Voorhees Suydam, son of Jacob Van
Pelt and Isabella (Franks ) Rightmire. was born
at Deans, New Jersey, June 25, 1843, ^nd for
many years conducted a general country store
in Deans, where he is now (1909) living retired.
1 le married Mary Louisa, daughter of Colonel
Dean and Mary Scott (Dey) Britton (see Brit-
ton). Children: I. Estel Dean, referred to
below. Willena Vanderveer, born April 14,
1872; living in Deans, New Jersey. 3. Frank-
lin, born January 19, 1874: a dentist, in Pater-
son, New Jersey. 4. Voorhees Alvin, referred
to below. 5. Alary Britton, January 14, 1878.
(IV) Estel Dean, son of Voorhees Suydam
and Mary Louisa (Britton) Rightmire, was
born in Deans, New Jersey, April 14, 1870, and
is now living at .Atlantic City. He received
his early education at the public schools of
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Deans, Middlesex couiUy, New Jersey, and
then entered the preparatory school for Rut-
gers College, at New Brunswick, and after
fniishing his course there he studied privately
along scientific lines. He started in to work
with Josiah Tice, city engineer of New Bruns-
wick, February, 1888, and remained with him
tor five years, when he became connected with
the Johnson Railroad .Signal Company, of
Rahway, New Jersey, with whom he remained
for eighteen months.' In 1894 he opened an
office as civil engineer at Mount Holly, Bur-
lington county. New Jersey, and in the fall of
1895 started another office in .^.tlantic City. In
1903 he was ajipointed county engineer for
Atlantic county, and in April, 1903. he was
chosen as city engineer of X'entnor City, .At-
lantic county. New Jersey. In 1904 he received
the appointment of city engineer for .A-bsecon,
and in 1907 he was chosen as city engineer of
Somers I'oint ; these three last mentioned posi-
tions he still holds. In 1908 he was appointed
borough engineer of Linwood. New Jersey,
and in January, 190;, the city council of .At-
lantic City gave him the appointment of cit\
engineer of that municipality, and lastly, in
May, 1909, he received the appointment of
special engineer of Margate City, New Jersey.
From 1903 to 1909 he was a member of the
board of education for Ventnor City, being
chosen as secretary of the board ; but this posi-
tion he was obliged to resign owing to the
jiressure of his other responsibilities and duties.
In January, 190", in order to fill a vacancy, he
was appointed tax collector of \'entnor City.
This record shows a most unprecedented list
of positions held by so young a man in his pro-
fession, and this simi)le enumeration speaks
more than any words can do as to Mr. Right-
niire's cajjacities and energies. He is a mein-
ber of the .American Society of Civil Engi-
neers, the Order of Junior American Me-
chanics, Masonic Lodge, and of the Ventnor
.Motor F'oat Club. In politics he is a Repub-
lican, and in religious conviction a Presby-
terian. January I, 1903, Mr. Rightmire mar-
ried Hattie Fstelle, daughter of Robert W.
Reid, of New York, who was born .August 31.
1878, and whose parents now live at Long
IJranch, New Jersey.
(TV) Voorhees Alvin. son of Voorhees
Suydam and Mary Louisa (Britton) Right-
mire, was born at Deans, New Jersey, No-
vember 23, 1875, and is now living at 105
Halsey street, Newark, New Jersey. For his
early education he attended the public schools
at Deans, and after graduating from the New
lirunswick high school, in 1894, he entered the
I'enn College of Dental Surgery, from which
he received his diploma in 1905. He then open-
ed an office for himself in Newark, New Jer-
sey, and since that time lias been engaged in
the practice of dentistry at the address above,
winning for himself by his pleasing personality
and high ability, a large clientele. He is a
member of the New Jersey State Dental .Asso-
ciation, an<l in politics he is a Republican.
(The Bi-itton I^ine).
Nathaniel Britton was of English origin,
and emigrated to this country previous to 1660,
when he bought twenty-five morgens of land
in I'^latlands, Kings county. New York. It is
possible that he may have been the son of the
William Britton who was living on Long
Island in 1662, or he may have been the son
of Daniel Britton of .New Amsterdam. In
1664 he obtained a patent for a tract of one
hundred and forty-four acres on the southeast
side of Staten Island, where he finally settled
and set up a tap-house. April 27, 1671, he and
.\Ir. Still well were chosen to lay out the lots
upon the lulls, and he died prior to April 10.
1708. when letters of administration on his
estate were granted. He married Anna, daugh-
ter of .Nicholas Stillwell, of (iravesend. Long
Island, who w'as born in 1643. Children : Will-
iam, Nathaniel, Sarah, Rachel, Joseph, Re-
becca, Benjamin, Richard, John, .Abigail, Dan-
iel (referred to below), Nicholas.
(Ill Captain Daniel, son of Nathaniel and
.\mia (Stillwell) Britton, was born on Staten
Island, about 1675, and died in Woodbridge,
.New Jersey, April, 1733. August 15, 1708,
he and his wife joined the I'resbyterian church
in Woodbridge; March 13, 171C), he and Sam-
uel L^ennes, Jr.. were appointed on the com-
mittee to build a courthouse ; the following year
he was made town treasurer, and in 1827 he was
on the committee appointed to investigate the
Somman's claim. He married Elizabeth ,
who was born about 1684, survived her hus-
band, and after his death married John Murr-
ney. and died in /April, 17(30. Children: Mary,
Daniel (referred to below). Deliverance, Will-
iam, Elizabeth, Benjamin.
(Ill) Daniel (2), son of Daniel (i) and
!'"lizabcth I'ritton, was lx)rn at Woodbridge.
about 1705, and died there in 1735 or 173ft.
He married .Apphia . Children: Nich-
olas, referred to below; Elizabeth.
( l\') Nicholas, son of Daniel (2) and .Ap-
|)hia Britton, died in ^7^^,. He lived in New
Brunswick, Middlesex county, .New Jersey,
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
and in his will mentions children : Joseph,
Isaac. Nicholas. .X'athaniel ( referred to below).
Mary. Martha.
(V) Nathaniel, son of Nicholas Liritton,
was born Jnne 20, 1768, and died April 3,
1837. He married Ruth, daughter of Aaron
and Gertrude (\'liet) Dean.
(M) Dean, only child of Nathaniel and
Ruth (Dean) Britton, was born October 3
1795. and died June. 1870. He married Mary
Scott, daughter of John Wetherell and Cath-
erine (Rue) Dey. "Children: Ruth, .\aron.
|ohn, Nathaniel, Catherine L.. Mary Eouise.
referred to below.
(MI) Mary Louise, daughter of Colonel
Dean and Mary Scott (Dey) Britton, was born
February 17, 1847, and married \'oorhees Suy-
dam, son of Jacob \an Felt and Isabella
( Franks) Rightmire.
loseph .\ugustine Brady, jiresi-
1!R.\I)^■ dent of the Board Walk National
Bank, Atlantic City, New Jersey,
is of Irish de.scent. His father. Thomas Brady,
son of Patrick Brady, was born in county Caven.
Ireland, in 1827. He came to America in 1850.
and settled at Atlantic City, New Jersey, in
1854. This was almost the very beginning of
things at that now popular resort. Mr. Brady
was a carpenter and builder and followed his
trade after coming to Atlantic City. He erect-
ed many of the earlier public and private build-
ings of the city and became possessed of a
goodly competence. He established the well
known "' Brady's Baths" along the Board Walk,
a business that proved very profitable. They
are still popular with the bathers. Thomas
lirady married Marie Dellahay. born in Ireland,
daughter of Sylvester and Alargaret Dellahay.
The children of Thomas and Marie Brady are :
I. Thomas B., born December 26, 1859; mar-
ried Emma Daly, and has a son, Thomas Brady,
Jr., a carpenter and builder of Atlantic City. 2.
Robert, September 11, 1861; unmarried. 3.
Joseph A., see forward. 4. Ellen, married
William Shea, of Wilmington, Delaware. 5.
Marie, married Charles Manning, a surveyor
of Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, and has Charles
Helen, Alarie and Ellen Manning.
Joseph Augustine, third son of Thomas and
Marie Brady, was born at Atlantic City, New-
Jersey, March 28, 1865. He received his edu-
cation in the schools of his native city. On
leaving school he at once began the active and
busy life that has never ceased, and has brought
him well deserved and abundant success. Dur-
ing the winters he worked w'ith his father on
the construction of buildings and such other
work as was available. In the summer the ever
])opular bathing business claimed their closest
attention. "Brady's Baths" are still one of the
Board Walk's popular resorts. In 1907 the
Bciard Walk National Bank was organized.
Mr. Brady was one of the charter members
and a member of the first board of directors.
This is one of Atlantic City's popular and
pro.sperous financial institutions, with a capital
of S200.000 and has already accumulated a
surplus of fifty thousand. In 1908 Mr. Brady
was elected president of the bank, the position
he now occupies, and he is interested in other
lines of the city's activity. He is a communi-
cant of the Catholic church.
He married. 1888, Margaret Watson, born
.March 10, 1867, daughter of Frank and Lydia
Watson, and a descendant of an old Philadel-
phia family. Children: Ethel, born March 24.
1889: Margaret. Tulv 4. 1890; Svbilla. April
8. 1893- " "
I For preceding generations see John McCarter 1).
(IV) Robert Harris, eldest
-McC.ARTi^R son of the late Thomas Nes-
bitt and Alary Louise (Hag-
gerty) AlcCarter, was born at Newton, Sussex
county. New Jersey, April 28, 1859. He was
graduated from Princeton University in 1879,
and from the Law School of Columbia Uni-
versity, in the city of New York, in 1882. He
was admitted to the bar of New jersey in June,
1882. and has continuously thereafter practiced
his profession in that state, enjoying a general
practice, which he conducts in association with
Conover English. Esquire, under the firm name
of AlcCarter & English. On Alay 15, 1903.
he was appointed by Governor Alurphy attor-
ney general of the state of New Jersey, and
was subsequently reappointed to the same posi-
tion by Governor Fort. He resigned from that
office the latter part of the year 1908 on account
of the demands of his personal practice. In
June, 1904. the degree of LL. D. was conferred
upon him by Princeton University. He is a
man of the highest integrity, greatly respected
in the community, has attained a high standing
in the profession and enjoys a merited reputa-
tion as an able and reliable attorney.
Air. AlcCarter married, October 12, 1886,
Alary Bouvier Peterson, born Alarch 25, i860,
daughter of R. Evans and Ellen (Deacon)
Peterson, by whom he had two children, name-
ly : George W. Childs and Eleanor J. Mc-
Carter.
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(For pret-edins generations see John McCarter 1).
(IV) Uzal Haggcrtv, sec-
McCARTER ond son and fifth child of
Thomas Kesbitt and Alary
Ft)uise (Haggerty) McCarter. was born at
Xewton. New Jersey, July 5. 1861. He at-
tended the Newark Academy, Dr. Pingry's
school at Elizabeth, and graduated at Prince-
ton University, class of 1882. He entered the
office of Kidder, Peabody & Company, No. i
N'assau street. New York City, July i, 1882,
remaining for a period of five years, and then
accepted a position with the Lombard Invest-
ment Com])any, of New York, remaining for
one and a half years. On March 18, 1889, he
entered the employ of the Fidelity Trust Com-
pany, of Newark, in the capacity of executive
manager, later became secretary and treasurer,
then trust officer, and in 1904 was elected presi-
dent of the company. These successive elec-
tions testify to the executive ability displayed
by Mr. McCarter in the management of affairs,
and the esteem in which he was held by the
members of the com])any. In addition to the
presidency of the above named company, he is
serving as director and chairman of the finance
committee of the Prudential Life Insurance
Company ; director and one of the vice-presi-
dents of the L'nion National Bank, of Newark ;
director of the L'nion Trust Company, of Eliz-
abeth : director of the Essex Countv Trust
Company, of East Orange; director of the
New Brunswick Trust Company, of New
Brunswick ; director in the Public Service Cor-
l)oration of New Jersey and its subsidiary
companies. He is a member of the North Re-
formed Presbyterian Church, of Newark. He
is a Re])ublican in politics, and was an elector-
at-large to the national Republican convention
in 1904 that nominated Theodore Roosevelt
for the Presidency of the L'nited States. Mr.
.McCarter is a member of the L'niversity Club.
of New York City; Princeton Club, of New
^ ork City; New York Yacht Club; Esse.\
( lub, of Newark ; Essex County Country Club,
of West ( )range. and the Kumson Countr\
< lub.
.Mr. McCarter married. January .^o, 1889,
jane .Meeker Lewis, of Newark. <lauglUei
of William ( i. and Eliza ( (jarthwaite ) Lewis,
the former of whom was a leading clothing
manufacturer of Newark during the period
of the civil war. lately retired from activt-
l)ursuits. Mr. and Mrs. McCarter have one
child. Isabella Lewis, born |;iiniar\ 11.
|8(M.
( For preceding- generations see Thoni.asTrenohard 1).
(N) Thomas \\ hittaker,
TRENCH. \RI) only child of Hon. William
Barrett and Anna Mariah
( Golden ) Trenchard, was born at Centreton,
Salem county, New Jersey. December 13, 1863,
and is now living at Bridgeton. For his early
education he went to the public schools of
Bridgeton and the South Jersey Institute, grad-
uating from the latter in 1882. He then enter-
ed the office of Potter & Nixon, at Bridgeton,
where he took up the study of law, and was
admitted to the New Jersey bar as attorney in
1886, and as counsellor in 1893. From the
time of his atlmission to the bar he was actively
engaged in the general practice of his pro-
fession in Bridgeton. In i88g he was elected
a member of the general assembly of New
jersey. From 1892 to 1899 he served as the
city solicitor for Bridgeton, and for many years
was the attorney for the Iiridgeton board of
health. In 1899 he was appointed county judge
of Cumberland county by (lovernor Voorhees,
and in 1904 was reappointed by Governor Mur-
phy. In 1896 he was elected by New Jersey as
one of the presidential electors of the McKinley
and Hobart ticket. June 8, 1906, Governor
Stokes t)f New Jersey appointed him as justice
of the New jersey supreme court to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of judge Dixon.
r)n January 15, 1907, he was reappointed for a
full term. His term expires in 1914 and his
circuit comprises the counties of Atlantic, Cape
May, Cumberland and Saletn. He was one of
the organizers of the Cumberland County Bar
Association, and served as its first president.
He is a member of the Society of the Sons of
the Revolution.
The Hon. Thomas Whittaker Trenchard
married, in 1891, Harriet, daughter of the Rev.
j. K. Manning, D. D., and Ik-ulah (Young)
Manning, of Trenton. Her father is a l>a])tist
clergyman and her mother came from Hiuiter-
(Ion coiuitv. New Jersey.
Stephen Smith, superintendent of
.S.MITH the Masonic Home and Orphan-
age at Burlington. New Jersey, is
a descenilant of one of the old colonial families
of Orange county. New York, where his an-
cestors lived for generations.
(I) Henry Smith, who was born in Eng-
land, emigrated to this country in 1743. and
settled in Goshen, Orange county. New York,
where he bought a large tract of land and built
a home for himself and his family, on which
he lived until he died, and which has come
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STATE OF NE\\" lERSEY.
(kiwii in the possession of his descendants until
to-day. Children : Stephen, Caleb, referred
to below ; Abigail. Phoebe, Joanna, Elizabeth.
Hannah.
(II) Caleb, second son of Henry Smith, of
England and Goshen, New York, inherited the
homestead from his father at the latter's death,
and by purchasing adjoining lands added con-
siderable to the plantation. His children were:
Henry C, Stephen, referred to below ; Caleb.
John, Joshua, Abigail.
(III) Stephen, second son of Caleb Smith,
of Goshen, New York, inherited the homestead
iin which he lived and died. Children: Eliz-
;ibeth, .\bigail, Benjamin C. Stephen, Joseph
Reeves, referred to below ; John A.
(IV) Joseph Reeves, son of Stephen Smith,
of Goshen. New York, spent his jouth on the
old homestead farm which his father had in-
herited, and obtained his education in the coun-
ty schools. He then left the old homestead
and learned the trade of blacksmithing, but
afterwards gave this up in order to become a
farmer. I'ntil 1848 he rented different farms,
but in the latter year removed to Port Jervis,
Sew York, where he carried on a general ex-
press, trucking and teaming business until a
few years before his death, w'hen he retired.
He was a member of the Presbyterian church,
and in politics was a Whig, later a Republican.
He married Emmeline, daughter of Jonathan
Decker, of Deckerstown. New Jersey. Chil-
dren: I. .\ child, died in infancy. 2. Charlotte,
deceased. 3. Elizabeth, living in Centralia.
Illinois. 4. Benjamin Franklin, deceased. 5.
Eavina, deceased. 6. Matilda, living in Otis-
ville. New York. 7. Charles Reeves, living in
Middletown. New York. 8. Stephen, referred
to below. 9. Annette, or Antonette. deceased.
10. James Egbert, deceased. 11. Jane A., de-
ceased. 12. Horace Stewart, deceased. 13.
Josephine, deceased. 14. .-\lva, deceased.
(V) Stephen (2). eighth child and third son
of Joseph Reeves and Emmeline (Decker)
-Smith, was born near Deckerstown, New Jer-
sey, November 15, 1840. He was educated in
the country schools and at Port Jervis, New
\ ork. and began life as a wage-earner in a
|)rinting office, while he was still cjuite young.
At the age of fifteen years he became a train
boy on the Erie railroad, remaining with that
corporation for ten years, and passing through
all of the grades of promotion up to train
dispatcher. He was successively, fireman,
yard-master, assistant conductor, conductor
and train dispatcher. In 1865 he crossed the
great American desert with ox teams, going as
far as Nevada, but he did not long remain in
the far west, and soon returned as far east as
Illinois, where he found employment with the
Terre Haute Railroad Company. In 1870 he
returned to the employ of the Erie railroad as
conductor and later became superintendent of
the New York and Greenwood Lake branch.
He then accepted a position as conductor with
the New ^'ork, New Haven and Hartford
railroad, and being promoted later to the posi-
tion of agent remained with the last mentioned
coni])any until 1898, when he resigned in order
to liecome superintendent of the newly com-
l)leted Masonic Home at Burlington, New Jersey.
.Mr. Smith was the first and is the present
■-uperintendent of the Home, and during his
incumbency it has been enlarged and an orphan-
age built in addition in 1903. In rgligious
belief Mr. Smith is a Presbyterian, and in
politics a Republican. His fraternal relations
are in the ]\Iasonic Order. He is a Scottish
Rite Mason of the thirty-third degree, belong-
ing to the Jersey City Consistory, Northern
Jurisdiction of the United States. He is a
.Master ^lason of Burlington Lodge, No. 32,
I'rec and .\cce];)ted Masons, of New Jersey;
a Royal .\rch Mason of Boudinot Chapter,
No. 3, and a Knight Templar of Helena Com-
mandery. No. 3, all of Burlington, New Jer-
■^ey. In 1869 Air. Smith married Fannie M..
daughter of John ]. Paris, of Bath, New York.
Borton was a common name in
r.( )1\T( )N England. Ireland and Scotland.
in early times, and sometimes
s])elled I'.arton. Several I'artons from Mon-
mouth. Hunterdon and Sussex counties fought
in the revolution. The family here described.
h()wever, were not in favor of warfare, as they
were followers of George Fox, and the name
of Borton occurs often in the records of the
h'riends' monthly meetings.
(1) John Borton, with his wife .Ann, who
lived at Hillsdown, along the Northampton
rive!-, in liurlington county, New Jersey, for-
merly from Parish Aynhoe. Northampton-
shire, England, brought with them to the
monthly meeting a certificate from the monthly
meeting of P.urton, in Oxfordshire, dated the
third month, fifth day, old style, 1679, the
same signed by a number of persons attesting
to their character and standing. The certifi-
cate stated that the signers "have known ye sd
John and .\nn Borton these many years, and
that they have walked honestly among us, living
in the fear of God, and in obedience to the
blessed truth re\ealed in this our dav, and have
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STATE OF NEW
l-RSEY,
887
been of a good savour to friends and to their
neighbors in ye village where they dwell."
John Uorton died at Hillsdown in 1687, his
will was dated fifth month, and proved in the
eleventh month of the same year, and in the
docimient he names his sons John and Will-
iam, and six daughters, but does not name the
latter. His children were : William, Ann,
l''lizabeth, Esther, Mary, John and two other
(laughters.
(II) John (2), son of John (i) and Ann
15{)rton, was probably born in Burlington coun-
ty. New Jersey, and was three times married,
the name of his first wife being unknown ; he
married ( sec(3nd ) Ann Darnell, and (third)
Mary Hillbourn. By his first wife he had
f(uir children: John, William. ( )badiah and
Hannah.
(III) ( fbadiah. son of John (2) Borton,
married ( first ) Susannah, daughter of Samuel
and Silence ( Bunting) Butcher, by whom he
had four children, namely : Silence, Mary,
Solomon and Samuel. He married (second)
.Mary Driver, by whom he had children as
fnllows: Jane, Joseph. T'liebe, Jnhn, Benjamin
and Job.
(IV) John (3), .son of Obadiah and Mary
I. Driver ) Borton, was born September 16, 1755.
lie married, in 1776, Hannah, daughter of
Thomas and Hannah Haines. Children: ]\Iary,
born March ii, 1777 ; John, see forward ; Han-
nah. December 12, 1779: Rebecca, December
25. 1781 : Edward, July 25, 1783; Esther, Janu-
ary 31, 1785: .Abraham. C)ctober 11, 1786;
David. February 28, 1788; Aljigail, September
10, 1789; Asa, April 10, 1791 ; Jacob, October
20, 1792: Thomas, .April 21, 1794; Elizabeth,
January 25, 1798.
(\') John (4). son of John (3) and Han-
nah (Haines) Borton. was born August 31.
[778. He married Jemima, daughter of Reho-
bnam and Jemima (Darnell) Braddock. ChiB
dreii : Barzillia. died single; John; Jemima,
marriul (first) Jacob Ballinger, and (second)
David Walton; Esther, married William
(.jlover ; Pemberton. married .Anna \\ right :
C'aroline, married David Davis.
( \'I ) John (5), eldest son of John ( 4 ) and
Jemima (Braddock) Borton, was Ixirn in
[•".versham township, Burlington county. .\'ew
Jersey, December 12. 1805; died in 1866. He
was a farmer and storekeeper. He married
(first) Keturah, daughter of Joseph and Han-
nah (Maxwell) Haines: (second) Martha
Woolman : (third) Sarah (Buzby) Warner,
a widow. Children : Joseph Haines, see for-
ward ; (ieorge Buzby, born Ma\ 7. 1830. lives
at Moorestown, New Jersey.
(\"II) Joseph Haines, son of John (5) and
Keturah (Haines) Borton, was born Novem-
ber 27,, 1827, at Eversham township, Burling-
ton county. New Jersey. He ceceived his edu-
cation in the public schools, su])plement by in-
struction at the Friends' West Town Boarding
School. He then spent some time in his father's
store and later learned the trade of brick-
mason, but his health failing he purchased a
farm in his native township and lived on it
for some time. In 1867 Mr. Borton disposed
of his farm and removed to .\tlantic City,
where he purchased prt)perty of William Den-
nis, of Burlington, and upon it built the cele-
brated 'Hotel Dennis," which he conducted
with great success until 1900 and then sold it
to Walter J. Buzby. Mr. Borton was for a
number of years a member of the city council
of Atlantic City, for several years a freeholder
of Atlantic count}-, antl while holding the latter
ofifice used his eiiforts and influence in favor of
the building of an insane asylum for Atlantic
county ; m connection with John Erwing and
others he was largely instrumental in instituting
and building the institution which now is a
matter of pride to all residents of the county.
Previous to this time the insane patients had
been boarded out by the county. Mr. Borton
is first vice-president of the Atlantic City Na-
tional Bank, one of .Atlantic City's most solid
financial institutions. He is a public-spirited
and useful citizen, taking great interest and
pride in the development and progress of the
city of his residence. In political opinions he
is independent, and is a devout Friend in relig-
ion. He is affiliated with tlie .\ncient Free and
.Accepted Alasons, being a member of Trinity
Lodge, No. 79. of .Atlantic City, also of Trin-
ity Chapter. No. 38, Royal .Arch Masons.
.Mr. I'lorton married, February 15, 1855,
lleurietta. daughter of David and Deborah
llaines. born February 2/. 1832: died April
17. 1907; they became parents of one chUd,
Josephine Haines, born February 20, 1858.
who became the wife of Joseph Alarvel, No-
vember 14, 1895. They have no children. Jo-
>e])h .Marvel came to .\tlantic City from Dela-
ware, and is nc>w a hotel-keeper at Lake
( leorge. New ^'ork.
This is an old English name
ANtiF.LL which was early established in
.America iu the colony of Provi-
lencc plantations, lunv a part of the state of
s,ss
STATE OF NEW lERSEV
Rhode Islaiul. It has taken an active [)art in
the development of that state and of New York
and New Jersey.
(I) Thomas Angell was born about 1618, in
England ; died at Providence, Rhode Island, in
September, 1694. Tradition states that he was
a son of Henry Angell, born at Liverpool, and
went to London when twelve years old. In
1631 Thomas Angell joined Roger Williams
and others and sailed on the ship "Lion," Cap-
tain .\. Pierce, master, and came to America
as an apprentice of Williams, being then thir-
teen years of age. He was at Salem from
1631 to 1636, and in the spring of the latter
year went with Williams' company to Provi-
dence, where he continued to reside. He was a
resident of Providence and in 1638 was one
i>f the thirteen signers of the original form of
government there. He received a deed of a
six-acre houselot, now occupied by the First
liaptist Church, the high school and Angell
street in Providence. In 1652 he was one of
a committee of six to make laws for the colony
and was re-elected in 1653. He was a constable,
designated as a farmer in 1655, and was many
years a sergeant of the local militia company.
His will was made May 3, 1685, proved Sep-
tember 18, 1694. He probably died in the
last named year. His wife, whose maiden naine
was Alice Ashton, died December 24, 1694;
she was a daughter of James and Alice Ashton,
of Herts, England. In his will he gave one hun-
dred and twenty acres of land to his son John
and a house and lands to another son James,
and to each of iiis five daughters four hundred
shillings in money. Besides this he left a large
per.sonal property. His widow made her will
October 2, 1694, and this was proved in Janu-
ary, 1695. It names daughters Alice. Margerw
Mary and .\m])hillis.
(II) John, son of Thomas and Alice (Ash-
ton) Angell, was born in Providence, Rhode
Island, where he died July 27, 1720. He was
made a freeman of the province, October 16,
1670, and engaged in the cultivation of Daniel
Jenckes farm, which is now the asylum farm
of North Providence, then included in the
original town of I^rovidence. He was a large
man, noted for his strength. He married, in
1669, Ruth, daughter of John Field, of Field's
Point. Children: Thomas, born March 25,
1672: Mercy. iC>75 ; J<ihn. .Ma\' 2, iTiSo: Hojie.
1682: James, 1684.
(Ill ) Hope, son of John and Ruth ( Field)
Angell. was born 1682: died February 11, 1759,
in Providence. Rhode Island, where he resided,
fie wris made a freeman of the colnnv. Mav ().
1712, and often served on committees and in
official stations. He married. May 22, 1712,
1 -ydia, born .\.pril 30, 1688, daughter of Thomas
and Lydia (Barnes) Olney. Children: Abiah ;
Oliver. March 3, 1717; Lydia, 1718; Elisha ;
Thnmas; James, 1731 ; Mary.
(I\') Oliver, son of Hope and Lydia
(Olney) Angell, was born March 3, 1717, in
I'rovidence, Rhode Island, and died there April
I. 1799, o. s. He owned and tilled what is now
the asylum farm, which he made productive,
though it was rough and stony in character.
He had a shop and many tools and his sons
were trained in their use. He married, June
13, 1739, Naomi, born October 28, 1719; died
December 3, 1799, daughter of Israel and Eliz-
abeth Smith. She was a teacher in early life
and her sons received a superior education for
the time, through her aid. She is described as
a small person with black eyes and a strong
and forceful character. Children : Israel,
born .August 24. 1740: Hope, March 28, 1742;
Ruth, 1746; Jason, October 7, 1748; Naomi,
December 27, 1755: Elisha, February 22, 1757.
( \' ) Israel, eldest child of Oliver and Naomi
( Smith ) .Angell, was born x\ugust 24, 1740, in
North Providence, Rhode Island, and died
May 4, 1832, in Johnston, Rhode Island, where
he was a conspicuous and active citizen. In
1775 he was commissioned major of colonial
troops, and the following year was made lieu-
tenant colonel. In 1777 he was in command of
the second battalion of Washington's army in
New Jersey. He was a brave and successful
I'fficer. and in 1780 defended a bridge in New
jersey with one hundred and seventy men, at
-Springfield, near Elizabeth, against a force of
fifteen hundred l!ritish. He held the position
fiT flirty minutes, covering the retreat of
triii)])s. and lost forty men, or nearly one-
fourth of his command, l-'or this action he
was highly com]jlimented by Washington and
he received two gold medals for his services,
one from General Lafayette and the other from
( ienera! Washington. One of his descendants,
.Malcom Henry Angell, still preserves the
Lafayette medal. .After the revolution he set-
tled on a farm in Johnston. Rhode Island, and
in his old age received a pension from the gov-
ernment. The muster roll of his command is
jironounced to be the finest specimen of pen-
manship now in the national pension depart-
ment. He was buried in a private cemetery on
his farm at Johnston. Rhode Island. He mar-
ried ( first ) his second cousin. Martha, daugh-
ter of .Stephen .\ngell, of Johnston, Ixjrn Sep-
tcmhiT t3, 1747; died March 16. 1793. Chil-
^7n/
STATE OF NEW ll-.RSEY.
ss.,
iliL-n : .Mary. \)otu June 17. 1766: Elizabeth.
April 27. 17O8; Sarah. October 17, 1769; Asa,
August 24. 1771; Abner. February 21, 1773;
Israel, Se])tember 12, 1773: Martha. August
-,v ^77') '• -^ao'iii' September i. 1781 ; Ruth,
May 10. 1785: Stephen. July 4. 1787: Oliver.
December 1. 1790. lie married (second) Sus-
anna Wight: children: Luther, May 11. 1794:
a son, February, 1797. died in infancy; Sus-
anna. January 23. 1798: Mehitable. January _v.
1800: Henry, May 22. 1802; Isaac. January
26, 1809. He married (third) Sarah Angell.
born April 10, 1770, who died August 10, 1830
Colonel Angell died in his ninety-second year.
He was planning a fourth marriage when death
overtook him. His three eldest sons settled
in Xew Berlin, New York.
(\T) Asa, eldest son of Colonel Israel and
Martha (Angell) Angell, was born August 24,
1 77 1, in Johnston, Rhode Island, and removed
to New tierlin, Chenango county. New York,
about 1794. He was a farmer and was also
a cooper by trade, being the first of that trade
to settle in the I'nidilla X'alley. He was a
IJaptist in religion and an Old Line Whig. He
married, about 1793. Cynthia Hills, of Oxford,
Massachusetts, who had been his school teacher
before he removed to New Herlin. Children :
Dexter, burn February 15. 1794: Betsy, Sep-
tember II), 1796; Sally. September i. I7(»:
Adeline. May 20. 1801 : Lewis. October 22.
1803: Henry Hayes, mentioned below.
( \'1I ) Henry Hayes, youngest child of Asa
and Cynthia (Hills) Angell. was born Decem-
ber 16. 1807, in New Berlin. New York; died
there June 15. 1869. He was a farmer, in relig-
ion a P)aptist and a Republican in politics. He
married. A])ril 7, 1830. Mary Ambrosia Jef-
fords, born June 11. 180Q; died Feljruary 16.
1879. She was a daughter of Alpheus Jef-
fords, who was born February 5. 1774. in Ox-
ford. Massachusetts, a son of John and Mary
Jeffords. Alpheus Jeffords married. February
3, 1808, Betsy Foote. and had children: Mary
AiJibrtjsia. .Alpheus McDonough. Laura La-
vonia. Children of Henry H. Angell and wife :
Horatio Pratt, born April 8. 1831 : Malcom
Henry, mentioned below: Ruth. July 21. 1833:
Mary .Ambrosia, September 6. 1837 : James
.Matteson. November 26, 1840; Fanny, Decem-
ber 14, 1842: Sarah Elizabeth. June 23, 1843;
Harriet, July 30. 1848: Asa Hobart, Jamiary
II. 1833.
(ATII) Malcom Henry, second son of Henry
Hayes and Mary .A. (Jeffords) .Angell, was
born January 26. 1833. in New Berlin, New
N'ork, and graduated from the academv of
ihat tiiun at the age uf >i.\teen \ear>. He was
subsecjuently a student in the private school of
D. G. Barber, and began his business life as a
clerk in a grocery store. He subsequently ac-
cepted a position as bookkeeper for the Lacka-
wanna and Bloomsburgh Railroad Company,
which position he tilled for three years. He
then took a similar jxisition with the Columbia
Rolling Mills, of Columbia. Lancaster county.
Pennsylvania, and at the same time had charge
cif the books and constructi(.in of the Reading
and Columbia railroad. Vvr some years he
was engaged in the ])ig iron business at Pitts-
burg, having sold the Fort Pitt Iron Company
of that city a portion of the metal used in con-
struction of cannon for use in the civil war.
For two years he was engaged in the old busi-
ness, and in 1867 was secretary of an associa-
tioTi formed by twenty railroad men, known as
the International Railway Construction and
Transportation Company. This organization
was formed for the ])urpi}se of building the
railwa\- from Bangor. .Maine, to -St. Jolm,
.\ew I'.runswick, under the name of the luiro-
jiean and North .American Railroad Company.
Mr. .Angell was made secretary and treasurer
of the organization, and on the completion of
the railroad in 1869 was appointed sujierin-
teiident of the road and continued in this posi-
tinu until 1877, and for a period following that
date occupied advisory positions with various
railroad companies. In 1879 he went to Ne-
vada in the interests of a syndicate that had
been formed for the construction of the Ne-
vada Central railway from Battle Mountain
to .Austin City. This was completed in 1880
and he returned east and for a few inonths
resided in New York City. In August 1880.
he removed to Nova Scotia. In the spring of
1881, on the death of the superintendent of
the Nova Scotia Coal Comiiany. which had
Dccurred before Mr. .Angell went to Nova
Scotia, he was given full charge of its affairs
and remained seven years in Pictou county, in
that ])rovince. in the discharge of his duties.
In 1888 he took up his residence in Brooklyn,
.New "N'ork. and thence removed to Etna, now
Emerson, New Jersey, in 1892. He is now re-
tired from active business pursuits. He is an
earnest Rejniblican in politics, and for fifteen
years has served as justice of the ]uace for
Bergen county. He is a member of the
.Masonic Order, the Sons of the Revolution,
and the Society of the Cincinnati. He is a
member of the Reformed church, of Emerson,
with which his family is also connected. He
married. .March 9. 1838. at Wyoming. Penn-
890
STATE OF NEW [ERSEY.
sylvania, Maria Elizabeth Jenkins, born De-
cember 28, 1832, in that town, eldest child of
James and Elizabeth (Breese) Jenkins. James
Jenkins was a merchant and the founder of
Wyoming. Pennsylvania. Children of Mal-
com Angell and wife: Henry Asa, born April
18, 1863; died Angiist i, 1864. Harry Israel,
February 14, 187 1 ; graduated from high school
(if I'>ro()klvn, New York.
Members of this family have
CONKLIN been patriotic and valuable
citizens of New England as
well as New York and New Jersey from the
early settlement ; they have been useful and
public spirited members of society, and have
won the respect of their associates. The name
has been well represented in the professions,
and in all walks of life.
fl) The records of I'.ergen county. New
Jersey, show the will of Eewis L. Conklin,
dated January i. 1827, proved March 18, 1828.
He lived in Franklin township, Bergen county,
with his wife Ellen, whose maiden name is
supposed to have been Hopper. He had sons :
John L.. .\lbert, Lewis and Peter.
(H) John L., son of Lewis I,. Cnnklin, was
born in Franklin, New Jersey, where he be-
came a farmer, and operated a flour mill in
Saddle River. He had children: Albert L., of
.Mew York; Louis L., Charity, wife of William
Van Dalsen, of Paterson ; Martha, wife of
Fred Van Orden, of Spring Valley, New York,
son of General Van Orden, of revolutionary
fame.
( HI ) Louis L., son of John L. Conklin, was
born in 1819, in Saddle River, New Jersey,
and died in 1884. He received a common
school education, and when eighteen years of
age removed to Paterson, where he became
bookkeeper in the employ of the Oldham Ma-
chine Works, which position he filled five
years. He then went into the grocery business
on his own account, and by his energy and per-
severance built up a good patronage; he was
able to retire from active business life in 1883.
one year before his death. He was a Repub-
lican in political views, and an active worker
for the interest of that party ; he served some
time as city alderman, also as freeholder of
Passaic county, and as trustee of the school
board. He was an earnest member of the
I-'irst Baptist Church, of Paterson and served
many years as deacon of same. He married
Su.san, daughter of William Van Blarcom, of
Newton, New Jersey, and they became the par-
ents of seven children, of whom four are liv-
ing, namely : Edward L., of Newark, New
Jersey, auditor of Essex county ; John L. ;
Frank B.. of Paterson ; and Rev. Judson, a
I5aptist clergyman, of Trenton, New Jersey.
(IV) John Louis, son of Louis L. and
Susan (Van Blarcom) Conklin, was born
January 6. 1848. at Paterson. New Jersey, and
attended the local schools until May, 1863, at
which time he enlisted in Company B. Thirty-
seventh New Jersey Volunteers, from Pater-
son. He served before Peter.sburg. Virginia,
niider ( leneral Crubb, and though but five
mniiths in service was several times under fire
and was actively engaged during that time,
l^pon his return he attended the Bryan &
.Stratton Business College of New York, and
in 1866 became a clerk in the post ofifice of
l^aterson under Postmaster Darius Wells. By
diligent and faithful service he was able to
advance in rank from time to time until he be-
came assistant ])ostmaster, and in 1874 was
appointed to the office of postmaster by Presi-
dent (^rant ; he was re-appointed by Presidents
Hayes and Arthur, and filled the office twelve
years. In 1887 Mr. Conklin opened a store
in the gents' furnishing line, which he carried
on with success for several years. In 1892 he
became city assessor, which office he held for
three years. He then accepted the agency of
the Fciuitable Life Insurance Company of
New York, which he continued for several
years. In 1906 Mr. Conklin was elected by
the freeholders of Passaic county to the po-
sition of county collector for one year, but as
the law was changed at this time, making the
length of office two years, he filled same for
that period and in 1908 was re-appointed, fill-
ing that office at the present time (1909).
He is a strong supporter of the Republican
partv. and stands high in the party councils.
He served ten years as chairman of the Pas-
saic county Republican committee, and has for
many years been a delegate to the Republican
state conventions. He has worked indefatig-
ably for the interests of the party, and his
efforts have received their due appreciation.
He is upright and honorable in all his dealings,
and has won the respect and esteem of his
associates. He is a member of Farragut Post.
No. 28. (irand Army of the Republic, of Pat-
erson. and past commander of the organiza-
tion. He is affiliated with Fabriola Lodge.
No. 57. Knights of Pythias, of Paterson. and
with Paterson Lodge No. 60. Benevolent Pro-
tective Order of Elks.
Mr. Conklin married Isabella A., born May
2<). 1850. daughter of Cornelius and Margaret
STATE OF NEW lEKSEY
8c)t
N. (Oiiinii ) Post, of Paterson. She died No-
vember 8, 1901. Children: i. John \\'., of
P.rooklyn, New York, born February 28, 1873;
married Kate Powers. 2. Joseph M., born
[une 2, 1878; resides in Paterson ; is a member
I if Board of Banking and Insurance Commis-
sioners: married. July 16, 1904, Edna Abild-
gaard.
Among the earliest settlers in
.SX( )W .\ew England were persons bear-
ing this name. Nicholas .Snow
was a passenger in the "Ann," 1623. and set-,
tied at Plymouth ; Thomas was of Boston,
ir)36; Anthony was of Plymouth, 1638; Will-
iam was of Plymouth. 1643 ; probably came
over in 1635: Richard was in Woburn, 1643;
and various others of the name were in East-
ham and Woburn. The Mas,sachusetts revo-
lutionary rolls show over two hundred and
fifty enlistments under this name. The civil
annals of the country show many individuals
<loing worthy service in the advancement of
civilization in many states and territories.
(I) It is natural to believe that Nicholas
.Snow, of Plymouth and Eastham, Massachu-
setts, was influential in bringing others of the
name to the new colony, and it seems probable
that part or all of the other early emigrants of
the name were related to him. Among these
was "William .Snoe, an apprentice to Mr.
Richard Derby, 1637, and by him brouglit over
nut of lingland and assigned over to Edward
DotcTi, (638, to serve him seven years," at
Plymouth. It appears from the above that
he was a minor, and was sent inider appren-
ticeship to join or be among relatives already
here. lie appears on the list of those able to
bear arms at Plymouth in 1643, when he was
probably an adult. Me was early in Duxbury,
and though not an original proprietor appears
in the list of such in 1645, when he was likely
a single man. He was one of the first settlers
of Bridgewater, Massachusetts, where he sub-
scribed to the oath of fidelity in 1657. His
will was made in 1699 and proved in 1708, pre-
'-umably the year of his death, at the age of
abnut eighty-four years, and he was cared for
in old age by his son. William. His wife's
l)aj)tismal name was Rebecca, and they had
children : William. James, Joseph. Benjamin,
.Mary. Lydia, Hannah and Rcbeckah.
(II) Joseph, second son of William and Re-
becca Snow, resided in Bridgewater, where he
died in 1753. He had a wife, Hopestill, and
children: Jo.seph, born 1690; Mary, 1691;
James, 1693: Rebeckah. ^6c)f>■. Isaac. 1700:
Jonathan and David, 1703. The elder daugh-
ter marrieil Joseph Lathrop in 1718, and the
younger married Thomas Wade in 1722.
(Ill) Joseph (2), eldest child of Joseph
( I ) and Hopestill Snow, was born 1690 in
liridgewater, and removed about 1790 to
Easton and later to Providence, Rhode Island,
probably ai)out 1738. He was there a member
of the Beneficent Congregational Church of
which he was made a deacon in 1738, and rul-
ing elder, October 14, 1743, and continued in
that office until his death. He had wife Eliza-
beth and children: Joseph, born 1715; James,
1717; Elizabeth, 1719; .Susanna, 1722: Sarah,
1725; Daniel, 1727: and .Mary, baptized 1733
in Providence.
(I\ ' Rev. Joseph (3), eldest child of Jo-
seph ( 2 , and Elizabeth Snow, was born April
'1, 1715. in Bridgewater, and died April 10.
1803. in Providence, where he acted as min-
ister of the gospel fift-eight years. He was a
house carpenter and went to Providence early
in life to e.xercise his calling. He was ad-
mitted to the church. May 7, 1738. and was
one of the twenty-five persons who withdrew
March 7, 1743. This group, comprising about
half the membership, continued to worship
without a settled pastor for some years until
Joseph .Snow was ordained as a minister in
I'ebruary, 1747. He conducted their worship
from the beginning, and was chosen as pastor
in October, 1746. In the meantime, he had
urged upon the flock the necessity of procuring
(iiu- better fitted and held the appointment
under consideration for one year after his
election. He was gifted as a leader and
preacher, and after deciding to enter the min-
istry, [ircpared himself as well as he could.
Like another celebrated carpenter who began
teaching more than seventeen hundred years
before him. his work was successful and he en-
joyed the respect and esteem of a large circle
of followers. During his ministry he bap-
tized two hundred and forty-nine children.
He is described as of sober demeanor, of fine
])erson, always wearing the big wig dictated
by the fashion of the time. In 1750 the so-
ciety built a house of worship, the minister
going to the woods to aid in cutting the tim-
bers used. The structure covered thirty-six
bv forty feet of ground, and was afterward
enlarged. A bell was brought from England
in \~y2-'/^, to hang in its tower. The same
ground is now occupied by its succes.sor. In
1793 Rev. John Wilson was made colleague
of Mr. Snow, to lighten somewhat the latter's
labors, but this led to disagreements, and Mr.
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Snow witluirew from the church in the fol-
lowing year. With his followers he built a
church in 1795, where he continued as pastor
until death closed his labors. This is known
as the Richmond Street Congregational So-
ciety. Joseph Snow married (first) Novem-
ber I. 1737. Sarah Field, born .\ugust 9, 1710,
died July 19. 1753. He married (second)
.March 14. 1754, Rebecca Grant. Children of
first marriage: Sarah, born October 27, 1738;
John, February 3, 1740; Joseph, died young;
Joseph, September 2. 1742: Lydia. January 8,
1744: Susannah. October 14, 1745; Elizabeth,
October 10, 1747; Abigail, .March 26, 1749;
Josiah, February 24, 1750. Children of sec-
ond wife: Rebecca, February 13, 1756; Sam-
uel, August I, 1758; Edward, Alay 9, 1760;
Renjamin, December 6, 1761.
(V) Joseph (4), third son of Rev. Joseph
(3) and Sarah (Field) Snow, was born Sep-
tember 2, 1742. He resided in Providence.
He married, October 24, 1775, Mary Proctor.
(\ II) Josiah, probably a grandson of Rev.
Joseph Snow, possibly a generation later, was
born in Providence. 1809. His mother's
maiden name was Dunham. The vita! records
of Providence show nothing of her baptismal
name or of his father, and family tradition is
the only available authority for information.
In the spring of 1829 Josiah Snow went to
Southbridgc. Massachusetts, and purchased
the type and other material which had been
used in printing a paper, and established the
Southbridgc Register. This he published
until 1832. when he sold out. Later he went
to Ceneva, .\ew York, where he established
a newspaper and was an ardent supporter of
William H. Seward in public policies. He set-
tled ultimately in Detroit. Michigan, and was
the founder of the Detroit Tribune, still a
powerful journal, as it was under his guid-
ance. While resident at Detroit he served as
register of Wayne county. He removetl to
Rivervale. Xew Jersey, and there passed his
last years in quiet retirement on a tract of
twenty-five acres which he purchased. He
was a Whig in politics until the formation of
the Republican party, of which he was one of
the most enthusiastic founders, and he exer-
cised a large influence in political afifairs in his
day. Being a close personal friend of Mr.
Seward, he was naturally associated with other
leading men of the times including Joseph
.Medill. founder of the Chicago Tribune, and
his yeoman service in behalf of advanced
])rinciples brought to his aid many leading
minds of the west as well as the east. .\ lib-
eral in religious ideas, he was a supporter of
the Unitarian church. He married. May 21,
1829, Louisa Xorthrup, born .\ugust 26, 1810,
on an island in Xarragansett bay. daughter of
a sea captain. Two sons and a daughter sur-
vived the period of infancy: William D. and
Eugene J., the latter a resident of Brooklyn,
Xew York, and Louise, married Dr. James
Ketchum : left no issue. Josiah Snow dieil at
his home at Rivervale, Xew Jersev, Mav,
1886.
(\T1I) William Dunham, elder son of Jo-
siah and Louisa (Xorthrup) Snow, was born
in Webster. Massachusetts, February 2, 1832.
He began his educational training in the pub-
lic schools of Detroit, Michigan. He then at-
tended the Branch of L^niversity of Michigan
at Romeo, before the consolidation of that
university at Ann .Arbor, and graduated at the
age of twenty-one. He studied law at Dixon,
Illinois, under the late .\ttorney General
Edson. of Illinois. He established at Detroit,
jMichigan, in connection with his father, Jo-
siah Snow, the Detroit Tribune, and for many
years served in the capacity of associate editor.
Becoming interested in telegraphic operations,
he was one of two individuals who constructed
the Atlantic and Pacific telegraph line from
Xew York to San Francisco. In i860, in as-
sociation with his father, he built telegraph
lines in .Arkansas, from Memphis to Little
Rock. Fort .Smith and to Xapoleon, and other
])oints of that state. In 1871 ^Ir. Snow went
to Paris, France, remaining two years and dur-
ing that time studied civil law. In 1874 he
entered the Columbia Law School, New York
City, from which he was graduated in 1876,
and immediately admitted to the bar of Xew
York. He was admitted to practice in the
courts of Xew Jersey in 1894, a^rid the United
States supreme court in 1908. In 1882 he was
elected secretary and counsel to one of the
large Xew York trust companies, necessitat-
ing a special devotion to mercantile, trust and
cor]5oration law. but in 1888 resigned to take
up a general practice, which he continued
until 189(1, when he decided to retire and
moved to Hackensack, Xew Jersey, where he
has since resided. He found it difficult, how-
ever, to retire from activity and is still con-
ducting an extensive practice, with office on
Main street, Hackensack.
In i860, before the civil war, Mr. Snow
settled at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and during the
election of i860 was the chosen political corre-
spondent of .Abraham Lincoln as to the senti-
ments, tendencies and i)revailing opinions of
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tliat >c'ction in the contest then yoing on. As
a knDwii L'nion man. i\Ir. Snow was selected
1(1 represent Jefferson county in the Consti-
tutional convention of Arkansas, which re-
sulted ni the establishment of the first free
state constitution in any of the so-called se-
ceded states. The United States military
authorities, in the chaos of public opinion on
the question of reconstruction, had prejudiced
President Lincoln against the elections for
free state (officers, ordered b_v that convention.
.\t tliis juncture Mr. Snow was requested by
President Lincoln to come to Washington and
e.\]jlain the action of the c(.invention and the
state of public opinion in Arkansas. .After
two interviews with President Lincoln on
February 15, 1864, Mr. Snow returned to
Little Rnck with the following document: "To
I. Mur])hy. Provisional Governor, .Arkansas. —
My Order to General Steele about an election
was made in ignorance of the action your
Convention had taken or would take. A sub-
sequent letter to General Steele, directs him
to aid you in your plan and not to thwart or
hinder you. Show this to him. A. Lincoln."
The elections were held in March following,
resulting in an overwhelming majority for the
L'nion cause. The Free State Constitution
was carried by ten thousand majority, and
.A.rkan.sas was the first state from the confed-
eracy to return to the L^nion on a free and
unbiased vote of its people. Isaac Murphy,
the only man w'ho had voted "no" on the or-
dinance of secession, in the convention which
assumed to take the state out of the LTnion,
was elected governor and the legislature sub-
sequently elected Mr. Snow for a long term
to the L'nited States senate. The last public
speech made by Abraham Lincoln, a few days
previous to his assassination, was a plea for
the re-admission of Arkansas to the senate.
The senators from Arkansas were accorded
seats in the senate, but their credentials were
retained by the judiciary committee, pending
the intense excitement growing out of the dif-
ferences of congress with President Johnson
on reconstruction and on the passage of the
final reconstruction measures. Mr. Snow de-
clined a re-election and settled in Brooklyn,
New York, practicing his profession of law
in New York City.
During the civil war ^^Ir. Snow acted in the
capacity of volunteer aid to General Powell
Clayton and Major General Fred Steele, was
present at several battles and was largely in-
strumental in enlisting and organizing three
regiments of native .Arkansians for the Union
army, more than nine hundred strong each.
For that service he was tendered an appoint-
ment by Governor .Murphy as brigadier gen-
eral of volunteers, which he declined, pleading
want of educated military knowledge sufficient
to undertake the responsibility of that office,
in a contest already organized, going on and
calling for immediate action.
-As a result of strong convictions he became
an ardent anti-slavery advocate, contributing
largely to the magazines and journals of that
day, occasionally indulging in poetry, and
among his most noted poems was "Freedom,"
which appeared in the "Autographs of Free-
dom," published in New York, 1854. Among
Mr. Snow's co-contributors in the same book-
were William H. Seward, Joshua R. Geddings,
Henry W'ard Beecher, Harriet Beecher .Stowe,
David Paul Broom, T. Starr King, Charles
Francis .Adams, and many others of those early
apostles of liberty, who in the burning nature
of the crisis that came soon after its ]niblica-
tion found a torch which illuminated their
pathways to national fame. Mr. Snow has
always been interested in hymnnology, de-
claring as a theory that worship should be
characterized by the divinest poetical afflatus
attainable, that the higher the elevation of
thought and symbol, the more spiritualizing
will be the influence of sacred song. The two
Christmas hymns, written by Mr. Snow for
the Church of the Saviour (L^nitarian) Brook-
lyn, 1867, show the poetic fervor of Mr.
Snow's flymns, of which there are many.
He has amused himself during a long lifetime
ill the intervals of his professional duties by
the study of natural philosophy, and is the in-
ventor of several successful inventions. His
thermostat is regarded as the most reliable
and sensitive of that class of instruments be-
fore the public, and there are said to be in
New York City alone more than forty thou-
sand of his invention for equalizing the pres-
sure of gas, independent of the pressure at the
holder. Mr. Snow is president of the board
of trustees of the L^^nitarian church of Hack-
eiisack, and was president of the Bergen
County Historical Society in 1908. He is a
Master Mason, a trustee of the Bergen County
P>ar .-\ssociation, and a member of the Law-
yers' Club, the Bullion Club of New York, the
Columbia College Association of both New
York and New Jersey, and ex-president of the
Board of Trade.
Mr. Snow married, August 21, 1854, Mary
Elizabeth, born at Providence, Rhode Island,
September 30, 1833, died at Hackensack, New
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STATE Ul'" NEW JERSEY.
Jersey, November i, 1909, daughter of Asa
and Mary (Kelleyj Newell, and grand-
daughter of Dr. Kelley, who left a medical
school in Boston to join the revolutionary
army. Mrs. Snow was a graduate of the
.Spingler Institute of New York, a woman of
rare intellectual attainments and a linguist.
Children: i. Walter Newell, born October 31,
i(S55, died December 15, 1863. 2. Louise S.,
born February 25, 1864; married, January i,
1885, Dr. Charles A. Jersey, born June 27,
1859, died August 16, 1902; resides in Hack-
ensack ; has one son, Chester C. Jersey, born
August 9, 1887, now a midshipman at Aniiap-
(jHs and the star member of the first class. 3.
Mabel S., born March 26, 1867; married, Oc-
tober 16, 1890, Captain Francis J. Kester, a
graduate of \\'est Point, also a graduate of the
War College at Washington, D. C. ; now cap-
tain of the Fifth Cavalry, United States army.
4. William J., born December 16, 1868 ; a grad-
uate of West Point, the Artillery School at
l<"ortrfss Monroe and the War College at
Washington, D. C. ; now adjutant of the Sixth
Light Artillery, United States arm}', stationed
at F'ort Riley, Kansas; he stands third in line
of promotion ; he is considered an authority
on military matters ; he married, Ajjril 19,
1892, Isabel, daughter of Arthur Hall Locke,
of Charleston, South Carolina ; one son. Will-
iam Arthur, born April 21, iBigef- 5. Emily
Christine, born December zj, 1874, died in her
senior year at college, July 12, 1896.
This name has been burnc Ijy men
l\l.\(i in all stations of life; it has been
made famous by many professional
men, autlinrs. lawyers and orators, as well as
merchants and statesmen. They have con-
tributed a fair share to the upbuilding of the
cnmnumities in which has been their abode,
and have won the respect of their fellows.
(I) Elias Brown King was born in 1820,
at Dingman's Ferry, - Pennsylvania, and re-
ceived his education in his native ttiwn. In
1845 he removed to Paterson, New Jersey,
where he learned the trade of plumber, and in
1848 began business on his own account, at
which he became very successful. Mr. King
retired fmm active life in 1889, and his death
ciccnrred in 1892. Tie was city tax assessor
for some years, and filled the office very ac-
ceptably. He was an active worker in church
circles, being a member of the Methodist Epis-
copal church, in which he filled several ofifices.
He married Rose, daughter of William Mit-
chell, of Ireland, and they became parents of
^ix children, of whom four are living, namely;
Mary, wife of Samuel McCloud, of Long
llranch. New Jersey. Amelia, wife of Ed-
ward Van Winkle, of Atlanta, Georgia.
Charles Mitchell, see forward, (j-orge L., of
I 'aterson.
( II ) Charles Mitchell, son of Elias Brown
and Rose (Mitchell) King, was born August
30, 1849, ^t Paterson, New Jersey, which is
still his residence. He attended the public
schools until he reached the age of sixteen
years, when he entered the Grant Locomotive
Works in order to learn the trade of machin-
ist. After s])ending three years in this po-
sition he entered the employ of the \'an Win-
kle Cotton Manufacturing Company. At the
age of twenty-one years he became a clerk
in the office of the surrogate of Passaic
county, and in 1885 was elected to the office of
^nrrogate, which he now fills, being in his fifth
term. He has had ample opportvm.ity to learn
the duties and res])onsibilities of this office,
and through close application to the details of
^ame has become a most acceptable incumbent
of the position. He is a staunch supporter of
the Republican party, and has represented
same in many state conventions. ]\Ir. King
is a member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No. 88, An-
cient Free and Accepted Masons, of Paterson,
and a life member of Paterson Lodge, No.
')0. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks,
being a charter member of the latter organi-
zation and actively associated in its work since
the institution in 1887; he has filled the ofifice
of secretary, and is past exalted ruler of the
lodge. He is a director of the Silk City Safe
De])Osit and Trust Company of Paterson.
Air. King married, October 15, 1879, Char-
lotte M., born in New York City, December
II. i860, daughter of John P. and Louise
( .Sjianenberger ) Mayer, of Paterson, the
former born in Germany and the latter in
Xew York City. Children: I. William Ber-
dan, born July 4, 1880; married, October 30.
ii>o7. Florence G., born August 4. 1883, daugh-
ter of John and Martha Ann (Mottershead)
Grimshaw, natives of England. 2. Charles
Leonard, born August 19, 1883.
This name is often found in
H()(iERT various spellings in the early
records and two distinct forms
are widely used in the present day, many em-
ploying the spelling Bogart. There were sev-
eral immigrants bearing the name among the
early settlers of New Amsterdam and Long
Island and their descendants have scattered
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over a wide region being especially numerous
in northeastern New Jersey. The conspicuous
Dutch traits of industry and thrift have been
well perpetuated in this family and it has
taken active part in the general development
oi this state. Most of its re])resentatives have
been devoted to agriculture.
( 1 ) Cornelis Jansen Bogaerilt came from
llolland before 1661 and settled on the village
lot at Flatbush. Long Island, which he shortly
sold to Peter Jansen. In 1677 h^ was one of
the proprietors of the Flatbush patent, and
died at that place in 1684. The name of his
wife who accompanied him from Holland is
given as Geesie Williams, which indicates that
her father's christian name was William. It
is presumable that the general usage in spell-
ing her name was Williamse. Children :
W yiitie. Jan Cornelise, Classic, Roeloff, Alaritie
and Peter. All of these except the eldest evi-
dently settled at flackensack. New Jersey.
( II ) Jan Cornelise, eldest son of Cornelis
Jansen Ijogaerdt, resided in New Lots, Long
Island, until 1694, when he sold his property
there and joined others in a large purchase of
land southeast of flackensack. His descend-
ants are now very numerous in Bergen county
and have spread to other regions. He married
.Angenitie Strycker. Children: Roeloff, Lam-
neetie, Claes, John, Cornelis and Albert.
(III) Albert, youngest child of Jan Cor-
nelise and Angenitie (Strycker) Bogert, was
born about i6go at New Lots, and was reared
near flackensack on his father's farm. He
married, February 17, 1713, Martha Bartholf.
Children : John. William, (juilliaem, Isaac, Ja-
cobus, Angenitie, Henry, Cornelius (died
young). Cornelius and Angenitie.
(I\') Isaac, third son of Albert and Martha
f Bartholf) Bogert, was born near Ilacken-
sack, 1718, and settled on lands at what is now
Westwood, which he purchased in 1765. He
was a car])enter by trade. The deed to his
l;ind, which included about si.xty-five acres,
was dated March 26, 1765, the grantor being
Jnhn Marselis and the purchase price eight
linndred jiounds. This land, except a small
portion reserved for the homestead, is all
within the village of Westwood, and has been
sold off in village lots. He married. June 4,
1742. Lea. daughter of John Demorest.
( hildren : .\lbert. Jacobus. John and Martina.
The second son was a soldier of the revolution
and died in the service.
(\') -Albert (2), eldest child of Isaac and
Lea (Demorest) Bogert. was born March 16,
1743, at flackensack, died July 25, 1833, at
Westwood, aged ninety and one-third years.
He inherited the homestead from his father
and resided there through life.
(\T) Isaac A., son of Albert (^2) Bogert.
was born May 9, 1769. at what is now West-
wood, tlied there March 29, 1847. He in-
herited, occupied and tilled the homestead
farm. He married, June 26, 1788, Margaret
Duryea, born April 17, 1770. He was an
active citizen and served as constable and in
other civil capacities. He had a daughter and
a son, the first. Lea, born January 6, 1791,
became the wife of Daniel Demarest and re-
sided at Oradell.
(\"II) David A., only son of Isaac A. and
Margaret (Duryea) Bogert, was born July 2,
1800, on the paternal homestead, which he oc-
cupied through life, and died January 18, 1872.
He was a member of the Reformed Church,
then known as the North Schraalenburgh
Church, in wdiich he was deacon and elder.
He was an industrious and successful farmer,
and a respected member of the community.
He married, December 20, 1817, Hannah Ack-
erman, born February 27, 1802, died June 19,
1897. Her father, David Ackerman, was
born May 23, 1774, died October 31, 1846.
His wife, Adaline (Cooper) Ackerman, born
December 28, 1777, 'died April 13. 1859. Of
the four children of David A. Bogert three
grew to maturity, viz: Adaline, born July 5,
1824; Albert, December 17, 1826: Isaac David,
mentioned below. The first is the widow of
Benjamin Zabriskie Van Emberg, residing at
Woodcliff. Her husband died September 29,
1 89 1. Albert Bogert died September 25, i860.
He married, November 19, 1845, Ellen Flear-
aboam and left five children : Hannah Maria,
born .April i, 1848; John Henry, April 7, 1831 :
Leah Margaret, November 14, 1853; Harriett
.\nn. .April 5, 1856; Adaline, February 15, 1859.
( \'III) Isaac David, youngest child of David
.\. and Hannah (Ackerman) Bogert, was born
August 25, 1834, on the paternal homestead,
where he now resides, and received his primary
education in the school near his home. He
also attended the school at what is now Oradell,
and another at Pascack. He early engaged in
farming upon the homestead, and in 1869 en-
gaged in the grocery business as head of the
firm of Bogert & Van Emburgh, and served
twenty years as postmaster at Westwood. His
homestead was gradually sold off in village
lots, and he now resides, retired from active
business, in the old mansion on the southwest
corner of First avenue and Mill street. Al-
though he is a Republican, while the voting
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STATE Ol- NEW lERSEY
strength of the town is nominally Democratic,
he has been active in public affairs and served
as collector of the town of Washington for
several years, and was six years a freeholder,
being director of the board during his last two
years of service. He was the leader in tlie
movement to incorporate the borough of West-
wood and was its first mayor. He has filled
the same office three times subsequently, and
is the present incumbent, 1909. In 1894 he
gave to the borough a tract of land for a park,
which is now being improved and is a beauti
ful adjunct of that handsome village. He is a
director and vice-president of the bank of
Westwood. He is also a director of the Ber-
gen County Gas and Electric Company and of
the Hackensack Trust Company. He is a
member of the Reformed church of Westwood.
which he was instrumental in organizing in
1887, and was one of its first elders, which
position he still fills. For over twenty years
lie has Iieen a member of Gabriel R. Paul Post,
Grand Army of the Republic, of Westwood,
which he was active in organizing and of which
he was first commander. He enlisted in 1862
as a member of Company D, Twenty-second
New Jersey Volunteers, and served in the
\rmy of the Potomac. He was singularly
fortunate in escaping injury, being present
among the reserves at the battle of Fredericks-
burg, and participating in the battle of Gettys-
burg as a member of the First Army Corps.
Soon after that engagement he received an
lionorable discharge. Mr. Bogert is one of
the most progressive and enterprising citizens
of Bergen county, and enjoys the confidence
and esteem of a large circle of his fellow citi-
zens. He married, December 23, 1852, Anna
Van Wagoner, born September 22, 1831, at
( )radell, daughter of John and Mary (Cooper)
\\-m Wagoner, natives of that locality.
Many of the emigrants who
ll().\GL.\XD came to this country from
Holland in the early colonial
days settled in New Jersey and displayed re- .
markable traits of endurance in all the troubles
which came to the first colonists. Some of their
ilesccndants are to be found in that state at the
present day, among them being those bearing
the name of Hoagland.
Carlton P. Hoagland, one of the descendants
mentioned above, is the son of Stephen T. and
Alary J. Hoagland. He was born at Millstone,
Somerset county, New Jersey, July 9, 1879, ''c-
moved to Somerville with his parents when he
was four years of age, and has since resided in
that town. His education was acquired in the
Somerville grammar and high schools, leaving
the latter at the beginning of his senior year
when he was eighteen years old. His first busi-
ness employment was in a grocery store, where
he remained six months, going then to New
\'ork to accept a position in the accounting de-
])artment of an advertising agency. At the end
of three years he became associated with the
liallantine & \'an Fleet Carriage Company, of
.Somerville, and one year later became the book-
keeper and solicitor of the Somerville Publish-
ing Company, which published The Somerset
Deiiioerat. He was soon actively engaged in
newspaper work and was made local editor of
the Deiiioerat. While thus engaged he acquired
a good general knowledge of the printing busi-
ness, and in September, 1905, when the manage-
ment of the business changed hands, Mr. Hoag-
land was given full charge of the plant. At that
time the business was in a greatly crippled con-
dition, but under the skillful direction of Mr.
Hoagland, it was completely reconstructed and
was put on a paying basis in less than two years.
During the past two years new- presses have
been installed, new typesetting machines and
other equipments added, and the output has
been more than doubled, as the typesetting
machines are operated by a day and night force.
.\t the present time the concern is handling a
large amount of book printing, much of it
coming from New York and other cities. Mr.
Hoagland is a director of the Citizens' Build-
ing and Loan Association, and a member of the
bfiard of directors of the Board of Trade. In
{politics he is a Democrat, and his fraternal
affiliations are with the following named organ-
izations: Solomon's Lodge, No. 46, Free and
Accepted Masons ; Somerville Lodge, Benevo-
lent and Protective Order of Elks ; Knights of
Pythias, in which order he is also a member of
the Grand Lodge ; Independent Order of For-
esters ; and secretarj- of the Bachelor Club, one
of the oldest social organizations in the state of
New Jersey. He attends services at the Second
Dutch Reformed Church, of which he is a
' member.
Mr. Hoagland married, January 16, 1906,
Lucy Kent, daughter of Mrs. Samuel Stewart,
of East Orange, New Jersey, and they have
one child : Carlton Stewart, born January 10,
1907.
It is said on very good au-
LAFFERTY thority that the LafTertys of
New Jersey, with the excep-
tion of the descendants of Bryan LaiTerty,
STATE OF NEW lERSEY
Esij., uf Middlesex county, are the descend-
ants of the old Huguenot emigrant, Edinond
Lefetra, of Shrewsbury, who died between
September 4, and November 22, 1687, leaving
a wife Frances, and children Edniond, Sarah,
Elizabeth, and probably others. Edmond his
only known son, died in Shrewsbury prior to
May 27, 1719, leaving a wife Hannah, and chil-
dren George, Edmond, James, Joseph, Eliza-
beth and Sarah. The name Lafetra has prac-
tically disappeared. The last instance of its
mention was the letters of administration of
Lea Lafetra in 1826, but it is said by several
genealogists of reputation that the family has
not died out with the name, and that the Laf-
fertys who are now found in the same counties
formerly inhabited by the Lafetras are the
same in blood.
( I ) John Lafferty. earliest known ancestor
of the family, died in 1795, and was buried at
the old Stone Church near Port Norris, Cum-
berland county. New Jersey. He married, and
was father of four children: i. John, went
west and was never after heard from. 2. Re-
becca, married Enoch Northrup ; children :
Emma, married Robinson ; Harriet,
married Ranibo. 3. Nancy, married
John Drew ; children : John, married Martha
Hines ; children : Lilly and Annie ; Jane, mar-
ried John Hines, and had children : Dolly,
died 1908, unmarried, and James, died unmar-
ried. 4. James, see forward.
(H) James, son of John Lafferty, married
Hannah Mulford, a descendant of one of the
old families prominent in the history of Salem
and Gloucester counties. Children: i. John,
born 1821: married (first) Martha Elvvell ;
(second) Elizabeth Elwell ; children: Whit-
tier, went west ; William E., married Maria
.\lnold; children: Floyd, died in infancy; Or-
lando, Estella, Helen, Edith ; Annie, married
Howard Lee, and has Harriett, married Benja-
min Parker ; children : Allen, Serena ; Hannah
J., died young. 2. Whittier, born 1821 ; died
1825. 3. William, see forward. 4. Eli, born
1827; still living (1909); married Rebecca
Daniels ; children : Hannah J., died in infancy ;
Dennis, died young; John D., married (first)
Ella Hill, (second) Sarah Allie Fisher; chil-
dren : Raymond, Nettie, Orville, Pearl, Maud
Mills, Ada May; Mary Ellen; James L., mar-
ried Rachel Deneen ; Emeline. married Aaron
Hess ; children ; Rexie Clifford, Beulah,
Connie ; Albert ; Oliver, married Lola Lytle ;
Elizabeth ; Amos Stiegers, married Rose Mc-
Cullough. 5. James, born 1833, died 1895 ;
married Annie Grimshaw ; children : John G.,
iii-4
married Margaret Mood ; children : Mabel
and Bessie ; Harry, married Viola Adams ;
James, married Sarah Walters ; children :
Howard; Harry, died in infancy; Anna Fran-
ces and Clyde.
(HI) W'illiam, son of James and Hannah
(Mulford) Lafferty, was born at Mullica Hill,
Gloucester county. New Jersey, September 5,
1823; died September 9, 1895. He was a
farmer, and was a trustee of the Presbyterian
church. He married (first) Elizabeth Daniels,
of Franklin Mills. Pennsylvania. Children: i.
Aluiford, born November 20, 1854; married
Hannah Morgan; children: Mulford, died in
infancy; Bruce, died in infancy; Berta, May,
Warren, Florence, Lamont, \'erna. Earl and
Everett. 2. Martha, born 1858; died 1866. 3.
Hannah born October 9, i860; married B.
Frank Hand; children : William F., Grace H.,
Hope and Myrtle. 4. Annie E., born April 30,
1866; married 'SI. T. Groff; children: Elise,
died young ; Franklin and James Raymond.
He married (second) Martha AL, daughter of
William McKibbin, a farmer of Bucks
\ alley, Fulton county, Pennsylvania. 5.
William, born April 28, 1869; died in infancy.
(•>. Francis, hereafter mentioned. 7. Sarah L,
born July 7, 1872; married Thomas Neal; chil-
dren : James LeRoy and Joseph. 8. William,
born January 28, 1874; died 1904; unmarried.
(I\') Francis, son of William and Martha
.\1. (McKibbin) Lafferty, was born in Mullica
Mill, Gloucester county. New Jersey, February
20, 1870. For his early education he was sent
to the public schools, after which he graduated
from the Dickinson Law School. He then
read law with Hon. Robert S. Clymer, of
Woodbury, New Jersey, and Hon. A. H.
Swackhamer. and was admitted to the New
Jersey bar in November, 1898, as attorney, and
in February, 1902, as counsellor. Since then
he has been engaged in the general practice of
his profession. LTntil 1903 he practiced at At-
lantic City, New Jersey, and in that year came
to Newark, New Jersey, where he entered into
partnership with S. P. Northrop. Esq., and
later with Charles Pilgrim, Esq. Mr. Lafferty is
a Democrat in politics. He has no inclination
for holding political office, preferring to give
his attention to his profession, and like his
I)artner is regarded as one of the leading lights
of the younger generation of lawyers. He is
a member of Trinity Lodge, No. 79, Free and
.Accepted Masons, of Atlantic City, and when
he came to Newark was transferred to Rose-
ville Lodge, No. 143. He is also a member of
the Lawyers' Club of Newark.
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STATE OF NEW IICRSEY.
Mr. Lafferly married, June 2, 1898. in Salem
county, New Jersey, Sadie E., born August 19,
1870, fourth child and third daughter of Solo-
mon S. and Sarah (Baldwin) Denelsbeck, of
Whig Lane, whose children were : i. Lemuel,
married Phebe Cheeseman ; children : Leona
and Hiram, ii. Alinda, married George A.
Ledden : children : Earl, Leon, Roy and Cur-
tis ; iii. Ella, married James A. Wentzel ; child,
Helen ; iv. Sadie E., referred to above ; v. Cur-
tis, married May Hadley. Children of Francis
and Sadie E. (Denelsbeck) Lafiferty : Frances
Leilah. born May 14, 1899. 2. Elton P.raddock,
March 24. 1904.
Matthias Simon, of Sulz, in Alsace-
SIMON Loraine, Germany, formerly a
province of the republic of Franv.o,
was born in Sulz and was a farmer there
throughout the period of his life. The family
name of his wife was Biehler, but her bap-
tismal name is not known. Among their chil-
dren were sons Matthias, August and Charles,
and daughters Margaret and Mary.
(H) August, son of Matthias and Margaret
( Biehler ) Simon, was born in Sulz, province
of Alsace-Loraine, Germany, August 28, 1826,
and died there March 15, 1902. As a boy he
was sent bv liis parents to the tow-n school in
Sulz, but early was apprenticed to the trade
(or perhaps the art) of silk dyeing, and having
served out his time followed that vocation,
having an establishment of which he was the
pro])rietor. He is said to have been a very
skillful dyer of silks, a man of high principles
and honest ambition, which qualities both he and
his wife taught to their children. He married
Barbara Rcdler. born in Sulz, December 17,
183 1, and died there. March 6, 1908. They
had six children, five of whom grew to matu-
rity, as follows: i. .\ugust, married Gabrielle
Aland ; has four children ; lives in Allentown,
Pennsylvania. 2. Charles, of Paterson, New
Jersey. 3. Mary, lives in Sulz; not married.
4. Matilda, also of Sulz ; not married. 5.
Jeanne, married Frank Dalton. and has one
child ; lives at Petersburg, Virginia.
(HI) Charles, son of August and Barbara
(Redler) Simon, was born in Sulz, Alsace-
Loraine, Germany, June 17, 1858, and was
given a good education in the schools of his
native town. After leaving school he w-ent into
his father's works and there learned the art of
silk dveing. He too became an expert work-
man in his special occupation, and after his
apprenticeship worked in various establish-
ments in h'rance, Germany and Switzerland.
Thus it was that when he came to Peterson in
( )ctober, 1882, he was not only a skillful silk
dyer, but also was possessed of a wide and use-
ful exjierience in his art. His first employ-
ment in I'aterson was in the capacity of fore-
man in the silk works of Jacob Weidman, of
Paterson, where he continued three years, and
;ifterward for two years w-as in the employ
of |ohn \. Stearns & Companv, of New York
City.
In September, 1887. Mr. Simon, in company
with Charles L. .Xnger, established a silk dye-
ing works in Paterson, beginning business in
a small way, but the ultimate outgrowth of
their limited enterprise is the present Auger &
Simon Silk Dyeing Company, incorporated,
now one of the leading industries of the city
(if Paterson. and having an important branch
at W'illianisport, Pennsylvania. Something of
the extent of the business operations of the
company will be understood wdien it is men-
tioned that the works in Paterson cover an area
of nearly five acres of land, with an additional
three acres for the company's other purposes.
The works in Williamsport cover three acres
of land, and the company's entire tract there
includes twenty acres. The business in Pater-
son employs about six hundred skilled opera-
tives, while about two hundred and fifty em-
jiloyees are in the Williamsport mills.
In Paterson Mr. Simon enjoys a wide ac-
<|uaintance in business circles and is looked
upon as one of the leading men in the industrial
life of the city. His business career has been
one of gratifying success, and wdiatever he has
accomj)lished in a business way is the result
of his own personal efTort. He takes an earn-
est interest in the welfare of the city and its
institutions, is a progressive and public spirited
citizen, and his home is beautifully situated on
Broadw-ay, Paterson.
He married, October 20. 1886. Mary J-.
born February 4, 1868. daughter of Peter and
Florine (Clement) Auger, of Paterson. Chil-
dren, all born in Paterson: Marv F., M^ 6,
1S88; Matilda A., May 28. i88<^: Charles' F.,
July I, 1897.
Three brothers bv the name
HE MOTT of de Mott, of Huguenot de-
scent, like so many of the
I'mtcstant families who were forced to leave
I'rance under the conditions that brought about
the Edict of Nantes, came to the friendly shores
of .America to found new^ homes, making the
route of their departure across the Rhine into
Holland and thence to New .Amsterdam. On
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reaching the New Netherlands the Huguenots,
who had been but a short time sojourners in
Holland or in any other of the provinces of
Netherlands, did not at once affiliate with the
Dutch, but formed villages and made com-
munities in which they could retain their native
language, manners and customs.
Many of these Huguenots went u]i the Hud-
son river and settled along its banks and are
readily distinguished by their family names.
One of the objective points to which many
French families came directly from the ship
that landed them in New Amsterdam harbor
was W'iltwick, one hundred miles up the river
on its west bank at the confluence of Esopus
creek. It is claimed that a short-lived settle-
ment was made at Esopus Point, which ex-
tends far out into the river, as early as 1614.
but we do know that Governor-Cjeneral Stuy-
vesant chartered the proposed settlement under
the name of W'iltwick in 1661. and its inhabit-
ants became jiermanently settled under the di-
rection of the English government in iC/iS. and
regularly incorporated by patent in 1667, untler
the English name of Kingston. The chrono-
logical history of Kingston is full of interest.
The first constitution of the state of New
York was adopted there by the provincial
legislature which assembled Ajjril 20, 1777,
and the state legislature under the new con-
stitution assembled in the state house at Kings-
ton in September, 1777, but dispersed October 7,
1777, on the ai)proach of the llritish army under
Sir Henry Clinton, and the place was burned
b}- the British, but soon rebuilt. The brothers
de Alott could not have found in Esopus the
conditions that they sought, and we give an
accoimt of two of the brothers who planted
themselves in I'.ergen county. New Jersey,
<.>l)posite New Amsterdam, where tliey jjur-
•chased considerable acreage nf land, married
and reared families.
Michael de Mott, one of the brothers, pur-
chased a tract of land "lying between the hills
and the Pequannack river in Morris county.
New Jersey, knov\-n as Pompton Plains." The
deed for his laud was given October o. 1704.
and he soon after removed from Pergen coun-
ty to the new estate and located, built and lived
in the house still standing and known as the
"Old De Mott Place." He was a blacksmith
by trade, also a farmer by occupation, and he
built his blacksmith shop at the south end of
his dwelling house and attached to it. He wa.^
the father of three sons: John, who settled in
English Neighborhood, New Jersey. Richard,
who settled in Raritan. New Jersey. Hendrick.
bcjrn in 17 1 5. who came into possession of the
homestead at Pompton Plains; married Janette
\'an Wagoner, and they had twelve children
born at PomjJton Plains on the old homestead.
(1) Matthias de Mott, brother of Michael
de Alott, removed from Kingston to Bergen,
.North New Jersey, in 1704, in company with
his brother Michael. On April 4, 1693, he had
bought of Elias Michaels Vreeland three lots
of land in Bergen (now Jersey City), having
an aggregate area of eighty-seven acres. He
subse(|uently added to his purchase other tracts
at Jjergen and North Bergen. He married,
April 4, 1705, Margaretje llrinkerhofi'. of
Hackensack, New Jersey. Children: i. John,
who died young. 2. Michael, married Clarisse
Winne. but had no children; died intestate,
November 16, 1799; imder the conditions of
his father's will his estate in Bergen went to
his brother George. 3. Henry, died young. 4.
.\nn. 5. John, married but had no issue ; died
December 8, 1744. 6. Henry, see forward. 7.
lieorge, who inherited the estate left by his
brother Michael ; he left the entire estate, as it
came to him by the will of his father, to his
nephew Michael, son of his brother Henry; he
died unmarried in 1 800. 8. Jacob, married
Soi)hia \'an Houten, October 1 1, 1747, and lived
in Schraalenburg, New Jersey. 9. Mary. 10.
Cishy, died in 1744. Matthias de Mott. father
of these children, died in May, I73(), and by
his will proved June 18. 1731). he made his
-■on-. Michael and (.ie(.)rge, joint tenants of all
his I'.ergen lantls.
(H) Henry, fifth son an<i sixth child of
.Matthias and Margaretje ( BrinkerholY) de
.\ii)lt. was born in Bergen, now Hutlstjn coun-
ty. New Jersey. He was married, in 1742, to
Janettjc \ an Wagoner, and among their chil-
dren was a son Michael, see forward. After
the birth of this son they removed from Ber-
gen to Pomptiin Plains. Morris county. New
Jersey.
(Ill) Michael, sdu of ilenry and Janettje
( \ an Wagoner) de Mott, was born in Bergen,
udw lludson county. New Jersey, September
-"• '750; 'li^fl ill Bergen county, New Jersey,
.Ma\ 2y. 1832. He was the owner of property
in Bergen, New Jersey, which he possessed
through tlie will of his uncle, George de Mott,
who clied intestate and without children in
1808. In his will Michael left his jjroperty in
Bergen to his children. He married Alargaret
Mandeville. of Poiu])ton Plains, New Jersey,
hern June 18. 17113: died Se]iteniber 7, 1854.
l/hildrcu, born in Bergen, New Jersey: i.
|(>hn, died in childhood. 2. lane, married
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Peter Etlo Alarselis. 3. Margaret, married
Richard Vreeland. 4. Maria, married James
Cadmus. 5. George, see forward. 6. Garrett.
7. Henry, who died before his father. 8. Cath-
arine, married Richard Cadmus.
( IV) George, second son and fiftli child of
Michael and Margaret (Mandeville) De Mott,
was born in Bergen, New Jersey. June 1. 1787;
died July 7, 1866. He located on the estate he
inherited in Bergen, the place being now known
as West Hoboken, and there engaged in agri-
cultural pursuits. He was a member of the
Dutch Reformed Church, of Bergen. He mar-
ried (first) Jane \'reeland, born 1790, died
July II, 1826, and they had four children, two
of whom died in early life, and two survived.
namely: i. Maria IMandeville, born August 11,
1816; married John Sturgis. 2. Get)rge V.,
see forward. He married (second) Ellen
.Smith, who bore him twelve children : i. Amelia
Ann, born February 11, 1828. 2. Julia Ellen,
October 28, 1829. 3. James Smith, September
26, 1 83 1. 4. Mary F'rancis, November 12, 1833.
5. Eliza Jane, March 14, 1835. 6. Abraham
Huyler, February 13, 1837. 7. Hester (jarret-
son, October 10, 1839. 8. Henry Augustus,
March 12, 1840. 9. Thomas (lautier, October
I. 1841. 10. Georgianna, January 17, 1843.
II. Edgar Montelle, May 14. 1845. 12. Hin-
son Curtis, May 27, 1851.
(V) George V., only surviving son of George
and Jane (\'reeland) De Mott, was born in
Bergen township, now West Hoboken, Hudson
county. New Jersey. April 27. 1822. He was
reared to the age of fifteen years on his
father's farm, and then entered a dry goods
establishment in New York City. In 1845 he
engaged in the manufacturing business, con-
tinuing up to 1870. About 1865 he purchased
a tract of land in what is now Clifton, Acquack-
anonk township, Passaic county. New Jersey,
and in i86g located in the village of Clifton,
.•\cc|uackanonk township, where he has con-
tinued to reside up to the present time (1910).
He was a prominent and active factor in the
growth and development of the village. Mr.
De Mott married (first). February 5, 1846,
Mary Newkirk, born April 17, 1826, died Janu-
ary 12, 1858. daughter of Henry and Eliza
(Provost) Newkirk. He married (second).
October 20. 1875, Hiley Ann Merselis, born
July 29, 1844, daughter of Peter and Gertrude
(Sip) Merselis. Children of first wife: i.
Henry Newkirk, born November 9, 1846; died
without issue. July 30, 1887. 2. George Win-
field, January 15. 1849; ^'^'^ without issue.
Tunc TO. 1873. 3. Edward Provost, December
25. 1850; died C)ctober 26, 1885; married,
October 4. 1876, Louise Curtis, born December
5, 1857, daughter of Dr. G. and C. Sophia
Curtis ; one child, Helen De Mott, born July
31, 1877, married Harry MacDonald Ander-
son ; one child, Daniel Anderson, born May 16,
1904, who is a representative of the eighth
generation from Matthias de Mott. the emi-
grant. 4. John Walton. March 9. 1853; mar-
ried. October 20, 1886, Catherine Merselis.
born August 15, 1861, daughter of Peter and
Julia (Bogardus) Merselis; three children: i.
Mary N.. born August 10. 1888 : ii. Florence 'M.,
June 30, 1891 ; iii. Mabel W., June 9, 1896. 5.
Jane Maria. June 22. 1855 ; died April 18,
-Stephen Dusenberry, the
I )l'.SI''XriERRY first member of the fam-
ily of whom we have defi-
nite infurniation, was born in either Westches-
ter or Dutchess county. New York, and died in
Orange county. New York. He was probably
the grandson of \\'illiam and Lena Dusenberry.
of Harrison's Purchase. Rye. Westchester
county. New York, and a descendant of the
Long Island family of Dusenberrys who were
from very early times associated with the his-
tory of Hempstead and Jerusalem. April 2,
1806, Stephen Dusenberry was appointed cap-
tain under Lieutenant Colonel Zachariah Flag-
ler, in the Dutchess county militia, and June 8,
1808. was promoted first major. March 4,
1817. John Cooper was promoted first major,
vice Stephen Dusenberry, "moved away." He
married Anna Townsend, and among his chil-
dren were Townsend and Peter, both referred
to below.
(II) Townsend. son of Stephen and Anna
(Townseiifl) Dusenberry. was born in Orange
county, New York, and died in Newark, New
Jersey.
(III) Henry Townsend, only child Town-
send Dusenberry, was born in Orange county,
.Vew York, in 1835. and died in Newark, New
Jersey, in May, 1886. He was deputy county
clerk of Newark, 1862-67, and county clerk,
1867-72. He received his education at the
Hackettstown Seminary, in politics was a Dem-
ocrat, was a member of the town council of
Newark, 1872-73. and school commissioner for
the Seventh Ward of Newark in 1876-77. He
married Mary Louisa Baldwin, born in Au-
gust, 1835. Children : John Baldwin, referred
to below : Emily Townsend, now living at No.
86 Orchard street, Newark, New Jersey, whose
courtesy has made possible much of this sketch.
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(IV) John Baldwin, son of Henry Town-
send and Mary Louisa (Baldwin) Dusenberry,
was born in Newark, New Jersey, August 21,
1857, and died there December 10, 1909. For
his early education he was sent to the ])ublic
schools, and afterwards to the Newark Acad-
emy, from which he graduated in 1876. After
spending three years in mercantile jiursuits he
entered the surrogate's otitice in Newark, under
Colonel C. Meyer Zulick, where for nine years
he was probate clerk, and in 1889 was elected
to the office of surrogate on the Democratic
ticket and served as such for five years, when
he was appointed by President Grovcr Cleve-
land as assistant appraiser of the Port of New
York, which office he held until July 10, 1897.
He then came to Newark, where he made a
business of taking charge of and caring for
large estates. He was a member of the Joel
Parker Club, the Jeffersonian Club, and the
I'ourth \\'ard Democratic Club. For twenty-
eight years he was a director in the Mutual
Benefit and Loan Association, and was also
treasurer of the Real Estate Brokers' Ex-
change, and first vice-president of the Road
Horse Association of New Jersey, lie was a
member of the South Baptist Church, of New-
ark. He married (first) in Newark, Novem-
ber 16, 1885. Elizabeth, born 1858, died Janu-
ary 25, 1887. daughter of Captain Christian
Myers, who was killed in the civil war; (sec-
ond) in Newark, November 12, 1897, Helen
Wood, daughter of Levi and Effie (Sweasy)
Van Ness, who was born in December, 1868.
Children, one by first wife: Helen Townsend,
born January 20, 1887 ; John Baldwin, Octo-
ber 26, 1898; Grant \"an Ness, June 26, 1905.
(H) Peter, son of Stephen and Amia
( Townsend ) Dusenberry, was born in Orange
county, New York. He married Mary, daugh-
ter of Josei)h Lyon and Phebe (Jones) Wheel-
er (see Wheeler). Children: Augustus and
James Peter, both referred to below; .Anna,
married Jose])h E. ISuzby.
(HI) Augustus, son of Peter and Mary
(Wheeler) Dusenberry, was born in Newark,
New Jersey, December 4, 1837. For his early
education he was sent to Dr. Hedges, after-
wards to Dr. Ely's boarding school at Railway,
and then to Mr. Conklin's boarding school at
Basking Ridge, after which he began his career
as clerk in a clothing store in New York City.
This position he gave up in order to take an-
other with one of the safe manufacturers, and
ui 1874 he started in the hardware business
with James W. Thatcher, then became con-
nected with Roe &• Conover, and later became
|jresident of the J. B. Cnnuver Comi)any, con-
tinuing until July, 1908, when he sold out to
Crane & Company. I-'rom 1868 to 1872 he
was in the office of the Newark street com-
missioner, and was also for twelve years an
alderman. In 1888 he was elected assembly-
man, after which he served for eight years as
police commissioner. .At the outbreak of the
civil war he enlisted in the Ninth Regiment.
New York Volunteers, as private, May 13,
1801 ; ])romoted sergeant May following; dis-
charged May 16, 1863. He then recruited
Company I, Thirty-fifth New Jersey Veteran
X'olunteers. of which he was appointed captain,
.Sej)tember 18. 1863. mustered out with same
rank. July 25, 1865. September 17, 1862, he
was taki-n prisoner and sent to Libby prison
till exchanged ; July 22, 1864, taken prisoner
at Decatur, Alabama, and sent to Atlanta and
Macon. Georgia, and Charleston. South Caro-
lina ; he escaped from the latter place, and was
three months in reaching the Union army at
Nashville, Tennessee. He is a member of
Lincoln Pf)st, No. 11. G. A. R. He married in
.Xewark, .August 3, i8(x), Mary Elizabeth,
daughter of James and Mary (Van Winkle)
Smith. Children: I. Russie, born December
28, 1872; married Carlton George Winans,
who was born November 13. 1872; child,
James Dusenberry. 2. I'red Wheeler, born
May ID. 1874; married Iva. only child of Dr.
Ivlward and Mary Elizabeth ( Ryno) Wake-
field ; child, Fred Augustus.
(HI) James Peter, son of Peter and Mary
(Wheeler) Dusenberry, was born in Newark,
New Jersey. April 19. 1844. For his early
education he was sent to the public schools,
and after graduating from the New^ark high
school he entered a store as boy and rose to
the |)osition of bookkeeper. In 1862 he be-
came attached to the (luartermaster's depart-
ment ijf the Army of the Potomac, and after
the St. .Mbans raid went with Cieneral Pitkin
to \erniont to assist the state (|uartermaster in
organizing the militia to resist any future at-
tacks from Canada, from thence to Richmond
after its cajjture and later to New Orleans,
Louisiana, with the quartermaster's depart-
ment. United States army. After the war was
over he becaiue a manufacturer of expansion
I'uvelopes. I'or three years he was secretary
for the Board of Assessment and Revision of
Taxes of Newark, and later became secretary
of the Newark Gas Light Comjiany ; treasurer
of the Newark Gas Company; secretary of the
llu<lson (ias Company, and treasurer of the
Public Service Corporation cif New Jersey. He
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
is a member of the First Presbyterian Church,
of Newark, and a director in the National
Newark Banking Company, the Firemans' In-
surance Company, and the PubUc Service Cor-
poration of New Jersey. He married in New-
ark, February i6, 1897, P>ances, daughter of
Judge Caleb S. and Frances (Grant) Tits-
wortli ( see Titsworth).
(The Wheeler Line).
Deac<in James Wheeler, founder of the
branch of the Wheeler family at present under
consideration, was probably with the two Jo-
seph Wheelers who were in Newark in 1726,
a member of the Milford family of the name.
He died in Newark, January ^. 1747, aged
si.xty-three years. In 1712 he was constable
of .N'ewark, and bought from .\braham Kitchel
the home lot in Newark which had formerly
been the property of Robert Kitchel. The
name of his first wife is unknown. He mar-
ried (second), after 1723, Alary, widow of
Benjamin, son of Benjamin and Abigail (Car-
man) Coe, who was born about 1679, and died
January i, 1763, aged eighty- four years. Child,
Caleb, referred to below. There were perhaps
other children.
(II) Deacon Caleb, son of Deacon James
and Mary Wheeler, died December 22, 1803,
aged seventy-seven years, lie married Phebe
. Children : Caleb, married, February
23, 1778, Betsy Morris; James, referred to
below ; A daughter, married Rt)bert Neil.
(III) Captain James, son of Deacon Caleb
and Phebe Wheeler, died in Newark, New
Jersey, March 12, 1777, aged thirty-seven
years. He enlisted during the revolution and
rose to the rank of captain, and as Cougar well
says, he is "worthy of a more honorable monu-
ment than the edifice stealthily and illegally
erected on the burial place of the family." He
married Rhoda Lyon, who after his death
married (second) John Crane. Children: Ste-
phen, James. Joseph Lyon, referred to below ;
Phebe, married (jovernor William S. Penning-
ton ; Mary, married Halstead.
(I\') Joseph Lyon, son of Captain James
and Rhoda ( Lyon ) Wheeler, married Phebe,
daughter of Zebulon Jones. Twelve children,
among whom Mary, referred to below.
(\') Mary, daughter of Joseph Lyon and
Phebe (Jones) Wheeler, married Peter, son of
.Ste])hen and Anna ( Townsend ) Dusenberry.
Benjamin Franklin Faulk-
l~.\l'LK N I-T\ ner. first member of the fam-
ily of whom we have definite
iufnrmatii)n. was the son of a farmer in Oueen
.Vnne's county, Maryland, where he was born
in 1 81 7. He lived at Easton, Talbot county,
Afaryland, where he died in 1844. He was a
manufacturer of wagons, carts and wheels; in
politics was a Democrat, and in religion a
Methodist. He married Emily Adeline Mills.
Three children: Alfred Beaston, referred to
below, and a son and daughter who died in
infancy.
(II) .Alfred Beaston, son of Benjamin
Franklin and Emily Adeline (Mills) Faulk-
ner, was born at Easton, Talbot county, Mary-
land, December 17, 1842. After leaving school
he took a position as clerk with Goldsborough
& Dawson, in Easton, Maryland, after which
he went to Baltimore, where he found a posi-
tion at first with Murray & Hazlehurst, and
later with John W. I-lruft' & Company. When
this latter firm dissolved he became a member
of its successor, Bruff, Faulkner & Company,
which later became the firm of Bruff, Maddo.x
& Faulkner, which failed about 1884. Mr.
h'aulkner then became connected with the law
and collection firm of Snow, Church & Com-
pany, at first in Philadelphia and afterward in
New York. Mr. F^aulkner was one of the
organizers of the LTnited Merchants Associa-
tion of New York, and from the time of its
organization, about 1888, until his death in
1891, he was the secretary of the association.
He was a Presbyterian in religion and a Dem-
ocrat in ])olitics, but he was always a lover of
])eace and retirement and held himself aloof
from public services. He married at Glen
Cove, Long Island, November 19, 1867, Louisa
.•\ugusta, born in Baltimore, Maryland, March
25, 1844, granddaughter of Parker and Re-
becca (Fisher) Robinson, who were married,
October 10, 1795, and daughter of Daniel and
Charlotte ( Henoig) Robinson. Her father
was born November 24, 1802, died October 9.
1863. Her mother died January 31, 1862.
Children: I. Daniel Robinson, referred to
below. 2. Emily Josephine, born May 12, 1872.
(III) Daniel Robinson, son of Alfred
lieaston and Louisa Augusta (Robinson)
I'aulkner, was born in Baltimore, Maryland,
December 13, 1869. .After receiving his early
education in the Baltimore public school, he
attended the private school of Major Wilburn
B. Hall, in Baltimore, Maryland, which he left
without graduating in June, 1886. He then
started in business with the insurance broker-
age firm of Butcher & Benedict, 145 Broad-
way, New York, with whom he remained from
November, 1886, until December, 1894, when
he resigned his position in order to go into
business for himself uiuler the firm name of
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King & Faulkner, 45 Cedar street, New York.
Tlie new tirm, however, was not a success so
Mr. Faulkner separated from Mr. King in
September, 1896, and took a position with
Frederick P>. Thomason, then of 13 William
^trcet. and now 64 Wall street. New York.
Here he remained until February, igo2, when
he started once more in the insurance business
un his own account, this time making a decided
success, his office being 95 William street, Xew
York. In politics Mr. Faulkner is an Inde-
pcmlent. He is a member of the Maryland
Society of Xew York, and of the New York
.•-Southern Society. He married. May 10, 1900,
in Elizabelli, New Jersey, Susan Creighton,
born in Gladstone, New Jersey. October 10,
1879. daughter of Elwood and Sarah (Backus)
Trail. Children; i. Daniel Robinson, Jr., born
January 1, 1903. 2. Elwood I'rall, .\pril 2,
1905.
The Entwistles are an Eng-
EN'TWiSTLE lish family, said to be one
of great antiquity, and
better ^till of honest endeavor and honorable
achievement in all generations in the mother
country and also on tliis side of the Atlantic
ocean, where the surname has been known for
something like a century. The immediate an-
cestors of the particular family here under
consideration were noted cotton manufacturer^
in Manchester, Berry and Leeds, England ; all
men of character, worth and influence in the
Inisiness w(jrld and in the more private walks
of life.
I 1) Thomas Entwi.'-tle, immigrant, was born
in .Manchester, England, and came to .Amer-
ica when a young man, settling in I'aterson,
Xew Jersey, which even then was famous for
the diversity of its manufactures and the skill
of its mechanics, operatives and artisans.
Doubtless young Entwistle found former ac-
quaintances there and perhaps was induced to
come to this country through the re]iresenta-
tions of those who had precedeil him to the
nourishing industrial city near the great metrop-
olis of .America. He was apprenticed to the
trade of a machinist, and after having became
a practical workman removed to New York
City and was made su])erintendent of the Nov-
elty Iron Works. Still later lie was emijloyed
in the service of Horatio Allen a mechanical
engineer of wide repute, while he himself had
then gained considerable prominence as a me-
chanical inventor, having patented several me-
chanical a])pliances and was engaged in their
manufacture and sale when he was striken and
died. .\t that time he had sailed for Cuba,
We.st Indies, with a shipment of machinery,
and during his stay there was attacked with
climatic fever which resulted in his death in
1888, soon after he had returned to New York.
Mr. Entwistle married Fanny Holt, by whom
he had seven children, only two of whom are
now living, Jane F.lizabetli, now Mrs. David
Hutchinson, and James, nf wh(im mention is
made in succeeding paragra])hs.
( II ) Rear .Admiral James Entwistle, son of
Thomas and I-'anny (Holt) Entwistle, is a na-
tive of I'aterson, New Jersey, born July 8,
1837, ^"f' s'i" Vives in that city, although much
i>f his life as an officer of rank in the United
States navy has been spent in other scenes.
.\s a boy he received a good common school
educati<'n in his native town, and afterward
for some time was a student at the Free Acad-
emy of New A'ork. After leaving school he
served an apprenticeship to the trade of ma-
chinist at the Novelty Iron Works, and later
became a mechanical draughtsman in his
father's office in that city. He was thus em-
j)loyed at the beginning of the civil war, and
within less than ten days after Mr. Lincoln's
call for volunteers "to suppress treasonable
reliellion." he enlisted for three months as pri-
vate in Company C, Eighth New York Volun-
teer Militia. He continued in service until the
e.xpiration of his term of enlistment and took
part in all of the military movements of iiis
regiment, including the tirst battle of I'ull Run,
and was discharged and mustered out August
2, i8()i. F"rom the day of his enlistment as
private in the three months' service Admiral
lintwistle's life has belonged to our national
government and his subsec|uent sjilendid record
(if achievement has become a part of our na-
tional annals so well and widely known as to
re(|nire little elaboration of detail in these
pages; and the story of his rise from the posi-
ticiii of private of militia to the rank of rear
admiral is j)erliaps best told in a recent narra-
tive account pulilished in a leading military
magazine, from which free ([notation is made
in the.se pages.
Immediately after his discharge in .August.
1X61, he was granted permission by the secre-
tary (jf the navy to appear before the board of
examiners for admission to the engineer corps
of the naval department, and having passed a
satisfactory examination was appointed to that
corps as a third assistant engineer from civil
life, October, i8r)i, and immediately was de-
tailed for duty on the gunboat "Aroostook,"
then building at Kennebec, Maine. \N'hile tiiat
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vessel was being fitted out at the Boston navy
yard under direction of Lieutenant Commander
J. C. Beaumont, urgent telegraphic orders were
received from the secretary of the navy to pro-
ceed to sea immediately and search for the
L'nited States ship "Vermont," which vessel
had been reported as having lost her rudder.
After seven days' cruising she was finall\-
sighted and found to be in a disabled condition
with rudder gone, but with the aid of a hawser
she was kept head to the sea for six days
while a temporary rudder was being put in
place ; and then being relieved by another gun-
boat the "Aroostook" sailed for Philadelphia
and was immediately ordered to Hampton
Roads atul to report to Admiral Goldsborough,
commanding the Xortli Atlantic squadron,
reaching there the next day after the historic
battle between the confederate ram "Merri-
mac" and the original "Monitor," under the
command of Lieutenant Commander W'orden.
He took part in all subsequent engagement^
between the "Ram" and her escorts in tiieir
attempts to destroy the L'nion fleet, and after
the defeat of the confederate ships entered the
James river with a detached fleet under com-
mand of (.omuKMlore Rogers and engaged the
batteries at I'^ort Darling, which protected the
approach to Richmond, Virginia ; and after a
bombardment of several hours the fort was
silenced, but soon afterward having been rein-
forced by the crew' of the "Merrimac," which
vessel a few days ])revi(iusly had been blown
up by the Confederates, the engagement was
renewed and continued until nightfall, when
the L'nion gunboats were compelled to drop
down the river and anchor off Sandy Point.
Afterwards the ".\roostook" engaged in the
work of covering McClellan's retreat from be-
fore Richmond to Harrison's Landing on the
James river, and soon afterward was detach-
ed from the Xorth Atlantic squadron and sent
to Pensacola, Florida, for blockade duty, under
command of .Admiral P"arragut, commanding
the west gulf blockading squadron, embracing
the coast line from Pensacola to tlie southern
end of Texas ; and later took part in nearly all
of the naval engagements under command of
that famous naval hero. On one occasion,
while blockading off Mobile. Alabama, the
"Aroostook" had the extreme good fortune to
capture the first prize, the schooner "Sea
Lion," with her cargo of two hundred and
eighty-five bales of Sea Island cotton, while
attempting to run the blockade from that port
The "Aroostook" continued to serve in the
west gidt s(|uadron until January. 1865. and
tiien was detached and ordered home. In
.\pril following .Admiral Entwistle was ordered
to the ship "Mohongo," Captain J. \V. A.
