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HISTORY 


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GENEALOGY    OF 


FENWICK'S  COLONY, 


BY 


THOMAS    8H0UEDS, 


OF  SALEM  COUNTY. 


BKIDGETON,    N.    J.'. 


GEOEGE    F.   NIXOlSr,   PUBLISHEE, 

1876. 


Entered  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1876,  by 

Thomas  Siioukds  and  Geokge  F.  Nixon, 

In  the  Oflice  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington,  D.  C. 


THE 

NEW  YORK 

'public  UBRARY 

Astor,  Lenox  And  TUden^ 

Foundations 

1896 


INTEODUCTOKY. 

The  earliest  atteinpts  at  settlement  l>y  tlie  Europeans  on  the 
shores  of  the  Delaware  may  be  traced  to  the  second  decade  of 
tlie  seventeenth  century.  In  1621  a  charter  was  granted  to  the 
West  India  Company  by  the  United  Netlierlands,  whose  pur- 
pose was  to  transport  colonists  to  these  new  Tei'ritories,  and  es- 
taldisli  trade  and  commercial  intercourse  therewith.  In  1G28 
Captain  Cornelius  Jacobson  May,  under  the  patronage  of  the 
before-named  company,  made  a  voyage  to  America,  and  sailed 
up  the  Delaware  river  as  far  as  the  moutli  of  Great  Timber 
creek,  a  few  miles  below  the  present  site  of  Philadelphia,  and 
erected  a  trading'  post,  which  was  called  Fort  JS^assau.  The 
Swedes  and  Finns  soon  followed,  as  in  1638  Queen  Christiana 
gave  her  countenance  to  the  sending  of  a  Colony  to  the  same 
rivei",  and  where  a  settlement  was  made.  Passing  over  the 
grant  made  l)y  Charles  I.,  king  of  England,  to  Ednmnd  Ploy- 
don,  in  16o4:,  of  certain  territories  in  America,  and  the  attempts 
of  the  New  Haven  Colony,  under  Captain  Nathaniel  Turner,  in 
164:0,  to  effect  a  settlement  on  the  eastern  sliore  of  the  river, 
the  English  emigrants  holding  the  right  of  go\'ernuient,  and 
title  to  the  soil,  under  the  conveyance  made  by  the  second 
Charles  to  the  Duke  of  York,  166-1,  were  the  next  to  establisli  a 
Colony  on  the  banks  of  tlie  before-named  river.  The  many 
political  changes,  arising  from  the  wars  and  internal  commo- 
tions of  the  liome  government,  added  much  to  the  attendant 
troubles  of  the  colonists,  but  at  no  time  were  they  entirely  lost 
siglit  of,  or  their  nationality  obliterated.  Tlie  language,  the 
customs,  and  the  religions  of  each  were  distinctly  preserved  for 
several  generations,  and  even  at  this  day  have  iu)t  entirely 
disappeared. 

The  Dutch  were  the  least  successful  in  establishing  themselves 
here,  for  the  reason,  doubtless,  that  much  greater  attractions  lay 
about  New  Amsterdam,  and  the  many  difficulties  in  which  they 
were  involved  by  the  dissentions  across  the  sea.  The  Swedes 
and  Finns,  yielding  generally  to  the  condition  of  things  around 
them,  and  avoiding   as   much   as  possible   any  participation  in 

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fenwick's  colony. 


(juarrels  between  the  Dutch  and  English,  soon  made  a  settlement 
on  the  eastern  or  New  Jersey  side  of  the  Delaware  river  ;  most 
of  which  can  be  traced  with  some   degree  of  accnracy.     In  a 
letter  from  William  Penn,  then  living  in  Philadelphia,  he  says  : 
"The  first  planters  were  Dutch,  and   soon  after  the  Swedes  and 
Finns.     The  Dutch  applied  themselves  to  trattic,  and  the  Swedes 
and  Finns  to  husbandry.     The  Dutcli  have  a  meeting  place  for 
religious  worship  at  New  Gastle,  and    the  Swedes  one  at  Chris- 
tiana, one  at  Tinicum  and  one  at  Wicaco,  within  half  a  mile  of 
tliis  town.     The  Swedes  inhabit  the  freshes    of  the  river  Dela- 
ware.    There  is  no  need  of  giving  any  description  of  them  who 
are  better  known  in  England  than  here,  but  they  are  a  plain, 
strong  and  industrious  people,  yet  have  not  made  much  progress 
in  the  culture  or    propagation   of  fruit  trees,  as  if  they  desired 
ratlier  to  have  money  than  plenty  or  trathc.     But  I  presume  the 
Indians  made  tliem   the  more   careless  bv  furnishino-  them  witli 
the  means  of  protit,  to-Avit :  all  kinds  of  furs  for  rum  and  such 
strong  liquors.     They  kindly  received  me  as  did  the  English, 
who  were  few  Iiefore  the  people  concerned  with  me  came  among 
them.     I  must  needs  connnend  their  respect  to  authority  and 
kind  behavior  to    the  English.     Tliey  do    not    degenerate  from 
their  old  friendship  between  both  kingdoms,  as  they  are  a  peo- 
ple, physical  and  strong  of  body,  so  have  tliey  fine  children,  and 
almost  every  house  is  full ;  it  is  rare  to  lind  one  of  them  without 
three  or  four  bovs,  and  as  manv  ii'irls  ;    some   of  them  have  six, 
seven  and    eight  sons,  and    I    must  do  tlieni  justice  to  say  I  see 
few  vouno-  men  more  sober  and  industrious.''     On  the  New  Jer- 
sey  shore  thev  had  settled  near  Salem,  on  Raccoon  creek,  where 
Swedesboro  now  stands,  at  tlie  mouth  of  AVoodbury  creek,  and 
other  places  on  the  navigation. 

John  Fenwick,  on  his  arrival  to  this  country,  found  much  of 
his  territory  occupied  by  the  Swedes  and  Finns  and  Hollanders, 
but  he  settled  amicably  with  them  by  confirming  tlieir  title  to 
the  land  they  held  in  possession.  Deeds  for  the  Finnstown  tract 
and  the  Boughtown  tract  and  other  like  conveyances  aj)pears  on 
record,  and  are  curious  documents  in  tbci]-  way.  Those  settled 
on  Raccoon  Creek  had  made  their  homes  on  either  side  of  the 
stream,  and  extending  several  miles  along  the  same,  with  a 
Church  at  Swedesboro.  This  Colony  assumed  such  proportions 
that  the  attention  of  travelers  and  historians  w'ere  attracted  to 
it,  and  many  detached  sketches  of  their  mode  of  living,  their 
political  arrangement,  their  success  as  farmers,  dealers  in  furs 
and  skins,  may  be  found  in  tlie  old  books.  Near  the  mouth  of 
Woodbury  Creek  a  few  families  of  Swedes  had  their  farms  and 


fenwick's  colony, 


fisheries,  but  this  settlement  always  remained  small,  and  was 
eventually  overiiTown  by  the  Eno-lish,  Mdio  established  a  Friends' 
Meeting  there,  and  occnpied  most  of  the  land  in  that  region.  At 
the  outlet  of  Pennsiaukin  Creek  into  the  DelaAvare  river  at  one 
time  stood  a  small  stockade  called  Fort  Eriwonock,  surrounded 
In'  a  few  Swedes  and  Finns.  This,  like  the  Colony  at  Wood- 
bury Creek,  soon  lost  its  identity,  and  the  grants  of  land  there- 
abouts, as  made  by  the  proprietors  of  AVest  New  Jersey,  took 
precedence  of  any  previous  title  to  the  same,  saving  always  the 
Indian  ownership,  Avliich  was  recognized  and  compensated  for 
previous  to  location.  The  more  particularity  is  given  to  the 
description  of  these  localities  and  names  of  such  as  resided 
there,  for  the  reason  that  many  of  the  emigrant's  families 
became  the  ancestors  of  the  present  inhabitants  living  in  West 
Jersey  and  scattered  through  the  different  States  of  the  Union. 
The  use  of  surnames  was  nut  general  among  the  Swedes  and 
Finns  for  several  years  after  the  arrival  and  settlement  of  the 
English  nnder  John  Fenwick  and  William  Peim.  The  custom 
was  overcome  only  by  intermarriage  with  and  the  rigid  usage  t)f 
the  English  in  this  regard,  and  has  rendered  it  impossible  to 
follow  the  lines  of  families  Mdiich  took  that  direction.  The 
transposition  of  names,  the  alteration  in  spelling,  as  well  as 
Christain  and  surnames,  is  another  source  of  confusion  and  leads 
to  endless  difficulties  in  geneological  research.  Among  the 
Indians ;  names  were  never  hereditary,  and  one  generation  could 
not  trace  its  lines  of  blood  through  that  of  another  by  this 
means.  When  any  name  could  be  found  it  was  so  ntterly 
unpronouncable  and  beyond  the  possibility  of  being  spelled,  tliat 
onr  ancestors  in  despair  abandoned  all  attempts  at  reconciling 
the  one  language  witli  the  other. 