Xickolson. which vessel was detailed for the
Pacific coast, by way of the Straits of Magellan,
and while enroute touched at all of the princi-
jial [jorts on the Atlantic coast of South .Amer-
ica, and arrived at \alparaiso, Chile, at the
l)eginning of the six months' blockade and final
bombardment of that city by the Spanish fleet
under command of Admiral Menzes Nunez.
Following the movements of the Spanish fleet
after the bombardment he w-as a witness of the
final attem]it of the Spaniards to subdue the
.Sciuth .\merican republic in the repulse and
[jartial destruction of their fleet by the Peru-
vians in their attempt to lay waste the city of
Callao, Peru, and proceeded thence to Panama,
where the "Mohongo" remained six months
guarding the railroad, and then sailed for
.\capulco, Mexico : remained at the latter port
during the Maximilian sojourn, and from there
made port at San Francisco, where he was de-
tached from the "Alohongo'' and ordered home
by way of the Isthmus of Panama. He then
was attached to the L^nited States ship "Wamp-
anoag" during the experimental trial of her
machinery at the navy yard at New W")rk; re-
mained there until February, 1868, and then
was ordered to the "Amanorsac" for the same
duty until June, 1868. After that he was at-
tached to the ship "Nipsic." Commander Self-
ridge, from September, 1868. until December.
i86f). while engaged in the important work of
making a preliminary survey of the Isthmus
of Panama for a new canal route: and in the
light of subsequent events this duty on the
part of .\dmiral Entwistle may be regarded as
i)f significant importance. Subsequently he had
short tiiurs of duty aboard the ship "Michigan"
on Lake Erie, at League Island. Pennsvlvania.
.md I in the monitors "Saugus" and "Canoni-
cun." Next be was ordered to the flagship
"I'rankliu." under command of Admiral
W'orden of "Monitor" fame, for a cruise to
I'.urope, and on the return of that vessel in
1876 one of her involuntary passengers was
William M. Tweed, a fugitive from justice,
who had been taken at \ igo. Spain, after his
escape from America.
In March. 1877. .Admiral Entwistle. then
passed assistant engineer, rank of lieutenant,
senior grade, was ordered to special duty at
the navy department in Washington, and in
July following was ordered to special duty at
the Morgan Iron \\ orks. New York, as assist-
ant to (ieneral Inspector Chief Engineer .Alex-
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aiuler Henderson, United States navy, for the
inspection of machinery being built for the gov-
ernment. In December, 1878, he was ordered
to duty at Mare Island navy yard, California.
Three years later. February, 1881, he was
ordered to the L'nited States ship "Palos,"
Asiatic station, under command of Commodore
Green, to verify the longitude of all open ports
on the coast of China and Japan, from Vladi-
vostok, Siberia, to Hong Kong, China, and
upon the fulfillment of tiiese duties to the ship
"Ashnielot." Commander Mullen, United States
navy, which vessel was wrecked in February,
1882. on Lammock rocks lying between Foo-
chow and Amoy, off the coast of China. This
loss was in great measure due to treacherous
currents, dense fogs and extreme darkness
j)eculiar to that locality during the winter
months, and when all hope of saving the ship
had vanished she was finally abandoned and
went down in seventeen fathoms of water in
forty minutes from the time of striking, officers
and men losing everything but what they stood
in. .\t daylight those who escaped made a
landing on a barren island and found eleven
men missing. In the meantime a whaleboat
had been disj)atched to Foochow, thirty miles
distant, for ])rovisions and assistance, which
arrived on the following morning and proved
to be a Chinese man-of-war under command
of a former English naval officer, and all were
taken to Hong Kong and soon afterward
ordered home.
In .November, 1885, Admiral Entwistle was
again on duty at the Morgan Iron Works dur-
ing the completion of the "Chicago," "Boston,"
"Atlantic" and "Dolphin," after the failure of
John Roach & Comjjany, the once famous
ship-building concern of Chester, Pennsyl-
vania. An interesting fact in this connection
is that these four vessels formed the nucleus
of our present powerful American navy. .Mter
the completion of his duties in the connection
just mentioned he had short tours of experi-
mental duty on the ".Marm," our first torpedo-
boat, and the double-turretted monitor "Puri-
tan," followed by inspection duty at Newport,
Bristol and Providence, Rhode Island, in con-
nection with steam capstan engines, which
were the first to be installed on a United States
man-of-war. Subse(|uently lie spent one year
on special duty on board the training ship
"Minnesota," stationed at New York. In Se])-
tember 1887, he was assigned to the govern-
ment ship "Fnter])rise," Commander B. H.
.McCalla, United States navy, which vessel made
line of the most varied and extended cruises in
lutropean waters that ever was made by an
.American man-of-war, and during her thirty-
two months' commission she steamed some-
thing like forty-three thousand miles, includ-
ing a voyage around the island of Madagascar
and also visiting nearly seventy percent of the
ports and inland cities by river navigation,
tjoth in Euro])e and the Continent. In June,
1890, he was ordered to the Bath Iron Works,
Batli. Maine, as inspector of machinery of the
"Machias." "Castine," "Amnion," and the ram
"Katahdin," having been on this duty five
vears and six months. In November, 1895,
iie was assigned to duty on the "Boston," Cap-
tain Frank Wilde, fitting out at the Mare
Island navy yard for a cruise to China; de-
tached January, 1897, and reported for duty
(111 .Adiiiiral Dewey's flagshi]) "Olympia," as
engineer of the fleet. He took part in the battle
of Manilla Bay, May i, 1898, and was highly
commended by Admiral Dewey, awarded the
Dewey medal and commended by the secretary
of the navy and board of naval officers for ad-
vancement in numbers for eminent and con-
spicuous services in the battle. In December,
1898, he was detached from the "01yiii])ia"
by telegraph from the secretary of the navy and
ordered to the United States ship "Raleigh,"
Captain J. R. Coghlan, United States navy, for
passage to the United States, arriving home in
.April, 1899, and placed on the retired list of
officers, in accordance with the provisions of
the revised statutes of the United States.
Having thus noted in a general way some-
thing of the life and experiences of .Admiral
Entwistle as an officer of the American navy,
it is perhaps necessary to our present narrative
to note his individual rank and advancement
from time to time throughout the long period
of his naval career : Appointed third assistant
engineer, rank of ensign, October, 1861 ; pro-
moted second assistant engineer, rank of lieu-
tenant, junior grade, July, 1866; jiromoted
passed assistant engineer, rank of lieutenant,
senior grade, October, 1866; promoted chief
engineer, rank of lieutenant commander, July,
1877: promoted chief engineer, rank of com-
mander. October, 1896; promoted captain.
March, 1899; promoted rear admiral. Febru
ary. 1901.
In Scotland the ( Iraliams are
(iR.MlAM a family of distinction, and in
England and Ireland are those
(>\ this honored surname who have attained
til positions of i)rominence in official life. The
traditional origin of the family dates to the
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ducal house of Montrose and thence traces
back in its ancestry to about the fifth century.
In early Scottish history the clan Graham
played an important and chivalrous part, and
for gallantry acquired the designation of the
"gallant Ciraemes." In ancient times the Gra-
hams were famous champions of right and
justice, and even in more recent times there
have been those of this honorable house who
have lent their aid to the cause of rights of
man ; and it was through the advocacy of prin-
ciples such as these that the immigrant ances-
tor of the particular Graham family here treat-
ed came to this country.
( I ) Joseph Graham, the immigrant, was
liorn in I'jigland and died at Haledon, New
Jersey, aged sixty-three years. P.ecause of his
advocacy of the cause of the workingmen of
England, in seeking to secure for them shorter
hours of daily labor, he was virtually e.xiled
from his native land and com])elled to seek a
new home in .America; and here as in the
mother cnuntry he was the first man to cham-
pion the cause of shorter hours of labor for
workingmen. He was a skillful designer and
metal engraver.
(II) John, son of Joseph Graham, was born
in England in 1818, died in Jersey City, New
Jersey, July 2, 1881. He was quite young when
he came with his father to this country. He
was one of the earliest engineers on the old
Paterson and Hudson railroad, also was a
skilled taxidermist and a horticulturalist of
considerable local celebrity. His wife was
Dorothy Ryerson, and by her he had two chil-
dren : I. Joseph Ryerson. 2. Harriet, married
James Johnson.
(III) Joseph' Ryerson, son of John and
Dorothy (Ryerson) Graham, was born in Pat-
erson, New Jersey, September 21, 1842; died
there, January 30, 1906. He was educated in
the ]niblic schools and as a pupil exhibited such
remarkable jjroficiency in studies that thrice
was he sought out and asked to become him-
self a teacher, lint he declined all of these
offers in favor of his own determination to
become a business man, and as a foundation
of his subse(|uent career learned the carpenter's
trade, becoming a competent and practical
workman. .\nd like his father and grand-
father before him, Mr. Graham always mani-
fested a deep interest in the welfare of work-
ingmen in general, and at the age of twenty
years organized the first carpenters' union and
became the first president of that pioneer body.
In 1874 he was elected alilerman of old Ward
5. Paterson, served two terms in that office, and
in 1879 was elected mayor of the city and
served efficiently a full term. And withal, Mr.
Graham was a capable and successful business
man, having begun his career as a journeyman
carjienter. In 1864 he started in business on
his own account, as a manufacturer of sash,
doors and blinds, and then established what
eventually became one of the largest enter-
prises of its kind in Passaic county.
lie married, August 3, 1871, Anna M., born
( )ctober 2T^. 1855. daughter of Henry and
Madaline ( Haultzhausen) Meyers, of Brook-
lyn, New York. Qiildren : i. George Ryer-
son, born June 14, 1872; died August 14, 1873.
2. Emma J., October 5, 1873 ! died August 5,
1898. 3. Florence May, May 5, 1877; died
March 19. 1882. 4. Viola K., January 3, 1883;
married, February 28, 1908, \'ernon E. Royle.
5. Joseph R., February 9, 1885; died .March 3,
1909.
The Keighley family is an-
l\ I'" IGi I LE'^' other of the late acf|uisitions
to this country and to New
Jer>e\- soil, being represented by only three
generations, the last of which has still to make
its name for itself; but the two first genera-
tions have already left a permanent impress
on the industries of the state in their chosen
calling and now enjoy not oidy a local but also
a national reputation.
( I ) Charles Keighley, founder of the fam-
il\', was born in ("ireat Horton, Bradford, York-
shire, England, June i, 1842, and is now living
in X'ineland, Cumberland county. New Jersey.
.\fter receiving his etlucation in Great Horton
he became an apj^rentice in the shoe factory
of his grandfather, where he learned his trade.
.\fter this he went to Bradford to complete
his term of apprenticeship, and then set up in
business for himself, conducting a retail boot
and shoe store successfully until 1870, when he
accepted an offer to become the agent in Amer-
ica of Pitt Brothers, of Cleckheaton, York-
shire, who were introducing into this country
their circular feed sewing machine. Mr.
Keighley was so pleased with his experiences
while here on this work that he subsequently
returned with his family, and made his home
in Philadelphia as the regular representative
of Pitt P.rothers. In 1873 he removed to \''ine-
land, Cumberland county. New Jersey, and
tried farming, but after about a year went
back to his old trade, obtaining a position in a
shoe factory, which he retained until his em-
ployers failed in 1873. He then made an agree-
ment with Hunt ^c Reeves to manufacture
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shiK's for tlieiii at a given price, they supply-
ing the materials. Beginning with twenty
workmen, his business grew so that in 1884 he
erected his present four-story brick factory,
covering fifty-four thousand square feet of
superficial area, where he employed four hun-
dred operatives, with a capacity of two thous-
and pairs of shoes, both hand and machine
made, for men, women, misses and children,
sending his product to all parts of the United
States. In 1894 he took into partnership with
himself his two sons, and since then the firm
name has been Charles Keighley & Sons. Much
of his success has been due to a number of
labor-saving devices and machines which he
has invented and patented, the most important
of which in his estimation is the automatic
Ileal burnisher, which enables the work of three
men to lie done by one. This machine but
recently he has still further im]irove<l as to
cajiacity and qualitv of work done.
To Mr. Keighley is mainly due the pure
water supply of the town. In 1885 lie obtain-
ed from the authorities of the borough the
fr;uichise necessary, and immediately set about
drilling the wells and building the needed struc-
tures for the water works. When completed
he liad put in at the pump station a fire punif)
so jiowerful that three streams from hydrants
could be i)layed through the regulation hose
over any building in the town. He had laid
some fifteen miles of water mains. This pro-
ject has now become the Vineland Water
Works Company, which is now a part of the
borough e<|uipment. Air. Keighley has not
only devoted himself to his chosen line of shoe
manufacturing, but has become interested in
other enterprises, among which are : The
manufacture of glass bottles, window glass,
artificial stone, leather tanning, shoe machinery,
gold mining in Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Ne-
vada and r.ritish Columbia. In 1898 he etiuip-
])ed an expedition to search the Peace river
district of Piritish Columbia for placer gold
deposits, which was partially successful. He
has always had a particular fondness for fancy
farming and stock raising and he hopes
some day when the arduous duties of active
business life become less, to retire to an ideal
spot close to Vineland, where he can devote
the remainder of his days to his long cherished
fancies in farm and live stock. To Air. Keigh-
ley's credit it must be said that he has helped
many a struggling manufacturer to get on his
feet and make a success. Mr. Keighley is a
director of the Tradesmen's Piank of Vine-
land, For twenty-two years he has been a
trustee of the First Methodist Episcopal
Church, and a director of the New Jersey
Training School for Feeble Minded Children,
while his wife has served as a member of the
board of managers of the State Institute for
I'Veble Minded Women, and on the board of
lady visitors of the Training School for Feeble
Minded Children, and for many years presi-
dent of the Women's Christian Temperance
L'nion. Charles Keighley married, December
17, 1863, Martha, daughter of William Parker
Uottomley, of Great Ilorton, Yorkshire, Eng-
land. They have had eight children, only two
of whom reached maturity : W'illiam Bottom-
ley, and Charles Percv. bi>th of whom are re-
ferred to below.
(Ill William Bottomley, eldest son to reach
maturity of Charles and Martha ( Ijottoniley )
Keighley, was born in Pradford, Yorkshire,
March 31, 1868, and is now living in Vineland.
New Jersey. For his education he was sent
to the public schools of \'ineland, and after-
wards to Pennington .Seminary, where he grad-
uated with marked honors. He then became
one of tlie deiiartment foremen in his father's
factory, and wdien the new firm was formed
was taken into partnership and he became the
general manager and buyer of most of the ma-
terial used, and is now also vice-presiilent of
the Keighley Company, manufacturers of shoe
machinery and supplies. He was also interested
in the Vineland Water Works Company, of
which he was secretary and treasurer, and
helped to make that comjiany the success it
attained. Like his father, he is an inventor,
and has taken out many patents for improved
boot and shoe machinery, glass machinery, gold
washing machinery, rubber tires, etc.. and his
business ability is of a high order. He is a
student and close observer in the sciences, espe-
cially metaphysics as applied to natural phe-
nomena. He believes that the connng method
of transportation will be by the air, even for
carriage of heavy bulky freight and cargoes,
and that it is possible and probable that we
will be able to leave New York City at 7 p. m.
and be in London by 7 p. m. next day, and that
bv 1920. Besides shoes and shoe machinery he
is interested in window glass mamifacturing,
gold mining in Mexico, Nevada, California,
.Montana and Colorado. In 1898 he headed
an expedition to the Peace river country in
search of placer deposits. He predicts that
British Columbia will be one of the greatest
mining countries of the world, that its mineral
wealth is simply marvelous and that it awaits
only the transportation facilities necessary to
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cause a movement in that direction that will
eclipse the rush of 1849 to California or the
rush of 1898 to the Klondyke. He is an ac-
complished musician, and for eighteen years
has been chorister and organist of the First
Methodist Episcopal Church, of Vineland ; he
organized and led for years a fine concert band.
Mr. Keighley is a Prohibitionist in politics, and
a member of Vineland Lodge, No. 69, I'^ree
and Accepted Alasons, and of Eureka Chapter,
No. 13, Royal Arch Masons, of Vineland. He
married, September 11, 1891, Carrie Frances,
daughter of Rev. George S. Sykes, a Meth-
odist minister of Pennsylvania ; they have no
children.
(H) Charles Percy, second child of Charles
and Martha (Bottomley) Keighley to reach
maturity, was born in P.radford, Yorkshire,
England, July 12, 1870, and is now living in
Vineland. New Jersey. Like his brother, he
was sent to the Vineland public schools and to
Pennington Seminary for his education. He
then took charge of his father's Philadelphia
office, at 1 1 North Fourth street, where he re-
mained for the ne.xt three years, when his
father discontinued the office because he had
determined to sell direct to the jobbers and the
retailers. Charles Percy then came to Vine-
land and took charge of the sales and financial
department of the business, and also became
the buyer of the upper leathers. He is now
secretary and treasurer of the Keithley Com-
pany. He is a member of the .'Mplia and
Omega Greek letter fraternity of Pennington
Seminary, and is also a member of Hobah
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
Like his brother, he is a Prohibitionist. He is
also an inventor and interested in the manu-
facture of window glass, shoe machinery and
in mining operations in the west. He has ably
fillcfl the position of secretary and treasurer
in a number of large business combinations
and is very active in business circles. Charles
Percy Keighley married. September 2, 1891.
Elizabeth IL. daughter of John \\'. Carson, of
\'ineland. They have two children: Ilelenc
Jennings and Marian Holden.
This family of IMcKees came to
.McKEF. America from the north of Ire-
land, and while the McKees of
that region of country had lived there for many
generations previous to the last century and
while some of them perhaj^s had intermarried
with pure Irish families, they sprung from
original Scotch ancestors who were famous in
olden times.
(I) William McKee, immigrant ancestor of
the family here treated, was born in the north
of Ireland, January 13, 1813; died at Paterson,
New Jersey, I'ebruarj- 19, 1881. He came to
this country about the year 1830, settling first
at Hoboken, New Jersey, from whence he re-
moved up the Hudson river, changing his resi-
dence from there about the year 1850, settling
in Paterson, New Jersey, where he spent the
remainder of his life. He was a stock farmer
by principal occupation for many years after
he settled in Hoboken, and is remembered as
having been much interested in the breeding of
fine blooded horses. Just how many horses he
bred for the racing track would be difficult to
say at this time, but among the many was the
famous trotter "Judge Fullerton," one of the
very best horses of his day in the L'nited States.
The producing of thorough-bred horses gave
Mr. McKee a wide reputation among genuine
sportsmen and lovers of fine stock, and in the
times when track racing was in its infancy he
was one of the most popular men in the stock
breeding business. Cpon taking up his resi-
dence in Paterson, he was proprietor of a
livery and sales stable which stood in the cen-
ter of the city on the site now occupied by the
county courthouse. Mr. McKee married Eliza
(W'illis) Berdan, born June 22, 1806; died at
Paterson, January 17, 1876, daughter of John
and Catherine Willis, and widow of Jacob
Berdan. Children: i. James Willis, see for-
ward. 2. Alida, born August 31, 1842; died
May 14, 1893.
( II) James Willis, only son of William and
Eliza (Willis) (Berdan) McKee, was born in
Hoboken, New Jersey, October 24, 1840; died
in Paterson, New Jersey, May 4, 1902. He
was a boy of eleven years when his father
moved to Paterson, and when old enough to
work learned the trade of cabinet making, be-
coming a practical workman, and for many
years built the cabs for the engines constructed
at the Cooke Locomotive Works. About the
beginning of the civil war he became proprietor
(if a hotel and continued in that business some
ten or twelve years. In 1872 he became a
professional singer, and is remembered as one
of the noted vocalists of his day, a popular
member of the Tony Pastor company and also
a favorite under Harrigan and Hart. In 1880
he was elected a member of the board of free-
holders of Passaic county, and in 1884 was
elected sheriff of the county, holding the latter
office until January i, 1888. He then engaged
in the undertaking business with his son, Will-
iam B.. under the firm name of Tames W. Mc-
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Kcf & Still, and ctMitinued the same until his
(Icatii. I'or man)' )-ears Mr. McKee was one
of the most popular citizens of Paterson, and
few men had a more extended acquaintance
than he in the entire county. In politics he
was a strong Republican, but he had also many
sincere friends in the Democratic party who
were always ready to support him when he was
a candidate for public office. He was a prom-
inent member of New York Lodge, No. i,
lienevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He
married, C)ctober 10, 1861, Margaret Bush,
horn September 22, 1837, daughter of Peter
and Eliza Ann (W^anamaker) Bush, of Lodi,
liergen county. New Jersey. Children: i.
-Mida, born March 25, 1863; died December 4,
18(13. 2. \\'illiani Bush, July 20, 1864 ; married
(first) Etta C. Burton, by whom he had one
child, Alida ; married (second) Josephine Phae-
lan ; no children. 3. Wood, November 10, 1866 ;
see forward. 4. Jesse, June 18, 1869; married,
January 9, i88g, Charles Loman Dooley, born
.August 3, 1866; one child, Charles Cameron
Dooley, born December 14, 1899. 5. Eugene
X'ott, January 25, 1872; died July 3, 1872. 6.
Walter. June 9, 1877 ; died July 7, 1877.
( III ) Wood, son of James W^illis and Mar-
garet (Bush) McKee, was born in the city of
Paterson, New Jersey, November 10, 1866.
He received his early education in the public
schools and Father McManus' Seminary. After
leaving school he took up the study of law
with Judge Francis Scott, and in 1888 was
admitted to practice. For twenty years he has
been a member of the Passaic county bar, en-
gaged in active general practice, and in connec-
tion with professional employments he has
taken considerable interest in public afifairs,
always on the Republican side, for Mr. McKee
is regarded as one of the leaders of that party
in the city and county. From 1897 to 1899 he
was a member of the lower house of the state
legislature, and from 1900 to 1906 occupied
a seat in the state senate. I^ike his father, Mr.
McKee is an accomplished vocalist, and is
basso in the choir of St. Peter's Church, Prot-
estant Episcopal. He is a thirty-second de-
gree Mason, member of Ivanhoe Lodge, No
88, Free and Accepted Masons; Adelphic
Chapter, No. ^^. Royal Arch Masons ; Terry
Council, No. 6. Royal and Select Masters;
Melita Commandery, No. 13, Knights Temp-
lar; Silk City Conclave, No. 232, Order of
Heptasophs ; Fabiola Lodge, Knights of
Pythias; Pioneer Camp, No. 7734, Modern
Woodmen of .'\merica ; Paterson Lodge, No.
60, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
He also is a member of the Mecca and Hamil-
ton clubs, of Pater.son. Mr. McKee married
Alargaret Ayres, born February 22, 1868, died
May 22, 1908, daughter of James G. and Ellen
(Watson) .\yres, the former of whom was
for many years superintendent of the Cooke
Locomotive Works, of Paterson. Children :
I. Dorothy, born June 24, 1896. 2. Jessie, July
3. 1898. 3. Margaret, July 23, 1906.
The Cook family in America was
C()()K founded by Francis Cooke, who
came to Massachusetts in 1620, on
the "Maytlower," with one child John. His
wife Esther and children Jacob, Jane and
Esther came in the ".\nn" in 1623. The name
was spelled with an "e" until later generations.
From Xew England descendants of I'rancis
t'ooke settled in Hunterdon, Monmouth and
Mercer counties. New Jersey. The Cook fam-
ily of Trenton is one of the oldest in that city
or vicinity. Among the archives of New Jer-
sey is found the following: "1867, Apr. 20
Ballefield Certificate of Mahlon Stacy and that
•Vnthony Woodhouse employee of William
Cook had done his duty in West Jersey." "On
April 23, 1687, William Cook of Sheffield, Eng-
land, gave forty acres to Anthony Woodhouse
yeoman of the First Fourth for his services."
In Hunterdon county the f(5under of the fam-
ily retained the final "e" and in Shrewsbury,
Monmouth county, one Thomas Cooke men-
tions in his will of December 12, 1698, his wife
Elizabeth, sons William, Thomas and daugh-
ter Elizabeth. Henry Cook appears in the
New Jersey Archives by indenture between
himself and one Peeps, the same bearing date
of November I, 1708. This land was one
hundred acres in what was then Burlington
county. New Jersey. It is from the Mercer
county Cooks that Henry Brown Cook, of At-
lantic City, descends.
(I) Henry Brown Cook was a leading con-
tractor and builder, and settled in Atlantic
City, New Jersey, where in 1872 he built what
was then a large hotel which he called the
"Senate House," which he conducted until his
death, enlarging it in 1879 and again in 189 1.
He married Rebecca Emmons and they had
Henry C, deceased ; Joiin J., now living in
.Atlantic City, Franklin Pierce, see forward,
and Elizabeth A., married David R. Barrett.
(II) F'ranklin Pierce, son of Henry Brown
and Rebecca (Emmons) Cook, was Ixirn in
IMiiladelphia, Pennsylvania, December 5, 185 1.
On the death of his father the business of con-
ducting the hotel devolved ujjon him. In 1897
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the property was again enlarged, the location
•on the beach front making it a very desirable
resort for tourists. Air. Cook was a member
of the Atlantic City common council in 1882,
.and was three times re-elected. He was pro-
gressive in his ideas and stood boldly for all
needed public improvements, lie was a char-
ter member of Neptune Fire Company, and the
first to advocate the use of horses by the fire
department, and had a great deal to do with
making the "IJoard Walk," a steel elevated
structure, lie was a member of the board of
water commissioners in 1895. Many of the
attractive features of Atlantic City were either
introduced or chamj)ioned by Mr. Cook. He
married Sally S. liarrett, born on Long Island,
New York, daughter of David R., Sr., and
Lydia ( Naylor) liarrett. Lydia Naylor's
mother was Marion Jackson, a daughter of
Major William Luke Jackson, who served on
the staff of General Washington during the
revolution, and served as private secretary to
President Washington in first term. Major
Jackson's wife was Elizabeth Willing. The
children of Franklin P. and Sally S. (Barrett)
Cook are: i. Harry Brown, see forward. 2.
Rebecca E., born in 1879; married Leonard
D. Alger, born in Burlington county. New Jer-
sey. 3. Benjamin Harrison, born in 1881. 4.
Howell E., born in 1886. The brothers are
owners and proprietors of the "Seaside House,"
Atlantic City, which they conduct under the
name of F. P. Cook's Sons. They are the
third generation in the business, and comprise
the oldest hotel family in the city. The "Sea-
side" was established in 1870 and rebuilt in
1900. situated at the sea end of Pennsylvania
avenue, Atlantic City's most fashionable thor-
oughfare, facing the ocean, and clirectly over-
looking the "Pioard Walk" and famous steel
])iiT, and is open all the year.
(Ill) 1 larry Brown, son of Franklin Pierce
and Sally S. ( Barrett) Cook, was born in Phil-
adel])hia, I'ennsylvania, March 27, 1873. He
attended the .Atlantic City schools and Prick-
etts Business College at Philadelphia. He was
taught the hotel business by his father who
early took him into his employ, and has proved
a worthy successor to the two generations of
hotel jiroprietors who preceded him. Air.
Cook is a member of the .Atlantic City Yacht
and Country clubs, and vice-president of the
Hotel Alen's .Association. He married Hancie
.A., burn in Philadel])hia. in 1877, daughter of
Tho!nas Irwin, formerly a resident of Phila-
delphia, now of .'Atlantic City. Mr. and Mrs.
Harry B. Cook are the parents of two children.
F"ranklin Pierce (2), born October 4, 1902,
and Ellen Irwin, bom June 18, 1905.
The Twinings of Twining be-
'JA\T.\ING longed to the race which was
English before William the
Conijueror arrived, and the home from which
they sprang is in the county of Gloucester.
Prior to the Sa.xon invasion under Cuthwrin
in 577, there is no mention of the name, the
patronymic originating at that time. Twyning
Manor dates from the time of King Edward I,
and from that day on we find the name spelt in
some fourteen or fifteen different ways in the
recortls. especially in Tewkesbury, Pershore
and Evesham. Among the prominent members
of the family was Richard, 1472, monk of
Tewkesbury Abbey: John, lord abbott, of
Winchcombe, 1474 ; Thomas, monk of Tewkes-
bury, 1539, and from that day to the present
a continuous line of leading and prominent
ecclesiastics in the English church. In other
branches of life, Daniel, 1853, was rector of
Stilton Hunts; FZlizabeth, 1805-89, his daugh-
ter, was celebrated botonist and philanthropist ;
I'Vank Theed Twining, 1848-83, was a famous
physician. The family is also prominent in
Wales and in Nova Scotia.
( I ) \\'illiam Twining, founder of the fam-
ily in .America, came to this country before
June I, 1641, when his name is found in the
court records of the Plymouth Colony in a case
I if trespassing regarding certain lines. He was
then a resident of Yarmouth, some thirty miles
southeast of Plymouth, and incorporated as a
tiiwn in 1639. His daughter Isabel was mar-
ried there the same date, and his first wife was
then living. In 1643 he is included in the list
of those able to bear arms at A'armouth, and
for the next two years the records rank him
anuing the militia, consisting of fifty soldiers,
to each of whom was given on going forth,
one pound of ])owder, three pounds of bullets,
and one pound of tobacco. In 1645 he was
one of the five soldiers to send out against the
Narragansetts. Soon after this he removed
to Nauset, now Eastham, Barnstable county,
Alassachusetts ; in this latter place he was
chosen constable June 5, 1651 ; May 13, 1654.
he was granted two acres of meadow, "lying
at head of Great Namshaket." In 1655 his
name is included in the list of twenty-nine
legal voters of Freemen in the town. The
same records show several parcels of land were
granted to him at Rock Harbor, Poche, and
other localities on the Cape. He appears to
have residefl in Poche. "on the east side of the
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town Cove, on the lot containing two and onu-
half acres, lying next the Cove." lie died here
April 15, 1659. That he was a man of more
than ordinary character is shown by the title
of Mister affixed to his name in the early
records, a distinction given to but few men,
even thongh they were men of snbstance. In
1652 he married Anna DoaAie, who died Feb-
ruary zj, 1680. She may have been a sister to
Deacon John Doame, 1590-1685, who came tt)
Plymouth 1621, and Eastham, 1645. Children
so far as known, by his first wife, born in Eng-
land: I. Isaliel, died in Yarmouth, May i(),
1706; married I'rancis Baker, and immigrated
with her husband in the "Planter," 1635 ; eight
children. 2. William, referred to below.
(II) William (2), son of William (i)
Twining', was born about 1625, jirohably in
England, and was therefore but a boy when he
came over with his father. He is first men-
tioned in the records when he married, at East-
ham. In 1652 he was admitted and sworn,
and from this date to 1671 his name occurs
four times as one of the grand jury. As earl\
as 1677 he was a deacon of the Eastham
church, and is alluded to as Deacon Twining
as late as i()8i. He deeds land at Bound
Brook in Yarmouth, 1669, and two years later
sells Thomas Dagget one hundred acres at
Mama Kasset. In 1659 the town of Eastham
granted him three and one-half acres which
had formerly belonged to Joshua Cooke. He
also hacl lands at Billingate and several other
places in Barnstable county. The last occurrence
of his name in the Eastham records is in 1695,
when he and his son William were nimierated
among the legal voters of the town. Previou>
to this date his religious views underwent a
radical change and he became a member of
the Society of I'Viends. The circumstances of
this change are unknown, and the monthly
meeting with which he united is not on record.
With the change of creed, however, came also
a change of habitation in order that he might
enjoy the jjcaceful fruits of a peaceful religion.
We therefore find him and his son Stephen
locating in the new province of Pennsylvania.
Up to this date ( 1695) the family had remauied
intact and this was the first division. William
Twining, Jr., located at Xewtown, lUicks cutui-
ty, Pennsylvania, and his name first appears in
1699 u])on the Middletown monthly meeting
record, together with that of his son Stejihen, in
a discussion against selling rum or strong drink
to the Indians, In 1703 the records state a
marriage was held at his house. He died No-
vember 4. 1703, and his will, after being liwt
>ight III inr one humlred and eighty years, was
found in 1885 in the register's office in Phila-
delphia. William Twining married Elizabeth,
(laughter of Stephen and Elizabeth (Ring)
Deane, wlio died December 28, 1708. Chil-
dren: ]. Elizabeth, died March lo, 1725;
married John Rogers, of Alayflower descent ;
eight children. 2. Ann, died September 1,
J(^i75; married Thomas jjills; two children.
3. Susanna, born January 25, 1654 ; died young,
4. William, referred to below. 5. Mehitable,
supposed to have marrietl Daniel Doalne. 6.
Joanna, born May 30, 1657; died ^une 4,
1723; married Thomas liills, widower of her
sister .\nna. 7. .Stejiheu, l'"el)ruary 6, i'>59;
married .\bigail Young.
( HI) William (3), .son of William (2) and
l'".lizabeth 'Deane) Twining, born January 25,
1(154; died January 23, 1734. \"ery little is
known about him. He seems to have remained
behind when his father and one brother re-
mn\eil to Pennsylvania, and to have devoted
the eighty years nf his life to the tilling of his
land, in which he was eminently successfvil.
He was also a mechanic. His descendants,
while not so numerous as those of his brother
Stephen, are characterized as a people of note,
refinement, and success in life. Many of them
have lilleil the higher aveiuies of life. He
married, March 21, 1(181;, Ruth, burn 1668,
died after 1735, daughter nf John and Ruth
(Snow) Cole, a Maytlower descendant through
a line nf ])rominent Cape Cod families. Chil-
dren : I. Elizabeth, born .August 25, 1690;
married Joseijh Merrick, Jr. 2. Thankful,
January n, 1(197; died August 28, 1779; mar-
ried, April. 1719, Jiiuathan Mayo; twelve chil-
lien. 3. Ruth, August i"], 1699; married, Oc-
tnber, 1711), Joshua Higgins, Jr.; eleven chil-
dren. 4. Hannah, A])ril 2, 1702; married.
Jiuie 12, 1731. David ^'oung, jiossibly also
(second) "Drathaneal Snow, Jr. 5. William,
referred to' below. 6. Barnabus, September 29,
1705; married Hannah Sweet. 7. Mercy, Feb-
ruary 20, 1708; married David Higgins; six
children.
( l\) William (4), son of William (3) and
Ruth (Cole) Twining, born September 2, 1704,
dill! .Vovember 17, 1769, becoming, according
to trailition, a practitioner of law in Orleans.
His will was made and ])rol)ated the year of
his death. He married Apphia Eewis, Febru-
ary 21, 1728, and she was living in 1776. Chil-
dren: I. .Abigail, born December 28, 1730;
died before 1769; married Joscjih Rogers; one
daughter. 2. Thomas, referred to below. 3.
Rutli, December 30, T73('i; died before 1769.
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4. William. 1739 to 1759, gravestone at Or-
leans. 5. Elijah, November 4, 1724, to Octo-
ber 2, 1802; married Lois Rogers; nine chil-
dren. 6. Eleazer, 1744 to 1762, gravestone at
Orleans.
(V) Thomas, son of William (4) and Ap-
phia (Lewis) Twining, was born July 5, 1733,
and died April 23, 18 16. That he was a man
of more than ordinary prominence and ability
is fidly borne ont by the Orleans church and
town records. Fifty years of his life were
spent in the callings of farmer and carpenter.
In 1758 he served as corporal in the French
and Indian wars. In 1783 he sold his home-
stead located just south of the present Uni-
versity Church to Simeon Higgins, and with
his brother Elijah removed to Tolland, later
called Grandille, Massachusetts, where they
purchased an extensive tract of land upon
which their remaining days were spent. In
1797 the Tolland Congregational Church wai
organized, and Thomas Twining was chosen
its first deacon. The house which he built at
Tolland is still standing in good condition and
shows that Deacon Twining was a good car-
penter and selected the most durable material
out of his forests. As late as 1793 he sold
his remaining salt water and meadow lands on
Pleasant Bay. The gravestones of himself and
his brother Elijah are still standing in the
Twining cemetery. He married (first) Alice
Mayo, January 17, 1766, (second) Anna,
daughter of Isaac Cole, October 24, 1765, who
was born December 3, 1740, died October 12,
1828. It is traditionally claimed that she was
a Doane. Children, all by second wife: i.
.Stephen, referred to below. 2. William, born
December 14, 1769; died November 22, 1842;
lived in his father's house at Tolland ; married
Rebecca Brown ; ten children. 3. Alice, Feb-
ruary 6, 1772, to 1846; married James Gra-
ham; one child. 4. Apphia, 1774 to 1843;
married Chauncey B. Fowler; seven children.
5. Anna, 1777, December 23, 1861, married
Colonel Joseph Wolcott.
(VI) Stephen, son of Thomas and Anna
(Cole) Twining, was born .September 28, 1767,
and died December 18, 1832. He graduated
from Vale L'niversity in 1795, and for many
years was steward and treasurer of the col-
lege. His profession was that of a lawyer.
From 1809 to 1832 he was a deacon of the
First Congregational Church of New Haven.
The following anecdote is related of him :
"After .Stephen, who was much more disposed
to work with his head then with his hands,
went to Yale College, the old man and his son
W illiam were ploughing with a yoke of oxen,
one of which was rather inclined to reflection
than to action. The old man, quite out of pa-
tience, finally exclaimed, "What can we do with
that lazy off ox?' 'Send him to college,' was
the prompt reply." His tombstone in the New
Haven cemetery bears the inscription, "He
feared God." His descendants, though not a
lumierous body, have excelled in the higher
avocations and the leading professions. Octo-
ber 2, 1800, Stephen Twining married Almira,
daughter of Alexander and Margaret Catlin,
who was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, Au-
gust 24, 1777, and died in New Haven, May
30, 1846. Children: i. Alexander Catlin, re-
ferred to below. 2. William, born December
9, 1805; died June 5, 1844; of him and his
brother Alexander Catlin it is said they were
men of "strong and cultured minds, and of
perfectly balanced characters. They were
always physically vigorous." William Twin-
ing married Margaret Eliza, daughter of
Horace and Catharine (Thorn) Johnson; eight
children. 3. Mary Pierce, July 26, 1809, to
March 16, 1879; "a man of great energy, op-
portunity, and executive ability, an active
leader in New Haven charitable societies. 4.
Helen Almira, April 4, 1812; married Sea-
grove W. Alagill ; one child. 5. Julia Webster,
February 11, 1814, July 8, 1893. 6. Ann Lor-
ing, November 19, 1816, to February 21, 1897;
married James Hadler ; she was mother of
Arthur Twining Hadler, president of Vale
L'niversity. 7. Almira, died young.
(VII) Alexander Catlin, son of Stephen
and Almira (Catlin) Twining, was born in
New Haven, Contiecticut, July 5, i8or, and
died November 22, 1884. He graduated from
Yale Ll^niversity in 1820. He was a civil
engineer, and a classmate of President Woolsey
and Rev. Leonard Bacon, D. D., and an asso-
ciate of Professors Silliman and Olmsted in
scientific observation. Yale University con-
ferred on him the degree of LL. D. ; from
1856 to 1882 he was a deacon in the first Con-
gregational Church. When he died the New
York Independent said of him: "The death
of Professor A. C. Twining ends a long life
of varied and brilliant achievements, and
which was even richer and more brilliant in
richness and fruitfulness of christian character.
Professor Twining is known among astron-
omers as the author of the 'Cosmic Theory of
the Meteors.' As a civil engineer he was en-
gaged as chief or controlling engineer of every
line running out of New Haven ; on the north-
east roads through V'ermont ; on the Lake
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Shore, the Cleveland, Colunihus, Pittsburgh,
and various roads out of Chicago, incluiling
the Rock Island and old Milwaukee line. As
an inventor he pioneered to a successful result
the industrial manufacture of artificial ice. For
nine years he served as professor of mathe-
matics and astronomy in Middlebury school,
and while then residing in \'ermont was active
in the temperance reform, into which he enter-
ed with energy as chairman of the State Tem-
jierence Committee. In political matters he
took deep interest as one of the promoters of
the original movement which issued in the
foundation of the Republican party. He was
one of the projectors of the famous 'Comiecti-
cut' letter to President LUichanan. He was
deeply interested in constitutional questions,
and reached the highest point in his lectures
on the Constitution of the United States in
Vale Law School. In questions of theology
and philosophy he was at home, and discussed
them with bold figure and subtle ingenuity to
his friends. The beauty of his face and head
and striking and winning courtesy of his man-
ner, the simplicity of his christian character,
mafle a lasting impression, and while few that
met him even casually have failed to notice
that to him it was given to invite and receive
tlie spiritual confidence of others and to give
them solid and permanent assistance, and
where there are few to attempt it, and still
fewer to succeed."
March 2, 1829, Alexander Caplin Twining
married Harriet Kinsley, of West Point, New
York, who died in 1871. Children: I. Kins-
ley, referred to below. 2. Harriet Anna, born
December 27, 1833, died February 23, 1896.
3. Theodore W'oolsey, September 4, 1835, to
August 14, 1864; graduate of Yale, academic
1859, law 1862; paymaster U. S. N. ; died of
yellow fever on board U. S. S. "Robuck" at
Tampa Bay, Florida. 4. Sutherland Doug-
lass (twin with Theodore W.), Yale Medical
School, 1864: surgeon U. S. .A. at Baltimore
and Alexandria, Virginia ; prominent physi-
cian of Chicago; married Gertrude Tenny,
who died without issue, 1880. 5. Sarah Julia,
November 9, 1837: living unmarried. New
Haven, Connecticut. 6. Mary Almira, April
23, 1840; living New Haven, Connecticut;
married A. D. Gridley, who died without issue,
1876. 7. Eliza Kinsley, June 19, 1843; """
married.
(VIII) Kinsley, eldest child of .Mcxander
Catlin and Harriet (Kinsley) Twining, was
born at West Point, New York, July 18, 1832.
He graduated from Yale University in the
class of 1853, ^"'^1 was prepared for the min-
istry at Andover Theological Seminary, from
which he graduated in 1856. He then became
licensed as a Congregational minister, and from
1859 to 1876 was a clergyman of that denomi-
nation. h"or two years after this he traveled
abroad, and on his return to this country in
1S78 he became the literary editor of the New
N'ork Indc[<i-ndcnt. which position he retauied
until i8<>S, when he undertook the editorship
of the ISzangclist. Yale University gave him
the degree of D. D., and Hamilton College that
nf L. II. D. He died in the fall of 190 1. Dr.
Twining was a man of remarkable gifts, both
intellectual and spiritual, and the range of his
learning was exceedingl)- wide. On all ques-
tions of an educational, philosoj)hical, theolog-
ical and sociological character, he had positive
convictions and well developed ideas for prac-
tical reform. He was a man who won and re-
tained strong friendship among a wide circle
of acquaintances, and his social gifts were
])roverbial. June 3, 1861, he married (first)
Mary K. Plunkett, who died in 1864, without
issue; (second), August 25, 1870, Mary Ellen,
horn at Clinton, New York, March 30, 1844,
daughter of .Amos Delos Gridley. Children:
I. ICdith de Gueldry, born September 23, 1872;
married, September 9, 1903, vice-chancellor
I'rederick William Stevens. 2. Alice Kinsley,
born September 27, 1877 ; married. May 4,
1904, Eloit, of New Haven, Connecticut, son
of Judge Watrous, and grandson of Governor
Dutton. of Connecticut, 3. Kinsley, referred
tn below.
(IX) Kinsley (2), only son of Kinsley (i)
and Mary Ellen (Gridley) Twining, was born
in i'rovidence, Rhode Island, September 9,
1879, and is now living in Morristown, New
Jersey, lie was prepared for college at the
I'hillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts,
and entering Yale University, graduated there-
from in the class of 1901. He studied law in
Cornell University Law School and the Yale
University Law School, after which he enter-
ed the law office of Messrs. Lindabury, Depue
& Faulks, in Newark, where he studied for
eighteen months longer, and was admitted to
the New Jersey bar in November, 1905. Soon
after this he formed a legal co-partnership
which continued for two and one-half years,
and was succeeded by his present alliance as
a member of the firm of Lindabury, Depue &
h'aulks. In politics Mr. Twining is a Repub-
lican. For some time he has been one of the
alderman of Morristown, and is now serving
his second term in that office. He is a member
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of the- Alpha Delta I'hi fraternity, the Wolf's
Head, and the Phi Delta I'hi fraternit\- ; the
Morristown Field Club ; the Vale Club ; the
Morristown Club, and tlie Morris County Golf
Club. He is a member of the First F'resby-
terian Church of Morristown.
The family here made the subject
\\'.\kl) of consideration is that which is
descended from one of five immi-
grant brothers — Ichabod, Pelatiah, Ebenezer,
John and Xathan Ward — who in an early day
sailed to America and were among the earl\
but not the earliest planters in New Fuigland.
It is with the family and descendants of
Pelatiah Ward that we have particularly tn
deal in this narrative.
( I ) Pelatiah Ward, immigrant, was born
December i6, 1689. and on coming to this
country with his four brothers settled in the
colony of Massachusetts Bay. where his subse-
t|ucnt life was spent and where he died. He
married at Killingworth, Connecticut. Decem-
ber 20, 1723, Jerusha Kelsey, and bad children.
(II) Captain Ichabod. son of Pelatiah and
Jerusha (Kelsey) \\'ard, was born in Killing-
worth. Connecticut, 1743, died in Dover,
Dutchess county. New York, December 20,
1822. lie is understood to have lived at one
time in - Massachusetts and subsequently re-
moved to Rhode Island. Still later he removed
to New York state and took up his residence
in Dutchess county, where he was a substantial
farmer. During the revolution he was captain
of a com])any in the Third Regiment of Dutch-
ess county militia, of which regiment Colonel
John Field and Colonel Andrew Morehouse
were commanding officers. His wife was Me-
hitalile Marcy, daughter of Ebenezer and Mar-
tha ( Nicholson) Marcy, of Dover. Dutchess
county. (See Marcy. 11). Children: 1.
(iriffin, married and had four children: John,
married a daughter of Jacob Carhart ; Spencer,
married Patty Soule ; Annie, married a Tra-
vers : and Mehitable, married William Lee. 2.
Pelatiah. born 1770, died November 2, 1830:
lived in Dover, New York, and was a farmer
and drover: married. February 27, 1791, Annie
.Soule. born September 24, 1774, died July 20,
1840. daughter of Ichabod Soule, and by her
had five children: Henry, married .\lmeda
Peanlsley : Ira; Edward P.; (Iriffin: Sarah,
married Myron Preston. 3. Ichabod. a farmer ;
married Rachel Hurd. and had one son. Myron.
4. Iose])h. a farmer: married Eliza Martin, and
had chililren : Pliebe Marilla. married Reuben
Chajtman : Newton and .\lfred, twins; Eliza,
married a Flower: Sallie, married a Sweet;
and Hetty, married a Pool. 5. Ebenezer, a
farmer ; married .\bba Sheldon, daughter of
-Agrippa Sheldon, and by her had children:
Waldo, Amanda, Lodesca, Ebenezer, Polly,
Henry and Oneida. 6. John, a farmer; mar-
ried Cynthia Cyher. and had one son, (Griffin.
7. Jerusha, married Reuben Worcester and
liad children : Peter, Ichabod, William, Oliver
and Hannah Worcester. 8. Mehitable, married
Edmund \arney, a farmer, and had children :
Alfred. John, Milton. .-\nn, Almeda, Clarinda
and Frances \'arney. 9. Polly, married Daniel
Cutler, a farmer, ancl had children : John,
l-'anny, I'llma, Jane, (Jeorge, Ward and Amor
Cutler.
(Ill) One of the sons of Ca])tain Ichabod
and Mehitable ( Marcy) Ward constitutes the
third generation of the family in the line here
considered, but the somewhat meagre records
give us no clear light as to which of them was
father of the John M. Ward mentioned in the
ne.xt paragraph.
(I\') John M., grandson of Captain Icha-
bod and Mehitable (Marcy) Ward, was born
in Dover. Dutchess county. New York, and
was one of the several Wards who were among
the early settlers in the Wyoming valley in
Pennsylvania, in what then was Luzerne coun-
ty but now is Wyoming county. He lived at
Tunkhannock and was one of the most enter-
prising men of that region, having engaged in
canal construction and other extensive opera-
tions, all of which brought him large wealth
for his time. The period of his life is not
known, and one account has it that he married
a daughter of Governor William Earned
Marcy, of New York, and by her had sons
John. Charles. Walsingham Griffin (born
Dover IMain, Dutchess county, New York),
and Zebulon Marcy, and daughters Cynthia.
Mary and Cleopatra.
( \ ) Captain and Judge Zebulon Marcx
Ward, son of John M. and (Marcy)
Ward, was born in Tunkhannock, Wyoming
county, Pennsylvania.. February 17, 1837, died
at Paterson, New Jersey. April 17, 1904. After
receiving his early education in public schools
he went to Scranton, Pennsylvania, and studied
law under the instruction of his elder brother.
Judge Walsingham Griffin Ward. He was ad-
mitted to the bar in Luzerne county. August
17. 1863. and afterward for some time prac-
ticed in partnership with his brother. During
the civil war he took a loyal and active part in
raising Company E, Eleventh Pennsylvania
Infantrj', was chosen and commissioned its
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captain and remained in service for tliree years,
dnring the ])eriod of his enhstnient. After the
war he returned to Scranton and resumed law
practice, hut in the course of the next few
years his health became so greatly impaired
that on the advice of his physician he was
induced to change his place of residence from
Scranton to Paterson, in this state. In the
latter city he occupied a position of enviable
prominence in jjrofessional and social circles,
and while he never courted public office he
.served several years as counsel to the board
of chosen freeholders of Passaic county and
also for several years held the ofTice of county
surrogate. Captain Ward married Kate E.,
daughter of John Taylor Smith, a descendanl
of the old .Smith family who once owned the
historic mansion house near Haverstraw. .\e\\
York, in which .^ndre and Arnold held their
secret treasonable conferences. Captain and
Mrs. ^\'ard had two children, Lou E., born
March 22. 1878, wife of Edmund G. Stalter
of Paterson, and John M. W. Ward, also of
Paterson.
(\T) John Marcy l>urnoise. son of Ca])tain
Zel;ulon Marcy and Kate E. (Smith) Ward,
was born in Paterson, New Jersey, December
16, 1880. He acquired his earlier literary
education in private schools in that city, and
afterward took a college preparatory course
in New York and then entered Columbia Col-
lege, where he was a student for some time,
but because of a physical injury he was com-
pelled to abandon the idea of completing liis
collegiate education. He then matriculated at
the New York Law School, completed the
course of that institution, and in 1901 was ad-
mitted to ])ractice in the courts of this state ;
in 1906 he was admitted member of the su-
preme court of the United States. Having
come to the bar, Mr. \Vard began his pro-
fessional career in Paterson in partnershij)
with his father, which relation was maintained
until Captain Ward's death. Soon afterward
he became law partner with Peter J. Mc-
Ciiiuiis, and since that time he has been en-
gaged in active and general practice and has
attained an enviable standing at the bar of the
courts and also in all professional circles in
Pa.s.saic county. His jiractice includes both
civil and criminal cases, and on the criminal
side of the courts he has been retained as coun-
sel in some of the most important cases i^rc-
sented to the attention of the courts in recent
years. He was one of the active counsel for
the prisoner in the famous ]\Iustol murder trial
and alsii at tlie trial of Luigi (lalleani, the
noted anarchi.st. This last case (the Mustol)
was more remarkable from the fact that it
marked the second occasion in the history of
Passaic county criminal trials in which the
attorney general of the state was called to
assist in the prosecution of the accused crimi-
nal. Mr. \Vard is a Mason, member of Benev-
olent Lodge, No. 45, I">ee and Accepted
Masons; Court I'.lacks'tone Order of Fore.sters
of .America, Council Lafayette, Royal Ar-
canum, of Paterson; the f)ritani Field Club,
the North Jersey Country Club, and of the
Hackensack Golf Club. On May 14, 1902, he
married Clara \'. \'ander Burgh, of Hacken-
sack, born March 30, 1881, daughter of Harry
Sargeant and Cora ( \ander Pick) Vander
Burgh, and has one child. John Zebulon Marcy
Ward. liMrn September 22. 11J03
(The .Marcy Liiio).
De Marcy, or simply Marcy, is a surname
now (juite common in France and in its col-
onies. It appears to have come into Normandy
with Rollo, A. D., 912; thence it went into
ICngland with William the Conqueror, .A. D.,
1068, and became very common in Cheshire,
where it is now quite generally written as
Massey or Massie. .As Massey the name is
frequently found in the English and Irish peer-
age. ,\s evidence that the name in its present
form was known early in iMigland it may be
said that in "The Patents of King John," A. D.
1208. there is found the name of Radus de
.\larc\ .
There are two families of the .Marcy sur-
name in tliis country. One of these families
is descended from John Marcy. of whom the
first notice appears in Elliot's church record
in Roxbury, Alassachusetts, as follows: "John
.Marcy took the Covenant March 7, 1685."
.\mong his descendants are the late secretary
(jf state and governor of New ^'ork, William
Earned Marcy, of whom mention is luade in
.•1 later part (jf this narr.ative ; ,also ( leneral
K.mddlph I'l. .Marcy and Dr. I'lrastus 1{. Marcv
so well known to our history and literature
The other family is rejiresented by Hon. Daniel
Marcw of Portsmouth, New llam|)shire, and
of Peter .Marcy, of New Orleans, and his de-
scendants. The father of the late Daniel and
Peter Marcy came to this country a few years
previous to 1800, from the island of Marie
r,alante. West Indies; their grandfather went
til that island from France.
( I ) John Marcy was son dt the high sherift
of Limerick, Irelan<l. lie was bm-n about the
year 1662, joined F.llii.t's chinch in IvLNlinry
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in i()85, and in April, i(i8(), with several others.
tut)k possession of Qnatosell (Woodstock,
Coimecticnt), granted in 1663 by the colony
of Massachusetts to the town of Roxbury.
lie married Sarah Hadlock, daughter of
James and Sarah (Draper) Fladlock, of Rox-
bury. She was born December 16, 1670, and
died May g, 1743. John Marcy died Decem-
ber 23, 1724. aged sixty-two years. Children:
I. Anna, born Ro.xbury, October 11, 1687. 2.
John, November 17, 1689. 3. James, February
26, 1691. 4. Edward, June 28, 1695. 5. Jo-
seph, September 18, 1697. 6. Benjamin, March
II, 1699. 7. Moses, April 18, 1702, see for-
ward. 8. Samuel, July 28, 1704. 9. Sarah.
F'ebruary 8, 1707. 10. Ebenezer, June 6, 1709.
see forward. II. Elizabeth, November 8, 171 1.
(II) Colonel Moses, son of John and Sarah
(Hadlock) Marcy, was born April 18, 1702,
died October 9, 1779, "leaving an honorable-
name, a large estate, and a numerous family."
In 1732 he removed to Sturbridge, Massachu-
setts, where he became "the principal man in
the colony." He was the first incumbent of
the office of justice of the ])eace, the first
representative from that town to the general
court, ami was moderator of seventy town
meetings. During the l-'rench and Indian wars
he fitted out soldiers for the army at his own
expense, but afterward was remunerated by
the town. In 1752, at a meeting of the church
to compromise with the "separatists," Moses
Marcy was moderator, and the historian speaks
of the "excellent sjiirit displayed by the ex-
cellent and venerable moderator." In 1723 he
married Prudence ]\Iorris, and according to
the best information obtainable, although the
records are quite imjierfect, they are believed
to have had eight children: i. Alary, married
Westbrook Remington. 2. Alartha, married
Cershom Plympton. 3. Miriam, married Tim-
othy Newell. 4. Daniel, married Hannah
Morris. 5. ^ Mehitable, married Jonathan
Newell. 6. Martha, married Jared Freeman.
7. Jedediah, see forward. 8. T'.lijah, married
— '- Stacy.
(II) Ebenezer, son of John and Sarah
(Hadlock) Alarcy, was born in Woodstock,
Connecticut, June 6, 1709, died in Dover.
Dutchess county. New York, December 10,
180S. He was a farmer in Dover and lived
to attain the remarkable age of almost one
hundred years. He married, July 23, 1738,
Martha Nicholson; children: i. Mehitable,
married Captain Ichabod Ward (see Ward,
II). 2. Dolly, married a Hodgkis. 3. Jerusha,
married a Connit. 4. Griffin. 5. Josejih. never
married. (>. libenezer, married Martha Spen-
cer. 7. Zebulon, married Jerusha Conet. 8.
Sarah, married a .Marcy. 9. .Ambrose L. 10.
Benjamin.
(Ill) Jedetliah, son of Colonel Moses and
I'nulence (Morris) Marcy, lived and died in
the town of Dudley, Massachusetts. He mar-
ried Mary Healy, of Dudley; children: I.
Joseph, born October 21, 1749, died October
^5' 1779- 2. Jedediah, July 23, 1751, died
January 20, 1756. 3. Jedediah, July 26, 1756,
see forward. 4. Mary, January 19, 1760. 5.
Rhoda. .Ma\- 4. 1762. fi. Daniel, April 27,
1765.
tl\ I Jedediah 12), son of Jedediah (i)
and .Mary ( lleah) Marcy, was born July 26,
1750, (lied .\ugust 14. 181 1. Fle married,
.March i, 1782, Ruth Earned; children: i.
Rhoda, born August 21, 1783; married Steven
Healy. 2. Joseph, June 10, 1784; married
.\bigail Shumway. 3. William Earned, De-
cemljer 12, 1786, see forward. 4. Hannah,
January 14. 1789. 5. Jedediah, October 19.
1791 ; married Esther Healy. 6. Caroline, Oc-
tober IT, 1798, died in 1802
( \ I William Earned, son of Jedediah (2)
and Ruth I Earned) Marcy, was born Decem-
ber 12, 1786, died July 4, 1857. He graduated
from lirown I'niversity, [808; recorder, city
(jf Troy. New York, 1816; adjutant general,
1821; state comptroller, 1823; justice of the
'supreme court. 1829 ; senator in congress, 1831 ;
governor of New York, 1833-39; secretary of
war, 1845-49; secretary of state, 1853-57. He
married ( first ) Dolly Newell ; (second) Cor-
nelia Knower.
.Vbout the year 1700, or prob-
ZEEEEY ably between 1700 and 1715,
there migrated from the district
of Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, England, two
men and four women bearing the surname of
Zelley. One of these women was the mother
of the other five of that name: John, Daniel,
Martha, Rachel and Sarah.
The records of Philadelphia Monthly Meet-
ing of Friends discloses that when her son
John was married 6 mo. 13. 1713, to Margaret
Howell, "the young man's mother was present
and consenting." Burlington Alonthly j\Ieet-
ing of Friends in New Jersey in recording the
marriage of Rachel Zelley to Francis Smith,
10 mo. 12, 1728, mentions Rachel as the daugh-
ter of Martha Dexon. This being the case the
mother must have been a widowed woman and
remarried, but no record can be found of the
occasion. Nailsworth Montblv Meeting of
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England reports the burial of Daniel Zelley
10 mo. 16, 171 1. Philadelphia Monthly Meet-
ing of Friends possesses a copy of the certifi-
cate of the removal of membership of Martha
Zelley from Xailsworth Monthly Meeting,
England, addressed "to the friends and
brethren of Pennsylvania or Jersey where
these may come," dated 12 mo. 9, 17 1 2, as
follows: "The bearer hereof Martha Zealey
having a brother in your jjarts who by invita-
tion hath induced her to come to him where-
fore she desired a certificate from us."
These records conclusively show that Daniel
and Martha Zelley were the parents of five
children, at least, at Xailsworth, Gloucester-
shire, England, and we find them as witnesse>
to each others marriages in Philadelphia and
I'.urlington in this country from 171,^ to 1728.
That Daniel died in Xailsworth and that his
widow came to America some time thereafter
and remarried, and that some of his children
if not all came to America prior to his death.
The daughter Martha must have died single as
we find no record of her marriage. Sarah
married Thomas Antrum at Burlington Month-
ly Meeting, 3 mo. 1715. John Zelley and Mar-
garet Howell had a daughter who was Ijuried
6 mo. 16, 1714, and John himself was buried
7 mo. 21, 1714, thus showing that he died
without leaving a descendant. His widow Mar-
garet later married Daniel Thomas, of .\biiig-
ton, Pennsylvania.
The remaining child Daniel, the prugenitor
of all bearing the surname Zelley in .\merica.
married. 9 mo. 1723. Damaris Putcher at Rur
lington. Xew Jersey, daughter of Jt)hn ISutcher,
of Lillingston Lovell, count\- of Oxon, Eng-
land, car])enter, and Damaris Wickins, of
Paulers Perry, Xorthamptt)nshire, England,
spinster, wdio were married 7 mo. 4. 1682. at
Biddle.sdon, liucks, England. John later, or
very soon thereafter, came to .America and
became one of the West Jersey proprietors.
Daniel and Damaris Zelley bought land of
John Butcher near "Slab-town," now Jack-
sonville in Sjiringfield township, liurlington
county, Xew Jersey, and settled thereon. Two
children were born to them: John and Syl-
vanus. John 9 mo. 1748, married Rachel
r.riffith. of Richland, Bucks county, Penn.syl-
vania, and died leaving children : Daniel,
Samuel, .Aaron, .\brahain. John and Damaris.
His widow. Rachel Zelley, afterward married.
10 nnx 1773, Solomon .Southwick. I>>anklin
S. and I'enjamin Zelley, of IVIt. Holly, and
Samuel J. Zelley, of Moorestown, New Jer-
sey, are descendants. Sylvanus, 12 mo. 1757,
at Burlington, Xew- Jersey, married Ann
Haines, a descendant of Richard and Mar-
garet Haines, his wife, of ".\ynhoe of ye Hill,"
Xorthamjitc^nshire, England, who sailed from
the Downs, England, in the ship "Amity,"
Richard Diamond's ship, on the 23rd of April,
1682. Richard died on the voyage, and his
voungest son Joseph "was born in mid-ocean."
Sylvanus and Ann had children: .Amos, Jo-
seph, Sylvanus, Daniel, (jeorge, Noah, Mar-
garet, Martha and Mary. Both John and Syl-
vanus, sons of Daniel and Damaris Zelley,
continued to reside near Jacksonville, Spring-
field township, Xew Jersey, until their deaths.
Daniel, son of Sylvanus and Ann (Flaines)
Zelley. was born in Springfield township, Bur-
lington county, Xew Jersey, b mo. 17, 1760.
He married. 5 mo. \<\ 1787, Bathsheba Brad-
ilock, daughter of Rehoboam and Jemima
I Darnell) liraddock, of Evesham, Burlington
ciiunt\. Xew Jersey, and lived on the farm of
his father in Springfield. The following chil-
dren were born to them: i. Job, born 5 mo.
17, 1788, died 10 mo. 27. 1854. 2. Daniel, born
5 mi>. 14. 1 79 1. <lit'd 8 mo. 24, 1861. 3. Will-
iam P.. l)urn 3 mo. 2(). \7<)^. died 3 mo. 4,
1880. 4. Jemima. I mo. 2. 179''). 3. Sylvanus,
born 2 mo. 13, 1801, died 2 mo. 16, 1857. 6.
Rehoboam. born f) mo. 20, 1803, died 3 mo.
24, 1873. 7. llathsheba, born 10 mo. 28, 1805,
died 12 mo. fi, 1830. 8. Chalkley, born 2 mo.
3. 1808, died 7 mo. 7. 1878. 9. John, born 7
mo. 3. 1812. 10. J()se]ih. born, 10 mo. 14.
1 81 3. died 12 mo. 20. 1873. These children
all married except Jemima and Joseph. Fran-
cis R. Zelley, of Trenton. Xew Jersey, is a
descendant of Job. F'erdinand Smith, of Cam-
den, is a descendant of William B. Herbert
and .Mice Zelley, of Burlington, are descend-
ants of Sylvanus. Rehoboam and P>athsheba
left no children. Herbert E. Zelley, of Flor-
ence, is a descendant of John. Chalkley B.
Zelley. of Moorestown, .Xew Tersev, is the only
child'of Chalkley.
Mary, daughter of Sylvanus and .Ann
I Haines) Zelley, married (iershon I'enquite
and lived at the "Cross-Keys" south of Med-
ford, Xew Jersey, of whom Charles B. Chew,
butcher, of Marlton, Xew Jersey, is a descend-
ant, (iershon Penquite was a blacksmith.
Daniel, second child of Daniel and Bath-
sheba ( Bradd(x-k ) Zelley, married, 3 mo. 26,
i8ih. I^orotby Stratton. daughter of I-'noch
;ind Hannah (Branini Stratton. of Eves-
ham township, Burlington county. Dorothy
I-^tratton was a direct descendant of Mark
Stratton, whose ancestry and nativity is not
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establi>he(l, but a record of his great-grand-
daiigliter. Martha Covvperthwaite, states "that
he came in from old Rngland in 1702 with
Robert Braddock Sr. and several others" and
died 4 mo. 3, 1759. aged sixty-nine years. [lis
was the first burial in the Orthodo.x Friends
burial ground at Medford, Xew Jersey. Mark
Stratton married, 8 mo. 8. 1713. at Evesham,
iiurlington c(junty, Xew Jersey, Ann, daugh-
ter of Timothy Hancock, of Hrayles, in War-
wickshire, England, and sailed in the ship
"Paradice," Captain Evele, in 1681. Timothy
Hancock with John Roberts and William Mat-
lack settled on land between the north and
south branches of the Penisaukin Creek near
Moorestown. X'ew Jersey, where still remains
an old graveyard on the north branch of said
creek, sold by Timothy Hancock for the pur-
jiose, on the farm now owned by Charles
Haines. Hannah ISranin was the daughter of
John ISranin and Jane Moore, Protestant Irish
stock, whose emigration and nativity is not
fully known.
Daniel and Dorothy Zelley spent their mar-
ried life successfully as farmers in Evesham
tt)\vnshi]), finally possessing a portion of the
tract of land belonging to Enoch Stratton
south of Medford near the "Cross Keys" on
which they built a substantial house and other
buildings. The children born to them were:
I. Caleb Edwin, born 10 mo. 7, 1821, died ft
nio. I. 1843, single. 2. Enoch Stratton, born
ft mo. 2"/. 1823, died 12 mo. 15, 1900. 3. Mark
.Stratton, born ft mo. 14, 1826, died 1 mo. 2,
1909. 4. Rebecca Wills, born I mo. 12, 1834.
died 3 mo. 4, 1881. Rebecca Wills Zelley
married. 3 mo. 11, i8ft8. Jonathan Bonsall,
of Salem, Ohio, son of Isaac Bonsall and Han-
nah Evans, his wife, member of Orthodox
I'Viends, and had two children : Anna S., born
3 mo. 22. 1870, single, and Laura R.. born
I mo. 17, 1873, married, 5 mo. 14, 189ft, Will-
iam Meloney, son of James Meloney and Anna
C Reid, his wife, of .\vondale. Pennsylvania,
Orthodox Friends. Laura R. and William
Meloney have children : Edward^ born 6 mo.
3, 1898: Rebecca A., born 12 mo. 11, 1900:
Dorothea, born 8 mo. 9, 1902; Esther, born 3
mo. 3. 1904. They were all born at Lands-
downe, Pennsylvania, where the parents located
and engaged in business.
Enoch Stratton Zelley, born near Marlton,
Evesham township. Burlington county, New-
Jersey, ft nio. 27, 1823, spent his life within the
county of Burlington, and was more or less
prominent in public affairs, having held a
luunber of offices of local importance, as did
his father and grandfather, the two Daniels
[preceding him in Springfield and Evesham
townshi]js, Burlington county. He was a
farmer and consistent member of the Society
of (Jrthodox Frienils, and married at Crop-
well Preparative Meeting of the Society near
Marlton, 3 mo. 22, 1849, Sarah Butcher Ashead,
daughter of Amos .Ashead and Sarah liutcher.
-Vmos .\shead was a descendant of Amos As-
head, of Newton township, who was one of
the judges of Old Gloucester county in 1712
and later, but whose ancestry and nativity is
unknt)wn. He and his wife Elizabeth were
members of [-"riends at Haddonfield in 1798
and earlier. .Sarah Butcher was a direct de-
scendant of Thomas Butcher, of Leckhamstead
in the county of Bucks, England, who married
Hester Norman, of Lillingston Dayrell in the
same county, u mo. 21, 1679, at Whittlebury
in Northamptonshire, and sailed from London,
England, 12 mo. 168 1, or 1 mo. 1682, as their
son Samuel "was born ye i8th of i mo. 1682
on board ye ship cald ye Samuell of London,
near Mary Island so called up ye coast of
Portegees."
Mark .Stratton Zelley, born at Fostertown
in old livesham townshij), 6 mo. 14, 1826,
married, 2 mo. 22, 1866, Beulah Haines Stokes,
daughter of William Stokes and .\nn Wilson,
his wife, descendant of Thomas Stokes and
.Mary liernard, who were married 10 mo. 30,
i')ft8, Westbury Street Friends Meeting, Lon-
don, England, and belonged to the Devonshire
1 louse Meeting. No children were born to
them.
Thomas and John Butcher, heretofore men-
tioned, were brothers, and Damaris, the daugh-
ter of the latter, married Daniel Zelley, the
progenitor, and thus the descendants of these
two brothers were united in the marriage of
Enoch Stratton Zelley and Sarah Butcher As-
head. The children born to the latter named
are: 1. Charles Earl, born 6 mo. 6, 1850;
married. 2 mo. 18, 1897, Rachel Fogg, of
.Salem, New Jersey, daughter of Joseph H.
and Rachel ( .Allen ) Fogg. He is a successful
farmer of Mannington township, Salem coun-
ty. New Jersey, and a consistent member of
the Salem Orthodox Friends Meeting, holding
])ositions of trust in the meeting and township.
2. William Henry, born i mo. 5, 1854, see for-
ward. 3. Joseph Howard, born 8 mo. 11, 1857;
married, 3 mo. 26, 1884, at Orthodox Friends
Meeting, Salem, Ohio, Edith, daughter of
Richard B. and Edith \V. (Test) Fawcett,
where he settled in successful business. One
daughter was born to them who married Oliver
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I'. Asliead, a cousin, of Camden, Ww Jirscv.
and have one child, Dudley Fawcett Asliead.
4. Amos Asliead, born 8 mo. i,v. 1867; mar-
ried. (J mo. 6, 1894, Emma .\. Weeden, of
I'liilacleljihia, daughter of John and Mary
(Walton) Weeden: the ancestry of Mary
( Walton ) \\'eedeii runs back through the Wal-
ton families of lUicks and Montgomery coun-
ties, l'enns)ivania. After finishing his studies
Amos A. Zclley was employed in the office, of
W'hitall, Tatum & Company, of Philadelphia,
I 'ennsylvania, for nine jears, then turned his
attention to farming, and finally in 1907 set-
tied at Masonville in the general store business,
proving a successful and useful business man.
Two children were born to them : John
I'jKicli, 12 mo. 8, 1902, and Charles Earl, 11
mil. 10, 1905
.Vil the children of liiioch Stratton Zelley
and Sarah Uutcher Ashead were educated at
the I-Vienils Westtown Boarding School, Ches-
ter ctiunty, Pennsylvania, from which William
llenry Zelley graduated in 1873, remaining as
ail assistant instructor the year following. He
was born in the old homestead at "Cross Keys"
near Medford, Xew Jersey, w hich was built by
his great-grantl father. Enoch Stratton. who
m.nrried llannah liranin, in 1791. as was also
his brother, Charles Earl. From W'esttown
William Henry entered the old established
drug house of Charles Ellis. Son & Company
at the southwest corner of Tenth and Market
streets, I^hiladeljihia, and later with A. W.
Wright iS; CLimpany at the northeast corner
<if I'ront and Market streets, Philadelphia. In
the spring of 1877 he purchased the drug store
and property at Marlton. Xew Jersey, where
he still continues in successful business. He
acconi])lished his marriage the same year con-
trary to the discipline of the Society of Friends,
for which he was treated with as state<I in the
minutes of Cpjier Evesham Mcnithly Meeting
cif 5 mo. II, 1878, as follows: "lie ])reseiited
an acknowledgement which u]inn being read
and deliberately considered the meeting was
united in receiving," the Monthly Meeting hav-
ing been informed by Cropwell Preparative
.Meeting that "he has been treated with
for accom|)lishing his marriage contrary
to disci])line." His subsequent life and de-
fiortment must have been satisfactory to
I'Viends as he was appointed clerk of Upper
I'Aesham Monthly Meeting. 2 mo. 11, 1905,
and an overseer in Cropwell Preparative Meet-
ing. I mo. 8., 1 910.
A Republican in politics, he has represented
liis party in many state and Cdunty conven-
tions. In s])eaking of the county convention
for clerk of [Uirlington county. 9 mo. 30, 1893,
the Xew Jersey Mirror says : "Evesham (town-
shi])) also had a favorite son and his claims to
the nomination were placed before the con-
\ention in a very able manner by William H.
he jiresented the name of William W. Morrell
iK'c." The Mt. Holly Xews rejiorting the same
Zelley, of that township. In a stirring address
cc)n\enti(in says: "Mr. Zelley inade a telling
s|)eecli in national affairs making each part
ajjjily to the present occasion, lie was fre-
c|uentl_\- greeted with hearty applause." He
has also made speeches at other conventions
and |)ublic school commencement. He was
elected clerk of his townshi]) in 1886 and
served 1 number of years; was postmaster
under the Harrison administration and elected
township collector of taxes in i8gi, which
office he still holds ( 1910), He w'as elected a
member of the township "Hoard of Education"
in 1886, and with the exce])tion oi one year
has been in continued service until the present
time ( i<;io), occujiying the different ])Ositions
therein. He was one of the active organizers
and incorpurators of the Marlton Water Com-
pany in i8<;7: the Marlton P'ire Coni])aiiy, No.
I, in 1898; the Marlton Light, Heat & Power
Company in 1903, and the Marlton Land and
lm])rovement Company in 1907, being a mem-
ber of the board of directors and the secretary
of each company. He was elected a director
of the Farmers' Club at Mt. Laurel. New Jer-
sey, in 1904. and its secretary in 1907. and a
member of the board of directors of the Mt.
Laurel i'ursuing Detective and Insurance Com-
jiany in 1910. He has always taken an active
interest in public affairs and the institutions
of his town.
William llenry Zelley married. 11 mo, 8,
1S77, .Mar\ P., daughter of Isaac and Eliza
(Pennell) Webster. Isaac Web.ster was a
grandson of Lawrence and Hannah (Wills)
\\'ebster, the later of whom was a granddaugh-
ter of Dr. Daniel Wills, the progenitor of the
Wills family. Lawrence Webster was the
grandson of Samuel Webster, the emigrant,
Eliza (i'ennell) Webster was a descendant
of Robert Pennell, of P.olderton, Lancashire.
England, who came to .\merica, 8 mo. 3. 1684,
and settled at Middleton, Delaware count>-.
Pcnns> Ivania, 168(^1.
In October. 1(135. the great
W ILKIXS( ).X and general coiirt of Mass-
achusetts P.ay summoned
Roger Williams to ajipc-ir and answer cli;irges
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before tlieiii, all the ministers in the bay beinj;
present. After the Rev. Mr. Hooker had failed
by argument to redeem him from any of his
errors, the general court sentenced him to de-
part out of our jurisdiction within si.x weeks,
all the ministers present, save one, approving
the sentence. The act of banishment was pass-
ed on October 8, 1635, and is in these words :
"Whereas Mr. Roger Williams one of the
elders of the Church of Salem hath broached
and divulged new and dangerous opinions
against the authority of magistrates ; has also
writ letters of defamation, both of the magis-
trates and churches here, and that before any
conviction, and yet maintaineth the same with-
out any retraction ; it is, therefore, ordered
that the same Williams shall depart out of this
jurisdiction within six weeks, now next ensu-
ing, which if he neglects to perform it shall be
lawful for the governor and two of the magis-
trates to send him to some place out of this juris-
diction, not to return any more without license
from the Court." In the middle of January,
1636, he "steared his course" from Salem in a
small canoe and the vessel "was sorely tossed,
without bed or bread" and proceeding along
the coast he held intercourse with the Indians
and finally found welcome in the wigwam of
his aged friend Massasoit, from whom he ob-
tained a grant of land at Seacunck, which in
1645 became the town of Rehoboth, in IMym-
outh colony. He cleared the ground and plant-
ed corn, and some of his followers joinetl him
there, but not his wife and children who were
left behind in Salem. Williams says : "I first
pitched and began to i^lant at Seacunck, now
Rehoboth. but I received a letter from my
ancient friend, Mr. Winslow, the governor of
Plymouth, professing his own and others' love
and res])ect for me, yet lovingly advising mc.
since 1 had fallen into the edge of their bounds
and they were loath to displease the Bav, to
remove to the other side of the water, and
there he said I had the country free before me
and might be as free as themselves, and we
should be loving neighbors together." During
the latter i)art of June. 1636, with his five
friends, he re-embarked at Seacunck and
rounded the point, making their way up the
Massachusetts river, landed and named the
I)lace I*r(.ividence and commanded a settlement.
He mortgaged his house in Salem and with the
money purchased from the Indians by formal
deed, made by Canonicus and Maintonomi,
wiio represented the Indian owners of the soil,
and by this purchase he became the owner and
he exjiresseil his right to the ])roperty bv say-
ing it "was now as much his as his coat on his
back." This land he freely gave to his fellow
settlers, reserving for himself no special rights
and securing from this ownership no promi-
nence above his fellow exiles. He founded the
first Baptist church in America and was its
first pastor. This relation did not last long,
however, as he became a "seeker" preferring
not to be connected with any particular church
or creed and he was instrumental in securing
Mr. Chad Brown as pastor and he continued
to both, the pastor and the society, his en-
couragement and support and he continued to
preach the gospel to "the scattered English at
Narragansett." About this time he became a
friend and neighbor of Lawrence Wilkinson
((|. v.), who was a member of the Society of
Friends and the two men co-operated in build-
ing up the colony.
(1) Lawrence Wilkinson came from Eng-
land to New England, but the year of his
arrival is stated various!)' as 1645-46-52, each
claimant having reasons for fixing the date.
He was accompanied by his wife and one child.
He was born early in the seventeenth century
at Harperly House, Lanchester, Durhamshire,
England, but the date of his birth and the his-
tory of his early youth are unknown. He was
the son of William and Mary (Conyers) Wil-
kinson, and grandson of Lawrence Wilkinson,
for whom he was named and the proprietor of
llar])erl)' House. He went into the Royal
army as a lieutenant and served in maintaining
the cause of Charles II. against Cromwell in
1640, and he was taken jirisoner on the fall of
N'ew Castle and his estates were sequestered
by the parliamentary government. He obtained
from Lord Fairfax permission to embark for
.\merica. and poor in purse and with no coun-
try he could call his own he found a new home
for himself, his wife and his children in the
newly formed settlement at Providence planta-
tions. Rhtxle Island, and a friend in Roger
Williams, although he did not agree with Will-
iams in religious views, he being a member of
the Society of Friends. He was made one of
the proprietors of Providence plantations, was
presented with twenty-five acres of land and
was one of the signers of the original civil
comjiact made between the founders, and dated
iith month. 19th day, 1645. The marked
ifualities of his character found for him favor
in the community, and he soon accumulated a
large estate by his thrift and energ}', and he
was honored by being sent to represent the
town in the colonial legislature, and he met in
ciinnscl at IVirtsmouth in 1659, 1667, 1673, and
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many times thereafter. He was in full account
with Williams in his doctrine of "soul liberty,"
and when the Indian troubles threatened to
put an end to the settlement he was with Roger
Williams and Major llojikins, the three leaders
who would not seek safety in flight, but stood
their ground and saved the colony. His wife,
to whom he was married before he left Eng-
land, was the daughter of Christopher Smith,
who probably came from England in the same
>hip and who was made a freeman in 1655, the
place of his residence being known as Smith
Hill, rrovidence, where he located about 1650.
( hildreu of Lawrence and Susanna (Smith)
Wilkinson: 1. Samuel, born probably in Eng-
land, see forward. _>. .Susanna, born in Provi-
dence, March 9. i'>52, died young. 3. John,
.March 2, 1654, was noted for his great physical
■-trength, he took up land near the Providence
settlement and within the boundaries of the
town, he was noted fur bravery bordering
on rashness in King Philip's war, and in an-
other fight with the Indians ; several years
afterward, he was severely wounded and the
general assembly voted him ten pounds, in
token of their ajjpreciation of his service ; he
was deputy to the general court for several
years : he married Deborah Whipple, by whom
he had three sons and three daughters, and
most of the Wilkinsons of Cumberland and
several of Smithfield are his descendants : he
died suddenly and without an attendant, on
the road leading from his house to that of his
brother Samuel, on July 10, 1708. 4. Joanna,
horn June 2. 1657, of whose existence or death
there is nothing known. 5. Josias, born about
if)()o: he tijok the oath of fidelity to King
Charles 1!., .May 29, 1682, and died August
10, i(i<)2, the day succeeding that on which his
father died ; he married Hannah Tyler, of
Taunton. Massachusetts, and received from
his father a gift of the homestead in Provi-
dence: they had one child, Hannah. 6. .Sus-
.nma. married a Mr. P>oss.. of Rehobcth.
(II) Samuel, eldest son of Lawrence and
Susanna (Smith) Wilkinson, was born prob-
ably in England about 1650. He married, in
1672. Plain, daughter of Rev. William Wicker-
den, associate i)astor with the Rev. Chad
r.rown, of the Mrst Bajitist Church in Provi-
dence, and after Mr. lirown's resignation for
several years sole jiastor of the church. Sanuiel
Wilkinson settled on a farm, which became a
part of Smithfield. where he was a pioneer,
and when King Philip's war broke out he sent
his wife and child to the garrison-house in
Providence for safetv and lie went with the
MtJRr men of the jjlace to defend their homes
:iii(l if possible put down the savages. He was
in command of a company of minute-men, and
when the war was ended by the death of King
Philip, he returned home and resumed work
upiiii his farm. He was a justice of the
Peace and a re])resentative in the colonial legis-
lature. He met a sudden death on August 27,
1727, Ijeing accidentally drowned in the Paw-
tucket river, his wife perishing with him. The
children of Captain Samuel and Plain (Wick-
erden ) Wilkinson were: I. Samuel, born 9th
month, i8th, 1674; died 1st month, i8th, 1726;
he married Huldah (Thayer) .\l(lrich ; he lived
on the homestead farm which he received as a
gift from his father, and besides being a farmer
was aLo a tanner, currier and shoemaker; he
was a -nember of the Society of b'riends ; the
father of fifteen children, born between 1697
and 1720, in the following order: Huldah,
Isaiah, Samuel, Zebiah. I'atience, Mercy, David.
Jacob, Sarah, William, Ruth, Caleb, Plain,
Peleg and Ichabod. 2. John, see forward. 3.
William. November 1, 1O80; he was a preacher
111 the Society of Friends and went to Bar-
badoes and thence to England, where he mar-
ried a \'orkshire lass; he never returned to
\merica. 4. Joseph, born January 22, 1682;
married Martha Pray, a granddaughter of one
of the ])ioneer settlers of Scituate, Rhode
Island, and he lived in that town wdiere he
accumulated large wealth, being owner of one
thousand acres of land; he died about 1780. 5.
Ruth, married William Hopkins, wiio was a
mechanic and day laborer on her father's farm,
and their oldest son, William Hopkins, was a
sea captain with a life full of adventures; an-
other son, Stephen Hopkins, the signer of the
Declaration of Indejiendence ; another son,
Esek Hopkins, was the first commander-in
chief of the L'nited States navy. 6. Susanna,
born .April 27, 1688; married James .Angell.
and bv the marriage they had three sons and
two daughters.
( III ) John, second son of Samuel and Plain
( Wickerdeii ) Wilkinson, was born at "Lo-
(|uisset" in the town of Providence, Rhode
Island, January 25, 1677-78. He was brought
up on his father's farm, and about 1706 re-
moved to Hunterdon county, New Jersey, with
his wife whose maiden name was ^Tary Walk-
er. The first child, Mary, was born in Hunter-
don county. New Jersey, July 17, 1708, and in
.•\ugust. 1730. she married Joseph Chapman,
of W'rightstown. He removed to Bucks coun
tv. I'ennsylvania, before 1713, received and
hail recorded a deed for three hundred and
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seven acres on Xesliaminy, in Bucks county,
then a primeval forest, tenanted by Indians
and wild beasts. The tract .still known as the
"W'ilkinsim Tract" was on the laying out of
townships [lartly in W'rightstown and partly in
Warwick and Uuckinghani township. 2. Keziah,
married Thomas Ross, and was the mother of
Judge John Ross. 3. Plain, married Peter
Ball. 4. Susanna, married Andrew Davis. 5.
Ruth, married Joseph Chapman. 6. John, see
forward. His home in the wilderness was
subject to all the dangers of frontier life, and
his wife and children had scant society and no
educational advantages except such as could be
acquired at their own firesides and in the
Friends meeting. In 175 1, when seventy- four
years of age, lie made his will and a few days
after he died. His will was probated April 23,
1751, which is the only date that indicates the
time of his death. He was buried in the fam-
ily burial ground set apart on his farm for that
purpose when lie built his house and fenced
the cultivated fields.
(I\') John (2), sixth child and only son of
John (1 ) and Mary (Walker) Wilkinson, was
born in Wrightstown, Bucks county, Pennsyl-
vania, about 1723. He was brought up liter-
ally in the wilderness and he grew up to be the
chief dependence of his father in the care of
the farm. He became a prominent citizen of
Wrightstown, serving as a delegate to the pro-
vincial assembly of Pennsylvania, 1761-62; as
magistrate of the court of common pleas of
Bucks county, 1764-70-74-76; as a member of
the committee of safety, 1775-76; a member of
the provincial conference in 1774; lieutenant
colonel of the Third Bucks County Battalion,
1775, and in the American revolution did serv-
ice in the field, as well as being a member of
the committee to hear and discharge prisoners,
appointed June 25, 1776; member of the gen-
eral assembly of Pennsylvania in 1776 and a
member of the committee to raise money to
carry on the war by issuing two hundred thous-
and pounds in bills of cretlit in 1777 and a dele-
gate to the state constitutional committee that
met in Philadelphia, July 15, 1776. He was
called to account by the Society of Friends for
his active jiarticipation in war and public
affairs, contrary to the rules of the society,
and he was expelled from the Society of
Friends in 1777. He married. May 27, 1740,
Mary, daughter of General John Lacey (1752-
1814), a revolutionary soldier and brigadier-
general of the Pennsylvania militia; grand-
daughter of John and Rachel (Hestra) Lacey,
great-granddaughter of William Lacey, the
immigrant, who came from the Isle of \\ ight,
England, and took up land near the Wrights-
town lueetinghouse, in Bucks county, Pennsyl-
vania. By this marriage he became the father
of nine children who intermarried with the
best families of Bucks county and the youngest
child, Elisha (1774-1846), settled in the town-
ship of Buckingham, was lieutenant-colonel
and (|uartermaster in the war of 1812; sherifi
of Bucks county for two terms, a noted sports-
man and the keeper of a popular tavern. He
married (first) .Ann Dungan, and (second)
Maria Whitman. His son, Ogden Dungan
Wilkinson (1806-1866), removed to Trenton.
New Jersey, and was one of the contractors of
the Delaware and Raritan canal. Another son,
.\braham. lived on the oUl homestead during
his entire life, married Mary Thwing and had
five children : Jane, John, .\braham, Samuel
T. and Eleazer. Another son was Josiah, see
forward. One of his daughters married Gen-
eral Samuel Smith (1749-1835), and they had
seven sous and one daughter. Colonel John
Wilkinson died May 31, 1782, and he probably
was buried in the old family burial lot on the
homestead, rather than in the meetinghouse
grounds as he had been expelled from the
meeting on account of his activity in war.
( \' ) Josiah, son of Colonel John (2) and
.Mary ( Lacey ) Wilkinson, was born in \\'rights-
town, Bucks county. Pennsylvania. He was
one of nine children and was born probably
between the years 1745 and 1750. He mar-
ried ]\Iary Burrows (or Burroughts) and re-
moved with other members of the family to
Xew Jersey, where their son, Eleazer Burnett,
was born.
( \ I) Eleazer Burnett, son of Josiah and
Mary (Burrows) Wilkinson, was born in New
Jersey, June 2, 1813; died October, 1879. He
was a traveling Methodist preacher during his
early manhooil, and later in life engaged in the
grocery business in Newark New Jersey. He
married Catherine Ackerson, who was born in
183 1. Children, born in Chatham, Morris
county, Xew Jersey: I. Elias Ackerson, see for-
ward. 2. Frances Asbury, whose sketch fol-
lows. 3. Kate L. 4. Mary L., married James
W. Lent, and in 1909 was living in Bernards-
ville, Somerset county. New Jersey.
(\ II ) Elias Ackerson, son of Eleazer Bur-
nett and Catherine (Ackerson) Wilkinson, was
born in Chatham, Morris county. New Jersey,
May II, 1842. He was a pupil in the public
schools of his native township and on leaving
school became a clerk in the country store of
Frances .\sburv Wilkinson, and he also carried
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(111 a country store in Cliathani, on liis own
account, and subsequently engaged in the dairy
business, and in 1867 with the Wilkinson,
Gaddis & Company. He was a Republican in
party politics, and was a director in the Essex
County National l.ank. He married in New-
ark, New Jersey, May 2. 18(16, Alice Blanche,
daughter of David and Phoebe R. (Soverel)
Earl. She was born in Orange, New Jersey,
lanuary 31, 1841 ; died in Newark, New Jer-
sey, February 28, 1887. Children, born in
Xewark, New Jersey: i. Blanche Earl, mar-
ried in Newark, New Jersey, November 4,
i8i)i, Ilarrv. son of W'icklifife Baldwin and
lane A. (Taylor) Duraiid and had five chil-
dren. J. .Mice Bell, married Job Morris, son of
Wesley C. and ;\Iary (;\Ieeker) Miller, and had
three children born between 1899 and 1904.
3. Ethel Ackerson, married George McCutchen
Eamont, M. D., of 192 Clinton avenue, New-
ark, New Jersey, and had four children. 4.
Flia.s Alva., see forward.
(\TII) Elias Alva, only son and fourth
child of Elias Ackerson and Alice Blanche
( Earl ) Wilkinson, was born in Newark, New
Jersey, February 18, 1878. He was a inipil in
the public schools of Newark and in the New-
ark Academy, was prepared for college at St.
George's Hall and was graduated at Princeton
University, A. B., 1899. He engaged in busi-
ness in the Wilkinson, Gaddis & Company, of
Newark, and in 1904 was made president of
the cori)oration. He was elected to member-
ship in the Essex Club and the Essex County
Club. He was made a director in the Iron
Bond Trust Company, of Newark. He mar-
ried. October 19, 1899, Helen Louise, daughter
of Theodore and Clementine (Bruen) Runyon,
whose children were : Mary, Juha, Helen
Eouise, Chauncey and Frederick Runyon. The
children of Elias Alva and Helen Louise (Run-
yon) Wilkinson were: i. Theodore Runyon,
born April 12, 190 1. 2. Helen Louise, April
6, 1904. The address of Elias Alva Wilkin-
son, jiresident of the Wilkinson, Gaddis &
Comiiany is 8(16 Broad street, Newark, New-
Jersey.
(For precediiiK generations .see Lawiencc Wilkin-
son 1 I.
( VH) Francis .Asbury Wil-
WIl.K I XSON kinson, second son of Elea-
zar I'urnett and Catharine
( .\cker>on ) Wilkinson, was born in Chatham,
Morris county. New Jersey, Marcii 12, 1844;
died in Newark, January 25, 1901. Except for
three years s])ent as a soldier during the civil
war, and for one or two years just after the
war spent in Cincinnati, Ohio, his whole life
was spent in Newark, of which he was one of
the most representative citizens. For his early
education he was sent to the Newark schools,
which he attended until the outbreak of the
civil war, when at the age of eighteen in 1861
he enlisted in Company l\ First Regiment, In-
dependent Essex Brigade, which later became
a part of the Union Volunteer Army. His en-
listment was for three years. His company
was commanded by Captain John E. Beam,
and was known as Beam's battery, although
l^eam was killed at Malvern Hill and was suc-
ceeded by Colonel Judson Clark. With this
batter)- Francis Asbury served from Septem-
ber 3, 1861, to September, 1864, and was en-
gaged at the defence of Washington in 1861, at
the siege of Yorkt(jw-n, in A]3ril and May,
1862, at Twin Pines, Seven Pines, Peach
Orchard, Fan Oaks, Malvern Hill, Fredericks-
Ijurg, Cliancellorsville. Gett)-sburg. Locust
(irove. Mine Run, Wapping Heights, Williams-
burg, the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Spottsyl-
vania Court House, Cold Harbor, North and
South .\nna River, Petersburg, and in all the
engagements to Deer llottom, Virginia.
.\fter he was mustered out of service, he
sjieiit a year or two at work in Cincinnati,
( )hio, and then returned to Newark in order to
take his ])Iace as a member of the firm of Wil-
kinson & \'oorhees, the forerunner of the pres-
ent firm of Wilkinson, Gaddis & Company,
which had been founded in 1864 by Elias .Ack-
erson Wilkinson and Jacob Runer, and in 1866
replaced by the firm of Wilkinson & Voorhees,
which continued until 1873, when it in turn
was replaced by the present firm of Wilkinson,
(iaddis & Company. The new firm began on
Commerce street, where the Mutual I'enefit
Life Insurance Company building now stands.
In .Vpril, 1886, the firm became a corporation
with a capital of $500,000 and Francis Asbury
Wilkinson was elected treasurer of the corpora-
tion. .-\t the time of its incorporation the firm
was negotiating for the site of its present main
building on the corner of Broad and Fair
streets and in Sejitember, 1887, the handsome
six-story building the corporation now occu-
pies was completed and opened. The remark-
able growth of the corporation has been almost
altogether accomplished since the two Wilkin-
sons and E. B. Gaddis came together. From a
com[)aratively modest, though well established
and prosperous business in the early seventies,
it has grown to very great proportions, being
now the third largest wholesale grocery house
924
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
ill tlie count ly. Jn addition to its buildings at
Broad and Fair streets, the corporation has a
grain elevator in Chicago, offices in New York
City, branch warehouses in Paterson and As-
bury Park, New Jersey, and it is said that its
business now amounts to very nearly if not
tjuite ten millions a year. Its trade is in whole-
sale groceries of all kinds, in flour and grain
and creamery products. It controls a number
of dairies, secures a large share of the govern-
ment contracts in its line and does a large busi-
ness of this sort almost every week. Its rating
is of the highest.
In addition to fulfilling the duties of treas-
urer of this great corporation, Francis .A.sbury
\\'ilkinson was a director of the Essex County
National Bank and of the Security Savings
Institution. He was also president of the Or-
ville Milling Company, of Orville, Ohio ; sec-
retary of the North Bangor Slate Company,
and a director in the Brooklyn Slate and Man-
tel Company. Besides this he was a member
of the Newark Board of Trade, of the Essex
Club. Essex County Country Club, and of the
Society of the Army of the Potomac. All his
life he had been greatly interested in St. Luke's
Methodist Episcopal Church, of Newark, with
which he had been connected from his youth-
ful days as a Sunday school scholar. For the
last thirty years of his life he was one of the
officials of the society and at the time of his
death president of its board of trustees. He
was always regular in his attendance at the
services, and most liberal in giving to further
the objects of the church for and in which also
he was a most earnest worker in many direc-
tions. Not the least of these was the payment
of the church debt, the coincidence of the ac-
complishment of which with his death has been
often ])ointed out and commented on by his
friends. ,\ few days before his death he at-
tended the jubilee .services at St. Luke's in
celebration of the payment of this debt and
then succumbed to an attack of pleuro-pneu-
monia which caused his death.
Francis .\sbury Wilkinson married Lucetta
E Munroe, who with their five children sur-
vive him. Children: I. Jennie Brown, mar-
ried. .\pril 24, 1889. John Lewis Hay. born
March 22, 1867, in Newark. New Jersey:
graduate of Newark Academy, then engaged
with his father in Hay Foundry, and at the
l)resent time (19101 is treasurer of the Hay
Foundry Company : a Republican in politics :
for seven years inember of the Essex Troop;
a member of the Episcopal church. Children :
i. John Lewis. Jr.. born January tq. 1891 : ii.
Francis Wilkinson, October 23. 1893; '•'■ Joan,
.'\ugust 29, 1898; iv. Virginia. March 22, 1901.
John Lewis Hay is son of Ebenezer C. and
-Annabelle (Lewis) Hay, who were the parents
of five children, three claughters of whom died
in childhood, and the remaining children were
John Lewis, aforementioned, and James Bruce,
married Bertha \\'. Schaffer antl they have one
child. Gertrude. 2. Elizabeth Munroe, mar-
ried Halsey Sleeker Larter, of Newark ; chil-
dren : i. Charlotte, born May 28, 1897 ; ii.
Halsey Munroe, August 3, 1899; iii. Elizabeth,
September 12, 1902. 3. Burnet Foster, re-
ferred to below. 4. Mary Lucretia, married
Edward J. Ileilborn: child, Edward J., jr. 5.
Vinton Parker, referred to below.
(\'III) Burnet Foster, eldest son of Francis
Asbury and Lucetta E. (Munroe) Wilkinson,
was born October 3. 1879, in Newark, New
Jersey. For his early education he was sent
to the Newark .Academy and the Penn Mili-
tary College. He then entered Princeton Uni-
versity, class of 1900. and afterward engaged
in the wholesale grocery business of W'ilkin-
son, Gaddis & Company, of which his father
was the treasurer from 1887 up to the time of
his death in 1901. Burnet Foster Wilkinson
at this latter date succeeded his father as the
treasurer of Wilkinson, Gaddis & Company,
and in addition is a director in the Esse.x Coun-
ty National Bank, treasurer of the North
Bangor Slate Company, of .\'orth Bangor,
I'ennsylvania. and takes besides a very active
jiart in the operation of many other interests.
He is also a member of the Essex County
Country Club, of Baltusrol Golf Club, and of
St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal Church, of
.Vewark. March 20, 1901, Burnet Foster Wil-
kinson married Lillian .\ugusta Merrick, of
Johnstown, New York.
(\III) N'inton Parker, youngest child of
Francis .Asbury and Lucetta E. (Munroe^
Wilkinson, was born in Newark, New Jersey,
June 15, 1883. He was educated at the New-
ark .Academy and at the Lawrenceville school
where he was graduated in 1900, after which
he entered Princeton I'niversity, class of 1904.
.\fter leaving college he became interested in
the wholesale grocery business of Wilkinson,
(laddis & Company, and in 1909 was made one
of the directors of the corporation. He is a
member of the Essex Troop, Esse.x County
Country Club, and of the Union Club, of New-
ark, and he is the treasurer of the Alotor-
Tractor Company of -America, incorporated.
March 27, 1906, Vinton Parker Wilkinson
married Jane, daughter of Theodore Eaton
STATE OF NEW IKKSEV
and Edith Evelyn Otis. Children: i. Bar-
bara Otis, born .March 6, 1907. 2. Jane, born
September 28. i<)o8.
John Campbell, son of John
CA.MPBELL andP.ridgetCampbell,of Mon-
nunith county, Xew Jersey,
is the tirst member of the family of whom we
have definite information. Steen held him to
be a descendant of Lord Xeil, but of this there
is not sufficient evidence. That he was a man
of prcjminence is evident from the fact that he
was one of "the twelve loving subjects'' to
whom the charter of St. Peter's Church was
granted, 1736, and one of the first vestrymen;
and he was also a judge or justice of the court
of common pleas, Monmouth county.
(I) John Campbell (named above) was
born November 6, 17 19, and died March 31.
1804. It is ])ossible that he was the son of John
and Mary Campbell, of Hunterdon county. He
married (first), January 22, 1746, Rachel
Walker, who died May 10, 1761 ; (second),
Xovember 30, 17(11, Hendrika, born .\pril 12,
1726, died December 7, 1805, daughter of Will-
iam and Elizabeth Covenhoven. Children, five
by first wife, baptized in Christ Church,
Shrewsbury; four by second wife, baptized in
old Tennant's Church: i. George, born Janu-
ary 7. 1747; died September 22, 1798; un-
married. 2. John, born February 5, 1750;
died March 28, 1783. 3. Duncan, born 1753,
baptized June 10, 1753; died January 12, 1813.
4. Eleanor, born December 10, 1755; died June,
1774. 5. Elizabeth, born January. 1758; bap-
tized February i, 1758; died September, 1760.
6. Rachel, born December 20, 1762. 7. Will-
iam, referred to below. 8. Elizabeth, born
December 10, I7'')7; died September 18, 1769.
9. P)enjamin C, born Xovember 8, \~(*)\ died
January 11, 1810.
(H) William, son of John and Hendrika
(Covenhoven) Campbell, was born January
20, 1765, and died, according to the record on
his tombstone, in 1847. He married, in 1787,
Margaret, born Xovember i, 1771, died ]\Iay
15. 1838, daughter of Thomas Cook. Chil-
dren: I. John, born June i, 1788; died July
27. 1823. 2. George, born May 17, 1791. 3-
Rachel, born .'August 29, 1793: died October
23t 1793- 4- Thomas, born January 14, 1795;
ilied November 8, 1829. 5. Nancy, born No-
vember 4, 1798. 6. William, referred to below.
7. Maria, born January 12, 1805. 8. Caroline,
bom .April 19, 1808. 9. Rue, born .April 24.
181 3: died February 25, 1882.
(HI) William (2). son of William (i) and
-Margaret (Cook) Cami)bell, was born .\ugust
3, i8qo. and died l-"ebruary i, 1870. He was
a farmer, and a man of standing and reputa-
tion in the community. He was an Episco-
palian, but fell out with some of the church
officers (St. Peter's, Freehold) and his family
thereafter became members of cither the Pres-
byterian or Dutch church, h'reehold, according
as they married. He was a cripple the last
many years of his life, and therefore did not
attend church. He married, May 21, 1822,
Hannah, daughter of Peter and Ann (Thomp-
son) Piowne (see ISowne). Children: Mar-
garet Ami, Jane Thompson, Henry, Peter
Bowne (referred to below), .Amelia -Augusta,
John Throckmorton, William, Maria, Caro-
line.
(I\ ) Peter Bowne, son of William and
Hannah ( Ijowne) Campbell, was born in Free-
hold, .\ew Jersey, January 20, 1830. and is
now living at Shrewsbury, Xew Jersey. For
his early education he was sent to the public
schools. Like his forefathers he devoted him-
self to agriculture, ever striving to make his
farm a model in the neighborhood. ' He is
])assionately fond of horses, and in his younger
days owned many of the best and is probably
excelled by few in his judgement of them. He
married, June 15, 1853, Mary Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of James and Susan (Wall) Schureman
(see Schureman). Children: I. James Wall
Schureman, born .April 2^. 1854; now living
in Freehold, Xew Jersey; married, Xovember
27, 1878, Alary, daughter of Dennis and Ellen
( Bell) \"alentine; children: Henry Valentine,
Edwin Schureman, Ellen, and two others. 2.
Hannah Matilda, born March 12. 1856; died
March 26, 1861. 3. William Denise, born Oc-
tober 17, 1858: died 1891 ; married Harriet
Cooper : child, William Roy, of Washington,
D. C. 4. Henry, referred to below. 5. George,
twin with Henry, born June 13, 1865; died
June 16. 1865; with sister Hannah Matilda,
buried in Christ Church graveyard. Shrews-
bury. Peter Bowne Campbell and Mary Eliz-
abeth .Schureman, his wife, are both descended
from William Bowne, through his son James.
James (2nd) married Margaret Xewbold.
whose Bible. i)ublished in London, 1661, in
good state of preservation, is now owned bv
J. W. S. Campbell.
( \^ Henry, son of Peter P.owne and Mary
l'"lizabeth (Schureman) Campbell, was born in
Shrewsbury, New Jersey. June 13, 1865, and
is now living in Red Bank, New Jersey. For
his early education he was sent to the public
-chools and to Prof. Schlciter's German .Acad-
926
SLATE Ol'" NEW JERSEY.
emy, from which he graduated in 1880. He
then became a messenger in the First National
Bank, of Red Bank, and by industry and abil-
ity so proved his worth and worked himself up
that an A]iril 18. 1898, he was appointed
cashier of that institution, and was at that
time the youngest man in the state to hold such
an important ])osition. He is a DemcKrat in
politics, and a member of the Ancient Order
of L'nited \\'orkmen, the Knights of Malta,
the Loyal Legion, and the Aztec Club. He is
the treasurer and ranks eldest in point of serv-
ice of the vestrymen of Christ Protestant Epis-
copal Church in Shrew.sbury, and for the past
twenty-three years (since 1886) has been di-
rector and treasurer of the Red Bank Building
and Loan Company. He married in Shrews-
bury, January 14, 1893, Maud Barclay, daugh
ter of William R. and Caroline ( Barclay )
.Stevens.
iThi- H..«ni- Limi.
(I) William Bowne, founder of this branch
of the family of his name in America, and
probably a brother or cousin of the famous
Quaker, minister, John Bowne, of Flushing,
whose descendants have played such an imi)ort-
ant [lart in the history of West Jersey, came
from Yorkshire, England, and settled at Salem.
}ilassachusetts, in 1631. He afterwards re-
moved to Gravesend, Long Island, where he
bought a plantation. November 12, 1646. Early
in 1665 he came to Monmouth county. New
Jersey, and settled at what is now- known as
Holmdel, the name, according to family tradi-
tion, having been bestowed upon it in compli-
ment to the wife of his son John. He married
(first) Ann , in England: (second).
July 2, i6'K). Marv H'^Felt. Sons of record
by first wife: 1. John, died January 3, i(''i84:
married L_\dia. daughter of Rev. Obadiah
Holmes. 2. James, baptized Salem, Massachu-
setts. .\ugust 25. 1636: died 1692; married.
1665. Mary Stout. 3. .\ndrew, baptized .\u-
gu.st 12. 1638: died 1708; married Elizabeth
; settled in Monmouth county before
1692. and commissioned governor of East Jer-
sey. 4. Philip { f>r Peter).
( 11 ) Peter, a descendant of William Bowne,
married and had children: Joseph, referred to
below: Jonathan. David. Lydia : l^aughter.
name unknow'u.
( HI ) Joseph, son of Peter Bowne. was born
\ray 17. 1735: died October 8, i8i2. He mar-
ried, January 18. 17(13, Hannah .\nderson,
born January 25. 1740. Children: I.Hannah,
born March 31. i7'^>3. 2. Obadiah. .\ugust 19.
1705. 3. John, September 2, 1767; died 1857;
niarrie<l Nancy Corle. 4. Anna, born March
■^?f '770- 5- Peter, referred to below. 6.
James, born September 20, 1775; ^'^^l April
22. 1833; married (first) Lydia Mount; (sec-
ond) ^lary Craig. 7. David, born October i.
1777. 8. Catharine, June 12, 1779. 9. Lydia,
I'ebruary 28, 1781 ; died April 14, 1829.
(JA') Peter, son of Joseph and Hannah
(.\nderson) Bowne, w'as born June 27, 1772,
and died October 3, 1835. He married (first)
.\nn Thompson; (second). May 26, 1816,
Amelia Holmes, daughter of John and Ann
Craig, who died June 3, 1855, aged seventy-
seven years, five months, seventeen days. Chil-
dren, one by second wife, and probably others
bv first wife: Hannah, referred to below-;
Aima .Maria, married Enoch Cowart, Sr.
( \ ) Hannah, daughter of Peter and Ann
(Thompson) liowne, w-as born April 3, 1805.
and died March 13, 1886. She was married
in old Tennant Church, by Rev. John Wood-
hull, May 21, 1822, to W'illiam, son of William
and Margaret (Cook) Campbell.
James Schureman, of New Brunswick, was
born I'"ebruary 12, 1756, and died January 22,
1824. He graduated from Rutgers College in
1775, served in the revolutionary army, and
was a delegate from New- Jersey to the Conti-
nental congress. 1786-87. He was elected to
the first Cnited States congress as a FederaHst,
and also to the fifth congress. He was then
elected United States senator from New Jer-
sev. vice John Rutherfurd. resigned, and
served from December 3. 1799, until he resign-
ed. February 6, 1801. He was then elected
mayor of New Brunswick, and later a repre-
sentative from New Jersey to the thirteenth
congress. In 1812 he was president of the
Council of New Jersey, a position correspond-
ing to the present office of president of the
state senate.
James (2), son of James Schureman (1),
was born March 10. 1790. and died May 12.
1877. He was a soldier in the war of 1812.
I le married Susan, sister of Garret D. Wall.
of Trenton, who was born January 21, 1785,
and died .\pril 13, 1880. Children: James
Wall ; Marv Elizabeth, referred to below.
(HI) Mary Elizabeth, daughter of James
and Susan (Wall) Schureman, was born No-
vember 13, 1823, and married. June 15, 1853,
Peter Bowne, son of W'illiam and Hannah
( P.owne) Campbell.
STATE OF NEW |^:RSl•:^•
')^7
lohn \aleiUinc .\lullar ( Miller
Mll.l.l'.K ur Muller) lived at Xeeder
^lorjiatan, in I'faltz, Swey-
briickin. in Ampt Lantzberg. John Henr)-
.Miller (Muller) was born j\Iay 22, 1728, in
Ampt Lantzberg, German)-, and died February
9, 1819. lie was a descendant of the Millers
who in 1557, under the leadership of Father
George Muller (or Miller), pastor of the
church in W'innis^eii. joined the Lutheran Ref-
ormation. He left Germany on account of
religious persecution, and arrived in Philadel-
phia on August 12, 1750, and settled near Ger
mantown. New jersey, in 1753. On April 1,
1755, he married Maria Catherine Melich,
daughter o\ John I'eter ^lelich, and was born
in liendorf on the Rhine, July 13, 1732, died
January 22, 1807. He held the office of town
clerk of Tewkesbury thirty-one years. The
local chronicles of German \'alley are rejilete
with his high iileals and reputation and of the
si^irituai character of his wife. The Melichs
(or Moelichs) were prominent in the town of
Bendorf during the seventeenth century. Chil-
dren : 1. Elizabeth, born July 11, 1758, died
January 6, 1845: married Christian, son of
(iodfrey Kline. 2. Maria Catharina, born Feb-
ruary 12, 1763; died January 7, 1849; mar-
ried IJaltis Stiger. 3. Henry, born November
7, 1 76(1: married (tirst) Miss Baird, (second)
Catlierine, daughter of John Peter Sharp. 4.
David, referred to below.
( II ) David, son of John Henry Miller, burn
April 26, 1769, lived in Middle German \'alley,
Hunterdon county, and was a man of high
princi])les and strong religious convictions. He
was appointed major First Battalion, Second
Regiment, Xew^ Jersey, February 19. 1794. He
married Mar\- Elizabeth, born December 10.
1776, ilaughter of William and Dorotliea
Welsh. He died January. 1844, at Paterson,
New Jersey. Children: i. William W., boni
1797. 2. David W., born 1799, died February
12. 1866; married Miss Swan. 3. Jacob \\ .,
born October. 1800. 4. Henry, married Miss
Shafer. 5. Eliza, married Rev. John C. Vander-
voort. (). Dorothy, married Thomas G. Tal-
mage. 7. Mary, married Mr. \'an Pelt. 8.
Catherine, diefl unmarried. 0. Lydia .\nn,
married Moses De\\'itt.
(HI) William W., son of David and Mary
f-^lizabeth Welsh, was born in Hunterdon coun-
ty. New Jersey, in 1797. After practicing law
a >liort time in Morristow-n he moved to New-
ark, where he acf|uired a reputation as an
orator of unconinmn ability. A speech he de-
livered in 1824 in Trinity Church, Newark, in
behalf of the (ireeks, was remembered for more
than a generation as a specimen of lofty elo-
i|uence. Susequently he was [)itted against
Thomas A. Emmet in a law suit which
required the highest attainments, and the occa-
sion of this etTort was memorable for the fame
which the plea for his client gave him, but his
oratory was his death blow, as he was seized
witli a hemorrhage immediately after and was
hurried abroad by his physician. The famous
young lawyer died in Paris, July 24, 1825, in
the twenty-ninth year of his age. A meeting
of the New Jersey bar was called when the
news of his death reached this country at which
Richard Stockton presided. A fellow member
wrote of him: "Never do I take from my
shelf the volume once thine, and containing
thy name, written with thy own hand, without
having thee before me, as thou stoodest in thy
beauty and intellectual might, pouring forth
thy elo(|uence upon the very margin of thy
grave. Thy last notes were like those of the
swan. My thoughts of thee are like the recol-
lected tunes of melancholy music, for when 1
think of thee, I hear that most ])Owerful of
all instruments they variable voice, in all the
insjiirations of high and noble feeling."
( 111 ) Jacob Welsh, son of David and Mary
Elizabeth (Welsh) Miller, was born at German
N'alley, Morris county. New Jersey, in Octo-
ber, 1800, and died at Morristown, New Jer-
sey, Se])tember 30, 1862. leaving l)ehind him a
national, state and local rejjutation as a man of
integrity and high sense of honor. He pre])ared
for college at Somerville, New Jersey, under
Samuel L. Southard, who was afterwards in
the L'. S. senate with his |>u])il. In 1819 he be-
gan the study of law under his brilliant brother,
William W. Miller. Mr. Miller was admitted to
the New Jersey bar in 1823, and began his pro-
fession in Morristown, where he soon acquired
a large and lucrative practice, especially in the
higher courts, gaining distinction, also as a
counsellor. .\s a lawyer he was remarkable
for industry, faithfulness, tact, fervent and im-
|)ressive oratory, and above all, the common
sense — more rare than genius, if not more
valuable — which marked his career in the sen-
ate not k>s than at the bar, stamping its sage
ini|)riiU ujion his whole life. In 1832 he was
elected a member of the state legislature, but
in 1833 resumed the practice of his [profession.
In 1825 he was quartermaster-general of mili-
tia, and was prominent the year previous on
the occasion of the visit of General Lafayette
to Morristown on July 14th. During 1827 he
became one of tin- incorporators as well as the
STATE OF NEW lERSEY.
first vtstrynicn i.>f St. Peter's Episcopal Church,
the corner-stone of the edifice being laid on
May 14, 1828. In 1838 he was nominated for
the state senate by the Whigs, and elected by a
large majority. He represented his district in the
senate of the state for two years with such use-
fulness and distinction that at the close of the
term in 1840 he was elected United States
senator for New Jersey. In that high theatre,
then crowded with the most illustrious figures
of our parliamentary history, he discharged
his duties so ably and acceptably that on the
e.xpiration of his term in 1846 he was re-elected,
serving two full terms in the upper house of
the first legislative body in the world when
that body in both branches was at the zenith
of its glory. In a senate which included Clay,
Web.ster and Calhoun with lienton, Wright
Grundy, Berrien, j\Ianginii, Crittenden, Bu-
chanan. McDufifie, Corwin, Reverdy Johnson,
Cass, Pierce and Bayard, he was not thrown
into the background, but stood out among the
principal figures of the scene, commanding
their respect, enjoying their friendship, and
])articipating with honor in their most renowned
debates. He spoke but seldom, reserving him-
self for the more important f|uestions, content
for the rest with a vigilant attention to the
business of legislation, including a diligent
study of propo.sed or pending measures, prac-
ticing as a statesman the industry, thorough-
ness and fidelity that had characterized him as
a lawyer. It was partly on this account that
when he did speak it was with great efl^ect, but
it was certainly much more on account of the
knowledge, fairness, ability, wisdom and elo-
c|uence which he used.
One of the ablest and most impassioned of
his speeches was delivered towards the close
of his term, when the annexation of Texas was
being discussed in the senate. He opposed the
measure as contrary to the constitution, dan-
gerous to the public peace, and dishonorable to
the national character, declaring that for those
reasons he would "reject Texas were she to
bring with her the wealth of the Indies," and
concluding with a citation from the report
made by Aristides to the Athenians in the
stratagem that Themistocles had secretly de-
vised for their benefit: "Nothing could be
inore advantageous but at the same time noth-
ing would be more unjust."
Pie bore a prominent and efi'ective jiart in
the discussion over the momentous question of
the compromise of 1850. Pie opposed the com-
bination of the several measures of com-
promise into a single measure, and after the
rejection of the combination known as the
"Omnibus Bill," supported some of the meas-
ures when put upon their passage separately,
and on the passage of all of the measures in
this manner, sustained the compromise as a
whole, while not entirely approving every part
of it. In one of his latest and most eloquent
speeches he states his objections to continued
agitation after laws had been enacted. The
occasion of this speech was the presentation
of certain resolutions of the legislature of New
Jersey, under the recently acquired control of
the Democratic party, instructing the New
Jersey senators "to resist any change, altera-
tion or repeal of the Compromise,"— instruc-
tions which the Whig senator not unnaturally
construed as implying a very unnecessary re-
flection upon his fidelity to the measure, and
which he treated with derision, as gratuitously
feeding the very agitation they condemned.
What he thought of this sort of agitation he
had told unequivocally enough in an oration
flelivered at his home in Morristown the previ-
ous July: "I will not say," he observed, "that
those men who are continually compassing the
government with wordy threats of violence, or
horrifying their imaginations with the dissolu-
tion of the Union, may be legally chargeable
with the desire to bring about the death of our
King, the Constitution, yet they are justly
chargeable with that moral treason which
disturbs the confidence of a loyal people in the
safety and stability of their government and
u.ndermines their allegiance. Let us not be
moved by the cry of fanatics, nor alarmed at
the threats of secessionists * * * Poli-
ticians may fret and fume, state conventions
may resolve and re-solve, and Congress itself
become the arena of fearful agitation, but
above and around, as in a mighty amphitheatre,
in undisturbed and undismayed majesty, stands
the American people, with steady eye and
giant hand, overlooking all, governing all ; and
wo ! wo ! to the man and destruction to the
state that attempts to resist their supreme
Authority."
It was about this period of his senatorial
career that the landing of Kossuth on our
siiorcs called forth from him two or three of
themost admirable speeches of his life. Drawing
a broad distinction between Kossuth as a pri-
vate individual and as a political agitator, he
contended that the brilliant but unfortunate
Hungarian should be generously welcomed in
the former relation, but in the latter let severely
alone, grounding his argmnent on the Wash-
ingtonian policy of non-intervention in the
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domestic affairs ut foreign countries. On leav-
ing the senate in 1853 he refused to be consid-
ered as a candidate for governor.
W'itli the expiration of j\lr. Miller's second
term ended the line of able and accomplished
senators that the Whigs of New Jersey fur-
nished to the Union — I'Velinghuysen, South-
ard. Dayton, Miller — a line never renewed;
for, when power again passed from the hands
of the Democracy of New Jersey, the Whig
party was no more. Against this result no
man struggled more zealously than the last
\\ hig senator of the state. In the presidential
campaign of 1852 he uiiheld the Whig banner
in a succession of masterly speeches, and when
tiiat standard had gone down in what proved
to be irretrievable defeat, he still endeavored
to rally the flying s'|uadrons, refill the skeleton
regiments, and reinforce the army in general,
publishing as late as December, 1854, a series
of strong and eloc|uent papers, insisting on the
maintenance of the Whig principles, but recom-
mending as a concession to the spirit of the
times the substitution of the name "American,'
and the enlargement of the i)latforni so as "to
condense into one efficient power the public fac-
tions" into which the people were subdivided.
Events j^roved too powerful for his logic, and
in 1855 he abandoned the struggle and cast in
his lot with the Republican party, to which
with characteristic steadfastness he adhered
for the remainder of his life. But the end was
near, and the passage to it thick-set with in-
firmities, so that he was not able to do all that
he would have wished to do for his country
in the crisis of her fate. Yet he did much,
both with his voice and pen, cheering the de-
spondent, convincing the doubtful, shaming the
lukewarm, applauding the ardent, and quicken-
ing all. His conviction that the L'nion would
be victoriously maintained was clear and abid-
ing, lie foretold the triumph of his country,
but did not live to see it; sinking beneath his
increasing infirmities he died, leaving a wife
and a large family of sons and daughters, two
of the former being in the navy, the elder dis-
tinguished for gallant conduct during the civil
war. and two lawyers of New York of high
abilities and attainments. He married, No-
vember 7. 1825. Mary, daughter of George
Perrott and Louisa Edwina Saunderson Mc-
Culloch (see McCulloch). Children: i. Ed-
wina Louisa, born .August 20, 1826: died Au-
gust 18, 1888; married, as second wife, An-
thony Ouinton, son of Dr. Edward Ouinton
and Mary Parry (Aertsen) Keasbey. for whose
ancestry see name in index. 2. Elizabeth, born
September 18. 1828, died August 14. 1852;
married, as first wife, .Anthony Quinton Keas-
bey. 3. Frances h'ord, Ixjrn September 1. 1830,
died July 1. i<jo(>: married Luman N. Hitch-
cock. I'cbruary. 18(10. 4. George Macculloch,
born .May 4, 1832 ; referred to below. 5. Lind-
ley lloft'man. born March 2(>. 1834; died July
3. 1864; referred to below. (). Henry William,
born May 8. 183A; died January 30, 1904; re-
ferred to below. 7. h'rancis McCulloch, born
September 2^. 1839; died August 29, 1854. 8.
Leverett Saltonstall, born August 8. 1843; died
September 18, 1845. 9- Jacob William, born
June I. 1847; referred to below.
(R) George Macculloch, son vi Jacoli
Welsh and Mary McCulloch .Miller, was burn
at Morristown, May 4, 1832. At the age of
eighteen he graduatetl from Burlington Col-
lege, and after studying law under his father
and taking a course at the Harvard Law
.Schocjl. he was admitted to the bar of New
Jersey and of New York. In 1854 he decided
to practice in New York City, where he soon
obtained a high position as a lawyer and a
man of energy and accurate and careful legal
habits. He was conse(|uently employed as
counsel and attorney for many large institu-
tions. In 1871 he became president of the
Newport & Wickford Railroad & Steamboat
Company; in 1873 ^ clirector of the New York.
Providence & lioston Railroad Company, and
subsec|ucntly was chosen as its vice-president.
In 1879 he was elected president of the Provi-
dence i!t Stonington Steamship Company, antl
was also president of the Denver, LUah &
Pacific Railroad Company for the six years
ending 1887. For a time he was president of
the ilousatonic Railroad Company, and for
many years has been one of the leading di-
rectors of the New York, New Haven & Hart-
ford Railroad Com])any. He founded the firm
of Miller, Peckham & Dixon, which is one of
the leading corporations of the state. Mr.
Miller is also a trustee of the Central Trust
Com])any and the Bank of Savings, as well as
of Greenwood Cemetery. He has been fore-
most in religious and benevolent activities of
the Protestant Episcopal Church, and was one
of the original trustees of the Cathedral of St
John the Divine, and is still devoting his ener-
gies towards the completion of that magnificent
edifice. Since 1869 he has taken an active
interest in St. Luke's Hospital, and is to-day
its president, having been frequently re-elected
to that position. He is also president of the
Hospital Saturday and Sunday Association of
.\'ew York, and a warden of St. Thomas
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Church. Ill poHtics he has always been a Re-
pubHcan, and was one of the committee of
.seventy to advance municipal reform. Mr.
Miller married, in 1857. Elizabeth, daughter of
Lindley ^Murray Hoffman; children: Hoff-
man: Mary Louisa (now Airs. William Bard
Mc\ ickar j ; Leverett Saltonstall : Elizabeth
i\gnes (now Mrs. Godfrey Brinley ) ; Edith
Macculloch.
(I\') Lindley Hoffman, son of Jacob Welsh
and Mary McCuUoch Miller, was born at
Morristown. New Jersey, i\larch 26, 1834.
graduated from Burlington College, 1852, sub-
sequently admitted to the bar and practiced
law in Xew York, showing great ability in his
profession and as a young orator and poet
Notable among his addresses was one delivered
before the Delta I'si fraternity on December
27. 1855. which was considered a memorable
effort for a man of twenty-one. The subject
was the "Responsibilities of Literary ]Men.'
On this occasion a poem was read by Stewart
L. Woodford, who was his intimate friend,
and afterwards our minister to Spain and presi-
dent of the Hudson-Fulton Celebration Com-
mission. At the outbreak of the war he joined
the Seventh Regiment as a private, serving
with it at .\nnapolis and Washington in 1861,
and at Baltimore in 1862. Having lost his
wife and only child he accepted an appomt-
ment as captain of Company H, First Regi-
ment .Arkansas \olunteers, and was ordered
to Goodrich Landing, Louisiana. This was
one of the first of the negro organizations to
be mustered into the .service. His commission
was dated November 5, 1863. He was in com-
mand during the fight at Snyder's Bluff', near
Roaches Plantation, Alarch 30, 1864, repulsmg
the enemy and covering a retreat of the cavalry.
On April 9, 1864. he was promoted to major.
Fifth Regiment Missouri Colored Troops,
which afterwards became the Seventy-second
L'nited .States Colored Infantry. Having con-
tracted fever on the Mississippi river, he re-
turned home and died at Morristown, New
Jersey, julv 3. 1864. lie married .Anne Hunt-
ington Trac\-, in 1862. She was born June 10,
1838, and died September 5, 1863.
(I\') Henry William, son of Jacob Welsh
and Mary (McCuUoch) Miller, was born at
Morristown, New Jersey, May 8, 1836, and
died at Morristown, January 30, 1904. He
was graduated from the Xaval Academy on
June 8, 1857. and June 26, 1857, reported for
duty on board the Ignited States ship "Minne-
sota." having received his warrant as midship-
man lune 10. The cruise of the "Minnesota"
to China was memorable both for speed-break-
ing records and on account of the new type of
>ail and steam-frigate which she represented,
and the incidents of her career brought reputa-
tion to her ct>mmander, Captain S. F. DuPont.
anil strong letters of recommendation from
him to Miller. The latter performed special
duty with Hon. W. B. Reed at Tien Sing,
when our men-of-warsmen held at bay the
inhaliitants of that populous region. On June
4, 185Q, he was detached from the "Minne-
sota" at P.oston, and reported on board the
L'nited .States shiyi "Mohican," at Portsmouth,
Xew Hampshire, Xovember 29, 1859, serving
on l)oard that vessel on the coast of Africa,
and ]iarticipating in the capture of the last
slaver, the "Erie." The captain of the slaver
was later hanged in Xew York. Miller was
])romoted to passed midshipman June 25, i860,
and October 24 same year to master. During
.April, 1861, the "Mohican" was ordered home,
arriving at New York about July ist. Her
captain was S. W. Gordon. He was then
ordered to Hampton Roads, and the vessel
was one of the large fleet which assembled
there in the early days of October under Du-
PoiU. On the way to Port Royal, and on the
night of Xovember ist. Miller, during a heavy
gale oft' llatteras, rescued, after six hours
work, in an open boat, the crew of the "Peer-
less." for which act he was commended ofifi-
cially. He participated in the battle of Port
Royal on Thursday, Xovember 7, and received
the battle flag of the "Mohican" from Gordon,
after the action, for duty well performed. On
March 4, 1862, he took possession of Fort
Clinch, near Fernandina, and also participated
in the attacks on P>runswick, Georgia, and
(ither engagements. On July 9, 1862, he
was detached from the "Mohican" at Phila-
delphia, and reported September 4th for duty
as inspector of gunnery at the Xew York Xavy
Yard. In October he was ordered to the frigate
"Colorado," and was in the engagement off
Mobile, and served on board of her in the Gulf
until February 18, 1864. From February 23
to Alarch 7 he was on duty on board the
"Xererus," and on the latter date joined the
"Mendota," Captain E. T. Nichols. During
this service he participated in the battles of
Fort Darling, Drury's Bluff, Hewletts.- Deep
Bottom, and other fights on the James river,
being detached from the "Mendota" Septem-
ber 23, 1864. He was then ordered to the
Xaval .Academy, reporting there October 24th.
( )n March 3, 1865, he was commissioned
lieutenant-commander; while attached to the
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Naval Academy, he served on board the
"Marblehead" from June 13 until September
25, 1865. On April 3, 1866, he was detached
from the Naval Academy, and resigned from
the navy at Philadelphia, April 10, 1866. He
then returned to Morristown, New Jersey, and
in 1871 was elected recorder, and in 1880 mayor
of tiie city. For many years he served as
president of the Morris County Savings Bank
and of the Morristown Safe Deposit Company,
and as one of the pilot commissioners of New
Jersey. He was a member of various orders,
including the Loyal Legion, Navy League,
Naval Academy Graduates' Association, and
Naval Order, being also a warden of St.
Peter's Church. Captain Aliller died in the
house in which he was born, and was buried
in the graveyard of the church which his father
had helped organize. A fellow officer wrote of
him in the ,lniiy and Nai'V Joiinia! of Febru-
ary 20, 1904, as follows: "The uplifting in-
fluence of his Christian character can scarcely
be overestimated. It jiermeated the ships in
which he served, the locality where he lived.
His house was the spot frequented by men to
discuss the future of tlie navy, and recount
the deeds of its past. His was the cheerful
brightness begotten of broad sympathy with
his fellow man. The crowded church on the
day of his funeral showed the loving respect
of his fellow townsmen; deputations from cor-
porations and military orders filled the pews,
while a rear admiral headed the pall bearers,
who were his distinguished loving friends and
neighbors." He married, August 13. 1862,
Catharine Seton Hoffman.
(IV) Jacob W'illiam (2), son of Jacob
Welsh and Mary (McCulloch) Miller, was
born in Morristown, New Jersey, June I, 1847,
and is now living in that place. Entering the
Naval Academy in September, 1863. he grad-
uated June, 1867, and lived the ordinary
routine life of junior officer until 1872, serving
on the European, Pacific and West Indian
stations. He was then a])])ointed to special serv-
ice in connection with the Nicaragua Inter-
Oceanic Canal Survey in 1872, and surveyed a
portion of the Western Divide, and had charge
of the hydrographic work on the San Juan
river. He returned to Nicaragua in the autumn
of 1873 as secretary to the commission ap-
pointed by the L^nited States government to
determi]ie the best route for a siiip canal across
the Isthmus; and after completing this work
he was engaged in Washington in writing the
report on the Nicaragua Canal. In 1875 he
was ordered to the European squadron, and
servetl in tiie Mediterranean on bciard the
"Franklin." During the winter of 1877-78 he
was on board the "Vandalia," when Cieneral
( Irant visited the Levant in the course of his
celebrated trip around the world. Having com-
pleted his three years of sea service in Euro-
pean waters, Mr. Aliller was assigned to duty
at the Naval .Kcademy as instructor of ordnance
and gunnery, where he remained until 1881,
when he was once more ordered to sea, and
made his last cruise in the United States ship
"Jamestown" as her navigator from San Fran-
cisco to New York, when that vessel came to
the Atlantic under sail. This was probably
the last sailing man-of-war that went around
Cape Horn. After returning from this voyage
he left the navy and went to Kansas, where he
became identified with railroad interests, and
was made vice-president and general manager
of the St. Louis, Fort Scott & Wichita rail-
road. He remained with the above railroad
and other corporations in the west until May,
1800, when he was tendered and accepted the
position of general manager of the Providence
iS; .Stonington Steamship Company, and of the
New York, Providence & Boston railroad. In
May, 1889, he was elected president of the
Providence & Stonington Steamship Company,
and snbsec|uently president of the Newport &
Wickford Railroad and Steamboat Company.
When the IVovidence & Stonington Steamship
Company was merged with the properties of
the New York, New Haven & Hartford rail-
road, he became vice-president of the New
England Navigation Company, a corporation
which controlled all the Sound Line steamers,
resignmg from that position in .\ugust, 1909.
to accept the vice-presidency of the Cape Cod
Construction Com])any. Mr. Miller was for
many years identified with the proposed con-
struction (if the Nicaragua Canal, acting as
])resi(lent of the Nicaragua Company. He took
an active part in the development of the tiaval
militia of the state as the first commander of
the New 'S'ork Battalion at its organization in
1S91, and is now commodore of the naval mili-
tia of the state of New York. He entered the
navy in 1898, during the Spanish-American
war. as lieutenant-commander, and had com-
luand of the Third District .Auxiliary Naval
iMirce. In 1894 he was a member of the com-
mittee on docks. Chamber of Commerce, New
"\'(>rk, and is still on the committee of nautical
schiiolship of the city of New York, and in
ii)Oi;. on the Panama canal committee of the
Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of
the fnllowiug clubs: The I'niversitv. on the
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Cduncil of whicli lie served for many years;
the Century, the Alorristown Club, and is one
of the council of the Xaval Academy Alumni
Association of New York. He has been vice-
commander of the Xaval Order of the L'nited
States, a member of the Society of Foreign
Wars, the Xaval and Military Order of the
Spanish- American W ar, vice-president of the
Society of Xaval Architects and Marine Engi-
neers, and as one of the trustees of the Hud-
son-Fulton Celebration Commission had charge
of the naval ])arades during the memorable
celebration of September and October. 1909.
He is la\- manager of the Seamans' Church
Institute, a member of the board of managers
of the New York Infant Asylum, a member of
the Washington Association of Xew Jersey,
besides serving on most of the committees for
the rece|)tion of foreign visitors, including
Princess Eulalie and Prince Henry. He was
chairman of the ]ilan and scope committee of
the Linc(5ln Centenary Committee, and presi-
dent of the American Steamship Association.
He married, in Washington. D. C. Novem-
ber 28, 1874. Katherine, daughter of Captain
Henry A. and Charlotte (Everett) Wise, of
\'irginia, who was born in Spezzia, Italy. Her
father was chief of the P>ureau of Ordnance,
C S. N., during the civil war, ami her mother
was a daughter of Hon. Edward Everett. Chil-
dren : I. Henry Wise, born at Xice, France,
November 15. 1873: married, October 5, 1899,
Alice Duer : child. Denning Duer. 2. Dorothea,
born July 16, 1878; married, September 20.
1906, James Otis Post ; child, James Otis Post.
Jr. 3. Charlotte Everett, born November 15.
1880; married. June 30, 1905, Robert I'.onner
Bowler; children: Robert P.. P>nwler. Jr.. and
Katherine Wise Bowler.
(The .McCiilloch Line).
(jeorge Perrott McCulloch, born at Bombay,
December 15, 1775, was a descendant of the
McCullochs of Galloway. Scotland. His grand-
father John was proprietor of Barholm Castle,
the estate having belonged to the family since
1340. His father. William, was a younger son,
who early in life entered the military service
of the East India Company, and at the age of
forty attained the rank of major of the Fif-
teenth Sepoys. While in command of this
battalion and assisted by the "Campbells," he
gained the notable victory at Annantapore,
over Hyat Saib, during the early part of 1783.
Subsequently he and the greater part of his
command were treacherouslv poisoned bv Tippo
Saib.
The son, having lost both his parents, was
sent to Edinburgh through the instrumentality
of (ieorge Perrott, after whom he was named,
and who was one of Warren Hastings's council.
There he received a most liberal education at
the university, being the master of five lan-
guages. .At the age of twenty-five we find him
a partner of Francis Law, and engaged in
large financial and diplomatic affairs with the
East India Company. On December 26, 1801,
lie was sent to Madrid to conduct certain deli-
cate and important negotiations. This and
|)revious trips to I'aris and Holland required
an intricate knowledge of the languages of the
countries, and at one time he had to pass
through Napoleon's army as a German. Upon
one of these tours he became acquainted with
Count de Lauriston, the brother of his partner,
and thus formed an intimacy with the leading
men of these stirring times. The Laws were
of Scottish descent, and his father was asso-
ciated with Francis Law, Sr., in India.
His health being im]:)aired. he came to .\mer
ica in the spring of 1806, with his wife and two
children, and bought, on May 24. 1808, the
property belonging to Ebenezer Stiles, on Morris
Plains. New Jersey. This he sold in 181 1. and
it afterwards passed into the hands of the
Bunihain family. He had previously pur-
chased, on .April 10. 1810. from Gen. John
Doughty, the estate at Morristown known as
.McCulloch Hall, still occupied by his descend-
ants. .\ few 3'ears after he settled in Morris-
town he lost a large part of the property he
ijrought from England, and in 1814 set about
to regain his losses by establishing a boys'
school, which he conducted with great success
I'cir about fifteen years. Among the lists of
the scholars are found those of DeKay, Cruger,
Renwick. Weeks, and other New York fam-
ilies. On December 20, 1820, he organized the
Morris County Agricultural Society, and was
its first president. About this time, while fish-
ing at Lake Hopatcong, he conceived the idea
of joining the Delaware and Hudson by a
canal. He was thus the projector of the Morris
canal and devoted himself to it with an energy
and ability that are attested by the whole early
history of the enterprise. He enlisted the
interest of De\\"itt Clinton, Prof. Renwick, of
Columbia College, and extorted from John C.
Calhoun, secretary of war, the services of such
persons as General Barnard and Colonel Tot- '
ten ; and made the mountain climbing feasible
by recommending the use of Robert Fulton's
"inclined planes." His persistence through the
press as to the necessity of cheap transporta-
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lion fur the newly found anthracite coal, in-
duced the legislature to pass, on November 15,
1822, a bill incorporating the Morris Canal and
Hanking Cotiipany, Mr. McCulloch being ap-
pointed senior member of the board. Finding
that the canal was being managed more for the
benefit of speculators than for the people, he
began a fight against the "banking" clique, en-
listing the services of a young lawyer, Jacob
W. Miller (who married his only daughter on
Xovember 7, 1825). and together they fought
the cause of the people, gaining a victory over
.S. j. Southard, president of the Canal Com-
pany. l')uth Miller and Southard were after-
wards in the L'nitcd States senate together.
the latter iiaving been the school teacher of the
former. .\t tiie age of fifty Mr. McCulloch
<lecided to abandon any ideas of public life
except as through his pen and example as a
private citizen he could influence it for good in
l)oth capacities. Me rendered great service to
his state and country, contributing many phiio-
sojihical, religious and ])olitical articles t(_i the
press, while his home was the center of social
life in a community which numbered at that
time some interesting peoi)le. .\ few random
abstracts from letters in AlcCulloch Hall may
be of interest as showing side lights on the
times. "To-day, July 14. 1S24, the town is
agog witli Lafayette here; h'ord making a
s]ieech ;" "Aiiller gaudy in a military unif(.)rm."
"The Thebauds ( 1S25 ) have bought the Meeker
farm at I'ottle Hill." .\ year before lioisaubin
( I'ere I was to be married to Madame Duberc-
can, and in 1829 Amedee F.oisaubin became en-
gaged to Miss Thebaud, his old grandfather
having died in the West Indies and left $700,-
noo. Whether this fact occurred at a "rout"
at Orange where all the North Jersey swells
went, returning by coach in the early morning,
is not mentioned, nor what people drank at the
ball, although there was ])lenty of champagne
when Rev. P>enjaniin Holmes married Jane
Ogden. October 31, 1829. Holmes was the
first pastor of St. Peters, the corner-stone hav-
ing been laid May 14, 1828. Episcopal serv-
ices had previously been held in the school-
room belonging to the old Scotch Presbyterian,
his Church of England wife having got around
liei doting husband, wIkjsc religious views were
broad even for these davs, broad enough, in
fact, to fight in the Palladium of Liberty the
silly clamor against the Free Masons whicli
raged through the country in 1828; while the
whole land went wild for Greek freedom.
Morristown was selling slaves on the Green, on
March 10. 1828. the comity paper advertising
the fact, together with a notice of the won-
derful railroad drawn by horses, and a steam
ferry from Pawlus lliiok to Cortlandt street
every fifteen minutes.
.Mr. McC'ulIocb occupied many honorary
positions during his lifetime, .\iiiong them he
was a member of the board of visitors to West
Point in 1842. His residence in the various
imp(.nant states of Europe, his ac(|uaintance
with their language, and his just perception of
their true national characteristic, gave to his
judgment of foreign affairs an unusual value;
while his long residence in this country made
him perfectly familiar with our general and
local iiolitics. Few lives in their earlier years
displayed more romantic features than his. He
possessed his full faculties to a ripe and mature
age, dying at his Morristown home, aged eighty-
two, on June I, 1858. Mis only son, Francis
Law .McCulloch, a leading lawyer of .Salem,
died on June 18, 1859. His wife, Louisa Ed-
wina Saunderson, a beautiful woman, and be-
loved by all who knew her, lived until Deceni-
bei- V'- '8fi,V aged seventy-eight.
The earliest Englishmen bear-
H.\LSEV ing the name of Halsey lived in
the extreme western end of
( ornwall, between Penzance and Lands End,
a portion of England so old in story that
Phoenician navigators are believed to have
visited it in order to obtain their supplies of
tin. The solid foundations of the family were
laid in the reign of Henry \'I1I., when, on the
rectory of ( ireat (laddesden, county Hertford,
coming to the Crown, it was that granted by
that monarch to William llalsey, alias Cham-
ber. Since that time the estate has been con-
tinued in the family, and was a few years ago
in the ])ossession of Thomas Frederick Halsey,
l-'s(|., M. P., whose ancestors have lived thereon
for over three hundred and fifty years.
( I ) John Halsey. of the Parsonage, (_ireat
(iaddesden. county liertfor<l, was living in
I 5 1 2.
( II ) William, son of John llalsey, died in
1541). He married .Mice , who died in
1557. Children: Robert, William. Thomas,
flarry, Isabel, James, Elizabeth.
( lil ) William (2 ), son of William ( 1 ) and
.Mice Halsey, died May 1596, and married
.\nna . Children: John, William, Rob
ert (referred to below), Raljili, Edward,
Thomas, Triamore, Philip, Joan, .\niie.
( i\) Robert, son of William (2) and Anne
llalsey, died October, 1618. He married Doro-
tli\-. daughter of William Downes, of Linslade
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cuuiity r>uck>. w liu died in September, 1620.
Children: 1. William, baptized June 23, 1690.
2. Thomas, referred to below. 3. Duncombe,
died before 1633. 4. James, buried March 12,
1641, in the chancel of Saint Alphege, London,
of which he had been rector ; with his brother
William was granted a coat-of-arms January
^' ^^''S3- 5- Fdward. 6. Jane. 7. Joane. 8.
Mary. y. Amy. 10. Ann. 11. Avis. 12.
Hester. 13." Sara. 14. Dorothy.
(V) Thomas (first in the American line),
son of Robert and Dorothy (Downes) Halsey,
was born in tjreat Gaddesden, January 2, 1591-
92, and died in Southampton, Long Island, Au-
gust 2/, 1678. He became a mercer in Lon-
don, and August 10. 1621, was living at N'aples,
Italy, from which place he wrote to his brother
William a letter which has been preserved that
gives a graphic account of the conditions of
travelling in those days. In 1637 he is found
at Lynn, Massacliusetts, owning one hundred
acres of land, and being a resident of the town
during the stirring epoch of the first synod of
-Massachusetts, the trial and banishment of
.•\nn Hutchinson, and the persecutions of John
Wheelright, the Quakers and the witches, and
it is possible that it was in consequence of these
events that he determined to emigrate to Long
Island, w'hich he did with the founders of that
town in 1640, becoming, it is said, "the richest
man in the place." In 1648, when the site of
the village was changed from Old Town street,
to the present Main street, Thomas Halsey's
residence was south of the old homestead of
the late l-'rancis W. Cook. Thomas Halsey
became very influential in town affairs, and in
1664 was a delegate to the general court at
Hartford, became active in establishing the
jurisdiction of Connecticut over Southampton,
and in 1669 was again the town's representa-
tive. He was a man of independent spirit and
strong will, and appears to have been very out-
spoken. March 16, 1643, he was reprimanded
by the town meeting for the manner of his
speech to Daniel Howe, and on several occa-
sions was fined for his outspokeness. When
the Dutch recaptured New York and laid claim
to Southampton, Thomas Halsey was vigorous
in opposing them, although at that time one of
the oldest citizens in the place. That he had
the right to coat armor is proven by the fact
that he is styled "gentleman" in the old records.
.November i, 1776. he was named in the con-
firmatory patent and December 6, 1686, his
name is found in Gov. Dongan's patent. He
married (first) Phebe , who was mur-
dered 1)\ the Indians, either some from New
England who wished to e.xcite a war in the
Southampton settlement, or by some from
Long Island at their instigation. He married
(second) July 25, 1660, Ann, widow of Ed-
ward Johnes. Children, all by first wife:
Thomas, died about 1688, married Mary ;
Isaac referred to below; Daniel, born about
1636, (lied i()82, married Jemima ; Eliz-
abeth, married Richard Howell.
(\ 1) Jsaac, son of Thomas and Phebe Hal-
sey, was born about 1628, and died January 21,
1725. He was a man in middle life, and
already a land owner at the time of his father's
death, and in 1698, with several other lialseys,
he is named in a list of the inhabitants of
Southampton. In the Dongan patent, Decem-
ber 6, 1686, he is named as one of the trustees
of Southampton, and he lived on the west side
of Main street near the north end of the town,
and was buried in the old graveyard at South-
ampton. He married Mary — . Children :
1. Isaac, born 1C64, died March 23, 1752 ; mar-
ried Phebe, supposed to have been daughter
of Edward Howell. 2. Joseph, referred to
below. 3. Daniel, born about 1670; married,
August 1710, Mary . 4. Joshua, born
1<)74, died about 1734; married Martha, daugh-
ter of .\braham Willman. 5. Thomas, died
January, 1764, married and left issue. 6. Eliz-
abeth, married Howell. 7. Samuel. 8.
.Mary, married Post. 9. Jemima, mar-
ried Jc>hn Larison. lo-ii. Possibly also Anna,
born 1675, 'i''-'^' J"ly 3> 1/14. ^"^ Ruth, born
1668. died December 9, 1770.
(\ II) Joseph, son of Isaac and Mary Hal-
sey, was born in Southampton, Long Island,
in 1668, and died in Elizabethtown, New Jer-
sey, April 17, 1725. He emigrated to New
Jersey about 1664, and lived at Wheatsheaf
Tavern, about midway between Elizabeth and
Railway. 1 le married, probably, Elizabeth,
daughter of Daniel and Jemima Halsey, his
first cousin. Children: Daniel, died 1727,
married .Abigail : Joshua; Joseph, re-
ferred to below: Elizabeth; Anna; Timothy;
Isaac: Nathaniel. The last three were under
age Xcivember 4, 1723, when their father wrote
lii>. w ill, and Elizabeth was married.
(\ HI) (ieneral Joseph, son of Joseph and
h^lizabeth (Halsey) Halsey, was born about
1695, and died December 16, 1771, his will
being dated June i, 1765, and proved March
J-,. 1772, and he and his second wife are buried
in the churchyard of the First Presbyterian
Church at Elizabeth. He lived near the Wheat-
sheaf Tavern, and married (first) Elizabeth,
daughter of Stephen Haines, and (second)
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Abigail , who died January i8, 1777, in
her seventy-second year. Children: i. Re-
becca Miller, born about 1728, died October
5, 1785 ; married Thomas Williams. 2. Joseph,
born 1730, died July 9- 1813; married (first)
Mary Armstrong, (second) Anna Van Arsdale,
(third) Elizabeth Ryerson. 3. Sarah, married
1754, Joshua Conklin. 4. Daniel, born 1739,
died November 16. 1801 ; major in the revolu-
tion, married (first) March 28, 1762, Abigail
Williams, (second) Mary . 5. Isaac,
referred to below. 6. Phebe, married Ijenja-
min Crane, Jr., of Westfield. 7. Hannah, mar-
ried (first) I'enjamin Miller, (second) Gen-
eral William Crane, of Elizabeth. 8. Abigail,
married James Miller, of I'iscataway. 9.
Rachel, Ixirn about 1743, died March 20. 1783.
married, January 5, I7()2, Benjamin Magie^
of Elizabethtown. 10. Deborah, died March
i(), 1836: married (first) James Magie, (sec-
ond) Isaiah Meeker, iif .\'ew fnividence. 11.
Xancy. or \una, married John Hamilton, of
Westfield.
(IX) Isaac, son of General Joseph Halsey,
was born in 1741, and died November 24.
[788. and is buried at Scotch I'lains. He owned
much laud l)etween Westfield and Scotch
i'lains. and was a man of considerable means
He was an active jiatriot, and on the breaking
out of the revolution became a member of the
committee of safety, and paymaster and
(|uartermaster of the Essex militia, and his de-
scendants have many receipts and documents
to show the requisitions made upon him for
supplies and for furnishings to the patriot
army. August 20, 1778, and also at several
other times, he is requested by Joseph Lewis
to furnish the money to pay the militia. In the
New Jersey Journal of December 3, 1788, the
following obituary of him was given : "On
Monday. 24th of this instant, departed this
life, in the forty-eighth year of his age, Mr.
Isaac Halsey. ( )n Wednesday following, his
funeral was attended by a respectable con-
course of people, and a discouse suitable to the
occasion delivered from 2 Cor. vii:io by Rev.
Mr. \'an Horn. In him the public have lost a
respectable citizen and the church a liberal
benefactor." He married, March 12, 1761, Re-
becca, daughter of Henry and Anna (Tulon)
(iarthwaite, whose grandfather, Maximillian
Tulon, married a French emigre. She died
January 17, 1788, in the forty-fifth year of her
age. and in her obituary, published in the New
Jersey Jouninl of January 30, 1788, it is said:
".She passed tlirough a lingering and tedious
illness in which slie exhibited an uncommon
degree of ])atience and fortitude, and at last
met death with the humble resignation which
Christianity inspires, having left the world
without a groan. ,\s to herself, her friends
have the consolation to hope that she has ex-
changed the trials and vanities of this life for
a blessed and glorious immortality," Children:
I. Mary, died in infancy. 2. Isaac, died Au-
gust <). 1780, aged nineteen. 3. Infant, died
unnamed. 4. Henry, a lawyer, removed to
Wilmington, North Carolina; married Sus-
anna, daughter of William and .\nn Ross. 5.
Ichabod ISenton, M. D., born about April 26,
^ J_726, died May 3, 1818; married, November
' 19, 1789, Maria, or Tatty, Williams. 6. Will-
iam, bi'rn 1770, married Julia lledden, 7.
Jemima, died August 28, 1808. 8. Benjamin,
said to have gone south. 9. Jacob Benton,
referred to below. 10. Mary, or I'olly, bom
1783, (lied March 14, 1787.
( X ) Jacob Benton, son of Isaac and Re-
becca ( ( iarthwaite ) Halsey, died at Camptown,
near Newark, New Jersey, June 24, 181 5. He
was the editor of the Newark Gazette, and a
publisher of books. He served as captain in
war of 1812, and lived at the southwest corner
of Washington Park and Broad street, and at
one time in Rector street, and had his ]jrinting
office in his yard. He married Mary, daughter
(^if Captain Caleb and Elizabeth (Moriis)
Wheeler, of Newark, who lived in the stone
mansion at the corner of Market and Mulberry
streets. Many acts of kindness to our soldiers
are related of both the Captain and his wife,
and deserters from the I>ritish army were hid-
den and fed by them. .\11 <_il his nc|)hews were
soldiers and officers in the revolutionary war.
.\fter Jacob Benton Halsey 's death his widow
married (second) (jeorge, son of Captain Levi
Holden, of the revolutionary army, by whom
she had two children — George Holden, Jr.,
and Otis Holden. Children of Jacob Benton
and Mary (Wheeler) Halsey: Caleb, born
about 1800, died December 26, 1816; Sarah
Pierson, born October 3, 1803, died Sei)tem-
ber 30, 1863, married, October 3, 1822, Ed-
wartl Lenniel Hedenberg, of Newtown, Long
Island: Charles Henry, referred to below.
( Nl ) Rev. Charles Henry Halsey, D. D., son
of Jacob P.enton and Mary (Wheeler) Halsey,
was born February 22, 1810, and died May 2,
1855. He studied law with his uncle William
Halsey, with whom he lived after bis father's
death. .After the death of his first wife he
entered the (ieneral Theological Seminary in
New ^'ork City, and was ordained to the min-
istry of the Protestant Eiiiscopal Church, and
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became rector of Christ Church, Xew York.
His death was the result of an accident, the
following account of which is taken from the
Mav York Herald of May 3, 1855. "A most
sad casualty yesterday deprived us of one of
our most exemjilary clergymen, the Rev.
Charles H. Halsey, rector of Christ Church.
It appears that Mr. Halsey was visiting the
new building now in ])rogress adjoining the
Everett House, on Union Square, for the pur-
pose of inspecting parts of the workmanship,
to which his attention had been drawn in view
of the erection of a parsonage for his church.
He was standing at the fourth floor of the edi-
fice looking through the opening of the large
central window, which are as yet without
sashes. In approaching the sill of this window,
unusually near the floor, he probably lost his
balance and fell through to the ground, a dis-
tance of some sixty feet, lie never spoke after
the fall, and 'survived the injury but half an
hour. A very large circle ni attached friends
will join with the congregation which Mr. Hal-
sey so w(irthil_y served, in deploring this disas-
trous event which has deprived the community
of one of its most faithful, laborious, and con-
sistent ministers of the g(.)spel. Mr. Halsey
was in his forty-sixth year. He was a son-in-
law of President King, of Columbia College.
'Phe funeral will be on May 5th, at Christ
Church, from hi> late residence, 9 East i8th
street, burial at Jamaica. Long Island."
He married (first) Mary l'>oeruni Smith, ol
New York, (second) September 18. 1838.
Eliza Gracie, daughter of Charles and Eliza
(Gracie) King, (see King). Children, one by
first wife: l. Mary, died in infancy, January
18, 1842. 2. Eliza Gracie, born .April 25. 1840:
married Col. Charles Crook Suydam (see Suy-
dam). 3. Emily, born Jatuiary 2^. 1843: mar-
ried Frederic \\'illiam \ incent (see Vincent).
4. Esther King, born lanuarv 1, 184^: married
J. (). Pinneo, M. D., of Elizabeth. '5- Charles
Henry King, referred to below. 6. William
I'^rederic. I'. S. N., born April 11, 1853, mar-
ried .\nnie Brewster, of Elizabeth ; children :
William I-'rcderic. junior, born October 30.
1882, and Deborah Grant, born November 21,
T88fi, married Archibald Douglass Turnbull.
who was born October 6, 1887.
(.\II) Charles Henry King Halsey. son of
Rev. Charles Henry and Eliza Gracie ( King)
Halsey. was born in .\'ew York City. July 2.
1850. and is now living in I'^lizabeth, Xew Jersey.
When he was five years old his mother placed
him in Cliirst (hurch .School, in Elizabeth.
after which lie wa-- --ent to and graduated from
Dr. Pingry's School. In 1867 he entered the
office of a broker in Wall street, New York
City, where he remained until 1873, when he
took a position in the National City Bank of
.Xew York. In 1882 he came to Elizabeth,
Xew Jersey, as paying teller of the National
.Slate Bank of that city, a position he continued
to hold until 1901, when he was chosen secre-
tary and treasurer of the L'nion County Trust
Ctmipany. Since 1905 he has been president
of the same institution. In politics Mr. Halsey
is a Republican, and from 1898 to 1891 he was
alderman for the Sixth Ward of Elizabeth.
He is a member of the New Jersey Historical
.Society; of the Sons of the American Revolu-
tion, through his great-grandfather, Rufus
King; and of the Founders and Patriots of
.\merica. He is also president of the Elizabeth
Club, and a member of the Baltusrol Golf
Club. For the last twenty years he has been
senior warden of Trinity Protestant Episcopal
Church in Elizabeth. He married, October 13,
1885. Helen Isabelle, daughter of Robert Gos-
man and Lavina (Sausman) Kittle, and grand-
daughter of Rev. .\ndrew Xicholas Kittle, one
time Dominie of Red Hook, Xew York. Chil-
dren : .\lfred DeWitt. born July 5. 1888:
Eliza Gracie, January 20. 1890: Helen Isabelle,
.March 17. 1892.
iThf Kins l.inel.
( I ) Rufus King, revolutionary statesman
and ])atriot, was born in Scarborough, Maine,
in 1753, and died in New York City, April 29,
1827. He was the eldest son of Richard King,
a successful merchant of Scarborough. He
graduated from Harvard L'niversity in 1777,
and studied law with Chief Justice Theophilus
Parsons, at Xewburyport. While thus engaged
he became aide to {',en. ( dover whom he served
in the unsuccessful Rhode Island expedition.
He was admitted to the bar in 1780, and soon
took high rank, taking his seat in 1783 in the
general court of Massachusetts, to which he
was several times re-elected, becoming also a
member of the Continental congress in Decem-
ber. 1784, and being re-elected thereto in March,
1785. and 1786, and introducing in 1785 a
resolution |)rohibiting slavery in the Xorth-
west Territory, the substance of which was
subse<|uentl\' incorporated by his colleague,
Xathan Dane, into the famous Ordinance of
1787. He took a ])rominent part in the pro-
ceedings of the convention of 1787 which
framed the I'^ederal Constitution, and in the
.Massachusetts convention called to decide
upon the adoption or rejection of that instru-
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imiit. he \\a> in>tninKntal in st'cnring ratiti-
catiiin. In 1788 he removed to New York
City, wliere he was elected to the state assem-
i)ly in 1789, and in the same year elected also
to the L'nited States senate, where he at once
took a high place as a leader of the Federalists.
I Ic was re-elected to the senate in 1795. and in
1796 he accepted from President Washington,
who had previously offered him, a place in his
cahinet as secretary of state, the responsible
post of minister to England, and he distin-
guished himself highly in the dij^lomatic serv-
ice, in which he continued until 1803. In the
year following his return he was mentioned as
candidate for the senate and for governor of
Xew ^'ork, and as the Federalist candidate for
vice-president he received fourteen votes, and
again in 1808, as the I'^ederalist candidate for
the same office, he received forty-seven vot^s.
In 1813 and again in 1819 he received the
honor of an election ti> the I'nited States senate
by a legislature a majnrity nf which was Re-
public. During the war with England he did
not side with the extreme I'ederalists, but sup-
ported the administration in such measures a--
seemed to him to be for tlie general good :
nevertheless, in 1816, the few Federalist elec-
troal votes for ])resident were cast for him.
In 1825-26 he was again minister to England,
lie married, in 1786, Mary, daughter of John
Also]), whose father was deputy from New
N'ork to the first Continental congress.
( 11 ) Charles, son of Hon. Rufus and Mary
I .\lso]i ) King, was born in New York City.
-March 16, 1789, and died in Frascati, Italy.
October. 1867. He was educated at Harrow.
England, and in Paris, while his father was
minister to the court of St. James. Return-
ing to Xew York in 1806, after a short experi-
ence as clerk in the banking house of Hope &
Company in Amsterdam, he entered the cm-
ploy of Archibald Gracie, becoming his son-in-
law and partner four years later. In 1813 he
was elected to the New York legislature, and
tiiough opposed to war with England, he en-
listed as a volunteer in 1814 and 1813. The
firm in which he was a partner failing, he be-
came associated with Yerplanck as editor and
proprietor of the N czc York American, which
they ably edited together from 1823 to 1827,
ancl he alone as sole editor from 1827 to 1847.
In 1840 he became president of Columbia Col-
lege, at which time he received the degree of
LE. U. from both Princeton and Harvard Uni-
versities. Owing to failing health he resigned
this position in 1863 and went abroad.
(Jll) I'lliza (Iracie. daughter of Charles
King, EL. D., was born in Xew York City,
December 18, 1810, and died in Elizabeth, New
Jersey, August 7, 1883. September 18, 1838,
she married Rew Charles Henry, son of Jacob
I'.enton .iml .Mar\- (Wheeler) Halsev.
Ciilonel Iharles Cn>ok Suydam, son of
llenry and .\lniira ( \'an Xostrand) Suydam,
was burn in .\ew York City, June 3, 1836. He
graduated from L'olumbia College in 1856, re-
ceiving his A. AI. degree in 1859, and is now a
counsellor at law, with offices at 206 Broad-
way, Xew York City. He served during the
civil war, being commissioned in 1864 lieu-
tenant .-ol<inel. I'hird Xew Jersey Cavalry. He
married, .\pril 18, i860, Eliza Gracie, daugh-
ter of Rev. Charles Henry and Eliza Gracie
(King) Halsey. Children: i. Eliza (Oracle,
born February, 1861. 2. Margaret R., born
.Xoveniber 3, 1864; married James M. S.
lirewster. and lias: James N. S. Pirewster,
Jr.. born June 19, 1889; Margaret S. Brewster.
July 1891 : ,\lice King Brewster, 1893; Charles
.^uydam P.rewster ; .Sydney Stephens Brews-
ter; and Harold Suydam I5rewster. 3. Charles
King, liorn December 21, 1866, died February
3. 1867. 4. Emily Halsey, born July 31, 1866.
3. .Mice King, born November 4, 1869: mar-
ried. ( )ctober 28, 1905, Joseph How land Big-
lev : child, .Alice King Bigley, born September
26. 1906. 6. Frederica David, born September
8. 1874: married Edward Augustus Weeks:
chililren : Edward Augustus Weeks, Jr., born
I""ebruary 19, 1898: Rufus King Weeks. Feb-
ruary. 1903: hrederica Suydam Weeks, No-
vember 2H, 1904: Eliza (iracie Weeks, Sep-
tember 17, 1907. 7. PIsther King, born July
27, 1878; married. June 4, 1899, Raymond
.Stone, U. S. N. Children : Raymond Stone,
Jr.. born September 8, 1900: Esther King
Stone, November 29, 1901 ; Charles Halsey
.Stone, born in Island of Luzon, Philippines,
.September 8, 1603: John King Stone, born
October 6, 1903: .Mexander ( iraham Intone.
March 16. 1907.
I'rederic X'incent was born in 1777, and dieil
June 30, 1873. He lived in Virginia, and mar-
ried Susan ^Ii!nor. born October 22. 1817. died
July 30. 1888. Children: i. Frederic William,
referred to below. 2. Charles F., born June 15.
1834. 3. Emily, November 17, 1835. 4. Harry
W.. July 1837. 5. Eleanor M., born October
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28, 1839: married George Fuller, of New York.
6. Louis, born 1844, died aged sixteen, killed
in the civil war.
Frederic William, son of Frederic and Susan
( Milnor ) X'incent, was born in Xorfolk, Vir-
ginia. February 17, 1833, and died in Elizabeth,
New Jersey, January i. 1907. He obtained his
early education in Xorfolk, and afterwards
was sent to school in Philadelphia. He then
studied civil engineering, and came to New
York City, where after a time he went into the
brokerage business, which he followed until he
retired in 1900. In politics he was a Democrat.
He was a communicant of Christ Protestant
Episcopal Church in Elizabeth, where he mar-
ried, May 27, 1867, Emily, daughter of Rev.
Charles Henry and Eliza Gracie (King) Hal-
sey. Children: i. Eliza Halsey, born March
I, 1869. 2. Eleanor Mihior, January 15, 1874,
died Xovember 25, 1877. 3. Emma Lx)uise.
born Xovember 4, 1876: married. Alay 24,
1899. James Hude Xeilson (see index under
Xeilson family ). Children: Eleanor \'incent
Xeilson. born March 2^,, 1900 : Catharine Pjcek-
man Xeilson, October 7, 1905.
Between 1625 and 1675 there
DE CAMP was a large family of Prot-
estant De Camp at J\Iontauban.
I5etween I(KX) and 1780 there w^s a great
Roman Catholic family of Du Campe at Bou-
logne and an indication of Decamps at Rouen.
Perhaps a clue to the ancestor of the Xew
Jersey family of the name may be found in
connection with Laurent De Camps, who was
chief surgeon at Mauberge, and with Laurent
De Camps, who was Sieur de Bernoville in
1746. M any rate the statement that the
founder of the New Jersey family was a rela-
tive of the Xicholas Camp who went from
\\'etiiersfield to Milford, Connecticut, in 1639,
had a son or grandson, W'illiam Campe, who
reuKned to Xewark, Xew Jersey, about 1665,
is without the slightest proof, and in addition
the prefix De does not appear among any mem-
bers of the Milford-Xewark families, and there
is conclusive evidence that this latter family
was of English origin.
(I) Laurens Jansen De Camp, the founder
of the family at present under consideration,
was a French Huguenot who arrived in this
country about 1664, and appears to have been
the first and the only one of his name who
came to the shores of the Xew Xetherland. He
was [irobably born in the province of either
Picarde or Xormandy about 1643. He arrived
in Xew Amsterdam in compaiu- with other
Huguenots from Holland, but the name of the
vessel in which he crossed the ocean i.s un-
known. In 1687 he appears on the rolls of
Kings county, Xew York. In 1675 he is on
the assessment rolls of Xew Ctrecht, and two
years later he and his wife are among the
church members of the same place, where he
undoubtedly lived from 1664 to 1688. Shortly
after this date he must have removed to Staten
Island. Xew York, where there was a large
Huguenot settlement and a French church
established as early as 1680. On Decemljer 30,
1 701, he joined in a petition to King W'illiam 111.
as one of the inhabitants to Richmond county.
About 1676 Laurens Jansen De Camp mar-
ried Elsie, daughter of Gillis and Aetje (Hend-
ricks ) de Mandeville. and their children were:
1. Joannes, baptized April 2. 1677, at Brooklyn.
2. Johannis. baptized February 2, 1679, at Flat
l)Ush. Will ])robated in Essex county. New
Jersey. May 28, 1766. He married Mary,
(laughter of Piter and Mary Praae. 3. Styntze,
baptized January 16. 1681, married Stoffel
Christopher, of Staten Island, 4. Hendrick,
referred to below. 5. Agidius. baptized April
8, 1683; removed to New Brunswick, New
Jersey, about 1735; married Henrietta Ellis.
6. Weraichie, baptized 1685 ; married Charles
Ellens, of Staten Island. 7. Aeltje. baptized
about 1690; married Cornells Egmont.
ill) 1 iendrick. fourth child and third son of
Laurens Jansen and Elsie Gillis (de Mande-
ville) De Cam]), was born at New Utrecht
about 1682, died between June 4 and August
10. 1 77 1, the dates of executing and proving
his will. He died in Middlesex county, New
Jersey, and in case of any controversy in his
letter he appoints his friend, Joseph Shotwell.
of Rahway, as a mediator. April 17, 1704. at
the Dutch Church in New York City, Hend-
rick (Henry) De Camp married jVIaria de
Lamars. Their children were: i. Laurens,
ba])tized February 18, 1704, at Xew Am.ster-
dam, died young. 2. Laurens, baptized April
19, 1709. at Staten Island, removed to Som-
erset county. Xew Jersey. 3. Lammert or Lam-
bert, baptized April 17, 1711, died about 1790;
lived at Elizabethtown, New Jersey. 4. Aeltje.
baptized 1715. 5. Hendrick, baptized 1715,
died about 1785: lived at \\'oodbridge, a
Quaker, and married. 6. Johannes, referred to
below. 7. David, baptized August 2, 1719. 8.
Gideon, baptized May 21, 1721. 9. ChristofTel.
baptized February 13, 1725. 10. Benjamin,
baptized January 21, 1728, at Hackensack ;
lived and died at Woodbridge, 1759; married.
I I. Christina, married Woodroflfe.
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(111) jdliu (Johannes), sun of Ik-nrv and
.Maria ( dc Laniars) Dc Camp, was born at
Staten Island and baptized there April 17, 1717,
died October 23, 1782, and buried on the lot be-
tween Westfield and Railway in a wood near
the grave of his brother, lienjaniin De Camp.
About 1733 he married and removed to Wood-
bridge or Elizabethtown, where he owned a
plantation which was afterwards divided off to
Morris De Camp who conveyed it to his son
Gideon. Among the children of John De
Camp were: i. Morris, jirobably the sergeant
in Colonel Elisha Sheldon's Second Regiment
of Dragoons, Captain liarnet's c(jmpany, who
was wounded in the foot at Staten Island fight,
August 23, 1777. 2. Abraham. 3. John.
( 1\' ) John (2), son of John ( I ) De Camp,
of W'oodbridge at Elizabethtown, died leaving
a will ilated January 4, 1843, proved Novem-
ber 2(). 1844. About 1800 he removed from
W'oodbridge to New Hanover township, Bur-
lington county. New Jersey, about the same
time that several of his brothers and cousms,
the latter the children of his L'ncle John of
.Somerset county. New Jersey, removed to
Ohio, lie married Mary Emley, wdio bore
him nine children: i. Gideon, died withoitt
issue. 2. Joseph, referred to below. 3. John.
4. Jaiues. 5. Elizabeth, married John Emley.
6. Mary, married Thomas Emley. 7. Lydia,
married William Ilartshorne, Jr. 8. Rebecca,
married, as his thirfl wife, William Hartshorne,
Jr., aforementioned as the husband of her
sister Lydia. 9. Job, died without issue.
(V) Joseph, son of John (2) and Mary
(Emley) De Camp, was born in New tlan-
over township, Burlington county. New Jersey,
about 1708. lie married and became the father
of nine children, two of whom are now living:
I. Andrew Jackson, see forward. 2. Elizabeth,
married a Mr. Foulke. 3. Mary, married James
I. Wright. 4. Peter. 5. Joseph. 6. Emily. 7.
Wardell. 8. Thomas, who was at last accounts
living in Newark, New Jersey, g. .\delaide,
died young.
(VI) Andrew Jackson, son of Joseph De
Camp, was born on his father's farm in New
Hanover township, lUirlington county. New
Jer!-ey. He married Hannah Poinsette, and
their I'lily child was .Andrew Jackson, see for-
ward.
(\'II ) .\ndrew Jackson (2), son of Andrew
Jackson (i) and Hannah (Poinsette) De
Cam]i, was born in New Hanover township,
I'urlington county, New Jersey, in the old
liomestead, April 2, 1842, and is now living in
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. After receiving
hJN education in the public schools, Mr. De
Laniji entered at once u])on a business career,
and is now the general manager of the Phila-
delphia Electrical Comiiany, at the corner of
Tenth and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia. In
religion he is an Independent and in politics
a Re]iublican. He is a member of the Union
League Club, of Philadelphia. A member also
of Malita Lodge, No. 295, Free and Accepted
Masons, of Philadelphia, and a charter mem-
ber of the National Electric Light Association.
.\ndrew Jackson De Camp married (first)
Rachael, daughter of James Brown, of Phila-
del])hia, who died without issue in 1874. He
married ( second ) Mary, daughter of John K.
Cuming, of Philadeljihia, and their children
are: I. Mary Adelaide, born March 16, 1878;
married Charles Willis, of Philadelphia. 2.
John Cuming, January 6, 1884, flid Jnne 25,
1899. .V Andrew Neville, September 25, 1891.
4. Gladys Poinsette, October 6, 1894.
The Stetsons have been promi-
S'ri"rS( ).\ nently connected with the Hat-
ting district of the (Granges
for nujre than one-half a century. Of the
early history of this branch of the family, little
is known, except that the founder and the first
i)f his name in Orange came from Connecti-
cut, where all the descendants of the immi-
grant ancestor have been settled for more than
tw(j hundred years.
( I ) Stephen Stetson, of Orange, founiler of
the branch under con.sideration, was probably
a grandson of Stephen, born 1762, great-
grandson of W'illiam, 1738, great-great-grand-
son of W'illiam, 1700, great-great-great-grand-
son of Robert, 1653, and great-great-great-
great-grandson of Robert Stetson, born in
Scotland, 1612. settled in Scituate, Alassachu-
setts, i((()4. He was the cornet of the First
Horse C'limpany, raised in i^lymouth, Massa-
chusetts, 1658-59, and known as cornet. In
i6{)i he was chosen a member of tlie counsellor
of war and held that position for more than
twenty years. Stephen Stetson, of Orange,
referred to above, established a hat manu-
facture of the east branch of the Rahway
river where the present "No Name" hat manu-
factory is now locatetl. He conducted a suc-
cessful business for many years, and estab-
lished a reputation for the superior ([uality of
his goinls. By his marriage to .Susan Batter-
son, of Westport, Connecticut, he had twelve
children, four of whom continued in the same
line of business. These four children were:
r. Henrv Thomas, referred to below. 2. Na-
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STATI-: ()!• NEW JERSEY.
IjdIc'ijii. married (first) Mary Leonard, who
bore him seven children, and (second) Fanny
C. Dodd. 3. John B., founder of the great
riiiladelphia lionse. 4. Charles W., at one
time a ]«rt!KT of his brother, John B., but
now. owing to ill health, retired and residing
in one of the suburbs of Philadelphia.
(II) Henry Thomas, eldest son of Stephen
and Susan ( Batterson ) Stetson, was born
May 4, 1817, died August 8, 1853. H^ learned
the hatter's trade with exceptional thorough-
ness, and early engaged in business on his own
account as a partner with his brother. Napoleon
Stetson. .\s a business man. he was one of the
brightest, most energetic and successful of his
day. In the early 50's, his name stood first on
the list of the hat manufacturers of Orange
and he employed a larger number of workmen
than any of his competitors. He was cut off
in the very prime of his life, while coming
from New York on the then New Jersey, now
Pennsylvania railroad. While crossing the
bridge over the Hackensack river, the locomo-
tive whistle was blown to warn some laborers
near the track. The passengers on the train
became frightened and some attempted to
throw themselves from the windows. Mr.
Stetson was picked up dead, his skull having
been crushed l)y the beams of the structure
enclosing the bridge. Mr. Stetson was best
known in Orange for his business capacity,
fine social qualities, and his goodness of heart.
He exemplified the motto,' born on the arms
of his early English ancestor. "X'irtus nobilitat
omnia" — Virtue enobles all things. He is re-
membered by many of the present day for his
energy and activity in the promotion of all
enterprises into which he embarked. Many
organizations which have since made Orange
famous as a philanthro])ic community had no
existence in his day. Had there been any such,
however, he would have lieen the first and
foremost to engage in them. He loved his
I'ellowmen, sympathized with them in their
misfortunes, and was ever ready to lend a
hel])ing hand at whatever cost or personal sacri-
fice. His many virtues are still cherished in
loving remembrance by those who knew him.
lie married Susan Cam])bell, who died the
same year as her husband. Children: i.
Horace, referred to below. 2. Mortimer, died
in 1868. 3. Child, who died in infancy.
( III ) Horace, second son of Henry Thomas
.•md .Susan ( Camiibell) Stetson, was born in
< )range. New Jersey, .-\pril 7, 1848. Fie was
but five years of age when he was left an
"irphan. and from the time he began his pro-
fessional career he has been wholly dependent
upon his own resources. For his early edu-
cation, which he began at the age of six years,
he was sent to private schools, and then began
his preparation for college in 1861, at what was
then known as the Mount Washington Institute
on Washington s(|uare. New York City. After
lea\'iiig here, he entered Columbia University,
from which he graduated in 1866. and for one
year afterward read law in the office of John
1.. Blake, Esquire, of Orange. He entered
Columbia University Law' School in 1867,
from which he received his degree of LL. 13.
in 1869. and in the same year was admitted
to the New Jersey bar. In 1871 he was elected
city clerk, and for more than twenty-three
years, tinder several administrations which
were njiposed to him politically, he held that
position continuously until June i, 1896, when
he resigned. He was one of the most popular
officers who ever held a similar position in
I'lsse.x county, and lawyer and layman alike,
who were brought into close relations with
him. cherished with grateful remembrance his
courteous treatment, kindly manner, cheerful
disposition, and readiness to assist them in the
work connected with his office. In 1873 ^I""-
."stetson was made assistant treasurer of the
Half Dime Savings liank. and 1883 became
treasurer of the institution. He is now its
vice-president and treasurer. .At the beginning
of his connection with the aft'airs of the bank,
the number of depositors were about eight
hundred, and the amount of deposits, $200,000.
There are now over seven thousatid depositors,
more than $2,300,000 on deposit, and a surplus
of ."-^230,000. For over thirty years Mr. Stet-
son was connected with the board of education
of ( )range as its secretary, being appointed to
that position in 1873, and resigning in 1902.
He was made a Mason in 1868, and is a past
master of Corinthian Lodge, No. 57, Free and
.\cce]ited Masons, of Orange. He is also a
Royal .\rch Mason, and a member of Live Oak
Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows
He is a communicant of Grace Protestant Epis-
copal Church of Orange.
Horace .Stetson married, January 2~ , 1876.
Eva ].. daughter of Emery II., a descendant
of 1 lenry .\dams, of Braintree, Massachusetts,
the progenitor of Presidents John Adams and
John Ouincy Adams, and other distinguished
members of that famous family. Her mother
was Laura R. (Proctor) .\dams. Children of
Emery H. and I.aura R. (Proctor) .Adams; I.
Cieorge Emery, a dentist of Park street. East
Orange. 2. Eugene E.. of Pine Orchard. Con-
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nccticiit. 3. l^va j., referred to above. 4.
I'Vank 1... deceased. Children of Horace and
I'^a j. (.\danis) Stetson: r. Gertrude Proc-
tor, married Ilerljert S. Baker, of 37 Union
s(|iiare. \e\v York C"ity. and has three chil-
dren: Alyra, I'-ditli and Stetson. 2. Myra,
died at the aye nf twenty-three years. 3.
Horace, jr.. married Mahel Russell and has
one child. Russell. Imrn Julv 11. li)08. 4.
Mortimer Adams, c^. IIenr\- Thomas.
John Ilijustdu, fcunderc.f the
ll()l'ST().\ iiranch ni the family bearini;
his name at present luider
ccinsideration. was born in Scotland, l""ebruary
12. 1792, died in New Jersey, August 25, 1852.
lly occupation he was a foreman in a cotton
mill. He emigrated to America, June 4, 1840.
and settled in Paterson, New Jersey, wdiither
he brought his family, May 16, 1841. He
married, in Scotland, December 31, 1818, ]\Iar-
garet Murraw born October 20, 1797, died
May 16. 1857. Children: i. Alexander, born
(October 4, 1819, died February 27, 1862. 2.
.\gnes. October 12, 1822, died July 13, 1904.
3. Catharine, December 10, 1823, died October
24. 1824. 4. John. Jr., June 14, 1825, died
h'ebruary 13, 1857. 3. David, twin with [ohn,
died March 12,' 1881. h. Richard, June 28,
1827, died January 18, 1830. 7. Adam. Octo-
ber 22, 1829, died May 5, 1830. 8. Robert,
May 16. 183 1. 9. Margaret, June 27, 1833,
died July 13. 1833. 10. Thomas Borthwick.
referred to below. 11. James, July 10, died
Jidy 30, 1836. 12. Janet Pinkerton, September
-5' 1837. (lied January 24, 1863. 13. James,
July 2^^. 1840, died June 20, 1907.
(H) Thomas Borthwick, son of John and
.Margaret (Murray) Houston, was born in
Johnston, Renfrewshire. Scotland, June i,
1834. and is now living at 690 East Twenty-
eighth street, I^aterson, New Jersey. He was
brought over to this country by his parents
when seven years of age. and after receiving
his education in the public schools, he learned
the trade of machinist under William Swin-
burne, after which he found employment with
Rogers Brothers, for whom he worked for
twenty-one years, and afterwards with the
(jrant Locomotive Company, with whom he
remained thirteen years. He then went back
to Rogers Brothers and became one of their
travelling salesmen, and worked for them most
efficiently until he retired from active business
in T902. Afr. Houston is a Republican, and a
member of Joppa Eodge, No. 29, Free and
Accepted Masons of Xew Jersey. He married
in Paterson, Xew Jersey, July 2, 1857, Mary,
Ijorn in Skipton, Yorkshire, England, Febru-
ary 8, 1840. daughter of John and Ann (Hug-
ginson) Coates. Her father, John Coates, was
born .\pril 4, 1810. died February i, 1880. Her
mother was l)orn in 1 809. and died Octo-
ber 15. 1837. Her brothers and sisters
were: John. William. Henry. Joseph, James,
Jlarmon T.. Sarah and Elizabeth Coates.
Children of Thomas P.orthwick and Mary
(Coates) Houston: i. Annie Coates, born
June 1, 1858; married Harry M. A.sh, of Pat-
erson; children: Jessie, Mabel, Harry M. Jr.
anil Raymond Ash. 2. Janet Pinkerton, Au-
gu.st 12. i860; married Thomas Flitcroft ; chil-
dren : Edith and Ruth Flitcroft. 3. William
Hugginson, referred to below. 4. Mary Coates.
.Vovember 10, 1865; married Walter S.
Schoole)-. 5. Margaret Murray, March 3,
1868. 6. John Coates, March 25, 1873; 'n^f-
ried Elizabeth Sullivan; children: Eleanor,
Margaret and John Coates, Jr. 7. Jessie, De-
cember jy, 1875. 8. David Thomas Borth-
wick. April 17, 1883.
(IH) William Hugginson, son of Thomas
Borthwick and Mary (Coates) Houston, was
born in Paterson. New Jersey, May 24, 1863,
and is now living in Red Bank, New Jersey.
.Vfter attending the public schools he completed
his education at the John Water's Seminary,
and then took u]) clerical work. In 1886 he
accepted a position with the Atlantic and Pa-
cific Tea Company, and has been with the
Prudential Life Insurance Company since June
21, 1894. Mr. Houston has always been a
staunch Republican and very active in support
of his [larty. For five years he was a member
of the township committee, during one year of
wdiich he was the chairman. In 1895 ^^ was
elected town treasurer of Red Bank, and Janu-
ary, 1909, was appointed water comniissioner
of the town. He is a member of Long Branch
Lodge, No. 742, Benevolent and Protective
( )rder of Elks ; of Mystic Brothers Lodge, No.
21. I'Vee and Accepted Masons, of Red Bank;
of 1 liram Chapter, No. i. Red Bank ; of Valley
C"onsistory, Jersey City ; and of Salaam Tem-
ple, Newark, New Jersey. He is also a mem-
l)er of the Monmouth Boat Club, and Garfield
('Inb. of Newark, New Jersey. He married
in Paterson, January 21, 1885, Kate S., born
there December 31, 1865, daughter of Leonard
and Charlotte (Smith) White. She is the only
daughter of her parents, her two brothers being
Charles E. White, married Lucv Decker, one
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
child, Lc-ruy White; and Frank li. Wliite. mar-
ried EHzahetli (iarrison, child, (Charlotte W.
White.
lM>r more than two and three-
r.lv.W'lX i|uarter centuries the family
name of I'.ranin has been in
some way associated with the best interests and
history of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
and while jierhaps the greater part of those
bearing the surname, esjjecially in the earlier
generations, were chiefly engaged in farming
pursuits, the professions have claimed a fair
[jroportion of its representatives and still others
have attained celebrity in jjublic life.
I I ) I-'rancis liranin, progenitor of the fam-
ily in this country, was born in Ireland about
the year 1683, and came to America about or
soon after the year 1700, and previous to the
birth of his son ^Jichael. Little else appears
to be known of Francis Jlranin except that he
married and had one or more children.
(II) Michael, son of I-Vancis Branin, was
born September 9, 1708, probably in Pennsyl-
vania, and married, November 24, 1730, Eliza-
beth, daughter of John and Mary Norcross ;
they had children.
(III) William, son of Michael and Eliza-
beth ( Norcross) liranin, was born December
15, 1749, and lived in New Jersey during a
part of his active life, pn>bably in Burlington
county, where he died February 14, 1813. He
married, in 1778, .\bigail, daughter of John
Roger*; they had children.
( I\' ) Abijah, son of William and Abigail
(Rogers) Branin, was born probably in Bur-
lington county. New Jersey, May 19, 1783.
Me learned the trade of a blacksmith and fol-
lowed that occu])ation until about 1821, wdien
he removed with his family to Philadelphia
count)-, Pcnn.sylvania, and engaged in farming
l)ursuits. He afterward purchased a farm in
Abington townshiiJ, Montgomery county, Penn-
sylvania, and lived there until the time of his
death, August 18, 1855. .\bijah Branin mar-
ried, October 18, 1804, Mary, daughter of John
Houston, of Burlington county. New Jersey,
and by whom he had si.\ children; John (see
post). Elizabeth, Mark, William, Almira and
Richard.
( \" ) John, eldest son of Abijah and Mary
(Houston) P)ranin, was born in Burlington
county. New Jersey, December 16. 1806, and
removed with his father's family to Philadel-
phia county, Pennsylvania, where he became a
farmer, .\ftcr his marriage he lived on the
farm of his father-in-law. Samuel Tones, which
had been in his ])ossession since 1797. On this
farm John Branin died October 4, 1866, and
his wife died December 13, 1884. She was
.\ini, daughter of Samuel Jones, of Hatfield
townshij), Montgomery county, who married
Hannah Clayton, wdio w'as a. daughter of Rich-
.ird and Margaret (Kenderdine) Clayton.
i\l) Ceorgc, only son and child of John
and .\nn (Jones ) Branin, was born on his
father's farm in Cheltenham township, Mont-
gomery county, Pennsylvania, December 30,
1833, .A.fter a period of time spent at the town-
shi]) school he completed his studies at Tree-
niiiunt Seminary, in Norristown, then under
charge of the Rev. Samuel .\aron. C)n return-
ing f n im the seminary he gave his entire atten-
tion to the cultivation of the farm, and on the
death of his father he assumed its manage-
ment. -Mr. P)ranin is known as a thrifty and
substantial farmer, a good citizen, a firm Re-
publican, and a consistent member of the Soci-
et\- of h>iends. He married, February 26,
i8f)3, .Ann Elizabeth Branin, born Medford,
New Jersey, June 19, 1840, died May 17, 1893,
daughter of John Branin, who married Abi-
gail .\nn Jones. This niarriage created a soine-
what unusual family condition, as may be seen
from the following extract from a family
narrative. George Branin's father and his
wife's father bore the same name, John Branin.
Iliey were somewhat distantly related and not
personally acquainted ; and they both married
the same day. month and year, to women of
almost identical names, the father of each of
whom was Samuel Jones, but neither related
nor ac(|uainted. Ceorge and Ann Elizabeth
Pranin had three children, the last born of
whom died in extreme infancy. Their other
children are John \\'alter, see post; Ruth,
married Israel Hallowell. and has children.
( icorge. -Mice and Mary Hallowell.
I \ 1 1 I Dr. John Walter Branin, son of George
and Ann Elizabeth (Branin) Branin, was born
at Wyncote, Cheltenham township, Montgom
erv county, Pennsylvania, January 28, 1864.
He received his earlier education in ])ublic
sch(jols. the I'Viends" Central School, Philadel-
phia, and Pierce's Business College, Philadel-
phia, graduating from the latter in June, 1885.
1 Ic was educated for his profession at the
llalniemann Medical College of Philadelphia,
where he completed the course and was grad-
uated April 6, 1888. Since that time he has
engaged in active and successful practice in
Mt. Holly. New Jersey. Dr. Branin is a mem-
ber of tile New Jersey State Homoeopathic
Me<lical Society and of the .American Institute
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of Hoiiiteopathy. In politics he is a Repub-
lican, lie married (first) March 12, 1890,
Martha C, daughter of Joseph A. Jones, of
\'incenti)wn. New Jersey, and had three chil-
<Iren. She died October 24, 1897. ''"d he mar-
ried (second) Aui^ust 2. i8')9. Ida L. Sailer,
born Medford, died March 14. U)0/, liaving
borne him two children. Children: Ruth |..
Helen M., Elsie \\'., Dorothy A. and John \V.
The Antrum, .\ntram, and An-
\X TRl.M trim families in New Jersey
ha\e all nf them sprung from
the twii lirotlK-r-., Jnhn and James, who were
auKpug the earliest of the Uuaker settlers 01
West Jersey, and their descendants have been
among the sturdiest and strongest sujiporters
of that belief in the colony and state as well as
among the front rank of New- Jersey's repre-
sentative citizens.
(I) James Antram, the brcither of Jcihu. re-
ferred to abtive, came to this country in 1678,
and settling at Mansfield township, Burling-
ton county, married at the ])ublic meeting of
Friends in Shrewsbury, on the fifth day of the
week, May 14. 1696, Mar)', eldest daughter of
John and Elizabeth Hance, born September
29, 1670, in Shrewsbury. James .Antram then
bought five hundred acres of his brother John
in Mansfield, where he died leaving a will dated
i73('). Children of James and Mary (Hance)
Antram were; i. John, married Alary Gar-
wood. 2. James, referred to below. 3. Eliza-
betli, married Joseph Garwood. 4. Mary, mar-
ried Thomas, son of Thomas and Rachel
(Grosbeck) Biddle.
(H) James (2), son of James (i) and
Mary (Hance) Antram, was born in Mansfield
townshi]), Burlington county. He was a farmer,
and spent his life and died there. He married,
July 2, 1725, Mary Mulcher and had one child.
Ebenezer, referred to below,
(HI) Ebenezer, only child of Jame> (j)
and Mary (Mulcher) .\ntram, w-as born and
died on the farm inherited from his father in
Mansfield. In 175*) he married Elizabeth
. who liiire liim four children: I. Sam-
uel, married. (Jctober 11, 1780. Elizabeth
Hawk and had one daughter, Elizabeth, born
Sejitember 16, 1782. 2. Benajah, born 1758.
died February 4, 1821 ; married I'ernice .
3. Sarah, October 7, 1764, died July 2_i. 1821 ;
married, .April 25, 1791, David I'.ransdn. 4.
Stacy, referred to below.
( I\' ) Stacy .Antrim, ycjungest child of l'".ben
ezer and Elizabeth .Antram, was born in .Mans-
field townshii), Burlington county. ij()(). and
si)ent his life on his farm near Juliustown.
In this branch ijf the faiuily the change
in the spelling of the surname occurred. He
marrieil Mary Knight and had seven children:
I. Charles, born January i, 1790. 2. Elizabeth,
.Xovember 3, 1792; married a Mr. White, but
had no children. 3. Earl, December 25, 1794.
4. Daniel, h'ebruary 2, 1796; married Hannaii
I'ierson. 5. bienajah, referred to below. 6.
Alary, I'"ebruary f). 1803 : married James Kemj)-
ton. 7. Henry, July 27,, 1805; married Mary
Russell.
( \" ) r.enajali, fifth child and fourth >on of
.Stacy and Alary (Knight) Antrim, was born
October 14, 1800. died in 1895. For a good
many years he was a merchant in I'emberton,
.\'ew Jersey, conducting his business in the
store now occupied by William H. Bishop. He
\vas an assemblyman in New Jersey legislature
in 1852. He was one of the directors of the
h'armers' Bank, of Mount Holly, for many
years and until his death, and for over sixty
\ears trustee of the church and superintendent
of the .Sunday school in I'emberton. He mar-
ried Eliza Bodine. Their children were: i.
John Henry, referred to below. 2. Charles,
l)i>rn January, 1831, died July 28, 1874; mar-
ried Sarah .Ann Davis and had Howard D.,
Clarence D., \irginia and William L. 3. Emma,
married .Alfred Shinn, of Pemberton, and had
I'annie. Benajah, Laura, Eliza, Josephine and
Henrietta. 4. Watson, born 1836, died in 1902:
married and had one child, George. 5. George,
died in infancv.
( \"1 ) John 'Henry, eldest chihl of ik-najah
and Eliza (Bodine) Antrim, was born in Pem-
berton, Burlington county, 1828, died in 1904.
He was educated in private schools, and be-
came an accountant and merchant. He was a
Re])ublican and was clerk of the board of free-
holders for over twenty-five years and at the
time of his death. He was the commissioner
of deeds. I-'or a great many years he was the
secretary of the Sunday school. He lived and
died at Pemberton. He married Henrietta E.,
daughter of .Samuel W. and Ann (Trippe)
Ihuld. whose children were: Alary, Samuel,
Thomas. William, Charles H., Ann, Alartha
and Henrietta E. Budd. Samuel W. was son
of Levi and Alary (Woolston) Budd, and
grandson of William Budd and Susanna,
daughter of Samuel Cole and Alary, daughter
of Thomas and Alary Kendall, the emigrants.
.Samuel was son of Samuel and Elizabeth Cole,
the emigrants. William was son of William
Budd and Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and
.\bigail Stockton, the emigrants, and grandson
STATE OF NEW Jl'lRSEV.
of William ami Ann ( Clapgut ) Budd, the
emigrants. Henrietta E. (Budd) Antrim was
born in 1827, died in 1865. (See Budd, \TI).
Children of John Henr_v and Henrietta E.
(Budd) Antrim were: i. Harry liudd, an
umbrella manufacturer in I'hiladelphia : mar-
ried Elizabeth King and had Carlton, William,
\\'alter and I'aul. 2. Walter, referred to below.
3. JMinnie Budd, married Joseph B. Turpin, a
Methodist clergyman, and had Mary Budd.
Henrietta Budd. Helen B>udd and Joseph B.
4. Annie liudd, lives in Pemberton.
(\II) \\'alter. second child and son of John
Henry antl Henrietta E. (Buddj Antrim, was
born in Pemberton. Burlington county, New
Jersey, August, 1856, and is now living in
Camden, Camden county, Xew Jersey. He
was educated in iliss Nicholsons private
school in Pemberton and in the state schools at
Trenton, from which latter institution he grad-
uated in 1877. In the following year he went
to work for the Pennsylvania Railroad Com-
pany with which he has been employed ever
since. He started in as a telegraph operator at
Sea Ciirt, wdiere he was stationed for two
years, when he was transferred to Camden
as train dispatcher, and this position he tilled
for the following three years. In 1885 he was
made division operator with his ofificc in Cam-
den, and in 1895 was promoted to the post of
assistant train master, and six years later be-
came train master, which position he still holds.
In 1882 Walter Antrim married Helen E..
daughter of William and Jane R. (Budd)
Budd. Her grandfather on her father's side
was Joseph Budd, of Gloucester county, and
on her mother's side the Rev. Samuel Budd,
of llurlington county. Walter and Helen E.
( Budd ) .\utrim have no children.
(The Budd Line).
The Budd family of New Jersey and Penn-
sylvania are the descendants of the Rev.
Thomas Budd, a Church of England clergj-
man, who became a Quaker, and whose four
younger sons emigrated to this country about
1678. There is another family of Budds also
connected with New Jersey, but most prom-
inently with the colonies of New York and
New Haven, whose ancestors were John and
Jose])h Budd, his brothers, who emigrated
about 1632, the descendants of the former
being the famous family of Long Island and
W'estchester county. New York. One branch
of the Long Island family coming over into
New Jersey settled in Morris county, and inter-
mingling with a branch of the \Vest Jersey
family became with them the ancestors of the
North Jersey Budds.
( 1 ) The Rev. Thomas Budd, founder of
the \\ est Jersey branch of the family, w-as the
grandson of John Budd, Earl of Berkshire,
whose eldest son had been slain in the battle
of Barnet. Having taken priest's orders in
the Church of luigland, he became the rector
of Martock, county Somerset, England, but
becoming a disci])le of George Fox, he gave up
his benefice and became a minister among
I'riends. In Iti6i, being required to take the
oath of obedience, he was indicted and arrested
for refusal, and being imprisoned in the jail at
Ilchester, he died there June 22, 1670. His
five sons were, according to one of his descend-
ants, William liradford, the famous attorney
general under President Washington: I. Sam-
uel, eldest son, who remained in England. 2.
James, died 1692; was member of the West
Jersey colonial assembly, and according to At-
torney General Bradford, "poisoned at Brid-
lington" (the present Burlington), and accord-
ing to another account, drowned in the Dela-
ware at Burlington. He was unmarried. 3.
John, died before 1738: emigrated to Burling-
ton, removed to Philadelphia, where he was
for many years a prominent merchant ; mar-
ried and left issue. 4. Thomas, died 1697.
perhaps the most prominent of all the brothers,
emigrated to Burlington, held many important
provincial offices, removed in 1690 to Philadel-
phia, where he died : was author of the famous
Ijamphlet printed by him in 1685 and entitled
"(iood Order Established in Pennsylvania and
New Jersey in America. " Married and had
issue. 5. William, referred to below.
( 11 ) William, son of the Rev. Thomas Budd,
of the parish of Martock, Somersetshire, Eng-
land, was born about 1649, died March 25.
1722. His gravestone containing also the
epitaph of his wife, who died September 30.
1722. aged sixty-seven, is still standing in the
cluirchyard of St. Mary's Burlington. He
was one of the largest locators of land in W^est
Jersey, and he and his brother Thomas were
the original proprietors of the site of the pres-
ent towns of Pemberton. Juliustown and
.\rney's Mount. His name is less conspicuous
in the civil records of the jirovince than that
of his brother Thomas, and while he undoubt-
edly became a Quaker, since his children were
married in the monthly meeting, he afterwards
returned to the church of his ancestors, prob-
ably owing to the efforts of George Keith. His
liome was near the present town of Pemberton,
;!nd the jiroperty, known to-day as the Arney
^/^iklU^ -^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
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Lip])iiiciitt farm, about two miles north of
I'eniberton and one mile southwest of the
Mount Holly Friends" meetinghouse, is now
the property of Murrell Dobbins, of Philadel-
phia, lie married Ann Clapgut. Children :
I. William, referred to below. 2. John, 1682,
died 1730 ; married Hannah Wilson. 3. Thomas,
born 1686, died 1742; married Deborah Lang-
staff. 4. Susan, 1691, married Samuel Woolston.
5. Ann. born 1694, married James Bingham.
6. James, 1695, died before 1729; married
Sarah Tindal.
(HI) William (2), son of William ( i) and
.Ann (Clapgut) Budd, was born in Burlington
county. West Jersey. 1680, died in 1727. He
inherited from his father, not only the original
farm on Arney's ]\Iount, but also his love of
domestic and home life. From him also have
sprung most of the Budds in Burlington coun-
ty, and it is claimed that over one-half of all
the persons buried in the old and densely filled
Methodist burying-ground at Pemberton are his
descendants. He married, December 2, 1703,
Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Abigail
Stockton, at that time living in Springfield
township, Burlington county, who was born in
Flushing, Long Island, in 1680. Children: i.
Mary, born 1704; married Joseph Shinn. 2.
Susan, 170C), married Jacob Gaskill. 3. Thomas,
1708. died C)ctober 15, 1775; married Jemima
Leeds. 4. William, referred to below. 5.
David, 1712, died June 5. 1760; married Cath-
arine .-\llen. 6. Rebecca, 1714: married Joseph
Lamb. 7. Abigail, 1716; married John Fisher.
B. .Sarah. 1718; married John Gosling. 9. Ann,
married Kendall Cole. 10. Elizabeth, died
May 26, 1752, unmarried,
(I\') William (3), son of William (2) and
Elizabeth (Stockton) Budd, was born in the
Did homestead on Arney's Mount, 1709, died
.August 28, 1770. January 2, 1710, he was
baptized in St. Mary's Church, Burlington,
md after reaching manhood, settled in New
Hanover township, Burlington county. In
April, 1738, he married Susanna, daughter of
Samuel and Mary (Kendall) Cole, whose
brother, Kendall Cole, married his sister, Ann
Budd. Children: i. Samuel, born about 1740,
:lied ^^ay 27, 1796: married, April, 1766, Han-
nah Gill. 2. Eli, married, April, 1774. Ann
Carman. 3. Levi, referred to below. 4. George,
married Elizabeth Cooper. 5. Jonathan, mar-
ried (first) October, 1777, Anna Sexton: (sec-
ond) Mary Woolston. 6. IMary, married
Thomas Piatt. 7. Elizabeth, married, Septem-
ber, 1772, Vincent Shinn. 8. Rachel, died un-
married. 9. Rebecca, married, November,
1785, James Sterling.
( \') Levi, son of William (3) and Susanna
( Cole ) Budd, was born in New Hanover town-
ship, Burlington county. New Jersey, 1751,
died in 1828. He married, September, 1774,
Mary Woolston, born 1757, died 1821. Chil-
dren : I. William, married a Miss Croshaw.
2. Samuel Woolston, referred to below. 3.
Rev. Thomas L., died aged twenty-seven years.
4. James, married Sarah Van Wyck. 5. Mar-
garet, married Rev. Daniel Fidler. 6. Ann,
married Isaac Hilliard. 7. Rebecca, married
William Page. 8. Martha, married William
Croshaw.
(\'I) Samuel Woolston, son of Levi and
Mary (Woolston) Budd. was born in 1781
on his father's farm near Buddtown, now gen-
erally known as the Samuel B. Shinn farm,
and died at Pemberton, 1854. When quite
young, much to the regret of his father, he
manifested a restless disposition and lack of
interest in agricultural pursuits, and found his
amusement in fishing and trapping in the
nearby woods. At the earliest opportunity he
left the home on the farm and becoming an
apprentice to an apothecary, he later on enter-
ed into the wholesale drug business as one of
the members of the firm of Wetherill & Budd,
whose offices and warehouse on Front street,
Philadelphia, were long known as one of the
most important of their kind in the Quaker
city. Having amassed quite a large fortune for
the days in which he lived, on September 12,
1 82 1, he purchased the Thomas R. Lacy prop-
erty at New Mills, now Pemberton, New Jer-
sey, from .\nthony S. Earl, and upon retiring
from business he spent his time improving and
beautifying his new home. He enlarged and
improved the dwelling house, built new out-
buildings, and laid out large and beautiful
grounds around them, spending on this work
more than $25,000, and constructing a resi-
dence which at that time was considered to be
the finest in Burlington county. His children,
all having married or died before their father's
death, the property was sold by Mr. Budd's
executors and passed into other hands, and it
has now lost a great deal of its former neat-
ness and beauty. Mr. Budd married (first)
.Ann AlcCullough, and (second) Ann Trippe.
Children, all by second marriage: i. Samuel,
died young. 2. Mary, died unmarried. 3.
Samuel, professor at Mercersburg College.
Pennsylvania ; married Jane Williams. 4.
Thomas, went to Kentucky, married (first)
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
Elizabeth Muffit; then removed to Chambers-
burg. Pennsylvania; married (second) Sabina
S. Schroeder. 5. William, married Phoebe
Ann Sheppard. 6. Ann, married Henry Cole.
7. John Piatt, died young. 8. Martha Ann
Piatt, died young. 9. Caroline Matilda, died
young. 10. Charles H., M. D., professor in
Girard College, Philadelphia ; married Caro-
line Jones. II. Martha, married Harris Cox.
12. Henrietta E., referred to below. 13. John
Wetherill, died young.
(VH) Henrietta E., daughter of Samuel
Woolston and Ann (Trippej Budd, was born
in Pemberton, New Jersey, 1827, died in 1865.
She married John Henry, eldest child of Bena-
jah and Eliza ( Bodinej Antrim. (See An-
trim. \T ).
The Aaronson or Aronson
AARON SON family are said to be de-
scended from Dirck or Di-
rick Areson, who emigrated from Holland and
died in Flushing, Long Island, October, 1678,
from the result of injuries sustained while
shoeing a horse. In his will he leaves to his
wife Mary all of his lands and goods during
her widowhood, and if she remarries her estate
is to be divided among his seven children, and
"the estate which is in Holland," if recovered,
is to be divided among his seven children. His
executors were Captain Thomas Willett and
Elias Doughty, and the witnesses of the will
were James Clement and William Ward. Chil-
dren : I. Dirck, probably his eldest child, in-
herited his Flushing property and died there,
September or October, 1710, leaving children —
Benjamin, who became an innholder in New
York, and died 1766, leaving widow Ann to
administer his estate ; Samuel ; Deborah, and
Hannah. 2. Sarah, married Caleb Shreve.
founder of the family of that name in New
Jersey. 3. John, referred to below.
(11) John Aronson, who, if the date of his
birth, 1678, is correct, must have been the
youngest child of Dirck and Mary Areson, re-
mained in Flushing until he was about twenty-
five years old, and August 11, 1703, bought of
Abraham Brown, for forty-five pounds silver,
one hundred acres of land in Mansfield town-
ship, Burlington county. New Jersey, bounded
on the south by lands of Mordecai Andrews,
and on the north by those of John Heaton and
Daniel Bacon. In this deed, recorded in the
office of the secretary of state at Trenton, liber
B. B. B., p. 342, he is styled as "of Queens
County on the Island of Nassau, State of New
York." He died in Mansfield township, in 1742,
leaving a wife Mary, and children: Thomas;
Joseph, referred to below; Benjamin; .Aaron;
Elizabeth ; Sarah.
(HI) Joseph, son of John and Marv Aron-
son, died in Mansfield township, Burlington
county. New Jersey, about 1755. He married,
in November or December, 1749, Ann Marriott,
of Burlington, the date of the license being
November 20, 1749. Children: Benjamin;
Sarah; Mary; Hannah; John, referred to be-
low.
(I\") John (2), son of Joseph and Ann
(Marriott) Aronson, was born about 1754,
and died December 11, 1785. He married Re-
becca Haines. Children : Joseph ; Samuel ;
John; George; Rebecca; Thomas, referred to
below.
(\ ) Thomas, son of John (2) and Rebecca
(Haines) Aronson, was born in Mansfield
township, November 20, 1764, and died there,
March 22, 1830. He married, in July or Au-
gust, 1787, Sarah Black, the date of the license
being July 24, 1787. Children: Ezra; Clay-
ton; Amy; .\nn ; Thomas, referred to below;
Martha R. ; Elizabeth ; Sarah Ann.
(VI) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (i) and
Sarah ( Black) Aronson, was born in Mans-
field township, Burlington county. New Jersey,
April 18. 1795, and died in Columbus, Burling-
ton county, where he had removed a number
of years previous to his death, July 8, 1867.
He married Ann Foster, who died April 6,
1834. Children: Thomas Elwood; Robert,
referred to below; Mary P.; Martha R. ; Ed-
ward R.
(\TI) Robert, son of Thomas (2) and Ann
(F'oster) Aaronson, was born in Mansfield
township, Burlington county. New Jersey, Jan-
uary 5, 1823, and died in Columbus. New Jer-
sey, January 3, 1894. After receiving a com-
mon school education he taught school in Mans-
field for a time, and then took up farming on
his father's farm, and followed this until 1866,
when he moved into Columbus and went into a
general store in company with his brother,
Thomas Elwood .Aaronson. Later he carried
on the business alone until about 1880, when
he bought a canning business in Columbus,
which he conducted until his death, under the
firm name of .Aaronson, Harvey & Company,
the members of the firm being Robert Aaron-
son, John Harvey and R. Howard Aaronson.
Mr. Aaronson was a Democrat, and took an
active interest in politics, served as a member
of the assembly in 1873, ^"^ as a member of
the board of freeholders at various times. For
twelve years he was collector of taxes for the
STATE OF NEW lERSEY.
947
township, serving as such during the civil war.
He was a member of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows of Columbus. He married Caro-
line B., daughter of John B. and Susan B.
(Woolman) Taylor, who was born July 13,
1833. Children: i. Francis, born March 15,
1854; died in infancy. 2. Robert Howard, re-
ferred to below. 3. Susan Elizabeth, born July^
16, 1857; widow of Dr. Daniel G. Van Mater,
of 537 Penn street, Camden, New Jersey, with
whom her mother is now living. 4. Charles
Taylor, born April 25, 1866; formerly assistant
and paying teller in the Trenton Bank, but now
and for several years past with Jacob E. Ridg-
way, operating in real estate and mining prop-
erty, and living in Camden, New' Jersey.