As  early  as  the  year  1684,  the  proper  authorities  of  Salem 
County  Avere  at  much  pains  to  secure  a  translation  of  the 
language  used  by  the  Aborigines,  and  have  the  same  on  record 
in  one  of  the  court's  l)ooks  of  the  Bailiwick,  evidence  of  their 
purpose  to  carry  out  a  desirable  object,  and  of  how  little  was 
accomplished  thereby.  These  impediments  are  encountered  by 
the  genealogist  and  antiquarian  at  every  step,  making  dark  his 
pathway,  and  his  progress  in  some  degree  uncertain.  In 
followiuii:  the  movements  of  the  tirst  Eno-lish  emio-rants,  tlie 
inquiry  very  naturally  arises  why  their  places  of  settlement 
were  selected,  as  they  were  in  this  wilderness  country,  and  the 
causes  that  contributed  such  action.  The  charts  of  the  new 
world  were  defective,  and  knowledge  of  this  particular  section, 
in  like  degree  limited.     These  people  were  not  surrounded  with 


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prestige  of  any  monied  corporation,  or  backed  Ly  the  royal 
perogative  to  assist  them  iu  this  nndertaking.  The  breaking  up 
of  their  hoiisehokl  was  an  end  of  all  claims  to  an  inheritance  in 
their  native  land.  The  persecutions  they  had  passed  through, 
and  the  uncertainty  of  any  change  for  the  better,  banished  all 
hopes  of  justice  and  tolerance  for  them.  Whatever  may  have 
been  their  attachments,  or  however  bitter  the  feeling  incident  to 
separation  from  friends  and  home ;  no  hope  of  return  softened 
their  o'rief  or  assauo-ed  tlieir  sorrow.  Witli  all  their  earthlv 
goods  (limited  among  the  most  fortunate,)  their  families  and 
such  of  their  associates  as  would  make  the  venture,  left  the 
shores  of  England  never  to  return.  Their  departure  was  not 
surrounded  with  any  pleasant  associations,  neither  had  their 
approach  to  the  land  of  their  adoption  any  anticipated  welcome. 
Privations  and  dangers  met  them  at  every  step,  but  no  means 
ware  at  hand  whereby  they  could  escape.  They  only  knew  that 
the  Dalaware  river  was  the  western  boundary  of  New  Jersey, 
but  tlie  most  desirable  localities  wliereat  to  make  their  settle- 
ment no  one  had  given  them  any  information.  The  natives, 
they  looked  upon  as  savages  in  a  literal  sense,  and  dreaded  the 
necessity  of  any  intercourse  with  them ;  regarding  the  wild 
beasts  of  the  forest  with  less  fear,  and  more  easily  controlled. 
Under  these  circumstances  did  our  ancestors  turn  tiieir  ship 
from  the  ocean  into  Delaware  bay  and  ascend  the  river,  ignorant 
of  where  should  be  their  abiding  place. 

John  Fenwick,  Avith  his  children,  his  associates  and  servants, 
ill  the  little  ship  Grithn,  Captain  Griffith  master,  sailed  up  the 
bay,  about  lifty  miles  along  the  eastern  shore  from  Cape  May, 
and  anchored  opposite  the  old  Swede's  fort,  Elsborg,  near  the 
mouth  of  Assamhocking  river,  on  the  23d  of  September,  1675, 
old  style.  The  day  following  they  ascended  the  Assandiocking 
river,  now  Salem,  about  three  miles,  and  landed  on  the  south 
side  of  the  river  on  a  point  of  land  pleasantly  located,  that 
])eing,  at  the  present  computation  of  time,  the  iifth  day  of  Octo- 
ber, 1(575.  We  can  readily  imagine  that  their  minds  were 
turned  to  the  author  of  their  being  in  adoration  and  praise  for 
their  safe  arrival  to  their  newly  adopted  country,  after  a  long 
and  tedious  voyage  in  crossing  the  Atlantic  of  more  than  two 
months  and  a  half.  Fenwick  soon  determined  on  lavino;  out  a 
town  at  the  place  where  they  landed ;  it  l)eing  one  of  those 
pleasant  autunmal  days  Avliich  are  common  in  this  latitude  at 
that  season  of  the  year,  lie  gave  it  the  name  of  Salem,  wliieh 
signities  peace,  and  wluch  name  it  still  bears,  it  being  the  lirst 
Eno;lish  town  on  the  Eastern  shore  of  the  Delaware.     The  next 


FEN  wick's    colony, 


in  order  of  time  was   the  sliip  Kent,  In-inging  the  London  and 
Yorkshire  coniniissioners  and  many  families,   intending   t<)  oc- 
cupy the  hmds  of  West  New  Jersey.     For    some  reasons    never 
explained  the  ship  passed  only  about  twenty  miles  higher  up  the 
river  tlian  where  the  GritHn  anchored,  and  the  passengers  went 
on  shore   near  the  month  of  Raccoon  creek,  and  where  a  settle- 
ment of    Swedes  were  found.     The  destination  of   the  commis- 
sioners and  many  of   the  emigrants  w^as  Yegon's  Island,  now 
Burlington  City,  which  p(nnt  was  reached  after  mucli  trouble 
and  delay.     The  reason  the  passengers  by  this  ship  went  so  far 
up  the  river  is  explained  by  this  fact  that  where  Burlington  now 
stands,  as   early  as  the  year   IGiiS,  a,  Hollander  named   Peter 
Yegou  built  a  house  of   entertainment  for  travelers.     No  other 
settlement  t(j  that  time  had  been  sustained  on,  the  river  front 
above  the  mouth  of  Raccoon  creek  until  this  p(jint  was  reached, 
and,  as  a  consequence,  no  discretion  was  left  the  commissioners 
if  they  sought  comfortable  lodgings.     The  sale  of  rum  by  Peter 
to  the  Indians  ended  in  a  drunken  riot,  in  which  he  was  driven 
away  from  the  house,  and  forced  to  abandon  the  place.     George 
Fox  and  his  companion,  Richard  Lippincott,  was  of  them  who 
rested  in  the  empty  dwelling  one  night  on  their  road  from  New 
England  to  Virginia,  which  occurrence  he  mentions  in  his  jour- 
nal.    These  are  well  settled  historical  facts,  and  accounts  for 
the    procedure    on    the    part  of    the    commissioners,    and    also 
explains  tlie  name  attaclied  to  the  island  before  the  arrival  of 
the  English.     Several  emigrant  ships  followed,  and  proceeded 
at  once  to  Burlington,  M'here  the  people  landed  and  soon  found 
homes  in  the  neisbborhood.     The  Newton  settlers  chartered  a 
vessel  for  their  special  nse,  the  ship  Adventure,  and  sailed  from 
Dublin    harl>or.     With    them  they   brought  all    their  worldly 
goods,  and  some  implements  of  husbandry,  and  arriving  in  the 
winter  season,  they  only  proceeded  as  far  as  Salem,  where  they 
remained  through  the  cold  weather.     Their  purpose  Avas  to  set- 
tle on  the  Irish  tenth,  lying  between  01dman''s  and  Pennsahaw- 
ken  creek,  and  which  they  examined  at  once  to  carry  out  tliat 
object.     This  was  two  years  before  William  Penn  lirst  visited 
America.     A  settlement  was  made  on  a  stream  falling  into  the 
river  Delaware  opposite,  and  a  short  distance  below  the  city  of 
Philadelphia,  which   they   called  Newton  creek,  and  the  same 
name  given  to  tlie  location  chosen.     Why  this  place  was  pitched 
upon,  and  whence  the  name  adopted  does  not  appear.     This 
settlement  became  allied  with  the  Salem  settlement  more  than 
any  other  along  the  Delaware  river ;  marriages  were  fi-equent 
among  the  inhabitants  of   the  two  locations.     The  prominent 


8  FEN  wick's    colony. 


cause  of  this,  I  presume,  was  that  very  early  after  the  arrival  of 
Fenwick's  colouy,  and  the  one  at  Newton,  Friends  organized  a 
yearly  and  quMrterly  meeting,  composed  of  members  of  both 
localities,  an<l  likewise  those  of  Burlington.  The  early  emi- 
grants, hnding  in  the  Aborigines  excellent  .neighbors  and  relia- 
ble associates,  the  relations  brought  about  marriages  between  the 
emigrants  and  natives,  involving  the  genealogy  of  a  number  of 
families  in  the  Salem  tentli,  and  likewise  all  West  Jersey.  It 
is  ahvays  to  be  regretted  tliat  so  little  pains  has  been  taken  to 
trace  the  Indian  blood,  distributed  in  these  latter  generations, 
and  although  much  diluted,  occasionally  crops  out,  in  feature  or 
form.  Although,  black  liair,  dark  skin,  and  exact,  graceful 
form,  may  not  always  be  taken  as  coming  from  this  line,  yet  the 
presumption  is  a  fair  one,  that  the  j)arents  of  sucli  witli  several 
remo\'es,  were  of  this  people,  and  the  manor  born.  Like  tlie 
Swedes  and  Finns,  however,  their  customs  in  regard  to  names 
rendered  it  impossible  to  follow  families  in  the  ascending  line, 
and  throuo-li  neirlect,  much  lias  been  lost  in  the  otlier  direction. 
In  writinii;  the  liistory  and  also  genealoo-y  of  ancient  families 
of  Fenwick  colony,  I  have  been  assisted  by  a  number  of  persons 
who  have  kindly  loaned  me  their  family  records.  Among  the 
most  conspicuous  is  Charles  E.  Sheppard,  of  Bridgeton,  a 
yoamg  practicing  lawyer,  of  much  promise,  who  has  a  talent  for 
anti(juarian  researclies.  Gideon  D.  Scull,  the  eldest  son  of 
David  Scull,  of  Pliiladelphia  ;  Gideon  has  resided  in  England 
for  a  number  of  years,  a  man  of  literature,  lias  turned  attention 
extensively  to  the  history  and  genealogy  of  liis  native  land,  and 
has  furnislied  me  witli  several  valuable  charts  of  families, 
which  otherwise  would  have  been  difficult  to  obtain  M'ith  sucli 
correctness  in  any  otlier  way.  I  am  particularly  indebted  to 
my  valued  friend  and  antiquarian,  John  Clement,  of  Haddon- 
tield,  wlio  lias  furnished  me  witli  much  valuable  information  in 
regard  to  the  families  and  early  history  of  West  New  Jersey. 
Without  such  assistance  it  would  be  impractable  for  any  one 
after  a  lapse  of  two  centuries  to  follow  the  ancient  families  to 
the  present  time  with  much  degree  of  accuracy. 


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JOHN    FENWICK. 

Jolui  Feii\vic'k,  the  proprietor  of  the  one-tenth  of  We^t  New 
Jersey,  was  born  in  Nortlnimberhmd.  comity,  at  Stanton  Manor, 
in  England,  in  tlie  year  1618.  He  was  the  second  son  of  Wni. 
Fenwiek,  and  in  the  year  1640  lie  became  a  member  of  the 
church  of  England.  In  the  3'ear  1615  he  was  a  student  of  laAV 
at  Grey's  Inn,  in  London.  Soon  after  he  was  made  captain  of 
Cavalry  by  Cromwell ;  he  taking  such  active  part  against  the 
crown,  it  has  been  the  opinion  of  many,  that  it  was  the  primary 
t';-uise,  after  Charles  II  ascended  tlie  throne,  that  there  was  so 
little  favor  shoM'n  liim  in  tlie  affairs  of  the  colony.  About  the 
year  1618  he  married  Eli^cabeth  Covert,  of  the  county  of  Sapoy. 
The  Coverts  as  ^\■ell  as  the  Fenwicks  were  ancient  families,  and 
they  can  be  traced  back  in  English  liistory  as  early  as  the  12th 
century.  He  liad  three  children  l>y  Elizabetli  Covert,  all  daugh- 
ters ;  Elizabeth,  Aime  and  Priscilla  Fenwiek.  His  seconds  wife 
was  Mary  Burdet,  the  daughter  of  Sir  Walter  Burdet,  but  there 
was  no  children  by  tliat  connection.  In  1665  he  and  his  wife 
Elizabetli  l)ecame  members  of  the  society  of  Friends.  He,  like 
manv  others  of  that  reli2:ions  faitli  and  other  descendants,  were 
imprisoned  for  conscience  stdce.  About  that  time  Lord  Berkley 
offered  West  New  Jersey  for  sale.  There  appeared  to  liave 
been  an  understanding  between  Edward  Biliinger  and  John 
Fenwiek,  for  John  Fenwiek  to  purchase  the  ^vhole  of  West  New 
Jersey,  and  Fenwiek  to  have  tlie  one-tenth  of  the  whole.  The 
deed  was  given  by  Berkley  in  the  year  1673,  and  the  con- 
sideration money  mentioned  in  the  deed  M'as  soon  after  the 
purchase  by  mutual  nnderstanding.  The  land  comprising  Salem 
and  Cuml>erland  counties,  as  now  divided,  were  set  off  as  Fen- 
wick's  tentli.'  He  immediately  afterwards  made  preparations  to 
emigrate  and  take  possession  of  the  lands  in  West  New  Jersey, 
in  America,  and  held  out  inducements  for  others  to  emigrate 
vdtli  him.  There  was  a  large  number  accepted  the  invitation, 
|)rincipallv  members  of  his  own  religious  faitii.  Many  of  them 
|)urcliased  land  and  paid  iiim  for  it  before  tliey  embarked,  wiiicli 
afterwards  o;ave  rise  to  many  difficulties  l)etween  them  and  the 


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.JOHN    FENWICK. 


proprietor,  because  tlieir  lands  Avere  not  surveyed  to  tlieni   as 
soon  as  they  desired.     The  foUowing  are  the  names  of  some  of 
the  principal  persons  who  eml)arked  with  Jolni  Fenwick  :  John 
Pledger,  Samuel  ISTicholson,  James  Nevil,  Edward  Wade,  Roh- 
ert  Wade,  Samuel  Wade,  Robert  Windham,  Richard  Hancock, 
and  their  families,  and  several  others.     There  were  several  sin- 
gle men,  Sanniel  Hedge,  Jr.,  Isaac  Smaft,  and  others.     The 
servants  that  hired  in  England  to  persons  above  mentioned,  and 
likewise  to  Jolm  Fen  wick  and  his  two  son-in-laws,  were  Robert 
Turner,  Gewas  By  water,  Wm.  Wilkinson,  Joseph  Worth,  Jo- 
seph Ware,  Michael  Eaton,  Eleanor  Cieeve,  Xathaniel  Chaml>- 
less,  his  son,  Nathaniel  Chambless,  Jr.,  Mark  Reeve,  Edward 
Webb,  Elizabeth  Waiters.     Smitli,  in  his  history  of  New  Jer- 
sey, says  in  many  instances  the  servants  became  more  conspic- 
uous nieml)ers  of  civil  and  religious  society  than  their  employ- 
ers.    I  myself,  in  tracing  families,  find  the  remark  to  l)e  correct. 
Fenwick's   immediate   family    that  came    with    him    were    his 
his  daughter    Elizabeth  and  her  husband,    John    Adams,    liis 
daughter  Anne  Fenwick,  wlio  married  Samuel  Hedge,  Jr.,  the 
spring  following,  and  his  youngest  daughter,  Priscilla,  whose 
husband  was  Edward  Champney.     His  wife,  Mary  Fenwick, 
did  not  accompany  him  to  his  new  home  in  the  wilderness,  for 
some  cause  that  has  never  been  explained.     The  letters  passed 
between  them  manifested  a  sincere  and  filial  attachment,  and 
they  continued  to  correspond  while  life  remained.     They  em- 
l)arked  from  London   in  ship  Griffith,  Rol)ert  Griffith  Ijeing 
master,  on  the  23d  of  the  9tli  month.     They  arrived  at   the 
mouth  of  Assamliockin,  and  ascended  the  stream  about  three 
miles,  and  landed  at  a  point  of  land  at  a  place  Fenwick  and  his 
friends  that  were  with  him  thought  it  a  suitable  location  for  a 
town.     He  gave  it  the  name  of  ISTew  Salem,  because  he  remark- 
ed to  one  of  his  intimate  friends  the  name  signifies  Peace,  but 
it  did  not  prove  so  to  him,  as  the  sequel  of  his  history  will  show. 
He,  like  his  great  friend   and  l)enef actor,  William  Penn,   and 
also    Roger  Williams,  found  in  settling  colonies  that  there  were 
more  thorns  than  roses. 

As  soon  as  it  was  practicable  after  they  landed,  the  proprie- 
tor held  a  council  with  the  Indian  chiefs  tliat  lived  vrithin  the 
compass  of  Salem  county,  and  purchased  all  their  lands  of  them, 
thereby  securing  perpetiud  peace  with  the  natives,  and  the  same 
kind  of  a  treaty  was  made  witli  them  by  Billenge  or  his  agents 
for  the  remainder  of  West  Jersey.  They  reserved  certain  rights 
for  themselves — trapping,  fishing,  and  the  ]'»rivilege  of  cutting 
certain  kinds  of  wood  for  the  purpose  of  making  baskets,  also 


JOHN   FEN  WICK.  11 


ill  makini;-  their  canoes  and  other  thinirs,  Tlie  treaty  was  faitli- 
fully  fultilled.  Al)ont  lifty  years  ao-o,  the  few  remaining):  Indi- 
ans  in  this  State  made  application  to  the  New  Jersey  Legislature 
to  sell  all  t],ieir  rights  and  privileges  they  held  in  the  State, 
wdiich  was  accepted  by  the  Legislature,  and  they  were  paid  the 
price  they  asked.  They  then  removed  to  the  State  of  New  York 
to  dwell  with  the  Mohawks  and  other  scattering  tribes  that  re- 
mained in  that  State. 


John  Fenwick,  after  his  arrival  here,  issued  a  proclamation 
granting  civil  and  religious  liberty  to  all  persons  who  should 
settle  within  his  pro^'ince.  1\\  the  year  1676,  he  turned  his 
attention  to  providing  homes  for  his  children,  and  accordingly 
directed  Richard  Hancock,  liis  surveyor,  to  lay  out  and  survey 
two  thousand  acres  in  Upper  Mannington  for  Samuel  Pledge, 
Jr.,  and  his  wife  Anne.  The  said  land  was  called  Iledgefield. 
He  also  directed  him  to  survey  two  thousand  acres  for  his  son- 
in-law,  Edward  Champney,  and  his  wife  Priscilla,  wdiich  land 
was  bounded  on  the  west  by  John  Smith's  land,  on  the  north  by 
James  Nevel's  farm,  and  Alloways  creek  on  the  south.  To  his 
son-in-law,  John  Adams  and  his  wife  Elizabetli,  he  gave  all  that 
tract  of  land  located  in  what  is  now  called  Penn's  Neck.  It  is 
known  at  the  present  day  as  the  Sapaney.  Fenwick  built  him- 
self a  house  in  the  town  of  Salem  on  what  he  called  Ivy  Point. 
From  said  house  he  was  forcibly  taken  in  the  middle  of  the 
night  by  a  party  of  men  from  New  Castle  and  taken  to  that 
town,  and  from  thence  sent  to  New  York,  and.  there  imprisoned 
byjan  order  of  Grovernor  Andross,  under  pretence  that  he  was 
infringing  upon  the  rights  of  that  State,  which  they  claimed  to 
own  to  the  eastern  shore  of  Delaware  river.  After  he  was  re- 
leased, lie  for  some  time  neglected  to  attend  meetings.  Accord- 
ingly Salem  Monthly  Meeting,  held  the  6th  of  tlie  3d  montli, 
1678,  iippointed  Richard  Guy  and  Christopher  White  to  visit 
John  Fenwick  to  inquire  of  liim  whetlier  he  owned  tlie  truth 
that  he  formerly  possessed,  and  if  he  owned  it  to  desire  him  to 
come  to  the  next  monthly  meeting,  if  not,  return  his  answer  to 
the  next  meeting.  At  the  next  meeting,  the  Friends  tliat  were 
appointed  to  visit  Fenwick  on  account  of  his  non-attendance  of 
meetings,  reported  they  had  an  interview  with  him,  and  he  in- 
formed them  that  he  loved  the  truth  he  formerl}^  possessed,  and 
that  an  answer  to  a  letter  he  had  received  from  George  White- 
head, a  distinguished  Friend  in  London,  he  wished  to  be  for- 
warded to  the  meeting.  The  contents  of  the  letter,  I  Ijelieve, 
were  never  preserved,  l)ut  the  proceedings  of  the  meeting  shows 
plainly  that  difficulties  existed  l>etween  him  and  some  of  tlie 


12  JOHN    FENWICK. 


niemhers  of  Ids  o^^ai  society;  wliicli  was  at  fault,  they  or  liim,  no 
one  can  tell  to  a  certainty  at  the  present  day.     After  two  or  three 
years  more  of  perplexities  and  trouble  in  endeavoring  to  estab- 
lish a  government  in  the  colony,  he  wisely  abandoned  it  by  sell- 
ing all  the  lands  he  had  in  the  Salem    tenth,  (reserving    one 
hundred  and  fifty  thousand  acres  for  himself  and  family,)  to 
Governor  Wm.  Penn.     The  deed  Avas  given  tlie    2od    day  of 
March,  1682.  >  From  that  time  the  whole  of  "West  Jersey  was 
under  one  government.     The  Legislature  met   at  Burlington, 
and  Samuel  Jennings,  of  that  place,  was  elected  Deputy  Gov- 
ernor at  the  lirst  Legislature  afterwards.^    John  Fenwick  was 
elected  one  of  the  members  of  that  body  from  Salem  county, 
in  the  fall  of  1683,  but  being  miwell,  he  left  his  home  in  Salem 
and  went  to  Samuel  Hedge's,  his  son-in-law,  in  Upper  Manning- 
ton,  there  to  be  cared  for  by  his  favorite  daughter,  Anne  Hedge, 
in  his  last  days,  for  he  died  a  short  time  afterwards  at  an  age  of 
65  years.     He  requested  before  his  death  to  be  buried  in  the 
Sharp's  family  burying-ground,  which  was  complied  vdth.     Tlie 
said  ground  was  formerly  a  part  of  the  Salem  County  Alms- 
house farm,  but  now  belongs  to  Elmer  Keeve.     If  the  ground 
could  be  designated  where  the   grave-yard  was,  although    tlie 
exact  spot  where  Fenwick  lays  could  not,  it  would  be  a  grateful 
deed  for  his  descendents  and  the  citizens  of  this  county  to  assist 
in  erecting  a  monument  to  his  memory  there  on  the  spot  where 
the  grave-yard  was,  for  gratitude  for  fa^'ors  received  is  one  of 
the  noblest  traits  of  mankind.     His  will,  made  not  long  before 
his  death,  shows  no  alienation  on  his  part  toward  the  members 
of  his  own  religious  society,  for  he  leaves  his  friend,  William 
Penn,  one  of  his  executors,  and  also  trustee  for  his  three  oldest 
grandsons,  Fenwick  Adams,  Samuel  Hedge  and  John  Champ- 
ney.     His  other  three  executors  were  Quakers,  Samuel  Hedge, 
John  Smith,  of  Smithfield,  and  Ricliard  Tindall,  of  Penn's  Nec^k. 
The  last  named  was  his  surveyor. 