(Vni) Robert Howard, son of Robert and
Caroline B. (Taylor) Aaronson, was born in
Burlington county. New Jersey, May 5, 1855,
and is now living in Bordentown, New Jersey.
He was educated in the local schools, and then
became interested in the canning business with
his father. February i, 1887, he came to
Bordentown in order to take charge of a can-
ning factory in that place, and after conduct-
ing this for five or six years he opened a real
estate and insurance office there in 1894, and
to this he has since devoted his whole time and
attention. He has been a director in the Borden-
town Banking Company for twelve years, and
he is also a director and the treasurer of
the Bordentown & Philadelphia Transportation
Company, of which he was one of the incor-
porators when the company was organized in
1899. He is also a director of the Blount
Holly Safe Deposit and Trust Company, with
which he has been connected since its organiza-
tion in 1902 : and until the work was taken over
by the Public Service Corporation he was also
superintendent of and collector for the Borden-
€ntown Gas Light Company. He was collector
for the Bordentown Water Company until the
city took charge of the supply, and is now col-
lector of water rents for the city ; and until the
road was sold was also secretary and treasurer
of the Columbus, Kinkora & Springfield Rail-
road Company. He is a member of Mount
Moriah Lodge, No. 28, Free and Accepted
Masons of Bordentown, and of Mount Moriah
ChajHer, No. 20, Royal Arch Masons ; also of
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and
treasurer of the Citizens' Hook and Ladder
Company. .-Kpril 23, 1901, Mr. .Aaronson mar-
ried Ada E.. daughter of Davis C. and Mary
A. Wells, of Pemberton, Burlington county,
New Jersey, and they have one child — Robert
Howard Jr., born at Bordentown, Jainiar_\- 15,
1902.
William Cniney Bannard, the
I'lAXN.VRD first member of the faiuily of
whom we have definite in-
formation, was born in England, and emigrated
with his family to America, in the early part of
the nineteenth century. Children : John ; Will-
iam, referred to below; .Alfred.
( H ) Rev. William Bannard, son of William
L'mney Bannard, was born in England, and
died in Asbury Park, New Jersey. He was
brought to this country by his father, and after
prejiaring for the Presbyterian ministry became
pastor of the Madison Avenue Presbyterian
Church, corner of Twenty-ninth street, which
he served faithfully and acceptably more than
twenty years. He then resigned in order to
accept a call to Kingsboro, New York, which
he resigned in turn in order to go to Saleiu,
New Jersey, where he remained until his re-
tirement, when he went to live in Philadel-
phia. He married Frances, daughter of Will-
iam Heath. Children: i. William Newell, mar-
ried Mary Blanchard, of Philadelphia, Penn-
sylvania; children: William Newell Jr., and
Margaret. 2. Horace Brown. 3. Arthur Um-
ney. 4. Charles Heath, married Eliza Clem-
ent, of Salem, New Jersey : children : Charles
Heath Jr. and Margaret C.
(HI) Horace Brown, son of Rev. William
and Frances (Heath) Bannard, was born in
New York City, July 29, 1851. For his early
etlucation he was sent to the New York City
public schools, and after preparing for college,
in Williston Seminary, Easthampton, Massa-
chusetts, he entered Lafayette College, Easton,
Pennsylvania, from which he graduated with
the class of 1871. He then took up the study
of engineering, and in 1872 obtained a position
with the West Jersey railroad, and later in
the engineering department of the Jersey
City office of the Pennsylvania railroad. In
1876 he was chosen city engineer of Rahway
in order that he might revise the city street
assessments. During 1879 and 1880 he was in
Harrisburg as one of the engineers on the
Pennsylvania canal. From 1880 to 1886, he
was in the Camden office of the West Jersey
railroad, and in 1886 he came to Long Branch
as chief engineer of the Long Branch railroad.
In politics Mr. Bannard is a Republican. For
ten years he was an officer in the grand lodge
of the Free and .Accepted Masons, state of New
ler^ey. He is a member of .Asbury Lodge, No.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
142; Standard ChapttT. Xi). 33: Corean Cmn-
iiiandery. Xo. 15, Knights Templar. Asbiiry
I'ark. X'ew Jersey: A. A. Scottish Rite, \alley
of Jersey City, thirty-second degree; and Tall
( edars (if Lel)anun, Xo. 9. He is a member of
the .Monniduth Club, of Asbiiry Park, and of
the .\sbnr_\- i'ark Wheelmen. He married Eliza
Carnet, daughter of William L. and Eleanor
H. ( DaveniJort ) Jones. She was born in 1844,
and died July 15, 1899. Her father, William
idewellyn ap John, who took the surname
Jones, was born in Swansea, Wales. Her
mother was born in Somerville, New Jersey.
Children: \\'illiam Heath and Llewellyn Jones,
both referred to below; Horace Brown Jr.,
born August 9, 1879.
( 1\' ) William Heath, son of Horace Brown
and Eliza Garnet (Jones) Bannard, was bbrn
in I'lainfield, New Jersey, February 16, 1875.
He prepared for college in the Long Branch
high school, and in the Princeton preparatory
school, and graduated from Princeton Uni-
versity in the class of 1898. He then became
physical director in Northwestern University,
at Evanston, Illinois, where he remained for
one year, when he took up the study of law
with Hon. Frederick Parker, but gave this up
a short while afterwards in order to become a
partner in a furniture firm at Asbury Park,
with Walter W. Davis, after whose death Mr.
Bannard continued the business alone. March
2, 1909, Mr. Bannard was appointed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt as postmaster for four years of
.\sbury I'ark. Mr. Bannard is a Re()ublican,
and for eighteen months has been councilman
at large of Asbury Park, and for some time
also chairman of the Republican city com-
mittee. He is a member of Asbury Lodge, No.
142. Free and Accepted Masons; Lodge No.
128, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks;
Court Neptmie, No. 166, Foresters of .\merica,
and of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
He is also a member of the Monmouth Club,
and in religion is a Presbyterian. He married
in .Asbury Park, October 23, 1901, Elizabeth,
daughter of Lybrand and Melvina (Stout)
.Sill, who was the only child of lier parents, and
was born at .\sbury Park, April 8, 187(1. Chil-
dren: Janet Sill, born July 11. 1902; Homes,
December 31. 1905; William Heath Jr., Octo-
ber 12. 1909.
( I\') Llewellyn Jones, son of Horace Brown
and Eliza Garnet (^Jones) Bannard, was born
in Plainfield, New Jersey, February 16, 1875,
and is a twin with his brother, William Heath.
He was educated in the public schools and the
Princeton jireparatory school, after which, since
1899, he devoted himself to the interests of the
ISannard Furniture Company at Asbury Park
until 1909, when he was appointed general sales
superintendent to Butler Brothers of New York
(/ity. In politics Air. Bannard is an independ-
ent, anil from conviction a member of the Long
Branch I'resbyterian Church. He married in
Brooklyn, New Ygrk, November 9, 1902. Kath-
eryn, daughter of .\ndrew and Elizabeth Agnes
(Smith) Cornwell, who was born in Tuckahoe,
New Jersey, February 16, 1880. Children of
.Andrew and Elizabeth Agnes (Smith) Corn-
well: Jacob S. C, married Edith Hersey;
.Amia ; Katheryn ; Andrew- Jr. Children of
Llewellyn Jones and Katheryn (Cornwell)
Bannard: Hugh Janeway, born September 2,
1903; Muriel, .April 10, 1905.
Joseph Beldon, the first member
BELDON of the family of whom we have
been able to obtain definite in-
formation, had, according to the Bible records
in the possession of one of his descendants, by
his wife Jane a son Hosea \\'illard, referred to
below.
( II ) Hosea Willard, son of Joseph and Jane
I'.eldon, was born F"ebruary 8, 1778, and died
.Se])tember 2, 1823, in Madisonville, Louisiana.
January I, 1804, he married Mary Payne,
(laughter of Levin and Hannah (Payne;
-Snead (see Snead). Children: i. William
.Augustus, born March 3, 1810; died same day.
2. Joseph, referred to below. 3. Hannah Snead.
Ixirn September 15, 1813; died November 4.
1873; unmarried. 4. Jane, born August 10.
1816; died December i, 1881 ; married .Abijah
Begal Warden. 5. Sarah Kern, born Novem-
ber 9, 1818; died December 18, 1861 ; married
James Sheppard Moore. The first two chil-
dren were born in Woodbury, New Jersey, the
third in Barnsborough, New Jersey, and the
last two in Philadelphia. AV'illiam Augustus
P.eldon died in Woodbury, and the last three
died in P'hiladelphia.
(Ill) Joseph, son of Hosea Willard and
Mary Payne (.Snead) Beldon, was born in
Wooflbury, New Jersey, April 13, 181 1, and
died in Bordentown, New Jersey, October 15.
1889. (In reaching manhood he entered the
liajitist ministry, and served a number of dif-
ferent churches most acceptably, retiring at
last on account of ill health and making his
home in Bordentown, which was the residence
of his wife's family. He married Jane Amanda
Kester, of P)ordentown (see Kester). Chil-
dren: Frank, died in infancy; Samuel White,
referred to below.
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( III I SanuicI White, son of Joseph and
Jane Amanda ( Kester) Beldon, was born in
Ijordentown, New Jersey, April 4, 1861, and
is now living in Newark. He received his early
edncation under the private tutelage of his
father, and then went to the New Jersey Col-
legiate Institute at Bordentown. For four
years after graduating from the institute, I\Ir.
Beldon taught school, at the same time study-
ing law, and was admitted to the New Jersey
bar in June, 1882. He began the practice of
his profession at Trenton, tind later continued
it at Camden, New Jersey, until, in 1903, he
formed a connection with the Fidelity Trust
Company of Newark, with which corporation
he is still connected. In politics Mr. Beldon is
a Republican, and from religious conviction a
member of the F"irst Baptist Church of East
Orange, of which he is also one of the deacons.
He is president of the Young Men's Christian
Association of Orange, and a member of Hope
Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. Among
the numerous clubs of which he is a member
are the L'nion Club of Newark, the County and
State Lawyers' clubs, the Elaltusrol Golf Club,
the Fore.st' Hill Golf Club, and the Roseville
.\thletic Association.
June 29, 1892. Mr. Beldon married Sara,
daughter of Mahlon Frank and Sarah { Hub-
bell) Shreve, of Bordentown, whose children
were: Kate M. ; William Ambrose, married
Mary A. Dunn, and has one child, Mary Dunn ;
Emma Hubbell, married Samuel Dunseith, and
Sara, referred to above. Child of Samuel
White and Sara (Shreve) Beldon: Joseph
AX'illard, born in Bordentown. New Jersev. Julv
9. 1893-
(The Snead Line).
The following record from the Bible of
Levin Snead, born April 2, 1753, gives the an-
cestry of the wife of Hosea W'illard Beldon.
Levin Snead married Hannah, daughter of
Major George Payne, of Egg Harbor town-
ship, Gloucester county. New Jersey, who was
born October 25, 1755, and died October 26.
1822. Her father was captain of the Third
Battalion, Gloucester county militia, November
14. 1777, and was promoted first major of the
same battalion. March 31, 1778. Children of
Levin and Hannah (Payne) Snead: i. Mary
Payne, born September 8, 1781 ; died March
7. 1844; married, January I, 1804, Hosea W^ill-
ard Beldon. 2. Elizabeth, born November 21,
1783; died July 27, 1786. 3. Louisa Ann, born
April 10, 1785. 4. Elizabeth, born May 15,
1787; died July 29, 1787. 5. Sara, born .\pril
8. 1790. 6. I'^liza .\nn. born January 12, 1792;
died i'Vbruary 15, 1S02. 7. Jane, born May
16, 1795. 8. Hannah, born October 17, 1797;
died l''ebruary i, 1804. 9. Arabella, born De-
cember 6, 1799. 10. Robert Payne, born Sep-
tember 8, 1802; died September 6, 1803. 11.
Samuel G., born August 17, 1804: died Sep-
tember 10. 1804.
The Blodgett family in
BLODGETT America is of English origin,
and in this country holds a
well-deserved rank for its patriotic services,
members of the family iiaving distinguished
themselves in the French and Indian wars, at
the siege and capture of Louisburg, in the in-
vasion of Canada, and in the revolutionary
war. There were one hundred Blodgetts in
the revolutionary war, eighty-eight from Mass-
achusetts and twelve from New Hampshire.
In the eighth generation is numbered a Lhiited
States senator, a judge of the L'nited States
district court, a chief justice of the supreme
court of one New England state, an eminent
judge of the superior court of another, a pub-
licist and statistician of national reputation, a
member of the New York chamber of com-
merce, and in the ninth generation a judge of
the supreme court of a third New England
state. John Taggart Blodgett is a judge in
Rhode Island and a cousin of the father of
Harry Thornton Blodgett.
(I) Thomas Blodgett, founder of the family
in America, emigrated to New England with
his wife and two eldest children, leaving Lon-
don in the ship "Increase," April 18, 1635. He
was then thirty years of age and his wife
thirty-seven. They arrived in Boston and set-
tled in Newtown, now Cambridge, Massachu-
setts, where he dieii in 1642, and by his will
[jrobated in 1643 left to each of his three chil-
dren. £15. His widow Susan married (sec-
ond), h'ebruary 15, 1644, James Thompson,
of Woburn, Massachusetts. Children: i. Dan.
iel, referred to below. 2. Samuel, born in Eng-
land, 1633 ; died in Woburn, Massachusetts,
May 21, 1720; married, December 13, 1655,
Ruth, daughter of Stephen Eggleton. 3. Sus-
anna, born Newtown, June, 1637; died Octo-
ber 21, 1691 ; married, November 28. 1655,
Jonathan, son of her step-father, James Thomp-
son, of Woburn. Her eldest son Jonathan was
the great-grandfather of Sir Benjamin Thomp-
son, Count Rumford. 4. Thomas, died Au-
gust 7, 1639; his death being the seventh re-
corded in Newtown.
(II) Daniel, son of Thomas and Susan
Blodgett, was born in England in ir>3i ; died at
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
Chelmsford, Massachusetts, January 28, 1672.
He was brought by his parents to America
when four years old, and was taken by his
mother to Woburn on her second marriage ;
became a freeman of Cambridge (formerly
Newtown), 1652; was one of the original in-
corporators of Chelmsford. Massachusetts,
Alay 29, 1635, and in the following year set-
tled in the west precinct of Chelmsford, which
was set off and incorporated as the tow-n of
Westford, September 23, 1729. March 12,
1667, he was one of the committee appointed
to allot the proportions of fence to each pro-
prietor of Chelmsford. He married (first)
-September 15, 1653. Mary, daughter of Benja-
min Butterfield, who died September 5, 1666;
(second) March 10, 1669, Sarah, daughter of
William Underwood. Children, seven by first
marriage: i. Thomas, referred to below. 2.
Anna, born November 2, 1655. 3. Daniel, Jan-
uary 6, 1657. 4. Benjamin, 1658; died April
9, 1708; married, February 4, 1683, Mary
Pellat. 5. Jonathan, September 18, 1660; mar-
ried, February 7, 1687, Mary Rowlandson. 6.
Samuel, C)ctober 12, 1662; died July 3, 1687.
7. Nathaniel, October 22, 1664; died October
27, 1666. 8. Nathaniel (2), March 16, 1670;
married, July 17, 1695, Elizabeth Warren. 9.
William, about 1672; died about 1728; mar-
ried, June 14, 1696, Mary Warren.
(HI) Thomas (2), son of Daniel and Mary
(Butterfield) Blodgett, w'as born in Chelms-
ford, Massachusetts, June 25, 1654; died prob-
ably. Alarch 30, 1741. aged eighty-seven years.
He married (first), June 29, 1682, Mary, born
August 10, 1657, died November 9, 1694,
daughter of Joseph Parkis, of Chelmsford ;
(second). July 8, 1696, Mary Drues, of Gro-
ton, or Concord, Massachusetts. Children,
four by first v^'ife: I. Rebecca, born April 12,
1684. 2. Thomas, about 1686; died in 1730;
married. September 30. 1719. Tabitha Blanch-
ard. 3. Joseph, referred to below. 4. Beniah,
October 22, 1694; died February 4, 1773; mar-
ried Abigail Booth. 5. John, November 26,
1698: married, in 1723, Abigail Blanchard. 6.
Samuel, .September 27, 1702. 7. Mary. Janu-
ary 4. 1706; probably married about 1733,
Moses Foster. 8. Anne, May 9, 1714.
(IV) Joseph, son of Thomas (2) and ]\Iary
( Parkis) Blodgett, was born in Chelmsford,
Massachusetts, October 10, 1689: died in Hud-
son, New Hampshire, December 3, 1761. He
is jirobably the Joseph Blodgett who was one
of the grantees of the tow-n of Mason in 1749,
and afterwards owned in his own right one of
the allotted sections of that town. About 1710
he removed from the west precinct of Chelms-
ford to that part of Dunstable. New Hamp-
shire, which in 1732 became Nottingham; in
1741, Nottingham West, and is now Hudson.
.•\t the date of his removal the place was on
the outskirts of the frontier. He married
Dorothy, born July 9, 1696, died March 6,
1778. daughter of Joseph Perham. Children:
I. Joseph, born February 9, 1718. 2. Ebenezer,
January 3. 1720. 3. Jeremiah, referred to
below'. 4. Abigail, about 1723; died March
20, 1818: married, Alay 27, 1744, Samuel Gree-
ley. 5. Dorothy, February 18, 1724; married
(first) Air. Thompson, and (second) Onesi-
jjhorus Marsh. 6. Rebecca, February 3, 1728;
married Samuel Merrill Jr. 7. Jonathan, De-
cember 3, 1730. 8. James, February 17, 1734.
( V) Jeremiah, son of Joseph and Dorothy
( Perham) Blodgett, was born in Hudson, New
Hampshire. July 20, 1721 : died there, in 1796.
From October 15 to November 26, 1745, he
was one of the twenty- four men scouting under
the command of John Goff Jr. from the Merri-
mac to the Connecticut rivers. He married
Miriam Provender, who died in Alay, 1800.
Children: i. Jeremiah, born Alay 9, 1751 ;
died 1776: married, April 15, 1774, Lucy
Nevins. 2. Ebenezer, January 29, 1753; died
1776; married, Alay 19, 1775, Sarah, daughter
of James Blodgett. Both Jeremiah and Eben-
ezer served in the revolution. 3. Asahel, re-
ferred to below. 4. Hannah, September 24,
1757: died about 1845; married, October 31,
1776, Stephen Chase Jr. 5. Sarah, Alay 16,
1760; died February, 1777. 6. Isaac, May 2,
1762: died January 21, 1777. 7. Beniah,
Alarch 3, 1765: died January, 1830; married
Betsey Hamblet.
(\T) Asahel. son of Jeremiah and Aliriam
(Provender) Blodgett, was born in Notting-
ham ^^'est, New Hampshire, June 19. 1755:
died in Dorchester, New Hampshire, June 3,
1842. He enlisted in Captain William Walker's
company in December, 1776, and served for
three months, when he returned home in order
to assist his father in the management of the
farm, as he was the only surviving son old
enough to do so. In 1805 he sold his farm at
Hudson and bought one at Dorchester, whither
he removed in the spring of 1806 and where
he died. One of his grandsons, the Hon. Rufus
Blodgett. of New Jersey, says, "I remember
our grandfather quite distinctly, though I was
but eight years old at the time of his death.
.As I recall him he was a man of stern nature,
very firm convictions, and so far as I have
been able to judge of strict integrity. It is
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951
possible he possessed more native talent than
any of his descendants, * * * b^t they.
both male and female, were a strong people
intellectually, though they lacked early educa-
tion and business training." He married
(first). December 13, 1781, Catharine, born
June 12, 1761, died December 20, 1795, daugh-
ter of Ebenezer and Abigail Pollard. He mar-
ried (second), in 1796 or 1797, Lois Pollard,
sister to his first wife, born August 18, 1771.
Children, seven by first wife: i. Catharine,
born November 24, 1782; died December 10,
1805: unmarried. 2. Asahel. May 15, 1784;
died .\pril 11. 1863 : married, about 1804, Polly,
daughter of Phineas and Martha (Hamblet)
lllodgett. 3. Ebenezer, January 14, 1786; died
March 19, 1870; married, June 21, 1827, Sally
Cheever. 4. Isaac, August 12, 1787; died Oc-
tober 29, 1816; unmarried. 5. Sibyl, Novem-
ber 13, 1789: (lied March 6, 1863; unmarried.
6. Lois, February 17, 1792; died June 6, 1877;
married, about 1845, Wales Dole. 7. Caleb. De-
cember 13, 1793; died October 5, 1872; mar-
ried, September 7, 1824, Charlotte Piper. 8.
Rufus. November 12, 1798; died March 20,
1881 ; married, about 1826, Ruth Webster Fel-
lows. 9. Lucinda, November 18, 1800; died
August 9, 1879; unmarried. 10. Abner, De-
cember 5, 1802: died r)ctober 5, 1889; married.
December 9, 1832, his second cousin, Persis,
daughter of Jabez and Rachel ( Pollard) Blod-
gett. II. P.eniah, April 25, 1804; died April 8,
1817. 12. Jeremiah, referred to below. 13.
Betsy, ]May 10, 1810: died February 23, 1892;
unmarried.
(\'II) Jeremiah (2), son of Asahel and
Lois (Pollard) Blodgett, was born in Notting-
ham West, March 10, 1806; died in New
Haven, Connecticut, August 2, 1881, and was
buried at Wentworth, New Hampshire. His
childhood and youth were passed at Dorches-
ter, whither his father had removed when he
was but a few months old. At twenty-six
years of age he had acquired enough money by
brick making to purchase a good farm in Dor-
chester, and in 1842-43 he represented that
town in the New Hampshire legislature. In
1845 he removed to Rumney, New Hampshire,
where he was appointed deputy sheriff for
Grafton county, and in the following year re-
moved to \\'entworth. His appointment as
deputy sheriff raised much bitter feeling against
him among the friends of the rival candidate,
but by the end of his term of five years service
he had won his former opponents over into
the number of his warmest friends and sup-
])orters. He was jjrompt and efficient as a
jniblic officer, yet generous to a fault, perform-
ing his unpleasant duties with the least possible
annoyance and expense to the parties in litiga-
tion, and often relinquished his fees rather than
add to the burdens of the poor. He was a
member of the constitutional convention of
1850, presided over by Franklin Pierce, which
contained among its members some of the most
distinguished men of the state, and he was also
a member of the convention of 1876 which re-
])orted the jiresent state constitution. In 1855-
56-57-58 he was the candidate of the Demo-
cratic party for the office of registrar of deeds
for Grafton county, and during the adminis-
tration of President Buchanan was offered the
post of inspector at the Boston custom house,
which he declin<;d ; later he accepted the ap-
jiointmeiit of mail route agent between Con-
curd and Littleton. He was the representative
of Wentworth in the legislature from 1870 to
1872. and in 1875-77 was a member of the
governor's council. He was endowed with an
unusually sound discretion, and lived an active,
useful life, but he seemed to enjoy serving
others better than himself. He careil little for
worldly gain, loved his books, and being a
great reader, with a remarkably retentive
memory, his store of general and varied in-
formation was equalled by few. He possessed
great force of character and firm determina-
tion of purpose, and yet he was as tender as a
child, and his sympathy for others caused him
to make sacrifices for their benefit. His attach-
ments, particularly to his family and kindred,
were strong and enduring, and so keen was his
perception of character that he who once gained
his full confidence and respect always retained
it. He married (first), November 2;^. 1833,
Amanda, born April 8, 1813, died February
9, 1849, daughter of Deacon William and Han-
nah ( Brown ) Jcihnson, of W'entworth ; her
grandfathers were both revolutionary soldiers.
He married (second), in September, 1850,
Anne Bloilgett, born in Rumney, February 16,
1804, died in Manchester, New Hampshire,
June 8. 1889, daughter of Samuel and Ann
(Blodgett) Burns. Her mother was a daugh-
ter of Jonathan Blodgett, of Hudson and Rum-
nev. Children, all by first marriage: i. Rufus,
referred to below. 2. Jeremiah, born April
7, 1836; died May 18, 1836. 3. Louisa John-
son, March 31, 1837: died May 24, 1837. 4.
Beniah, April 19, 1838; died September 5,
1852. 5. Louisa Johnson, September 15, 1841 ;
died November 12. 1891 ; married, June 27,
1877, John Atwell, of Peacham. 6. Jeremiah,
.'\pril 18, 1844; died December 9, 1859. 7.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
William luhiison, October 9, 1846; died Octo-
ber 26. 1868.
(VIII) The Hon. Rufus, son of Jeremiah
(2) and Amanda (Johnson) Blodgett, was
born in Dorchester, New Hampshire, Octo-
ber 9, 1834, and is now Hving in Long Branch,
New Jersey. After receiving his early educa-
tion in the public schools, he graduated from
the Wentworth Academy, and then while quite
young began learning the trade of a locomotive
builder at the Amoskeag Locomotive Works,
of Manchester, New Hampshire. He followed
this trade for several years in New Hampshire,
and afterwards at New Haven, Connecticut,
and in 1866 was appointed master mechanic of
the New Jersey Southern railroad. He became
the superintendent of the road in 1874 and in
1884 was appointed to the position which he
still holds, that of superintendent of the New
York and Long Branch railroad. He has
ranked among the prominent citizens of New
Jersey for more than a quarter of a century,
not only as a railroad manager, but also as a
politician and a business man. As a life-long
Democrat he has held many of the most im-
portant political offices in the gift of his party,
and he still exerts a powerful influence in shap-
ing the acts and policies of the councils of the
New Jersey democracy. He was elected a
member of the New Jersey assembly in 1877
and was re-elected in 1878-79, and in the last
named year was the candidate of his party for
speaker. He was one of the district delegates
of New Jersey to the national Democratic con-
vention, which in 1880 nominated General Han-
cock for the presidency, and in 1896 was a
delegate at large to the convention which nomi-
nated William J. Bryan. During the presi-
dential contest of 1884 he was chairman of the
Democratic state committee. In the Demo-
cratic state convention of 1886 he was the
strong rival of Robert Stockton Greene for
the nomination as governor, but after an ex-
citing and bitterly fought contest he was de-
feated on a very close vote. In 1887 he was
elected I'nited States senator and served as
such until 1893, '" which year he was elected
mayor of Long Branch, a position which he
held by successive re-elections each year until
1898. He was one of those who organized the
First National Bank and the Citizens' National
Bank of Long Branch, New Jersey, and of
each of these institutions he was chosen presi-
dent at its organization. He is a present presi-
dent of the Citizens" National Bank, of Long
Branch; a director of the First National Bank,
of Princeton, New Jersey, and of the First Na-
tional Bank, of South Amboy, New Jersey,
and he is also president of the Tintern-Manor
Water Company. On his maternal side his
great-grandfathers, Samuel Johnson and Will-
iam Brown, both rendered distinguished serv-
ice during the revolution, the one in the army
and the other in the navy, for which service
each received a pension from the government
up to the time of his death. Samuel Johnson
was born in Sutton, New Hampshire, and died
at Wentworth in 1847. William Brown was
burn in England about 1753, and came to this
country in 1772. He enlisted on board the
American frigate "Boston," and sailed from
Marblehead, under Captain Samuel Tucker.
Afterwards his vessel was used to transport
to Europe John Adams and his son, John
Quincy Adams, the former as minister to
P^rance.
.Mr. lilodgett married (first), November 27,
18111. .\manda ]\L, born in Peacham, Ver-
mont, July 27,. 1836, died there, January 28,
1879. daughter of Charles and Alary (Harri-
man ) Hoyt, of Wentworth. He married (sec-
ond), July 28, 1879, Chastina (Clark) Simp-
son, widow of Henry F. Simpson and daugh-
ter of Enoch and Ruth (Harriman) Clark,
born in I'iermont, New Hampshire, December
14, 1833. Children, both by first marriage: i.
.\manda Louisa, born in New Haven, Con-
necticut, August 18, 1862; died there, January
8, 1863. 2. Harry Thornton, referred to below.
(IN) Harry Thornton, son of the Hon.
Rufus and Amanda M. (Hoyt) Blodgett, was
born in Manchester, New Jersey, August 25,
1867, and is now living at Long Branch. For
his early education he attended the district
school at Manchester, and after graduating
from the Chaltel high school at Long Branch,
he spent a year in the same place under private
tutors. He then took up the study of telegraphy
in the main office of the Central railroad of
New Jersey, being attached to the southern
division, and here he remained until his father
became superintendent of the New York and
Long I'lranch railroad, when he took a posi-
tion under him and has gradually worked up
to the place which he now occupies as assistant
general ticket agent. Like his father he is a
Democrat, and after being twice elected coun-
cilman for the second ward of Long Branch,
he declined a third election. He is a member
of the Royal .Arcanum. He married. .\]iril 14,
i8go. Bertha, daughter of Stephen and Lena
(Schwartz) Gerner.
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:ksev.
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Charles Frederick Degen-
DEGEXRIXG ring, founder of the fam-
ily of his name in this coun-
try, was born in Bavaria, and comes of a fam-
ily which supplied four sons to the German
army. He was a shoemaker by occupation,
and learned his trade in Bavaria, whence he
came to this country with his family in 1852.
Twelve years later he enlisted during the civil
war in the Twenty-eighth Massachusetts In-
fantry, and was killed at the battle of Cold
Harbor in June. 1864. He married Catharine
Schreiber. Children : Anna ; Catharine ; Mag-
dalen : Frederica ; Jacob, referred to below;
Caroline ; Charles Frederick Jr.
(11) Jacob, son of Charles Frederick and
Catharine (Schreiber) Degenring. was born
in Bavaria. September 12, 1844. H^ ^"^"'is eight
years old when his father emigrated to Amer-
ica, and he was left behind in Bavaria, where
he went to school until he was thirteen years
old, after which he did boy's work until i860,
when he came to the L'nited States and found
work on a farm. In 186 1 he enlisted in the
Fifty-second Xew York Infantry, and was
wounded after a year's service in the battle of
Fair Oaks, June i, 1862. He was invalided
home and discharged in the following Septem-
ber. He then worked for a time at the trade
of shoemaking. but in February, 1864, re-en-
listed in the First Massachusetts Cavalry, and
received his discharge in September, 1865.
.\fter this he came to Red Bank, where he went
to work in a hotel, and in the following year
came to Xew York City, where he engaged in
mercantile pursuits until 1871, when he came
to Red Bank and started in business for him-
self as a hotel proprietor, in which for the past
thirty-eight years he has been successfully en-
gaged. He is a member of Arrowsmith Post.
No. 61. Grand Army of Republic, Department
of Xew Jersey; a member of the Mystic
Brotherhood; of Lodge, No. 21, Free and Ac-
cepted Alasons, of Xew Jersey ; of the New
Era Society; of the Monument and Benevolent
Association ; of all the German organizations,
and of the Exempt Firemen, and was chief of
the Red Bank fire department one year. Among
his clubs are the Eintracht Singing Society and
the Monmouth Boat Club. He is a member of
the Lutheran church. He married, June 10.
1867. in Xew York City. Susanna, daughter of
(ieorgc i'hilip and .Susanna ( Gabel) Ziegler.
who was born in Baden, Germany. February
8. 1849. and emigrated to the L^nited States in
1865. Her father was a farmer and a couucil-
Icir in his native town, and besides Mrs. De-
genring. who was his youngest child, he had
five chiklren : George. Catharine, Frederick,
Barbara, and Philip Ziegler. Children of Jacob
and Susanna (Ziegler) Degenring: i. Anna,
born March 24, 1868; married Leon de la
Reussille ; children : Leon Jr. and Paul. 2.
Catharine E^>arbara, born January 30, 1870;
married .Samuel J. Coggins. 3. Caroline, born
June ly, 1875; married T'rederick J. Smock;
children : Henry and Anna Elizabeth Smock.
4. Henry Gunther, referred to below\
( III) Henry (junther, son of Jacob and Sus-
anna (Ziegler) Degenring, was born in Red
liaiik. Xew Jersey. December 30, 1880. He
received his education at the Bordentown Mili-
tary Institute, and then spent one year at the
Shrew--liury Academy in Red Bank, after
which he went to work for his father and
finally succeeded him in his wholesale business
of bottling carbonated beverages. In politics
Mr. Degenring is an independent. He is a
member of the Knights of Pythias, of the
Xew Era Society, and of the Society of Sons
of \'eterans of the Civil War. He married,
in Long Branch. Xew Jersey, August 4, 1901,
.Anna Julia, daughter of George F. and Louise
( Lorenz) Gramann, who was born at Sea
Bright, April 30, 1882. She is the grand-
daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Kuhnhold)
(jramann. Her brothers are Henry C. Gra-
mann. who married Valerie Ely, and has one
child Donald; and George F. ('iramann Jr.
Child of Henry Gunther and Anna Julia (Gra-
mann ) Degenring: Mae Eleanor, born July
2, 1905.
Aaron P. Hyer, the earliest mem-
HYER ber of the family of wdiom we have
definite information, was a son of
Peter Hyer. of Monmouth county, New Jersey,
where he was born about 1798 and died in
1878. The family is said to have been of Eng-
lish origin, although the emigrant ancestor
associated himself with the old Dutch colonists,
and five members of the family intermarried
with five children of Tennis Van Pelt. Aaron
P. Hyer married Gertrude, daughter of Ger-
shom Cottrell, of Monmouth county, who was
born about 1796 and died in 1880. Children:
I. Rebecca, married Gordon Bowd. 2. James
,\.. died Xovember 17, 1883, aged sixty-five
years ; married a sister of Sheriff Clayton Rob-
bins ; lived at Toms River. 3. ]Mary Ann. mar-
ried llenr}- Bills. 4. Lewis Spencer, referred
to below,
(II) Lewis Sjjencer. son of Aaron P. and
( lertrude (Cottrell) liver, was born in Free-
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
hold township, Alonmouth county, New Jer-
sey, March i, 1839, and died in Rahway, Union
county, New Jersey, August 15, 1909. He
received his education in a small district school
house about half a mile from his home. In
May, 1855, he entered the Monmouth Demo-
crat office as an apprentice, and became fore-
man before he reached his majority. In March,
1865, he went to Rahway, and the following
j'ear purchased the National Democrat, after
having leased it from Hon. Josephus Shann
for a year. He changed its name to the Union
Democrat, which title it retained throughout
his management, and until Mr. Hyer retired
from editorial and newspaper work, when its
new proprietor gave it the name of the Rah-
way Nezi's Herald. Mr. Hyer held a number
of public offices beginning in 1874, when he
was elected mayor of the city of Rahway, and
was at the same time appointed clerk of the
board of freeholders of the county. In 1881
he accepted the nomination for state senator,
but was defeated by a small majority on ac-
count of adverse party combinations. March
I, 1882, he was appointed by Governor Lud-
low for five years a judge of the court of com-
mon pleas for Union county, was reappointed
by Governor Green in 1887, and again by Gov-
ernor Abbet in 1892, and served continuously
until April i, 1896. when changes in the forma-
tion of the county courts caused the office to
be abolished. In 1889 he was again elected for
one year mayor of Rahway, re-elected in 1890
to succeed himself for two years, and after
this he withdrew from active politics and de-
voted his life to his paper, his church and his
family. He joined the Methodist Episcopal
church in early life, and for many years held
various lay ecclesiastical positions. He was
musical director of Trinity Methodist Epis-
copal Church, one of the trustees, and chair-
man of the building committee during the
erection of Trinity edifice, and many of its at-
tractions are due to his suggestions. Mr.
Hyer was a member of Lafayette Lodge, No.
27, Free and Accepted Masons, of New Jer-
sey ; of Chapter, No. 26, Royal Arch Masons ;
of Esse.x County Lodge, No. 27, Independent
Order of Odd Fellows., and for twenty years a
member of the executive committee of the
New Jersey Editorial .•\ssociation, of which
he was an honorary member at his death.
When this occurred the Rahway News Herald,
his old paper, in a long obituary said of him :
'■Judge Lew'is S. Hyer is dead, and into every
home in Rahway sorrow has come because of
it. Patiently, faithfully, year after year for
forty- four years, has he come in and gone out
before the people, making friends and neigh-
bors of them all ; gentlemanly, courteous, a
thorough Christian, and one who lived up to
his professions. Nearly two years ago his
health began failing, since which time his
friends and associates have watched him grad-
ually losing in strength and vitality, although
he kept still at his desk, writing kindly articles
and editorials, counselling peaceful tactics to
his fellow-workmen, and doing many a kindly
deed with the right hand of which the left
hand knew nothing. After an association of
twelve years, with not a shadow of a misunder-
standing or an unpleasant word, the writer
feels that one of the best friends he ever had
in the world has passed peaceful to other
realms and 'is reaping his reward for the good
deeds done here in the body.' The sorrowing
family may rest assured of the sympathy,
earnest and sincere, of the people at large, not
only of Rahway, but a large territory round
about. The loss to the city, the newspaper
field, the church, and the large circle of rela-
tives and friends, is not one to be made up
again, for there has never been but one Judge
Lewis S. Hyer in Rahway, and now he is gone.
Coming here at a time when all was turmoil
and strife, he pushed his way as a young man
to the front in political matters, and kept ever
in the van, counselling for what he firmly be-
lieved was for the best interests, and generally
in the right, he showed himself a safe leader to
the last." He married Jane, daughter of Jacob
and Minchie (Morris) Young, who was born
May 22, 1839. Only child, Frederick C, re-
ferred to below.
(HI) Frederick C, son of Lewis Spencer
and Jane (Young) Hyer, was born in Rah-
way, Union county, New Jersey, December
10, 1874. Mr. Hyer received his education in
the Rahway public school, and shortly after
leaving school became connected with the print-
ing establishment of his father and assisted in
the newspaper and mechanical work for two
years, after which, in 1892, he entered the law
offices of Shafer & Durand, in Rahway, sub-
sequently attending the New York Law School,
from which he graduated with the degree of
LL. B. in 1894. He then entered as a student
in the offices of Guild & Lum, in Newark, and
remained with them until 1896, when he was
admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney,
becoming counsellor February, 1899. He then
took offices in Newark, at the same time doing
clerical work in the law offices of John Oliver
Halsted Pitney. Shortly after becoming coun-
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seller, Mr. Ilyer opened offices in Rahway,
occupying those of the late tirni of Shafer &
Durand, both members of the firm having then
recently died. Since that time he Ijas had a
gradual increasing law practice. In 1903 Mr.
Hyer was admitted to practice in the United
States supreme court. For a number of years
he acted in the capacity of associate editor of
his father's paper, the Union Democrat. In
1004 he was honored by the appointment of
city attorney for five years, but resigned at the
end of one year, finding that the duties inter-
fered with his general practice of law. In
1908 he became Democratic candidate for New
Jersey state senator from Union county. He
is now attorney and director of the Rahway
National liank. Mr. Hyer is a member of
Lafayette Lodge, No. 27, Free and Accepted
Masons, of New Jersey; of Chapter No. 26,
Royal Arch Masons; of Lodge No. 1075,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks ; of
the Royal Arcanum ; and of the Sons of the
American Revolution. He is also an ex-secre-
tary of the Union County Bar Association, and
a trustee of Trinity ]\Iethodist Episcopal
Churcli, Rahway. He married, in Elizabeth,
January 12, 1898, Edith, daughter of James H.
and Mary (Phillips) Cook, who was born in
Jersey City, November 25, 1874. Children:
\'irginia, born February 23, 1904; Frederick
Lewis, born October 2, 1907.
George Taylor Morford, the
Mr)RFORD first member of this family
of whom we have definite in-
formation, was a native of Monmouth county,
New Jersey. He married Maria Wardell.
Children : I. Jane, married Robert W. Parker.
2. Caroline, married John Githeus. 3. Char-
lotte, married George Klots. 4. Thomas, mar-
ried Hannal \'oorhees; two children. 5. Jo-
seph, married Jane Van Dorn ; two children.
6. John Aken, referred to below. 7. Jarratt,
married Annin. 8. Julia, married
Jacob C. Parker.
(II) Jolin Aken, son of George Taylor and
Maria (Wardell) Morford, was born at Red
Bank. Monmouth county. New Jersey, in 1809,
and died in 1881. For fifty years he kept the
general store at Long Branch, where he was
one of the school trustees and a director of the
Long Branch Banking Company. He was
always interested in public affairs, and from
1849 to 1 85 1 was Democratic state senator for
Monmouth county. He married Sarah Ann
Conovcr, born in October, 1813, and still living,
in New Britain, Connecticut, with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Joseph E. Ilance. Children: i.
Maria, married Abram Trafford Vandervere ;
children : Frederick, Anna Conover, and Julia
Vandervere. 2. Tylee Conover, referred to
below. 3. Elizabeth A., married Joseph E.
Hance : children : Clifford, Joseph and Sarah
Hance.
( HI ) Tylee Conover, son of John Aken and
Sarah Ann (Conover) Alorford, was born in
Long Branch, New Jersey, February 16, 1840.
After receiving his education in the public
schools he went into his father's store, and
when nineteen years of age became a member
of the firm of John A. Morford & Son. He left
this in order to serve in the Union army dur-
ing the civil war, at the close of which he came
back to the store, and later for a period of eight
years served as cashier of the Long Branch
Banking Company. For one year he was super-
intendent of schools for Ocean township. After
the death of the father he gave up the general
store and retired from the bank and established
a department store which he conducted under
the name of Morford. Brown & Company, until
1890, when he retired from mercantile life and
opened his office as justice of the peace, to
which post he had been appointed. He also
wrote editorials for the Long Branch Press,
and soon afterwards for the Taxpayer and
Workingman. In 1903 he began his work in
the interests of "Citizens out of office," which
led him into his fight with the city charter. He
married, at Aston, Rhode Island, Annie, daugh-
ter of Jonathan and Lucy (Hammond) Har-
rington. Children : John, died in infancy ;
Harold Conover, referred to below; Sarah;
Lucy, married Charles Blakeley.
( IV) Harold Conover, son of Tylee Cono-
ver and Annie (Harrington) Morford, was
born at Long Branch, Monmouth county, New
Jersey, July 26. 1881, and is now living in that
city. After receiving a public school educa-
tion he graduated from the Long Branch high
school, and entering Columbia University,
graduated with the class of 1904. He then
read law with Charles M. Vreeland, of Jersey
City, and was admitted to the New Jersey bar
as attorney in 1905. Since that time he has
specialized in the law concerning real property,
and practices in Jersey City and Long Branch,
in both of which places he is looked upon as
one of the coming generation of New Jersey's
legal lights. Mr. Alorford is a Democrat, and
a vestryman of St. James' Episcopal Church,
Long Branch.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY,
John Henry Sliedaker, son
SHEDAKER of John (q. v.) and EUza-
beth (Rodman) Shedaker.
was born in Burlington, Xew Jersey, April 15,
1831. and died in March, 1887. He was reared
on the home farm and received a good common
school education. He followed in the foot-
steps of his father in selecting an occupation,
and became a farmer. Following the custom of
his section, his farming was principally along
the line of vegetables and small fruit culture.
To tliis he added the manufacture of pickles,
establishing the business so firmly that it is
still a profitable feature of the business of his
son, William B. Shedaker. He erected a fac-
tory and did a successful business as long as
he lived, and retained an active personal inter-
est in his business affairs up to the time of his
death. In politics he belonged to the Repub-
lican party, and served as township committee-
man and surveyor of highways. He was an
active, interested member of the Patrons of
Husbandry, holding membership in Burlington
Grange : and was a member of Burlington
Lodge, No. 22, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. Mr. Shedaker married Alary Borton,
born near Moorestown, New Jersey, in 1832.
Children: i. Frederick W., now a farmer of
Burlington county, New Jersey ; married Lizzie
Scott; children: Walter, John and Parker.
2. Hannah, deceased. 3. William B., see for-
ward. 4. Elizabeth, deceased; was wife of
Charles Parker, a farmer of Burlington coun-
ty. New Jersey. 5. Sarah M., resides with
her mother in Camden, New Jersey. 6. Amy
married Edward Johnson, since divorced ; she
resides in Camden, New Jersey, with her
daughter. Marv Johnson.
( II ) William B., third child of John H. and
Mary (Borton) Shedaker, was born in Bur-
lington, New Jersey, September 5, 1865. He
received a good education in the public schools
of Burlington, and grew up on the farm, learn-
ing all the details of farming as practiced in
that section and of his father's manufacturing.
He chose the latter as his principal line of
eft'ort. and has established himself firmly in
a most profitable line of pickled fruits and
vegetables. He annually contracts with neigh-
boring farmers for the raising and delivering
to him of small cucumbers and other products
for pickling, to an amount surprisingly large.
His goods are well and favorably known in
the different surrounding markets. This line
of business is inherent in the family, as Jacob
D. Shedaker, of the fourth generation, built
and operated successfuly the first cannery for
small fruits in Burlington, although the manu-
facture of an exclusive line of pickles and con-
diments began with John Henry Shedaker, of
the prece(Jing generation. In politics Mr. She-
daker is Republican, and has taken active part
in his township government. For two years
he has been chairman of the township com-
mittee ; since 1903 president of the township
board of health; and in 1909 a member of the
Burlington county grand jury. His religious
connection is with the Methodist Episcopal
church, and fraternally he is united with Bur-
lington Lodge, No. 22, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows ; Burlington Lodge, No. 996,
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and
Burlington Grange, No. 150, Patrons of Hus-
bandry. He married, July 12, 1883, Hannah
E., daughter of Peter F. and Mary A. (Kim-
ble) Mattson, of Burlington township, Bur-
lington county. New Jersey. Mr. and Mrs.
Shedaker are the parents of five children: i.
Hannah May, born February 4, 1886. 2. Ray-
mond B., January 20. 1888: married Lilly Ris-
k'V, Alay II, 1909. 3. Florence M., June 19,
1890. 4. \'ernie E., July 25, 1892. 5. J. Earl,
February 4, 1896.
This ancient English family
ST. JOHN comes into New England colo-
nial history with the other
Puritans, and in the early records the sur-
name is found written variously St. John, Sen-
sion and Sention ; but however written the
record refers to the immigrant ancestor of the
family here treated or to some of his de-
scendants.
( I ) Matthias St. John, immigrant, was born
in England and first appears in New England
as of Dorchester, Massachusetts, 1631-32, and
was made freeman there September 3, 1634;
had a grant of lands January 14, 1635, "at the
boiuids betwixt Ro.xbury and Dorchester." In
1636 the town ordered "that Matthias Sension
and Thomas Stampford shall keepe the cowes
this yere to begin the 17th day of .April and to
continue the keeping of them till the 15th of
November to have for their pay in keepeing
5 shills the head for as many as are brought
in : the sayd five shill p' head to be payd 1-3 in
hand 1-3 at halfe the tyme and the other at the
end of the tyme.'" The Dorchester records
show that Matthias St. John became possessed
of several small tracts of land in the town
some by grant and others by purchase, but
in 1640 he left that town and took up his abode
in \\'indsor. Connecticut, where he was one
of the carlv planters, and where he acquired
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957
lands by grant and by purchase. There he was
knuwn as .Mathias Seiichon, Mathewe Sensioii
and also as ^latthias Sension. He is men-
tioned among the first settlers of Wethers-
field, between 1636 and 1645, ^"t he was grand
juror in \\ iiidsor in 1643. He was "Juryman
in Particular Court" at Hartford in 1650, and
i()5i, also afterward, and he appears to have
been frecjuently chosen to perform public serv-
ice, from which it may be assumed that he was
a jierson of some consequence in the plantation.
In 1O54 lie removed with his family to N'or-
walk, and there he discharged important duties
in connection with the afifairs of town govern-
ment. His will is dated October 19, 1669, and
lie died in that or the following month. His
will mentions his wife, but does not give her
name. His estate was inventoried as of the
value of three hundred pounds. Children: I.
Matthias, born 1630; died December, 1728-29.
2. Mark, 1633-34; died August 12, i'J93. 3.
Samuel, 1637-40; died January 14, 1685. 4.
Mercy, June 8, 1645. 5. James, 1649; 'l'<^''
May 9, 1684.
(II) Matthias (2), first son of Matthias
( I ) St. John, was born probably in England
in 1630, died in December, 1728-29. He lived
in Norwalk, Connecticut, and held various
offices; was selectman, fence viewer in 1659,
and his name appears frequently in the records
as having discharged various duties, some of
them of an important character in the affairs
of the town government. The baptismal name
of his wife was Elizabeth, but her family name
does not appear. Children: i. Ebenezer, born
about 1660, died 1723-24; married Elizabeth
Comstock. 2. Matthias, born in Xorwalk, 1667-
(<H ; see forward. 3. Mary, married Thomas
Hyatt, a soldier in King Philip's war; died
.March 29, 1698. 4. James, born 1674; died in
January, 1754; married, December 18, 1693,
.Mar\- Comstock.
(HI) Matthias (3), son of Matthias (2)
and Elizabeth St. John, was born in Norwalk,
Connecticut, 1667-68: died (says one author-
ity ) August 17, 1748, in Wilton, Connecticut. He
owned land at what was called Flaxhill, in i6<j<),
and was a husbandman. He also filled various
town offices, assisted in building the school
house, was fence viewer, and was selected "to
beat ye drum on Sabbath days." This last
duty was imposed on his son in case he should
not do it himself. He had various grants of
lands in Xorwalk and Ridgefield, Connecticut.
In March. 1734-35, he served as juror. He
married Rachel Routon, born December 16,
I''i77. daughter of John Ronton Sr., of Nor-
walk, who married .Abigail (_or Elizabeth) St.
John, and had ten children: i. Ebenezer. 2.
John, bom about 1685; died March, 1773;
married (first), April 29, 1724, Eunice Hayes;
married (second), 1749, Sarah Scribner. 3.
Matthew, born 1686; died August 3, 1755;
married, October 13, 1709, Anne Whitney. 4.
Samuel, born about 1688; see forwartl. 5.
Nathan, born 1692; died March 10, 1749; mar-
ried, June 7, 1721, Hannah Seymour. 6. Mat-
thias, born 1695: died 1732; married, about
1723-24, Elizabeth Trowbridge; she married
(second) Nehemiah Gregory. 7. Benjamin,
born about 1700: married (first), 1729, Mary
: (second) Elizabeth, w'idow of Rich-
ard Everett. 8. Rachel, born about 1700, died
1774; married, April 2y, 1721, John Marvin.
9. Hannah, born about 1700; died in Sharon,
Connecticut, February 5, 1774; married, 1721,
Captain Ebenezer Carter. 10. Elizabeth, born
about 171 7-18; married Ezra Hickok.
( I\') Captain Samuel, son of Matthias (3)
and Rachel ( Ronton ) St. John, was born prob-
ably about 1688, died at Cortland Manor, New
York, 1755. He went with his father from
Norwalk to Ridgefield and was one of the
original proprietors in that town in 1708, when
a colony of twenty-four settlers bought lands
there from the Indians. In the subsequent
division of their purchase Captain St. John re-
ceived lot No. I, which was "Granted by ye
Proprietors of ye Town of Ridgefield unto
Serjeant Samuel Saint John and recorded unto
the said Samuel Saint John his heirs and as-
signs forever." Subsequently he had other
lands and appears to have been one of the
principal men of the town. He was one of
three men appointed to "look over town and
propriety votes and as much as they think
necessary, order for file," in 1715; was made
townsman, 1718; fence viewer in 1720-21;
lister in 1724; townsman in 1727-28; surveyor
and moderator of the town meeting in 1729:
appointed lieutenant of the train band of
Ridgefield in 1718, and became captain in 1727.
He evidently removed to Cortland Manor in
Westchester county. New York, about 1740,
l)erhaps earlier, for in a deed executed by him
in 1740-41, he is described as "Samuel Saint
John lately of Ridgefield now living on Cort-
land Manor in ye County of West Chester."
In 1742 he describes himself as "late of Ridge-
field, now living in Cortland Manor in ye
County of W'estchester and Province of New
York." Captain St. John married Rebecca
()lmstead, born about 1681, daughter of Lieu-
tenant lohn and Elizabeth Olmstead. She sur-
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
vived him and married for her second hus-
band a Lockwood. Captain Samuel and Re-
becca (Olmsteadj St. John had eleven chil-
dren: I. Samuel, born about 1703; see for-
ward. 2. Joanna, married, December 21, 1727,
Christopher Burt. 3. Jane, married in Ridge-
lield, August 27, 1730, Ebenezer Brooks. 4.
Peregrina, married, August 27, 1730, Nathan
Northrup. 5. Abigail, died April 28, 1720. 6.
Abigail, married John Warren Jr. 7. Rebecca,
married Samuel Lobdell. 8. Noah, born 1713;
died October 5, 1778; married, October 6,
1737, Jane Smith. 9. Daniel. 10. Job. 11.
Ebenezer.
(V) Samuel (2), son of Captain Samuel
(i) and Rebecca (Olmstead) St. John, was
born in Norwalk, Connecticut, about 1703-04,
died in Ridgefield, Connecticut, November 9,
1777- He was one of the founders of the
church in Ridgefield in 1769, and appears to
have been a man of influence and means. The
records show that he owned several tracts of
land in ditterent localities. He married (first)
March 6, 1727-28, Sarah Northrup, born July,
1702, died June 20, 1731 ; married (second)
January 8, 1735-36. Sarah Wallace, born De-
cember I, 1714, died January 6, 1754; married
(third) Hannah Hyatt, who died April 26,
1765. His children: i. Sarah, born May 31,
1729. 2. Samuel, May 4, 1733. 3. James,
born October 27, 1736; died February, 1829;
married, April 13, 1758, Jerusha Thomas. 4.
Thomas, October 12, 1738; died January 12,
1816; married (first), March 8, 1759, Sus-
anna Northrup; married (second) April 14,
1760, Betty Thomas. 5. John, 1740; died
April 14, 1746. 6. Rebecca, June 18, 1743. 7.
Jacob, August 30, 1745. 8. Daniel, July 16,
1748; died March 29, 1813; married, February
26, 1768, Abigail Holmes, of Bedford, New
York. 9. Martha, January 2, 1750; married
(first) September 19, 1767, John Thomas;
married (second) August 29, 1782, Solomon
Goodwin Jr. 10. John, April 11, 1753; died
October 22 or 26, 1825 ; married, October 22,
1779, Hannah Fitch.
(VI) Daniel, son of Samuel (2) and Sarah
(Wallace) St. John, was born July 16, 1748,
died probably March 29, 1813. He married,
at Bedford, New York, and i.''. supposed to
have spent the greater part of his life in that
state. In 1796 he is mentioned as of Scoduck,
\'an Runsleywck county (Rensselaer). He
married, February 26, 1768, .Abigail Holmes,
of Bedford : children : i. Azuba, married Amos
Bowen. 2. Noah, born April 2, 1769; see for-
ward. 3. John, .\ugust 17, 1770; married, No-
vember 27, 1796, Jane Brown. 4. Stephen.
February 7, 1772; died August 28, 1773. 5-
Daniel, November 7, 1775. 6. James, about
1778; died about 1826; married Betsey Brown.
7. Enos Frost, married Martha Waterbury. 8.
Wallace. 9. Arna.
(\ II) Noah, son of Daniel and Abigail
(Holmes) St. John, was born April 2, 1769;
died October 25, 1854. There was a Lieuten-
ant Noah St. John in the New York militia in
1798, who is thought to have been the head
of the family here under consideration. He
married Betsey Waterbury, born in 1769, died
September 24, 1857. Children: i. John Water-
bury, born April 24, 1789; died July 31, 1855;
married Sally Fancher. 2. Stephen, 1790; died
1863; married Polly Webb. 3. Daniel, Janu-
ary 15, 1793; died September 23, 1879; mar-
ried Belinda Rhodes. 4. David, November 24,
1794; see forward. 5. Enos, married Eliza-
beth — . 6. James, married Louisa Webb.
7. Noah, married Eliza Webb.
(\I1I) David, son of Noah and Betsey
(Waterbury) St. John, was born November
24, 1794; died December 31, 1857. He mar-
ried (first) Tamer Rhodes, born in 1794, died
in 1837. He married (second) about 1842,
Mary Johnson, born in 1811, died in 1891,
daughter of Caleb and Kate (Ross) Johnson.
He had seven children, three by his first and
four by his second wife: i. George R., born
1814; died 1852; married Emeline Tubs and
had Almeda, Isabella, Hiram T. and Amasa.
2. Emeline, married (first) Ira Owen; (sec-
ond) Clark Sherman and had one child,
Charles. 3. Marietta, married Francis Wager.
4. Elizabeth Tamer, born 1844; died 1875. 5.
Catherine Townsend, August 17, 1845; mar-
ried, January 2, 1867, Harvey Wesley Bell. 6.
Mary T., twin, March 27, 1849 ; married
Charles Hochstrasser. 7. David, twin, see for-
ward.
(IX) Dr. David (2), youngest child of
David ( i) and Mary (Johnson) St. John, was
born March 27, 1849, i" Berne, Albany county,
Xew York. He first took up the study of
medicine in the office of his brother-in-law.
Dr. H. W. Bell, in his native town; later he
entered the office of Professor James H. Arms-
bv. M. D., at that time the leading surgeon of
.\lbanv. New York. After taking a course at
the .Albany Medical College and the Buffalo
Medical College, he entered the Bellevue Hos-
pital Medical College in New York City,
whence he graduated with the degree of M. D.
in 1875. After graduating he located in Hack-
ensack. New lersev. In 1888 he was instru-
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iiiciital in organizing the Ilackensack Hospital,
and has been a prominent factor in contrib-
uting to the success and high rank of this insti-
tution. He is the medical and surgical di-
rector, president of the medical board and visit-
ing surgeon. At his own expense he added a
wing to the hospital containing two wards, and
these were refurnished after the death of Mrs.
St. John, by the Ladies' Auxiliary, as a me-
morial to her. In 1886 he was appointed by
Governor John W. Griggs a manager of the
State Hospital at Morris Plains, which posi-
tion he still holds. As a physician and surgeon,
Dr. St. John enjoys the confidence and respect
of a large clientele, and in addition to his pro-
fessional duties takes an active interest in the
civic welfare as a public-spirited citizen. He
is first vice-president of the Hackensack Trust
Company, a director of the Hackensack Na-
tional Bank, a director of the Spring Valley
National Rank. New York; president of the
Gas and Electric Company of Bergen County,
New Jersey : president of the Hackensack
Heights Association. He is now president,
and was formerly vice-president of the State
Medical Society of New Jersey, and a member
of the American Medical Association, also a
member and ex-president of the Bergen Coun-
ty Medical Society, member of the New York
State Medical Association and the New York
.-\cademy of Medicine. Dr. St. John married
( first j October i, 1879, Jennie Angle, born
November 25, 1855, died in Hackensack, Sep-
tember 8, 1903. daughter of John and Mary
(Reed) Angle. Children: i. Olive Graham,
born Alarch 12, 1882; graduate of Dana Hall,
W'ellesley. Massachusetts. 2. Fordyce Barker,
February 10, 1884; graduate of Princeton
University in 1905. graduate of College of
Physicians and Surgeons of New York, 1909,
and is now serving a two years course in
Roosevelt Hospital in New York. 3. Florence
Angle, June 26, 1887 ; graduate of Dana Hall,
W'ellesley, Massachusetts, 1907. Dr. St. John
married (second) September 27, 1907, Alice
\'era Connell, daughter of William N. Con-
nell. Esquire, of Woodstock, New Brunswick,
Canada.
The original form of this fam-
TERRELL ily name was Tyrrejl. The
Terrells, originally a New Eng-
land family, came to New Jersey from the
state of Ohio. The great-great-grandfather of
William Jones Terrell, a prominent citizen of
Burlington. New Jarsey, was a soldier with
General Wolfe at the taking of Quebec from
the I'Vench, afterward settling in the state of
Connecticut, where he married and reared a
family.
Jonathan Terrell, grandson of the emigrant,
was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, 1776. He
married, and was the father of sons : Judson,
Jonathan, Reuben and Sherman, and other chil-
ilren.
Sherman, son of Jonathan Terrell, was born
in Woodbury, Connecticut, October 5, 1805;
died in February, 1875. He was a farmer, and
at one time was in the employ of Rev. Lyman
Beecher, father of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher,
removed to the state of Ohio, residing there
for the remainder of his days. He was also a
local preacher of the Methodist Episcopal de-
nomination. He married, at Hartford, Ohio,
December 26. 1831, Olive Jones; children:
Lorena ; William Jones, see forward ; Mary :
Elzaida; Leavitt, Albert, Leavitt. (See Jones).
William Jones Terrell, eldest son and sec-
ond child of Sherman and Olive (Jones) Ter-
rell, was born in Johnston, Trumbull county,
Ohio. November 11, 1834. He attended the
common and select schools of his native town ;
Hartford and Farmington academies, Trum-
bull county ; Kingsville Academy, Ashtabula
county, adjoining Trumbull, leaving that insti-
tution at the close of 1859; in 1861 he attend-
ed the literary department of the University
of Michigan, at Ann Arbor. Later he engaged
in school teaching, thus obtaining the means
for the further prosecution of his studies, and
in 1864 again entered the Univerity of Michi-
gan, this time in the law department, graduat-
ing therefrom in June, 1865. He was admitted
to the practice of law by the supreme court of
Michigan, held at Detroit, immediately after
his graduation, and in Missouri by the circuit
court, and practiced as attorney and counsellor
of law from August, 1865, to June, 1889. in
Missouri, and from July, 1889, to March, 1892.
in Ohio. He was admitted to the practice of
law in the circuit court, eighth judicial circuit,
and in all federal courts of the United States.
In 1865 he was commissioned by the governor
of Missouri as superintendent of public schools
for Cass county, and elected in 1866 to the
same office. He served as county solicitor
with criminal jurisdiction two terms of two
years each, the last time by appointment of a
Democratic county court; was chairman of the
Republican county committee from 1870 to
1889. member of congressional committee for
two terms up to removal to Ohio in 1889. nomi-
nated as Republican elector for fifth district
of Missouri, 1880, and nominated and can-
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vassed tlie sixth district for congress, 1882.
In Jmie, 1865, Mr. Terrell located in the state
of Missouri, and in September of that year
settled in Harrisonville, the shire town of Cass
county. Later he established himself in busi-
ness at Youngstown, Ohio, where for three
years he was a member of the law firm of
Jones, Andrews & Terrell. He was a lawyer of
good repute, and handled some very important
legal cases with gratifying result to his clients
and credit to himself. During the four years
that he was prosecuting attorney he made a
vigoro'us and able prosecutor, and gained popu-
larity with all classes except wrong-doers.
On Alay i, 1862, he enlisted in Company B,
Eighty-seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He
was taken prisoner at Harper's Ferry, \'irginia,
and was honorably discharged from the service
October 4. 1862, on the expiration of his term
of enlistment. He has always taken an interest
in politics, being a staunch adherent of the
principles of Republicanism, and has been an
active factor in the management of county and
state affairs. In March, 1892, Mr. Terrell left
the active and strenuous political and pro-
fessional life that had claimed him for so many
years and came to New Jersey, where he pur-
chased a beautiful estate two and a half miles
from the city of Burlington, where he has
since resided, leading the quiet life of a pros-
perous farmer. His farm, "West Hill," con-
tains about seventy acres, which he devotes
largely to the culture of small fruits, etc. He
is high up in Masonry, having been made a
Mason while in college at Ann Arbor, Michi-
gan, 1865. He is affiliated with Burlington
Lodge, No. ^2 ; Boudinot Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons ; and Helena Commandery, No. 3,
Knights Templar, joining the latter in 1872.
He served as past grand commander of Knights
Templar of Missouri Grand Commandery,
1882-83, and is now a member of the Grand
Commandery of New Jersey with rank of past
commander by election. He is also a member
of the (irand Encampment, Independent Order
of Odd Fellows, and the Knights of Honor.
Mr. Terrell married, December 24, 1864, at
South Ridge, Ashtabula county, Oliio, Julia.
A. Quigley, born at Portland, New York, June
18. 1835, daughter of Captain Robert and
Obedience (Everts) Quigley, the father a sea
captain, engaged on steamers on the northern
lakes, a resident of Chautauqua county. New
York : he died in 1836, aged about thirty years.
His wife. Obedience (Everts) Quigley. was
born in \'crmont, 181 1, and was of French de-
scent. Mrs. Terrell received a thorough aca-
demic education at the Kingsville .\cademy.
Mr. and Mrs. Terrell are connected with the
Methodist Episcopal church. They had one
adopted daughter, Daisy, born in Harrisonville,
Missouri, November 26, 1871, died at Youngs-
town, (Jhio, June, 1891.
(Tlie Jones Line).
Benjamin Jones, ancestor of Olive (Jones)
Terrell, wife of Sherman Terrell, and mother
of William Jones Terrell, the date and location
of whose birth is unknown, served in King
Philip's war (1675-76), and subsecjuent to that
event was residing in Enfield, Connecticut. The
"History of Enfield" states that he tvas of
W elsh descent, but makes no mention of his
parents. He was the first setfler in Somers,
removing there from Enfield in 1689 and erect-
ing a dwelling house about half a mile east of
the present village. He and his family resided
there during the summer season until 1706,
when they settled there permanently, and he
died in that town July 6, 17 18. He served as
highway surveyor and also held other town
offices. The christian name of his wife was
Anne ; children : Thomas, see forward ; Ben-
jamin, Joseph, Eleazer, Anne, Levi, Abigail,
Naomi, Samuel.
Lieutenant Thomas Jones, eldest son of Ben-
jamin and .-\nne Jones, was born at Enfield,
Connecticut, 1680, died there in 1763. He was
a man of wealth and prominence, and was
chosen first representative from Enfield to the
general assembly of Connecticut after its sepa-
ration from Massachusetts. In the records he
is referred to as Thomas Jones, gentleman. He
married, April 24, 1708, Mary, daughter of
Captain Isaac Meacham ; she died November
8, 1744, aged sixty years. Children: i. Alary,
born April 22, 1709; married Abraham Whip-
ple. 2. Jerusha, April 8, 171 1; married A.
Spencer. 3. Thomas, March 15, 1712-13. 4.
Israel, see forward. 5. Isaac, January 29, 1717-
18: educated at Harvard College, entered the
ministry and became pastor of the church in
Weston, Massachusetts; died May 3, 1784.
6. Ijathsheba, February 25, 1719-20; married
John Rees. 7. Samuel, October 29, 1724. 8.
Elizabeth, married David Kellogg.
Israel Jones, son of Lieutenant Thomas and
Mary (Meacham) Jones, was born in Enfield,
Connecticut, March 18, 1715, died in Bark-
hamsted, Connecticut, December 28, 1798. He
was the second permanent settler in Barkham-
sted, settling there in 1761, and in the records
is designated as husbandhnan. He served as
constable in Enfield, 1748-49, and was a cap-
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tain in tlie culonial militia. He married. Xo-
vember g, 1744, Jemima Clark (intentions pub-
lished Sei)teniber 2^). Children: i. Samuel,
born January 3, 1745-46; died September 4,
1747. 2. Mary, October 28, 1747. 3. Samuel,
July 31, 1749. 4. Thomas, June 6, 1751. 5.
Israel, September 21, 1753; served in the revo-
lutionary war as sergeant in Captain Watson's
company, Colonel Benjamin Hinman's regi-
ment, September, 1775; as ensign in Seventh
Regiment Connecticut line, 1777; second lieu-
tenant, 1778; captain in Eighth Regiment Con-
necticut Militia, same year, and attained rank
of colonel: participated in the battles of Ger-
mantovvn and Monmouth Court House, and
wintered at X'alley Forge: married, 1790, Lois
W'adsworth : died in Barkhamsted, September
1, 1812. 6. Jemima, June 5, 1755. 7. Submit,
(Mober 8, 1757. 8. William Clark, see for-
ward.
William Clark Jones, youngest son of Israel
and Jemima ( Clark) Jones, was born in Enfield,
Connecticut, May 9, 1760. He was drafted
August 25, 1777, and served in Captain Skin-
ner's company, of which John Rockwell was
lieutenant, and Simon Abel ensign ; discharged
October, 1777. He married, December 28,
1784, Elizabeth Hayes, of Hartland, Connecti-
cut.
William Jones, son of William Clark and
Elizabeth (Hayes) Terrell, was born at Bark-
hamsted, Connecticut, October 3, 1785. Later
he resided in Hartford, Ohio. He married
Olive Brockway, October 27. 1807; she died
at Hartford, Ohio, April 26, 1813. They were
the parents of Olive Jones, aforementioned as
the wife of Sherman Terrell.
Edwin M. Wight, of Somerville,
WICiHT New Jersey, was born in Troy,
New York, October 31, 1836, son
of Daniel and Sophrone (Porter) Wight. Mr.
Wight was educated in the private schools of
his native city, and prepared for college in the
Troy Academy. In 1853 he was matriculated
in Williams College, Massachusetts, from which
he graduated, taking his A. B. in 1857. Among
the close friends and companions of his college
course were Rev. Charles A. Stoddard, of the
New York Observer, class of 1854; Hon. John
J. Ingalls, class of 1855, late United States
senator from Kansas, now deceased ; James A.
Garfield, class of 1856, the martyred president,
next wJiom at table Mr. Wight sat for nearly
two years ; and Henry M. Alden. Ph. D.. LL. D.,
for forty years editor of Harper's Magazine, a
classmate.
Immediately after graduation Mr. Wight
came to New York and began his student work
in the law office of Hon. James R. Whiting,
ex-justice of the supreme court, and continued
with him until his death in 1872. Mr. Wight
took a law course of two years in the law
school of the L'niversity of Albany, where he
received the degree of LL. B., and was admitted
to practice in New York state in 1859.
On May 10, 1862, in the great fire in Troy,
the old home of Mr. Wight's parents, his col-
lection of American and Asiatic shells, of which
he had made a study and had gathered in per-
son and by exchanges during several years, a
considerable collection, with everything of early
association of school or college, including a
large number of books and old Americana,
were burned. The next year his parents re-
moved to Bloomfield. New Jersey. In 1864 his
father died in the city of New York.
During the season of 1863 Mr. Wight had
with him as an associate clerk in Judge Whit-
ing's office, Frederick F. Cornell Jr., of Somer-
ville, and through him became interested in
furnishing army supplies, particularly pressed
hay in bales, which extended to a considerable
business and made it necessary to visit Somer-
ville frequently, and about April I, 1865, to
remove there with his mother and sister. He
then began to commute between Somerville
and New York, and has continued until this
writing. In i?>6g Mr. Wight became interested
in journalism and purchased the Somerset
Messenger, which he owned for two years and
sold to J. Rutsen Schenck. During his owner-
ship the Messenger plant was moved from the
Lance building to Somerset Hall building, being
the first tenant of that newly erected structure
in its upper part. In 1887 the Somerset Demo-
erat was founded, and Mr. Wight became
interested, and by wish of its pro]:>rietor acted
as its political editor from its starting. In 1903
it had become insolvent and was foreclosed.
Mr. Wight made arrangements with the bond-
holders and jHirchased the property. It is still
(1910) continued by him at the old stand in
the Somerset Hall building, which he owns.
The present plant occupies about four times as
much of the building as was occupied by the
Messenger when it was published there in 1870.
The .Somerville Publishing Company is the
name under which Mr. Wight conducts the
publishing business, and the plant has fully
trebled its capacity in the six years since it
was taken over, while the business has more
than kept pace with the growth of the plant,
having customers among New York publishing
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
houses anil clscw licri.', and a large jobbing trade.
In 1894 Mr. Wight was admitted as an at-
torney and counsellor of New Jersey, and has
had a considerable clientele among New York-
ers, having legal business in New Jersey. He
has been active in his profession in the state of
New York since his admission to practice in
that state in 1859.
Mr. Wight is of New England ancestry, de-
scended in the seventh generation from ( I )
Thomas Wight, the immigrant, who was a resi-
dent of Dedham, Massachusetts, and was ad-
mitted as an inhabitant in 1637. having, with
eleven other persons, subscribed the covenant
in that year. On October 8, 1640, he became
a freeman, and for six years, beginning in 1641,
was a selectman of Dedham. (II) Ephraim,
born in Dedham, in 1645; married, in 1668,
Lydia Morse, of Medfield. His name appears
among the Medfield proprietors in 1675; he
was a subscriber to the building of the "New
Brick College," of Cambridge (Harvard Col-
lege). ( III) Daniel, born at Medfield, Novem-
ber 19, 1680; married, 1721, Lydia Estey. (I\')
Peter, born May 21, 1722, in Medfield; mar-
ried, October 12, 1752, his remote cousin, Mary
I'.arber, whose grandmother, Mary, was a daugh-
ter of the original ancestor Thomas. Peter was
a member of Captain Josiah Fuller's company,
Colonel Wheelock's regiment, which marched
from Medway to Providence, Rhode Island, on
the alarm of December 8, 1776. By trade Peter
was a blacksmith. ( \' ) Daniel, born at Med-
way, October 4, 1753; married, January 11,
1781, Mary Putter, of Wrentham, and removed
with his family to South Brimfield, now Wales,
in 1791, where he kept the first grist mill on
Elbow Brook. ( \T ) Daniel, born in South
Brirnfield, Massachusetts, June 14, 1793. was
father of the subject of this sketch.
On his mother's side Mr. Wight was de-
scended in the seventh generation from (I)
John Porter, of Hingham, Massachusetts,
immigrant, born 1595, at Wraxall Abbey,
Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, where the
Porters had been seated for many generations.
John, immigrant ancestor, with Rose his wife,
sailed from Europe in the ship "Anne," arriv-
ing at Dorchester May 30, 1627. In 1635 he
assisted in the settlement of Windsor, Con-
necticut, where he had lands granted to him,
and died there, in 1648. .\mong his thirteen
children was a son (II ) Samuel, born in War-
wickshire, in 1626. He married Hannah Stan-
ley, born in England, daughter of Thomas
Stanley, a younger son of the earl of Derby.
He came from London in the ship "Planter,"
in if>35, and became one of the original pro-
[irietors of Hartford. Samuel removed from
Windsor to Hadley in 1659, and died Septem-
ber 6, 1689. He had a son ( III ) Thomas Stan-
ley Porter, born April i, 1683, who married,
November 13. 1707, Thankful Babcock, born
in Conventry, in 1686. He was the first town
clerk of Coventry, Connecticut, a captain in
the Indian wars, and died August 7, 1755. They
lived near the South Coventry meetinghouse.
.\mong their twelve children was (IV) Jona-
than Porter, born March 20, 1713. He mar-
ried, January 20, 1734, Sarah Ladd, born in
Coventry, 1 7 14. .\mong their nine children
were (\") Jonathan Porter, born September
17, 1737, and (V) Noah Porter, born October
4, 1742. Jonathan married Lois Richardson,
of Coventry. Among their seven children was
( \'l ) Lois Porter, born April 17. 1759. Noah
married, November 29, 1764, Submit Cooke,
born April 17, 1743, daughter of Deacon Jesse
Cooke, of Coventry. He died July 10, 1794.
.Among their seven children was (VI) Eben-
ezer Porter, born .\pril 7, 1780. Lois Porter
(\'I) married, February 21, 1780, Joseph
Kingsbury, of Coventry, a descendant on pater-
nal side of Henry Kingsbury, who came from
England in ship "Talbot," to Dorchester, Mass-
achusetts, in 1636. He was a lieutenant in tiie
army of the revolution. Among their eleven
children was (\H) Eunice Backus Kingsbury,
born November 14, 1784. Ebenezer Porter, of
the si.xth generation of Porters, married, No-
vember 21, 1802, his second cousin, Eunice
Backus Kingsbury, of the seventh generation.
They lived in Coventry. Their eldest child,
Sopiirone Porter, born September 26, 1803.
was mother of the subject of this sketch.
James Wilson, of Birmingham.
WILSON England, the founder of this
family, was born in Walsall,
near Birmingham, county Stafiford, England,
and emigrated with his family to .America in
1847. He was a saddler, and established him-
self in a successful saddlery hardware busi-
ness. He was a Republican in politics, and
attended the Methodist Episcopal church. He
married, in England, Alary Ann Livsey, who
was born in Walsall. Children : William, re-
ferred to below : Jane, married a Air. Frank-
lin : Emma, married Air. Marthaler ; Henry,
who was killed in the civil war: James.
(II) William, son of James and Alary .Ann
(Livsey) \\'ilson, v^-as born in Walsall, Eng-
land, Alav 5. 1840, and died in Elizabeth, New
lersev, Alarch 17, 1885. He became a whole-
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sale shipper of bituminous coal, and worked up
a highly successful business, supplying many
of the trans-Atlantic steamship companies.
He served as major of the Third Regiment
New Jersey X'olunteers. He married Adaline
Woodward, tlaughter of Charles Edward and
Sarah Moore, who was born in Milltown. Ches-
ter county, Pennsylvania, January i. 1840.
Children: Norton Luther, referred to below;
Harry Douglass, born in March. 1863. died in
Februar)-, 1903; married Minnie Fishbotigh,
children. Ethel Corlies and Glatlys.
(HI) Norton Luther, son of William and
Adaline Woodward ( Moore ) Wilson, was born
in Elizabeth. New Jersey. November 18, 1861,
and is now living in that city, where he is one
of the leading representatives of the medical
profession of L'nion county. On his mother's
side he is related to the celebrated physicians,
Drs. Woodward and Pepper, of Philadelphia.
For his early education he went to the famous
school conducted for so many years in Eliza-
beth by Dr. I'ingry, and here he prepared to
enter Princeton L'niversity. Owing to busi-
ness reverses in the family he was compelled
to relinquish his classical studies and to en-
gage in mercantile pursuits, which occupied his
time for several years. He then became a
medical student with Dr. Mack, at Elizabeth,
and was graduated in 1884 from Bellevue
Hospital Medical College. New York City, and
spent the ensuing year as an interne at the
Elizabeth General Hospital. In 1885 he open-
ed an ofifice in Roselle, New Jersey, and later
settled himself in the practice of his chosen
profession in Elizabeth, making a specialty of
diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat. Dr.
Wilson has been very active in all matters per-
taining to medical advancement. He is a mem-
ber of the American Medical .-\ssociation ; of
the American Laryngological. Rhinological and
Otological Society : a fellow- of the New York
.Academy of Medicine; third vice-president of
the New Jersey .State Medical Society ; ex-
president of the Clinical Society; ex-president
of the Medical Club; member of the New Jer-
sey .State Microscopical Society; life member
of the New Jersey Historical Society ; presi-
dent of the staff of the Elizabeth General Hos-
pital and Dispensary, and al.so the opthalmo-
logist. laryngologist and otologist of that hos-
pital and of St. Elizabeth's Hospital. He is
an e.\-surgeon of the Newark Charitable Eye
and Ear Infirmary; member of the .'Anti-tuber-
culosis .Association; ex-member of the Board
of Health of Elizabeth City; ex-president of
the New Jersey Sanitary Association ; a trustee
of the Society for the Widows and C)rphans
of the Medical Men of New Jersey. He was
also a trustee of the Elizabeth Public Library.
a member of the Elizabeth Athletic Club, and
the Surburban Golf Club. He is a member of
Washington Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons,
of New Jersey, a life member of the thirty-
second degree, Scottish Rite Masons ; a noble
of Mecca Temple of the Mystic Shrine ; and a
member of the North End Improvement Asso-
ciation, and also of many other organizations.
Dr. Wilson is a member of the Presbyterian
church. He married, February i, 1888, Susan
Smart, only daughter of George H. and Sarah
A. (Smart) Griggs (see Griggs). Children:
Marguerite Griggs, born February 9, 1889;
ileatrice Louise. N'ovember 19. 1891.
(The Griggs Line).
George H. Griggs, of Boston, father of Mrs.
Susan Smart (Griggs) Wilson, belongs to a
family of very distinguished railroad people.
His father was the inventor of the brick arch,
the present method of welding on tires ; the
crossing gate and many other devices of mod-
ern railroading. George H. Griggs, besides
being superintendent of several railroads, in-
vented a spark arrester, a coupling devise, the
portable stove, and a number of other devices.
He dieil in 1891. His widow, Sarah \. (Smart)
Griggs, is still living, aged seventy years. Chil-
dren : George A., born 1859. now cashier in
Savings Bank at Butte. Montana ; Oscar, died
in Mexico about 1901 ; Theodore Griggs, now
a civil engineer in the employ of the Delaware,
Lackawanna and Western railroad ; Susan
.Smart, referred to below.
(11) Susan Smart, daughter of George H.
and Sarah .\. ( Smart ) Griggs, was born in
Boston, Massachusetts, December 9, 1863. She
married. February i. 1888. Dr. Norton Luther,
son of William and .Adaline Woodward
(Moore) Wilson, of Elizabeth. New Jersev.
The Cooper name has honorable
COOPER distinction among the early set-
tlers of our country. The most
distinguished member of the family in .Amer-
ica is without doubt James Fenimore Cooper,
the novelist, who is descended frorn James
Cooper, born at Stratford-on-.Avon in t66i.
This James Cooper came to America before
1682, in which year he received a grant of land
in New Jersey. In 1683 he bought a lot of
land in Philadelphia, situated on Chestnut
street, opposite the marble custom house. Sev-
eral generations of this family were Quakers.
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Antitlier earl\- immigrant of note was Thomas
Cooper, of Boston, born about 1650, probably
in London. He was the founder of the fam-
ous Brattle Street Church in Boston, and he
inherited the "Green Dragon Tavern,"' another
landmark from Governor Stoughton, whose
niece, Mehitable Minot, he had married. Their
son, William Cooper, born March 20, 1694, was
ordained pastor of the Brattle Street Church
in 1716. He was a graduate of Harvard, the
presidency of which he afterward declined, and
lie married Judith Scwall, daughter of Chief
Justice- Samuel Sewall. The present branch
is descended from a still earlier settler than
either of those nientiuned. Probably no fam-
ily in Xew Hampshire can show an unbroken
continuity of deacons through so many genera-
tions or a higher record for probity and public
service than here follows.
(I j Deacon John Cooper, ancestor of all the
Coopers of Croydon, New Hampshire, was
born in England, 1618. His father died com-
paratively young, and his mother, Widow
Lyclia Coojier, married Gregory Stone. She
had two children by her first marriage : John
and Lydia ; and si.x children by her second
marriage: John, Daniel, David, Samuel, Eliz-
abeth and Sarah Stone. The whole family of
Stones and Coopers migrated to Cambridge,
Massachusetts, before 1636. John Cooper be-
came a man of influence in his new home,
serving as selectman of Cambridge for thirty-
eight years, from 1646 to 1690, and as town
clerk from 1669 to 1681. He was deacon of
the church there in 1688. Deacon John Cooper
married .\nna, daughter of Nathaniel Spar-
hawk, of Cambridge, who was born in Eng-
land, and came to this country with her par-
ents. Children : Anna, born November 16,
1(143: Mary, John, Samuel, whose sketch fol-
lows: John, Nathaniel, Lydia, Anna, born De-
cember 2(>, 1667. Deacon James Cooper died
August 22, 1691, and his widow married James
Converse, of VN'oburn, Massachusetts, and was
living in 1712.
( 11) Deacon Samuel, second son and fourth
child of Deacon John and Anna (Sparhawk)
Cooper, was born January 3, 1653, probably in
Cambridge, Massachusetts. He inherited the
homestead of his father, was chosen deacon
of the church, March 22. 1705, and was select-
man twelve years, from 1702 to 1 71 6. On De-
cember 4. 1682, Deacon Samuel Cooper mar-
ried Hannah, daughter of Deacon Walter and
Sarah Hastings, who was born in Cambridge,
Massachusetts. January 0, \(i~fi. They had
nine children: llaiuiah, Lvdia, .Sarah, Sam-
uel (2), whose sketch follows; Mary, Eliza-
beth, Walter, John and Jonathan. Deacon
Samuel Cooper died in Cambridge, January 8,
1717, and his widow died October 9, 1732.
(ill) Deacon Samuel (2), eldest son and
fourth child of Deacon Samuel (i) and Han-
nah (Hastings) Cooper, was born in Cam-
bridge, Massachusetts, March 29, 1689. He
inherited the homestead of his father, which
he sold in 1730 to Ebenezer Frost, and re-
moved to Cirafton, Massachusetts. There he
became a member of the first church, formed
December 28, 1731, and about a month later
he and James Whipple, grandfather of Dea-
con Moses Whipple, of Croydon, New Hamp-
shire, were chosen the first deacons of said
church. Deacon Samuel (2) Cooper was mod-
erator of Grafton in 1738, selectman in 1735-
3S-43 : .school committee in 1738; town clerk
in 1739, the first to hold that office. He was
evidently a man of education, for the Grafton
records of 1738 contain this entry : "Paid Dea-
con Samuel Cooper three pounds, four shillings
for kee])ing school." On March 29, 1719,
Deacon Samuel {2) Cooper married Sarah,
(laughter of Deacon Samuel and Sarah
( Griggs ) Kidder, who was born in Cambridge,
August 17. i(K\)o. The children of whom we
have any record were born in Cambridge: Na-
thaniel, July 21, 1720; Samuel, Joseph, John
and Sarah. The date of the deaths of Deacon
.Samuel (2) Cooper and his wife is unknown.
(]\') Deacon John (21, fourth son and
child of Deacon Samuel (2) and Sarah (Kid-
der ) Cooper, was born at Cambridge, Massa-
chusetts, March 4, 1725, and moved with his
])arents to (irafton, Massachusetts, 1730. After
marriage he settled in Hardwick, Massachu-
setts, where he lived till 1769, when he moved to
Cornish. New Hampshire, the first of his line
to come to this state. He remained in Corn-
ish but a year, and in 1770 moved around Blue
Mountains to Croydon. With his wife and
eight children he settled on the farm which
afterwards descended to his grandson. Dea-
con Otis Coo])er, Deacon John (2) Cooper and
Moses Whipple were chosen deacons of the
first church in Croydon in 1783. Deacon Cooper
was tythingman in 1773-81 ; town treasurer in
T773: town clerk. 1772-73-74: moderator seven
times, and selectman nine years. His honor-
able di.stinction at Croydon was but a continua-
tion of his record at Hardwick, Massachusetts,
where he was deacon twenty years, assessor ten
\ears. town clerk five years, selectman one
year, and schoolmaster many times. On March
15. 1748, Deacon John ('2) Cooper married
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Mary, daiigiiter of Nathaniel and Alar)- Sher-
man, who was born in Grafton, Massachusetts,
December 9, 1726. She was a cousin of the cele-
brated Roger Sherman, of Connecticut. They
had ten children, all born in Hardwick, Massa-
chusetts: Sarah, Nathaniel, Mary, John. Joel,
Huldah. Sherman, Matilda, Barnabas and Chloe.
Deacon John {2) Cooper died at Croydon,
New Hampshire, August 10, 1803. and his
wife died there September 4, 1796.
( V) Sherman, son of Deacon John (2) and
Mary (Sherman) Cooper, was born at Hard-
wick, Massachusetts, April 3, 1761. He moved
with his father's family to New Hampshire,
settling at Croydon. He was a soldier in the
revolution in Captain Joshua Hendee's com-
pany. Colonel David Hobart's regiment, 1777;
also in Colonel Joshua Chase's regiment from
Cornish and vicinity, which reinforced the
army at Ticonderoga, 1777; also in Captain
Samuel Paine's company. Major Benjamin
Whitcomb's regiment, for six months in 1780
for the defence of the western frontier. In
1790. according to the first federal census, he
was living in Cro3'don and had one son under
sixteen and three females in his family (prob-
ably wife and two daughters ).
(V'l) Otis, son of Sherman Cooper, was a
farmer and school teacher in Croydon, Sulli-
van county. New Hampshire. He married
Hannah ( Powers ) Barton, widow of Bazeleel
Barton, and daughter of Ezekiel Powers, of
Croydon, Sullivan county. New Hampshire,
who bore him two children: i. Augusta, died
in infancy. 2. Augusta, referred to below.
Hannah Powers by her first marriage with
Bazeleel Barton had eight children : Lucinda,
Adelia, Levi W., Williams. Hiram, .\lanson.
Ziba and Angeline.
( \TI I Augusta, youngest child of Otis and
Hannah (Powers-Barton) Cooper, was born
in Croydon. Sullivan county. New Hampshire,
.'\[)ril 17, 1833, and is now living in Vineland,
Cumberland county. New Jersey. She was a
precocious child and her poetical abilities show-
ed themselves at an early period of her life,
her first verses being written when she was
only eight years of age, and her first published
poems appeared in the newspapers when she
was fifteen, and the poems puljlished in book
form when thirty years of age. She was a
good scholar, forward in mathematics, and
showing an ajjtitude for logical and philosoph-
ical reasoning. .\t the age of thirteen she was
studying the same books that her half-brother
was studying in Dartmouth College. She at-
tended the i)ul)lic ^clidcils of Crovdon and a
[)re])arat(iry school at Meridcn, New Hamp-
shire, and then went to the Canaan Union
Academy, and to Kimball Cnion Academy.
She began teaching when she was fifteen, and
kept to this employment for seven years, when
she married. In 1869 Augusta Cooper publish-
ed her first volume of poems and gave her first
public lecture, which events appear to have
changed the course of her intellectual career,
as since tiiat time she has been a prominent
[)latform speaker. For four years she was
president i_>f the Ladies' Social Science Class of
X'ineland. giving lessons from Spencer and
Carey every month. In the winter of 1880 she
gave a course of lectures before the New York
Positivist Society on "The Evolution of Char-
acter." and followed it by another under the
auspices of the Women's Social Science Club
of New York City. In June, 1880, she was
sent by friends in New York to study the
equitable association of labor and capital at the
Familistere in Guise, France, founded by AI.
Jean Baptiste Godin, the inventor and re-
former. She was also commissioned to repre-
sent the New York Positivist Society in an
international convention of liberal thinkers in
Brussels, in September, 1880. She lived at the
Famili-itere. or "Social Palace" for three
months, and gave a lecture on the "Scientific
Basis of Morality" before the Brussels con-
vention. .\ftcr her return to the United States
she tauglit French for many years in Vine-
land, .New Jersey, and translated and published
"The Rules and Statutes of the Association
of Labnr and Capital of Guise" from the
French. In 1881 she was chosen state lecturer
of the I'atrons of Hu.sbandry in New Jersey.
In 1882 she was employed by the national lec-
ture bureau of that society. Since her second
husband's death, she has apjieared but seldom on
the public platform, being wholly occupied with
the care of her estate. A short while ago she
sold her farm in the township and is now liv-
ing in the city of Vineland itself. Some of her
philoso])hic and scientific lectures have been
translated and published in foreign countries.
In 1870 she published her "Philosophy of Art ;"
in 1876 her "Relations of the Maternal Func-
tions to the \Voman Intellect:" in 1880 her
".Science as the Basis of Morality," a French
edition of which appeared in 1882; in 1893
her volume of poems entitled "The Web of
Life;" and in 1904 the volume "Spray of
Cosmos-."
In 1837 Augusta Cooper was married to
G. H. Kimball. By this marriage she had
one chilli. Aimic Loraine. born March 23. 1837.
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a musician and musical composer, who married
William A. Sloane, a lawyer and judge in San
Diego, California, to w-hom she bore three chil-
dren : Harry, Paul and Hazel, the two boys
being now at Pomona College, California. In
January, 1866, Augusta (Cooper) Kimball was
married to Louis Bristol, an attorney of New
Haven, Connecticut, who died in 1882. He
was a nephew of the celebrated Jonathan Ed-
wards, president of Yale University, and
])reaclier in Northampton, Massachusetts. He
graduated from Yale University in 1835, at
age of seventeen, and after his marriage re-
moved to southern Illinois, where he managed
a fruit farm. In 1872 he bought a farm in
\"ineland, Cumberland county, New Jersey,
and removed thither. Louis and Augusta
( Cooper ) Kimball-Bristol had two children :
I. Bessie, married, 1905, John Mason, of Vine-
land, and has one child, Augusta Loraine, born
August 26, 1907. ^Irs. Mason conducts a very
successful music school in Vineland, and her
, husband is an inspector of glass in a glass fac-
tory in the same jilace. 2. Otis Cooper, died
aged seven.
Robert Murphy, immigrant an-
MURPHY cestor of this branch of the
Murphy family, was born in
Ireland, and about 1756 emigrated from Eng-
land to Connecticut, where he settled. Soon
after his arrival he engaged in the occupation
of teaching school. He married .\nn Knapp,
daughter of Joshua Knapp. of Greenwich, Con-
necticut, and among his children was Robert,
referred to below.
( II ) Robert Jr., son of Robert Murphy ( i),
was born in Connecticut, in 1759. At the out-
break of the revolution he enlisted in the Ber-
gen county ( New Jersey) troops, and did good
service during the war, serving in the battle on
Long Island under General Nathaniel Greene
and in other conflicts. He married Hannah
Doane. Among his children was a son Will-
iam, referred to below.
(HI) William, son of Robert Murphy Jr.,
was born April 23, 1795. He married Sarah,
daughter of Benjamin and Phebe (Crane)
Lyon, of Elizabethtown. She was of Scotch
descent, and her immigrant ancestor, Henry
Lyon, was a soldier under Cromwell. .Among
their children was William Hayes.
(I\') William Hayes, son of William and
Sarah (Lyon) Murphy, was born in Newark.
New Jersey, April 15, 1821, and died October
7, 1905. He was educated in the Newark
public schools and in the preparatory school at
\\ ilbraham. .Massachusetts, after leavmg which
he graduated from the Collegiate Preparatory
-School at Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He passed
the first seventeen years of his business career
in Jersey City, and the rest of his life was
spent in Newark, the city of his birth. At one
time Air. Murphy was elected an alderman
from the third ward in the city of Newark,
where he then resided, and after holding this
office for two consecutive terms he was elected
twice a member of the house of assembly for
Essex county. From childhood his religious
affiliations were always with the Methodist
Episcopal church, of which he was a faithful
and consistent member for more than three
score years. He was elected a delegate to the
General Conference, and in August, 1901, went
to London, England, as the accredited delegate
from the Methodist Episcopal Church North
of the L'nited States to the Ecumenical Council
of all the branches of that denomination. He
was interested in the furtherance of the plan
for raising an endowment fund the interest of
which should be devoted to the support of
superannuated ministers of the Newark Con-
ference. He was a member of the New Jersey
Society, Sons of the American Revolution, and
for a number of years was one of the managers
of the organization. He married (first) x\bi-
gail Elizabeth Hagar, of Bloomfield : (second)
Sarah Richardson Morgan, of Poughkeepsie.
Children, five by first marriage: i. William
.Augustus. 2. Franklin, referred to below. 3.
Howard. 4. Theodore. 5. Robert. Children
of second marriage : Henry Morgan, now
dead, and a daughter Florence.
( \' ) Franklin, son of William Hayes and
.\bigail Elizabeth (Hagar) Murphy, was born
in Jersey City, New Jersey, January 3, 1846,
and is now living in Newark. He was ten
vears old when his parents removed to the
latter city. He was educated in the well-known
Newark Academy, which he left in July, 1862,
in order to enlist in the Thirteenth Regiment
New Jersey Volunteers. He was in active
service until the close of the war, a part of the
time being with the Army of the Potomac, and
the remainder of his term in the west under
General Sherman. At the close of the war he
was mustered out as first lieutenant, having
been promoted for gallant and meritorious
service.
In 1865 Mr. Murphy founded the firm of
Murphy & Company, varnish manufacturers in
Newark. In 1891 the company was incor-
jjorated as the Murphy \'arnish Company, and
since that time Mr. Murphy has been its presi-
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967
(lent. iM'uni the comniencenieiit of his career
lie has taken a deep interest in all niunicii)al
and state matters. He has held various iniblic
offices, including membership in the common
council of Newark from 1883 to 1886. being at
one time president of that body; and in 1885
was chosen a member of the house of assembly,
where he was highly regarded as a conservative
and able leader. He has also held the office of
park commissioner to lay out and complete the
parks of Essex county. As a trustee for the
Reform School for Boys during the three years
term beginning March 24, 1886, he brought to
that institution all the benefits of his business
sagacity antl wide experience. He was ap-
pointed by President McKinley one of the
commissioners to the Paris Universal Exposi-
tion of 1900. He has been called upon to
assume many responsibilities in connection with
public institutions, banks, societies and other
organizations, such as fall to the lot of a man
(li general activities, and which he has dis-
charged in a manner as to command the un-
(jualified approval of the public. Mr. Murphy
has been a lifelong Republican. Since 1892 he
has been chairman of the Republican state
committee of New Jersey, and during his chair-
manship the Re]niblican cainpaigns were uni-
formly successful and New Jersey was brought
prominently into the list of the Republican
states. Since 1900 he has also been a member
of the Republican national committee. In No-
vember. 1901, Mr. Murphy was elected gov-
ernor of New Jersey for a term of three years
over James ^I. Seymour, by a plurality of
seven thousand one hundred and thirty-three
vote. He entered upon his office at the
beginning of 1902, and in his accession to the
governor's chair New Jersey was to have her
first experience with a business man as her
chief executive of state. Governor Murphy
came to the chief magistracy with a national
rejnitation as a captain of industry. He had
planted extensive trade posts of his business
in Newark, throughout the country, and across
the seas, and upon his election the people of
the state realized that public affairs were to be
administered rather upon the newer business
lines than upon the conventional technical basis
of the barrister's profession. With a business
man's instinct Mr. Murphy had devoted him-
self in the common council of Newark to the
betterment of the city he had been called upon
to serve. In the character of his work for his
home city and county there was the fore-
shadowing that, in his higher station as chief
executive of the state, something substantial
for the civic and communal betterment of New
Jersey as a whole was to be obtained. During
the three years of his administration Governor
Murphy gave his own characteristic touches to
the progress of the state, with many excellent
results. As an instance, New Jersey is now
earning $80,000 a year in interest upon balances
in banks that before his time had had free use
of her great deposits. The conservation of the
I'assaic river for the benefit of the communities
through which it flows was promoted by his
commission to devise means of purifyijig its
waters. The state departments, which had
hitherto been unscrutinized, were obliged to
submit their books to the inspection of a state
auditor : an assistant attorney general was for
a reasonable compensation set to doing what
had previously taken a long line of special
counsel and a vast expense to accomplish. An
efficient system of factory inspection was estab-
lished which did more than anything else to
put an end to child labor in New Jersey; a
tenement house commission was created to see
that light and air were let into the homes of
the poor ; and then, applying the business man's
[irinciple of having safety checks to the nomi-
nating methods of the diflierent political parties,
he provided the people with an open primary
system, surrounded by all the safeguards of a
regular election.
In private life Governor Murphy is an ami-
able, social and cultured gentleman, and has
not allowed his business and political afifairs to
engross all of his time. He has given special
attention to the development of the patriotic
societies of the nation, and his interest in the
afifairs of the Grand Army of the Republic is
shown in membership on the board of man-
agers of the National Home for Disabled Vol-
unteer Soldiers. In spite of his large afifairs
and the many responsibilities upon his shoul-
tlers, Mr. Murphy has still found time to culti-
vate art and literature, and his business suc-
cesses have not diverted him from higher pur-
suits. A uniform courtesy and grace of man-
ner and geniality of disposition inherent to the
man have made him friendships which his
(|ualities of heart and mind have never failed
to hold and endear. As a public speaker he
has a persuasiveness and grace that lend charm
to his practical business views. The degree of
LL. D. was conferred upon him in 1902 by
both Lafayette College and Princeton Univer-
sitv. He is a tnember of the more important
Newark and New York clubs, also of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion; of the
Sons of the American Revolution, of which he
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was the president general in 1809; of the Soci-
ety of Colonial Wars, and of the Society of
the Cincinnati.
Governor AInrphy married, June 24, 1868,
Janet, born December 30. 1842, died February
10, 1904, daughter of Israel Day and Cath-
erine Cox Gale ( Hoghland ) Colwell. Two
children are now living : i. Franklin, born No-
vember 29, 1873; married, October 17, 1908.
Harriet Alexander Long, of Chicago ; he is
now vice-president of the Murphy Varnish
Company. 2. Helen, born September 19, 1877;
married. June 8, 1901, William Burnet, son of
Thomas Talmage and Estelle ( Condit ) Kinney
(see Kinnev familv).
This family originated in Eng-
RIGElJ )\\' land, and was of a distinctive
stock of blended German and
Scandinavian blood. The founder of the Amer-
ican branch was actively identified with the be-
ginnings of the Massachusetts Bay colony, and
his descendants were prominent figures in the
development of the other colonies and states
among which they became dispersed.
fl) John Bigelow, the American ancestor,
born in Wrentham, England, in 16 17, was one
of the early settlers in Watertown, Massachu-
setts, which was founded in 1630. He served
in the Pe()uod and other Indian wars, and was
of such prominence that he was called to vari-
ous civil offices in the colony. Soon after his
coming to Watertown he married Mary, daugh-
ter of John Warren, of the "Mayflower" com-
pany. This was the first marriage of public
record in Watertown, and from it came lines
of descendants in all the New England and
adjacent states. Among his children were :
John, died childless ; and Jonathan, of \Vhom
further. John Bigelow died July 14, 1703.
(II) Jonathan, son of John Bigelow, was
born in Watertown. December 11, 1646. He
married Rebecca Shepherd, and settled in Hart-
ford, Connecticut. Among his children were
Jonathan and John, of whom further.
(III) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (i)
Bigelow, married Mabel, daughter of Rev.
Timothy Edwards. Their son Timothy was
adjutant in the Canada expedition, and was
father of Lieutenant Timothy Bigelow, who
died at Fort Stanwix in 1746, and from them
came the name given to Colonel Timothy Bige-
low, the imtimate associate of Otis Warren
and other |)atri()ts, and commandant at West
Point at the close of the revolutionary war.
The name also descended to others of the fam-
ilv I if later distinction.
(Ill) John (2), son of Jonathan (i) and
Rebecca ( Shepherd ) Bigelow, was born in
Hartford, Connecticut, in 1679. His father
gave him a farm of two hundred and seventy
acres in (jlastonbury. Connecticut. November
13. 1709, a part of which he sold December 23,
17 16, and the remainder December 8, 1729. He
removed to Hanover, New Jersey, about 1715,
with others from Connecticut, who sought gold
and silver ores, and settled Whippany, the
oldest town in Morris county, and gave its
name to the Pequannoc river. While the pre-
cious metals were not found, iron was un-
covered, and the Bigelows were ainong the
founders of the iron industry in New Jersey.
So late as 1769 John and Aaron, grandsons of
John Bigelow, owned and operated the White
Meadow Forge, near Rockaway. A contract
preserved in the New Jersey Historical Soci-
ety's archives, of date June 15, 1718, between
John Bigelow and others, locates him in New-
ark. In 1723 he was the first collector of Han-
over, then comprising the present Morris coun-
ty. He married. January 11, 17 10, in Con-
necticut, Abigail Richards. He died July 25,
1733, and his wife September 5, 1749; both
are buried in the old WhipiJany burying-ground
the oldest burying-ground in the oldest town
in Morris county, by the side of John Rich-
ards, who donated the ground for burial pur-
poses. Children, born in Whippany : John,
Daniel, Samuel. Jonathan, Joshua, and daugh-
ters.
I 1\') John (3). son of John (2) and Abi-
gail ( Richards ) Bigelow, was a mine owner
and farmer, and died in Whippany, in 1773.