John  Adams  married  Fenwick's  oldest  daughtei'  Elizai)et]i 
whilst  in  England.  Thev  had  tliree  cldldren  born  in  that  coim- 
try,  Elizabeth,   Fenwick  and  Mary  Adams.     Soon   after  their 


arrival  in  this  countrv  he  ])uilt  a  house   on  Ivv  Point,  near  tl 


He 


one  that  Fenwick  built,  l)otli  of  wliich  M'ere  located  a  few  rods 
west  of  Market  street,  on  a  rising  ground  near  where  Thomas 
T.  Hilliard's  lime  kiln  is  built.  They  were  standing  tliere  about 
fifty  years  ago,  and  there  Jolni  Adams  and  his  wife  Elizabeth 
ended  their  days,  which  event  took  place  prior  to  1700.  Fen- 
wick Adams,  their  son,  mai-ried  and  settled  on  his  parent's  prop- 
erty in  Penn's  Neck.     William  Adams  was  his  i2:randson  and  lie 


JOHN    FENWICK.  13 


]iad  one  graiid-claiigliter  whose  name  was  Susannali,  and  she  mar- 
ried a  man  l)y  the  name  of  Townsend,  a  native  of  Cape  May 
county.  Thev  had  two  dangliters,  Snsannah  and  Sarah.  Sus- 
annah married  Thomas  Hartlj,  of  Elsinborough,  who  lived  and 
owned  where  William  Morrison  lives  at  the  present  time. — 
Thomas  and  his  wife  had  four  children  named  Elizabeth,  born 
in  the  year  1765  ;  Susannali,  born  17T2  ;  Sai-ah,  born  1771 ; 
and  Thomas,  liorn  1775.  Sarah  Townsend  married  William 
ISTicholson,  of  Mannington,  in  1773.  They  had  seven  children 
— Racliel,  Milicent,  Samuel,  William,  Daniel  and  Ann.  The 
two  first  mentioned  died  young.  William  married  Elizabetli 
Thompson,  daughter  of  Joshua  Thompson,  of  Alio  ways  creek. 
Daniel  married  Mary  Chaml)ers.  Sarah  had  two  husbands,  the 
first  Chambless  Allen,  the  second  Amos  Peasley.  Ann  married 
George  M.  Ward. 

The  first  wife  of  the  late  Benjamin  Griscom,  of  Salem,  was 
Susan  Adams,  a  direct  descendant  of  Fenwick  Adams.  Benja- 
min and  his  wife  Susan  had  five  children,  named  Sarah,  Andrew, 
Benjamin,  John  and  Mary.  Edward  Champney  and  Priscilla 
his  wife  had  two  children  born  in  England,  John  and  Mary 
Champneys,  also  a  son  born  in  this  county,  Edward  Oliampney, 
Jr.  I  am  inclined  to  think  that  John  Champney  married  and 
died  a  young  man.  Edward  Champney,  Jr.,  as  late  as  1720, 
sold  large  tracts  of  land  (being  part  of  the  2,000  acre  allotment 
that  his  grandfather,  John  Fenwick,  deeded  to  his  father  and 
mother)  to  Abel  Nicholson  and  others.  The  Tylers  l)ecame  the 
possessors  of  a  large  part  of  the  said  allotment,  either  by 
marriage  or  purchase.  Samuel  Hedge  2d  was  the  son  of  Samuel 
Hedge,  a  merchant  and  citizen  in  London.  To  be  a  citizen  at 
that  period  required  a  person  of  wealth  and  influence  to  \mve 
the  privilege  of  voting  for  mem])ers  of  Parliament.  It  was  the 
opinion  of  some  persons  that  tliere  was  an  attachment  formed 
between  Samuel  Hedge  2d  and  Anne,  the  daughter  of  John 
Fenwick,  Avhilst  living  in  their  native  land.  Perhaps  on  that 
account  he  was  willing  to  leave  his  father's  home  wliere  wealtli 
and  comforts  abounded,  to  seek  his  fortune  and  happiness  in 
the  wilds  of  America.  By  so  doing  he  verified  the  lines  of  the 
poet  when  he  said:  "  Love  is  mightier  than  all."  They  were 
married  at  New  Salem,  in  the  spring  of  1676,  and  soon  after- 
wards went  and  lived  in  Upper  Mannington  on  a  tract  of  land 
containing  2,000  acres  that  Fenwick  deeded  them  in  the  11th 
mo.  of  the  same  year.  It  was  called  the  Hed2:efield  tract. 
Samuel  and  his  wife  remained  tliere  until  1685  ;  he  l)eing  one 
of  his  father-in-law's  executors,  and  having  been  appointed  by 


14  JOHN    FENWICK. 


Femvick  to  cany  out  liis  plans  in  laying  out  streets  in  Salem 
and  Coliansev.  He  built  a  brick  house  on  Brad  way  street, 
where  they  resided  until  their  death.  The  old  mansion  was 
remoyed  a  few  years  ao-o  by  the  late  "Wm.  F.  Miller,  and  he 
built  one  of  more  modern  architecture  on  the  site  of  the  old 
one.  The  property  is  now  o\\Tied  and  occupied  by  M.  P.  Grey. 
Samuel  Hedge  and  his  wife  Anne,  died  sometime  between 
the  year  169-i  and  1697,  leaving  one  son,  Samuel  Hedge  3d, 
and  he  married  Kebecea  Pyle.  They  iuul  four  children — 
Samuel  F.  Hedge  4th,  John  Hedge,  who  died  a  minor,  AVilliam 
Hedge,  who  died  1729,  leaving  his  estate  to  his  mother,  and 
Nathan  Hedge,  who  died  8th  mo.,  1735.  Tlie  latter,  by  his 
will,  l)equeathed  to  his  mother,  (avIioui  he  also  made  his  execu- 
trix) the  greater  part  of  his  estate.  Her  name  at  the  time  was 
Rebecca  Cox.  Samuel  Hedge  3d  died  3d  of  the  11th  mo.,  1709. 
His  widow  Rebecca  Hedge,  married  Daniel  Cox,  of  Burlington, 
1712.  Samuel  F.  Hedge  itli,  went  to  Greenwich  to  reside,  and 
went  into  partnership  in  the  mercantile  business  with  Nicholas 
Gi'obon.  Sometime  after  the  death  of  Nicholas  Gibbon,  Samuel 
married  his  widow,  whose  maiden  name  was  Anne  Grant,  the 
daughter  of  Alexander  Grant.  Slie  liad  three  cliildren  by  her 
first  Inisband,  Nicholas,  Grant  and  Jane  Gibbon.  Samuel  F. 
Hedge  -Ith,  and  his  wife,  Anne,  had  two  children,  Sanuiel 
Hedge  5th,  and  one  daughter,  Rebecca  Hedge.  She  was  born 
1st  of  the  2d  mo.,  1728,  and  her  brother  Samuel  in  1726.  In 
1728  Sanmel  F.  Hed<>:e  deeded  one  acre  of  around  on  the  soutli 
side  of  Market  street  to  the  Episcopal  church.  In  1733  he  died, 
having  nuide  his  will  in  1732,  leaving  his  wife,  Anne  Hedge, 
executrix.  He  devised  to  his  widow  a  lot  of  eight  acres  in 
Salem,  located  on  the  south  side  of  Market  street ;  also  sixteen 
aci'es  of  woodland  adjoining  the  first  mentioned  lot.  The  wood- 
land Avas  bounded  on  the  south  by  Nathan  Hedo'e's  land.  He 
also  l)eqiieathed  to  her  a  lot  of  meadow  on  Fenwick  creek,  of 
four  acres,  together  with  one  thousand  acres  of  Fenwick's  Groye 
out  of  1,900  acres  surveyed  to  him.  Tlie  wliole  tract  originally 
contained  15,000  and  was  located  in  Upper  Mannington,  run- 
ning from  Mannington  creek  to  Salem  creek.  It  included  the 
lands  owned  by  the  Bassett  family  at  the  present  time,  and 
extended  to  Salem  creek,  and  anus  l)ounded  on  the  south  by  tlie 
Hedgelield  tract.  In  1735  Benjamin  Acton,  a  practical  sur- 
veyor at  that  time,  was  employed  to  survey  and  set  off  the  one 
thousand  acres  to  the  widow.  TJie  balance  of  the  1,900  acres 
lie  devised  to  his  son  Samml  Hedge  5th.  After  the  death  of 
Amu'  Ih'tlge.  the  widow  of  Samuel  Hedge,  she  left  the  property 


JOHN    FENWICK.  15 


ill  Salem  that  she  received  from  lier  second  Imsband,  to   Grant 
(Tiljbun  and    Jane  Gibbon,   the   children    by  her  first    hnsband 
Nicholas  Gibbon.     Robert  Johnson,  Sr.,  married  Jane,  and  she 
Avas  the  mother  of  Robert  G.  Johnson.     About  the  year  1758 
tliere  was  a  di%asion  of   the  town  lots  on  the  south  side  of   Mar- 
ket street,  between  Samuel  Hed_o-e  5th  and  Robert  Johnson,  Sr. 
Rebecca  Hedge,  Samuel  F.  Hedge's  daughter,  married  Giles 
Snntli.     He  was  born  the  IStli  of  2d  mo.,  1719,  and  was  the 
son  of  Samuel  Smith,  of  Mannington,  who  lived  on  and  owned 
the  southern  portion  of  Hedgefield.     Giles  and  his  "svife  Rebecca 
had  one  son  whose  name  was  Cln-istopher  Smith.     Christopher 
married  Rebecca  Hancok  in  1675.     They  had  five  children — 
Rebecca  was  born  in  1766,  Elizabetli  was  1)orn  1768,  John  Smith 
was  born  1770;  he  married  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  Smith, 
and  left  one  son  wdiose  name  was  Samuel.     Susanna  Smith  was 
born  1771 ;  she  married  Job  Ware  of  Alloways  Creek,  and  left 
no  children.     Esther  Smith  was  l)orn  1774,  and  married  Rol^ert 
Moore  of  Easton,  Marvland.     Samuel  JIedo;e  5th  married  Han- 
ludi  Woodnutt  of  Mannington,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Rachel 
Woodnutt.     She  Avas  born  in  1729.     Samuel  and  his  M'ife  Rachel 
resided  in  Salem  in  the  old  family  mansion  on  Bradwa}'  street. 
They  had  three  children — Rebecca,  born  20th  of  1st  mo.,  1751, 
Joseph  W.  Hedge,  born  1756,  and  Samuel  Hedge  6th,    born 
1758.     In  1770,  Rebecca  Hedge,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Rachel 
Hedge,  married  Thomas  Thompson,  of  Salem.     He  was  born 
in  17-15,  and  was  the^son  of  Thomas  Thompson,  and  grandson 
of   Andrew   Thompson   of   Elsinljorough.     Joseph  W.  Hedge 
and  his  brother  Samuel  Hedge,  Jr.,  died  in  1790,  at  the  family 
mansion  in  Salem,  within  a  short  time  of  each  other,  M^ith  an 
epidemic  fever  that  was  prevailing  at  that    time.     Neitlier  of 
them  was  ever  married,  and  consequently  their  large  real  estate 
was    heired    by    their    sister,    Rebecca    Thompson.       Thomas 
Thompson    and    his  v\'ife  Rel)ecca  had   seven  children.     Their 
names  were  Ann,  Hannali,  Hedge,  Mary,  Rebecca,  Jane,  and 
Rachel.     They  lived  ;snd  owned  where  the  First  Baptist  church 
now  stands,  and  they  lived  together  liappily  nearly  sixty  years, 
Thomas  died  in  his  eighty-second  year.     His  widow  survived  live 
or  six  years  after  his  death,  and  was  in  her  eighty-first  year  at 
the  tim.e  of  her  death.     Neither  of  them  were  members  of  the 
Society  of  Friends  but  professors,  and  regularly  attended  all  of 
their  meetings    of  divine    worship.     They  Avere  Inu-ied  in  the 
Friends'  burvinc;-i;'round  at  Salem,  with  their  ancestors.    Fen^wick 
Archer,  their  grandson,  as   soon    as    the  Society  permitted  it, 
much  to  his  credit,  had    their  graves  done  up,  and  his  great 


16  JOHJSr   FENWICK. 


uncles'  graves,  Joseph  and  Samuel  Hedge,  and  liis  great-grand- 
mother's, Hannah  W.  Hedge,  and  a  small  monument  with  their 
names  and  ages  cut  upon  them  placed  at  the  head  of  each. 

Ann  Tliompson,  daugliter  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  Thompson, 
married  John  Firth.  They  liad  four  children — Elizaheth, 
Thomas,  John  and  Samuel  Firtli. 

Hannah  Thompson's  first  husband  was  John  Anderson.  They 
had  one  daughter,  Rebecca  Anderson.  Hannah's  second  hus- 
l)and  was  Leonard  Sayres,  a  native  of  Cum1)erland  county,  but 
at  that  time  his  home  was  in  Cincinnati,  Oliio.  Hedge  Tliomp- 
son, Thomas'  son,  married  Mary  Ann  Parrott,  daughter  of 
Richard  Parrott.  Hedge  and  Mary  Ann,  his  wife,  had  live 
chihlren — Richard  P.,  Thomas,  Joseph  H.,  Rebecca  and  Mary. 
Ricliard  P.  married  Maiia  Hancock;  Tliomas  married  AVilliam 
Johnson's  daughter;  Dr.  Joseph  H.  married  Rebecca  Kelly,  and 
Mary  married  Samuel  Starr,  an  Episcopal  minister.  Rebecca, 
youngest  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca,  married  John  Holme 
of  Elsinborough.  Slie  left  one  daughter,  Rebecca  Holme,  who 
married  George  AY.  Garrison.  Jane  Thompson  married  John 
Smith,  of  Manmngton,  son  of  Hill  Smith.  Their  children  were 
Ann,  Hill,  and  Thomas  T.  Smith.  Ann  married  George  TT. 
Garrison,  l)eing  Ids'  second  wife,  and  Tliomas  T.  nuirried 
Elizabetli  Hancock,  daughter  of  Joseph  Hancock. 

Rachel  Thompson  the  youngest  daughter  of  Tliomas  and 
Rebecca  Thompson,  married  Dr.  Benjamin  Archer ;  they  had 
one  son,  Fenwick  Archer.  Mary  Thompson,  third  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Rebecca  Thompson,  died  single. 

Within  a  few  years  there  has  been  diiferent  opinions  respect- 
ing the  property  in  the  town  of  Salem,  held  by  the  county. 
Some  persons  have  contended  the  land  was  given  for  a  particu- 
lar purpose,  wliile  others  thought  it  was  given  to  the  county 
without  reservation,  and  held  that  the  representatives  of  the 
people  of  the  county  had  a  right  to  sell  or  rent  any  part  of  the 
o;round,  as  thev  should  think  would  be  for  the  interest  of  the 
county.  Samuel  Hedge  was  left  to  carry  out  the  wishes  and 
designs  iii  the  town  of  Salem,  and  also  in  the  town  of  Cohansey, 
of  his  father-in-law,  elohn  Fenwick.  After  the  death  of  Fen- 
wick all  the  land  on  the  south  side  of  Bridge  street,  now  Mar- 
ket street,  extending  from  Broadway  to  Fenwick  creek,  Samuel 
Hedge  and  his  wife,  Anne,  became  the  owners.  The  following 
is  an  order  I  lind  in  Richard  Tindall's  book  of  surveys,  eigh- 
teenth page.     A  warrant  given  Tth  of  11th  mo.,  1688. 

"A  warrant  to  Richard  Tiiidall,  Surveyor-general  for  .the 
county  of  Salem,  and  to  John  Woolidge,  his  deputy,  to  lay  out 


JOHN   FEN  WICK. 


one  acre  of  land  in  Salem  (oAvn,  given  by  John  Fenwick  to  erect 
a  Com-t  Ilonse  and  Prison." 

Agreeable  to  the  Avords  of  the  warrant,  it  was  certainly  given 
for  a  particular  nse — to  erect  a  Court  House  and  Prison  on — 
and  if  the  inhabitants  of  the  county  should  in  some  futvire  time 
remove  the  said  l)uildin<is  from  the  said  o;round,  it  is  reasonal)le 
to  suppose  that  the  property  would  revert  back  to  the  heirs  of 
the  donor. 

Erick  Yearness  and  Henry  Neilson  arrived  in  this  country  as 
early  as  16-iO,  and  located  themselves  at  the  first  fast  land 
above  the  mouth  of  what  is  now  known  as  Salem  creek.  They, 
like  their  neighbors  the  Swedes,  believing  the  Indians  to  be  the 
rightful  owners  of  the  soil,  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land  of 
tbe  Indian  chiefs  and  gave  it  tlie  name  of  Finn's  tO"\vn  point. 
AVJien  Jolm  Fenwick  arrived  in  this  county,  in  1695,  he  claimed 
the  lands  that  tlie  Finns  and  Swedes  were  located  upon.  They 
submitted  to  his  authority,  and  in  the  year  1(176  Richard  Han- 
cock, Fenmck's  surveyor,  laid  olf  one  tliousand  acres  of  said 
land  and  marsh  for  Erick  Yearness,  also  a  tract  of  tlie  same 
size  for  Henry  !Neilson,  and  gave  them  a  proprietary  deed  f(»r 
the  same.  In  the  year  1688,  by  the  request  of  Stephen  Year- 
ness, son  of  Erick,  James  Kevell  gave  Richard  Tindall  an  order 
t(  >  re-survey  the  said  tract  at  Finn's  town  point,  and  if  there 
should  not  be  the  full  quantity  to  report  to  him  at  his  othce  in 
Salem  A\dthin  three  months  from  date  that  the  order  was  given. 
I  have  no  records  to  follow  the  family  of  Erick  Yearness  fur- 
ther than  his  son,  Stephen  Yearness.  Tradition  informs  us 
that  Edmund  Gil^bon  married  a  young  woman,  o^\^ier  of  a  large 
tract  of  land  at  Finn's  point,  who  was  a  lineal  descendant  of 
Stephen  Yearness.  I  l»elieve  Ednnmd  and  wife  left  four  chil- 
(h-en;  three  sons  and  one  daughter. 


ACTON    FAMILY. 