Me married Elizabeth Dickerson, and was sur-
vived by sons John, Aaron, Closes and Timo-
thy, and by daughters. A memorial in the
library of the New Jersey Historical Society,
the "Pequannoc Remonstrance," dated May,
1776, signed by one hundred and eighty free-
holders of Pequannoc township, Morris coun-
tv. expresses in forceful terms hostility to the
liritish crown, and affords evidence of the dis-
lovaltv of the influential men of that neighbor-
IkkxI. This has the signatures of all the adults
in the lligelow family in Morris county — •
Daniel. Josiah. Aaron. Jonathan and Jabez.
nf the i>thers. John was in Canada: Timothy
and Moses were not of age: and Samuel and
Jo-hua were living elsewhere. Samuel, who
was in Monmouth county, signed a similar
document, and became a captain in the naval
service, and was renowned for courage and
enterprise. John and . Karon were captains in
the niilitarv service and ti.i'ik part in variou-;
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battles, narratives of which were told 1)y David
Gordon, a revohitionary soldier of Morris coun-
ty, and are contained in the unpublished manu-
scripts of Rev. J. F. Tuttle, D. D., president of
Wabash University, in possession of the His-
torical Society.
(\') Timothy, son of John (3) and Eliza-
beth (Dickerson) Bigelow, was born in Whip-
[lany. New Jersey, November 23, 1763. At
the age of sixteen he volunteered in the patriot
army, took part in various engagements, and
was present at the Yorktown surrender. After
the war he married Hannah Ogden Meeker,
and established his home at Lyon's Farms, now
Newark. As a girl his wife witnessed warlike
scenes, and often fled from her father's house
to escape from British and Hessian marauders.
Mr. Bigelow was of reserved and quiet disposi-
tion and devoted to his family. He was inter-
ested in educational affairs, and for some years
served on the board of trustees of the "Old
Stone School House," a neighborhood land-
mark. He died April 8, 1847. 3.ged eighty-
four years, and his wife May 23, 1852, aged
eighty-six years.
(VI) Moses, only son of Timothy and Han-
nah Ogden (Meeker) Bigelow, was born on
the family homestead at Lyons Farms (New-
ark ), January 12, 1800. He attended the schools
there and at Elizabethtown. Studious and
thoughtful, in his youth he read all avail-
able standard works and excelled in various
branches of knowledge, especially mathematics.
He read law in a desultory way in the office of
(iovernor William Pennington, and derived
much pleasure from this pursuit. On arriving
at age he engaged in manufacturing, with which
he was prominently identified for more than a
lialf century. His activity also led him into
various important enterprises. In 1835, with
John P. Jackson and J. M. Meeker, he pro-
cured the incorporation of the Morris & Essex
railroad. He also draughted the charter of
the Mechanics' Fire and Marine Insurance
Company, long a prosperous institution, and
was an incorporator and director of the Bank
of Xew Jersey, the Howard Savings Institu-
tion, the Firemen's Insurance Company, the
Republic Trust Company, the Citizens' Gas
Light Company, and other local corporations,
lie was for many years an efificient trustee of
the Trentnn .Asylum for the Insane, under ap-
])ointnient by the supreme court, and was the
first ]iresident of the Xew Jersey Society for
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
He was elected in 185^) first Democratic
mayor of X'ewark. and conducted nnuiicipal
affairs with so great wisdom and discretion
that he was re-elected four times. He was
unusually well equipped for such a position.
Cautious, reticent, infle])endent and firm, his
conduct was uniformly even and correct yet his
success never led him to unseemly self-asser-
tion or personal ambition. As mayor he in-
augurated a system of block maps to facilitate
taxation and numbering of houses ; procured
the establishment of sinking funds to extinguish
the city debt ; brought about the purchase of
private water rights and the formation of the
Newark Aqueduct Board ; organized a police
department, a dispensary of medicines for the
poor, and a board of health; and directed the
codification of the city ordinances, and the
modification or repeal of various obnoxious
ordinances. During the civil war he made the
financial affairs of the city his especial care
and negotiated all public loans, and it is high
tribute to him to record that all his plans were
approved and adopted by the common council.
In person he had an impressive presence : he
was of superior intelligence and entire sincerity,
and, withal, liberal in benevolence. He was
intensely fond of literature, and his evenings
were devoted to his books and his library. He
died in Newark, January 10, 1874.
Hon. Moses Bigelow married, February 4,
1836, Julia Ann Breckinridge Fowler, who had
the advantages of the best associations and
schools of her time, in Elizabethtown, Morris-
town and New York, and the social benefits of
several seasons in Washington City with her
father, a member of congress. She was a
daughter of the accomplished mineralogist, Dr.
Samuel Fowler, of Franklin, Sussex county,
and granddaughter of Colonel Mark Thomp-
son, officer in the revolution, deputy in the
provincial congress, and member of congress in
Washington's time. The family home of Air. and
Mrs. Bigelow was at 1020 Broad street. New-
ark. Children, born in Newark: 1. Samuel
Fowler, see forward. 2. Moses, died March
26, 1897. He inherited many of the parental
traits of character, and was a leading citizen
of Newark during his entire active career. He
was a promoter, trustee and treasurer of the
Newark Technical School; trustee and treas-
urer of the New Jersey Reform School for
Boys : and a governor of the Essex Club, and
member of the Essex Country Club. Lie held
several official jiositions without emoluments,
and was several times a delegate to Democratic
national and state conventions. He married
I'"liza Rebecca, daughter of Colonel Samuel
I'liwler, of I'"ranklin. .Sussex count\', grand-
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daughter of General julin Alifllin Brodhead,
of Pennsylvania, and great-granddaughter of
Colonel Robert Ogden, of New Jersey. Chil-
dren : Moses, Frederic, John Ogden and Henri-
etta. 3. F'rederick, was a prominent citizen of
Newark, much interested in religion, and for
a time treasurer and vestryman of Grace Prot-
estant Episcopal Church. After traveling ex-
tensively for his health he died at his home,
"Alontrose," near Newark, July 13, 1871. He
married Harriet Van Rensselaer Bleecker, of
New York. Children : Julia, wife of Francis
H. Gellatly, of South Orange ; Harriet Van
Rensselaer, and Frederica. 4. Josephine, mar-
ried John C. Kirtland, of East Orange; chil-
dren: Josephine, wife of Russell Colgate, of
Llewellyn ]'ark; Alay, and Katherine Camp-
bell.
(VIl) Samuel Fowler Bigelow, eldest child
of Hon. Moses and Julia Ann (Breckenridge)
Bigelow, was prepared for college at Newark
Academy, Ashland Hall and Freehold Insti-
tute. He matriculated at Princeton College in
1853. and graduated in 1857. After the pre-
scribed course of law studies under Amzi Dodd,
of Newark, and Jehiel G. Shipman, of Belvi-
dere, he was admitted to the New Jersey bar as
an attorney at law in i860, and as a counsellor
in 1866. He was subsequently admitted to the
bar of New York and California, and of vari-
ous Federal courts. He has occupied various
positions of importance in the line of his pro-
fession. He was elected city attorney of New-
ark in 1863, and judge of the Newark city
court in 18C8. He also received appointments
as follows : From President Cleveland, as
United States attorney for New Jersey ; from
the supreme court of New Jersey, as supreme
court commissioner ; from Chancellor William
T. McGill, as special master in chancery ; from
Judge Andrew Kirkpatrick,of the United States
district court. United States commissioner for
New Jersey. The clistrict courts were estab-
lished chiefly through his instrumentality, but
he declined the position of judge of the New-
ark district court tendered him by Governor
Robert S. Green. He also declined the posi-
tion of aide, with rank of colonel, tendered
him by Governor Joseph D. Bedle. Mr. Bige-
low is now actively engaged in the practice of
his profession in his native city of Newark.
He is unmarried.
The mere mention of the busi-
CLARK ness of the manufacturing of
cotton goods to a citizen of New-
Jersey, will have the same eti'ect that the men-
tion of the name of Slater has in Rhode Island,
as the names are as familiarly connected with
the cotton industry as is Watts with steam,
Stephenson with the railroad locomotive, I'ul-
ton with the steamboat, and Whitney with the
cotton gin.
P'eter Colt, superintendent of the first cotton
mill established in New Jersey by the Society
for Establishing Useful Alanufactures, and of
which society Alexander Hamilton was an
enthusiastic patron, wrote and signed a certifi-
cate, dated August 22, 1817, in which he testi-
fies that he (Mr. Clark) "made in company
with a partner who worked in iron and brass,
all the valuable machinery in the first cotton
mill that was ever erected in this part of the
country, and the first (as I believe ) that was
worked in America." He further states in the
same certificate, "Mr. Clark has been a resi-
dent of this town ever since the period first
mentioned (1794), and has always carried on
the business of making machines for spinning
both cotton and the wool of sheep, and is a
very able mechanic and an industrious citizen."
This machinist, cotton and wool manufacturer
and early fitter up of the first cotton mill in
New Jersey was John Clark, of whom further.
( I ) John Clark, the immigrant, was born in
Renfrewshire, Scotland, May 21, 1763. He
was brought up to the machinist's trade and
learned to make and set up looms in the cotton
and woolen mills of his native country. Gen-
eral Alexander Hamilton, one of the founders
of the Society for Establishing Useful Manu-
factures in the United States, was a personal
friend of Mr. Clark and advised him to come
to America to assist the society in their w-ork.
He embarked with his wife, Jane Slater, a
native of Sterlingshire, Scotland, born May i,
1768, and who died in Paterson, New Jersey,
May 30, 1838, and their two children, Jane and
John Jr., both born in Renfrewshire, Scotland,
and they landed in New York in 1794, after a
long and tiresome voyage in a sailing vessel.
The society under whose auspices the venture
was made, sent the family to Paterson, where
they established a home and the father began
the manufacture of cotton spinners and looms.
He formed a partnership with a fellow country-
man who is described above as a worker in
iron and brass, one Mcllwhame, and March 18,
1799. the firm of Mcllwhame & Clark render-
ed an account for services rendered to the soci-
ety to the amount of two thousand one hundred
and one pounds four shillings two pence. Mr.
Clark, besides manufacturing machinery for
cotton and woolen mills, engaged prominently
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in tlie niamitacture of woolen fabrics, and in
fact became the principal founder of the textile
industry in I'aterson, where he died, October
12, 1830.
Tlie children of John and Jane (Slater)
Clark, with the exception of the first two born
in Renfrewshire, Scotland, were born in Pater-
son, New Jersey, as follows: i. Jane, October
5, 1791 ; married Robert Cunningham, a ma-
chinist, of Paterson, New Jersey, where she
died August 6, 1863. 2. John Jr., March 4,
1793: became first secretary of the Society for
Establishing Useful Manufactures, and with
Thomas Rogers became manufacturer of cot-
ton looms in the "Eieaver Mill," erected by his
father soon after his arrival. The firm of
Goodwin, Clark & Rogers continued through-
out the greater part of his life, and became
known as the Rogers Locomotive Works, and
was very ]:)rofitably conducted. He died in
Paterson, April 3, 1841. 3. William I^., Octo-
ber 5. 1795: managed the store connected with
the cotton factory, fitted up by his father for
Peter Colt, and subsequently became book-
keeper for Rogers, Ketcham & Grosvenor,
builders of steam locomotives. He died in
Paterson, November 9, 1859. 4. Robert, Sep-
tember 22, 1798; died March 9, 1869. 5.
Elisha Boudinot, Alay 30, 1801 : became a
member of the firm of Clark & Robinson, cot-
ton spinners, and occupied the mill site now
owned by the Ivanhoe Paper Mill. He was a
man of influence, held various prominent local
offices in Paterson, and represented the district
in the legislature of New Jersey. He died in
Paterson, March i, 1842. 6. Alexander, Octo-
ber 17, 1803: died in Paterson; we find no
record of date of death. 7. Henry (q. v.). 8.
Edward (twin of Henry), February 14, 1807;
worked as a machinist in the shop of his
brother John, and in 1826 established an iron
foundry in Paterson at the corner of Mulbury
and River streets, and in 1829, in company with
his brother Henry, engaged in the hardware
business, which included mill supplies. He
married, November 8, 1828, Ann, daughter of
John and Mary Mclntyre, of New York City.
She was born May 26, 1812, and died Decem-
ber 7, 1868. They had two children : Morton,
who succeeded his uncle, Henry, in the hard-
ware business, and Livingston, born April 22,
1841, died October 14, 1857. Edward Clark
died in Paterson, New Jersey, May 15, 1875.
HP) Henry, sixth son and seventh child of
John and Jane (Slater) Clark, was born in
Paterson, New Jersey, February 14, 1807. He
was a pujiil in the public school of his native
city, and while quite young worked as a ma-
chinist. In 1829 he engaged in the hardware
business in partnership with his brother Ed-
ward, and the business of "Clarks' Hardware
Store" was continued for forty-six years by
the twin brothers. He was a man of high
character, and an elder in the First Presby-
terian Church, of Paterson. He died at Pater-
son, August 9, 1875. He married, in May,
1842, Catherine Van Winkle, born March i,
1816, died September 6, 1877, daughter of Edo
antl Jane ( Van Houton) Van Winkle, of Pater-
son, New Jersey. Catherine \'an Winkle was
of the seventh generation in line of descent
frt>m Jacob \'an Winkle, who came from Hol-
land in 1684 and settled in Bergen county.
New Jersey. (See Van Winkle). Children:
1. Henry Irving, born July 10, 1843 ! see below.
2. John Edo, born April 28, 1845; mentioned
below. 3. Mary, born June 2, 1848; married,
Sejitember 2"/, 1871, Andrew Kerr; children,
born at Ilchester, I3altimore coimty, Maryland :
i. Mary Clark, August 19, 1872, died Novem-
ber 2~, 1873: ii. Annie Couper, born October
21, 1873, married, June 23, 1905, Chauncy
( )wens Ransom ; iii. Katherine Van Winkle,
born September 17, 1876, now residing in Dun-
murry, county Antrim. Ireland, married, June
16. 1908, Edward Percy Richardson, child —
Eleanor Coates, born March 22, 19CX) ; iv.
Henry Clark, born May 8, 1878, married, June;
7, 1905, Emma Pounds, child — John Clark,
born May 20, 1907 : v. William Morris, born
July 22. 1879, married, .April 24. 1907, Mercy
Elizabeth Niblock, child — William Morris Jr.,
born July 15, 1909. 4. Catherine, born De-
cember 3. 1850: married, December i, 1886,
Rev. George Bothwell, who died May 3, 1891 ;
children : i. Mary Clark, born December 5,
1887; ii. .Ada, born December 23, 1889. 5.
David Burnett, born January 24, 1854; resides
in Paterson, New Jersey. 6. William Livings-
ton, born May 11. 1857 : see below.
(Ill) Henry Irving Clark, son of Henry
(q. v.) and Catherine (Van Wrinkle) Clark,
was born at Paterson. New Jersey, July 10,
1843. He attended various private schools in
his native city up to September, 1855, under
the tuition of Garret J. Hopper, when the pub-
lic schools were started there with first-class
teachers in all departments. The grammar
school which he entered was in charge of Pro-
fessor Samuel C. Hosford as ])rincii)al, a very
superior teacher. He remained a pupil in the
public schools until 1857, at the same time
studying Latin, as only English was taught in
the schools, special attention being given to
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STATE OF NEW 'JERSEY.
mathematics. In September, 1857, h<^ entered
the classical school of Professor Theodore
Ryerson, and commenced preparation for col-
lege. In March, 1859, his father requested him
to relinquish the idea of going to college, and
requested him to enter the hardware store of
E. & H. Clark, in Paterson, New Jersey, in the
capacity of clerk. He remained in that posi-
tion until March, i860, when he secured a posi-
tion with T. Ketcham & Company, stock bro-
kers, at No. I lianover street. New York City.
The following year, 1861, with the commence-
ment of the civil war, a much greater activity
was started in Wall street in stocks and bonds
than this country had ever experienced before.
He was admitted to the firm of T. Ketcham &
Company in the early part of 1864, and was
elected a member of the New York Stock Ex-
change in November, 1864. He continued his
connection with the firm until May, 1867, when
the firm was dissolved. That same month
he entered into partnership with \\^illiam P.
Ketcham, under the firm name of Ketcham &
Clark, stock brokers. In 1868 his brother,
John Edo Clark, became a member of the firm
under the same firm name, and this relation
continued until 1874 when the firm was dis-
solved. In that same year was formed the
firm of H. & J. Clark, composed of Henry
Irving and John Edo Clark, both members of
the New York Stock Exchange, which remain-
ed in existence until February, 1893, when
John E. Clark retired from business. In that
same month Henry I. Clark formed the firm
of Henry I. Clark & Company, composed of
Henry 1. Clark. Herbert H. Clark, Elisha T.
Everett. Henry L. Clark was admitted to
membership in 1897 and Josiah H. Clark in
1902. On October 7, 1905, E. T. Everett re-
tired from the firm. The firm of Henry I.
Clark & Company, stock brokers, is still in
existence at No. 80 Broadway, New York
City. Mr. Clark is a Republican in politics,
having cast his first vote for Lincoln and John-
son in November, 1864. He has never held
public office, preferring to devote his time and
attention to business. He is a member of the
Church of the Redeemer (Presbyterian), of
Paterson, New Jersey, and a member of the
Hamilton Club, of Paterson.
Mr. Clark married, April 13, 1870, Ada
Huntoon. born .August 14, 1849. daughter of
Josiah P. and Sarah M. (Doremus) Huntoon.
Children : i. Herbert Huntoon, born March 7,
1871 : married. June 23, 1897, Elspah John-
son, of P>ethlehem, Pennsylvania : child — Henry
Irving (2), born .April 24, 1899. 2. Josiah
Huntoon, born December 4, 1873. 3- Henry
Livingston, born February 11, 1876; married,
September 12, Kpo, Sarah Fifield, of Pater-
son ; children: Edward Fifield, born July 21,
1903; Sarah Margaret, born December 14,
1905. 4. Meta, born June 15, 1879; mar-
ried, April 5, 1906, Clifton F. Leatherbee, of
West Newton, Massachusetts ; child — Kath-
erine, born March 2, 1907. 5. Florence, born
October 21, 1882: married, April 13, 1905,
Roger C. Turner, of Paterson; children: .Ada
Ann. born June I, 1906; Roger Chamberlain,
September 1 1, 1909.
( III ) John Edo Clark, second son of Henry
and Catherine (Van Winkle) Clark, was born
at Paterson. New Jersey, April 28, 1845. His
elementary educational training was in the best
private and select schools of Paterson under
the best instruction, and this was supplemented
by a course in the public schools. He ranked
high in his studies and graduated from the Pat-
erson high school in i860. Shortly afterward he
entered the employ of E. & H. Clark as clerk in
their hardware store, remaining about four
\-cars. Desiring to enter the mercantile world
and make a mark for himself, he began a clerk-
ship in the office of T. Ketcham & Company,
bankers and stock brokers, at No. i. Hanover
street. New York, during the civil war, when
the brokerage business was at its height. By
strict attention to the business in all its details
and by his probity he rose to positions of
greater responsibility and remuneration, be-
coming thoroughly familiar in the purchase and
sale of stocks and bonds of the New York
Stock P'xchange. In 1868 he was admitted a
partner in the banking house of Ketcham &
Clark, the firm having been formed in May,
1867. by Henry I. Clark, a brother of Mr.
Clark, and William P. Ketcham. The three
partners continued in active and prosperous
l)usiness until 1874, when the firm was dis-
solved and the two brothers, Plenry I. and
John E. Clark, entered into partnership under
the firm name of H. & J. Clark, with quarters
at Xo. 66 Broadway, and later removed to
Wall street, where the business was continued
under that name until 1893. when Mr. Clark
retired, although he held his seat in the New
A'ork Stock Exchange until 1900, when he sold
it and retired from all active business. Mr.
Clark believed in outdoor exercise and recrea-
tion, and became an ardent and active member
of the North Jersey Golf Club, in which he
held membership since its organization. He
was a much respected member of the Hamilton
Club, the leading social organization of Pater-
STATE OF NEW IKRSKY
973
son, taking a deep interest in its welfare. In
piilitical preferment he was a Republican of the
tr\ie type that never sought public office.
In social as well as in private life Mr. Clark
was a model man. At home he was the center
of the affection of Iiis sister's family, where
for twenty-three years he watched over the
welfare of her children with the tenderness of
a fond parent. In the church, whicji was his
suj)reme delight, he was a pillar, the same in
which his father had been an elder. He was a
member of the First Presbyterian Church, and
stood loyal to its interests when others with-
drew from it. The religious element in his
character was positive and of a high type. He
was a close student of the faith of his fathers,
yet was free from all cant and narrowness.
and preserved through his life the pre-eminent
christian character. John Edo Clark died at
his residence on Hamilton avenue. November
7, 1909. To those who knew him best he was
most strongly endeared. His very goodness
made him noble and placed him on that plane
above the common run of mankind. .Always
of the kindest and most lovable nature, John
E. Clark was indeed a noble man. It was en-
nobling to know him and to appreciate him.
He was just to all and guarded in his word.
"None were ever wounded by word or act of
his. and his many excellent (|ualities of lieart
and mind shone brightly.''
(HI) William Livingston Clark, youngest
child of Henry and Catherine ( Van Winkle )
Clark, was born at Paterson, New Jersey, May
IT, 1857. He attended the Paterson public
scliDcjls. and this was supplemented by a course
at the Paterson Seminary, where he prepared
for college, entering the University of the City
of New York, from which he graduated in
1877. receiving the degree of Bachelor of .\rts.
He subsequently received from the same insti-
tution, the degree of Master of Arts in 1879.
During this time he took a course at the Colum-
bia Law School in New York City, and grad-
uated in 1879 with degree of Bachelor of Laws.
He was admitted to the New York bar in June,
1879. and began the jjractice of law with
Thomas Darlington, with offices at No. 7 Beek-
nian street. New York City. Mr. Clark has con-
tinued in active practice in the city of New York
cdutinuously since that time. He was admitted to
practice as an attorney and counsellor at law
by the supreme court of New Jersey, where he
has been largely engaged in the court of chan-
cery. Mr. Clark was a resident of Paterson.
New Jersev, from his birth until February 23.
1885. when he was uniteil in marriage to ^lary
E. Si)encer. and removed to Brooklyn. New
York, where he resided until April of the fol-
lowing year, when he removed to Passaic, New
Jersey. He was one of the first to erect a
residence in his section of the city, and became
active in promoting and improving the locality
which has become the finest residential section
of l^assaic. He has taken an active interest in
the conduct of the public affairs of Passaic
for a number of years, relating to the growth
and development of the city, and assisted in
the formation of the Citizens' Association and
Board of Trade, of Passaic. He was instru-
mental with others in forming and organizing
the Passaic Club, and became its first trea3urer
and second president. In addition to the Pas-
saic Club he holds membership in the .\cquack-
anonk Club, of Passaic ; the Yountakat Coun-
try L'lub. and the Lotos Club, of New York
L'ity. In religicjn Mr. Clark retains the faith
of liis ancestors, and is a member of the Pas-
saic Presbyterian Church, having served that
body as its trustee for fifteen years. He is a
Republican in politics, and served the third ward
of his city as councilman from 1890 to 1893.
Mr. Clark married at Paterson. New Jersey,
I-'ebruary 25. 1885. Mary E.. born December i,
1861, daughter of Lucius F. and Caroline (Deni-
son ) Spencer. Lucius F. Spencer is a prominent
resident of Passaic. New Jersey, and a descend-
ant of Michael Spencer, a brother of Will-
iam Spencer, of Cambridge, Massachusetts, the
early New England ancestor. The only child
of this marriage is Marv .Alice, born at Passaic,
.New jersey, Julv 26, r88('i.
The name Worthing-
WORTIHNGTON ton is derived from
three Saxon words,
"Wearth in ton," that is. "Farm in town."
signifying a farm wdfich formed part of a
town or village, and as a surname was derived
from the town or locality where those assum-
ing it resided at the time surnames were adopt-
ed. Twenty miles northeast of Liverpool, in
the county of Lancaster, England, is the town
or village of Worthington. in the hundred of
Ledyard, [larish of Standish. Here and in
the adjoining territory resided the family of
Worthington, founded in that name in the time
of the Plantaganets, and for many generations
of high repute, the elder male line being traced
back to W'orthington de Worthington. who was
proprietor of Worthington Manor in the reign
of Henry HI.. 1236-37. and was the progenitor
of all the Worthingtons of Lancashire. The
old manor house of Worthington, the residence
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
of the family for seven years, was pulled down
abont a half century ago.
In the first quarter of the eighteenth cen-
tury we find John, Thomas and Samuel Worth-
ington resident in Byberry township, Philadel-
phia county, Pennsylvania, all members of the
Society of Friends, at Abington monthly meet-
ing, but worshipping at the old Byberry meet-
inghouse, then under the jurisdiction of Ab-
ington monthly meeting. Tradition relates that
they were all natives of Lancashire, and that
they came to Pennsylvania about 1703. How-
ever, since none of them were more than ten
years of age at that date, if the statement is
true they must have been accompanied to this
country by parents or other relatives in the
nature of guardians.
(I) John W'orthington, ancestor of the sub-
ject of this sketch, was born in Lancashire,
England, about the year 1697. He was a resi-
dent of Byberry township. Philadelphia coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, when he married there, in
1720, Mary, daughter of Thomas and ]\Iary
(Paxson) Walmsley, of Byberry, and grand-
daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Walmsley,
who with their six minor children were among
a group of members of Settle monthly meeting,
Lancashire, who secured a certificate from that
meeting in 1682, and, removing to Pennsyl-
vania, settled in Bucks county, where Thomas
died soon after his arrival. John W'orthing-
ton's name ap[)ears among the list of the mem-
bers of Byberry preparative meeting who con-
tributed to the fund for maintaining the poor
in 1721, and he continued prominent in the
affairs of that section until his death, January
14. 1777, at about the age of eighty years.
John W'orthington was a weaver and farmer,
and spent his whole adult life on his plantation
in the northern end of Byberry township. His
wife, Mary I Walmsley ) W'orthington, died
April 18, 1754. The births of their six sons
and five daughters are of record on the registry
of Abington monthly meeting. Five of the
sons and at least three of the daughters mar-
ried and reared children, and all have left
numerous descendants. Three of the sons,
A\'illiam. Isaac and Joseph, removed in middle
life to that part of Buckingham township,
Bucks county. bor<lcring on W^rightstown town-
ship, and many of the descendants of William
and Joseph have ever since been residents of
these two townships. Isaac removing later to
Chester county.
(II") William, sixth cliild and third son of
Thomas and Mary (Walmsley) Worthington,
was born in Byberry township. Philadelphia
county, Pennsylvania, September 20, 1732, and
continued to reside in that township until 1770,
when he removed to Buckingham township.
Bucks county, whither he had been preceded
by his two younger brothers, Joseph and Isaac.
He purchased a farm on the line of Wrights-
town township of his brother Isaac, and later
purchased considerable other land adjoining,
I)artly in both townships, and became one of
the principal landowners and prominent men
of his section. He was a birthright member
of Abington monthly meeting of Friends, but
was married at the Dutch Reformed Church,
of \orth and Southampton, March 18, 1764,
to Esther Homer, also a member of Abing-
ton meeting. For this breach of the "good
order maintained among Friends" complaint
was brought to the monthly meeting by By-
berry meeting, December 31, 1764, and they
were "dealt with'' by the meeting, but finally
acknowledged their sorrow for the breach of
discipline in a manner satisfactory to the meet-
ing. L)n December 30, 1770, they obtained a
certificate which included their four minor
children, Mary, William, Jesse and John, to
W'riglitstown monthly meeting, Bucks county,
with which they and their descendants were
thereafter associated to the present time. There
other children, Benjamin, Hiram and Esther,
were born to them in Buckingham. W'illiam
Worthington died on his plantation in Lower
Buckingham, near the present village of Wy-
combe, December 6, 1816, in the eighty-fifth
year of his age. His widow Esther survived
until January 2^. 1832, at the age of eighty-
nine years.
I HI ) Benjamin, son of W'illiam and Esther
( Homer ) Worthington, was born in Bucking-
ham township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania,
soon after the settlement of his parents in that
township, about the year 1771. He married,
October 21, 1795. Mary, daughter of Wat-
son and Ruth (Bradshaw) Welding, of the
"Rush \'alley Mills," Wrightstown township,
and took up his residence on a portion of his
father's plantation in Buckingham, which he
inherited at his father's death in 1816. He died
in Buckingham, April 26, 1852. He and his
wife were members of Wrightstown Friends'
meeting, on the registry of which appears the
record of the birth of their eight children, four
of whom died before their parents. Mary
(Welding) Worthington died September i.
1840. She was a great-granddaughter of Ely
Welding, a native of New Jersey, who came
to I'nckingham from .\bington in 1723 and
died there about 1760, and his wife Elizabeth
STATE OF NEW [ERSEY.
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Beale. Juhii Welding, son of Ely, married
Hannah Watson, of Chesterfield, Burlington
county. New jersey, in 1747, and settled there
tlie following year. He died prior to 1760,
and his son Watson Welding returned to Buck-
ingham and married, in 1771, Ruth, daughter
of James and Ruth ( Lowder ) Bradshaw, of
L'pper liuckinghani. He inherited the lands of
his grandfather in Buckingham, but in 1793
purchased the historic old mills at Rushland.
long known as Mitchell's Mills, in Wrights-
town, on the old Swamp road. Watson Weld-
ing died in Wrightstown, December 6, 1817.
His wife Ruth died August 19, 1804.
( 1\ ) Amasa. fourth child and eldest son of
Benjamin and Mary ( \Velding) Worthington,
was born in Lower Buckingham, Bucks coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, January 11, 1802. On April
7, 1832, his father and mother conveyed to
him the homestead farm, on which he resided
until 185 1, when he purchased a large farm
at the Chain Bridge over the Neshaminy. in
\\ rightstown, extending across the Neshaminy
into Northampton township, and settled there-
on. He owned at different periods several
other properties in Buckingham, and was prom-
inent in the affairs of the community in which
he lived. He married Amy, daughter of John
Spencer, of a family long prominent in mid-
dle Bucks county, and both were active and
consistent members of Wrightstown Friends'
meeting. He died on his plantation at Chain
Bridge, in Wrightstown, August 21, 1877. Am-
asa and Amy (Spencer) Worthington had
seven children who survived them, viz. : Sarah,
widow of James Slack, deceased, a veteran of
the civil war ; Mary Louise, unmarried ; Thad-
deus S., born P'ebruary 19, 1840, a farmer in
Warwick township, Bucks county; Benjamin,
who acquired the Chain Bridge homestead at
the death of his father in 1877, and died there
ten years later: Lucretia ^L, wife of Henry C.
Buckman. farmer of W^rightstown ; John Spen-
cer, of whom presently ; and Annie, unmarried.
Mrs. Sarah { AV'orthington) Slack and her two
unmarried sisters, Mary Louise and Annie
Worthington. have resided since the death of
their brother Benjamin at 106 Chancellor street,
Newtown. Bucks county.
f\') John Spencer, sixth child and youngest
son of Amasa and Amy (Spencer) Worthing-
ton, was born in Buckingham township, Bucks
county, Pennsylvania. March 15, 1848, but was
reared on the old homestead at Chain Bridge,
Wrightstown township, where his parents re-
moved when he was three years of age. He
received his education in the public schools,
and when a young man engaged in the ice busi-
ness, erecting large ice houses on theNeshaminy.
near Neshaminy Falls, and shipping the ice to
Philadelphia, where he did a large and profitable
business. In 1899 h^ organized the Jefi'erson Ice
Manufacturing Company, of which he was pres-
ident until his death in 1905. This company was
the largest retail ice dealers in Philadelphia. He
also established and carried on a large coal and
feed business in Philadelphia. In 1904 Mr.
Worthington removed to Burlington, New Jer-
sey, and established the plant of the Diamond
Plate Ice Company, manufacturing ice exclu-
sively from water drawn froiu artesian wells.
He died at Burlington, September 29, 1905.
John Spencer Worthington married, Novem-
ber I, 1881, Clara Delany, born at Hunting-
don X'alley, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania,
September 18, 1853, daughter of William R.
Delany (died December 24, 1909), and of a
family long resident in lower Bucks and Mont-
gomery counties. She is now living at No. 113
East Union street, Burlington, New Jersey.
Children of John Spencer and Clara (Delany)
Worthington: i. Henry Delany W'orthington.
subject of this sketch. 2. S. Cameron Spencer
W'orthington, born in Philadelphia, February,
i88f); now paying teller in the Central Trust
and Savings Fund, of Philadelphia. He mar-
rietl Charlotte McKensie, of Somerton, Phila-
delphia, and has two children — Murrell Mere-
dith Worthington, and .Mice Minerva W^orth-
ington.
( \'I ) Henry Delany, eldest son of John
Spencer and Clara (Delany) Worthington, was
born in Philadelphia, February 18, 1883. He
attended the public schools of Philadelphia,
later entered the famous William Penn Char-
ter School of that city, and graduated from
Dean Academy, Franklin. Massachusetts. On
leaving the latter institution he accepted a posi-
tion in the Ivlerchants' National Bank, of I'hil-
adelphia, but soon after became associated with
his father in the management of the ice busi-
ness at Burlington, New Jersey, and at the
latter's death took entire charge of the busi-
ness and has since conducted it with eminent
success. Henry Delany Worthington married,
June 30, 1908, Mary Edith, daughter of Edgar
Ezekiel and Hannah (Forbes) Allen, of Bur-
lington, New Jersey, and they have one child —
Gertrude Elizabeth Worthington, born August
29, 1909. They reside at I'urlington, where
Mr. Worthington is one of the preeminent and
successful voung business men.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
Ciilbert Cullins, Justice of the
(_'( )LL1.\S Supreme Court of Xew Jersey,
from March 8. 1897, until 1903,
when he resigned to re-enter the practice of
law, was born in Stonington, New London
ci^)unty, Connecticut, August 26, 1846, and is a
descendant of an old English family which
originally came from Kent. England. His great-
great-grandparents were Daniel Collins and
.\lice PeW. His great-grandfather, Daniel Col-
lins (1732-1819J, of Stonington, served in the
revolutionary war, and according to existing
records was first lieutenant in the First Regi-
ment Connecticut Line, formation of 1777 ; and
it is also known that he was in service from
1775. He married Anne Potter. His son, Gil-
bert ( 1789-1865), grandfather of the present
Gilbert Collins, served several terms in the
Connecticut legislature. His wife was Pru-
dence Frink. Judge Collins' father, Daniel
Prentice Collins (born in 1813. died in 1862).
was a manufacturer in Stonington througliout
his life: he also had business relations in Jer-
sey City, and on this account his son eventually
made choice of that city as his field of labor,
and his home. His mother, Sarah R., was a
descendant of the Wells family of Connecticut.
Judge Collins was prepared for Yale College,
but the death of his father changed his purpose.
The family, which consisted of his mother and
one sister, removed to Jersey City in 1863, and
in 1865 he there entered the office of Jonathan
Dixon, now deceased and former justice of
the supreme court of Xew Jersey. He was ad-
mitted to the bar as an attorney in February,
1869, and as a counselor in February, 1872.
On January I, 1870, he became a partner of
;\Ir. Dixon, and continued in that relationship
imtil that gentleman was elevated to the bench
in .\pril, 1875. Pie afterward formed a part-
nership with Charles L. Corbin, one of New
Jersey's most distinguished lawyers. In 1881
William H. Corbin was admitted as a member
of the firm, which continued under the .style of
Collins & Corbin till March 8, 1897, when Mr.
Collins was appointed a justice of the supreme
court of Xew Jersey, which position he held
from March 8, 1897, until 1903, when he re-
signed and re-engaged in the practice of law
with his former partners, under the firm name
of Collins & Corbin.
Judge Collins is in politics a Re]niblican ; he
has been nominated by his party for state sen-
ator (1880) once, and for congress twice (1882
and 1888). For two years, from May, 1884,
to 'Slay. 1886, he served as mayor of Jersev
Citv, having been elected by a combination of
an independent organization of citizens with
the Republicans. I-'or five years previous to
1893 ''"^ served as chairman of the Republican
county committee, when he declined a re-elec-
tion. He is a member of the Union League
and Palma clubs, of Jersey City, and of the
.Xew Jersey Society of the .Sons of the Revolu-
tion.
June 2, 1870, Judge Collins married Harriet
Kingsbury Bush. Of their si.x children, two
daughters survive. Their son, Walter Collins,
was educated at Columbia University, New
York, and Williams College, Massachusetts.
He studied law in his father's office, was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1896, and was a practicing
lawyer in Jersey City. He died Xovember 11,
1 900.
Dr. Jesse Steelton Adams, of
.\D.\M.S Uurlington, descends from the
Atlantic county line of the Adams
family. His grandfather was Joshua .\dams,
who was born in Atlantic county, and was a
]jrosperous farmer. He reared a family of
sons, and with the eldest of these, William B.,
the line is continued to Dr. Adams. These
sons were William B., I'eter, Richard and
Ryan. There was also one daughter.
(II) William Boice, son of Joshua Adams,
was born at Somers Point, Atlantic county,
Xew Jersey, August 13, 1801, and died April
15, 1867. He received a good common school
education, and learned the trade of a black-
smith, which he followed for a great many
years. About the year 1855 he removed to
liritlgeton, Xew Jersey, where for eleven years
he was proprietor of a hotel. About a year
])revious to his death, in 1867, Mr. Adams re-
tired from active life. Although in the hotel
business Mr. Adams neither sold nor used
liquor. He was an active member of the
Alethodist church and of the order of Sons of
Temperance. His political preference was for
the Democratic party. He married, March 3,
1825, Rebecca, daughter of Clement Cordrey.
She was born at Cordrey's Brook, .\tlantic
county. Xew Jersey, March 14, 1802, and died
in 1889. She was a member of the Methodist
church, and a devoted wife and mother. The
children of this marriage: i. Clement C, born
.\ugust 25, 1826; is a business man of Tren-
ton, Xew Jersey. 2. Henrietta D., died in
childhood. 3. .Absalom D., born May 19, 183 1 ;
he followed the sea inany years, and now re-
sides in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 4. Mary
P., died in infancy. 5. Daniel C, born April
15, 1836: is a merchant of Cumberland county.
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New Jersey. 6. James Henry, died in childhood.
7. Jesse Steelton, see forward. 8. Thomas
I lenry. (Hed in childhood.
( III ) Jesse Steelton, son of Wilhani B. and
Rebecca ( Cordrey ) .Adams, was born m Bakers-
ville, .\tlantic county, Xew Jersey, May 15,
1842. He received his education in the com-
mon schools and at the W est Jersey Academy,
r.ridgton, Xew Jersey. While hardly more
than a boy, Mr. .Adams enlisted in the Union
army to help suppress the great rebellion then
in progress. He enlisted for nine months serv-
ice beginning in .August, 18^12, in Com])any F,
Twenty-fourth New Jersey Infantry. He saw
much hard service and participated in those
two memorable battles and Union defeats. Fred-
ericksburg and Chancellorsville. His company
was commanded by Captain Samuel Harris.
.At the expiration of his term of enlistment
.Mr. .Adams received an honorable discharge.
1 laving now to decide on a profession or busi-
ness, he chose dentistrv, and entered the office
of Joseph C. Kirby, who became his mstructor
and with whom he remained five years. In
1868 Dr. .Adams located in Burlington, .\'e\\
jersey, and from that time until the present
I loog) has been in successful practice in that
city, with the exception of four years spent in
I lightstown, Xew Jersey. He is a gold Demo-
crat politically, and for si.x years was secre-
tary of the Elurlington Board of Health, his
term of office ending with his resignation. He
is a member of the Episcopal church, and served
the church at Hightstown as warden. His
fraternal relations are with the Masonic order,
in which he has attained the thirty-second de-
gree Scottish Rite. He is a member of Bur-
lington Lodge, Xo. 32, F. and A. AI., and is
past high priest of Boudinot Chapter, No. 3,
R. .\. M,
Jesse S. .Adams married, March 19, 1874,
I'.mily Francis, daughter of Joseph D. and
lunily .A. (Schuyler) Deacon, of Burlington,
.\'ew Jersey. TJiree children have been born
to them: one only, the first born, .Alfred, sur-
\ives: i. .Alfred Leslie Deacon .Adams, was
born in lUirlington, New Jersey, February 4,
1875. He was educated at the Bordentovvn
.Military Institute, Bordentown, New Jersey,
and at Dre.xel College, Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania. He is now a resident of Newark, New
ler.sey, where he is employed in the home
office of the Prudential Insurance Company.
He married, in 1900, .Annie \'an Rossen, of
I'everly. Xew Jersey. 2. Carleton Cordrey
.Adams, born February 24, 1879; died at the
age of seven years. 3. Heathcote Steelman
iii-9
.Adams, born November 21;, 1887; died aged
eight vears.
The Rev. Frederick Augustus
LI':HLI;-\CH Lehlbach, founder of the fam-
ily of his name in New Jersey,
was liorn at Ladenburg, Baden, in 1805; died
in Newark, .Xew Jersey, September 11, 1873.
He was educated at lleidleburg and Halle, and
in 1832 became [lastor of the Lutheran church
at Xuenstetten, where he remained until 1841.
.After that he took charge of a large parish in
Heiligkreutzsteinach, Baden, and while there
was chosen several times by his people as their
representative in the second chamber of the
Baden legislature. He became a prominent
character among the revolutionists of 1848-41),
and when the grand duke was expelled and
Baden declared a republic. Pastor Lehlbach
was chosen a member of the constituante or
constitutional assembly by several districts. He
accepted the election from his old district of
W'einheim. When the revolution collapsed, he
was proscribed and sentenced to fifteen year^
solitary confinement for his share in the re-
bellion. He escaped this severe sentence by
fleeing to Strasburg, and in Xovember, 1849,
emigrated to .America. After spending a few
days in Xew York City, he went to Xewark,
Xew Jersey, where he settled as pastor of the
Mulberry Street German Evangelical Church,
and for the next quarter of a century, in fact
until he died, maintained an e.xalted reputation
there as a teacher of Christianity and as an
exemplar of morals. It was truly said of him
at the time of his death that he was a man of
advanced thought, and a fearless and zealous
advocate of civil and religious liberty. He
took a prominent part in educational and pro-
gressive measures, and was one of the founders
of the Green Street German-English School,
of the German Hospital, and kindred charitable
institutions. Children : Charles F. J. : Emma ;
Paul Frederick, re/erred to below: Gustav :
Hermann: Hugo: Rudolph: Laura: Ernst;
Robert : Franklin.
(II) Paul Frederick, son of the Rev. l-'red-
erick .Augustus Lehlbacii, was born in Heilig-
kreutzsteinach, Baden, in .April, 1842: died in
Xew York, April 19, 1884. He was brought
over to this country by his father when only
nine years old, and after receiving his educa-
tion, started in life as a pharmacist in Xew
York City. Later he became secretarv of the
Xew York College of Pharmacy. He married,
in 1874, Anna Marie, born Alay 19. 1856,
daughter of Philip and Catherine (Leitz) Jung-
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
manii. Children: i. Frederick Reimold, re-
ferred to below. 2. Anna, born November 7,
1878: married Daniel K. Van Ingen. 3. Ed-
ward, ( Jctober 16, 1880. 4. Emma. January
30, 1884. Children of Philip and Catherine
( Leitzj Jungmann ; Johanna ; Elizabeth ; Lina :
Julius; Anna Marie, referred to above ; I'hilip:
Emil.
( III ) h'rederick Reimold, son of P'aul Fred-
erick and Anna Marie (Jungmann) Eehlbach,
was born in Xew York City. January 31, 1876,
and is now living in Newark, Xew jersey. He
received his early education at private schools
in New York City, and after coming to New-
ark in 1884 entered the Newark public schools,
graduating from the high school in 1893, after
which he entered Yale University and grad-
uated with the class of 1897. M r. Lehlbach then
began reading law with the firm of Riker i<;
Riker in Newark, and attended the lectures at
the New York Law School. He was admitted
to the New Jersey bar as attorney in Novem-
ber, 1899, and as counsellor in February, 1902.
Since that time he has been engaged in the gen-
eral practice of his profession in Newark,
^'oung as he is, Air. Lehlbach has already be-
come prominent both in his profession and in
the field of politics. He has been an active
worker for the success of the Republican party
since attaining his majority, antl is a member
of the Essex county Republican committee.
In 1899 he was elected a member of the board
of education of Newark from the third ward
by a majority of one hundred and twenty-one,
although the ward gave a Democratic majority
for mayor and alderman. He was elected to
the assembly in 1903. and again in 1904, and
re-elected for a third term in 1905 by a plural-
it\- of twenty-four thousand two hundred and
twentv-one over Mr. Waller, the highest candi-
date on the Democratic ticket. In 1904 Mr.
Lehlbach served as chairman of the committees
iin militia and passed bills, and as a member of
the committees on municipal corporations, state
hospitals, and Home for Feeble Alinded Boys
and Girls. 1 le was clerk of the state board of
equalization of taxes in 1905, in April, 1908,
was appointed second assistant prosecutor of
the pleas, and January i, 1910. first assistant
prosecutor of the pleas. Air. Lehlbach is as
active and popular in private as in public life.
He is a member of the County Bar Associa-
tion, and is a Free Mason, member of St.
John's Lodge.
He married at Newark, New Jersey, Jime
10, 1908. Frances Estelle, born January 12.
1878. daughter of William and Harriet (.Ox-
ford) Martin. Children of William and Har-
riet {.\xford) Martin: i. May. 2. Dell,
married Daniel E. Ellis, at .\mesbury, Mass-
achusetts ; child — Harriet, born January 23,
1 89 1. 3. Frances Estelle, referred to above.
In the year 1682 a large ship of
\\ H ITF five hundred and fifty tons, from
England, arrived at West Jersey
and ran aground in Delaware Bay. She lay
there eight days and then by favorable wind
and tide got off, "and coming up the river,
landed her passengers, being three hundred and
>ixt\ in number, between Philadelphia and Bur-
lington on the Jersey shore. Their provisions
being nigh gone, they sent them in to an In-
dian town near Rankokus creek, for Indian
corn and pease. The king of this tribe being
then there, treated them kindly, and directed
such Indians as had provisions, to bring it in
the next morning, who accordingly brought
]jlenty ; which being delivered and put in bags,
the messengers took leave of the king : who
kindly ordered some of the Indians to carry
their bags for them to their canoes."
"The assembly of West-Jersey having, at
their last sitting adjourned to the first of second
month this year (1682) met; but not being a
full house they adjourned to the fourteenth and
then dissolved themselves without doing any
business. .Another being called, sat from the
second to the eleventh of the first month fol-
lowing," and among those who sat in its coun-
cils was one John \Miite, progenitor of the
New Jersey family of that surname purposed
to be treated in these annals.
(I) John White is supposed to have been
one of the passengers in the "large ship" above
mentioned, which ran aground in Delaware
l>ay, and he was one of those who afterward
constituted the assembly of West Jersey, to
which also reference has been made. C)n tiiis
occasion the governor, council and assembly
passed sundry laws for the government of the
inhabitants within tiieir jurisdiction; and t<i
appoint sundry officers to fulfill the mandates
of the governor and assembly and otherwise to
maintain the law then established. For the
jurisdiction of Burlington John White was
appointed sheriti'. but that was done long years
before the county of Burlington was estab-
lished. He also performed other duties and
was one of the overseers of the poor in 1682.
ill) Philip, son of John White, but extant
records do not appear to furnish any account
(if his life or family.
(HI) Samuel, son of Philip \\'hite, was
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STATE OF NEW
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979
born August 17, 1762. He married Sarah M.
Scott and had six children: JJlanchard. Ben-
jamin, Mary, Ann, Louisa ami EUzabeth.
(I\") Benjamin, son of Samuel and Sarah
M. (Scott) White, was born in ijgb; died
March 3, 187ft. He was a large and enter-
prising farmer in Springfield township and
raised some of the best blooded horses ever
bred in the county. He married. May 3, 1825,
Margaret, daughter of John and Abigail Eld-
ridge, granddaughter of John Eldridge, who
came over with AX'illiam Penn, and by her had
five children : Julia Ann, born January 28,
1826; Charlotte, February 5, 1828; Blanchard,
April 20. 1830; Samuel, December 27, 1835;
Anna, November 31, 1837; Benjamin, March
20, 1840.
(V) Benjamin (2), son of Benjamin 11)
and Margaret ( Eldridge ) White, was born in
Springfield township. New Jersey, March 20.
1840, received his education in public and ])ri-
vate schools in his native township and at
Mount Holly. He afterward taught school for
some time in Burlington and then turned his
attention to farming pursuits, which has been
his princi])al occupation in business life. In
politics Mr. W'hite is a lifelong Democrat, and
for twenty-five years served as justice of the
peace. He is a member of Harmony Lodge,
No. 10, Jimior ( )rder of .\merican Mechanics.
and in religious preference is a Baptist. He
married Eliza (jaskell, born April 6, 1842,
daughter of .Xbraham Gaskell, of Burlington
county. They had two children, Blanchard H.
and A. Harry W'hite, the latter of whom was
a young man of s])lendid promise, law student.
member of the legislature, and who met acci-
dental death by drowning.
( \'T ) Blancliard H., only surviving son and
child of Benjamin (2) and Eliza (Gaskell)
W'hite. was loom in Springfield township, June
30. 1864, and was given a good early educa-
tion in public schools. During the ne.xt twelve
years after leaving school he was engaged
in clerical work for various large mercantile
houses in Philadelphia, the last of which was
John W'anamaker's store on Market and Chest-
nut streets, where he remained some time, and
for the ne.xt four years was em])loyed by the
F.dilystown Manufacturing Company, Eddys-
town, Pennsylvania. However, in i8q2, on
the death of his brother, he took up the study
of law with Charles E. Hendrickson, of Moimt
Holly, and E. P. Budd, and was admitted to
the bar at Mount Holly in June, 1896. For two
years he served as clerk of the board of chosen
freeholders, once stood as a candidate for the
legislature, and his name has been mentioned
in connection with congressional nominations,
although he has not at any time declared candi-
dacy for that honor. Originally a Democrat,
during more recent years he has allied himself
strongly with the Republican party. He is a
Mason, an Elk, an Odd Fellow, Knight of
Pythias and a Red Man. Air. W'hite married.
December 10. 1902, while serving as great
sachem of the Improved Order of Red Alen,
by Hon. Joseph E. Mowry, mayor of Camden,
who at the time was great prophet of the order
just mentioned, Aurietta E. Cope, daughter of
George B. Cope, former treasurer of Bucks
county, Pennsylvania, and who married Fran-
ces Crook, the latter a native of New Hope,
Pennsylvania. One child has been born of
this marriage — Margaret White, .\pril 6, igo(i>.
John Nicholas Steiger (as the
ST^'1•"I\ name was formerly spelled) was
a horseman in the regiment of the
.Must Illustrious Bernard, commander of the
cavalry of his majesty, the king of Bohemia.
(Hi Jacob Styer, who seems to have been
the first to change the spelling of the name.
w as a son of John Nicholas Steiger.
( III ) Leonard, son of Jacob Styer, married
.Mary Tyson.
( I\' I David, sc)n of Lecmard and Mary (Ty-
son ) Styer, was burn June 21, 1810. He was
a railroad c(.)ntractor, and in the pursuit of his
calling built man)- miles of railroad tracks,
mosti)' for the Pemisylvania railroad. He set-
tled first in W'hite Hill, later in Florence, Bur-
lington comity. New Jersey. He was in active
service during the civil war. His political affil-
iations were with the Whig and Republican
l^arties, and he was a member of the Presby-
terian church. Mr. Styer married at German-
town, Pennsylvania. Mary .\nn Jones. Chil-
dren : h>rdinand Clay, Gertrude, Mary, Henry
Clay (see forward), David, Clara, Rebecca,
Matilda. Frances. Kate. Thomas Leonard, Paul
and Harriet.
(V) Henry Clay, second son and fourth
child of David and Mary Ann (Jones) Stver,
was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, De-
cember 21, 1841. He was educated in the
schools of his native town, and this w'as supple-
mented in various ways, so that his entire edu-
cation was broad and liberal. He was but
nineteen years of age when he enlisted in
1861 in the Second Pemisylvania Regiment;
he served in the quartermaster's de|)artment
from 1861 to 1865. .'\fter leaving the army
Mr. Styer assisted his father for a time in the
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
railroad contracting bnsiness. then conducted
a <^eneral store in Elorence, Xew Jersey. Later
lie'' settled in Trappe. Pennsylvania, where he
cidtivated a farm and also conducted a general
store He returned to Xew Jersey m 1888,
was a merchant in the southern part of the
state for a time, then removed to a farm near
r.urlmtjton. Xew lersev, where he now resides.
Mr Suer is a Repuljlican, and justice of the
peace 'for Sjjringfield township, Burlington
county, and for several years has been a mem-
ber of the board of education. He has also
served his townshii. as collector, clerk an,l
committeeman. He is a Presbyterian, an-l
elder ..f the church at Jacksonville, Xew Jer-
sey Mr Stver married, June _', 1874, Martha
Emilv, born'.\pnl 24, 1843, daughter of John
and Elizabeth ( Bowne ) Scott, and granddaugh-
ter of Henry Scott, and of Phoebe Bowne.
Children : Harry P.utler ; 1-rank, born Xovem-
ber 7 1876: Uavid. see forward ; Phoebe .\nna,
born October i , 1880 : Archibald ; Oliver Smith.
(VI) David, third son and child ot Henry
Clav and Martha Emilv (Scott) Styer, was
born at Florence, Xew Jersey, December 10,
1877 He received his education m the district
schools of Burlington county, Mount Holly
Academy, \'an Rensselaer Seminary, Burling-
ton Xew Jersey: Rider Business Lollege, Iren-
ton', Xew "Jersey: and Lafayette College, Las-
ton Pennsylvania, from which he was grad-
uated with the degree of civil engineer in 1904.
He became connected with the Bordentown
( Xe\v [ersev I Military Institute in 1896, hold-
iiur the position of stenographer and book-
keqjer and since that time has served as in-
structor and general assistant in the adminis-
trative department. He is a member ot the
Delta Upsilon fraternity, and his political vievvs
are those of an independent Republican. He
:md his family are attendants at the f'resby-
terian church.' Mr. Styer married at Pueblo,
Colorado, lune 2^, 1909. Lillian Scott, born near
Burlington, Xew Jersey, July fi. 1877. <laugh-
ter of \\illiam and Sarah Ann (Antrim) Rich-
anPon whose other children are: William.
J,,hn .\ntrim and Rebecca. .Mr. Richardson
was a fanner.
Alexander Stewart, the fnuiid-
STIA\'.\KT er of the family at present
under consideration, was born
in Scotland and emigrated to .\merica. settling
in Philadelphia, where he died about the mid-
dle of the nineteenth century. He married
\nnie Clibboni. born in Scit'land. t ■hildren :
lames, referred to below : William ; Alexander :
"\nnie : Mary : Thomas : Joseph ; John.
( n ) lames, son of Alexander Stewart, was
born in "Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 12.
1857, and died in Long Branch, ^^lonmouth
county, Xew Jersey, March 2, 1888. After re-
ceiving a good common school education he
learned the trade of plumber, and then removed
to Long Branch, where he set up for himself
and conducted a prosperous and successful
business until his death. He married Cornelia,
daughter of Matthias W. and Hannah ( Truax )
Wcinlley (see W'oolley). She was born Janu-
ary I. 18(12. Children: William, born and
died .Vugust 14, 1886: James Alexander, re-
ferred to below.
(HI) lames Alexander, son of James and
Cornelia "( Woolley ) Stewart, was born in Long
Branch, Monmouth cmnty, Xew Jersey, Janu-
ar\- 1 1. 1888, and is now living in that town.
Vuv his early education he was sent to the pub-
lic schools of Long Branch, after which he
attended Eastman's Business College at Pough-
keepsie. Xew York, graduating May 29, 1906.
( )ii lune 1 1. following, he was offered a posi-
tion' with the Tintern Manor Water Company,
with whom he has been ever since. Mr. Stew-
art is a Repulilican. and a member of the Meth-
ndist Episcopal church. He married in Long
Branch, Xovember 2, 1909, Z^Iabel Dorothy,
(laughter of William Eugene and Susan H.
( Ming) Lawrence, who was born October 3.
1889 Her father was born in June, 1856, and
her mother May 3. 1861. Her brother Edward
I'. Lawrence was born January 22. 1885.
Indubitable family tradition
HEX DRV which handed down the fact
that the first member of this
family to seek the shores of the new world came
to \'irginia in the early part of the seventeenth
century, is confirmed by Hotton, in his "Lists of
Persons of Ouality who went from England to
the .\merican Plantations 1600-1700,'" wherein
is given as a passenger in the "Safety," John
( "irannt, master, from ye port of London, -\u-
gu.st 1635," one "To: 'Hendry, 24 years. '"_ S"
far as can be ascertained the records of the
■Old D(.minion" are silent as to the career ot
this emigrant— a fact which confirms the fur-
ther family tradition that he remained but a
short time' in \'irginia. The next of his de-
scendants heard of is Thomas Hendry, mer-
chant in P.urlington. Xew Jersey, in 1730, who
held the agencv for the ship "Prince \\ illiam,
plving betVeen that p. .rt and Liverpool and
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Dublin in 1731 (i): ijuricd "Janio, ^em in
i'lionias and Anni.' Hendry, who departed tlii^
Life. Sept. 12. 1731, aged i year 8 days," in
the graveyard attaclied to the venerable St.
Mary's Church (2) ; and cluring the following
year, administered upim the estate of (.)ne
Thomas I'ettigrew (31.
ill) John Hendry, who ajjpears to be hi>
only surviving child, was also a resident of
llurlington. irle held the office of collector in
1770. and was among the aldermen and com-
monalty, 1785-89 (4). He was a pewhokler in
St. IVIary's Church nearly all his life. It is a
matter of regret that the maiden name of his
first wife, the mother of his two distinguished
sons, is unknown. He married (second), in
1764, Sarah Lovett, a descendant of Samuel
Lovett, one of the original settlers of Burling-
ton, who in 1676 signed "The Concessions and
-Agreements of the Proprietors, Freeholders,
and Inhabitants cif the Frovince of West Jer-
sey in .\nierica." To this "dearly beloved wife"
and his sons Thomas and Samuel, he bequeath-
ed his estate by a will proved November 9.
1807 (51. In the records of St. ]\Iary's Church,
during the rectorship of Rev. C. H. Wharton.
U. D., occurs this entry: Oct. 2^^. 1807 "lUiried
John Hendry, aged 86 years."
( III ) Thomas Hendry, the elder of his sons,
born in llurlington, 1747, studied medicine,
took his degree as a physician, and settled in
Woodbury, (iloucester county. New Jersev.
just previous to the revolution. In this strug-
gle he engaged with all the ardor of a disinter-
ested patriot. His military record reads thus:
"Thomas Hendry, surgeon, brigade, militia:
superintendent liospital. A])ril 3d, 1777: sur-
geon. Third P>attalion. Gloucester" |6). He
was taken |)risoner at the battle of Hancock's
liridge, May 10. 1778. .After the war he re-
sumed the duties of his profession and became
a successful and highly popular practitioner.
Eulogistic biographical notices of him are tfi
be found in Frowell's "History of Camden
Comity. New Jersey," |). 239. and in "History
of Medicine in New Jersey and its Medical
-Men," by Stephen Wickes, A. M., M. D.. pp.
283-84. Dr. Hendry married Elizabeth P.(jw-
man, residing at the time of her marriage in
New Hanover township, llurlington county.
(1) "Amerifan Weeklv Meriui-v." .\Iarcli 26 to
April 1. 17.?1.
(2) Stillwell's "Historical and General Mi.sccl-
lany."
(.•!) New Jersey Wills, liber S, page 21S.
(4) Hist. Burlinpton and Mercer cos.. Woodward
and Hageman. pp. 127-S.
(5) New .Terspy Wills, liber A, page 201.
(6) Adj. Gen. Stryker's Work, page .T77.
.\ew |erse\. Descendants of Dr. Thomas
Hendry.
1. llowman Hendry. M. D., located in Had-
doiitield. New Jersey. In volume II, of "Hes-
ton's .\nnals" we are told that ".V hundred
years ago (1804) Dr. Bowman Hendry of
Haddonfield made professional visits through-
out that county ((Gloucester), riding as far as
Egg Harbor." In the "Biographical Encyclo-
paedia of .\ew Jerse)-," p. 393. and in the
"Histor\- of Camden County," before quoted,
are to be found highly eulogistic sketches of
this greatly admired and beloved gentleman.
Two jiamphlets treating of his life of merits
as a man and physician have been written : one
by Isaiah Bryant, M. D,, of Camden, New
Jersey: the other by Reynell Coates, M. D., of
the same cit\-. Dr. Ilendrv married Elizabeth
Duffield. dai'ighter of Chaiies Duffield, M. D.,
of Philadelphia, of the same ancestry with the
Rev, < ieiirge Duffield, of revolutionarv fame.
Issue :
( .\ I Charles Duffield Hendry. .\1. D., l8o<j-
')!). (iraduate of L"iiiversit\ of Pennsylvania.
1832. Married Maria M. Mickle, Foraccount
I if .Mickle family see "Clement's Sketches," pp.
i3()-48. He was a distinguished physician
having been one of the organizers of the Cam-
den Medical Society in 1846. and president,
1852-53. For a biographical sketch illustrated
by an engraved portrait see "History of Cam-
den (.'ounty" before referred to p. 267. Issue:
(a) Bowman Hendry. M. D., died unmarried,
.November i, 1904; (b) Joseph, married Clara
Rogers; (c) .Spencer, married , deceased
( 11) Bowman Hendry, M. D,. born in Had-
donfield. 1820-68. Ciraduate of Jefferson Med-
ical College. Philadel]3hia. Member of Cam-
den County Medical Society, 1847, president,
i860. .Served throughout the civil war as sur-
geon of Si.xth New Jersey Regiment. See
Prowell's "History Camden County," p. 275.
.Married, in 1850. Helen .\manda Sarchet, of
(Gloucester City, who died 1905. One daugh-
ter survives: (d) Alary AlcCalla Hendry, re-
siding in (/amden, New Jersey.
(( I I^lizabeth Hendry, married E]}hraim
Buck, .M. D., of Philadelijhia. See "Origin.
History and (jenealogy of the P)Uck Family,"
by (.'ornelius B. Harvey, pj). 37-38. and "His-
tory <if (iloucester, Salem and Cumberland
Counties. New Jersey" by Thomas Cushing,
M. I)., and Charles E. .Shepperd, p. 564. Issue:
(e) Maria M., married Thomas B. Black; (f )
Sarah H., married Robert H. Reeves; (g)
.Mary 11.: (h) llowman Hendry, married Car-
oline .\vres; (i) Hannah, married Horace
<,H2
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
Saunders (see "Sharpless Genealogy" p. 1088) :
( j)Elizabeth; (k) Joseph; (1) Ephraim, mar-
ried Mary J. W'estcott ; (m) Emily H.,
married Robert J. Brown; (n) Charles H.
(D) Henrietta Hendry, born in Haddon-
field. New Jersey. Married, 1807, Joseph Levis
Shivers. For sketch of Shivers family see
t'rowell's "History Camden County," p. 275.
and "Clement's Sketches," p. 251. Issue: (o)
Isaac, died unmarried; (p) Elizabeth, died un-
married; (q) William ]\I., married Lucy Car-
man, issue — (aaa) William Duffield, (bbb)
Tacey Hendry; (r) Bowman, married Clara
Moore; (s) Clara Moore; (t) Henrietta Hen-
dry.
(E) .\nna Hendry. (I") Sarah Ik-ndrv.
(G) Charlotte Hendry. fH) Emily Hendry.
all died unmarried.
I. Mary Duffield Hendr}-. married .\n-
lay McCalla, of Bridgeton. New Jersey, a
descendant of John McCalla, of the Isle of
Isla, .Scotland, who having received a grant of
land from the crown in Northumberland coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, settled there in 1750. Issue:
lu) Elizabeth Hendry; (v) William Hollings-
head ; ( w) Sarah Hendry; (x) Jane Harrison;
ly) Bowman Hendry, rear-admiral, U. S. N.,
retired ; now residing at .Santa Barbara, Cali-
fornia. See "Records of Living Officers of
United States Navy and Marine Corps." by
Lewis Randolph Hammersley, p. 133.
Rear-Admiral McCalla on his father's side
descends from the Dennis. Fithian, Seeley and
( libhon families, all old settlers of New Jersey,
and most honorably identified with the cause
of the colonies in that state, both before and
during the revolution. Among his ancestors
were Colonel Ephraim Seeley, who was judge,
justice, member of the assembly, colonel of
militia, and extensive landholder ; Alajor .\nlay
McCalla. afterward spoken of as colonel, of
the Second Battalion, Cumberland county mili-
tia, when said battalion was discharged in
1783; and that devoted patriot, John Gibbon,
whose death resulted from the cruel treatment
he received when confined on the prison ship
in New York during the revolution. Rev.
Daniel McCalla. the learned, eloquent and fear-
less cha])lain of the .Second Pennsylvania Bat-
talion during the revolution, and Colonel .-Xn-
lay McCalla. who held that rank in the army,
sent to (|uell the Western Insurrection of 1794,
were also of this family. Rear-.\dmiral Mc-
Calla married Elizabeth Hazard Sargent,
daughter of General Horace Binney Sargent
and his wife, Elizabeth Little Sweet, both of
lV)ston. Massachusetts. Issue: fa. a.) Elizabeth
Sargent, married Lieut. Commander William
(iardiner Miller, U. S. N., of Richmond, Vir-
ginia ; ( b.b. ) Mary Hendry, married Lieutenant
-\rthur Mc.-Vrthur Jr., L-. S. N., of ^Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, and has issue: (c. c. c.) Arthur Mc-
.Arthur (3d), (d. d. d. ) Bowman Hendry
Mc.\rthur; (c. c.) Lily Hazard, married Lieu-
tenant Dudley Wright, U. S. N. ; (d. d.) Stella
-Apthorp.
2. Henrietta Hendry, only daughter of Dr.
Thomas Hendry, married James S. Ritchie, of
Philadelphia. Issue: (.\) Robert, commo-
dore L'. S. .\'.; see work of Lewis Randolph
H;ininKTsley liefore quoted, p. 464. (B)
Thomas, a physician. ( C) William. (D)
Thompson. (E) Bowman. (F) John. (G)
Alary. (H) Anna.
3. John Hendry, younger son of Dr. Thomas
Hendry, married Louisa , and removed
to Posey county, Indiana. No further infor-
mation.
One Thomas Hendry Jr., of Woodbury,
.New Jersey, who, there is every reason to sup-
pose, was a son either of Dr. Thomas Hendry
or of his son John, served in the L'nited States
navy. 1811-17, rising from the position of mid-
shipman to the rank of lieutenant. No further
information.
Cajnain Samuel Hendry, second son of John
Hendry, of Burlington, was born in that city
in 1754. He was among the first to enter the
revolutionary army, as his military record here
given indicates: "Ensign, Captain Lawrie's
company. Second Battalion, First Establish-
ment. November 27, 1775 ; second lieutenant,
ditto. Sejitember 5, 1776; second lieutenant.
Captain .Stout's company. Second Battalion,
Second Establishment, November 29, 1776;
first lieutenant. Captain .Anderson's company,
ditto. February 5. 1777; captain-lieutenant.
Second Regiment ; captain, ditto, to date July
5. 1779; discharged at close of the war." The
foregoing record is from .\djutant-Generai
Stryker's admirable work, "Officers and Men
of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War," p.
81. In Heitman's "Historical Register," it says :
"Captain Hendry retained in New Jersey Bat-
talion, .\pril, 1783, and served to 3rd Novem-
ber. 1783." Captain Hendry also participated
in the Indian campaign of 1779. He was a
member of the New Jersey State Society of the
Cincinnati. As he retired from service perma-
nently invalided, the remainder of Captain
Hendry's life was passed very quietly in his
home at Burlington. Like his father, he was
a pewholder in St. Mary's Church, and accord-
ing to the records was interred in the grave-
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yard that surrounds it, October 17, 1823. he
having (Hed two days before that date.
Captain liendry was married three times.
His first wife was Phebe Chandler, of the cele-
brated Elizabeth (New Jersey) family of that
name. She died June 22, 1781. The only child
of this marriage, an infant daughter, is interred
with Iier in the graveyard of the Plrst Presby-
terian Church, of Elizabeth, where her tomb-
stone with its pathetic epitaph is still to be
seen, in a fine state of preservation. His sec-
ond wife, whom he married, as entered in the
Xew Jersey archives, first series, vol. xxii,
marriage records, p. 178, by license, March 2,
1785, was Elizabeth .Anderson, an heiress. She
was sixth in line of descent from Louris Jensen
( )p Dyke, a native of Holland, who came to New
.\msterdam before 1653. Her great-grandfather
was Enoch Anderson, who married Tryntie Op
Dyke, and gave the land for the church now-
known as the First Presbyterian Church inTren-
t<jn. Xew Jersey. Her grandfather was Captain
John Anderson, a wealthy resident of Maiden-
head, now called Lawrenceville, New Jersey,
who was successively assessor, freeholder, con-
stable and town clerk; (Op Dyke Genealogy,
pj). 136-82). Her father was the brave Ezekiel,
who was chosen by Washington to act as one
of his guides to the camp of the British on the
night of the "Princeton Surprise," and who
served in the .Second Regiment New Jersey
Line, which participated in the siege of York-
town. ( )n her mother's side this favored lady
descended from the Combs family of Middle-
sex, Xew Jersey, which counted among its
members Captain Jonathan Combs of the rev-
olutionary army, afterwards judge. John
Combs was many times a member of the as-
sembly. Captain Hendry's third wife, to whom
he was married in St. ^Iary's Church, Burling-
ton, by Rev. C. H. Wharton, D. D., March 13,
1806, was Mary daughter of Llewellen,
and widow of Hughes. She was a
most estimable, devout woman.
Descendants of Ca])tain Samuel and Eliza-
beth (Anderson) Hendry.
(1) John .\nderson Hendry, M. D., 1786
1834. A man of distinguished appearance,
noted for the elegance of his manners, and his
scholarly attainments. He rose to eminence in
his profession, h'or a sketch of his career see
"Extracts from Transactions of the Medical
Society of Hunterdon County, New Jersey,
for 1872," by John Blaine, A. M., M. D. Of
this society Dr. Hendry was one of the found-
ers. He afterwards became a member of the
.Medical Society of the City and County of
Xew ^'ork. He succeeded iiis father as a
member of the New Jersey State Society of
the Cincinnati in 1824. He married, in 1810,
.\bigail, daughter of Robert Chambers, of
Trenton, New Jersey, a revolutionary soldier,
and Francinah, nee Reeder, his wife. The
branch of the Chambers family from which
.Mrs. .\bigail Hendr\- came descends from John
Chambers, who emigrated to Xew Jersey from
ICdinburgh, Scotland, in the latter part of the
seventeenth century. Robert Chambers, her
father, entered the revolutionary army when
in his eighteenth year, and was with Washing-
ton in the "march through the Jerseys." Fran-
cinah Keeder could number among her for-
bears such Newtown (Long Island) worthies
as John Lauronson. Ralph Hunt, Thomas Haz-
ard, Captain Richard Betts, James Way, John
Burroughs and John Reeder (7). The founder
of the family in New Jersey was John Reeder
(2(1), who came to Erring townshiji, then in
Hunterdon county, early in the eighteenth cen-
tury. His grandson, John Reeder, married
Hannah Mershon, and had thirteen children,
of whom ten married, mostly into the first
families of the county. Issue :
( A ) Charles Fox, born in Trenton, New
Jersey; married, 1845. Ann Frances, daughter
of John and Elizabeth Kelly, of Pittsburgh,
I'ennsylvania, a descendant through her
mother's mother, Bessie Carr, of one of the
cadet branches of the ancient Scottish house
of Lothian. Both deceased. Children: (a)
Mary Ellen, deceased: (b) Elizabeth Carmel,
member of Quaker City Chapter, Daughters
American Revolution; (^c) Julia Cody, mar-
ried Bernardo H. Knight, a descendant of the
followingpersonages conspicuous for theirhelp-
fulness in Philadelphia and its vicinity during
colonial times: Giles Knight ( ist), 1653-1726;
(i): John Kaighn. 16 — 1724 (2); Tobias
Leech, 1652-1726 (3) : George Shoemaker,
1682-17 — (4) : Rynear Tyson, 1659-1745 (5) ;
Giles Knight 2nd, 1719-1799 (6) ; Bartho-
lomew Penrose (7) : .\rthur Donaldson, 1734-
1797 (8). He was also descended from the
(7) Riker's "Annals of Newtown. Long I.sland."
l)p. ri6-Sr)-3.'!2-:)73-:i7S-.'!S3. "Genealosy of the Early
Settlers of Ewing township, Old Hunterdon County.
New Jersey." by Miss Hannali L. Cooley, pp. 28-206.
(1) "A History of the Townships of Byberry and
Moreland in Pennsylvania," by Joseph C. Martin-
dale, M. D.; revised edition by Albert W. Dudley.
B. S.. pp. 317 to 336.
(3) "Sketches of the First Kmigrant Settlers in
Newton Township. Old Gloucester County. West
New Jersey," bv John Clement, pp. 149 to 157.
(3-4-5-7) "Genealogy of the Shoemaker Family of
Cheltenham, Pennsylvania," by Benjamin Shoe-
maker; pp. 8-11-12-13-261-405-06.
(8) "Pennsylvania Archives," 2d Series, vol. iii,
p. 55.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
same woman as Betty Ross, Sarah Griscom
Kaighn. and is trebly connected otherwise with
Iier ; and from James Estangh (2), brother-in-
law to Elizabeth Haddon. His mother, whose
maiden name was Ann Catherine Hoff, de-
scends from a Swedish baron, who was at one
time governor of a province. His father was
Dr. Isaac Donaldson Knight. V. S. A., whose
career both as a civilian and surgeon in the
army during the civil war is worthy of the
highest praise. Issue: (a. a.) Anna F. Hen-
dry, member of Quaker City Chapter, Daugh-
ters of the American Revolution, and Dames
of the Loyal Legion : (b. b. ) Paul Hendry, de-
ceased : (c. c. ) Maria Immaculata, member of
(jeneral Muhlenberg Chapter, Children of the
.American Revolution, and Order Dames of the
L<iyal Legion: ( d. d. ) Bernardo Hoff, mem-
ber (if < ieneral Muhlenberg Chapter, Children
of the American Revolution : ( e. e. ) Isaac
Donaldson, deceased ; ( f. f. ) Julia Catherine,
deceased ( g. g. ) John Ezekiel Anderson, mem-
ber of (ieneral Muhlenberg Chapter, Children
of the .American Revolution. (^d) Edwin
Chambers, deceased. (e) Paul Augustine,
member of New Jersey State Society of the
Cincinnati ; of Pennsylvania Society, Sons of
the Revolution : of N'eteran Corps, First Regi-
ment, National Guard, Pennsylvania.
(B) Mary Frances Pratt, married Asli1)el
S. Thompson. No issue.
( C ) \Villiam Wallace, married Sarah Over-
man, whiim he ])redeceased. No surviving
issue.
(D) Juliet Lucretia, married Isaac I'.. .Muiui.
of a highly respectable famil_\- of Chatham.
Alorris county, New Jersey ( see "History
Essex Comity, New Jersey," page 275. Issue :
( f ) Mary Hendry, married Charles O. Mc-
Cord, who died in Brooklyn, New York, No
vember i, 1880: child, .\nnie Jane Dickson,
married Lindley Haines Eastburn, deceased :
child, .\nnie, died in infancy: (g) Sarah Hen-
dry, married John M. Hewitt, deceased: (h)
Juliet Lucretia. married Edwin Clark Jr. :
child. Edith, married Arthur van Buskirk,
memlier of the bar of Hackensack, New Jer-
sey I see "History of Bergen Coinitv, .Vcw Jer-
sey," b\ J. M. \'an \ alon. page ,^,^7 ) : child.
iXrthur.
(E) Elizabeth, died in early childhodd.
(F) John Anderson, deceased: married
Sarah West Rulon. daughter of John and .\nn
(I'lUrr) Rulon. Mrs. Hendry descends from
the Ivulon. I'urr, Thorn. West and Mawleverer
families, the latter traciiitr their ancestry back
to Etlward HI. of England (see "The Rulon
Family and Their Descendants," by John C.
Rulon, pp. 13-27; ".-\ History of the Burr
I'^amily," by Charles Burr Todd, edition, 1902 :
"The Thorn Genealogy," vol. i, p. 177; and
the Mawleverer Chart). Issue: (i) \\'illiam,
died in childhood: ( j ) Mary F., died in child-
hood: (k) Emma i,ouisa, deceased, 1908; (1)
.Annie Rulon, married William W. Cooper,
deceased, a descendant of William Cooper, of
Cooper's Point, New Jersey (see "William
Coojjer of Cireenfield, Woodbury, New Jer-
sey, and his Cooper Ancestry," by Howard Al.
Coo])er, and Prowell's "History Camden Coun-
ty." pp. 404-15): issue: J. West Rulon and
Horace, members of the Pennsylvania Society.
.Sons of the Revolution: Edwin Augustus, de-
ceased; married Mary Anna Browning (see
"(ienealogy of the Brownings in America from
i'i2i to 1908." by Edward Franklin Brownmg.
]). 428) : issue: Clifford .Archer, died in child-
linod. and Marguerite, died in infancy: (m)
l-^allie West, died in childhood.
((i) .Abbie .\lmira, deceased: unmarried.
(Ill Edwin Augustus, deceased : married
( tirst ) Annie Jane Dickson, who died May (\
1852 ; child. Annie Jane Dickson, died in child-
hood : luarried (second) Sarah Runkle, daugh-
ter of John Jacob and Matilda ( Runkle ) Burke,
of Easton. Penn.sylvania. Mrs. Hendry ile
scends through her father from Le Sieur Jean
|ac(|nes Egernian. Alsace, 1590-1660. a cap-
t.iin lieutenant in the "Thirty Year's War," and
through her mother from the Earls of Isen-
lierg. Runkle and \\ ied. ( ieriuany (see "The
.\ncestry of Alarguerite and John Egeman."
by John ligerman. V. Z. S., F. G. S. H., and
"The Runkle I'amily," by FJenjamin A'an D.
[•"isher, p. 132). Mrs. Hendry died in 1867;
child, John Burke, a lawyer, practicing in Lon-
don, luigland.
( I ) Hannah I'.lizabeth. deceased ; marrietl
Isaac I!. r)enners, deceased. Issue: Henry
( hambers. deceased ; .Abbie, died in childhood :
William, deceased: Edwin Hendry, married
Lilian, daughter of Henry Harding Edwards
and Mary ( \'an Cleve) Edwards. Mr. Ben-
ners is president of the Crown Castings Coni-
|iany. Xew N'ork City. Issue: Ethel Hendry.
Royal Whitman. Walter Scott and Edwin Ben-
ners.
(2) I'eter I'erne Hendry married Rhoda
Cook, of Trenton. Xew Jersey. P>oth deceased.
Issue: (a) Mar\- Elizabeth, born 1812. died
1S86: married William t^ornell. both deceased.
Issue: I'jiwin I lenr\-. deceased, married Hen
STATE OF NEW |I:RSI':N
985
rietta Kiilj^way : cliild. IJclcn, married Jacob
M. IJaer, cliild, .Mildred; Aiigcline. married A.
tlimiboldt ( iarber. deceased, children, Edwin
and Ida; Henrietta, married Arthur Sterling,
child, Helen; Mary L., married Joseph H.
I'arvin, child. May. (b) Angeline, born 1814,
died 1878; married llenjamin Holmes van
.Schaick ; both decea.sed ; no issue. ( c ) Theo-
iliire .\nderson, born 1820, died 18^3; married
Susanna, (laughter of Jose])h and P^Iizabetli Cox,
■ if Trenton. New Jersey; issue; Helen, married
riiomas L'. .Stokes, child, Eilwin I. Stokes ;
riieodore Anderson, deceased, married Mary
Lanniug; children; Herbert; Evelyn, married
Herbert .Schotl, child, Herbert; Susie; Helen,
(d) Enc>cli, married Mary Shertz, both de-
ceased. Issue; William, deceased, married
l£lizabeth Wallace ; Ida, married Anthony 1".
Iirvin ; issue; Edwin Hendry, married Helen
.Xagle and had children; Frazier, Edwin,
1 larold, Ruth Iilizabeth ; Itlanche I^stelle, mar-
ried John Anderson and had children; Eliza-
beth," Dorothy, William 1". ; Harriet Estelle,
married Joseph McKiznon; issue; Clayton
Hendry and Horace .Stanley; PVank I'^erne,
married X'irginia Gilmore ; child, Ida, married
J. C. Adair; children; Warren and Norman.
Children of Captain Samuel Hendry and
.Mary Hughes ( Llewellen ) Hendry, his wife;
1. Mary, born 1807, died 1839 ; married Rev
Levin M. I'rettyman, of Georgetown, Dela-
ware, a gifted, zealous and faithful minister of
the Methodist E])iscopal church. Issue; Mar\-
.Matilda, married William 1 1. Ridgaway, a prom-
inent and highly esteemed citizen of Dover,
Delaware, who descends from early settlers of
the state, and whose merits are set forth in a
highly api)reciative manner in the "Biographical
and (lenealogical History of Delaware," pp.
X07-09 ; children; Mary Hendry, married the
Rev. .Albert I'. Lasher, of I'ennington, New
Jersey, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal
cliurch, and had children ; Charles Wilbur,
married Augusta J. Borden, of Jacobstown,
N'cw Jersey, and Frank Hickman; Charles
Bascom. a graduate of Dickinson College ; for
many years a teacher in California; at ]jresent
a member of the faculty of Wyoming College ;
married .\nna Chandler, of Cambridge. Massa-
chusetts ; Wilbur J., married Estelle Wood, of
Roselle Fark. New Jersey; child, L'lara ; .\nna
Clara, married James Hazel, of Dover, Dela-
ware, no issue. Caroline, died in infancy.
.\nna L., died in infancy. Lawrence D., died
in infancy.
2. Elizabeth, clied unmarried, in middle age
llenjamin Jijne^, the earliot mem-
JONES ber of thi^ family concerning
whom there is no controversy,
was born in Chester county, Fennsylvania, No-
vember 7, 1767, and died May 10, 1849. ''^^"
cording to some authorities he was son of Jo-
seph and .-\m\- (Cock) Jones, who was born
near the Concord monthly meeting, in Chester
county, Pennsylvania, 5 mo. 14, 1759, and
according to another authority e(|ually good liis
father was Benjamin Jones, who married Han-
nah, daughter (if William and Rachel (New-
lin ) Walter, who was born January 28, 1743,
and died A]iril 2'^. 1791. After her first hus-
band's death she married (second ) a Mr. Reed,
by whom she had five daughters. Children of
Benjamin and Hannah (Walter) Jones; Will-
iam, married Mary Leedom ; Benjamin, re-
ferred to above and Iielow.
(II) lienjamin (2), son of Benjamin (i)
and Hannah (Walter) Jones, born Noveml>er
7, 17(17, died May 10, 1849, was an iron founder
and the owner of a number of furnaces in
different parts of the country, one at Wor-
cester, Maryland, another in Somerset county,
I'emisylvania, and still a third, perhaps the
most celebrated of them all, at Hanover, New
Jersey, where Mr. Jones manufactured cannon
for use in the war of 18 12, and in connection
with which he established the "'gun road" from
Hanover to .Sandy Hook. He was also inter-
ested and instrumental in the construction of
the railroad from Kinkora to New Lisbon. He
married (first), May 18. 1797, Rebecca Moore,
born April 16. 1778. died .\ugust 2", 1802;
(second). June 6. 1805, Mary, born November
18, 1778, died March 3, 1839. daughter of
Samuel antl Sarah (Stretch) Howell. Chil-
dren, three by first wife; I. William, born
May 29, 1798; died June 29. 1798. 2. Walter
Moore, born June 14, 1799; died .\ugust 15,
1823; married Maria Holton. 3. Andrew
Moore, born July 13, 1801 ; died January, 1885;
married Caroline I'.onsall: no children. 4.
Ann Emlen, born July 21, 1806; died No-
vember r, 1883; married Anthony Saunders
Morris. 3. W'illiam Howell, born .April 16,
1808; died .September 2, 1819; unmarried. 6.
.Margaretta Howell, born December 19. 1809;
married John Madison Taylor. 7. Richard,
referred to below. 8. Mary Reveridge, born
I'^ebruary 18, 1814; died October 26. 1887;
married Samuel H. Tobey. 9. .Harriet, born
March 17. 1816; died January 2. 1835; un-
married. 10. .Samuel Howell, born June 30.
1818; died January 27, 1883; married (first)
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
Lydia H. Bishop, uf Medford, New Jersey;
(second) Kate Jacob, of Louisville, Kentucky.
1 1. Benjamin Walter, born June 2Q, 1821 : died
December 15. 1883: married Harriet W. Davis.
( III) Richard, son of Benjamin and Mary
( I lowell) Jones, was born in Burlington coun-
ty. New Jersey, February 21. 1812, and died
October 29, 1890. Like his father he was an
iron founder, and owned the furnaces at Han-
over. New Jersey, which he continued with
his brother, Samuel Howell Jones, under the
firm name R. & S. H. Jones. About 1850 Mr.
Jones went to Newark. New Jersey, where he
organized the New Jersey Zinc Works, and
owing to the fact of his uncle William's having
been a member of the first board of directors
of the Mercantile Library of I'hiladelphia, on
which he served for five years, he became very
much interested in the Newark Library Asso-
ciation, which was being organized and incor-
porated at that time, and became one of the
first stockholders of the corporation. Tn 1853
he went to I'lorence, New Jersey, where he
established an iron furnace which he operated
until 18^14, when he retired from active pur-
suits and spent the remainder of his life partly
at Mount Holly, New Jersey, and partly in
Philadel])hia. Mr. Jones married (first) Susan
Gibbs, (second), on June 2, 1841. Alice Wood-
mansie Davis, of Chesterfield, New Jersey.
Children, two by first wife: i. Joseph Gibbs,
married Christine Kellog. 2. Benjamin, re-
ferred to below. 3. Ivins Davis, died unmar-
ried ; became captain of Company C, First New
Jersey \'olunteer Infantry, and afterward
major of First New Jersey \'olunteer Cavalry,
and served during the civil war. 4. .Alice, mar-
ried Cyril Monier Williams. 5. Mary Howell.
6. .Susan Emlen, married (first) Mortimer
Oldham Heath, of England; (second) George
W. Carpenter. 7. Richard Jones, married Eliz-
abeth Brightly.
(IN) Benjamin, son of Richard and Susan
((iibbs) Jones, was born in Hanover, New-
Jersey, in 1828, and died in Pemberton, Bur-
lington county. New Jersey, October 6, 1899.
.After receiving a good education in the public
schools of Hanover he entered and graduated
from the Gibbs school at Plattsburg, New Jer-
sey, after which he became associated with
his father in the conduct of the latter's iron
furnace in Florence. New Jersey, where he
continuetl in business for several years, after
which he turned his attention to school teach-
ing, which became the chief occupation of the
remainder of his life, and for manv vears he
was one of the most prominent men in the
educational field of Burlington county. He
did not specially identify himself with any
ecclesiastical organization, although his own
tastes and ancestral affiliations inclined him
strongly to the Society of Friends. About
1859 Mr. Jones married Mary Elizabeth, daugh-
ter of William Carroll, of Juliustovvn, New
Jersey. Children; i. Susan, now dead. 2.
William Carroll, referred to below. 3. Lillie,
married George West, superintendent of an
electrical construction company in Fairhaven,
N'ermont: child, ^lary Elizabeth West. 4. An-
drew, an employee of Pennsylvania Railroad
Company ; lives in Pemberton, New Jersey ;
married .Amy Emmons ; children ; Inez, Paul
and Oscar. 5. .Alice, married Charles Wills,
of Mncentown, New Jersey. 6. Elizabeth,
now dead. 7. .Arthur, married .Annie Wells, of
Pemberton ; lives in Camden, New Jersey; one
child, Barclay Jones. 8. Mary, married Oscar
-Ayres, of Freehold, New Jersey. 9. Horace,
now dead. 10. Rebecca, married Roy Rue,
of Hightstown, New Jersey; one son, Oscar
Rue. II. Martha, now dead.
(\') William Carroll, son of Benjamin and
Mary Elizabeth (Carroll) Jones, was born in
Hanover, New Jersey, October 10, 1862, and
is now living in New Egypt, Ocean county.
New Jersey. He received his early education
in the high school at Pemberton. and in 1878,
when sixteen years of age, obtained a position
in the drug store of J. Harley Compton, in
New Egypt, where he remained for the ensu-
ing ten years, taking, at the same time the
regular courses of the Philadelphia College of
Pharmac)-, from which he graduated in 1888
with the degree of Ph. G. Shortly after his
graduation he obtained a position as phar-
macist and clerk in the drug store of E. B.
Jones, of Mount Holly, with whom he con-
tinued until 1895, when he returned to New-
Egypt and bought up the business of his former
employer. Air. J. Harley Compton. Since that-,
time Mr. Jones has been the proprietor of thatr*.
establishment, and although it is one of the
largest businesses of its kind in that portion
of the state, it comprises in reality only a small
portion of the business interests of which Mr.
Jones is the head. In 1906 he organized the
Jones Break-up Company, a corporation organ-
ized under the laws of the state of New Jersey
for the manufacture of druggists' specialties
and proprietary remedies. Of this company
Mr. Jones is president and active managing
head. Besides these business intere.sts Mr.
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987
Junes has been closely identified with many of
the best corporations and institutions of New
Egypt. He is the one who was mainly respon-
sible for the organization of the First National
Rank of New Egy])t in 1906, and he is now
vice-president of the institution. He is also a
director and the treasurer of the New Egypt
Water Company, as well as treasurer of the
X'illage Improvement Association, of which
he was one of the most prominent organizers.
He is a firm believer in the benefits of fraternal
organizations, and is an enthusiastic member
of several, among them the Masons, Golden
Eagle, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, and
Junior Order of American Mechanics. Al-
though he was brought up under the influence
of the Society of Friends, he has for many
years been a faithful and consistent member
of the Methodist Episcopal church, and is
president of the board of trustees of that de-
nomination in New Egypt, which he also served
for eleven years as secretary of its Sunday
school.
January i, 1887, ^^r. Jones married Louisa
C, daughter of William and Charlotte L.
(Miller) Holzbaur, of New Egypt, whose
father is a native of Germany and emigrated
to this country, landing in 1854 in New York
City, where for a time he worked at his trade
of shoe-making, removing in a few years to
Piordentown. and shortly afterward to Colum-
bus, New Jersey. He settled in 1866 perma-
nently at New Egypt, where he still, as he has
for many years past, conducts his business as
proprietor of a variety store in connection with
general shoe repairing. He married, in Colum-
bus, New Jersey. Charlotte L. Miller (or
Mueller). Children: Francis, Hannah, Char-
lotte, Margaret, Louisa, William and Sarah
Holzbaur. Mr. Holzbaur is son of Christopher
and Elizabeth Holzbaur, whose children were:
Jacob, Rose, Casper, William, referred to
above, and Riker Holzbaur. Child of William
Carroll and Louisa C. (Holzbaur) Jones:
Harley Roscoe, referred to below.
(VT) Harley Roscoe Jones, born in New
Egypt, New Jersey, April 2, 1888, was edu-
cated in a private school of that town, after
which he went to the Mount Holly high school,
from which he graduated in 1905. Since 1907
_he has been connected with the Corn Exchange
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and for a shorter
while has been engaged with the Interstate
Instructional Banking School. He is also trea.s-
iirir of the Jones Break-up Company.
(For i>iececling sreneratinn.-; .st-f Matthia.'i Cmwii] li.
(Vll) Joseph Albert Cor win,
CORWIN son of William and Martha
(Vance) Corwin, was born in
Sparta, New Jersey, May 17, 1810. He grad-
uated from Yale Medical College, 1835, and
throughout his active career was a noted phy-
sician and surgeon, practicing his profession
at I'.elleville, New Jersey, from 1837 to 1850,
and at Newark, New Jersey, from 1850 until
1880. 1 le was a member of the Newark Board
of Education, and warden of Christ Episcopal
Church, Newark. He married (first) Tar-
(|uina Kenney; (second), September 18, 1856,
Emma Whybrew, born in Newark, New Jer-
sey, July 29, 1831, daughter of Samuel A. "and
(Ward) Baldwin, of Newark, grand-
daughter of Nehemiah and Rhoda Baldwin, of
Newark, and a descendant of Lieutenant Ail-
ing, of Newark, New Jersey, who was a
nnnute-nian in the war of the revolution. Chil-
dren of Nehemiah and Rhoda Baldwin: Sam-
uel .\., Amarintha and George W'. Baldwin.
Children of first wife: i. Francis Nicholas
West, born July 4, 1840: married (first)
Louisa Westervelt ; (second) Sarah E. Condit.
2. William Albert, born March 12, 1843; stud-
ied medicine; became a surgeon in United
States navy in 1871, and remained in service
to his death at Panama from yellow fever in
1887. 3. Charles l^^rederick, born July 25,
1843. 4- ^lary Garette, born February 14,
1850: died September 9. 1851. Children of
second wife: 5. Theodore Wellington, see for-
ward. 6. Harry Clifl^ord, born 1859; died in
his second year. 7. Robert Lowell, born 1870;
employed in pension office at Washington,
D. C. 8. Joseph Wilmer. born 1871 ; resides
in Orange. New Jersey ; conducts a wholesale
paper business in New York City.
(VHI) Theodore Wellington, eldest child
of Joseph Albert and Emma Whybrew (Bald-
win ) Corwin, was born in Newark, New Jer-
sey, June I, 1857. He was educated at the pri-
vate school of Professor Shier, and later stud-
ied medicine in his father's office. For three
years he jnirsued a course of lectures at the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of New
York City (medical department. Columbia
College), and was graduated with honors, Feb-
ruary 28, 1879, when he received a prize
awarded for general proficiency. He at once
entered Charity (now called the City) Hos-
pital of New York City, and received the hos-
pital diploma October i, 1880, having served as
interne for eighteen months. He then engaged
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STATF. (JF NEW JERSEY.
ill general jiractice in Newark, making a spe-
cialty uf <liseases of the nose, throat and lungs,
in which branches he achieved success and re-
nown, becoming one of the leading local au-
thorities, his opinions being sought by many
from far and near. He also became connected
with the Hospital of St. Barnabas. Newark.
serving in the capacity of e.xterne. In 1886 he
was ap])ointed visiting physician to the same.
Jn 1887 he became connected with St. ^Michael's
llospital. Newark, and in 1890 established a
clinic for treatment of diseases of the nose and
throat. This has since steadily grown in ini-
j)ortaiice and favor. In 1900 Dr. Corwin re-
liiu|uishcd general practice and limited his
practice to diseases of the nose, throat and
lungs. He is a member of tlie .\mericaii Med-
ical .Association, and its .state and county
branches: the New York .\cademy of Medi-
cine : .American Laryngological. Otological and
Rhinological Society ; .National .-Vssociation for
.^tudy and Prevention of Tuberculosis; New
Jersey .State Association for I'revention and
Relief of Tuberculosis ; Newark Medical and
.Surgical Society ; Esse.x County Medical Soci-
ety ; Practitioners' Club of New ark. and other
medical bodies. He is a member of the .\meri-
can I'ublic Health .Association and New Jer-
se\- Sanitary .Association. North End Club,
.Xorthern Republican Club. Wednesday (liter-
ar\- ) Club, F'orest Hill Literary Society, Young
.Men's Christian .Association, and was formerly
connected with the Golden Star Fraternity and
Knights of Honor. He is a member of the
lioard of Trade, Newark, and has served as
commissioner of public health, city of Newark.
since January, 1909. He is a member and
junior warden of St. James Church (Prot-
estant Episcopal) of Newark, Both he and
Mrs. Corwin are actively interested in many
philanthro])ic and charitable associations.
!)r. Corwin married, at Rorchester, New
^ (irk. July 2. 1891, Lillian E.. born at (_ireece,
.\'ew York, now Rochester, January 4, i860,
daughter of Delafield and Eugenia E. (Put-
nam ) Whiting, the former of whom was lieu-
tenant in L'nited States army ; he was a mem-
ber of the New A'ork National (iuard. and
later was connected witli the civil department
lit Rcichester. New York, in charge of poor
house. Children of Lieutenant Whiting: Dela-
t^eld Jr.. W'ilHs P., Bertha, Lillian E. (Mrs.
t'orwin): another child, who dieil in infancy.
C'liildreii of Dr. and Airs. Corwin: 1. Emma
Eugenia, born May 22. 1892 ; educated in New-
ark jHiblic schools and Newark high (or ]'>ar-
riiiger) school, graduating therefrom in I<K)<^
2. Ruth Backus, born .\ugust 8, 1893 ; edu-
cated in Newark public school, entered high
school, and after one year entered Blair .Acad-
emy at lilairstown. New Jersey.
W
J lenr\- W'iese, the first of the line
V.SV. herein treated of whom we have
information, came to this country
from (jermany and located in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, where he became an importer
of wall papers, with store on Chestnut street.
He was a public-spirited citizen, as are most
of the emigrants from Germany, ready and
willing to conform to the laws of their adopted
country and willing, if necessary, to lay down
their lives for its honor. He married and was
the father of twelve children, two of whom
attained years of maturity, namely : Edward
and FYederick (ieorge. Edward was born
about 1832, was sent to Germany and educated
at W ittenburg. becoming a celebrated linguist ;
he returned to the United States and was a
prcuninent educator for many years: after a
separatiim of thirty-eight years the brothers
met. The mother of these children, Rosine
W'iese. died at the birth of Frederick George,
and Henry W iese removed to New Orleans,
Louisiana, where he married again and en-
gaged in business, continuing with marked suc-
cess until 1849, when the gold fever broke out
and he started for California but died em the
journey.
(II) Frederick George, son t)f Flenry and
Rosine W'iese, was born in Philadelphia. Penn-
sylvania, F'ebruary 9, 1840, his mother dying
at his birth as aforementioned. He was adopt-
ed by F. L. .Albrecht, a prominent piano manu-
facturer of his day, whose place of business
was at the corner of Third street and Apple
alley. Philadelphia: Mr. .Albrecht was the in-
\entor. jiatentee and manufacturer of the cele-
brated iron tuning board now' used in all
])ianos : Mr. .Albrecht died .suddenly of heart
trouble when Frederick G. W'iese was three
years of age, and he was then reared by Airs.
.Albrecht. who in 1845-46 came to Borden-
town. New Jersey. Airs. .Albrecht gave young
W'iese an excellent practical education. an<i
u])0ii attaining years of maturity he well re-
paid her for her care and kindness to him by
looking carefully after her welfare, she spend-
ing her last years at his home, where her de-
mise occurred. When fifteen years of age,
Frederick G. W iese entered a general mercan-
tile store as clerk, and four years later engaged
in the dry goods and trimming business, w'hich
he ci.inducted successfully until 1890. when he
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sdld out, and in lcS(JS tngaged in the real estate
and insurance business, wliicli lie has followed
to the ])resent time ( 1909), attaining a large
degree of success as a result of his enterprise
and sagacity. In 1870 ^Ir. W'iese erectetl the
lirick block where the ISordentown post-office
now stands, in 1885, at the first election of
drover L'ieveland as president, Mr. Wiese was
appointed postmaster of ISordentown, serving
through that administration, and was again ap-
])ointed on President Cleveland's second elec-
tion, discharging the duties thereof to the ])er-
fect satisfaction of all concerned. He served
three years as a member of the common coun-
cil and two years as president. He is a Demo-
crat in politics, advancing the interests of his
]iarty at every ojiportunity. Probably as an
active member of the Masonic fraternity Mr
W'iese is best known throughout the state and
comitry. In 1861 his petition was ]M"esented
for membership in Mt. Moriah Podge. P'ree
and .Vccejited Alasons, in which order he has
passed through all the chairs and is past mas-
ter. He was one of the founders and first liigh
priest of Mt. Moriah Chapter, Royal .\rch
.Masons. He was high priest of the Grand
Cha])ter of .\ew jersey in 1875, and has held
the office of grand treasurer of the ( irand
Chapter continuously since 1 88 1. Pie was one
of the organizers of Ivanhoe Commandery.
Knights Tem]ilar, Xo. 11. of Itordentown, and
was its first eminent commander. He was
grand commander of the (irand Commandery
of Xew Jersey in 1876, and has served as grand
treasurer of the (jrand Commandery since De-
cember 7. 1880, a period of almost thirty suc-
cessive years. He tot)k the consistory degree>
to the thirty-second in the Masonic Temple,
Philadelphia, in 1867. but resigned and joined
h'ycelsior Podge. Su])reme Princes of the
Royal Secret, at Camden. Xew Jersey. He
was a charter member of Pu Pu Temple. \n-
cient .Xrabic ( )rder .Xobles of the Mystic
Shrine, of i'hiladelphia, but changed his mem-
bership and was a charter member of Cres-
cent Temple of Trenton, Xew Jersey. He is
aPo a member of Podge Xo. 16, lndei)endent
< )rder of ( )(ld Fellows, and past chief patriarch
of Chosen I'riends Encampment, No. 6.
Mr. W'iese married (first), February 4.
1862. Susan M. Hamilton, daughter of James
Hamilton, of 'Prenton, Xew Jersey. .She died
June _^o. 1904. .Mr. W'iese married (second)
.Vovember <). 1907. Mrs. Emma A. Williams,
daughter of Israel Riggins. of Cape May coun-
ty. Xew Jersey. Children of first wife: 1.
II. I'.rnsoii. born January iX. 186^^. attcnrled
the ISordentown Collegiate Institute, is a civil
engineer, having been in the employ of the
Pennsylvania railroad for many years, becom-
ing supervisor of the Parksburg division, and
is now (1909) superintendent of the Parks-
burg Iron Company; he married .\mi Macal-
tioner, of W'oodstown. .\'ew Jersey; they have
one child. Joseph P'rederick. 2. Pouis W., born
December" 8. 1865. attended the schools of
ilordentown. learned the trade of printer and
has an oflice in iJordentovvn.
Strange as it may seem, the
l!,\k Tk \.M (Juaker City, as Philadelphia
has been called, was the resi-
dence of comparatively few Quakers, most of
the disciples of George P^o.x settling in the
country round about, and leaving the city to
Ije occujiied by men of many religious convic-
tions, among them even Roman Catholics. This
was due in part to the fact that the only
Cluakers in William Penn's family were him-
self and his wife, all his children returning to
ihc Church of PIngland, and in conse(|uence
giving a churchly tone to their proprietary
government. Tliis led to the Quakers seek-
ing isolation in the country round about, and
among the little party of Derbyshire Quakers
who settled at Darby, Chester county, Penn-
sylvania, in 1682 or 1683, was the founder of
ihe family at present under consideration.
( I ) John, son of Richard Bartram, of Derbv-
shirc, England, was born in .\shbourne, Eng-
land, and died in Darby, Pennsylvania, May 1.
i'kj7. With his wife and four chililren he
came to Pennsylvania, where he became actix'e
and influential in the religious and social afl'airs
of that day, co-operating early in the organ-
ization of the monthly meeting at Darby. He
settled on the western side of Darby creek,
just above the present village of Darby, where
was surveyed to him .\ugust 30, 1O85, three
hundred acres of land, ])ortions of which tract
are still in the possession of certain of his de-
scendants. In 1689 he was a member of the
Pennsylvania assembly from Chester county.