Benjamin  Aeton,  according  to  the  records,  was  one  of  the 
prominent  vouno;  men  in  the  settlement  of  Fenwick  Colony. 
There  is  no  record  in  what  year  he  arrived  at  New  Salem; 
circumstances  make  it  probable  he  came  to  America  in  company 
with  Christopher  White,  Henry  Jennings,  William  Hancock  and 
their  families  and  servants,  together  with  a  nnmljer  of  other 
emigrants.  Tiiey  embarked  in  the  ship  Kent,  from  London, 
Greo-orv  beinsi:  master,  and  landed  at  New  Salem  23d  of  sixth 
month,  1677.  Soon  after  that  time  Benjamin  is  mentioned  in 
pul)lic  affairs  of  the  Colony.  Doubtless  he  had  a  good  education; 
Avas  a  land  surveyor  by  trade,  and  also  a  tanner  and  currier. 
He  purchased  a  lot  of  sixteen  acres  of  John  Fenwick,  on 
Fen  wick  street,  now  called  East  Broadway;  on  that  lot  he  built 
and  made  it  his  home,  and  carried  on  the  tanning  business 
durino;  the  remainder  of  his  life.  His  worth  and  ability  was 
early  appreciated  by  the  Society  of  Friends,  of  M'hich  he  was  a 
consistent  member.  As  early  as  1682  he  and  another  Friend 
were  appointed  to  repair  and  build  an  addition  to  the  house  that 
the  Society  purchased  of  Samuel  and  Ann  Nicliolson,  so  that 
the  said  house  should  be  large  enough  in  wliich  to  hold  a  Yearly 
Meeting.  When  the  town  of  New  Salem  A\'as  incoi-porated  in 
1695,  Benjamin  Acton  was  chosen  recorder.  In  laying  out  a 
public  highway,  in  1705,  from  Salem  to  Mamice  Eiver,  he  was 
one  of  the  connnissioners  and  surveyors;  also,  in  1709,  to  lay 
out  a  public  highway  from  Sfdcm  by  the  way  of  John  Hancock's 
new  l^ridge  to  tlie  town  of  Greenwich.  John  Mason  and  Bar- 
tliolomew  Wyatt,  Sr.,  were  tlie  other  t^\'o  connnissioners.  There 
was  another  ancient  highway  laid  out  in  1706.  It  commenced 
at  tlic  upper  end  of  wliat  is  known  as  Yorke  street  at  tliis  time, 
throiigli  ELsinboro,  crossed  Aml)elbury  Swamp,  continued  on  near 
where  the  present  road  is  to  the  l)rick  mansion  belonging  to  tlie 
late  Redroe  Morris,  and  Benjamin  Acton,  Walter  Heighstin  and 
John  Mason  were  tlie  commissioners.  According  to  the  records, 
I'enjamiuM'as  principally  employed  by  private  landholders  to  do 
their  surveying.     Richard  Tindall  being  suiweyor  general,  and 


BENJAMIN  ACTON. 
Born  1814. 


ACTON    FAMILY.  19 


Joliii  AYoolidge,  of  Salem,  his  deputy,  they  did  all  the  surveying 
for  tlie  proprietor  while  he  lived;  after  his  deatli  they  were  em- 
ployed by  the  executors  of  Fenwick,  and  subsequently  by  James 
Nevell,  William  Penn's  agent.     After  the  death  of  Nevell  and 
Eic'hard  Tindall,  James  Logan,  the  faithful  friend  of  William 
Penn,    became    the    principal    agent    of   Penn's    heirs,  and  lie 
employed  Benjamin  Acton  and  Thomas  Miles,  of  Penn's  Neck, 
to    do   the   surveying   for   the  heirs  of  Penn  in  Salem  tenth. 
Benjamin   Acton   received   an   order   from   James   Logan,    of 
Pennsylvania  (it  Ixnng  near  the  close  of  a  long  and  useful  life), 
to  re-survey  one  thousand  acres  of  land,  lying  on  the  south  side 
of  Gravelly  run,  it  l)eing  one  of  the  branches  of  Stoe  creek, 
where  the  present  village  of  Jericho  is.     The  order  was  given 
l)y  the  urgent  request  of  Samuel  Deeming,  of  Maryland,  who 
had  previously  sold  the    said  land  to  John  Brick.     Benjamin 
Acton  made  his  return  on  the  13th  of  9th  month,  1729.     He 
stated  in  his  report  that  the  said  land  was  now  re-surveyed,  with 
tlie  assistance  of  John  Brick  and  his  two  sons;  that  it  proved 
more  chargeable  than  he  expected.     Signed  by  me,  Benjamin 
Acton,    surveyor  of  Fenwick  Colony   and   Salem  Tenth,     lie 
married  about  1688  or  '9.     The  following  are  the  names  of  his 
children:  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Christianna 
Acton,  was  born  at  Salem,  26th  of  12t]i  month,  1690;  Mary, 
l)orn  17th  of  10th  month,  1692;  Benjamim  Acton,  Jr.,  the  19th 
of  8th  month,  1695 ;  Lydia,  21:th  of  11th  month,  1697;  Joshua, 
9tli  of  7th  month,  1700.     Benjamin,  in  his  old  age,  built  himself 
a  brick  dwelling  house    on  liis  lot  on  Fenwick  street  in  1727, 
which  is  still  standing;  its  roof  is  what  is  called  hip,  resembling- 
very  much  the  French  or  Mansard  roof,  wliich  is  common  in 
this  generation.     The  ancient  dwelling  is  ovmed  at  tins  time  by 
Joseph  Test.     Benjamin  Acton,  Jr.,  in  1729,  built  liimself  a 
much  larirer  dwelliuG;  than  that  of  his  father's  on  the  same  lot  of 
ground.     The   said   house  was  remodeled  by  the  late   George 
Kumsey,  but  the  ancient  walls  remain.     This  property,  in  the 
last  generation,  was  owned  by  the  Gil)l)s  family.     Elizabeth,  the 
eldest  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Christianna  Acton,  born  26th 
of  12th  month,  1690,  married  Francis  Eeynolds,  10th  month, 
1712.     Mary  Acton,  their  second  daughter,  born  17th  of  10th 
month,  1692,  married  William  Willis,  in  1715.     Benjamin  Acton, 
Jr.,  married  Elizabeth  Hill,  the  widow  of  Thomas  Hill,  in  1727. 
Her  daughter,  Sarah  Hill,  by  her  first  husband,  married  John 
Smith,  of  Amblebury,  the  grandson  of  the  emigrant.     John  and 
his  wife  had  two  sons — Richard  Smith,  born  10th  of  lltli  month, 
1743,  married  Rachel  Dennis,  of  Bacon's  JSTeck,  in  1762;  they 


20  ACTON    FAMILY. 


,-i 


liad  several  dano-hters.  Hili  Smitli,  tlie  second  son,  born  IHtli 
of  4tli  montli,  174:5,  married  Ann  Xicliolson,  daui^-liter  of  John 
Nicholson.  Tliey  lived  most  of  tlieir  time  in  Mannino-ton,  on 
tlie  Tide  Mill  farm,  devised  to  lier  by  her  uncle,  James  Mason. 
The  J  had  two  sons — Hill  and  John  Smith.  The  latter  married 
Eliza,  daughter  of  Israel  Brown.  John  Smith  married  Jane, 
the  daugliter  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  Hedge  Thompson,  of 
Salem.  Sarah  Hill  Smith's  second  Imsband  was  Aaron  Bradway, 
of  Elsinboro;  she  was  his  second  wife.  (Aaron  was  the  grand- 
son of  Edward  Bradway,  the  emigrant.)  Aaron  and  Ins  ^nfo 
liad  one  son,  Thomas  Hill  Bradway;  he  inherited  the  sixteen 
acre  lot  at  the  foot  of  Broadway  street,  Salem,  which  was 
purchased  by  Edward  Bradway  of  John  Fenwick,  in  England, 
1674.  Thomas  H.  Bradway  repaired  the  old  brick  mansion 
built  l)y  his  ancestor,  Edward  Bradway,  in  1691;  tlie  building 
Jiad  long  been  neglected,  thei'e  l)eing  no  windows  or  door 
remainmg.  At  tlie  begmning  of  the  present  century  it  was 
further  fitted  xip,  and  a  piazza  made  in  front  of  it  by  John  S. 
AV^ood,  the  son-in-law  of  Thomas  H.  Bradway. 

Benjamin  Acton,  Jr.  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  Hill  lived  in  the 
large  brick  mansion  built  in  1729,  which  is  still  standing.  He 
"svas  tanner  by  trade,  and  occupied  the  yard  that  was  devised  to 
him  l)y  his  father.  Benjamin  had  five  children,  as  follows  : 
John,  born  31st  of  Sth  month,  1728  ;  Joseph,  born  30th  of 
9th  month.,  1730 ;  Benjamin,  born  15th  of  9th  month,  1733  ; 
he  died  in  infancy;  the  second  Benjamin,  l)orn  28th  of  12th 
month,  1735 ;  and  Samuel,  born  31st  of  6th  month,  1738.  It 
is  probable  that  some  of  the  childi-en  died  young.  John  Acton, 
the  eldest  son,  succeeded  his  father  in  the  tanning  business,  and 
married  about  the  year  1752  or  '53.  There  is  no  account  to 
show  that  John  and  his  wife  had  more  than  one  child — Clement 
Acton.  John  Acton's  second  wife  was  Mary  Oakford,  of 
AUoways  Creek,  the  grand-daughter  of  Charles  Oakford,  and 
sister  of  Aaron  Oakford,  of  Darl)y,  Pa.  John  and  his  wife, 
Mary  Oalcf ord  Acton,  had  several  children,  as  follows :  Samuel, 
John,  (who  afterwards  became  a  sea  captain,  and  traded  from 
Philadelphia  to  AVest  Indies;  he  never  married);  Elizabeth, 
(who  married  John  Hancock,  their  descendants  being  quite 
numerous  in  Alloways  Creek  township  at  this  time) ;  Barbai-a, 
(who  married  Ephraim,  the  son  of  Jesse  Carll ;  their  family 
genealogy  has  been  written) ;  Susan,  (who  married  Samuel  Hall, 
of  Delaware) ;  and  Joseph  Acton. 

Clement  Hall,  the  second  son  of  Judge  "William  Hall,  who 
emigrated  to  Kew  Jersey  in  1077,  was  born  at  Salem,  30th  of 


ACTOiSr    FAMILY.  21 


r)tli  month,  1T06.  He  inherited  part  of  the  sixteen  aere  lot  pur- 
cliased  In'  William  Hall,  lyino;  between  Samuel  Nicliolson's  lot 
and  Edward  Bradway's.  Clement  Hall  died  comparatively  a 
young  man.  He  and  his  wife,  Sarah  Hall,  had  two  cliildren, 
Ann  and  William.  Ann  married  John  Mason,  of  Elsinborough, 
the  son  of  Thomas  and  grand-son  of  John  Mason,  the  emigrant. 
John  and  his  wife  Ann  had  one  daughter,  Sarali  H.  Mason, 
horn  1763.  She  married  Elgar  Brown,  by  whom  she  had  four 
children,  Ann,  Elisha,  Israel  and  John  M.  Brown.  Sarah,  the 
widow  of  Clement  Hall,  built  a  large  brick  dwelling,  which  is 
now^  owned  by  Morris  Hall,  who  resides  there.  Sarah  kept  a 
store  in  the  dwelling  for  many  years.  Her  son,  William  Hall, 
married  Hannah  Brinton,  of  Chester  county.  Pa.,  a  sister  of 
Calel)  Brinton.  The  Brinton  family  is  one  of  tlie  oldest  in 
Chester  county,  and  at  one  time  was  considered  the  largest 
landholders  in  that  section  of  Pennsylvania. 

William  Hall  located  on  quite  an  extensive  tract  of  land  in 
the  State  of  Delaware,  near  St.  Creorges  Creek,  New  Castle 
(county,  and  tliere  he  lived.  He  and  his  wife,  Hannah  B.  Hall, 
liad  four  children,  Mary,  Hannah,  Clement  and  Sarah  Hall. 
Hannah  married  Clement  Acton,  of  Salem,  son  of  John  Acton. 
Clement  Hall,  their  son,  married  Ann  Darrah,  who  was  a 
widow  at  the  time  of  their  marriage.*  Her  lirst  husband's 
name  was  Darrah,  a  cousin.  Clement  Hall  lived  l)ut  a  short 
time  after  their  marriage,  leaving  no  children.  His  widow 
afterwards  married  Col.  Edward  Hall,  of  Mannington,  she 
being  several  years  his  junior;  she  had  no  children  by  any 
three  of  her  husbands.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Lydia  Darrah, 
of  Philadelphia,  of  Revolutionary  memory. 

The  youngest  daugliter  of  William  and  Hannali  Brinton 
Hall  was  Sarah  Hall,  born  6tli  of  12th  month,  1768,  marrietl 
Samuel,  the  eldest  son  of  John  and  Mary  Oakford  Acton,  born 
10th  of  11th  month,  1761.  William  Hall  married  his  second 
wife,  and  by  her  he  liad  one  son,  Samuel  Hall,  who,  when  he  grew 
to  manhood,  came  to  Salem  county  and  subsequently  married 
Susan,  the  youngest  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  U.  Acton : 
they  had  several  children.  Clement  and  Hannah  H.  Acton  had 
two  children,  Benjamin  and  Hannah.  Clement's  second  wife 
was  Hannah,  the  daughter  of  James  M.  and  Margaret  Wood- 
nutt,  of  Mannington,  born  16th  of  1st  month,  1780.  By  that 
union  there  were  two  children,  Margaret  and  Clement  Acton. 
Benjamin,  the  eldest  son  of  Clement  Acton,  married  Sarah 
Wyatt,  daughter  of  Kichard  and  Elizabeth  W.  Miller,  of  Man- 
nington.    Tliey  had  ten  cliildren :     Richard  Miller  Acton,  born 


22  ACTON    FAMILY. 


4tli  of  2d  month,  1810;  Clement  Acton,  born  Stliof  Istmontli, 
ISlo  ;  he  died  voung  ;  Benjamin  Acton,  born  in  the  9th  month, 
181-1 ;  HanmdrT.  Acton,  born  10th  of  2d  month,  1816  ;  Eliza- 
l)eth  Acton,  born  28th  of  10th  month,  1818 ;  Charlotte  Acton, 
born  9th  of  7th  month,  1821 ;  Casper  AVistar  Acton,  bornlStli 
of  10th  month,  1823  ;  Letitia  Acton,  born  17th  of  7th  montli, 
1825  ,  Sarah  Wyatt  Acton,  born  3d  of  9th  month,  1827;  Catli- 
erine,  born  22d  of  5th  month,  1829. 

Hannah  II.,  the  dangliter  of  Clement  Acton,  ^vas  twice  mar- 
I'ied ;  lier  first  husband  was  John,  the  son  of  Job  and  Grace 
Tliompson  Ware,  of  Allowajs  Creek.  Tiiey  liad  tlu'ee  chil- 
dren, Clement  A.,  William  and  Catharine  Ware.  Her  second 
husband  was  Dr.  Charles  Swing,  by  whom  she  had  five  children. 
Charles,  the  present  member  of  the  Legislature  from  the  upper 
district,  John,  Hannah,  Abi2;ail  and  Margaret  Swins:.  Marga- 
ret,  the  daughter  of  Clement  and  Hannah  Woodnutt  Acton, 
married  Dr.  John  Griscom,  a  resident  of  Philadelphia.  He 
was  the  son  of  AVilliam  and  Ann  Stewart  Griscom,  of  Salem, 
and  o-rand-son  of  William  and  Rachel  Denn  Griscom.  The 
latter  was  the  son  of  Andrew  and  Susannah  Griscom,  born  the 
10th  of  11th  montli,  17-17.  There  was  an  error  made,  when  I 
wTOte  the  Davis  family.  It  was  Tobias  Griscom,  instead  of 
Andrew,  the  father  of  Andrew  and  William  Griscom,  the  latter 
married  Sarah  Da^'is,  the  eldest  daughter  of  David  Davis,  and 
was  born  in  Salem  county  30tli  of  1st  month,  1715.  Soon 
after  their  marriage  they  moved  to  the  neighborhood  of  Haddon- 
tield.  Tol)ias,  I  am  inclined  to  believe,  was  the  son  of  Andrew 
Griscom,  the  emigrant.  Dr.  John  and  his  wife  Margaret  Acton 
Griscom  have  two  sons  and  one  daughter ;  Clement  is  the  old- 
est son.  Clement  Acton,  the  son  of  Clement  and  Hannah  AV. 
Acton,  left  Salem  many  years  ago  and  went  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
he  and  his  cousin,  Thomas  Woodnutt,  carried  on  the  mercantile 
l)usiness  in  that  city  at  the  old  stand  of  their  uncle,  William 
AVoodnutt,  for  a  number  of  years. 

Richard  Miller  Acton,  the  eldest  son  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah 
Wyatt  Acton,  born  4th  of  2d  month,  1810,  was  apprenticed  to 
learn  the  currier  business  in  AYilmington,  Delaware.  He  subse- 
quently carried  on  the  business  in  Salem  for  several  years.  He 
has  been  entrusted  to  do  considerable  public  business  to  general 
satisfaction.  At  one  time  he  was  much  interested  in  the  public 
schools  in  the  city  of  Salem,  and  represented  his  county  in  the 
Senate  of  New  Jersey.  He  has  recently  been  appointed  one 
of  the  Trustees  of  the  State  Xonnal  School.  He  married 
llumiah,  the  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Hannah  II.  Mason,  for- 


ACTON   FAMILY,  28 


merly  of  Elsmboroii<;-li.  Tliey  liave  had  tliree  eliildren.  The 
eldest,  Maiy  Mason  Acton,  horn  29th  of  1st  month,  1836,  mar- 
ried AVilKam  C,  the  son  of  AV^illiam  F.  and  Marv  Reeve,  of 
Allowaystown.  Sarah  M.  Aeton,  horn  11th  of  11th  nKjntli, 
1837,  died  in  1851.  Eichard  W.  Acton,  horn  26th  of  6th 
month,  1853,  died  in  1851.  Benjamin,  the  third  son  of  Benja- 
min and  Sarah  AY.  Acton,  horn  in  the  9tli  month,  1811,  was  for 
a  numher  of  years  one  of  the  principal  grain  merchants  in  the 
city  of  Salem,  his  place  of  hnsiness  heing  at  the  foot  of  Market 
street.  In  his  yonnger  days  he  was  an  active  politician,  and 
represented  tliis  county  in  the  Senate  of  the  State.  A  nmnlier 
of  years  since  he  relinquished  the  mercantile  hnsiness,  and  suuu 
after  was  chosen  one  of  the  officers  of  the  Salem  National 
Banking  Company.  At  the  present  and  for  a  numher  of  years 
he  has  held  the  responsible  office  of  cashier  of  that  institution. 
His  wife  is  Sarah  Jane,  the  daughter  of  Sheppard  and  Ann 
Blackwood.  They  have  had  several  children:  Thomas  W., 
Franklin  Miller,  Elizabeth,  Louisa  J.,  and  Charles  H.  Acton. 
Thomas  W.  lived  to  maturity  and  died  unmarried.  Elizabeth 
married  Dr.  B.  A.  Waddino;ton,  the  sou  of  James  Waddino-ton : 
she  did  not  live  long  after  that  event,  leaving  no  issue.  The 
sur\'iving  children,  Franklin  M.,  Louisa  J.  and  Charles  IL,  are 
unmarried. 

Hannah  Thompson  Acton,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Sarah  AY.  Acton,  born  10th  montli,  2d,  1816,  married 
Sanniel  P.,  the  son  of  AVilliam  and  Mary  R.  Carpenter,  of  Man- 
nington.  She  is  deceased,  lea\dng  several  children.  John  R. 
Carpenter,  the  eldest  son,  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Josepli  and 
Elizal)eth  Thompson;  they  have  issue.  Sarah  Carpenter  mar- 
ried Richard,  the  son  of  AYilliam  F.  and  Mary  Reeve.  S. 
Preston  Carpenter  married  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Elislia  and 
Hannah  Ann  Bassett,  of  Mannington.  AYilliam  Carpenter  is 
unmarried. 

Elizabetli  AYvatt  Acton,  born  28tli  of  10th  montli,  1818, 
married  Frankhn,  tlie  son  of  AYilliam  F.  and  Esther  Miller,  of 
Mannint-'ton.  Franklin  and  liis  wife  died  voumr,  leavinn'  one 
daughter  Hetty  Miller,  who  subsequently  married  David  E. 
Davis,  of  Pilesgrove.  Charlotte,  the  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Sarali  AY.  Acton,  born  9th  of  7th  moutli,  1821,  Jiian-ied 
Richard,  tlie  son  of  Clayton  and  Mary  S.  A\^istar,  of  ]\[anning- 
toii.  Tiiey  iiave  tla-ee  eliildren,  Clayton,  Richard  and  Elizal)eth. 
(Jlayton  married  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  ]\[ai'v 
Thompson.  Elizabeth  married  Richard  Thompson,  of  Man- 
nington.    Richard,  Jr.  is  unmarried. 