His wife Elizabeth survi\ed him many years,
dying September 4. 1723. Children: John,
died yoimg. .\ugust 14. 1692 ; Isaac, died .March
10. 1707. unmarried; William, referred to
below; Mary, married John Wood; Elizabeth,
born July 8, 1684, married John Cartlige.
(II) \\'illiani. son of John and Elizabeth
I'.artram. was born in .\shbourne. England.
;md brought over to Petmsylvania by his par-
ents about 1^183. He was a man of ability and
intbu'iice, being chosen in 1708 a member of
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
the i)rovincial assembly, lie married (tirstj,
May 22, 1696, Elizabeth, who died October 21,
1701, daughter of James Iliiiit.of Kingsessing;
(second), in 1707, Elizabeth, born March 17,
1689, daughter of William and Elizabeth Smith ;
in 171 5, after her husband's death, she mar-
ried (second) John Smith, of Burlington, New-
Jersey. Children, two by each wife: i. John,
referred to below. 2. James, born October 6,
1701 : married, September 30, 1725, Elizabeth,
<laughter of Richard and Elizabeth (Mayes)
.Maris (see Maris), and whose daughter Mary,
born November 12, 1727, died December 16,
1750. married, November 21. 1747, Isaac
liowell. and their daughter Eliza became the
wife of Jolin Bartram ( I\' ), referred to below.
3. F^lizabeth, born February 10, 1709; died
January 15. 1732; imniarried. 4. \\'illiam,
born June 3. 171 1 ; died about 1770; married
Elizabeth (Locke) Smith, and removed to the
vicinity of Cape Fear, North Carolina.
(Ill) John (2), .son of William and Eliza-
beth ( 1 lunt ) Bartram. was born May 23, 1699,
iind died .September 22, 1777. He was one of
the most remarkable men of his time, and it
slundd be noted that the date of his birth as
given by almost all the leading authorities,
namely, March jt,. i(i<)c). is incorrect, as the
record of the Darby monthly meeting, "23
Third Month \(v)C)," is according to the olcl
style calendar, by which the year is reckoned
from March instead of January.
liorn during the infancy of the colony estab-
h.'-hcd by I'emi, John Bartram was, it is need-
less tn say, surrounded by conditions which
held the minds of most men to the material
things of life. He was. however, essentially
a student, and developed at an early age a
propensity for scientific investigation, rather
out of place at such a time. In spite of lack
of educational advantages he became familiar
with l.;\tin and (ireek atid the natural sciences ;
lint lie was pre-eininently a student of nature,
.uid one of his sons, \\illiani Bartram Jr.,
himself an eminent botanist, thus comments
upon his father's tastes and inclination ; "While
engaged in plowing his fields and mowing his
meadows, his inquisitive eye and mind were
frequently exercised in the conteinplation of
\egetahles. the beauty and harmony displayed
in their mechanism, the admirable svstem of
order which the great .Author of tlic universe
has established throughout their various tribes,
and the e(|u.dly wonderful powers of their
gener.iticin. the progress of their growth, and
the various stages of their maturitv and ]ier-
fection."
His investigations and discoveries led to the
establishment of his fame as the first great
botanist in America ; indeed, as has been said,
he was the first Anglo-.\merican who conceived
the idea on instituting a botanic garden for the
reception and cultivation of the various vege-
tables native to the country, as well as e.xotics.
.At sheriff's sale. Sejitember 30, 1728, he pur-
chased in what was then known as Kingsessing,
rhila<Iel])hia county, now within the city of
Philadelphia, but at that time about three miles
below the old city, a tract of land famous for
a century and three-c|uarters as "Bartram's
( iarden. " 1 lere with his own hands he erected
of hewn stone the structure still standing,
where he resided until his death, and occupied
for many years thereafter by his descendants.
It is now the proiierty of the city of Philadel-
I)hia. Thrt)ughout the lives of John Bartram.
and of his sons, William and John Bartram Jr.,
who succeeded him in the occupancy of the
|)lace and in devotion to botanical research.
"Bartram's Garden" was ever a noted resort
for those visiting Philadelphia, and indeed to
1 'hiladel]ihians themselves. Its fame was world-
wide, Bartram being recognized as, to quote
the words of the celebrated Linnaeus, "the
{greatest natural botanist in the world."
John Bartram was one of the most noted
travellers of his time, when journeys, as a rule,
were only undertaken for compulsory reasons,
owing to the disadvantages incident to touring
at that ])rimitive period. As his son tells us,
"he began his travels at his own expense. His
various excursions rewarded his labours with the
])ossession of a great variety of new, beautiful
and useful trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants.
His garden at length attracting the visits and
notice of many virtuous and ingenious persons,
he was encouraged to persist in his labours.
1 laving arranged his various collections and
observations in natural history, one of his par-
tictdar friends undertook to convey them to
the celebrated Peter Collinson, of London.
This laid the foundation of that friendshi])
and correspondence which continued uninter-
rupted, and even increasing, for nearly fifty
jears of the lives of these two eminent men.
Collinson, ever the disinterested friend, com-
municated from time to time to the learned in
Europe the discoveries and observations of
Bartram. It was principally through the inter-
est of Collinson that he became acquainted
.ind entered into a correspondence with many
111 the most celebrated literary characters in
l'".uroj)e. He employed much of his time in
traxelling through the different provinces of
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991
North America, at tliat time subject to Eng-
land. Neitlier clanger or difficulties impeded
or confined his researches after objects in
natural histor\-. The summits of our highest
mountains were ascended and explored by
him. The lakes Ontario, Irocjuois and George;
the shores and sources of the rivers Hudson,
Delaware, Schuylkill, Susijuehanna, Allegheny
and San Juan : were visited by him at an early
j)erioil. when it was truly a i)erilous under-
taking to travel in the territories, or even on
the frontiers of the aboriginees."
He continuetl his journeys alnn.ist until the
close of his long life. At the advanced age of
sixty-six he sailed from I'hiladelphia for the
south. Landing at Charleston, he went over-
land through South Carolina and Georgia to
St. .\ugustine, Florida, whence he set out to
seek the sources of the San Juan or St. John's
river, which he exi)lored for nearly four hun-
dred miles. The results of his observations
and discoveries were embraced in a report
which was duly approved by the governor,
which was then sent to the board of trade and
])lantation in Englancl, who published tlie same.
Collinson's friendship not only brought Bar-
tram into close fellowship with the leading
scientific men of England, but also secured
for him the patronage of Robert, Lord Petre.
the Earl of liute, the Duke of Richmond, Hans
.^loane, and other of the nobilit)', who contrib-
uted a fund raised to lic|uidate the expenses
incurred by Bartram in his numerous excur-
sions into the American wilderness. Through
the influence moreover of his friends in Eng-
land, Bartram was appninted botanist to King
George IH.
Bartram maintained the same close relations
to the great men of America as with those of
England, his intimates embracing the leailing
scholars and scientists of Philadel]3hia. then
the chief center of learning in the new world,
and among his particular friends should be
noted James Logan, mayor of T'hiladeli)hia,
chief justice and governor of Pennsylvania,
and "the most polished gentleman of his time,"
and Tienjamin Franklin, with the latter of
whom as early as 1743 Bartram was associated
in the organization of the .American Philo-
sophical Society. .-\s a writer John Bartram
i> best known by his letters to Collinson and
others, his "Observations,'' published in Lon-
<lon in 175 1, and the report of his Florida trip,
which, together with his jom-nal, was likewise
imblished in London in 1766.
John Bartram married (first), .\pril 25.
1723, Mary, daughter of Richard and Eliza-
beth (Hayes) Maris (see MarisJ. She died
in 1727, and he married (second), December
II, 1729, .\nn, born September 22, 1703, died
January 29, 1789, daughter of Benjamin anil
.-\nn ( I'ennell) Mendenhall. Her father, Ben-
jamin Mendenhall, came from Alildenhall,
county Wilts, England, settled at Concord in
that part of Chester county, Pennsylvania,
which is now Delaware county, and in 1714
was a member of the provincial assembly.
Children, two by first wife: Richard, Isaac,
James, Moses, Elizabeth, Mary, \\'illiam, Eliz-
;ibeth, Ann, John (referred to below), Benja-
min.
(IN) John i;^). son of John (2) and .\nn
(Mendenhall) B>artram, was born at King-
sessing, October 24, 1743, and died there, No-
vember 16, 1812. Like his distinguished father
and his brother William, John Bartram Jr.
gave his attention to the science of botany.
The garden was given to him by his father
soon after his marriage, and he became a mem-
ber of a number of societies both in America
and in Europe : and to a considerable extent
he travelled in search of plants and seeds for
reproduction at his establishment, and the first
general catalog of plants in the garden was
published by him in 1807. May 9, 1771, John
Bartram married his cousin, Eliza, daughter
of Isaac and Mary (Bartram) Howell, foi'
whose ancestry see (II) above. Children:
Mary, .\nn Mendenhall, Elizabeth, John. .Ann,
James Howell (referred to below). Only two
ilaughters and one son married.
(V) James Howell, son of John (3) and
I'^liza (Howell) Bartram, was born at King-
scssing, November 24, 1783, and died in Phila-
delphia. .April 18. 1818. He matriculated in
medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in
1802, and finished his professional studies under
Professor Benjamin S. Barton. Throughout
his life he was engaged in the practice of his
profession, but he also inherited from his
father and grandfather a predilection for bot-
any, and gave considerable attention to the
furtherance of that science. In 1805 he em-
barked in the ship "George Washington," with
Ca]5tain John Travis, for the Cape of Good
1 lope, the island of Java, anil the East Indies.
In the following year he sailed for home from
Calcutta in the brig "Mercury," bringing many
lare plants and seeds to enrich the garden. He
was a man of strict Quaker principles, and for
years never accepted a fee for his medical
services. Dr. Bartram married, .\ugust 13.
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STATK ()!• NEW JERSEY.
1810, Mary Ann joycf. Children: John
William, rt-ffrruil to belnw; James Jones, nn-
marrifd.
(\I) John William, son of Dr. James
Howell and Mary Ann (Joyce) liartram, was
born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He mar-
ried W'illiamina ^liddleton. Children: John,
William Middleton, Mary Jones, Ann Carr,
lunma A. (referred to below). Rebecca, Mar-
garet Howell. Caroline G.
(All ) luiima A., daughter of John William
and Williamina ( Middleton ) Bartram, mar-
ried. March 26. 1874, John S. D. Lavens, who
was born in MiU'ord, Ireland, August 14, 1845,
and died in Philatlelphia, March, 1884. His
widow is now living at loii Spruce street.
Children of John S. D. and Emma .\. (Bar-
tram i l.avens: Charles Malcolm, born .Au-
gust 4, 1875, died in infancy: Elizabeth Ruth-
erford, born November 6, 1878, died 1886:
John Bartram, born December 7, 1879. living
with his mother in Spruce street, and holding
a position with the ( iirarcl P>ank of Philadel-
phia.
(The Maris Lint- I.
( I ) (jeorge Maris, emigrant ancestor of
this family was born in England in 1632, came
to .\merica in 1683 and settled in "Home
House," .Sjjringfield township, Chester county,
] Pennsylvania, where he became one of the
county justices, a member of the Pennsylvania
assembly, a j^rovincial councillor, and held
other offices of public trust and responsiblity.
(H) Richard, third son of (ieorge Maris,
was jjorn in England, came to Pennsylvania
with his father, and was at one time a member
of the Pennsylvania assembly. He married
Elizabeth Hayes: two of his daughters. Eliza-
beth and Alary, are referred to below.
(HI) Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and
Elizabeth (Hayes) Maris, married .September
30. 1725, James, son of William and Elizabeth
( Hunt ) Bartram.
(HI) Mary, daughter of Richard and Eliz-
abeth (Hayes) Maris, died in 1727. .A]iril 2^.
1723. she became tirst wife of John, son of
William and Elizabeth (Hunt) I'.artram (see
r.artrnm I.
William 'l\-nlor. of Dore. cnun-
■J'.XNLOR ty Derby.' England, and a
brother of Samuel Taylor, of
Chesterfield, Burlington county. West New
Jersey, committed a deed for land in West
New Jersey province to Benjamin Phorse. of
luigland. who disappeared and was never heard
from, and .May 25, 1606, Ceorge Hutchinson,
the maker of the deed, gave a new deeil direct
to .Samuel Taylor to cover the transfer made
by the original deed. Samuel Taylor, accord-
ing to Revel's book of surveys, made in Bur-
lington county, secured one hundred acres
from William Black, September, 1682; fifty
acres from Marmaduke Horsman in March,
I ( 184, located on Block creek : one hundred and
fifty acres adjoining his former settlement of
one hundred and fift\-nine acres, making a
total of three hundred and nine acres, Eebru-
ary 9, 1688: one hundred and fifty acres from
( ieorge Hutchinson, August 26, 1696. He is
ilescribed as Samuel Taylor, stutif-weaver," of
Crosswicks Creek, March 19-20, i()84-85, an.ri
also as "planter" in 1685. ( )n I'"ebruarv 10.
iC),S()-87, 'i*^ '"^ described as of Horner's Creek,
\\'est Jersey, as "yoeman," and November 10,
1090, Samuel Taylor, of Chesterfield, sold t(
.Marmaduke Horsman fifty-three acres of land.
These dates show him to have been a native
■ if England and therefore an important and a
large landholder. We find no close connection.
iiowe\'er, with the Taylors of Derbyshire, al-
though it is a common name in that section of
England.
(I) Samuel Taylor. b(jrn 1(163, died 1723,
made his will in Chesterfield, liurlington coun-
ty. West New Jersey, November 26, 1723, in
which he names children; Samuel, John.
Ceorge, William and Robert, the names of all
of whom appear in the county lists of the
townshi]j of Chesterfield as holding various
town offices between 1700 and 1732, some of
them serving as long as six years, and one
name, Josejih Taylor, appears in the civil list
not named as a son of .Samuel .Sr. These
sons must have been born very early in the
eighteenth century or very late in the seven-
teenth, say 1695 to 1705.
(II) John, second son of Samuel Taylor,
born ])robal)!y in 1695. appears i)ermanently in
the civil list between 1735 and 1750, being
chosen freeholder of the townshiji of Chester-
field in 1745, and overseer of highways. He
evidently had sons: John, Joseph, Robert,
C harles, Samuel and William. Robert was a
freeholder in 1779-80 and overseer of the poor
from 1782.
(HI) Joseph, second son of John Taylor,
was born in Burlington county. New Jersey,
jirobably about 173.5. He was, like" his father,
])roniinent in town affairs. He married, and
among his children was David.
( 1\' ) David, son of Joseph Taylor. wa.s born
in Chesterfield. lUirlington county. New Jer-
sev. .\ugiist 2^1. 1774. died in Cookstown. New
STATE OF NEW |l■:RSl■:^■
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MaiioviT tiiwiiship. I')Urlin.<,'tiin cmiiUy, .May 9.
i8()_^. lie was brought up tn tlic traik- of
weaver, liaving been apprenticed to a weaver
in Mansfield, Xew Jersey, the adjoining town-
slii]). He carried on the trade in connection
with conducting a farm in Cookstown : weav-
ing was the vocation of his ])rc)genitors for
three generations. Me married Elizabeth llul-
lock. born December 21, 1783, died in Cooks-
town, November 30, 1834. Children, born in
Cookstown: i. .\my, C)ctober 20, 1806: mar-
ried I'orman Townsend. 2. John Uullock (i|.
v.). 3. Mary, March 3, i8n : married Jnhn
Hornerland, of Georgetown. .\cw jersey. 4.
.Margaret, .'^ejitember id. 1812. 5. Isaac.
March 20. 1814: married .Mary Wile\. (>.
lulvvard, A]iril 17, 1816: married Sarah \"an
Dusen.
( \' ) John llullock, eldest son and second
child of David and Elizabeth ( l.ullock ) Taylnr,
was born in Ct)okstown, New Jersey. Novem-
ber 18, 1808, died in ISordentown, New Jer-
sey. March 26. 1877. He was educated in the
district schools and in a boarding school at
Wilmington, and on leaving school became a
school teacher in \'incentown. New Jersewand
afterward kept a cimntry store at liuddtuwn.
lie next |iurcliased the Woodman farm near
Jacksonville, formerly ciwned by his grand-
father, which he cultivated for four years. In
18(14 he removed to Camden, New Jersey,
where'in 1865 he engaged in business, having
liurchased the feed store of Troth & Beagary,
in which store his three sons were engaged as
clerks. He retired in 1866, leaving the busi-
ness entirely with his three sons. He made his
home at Columbus, New Jersey, up to within
a few years of his death, when he removed to
llordentown. He was married (first) by
I'riends" ceremony, Se]jtember 2"], 1832, to
Susan D., daughter of Joseph and ^lary Wool-
man : she was born on her grandfather's farm
near Jacksonville, liurlington county. New Jer-
sey. October 21, 1807. died there May 21.
1832. Children, burn in Iluddtown, Xew J er-
st y : I. Caroline I'ullock, July 13. 1833: mar-
ried, and became mother of R. H. .\aronson,
I'f llordentown, whose sketch appears in this
work. 2. Charles Woolman. .-\ugust 11, 1836.
3. Josejih W., January 16, 1845. 4. George E.
ii|- \ '■ I .T Elizabeth. March 24, 1839. The
mother of these children died May 21, 1852,
Mr. Taylor married (second) Hannah Bunting.
and had nne child, Edw'in .-\.. born November
5. 1854.
( \I ) (leorge 1'",.. thirri sen and lunrtli child
nf John r.nllock and Susan 1). (Woolman)
Tayliir, was burn in liuddtuwn, llurlingtoii
count}', .Xew Jersey, November 7. 1842. He
attended the Friends' school near Jacksonville,
liurlington county. He worked on his father's
farm, and after his father's removal to Cam-
den in i8''i4 he worked in the ieed store of
Truth \ r>eagar\ as clerk, and in 1865 his
father liuught out the business uf the firm and
he hecame a jiartner in the business with his
father and brothers, Charles W. and Joseph
W . His father retired at the end of the year,
and the three brothers continued the business
of |uhn r>. Taylor & Company under the old
lirm name. On December 31, 1871, Joseph
W. retired frcmi the firm, but the business was
c(intinued under the same firm name by Charles
W. and George E. Taylor. ( )n December 31,
1875, I'harles Woolman Taylor st)ld out liis
interests to his brother, Joseph W., and they
conducted the business thereafter as Taylor
I'.roihers. In 1880 Taylor llrothers built a
new storehouse fifty by one hundred feet, and
their business in handling feed, seeds and agri-
cultural implements increased from the time
the business was undertaken by John lUdlock
Taylor and his three sons in 1865, when the
firm employed two helpers on the |)ay roll, and
in i()09 the firm carried fifty-eight employees
on tiie pay roll. In 1881 Joseph \V. withdrew
frijm the firm and George E. contimied in the
business with no ])artner but under the same
firm name until 1891, wdien he admitted as a
partner his son,* ( ieorge Wilbur Taylor, then
twent\-five years of age. George E. Taylor
affiliated with the Republican party, and was a
member of the liaptist church in Camden,
serving as suiierintendent of the Sunday school
for twenty-five years. He married, June 20,
1 8(15. T'mma Jane, daughter of F.phraim and
.\iui (Starr) illustin) Davis, and grand-
daughter of t'liarlutte Starr. Emma Jane
Davis was burn in l';miden. July 28, 1843.
Children, burn in Camden, Xew Jersey: 1.
(ieurge Williur ( i|. \). 2. Marry I'.uft'um, juh
20. 18(18: died in infancy. 3. (^'harlutte. ,\i)ril
27. 1872; married Jesse Starr White, of Mer-
chantville. Xew Jerse)-. a member of the Tay-
lor White Ivxtracting Cunipan)- with factory
in Camden.
( Vn ) (ieorge ^\■ilbur, eldest son of (jcorge
I'^. and Emma Jane (Davis) Taylor, was born
in Camden. New Jersey, May 20, i8(56. He
\\;is educated in the public schools of Cam-
ilen and graduated at the Camden high school.
He became a clerk in his father's business as
dealer in flour, feed, seeds and agricultural
implements and farmers supplies, conducted
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STATK (_)!■ NEW JERSEY.
in Caiiidcn as Taylor Brothers, and in 1891
w as admitted as a partner. He married in
Camden, Ai)ril 1, 1891, Emilie, daughter of
Frank antl Anna (Maxwell j Shute ; child,
(_iwend<il\n I-'.., born March g, 1892.
John I or Conrad, or John Conrad )
HIRES Hires came from W'urtemburg, a
kingdom of Europe, where every
child between seven and fourteen years of age
must attend school, every district of thirty or
more families enjoying a free school and a
teacher for every ninety children, and where
a great university is sustained at Tubengen
with eighty ordinary and extraordinary j)ro-
fessors and tutors : four Protestant theological
seminaries with a course of four years study;
numerous gymnasiums, grammar, trade and
high scliools ; agricultural and botanical insti-
tutions instructing and informing in forestry
and gardening, and with not one person above
ten years of age who cannot read or write, it
was about the middle of the eighteenth century
when John Conrad Hires, came and he became
the progenitor of a numerous family in \\est
Jersey and I'ennsylvania. It is to such men,
coming from so enlightened a country, that the
excellent free school system of the section in
which they settled is due. J(jhn Conrad Hires
had born to him four sons: John, Conrad,
Jacob and David.
( H ) John, eldest son of John Conrad Hires,
the patriarch emigrant from W'urtemburg, was
born in \\'est Jersey, probably about 1765,
and was an early farmer of Hopewell, Mer-
cer county, Xew Jersey, and the father of
eight children. He removeil from Hope-
well to I'.ridgeton. Cumberland county, and
located on a farm near Roadstown in that
countv where he married Christina .
Children, born in Roadstown, their names
being given jirobably without regard to order
of births: I. George. 2. Daniel (q. v). 3.
John D., born February 17, 1817; lived in
Salem county u[) to 1862, when he moved to
Cumberland county and settled at Roadstown :
married Mary Williams, of Port Elizabeth.
Cumberland cctunty. 4. Lewis M. 3. Ain>-.
6. Christine. 7. Elizabeth. 8. Maria. 9
Phoebe. John Hires, the father, died at the
home of his son John D.. in Roadstown, New
Jersey, but the date of his death is not given.
( III ) Daniel, second son of John and Chris-
tine Hires, was born in Roadstown. Cumber-
land county. New Jersey. 1807, died in Elsin-
boro. Salem county. New Jersey, in 1869. He
was a farmer in Elsinboro, served as township
collector, and was a man of progressive edu-
cational ideas. He married Alercy, daughter
of Phineas Sheppard : children: 1. Elizabeth,
married Leavitt Libby, of Philadelphia, and
died his widow. 2. Emeline. tlied unmarried.
3. Phineas S., (q. v. ). 4. Mary, married Charles
Marker. 5. Martha, twin of ]Mary ; married
(leorge Mulford. 6. Sarah S., never married.
7. Daniel S., married Mary Mayhew% of
Mauricet(-)wn, Cumberland county. 8. Charles,
died young.
(iV) Phineas Sheppard, eldest son and
third child of Daniel and Mary (Sheppard)
Hires, was born in Salem, New Jersey, May 9,
1839. He w^as educated in the district schools
and Salem Academy. He engaged first in
farming and subsequently in hotel keeping,
then as a dealer in fertilizers. 1892-1907, and
finally went back to the farm after 1907. He
was always a Democrat in political faith and a
I'resbyterian in religious thought and life. He
was a member of the township committee for
several terms, and an esteemed and respected
citizen. He married (first) Rachel A. Smith,
of Ouinton. Salem county. New Jersey; chil-
dren: I. Delia \'. 2.,Elwood E., settled in
Elmer. Salem county, New Jersey. Phineas
S. Hires married (second) Lydia L., daughter
of Joseph and Rachel ^\'. (Smith) Swing. an<l
granddaughter of Michael Swing, a Methodist
[ireacher and founder of Methodism in Tren-
ton. .\ew Jersey: Lydia L. Swing was born in
I'.ridgeton, May 31. 1851. Children of second
marriage: 3. Rachel E., married Dr. Hunnell.
of Camden. Xew Jersey. 4. Chester S.. a
farnit-r: married Mary Lott ; children; Rod-
new Walter, Sarah and Chester S. Jr. 3.
Lewis M. ( c|. V. ). 6. Emma, married H. K. Part-
ridge, of Camden. New Jersey, dealer in real
estate; one child, H. K. Partridge Jr. 7.
Phineas Sheppard Jr., died unmarried at age
of twenty-one years. 8. Jessie, died at age of
six years. 9. Martha, died in infancy. 10.
Henry, died in infancy. In 1892 Phineas S.
Hires was a resident of Salem, New Jersey.
I \' ) Lewis M.. fifth child of Phineas Shep-
pard Hires and second son of his second mar-
riage, was born in Seeley, Cumberland county.
Xew Jersey, November 27, 1879. He attend-
ed the Seeley, Deerfield and Bridgeton public
schools, and was graduated at the Philadelphia
College of Pharmacy in 1900. .\s a youth he
worked in the drug store of Reeve it Fithian
at I'.ridgeton, New Jersey, for four years, and
engaged in the drug business on his own ac-
count in Salem. Xew Jersey, with others, and
(in .\pril 21). 1908, established a drug store in
ST ATI: OF NEW [i-:rsey.
905
Riverside. Iluiiington, Xew Jersey, wiiicii
proved successful. He voted the Democratic
ticket. He affiliated witli the Masonic frater-
nity as a member of Excelsior Lodge. No. 34.
of Salem ; was made a member of the Knights
of P'ythias. of Salem: and was a member of
the Presbyterian church at Bridgeton. He mar-
ried. November 9, 1905. Elizabeth G.. daughter
of John S. and Elizabeth (Allen) Redstrake.
of \\'oodstown, Salem county. New Jersey,
and granddaughter of Edward D. and Mar\'
Redstrake.
The branch of the [.ambert
[^A.Mlll'.RT family which is at ])resenl
under consideration has no
connection or at least a very remote one with
the families of the same name which are found
in New England and in New Jersey in the old
colonial days, as until the present generation
began to make their home in the last named
^tate. the family belonged entirely to I'hiladel-
pliia.
(ll William, son of John Lambert, bulb
born and died in county Kent. England, where
the founders of the family. William married
Mary , who was born and died in coun-
ty Kent, and had John, Richard. William.
Charles. Mary, and Thomas.
(II) Thomas, son of William and Mary
Lambert, was born in county Kent, in 1832,
and died in Philadelphia, I ennsylvania. in
1877. When he was still a young man he came
over to this country and settled in Philadelphia,
where he became a shi]) chandler and stair
builder. He was a Republican, a member of
the Knights of F'ythias, and a communicant of
the I'rotestant Episcopal church. He married
Jane, born in Leeds, England, daughter of
C.eorge and Sarah (Wood) Hartley. Chil-
dren: I. Mary Elizabeth, born in Philadel-
phia : married William Wilkinson, a contractor
for the Baldwin locomotive works : children :
Thomas and Emma Lambert. 2. William
George, is referred to below. 3. Sarah, born
in England while her jiarents were there on a
visit ; married Charles I'fau. a promoter. 4.
Jane, born in Philadelphia: married Milton
Kleppenger: one child: Cliarlotte. 5. Ann.
married Captain John \'ansciver ; children :
Lambert, Herman, Walter, Beatrice, Mildred.
Heuling, George and Charlotte. 6. Emma.
married W'alter Leech, a shoe manufacturer of
Riverside. New Jersey, and has Florence. Isa-
belle. Edith, and one child that died in infancy.
7. C'harlr>tte. died aged nine vears.
(Ill) (icorge William, (baptized William
(ieorge), son of Thomas and Jane (Hartlevi
Lambert, was born in Philadelphia. Pennsvl-
vania, February 9. i860, and is now living at
Riverside, New Jersey.
He was educated in the iniblic schools of
Pliiladel])hia. and then went into the office
of William Sellers Company, founders and
machinists, when less than twelve years (jld.
and was a clerk in the foundry office when
only si.xteen years old. .After this he went
lo work for the firm of .Stokes & Parrish.
whose business was later merged into that
of the Otis Elevator Company. Here he
remained for twenty-six years, being pro-
moted to the post of ft)renian and then
being made district superintendent for the
company. In 1908 he went with the Key-
stone Elevator Company, and from Febru-
ary to December of that year was superin-
tendent of that firm. In 1893 he came to
Rix'erside. and since then lias ma<le that place
liis home, having real estate interests there. In
1 1 104 he Ijuilt the house in wdiich he now resides.
Mr. Lambert is a Republican, and has served
for twelve years on the schcxil board and is
now the president of the board. For two terms
he was the district clerk, for two years county
freeholder. He was appointed June 22, 1909.
]iluml>ing inspector and superintendent of the
dis])osal plant of the town of Riverside,
being the first a|)]iointment to that plant, also
one of the first five ]iark commissioners of
Riverside, and has served as secretary since
aii]iointment. He is a member of St. lohn
Lodge, No. 1 15, F. and .\. .M., of Philadelphia ;
of Palestine Chapter, R. .K. .\1.: Mary Com-
mandery. Knights Templars: Lu Lu Temple.
Mystic Shrine, of Philadelphia: and a charter
member of the Veritas Council, Jr. O. A. M.
lie is a communicant of the Protestant Epis-
copal church. November 29. 1882. (jeorge
William Lambert married Ruth .Marion, daugh-
ter of Samuel and Marion ( MacDougal ) Tav-
lor, of Philadelphia. Children: i. ]\Iarion.
born in Philadelphia (where all but the young-
est child was born). November 16, 1883: sten-
ographer in office of Watch Case Companv.
Riverside. Pennsylvania. 2. Jane, born Octo-
ber 2-j. 1885: now with Watch Case Company
at Riverside. 3. Charlotte, born .\ugust (),
18S7: school teacher in Riverside. 4. Ruth,
born December 18, 1889: lives at home. 5.
Thomas, born March 14. 1892: died lune 11.
x^yci). (1. .Samuel Taylor, born in Riverside.
Xew Jersey. May 2. l8():^.
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STATI-: ()!• NEW TERSFA'.
I'lie Li)\vrys are uf rhiladeljihia
l,(t\\l\\' Imth for many generations, the
present l)eing the first to settle in
Xew Jersey.
( 1 ) James l.owry was born in I 'hiladelphia,
I 'emisx Kania. where lie was e(hieate(l. lie
learneil tile painter's trade and followed the
tiadc in his native cit) all his life, lie married
Margaret (lolden, horn April 2. 1818.
(11) William, son of James and .Margaret
((ioldeni [,i.i\\r\. wa^ hijrn in 1 'hiladel])hia,
( )ctober i(), 1845. lie married lunma, liorn
December 21, 1849. daughter of Washington
and Catherine (Meredith) McMnllin. The
children of William and lunma ( McMnllin 1
l.owry are: 1. \\ illiam. see forward. 2. Mar-
!;;aret Stow, born December 25. 187.^: married
l-'rank l'a>hly, of 1 'ort .\birns. Xew Jersey, anil
has Katherine .Stow and William Stow I'ashly.
( 111 ) William Jr.. ^<m of William ( i I and
I'mma ( .McMnllin ) l,owr\. was born at I'hila-
del])hia. rennsylvania, January 11. 1871. lie
attended the ])nblic schools until the removal
of his ])arents to .\tlaiitic City, Xew Jerse\'.
in i88i, finishing Iiis education in the schools
cd' that city. Ills hist business exi)erieiice was
as a drug clerk, remaining in that employnieiit
three years. I'ntil 181)7 he was eni]iloyed in
the .\t:lantic City offices of the rhilaiieljihia
and Reading railroad, leaving there to become
private secretary to h'ranklin I'. Stoy, then
niayoi- at .\tlantic City. lie remained with
him during the vears l8()7-<;8. In the latter
year he was elected as collector of .\tlantic
( ity and served through successive re-elections
u|) to the ])resent time 1 i(;o)). lie fs an effi-
cient and \aliicd official. Mr. l.owry is a mem-
ber of Si. Paul's .MetlKidist Episcopal Church
of .Atlantic City. He has attained alt the de-
grees of .Scottish Rite .Masonry u]) to and in^
eluding the thirty-second, lie is a member of
llelcher Lodge. Xo. 180, Royal .\rch Masons:
Trinity Chajiter. Xo. 38. and a Knight Tem-
])lar of Atlantic C'ommandei'y. Xo. 20. all of
.\tlantic l.'ity. llis consistory membershi]) is
held in Camden, Xew Jersey. Me has other
fraternal meinbershiijs. including the Knights
of Malta, Improved Order of Red Men, Inde-
pendent Order of Odd Fellows, and Patriotic
Order of Sons of .\merica. William Lowtv
married l.aura ("olwell, born June 22. T87O.
daughter of Thomas 1',. Wick, of .\tlantic Citv.
I'or more than two and a half
R.XRXES centuries the surname Ilarnes
has been known on this side of
llu- .\tlantic ocean. It first found root in Xew
England in the early colonial period and thence
was gradually distributed throughout the entire
country. The name is found in the revolution-
ary rolls, also in the muster rolls of the second
war with the mother country and in the more
recent ci\il war. In the latter coiilEct the name
is well knijwii, and many have also attained
distinction as clergymen, writers, in the other
learned professions, in the arts and sciences,
and in the industrial and commercial life of
our country. .\11 who have borne this honor-
able name are descendants of English ances-
tors, although the origin of the name in the
mother country "is enveloped in the imiiene-
trable mists of anti(|nity."'
( 1 ) (ieiirge Barnes, immigrant, was born in
I'.lackbiirn, luigland. .Sejitember 17. 181 5, and
died in I'aterson. Xew Jersey, May 14. 1885.
lie was educated in England, and was twenty
years old when he came to this country. In
the course of a few years he returned to his
nati\e lan<l and there acquired a knowledge of
the art of coli>r making, or better, ])erha])s, of
making colors such as are used in the manu-
facture of calico jirints. When he again came
to ,\merica he located first at Taunton, Massa-
chusetts, worked at his trade there some time,
and then came to I'clleville, Xew Jersey, where
he made colors for the ne.xt eleven years, then
removed to Paterson, and worked two years in
the employ of D. G. Scott, calico printer. In
1S57 he started in business on his own account
in the manufacture of mordants for calico
|irinters and silk dyers, and continued success-
fully in that line until the time of his death in
1885. Thus for nearly thirty years Air. IJarnes
was actively and prominently identified with
the industrial history of the city of Paterson.
and otherwise ai^jiears to have taken a com-
mendable interest in whatever would tend to
promote the welfare of that municipality. He
was conscientiously just in all his affairs, and
in business circles his name was regarded as
a s\non\in for honesty and probity of char-
acter. In politics he was a hrm Republican,
and as the candidate of his jiarty was elected
to a seat in the lower house of the state legis-
lature in 187,^. Me was a communicant and a
^■estryman of .St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal
Clnirch of Paterson, and was affiliated with
various Masonic bodies. Mr. liarnes married.
Jiuic 5. 1845. Harriet Walsh, horn October 16,
1 82 V at Darwin. Lancashire. England, daugh-
[vr of John and .Ann (Chadwick) \\'alsh. of
I'.nglish birth. Children of Cieorge and Har-
riet I Walsh ) P.arnes :
i. Ilarriet F... born Pielleville, Xew lersev.
^£.
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STATE OF NEW |l•:RSl•:^■
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August 20. 1846: married. \'iiveiiil)er 13, iSS_>.
William Ellison, burn March 2-,. 1S44. at Little
l-"alls. I'assaic county, New Jersey; no issue.
2. tleorge H.. born October 10. 1847, at
iielleville. Xew Jersex- : died there, (October 13,
184).
1,. Alfred WaLh. born ."^epteniher jj,. 1841;.
in Uelleville, Essex county. New jerse\-. lie
was educated in the public schools, and took a
course in the Tiryant & Stratton lUisiness C'ol-
lege in New York City, i8f)f). .\t the age of
sixteen years he entered the emjiloy of the
Franklin Manufacturing L'omiiany, calico
jirinters. continuing with the same for ten
vears. In 1876 he became associated with his
father in the manufacture of mordants and
chemicals for dyeing ])urposes. and was thus
engaged until the death of his father in 1885.
when lie and his brothers. ( ieorge .\. and
I'rank I'., liarncs. a.ssnmed the management ol
the husine-~s in the interest (if the father's
estate, and he has been thus t)ccu])ie(l to the
])resent time ( iipt)). In business circles he is
recognized as a most capable manager, straight-
forward in ,ill his transactions, and enjoys the
respect and confidence of a large ciicle of
friends. He is a member, elder and trustee ul
die I'irst Presbyterian Church uf I'atersoii.
lie married (first), December 20, 1871, Marx-
Shields, l)orn .August 3, 1850. died October 14,
1888. daughter of Thomas and laicy Shields.
He married (second). September 18. 1890.
Eva L. London, liorn Mav 2(), 1837. daughter
of Edward and Jane P.. fCapwell) London, of
\\'voming county, Pennsylvania, they have an
adopted daughter. Mildred J., born .\pril (>.
iSo(,.
4. I'hebe Ann. born at P>elleville. New Jer-
sey. July 22, 183 1 : unmarried.
3. (ieorge .\.. born April 30. T833. at IV-lle-
ville. New Jersey. Me was educated in the
public schools, and took a course in the i'.ack-
ard IJusiness College. New "S'ork City. lie
became engaged in his father's chemical and
color works, and was actively identified with
the same until the death of the father, in 1883.
since which time he has been associated with
his brothers, .\lfred \^'. and Frank E. P>arncs.
in the management of the business in the inter-
est of the estate. Mr. Barnes married. June
17. i8(/i. Isabelle F. Morris, born October 23,
1863. daughter of William and Janet (Forsyth)
.Morris: children: Harriet Walsh, born May
20. i8()7: Isabelle h'orsyth, September 2. 1901
(t. M. Josephine, born in lielleville. New
Jersev. ( )ctol)er 13. 1833; she married, Sep-
tember I, 1873, James D. Dunkerly ; ciiildren :
I. Harriet bisephine. Ixirn .\lav lO, 18/6, mar-
ried. .\larcii 3. 1897, John W . LatTey, of Belle-
\ ille, .\'ew Jerse}': children: i. Lillian, born
( ictolier 14. 1898; ii. (korge, October 28, 1899;
iii. .\lfred W. liarnes, November 4, igoo; iv.
I'.eatrice. December 23. 1902; v. John, August
I. |ijo8. 2. Mabel F"lorence Dunkerly, born
.March 13. 1878; married. .Xjiril 14. i<)04. Dr.
Andrew I'.. \ anflerbeek, and li.is .Nmlrew V<.
Jr.. horn March 29, 1903.
7. I'rank E., born in Paterson, New Jersey.
.Ma\' 24. 1862; unmarried.
8. Mary E., born at Paterson, New Jersey,
February 17, 1863: unmarried.
The faithful wife, and mother of the aliove
named children, survived her honored husband,
and resides at the corner of W'est TweTity-hfth
and I'anal streets, I'aterson. New Jersey.
There have been many distin-
M( )r\lTZ guished jiersons bearing the
name Maurits, Mauritz and
.Miiritz, in .\nierica and also several luiropean
cunntries. The faniih- here described emi-
grated to this couiitr\' from ( iermany, where
tlie\ were tradesmen, i.if the respectable niiil-
illf class, wlio are known fur their thrift an<l
industry.
I 1 ) John Moritz was born about 1799. at
.Mberfelt, situateil on Rhine river, CTcrmaiiy,
died i8ri3. in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, .\fter
receix'iiig the education atTorded by the schools
of his native town, he learned the trade of
enameler on hollow ware and worked at it in
( Germany : in 1848 he came to .\inerica, locating
at Philadelphia, where he worked at his trade
in the eni])loy of Stewart Peterson, continuing
until the time of his death. In political views
he was a Democrat, and he was a member of
the Catholic church. Mr. M(.)ritz married in
("icrmanv. Katrina .\rbender : children : I. John.
2. Adolpli. died in .Vndersdinille jirisun. 3.
I'eter. 4. .Annie.
( II ) Peter, third and youngest son n\ \nhu
anil Katrina (.\rbender) Moritz. was born in
1833, at -Mberfelt. ( iermany, being brought to
.America with his parents when a young boy of
thirteen \ears. and his earlier education was
supplemented by attending the schools of Phil-
adelphia. In 1834 he enlisted in the Second
I nited States Regulars, at Baltimore, and sub-
se(|uent1y saw service in California, ( )regon
and .Arizona, among the Indian tribes, .\fter
nine years' service with the Regulars, he en-
listed in the California Infantry, at Sacra-
niriito. and from there went to Los .\ngeles.
.•md distinguished himself by his service at
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
l-'orl .McDnwell, Arizuna. In 18OO Mr. Aluritz
letiinictl tu I'liiladclphia and engaged in rnn-
ning a hotel, called the California Hotel, which
he owned and operated for fifteen years, and
since that time has retired from active business
on account of i)Oor liealth. He located in
Riverside. Xew Jersey, in 1888. and still makes
his residence in that place, where he has many
friends. Air. Aloritz is a Republican in poli-
tics, although he takes no very active part hi
])olitical affairs. Me married (first) Alerta
r.incla, who died in 1871, and they had one
child, Katherine, who married Lewis Eberly
of the Eberly Brewing Company, of Philadel-
])hia, and they have two children, JNIatilda and
Lewis. Mr. Moritz married (second), in 1873,
Alatilda Ilopf. horn in ( iermany, and their
children are: i. ( lertrnde, now Airs. Cham-
berlain, lives at Des Aloines. Iowa, and has
two children, Davis and Juliet. 2. Louisa,
born in Philadelphia, lives with her parents, at
Riverside.
The name of Walter, in vari-
W ALTER iius forms, has been known in
manv European countries, and
there have l>een many emigrants to America
hearing it. The family here described is from
(jermany, and the members wlio have taken
up their residence in ,\ew Jersey have made
for themselves an honorable position in com-
mercial and social circles, being identified with
]Hiblic aft'airs and the community's develop-
ment.
( I ) (ieorge Walter lived all his life in Enip-
fingen, Prussia, at which place he was born.
His wife was I-'rancisco (jouss, of Empfingen.
and their children were: I. Kate, died in Ger-
man\'. 2. Xaver. 3. Felix, resides in Ger-
many. 4. Julia, died in Germany. 5. Karl,
resides in Germany.
( II ) Xaver, oldest son of George and Fran-
cesco (Gouss) W' alter, was born in 1834, at
Empfingen, Prussia, and received his educa-
tion in the schools of his native town. He
learned the trade of wheelwright, and worked
also on a farm: in July, 1857, he emigrated to
.America, going first to Aloorestown, New Jer-
sey, where he spent a short time with an uncle,
lie then removed to Philadelphia and worked
for three years at his trade in that city and
Camden. New Jersey. In i860 Air. Walter
removed to Westfield, New Jersey, where he
worked three years at his trade, and then
located in Riverside, where he bought a
piece oi property and built a large black-
smith and w lu'elwright slioj). which he con-
ducte<l until i8yi, manufacturing light and
lieav\- carriages and wagons, as well as doing
ie])air work. He then retired from active
business, and has since devoted his time and
attention to his large real estate interests in
and around Riverside ; he has built and sold
several residences. He visited his native land
in 1891 and again in 1901. In jjolitical views
Air. Walter is a Democrat, and he has served
t\\(j terms on the township committee. He has
also served as surveyor of public highways,
and was ai)pointed by the governor as super-
visor of the stone road, having charge of build-
ing same. He takes great interest in public
imiirovements, was one of the organizers of
the water works system of Riverside, was
ciganizer and director of the First National
Hank, and is a stockholder in the Trust Com-
pany of Aloorestown, New Jersey. He is a
member of the Catholic church, was formerly
a trustee, ami gave material help towards the
building of the present edifice. Air. Walter
married, in August, i860, at Camden, New
Jersey, Kate Kreck, born February 11, 1839,
near Bamberg, Germany, daughter of Fred-
erick Kreck, and came to America in 1859.
Their children are: i. Charles, born in West-
field, New Jersey, May 17, 1861, died Alarch
If). 1887; married Theresa Hass ; children:
Theodore, deceased ; Henry, deceased, and
Charlie. 2. John, born October 22, 1862, at
Westfield. New Jersey ; merchant, living in
1 'hiladelphia : married Barbara Crist. 3. Henry.
4. W illiam, born in 1866, at Westfield, New
Jersey: contractor, lives at Riverside; married
.Mary Emmeck : children: Alary, Francis,
(iertrude and William. 5. Alary, born .Septem-
ber 14, i8<'>7, was drowned, in infancy. 6.
.Anna, Ixjni July 4, 1869, at Riverside, New
Jersey; married Charles Alich, now a retired
lumber dealer, living at Riverside ; children :
Theresa, Joseph, .Anna, Charles and Madeline
7. Thomas, born September 27, 1870, at River-
side, New Jersey. 8. George, born Septem-
ber 16, 1872, in Riverside, -New Jersey, died
}oung. 9. (ieorge, born December 23, 1875,
in Riverside, died in 1880. 10. Franz X.. born
December 8, 1878, in Riverside, died Alarch
1 1, 1880. 11. .Albert, born September 22, 1880,
at Riverside, lives with his father at Riverside,
and is an engineer employed at the watch case
works ; married Theresa Hass, of Riverside.
(HI) Henry, third son of Xaver and Kate
( Kreck) Walter, was born September 15, 1864,
at Westfield, New Jersey, and while quite
voung removed with his parents to Riverside.
w here he received his education in the Catholic
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M'liool of tliat town. At the age of fourteen
he became employed in his father's store, of
which he finally had entire charge, and he
jiurchased same in 1 891, carrying it on success-
fully ever since. Mr. Walter takes great inter-
cut in all the affairs of Riverside, where he re-
sides; is a member of the board of education,
director in the Riverside National Hank and
Ihiilding and Loan .\ssociation, member and
director of the h'ire Comjjany of Riverside,
and member also of the Turners and Maen-
nerchor. lie belongs to Burlington Lodge, No.
(Hj(), llenevolent and Protective Order of Elks,
and also Knights of Columbus, of Burlington.
He is a Catholic in religion and a Democrat in
])olitics. Mr. Walter married, in June, 1895,
losephine, daughter of Lewis Much, of Phila-
delphia, and they have one child, Helen, born
in Se|)teniber, l!^97. at Riverside.
It is now a ])retty well estab-
l',l':i-:i\M AX li>hed fact that the families in
.\'ew Jersev bearing the name
of lieekman are descended from two distinct
sources, one of which is Willem Beeckman. of
New N'ork, who emigrated to New .Amster-
dam in 1647. and the other, ;\Iaarten Beeck-
man, of .Albany, who is the progenitor of the
branch of the family at present under consid-
eration.
(1) Maarten lleeckman emigrated to Xew
Xetherland in 1^)38, and settled in Albau}',
where he pHed his trade of blacksmith, and
died before June 21. 1677. He married Sus-
anna Jans, and had at least three children:
Johannes : I lendrick, referred to below ; Metie.
(Hi Hendrick, son of Maarten and Sus-
anna (Jans) ]!eeckman, lived for a number of
years at Schodack, near Albany, and Novem-
l)er 13, 1710. purchased from Octavo Coen-
raats. merchant of New A'ork, two hundred
and fifty acres of land on the Raritan river in
Somerset county. Xew Jersey, it being a part of
the tract bought by Coenraats from Peter Son-
mans, who in turn had purchased it from the
pro])rietors of East Jersey. The deed for this
land has never been recorded, and is now in
|io^session of Mrs. Elizabeth Beekman Vred-
enburgh, who still owns a ])ortion of the land
de-.crilied, which she iidierited from her father
lienjamin i'leeknian and her mother Cornelia
I'leeknian. .Among liis children was Marten,
referreii to l>elow.
(HI) Afarten. son of Hendrick Beeckman,
was born in 1685. and died October 27, 1757.
'ihc descendants of his three sons are very
numerous in Xew '^'ork. ( )hio, Indiana. Illi-
ULiis. Michigan, (_)regon, and elsewhere. June
21. 1724. be married Elizabeth, born 1700, died
.November ij . \'](^o. daughter of Samuel and
granddaughter of Kesolvert Waldron. Chil-
dren: Elizabeth; Hendrick, referred to below ;
Samuel, .Annate, Johannes.
I 1\' ) I lendrick (2), second child and eldest
von I if Alarten and Elizabeth ( Waldrnn ) Beeck-
man. was l>orn in Somerset county, Xew Jer-
se\ . March 24. 1727, and died there. January
2(1, i7o'>. He married Phoebe I'loomfield, who
dieil ( )ctoljer 23, 1807. Cliildren : i. Eliza-
beth. 2. Henry. 3. Benjamin, married Cor-
nelia Beekman, his own cousin, and had Eliza-
beth ( i^)eekman ) \ redenburgh, referred to
above. 4. John H., referred to below. S.Will-
iam, settled in Alichigan with his brother
Henry. (>. .Susanna. 7. Martin, removed to
Warren count}', Ohio, and said to have de-
scendants who have retaineil the old spelling
of the name. 8. I'rancis Brazier, removed to
( ihio.
( \' ) John I I., fourth child and thir<l son of
I lendrick ( 2 ) and I'hoelje ( Bloomfield ) Beeck-
man, was born on the old Beekman farm. Feb-
ruar\' 9. 1769, and died there l-'ebruary 24.
i8C)i. He learned the carpenter's trade when
a \(iung man and followed it for many years.
Later in his life he was a farmer. .All of his
jieople were Whigs in politics, and when he
turned Democrat his aimt disinherited him.
He adhered to his convictions, however, left
Raritan, and purchased for himself a farm on
Xorth P.ranch. He was a Presbyterian. De-
cember 2~,. 1 79 1, he married EfYe Brewer. Chil-
dren : I. Mary, born January 26, 1794, died
l>e])tember 8. 1874. immarried. 2. Phoebe, born
Ma\- 14, 1796. died April 24, 1852; married
John 1\. N'oorhees. 3. Llenry, born October
iT^. 171)8, died June 15, 1853; married Cath-
arine \ an Duvne. 4. Daniel, referred to below.
5. John, born Julv 30, 180S; married Fann)' .A.
Stiger.
(\ 1) Haniel, fourth child and second son
of John H. and Efife (Brewer) Beekman, was
born on his father's Xorth Branch farm, Feb-
ruary II, 1804. He was educated in the old-
fashioned way by a travelling teacher, then
learned the trade of a cabinet-maker, and later
became a carpenter. At first, however, he was
unfortunate, Ijeing taken sick and using up all
of his savings. He then began to build houses.
and in this way accpiired considerable property,
and when he married he built his new home
himself and took his bride into it before it was
finished. .After his marriage he turned farmer,
:'.nd he and bis wife lived together on his farm
STATI'. OF NEW JERSEY.
fnr fifty-five years. He was a Democrat, and
:icti\e in the I'resbyterian church of Laming-
ton. of which for many years he was first trus-
tee and then elder, ile married Sarah Jane,
daughter of Isaac \"an Duyne. Children :
Child, died in infancy; J.ilin 11.. referred to
beli;)u .
(\ Jh Joim 11., son of Daniel and Sarah
lane ( \ an Duj-ne ) Beekman, was born on
iiis father's North Branch farm, August 15,
1 84 1, and is now living in North Branch. Ile
was educated there, and at fourteen years of
age began to work on the farm for his father.
After reaching manhood he bought a farm for
himself, but continued to live at home and to
work on both farms until the death of his
father, lie was a Denicjcrat, but always said
that he was no politician. For more than
twenty vears he has been a trustee of the
l.amington I'resbyterian church, and to-day
stands as a magnificent specimen of the gentle-
man of the old school. March 4, i86r), he mar-
ried Alarv l':iizaheth, daughter of Frederick
11. and Alary ,\. (Craig) Eane, of New ( ier-
niantown. descendants of another old colonial
Dutch stock, the same as that from which have
sprung the \'an Pelts, her progenitor in this
country being either Gysbert or Jacob Thysz
\an I'elt l.anen, some of whose descendants
chose \an Felt, and the others. Fane, Faen, or
Faan. as a surname.
(\ 111) Daniel IF, only child of John IF
and Mary Fdizaheth (Fane) Beekman, was
born on his father's farm at North Branch,
May 29. 1874. and is now living at Sonierville,
New [er.sev. l-'or his early education he was
sent to the .school at North Branch. He then
graduated from the Metz private school, after
which he attended the New York Faw School
at New York, and was admitted to the New
[ersev bar as attorney in June, 1898, and as
"coun.s'ellor in February, 1902. Since then he
has been engaged in the general practice of his
profession in Somerville, making a specialty
of inheritance and real estate law. in which
field he is in very great demand, particularly as
trustee and executor in settling estates. He
is a Democrat, and very active and iirominent
in the politics of his locality. His many gootl
(|ualities have won bim a host of friends, and
he ha- the confidence and trust of every one.
a fact which was i-emarkably em]jhasized at
the time he ran for the ottice of assemblyman
on the Democratic ticket. The district went
Rei)ublican for president by over one thousand
six hundred majority, hut Mr. I'.eekman was
defeated b\ a >canl -even hundred niinnrit).
lie is a member of the l^rst Dutch Reformed
Llnircli of Somerville.
X'dvember is. i8i-)i). Mr. h'.eekman married
iMuetta, daughter of Henry C. and Catharine
(Khinehart) Hoffman (see HolTman below).
Children: John H., horn C)ctober 2-j . 1903,
and .Mabel Elizabeth, .\ugust 23. 19CKJ.
l.Thp HiilCnlMii I,inei.
The early generations of the Hoffman fam-
ilv of .New' York and New Jersey are. from a
genealogical point of view, still in considerable
confusion, but there seems now- to be no doubt
whatever that the common ancestor of the
families bearing the name was Marten Her-
manzen llofl'man, .saddler, of Revel, who mar-
ried (first). .\]3ril 22. 1663. in I>rooklyn. Fys-
beth 1 lermans. of Ootmarsum. a town in C)ver-
yssel. and (second) in New Amsterdam, May
Id. if/>4. Emnierentje De Witts, from Edent.
in lunberlandt.
( 1 ) lohn Iloft'man. the earliest a.scertainable
ancestor of the line at present under considera-
tion, died between 1741 and 1748,- in Reading-
ton. Hunterdon county. New Jersey. Fie lived
in -New York and Readington. He was twice
married, and his second wife, Margaret An-
huisen. survived him. Children: Catharina ;
Henry, referred to below; Mary; Frederick;
|ohn ; William ; Jacob.
ill) Henry, .son of John Hott'man. lived on
the William Stevenson place in Cokesbury. in
High Bridge township. Hunterdon county, and
died between 1790 and 1794. He was twice
married. Children: Harmon ; John, referred
tol)elow; I'eter. Henry. Frederick, Eva. .Annie.
Marv.
I 111) |ohn (2). son of Flenry Iloft'man.
was born July 12. 174O. and die<l .April 22.
1828. He" lived at Cokesbury. and married.
December 19. 1771. Ann Elizabeth, born May
..'O. 1752. died Ni.ivember I. 1828. daughter of
I'eter ' Young. Children: -Ann. Elsie Cath-
arine. Alarv, Elizaljeth. Henry F. Peter F.
Frederick F. William F. Alargaret. John I.
(referred to below). Philip C.
( l\'i John F. tenth child and fifth son of
lohn (2) and Ann b'.lizabeth (A'oung) Hoff-
man, was born July 18. 1772. and died in i8')5,
Ile married Fvdia. daughter of John Hayes.
(-hildren: lohn IF. married Harriet Cox;
Fetta. married John Fleet; Elizabeth, married
I 'eter Eick ; Fvdia Ellen, married Isaiah .Apgar :
1 lenrv C. referred to below ; Charles W.. mar-
lied -Marv C. Flumerfelt : Thomas .A., married
Sarah Cole ; Alarv Jane, die 1 young.
I \' I Henr\ C.'. fifth child and -econd -on of
STATE OF NEW |I-;RS1-;V,
juhn 1. and Lydia ( ! laycs ) llort'nian, married
t atliariiH-, daughter of John Rhinehart, and
among their children was Emetta, who mar-
ried. Xovember 15, 1899. Daniel H.. son of
lnhn 11. and Mar\- Elizabeth ( Eane ) Beekman.
The American progen-
\ AX I'-.M l'.l'i<( d I itor of this family was
( iysbert \ an Imbrock.
whci came with nthers from Amsterdam, Hol-
land, and tir^t settled at Xew Amsterdam, lie
did not. hnwexer, remain fc.ir a long period
with the new settlement, and with other Hol-
land families went farther north on the Hud-
son river and settled at h'ort Orange ( Albany ).
where he later married Rachel De la Montagne.
who was born in 1(134. and was a daughter of
1 )r. lohannes De la .Montague, who was for
siiuie time councillor of the Xew Xetherlands
and \ice-director of Fort ( )range.
(ill Johannes, son of (iysbert and Rachel
( De la Alontagne) \'an Imbrock. was born at
Kingston, Xew ^'(lrk. in idfii. When he was
but four vears old he wa'^ taken by his mother,
with twc.i (ither children, to Xew .Vmsterdam,
w here he w as reared to luanhood. and acc|uired
a knowledge of medicine through his maternal
grandfather. Later he settled in Hackensack.
Xew Jersey, where he ])racticed his profession,
lie married (first) in 1687, ^Margaret \'an
Schaick. by whom lie had one daughter. Jle
ni;irried ( second ) I'atrina Santvort. and to
tliem were born children: I. (iysbert. 2. W'ill-
i.im. 3. Johannes, ancestor of the line herein
-traced, and of whom further is given below.
C4. Mary. marrie<l John Sandford. 5. Catli-
^ erine, married Richard ( libbs, of Xew Bruns-
J^wick. Xew Jersc\. (k Elizabeth, married
\ Jacobus r.ertholf. Dr. Johannes \'an Imbrock
died in 1742. at Ridgewood. Xew Jersey, where
lie built a brown stone house in 1700. it being
the first house in the present borough of Ridge-
wood, and where he had bought a tract of five
hundred acres of land for the sum of thirty-
twii ])Mun<ls, ten shillings and some pence.
( 111 ) Jiihannes \'an Imburgh (as the name
now apiiears), son (if Dr. Johannes and Cat-
vlna ( .Santvort I \ an Imbrock. was born at
Kidgewood. Xew Jersey, at the parental home-
■~tead. March 28. 1703. lie jiassed his life at
Ridgewood. where lie followed farming, lie
married, and aniung his children was Juhn, df
w hom further.
(I\ ) John \ an luiiburgh (with whom the
family name came to its ])resent form), son of
Johannes \'an Imburgh. was born in 1738, on
the famih h(>nK"^tead at Ridgewood, where he
was reared and siient lii> life as a farmer, I Ic
marrieil .\ntje . and auKiiig their chil-
dren was Henry, of whom further.
(\ ) Henry, son of John and .\ntje \ an
Ijuburgli, was born in I7<i<), on the family
h(.inie>tead at Ridgewood. lie followed in the
fciotsteps of his forefathers, and was a tiller
id' the soil, passing his life in Edgewood, where
he died, in 1830. He was noted for industry
and probity of character. He married Mary
\ iiiirliis. born Xovember 17, 1770, died Octo-
bei- 21;. 1848. Children: i. John, born June
28, 171)!, died 1860. 2. .\lbert, January 2^.
1703. died 1881. 3. Anna, January 5, 1795,
died 1833. 4. Martha, January 12, 1799, died
1S73. 5. Ilenry, see forward. 6. Peter, Feb-
ruary II. 1804, died 1887. 7. Ralph Wester-
\elt. June 24. 1806, died 1880. 8. (jeorge. De-
cember 7, 1808. 9. Caty. January 31, 1812.
10. I'olly. September 16, '1814, died 1887. Of
the suns, (ieorge, Peter and Ralph \\ ., settled
in Ridgewocid, where they were known among
the substantial husbandmen cif that town.
(\l) Ilenry (2). .son of Ilenry (i) and
.\lar\- (N'dorhis) \'an Emburgh. was born on
the family homestead in Ridgewood. July 13,
1801. died in Paterson, Xew Jersey, April 15,
1870. He was reared on the home farm, and
learned the wheelwright trade, which he fol-
lowed for some time. He also owned and con-
ducted the road house or hotel at the place
now known as Maple Homestead, on the
I'aramus road; this was one of the leading
taverns on that road, being a favorite stopping
place for travellers and drovers, and the last
stopo\'er night ])lace before arriving in Xew
^'ork•. lie also operated a wheelwright and
blacksmith shop for a number of years with
much success, .\bout 1846, having amassed
an ample competence, he sold his farm to Jacob
Demarest \"an Emburgh, and removed to Pat-
erson, Xew Jersey, where he passed the re-
mainder of his life. His career was active and
useful. He became well-known to the leading
cattle dealers and drovers of .Xew York as a
genial and lioS]ntable hc.ist, ami in business
circles his name was everywhere regarded as
synonymous with honor and integrity. He
married (first) at Small Lots (now Fairlawn).
r.ergen countv. .September id. 1820. Margaret
Demarest. born .\])ril 12. l8oi . 'daughter of
lacob and Keziah (llo])per) Demarest. Chil-
dren: I. Jacob Demarest, l)orn July 12. 1822.
see forward. 2. Maria, .August (), 1824: mar-
ried Stejihen Terhune. 3. Henry. February
14. 182(1: married (_'harity .\nn .\ckerman. 4.
lames. March 3. 1828: married .Sarah Ter-
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liune. 5. jiihn il., October 29, 1829; married
Olarissa Lewis. 6. Kezia. August 25, 1831,
(lied October 8, 183 1. The mother of these
children died October 16, 1831. Mr. Van
I'.mburgh married (second), April 19, 1832,
Jane Carlock. born January 27. 1816. Chil-
dren: 7. leremiali. April 11, 1834: married
Jane IbitL 8. Alfred. December 15, 1842:
married Margaret Ho])per. The mother of
these children died .\ugust 20, 1832. Mr. \'an
luuburgh married (third), December 5, 1852,
Matilda P>lauvelt, who died July 10, 1880, sur-
viving her husband about ten years ; of this
union there were no children.
(\TI) Jacob Demarest, eldest son of Henrv
(2) and Margaret (Demarest) \'an Emburgh,
was born at Ridgewood. New Jersey, July 12.
1822. died at the old home. June 4. 1907, after
a married life of almost sixty-three years. He
was reared and educated in his native town,
and learned the trade of carpenter. He be-
came a contracting carpenter, and as a result
of his thrift and enterprise accumulated con-
■^iderable property. He became prominent in
tmvn affairs, and served for some time on the
board of chosen freeholders. He was held in
high esteem by all who knew him for his hon-
esty and straightforwardness in all his affairs.
He was an active member of the Dutch Re-
formed (now Presb}'terian) church, and his
influence was always for good. He married.
April 15, 1844, ]\Iaria Jane Bogert, born at
Hackensack, New Jersey. December 12, 1824,
died October 20, 1906, daughter of John and
Sarah (Demarest) Bogert. Children: i. John
Henry, born July 25, 1845. 2. Sarah Jane,
January 18, 1848. 3. Demarest, September 13,
1849. fi'Cfl June 2, 1834. 4. Wesley, see for-
ward. 5. Alargaret Matilda, July 25, 1854. 6.
Jacob Demarest, January 25, 1857. 7. Cal-
vin Bogert, June 3, 1839, died October 31,
1839. 8. William, January 2, 1861, died .\u-
gust 15, 1862. 9. Martha, March 26, 1863.
10. IJzzie T., June 9, 1865, died November 13,
1866. II. Irene, September 24, 1869.
( VHI) Wesley, son of Jacob Demarest and
]\laria Jane ( I'ogert) Van Emburgh, was born
on the old family homestead, at Paramus
(Ridgewood), Bergen county, New Jersey,
November 201. 1831. ITe received his educa-
tion in the old district school near the Paramus
church. At the age of fifteen he went to New
"S'ork Cit>- and served a five year apprentice-
ship with an uncle, John \'an Emburgh, in the
tailoring business. He made excellent ad-
\ ancement. and ( k'tnber i. 1872. came to Pat-
crsiin. New Jer-ey, where he took emplo\'ment
as cutter in the tailoring department of \'ander-
voort & Slingerland. On April I, 1878, with
James Simonton, a fellow workman for the
firm, as partner, he bought out that depart-
ment, and from that time has continued in busi-
TlCss at the same stand. During the more than
thirty years of his mercantile career as mer-
chant tailor, he has been recognized as one of
the substantial and ])rogressive business men
iif the city of Paterson. In religion he is a
Presbyterian, and in politics a Democrat. He
belongs to the liolland Society of New York,
and the Bergen county (New Jersey) branch
11 f the same organization. He is loyal to the
nieuKiry of his ancestors, and deeply interested
in all relating to their history. He has in his
jiossession the original deed made about the
year 1700 by F'eter Jansen to his early ances-
tor. Dr. Johannes Van Imbrock, conveying the
lands at Ridgewood, New Jersey, upon a part
of which that village has been built up, and a
portion of which is yet held in the Van Em-
luirgh family.
^[r. \'an Emburgh married, in New York
( ity. August 29, 1883, .\nnie Brower, born
there February 24, 1858, daughter of Peter D.
and Rachel fRomaine) Brower. Her father
was a leading merchant tailor in Eighth ave-
nue. New York City. Children: i. \\'ilbur
Demarest. born February 3. 1883 : married,
June 28, 1906, Sadie Hicks : child, W'ilbur, born
I'^eljruary 12, 1908. 2. Elizabeth Bogert, Au-
gust 9, 1886: married, June 19, 1909, Charles
Gilbert Milham. 3. Anita B., October 18.
1888. 4. Clara Eleanor, February i. 1893.
The Gastons of New Jersey be-
( lASTON long to that large and stalwart
class of Huguenot refugees who
fled from the persecutions which followed upon
the revocation of the Edict of Nantes over to
the hospitable shores of Ireland. Here the
founder of the family under consideration
made a home for himself and his family, and
here the founder of the .American family of the
name was born and spent his early life, little
dreaming that in a new world his descendants
would number among themselves Hon. Athel-
stan Gaston, of Pennsylvania, and Right Hon.
AMlliam Gaston, A. M., LL. D.. speaker of the
assembly and member of the senate of North
Carolina, judge of the supreme court of North
Carolina, and representative of that state in
the Federal congress.
( I ) Josejih Gaston, born in Ireland, of
Huguenot refugee parentage, emigrated to the
new world ;d)out 1720. and found his way over
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iiitii Xcw Jersey, wlierc he established hini-
selt. married, and hrrmght ii]) his famil)' in
Somerset county. \'o record remains of his
wife's name or iiarentage, and the names of
(inl_\- two oi his children have ct)me down to us.
though he undoubtedly had otiiers. as repre-
sentatives of the family not only in New' Jer-
sev, New .York, and Pennsylvania, but also in
the Southern states, claim to be descended
from him. The two sons of whom record has
been found are John, who is referred to below ;
and Robert, whose daughter Margaret became
the first wife of Daniel, son of .\aron and
Charlotte ( Aliller ) Mellick, and whose son
loseph married Margaret, daughter of .\aron
and Charlotte (Miller) Mellick.
(11) John, son of Jose])h Caston. the emi-
grant, was born November 10. 1730. in Somer-
set county, New Jersey, and died in the same
county October 3, 1776. He was a farmer,
and June 2/, 1758, married Elizaljeth, born
April 4. 1738. in New Jersey, and died in Som-
erset county. May 6, 1765, daughter of Will-
iam and Katharine Ker, emigrants from .Scot-
land to New Jersey. Children: i. Catharine,
horn May 12, 1759, died April 14. 1762. 2.
William, referred to below. 3. Joseph, Ijorn
May 29, 1763, died October 16, I7<76; married,
.November, 1772, iNIargaret Lines, and had at
least two children, William B. (laston and John
( iaston. both of Somerville. New Jersey. All
of the above are buried in Lamington church-
yard.
(HI) William, second child and eldest son
of John and Elizabeth (Ker) Gaston, was born
in Somerset comity. New Jersey. May 13, 1761,
and died there February 13. 1809. Like his
father he was a farmer. December 10, 1782,
he married Naomi, second child of John, son
of George Teeple, who emigrated to America
from Germany about 1700, and his wife Mar-
garet, (laughter of Jeremiah and Naomi Cast-
ner. who was born July 15. 1737, and died
.March 17. 1813. three hours before her hus-
band. John Teeple. Naomi (Teeple) Gaston
was born in New Jersey, July 20, 1760, and
died June 24. 1818. Her elder sister. May
Teeple. born December 21, 1756, died October
21. i8if>; her younger sister. Ann Teeple, born
April 13. 17^)4. died June 9. 1803. Children of
William and Xaomi ( Teejile ) Gaston: 1-2.
John and William, both referred to below. 3.
Walter (iaston, born October 10. 1787, died
November 8, same year. 4. Margaret, born
October 30, 1789. 5. Josejih (Jaston. born
l'"el)ruary 13. 1792. died .April 5. 1814. 6-7.
Janie^ and ' ilivi-r, twins, born Januarv 8. 1795.
James d\ ing in i8(k). and ( )liver in young man-
hood. June 10. 1821. 8. .\braham Gaston, born
April j^, \/')/. (lied January. 1823. 9. Hugh,
named after his cousin, the revolutionarv sol-
dier. b(jrn August 27. 1800, died a >iiung man.
March 30. 1821.
( I\' ) John ( 2 ). eldest child of William and
Naomi ('feeiile) (laston. was born in Somer-
set count}'. .\ew Jersey. September 26, 1783.
and died in that county June 21. 1857. Octo-
ber 17. 1805. he niarried Sarah, only daughter
of Daniel and Hilary (Thompson) Castner.
(hildren: 1. William Ker Gaston, born July
23. 180(1, died December 24, 1885. 2. Daniel
Castner (laston. born ( )ctober 14, 1807, died
.\ugust 2. 1888. 3. Samuel ISarnes Gaston,
born Decemi)er 14, 1809, died November I,
1870. 4. Margaret Gaston, born November
21). iSii. died ( )ctober 31, 1869. 5. Robert
(iaston, horn December 15. 1813. died Febru-
ary 17. i8(jo. (I. Josejjh. born April 12, 1816,
died December 3, 1832. 7. [ohn. born .Au.gust
31. 1818. died February 3. "1888. 8-9. Oliver
liarnes and Naomi, twins, born January 14.
1820; Oliver Barnes Gaston died January 8.
i8()4: Naomi Gaston married Isaac F. Stevens,
had five children, and died October 17. 1897.
10. llugli Craston. referred to below. 11. Isaac
(laston. born July 2^. 1823. died in Newark.
Xew Jerse\'. in 1900.
(\ ) Hugh, tenth child and eighth son of
John (2) and .Sarali (Castner) Gaston, was
born in .Somerset county. New Jersey, April
2\. 1823. and died in Pluckemin, New Jersey.
.March 23. 1899. He was named for his uncle.
He was a faruier. P'or a long time be was con-
nected with the Dutch Reformed church, but.
the 1 'resljyterians becoming numenjus in T'luck-
emin. he became one of tlie most prominent of
them, and it is mainly due to his efforts that
the Presbyterian church there was built. Mr.
(jaston had a very good voice, and for rnany
years sang in different churches as a chorister,
performing this service in Pluckemin and
Readington from iSix) to 1881. in North
liranch from 1881 to 1884, and at Somerville
from 1884 until the time of his death. He was
a Republican, and was for many years col-
lector of taxes for Somerset county, while for
a number of vears he was one of the chosen
freeholders.
November 2. 1884, Hugh (jaston married
Jane \'anderveer Garretson. Her tather was
Peter Garret.son. who by his first wife, Jane
Conover. had three: (Garret Remsen Garret-
son. I'ileanor Sehenck Garretson, and .Ann
l\li/a I'icld Garretson. \)\ his second wife.
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(_ athariiif W'ilscjii, Ik- 1i;u1 jane \ aiulerveer
(^arretson. i-eferred t<> ahuve, burn September
2tj. 1S28. and Catharine W'ortman ( iarretson,
Mary Pinnyea. William Sloan. Martha Parker
and John Wilson ( larretson. Mrs. Jane \'an-
<!erveer ((iarretson) (laston is still living in
Somerville. Children of Hugh and Jane \'an-
derveer ( Carretson ) Ciaston: 1. Robert, born
August 21. 1845. died June 11, 1852. 2. Cath-
arine, born January 24, 1847. ^'^'l' living; mar-
ried ( first ) Andrew Quick ; one child. Jane.
married Archibald Derby, and lives in Arling-
ton. Xew Jersey; Catharine married (second)
( )scar Dunham. 3. Sarah Gaston, born Janu-
ary 29. 1849, married William \'oorhees. of
Jacksonville. Illinois; children: Lena May
\'oorhees. married Otto Coultas. of Riggston.
Illinois; and Hugh \'oorhees. unmarried. 4-5.
Hilary and Martha, twins, born March 5. 1851.
both died in infancy. Mary on .August 8, and
.Martha on Se]5tember 12, 1851. 6. Margaret
(iaston. born Januar\- 29, 1853, married Ira
\ oorhees ; no children. 7. Cornelia Gaston,
born September 22. 1855. married James C.
llenry. now deceased, no children. 8. Jane
Gaston, born November 21. 1857; married
Isaac Xewton Dumont ; one child, Helen, un-
married. 9. Marrietta (iaston. born January
7. iSfto; married Peter B. lOumont ; lives in
.Somer\ ille ; children : Emma Jane, married
William Parry; Hugh (jaston; Cornelia and
Irene, bntli nc)w dead; Lilian, wife of William
Hill; Mary; Harold; and .\rthur. 10. John
(iarretson Gaston, referred to below. n.
Hugh (jaston, born June 11, 1865, died .August
II. i8fi6. 12. Isaac (Iaston. born October 20.
1867. died September 9. 1868. 13. William
(iarretson Gaston. Ixirn March 14. 1870; is
a->istart cashier (if b'ifth .\veuue National
Hank. .New ^'ork City; married, ( )ctober 12.
i8()7. I'^lizabetb Sutphen. daughter of David
Kline Craig and Mary Elizabeth .\mmerman ;
children: Katharine Craig Gaston, born L'eb-
ruar\- 4. died June 5. 1903. and Mary Eliza-
beth (laston. born August 22. igo8.
I \ I I jolin (iarretson. tenth child and sec-
ond son (eldest son to reach maturity) of
Hugh and Jane \ anderveer ((iarretson) Gas-
ton, was born in Pluckemin, New Jersey. .-Au-
gust 28. 1862. and is now living in Somerville.
I-~or his early education he went to the North
P.ranch district school and then came to Som-
erville. where he obtained a clerkship about
1881 with the grocery firni of Tunison & Losev-
with whom he remained for two years. In 1883
he procured a better position as clerk for the
<li\ goods firm of I. D. .^niith. and this place
he kept for eight \ears more, when he found
himself in a position to set x\\y in business for
himself, whicli he did in 189 1, forming the firm
of John ( !. (jaston & Company, dry goods, the
company being Philip Case. In 1905 Air.
( iaston was appointed postmaster of Somer-
ville. which he has since held. He is a Repub-
lican, but outside of his present post he has
held no office. He is a Mason and Elk, a mem-
ber of the P. C). S. -A., the Royal Arcanum,
and the Independent Order of Foresters, and
is also a member of the Somerville Athletic
(.'lub. He attends the Second Reformed Church'
of which he has been deacon from 1893 to
1893. f^li^' latter year being also treasurer, and
<leac(jn again from 1904 to 1906. He is vice-
president of the First National Bank of Som-
erville. and also of the Somerville Realty Com-
])any.
.March 17. 1880. |ohn (iarretson (iaston
married in Somerville, at the home of his
father-in-law. Ella Picrgen Smith, born at
.Vorth liranch, February 8. 1868. Her father,
Cornelius \'an Dyne Smith, born October 15,
1831, died I-'ebruary 10, 1889, married, Octo-
ber 14, 1857, Judith Tuni.son, second daughter
of .Andrew .-A. and Ellen .Ann ( \'an Marter)
Ten Eyck. born I'ebruary 28. 1829, and now-
living with Air. Ciaston and her daughter. Chil-
dren of Cornelius \'an Dyne and Judith Tuni-
son (Ten Eyck) Smith: i. Eugene Ten Eyck
Smith, born May 10. 1858, died April 4, 1890,
married Catharine Hodge, and had one child,
-Margaret, who lives in Brooklyn; ii. .Anna
\ osseler Sniith, born October 20. 1859. died
Ala\- 2. 1885, married December 12, 1883, Ste-
|ilien \ an Clief. but had no children ; iii. Louisa
Ten Eyck ."^mith. born July 29. 18(13, married
(ieorge D. Totten. Jime 2. 1886; iv. Ella Ber-
gen Smith, referred to above.
John (iarretson and Ella Bergen ( .^niith )
(iast<in have one child, (ieorge Gaston, born
May I, 1887. who graduated from the Somer-
ville high school in 1903, and from Penning-
ton Seminary in 1905, and in now paying teller
of the Carnegie Trust Company in New A'ork
(. ity.
( I\ ) \\ illiam. second child and son of W ill-
iam and Xaomi ( Teeple ) Gaston, was bori-i in
Somerset county. New Jersey, September 2r).
1785. and died September 12, 1837. .After
reaching manhood he left the place of his birth
and established a home for himself in Savan-
nah. ( ieorgia. where at a meeting of the mer-
chants and citizens generally held "'in pursu-
ance of a public notice at the exchange in the
Citv of Savannah, on Thursday. ,Se])tember
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ii-t. i''^,^7. fur the piiriicisc ut ti-sti t'yini; tlit'ir
re^ix-'Ct fur lii> Liieiiiiir\ ami their dec]) >ense
(if Idss sustained hy this cnnimunit\- hy his
decease," the fnlldwiiiy; prcanihle and resdhi-
tii ins w ere adnpted :
■'\\'illiam (jaston. (or many yt-ars Loiispitiiout^ as
line of our most eminent mercliants and respectable
riiizens, having: tieen, through the wi.se dispensa-
tion of Providence removed from tis by death, and
iliis sad event having occurred when at a dislance
from this, the place of his home, so that his felluw-
oitizens were denied the melanclioly satisfaction of
individually offering to his remains the last rites of
respect and affection, they deem it proper publii 1\
to commune on the occasion and to express iheir
deep regret for a bereavement which cannot but
touch the sympathies, not only of this commuriit\-.
but of thousands far away, for the stranKi-is"
friend will not be unwept, while gratitude yields to
worth the just tribute of a tear . . Mr. Caston,
as a merchant, was distinguished for his intelli-
gence. Industry and Integrity, for his promjitness.
frankness and liberality As a citizen lie was
patriotic, public-spirited and munificent, and in the
contribution of private charity, of unsurpassed
benevidence . . He was tlie patron of merit in
every form, and emphallcally the friend of llie
stranger, dispensing with a liberal hand the avails
of his honorable and successful enterprise
In the intercourse of domestic life his friends can
through long years I'ememher liis cheerful welcome
and kind hospitality, liis glowing genius, refined
intelligence and accomplished manners, his gener-
ous and confiding spirit . . In his character as a
man and a citizen he combined a rare assemblage
of virtues, which no time i-an efface from our mem-
ory: and although they ai'e extensively known and
appreciated, we take the ipelanclioly pleasure of
repeating them, as a saltitary contemplation ;iiol
attractive example: and for their commemoration,
be it further resolved. Thai under the superlntend-
ance of a committee to be apjtointed foi' that ]tur-
pose. there shall be erected in Ihe Old Cemelery. a
vault for the intermenl of strangers, which s.all
hear lire lunne of The iJaslon Vault, as a monu-
ment to perpetuate llie living kindness of tlie
strangers' friend, and teiiching posterit.\* a lesson
of universal philanthropy . . . Also, that the chair-
man, in behalf of this meeting, he re(iuestetl to
address William K. caston a letter, requesting liim
. . . to have the remains ot his late uncle. \^ illiam
I'.aston. Esq.. brought to this city, it being in llie
opinion of this meeting the most pioio-r place for
their repose."
The .\ll)riolit family (if 1 'enn-
\ 1 J'lk 1( il I T sylvania and New Jersey
seems almust nndi)ul)tedly to
he iif (icrman orifjin and to have had for its
founder (leorge Alhrccht, who. with his sons,
was so prominent a fij^ure in the early history
of Ihicks and Chester comities. I'nfortmiate-
Iv. however, the records of the descendants of
( ieoroe Alhrecht and his children are too scanty
to make the jiriKif an ahsulnte (inc. ;md al-
tlmugh there is no e\idence tn indicate that
there is any connection hetween the .Mhri^dit
famiU which ap|)ears in two or three places in
Xew England, with the Xew Jersey family of
the name, which is at jiresent under considera-
tion, there is, of course, a possibility that such
a ctiimection exists.
( I ) John .\lbright, earliest known ancestor
of the present branch, was born in the first
(|uarter of the last century. He enlisted in
Company 1'", Twelfth Xew Jersey \dlunteer
Infantry, from .Mullica Mill, Gloucester coun-
ty, .Xew Jerse\', commanded by Captain lul-
ward L. .Stratton, and he was killed at the
battle of ( iettysburg, I 'ennsyhania, Jul\' ,V
i8'i,^, leaxing a widow, llannah C, anil a son,
Eouis W'.. referred tt) below.
( II ) Louis \\'., only living child of John and
llannah C. { Haines) .\lbright, was born June
4. 1 1^5(1. and is now living in Camden, .Xew
Jersey, .\ftcr lea\'ing school he took up the
newspaper business and was a newspajier man
for more than thirty years. At the first he
was connected with the Camden Post, and left
that paper in order to take a position on the
f'hikulrlpliia I^ublic Lcdi/rr. at that time under
the editorshi]) of ( .eorge W. Childs. ( )f this
celebrated Philadelphia paper, Mr. .Mbright
was the Xew Jersey editor for twenty years.
( )n Se])tember 28, 1902. with his son. William
Haines .Mbright, .Mr. .Albright bought the
i'liiistitiitidii of Wooilbury, Xew Jersey. This
pa]ier. which was and still is the Re])ublican
party or,i;an of ( iloucester county. .Mr. Al-
bright and his son have very greatly imjiroved
and enlarged, and they are now conducting it
with \'ery marked success. It is the oldest
news|iaper in southern Xew Jersey, having
been established in 1834. Mr. Albright mar-
ried .Maroaret C. daughter of John and Elvira
."stringer, the fi inner a textile weaver of Eng-
land, who came over to this country and set-
tled first in I'ennsylvania and later in Cilou-
cester (itw Xew Jersey. Children: (. Will-
iam llaines. referred to Ijelow. 2. Frank
Stringer, born .\ugust 1(1. 1877. city editor of
the I'tisl I'rhujrain. of Camden: married Annie
Sheiiperkotter, and has one child, Lillian May.
:5 Louis Marry Knerr, born 1880 ; married ATay
I'arker. of Camden, and has one child, Louis
II. 4. Lillian May, born 1S83: married Fran-
cis II. .Stevens, of Camden.
I III ) William llaines, eldest child of Louis
W, :iuil Margaret L. (Stringer) Albright, was
burn at l'".Imer. Salem county, X^ew Jersey, De-
cember 20, 1875. For his earlv education he
was sent fu the public schouls of (lluiicester
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STATE OF NEW lEKSliV.
•LitN' ami Camden, New Jersey. Early in life
he entered t!ie service of the Philadelphia /^/(/>-
lic Ledger, of which his father was at that
time the Xew Jersey editor, and for the next
eleven years acted as one of the reportorial
staff of that i)aper, and as its field correspond-
ent for South Jersey, until September 28, iy02.
when he, with his father, bought the W'cjod-
bury Coiistitiitiuii. which since that time he
has assisted his father to edit and conduct, lie
has his home at Woodlnir)'. h'rom IQ04 t<i
1905 he served as the private secretary of the
speaker of the Xew Jerse_\- house of assembly,
and during igo6 to 1908 inclusive as the assist-
ant secretary of the New Jersey state senate.
^Ir. Albright has always been devoted to the
history of his state, and to the preservation of
its great histnrical relics and monuments. He
is a member 1.1 f the ( iloucester County His-
torical Society, and was aj^pointed by Governor
.Stokes, of -Xew Jerse\-, j)resident of the Red
Bank liattle ^Monument Commission, whose
object was the erection of the monument com-
memorating that episode of the revolutionary
war. Mr. Albright has always been interested
in and an active member of the Republican
Ijarty. He is a member of the (iloucester
County Rei)ublican Club, and its secretary for
several years. He is a member of the .Ancient
(.)rder of Cnited WUrkmen, Woodbury Coun-
try Club. Hoard of Trade, Improved Order of
Hepti>.sophs, and the I'riendship Fire Company.
William Haines .Albright married, March 30,
1897, Klla Ituzby. daughter of Francis and
Elizabeth Hoogar, of W'illiamstown, and later
of Haddon Heights, .Xew Jersey. Child, Paul-
ine (iibsnn. burn .May h. H)02.
Thomas Cawley. the first mem-
( \\\ l.l'A' her of this family of whom we
have definite information, was
a farmer in .Xi>rtham]iton county, Pennsyl-
\ania. lie may have been the son of the
Thomas "Cally." who witnessed the will of
(ieorge Reichert, of .Xorthampton county. .\])ril
5, 1787. In ])olitics Thomas Cawley was an
old line \\ big. Children : Thomas S., referred
to below : h'li, b'ranklin, James, .Absolom, W'ill-
i.im. .^arab. Jacob.
ill) Thomas .'^., son of Thomas Cawley. of
Xorthampton county. Pennsylvania, was born
there in i8o(j, and died in Hunterdon county,
Xew Jersey, in 1859. .After receiving his edu-
cation in the common scliools he became a
shoemaker and successfully plied his trade for
many years. He was a Republican in politics,
and an active member of the Christian Church,
in which he was chosen at different times to all
the lay offices, lie married Mary .\., daughter
of James Smith, who died November 5, 1888,
aged seventy-five years. Children, the first
three deceased before 1896: Thomas F., James
Smith. .Sarah; William H., referred to below;
iennic, Ataiah.
( 111 ) William 11., son of Thomas S. and
.Mary .\. (.Smith) Cawley, was born in Hunt-
erdon county. .Xew Jersey, in 1846, and is now
i'\ing in .Somerville, New Jersey. He received
his education in the common schools of Hunter-
don county, and leaving the home farm when
si.\teen years of age, he enlisted in the L'nion
army at the outbreak of the civil war, and
served throughout the entire war until after
the surrender of General Robert E. Fee, being
promoted first corporal, then sergeant, and
lastly commissary, .\fter the war was over
lie started in the business of turning spokes,
but later gave this up in order to engage in a
wholesale and retail restaurant business. He
then established a bottling business at Somer-
\ille. .Xew Jerse\', which he operated success-
full\ for four years, together with a similar
]ilant at Dover, New Jersey. In addition to
these enter]irises Mr. Cawley owned a good
farm, was a director of the Second National
Hank of Somerville. and connected with a
number of other financial institutions. In poli-
t'Cs he is a staunch and active Republican. He
i^ a member of (jen. W'adsworth Post, No. 73,
( .. .\. R. : of Lodge of the Castle, No. 82.
Knights of Pythias: of Solomon Lodge, I. O.
( '. 1'"., and in this last has passed through all
the chairs. I le married, July 3, 1867. Mary .\.,
daughter of Josejjh Gilbert' Children. Will-
i.im II.. junior teller of Second National Hank
of Somerville; Jemiie I!.; Chester .\rthur. re-
ferred to below.
(1\') Chester .Vrthur, son of William 11.
and Mary .\. ((iilbert) Cawley, was born in
Somerville, Xew Jersey, .April 27, 1882, and is
rmw living in that town. .After receiving his
e;irly education in the Somerville public school
he took the course at a commercial college in
Xew N'ork City, and then began to learn his
father's business. Starting at the bottom he
a])])lied himself diligently, and gradually rose
step by ste]) until he had attained the position
of manager of the Flemington branch of the
business, which he held until the firm was in-
corporated, when he was recalled to Somer-
ville and made secretary of the new corpora-
tion, which now has a jjaid up capital of ?35.-
000, and an undivided surplus of profits of
,*s3i,ooo. This position Mr. Cawley still retains.
STATE OF NEW |l-:RSi':V,
He is ail active wurker for the Republican
I 'arty in his county, and liesides being member
of many clubs in Philadelphia, Memington,
Somerville and other cities, he organized and
was made the tirst president of the Somerville
Athletic Club. Me is a member of the F. and
A. ]\I. of New Jersey, of the Nobles of the
.Mystic Shrine, and of the local chapter of the
llcnevolent and Protective Order of Elks, in
which he holds the chair of Esteemed L. K.
I le is also an ardent and enthusiastic promoter
and supporter of the Somerville baseball organ-
ization. He married, Sejitember 2, 1908, Jen-
nie 1!., daughter of P'rederick and llarbara
Wmk.
John Patterson, the tirst
P.ATTFR.SOX member of this family of
whom we have definite in-
formation was burn in Philadelphia, Pennsyl-
vania. March ■}(>, 1781. He may liave been
the son of Charles and Alary Patterson, who
was born there October 14, 1752, and who was
baptized in the First Presbyterian Church to-
gether with his brother ^Villiam and his sisters
Elizabeth and Mary. August 2S. 1762. He
\\as twice married. The children of his first
marriage were: I. James, deceased. 2. Sam-
uel, referred ti.> below. 3. Francis, removed
to New York. 4. Eliza, married John Kerr,
of P)aItimore. an auditor of one of the rail-
road companies there. 5. Mary .\nn, deceased.
Children of second marriage: 6. John, who
was for many years an official of the House of
Correction, in P'hiladelphia. 7. Sarah, mar-
ried Mr. Higginbottom. and was mur<lere(l
.several years ago.
(H) Samuel, son of John Patterson, of
Philadeljihia, died in Swedesborough. New
Jersey, in 1834, leaving an infant son b'rancis
F., referred to below.
(]H) I'rancis 1'"., son of Sanuiel Patter-
son, of Swedesborough, New Jersey, was only
tiiree m(.)nths old when his father died. He
married .\bigail Derrickson, daughter of Will-
iam Null, of Null's Mill, Cumberland count\-.
New Jerse_\-. and grandilaughter of Michael
Null, .-\mong their children was braucis I-'.
Jr.. referred to below.
fl\') l-'rancis V. Jr.. son of Francis ]•". ( 1 1
and .Abigail Derrickson ( .\'ull ) Patterson, was
born in Newark, New Jersey, July 30. 18(17.
For his early education he was sent to the pub-
lic schools at Woodbury, New Jersey, and to
the hriends" .Academy there, which latter lie
attended for about a vear. Leaving school
w lien lie was fifteen vears of age, he entered
a printing otifice and has Ijecii in <jiie ever
since, rising gradually from the humble post
of [irinter's devil through all the various grad-
uations of position to editor and pro^jrietor.
I'lir some time he was a reporter and later
on the editorial staff of the Philadeliiliia Rec-
ord, then for a time v\as reported on the stati'
of the Philadel|)hia Times, tlie Philadelphia
Ich'ijraph. the Paltimore Herald, the C'amden
( .\ew Jersey) Sunday Rez'iezi.', and the Cam-
den lelei/raiii. Mr. Patterson is an ardent
and influential member of the Republican
party, and has ik.jI only done valuable work
for its interests, but has served it ami his
country in more than one capacity at various
times. In 1899 he was a member of the New
Jersey legislature, and in 1900 he was elected
clerk of Camden county, and again in K}03 he
was re-elected to the same position, which he
now holds. In religion Mr. i'atterst.iii is a
member of the P'irst Presbyterian Church of
Camden. He also is a member of the A'oung
.Men's Christian .Association of Camden, of
the Camden Hoard of Trade, and of the board
of directors of the Camden Republican Club
of Camden. .\s a Mason Mr. Patterson is
ardent and enthusiastic and prominent in manv
hollies. He is a memljer of Camden Lodge
.\<i. 15. ¥. and .\. A I., i.if Camden; of Siloam
Cha|iter No. m), R. .\. M., of C'amden ; a
Knight Tem])lar. and a noble cif Crescent
rem|)le. Mystic .^hrine, of Trenton. He has
also taken all of the consistory degrees in
b'ree Atasonry up to and including the thirty-
second degree. He alsc.i is a member of the
( )rder of hdks and the Improved < )rder of
Red Alen.
Mr. Patterson married, .September 23, 189'!,
Isabel I'^owler. <)augliter oi Captain Robert
L. Leyburn. of Tamai|ua. Pennsvlvania. ( liil-
dren : b'rancis b'l.ird (^); Robert Levburn ;
Isabel E. .\.. and Marv\\ull.
This famiU' name is of
XORTHRCP binglish origin, and is a
compound of the words
.X'orth and the .Saxon thorp (middle I'Jighsh
tlirope). meaning town, or village. The earli-
est mention of the name found in I^ngland is
of the marriage of Maude, daughter of Simon
.Vortlircipe, in county York, in the reign of
Henry All. (1485-1509). ln*tlie Yorkshire
P.irish Register, vol. ix. ap])ears the follow-
ing : i()04 : Xorthro]). .Vorthrope : 1^117 : North-
r<ipc; i()4i): Xorthrope; ir)()4: Xortliroppe.
( I ) Josei)h Xorthru|). founder of the fam-
ily in America, came from A'orksliire. i'.ng-
1 1 ) )S
SPATE OF NEW JERSEY
laml, with Sir kichanl Salt' install, in I'Latnn
and I )a\x'n|iiirt's C(ini]>any. in the ship "1 lec-
tin- ami Martha." landini; at Huston un July
-'(>, I '137. With others he formed the .settle-
ment lit .\lilford, Connecticut, in 1639, and
his name appears as one of the forty-four
"IVee Planters" on the document which laid
the fiinndatiiin for their government of the
"I 'lantatiiin." Thencefiirward the name .Vorth-
nip a|)|)ears frei|nently in the records, and
e!e\'en ditterent .\orthnip signatures are a]i-
jiended to the patent granted hy the (lovernor
and C'om])any to Milford in 1713. Joseph
Xorlhrn]! married .Mary, daughter of h'rancis
.Xorton. lie died .September 11. i()<ii).
( 11 ) Joseph (2). son of Jo.seph (i) \orth-
rnp, \\;is horn Jidy 17, 164Q, and died June
I, 1700. lie married Miriam, daughter of
lames lUakeman, son of Rev. .\aron IMake-
man. who was horn in Stratfordshire, Eng-
land, in I3<;f^. and was hrcd at Christ College,
( )xford. luigland. matriculated .May 28. 1617.
( 111 ) Moses, son of Josejjh (J) Xorthrup,
was baptized March 31. lAy^. He removed
to Dutchess county. New ^'ork. in 1734. and
died in 174(1 or 1747. lie marrieil Abigail
Cornwall.
(1\ ) I'.enjamin. son of Moses .\'iii'thru|),
was born in Dutchess count)'. Vew N'urk. in
1731). lie removed to Sussex county, .New
Jersey, in 1760, and died there September 4.
1774. lie married M. Eenora Whitehead.
I \' ) .Moses ij). son of lienjamin Xorth-
ini|i. was born in I7'i2, in Xewtoii. .Sussex
connty. Xew Jersey, and died there -\ugust
4. 1X4(1. lie kept a general store, and erected
and o])erated a mill for carding wool. The
mill was continued by a son and grandson in
turn, and its walls are still standing in iqio.
lie married. May 1. 1787. Sarah De Witt.
l\'l) James, son of .Moses \2) .Xorthrup.
was bijrn January 3. 1806, on the Xorthru]i
homestead (the carding mill jiruperty). in
.Sussex connty. .Xew Jersey, and died there
October 15, 1876. He followed the business
of wool-carding and cloth-dressing, and .also
i-onducted a farm. He was a man of promi-
nence in the community, and held various
town iifhces. He married, .\pril 29, 182(1.
\lary \ .•uiglin. burn .March 20. 1809. Chil-
dren: I 'hiielie. born b\d)ruary 1 j. 1827: Rich-
ard \.. Angus* 25, 1828: .Moses ).. November
21. 1830; Thompson. .Xnxember t8. 1832:
I \ni,in. 1 )(,-cember 17. 1834; .Sarah. July 7.
1X37: Mar\- Amelia. Xovember ii), 1831;: ^lon-
trva. \]iril id. 1 S43 ; Austin and ( )scar. twin--.
\ngusi 7. 1S47.
(\ 11) ( )scar. siiii of James .Xorthroii. was
l)orn -\ugust 7. 1X47. in Sussex county. .Xew
Jersey, on the .Xorthrup homestead (carding
mill property), and died there in 1900. He
was a farmer by occupation. He was a I'res-
byterian in religion, and a Re]inblican in poli-
tics, lie married, November 19, 1867, Mary
riiillips. born in .Sussex county, January 17,
I S44, daughter of Xelson and Rebecca
( \\ ykei' ) l'hilli|)s. Children: .Sallie I'inkney,
liiirn June 7. i8'i8. now deceased; James
llenr\. liorn .March 17. 1871 ; .Sinmn rhilli])s.
horn August 2^. \Hj(h
( \ 1 1 h Simon Phillips, son of Oscar Xorth-
rup. was born near liranchville, Susse.x coun-
ty. .Xew Jersey, .August 23, 1876. He attend-
ed the puljlic schools, and at the early age of
sixteen was a teacher in Sussex county public
schools. He completed his literary studies in
Dickinson College. Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
graduating in 1897, the year in which he at-
tained his majority. He entered the \'ale
Law School, Xew Haven, Connecticut: wdiile
a student there he was president of the W'ay-
l;>nd ( lub : and at his graduation in 1899 he
received the Kent jM'ize for superiority in de-
bate. In T'ebruary of the same year he was
.idmitted to the Xew Jerse}' bar. 'The same
year he was engaged in the law otTice of
( leorge P. Rust, in Passaic, from i<)00 to i<-;03
in the office of h'lavel Mc(iee. in Jersey City,
and in 11)03 '" the office of Edward M. Colie.
in .Xewark. In 1904-3 he was in law partner-
ship with h'rancis Lafferty. at Newark, under
the tirm name of Northru]) & Laflferty. In
i<)0'> he became associated with the Fidelity
'Trust Company, and is now assistant title
officer of that corporation. With his family
beholds luembership in the Park Presliyterian
( Inu'eb. Ne\\ark. In ]iolitics he is a Democrat.
.\!r. Xorthrup married in .Xewark. .Xovein-
bei- 1). (1)04. Jennie Mabel Roe, born in ISranch-
\ille. Xew Jersey. Ma\- 2. 1880. daughter of
• ieiirge Warren and T'lizabeth (.Adams) Roe:
the father is a bookkeeper, and has one other
child, Warren .\dams Roe. Mr. and Mrs.
Xorthrup have one child. Mary I'.lizabeth.
born .Xo\-ember 1 3. li>o'i.
.\s the name indicates,
Ml AI. LISTER the .Mc.Mlister family of
.Xew Jersey belongs to
that stalwart band of Scotch-Irish ancestry
which had done so much to shape the destiny
of this country during the early stages of its
life as an independent nation.
( I I William McAllister, the earliest known
STATE OF NEW lERSEY.
1009
ancestor of the branch at present under con-
sideration, was a prominent citizen of Sharps-
town, New Jersey, where his children were
born : i. Thomas, referred to below. 2. Irene,
married G. Howard \'an Meter. 3. Johanna,
married W'ilHam C. Hanna. 4. Raymond,
married Rachael \ an Meter.
(II) Thomas, sun uf William McAllister,
of Sharpstown, was born in Cumberland coun-
ty, New Jersey, in 1858. He married Phebe
Garrison, daughter of Samuel Batten, a farmer
living near Swedesboro, New Jersey. She was
born in Deerfield, Cumberland county. New
Jersey, in 1862. Among their children is Al-
bert Robeson, referred to below.
(III) Albert Robeson, son of Thomas and
Phebe Garrison (Batten) McAllister, was
born at Shiloh, New Jersey, November 4,
1879, and is now living at Bridgeton. For his
early education he attended the public schools
of Bridgeton and the West Jersey Academy,
from which latter he graduated in 1898. After
leaving school he took up the study of law in
the office of Messrs. Hampton and Fithian, of
Bridgeton, New Jersey, and was admitted to
the supreme court to the New Jersey bar in
February, 1903, as an attorney, and as coun-
sellor in February, 1906, since which time he
has been engaged in his general practice of his
profession in I'.ridgeton. Mr. McAllister is an
active, energetic and able member of the Repub-
lican party, and since he was admitted as coun-
sellor he has been the corporation counsel for
the city of Bridgeton. He is a member of the
New Jersey State Bar Association, and also of
the Cumberland County Bar .Association, and is
regarded as one of the ablest of the rising gener-
ation of lawyers in South Jersey. In November,
igog, Mr. AfcAllister was elected by the Repub-
lican party to the house of assembly of New Jer-
>ey. His secret society affiliations are with Even-
ing Star Lodge, No. 105, I'ree and Accepted
Masons, of Bridgeton,andCohansey Lodge, No.
205,IndependentOrderof Odd Fellows, of Bur-
lington, New Jersey. He is a member of Second
Presbyterian Church, of Bridgeton, New Jersey.
November 29, 1905, Hon. Albert Robeson
McAllister married Carolyn, daughter of Colo-
nel J. Howard Willets, of Port Elizabeth, New
Jersey, who has borne him two children : Al-
bert Robeson, Jr., born October 6, 1906, and
John Howard, February i, igog.
This name ilerived its origin
S.AWYER from an occupation. In New
England it was formerly identi-
cal with that of Saver. The New England
Sawyers are for the most part the posterity of
John Sawyer, a well-to-do farmer of Lincoln-
shire, England, whose sons William, Edward
and Thomas arrived in the Massachusetts bay
colony about the year 1636. William settled
in New-bury, Massachusetts, and Thomas was
(ine of the original settlers of Lancaster, Mass-
achusetts. Bearers of this name have won
distinction as clergymen, jurists, statesmen,
merchants and manufacturers. It is worthy
of note that the officers of a company recruit-
ed in Lancaster for service in the American
revolution were all named Sawyer, and it is on
record that no less than eighteen members of
the Lancaster family-descendants of Thomas,
were in the Continental army at the same time.
They also assisted in defending the colonies
against the aggressions of the I-'rench and In-
dians, and the name is well represented in the
muster-rolls of the war of 1812-13, the strug-
gle with Me.xico and the civil war. General
Thomas Sawyer and two others of this sur-
name, bearing the same title, are known to
have settled in Vermont shortly after the Amer-
ican revolution. The branch of the Sawyer
family about to be mentioned, and of which
Waldo Fitch Sawyer, M. D., the present mayor
of A ineland. New Jersey, is a representative,
is doubtless descended from either William or
Thomas, referred to above, but owing to the
fragnentory condition of the X'ermont records
an attempt to obtain his line of descent from
the immigrant has proved fruitless.
( 1 ) The earliest ancestor of the family men-
tioned in the data at hand was Ebenezer Saw-
yer, Dr. Sawyer's grandfather, who was a
native of Thetford, Vermont. He resided on
Christian street, in that town, and reared a
family.
( 11 ) James, son of Ebenezer Sawyer, was
born in Thetford, December 25, 1825. He was
one of the pioneer settlers in Kansas, going
there overland from \'ermont and carrying
with him the first Sharpe's rifle ever used in
that locality. He erected the first dwelling
house in Lawrence, Kansas, where he resided
some two or three years, and as a member of
the Free State Association he was intimately
associated with John Brown during the famous
struggle arising from the attempt to make
Kansas a slave-holding state. He was intrust-
ed with the delivery of important despatches
by the governor, and during those troublesome
times he contracted disease from exposure
from w'hich he never fully recovered. From
Kansas he w-ent to Wisconsin, and locating in
Fond du Lac engaged in the manufacture of
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
lumber. He was elected mayor of Fond du
Lac, and in 1865 was a member of the W'is-
consin state legislature. After the civil war he
spent some time in Florida for the benefit of
his health, and in 1868 settled permanently in
V'ineland, New Jersey. He subsequently served
in the township council, and was a candidate
for the New Jersey legislature on the Green-
back ticket, but lost the election by a margin
of seven votes. He died in Vineland, New-
Jersey, in February, 1881. He was twice mar-
ried. His first wife was Clarissa Gillett. of
Flarlford, Vermont, and she died in Fond du
Lac, leaving one daughter Emma L. Sawyer,
born April 11, 1852. died October 29, 1905.
Clarissa Gillett was a daughter of Billa and
Laura (Griswold) Gillett, and a descendant in
the seventh generation of John Gillett (I),
who was one of the original proprietors of
Lebanon, Connecticut. He married Experi-
ence Dewey, of Lebanon, and had several chil-
dren. John f H), son of John and Experience
(Dewey) Gillett, was born October 7, 1702;
married Abigail Lee. Ebenezer Gillett (HI),
son of John and Abigail (Lee) Gillett. was
born June 5, 1705. He was one of the charter
proprietors of Hartford. Vermont, but never
resided there. He married Mary Ordway,
and had children : Israel, Rhoda and Ezekiel
( twins ) .John, Mary. Lsaacand Rebecca (twins ) ,
Ebenezer. and Jacob. John (IV), son of Eben-
ezer and Alary (Ordway) Gillett, was bap-
tized .\pril 7, 1745. He' settled in Hartford,
Vermont, in 1768, held many public offices,
and March 5, 1772, donated sixty acres of land
lying in HaVtford to Dartmouth College. He
died January 19, 1829. He married Jemima
Smalley: children were: Jemima (died young),
Sendea' (died young), Billa, Sendea. jemima.
Anne, and Levina. Billa (V). son of John and
Temima (Smalley) Gillett, was born in Hart-
ford, Tune 7. 1774. died April 5. 1844. He mar-
ried ("first) Ruby Marsh, (second) Elizabeth
Tilden. His children were: Jasper, Billa,
Ruby, Azro, Infant (died at two months),
Charles, Norman, Maria G. Billa (VI), son
of Billa and Ruby (Marsh) Gillett, was born
in Hartford. May 14. 1799, died in Sharon.
\'ermont. March 20. 1841. He was known as
Deacon William Gillett. He married (first)
Laura Griswold, of Randolph, \^ermont. (sec-
ond) Almira Partridge, of Norwich. \'erniont.
The children of his first union were : Clarissa,
previously mentioned as first wife of James
Sawyer : Nanc}'. born in 1834. married in
Galesburg. Illinois, January 23, 1856. Pro-
fessor T. B. Roberts, of Morton, that state, and
had six children. By Billa Gillett's second
marriage there were two sons, who reside in
California.
James Sawyer married ( second) Mrs. Lucy
Dunham, nee Meacham, who had one daugh-
ter Ida C. Dunham, born in Juneau, Wisconsin.
April 15. 1856.
Lucy Meacham, born in Moriah (now Port
Henry), New York, October 8, 1826, was a
daughter of William Meacham, and a grand-
daughter of Captain William Meacham, who
lost his life in the battle of Bunker Hill. Her
immigrant ancestor was one of two brothers
who are said to have come from near Bristol,
England, and settled at Salem, Massachusetts,
in 1630. James Meacham, a descendant of
one of these immigrants, married Rebecca
, and had at least five sons, one of whom
was killed in 1756, while serving in the F"rench
and Indian war under Colonel Ephraim Will-
iams, the founder of Williamstown, Massachu-
setts, and the titular founder of Williams Col-
lege, of which Ebenezer Fitch was the first
president. The other sons of James and Re-
becca Meacham were Captain William (previ-
ously referred to), Jeremiah, Jonathan and
John. One of these brothers settled in Will-
iamstown. A record at hand states that Cap-
tain \Villiani Meacham and his three brothers
served in the same company. Colonel Wood-
bridge's regiment, and that all were residents
of New Salem. Massachusetts. Another ac-
count states that Captain William Meacham
commanded a company of minute-men and
participated in the battle of Lexington. He
was killed at Bunker Hill, and his name ap-
pears on the memorial tablet in Winthrop
Square, Charlestow-n, Massachusetts. He was
born in Salem, March 10, 1742 (old style);
married Sarah Cook, in 1770, and had two
sons : William and Jeremiah. Captain Will-
am Meacham, son of Captain William Meach-
am, was born in Adams, Massachusetts, Sep-
tember 20, 1771. He commanded a company
during the war of 1812-15. and participated in
the battle of Plattsburg. After peace was de-
clared he met two brothers, Captain William
Meacham and Lieutenant Jeremiah Meacham.
of the Royal Guards. British army. They were
sons of Robert Aleacham, who at that time
was living on the old homestead in the west of
England. Captain \\'illiani Aleacham married
Keziah How, August 14, 1796. Keziah How-
was born May 25, 1773, at Poultney, \'ermont,
died there in April, 1818. He married Lucy
Fitch, February 29, 1824: one daughter was
born to them, at Moriali. New- York (now
STATE OF NEW (EkSEY
Port Henry ), Lucy Juliet. Lucy Fitch Aleach-
aiii died January 22, 1 85 1. Captain William
Meacham died April 25, 1852. Their graves
are in the old cemetery at Port Henry. The
daughter Lucy became the second wife of
lames Sawyer, as previou.sh- stated. She died
at \'ineland. Xew Jersey, in December, iSyj.
James and Lucy ( Meacham-Dunham ) Saw-
yer reared two sons: 1. James William, born
October 21, 1861, in Fond du Lac, married
Lulu Simonson and resides in Brookdyn, New
^'ork : children : William, Aimee, Waldo Wat-
scin and Maizie : ii. Waldo Fitch.
(HI) Waldo Fitch Sawyer, M. D., son of
James and Lucy ( Aleacham-Dunham) Sawyer,
was born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. October
15. iS')5. His early education was obtained
in the public schools of Vineland, New Jersey,
and prior to his majority he went to Cheboy-
gan, Michigan, where he was engaged in the
lumber business for two years. Returning to
\ ineland he began the study of medicine with
Dr. C. R. Wiley, and entering the Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1887, was
graduated with the class of 1890. He immeili-
ately began the ])ractice of medicine in \'ine-
land, and has ever since resided there, attain-
ing high rank in his profession, and sub-
stantially demonstrated his ability in other di-
rections ; notably in civic affairs.
In politics Dr. Sawyer is a Republican, but
is a staunch supporter of non-partisan govern-
ment in municipal affairs, and his official rec-
ord is in full keeping with these convictions.
In November, 1891, he was elected coroner of
Cumberland county for a term of three years,
and in 1897 ^^'^s again elected to that office.
He was first elected a member of the city coun-
cil in 1892, and was re-elected to that body in
1896. He introduced the first resolution look-
ing to the municipality owning its public util-
ities, and through his advocacy and instru-
mentality, \'ineland became the owner of its own
electric light plant, water supply and sewerage
systems. As chairman of the committee for
the investigation of municipal improvements
he became thoroughly cognizant of the advan-
tages to be gained from municipal ownership
of public utilities, and also became full}/ con-
vinced that it would be almost a financial im-
possibility for the city to maintain a sewerage
system without owning its own water supply.
At this time the city was being supplied with
water by a i^rivate concern, and the additional
cost of flushing the sewers would be greatly in
excess of what it should be, while under muni-
ci[)al ownership the cost of water for sewerage
piurposes would be nominal. After consulting
with a competent sanitary and hydraulic engi-
neer and obtaining feasible plans, the com-
mittee, vi which Dr. Sawyer was still chair-
man, recommended the purchase and improve-
ment by the city of the water works then in
use. which was approved and adopted by the
city council, and ratified by the people. This
undertaking, together with the construction of
a sewerage system and the installation of an
electric plant, were finally accomplished. In
November, 1906, Dr. Sawyer was elected mayor
of \"ineland for a term of two years, and re-
elected in 1908. His popularity as chief magis-
trate was forcibly emphasized on the occasion
of his last election, when only thirty-five votes
were cast against him. From igo6 to the pres-
ent time he has served with ability as president
of the Landis township board of health. In
\'ineland, as in other municipalities where con-
servation is still the watchword of the electors
in choosing its public officials, a citizen of ex-
tensive business experience is considered pref-
erable to a professional man for mayor. There
are, however, exceptions in all cases, and the
present chief executive has amply demonstrated
the fact that a man well versed in anatomy,
physiology, materia medica and therapeutics,
is equally capable of grappling with the intri-
cate problems of political economy, and for-
ward them to a satisfactory solution. Al-
though economy has ever been the guiding in-
fluence in his administration, progress has not
been sacrificed and the march of improvement
is plainly visible in every department. A glance
at his annual message to the council and citi-
zens discloses the fact that the city is at the
present time enjoying an era of unusual pros-
perity, that the public utilities previously re-
ferred to are practically self-supporting, that
the business opportunities of the city are su-
perior and its future prospects exceedingly
bright. Many of the improvements wrought
during the present adminstration have in a
great measure been conceived with a view of
surviving the test of time, and the mayor's
solicitude for the future prosperity and at-
tractiveness of the city is clearly expressed in
the following extract from his second annual
message.
"I am glad to note that in .spite ot the money
-stringency ot the past year, more building has been
done in Vineland than for a number of years past.
This is a good sign. Communities cannot stand
still. They must either go forward or retrograde.
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
With the completion of the tunnel under the Dela-
ware river, at Camden, connecting New Jersey and
Pennsylvania, which now seems assured, there will
start a suburban movement that will be felt
throughout South Jersey. Our favorable location,
splendid climate, excellent railroad facilities, fine
educational system, well laid out streets, adequate
public utilities, and the advanced intelligence of
our citizens, should place Vineland in line to derive
great benefits from this movement, and in making
public improvements within the next two years I
would urge upon Council the keeping in view of
this great coming movement of population and bus-
iness, that our town may be made so inviting as to
secure its full share of the resulting benefits. One
of the great needs of Vineland, if we are to expand
and prosper, is an increase of high class manufac-
turing industries, which will pay good wages,
enabling our surplus labor to find steady employ-
ment at remunerative compensation and drawing to
our community as permanent residents a high class
of intelligent artisans, who will be a distinct gain
in our town and be the means of increasing the
volume of business of our tradesmen in all lines.
At the present day no town can hope to expand
without manufacturing industries, and I would,
therefore, urge upon Council that in co-operation
with the business men of Vineland and the Board
of Trade, they exert their utmost influence to
induce such industries as may be seeking location,
and which they consider would promote the welfare
of the community, to locate in our midst, present-
ing to them our advantages, and extending to them
every concession consistent with the safeguarding
of the interests of the Borough.-
Dr. .Sawyer is jiresident ni the \ineland
JMedical Society, and a nienilier vi the New
York State Medical Society: member of X'ine-
laiid Lodge, A. F. and A. M.. and of Eureka
Royal Arch Chapter; of Hobah Lodge, L < ).
O. F. ; Perseverance Council, LT. (). Junior
American Mechanics, of which he is senior
past councillor : also president of the Physi-
cians' Hospital Association, chairman of the
board of trustees, and chairman of the Train-
ing School Committee for Xurses and Nurses
Home ; member of the board of trustees of
the \'ineland Free Public Library. He is also
a charter member of the \'ineland Country
Club. For a period of six years he served in
Company K, Sixth Regiment, New Jersey Na-
tional Guard, and attained the rank of sergeant.
On June 5, 1805, Dr. Sawyer married, in
Bear Brook, Canada, Isabella Hill, born in
Bear Brook, Canada, March 17, 1871, daugh-
ter of Alfred and Alice (Walsh) Hill, the
former of whom is a well-known resident of
Ottawa. Dr. and Mrs. Sawyer have had two
children: \\'al(lo Alfred, born August 4. igoo,
died January 13. 1905. and Lucy Isabella, born
November 4, 1904.
The Ten Eyck family which
TEN EYCK has been so prominent in the
history of the Raritan River
\'alley and of various counties in New Jersey
and Long Island, derives its origin from the
little village of Eyck. in Holland. The name
was originally \'an Eyck. and the change to
Ten Eyck appears to have taken place many
years before the family came over to Amer-
ica. In the present form the name signifies
"The Oak." and that tree forms the figure on
the family coat-of-arms. So far as known, all
members of the name are to be traced back to
the one common ancestor, referred to below.
( I ) Coenraedt Ten Eyck. the common an-
cestor of the family, emigrated to New Nether-
land from Amsterdam, about 1650. He bought
land in New Amsterdam, on the west side of
what is now Broad street, and in 1674 his prop-
ertv was estimated as worth in modern cur-
rency .^5,000, quite a large fortune for those
days. He became one of the prominent busi-
ness men of the town, and his tannery, which
was carried on after his death by his sons
Dirck, Tobias and Coenraedt Jr., was one of
the well-known and prominent landmarks of
the old town. He died in 1687. He married
(first) .Maria P.oele : (second), April 15, 1682,
.Annetje Daniels, w'idow of Herman Smee-
man. Children, all by first marriage: I. Jacob,
referred to below. 2. Dirck. baptized in New
.Amsterdam. January 26. 1653, died 171 1 ; mar-
ried Aefje Boele. 3. Maritje. born August
20. 163 1 ; marriecl W'essel Ten Broeck. 4. Tobias,
January 26, 1653: married (first) Aeltje Duy-
ckynck, ( second ) Elizabeth Hegeman. 5. Coen-
raedt, November 22, 1654; married Beletje
Herricks. 6. Hendrik. April 30. 1656; married
Petromella DeWitt. 7. Mathys. March 20,
1658: married Janneke Roosa. 8. Margrietje,
October 26. 1659. 9. Ambries. January 15,
1662. 10. Metje. April 11, 1664.
(II) Jacob, eldest child of Coenraedt and
Maria (Boele) Ten Eyck, was born probably
in New Amsterdam, and some time before his
father's death removed to Albany. New York.
He was a shoe-maker by trade. He married
Gertrey. born April 23. 1664. died February 2.
T736. daughter of Barent Coeymans and the
daugFiter of Anvries DeVos. Children: i.
Coenraedt. referred to below. 2. Barent. mar-
ried, September 30, 1700, Neeltje Schermer-
liorn. 3. Hendrik, December, 1680. died Feb-
ruary 23, 1772: married Margarita Bleecker.
4. Mayken. A])rU 2, 1685 : married .Andries van
Petten. of Schenectady. 5. Andries, baptized
STATE OF NEW
:rsky.
March 25, 1688, died February 2"], 1735. 6.
Anneken, August 20, 1693. died December 9,
1738; married Johannes Bleecker. 7. Jannetje,
March 23, 1701. 8. Geertys, August 20. 1702.
9. Jannetje. December 12.1705. 10. iNIarca.May
20, 1708. II. Johannes. November 27. 1709.
(Ill) Coenraedt (2). eldest child of Jacob
and Gertrey ( Coeymans ) Ten Eyck. was born
in .-Mbany, April 9, 1678. and was buried Janu-
ary 21, 1753. October 10. 1703. or September
24. 1704. he married Geertje, baptized Septem-
ber II. 1687. daughter of Antony and Maria
Teunisse (van Poel ) \'an Schaick. Children:
I. Jacob C, referred to below. 2. Maria, born
July 3, 1707 : married Gerrit Bradt. 3. Gerritje.
July, 1710. died young. 4. Anthony. Septem-
ber 17. 1712. 5. Barent, September 29. 1714,
died ^larch i. 1795: married Effie . f).
Catrina. January 29, 1716. died November I.
1741. 7. Andries. December 18. 1718; mar-
ried Anna Margarita Coeymans. 8. Anna Mar-
garita. February 12, 1721. 9. Tobias, May 18.
1723: married Juditkje ^'an Beuren. 10. Ger-
retje. July 18. 1728; married Pieter ( ianse-
voort.
( W ) Jacob C, eldest child of Coenraedt
and Geertje ( \'an Schaick) Ten Eyck, was
liorn in Albany, .\pril 21, 1705. and died there
September 0. \'j(^}^. He was one of the must
prominent men of his day in .\lbany. for many
years judge of the court of common pleas, and
in 1748 mayor of the town. August i, 173ft.
he married Catbarina. born February 18. 1710.
died November 22. 1790. daughter of Abraham
and Caatje (Bleecker) Cuyler. Children: i.
Coenraedt. born November 27. 1741. 2. .Abra-
ham J., referred to below. 3. Catbarina. March
14. 1746. 4. Anthony, September 15, 1749,
died June 10. 1849: member of New York
convention which ratified the constitution of
the United States .and one of the most promi-
nent men of his times: married Hester G,.
daughter of Jacob and ^Magdalena (Ganse-
voort) Ten Eyck.
( \' ) Abraham J., second son of Jacob C.
and Catbarina (Cuyler) Ten Eyck, was born
November 20. 1743, and died in October or
November, 1824. ,\|)ril 14, 1769, he married
Annetje, born July 11, 1746, died November
I", 1824, daughter of Jacob Jr. and Marytje
(Egbertse) Eansing. Children i. Catbarina.
born November 17. 1769; married Sanders
E.nnsing. 2. Jacob. February 17, 1772, died
July 26. 18(12: married Magdalena Gansevoort.
3. Maria, June 28, 1774: married Charles
Bridgen. 4. Abraham. October 23, 1777: mar-
ried G. Schu\ler. 3. Lena, .August 26, 1779.
died young. (1. Coenraedt, July 17, 1782. 7.
Jeremiah \ an Rennsalaer, May 13, 1(183. died
ymnig. 8. Lena, or Helen, June 13, 1787:
married ( ierrit Y. Lansing. 9. Jeremiah, re-
feried to below.
( \'l ) Jeremiah, youngest child of Abraham
J. and .\nnetje ( Lansing) Ten Eyck, was born
April 3, 1790. He was a farmer of Hillsboro
tinvnship, near South Branch, Somerset coun-
t\', New Jersey, a member of the Dutch Re-
formed Church, and a Democrat. He married
Elsey. daughter of Harmon and Jane ( Broom)
Hoagland (see Hoagland). Children: i. Abra-
ham, referred to below. 2. Harmon Hoag-
land. 3. Sarah, married Henry Boice. 4. Ann,
married Peter Thatcher. 3. Jane, married
Phillip \'an Arsdale. 6. Rebecca, married J. \V.
Kline. 7. Madeline, unmarried.
(\'II) Abraham, eldest child of Jeremiah
and Elsey ( Hoagland ) Ten Eyck. was born at
South Branch, August 7, 181 5, and died in
October, 1883. He was educated in the com-
mon schools at South Branch, and when while
a young man "Worked out" on a farm. Later
he bought a plantation, which he managed until
his death. He was a Democrat, and a member
of the Dutch Reformed Church. He married
Elizabeth, daughter of James J. and Alletta
(N'oorhees) Quick. Children: i. Mary, mar-
ried Francis \'an Cam]i. 2. John, now living
on the home farm: married .Annie Scudder.
3. EKie. married William McCullough. 4.
James Ouick. referred to Ijelow. 3. Sarah,
married Nicholas Kip. 6. Catharine, married
D. Y. Rynearson.
(\^ni) James Quick, fourth child and sec-
ond son of Abraham and Elizabeth (Quick)
Ten Eyck, was born at South Branch, January
31, 1833, and is now living at Sonierville. New
Tersev, He received his early education at the
common schools at New Center, and at the
Mowers private school at Somerville. Before
coming of age he worked on a farm, and then
went out to Kansas, where he remained for
aliout six months. Returning home, he worked
for his father for about three years. He then
married, and worked for his father-in-law the
ne.vt year, and in April, 1885, came to Somer-
ville, where he clerked in the grocery store of
X. 1"). Richardson. July 6, 1886, he went into
partnership with George Gulick, and they pur-
chased a coal and feed business. His partner
died in December. 1897. and he then took en-
tire control and built up a large and prosper-
ous business, in which he handled about thirty-
five hundred tons a year. He disposed of the
business in 1909.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
]\Ir. Ten Eyck is one of the ablest men of
the locahty in which he lives, and one of the
most public-spirited, and his fellow citizens
hold him in the highest regard. For five years
he has been one of the town commissioners,
and for seven years has served on the township
committee. A number of times he has refused
the office of surrogate. In politics he is a
Democrat, and in religious views a Baptist.
For five years he was superintendent of the
Baptist Sunday school, and for fourteen years
treasurer of the church. He has been one of
the leading spirits in the organization and man-
agement of most of the organizations for the
improvement and betterment of the town. He
is the last living active corporate member of
the hose company, organized in 1888, when
with Joshua Doughty Jr., foreman, he was
made assistant foreman. Later he became
president, and for many years retained that
position. He assisted in organizing the Build-
ing and Loan Association, of which he became
vice-president, director, and for most of the
time has been chairman of the valuation com-
mittee. For about eight years he has been a
director of the Second National Bank of Som-
erville. He has been treasurer of the Somer-
set Hospital since its organization, and is chair-
man of its building committee. He was one
of the organizers and for many years president
of the Somerville Board of Trade. Refusing
at length to serve as such any longer, he was
elected vice-president. He was secretary and
a director in the Standard Gas and Fixture
Company of Bound Brook. Until that cor-
poration became absorbed by the trust. For
several years he was a director of the Coding-
ton Restaurant Company of New York City,
of which he was one of the organizers, and he
is also one of the organizers of the Somerville
F'ublishing Company and a director of the
Somerville Woolen Mill, and Somerville Stove
Works.
December 13, 1883, Mr. Ten Eyck married
Mary A., daughter of Charles B. and Cath-
arine (Ent) Dilts. One child, Charles H.,
born October 14, 1886.
At the period of the great
1- HC).A(IL.\XD Dutch immigration to Amer-
ica Hoagelandt was an es-
tablished family name of considerable antiq-
uity in the Netherlands, since we trace it
back at least a century in Zeeland. and Utrecht,
and quite as far back in the collateral line of
the viscounts and governors of Dormael in
Pjrahant and other jjlaces. who claimed descent
frrjui the ancient Lords Hoagelant, the name
being derived, like a great majority of sur-
names, from a country or locality as its signifi-
cation, "Highlands," plainly indicates, must
iiave been plainly written at first van Hoage-
land, although the prefix had evidently fallen
into disuse long before the immigration to this
country. Traces of it, however, are found in
the sixteenth century in two or three branches
of the family. The family had spread and
formed several different branches in Holland
before it found its way to America, because
those of the name who immigrated came at
(lififerent times, and from dift'erent localities
and s]3elt their name differently. So far as we
know now, there were at least four such immi-
grant founders in the new world — Cornells
Dirchson Hoochlandt, from Amsterdam, was
here as early as 1638; Christoffel Hooglandt,
from Haarlem, founder of the family at pres-
ent under consideration ; Dirck Jansen Hoog-
laud. who came out in 1657 from Maerseveen;
and Cornells Andrieszen Hoogland, who immi-
grated from The Hague, in 1658. So far there
is no direct evidence of blood relationship be-
tween any of these four persons, although the
name Dirck, common to three of them, might
seem to indicate it.
( I ) Christoft'el Hooglandt, pioneer founder
of the family under consideration, was born in
Holland, in 1634, and came from Haarlem to
New Amsterdam when but a youth. He was
clerk for a mercantile house, and it appears
t'lat on coming of age he commenced business
for himself. In 1655 his name appears on
the records of the burgomasters and schepens
court, and he next appears to our notice March
16, 1 66 1, when he united with the Dutch church
in New Amsterdam. While yet young, he was
regarded as the leading citizen. On the con-
(juest of the country by the English in 1664,
he as schepen took the oath of allegiance, and
we find he afterwards filled his place with the
best of the citizens. He seems not only to have
won the respect and confidence of his asso-
ciates, but also to have prospered in his busi-
ness, and to have left behind him a large prop-
erty. He died February 8. 1684. He married
Catharine Cregier, and his widow, October
3. 1688, married (second) Roelof Mortemse
.'^chenck, of Flatlands, and removed with her
younger children to that place, where she was
still living September 4, 1704. Children of
Christoff'el and Catharine (Cregier) Hoog-
landt: I. Dirck, baptized November i, 1662. 2.
Elizabeth. October 29. 1664, died young. 3.
Harmonus, January 31, 1666. died young. 4.
STATE OF NEW lERSEY.
Martin, 1667, probably died Noung. 3. Christo-
pher, November 24, 1667, died 1748: married
( first) Sarah Teller, ( second) Helena !Midcagh.
6. Francis, born April 15, 1672. 7. Jacob, (Jc-
tober 25, 167O. 8. Harmanus, referred to
below.
( II ) Harmanus. son of Christofifel and Cath-
arine ( Cregier ) Hooglandt, was born in Xew
York City, February 18, 1681, and was bap-
tized Alarch 22., following. He tlied at I'lat-
lands. Long Island, Xovember 8, 1771. He
owned and occupied a house near the Flat-
land church, and he was also an elder in the
Flatbush church, in 1710-12-16. He married
( first ) Alida, daughter of Jan \'an Dyck, who
died in April, 1706. June 20, 1707, he married
(second) Adriana StoothofT, born January 11,
1687, died August 18. 1781. Children, all by
second wife: i. Christopher, born April 2,
1708, died January 18, 1766: married Xeeltja
Albertse van Voorhis, and probably also Jan-
netje \'echten. 2. Alida, March ig, 1710, died
Xovember 6, 1781 : married Jacobus van Ar-
stalen. 3. Joanna, May 5, 1712, died Novem-
ber 25, 1764: married Jan Renisen. 4. Gerrit,
Xovember 8. 17 14, died January 8, 1771 : mar-
ried Jacaminse Gulick. widow of Adrian Hoog-
lancl. of Ameveer. 5. Martinus, referred to
below. 6. Catharine. July 15, 1719, died Octo-
ber 19, 1785: married Henry Cortelyou. 7.
Albert, Alarch 11, 1722, died June 4, 1785;
married Mary Gulick. 8. Harmanus Jr., Janu-
ary I, 1725, died 1806; married Styntjy \'an
Gelder. 9. Helena, July 20, 1729, died July 5,
j 1820: married Peter \anderbilt.
1 (HI) Martinus (2) Hoagland, son of Har-
I manus (i) and Adriana (Stoothofif) Hoog-
j land, was born at Flatlands. CJctober 27, 1716.
He removed to Somerset county. New Jersey,
in 1740, where he located on a farm of one
hundred and twenty acres on the south branch
I of the Raritan, near Hillsborough, adjoining
I the farms of his nephew Christopher and his
brother Harmonus. He was one of the most
prominent men in the cluirch at Neshanic. l!y
his wife Annatje he had : Harmon, referred to
below; John, born November 21, 1761, died
October 5, 1835, married Sarah Bergen ; Elsie,
married Stoothoff.
(I\') Harmon, son of Martinus (2) and
Annatje Hoagland, was Ixjrn in Somerset coun-
ty, New Jersey, October 27, 1750. He was a
farmer for many years at South Branch, on
the road to Flagtown, in Hillsborough town-
ship. This farm, afterwards occupied by his
son Harmon, is now the property of Thomas
Sebring. December 21. 1774, he married Jane
\'room, born July 26, 1757, died October 18,
1793. He and his wife both joined the church
at .Xeshanic. Children: i. Martin, born No-
vember 2"/, 1775, died August 29, 1777. 2.
Sarah, January 2, 1778; married Peter Dilts.
3. Herman, July 26, 1780, died May 17, 1840;
married Helena Stryker. 4. Peter, March 15,
1783, died May 17, 1783. 5. Hannah, Xovem-
l)er 21. 1783: married Andrew Hagaman. C.
Jane. A])ril 18, 1781J; married Thomas Davis.
7. Elsey, referred to below. 8. Peter H., Octo-
ber 22, 1798; married Christiana Stryker.
(\') Elsey, daughter of Harmon and Jane
( Vroom) Hoagland, was born March 17, 1794,
and married Jeremiah Ten Eyck (q. v. ).
In 1708. at Schreisheim, Ba-
JOHXSf )X varian (iermany, a sect was
f<:)unded by Alexander Mack
and preached by his grandson John Fox, of
Germantown, Pennsylvania, Maryland, New
Jersey, Virginia, Ohio and Indiana. Ale.x-
andcr Mack was driven by persecution to
America in 1729. The peculiarities of the sect
are: The practice of true immersion (placing
tlie candidate face down instead of backwards ) ,
with the lying on of hands while in the water.
Their administrative olificers are bishops, elders,
teachers and deacons. The bishops are chosen
from among experienced and faithful teachers.
In their itinerancy among the scattered con-
gregations they preach, officiate at marriages
and funerals, and are present at love feasts,
communions, ordinations, election of teachers
and deacons, and when an officer is to be ex-
communicated. An elder is the most proficient
teacher in a congregation where there is no
bishop. His duties are to appoint meetings,
exhort, preach, baptize and to perform all the
work of a bishop, when that official is not pres-
ent. Teachers are elected from time to time
and their duties are to exhort and preach at
stated meetings and when requested by a bishop
or elder to officiate at baptisms and marriages.
The deacons take care of the poor widows and
their children and visit, exhort, comfort and
reconcile differences that may arise in families
or communities. They dress and use the plain
speech of the Society of Friends, They do
not go to law, are opposed to war, and seldom
exact interest for money loaned to their breth-
ren. Possibly five hundred churches, twelve
hundred preachers and fifty thousand church
members would be a fair estimate of their
strength.
( 1 ) John Daniel Johnson came from Eng-
land to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about the
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
close of the eighteentli century, where he was
an artificer in wood and iron. He married
JMary Xutt and they had three children, born
in Philadelphia, probably between 1790 and
1800, as follows: i. Robert Montgomery, see
forward. 2. John D., who learned the trade
of cabinet-making from his father. 3. Ann.
who married James Sutton. Both father and
mother died in Philadel])hia.
(11) Robert Montgomery, eldest child of
John Daniel and Mary ( Xutt) Johnson, was
born in Philadelphia about 1795. He was
brought up to the trade of tobacconist and was
engaged in that line all his life. He manufac-
tured plug tobacco, much used in the United
States navy and by seamen generally, and es-
tablished an excellent trade. He was married
to Esther Martin, a granddaughter of a revolu-
tionary soldier, who participated in the battle
of the Brandywine, and with General Mont-
gomery at Quebec. The mother of Esther
(Martin) Johnson lived to be over one hun-
dred and four years old. They had four chil-
dren born in Philadelphia, as follows: i. John
D., see fiirward. 2. James, who became asso-
ciated with lii> father in the tobacco business.
3. Charles, who likewise was a clerk and a
partner with his father. 4. Robert, who learn-
ed the trade of artisan in iron, but when he
reached his majority went upon the dramatic
stage as an actor and remained in that pro-
fession during his entire life. Robert Mont-
gomery and liis wife Esther (Martin) John-
son died in Philadelphia.
(HI) John Daniel (2), eldest child of Rob-
ert Montgomery and Esther (iMartin) John-
son, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
July 25, 1825, died in Hainesport, New Jersey,
1875. He was a studious youth and besides
taking advantage of the public day schools of
Philadelphia, he also attended the night school
where he was taught draughting and mechanics,
and he went into a machine shop in Lumber-
ton, on leaving school, and became a practical
machinist and draughtsman. After four years
in Lumherton as superintendent of the Lum-
berton Iron Works, he went to Hainesport
and founded the Columbia Iron Works in
partnership with a fellow workman, Richard
Dawson, and they operated the plant up to the
beginning of the civil war in 1861, when the
works were closed and Mr. Johnson enlisted
August 12, 1861, in the I'edera! volunteer
army, and was made captain of Company C.
Tenth New Jersey \'olunteers, which regiment
was mustered into the regular service October
16. 1861, and ordered to dutv at the national
capital. He was there placed in command of
the department of patrol : was chief of detec-
tive department of the provost marshal's office,
and he was attached to the command of Gen-
eral James S. Wadsworth in charge of the de-
fense of Washington, D. C, and military gov-
ernor of the District of Columbia, from Janu-
ary. 1862. to April, 1863, when General Wads-
worth was ordered to take command of the
first division of General John F. Reynolds"
corps at Chancellorsville. Upon this change
in the provost marshal's office, Captain John-
son was ordered to Philadelphia on secret serv-
ice duty, and his work was of great value to
the go\ernment during Lee's invasion of the
state and the attendant responsibility of keep-
ing open the communication between Phila-
delphia and Washington and Philadelphia and
New York. In September, 1863, he was order-
ed to Pottsville, Pennsylvania, to prevent riot
threatened to occur between the miners and he
was on picket duty at the fords of the L^pper
Potomac until November, 1863. when he was
transferred to ]Mauch Chtmk in the district of
Carbon, and he was on duty there until April
II, 1864, when he was assigned to the First
Brigade, First Division, Sixth Army Corps,
and he was engaged in the battle of the Wild-
erness, May 5-7, 1864, and on May 7 he was
captured by the Confederate forces and taken
to Camp Sorghum, Columbia, South Carolina,
and soon after he was among the Federal sol-
diers placed under fire of the Federal guns at
Charleston. South Carolina. He was paroled
at North East Ferry, South Carolina, March
I, 1865. and honorably discharged from the
army. March 11, 1865, as a paroled prisoner.
He was recommissioned March 31, 1865, with
the rank of lieutenant-colonel and was re-
mustered in the United States service in May,
1865, and he was mustered out July 15, 1865,
with the Tenth New Jersey Regiment at Tren-
ton. New Jersey. Home again, he started up
the Columbia Iron Works at Hainesport and
successfully conducted the business up to the
time of his death, December 12. 1875. \\'hile
in \\'ashington, D. C, he was initiated in the
^lasonic Order. He was also a member of
the Independent Order of Odd Fello\Vs, of Phil-
adelphia. His political principles were those
of the Democratic party, to which he remained
true during his entire lifetime.
He was married in 1845 to Catherine, daugh-
ter of John and Catherine (Fisher) Fox, grand-
daughter of Emanuel and Anna Margaret
(Mack) Fox, and great-granddaughter of Jus-
tin Fox. who came from Germanv to German-
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STATE OF NEW IKRSPIY.
town, Pennsylvania, and of Alexander Mack
Jr., whose father, Alexander JMack, was born
in Schreisheim, Bavaria, Germany, 1679, and
died in Germantown, Pennsylvania, in I775-
Alexander Mack ( 1O79-1735) was the founder
of the German Baptist or Dunkers religious
faith at Schreisheim, Germany, in 1708. His
parents were e.xiles from Switzerland in 1672
and found refuge from religious persecutions
in Bavaria, where Alexander married Anna
Newgarth antl came to America in 1729, and
took up land in ( iermantown. Pennsylvania,
where Alexander Mack Jr. was born and where
he married and had a daughter Anna Margaret
]\Iack, who in turn married Emanuel Fox and
had a son John Fox, who accepted the faith
of his great-grandfather .Alexander Mack, and
preached the Dunkard faith in all parts of
Pennsylvania and Xew Jersey for forty years.
This John Fox married Catherine Fisher and
bv this marriage Catherine Fox was born in
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, February 7, 1830,
and the other children were : Justin Fox : Mary
AI. Fo.x, wdio married Samuel McCutchin ;
Margaret, who married James Sutton ; Sarah
Fox, who married William Owen, and Samuel
Fox, who married Catherine Stoyer. The chil-
dren of Colonel John Daniel and Catherine
fFox) Johnson were: i. Catherine Fox. born
April 22. 1848: married Barkley H. Moore,
who died in Mt. Holly. Xew Jersey. C)ctober
3. 1908. leaving a widow and one daughter
Florence Johnson Moore, born August i, 1883.
2. Robert Montgomery, see forward. 3. Sarah
F.. who married Benjamin Deacon, of Mt.
Holly, and had children : Catherine, Marion,
Benjamin H.. Joseph and Charles S. Deacon.
4. John Daniel, born in Hainesport, New Jer-
sey, October 10. 1862, was a pupil in the Bap-
tist Institute of Bridgton, New Jersey, and be-
came associated with his father in the iron
business, when sixteen years of age, and he
has since continued in the business in con-
nection with his brother. In 1898 the cor-
porate name was changed from the Columbia
Iron Works to the Ronalds Johnson Company,
manufacturers and dealers in plumbing sup-
plies, of w'hich corporation he was elected
president, and his brother Robert Montgomery
Johnson continued as general manager. He
affiliated with the Republican party and was
made a member of the Union League Club of
T'hiladelphia. His religious affiliation is with
the Piaptist cliurch. He was married in 1883
to Elizabeth S.. daughter of Thomas A. and
granddaughter of .Xrdin Atkinson, and their
onlv son Inhn Daniel |r. was born in |ulv.
18S4. married Mary, ilaughter of Judge Hild-
reth, of Cape May, and is connected with the
Ronald Johnson Company. Their daughter
Jilizabeth was born December 17. 1889, and
their son Thomas Arthur, l'\'bruary 13, 1900.
(1\') Robert Montgomery (2), eldest son
and second child of Colonel John Daniel (2)
and Catherine (Fox) Johnson, was born in
Hainesport, New Jersey, June 9, 1856. He
v\ as educated at Charles Aaron's private school
at Mt. Holly, New Jersey, and on graduating
went into his father's foundry to learn the
business of founding and finishing iron for
useful and ornamental work. He was taken
into the concern as a partner w hen he reached
his majority, and was made superintendent
and general manager of the same, having al-
ready occupied that position for two years, or
since the death of his father in 1875. When
the business was incorporated in 1898 as the
Ronalds Johnson Company, he was, at his own
re(|uest, continued in the position of general
manager, his brother John Daniel Johnson
accepting the office of president. In 1905 he
retired from active business, retaining his inter-
est in the corporation as a stockholder and di-
rector. In 1909 he organized the Mt. Holly
Iron Works, located at Mt. Holly, being presi-
dent of the company. He was originally a
Democrat by right of inheritance, but became
indejiendent of party politics later in life. He
served in the Lumberton township committee
and his fraternal affiliations have been with
the Mt. Holly Lodge, No. 14. F. and A. M.
His religious faith was that of the German Bap-
tists and commonly called Dunkers or Tunkers,
from the German tunken. to "dip." He was
married, March 27, 1878, to Kate C. daughter
of James and Catherine (Clark) Henderson,
of Philadelphia, and their children were as fol-
lows: I. Robert Montgomery, born January
27, 1879, died July 31, 1879. 2. Ella S.. .Au-
gust 15. 1882. 3. Grover Cleveland. April 10,
1885, in Hainesport, attended the Friends'
high school at Moorestown and completed his
education at the Peddie Institute. Hightstown ;
after leaving school he became secretary and
treasurer of the Mt. Holly Iron Works.
Hans Hansen, ancestor of the
BERGEN Bergen family, was a native of
Bergen, Norway, and ashipcar-
l)cnter by trade, who emigrated thence first to
Holland and in 1633 to New .Amsterdam,
w here he took up his residence, working at his
trade, and at one period cultivating a tobacco
plantation. .About i'')43 he removed to his
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
]i!anataion of four hundred acres at the Walla-
bout, for which he obtained a patent March 30,
1647. He married, in 1639, Sarah, born at
Albany, June 9, 1625, daughter of Joris Han-
sen Rapalie. In a petition to the council ask-
ing for a grant of land in 1656, she describes
herself as the "first born Christian daughter in
New Netherland," and this expression has been
interpreted by some authorities as meaning
that she was the first white female child of
European parentage born in the colony, and
by other authorities as merely implying that
she was the first child of any colonist baptized
in New Netherland. Children : i. Anneken,
baptized Jtily 12, 1640; married (first), Janu-
ary 17, 1661, Jan Cler(|, of Brazil; (second),
October 8, 1862, Derek Janse Hooglandt, of
Flatbusli. 2. Breckje, baptized July 27, 1642;
married Aert Anthonize Middagh. 3. Jan,
baptized April 17, 1644, died after 1715; mar-
ried Jannetje, daughter of Tennis Myssen.
(See Denise). 4. Michael, baptized November
4, 1646, died after January 22. 1731 ; married
Fenmetje. daughter of Tennis Myssen. 5.
Joris, referred to below. 6. ^larretje, baptized
October 8, 1651 : married Jacob Ruthzen. 7.
Jacob, baptized September 21, 1653, died after
1738; married, July 8, 1677, Elsje Frederick,
daughter of Frederick Lubbertsen, of Brook-
lyn. 8. Catalyn, baptized November 30, 1653.
(U) Joris (or George) Hansen, son of
Hans Hansen von Bergen and Sarah Jovisse
Rapalie, was baptized in New Amsterdam, July
18, 1649, and died after 1736. He was a car-
penter by trade, and took the oath of allegiance
in Brooklyn in 1687. He was commissioner
of Brooklyn, 1690-99, and in 1698 he bought
a farm of nearly forty acres, east of Smith
street and north of the mill creek, formerly the
property of Gerrit Wilfertsen van Cowen-
lioven. From 1703 to 1705 he was supervisor
of Brooklyn, and in 1697 was one of the com-
missioners appointed to divide and apportion
the common lands of the town. He mar-
ried, August II, 1678, Sara, daughter of Jan
Strycker, of Flatbush. Children: i. Lam-
metje, baptized December 26, 1679; married
(first) Joris, son of Rem and Marytje (Van-
derbilt) Remsen, and grandson of Rem Rem-
sen V'anderbeeck and Jannetje, daughter of
Joris Jansen de Rapalie; married (second) a
wife, name unknown. 2. Sara, baptized March
13, 1681. 3. .-\altje, baptized October 15, 1862,
died about 1724; married, August 17, 1707,
Rem Remsen, son of Joris and Femmetje,
daughter of Dirck J. \Y. \\'oortman, and grand-
son of Rem Jansen Vanderbeeck. 4. Jans
Jorisse, referred to below. 5. Jannetje, bap-
tized May 27, 1688; married (first), January
21, 1711, Hendrick Vroom, of Brooklyn; (sec-
ond), January 18, 1745, Dortie Dumont, a
widower. 6. Annetje, baptized March 9, 1689-
90; married, March 12, 1720, .-\rnouret Arnout
Abrahamz. 7. Jan, baptized May 17, 1694. 8.
lireckje, baptized May 24, 1696. 9. Joris, died
before April 8, 1749; married Tramyntje .
10. Catharine, married September 21, 1726,
I'ieter Ewetse, of Brooklyn and New York.
(HI) Hans Jorisse, son of Joris Hansen
and Sara (.Strycker) Bergen, was baptized in
Flatbush, Long Island, August 31, 1684, and
died in 1726. He resided at first in Flatbush
and Brooklyn, but later removed to Hemp-
stead, Long Island, where he died. At one
[leriod he owned a grist mill later known as
Remsen's mill, within the present boundaries
of the Brooklyn navy yard. He married, .\u-
gust 16, 1711, Sytje, daughter of Everet Janse
von Wickelen and Elizabeth Fredericks, daugh-
ter of Frederick van Liew, of New Lotts.
Children: I. George, born October 9, 1712;
died about 1784; married (first), June 3, 1738,
Grietje Dumont (according to another account
Hoagland), (second), September 14,
1744, ]\Iaria . 2. Evert, referred to
below.
( I\') Evert, son of Hans Jorisse and Sytje
(\'an Wickelen) Bergen, was born in Hemp-
stead, Long Island, in 1717, and died at Royce-
field, Hillsborough township, Somerset county.
New Jersey, November 17, 1776. His father
dying when he was about eight years old, he
spent his boyhood days with his grandfather.
Evert Jansen \'an Wickelen, in New Lotts, at
that time within the bounds of Flatbush. Just
before reaching his majority, in 1737, he bought
and settled on a plantation of one hundred and
forty acres in Roycefield, about three miles
from the present town of Somerville, New
Jersey, and also bought a farm at Whitehouse,
nine miles from Somerville. \\'hen he left
Flatbush he took with him a pear tree which
he transplanted on his Roycefield property and
which bore fruit until 1861, a period of over
twenty-one years, when it was blown down in
a violent hailstorm. There is also a tradition
among his descendants that he brought with
him from Flatbush a colt which shortly after-
wards w'as missed from the pasture wdiere it
was kept anil finally located in its old home in
Flatbush. He married Jane, daughter of Denyse
Hegeman. Children: i. John, born September
26, 1746, died June 6, 1828; married Alche
(or Alte) Rapalye. 2. Jane or Yannitie, bap-
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tized August 5. 1750, died jMarcli 20, 1812 ; mar-
ried (first) George Rapalye, (second) Abra-
ham \'oorhees, (third) Jeronymus Rapalye.
3. James, referred to below. 4. Evert, born in
1756, died December 6, 1777, unmarried ; revo-
lutionary soldier, and fought at Monmouth
Court House.
i\') James, son of Evert and Jane (Hege-
man) Bergen, was born in Roycefield, Somer-
set county, New Jersey, September 11, 1755,
and die3 January 30, 1830. He inherited from
his father and occupied the homestead farm
in Roycefield, to which he added two hundred
and twenty acres by purchase. Dying intestate,
this property was divided equally among all his
children. He married. May 20, 1779, Annache,
born February 20, 1761, died January 11, 1852,
daughter of Zacheus Van Voorhees. Chil-
dren: I. Evert ]., born October 30, 1780; mar-
ried, September 14, 1804, Jane Stryker. 2.
Mary, born March 5, 1786, died March 12,
1861 : married, November 16, 1802, Abraham
Staats. 3. John V., born February 19, 1790;
married, Alay 29, 1830, Phebe Totten. 4.
Zacheus, born October i, 1792 ; married, Janu-
ary 18. 1816, Mary Simonson. 5. Jane, born
March 15, 1794: died October 10, 1795. 6.
Jane, born October 4, 1797; married, October
4, 1817, William Willson. 7. James, referred
to below.
(\T) James (2), son of James (i) and
-Xnnache f \'an Voorhees) Bergen, was born in
Roycefield, August 30, 1799, and died there
August 16, 1855. He was a farmer at Royce-
field, and lived on the plantation of about one
hundred and forty acres which he received as
his share of his father's estate. He married,
February 17, 1820. Phebe Patterson, born Sep-
tember 8, 1801. Children: i. Garret P., born
November 20, 1820; married (first) April 10,
1849. Mary K. Thompson; (second), October
14, 1861, Henrietta, sister of his first wife.
2. John J., referred to below. 3. James, born
September 19, 1825: married. April 18, 1855,
Jane Tunison. 4. \'anderveer, born Septem-
ber 24, 1827; died April 19, 1858; unmarried.
3. Zacheus, born September i, 1829; married,
October 23, 1856, Sophia C. Tiiompson. 6.
Elizabeth, born October 12, 1831 ; unmarried.
7. Evert, born June 24, 1834: married Mary
Elizabeth Husted. 8. Cornelius, born Janu-
ary 31, 1838; married, in October, i860, Sarah
Jane Ballard : he was a lieutenant in the Union
army during the civil war, and was wounded.
9. W^illiam, born August 10, 1840: unmarried.
10. Ann, born August 16, 1846; unmarried.
(\'ir) John J., son of James J. and Phebe
(Patterson) Bergen, was born in Roycefield,
New Jersey, June 2/, 1823. He removed to
the town of Somerville and engaged in the
lumber trade. He married, February 17, 1847,
Mary Ann Park. Children: i. James, referred
to below. 2. M. Fannie, born July 15, 1849.
3. William, born September 12, 1852: married,
/\ugust II, 1873, Pauline, daughter of William
P. Major, of Soinerville. 4. Maria Emmans,
born October 19, 1855. 5. Emma L., born De-
cember 15, 1857; died August 30, 1858.
(\Tn) Hon. James J. Bergen, justiceof the
supreme court of New Jersey, son of John J.
and Mary Ann (Park) Bergen, was born in
Somerville, New Jersey, C)ctober i, 1847, and
is now living in that city. He attended the old
brick academy in his native town, and was
graduated from Calvin Butler Seminary of the
same place in 1863. At the early age of seven-
teen he entered upon the study of law with the
late Hugh M. Gaston, of Somerville, with
whom he remained until he was admitted as an
attorney at the November term in 1868, the
year in which he attained his majority. Dur-
ing the following year he practiced his pro-
fession in Plainfield, New Jersey. On Janu-
ary I. 1870, he returned to Somerville and
formed a law partnership with his preceptor,
Mr. ("laston, which was continued under the
firm name of Gaston & Bergen for twenty
years, when Mr. Gaston withdrew. In No-
vember, 1 87 1, he was made a counselor at law.
In 1877 he was appointed by Governor Bedle
as prosecutor of the pleas of Somerset county,
which office he held for six years. In March,
1904, he was appointed a vice-chancellor by
Chancellor Magie for a full term of seven
years. (Jn October 11, 1907, Governor Stokes
nominated him as a justice of the supreme
court, and the nomination was confirmed by
the senate without reference — an eloquent trib-
ute to his great ability as a jurist and his purity
of personal character. His term will expire in
1914. His circuit comprises the counties of
Union and Middlesex.
Mr. Bergen is a Democrat in politics, and
was elected to the legislature in 1875,1876,
1890 and 1891, serving as speaker of the as-
sembly during the sessions of 1891-2. In 1896
he was a deputy to the Democratic national
convention. He was previously president of
the Somerville board of commissioners, and
was es|)ecially active in organizing the police
and fire departments, and is credited with
creating the public sentiment which made it
possible the introduction of a sewage system
and other y)ublic improvements. He has also
STATE ()F NEW JERSEY.
served as ]jresident of the Sonierville Savings
Bank, and as director of the First National
Bank of Sonierville. He married (first) Sarah
L., daughter of Theodore L. Yoimg. She died
in ]88i, leaving two children — Alary T. and
Herbert S. He married (second) Helen A.,
daughter of James S. Huggins. of New York
City. The children of second marriage are:
Guy H., Francis L. and Helen A. Bergen.
According to the records of East-
HAXD hampton, Long Island, the Hand
family came originally from Stan-
stede, county Kent. England, and according to
Judge Alfred Hand, of Scranton, Pennsyl-
vania, then' arms are : Argent, a chevron azure
between three hands gules. Crest: on a wreath
argent and gules a buck trippant or.
( 1) John Hand, the first of the name in this
country, appears on a whaling list in Southamp-
ton in 1644. At the time of the settlement of
Easthampton, Long Island, in 1648, he was
one of the company from -Southampton who
founded the new settlement. He was born in
ifiri, and died in i6l>o, leaving seven children
by his wife Alice, daughter of William Stan-
borough, of Canons Ashbie, England, and sister
of Josiah Stanborough, of Lynn and Southamp-
ton : I. John. 2. Stephen, died 1693: had eight
children, one of whom, Joseph, was in West
Jersey in 1705. 3. Joseph. 4. Benjamin, who
removed with his family to Cape INlav county,
whence his descendants spread into Burling-
tcin and Hunterdon counties, New Terse}'. 3.
Thomas, referred to below, ft. ^Margaret, or
Mary. 7. Shanigar.
( II ) Thomas, son of John and Alice ('Stan-
borough) Hand, of Easthampton, Long Island,
removed from Long Island to Cape May coun-
ty. Xew Jersey, and died there in 17 14, leaving
a will written (Jctober 21. 1709, proved No-
vember 3, T714, in which he mentions his wife,
tliree daughters and four sons, two of whom,
however, he does not name, and disposes of
personal and real property, including slaves.
The witnesses are his brother Shamgar Hand,
John Townsend, and Samuel ]\Iatthews. The
inventory of his personal estate made Octolier
g. 1714. b>' John Paige and John Parsons,
amounted to £302 14s. By his wife Katharine
he had children: i. John. 2. Recompence,
referred to below. 3-4. Two sons, nientioned,
hut not named in his will. 3. Deborah. 6. .Alee
or Elsie. 7. Prudence, married a Crowell.
( III ) Recompence. son of Thomas and Kath-
arine Hand, died intestate in 1769. letters of
adniin^tratii'ii on his estate being granted to
his widow Martha, March 22 that year. His
son Recompence had died about four years
previously without issue, another son Jona-
than is referred to below.
( I\' ) Jonathan, son of Recompence and Mar-
tha Hand, died intestate in 1789 or 1790, letters
of administration on his estate being granted
to Eli or Elijah Townsend, February 19, 1790.
From 1773 to 1776 he served in the colonial
assembly, and from 1776 to 1778 was g. mem-
ber of the revolutionary council of the state.
His wife, who was possibly a Townsend, jirob-
ably predeceased him, and it is probable also
that he had only one son surviving him, Jona-
than, referred to below.
( \' ) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (i)
Hand, was jnit under the guardianship of F2Ii
or Elijah Townsend, probably his mother's
brother, two letters of guardianship being
granted, the first dated November 27, 1794,
and the second August 29, 1796. Like his
father, he died intestate in Cape May county in
1834, having been for the last four years of his
life and at the time of his death, county clerk.
By his wife Sarah Aloore, who was one of
the young girls who strewed flowers in the
path of (jeneral George \\"ashington wdien he
made his triumphal entry into Trenton on his
way to his inauguration as the first president
of the Cnited States, he had a son Jonathan,
referred to below.
( \ I ) Jonathan (3), son of Jonathan (2]
and Sarah (Moore) Hand, was born in Cape
May county, December 22, 1818, and died in
Cape May Court House, ]\Iarch 2, 1897. From
1840 to 1845 he was county clerk of Cape
May county, and for nine niore successive
terms afterwards, making a continuous serv-
ice in that office of fifty years in all, being re-
elected each time usualh' without opposition.
He is said to have been the most efficient coun-
ty clerk the state has ever had. In 1852 he
became a inaster in chancery, and in i8'^)2
draft commissioner. By his wife Judith \\'.
he had three sons and three daughters : Mor-
gan : Winfield Scott, referred to below : Jona-
than : Laura W. ; Julia, married William H.
\ an Gilder : Sarah M.
(ATI) Winfield Scott, second son of Jona-
than ( 3 ) and Judith W. Hand, was born in
Caijc May Court House, March 14, i860, and
is now living in Ocean City, Xew Jersey. He
was educated in the public schools and by pri-
vate tutors, and then procured a responsible
position in the office of the county clerk, under
Iiis father, with whom he served for ten years
befiire the latter's retirement from office. It
STATE OF NEW ll-.RSl'lY,
was here that he aeqniretl and <levekiped tlie
promptness, courtesy and accuracy for which
he is so noted, and which have procured hini
such success in his jjresent position. He has
now become one of the leaehng citizens of
Ocean City. May 15. 1899. he entered the em-
])loy of the Central Trust Company at Ocean
City, and January I. 1 901, he was elected as
the company's local agent. When the First
National Bank bought the building and the
business of the Trust Com])any. January I.
i()02, Mr. Hand was elected cashier of the
bank, which position he now h(jlds. He is
enterprising and public-spirited, and has been
particularly efficient in aiding, developing and
advancing judicious measures conducive to the
prosperity of his city and his native county.
He is a member of the board of stewards of
the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which his
famih' are members. He takes his recreation
in shooting and fishing. He is the only mem-
ber from Cape May county on the "Ocean
Boulevard Committee of New Jersey."
Winfield Scott Hand married. May 26, 1885,
Mary Hand, daughter of Lewis and Mary Ann
( Hoft'man ) Cresse, born May i/. 1864. They
have two children: Morgan, born June 29,
1887. and Cecilia, February 12, 1900.
This family, accortling to Irish
LCJGL'E history, dates back to the tenth
century, and the names of Logue
and Logan are anglicized names of Lochan. son
of Daimhin, king of Argille, and from whom
the families are descended. In the eighteenth
century, and during the reign of King Louise
X\T, the ancestor of the Logue family was in
France, and his loyalty to the king led to the
confiscation of his property, and he fled to
Scotland, thence to Ireland.
(I) John Logue. his son. came to this coun-
try a young man. from Dublin, Ireland, in the
eighteenth century, settling in New Jersey, and
finally in Salem, New Jersey. His brother,
James Logue, also came early to this country,
and to Pennsylvania, and was a lieutenant
throughout the revolutionary war. This same
John Logue married Rebecca Sherron, of
Salem, New Jersey, granddaughter of High
Sheriff James Sherron, formerly of England.
One of his sons was John Logue, born Novem-
ber 18, 1788, in Salem. New Jersey, but re-
sided in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey, where
his children were born.
(II) James Lee. son of John Logue (IT),
was born in Port Elizabeth, New Jersev, al-
though reared from a child in .Salem, New
Jersey, the home oi his ancestors. He married
I'dizabetli (ilendon, of Salem, who bore him
the following children : i. Alary Elizabeth. 2.
James Edward (now deceased), married a
Miss Gibe, and left one son surviving him,
James Edward Logue Jr. 3. Katherine Louisa,
married Joseph Winthrop, M. D., of Charles-
ton, South Carolina, a descendant of the fam-
ily of Ciovernor Winthrop. of Massachusetts,
his immediate line coming from Joseph Win-
.throp. 4. Ida Frances, married Albert Fitz
Randolph (now deceased), whose two chil-
dren, Courtlandt and Albert, survive. 5. Annie
E. B. Logue. 6. William Augustin Logue.
( III ) William Augustin Logue was born in
Bridgeton, New Jersey {a\\ the other children
being born in Roadstown, New Jersey), and is
now living in that city. For his early educa-
tion he was sent to the public schools of
Bridgeton, after leaving which he began the
reading of law with Franklin Fisk Westcott,
Esq., Bridgeton, New Jersey. He was ad-
mitted by the New Jersey supreme court to
the bar as an attorney in June, 1875, ^"d ''i
February, 1879, was admitted as counsellor,
since which time he has been engaged in the
general practice of his profession in Bridgeton.
Mr. Logue is a Democrat, and has given a
good deal of his energy and ability to laboring
for the welfare and advancement of his party.
His unfailing courtesy, his splendid executive
abilities and his well deserved popularity have
won him many marks of confidence, trust and
friendship of the community in which he lives.
I'or a number of years Mr. Logue was city
solicitor of Bridgeton, and for the last five
years he has been, by the appointment of the
mayor, president of the Bridgeton City Park
Commission. From 1889 to 1899, by the ap-
pointment of the governor of New Jersey, he
served as ]jrosecutor of the pleas in Cumber-
land county. In 1907 he was appointed for
the five years term expiring in 1912 as a mem-
ber of the New Jersey Board of Fish and
Game Commissioners. He is also a member
of the New Jersey State Bar Association, and
jiresident of the Cumberland County Bar Asso-
ciation. Mr. Logue is also much interested in
and takes an active part in the financial inter-
ests of Bridgeton, being a director in and
counsel for many of its largest and most stable
corporations, among which should be men-
tioned the Cumberland National Bank of
Bridgeton, the Bridgeton & Millville Traction
Company, and the Bridgeton Electric Com-
panv.
Alarch 24. 1S80, William .'\ugustin Logue
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
married Mary Smith, daughter of Josiah H.
Reeves, of Bridgeton, New Jersey, a descend-
ant of one of New Jersey's oldest and most
prominent families. Their children are : Frank
Reeves Logue, born April 15, 1881 ; William
Sherron, died at the age of four years; Law-
rence Bateman, who likewise died when four
years old; and Mary Louise, born November
29, 1887, and who married, October 20, 1909,
Emerson M. Allen, of New York.
The Mack families in this country
MACK derived their origin from several
different sources, one large branch
coming from Scotland, another from England,
a third from- Ireland, and still a fourth, as in
the case of the one at present under considera-
tion, from Germany.
(I) Wolfgang Kups, born in Germany, in
1698, and dying there in 1769, is the founder
of the present- line. Among his children was
Moses, referred to below.
(II) Moses, second son of Wolfgang Kups,
was born in German}', in 1728, and died there
in 1803. In 1754 he married Getta Sender, in
Mitwitz, and at the same time changed his
name to Mack. Amoiig their children was
Alexander, referred to below.
(III) Alexander, fourth child of Moses and
Getta (Sender) Mack, was born in Germany,
March 26, 1774, and died there, October 31.
1847. In 1802 he married, in Bayersdorf, Sara
Aub, born in 1775 and died in 1845. Among
their children was Wolfgang, referred to below.
(IV) Wolfgang, third child of Alexander
and Sara (Aub) Mack, was born in Germany,
February 14, 1808, and died in 1884. He was
a permanent physician, and his practice ex-
tended over a period of fifty years. July 24,
1832. he married, in Ilamberg. Germany, Louise
Geldersheimer, born there July 8, 1808. Among
their children was Adolph, referred to below.
( \' ) Adolph, third child of Wolfgang and
Louise (Geldersheimer) Mack, was born in
Germany, December 23, 1835, and died De-
cember 25, 1909. He was educated in the
University of Hamburg, and in 1851 came to
America and located at Cincinnati, C)hio. where
he engaged in the hardware business. About
1861 he went to New York City, where he
became connected with an importing house,
and subsec|uently became interested in the silk
business. In 1878 he came to Raritan, Som-
erset county. New Jersey, as secretary and
treasurer of the Raritan \Voolen Mills, also of
the Somerset Manufacturing Company, which
business had been established by his father-in-
law, Lewis Einstein. In politics Mr. Mack
was a Republican and one of the most influ-
ential men of his party in Somerset county.
He was also one of the most popular, as is
testified by the fact that he was twice elected
presidential elector. He was a j\Iason, a mem-
ber of the Royal Arch Masons, and an organizer
of the Phoenix Club of Cincinnati. December
26, 1866, he married Therese, daughter of
Lewis and Judith (Lewis) Einstein, who was
born September 24, 1846, and died August 18,
1906. Children: Alexander W., referred to
below; Lewis C, referred to below; Clara L.,
1874.
( \ I) Alexander W., eldest child of Adolph
and Therese (Einstein) Mack, was born in
New York City, in 1868. After receiving his
early education in the public schools he was
prepared for college in the Stevens high school
at Hoboken, and graduated from Cornell Uni-
versity in the class of 1889. During his col-
lege course he became a member of the Greek
letter fraternity. Beta Theta Pi. After leav-
ing college he entered the office of the S. L.
Moore & Sons Company, at Elizabeth, New
Jersey, where he remained for si.x years, at
the end of which time he was appointed secre-
tary of the Raritan Woolen Mills and the
Somerset Manufacturing Company, which are
among the largest plants of their kind in the
country, employing over twelve hundred hands
and manufacturing every year more than two
million yards of finished product. Mr. Mack
is the member of various bodies of Masonry,
including that of the Mystic Shrine, and for
the last two years he has been a member of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. In
politics he is a Republican. He married Made-
line, daughter of .\lva A. Clark, of Somerville.
Children: i. Adolph C, born 1894. 2. Cath-
arine, 1901.
( \ I ) Lewis C, youngest son of Adolph and
Therese (Einstein) Mack, was born in 1869,
died in 1905, and married Louise F. Chambers.
( )no child, Lewis A., born 1903.
Charles Meeks Mason was born
MA.SON in Natchez, Mississippi, May
7, 1876, son of Samuel A. and
Mary P. (Mellen) Mason. On the maternal
line he traces his ancestry through some
of the most illustrious members of the bench
and bar of New England to William Pepperell,
who was born in Plymouth. Wales, and came
to .A.merica in 1668, settled in Kittery, Maine,
where in 1690 he was made judge of the court
of common pleas and was colonel of the militia
STATE OF NEW lERSEY.
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in 1 7 14. He had one son, William Pepperell,
born in ifjyO, who commanded the American
forces which captureil Louisburg from the
French, after which he was made heutenant-
general. He also had the honor of being the
first native of New England to be knighted by
the king of England. He also was a member
of the bar and practiced law. and was governor
and chancellor of Alassachusetts in 1756. His
sister, Mary Pepperell, married Captain John
Frost, 1691 -1 732. who was a captain in the
fleet that went to Louisburg under the com-
mand of Lieutenant General Pepperell.
Captain Frost was also a lawyer, and in
1724 was a member of the council for the
province of New Hampshire. His son was
George Frost, born 1720, died 1796. He was
chief justice of the court of common pleas of
Stafford county. New Hampshire, also a dele-
gate to the Continental congress, 1776-79. His
daughter, ]\Iartha Frost, married Henry Mel-
len, who was also a lawyer practicing in New
Hampshire. His brother, Prentiss Alellen, was
United States senator from Massachusetts.
When Maine was formed as a separate state in
1820 he resigned from the senate to become
the first chief-justice of Maine. Sergeant S.
IVentiss, the American orator, was a first
cousin of Henry Mellen.
William Pepperell Mellen, son of Henry
]\Iellen, born in 1806, died in 1864, removed
to ]\Iississip|M in 1831. He was a lawyer, and
a member of the legislature of Mississippi, and
established the first daily newspaper, the
Natchez Courier, in ^lississippi. and was grand
master of the Masonic order of that state. He
married Sarah Lewis, daughter of Archibald
Lewis, who was presiding justice of the court
of common pleas of Adams county, Mississippi.
.■\ brotherof .Archibald Lewis was Seth Lewis,
who studied law in Tennessee under Andrew
Jackson, and was a member of the first legis-
lature of Tennessee. In 1800 he was appoint-
ed the first chief-justice of Mississippi by
President John Adams, anrl later served as
Cnited States circuit court judge for Louisiana.
Two sons of William Pejjperell Mellen be-
came lawyers — William F. (born 1836. died
1890), who had the degree of LL. D. con-
ferred on him by the University of Mississippi,
and was dean of the law department of Tulane
University in New Orleans: and Thomas L.,
born 1847, died 1909, a member of the legis-
lature of Mississip])i in 1882, and prosecutor
of .\dams county. Mary Peyton Mellen. the
daughter of William Pepperell Mellen, born
1845, died 1904, married Samuel A. Mason,
born in Fro>tburg. Maryland, in 1833, and
died in Natchez, Mississippi, February 18,
1881. He was a commission merchant in
Natchez, and served four years in the Twelfth
Alississippi Regiment, Confederate States
Army. Two children survive this union :
Charles AL Mason, the subject of this sketch:
and Sarah E. Mason, who married Frederick
L. Cobb, of Newark.
Charles Meeks Mason was graduated from
Rutgers College, New Jersey, in 1897, ^^'it'^
degree of A. B. In 1901 the degree of A. M.
was conferred upon him for special educational
work. Having determined to follow the ])ro-
fcssion in which his ancestors had achieved
such successes and were so highly honoreil. he
entered the New York Law School, from
which he was graduated with honor in 1901,
and. had conferred upon him the degree of
LL. B. During this time he also read law in
the office of Lintott, Johnson & Capen, of
Newark. He was admitted to the bar of New
\ovk as an attorney and counsellor in 1901
and to the bar of New Jersey in 1902 as an
attorney, and as a counsellor in 1905. In poli-
tics he has been a consistent adherent of Dem-
ocratic principles. He served as under-sheriff'
of Essex county, under Sheriff" William C.
Nicoll and under Sheriff' Frank H. Sommer.
For six months, he was acting-sheriff' of the
county while Sheriff' Sommer was ill and ab-
sent from the state.
Mr. ^Nlason is dean of the faculty of the
New Jersey Law School, and a member of the
Rutgers Club, the Lawyers' Club, the Gott-
fried Krueger .Association: Franklin Lodge,
No. 10, F. and .\. M. : LInion Chapter, R. A.
M.: Clinton Lodge, No. 18, I. O. O. F., and
the Beta Theta Pi college fraternity. He is
also interested in the militia of his state, and
i> a member of the First Regiment, New Jer-
sey National Guard. He was married, in 1905,
to Eva P. Bloomfield. of Elizabeth, New Jer-
sey, a relative of Joseph Bloomfield, governor
of New Jersey. They have two children :
Charles Bloomfield Mason and William Pep-
perell Mason.
(II) William, first of the three
Hr)PPER sons of Andries Hopper ( i|. v. ),
born in New .Amsterdam, was
born in 1654. He was married to Mynen Paulus
in that city and their three children, Christina,
("Gertrude and Bridget fP.elitza), were born in
New Amsterdam in the order named. The fam-
ily removed to Hackensack, Bergen countv, New-
Jersey, in 1686, where he joined the Reformed
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Dutch church, located "On the Green" in
March. 1686. Here his fourth child and only
son Andrew was born and baptized in the
church in March, 1686, and as there is no
further record of the father he probably died
soon after the son was born.
( II ) Hendrick, second of the three sons of
Antlries Hopper, born in New Amsterdam,
was born in 1656. He removed to Bergen,
New Jersey, across Hudson river from New
Netherlands in 1680, and he was there mar-
ried, March 14, 1680, to Alary Jans Van
Blarkum, whose fatlier, John \'an Blarkum,
came from Holland to New Amsterdam before
tliis daughter was born. Hendrick Hopper
jirobably rented land in Bergen, as his name
does not ajjpear as a landowner. He was a
farmer and his brother, Mathias Adolphus,
who accompanied him to Bergen also worked
a farm, and the two brothers removed in 1687
to Hackensack where their elder brother Will-
iam had settled in 1686. Here the two brothers
])urchased from Captain John Berry a large
tract of land extending from the west bank of
the Hackensack river to the east bank of Sad-
dle river and this tract they divided into two •
farms of about one hundred and fifty acres
each, and they built on it two houses and estab-
lished homes. Hendrick was a good farmer, a
good citizen, and a devout member of the
church. Children of Hendrick and Mary Jans
( \'an Blarkum ) Hopper, were born in Bergen
before the removal to Hackensack, as follows:
I. Andries Hendrickse, see forward. 2. Jans
Hendrickse, see forward. 3. William, 1684. 4.
Catherine. 1685; married I'eter Garretse \'an
-Allen, of Rotterdam, Holland. 5. Garret
Hendrickse, see forward. 6. Gertrude Hend-
rickse, 1699; married Hendrick Albertse Za-
briski. May 16, 1719. 7. Lea Hendrickse, prob-
ably 1700; married Christian Albertse Zabriski,
May 28, 1715.
( n ) Mathias Adolphus, youngest of the
three sons of Andries Hopper, born in New
Amsterdam. New Netherlands, was born in
1658. He removed with his brother Hendrick
to Bergen county. New Jersey, located on the
west bank of Hudson's river and opposite the
fort at New Amsterdam in 1680, where he
carried on a farm. He was married in New
York City by the preacher of the Bergen church
of which he was a member to -\nna Poulusse.
a native of New Amsterdam. We also find her
name written .Antje Jorkse. In 1687 he removed
with his brother Hendrick to Hackensack in the
northern part of Bergen county, where they
jiurchased farms and built new homes. Mathias
.\dol])hus was made a deacon of the Hacken-
sack church in 1705, and appears to have been
a prosperous farmer. Four of his five children
were born in Hackensack. according to the rec-
ords of the Reformed Dutch church, ])opularly
known as "The Church on the Green." Chil-
dren cif Alathias .-Vdolphus and Anna Poulusse
(or .\ntje Jorkse) Hopper: i. Andries, see
forward. 2. Christina, 1686; married Johannes
Huysman, Alay 21, 1709. 3. Lea, 1695; mar-
ried Johannes \'anderhoflf, of Albany, New
York, May 15, 1714. 4. Rachel, 1703; mar-
ried, became a widow and married a second
time. 5. Jan (John), see forward.
( HI ) Andries, eldest child of Alathias Adol-
phus and Anna (Poulusse) Hopper, was born
in Bergen, Bergen county. New Jersey, 1684,
died in 1819. He was brought as an infant to
Hackensack, New Jersey, and was raised on
his father's farm and attended the Hackensack
church, from which church he was married
August 12, 1710, to Elizabeth Bros. Children:
I. Andrus or .Andrew, born 1714. 2. Hendrick,
married Elizabeth Terhune. Others.
( III) John, youngest child of Alathias Adol-
])hiis and Anna (Poulusse) Hopper, was born
in Hackensack, New Jersey, 1705. He was
bnuight up as a farmer, lived in the homestead,
and married, Alarch 13, 1736, Elizabeth Kip.
(Ill) .Andries Hendrickse, eldest child of
Hendrick and Alary Jans (Van Blarkum) Hop-
per, was born in Bergen, Bergen county. New
Jersey, 1681, and removed with the family to
Hackensack, New Jersey, in 1687, where he
\^ as brought up on his father's farm in the
Saddle river. He was married, according to
the records of the Hackensack church, in July,
1707, to Abigail Ackerman.
(HI) Jan (John) Hendrickse, second son
of Hendrick and Alary Jans (\'an Blarkum)
Hopper, was born in Bergen, Bergen county.
New Jersey, 1682. He married, July, 1707,
Rachel, daughter of .Albert .A. and Weyntje
( liruches ) Terhune. and they had children,
including Lieutenant John, a soldier in the
American revolution.
(HI) Garret Hendrickse, fourth son of
Hendrick and Alary Jans (\'an Blarkum)
Ho])per, was born in Bergen, Bergen county.
New Jersey, in 1686. He was carried as an
infant to Hackensack, New Jersey, in 1687,
wlff^n his parents changed their residence. He
was brought up on his father's fann. He
married (first) about 1725. Catharine Kejoyne,
and they had a son Jacob G., born 1727; (sec-
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(iiid) (Jctober 31, 1741, Hendrickje, daugliter
iif juhn and Elizabeth (Barthoff) Terhune,
and widow of Jacob Deickse.
( 1\') Jacob G., eldest son of Garret Hend-
rickse Hopper by his first wife, was born in
Hackensack, New Jersey, on his father's farm
near Saddle river about 1727, died in 1814.
He married, September 22, 1750, Cornelia
Ackerman. according to the records of the
Hackensack church. Children : Katrina, Cor-
nelius (who had a son, Peter C, who had a
son Jonathan P., of whom below), Garret,
Elizabeth, Henry, John J.
(\') John J., son of Jacob G. and Cornelia
(Ackerman) Hopper, was born in Hackensack,
New Jersey, November, 1774, died there Au-
gust 23, 1833. He married, March 24, 1799,
Maria Terhune, born June 9, 1782, died Janu-
ary I, 1857, the ceremony being performed by
the minister of the Schraalenburgh church.
Children : Cornelia, Altia, Catherine (married
Jonathan P. Hopper, q. v. below), Albert,
Jacob J., John, for many years judge in Pater-
son ; Eliza, Maria, Jane.
(VI) Jonathan P., second son of Peter C.
and (Odell) Hopper, was born in
Hoppertown, New Jersey, February 21, 1795,
(lied in Paterson, New Jersey, October 2, 1866.
He was reared to manhood in his native town,
and was educated in the schools of Paterson.
Upon attaining his majority he became en-
gaged in the capacity of a clerk in New York
City, continuing in this position for a number
of years, when he became a proprietor of a dry
goods store in Paterson, New Jersey, one of
the first in the place. He also served the town
of Paterson as special collector of taxes, the
period of his service covering over twenty
years. He was regarded as a useful and highly
respected citizen. I\Ir. Hopper married. May
24. 1799, in the Schraalenburgh church, Cath-
erine, daughter of John J. and Maria (Ter-
hune) Hopper. (See above). Catherine
Hopper was born in Polyfly, Bergen county.
New Jersey, October 26, 1805, died in Pater-
son. New Jersey, January 26, 1886. Children,
born in Paterson: i. Peter J., June 24, 1826;
went to California in 1849 and there took an
active interest in the political afl^airs at Sacra-
mento; was elected to the legislature and was
speaker of the house; he died there in 1883
and left two sons and one daughter. 2. Mary,
May 12, 1828; married William Gledhill. 3.
Elizabeth, October 25, 1830, died young. 4.
Cornelia, March 25, 1833. died young. 5.
Catherine, March 2, 1835. 6. Albert J., Octo-
ber 4, 1837, died in 1907. 7. John J., May 14,
1840. 8. Charles Henry, December 24, 1842,
see forward. 9. Bessie, August 21, 1846.
(VH) Charles Henry, eighth child of Jon-
athan P. and Catharine (Hopper) Hopper,
was born December 24, 1842, in Paterson,
New Jersey. He was educated in the first
[mblic school of Paterson, under the tuition of
]\Ir. Hosford, then a noted teacher. Upon
taking up the practical duties of life, lie be-
came em]iloyed in the capacity of a clerk. In
1S84 he entered the employ of Charles N.
Martin, of New York City, a manufacturer
and dealer in silk thread and silk goods, where
he remained employed until the death of Mr.
Martin in 1896, at which time a partnership
was formed with the heirs of Mr. Martin's
estate, Charles Henry Hopper and Richard
Schutte, who continued the business under the
firm name of C. N. ^lartin & Company. This
arrangement continued successfully until 1898,
when ]\Ir. Hopper and ]\Ir. Schutte purchased
the remainder of interest of the heirs of Mr.
Martin, and since that time have successfully
conducted this enterprise. The success that
Mr. Hopper has attained is the direct result of
his perseverance and fidelity to duty.
Charles Henry Hopper married, December
24. 1883, Catherine Elizabeth Mesler, born
March 7, 1850, daughter of Artemus and
Rachel Ann (Cueman) Mesler; one child,
Marda -Alberta, born April 29, 1888. In 1903
-Mr. Hop])er erected a modern residence in
Passaic. New Jersey, w'here he has since re-
sided and 'has become well known and highly
respected by all who know him.
( \T ) Jacob A., son of Abra-
HOPPER ham (q. v.) and Leah (Bo-
gart) Hopper, was born in
I^chraalenburgh, Bergen county, New Jersey,
on his father's farm which was located near
Ivlount Etna, July 21, 1788, and he was bap-
tizefl in the Dutch church at Schraalenburgh,
.\ugust 17, 1788. He worked on his father's
farm and became a very prosperous and influ-
ential citizen. He married Alargaret Cooper ;
children: i. Leah, married John Westervelt.
2. Richard Jacob, see forward.
(VII) Richard Jacob, son of Jacob A. and
Margaret (Cooper) Hopper, was born in Ber-
gen county. New Jersey, December 19, 1819,
died there in 1889. He was brought up on his
father's farm, and like most of the Hoppers
of Bergen county was a successful agricul-
turist, and at the same time an influential citi-
zen, but retiring in disposition and devoted his
time to his farm and familv. He married, No-
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
vember 21, 1849, Ellen Van Wagoner, a native
of Bergen county, and daughter of Jacob and
Ellen (Cooper) \'an Wagoner, the former an
influential and leading citizen of the town in
which he resided. Ellen Van Wagoner was
born May 22, 1823, in the village of Xew JMil-
ford, and like the young women of the time
was brought up to perform the various duties
that fall to the life of housekeeper and mother's
assistant in the household. Richard and Ellen
(Van Wagoner) Hopper had children: i.
Jacob Richard, see forward. 2. Ella iNIaria,
March 28, 1855 ; married. May 9, 1877, David
D. LSrickell. 3. Margaret Jane, September 7,
1858; married, October 12, 1881, John H. De-
Mott. After the death of her husband the
mother of these children lived in the village
of Westwood, Bergen county, Xew Jersey,
which had grown out of the rural settlement
of the neighborhood of her home. Here she
was still a resident in 1909, surrounded by
children, grandchildren and great-grandchil-
dren.
(Vni) Jacob Richard, only son of Richard
and Ellen (Van Wagoner) Hopper, was born
in Bergen county, New Jersey, September 22,
1850. He was brought up on his father's
farm which he inherited and carried it on with
the same satisfactory results as attended the
labors of his father, w^ho spent his declining
years on the farm, but relieved by the son of
all care and annoyance incident to the conduct
of its affairs. He married, May 17, 1876,
Hattie A. Bogart, of Westwood, and their
home and neighborhood took the name of
Westwood and became one of the growing
suburban towns of northern New Jersey within
easy railroad communication, hourly, with New
York City. The children of Jacob R. and
Hattie A. (Bogart) Hopper, born in West-
wood, Bergen county, New Jersey, were: i.
Richard J., born December i, 1877, died at
Westwood, New Jersey. 2. Anna Bogart, De-
cember 24, 1879, married Fred Zabriskie Board
and their children, born in Westwood, New
Jersey, were : Cornelius J. Board and Mary
Wessel Board. 3. Isaac Bogart, August 13,
1882. 4. Ella C. August 8, 1885 ; married
Harold Berry, and their first child, Doris
Berry, was born September, 1908. Hattie A.
(Bogart) Hopper married (second) October
21, 1909, Rev. David Talmage.
1774.''' He was a farmer in Oakland, which
jjlace became known as Crystal Lake, located
in Pompton \'alley, Bergen county, New Jer-
sey. He married Sarah Tice ; children : Henry,
Abraham, Statia, Jacob, Andrew, Peter, Mar-
garet. Eliza, Ann.
( \ II,) Peter, sixth son of Jacob and Susan
(Tice) Hopper, was born in Oakland, Bergen
county, New Jersey, November 25, 1797, died
at Paterson, New Jersey, November 22, 1875.
He married Catherine, daughter of Moses and
Maria (Terhune) Decker, born January 24,
1804, died in Paterson, New Jersey, Febru-
ary 20, 1880. He was a mason by occupa-
tion and did business in Paterson, New Jer-
sey on his own account during his early
life. He was a man of great physical
endurance and was accustomed to walk from
Paterson to New York City and other nearby
jilaces in which he had work. He later lived
on a farm at Wyckoff, and later at Camp Gaw.
Children: i. Jacob, born September 22, 1820;
married Rosanna Riley ; he was a farmer ; he
was forty-one years old when the civil war
broke out and his country called for volunteers
to put down the southern rebellion ; he volun-
teered, served in the New Jersey Volunteers
during the entire period of the war, and died
three weeks after returning home. 2. Maria,
October 18, 1822. 3. Abram D., July 18, 1824;
marriedi Laura W'illiams. 4. Elizabeth M.,
April 3, 1831 ; married (first) Stephen Yurie;
(second) James Ackerman ; (third) George
Reynolds. 5. Sarah Ann, December 11, 1835;
married Jacob C. Banta. 6. Susan, January 31.
1837 ; married Andrew Barton. 7-8. Twins, died
in infancy. 9. I\Iargaret, see forward. 10. John
H., May 15, 1846; married Louisa Sippel.
i \TII) Margaret, daughter of Peter and
Catherine (Decker) Hopper, was born at
\\'yckofT, Bergen county. New Jersey, March
23, 1843. She married, January 3, 1863, Alfred
\'an Emburgh, born December 15, 1842, died
June II, 1905, in Paterson, New Jersey. He
was a carpenter and builder, a man of consid-
erable mechanical genius, a thorough work-
man, and an upright citizen. He suffered from
serious illness during his last years, and was
incapacitated for any physical exertion. The
only child of Alfred and Rlargaret (Hopper)
HOPPER
(\ I) Jacob, son of and
( ) Hopper, was
born in Oakland, Franklin
township, Bergen county. New Jersey, about
•Jacob Hopper, of Oakland, and Jacob Hopper, of
Wvckoff, Hved in the district covered by the rec-
ords of the Dutch church at Ponds. This church,
according to WiUiam Nelson, of Paterson, was
founded in 1710, but its records were destroyed
about 1865. There is therefore nothing to be found
about families in this region for the early periods
except as may hereafter be discovered through
wills, deeds, etc., which are now unknown, and may
possibly be learned of in the future.
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Van Emburgh was Kittle, born January 22,
1866; married, Alarcb 17, 1885, Cbarles C.
Bogert, born August 2y, 1864, died February
17, 1899, and they had one child, Chester A.
Bogert, born November 14, 1887. In 1909
Mrs. Margaret (Hopper) Van Emburgh was
living in Ridgewood, New Jersey, with her
widowed daughter. Kittie (Van Emburgh)
Bogert, and her grandson, Chester A. Bogert.
(\T) Jacob, son of and
HOPPER '— ( ) Hopper, mar-
ried Charity Van Horn and
lived in \\'yckoff, Bergen county, New Jersey.*
( \ II ) John, son of Jacob and Charity (Van
Horn ) Hopper, was born in W'yckoff , Bergen
county, New Jersey, October 30, 1824, died in
Paterson, New Jersey, February 24, 1905. He
was a farmer and kept a hotel at Wyckoft for
several years and later went to New York City,
where he was a truckman. Late in life he
went to Paterson, New Jersey, where he en-
gaged in the livery business up to the time of
his death. He married, August 5, 1849, Abbie
Ann, daughter of John and Anna (V^an Blar-
com) Terwilliger, and granddaughter of John
Van Blarcom. Children: i. John J., see for-
ward. 2. Cornelius. 3. Jeremiah. 4. George.
5. Annetta, born August 7, 1859 ; married
Noah McDow, of Staten Island, New York.
6. Sarenda, February 13, 1862; never married.
7. Child, died in infancy.
(\'III ) John Jacob, eldest child of John and
.\bbie Ann (Terwilliger) Hopper, was born in
\\'yckoff, Bergen county. New Jersey, May 8,
1S50. He was a carpenter and builder in Ruth-
erford, New Jersey, and later a livery stable
keeper in Paterson, from whch business he re-
tired with a competence, and was residing with
Ins son in East Rutherford in 1909. He mar-
ried, 1875, Susan Randolph, daughter of Ed-
win F. and Hannah ( Goetschious ) Randolph,
the former a descendant of the Fitz Randolphs,
of \'irginia. Child, Edmund C.
(IX) Edmund C, only child of John Jacob
and Susan (Randolph) Hopper, was born in
Rutherford, Bergen county, New Jersey, June
14, 1876. He was a ])upil in the public schools
of Paterson, and from his father, a master
carpenter, learned the trade and followed the
vocation for three years, when he accepted the
I>osition of bookkeei)er for P. S. Van Kirk,
carpenter and contractor at Paterson, and he
continued with this concern for twelve years.
Late in 1906 he began the lumber business on
•See footnote on preceding page.
his own account at East Rutherford and his
trade increased rapidly, and in 1909 he was the
proprietor of a large and well established busi-
ness. He affiliates with the Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks, an immensely popu-
lar organization founded in 1868, wdiich in
1905 had a membership of over two hundred
thousand in the United States, comprising the
best class of professional and business men.
Mr. Hopper acquired his membership through
Rutherford Lodge, No. 547, in 1907.
He married, June 15, 1899, Maud J., daugh-
ter of William and Eliza J. (Albert) Ketcham ;
children, born in East Rutherford, New Jer-
sey: I. Edmund R., August 25, 1900. 2.
Winfield K., February 23. 1904. 3. Randolph
T., September 5, 1906
The families of this name in
TAYLOR New Jersey are numerous and
all of English origin. Like
many others it is derived from an occupation,
and was doubtless associated with the bap-
tismal name of its bearer when he assumed it
as a surname about five hundred years ago.
Many of the best citizens of this common-
wealth have borne the patronymic, and it is
still well known in leading circles.
(I ) Samuel Taylor is the first of this family
now known by baptismal name. His father
came from England and settled at Hempstead,
Rockland county, New York. Samuel Taylor
was born May 14, 1779, in England, and was
an adult when he accompanied his father (or
was accompanied by the latter) to America.
He settled in Pompton, New Jersey, and was
a farmer and tanner. He served as a drummer
in the war of 1812. Later in life he removed
to the present site of Westwood, Washington
township, Bergen county. New Jersey, where
he died December 11, 1857. He married, July
10, 1802, Sarah Doremus, of Preakness, Pas-
saic county. New Jersey, born September 7,
1783, died x'Xugust 7, 1843. They were the
parents of eight children, among whom was
Cornelius D., see forward.
(II) Cornelius D., son of Samuel and Sarah
(Doremus) Taylor, was born about 1810-14,
at what is now Westwood, Bergen county,
New Jersey. Early in life he became identi-
fied with the cotton mills at Lodi, New Jersey,
where he became expert in dying fabrics. In
1842, after sveral years connection with the
former employment, he built a hotel at
Paramus, Bergen county. New Jersey, which
he conducted some thirteen years. Having
come into possession of the Mansion House
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;U Hackensack, New Jersey, he conducted it
as a hotel until 1860, when he returned to
j'arannis and continued to conduct his hotel
there for about six years. For thirty years
])revious to his death, which occurred at Hack-
ensack, August 24, 1876, he was greatly af-
flicted with rheumatism and was compelled to
live in enforced retirement for several years.
In addition to his business interests Mr. Tay-
lor devoted considerable time to the welfare
and improvement of his adopted city, and
served in the capacity of assessor of the town
of Midland, which covered a large district at
the time. His nature was genial and sym-
pathetic, and he was honored and esteemed by
his fellow citizens. He was a member of the
Dutch Reformed church, of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, and an adherent of the
Democratic party. He married Hannah Wald-
ron. born August 15, 181 5, died April 11, 1901,
daughter of Captain Barney and Matilda (\'an
Dien) W'aldron, of New York. Children: i.
Matilda, born 1834, became wife of William
Cronkright, of Hackensack, New Jersey, where
she died July 23, 1906. 2. Samuel, referred to
below. 3. Richard, born 1842 ; is a resident of
Hackensack, New Jersey.
(HE) Samuel (2). elder son of Cornelius
D. and Hannah (Waldron) Taylor, was born
at Areola, Fiergen county, New Jersey, Janu-
ary 24, 1838. He was reared in Hackensack
and there attended the public schools. At the
age of fourteen years he went to work in the
general store of Henry A. Berry, dealer in all
^orts of merchandise, also proprietor of a coal
and lumber yard. Samuel Taylor in this man-
ner became thoroughly proficient along various
lines of mercantile pursuits, and the informa-
tion and experience thus gained proved of
great value to him in his subsequent career.
He continued in the emjiloy of Mr. Berry two
and one-half years, after which he was em-
ployed in the New York brokerage office of
Louis Becker, where his knowledge of busi-
ness affairs was greatly enhanced. In 1857 ■^^''•
Becker established the Bergen County Bank at
Hackensack, and Samuel Taylor was assigned
to the position of cashier, thus demonstrating
the trust reposed in him by his employer, and
\\as ]irobably one of the youngest men who
ever occu]iied such a responsible position. The
panic of 1857 ruined the bank, and Mr. Taylor
was then compelled to turn his attention to
other pursuits, but his spirit and love for
active commercial life did not desert him. T-'or
a number of years he was manager of the
Mansion House at Hackensack, which was
then his father's property and is now his own,
and in 1866 he established a bottling business
which he actively conducted for ten years and
in which he still has an interest. ]\Ir. Taylor
has always taken an active interest in local
affairs, and by his progress and enterprise has
contributed materially to the growth and ad-
vancement of Hackensack. His political alle-
giance has been given to the Democratic party ;
in 1877-78 he acted as collector of New Bar-
badoes township, and in 1880 was elected coun-
ty clerk, serving in this important position fif-
teen years, a sufficient testimonial to his ability
and integrity. He has been employed as re-
ceiver of large properties and has conserved
them with remarkable success. He is a di-
rector of the Hackensack National Bank and
member of the board of directors of the Hack-
ensack Trust Company. Mr. Taylor is a man
of genial nature, kind-hearted and hospitable,
and is esteemed and respected in the com-
munity in which he resides. He is liberal in
religious views, and subscribes to the broad
fraternal principles of the Masonic fraternity,
being an early member of Hackensack Lodge,
No. 70.
Mr. Taylor married, August 10, 1859, Sarah
E. Lovett, born July 10, 1839, died January
26, 1905, daughter of John and Jane W.
(Weaver) Lovett, of Hackensack, New Jersey.
Children: i. John L., born June 9, 1862, died
March 20, 1866. 2. Fannie, born December
2"], 1864; married, November 26, 1884, Abra-
ham J. Demarest, born February 14, 1858, son
of John A. and Elizabeth (\'anderbeek) Dema-
rest ; superintendent of schools of Hoboken,
New Jersey ; one child, Stanley Taylor Dema-
rest, born November 25, 1890. 3. Mamie E. L.,
born January 9, 1868; married, December 2,
1891, John Wakeman Holberton, of Hacken-
sack, New Jersey; children: Taylor Wakeman,
born September 16, 1891, and Thomas Seir
Cummings, born July 24,1894.
This is one of the early names of
SOOY New Jersey of Dutch origin, and
has had numerous worthy repre-
sentatives in Burlington county. One of the
leading scions of the family is now clerk of
that county.
(I) Yoos Sooy was a Hollander by birth,
who came to New Jersey at a ven,^ early date.
The English equivalent of his christian name is
Joseph. His grave is located at Lower Bank,
New Jersey. He had three sons — Nicholas,
Joseph and Luke.
(II) Nicholas, eldest son of Yoos Sooy, re-
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
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sideil at Pleasant Mills. He was a well-to-do
tanner. He married Sarah Sears and they
had children; Nicholas, Noah, William, Arche-
laus. Sears, Elizaheth, Hannah, Sarah, Jemima
and I'arnell.
( IH ) Nicholas (2), eldest child of Nicholas
( I ) and Sarah (Sears) Sooy, was born at
Cireen Bank, New Jersey, where he resided on
the paternal homestead. He was a well-to-do
farmer, and gave land to the Methodist Epis-
co]ial Church at Green Bank for a cemetery
and also built the church of that denomination.
He married Esther Weeks. Children : Samuel,
William, Ejihraim, Josephus, Nicholas, Eliza-
beth, Mary, Sarah, Sophia and Esther.
(IV'j William, second son of Nicholas (2)
and Esther (Weeks) Sooy. was born in 1815,
at Green Bank, where he died October 2, 181/1,
aged eighty-owe years. He married Mary,
daughter of Thomas Haywood. She was born
about 1811-12, and died April I, 1901, at the
age of eighty-nine years. Both were active
members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
Mr. Sooy was a Democrat in early life, but
was later an enthusiastic Republican. He was
an esteemed and respected citizen, and served
three terms as a member of the New Jersey
legi>lature. During and after the civil war he
was internal revenue assessor, while that office
was maintained by the United States govern-
ment. He served as town clerk and was for
many years a freeholder. He kept a general
store and also dealt in lumber at Green Bank.
His children: i. Joel H., resided at Bristol,
Pennsylvania, and has been for many years
engaged in the oyster business in South Jersey.
2. Anna }tl., became wife of Edward Johnson,
and now resides at Atlantic City. 3. Watson
T., mentioned below. 4. Franklin W.. is an
artist, residing at Asbury Park, New Jersey.
(Vj Watson Thomas, second son of Will-
iam and Mary (Haywood) Sooy, was born
February 14, 1849, at Green Bank, and was
educated at the Providence Conference Semi-
nary, now known as Greenwich Academy, at
Greenwich, Rhode Island, from which insti-
tution he graduated. For one year he taught
music in that school, and then went to Ran-
di)l[ih and was several years a teacher in a
school at that place. He subsequently served
in the same capacity for a period of two years
at Bristol, Pennsylvania. He then returned
to his native place and was busily engaged for
five years in the menhaden fisheries. He suc-
ceeded his father in the conduct of the general
store at (Jreen Bank, which he continued until
1904, when he was elected to the office of
county clerk for a period of five years. He is
an active supporter of the Republican party
and exercises considerable influence in its
councils in his county. For several years he
served as freeholder. He is a member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church of Green Bank,
and of Tuckerton Lodge No. 4, A. F. and
A. M., and of Green Bank Lodge, L O. O. F.
Mr. Sooy married, in 1883, Harriet W. Lane,
who was born at Lower Bank, a daughter of
Peter and Rebecca (Van Zant) Lane.
This great historical family
HAMILTON is known to be of English
origin, but when or how it
took root in Scotland has not been ascertained
as easily. The name is obviously territorial,
taken from one of the many English manors
called Hamilton, especially in Buckinghamshire,
Hampshire, Surrey, Lancashire, Rutlandshire,
Yorkshire and Leicestershire. Several persons of
the name of Hamilton appear in English and
Scottish records about the middle of the thir-
teenth century, and one of these seems to have
held the Yorkshire Manor of Hamilton, to-
gether with the lands in the parish of Oxnam
in Scotland. But the pedigree of the family
cannot ]'^e carried beyond (I) "\\'alter Fitz-
Gilbert (or Gilbertson) of Hamilton," who in
121)6 held lands in Lanarkshire, Scotland, and
sworn fealty to King Edward I. of England as
overlord of Scotland. He early surrendered
this strong fortress, and of the English knights
and nobles who had fled to it from the field of
Bannockburn, was rewarded by King Robert
Bruce by grant of the land and baronies for-
feited by Cuni}-ns and other adherents of Eng-
land. He attained the rank of knighthood, and
married Mary, daughter of Sir Adam of Gor-
don of Hurtly, by whom he left two sons. The
elder son was Sir David Fitz-Walter Fitz Gil-
bert ( 2 ) , or as he was sometimes more shortly
called Sir David Fitz Walter, or Sir David of
Hamilton. His eldest son (3), Sir David of
Hamilton of Cadyow, died before 1392, leav-
ing by his wife Janet of Keith five sons and a
daughter. The eldest son (4) Sir John of
Hamilton of Cadyow, married Janet, daughter
of Sir James of Douglas of Dalkeith, by whom
he was the father of (5) Sir James of Hamil-
ton of Cadyow. who about 1422 married Janet,
(laughter of Alexander of Livingston of Cal-
lander, by whom he had (6) Sir James of
Hamilton of Cadyow, and four other sons.
Sir James was in 1445 created Lord Hamilton
b\' a charter which erected his manor jilace of
"the Orchard" to the barony of Cadyow, and
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gave to it the name of Hamilton, which it still
bears. His second son (7) James, second Lord
Hamilton, was in 1503 made Earl of Orran,
and he wrote his name "James by the Grace of
God, earl of Orran and lord Hamilton, gov-
ernor and prince of Scotland." He resigned
his high office in 1554 in favor of Mary of
Guise, receiving in return from Henry 11. of
France a grant of the duchy of Chatelherault.
His nearness to the throne, his following and
large possessions were so large that his eldest
son, the Earl of Arran, as he was called, was
proposed as the husband of Mary, Queen of
Scotland, and at another time as the husband
of Queen Elizabeth of England, but he was
afflicted with madness in 1562 and never re-
covered his reason. His father, the first Duke
of Chatelherault, dying in 1575, the second
son (8) Lord John Hamilton, became the head
of the house, and in 1599 was created Marquis
of Hamilton. He died in 1604 and his son (9)
Tames, second marquis, was created Earl of
Cambridge in England in 1619, and died in
1625. He was succeeded by his eldest son (10)
James, the third marquis, who for his military
services to the king was created Duke of Ham-
ilton. In 1648 he led the Scottish army into
England for the king's relief, but was defeated
by Cromwell at Preston in Lancashire, and be-
headed at Westminster, March, 1649. His
brother William succeeded him and was cre-
ated Earl of Lanark, and died in 165 1 from
wounds received in the battle of Worcester.
The Duchy of Hamilton, by the terms of the
patent of creation of Henry H. of France in
1534 to Lord Hamilton, now devolved on the
daughter of the first duke, Lady Anne, whose
husband. Lord William Douglas, Earl of Sel-
kirk, was in 1660 created duke of Hamilton
for life. He died in 1694 and the ducess Anne.
who survived him, in 1698 resigned her title in
the king's hands in favor of her eldest son (H)
James, Earl of Arran, who was anew created
Duke of Hamilton, with the precedency of
1643. In 171 1 he was created Duke of Bran-
don in England, but the House of Lords re-
fused him a seat or vote in Parliament on the
ground that the crown was disabled by the act
of union for granting a peerage of Great Brit-
ain to any person who was a peer of Scotland
before the Cnion. He was killed in a duel in
Hyde Park with Lord Mohun in 1712, and his
eldest son ("12) James succeeded him as Earl
of Arran. John Hamilton of Lanark, who
came to America early in the eighteenth cen-
tury and married in Princeton, New Jersey,
in 17^0. Sarah Manning, may have been a
brother of James of the twelfth generation,
Duke of Hamilton.
The two municipal and parliamentary bor-
oughs of Hamilton and Lanark, market towns
of Scotland, are both located in the county of
Lanark, on the left bank of the Clyde, are ad-
jacent boroughs, and unite with four other
boroughs in sending a member to parliament.
( I ) John Hamilton, of Lanark, Scotland,
came to New Jersey, where he was married in
1730 to Sarah, daughter of Ephraim and Eliz-
abeth (Fitz-Randolph) Manning, born in
Princeton, New Jersey, in 1708. She was a
granddaughter of Benjamin and Sarah (Den-
nis ) I'itz Randolph ; sister of Nathaniel Fitz
Randolph, who gave land on which to build
Princeton College, now Princeton L'niversity ;
and great-granddaughter of Edward Fitz Ran-
dolph ( 1614-1674-5) the Pilgflm, and Eliza-
beth Blossom, his wife. Edward Fitz Ran-
dolph immigrated to Barnstable, Plymouth
Colony. New England, about 1630, and built
the thirty-sixth house in Scituate, after the
bounds of the town were established, March
7, 1643, o. s. John Hamilton and Sarah (Man-
ning) Hamilton settled in Princeton, New Jer-
sey, and had children, of whom John (q. v.)
was probably the eldest.
dl) John (2), son of John (i) and Sarah
(Manning) Hamilton, was born in Princeton,
New Jersey, May 19, 1764, and died in that
town June 24, 1824. He married, in, 1787,
Phebe, daughter of Captain John and Rhoda
(Joline) Ross, of Elizabeth, New Jersey. Cap-
tain John Ross was captain in the colonial
militia, and died before the outbreak of the
American revolution, the date of his death
being July, 1774. In his will he leaves his
"silver hilted sword" to his eldest son John
Ross (2). His widow did not marry again, al-
though the will of her husband provided that
her share of his estate should be paid her even
if she did remarry. She died at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. John Hamilton, Jr., in
Princeton, and her tombstone reads : "Rhoda,
widow of John Ross, born October 7, 1738,
died March 21, 1821, late of the borough of
Elizabeth. New Jersey." The children of John
Hamilton and Phebe (Ross) Hamilton, were
born in Princeton, New Jersey.
(Ill) Samuel Fitz Randolph, son of John
(2) and Phebe Ross Hamilton, was born in
Princeton, New Jersey, June 7, 1790, and died
in Trenton, New Jersey, August 13, 1856. He
was educated in Princeton, graduating at the
College of New Jersey, A. B., 1808, and stud-
ied law in the office of Chancellor Williamson,
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
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111 Trenton, and was admitted to the bar as an
attorney at law in 18 1 2, and as a counsellor in
1815. He was a legal adviser of Joseph Bona-
parte during the residence of that distinguished
personage at Bordentown. New Jersey, and he
was mayor of the city of Trenton for one term.
He was prosecutor of pleas for Mercer county,
New Jersey ; his political affiliations was Dem-
ocratic, and his religious faith Presbyterian.
His fraternal affiliation was with the Masonic
order, in which he attained by his work a high
degree. He was known as a friend and sup-
porter of public schools, and always took a
lively interest in his alma mater and in the
other educational institutions conducted under
the patronage of tlie Presbyterian church. His
interest in the New Jersey state militia gained
his title of general by holding the office 'of
quartermaster-general of the state, which office
he resigned one year before his death by rea-
son of continued ill health. While holding the
office of quartermaster-general he instituted
the practice sham battles between brigades of
the state militia on successive anniversaries of
the battle of Trenton. He was buried with
military honors, and the public press of Au-
gust 18, 1856 gave full accounts of the cere-
monies attending the funeral and burial. He
was married at Oxford Furnace, the home of
David Morris and Tacy (Paul) Robeson, to
their daughter, Eliza Robeson, May 20, 1818,
David Morris Robeson was born at "Forest of
Deane," New York, in 1759, and died at Ox-
ford Furnace, New Jersey, 1823, where he had
engaged in the iron industry. He was a son of
Maurice ( 1724-61 ) and .Anne ( Rockhill) Robe-
son, who were married in 1750. Maurice Robe-
son built "Forest of Deane Furnace," one of
the first iron furnaces in the state of New
"^'ork. Maurice Robeson was the son of Jona-
than Robeson, born in Gloucester county, New
Jersey, about 1686. married, in 1721. Elizabeth
Phillipine Morris, daughter of David and
Mary ( Phillipine ) Alorris, and grandson of
Philip l'hilli])iiie, of Radnor, Pennsylvania, and
his wife, Phebe Evans, Welsh Friends, who
were married in 1685. Jonathan lived the
latter part of his life near Oxford, New Jer-
sey, where he built the first iron furnace and
I forge in 1742. He died in Pennsylvania in 1766.
' Jonathan Robeson was the son of Chief Jus-
tice .Andrew Robeson, born in Scotland in 1653,
and died near Douglasville, Pennsylvania, in
1 7 19. He married, about 1684, and served as
chief justice of the commonwealth of Penn-
s>lvania from 1693 to 1699.
Tacv Paul, the wife of David Morris Robe-
son, was the daughter of John Paul, who mar-
ried, in 1758, Mary, daughter of his first cousin
Jonathan and Deborah (Kenton) Paul, who
were married in January, 1739, and grand-
daughter uf John and Mary (I^ivezey) Paul,
who settled in .Abingdon, Pennsylvania, in
1630, and of Jonathan and Rachel (Taylor)
Livezey, who were married in 1686, and great-
granddaughter of Thomas Livezey, who settled
in Pennsylvania about 1680 and owned land on
Pennypack creek, and also a lot at Fourth and
Chestnut streets in the city of Philadelphia, on
which he built a house in which he resided
about 1683. Anne Rockhill. wife of Maurice
Robeson, was descended from the families of
Ward, Clayton, Parnell and Taunt, and the
Rockhill ancestry is traced back to Robert
Rockhill, born in England, January 4, 1614,
son of Robert Rockhill. This Rockhill record
is from an old family Bible, published in 1607.
The children of Samuel Fitz-Randolph and
Eliza (Robeson) Hamilton were: i. Morris
Robeson. 2. John Randolph. 3. Samuel Alex-
ander (q. v.). 4. l-"rances Maria, married
.Samuel Sherrerd.*
( IV ) Samuel Alexander, third son of Sam-
uel Fitz-Randolph and Eliza (Robeson) Ham-
ilton, was born in Princeton, Mercer county,
New Jersey, July 31, 1824. He was in the
real estate business ; a Presbyterian in religious
faith : a Democrat in politics and a soldier in
the civil war, 1861-65. holding the rank of Cap-
tain of cavalry. He married Phebe ]\Iaria,
daughter of Isaac and Susan (\Viley) Baker
of Princeton, New Jersey, and widow of Will-
iam Penn Ely, who was born in Princeton, New
Jersey. .August 2^. 1833. Her mother. Susan
Wiley Baker, w-as a native of Georgetown. D. C.
The children of Samuel Alexander and Phoebe
Maria (Baker) Ely Hamilton, were born in
Princeton, New Jersey, as follows: i. Charles
Ross (q. v.). 2. Morris Stroud, October 23,
1866. 3. Susie Baker, March 31, 1868. 4.
Eliza Robeson. February 12, 1872.
(\") Charles Ross, eldest son of Samuel
Alexander and Phoebe Maria (Baker) Ely
Hamilton, was born in Princeton, New Jersey,
February 27, 1865. He was educated in pri-
vate schools and by tutors. Instead of going
to Princeton as originally intended, he entered
the business field and entered the employ of
the stationery house of Louis Dreka, Philadel-
phia, which afterwards grew into The Dreka
Company, of which corporation he afterwards
♦The above on the ancestry of the Hamilton and
Robe.=on families are from advance sheet.« of the
"Hi.^tory and Genealogy of the Descendants of
Cliief Justice Andrew Robeson of Penna."
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became president. His political faith has been
allied with the Republican party, and he has
taken an active interest. He was identified
with the Young Republicans of Philadelphia
and The Lincoln Club. Among social clubs,
he was a member of the Art Club of Philadel-
phia, the Merion Cricket Club, the Sons of the
Revolution, the Undine Barge Club, the Ches-
ter \'alley Hunt Club, the Bryn Alawr Polo
Club, and the Devon Polo Club. His church
affiliation has been with the Presbyterian de-
nomination. He was married, in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, October 18, 18Q4, to Florence,
daughter of John P. and Emil)- i\I. W'oolver-
ton. Her father was a lumber merchant of
Philadelphia, and her mother a daughter of
Charles Harmstead, a merchant of Philadel-
phia. John P. and Emily M. W'oolverton had
two children, Runyon and I'lorence.
The first child born to Charles Ross and
Florence (W'oolverton) Hamilton was Charles
Ross Jr., in Philadelphia, March 8, 1898. In
1905 he entered the Blight School and became
a member of the class of 191 5, and has taken
an active interest in athletics and horses. He
is the sixth generation from John Hamilton,
the Scotch immigrant to Xew Jersey, who was
married in 1730 to Sarah INIanning. and in the
ninth generation from Edward Fitz Randolph.
Plymouth Colony, New England, 1630, through
Benjamin, Ephraim and Sarah, wife of John
Hamilton, his Scotch ancestors.
John Casler, of Monmouth
CASLER county. New Jersey, the first
member of the family of whom
we have definite information, was born Octo-
ber 8, 1770, and died ]\Iarch 2, 1862. He is
buried in the old Hartshorne burying-ground
at Middletown, New Jersey. It is possible he
may ha\-e been a son of George Cassler of that
place, wdio was granted a license September 10,
1760, to marry .\nn \'an Schaick, of Freehold.
I or many years John Casler held the post of
'lighthouse keeper at Sandy Hook. He married
Margaret Clayton. Children: Hannah, born
Sejitember 15, 1794: Peter, referred to below;
Joseph, born February 12. 1800: John, July 3.
1802, died October i, 1877: Rebecca Clayton,
born May 9, 1805; Adelia .\., March 21. 1808;
Robert F., January 11, t8ii, died in infancy;
Robert, born June 21, 1814: George. June 9,
1817.
(IT) Peter, son of Tohn and Margaret
(Clayton) Casler. was born in Monmouth
county. New Jersey, August 6, 1797, and died
there in 1882. He married (first) Septem-
ber 29. 1817, Mary Paxton ; (second) about
1843, Elizabeth Paxton, sister to his first wife.
Children, fourteen by first and three by sec-
ond marriage: I. Joseph, born September 6,
1818. 2. John, February 21, 1820; married
Elizabeth Rue ; children : Mary Ellen, Aaron
r., John N., Annie, Emily, and Harriet. 3.
Theodocia, born Se])tember 20. 1S23: married
Edward Lufton; children: Mary and Ed-
ward Lufton. 4. William C, born February
II, 1824: married Laura Shackleton ; child,
Mary. 5. ?vlargaret A., born December 6,
1826; married William Throckmorton; chil-
dren: James, Mary, Theodore, Annie and
Elizabeth Throckmorton. 6. Robert, born April
24. 1828. 7. James H., December 20, 1820.
8. Mary Elizabeth, November 16, 1831 ; mar-
ried Dr. Cooke ; child, John Cooke. 9. Emily,
bcirn April 11, 1833 ; married Joseph Williams ;
children: Emma and Edward Williams. 10.
Edward, liorn September 24, 1834: married
: cluldren : Edward and Edna. 11.
Peter, born March 15, 1836; married Julia
; children : Emma, Adele, Amelia and
William. 12. Adelia, born January 16, 183S:
married Albert Martin. 13. Aaron, born June
14, 1839: married Anna ■ . 14. Rufns
Taylor, referred to below. 15 Sarah E., brirn
July 16, 1844. married Ira Borden. 16. Har-
riet A., born Tanuarv 22. 18^7: married
Charles Wikofi"; "child, Thaddeus Wikolif. 17
Theodore A., born December 31, 1849.
( HI) Rufus Taylor, son of Peter and Mary
( Paxton) Casler, was born in Eatontown
township, Monmouth county. New Jersey, Sep-
tember 17, 1841, and is now living in Eaton-
town, New Jerse}'. After receiving his educa-
tion in the district schools of Monroe township,
Middlesex county, while living with his grand-
uirither. he returned to his father's home
v.hen about twenty-six years old. and went to
work on his father's three iumdred acre farm,
which he and his brothers Joseph and Henry
afterwards bought of the estate, and started
out on his successful agricultural career, which
he continued until 1889, when they sold the
farm to the Monmouth Park Association,
which turned it into the famous race course.
I\Ir. Casler then retired from active business
and has since been leading a life of well earned
leisure. He is a Democrat in politics. He
married, in Long Branch. July 12, 1892, Grace
Ann, born in Long Branch, February i, 1855.
daughter of George H. and Mary Jane (W'il
cut) (]reen. Her father was born January 9.
1 83 1, and her mother March 6. 1833. Chil-
dren of George H. and Mary Jane (Wilcut)
Manning Cresl, Coal-of- Arms and Motto, Granted and
Confirmed 1577, A. D.
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Green: I. Grace Ann, referred to above. 2.
Margaret, married Harry W'ardell, of Asbury
I'ark. 3. Estelle, married Joseph Robbins, of
Long- Branch ; children : Harold, Forrest and
Grace Robbins. 4. Isabelle, unmarried. 5.
Charles, married Elizabeth Bayton : children :
John and Charles Carroll. 6. Forrest, married
Mautl Cottrell; child, George.
Andrew Watson ]_>ray, of (Jrange,
1!RA\' is descended from bturdy Revolu-
tionary stock, three generations of
his family having fought in the war for Inde-
pendence. Andrew Bray, hisgreat-grandfatlier,
who married Cornelia Traphagen, was a pri-
vate in the Hunterdon county. New Jersey,
militia. John Bray, his great-great-grandfather,
married Susan Bray, and served as a lieutenant
of Hunterdon county militia. His great-great-
great-grand father, Andrew Bray, was a pri-
vate in the New Jersey Line, Continental army.
This Andrew Bray was the son of John and
Susanna Bray, and married Margaret Wat-
son. The official records of these revolution-
ary patriots are in the adjutant-generars office
in Trenton, and constitute one of the most re-
markable exhibits in this connection in the his-
tory of New Jersey.
Andrew Watson Bray has inherited and de-
veloped all the sterling (|ualities of his race — a
race that has been resident in the colony and
the state for many generations, and one which
has always been active in patriotic and com-
mercial capacities. He is the son of Andrew
Watson Bray Sr. and Sarah Thompson ; a
grand.son of John Traphagen Bray and Eu-
phemia Armstrong; and, as previously stated,
a great-grandson of Andrew Bray, one of the
trio of revolutionary patriots.
Mr. Bray was born in Rockaway, Morris
county, New Jersey, July 24. 1855. He re-
ceived his education in the public schools of
r.elvidere, Warren county, and subsequently
held the position of ticket agent at the Broad
Street Station, Newark, from 1875 to 1887.
Since that date he has been the New Jersey
state manager for the Massachusetts Mutual
Life Insurance Company of Springfield, Mass-
achusetts. In this latter position he has dis-
played great executive ability and built up a
large and successful business. He is one of
tlie best known life insurance managers in the
state. In public life Mr. Bray has also been
j)rominent. He has served three terms as pres-
ident of the RejHiblican Club of Newark, and
was a member of the Newark Board of Edu-
cation from 1887 to 1 89 1, removing subse-
ijuently to C)range, where he now lives. He is
a member, and for eight years was vice-presi-
dent, of the Sons of the American Revolution
of New Jersey, and is now a trustee of the
National Society. I-'rom 1906 to 1907 he was
vice-president general of the National Society.
He is also a member of the New Jersey His-
torical Society, the East C)range Republican
Club, the L'nion League Club of Orange, and
the South Orange Field Club, also the New
England Society of Orange.
He married, December 12, 1883, I'hilletta
Crane Dalton, and has a daughter, Gertrude
I'.ray, wife of Walter R. Okeson, of Phoenix-
ville. Pennsvlvania.
The Mannings had their early
MANNING origin in Germany, and went
over in the fourth and fifth
centuries from Saxony to England. The first
o*' the name mentioned in the cc)unty of Kent
was Ranulph de Manning, or Manheim, Lord
of Manheim, who married the aunt of King
Harold. Simon de Manning, son of Ranulph,
])0ssessed lands at Downes, in Kent, and was
knighted in the Second Crusade. He was
Lord of Betiad (now Downe), and the first of
the English barons to take up the Cross and go
with King Richard (Coeur de Lion) to the
Holy Wars, 1190 A. D. He was the ancestor
of the line of Mannings of Downe and Coot-
ham who were knights-marshal of the house-
holds of England's sovereigns for nearly four
hundred years. The old manor house of this
progenitor was an entailed estate, anrl is still in
the Manning family. Sir Henry Manning,
knight-marshal to Henry VIL, about A. D.
1300, married Lienor Brandon, aunt of the
Duke of Suft'olk, who was the husband of
Mary, Queen Dowager of France, sister of
Henry \'III., and grandmother of Lady Jane
(irey. Sir Henry's grandson, John Manning,
son of Hugh, had a grant of a large part of
l!ie possessions of the Earl of Desmond, in
Ireland, and joined the Earl of Essex about
1600. in the reign of Oueen Elizabeth, in an
expedition to Ireland. ( From "History of tlie
Mannings"). This John Manning was the
English ancestor of the family hereinafter
mentioned.
According to Burke's Peerage a coat-of-
arms was granted in 1577 to Manning, of
Downe, county Kent. It appears the same in
various branches of the family — a cross, with
four trefoils; but the crests slightly varying —
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY
an eagle head on a crown with two feathers.
Motto: "Malo mori quam foedari" — "I would
die rather than be disgraced."
( I ) The earliest of the name on record as
coming to America was John Manning, then
twenty years of age, who sailed from London,
England, for Xew England, in the ship "Globe,"
in August, 1635. In 1640 he was on record in
Boston wnth his wife Abigail,' and laid the
foundations for a large line of descent. Many
of the name took part in the colonial wars, the
revolution, the war of 1812, the war of the
rebellion, and the late war with Spain, and
bore themselves most creditably. The ditYerent
branches of the family also embrace among
their number some of the most distinguished
names on the pages of Xew Jersey history, in-
cluding many scholars.
(IT) Jeffrey, son of John ^Manning, is said
to have emigrated from Xew England to Xew
Jersey about 1671, and was living in Piscat-
away township in 1676, and died in 1693. I"
i6(S2 he was one of three commissioners who
laid out extensive land grants in Piscataway,
Middlesex county, and the following year was
marshal of the first county court of Aliddlesex
county, which was held at Piscataway. In
landed estate, Jeffrey Manning and his chil-
dren were among the largest and most success-
ful citizens of the county. He married Hep-
zibah, daughter of Joseph Andrews, of Hing-
ham, Massachusetts, granddaughter of Sir
Thomas Andrews, Lord Mayor of London. Chil-
dren of Jeft'rey and Hepzibah (Andrews) Plan-
ning : John, born about 1670, married Elizabeth
Dennis : Benjamin, born about 1674, married
Ann Blackford; James, born about 1676, mar-
ried Christiana Laing; Elizabeth, married
Thomas Fitz Randolph ; and Joseph. The
Tliomas family, of which Mrs. Manning was
a member, were formerly natives of Devon-
shire, England, which was also the ancestral
home of some of the Alannings. Among the
descendants of Jeffrey Manning was Dr. James
Manning, founder and first president of Brown
University, IVovidence, Rhode Island.
( II) Joseph, fourth son of Jeffrey and Hep-
zibah (Andrews) Manning, was born about
1678, at Piscataway, Xew Jersey, and died in
172S. He and his brothers w-ere among the
early settlers who successfully petitioned the
royal powers for relief from the oppressive
jurisdiction of the proprietors. He married,
in 1802, Temperance, daughter of John and
Sarah (Bonham) Fitz-Randolph, and their
children were: Joanna, born about 1705, mar-
ried Mr. Campbell ; Trustrum ; Mary, born
1712; Elizabeth. 1713; Eunice, 1715: Rachel,
1717; Jeffrey, 1719; Grace, 1 721, married Dan-
iel Cooper; and Ruth, born 1726.
(Ill) Trustrum, eldest son of Joseph and
Temperance (Fitz-Randolph) Manning, was
born in 1710, in Piscataw'ay, Xew Jersey, and
died in 1771. He married Johanna Drake, and
had a son Andrew, named below ; also four
other children: Joseph, Sarah, Trustrum, and
David, born 1734. David, son of Trustrum
and Johanna, married and had Jeremiah, who
married Beersheba Laberteau, and had Rachel,
who was born in 1809, and married Andrew
Manning, son of Benjamin Manning and Phebe
Drake; see Andrew (VI).
( lY) Andrew, son of Trustrum and Jo-
hanna (Drake) Manning, was born about 1740,
and was a soldier in the revolutionary war. He
married Mary, daughter of Benjamin and
Hannah Stelle, and had a son Benjamin.
(\') Benjamin, son of Andrew and Mary
(Stelle) Manning, was born in 1764, on the
family homestead at Piscataway, and inherited
a farm of five hundred acres of land from his
father. Like his father he also was a soldier
in the revolutionary war. He married Phebe
Drake : their children were : Andrew, Isaac,
Sarah, Mary Eliza, Elizabeth, Osy and Phebe.
(\T) Andrew (2), eldest son of Benjamin
and Phebe (Drake) Manning, was born in
1801, died in July 30, 1881, in Piscataway,
Xew Jersey. He w-as a highly respected citi-
zen, and a member of the Baptist church. He
married Rachel, daughter of Jeremiah and
Beersheba (Laberteau) Manning ; children : i.
Joel D., born 1824. 2. Abel, born 1826; died
February 5, 1879; married (first) Mary J.
Shotwell ; (second) Sarah Comjiton ; children
by second wife: Mary, Frederick, Lizzie,
Adeline and Howard. 3. Catherine, born in
1829. died January 13, 1910; married Isaac
Randolph ; children : Albert, deceased ; and
Howard. 4. Jeremiah, born in 1831 ; died No-
vember 19, 1904; married Catherine Comp-
ton : children: James, married Jennie Leland,
and had Jeremiah, Leland and James ; Clara ;
Margaret and Catherine. 5. Isaac, born in
1832, died young. 6. Adeline, born in 1836;
married David Townsend ; one daughter,
Rachel, married W. B. R. Mason, and has
three sons : David Townsend, Frederick and
H. Randolph. 7. Lebbeus, see forward. 8.
Daniel, born March 29, 1840, married (first)
Amelia Tappen, (second) Mrs. Palmer; by
his first wife he had a son Clifford, born Sep-
tember 18. 1876, married Luthera Randolph.
Daniel had also a daughter Edith, who mar-
J Of/ yi^. ^Idftnt'ff^
STATE OF NEW lERSEY.
1035
ried Clarence Bruard, and has a daughter Ele-
nor.
(VII) Lebbeiis L. Manning, fifth son of
Andrew (2) and Rachel (Manning) Man-
ning, was born May 28, 1838, at the family
homestead at Piscataway, New Jersey, and
ac(|uired his education in the local public
schools, after which he entered the employ of
Andrew Vanderbeck, of Plainlield, New Jer-
sey, where he learned the art of marble and
stone cutting. He removed to New York City
and worked for some time, after which he re-
turned to the farm at Piscataway, and opened
a stone-cutting establishment for himself,
commencing on a small scale and gradually
enlarging his business until he was able to re-
move the enterprise to Plainfield, and invest
in a larger business, which has now grown to
such magnitude that it is one of the leading
marble and granite-cutting concerns in the
state. ]Mr. Manning is one of the prominent
business men of Plainfield, and is a member of
the First Baptist Church. He married (first)
Matilda Sebring, and (second) Elizabeth Hey-
niger. By his first wife he had two children:
I. Walter, married Catherine Ackerman, and
has three chidren — Dorothy, Catherine and
Eleanor. 2. Carrie, married Philip Maclntyre,
and has one son, Russel. Lebbeus L. Man-
ning died April 28, 1910.
(VH) Joel D., eldest son of Andrew (2)
and Rachel (^Manning) Manning, was born
• ■ctober 22, 1824, died June 10, 1909, at Plain-
field, New Jersey. He received his education
in the neighboring schools. He inherited from
his father his farm which has been in the fam-
ily about two hundred and fifty years or more,
being a land grant from the English crown to
his emigrant ancestor, Jeffrey Manning. By
untiring industry and close study of the best
methods of conducting a farm, Mr. Manning
succeeded to so high a degree as to be con-
sidered the most successful farmer in Middle-
sex county, and it was his great distinction to
receive an award for agricultural and cereal
industry from the World's Columbian Exposi-
tion in Chicago, in 1893. In 1902 he retired
from active labor. He was an exemplary mem-
ber of the First ?5aptist Church of Plainfield.
In both person and intellect he greatly resem-
bled Daniel Webster. He married Emeline,
daughter of Richard and Harriet (Boice)
Townsend. Children: i. Dr. Andrew Man-
ning, of whom further ; Sarah Townsend and
Harriet Townsend Manning.
(VIIT) Dr. Andrew Manning, only son of
Joel D. anfl Emeline (Townsend) Manning,
was born January 6, iSGi, and died May 19,
1898. After being a student of Rutgers Col-
lege, he was a graduate of the College of Phy-
sicians and Surgeons of New York City; was
also house surgeon at Charity Hospital, and a
successful physician. He married Aretta Het-
field, June 27, 1894, and left one daughter,
iMiicline Townsend Manning.
(The Townsend Line).
The name Townsend was formerly spelled
Atte Towns End, and went through the vari-
ous changes of Towneyshend, Townesend,
Townshend, and others, finally becoming short-
ened to Townsend the form ailopted by nearly
all the American members of the family. The
significance is doubtless "at the town's end,"
used first to describe the location of a dwell-
ing. They were among the prominent families
of Norfolk, England, and were living there
in the thirteenth century. Richard HI. ap-
pointed a Townsend a Baron of the Court ;
later, one Roger Townsend, a sailor, assisted
the cause of Queen Elizabeth by giving her the
use of some ships, becoming a knight by way
of reward. Richard Townsend, of a later
day, was a colonel in Cromwell's army, and re-
ceived an estate in Ireland. Several of the
family in England became followers of George
I"ox and were led to seek a home in New Eng-
land, but as the governments of most of the
colonies were inimical to the Quakers, many
of them removed to Long Island ; the Dutch
authorities also tried to keep out the Quakers,
and most of them left Long Island for Rhode
Island or the West Indies, most of them, how-
ever, returning at a later date. The Friends
grew to be very numerous in the vicinity of
Flushing and Hempstead, Long Island, and
their records of meetings have been helpful in
tracing the different branches of the family
here described. Thomas Townsend, according
to a deposition made in New England, was
born about 1600 and emigrated to New Eng-
land about 1635, being located in Lynn, Massa-
chusetts, in 1638 where he became freeman in
1639, and died December 22, 1677. He had
sons Thomas, John and Andrew, from whom
most of the Long Island family are descended.
(I) From the Friends' records it is shown
that John Townsend, of Queens county, Long
Island, had certificate of clearness from the
Society of Flushing, and with the consent of
his father married at Plainfield, New Jersey,
March 17, 1768, Susannah, daughter of John
and Grace (Webster) Shotwell, born Febru-
ary I. 1744. John Townsend was born in
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
1734. son of Joiiadalj. ami died in I^ssex coun-
ty, Xew Jersey, April 8, 1810. Ijeiiig buried at
I'lainfield. His children were: I. Martha,
born April 26, i/ff). married James Powell;
she was his second wife. 2. Grace, born in
1770. 3. Sarah, 1771. died 1837. 4. Hugh.
5. Jotham, born December 19, 1774. 6. John,
August 18, 1776.
( n ) Hugh, eldest son of John and Susanna
(Shotwell) Townsend, was born August 8,
1773; died April 25, 1849; married Mary Dell,
born January I, 1771, by whom he had chil-
dren : Richard, Joseph, Elizabeth and Jotham.
Jotham. born November 29, 1797, died Janu-
ary 1, 1876, removed about 1853 from New
Market or F'lainfield, New Jersey : he married,
for his second wife, in 1820, Catherine Shot-
well.
(HI) Richard, son of Hugh and Mary
(Dell) Townsend, was born at New Market.
New Jersey, November 6, 1805 ; died June 3,
1872. He married Harriet Covert Boice, born
December 4, 1804, daughter of David and Eliz-
abeth (Covert) Boice. Their children were:
John and David (twins), born November 27,
1825; Emeline ; Sarah and Hugh.
(IV) Emeline, bom October 19. 1827,
daughter of Richard and Harriet ( Boice )
Townsend, married Joel D. Manning. She
died October 7, 1903.
( For Townsend coat-of-arms see Burke's
Peerage). The crest is a stag, passant, proper,
and the motto, "Haec generi menta fides"
( Faith gave these honors to our race).
David Poinier, the first mem-
r'()lXlh~R her of the family of whom we
have definite information, was
a descendant of the old Huguenots who set-
tled in and around New Rochelle between 1690
and 1700. He removed from New Rochelle
to \\'hite Plains, and became there a highly
prosperous farmer. Owing to the destruction
of the land records by the burning of the
White Plains courthouse during the revolu-
tion, his descendants lost much of the prop-
erty which they had inherited, and in conse-
quence left the town and founded new homes
for themselves elsewhere.
(II) John, son of David Poinier, of White
Plains, was born there in 1769. He removed
to Newark, New Jersey, in 1790. He mar-
ried (first) Phebe, sister to John Woods, the
first editor of the Newark Gazette, and (sec-
ond ) the widow of Jonathan Parkhurst. Chil-
dren, two by first marriage: i. Amelia, mar-
ried Joseph C. .Ashley, of Albany, New York.
2. Jcihn Woods, married Ella ]\Iorris, and had
one child. 3. Horace J., referred to below.
4. Eliza, married Timothy Mann. 5. Charles,
married Sarah ^liller. 6. Elisha, married
Frances Keen, of Newark. 7. Jeremiah, mar-
ried Catharine Carter, who is still ( 1910) liv-
ing in Newark, over ninety-seven years of age.
(Ill) Horace J., son of John Poinier and
hi^ second wife the widow of Parkhurst, was
born ill Newark, New Jersey, October 12,
T8i.">9. He learned the lumber trade, and in
that was engaged for the greater part of his
life, lie was also jiresident of the Newark
City Insurance Company until the corporation
became extinct, a director in the Newark City
Bank, and mayor of Newark from 185 1 to
1855. He was for many years an elder in the
Presbyterian church, and with his father help-
ed to build the First Presbyterian Church of
Newark. He married, in Newark, in 1832,
Sarah Pierson, daughter of William and Mar-
garet Myers of Newark. Children : William
K. and John Woods, both referred to below.
( I\' ) William'K., son of Horace J. and Sarah
Pierson (Myers) Poinier, was born in Newark,
New Jersey, June 4, 1833. After graduating
from Dr. Hedges's school, he and his brother
entered the lumber business of their father,
which the}- carried on together for some years.
William Poinier then sold out his interest to
his brother and went into the harness business
with his own son-in-law. Frances W. Bonneau,
and continued in this until his death. He was
one of the well known business men of New-
ark, and was interested in all movements for
the public good. He was a Republican, and
a member of the Presbyterian church. He
married, in Newark, September 4, 1854, Eliz-
abeth T.. daughter of Aaron Condit and Mary
C)liver (Alunn) Ward (see Ward). She was
born June iS, 1834, and is now living with
her daughter, Mrs. Bonneau, at iii South
nth street, Newark. Children: i. Mary
Ward, born July 15, 1855; married Francis
W. Bonneau ; child, Marian Evans, born June
I, 1885, married John, son of Dr. Holden, of
Newark. 2. Annie Seymour, born August 22,
1856: married J. F. Sweasy. of Newark. 3.
Fanny Whitney, born August 18, 1858: died
Octob'er 21, 1861. 4. Julia Isabell, born No-
vember 30, i860: died March 12, 1888. 5.
Horace Johnson, born December 11, 1863 : died
January 19, 1875. 6. Joseph Ward, born Jan-
uary 2. 18C16; died June 9, 1905 : married Mary
J. McCarthy of Newark.
(1\') John Woods, son of Horace J. and
.Sarah Pierson (Mvers) Poinier. was born in
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Newark, June 18, 1836. After being educated
in tlie Newark schools he and his brother suc-
ceeded their father in the lumber business, and
later he bought out the interest of his brother
and continued it alone, his yards being on
South ]\Iarket street and the river. In 1893
Mr. Poinier retired from active business, and
now lives quietly at 41 South street, Newark.
He is a Republican, and was a freeholder from
1876 to 1877. He is a member of the South
T'ark Presbyterian Church. He married, Sep-
tember 2, 1857, Abbey L., daughter of E. T.
and Elizabeth (Winans) Tucker, who was
born in Newark, October K), 1836. Children:
Alice B., l)orn August 28, 1861, married John
A. Sandford, professor of Greek in Adelphi
College, Brooklyn, New York; Helen, born
l-'ebruary 10, 1867.
The name of Johnson (son
JOHNSON of John) was adopted about
the time of surnames after
the Norman Conquest (1066), the name being
distinctly Saxon or English. The armorial
bearings are of the seat of Goldington, coun-
ty Bedford, England, and are as follows: Az.,
a chevron ; or, in chief two eagles volant, in
base a son of the second. Crest : Eagle, dis-
played. The family of Johnson is noted among
the early settlers of Connecticut for their
strong intellectual ability and independence.
The ancestry of Thomas Johnson, the New-
ark ancestor, shows that three brothers — John,
Robert and Thomas — were in the New Haven
Colony, the record of John beginning in 1639,
that of Robert in 1(141, and of Thomas in
1647.
(I) Evidence shows that the progenitor of
the family was Robert Johnson, father of
Thomas Johnson, the Newark ancestor. He
was of the New Haven Colony. He came
from the noted town of Hull ( Kingston-upon-
Hull), riding of York, in Y'orkshire. He was
one of the first founders of the New Haven
Colony, and lived "in the northwest of the
^<|uare of lots where Mr. Mix and the college
are on, over against Darlings.' Owing to the
granting to King Charles H. the charter that
included large domains of New England, in-
cluding the New Haven tracts, the colony at
that place were awakened by jealous fears of
the loss of their liberties, and together with
the Restoration aroused anxious fears in the
minds of the New England settlers. .At this
time the Dutch were in possession of New
Amsterdam and of the beautiful fertile terri-
torv between the Hudson river and Newark
Bay, and claimed jurisdiction as far south as
Virginia. In 1661 they issued a proclamation
invitmg all christian God-fearing people who
loved the liberty of worship after their own
creed, wherever oppressed, to erect colonies
with in the bounds of the jurisdiction of Pet-
rus Stuyvesant. This was Cjuickly and gener-
ously accepted by the New Haven Colony.
The Duke of Y'ork obtained the sovereign right
from his royal brother to the vast domain of
Connecticut and New Netherland, and sent
Colonel Richard Nicholls, his deputy governor,
to take possession and establish the laws.
Among other acts, Nicholls extinguished the
Indian title to the tract between the Raritan
and Passaic rivers in 1664. Later the terri-
tory west of the Hudson river was sold to
John Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret,
to be known as Nova Caesarea (New Jersey),
and it was shortly after that that there began
a large emigration from within the territory
of the New Haven Colony.
(II) Before the end of May, 1666, a com-
pany comprising some thirty families from
Milford, Connecticut, and nearby plantations,
were among the first settlers at Newark, and
Thomas Johnson came in this company. The
first town meeting was held May 21, 1666, in
reference to a township, and a committee of
eleven men, of whom Thomas Johnson was
a member, was chosen from the tw'o parties
to promote the enterprise. Thomas Johnson,
Samuel .Swaine and three others were a com-
mittee who met John Ogden, Robert Treat and
others from Elizabethtown to settle boundary
disputes of the town. Thomas Johnson, of
Newark, was a most active man and useful
settler ; was prominent in the affairs of church
and state, and became one of the most promi-
nent men in the settlement. His residence was
on the northeast corner of Broad and Walnut
streets, on the site of the present Grace Church.
George Day lived across Walnut street from
him. and John Brown Sr. across Broad street
opposite. In 1670-71 Thomas Johnson was
chosen by the town to keep the- ordinary or
public tavern for the convenience of travelers
and strangers, and to prohibit all others from
selling any strong liquors at retail under a
gallon unless in case of necessity and that by
leave of the magistrate, showing that even in
those early days there were restraints as to liquor
drinking. That he was a man of independent
views in shown while in the New Haven Col-
ony, when Mrs. Goodman, accused of witch-
craft in 1655 and who served a term in prison,
was suffered later to dwell in the family of
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
Thomas Johnson until her death, October g,
1660, thereby braving suspicion of himself by
sheltering this forlorn and persecuted creature.
Thomas Johnson died November 5, 1694-95,
aged si.xty-four years. His will was dated No-
vember 2, 1694. proved November 21 and re-
corded December 5, 1694. He "leaves his
wholl estate real and personell, lands, meadow,
housing, orchard, barn building, and build-
ings, also all my movable estate, chattels,
household furnishings, to my beloved son, Eli-
})halet Johnson; to Joseph, John and Thomas
£40 apiece, making his son Eliphalet his exec-
utor." He was delegate to the provincial as-
sembly, 1675-78-84; assistant magistrate, 1677;
magistrate,. 1680; justice of monthly court,
1675-78-79-80; collector, 1668; town treasurer,
1676-82-83 ; one of the townsmen, 1674-75 ;
burner of woods and meadows, 1673 '> pound
keeper, 1670; captain of militia.
He was three times married, and the births
of four of his children previous to 1663 are
proof of one marriage, though the name of
his first wife is not obtainable. He married,
September, 1763, Frances Hitchcock, and a
tombstone at Newark is inscribed with the
death of his third wife, Mrs. Ellena Johnson,
November 2. 1694, aged sixty-one. Children:
I. Joseph, born November 30, i65i,died March
II, 1733; married Rebecca Pierson. 2. John,
born April 27, 1654. 3. Abigail, born Janu-
ary 19, 1657, died young. 4. Eliphalet, re-
ferred to below. 6. Saving, born November
25. 1659. 6. Abigail, born January 14, 1662,
died November 2, 1694. 7. Thomas, born July
II, 1664; married Sarah Swayne.
(HI) Eliphalet, son of Thomas Johnson,
was born at New Haven, Connecticut, 1658,
died at Newark, New Jersey, April 20, 1718.
He was his father's favorite son, and received
the major part of his father's estate. He be-
came a prominent yeoman (yeoman in his
will), which was made August 27, 1717, proved
August 13, 1718, and is the will of a sub-
stantial farmer, as is further shown by the
inventory of his estate, dated March 8, 1718.
The amount of personal property sworn to by
the executors, Nathaniel and Eliphalet John-
son, was £258 15s. 7d. His wife Abigail re-
ceived her third of all the estate. To his two
sons, Eliphalet and Nathaniel, he gives the
two "new lotts of land and Wakeman's," also
equal half of salt meadow at Two Mile Brook.
John and Samuel are also remembered in the
will. To Timothy he gives his homestead ; to
Deborah and Phebe the other two-thirds of his
movable estate, they to get £10 each from each
of the five sons. The wills of the three first
generations of the Johnson ancestors are on file
in the office of the secretary of state at Tren-
ton, New Jersey. Eliphalet Johnson served as
town committeeman in 1696, as fence viewer
from 1696 to 1708, and as assessor in 1702.
He married (first) Deborah Ward, who died
after 1700; she was the daughter of John
Ward. Married (second) Abigail .
Children: I. Eliphalet Jr. (Colonel Eliphalet)
born 1696, died November 13, 1760. 2. Na-
thaniel, referred to below. 3. Captain John,
born 1715, died October 4, 1752. 4. Timothy.
5. Deborah. 6. Phebe. 7. Samuel.
(IV) Nathaniel, son of Eliphalet Johnson,
was born at Newark, New Jersey, 1698, died
there April 6, 1765. He was called Esquire
Johnson, and is said to have been "a magistrate
of respectability and wealth." He held large
possessions in Newark, and was a farmer of
unusual c|uality. His will is dated November
12, 1764, proved April 15 and July 15, 1765,
and appoints his son David and two sons-in-
law, Uzal Ward and James Banks, executors.
He gives to "my son Steven all that orchard
and lott of land that I bought of my brother
Eliphalet," and £100 of Jersey money. To his
grandson, Josiah Ward, £50 of Jersey money
when of age, and to his grandson, Jacob Jami-
son Banks, the same. To his daughters, Mar-
tha Ward and Catherine Banks, "equal re-
maining half of all my personal and movable
estate. To grandson, Stephen Johnson, all my
house, barn and lot which he now lives in
which I bought of Captain Nathaniel Wheeler.
To grandson, Nathaniel Johnson, house and
lot which I bought of Zophar Beach, eight
acres. To grandson, Jotham Johnson, all that
lot of land lying above Two ]\Iile Brook which
I bought of Colonel Joseph Tuttle. Also to two
grandsons, Nathaniel and Jotham Johnson, the
two several lots of fresh meadow and upland
in the Neck." At a town meeting, March 13,
1732, Nathaniel Johnson, with Thomas Ser-
geant, were chosen overseers of the poor. In
1738-39 Nathaniel Johnson was a chosen free-
liolder, and for the two years previous, 1736-
T,~, was surveyor of the highway. He married
Sarah, daughter of Captain David Ogden, and
sister of Elizabeth Ogden, who married John,
brother of Nathaniel Johnson. Children: i.
Thomas, born February 15, 17 19, died Novem-
ber II, 1759. 2. David, referred to below. 3.
Steven (Rev.), born May 17, 1724; married
(first) July 26, 1744, Elizabeth Diodate ; (sec-
ond) December i, 1762, Mary (Gardner)
Blogue; (third) May, 1776, Abigail Leverett.
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4. Martha, born June 19, 1728; married Uzal
Ward. 5. Sarah, born November 2, 1731, died
January 14, 1760. 6. Catharine, born Janu-
ary 2^, 1737', married James Banks.
(V) David, son of Nathaniel Johnson, was
born at Newark, New Jersey, August 21, 1721,
(hed there 1776. He became a properous
farmer, following in the footsteps of his father,
who gave him the following in his will : "Item :
I give and be(iueathe and devise unto my son,
Da\-id Johnson, all my house and homestead
together with all the rest and remainder of
my laiKl and meadow with all my right of
lands that 1 now have or ought to have, that is
not otherwise devised, together with all my
farming utensils with the Cyder Mill and
presses and all casks belonging to the house,
and my will is that my son David shall fully
use and occupy the devised lot of land for one
year after my decease. I likewise give unto
my son David that lot or piece of salt i:ieadow
lying below Indian Corner." He married
Eunice Crane, born 1720, died October 22,
1776, daughter of Robert and Phebe Crane.
Children: Nathaniel; David; Jotham, referred
to below ; Jabez ; Timothy Crane ; Phebe, mar-
ried Daniel Johnson ; Martha, married Aaron
Day.
(VT) Jotham, son of David Johnson, was
born in the ancestral homestead in Newark,
New Jersey, May 10, 1746, died June 30, 1796.
Me owned the tract of land bought from the
Indians, beginning near Clinton and Elizabeth
avenues, and bounded by /\von avenue, Clin-
t( n avenue being cut through the center of his
farm. His homestead stood where the present
."^t. Stephen's Episcopal Church now stands,
lie followed farming throughout his active
career, and inherited a large portion of his
father's estate. At his death he left an un-
finished h.omestead then near completion. This
Vi'as completed by his widow, who was a most
energetic, astute, capable business woman. She
was granddaughter of Zophar and Martha
lieach. Zophar was son of Thomas and Sarah
(I'latt) Beach, of Milford, Connecticut. His
widow conducted the affairs of his estate up to
her decease, and her will is dated August 31,
1833, proved July 2, 1834. She gives to grand-
daughter. Sarah L. Johnson, her large family
I'lible and settee; to granddaughter, Harriet
Larter, one silver tablespoon marked H. B. ;
to granddaughter, Elizabeth Carter, her Mt.
N'ernon picture; to granddaughter, Matilda
Johnson, "my silver shugar tings ;" to Josiah
Johnson one of my table spoons marked with
three letters, J. A. B. ; to three grandchildren —
Elizabeth. Harriet and Mary, daughters of
Phebe Carter, deceased — three shares of capi-
tal stock of Newark Banking and Insurance
Company and one share of the new stock ; to
two grandsons, Horace and Aaron Carter,
twenty dollars each, to be paid for watches.
She divides woodland between Hannah John-
son Conger and Phebe Carter's children. Part
of this property is now owned by Catherine
(Carter) Poinier, of Newark, the last survivor
of the Carters.
Jotham Johnson married, January 14. 1772,
Hannah Beach, born in Newark, December 24,
1751, died there June, 1S34, daughter of Josiah
and Annas (Day) Beach. Hannah (Beach)
Johnson was a small, light-comple.\ioned and
fair woman; she died at the home of her son,
Nathaniel Johnson. Children: i. Catherine,
married Parkhurst. 2. Josiah, referred
to below. 3. xVathaniel, married (first) Rhoda
Meeker; children: Obadiah Meeker, Sarah L.,
Thomas, James; he married (second) Nancy
Crane ; children : Mary Crane, married Ira M.
Harrison ; John Cooper, born March 18, 1822,
died November 17, 1873, married Hannah
Magee; children: Walter Tufts, born August
21, 1856, and Florence May, born May i,
1863: Hannah, married Ira M. Harrison. 4.
Thomas. 5. Phebe, married Caleb Carter. 6.
Jane. 7. Ebenezer, married ; children:
"William S., Henry P., Charles, Mary Cath-
erine.
(VH) Josiah, eldest son of Jotham and
Hannah (Beach) Johnson, was "born in the
homestead of his father, at Newark, New Jer-
sey. October 23, 1774. died July 27, 1854. He
v.-as brought up on his father's farm, acquir-
ing the usual select school education of a
farmer's son at that period. He and his brother
Nathaniel received an equal share of their
father's estate, while Ebenezer, their brother,
received one thousand dollars and a trade.
Josiah and Nathaniel settled opposite each
other on the road near the present Clinton and
Elizabeth avenues, and their interests became
in common. Josiah followed his chosen occu-
pation of farming throughout his entire life-
time. He was an honest and industrious man,
of a kind and gentle spirit, and very philan-
thropic in his nature. His deep regard for the
feelings of others was very pronounced, and
his tenderness of heart was so strong that it is
said that he bought a neighbor's slave who
for a penance was obliged to wear a yoke,
rather then see him suffer. He became pros-
perous in this world's goods and gained a com-
petency. He conducted his farm with strict
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regard to the best and most improved ideas,
raised the common crops, and reared cattle,
which he sold to the butchers of Newark. He
was an extensive maker of butter and cheese.
During the early spring he drove his cattle to
Newfoundland, New Jersey, where he pastured
and fattened them during the summer to sup-
ply the trade. In later years he sold his farm
to S. R. W. Heath and John Whitehead, and
came to live with his son, Aaron C. Johnson,
wdiere he passed his remaining days. He was
broad in his views and of a religious tempera-
ment. In his early days, when religious serv-
ices were held at the different homes, George
Whitfield, the noted evangelist, preached in
Josiah Johnson's parlor. He was strong in
liis principles of temperance. He was formerly
a member of the First Presbyterian Church of
Newark, but was dismissed to the Third Pres-
byterian Church, having joined the church late
in life. He was a Whig in politics.
He married, at Newark, February 13, 1805,
Elizabeth (Betsey) Crane, born at Newark,
.September 9, 1782, died there August 9, 1840,
daughter of Rufus and Charity (Campbell)
Crane. Rufus Crane was son of Jonas, son of
Azariah, son of Jasper Crane, the emigrant.
Children: i. Catharine, born April 9, 1806,
died January 23, 1846: married Archibald
Woodruff : children : i. John Crane, born Jan-
uary 4. 1827: married, (Jctober 6, 1853. Julia
Johnson Williams, born April 30, 1833, daugh-
ter of William Brown and Harriet (Crane)
Williams ; children : a. Charles Hinsdale, born
September 22, 1856. died July 5, 1867 ; b. .\nna
Hillyer, born December 31, i860; married,
September 14, 1887, Charles Flenry Van Ness;
children: Hendrick Woodruff, born January
21, 1889; Anneke, born August 3, 1892; Helene
Cerstein, born July 16, 1897; Katharine, born
June I. 1902; c. Julia Taber, born February
24. 1868; d. Helene Johnson, born November
28, 1872; ii. Elizabetli Johnson, born July 31.
1828, died April i, 1872; married (first) Oc-
tober 24, 1848, Rev. Nathaniel Conklin, born
August 20, 1823, died August 17, 1892, son of
Stephen and Catherine (Taylor) Conklin ; chil-
dren: a. Katherine Johnson, born Alarch 21,
1850, died January 13, 1890; married, Decem-
ber 22. 1884. .Almon Ra.xter Mervvin ; b. John
Woodruff", born December 30, 185 1, died Sep-
tember 12, T909; missionary to India; married,
September 16, 1880, Elizabeth J. Lindsley;
children : John : Elizabeth Woodrtiff, born
February fi. 1885; .Archibald Lindsley, born
August 28. 1886: 'Robert Heath Lindsley, born
May 2/. i8(ji : Sherman Lindslev, born Janu-
ary 26, 1894; c. Archibald Woodruff', born
April 2, 1854; cashier Union National Bank of
Newark; d. Mary Jane, born October 18, 1856;
e. William Bogart, born April 30, 1859; mar-
ried, June 25, 1902, Sarah Hogate Groff ; chil-
dren : Edward Groff, born September 6, 1904,
William Groff, born November 9, 1905 ; f. Dr.
Edward Dore Griffin, born May 27, 1862 ; mar-
ried. May 20, 1891, Helen Ford; child, Alice
Ford, born November 29, 1892; g. Martha
Heath, born November 18, 1864, died October
7, 1882; h. Anna Clarkj born October 2, 1867;
i "Vernon Shields, born September 15, 1870.
Married (second) March 17, 1880, Jennie M.
Drinkv^'ater ; iii. Cephas Mills, born February
I, 1832, died June 29. 1882; married, Septem-
ber 15, 1852, Sarah Jane Southard; children:
a. iXgnes Heath, born July 21, 1853; b. Henry
Johnson, born August 24. 1855, died May 20,
1856; c. Nellie, born January 13, 1857, died
March 13, 1868; d. Anna, twin with Nellie,
died February, 1908 ; e. Caroline Mills, born
November 23, 1861 ; f. Archibald Mulford,
burn Se])tember 21, 1865; g. Katherine Heath,
born March 4, 1869; married, February 14,
1895. Edward Harris Lum ; children: Mar-
garet Woodruff, born November 22, 1895, died
.Se])tember 7, 1896 ; Caroline Woodruff", born
July II, 1898, died April 25, 1900: Richard,
born February 12, 1902; Harvey Mundred,
born May 26, 1906 ; iv. Mary Crane, born De-
cember 4, 1843, died August 31, 1867. 2.
Aaron Crane, referred to below. 3. Elizabeth,
born August 25, 1810, died August 31, 1887;
married, February 13, 1833, Daniel Baldwin
Brown, born July 3, 1802, died April 12, 1850,
son of Samuel Baldwin and Hannah (Ward)
Brown ; children : i. Anna Alletta Johnson,
born March 18, 1834, died December 26, 1861 ;
ii. Theodore Johnson, born February 5, 1837,
died October 15. 1899; married Eliza Weed;
iii. Josiah Johnson, born August 29. 1839;
married. June 17, 1868, Mary Emma \\'ilcox;
children: a. Mary Florence, born January 12,
1870'; b. Theodore Johnson, born October 10,
1871, died April 11, 1877: c. Elizabeth John-
son, born November 11, 1876; d. Sarah Alice,
born November 17, 1881 ; iv. Eliza Baldwin,
born February 18, 1842, died September 7,
i8f)2; V. Mary Cornelia, born March 5, 1845;
vi. Henry \\'ard, born August I, 1847, died
September 19, 1865; vii. Daniel Baldwin, born
June 12, 1849; f'ied March 8, 1878. 4. Ma-
tilda, born September 6. 181 3, died .April 5,
1819.
(\"III) Aaron Crane, son of Josiah John-
son, was born at Newark, New" [ersev, on Clin-
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1041
ton avenue, opposite the jirescnt Monmouth
street, June 13, 1808, died on CHnton avenue,
corner of Monmouth street, September 27,
1874. He received liis elementary educational
training in the select schools of Newark, and
later became a clerk for David Hayes in his
grocery store, continuing until 1834. He then
entered the Auburn (New York) Seminary,
where he studied for the ministry until about
1841, when owing to imjjaired health he was
obliged to give up his chosen profession. Re-
moving his family back to Newark, he entered
the grocery business on his own account, con-
tinuing for six years, his store being located
at the corner of Clinton avenue and Monmouth
street. He also entered into light farming,
having bought a number of acres near the
homestead of his birth. This was later sold to
Mr. Peshine, and Mr. Johnson removed to the
corner of Clinton avenue and Monmouth street
(the site of the Clinton Avenue Baptist
Church) where he and his father were part
owners. It was on this spot that father and
son dierl. Mr. Johnson later entered into
partnership with Aaron C. Ward and Johnson
Huntington, under the firm name of Ward &
Huntington, manufacturers of all kinds of
mouldings and house finish; the factory was
located at the corner of McWherter and Ham-
ilton streets. The firm continued successfully
in business for about fifteen years, when the
plant was destroyed by fire and the firm was
dissolved. Owing to the condition of his
health Mr. Johnson was obliged to retire from
all active engagements, having been greatly
incapacitated for some time previous to the
dissolution of the firm. His last years were
the fitting close of twenty-five years of feeble
health. He w'as respected and beloved by all
who knew him, the soul of honor in all his
transactions, whose word was as good as his
bond. He led an upright christian life, and
was a patient and Godfearing man. Even
during his enfeebled condition he was wont
to be jovial and of a bright disposition. His
mind was ever on the alert, keen and never
forgetful of his own or his friends; he was
true to his principles, always practicing what
he advocated. In early life he followed the
principles laid down by the old line Whigs, and
on the formation of the Republican party be-
came a strong supporter and was a great ad-
mirer of Abraham Eincoln. He never held
public office, but during the panic of 1857 was
a member of the relief committee of the poor.
In religion he followed in the footsteps of his
father, having joined the old First Presby-
terian Church, and later the Third Presby-
terian Church, but became one of the organ-
izers of the South Park Presbyterian Church,
serving as elder in the two latter churches.
He married, at Littleton, New Jersey, April
16, 1834, Catherine Wheeler Johnson, born
there July 5, 181 2, died in Newark, New Jersey,
June 14, 1863, daughter of Mahlon and" Sarah
( r>aker) Johnson. Mahlon Johnson was a
farmer and prominent in town and military
afi^airs. Catherine Wheeler (Johnson) John-
son was a woman of rare and lovable traits ;
she was reared under christian influence, and
before her marriage became a member in full
communion of the old First Prsebyterian
Church at Newark. Of the most charitable
nature, she was endowed with many excellent
qualities of mind and heart, keenly alive to all
that was sympathetic, moral and magnanimous.
A most devoted wife and mother, whose text
v,-as : "Hope thou in the Lord."' Children :
I. Anna Vail, born April 10, 1835, died Sep-
tember 28, 1847. 2. Eliza Orr, born August 5,
1838, died November 14, 1891. 3. Harriet
Winslow, born March 24, 1840, died March
22, 1897; married, March 2, 1869, Jacob Kline
Meade ; children : i. Catherine Wheeler, born
May 28, 1870; married, September 18, 1906,
Dr. .Alderbert P>. Twitchell, Jr. ; ii. Mary
Camp, born July 19, 1871 ; married, October
9, 1906, Moses Pigelow, Jr. 4. Susan Day,
born August 14, 1841, died October 27, 1903.
5. Luther Halsey, born July 8, 1843, died July
25, 1897. 6- Mary Condit, born March 15,
1S45. 7- Martha Hallock, born November 7,
1846; married, December 15, 1870, William
Henry Douglas, born August 14, 1842, died
March 9, 1806, son of Samuel and Eliza
(Rockefellar) Douglas. 8. Josiah William,
born April 21, 1849; married, October i, 1874,
Josephine P. Umbach ; children : i. Pauline
Catherine, born April i, 1876; ii. Luther Hal-
sey. born October 12, 1877: iii. Dr. William
Clinton, born January 27, 1885. 9. Henry
Vail, born April 2, 1851, died April 18, 1857.
10. Annie Catherine, born December 9, i8s5,
(lied April 16, 1857.
(For preceding generati
Ja.sper Crane 1>.
(Ill) Azariah (2) Crane, son
CRANE of Azariah (i) Crane (q. v),
was born at Newark, New Jer-
sey, in 1682. He came to that part of the
mountain which was later known as West
Rloomfield, where he settled near his brother
Nathaniel. Elias B. Crane lived on his place
in 1851. He and his brother Nathaniel were
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the promoters of Cranetown, Montclair, locat-
ing their home places near the spring which
.was a few years ago and possibly at the pres-
ent time may be seen on Myrtle avenue, near
Orange road. It has since been known as the
Frost property, northeast corner of Myrtle
avenue and Orange road. In 1733 he granted
three acres at the mountain plantation to his
well beloved son-in-law, Zachariah Baldwin.
In 1753 he conveyed to his son Azariah a tract
of land south of what is now Union street,
e.xtending to the top of the mountain, and
bounded by the property of Nathaniel Crane.
With his father, Azariah and his brothers
Nathaniel. Noah and William, in their turn,
took leading positions in the church society,
and he was a subscriber to the fund for erect-
ing the parsonage at Montclair, and also the
meetinghouse. He was not without honors at
the hands of his fellow townsmen, for as early
as November 2, 1703, he was chosen one of
the pounders. He married Rebecca , born
1691, died June 15. 1739. Children: i. Re-
becca, born September 6, 1707. 2. Azariah.
3. Job. 4. Gamaliel. 5. Ezekiel. 6. Josiah.
7. Moses. 8. Stephen, mentioned below.
(IV) Stephen, son of Azariah (2) Crane,
was born in Cranetown, and settled at West
Bloomfield, where he died in 1794. He was
a prominent citizen, and was chosen March
14, 1758, one of the overseers of highways.
In his will, among his children he mentions
"My poor son Bradford." Deeds describe the
boundaries of Newark, thence along the line
of Caldwell township to a point in the First
Mountain called Stephen Crane's "Notch." Ar
a convention of the committee of the several
counties held at Brunswick in response to the
appeal of the freeholders and inhabitants of
county of Essex, province of New Jersey, to
take action in regard to the late acts of parlia-
ment, etc., seventy-two gentlemen took part in
the deliberations. Stephen Crane, of Essex,
was in the chair. At the meeting Stephen
Crane was appointed one of the dele-
gates to the Continental Congress held at
Philadelphia, September, 1774. He was in
communion with the Mountain Society previ-
ous to 1756, and among those who entered
into covenant with the society during the pas-
torate of the Rev. Jedediaii Chapman was
Rhoda, wife of Stephen Crane. It is said she
was a most capable woman. Stephen Crane
served in the revolution. First Regiment New
Jersey Line, Continental army; also New Jer-
sey militia. Captain Squire's company. Colo-
nel Phillip Van Cortland's Second Essex coun-
ty regiment, and was attached to Hurd's upper
brigade. He married Rhoda Holloway. Chil-
dren : I. Benjamin, born 1753, died 1812;
married Mehitable Dunning. 2. Azariah, born
1754, died March 14, 1814; married
Tucker. 3. Rhoda, born 1759; married Linus
Baldwin. 4. Lois, baptized May 11, 1760,
died November 7, 1831 ; married Justice Bur-
net. 5. Jeremiah, born April 2, 1770, men-
tioned below. 6. Stephen Bradford, born 1771.
7. Sarah, born 1776; married Nehemiah Bald-
win. 8. Keturah. married Ira Williams; emi-
grated to New York state. 9. Abigail, mar-
ried Caleb Martin. 10. Stephen, born Sep-
tember I. 1787. II. Polly, married Dr. Bone.
(V) Jeremiah, son of Stephen Crane, was
born at West Bloomfield, New Jersey. April
2, 1770, died there December 21, 1829. His
homestead stood on the foundation of what
is now the cottage of Thomas Porter, prop-
erty near the corner of Harrison avenue and
Union street, and his farm extended from
what is now Harrison avenue to the top of
the First Mountain. He became prosperous
and well-to-do, and a man of considerable
note in the community, noted for his straight-
forward manner and strong convictions. He
was affiliated with the First Church, although
he never held an office in the society. He
raised his family of twelve children on the old
homestead. He was in the war of 1812, and
stationed at Staten Island. While there he
swam from Staten Island to Newark Bay to
see his folks, and swam back again. He married
Hannah Corby, born June 22, 1774. daughter
of William Corby, of Vernon, New Jersey.
Children: i. William, born March 27, 1797,
died October 2, 1880; married Sarah Jacobus.
2. Stephen, died unmarried, December 11,
1^36- 3- Linus, was a constable; married
Peggy Yorks. 4. Israel, died March 11, 1832.
3. Ira, mentioned below. 6. Rhoda. 7. Julia.
8. Hannah. 9. Eliza. 10. Mary. 11. Martha.
12. Parthenia.
(\'I) Ira, fifth son of Jeremiah Crane, was
born on his father's homestead at West
Bloomfield, New Jersey, May 24, 1808, died
at Montclair, New Jersey, 1868. He succeed-
ed to his father's estate. He was brought up
on his father's farm, acquiring the usual com-
mon school education of the farmer's son at
that period. During his minority he was ap-
prenticed to the trade of shoe-maker, which
trade he followed about forty years. His
shop was on Bloomfield avenue, in Montclair,
and he employed many workmen during his
years of shoe-making, which in those days
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was mostly of the hand product. He conduct-
ed his farm, situated at the corner of Orange
road and Union street, then known as "Jer-
imy Lane," undoubtedly named after his father
Jeremiah Crane. This farm of some fifty
acres, mostly tillage, was productive of large
crops of market produce which he disposed
of in Newark. He was progressive not only
as a manufacturer but as an agriculturist, and
his farm compared favorably with the best in
the locality. After retiring from the shoe
business he bought and sold several pieces of
farm properties. He purchased the property
on South Fullerton avenue, and built a home-
stead. This house, altered and remodeled, has
since been owned by Dr. Butler. He was a
man of note in the community, served on the
town committee and other offices of trust and
responsibility. He was an old-line Whig. He
was a member and officer of the Bloomfield
Presbyterian Church. Both he and his wife
were devout Christians. He was one of the
organizers of the First Presbyterian Church
at Montclair. He married (first) Margaret
Norwood, born July 22, 1813, died January,
1862. Children: i. Jarvis G., born February
8, 1831, mentioned below. 2. Angeline, Janu-
ary 9, 1833, died September 24, 1896; mar-
ried, October 13, 1858, Albert W. Harrison;
children : Clara Billings ; Margaret Norwood,
married J. Norman Gibbs ; Mary Crane ; Al-
bert \\'illiams. 3. Israel, born January 16,
1839. died September 5, 1891 ; married, De-
cember 19, 1867, Mary Grant Lathrope ; he
was a dealer in dry goods and carpetings at
Carbondale, Pennsylvania; children: i. Mar-
garet Norwood, born November 12, 1870, died
August 4, 1878; ii. Dwight Lathrope, born
December 12, 1872; iii. Marion Fraser, born
September 7, 1875, married Frank Stocker ;
iv. Albert Harrison, born October 3, 1877.
Mr. Crane married (second) Mary Saunders.
(\Tr) Jarvis G., eldest child of Ira Crane,
was born February 8, 1831, on the homestead,
corner of Harrison avenue and Union street,
Montclair. New Jersey, and died in Mont-
clair in July, 1889. He received his education
up to seventeen years of age in the nearby
district school, assisting his father on the
farm. During his minority he was bound out
to learn the trade of cabinet-maker to John
Jellif, of Newark. Later, preferring the trade
of carpenter, he entered the employ of Meeker
& Hedden, at Newark, where he was employ-
ed a few years. In 1854 he moved to Boon-
ton, New Jersey, where he resided five years.
Subsequently, in 1859, he engaged in the busi-
ness of contractor and builder, and became the
leading man in his line in Montclair, and some
of the best houses there were erected by him,
namely : Dr. Love's, Samuel Wild's on Fuller-
ton avenue, Julius Pratt's in Elm street, Will-
iam Torrey's, George S. Dwight's, J. C. Hart's,
Joseph Van Vleck's and Robert M. Boyd's
being among the many that came under his
supervision and building. He continued the
contracting business until 1881, when he enter-
ed into the hardware business with his son,
I. Seymour Crane, in Montclair Centre. The
business prospered from the start. Owing to
impaired health he retired from the firm Jan-
uary I, 1889, the son continuing the business
under the name of I. Seymour Crane. Mr.
Crane Sr. bought the lot adjoining that of his
father on Fullerton avenue and built the home-
stead now occupied by his son. Dr. Frank
.Sn:ith Crane. Jarvis G. Crane was a con-
scientii:)us, ui)right and industrious citizen. His
principles of right he strongly adhered to, no
matter what the consequence might be. He
was patriotic and a devoted admirer of Abra-
ham Lincoln and his policies. He was a great
reader of the daily papers, keeping in touch
with the afifairs of the nation antl world at
large. He was in his younger days a strong
Whig, but when the Republican party was
launched he accepted its principles, which he
ever after followed. He did not accept office
in the gift of his citizens, believing like many
others, that the first duty of a citizen was with
his family. He attended the Presbyterian
church. He was a member of Montclair Lodge
of Masons, and of the Montclair Odd Fellows
Lodge. He married, at Boonton, New Jersey,
February 8, 1855, Henrietta Smith, of Boon-
ton, who died September, 1886, daughter of
William and Amanda (McCarty) Smith, the
former of whom was a fanner. Children: i.
Ira Seymour, born December 29, 1855, men-
tioned below. 2. Frank Smith, born July 4,
1861 ; surgeon dentist in South Fullerton ave-
nue, Montclair; married, December 15, 1886,
Sarah Lowndes Crolius, born October 28,
1863, daughter of George Clinton and Cath-
erine Mary (Lowndes) Crolius; children:
Frank Leroy, born October 24, 1889; Harriet
Stevens, November 26, 1890; Dudley Win-
throp, January 11, 1892. 3. Alice Bovd, born
August 3, 1868; married. May 24, 1888, Will-
iam Yates Bogle, born April 10, 1855, son of
William Brooks and Margaret (Williams)
Bogle; children: Margaret, born August 23,
1889; Caroline Crane, September 24, 1892;
William Yates Jr., May 23, 1896.
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
(VIII) Ira Seymour, eldest child of Jarvis
G. Crane, was born at Boonton, New Jersey,
December 29, 1855. At the age of four years
he removed with his parents to West Bloom-
field (now Montclair), New Jersey. The best
educational advantages then to be had in the
town were given to him by his parents, and
in 187^ he graduated from the high school.
Preferring a trade to begin life with, he learn-
ed carpentering of his father, following this
faithfully for eight years up to 1881. When
the senior Crane purchased the hardware busi-
ness, which has since grown to large propor-
tions, he took his son Ira S. in company. The
business was bought of William S. Morris,
who established it in 1834, and was then situ-
ated on the north side of Bloomfield avenue,
near the Centre. It later became William S.
Morris & Son. Just previous to the purchase
of tlie business it was moved to the present
location, and when the senior Crane admitted
his son, Ira Seymour Crane, the firm became
J. G. Crane & Son, and continued until Janu-
ary I, 1889, when Mr. Crane purchaseil his
father's interest, and the firm name became I.
Seymctur Crane. The business consists of gen-
eral hardware, building supplies, plumbing,
heating apparatus, etc. Mr. Crane enjoys a
large patronage both in Montclair and sur-
rounding towns.
I. Seymour Crane is one of the most public-
spirited and progressive men of the present
generation, as well as one of the most popular.
He assisted in organizing the fire department,
and was elected assistant foreman of the com-
pany. In 1880 he was made fire chief, and
under his able management the department
has increased in efficiency and strength, and is
one of the best conducted fire departments
cctnnected with any suburban town in the state.
He is a Republican in politics. In i8gi he be-
came a member of the town committee, and
was made the first township treasurer on the
creation of that office. He has given eminent
satisfaction to the ta.xpayers by the able man-
ner in which he has discharged the duties of
his office. He is president of Oak Lane Realty
Company, a corporation under New Jersey
laws for the buying and developing of lands,
building and selling real estate, in Montclair ;
he has been a member of the security com-
mittee of the Building and Loan Association
of Alontclair for twenty years, director and
manager of the Savings Bank of Montclair
since its organization, and managing director
of the Bank of Montclair, vice-president of
Montclair Trust Comjiany, director of Rose-
dale Cemetery at Orange, New Jersey. He is
a member of the Montclair Club. He is a
member of the First Presbyterian Church at
Montclair, has been trustee for fifteen years,
and deacon since 1899. He lives in a beautiful
residence which he erected on Church street,
near Montclair Centre.
He married (first) at Montclair, September
25, 1882, Caroline Amelia Doremus, born in
August, 1853, died October 14, 1892, daughter
of Joseph and Caroline (Mead) Doremus, of
Montclair. Joseph Doremus was a searcher
of titles and registrar of Essex county since
1840, and up to eighty years of age was con-
sidered the best authority on titles in the coun-
ty. Children: i. Henrietta Mead, born De-
cember 24, 1883. 2. Joseph Doremus, de-
ceased. 3. Ira Seymour Jr., born March 11,
1888; now machinist for Sanitary Can Com-
pany at Fairport, New York. Mr. Crane mar-
ried (second) at Verona, New Jersey, June 20,
1895, Sarah Maud Walker Priest, born No-
vember 17, 1864, daughter of Rev. Dr. J.
Addison Priest, D. D., pastor at Montclair,
1858-62, and Frances (Walker) Priest. Chil-
dren : 4. Wolcott Bogle, born March 13, 1896.
5. Paul Howard, October 17, 1897. 6. Theo-
dore Jarvis. August 8, 1906.
(For early generations see Jasper Crane 1).
(V) Samuel Crane, son of Noah
CRANE Crane (q. v.), was born at Crane-
town, New Jersey, October g,
1746, died February 28, 181 1, at Caldwell,
New Jersey. He settled in that part of Cald-
well known as "'Westville,'" December 3, l774^
when the first church was organized at Cald-
well, his name appears on the first list with
Mary and Phebe Crane. He was elected dea-
con in 1784. He was a properous farmer, and
an inlluential man in his community. He
served in the revolutionary army. Dr. Wicks,
in his "History of the Oranges," makes several
(juotations from Jemima Cunditt's diary of
revolutionary events : one of these contains the
following reference to Samuel Crane: "Sept
ye 12 1777 on Friday there was an alarm our
Militia was Called. The Regulars Came over
into Elizabethtown Where they had a Brush
with a Small Party of our People then march-
ed Quietly up to Newark & took all the Cattle
thev Could, there was five of the militia of
Newark. They killed Samuel Crane & took
Zadock and .\ilen Neady & Samuel Freeman
Prisoners. One out of five run and escapt."
(The report of the death of Samuel Crane was
an error, although he had it recorded as such)>
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
1045
Samuel Crane niarried, 1768, Alary Bald-
win, born October 3, 1747. died January 26,
1817, daughter of John and Elizabeth Bald-
win. Children: i. Caleb, born August 28,
1769, died January 10, 1844, married, April 6,
1793, Lydia Personett : children; i. iVIaria,
born April 29, 1794, died October 14, 1830;
ii. Samuel Gibson, born February 17, 1797,
died August 21, 1820, married Lydia S. Crane,
had child, Ann Alaria Gibson, died 1839; iii.
Elizabeth Baldwin, born May 4, 1800, married
Gershom Freeman : children : Zenas Gibson ;
Eliza, married Richard C. Campbell ; Ann
Alaria Gibson, married Wesley Taylor; iv.
Afoses Personett, born August 19, 1801, mar-
ried Sarah Hedges, children : a. Caleb Gibson,
born July 2, 1833; married Mary Alaynard :
children : Etta Amelia, Sarah x\ugusta, Waldo
Alaynarfl and Mary Ernestine ; b. William
Wallace, died April 28, 1837; c. Edward Nel-
son, died January 11, 1840; d. Edward Wal-
lace, born March 31, 1843: married Elmira
Maynard ; children : Edward Lincoln, died
1890, and .\dele ; v. Zenas C, born October 22,
1804, died July 10, 1883: married, October 11,
1833, Mary Harrison; children: a. Marcus
Harrison, born October 10, 1842, married
Effie Muzzy, children : Edgar Melvin, Maria
Steele and Frances ; b. Calel). born October 22,
1844; married, JMay i, 1878, Rachel Jacobus;
children: Lew-is Martin, born September 17,
1879; Zenas Gibson, December 11, 1882; Mary
Harrison, February 24, 1884, died September
9, 1898; Raymond Lockward, December 24,
1886; b. x\nna Maria, born October 28, 1846;
married Lewis G. Lockward ; children : Lewis
Gibson, Robert and Lynn Grover; vi. Lydia
P., born April 20, 1809; married George C.
Steele ; children : a. Gibson ; b. Maria Crane ;
c. Aaron D. Crane ; d. George Whitfield ;
e. Jane I^. Crane. 2. Zenas, born 1772,
drowned 1801 ; married Abbie Grover; chil-
dren : i. Ciarinda, married Collins Hasslet ;
children : Clarinda, Ann, Louise, Maria, Cath-
erine Jane, Wesley ; ii. Sarah, married Samuel
Dobbins ; iii. Zenas, married Mary Stiles ; chil-
dren : Mary, Emily, Cyrus, Cynthia, Martha,
Alice, Zenas. 3. Cyrus, died in infancy. 4.
Dorcas, married Timothy Crane ; children : i.
Cyrus; ii. Zenas, married Eliza Speer ; chil-
dren : Dorcas Maria, Cyrus and Emma. 5.
Colonel Cyrus, born October 23, 1779, men-
tioned below. 6. Polly, born September 15,
1784, died March 19, 1858; married Samuel
Harrison ; children : i.. Joanna, born June 20,
181 1, died March 20, 1888; married A.sher
Baldwin Crane: ii. Marv; iii. Rhoda C, mar-
ried Daniel Baldwin ; children : Samuel, Will-
iam Henry, Elizabeth M., Anna Maria and
Sarah Marinda; iv. Samuel Orton, born De-
cember 17, 1816; married (first) Elizabeth
Baldwin ; children : Amelia and Elizabeth ;
married (second) Sarah A. Baldwin; children:
Samuel Edgar, Edward Clark, Mary A., Lizzie,
Samuel Ezra; married (third) Gertrude L
Budd; children: Helen and Annie; v. Cyrus,
married (first) Sarah Crane: (second) Abbie
M. Baldwin ; vi. Zenas Gibson, married Fran-
ces Reeve ; children : a. Elston ]\L ; b. Ed-
ward N., married Addie Canfield and had
Helen and Howard ; c. Flattie R. ; d.-e. Clar-
ence D. and Clifford B., twins ; vii. Marinda T.
7. Betsey, born 1787; niarried Matthias Can-
field ; children : i. Samuel, married Lydia Bond ;
child, George Alunson ; ii. Esther, married
John J. Moore: children: Wallace, Smith and
Myron ; iii. M. Smith, niarried Elizabeth Van
Amberg: iv. Cyrus, married Eliza Courter ;
children : a. Caroline, married John Francisco ;
b. Milton H., married ( first ) Molly Budd : mar-
ried (second) and had two children; v.
Mary ; vi. Emeline, married Nathaniel Bald-
win ; vii. Isaac Newton, married Caroline Con-
dit : children : Ann Augusta and Mary Emma.
8. Major Nathaniel, born 1789; married (first)
February 20, 1800. Jane L. Duryea ; children:
i. Samuel, born 1810, died 1874; married Maria
Pierson ; children : a. Jane L., married George
W. Steele ; b. Nathaniel Nelson, married Eu-
phemia Colyer ; children : Ida, Grace and
iNlaria ; c. Anna Maria Gibson; d. Eliza C,
married George Poole; children: Samuel, John,
Robert, Raymond and Clarence ; ii. John Dur-
yea, born 181 3, died April 3, 1888, married
(first) Ann S. Day: (second) Charlotte
Thompson; (third) Rachel Speer: iii. Caleb,
born 1815, died 1851 ; married Rhoila AI.
Dodd ; children : a. Aaron D., married Alaria
Steele ; b. Henry D., married Abbie L. Cook ;
child, Frederick; c. Alaria Dodd, married
Frank AL Wheeler, and had children: Henry
G., Julius P., Alary L., Samuel C, Ruth, Frank
A. and Edgar T. ; d. Louisa W., married C.
Alexander Cook ; children, Helen, Louise and
Alexander; iv. Henry A\'ilson, born 1817, died
i8<;o; married Sarah Duryea; children: a. Gil-
bert D., married (first) Edna Dickerson ; chil-
dren: Frank W. and Reta; married (second)
Sarah \^an Patten ; child, Catherine Duryea ;
b. Cornelia J. ; c. Edward W. ; d. Laura, mar-
ried Albert Brugler; child, Helen; e. Mary
Lea, married Jacob G. Rockefellar ; child, Ken-
neth D. ; f. Carrie W., niarried James C. Car-
ter, chililren, Aliriani and Donald; v. Jane
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
Eliza, married Caleb N. Pierson; children:
Joseph, Maria, Janette, married Cyrus Crane,
Walter, Orville, Caleb, John D., Julia ; vi.
Delphin Edgar, born 1822, died 1827; vii.
James Harvey, born 1824, married Abbie Har-
rison ; children: a. William M.; b. Ella, born
1852, married Thomas Gould, children: C)live
and Thomas; viii. Phebe Maria, born 1826,
married William Gould, died February 17,
1910; ix. Cyrus Edgar, born 1829; married
(first) Mary L. Stiles; (second) Josephine
Fields; children: Lillie and Willie; x. Julia
Hedges, born 1833, married Rev. L. S. Pot-
win : xi. Joseph ; xii. Joseph Wilmot, born
1842; married Annie Parkhurst; children:
May, Herbert and Julia. Major Nathaniel
married (second) Julia F. Hedges; (third)
Janette E. Cook.
(\"I) Colonel Cyrus Crane, son of .Samuel
Crane, was born October 23, 1779, in the old
Hatfield house, situated on the Crane farm at
"Westville," township of Caldwell. He was
brought up on his father's farm, acquiring the
usual common school education of a farmer's
son at that period. When eighteen years of
age his father, with the assistance of Cyrus,
built the first Crane homestead, vidiere his de-
scendants have since lived. Colonel Cyrus
Crane followed his chosen occupation of farm-
ing throughout his life, and with his brothers
Caleb, Zenas and Nathaniel, and sisters Betsey
and Polly, were joint owners in the saw mill,
the brothers running it week about in their
own and their sisters' interests. At the death
of Cyrus in 1827, his share in the mill property
descended to his children. He became deeply
interested in military affairs and rose to the
office of colonel of state militia. He served in
the war of 1812, having a command at Brook-
lyn at that time. He was a public spirited man
and prominent in affairs pertaining to the busi-'
ness of his town. He was a member of the
First Presbyterian Church at Caldwell.
Colonel Cyrus Crane married, February 26,
1807, Hannah Crane, born September 15, 1781,
died May I, 1849, daughter of William and
Lydia (Baldwin) Crane; William Crane was
lieutenant and captain in the revolution and in
the war of 1812. Children: i. Dorcas, born
January 25. 1808, died about 1895; married,
December 14, 1823, Demas Harrison; chil-
dren: i. Hannah Maria, Ixjrn April 7, 1827,
died .\ugust 5, 1832; ii. Marcus, born June 24,
1830; married, C)ctober 4, 1854, Frances
Crane ; children : a. Theodore, married Hattie
Herdman ; child, Marcus L. ; b. Joseph Leslie,
married Nora Bond: child, Benjamin D. ; iii.
Mary, born September 24, 1838; married, No-
vember 10, 1864, George Ougheltree ; iv. Joseph,
born October 7, 1842, died January 22, 1846;
V. Rufus A., born November 29, 1844, died
October 5, 1884; married, May i, 1876, Emily
Taylor; children: George, died in California
about 1904, and Frank, born November, 1882,
died June 6, 1885; vi. Phebe, born April i,
1847, d'fd November 28, 1862. 2. Asher Bald-
win, born November 30, 1809, mentioned
below. 3. Marcus E., born October 5, 181 1,
died September 22, 1843. 4- Mary B., born
February 28, 1814; married George Pierson;
children : i. Cyrus M. ; ii. Anna E. ; iii. Will-
iam W., married (first) Alexma McWhorten ;
( second ) , child, Anna A. ; iv. Emma
Caroline, married Stephen Brow'n ; child :
Ethelwyn May; v. Asher Crane; vi. Alary
Amelia. 5. Joseph B., born April 19, 1816,
(lied !March 25, 1832. 6. Elizabeth Marcia,
born August 13, 1818; married, March 7, 1843,
Aaron G. Baldwin ; children : i. Sarah C., born
March 13, 1844; married, April 27, 1870,
George Chandler; children: Frank H. and
Mabel ; ii. Ida H. M., born June 26, 1845 '>
married, November 18, 1869, Charles S. Bald-
win : children : Grover E., died February 14,
1880; Charles .S., George E. and Elizabeth
Marcia; iii. Stephen, born May 22, 1847, died
June 19, 1854; iv. Lucasta C, born Septem-
ber 17, 1852; V. George P., born April 8, 1855;
married, October 27, 1886, Harriet A. Lovett;
children: Aaron Grover and Orton Roswell;
vi. .Silas K., born February 4, 1858; vii, Jo-
seph C, born February 4, 18-—; viii. Marcus
G., born December 13, 1861, 7. Sarah, born
September 19, 1820; married Cyrus F. Harri-
son ; children : Joseph Wilber, Emma, Laura,
Minnie C. and George.
(\II) .\sher Baldwin Crane, son of Colo-
nel Cyrus Crane, was born November 30. 1809,
on the old homestead built by his grandfather
in that part of Caldwell known as "Westville."
His educational training was limited to the
district school, wdiere he improved his spare
opportunities, and with constant reading in
after years became thoroughly versed in the
affairs and topics of the day and world at
large. At eighteen years of age. on the death
of his father, he being the eldest son, the care
and conduct of the farm was given to him and
he continued conducting it until his marriage.
In his father's will he received his share of the
property. He gradually acc|uired the shares
of the other heirs by purchase, and at last
owned upwards of one hundred and seventy-
five acres of the best farm property in Essex
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
1047
county. He conducted an extensive lumbering
business and had a share in the mill property
left him by his father, who received, among
other heirs of his grandfather, Samuel Crane,
his equal share. About 1853 the mill was
destroyed by fire and soon rebuilt. Asher B
Crane, with his cousins, Samuel and Moses P.
Crane, formed a partnership under the firm
name of Samuel Crane & Company. The busi-
ness prospered, the cousins remaining together
until the death of Samuel, when his son. Nel-
son N. Crane, took his father's interest. The
business was reorganized under the firm name
of Nathaniel N. Crane & Company, Asher B.
Crane remaining active in the concern up to
his death, March 4, 1888, when his interest
was taken up by his sons, Cyrus B. and Marcus
S. Crane, the older brother later selling his
interest to the younger, March i, 1894. The
firm of Nathaniel N. Crane & Company did a
general mill suii])ly business, getting out frames
for houses, bridge timber, oak, ash and hickory
wagon stock.
As an agriculturist Asher B. Crane was
enterprising, industrious and progressive. He
followed the best methods and improved his
land, raising the common crops, grain and hay.
He maintained a herd of cattle, made butter
and raised young stock for the market. He
was considered one of the enterprising and in-
fluential citizens of Caldwell. He lived a high-
ly useful and honorable life, and stood in high
esteem of his neighbors and townsmen. He
was a man of great force of character. His
social and amiable disposition, together with
his first consideration of others, gained for
him a host of friends which he always retain-
ed. He took a deep interest in the afifairs of
his native town, and kejit in touch with the
affairs of the nation and world at large through
reading the daily papers. During the trying
times of the war he became a great admirer of
Abraham Lincoln and his policies, and was a
-launch Republican up to his death. He was
a chosen freeholder of Caldwell, and served on
the town cxminiittee, being ever ready to fur-
ther the best interests of the community. He
was a member of the old First Presbyterian
Church of Caldwell, his wife being also a
devoted member. He gave liberally to its sup-
port, and at the time of his death was a deacon,
trustee and ruling elder.
Asher B. Crane married (first) April 22,
1840, Eunice Baldwin, born February 26, 1810,
died April 14, 1848. Children: i. Cyrus Bald-
win, born October 21, 1843, mentioned below.
2. Joseph Emmons, born September 6, 1846,
died June 2},, 1876; married Annie Sears;
child, Asher Sears, died young. Married (sec-
ond), December 4, 1850, Joanna Harrison,
born June 20, 181 1, died March 20, 1888,
daughter of Samuel and Polly (Crane) Harri--
son. Chiklrcn: 3. Mary Elizabeth, born Octo-
ber I, 1851, died March 21, 1863. 4. Marcus
Spencer, mentioned below.
( \Tn ) Cyrus Baldwin Crane, son of Asher
Baldwin Crane, was born in his father's home-
stead, at Westville, Caldwell, New Jersey, Oc-
tober 21, 1843. His early educational training
was limited to the district school nearby, ami
at the age of fourteen years he attended the
private school of Arthur B. Noel four terms,
supplemented by a course during the winter
terms at the Newark Academy under Head
Master Samuel A. Farrand, LL. D., up to
twenty years of age. He assisted his father
in the conduct of the farm and remained in
his emplciy until his marriage, and began farm-
ing (in a [lart of the homestead farm, which
came to him by inheritance. At the death of the
senior Crane, Cyrus B. received by his father's
will eighty-five acres of the homestead prop-
erty', and the other son, Marcus S., a like share,
each brother receiving an equal interest in their
lather's mill. This interest was sold to Marcus S.
when the mill plant was purchased by the latter
of the other heirs, March i, 1894. Mr. Crane
has in the neighborhood of one hundred acres
of fine farm property, consisting of thirty
acres of tillage, twenty-five acres of pasture,
and the remainder in meadow and woodland.
He is progressive and enterprising, and is
numbered among the staunch citizens of Cald-
well, having served in town affairs to the credit
of his townspeo])le and himself. He has fol-
lowed the course of true Republicanism, and
in the gift of the citizens has been elected town-
ship committeeman and borough councilman
of W'est Caldwell. He has also acted as com-
missioner of appeals. He served as one of the
board of visitors of the State Agricultural Col-
lege connected with Rutgers College for eight
years ; has served for six years as president of
the Essex County lioard of Agriculture, which
organization is identified with the State Board ;
has served as a member of the board of man-
rgers of the Montclair Savings Bank since its
organization in 1893: and in December, 1909,
was one of the organizers of the Citizens' Na-
tional Bank of Caldwell, New Jersey, and was
elected vice-jjresident of the same. Mr. Crane
is a member of Caldwell Grange, No. 107,
Patrons of Husbandry. Mr. and Mrs. Crane
are members of the I'irst Presbyterian Church
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
of Caldwell : he has served as a member of the
board ot church trustees twelve years, and has
been a ruling elder since 1889. He has been a
former officer in the Temple of Honor, and
is an ardent supporter of the cause of temper-
ance.
Mr. Crane married (first) at Elizabeth, New
Jersey, November 9, 1881, Phebe Elizabeth
Stiles, born April 23. 1853, died September 2,
1890, daughter of Elias \\'ade and Mary
(Crane) Stiles, the former of whom was a
farmer. Children: i. Alice Stiles, born March
8, 1885. 2. William Asher, September 2, 1890.
Mr. Crane married (second) at Elizabeth,
New Jersey, April 2, 1892, Julia Meeker Stiles,
born June 10, 1843, daughter of William and
Mary" (Meeker) Stiles.
(Vni) Marcus Spencer Crane, son of Asher
Baldwin Crane, was born in the old Crane
homestead at "'^\'estville,'" Caldwell, New Jer-
sey, April 21. 1853. His early education was
gained in the nearby district school, supple-
mented by two winter terms in the private
school of Arthur B. Noll at Caldwell, and the
private school of E. O. Stratton, subsequently
taking a winter course in the Newark Acad-
emy up to nineteen years of age. At an early
age he assisted his father in the duties of the
farm and worked in his father's mill. Con-
tinuing with his father in conducting the
affairs of the farm, he received on the decease
of his father, by his will, one hundred and
twenty-five acres of the homestead property
and one-half interest in the saw mill. The
other half interest in the mill, left to the other
son and heir, Cyrus B. Crane, was purchased
by ]\Iarcus Spencer at the time he bought the
entire rights in the mill plant. March i, 1894.
He then took possession and started to im-
prove the plant, succeeding the old firm of
Nathaniel N. Crane & Company who so long
o])erated the privilege. Mr. Crane has since
installed a steam boiler and twenty-two horse
])ower engine ; he operates a grist mill in addi-
tion to his saw, planing and turning mill, sup-
])lying finished timber of all kinds, wagon stock
and general mill work. He erected his present
homestead in 1900 on the site of the old Crane
house. His barns, spacious and up-to-date in
all their appnintments, stand west of the resi-
dence, and are capable of storing one hundred
tons of hay. He also erected an improved milk
house. He has devoted much time to the study
of entomology, which has greatly aided him
in exterminating destructive insects in his
locality. His collection is one of the best pri-
\ate collections in the state.
Marcus Spencer Crane was married at Plain-
field, New Jersey, October 23, 1901, by Rev.
Dr. William Richards, to Mabel, born March 4,
1870, daughter of David Oliver and Nancy
M. (W'inans) Bonnell, of Plainfield, New Jer-
sey. David O. Bonnell was a provision dealer
and farmer. Children : Herbert Bonnell, born
January 30, 1903, and Elsie Joanna, June 26,
1905.
Mr. and Mrs. Crane are members of the
First Presbyterian Church at Caldwell, Mr.
Crane serving the society as deacon. He is
active in the cause of temperance, and a former
member of the Temple of Honor. In politics
he is to be found on the side that is best to
the community at large, and while he is inde-
])endent, strongly favors the Republican party.
He served as town committeeman three years,
and later on the board of health for the bor-
ough. He is a member of Caldwell Grange,
No. 107, Patrons of Husbandry, and served
that hoilv as its treasurer a number of years.
Josiah Ward, the earliest member
\\.\RD of the family of whom we have
information, was born June 17,
1781. and died at Cranetown, now IMontclair,
New Jersey, June 18, 1835. He was the son of
Samuel, and grandson of Lawrence and Elea-
nor f Bald win) Ward, for whose ancestry see
Crane in inde.x. He was brought up on his
father's plantation, acquired a common school
education, and succeeded to his father's eighty
acre farm in the south part of the present
town of Montclair. This farm he willed at
his death to his eldest son Joseph. He was a
Whig in politics, and a member of the Pres-
byterian church, and was esteemed by all who
knew him for his industry, honesty, frugality,
and force of character. He married Elizabeth,
daughter of Phineas and Abigail (Baldwin)
Crane, who was born at ^^'est Bloomfield, May
5. 1783, and died at Montclair, August 28,
1851. Children: i. Joseph, referred to below.
2 George, born January 29, 1817: married
(first) Harriet Cone; (second) Sarah Smith,
3. Aaron, born June i, 1819; died December
29, 1894: twice married. 4. Phineas Johnson,
born Julv 26, 1823:' see forward. 5. Abbey
Elizabeth, born April 13, 1826; died January
30, 1901 ; married, April, 1850, Alexander
Crouthers Piercy ; children : Lawrence Phineas
Piercy, born September 20, 1S53, died May i,
i8c)8: Walter Alexander Piercy, born Decem-
ber 6, 1856, died September 2. 1867: Mary
Piercy, born July 7, 1858: Harriet Ward
Piercv. born March 2;. i8'i2.
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( ] I ') I'liineas Johnson Ward, son of Josiah
and Elizabeth (Crane) Ward, was born at
Cranetown (now jMontclair). New Jersey,
July 26, 1823, died at Glen Ridge, New Jersey
(Bloomfield), April 4, 1894. Mr. Ward mar-
ried at Montclair, October 18, 1834, Margaret
.\niclia Campbell, daughter of Ira and Jane
(Dodd) Campbell. Children: Jane Dodd,
Frank Dodd and Walter Campbell. Frank
Dodd married Grace W. Mcintosh, October 28,
1886: child, Marjorie IMcIntosh.
(IF) Joseph, son of Josiah and Elizabeth
( Crane ) Ward, was born in the old Ward
family homestead at \^'est EUoomfield, F"eb-
ruary 24, 181 3, and died there April 29, 1880.
After receiving his early education in the
ISloomfield district school, he attended, until
seventeen years old, the private school kept by
Isaac ^\'heeler. He was industrious in his
studies, and was regarded as an excellent
mathematician and grammarian, and was high-
ly gifted also as a penman, specimens of his
writing being still preserved by his family,
showing his care, skill and capability in that
■direction, I'ntil he was of age he remained
at home helping his father on the farm, and
after his father's death he continued to manage
it with the assistance of his mother, who is
said til ha\e Ijeen a most energetic and capable
v.uman, and under their joint labours the
plantation produced a handsome yearly income.
His father left the farm to the eldest son Jo-
seph, who voluntarily bestowed upon his
brothers and sister an equal share in money
and retained the homestead property. He was
progressive in every sense of the term. Later
on he sold some of his lands, which amounted
to over one hundred acres, to advantage. He
built houses on Ridgewood avenue, Montclair.
now known as Glenridge, which he disposed of
at a very good profit. He was regarded as "a
man among men." "He was an upright, hon-
orable type of man, kept in touch by constant
reading with the affairs of the world at large,
and being of a quiet nature he would never
acce])t any ])ublic office in the gift of his fellow
citizens, although he always strongly upheld
the principles of the Republican party." He was
a member of the First Presbyterian Church of
Montclair, and, possessing a good tenor voice,
sang in the choir there for many years. He
married (first) Marinda, born in 1816, died
October 31, 1842, daughter of Caleb and Mary
(Dodd) Baldwin. He married (second) Oc-
tober 19, 1852, Sarah C, daughter of Samuel
and Phebe (Peck) Condit (see Condit). Chil-
dren, f(jur by second marriage: i. Charlotte
Baldwin, born October 11, 1837; married,
March 12, 1883, Albert Matthews. 2. Lucinda
lialdwin, born January 8, 1842; married, Sep-
tember, 1874, Samuel S. Xeck, an English-
man: child, Jessie Miran<la. burn March 15,
jS/I). 3. Samuel Condit, born .\pril 6, 1854;
married Matilda Donaldson; child, Samuel.
4. Ira Harrison, born October 23, 1856, died
August 24, 1874; he had graduated from the
Riverview Military Academy at Poughkeepsie,
New York; he then read law in the office of
Bigelow & Johnson at Newark; he lost his life
by an accident, the running away of a horse ;
he was an apt and brilliant speaker and had a
brilliant career before him. 5. Frank Condit,
referred to below, 'i. William Condit, born
April 9, 1859, died April 9, 1875, of typhoid
fever, while attending Riverview Academy.
(HI) Frank Condit, son of Joseph and
Sarah C. (Condit) Ward, was born in the old
Ward homestead, on Orange Road, Montclair,
being the fourth generation to be born in the
house, February 5, 1858. For his early edu-
catiiju he attended the public schools of Mont-
clair, where he received a good literary edu-
cation, and graduateil from the high school.
He then took up a practical commercial course
at the New Jersey Commercial College at
Newark, and after finishing it entered the
Riverview Military Academy at Poughkeepsie.
where he took up a classical course, supple-
mented by another business course. Mr. Ward
next accepted a position as clerk and book-
keeper in the brokerage building of Hills
Brothers, in New York City, where he remain-
ed for one year, and then resigned in order to
accept a similar position with the firm of Lyon
I'.rothers, of New York, Soon after this he
began a successful real estate and brokerage
business in East Orange and Brick Church,
New Jersey, in partnership with Charles W.
L. Roche, the firm name being Ward & Roche,
and for eleven years the partners enjoyed not
only the most successful but also the largest
real estate business in that section. The part-
nership was then dissolved, and for the follow-
ing two years ;\Ir. Ward establishing himself
in the "Studio Building," of which he was
part owner, as an operator buying and selling
real estate. After this he took up his quarters
in Berkley Hall, a building erected liy Mr.
Ward, and remained in business here for six
years longer. In 1905 the building of the pres-
ent storage warehouse was begun under his
supervision, and upon its completion in the
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
spring of 1909 the Orange Storage Warehouse
Company was incorporated in April, 1909,
vvitli Mr. Ward as president, Judge Thomas
A. Davis as vice-president, and CHnton M.
Field as secretary and treasurer. Among the
many valuable properties which Mr. Ward
has been instrumental in developing is the pres-
ent Washington Terrace locality. He has also
opened up a valuable property from the old
\Vard estate, which belonged to his ancestors ;
erecting many of the residences and greatly
improving the southern location of Montclair.
He is considered an expert on land values and
is constantly engaged as an appraiser in every
part of the country. He is also an e.xpert
breeder of fine cattle and horses and has met
with very marked success. He has imported
as many as five hundred of cattle at one time,
much of his stock coming from the Channel
Islands and his stock has been sold, and is well
known in almost every state in the Union. He
is a member of the First Presbyterian Church
of Montclair, and of the New Jersey Driving
Association.
(The Condit Line).
(VI) Samuel, son of Samuel (q. v.) and
Hannah (Harrison) Condit, was born at Tory
Corner, Orange, New Jersey, March 22, 1798,
and died in East Orange, New Jersey, October
22, 1864. He was the owner of a large farm-
ing property in East Orange, which he left to
his children. It is now largely built upon and
has passed out of the family. He married
Phebe. daughter of James and Hannah (Can-
field) Peck of Orange (see Peck). She was
born June 17, 1801, and died March 29, 1848.
Children : Hannah Eliza, born December 25,
1820, died April 6, 1883; married Caleb W.
Harrison. 2. Samuel, born November 27,
1822, died August 24, 1824. 3. Samuel Dixon,
born November, 1824; married Mary E. Bald-
win. 4. Sarah C, referred to below. 5. Will-
iam P., born March 30, 1829 ; married Emily
Mead, widow of John Olds. 6. Harriet, born
February 18, 1831 ; unmarried. 7. Ira, born
April 27, 1833; died January 3, 1854. 8. Har-
rison, born October 10, 1835, died of hydro-
phobia, September 10, 1846. 9. Mary Frances,
born December 17, 1837; married Austin
Leake of New York City. 10. Aaron P. born
December 17, 1839: married Sarah A. Ward.
II. J. Frederick, born May 22, 1842, died of
hydrophc^bia, September 10, 1846. 12. Edward
A., born February 22, 1845: unmarried.
(VTI) Sarah C., daughter of Samuel and
Phebe (Peck) Condit, was born in East
Orange. New Jersey, October 20, 1827. She
married, as second wife, October 15, 1852, Jo-
seph, son of Josiah and Elizabeth (Crane)
Ward, of Montclair (see Ward).
This name probably came from
HOLMES the Norse "holmr," meaning
small islet, or the English from
of the same word, "holm," being low flat
ground near or in water; the present form
evidently arose from using the name in the
possessive case, and it has been found written
in many dift'erent ways, prominent among them
being Holm, Hoomes, Wholms, Whooms,
Whomes, Holms and Holmes. David Holmes,
of Dorchester, Massachusetts, who died in
1G66, mentions his wife Jane, daughter Mar-
garet, and speaks of two young sons, but does
not give their Christian names. As there is
fc)und no mention of John and James Holmes,
viho were among the early settlers of Wood-
stock, Connecticut, until they appear in that
town, it is highly probable that they were the
sons above referred to in the will of David
Holmes, especially as their ages would seem
to have corresponded with those of the same
young men. The most prominent member of
this family in America is the well-beloved poet,
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
(I) John Holmes, born about 1664, prob-
ably in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and thought
to have been son of David Holmes, was one
of the original proprietors of the town of
\Voodstock, Connecticut, and died there June
20, 1713. He held many town offices, and was
considered a man of ability; for his public
services several grants of land were made to
him, .so that in this and other ways he became
possessed of considerable property. He mar-
ried, April 9, 1C90, Hannah, daughter of Isaac
Newell, of Roxbury, granddaughter of Abra-
ham Newell, who came to American from Ips-
wich, England, in the ship "Francis," in 1634.
She was baptized February 19, 1671, and died
May 9, 1743; her children were: Hannah,
given in records as born March 26, 1690, which
is a mistake, or the date of marriage is given
wrong; David, born 1692, became great-grand-
father of the poet, Oliver Wendell Holmes;
John, born June 28, 1695; Ebenezer ; Mar-
garet, March 16, 1698; Elizabeth, December
18, 1702: Experience, June 8, 1706.
( II) Ebenezer, third son of John and Han-
nah (Newell) Holmes, was born February 13,
1697, at Woodstock, Connecticut, and died
prolaably between 1720 and 1724. He married
Joanna Ainsworth, and record is found of one
child. Ebenezer; his widow is probably the
STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
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Joanna Holmes who married, fulv 13, 1734,
Matturin Allard.
(III) Ebenezer (2), son of Ebenezer (i)
and Joanna (Ainsworth) Holmes, was born
February 27, 1720, at Woodstock, Connecticut,
and died there June 28, 1794. He married
(tirst) August 26, 1742, Phebe Abbott, by
whom he had five children; (second) April 12,
1759, jMartha Howlet, by whom he had three
children; and (third) November 16, 1775,
Eliza Barret, by whom he had one child. His
children were: F'hebe, born June 22, 1743;
Dorothy, April 13, 1745: Ebenezer; Chandler,
December 27, 1750, died May 4, 1755 ; Huldah,
July 10. 1756; Chandler, March 10, 1760; Per-
ley and Martha, twins, March 18, 1763; Moses,
March 6, 1779.
(IV) Ebenezer (3), oldest son of Ebenezer
(2) and Phebe (Abbott) Holmes, was born
November i, 1748, at Woodstock, Connecticut,
and died January 29, 1810 ; he married, Janu-
ary I, 1778, Marcella Colburn, born I\Iav 11,
1760. died April 28, 1815; children: I. Eben-
ezer, born February 18, 1779. 2. (Jliver, June
3. 1 78 1. 3. Jeremiah. 4. Mary, born May 8,
1786, in Woodstock; married A. Knceland,
and died January 10, 1819, in Boston, Massa-
chusetts. 5. Perley, born October 7, 1788, died
May 28, 1864. 6. Sarah Ann, born August
18, 1792, in Woodstock; married Mr. Fullick,
and died November 22, 1858. 7. Lucy, born
December 20, 1794. 8. Susan, December 20,
1795. 9. Eliza Ann, November 10, 1798; mar-
ried Mr. Williams, and died August, 1848. 10.
Charles, born April 8, 1801.
{X) Jeremiah, third son of Ebenezer (3)
and Marcella (Colburn) Holmes, was born
February 10, 1784. in Woodstock, Connecticut,
and died January 19, 1846. He married, Au-
gust 16, 1804, Tryphena Shattuck, born March
9. 1785, died January 23, 1841 : children: Jere-
miah Stone ; Charles and Chandler, twins, born
March 21, 1807; Tryphena, April 15. 1809;
Jane, .August 21, 181 1 ; George, January 25,
1814; Eliza, March 26, 1817; Albert, Decem-
ber 18, 1819; Perley, October 20, 1821 ; Fred-
erick, August 15, 1824; James, September 5,
1826, died October i, 1833; Almira, born Sep-
tember 8, 1830, died March 21, 1833.
(\"I) Jeremiah Stone, oldest son of Jere-
miah and Tryphena (Shattuck) Holmes, was
born January 24, 1805, at Woodstock, Con-
necticut, where he learned the trade of stone
ma.son and worked at same for many years.
In middle life he removed to Charlton, Massa-
chusetts, where he acciuired a large amount
of land and carried on farming with good suc-
cess. He was a man of high character, and
earned the respect and regard of the commu-
nity ; he died in Charlton, June 10, 1889. He
was a member of the Unitarian Church. He
married (first) Harriet, daughter of Johnson
and Sibil ( Wheeler) Henry, born Alarch 26,
1809, died June 21, 1843; (second) Sarah
Congden. His children were: i. Clementine
Williams, born October 11, 1833, at Grafton,
Massachusetts, died July 11, 1852, in Rutland,
Massachusetts. 2. Marion Eliza, born June
II, 1835 : married, December 27, 1855, Isaac E.
Parker : children : .\nnie M., married Charles
Rose, and has one child, Mabel ; Minnie, died
3'oung ; Charles, died young. 3. Oliver, born
1837, died 1838. 4. Edwin Henry. 5. Burton
W'allace, born August 17, 1841 ; married Fran-
ces Rose, and died in 1896.
(VI I) Edwin Henry, second son of Jere-
miah Stone and Harriet (Henry) Holmes, was
born August 5, 1839, at Grafton, ]\Iassachu-
setts. He received his education at Rutland,
Massachusetts, where he lived in the family of
his uncle, Edwin Henry. He assisted his uncle
on his farm at Rutland until he reached his
majority, and then found employment in the
nearby town of \\'orcester, where he remained
until 1862, in September of which year he en-
listed in the Fifty-first Massachusetts Volun-
teer Infantry, and served nine months, bearing
himself creditably. Among the engagements in
which he took part were the battles of New-
berne, Whitehall, Goldsboro and Kinston, N.
C. At the time of the battle of Gettysburg the
regiment volunteered its services to reinforce
General Meade's army, although their time had
expired.
At the close of the war Mr. Holmes removed
to Plainfield, New Jersey, where for twenty-
five years he acted as agent for the Adams Ex-
press Company. From 1888 until 1907 he was
very successfully engaged in the coal business,
after which he retired from active business.
He is an enterprising citizen, and much re-
spected for his sterling qualities and public
spirit, as well as his service in behalf of his
country. Mr. Holmes was for many years a
member of Winfield Scott Post, Grand Army
of the Republic, of Plainfield, and belongs to
the Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church. He
married, June 9, 1870, Rebecca Morton, daugh-
ter of Joseph Lockwood and Amelia (Morton)
Kellogg; they have no children, but adopted
a daughter, Louise. (See Kellogg IX)
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STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
Most historical researchers
KELLOGfi agree that this name is of
Sc(jtch origin, and there is a
tradition that one of the earliest families came
from Scotland with James VI., who became
James I. of England. Some of the name were
found early in Wales, where it is claimed by
some the name originated. The first record
found of the name in tax lists is in 1525, when
Nicholas Kellogg was taxed ; he was born in
1488. The first of the name of whose emigra-
tion to America there is knowledge is Na-
thaniel, who came about 1637 and was at
Windsor, Connecticut, in the early part of
1640.
(I) Phillippe, probably son of Thomas and
grandson of Xicholas Kellogg, is the first Eng-
lish ancestor to whom the family here de-
scribed can positively trace their ancestry. The
first record 
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