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Casper  AYister  Aeton,  born  18tli  of  lOtli  montli,  1823,  mar- 
ried liachel,  dau2:liter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  J.  Goodwin,  for- 
merly of  Elsinboroni!:h.  Tliey  liave  had  eio^ht  cliildren — Richard 
M.,  Hannah,  Henry,  George,  Catharine,  Wyatt,  Morris  and 
Thomas,  the  last  deceased. 

Letitia,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Sar;di  W.  Acton,  horn 
iTth  of  Tth  month,  1825,  married  John,  the  son  of  Clayton 
and  Marv  S.  Wistar.  They  died  young,  leaving  one  son,  John 
Wister,  who  is  engaged  in  the  iron  and  implement  business  in 
Salem. 

Sarah  Wyatt  Acton,  born  3d  of  9th  month,  1827,  married 
Emmor,  the  son  of  William  and  Letitia  Reeve ;  she  is  his  second 
wife. 

Catharine,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah  AV. 
Acton,  born  22d  of  6th  month,  1829,  is  deceased. 

Sanniel,  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  Oakford  Acton,  1)orn  lOth 
of  11th  month,  ITOI,  learned  the  tanner's  trade  of  his  father. 
He  married  Sarah,  the  youngest  daughter  of  William  and 
Hannah  Brinton  Hall,  residents  of  Delaware.  Sanniel  and  his 
lialf -brother,  Clement  Acton,  were  engaged  in  the  mei'cantile 
business  for  some  time  in  Salem,  occupying  the  Thomas  Thomp- 
son store,  on  Fen  wick  street,  but  afterwards  known  as  the  George 
W.  Garrison's.  After  the  two  brothers  concluded  to  abandon 
the  business,  Sanniel  purchased  the  tan  yards  that  belonged  to 
John  Ward,  at  Haddontield,  which  has  been  represented  to  liaA'e 
been  greatly  out  of  order,  and  he  spent  a  considerable  sum  upon 
it  for  repairs.  He  died  suddenly  about  1800  or  1801,  lea^^ng  a 
widow  and  a  family  of  cliildren  with  limited  means.  The  widow 
so(jn  after  removed  to  Salem  with  her  young  children,  and  with 
all  lier  difficulties  she  never  despaired,  l)ut  persevered  to  keej) 
her  children  together  until  they  were  old  enough  to  learn  trades, 
so  as  to  enable  them  to  provide  for  themselves,  always  having  a 
watchful  care  over  their  morals.  She  died  at  the  home  of  her 
daughter,  Mary  A.  Bassett,  in  Mannington,  in  1852,  in  the  81th 
year  of  her  age,  having  survived  her  husband  more  than  half  a, 
century.  She  lived  to  see  her  children  not  only  in  good  outward 
circumstances,  l)ut  considered  among  the  wealthy  inhabitants  of 
Salem  county — coniirmin2i:  the  saying  of  the  wise  king  of  Israel : 
"1  never  knew  the  righteous  forsaken  or  their  children  beo-o-iuu; 
bread." 

Clement,  tlie  eldest  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  H.  Acton,  born 
about  1790,  learned  tlie  trade  of  a  hatter  of  Caleb  Wood,  of 
Salem,  and  followed  the  business  for  some  time  after  he  l)ecamo 
of  age,  at  tlic  old  shop  located  on  Market  street,  M'hcre  David 


ACTON   FAMILY.  iiO 


Siiiitli   formerly    carried    on    the    liattiiig    l)usiiicss.      lie   soon 
abandoned   liis    trade  and  l)ecanie  a  trader  in  fur;    purchased 
hirgelj  for  a  tirni  in  ISTcav  York  for  a  few  years,  after  which  lie 
changed  liis  business  and  kept  a  himber  yard.     He  built  a  large 
steam  saw  mill  which  was  located  on  Penn  street,  near  Fenwick 
creek,  and    carried    it   on,  together  with  his  lumber  yard,  for 
several  years  v/itli  jjroiit,  until  the  mill  was  burned.     During 
tliat  time  he  purchased  the  old  dilapidated  building  near  the 
centre  of  the  town,  on  Market  street,  where  the  late  John  Denn, 
of   Mannington,    formerly    lived    and    carried    on    the    hatting 
business.       Clement,    soon    after    he    purchased    the    property, 
removed  the  old  dwelling  and  l)uilt  a  large  brick  building  large 
cuough  for  a  commodious  dwelling  and  store;  there  he  and  the 
lite  Thomas  Cattell  kept  a  hardware  store  for  a  mrail>er  of  years. 
Clement  Avas  twice  married ;  his  first  wife  Avas  Mary,  the  daughter 
of  Jol)  and  Ruth  Thompson  Bacon,  of  Cumberland  county;  she 
died  a  young  woman  without  leaving  any  children;  his   second 
wife  was  Sarah,  tlie  daughter  of  (3wen  and  Elizal)et]i  Jones,  of 
Port  Elizal)eth.     They  had  three  children — Elizabeth  J.,  Clement 
and    Sarali    Hall    Acton.      Clement    is    deceased.      Their    son, 
Clement  Acton,    married    Martha  Ann    Wills,    of    Burlington 
county;  he  did  not  live  long  after  his  marriage,  leaving  a  widow 
and  one  daughter,  Helen  Acton.     Mary,  the  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Sarah  Hall  Acton,  was  l)orn  10th  of  8th  month,  1798.     Slie 
learned  the  tailoring  trade  and  followed  it  until  she  married 
Benjamin  Thompson,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Allen  Bassett, 
of  Manniugton.     Benjamin   and  his  wife  had  four  children — 
Sarah  H.,   Rachel,  Maria   and  Richard  Bassett;    the  two   last 
mentioned  were  twins.     Benjamin  died  a  few  years  ago.     Mary 
A.,  his  Avidow,  is  still  living,  at  the  advanced  age  of  seventy-seven 
years.     Clement  A.,  the  eldest  son  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  O. 
Bassett,  born  in  1829,  died  when  he  was  seven  years  of  age. 
Sarah  H.,  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  M;irv  Oakford  Bassett, 
l)orn  tlie^Oth  of  11th  month,  1831,  nuirried  Barclay,  the  son  of 
Andrew  and  Martha  Griscom.     They  have  four  children — Walter 
L).,  Clement  B.,  Richard  and  Henry  Griscom.     Rachel  A.,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  and  Mary  O.  Bassett,  born  11th  of  11th  montli, 
1834,  married  Collins,  the  son  of  Samuel  Allen,  of  Gloucester 
county;    they  have    two    children — Samuel  and    Edgar  Allen. 
Maria  and  Richard  Bassett,  children  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  O. 
Bassett,  were  l)orn   !22d   of  8th  mouth,   1837.     Maria  married 
Henry  M.,  the  son  of  George  aiid  Margaret  Rumsey,  of  Salem; 
thev  have  three  children — Mariraret,  Georo;e  and  Marv  Rumso^s-. 
Richard  Bassett  married  Annie,  the  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
4 


26  ACTON    FAMILY. 


Lydin  Grier;  there  are  two  cliildren  hx  this  union,  Benjamin  A. 
and  George  G.  Bassett.  Isaac.  Oakford  Acton,  the  second  son 
of  Samuel  and  Sarah  II.  Acton,  learned  the  trade  of  blacksmith 
in  Pennsylvania;  not  long  after  he  became  of  age  he  commenced 
the  l)usiness  in  Salem,  his  shop  l^eing  on  East  Grifhth  street. 
By  indnstry  and  close  application  to  l)nsiness,  he  accnmnlated  a 
considerable  fortnne  in  a  few  years.  His  ili'st  pnrchase  was  on 
Broadway  street;  the  honse  and  land  formerly  belonged  to 
Tliomas  Goodwin.  Isaac  soon  afterward  removed  to  the  old 
brick  dwelling,  and  l)uilt  a  large  three-story  brick  bnilding  for 
dwelling  and  store;  he  there  kept  an  iron  store  for  some  years. 
He  afterwards  took  a  lot  fronting  on  West  Griffith  street,  beinij 
part  of  the  Nicholson  lot,  belonging  to  Salem  Monthly  Meeting 
of  Friends,  and  erected  a  large  iron  fonndry,  w^hich  is  carried 
on  by  him  at  this  time.  Isaac  married  Lncy  Ann,  tlie  daughter 
of  Jonathan  and  Temperance  Bilderback,  of  Mannington ;  they 
had  three  sons — Edward,  William  and  Clement  Acton.  Edward 
married  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  Woodnutt, 
of  Mannington.  Edward  volunteered  in  the  army  at  the  time 
of  the  Rebellion,  and  there  died,  leaving  three  children — Walter 
W.,  Isaac  Oakford,  and  Jonathan  W.  Acton.  William  Acton, 
the  son  of  Isaac  and  Lucy  Ann  Acton,  married  Mary,  the 
daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  Andrews;  they  have  several 
children.  Clement,  the  youngest  son  of  Isaac  and  Lucy  A. 
Acton,  married  Beulali,  tlie  daughter  of  Jolm  and  Beulah  Tyler, 
of  Greenwich;  Beulah  is  deceased,  leaving  one  child — Lucy 
Ann  Acton.  Samuel,  tlie  youngest  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarali 
II.  Acton,  born  about  1801,  learned  the  trade  of  a  house 
carpenter,  and  followed  his  business  for  several  years.  He 
afterwards  followed  pumpmaking ;  he,  like  his  two  elder  brothers, 
was  uncommonly  industrious,  and  applied  liimself  closely  to  his 
business,  and  has  accumulated  a  competency.  His  wife  is  Mary 
Jane,  the  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Temperance  Bilderback; 
tliey  had  one  daug;]iter — Sarah  Jane  Acton,  who  married  Sanmel, 
the  son  of  Calel>  and  Ann  Thompson  Lippincott,  of  Mannington; 
she  died  a  comparatively  young  wonnui,  leaving  two  childrei: — 
Mary  O.  and  Sarah  J.  Lippincott.  Josepli,  the  youngest  son  of 
John  and  Mary  Gakfoi-d  Acton,  mai-ried  (xrace,  the  daugliter  of 
Beter  Aml)ler,  of  Mannington;  they  had  two  sons — Joseph  nnd 
Peter  Ambler  Acton.  The  latter  was  a  school  teacher,  and  died 
a  young  man,  immarried.  His  eldest  brother,  Joseph,  learned 
the  trade  of  wheelwrighting.  H-e  married  Bebecca,  the  daugliter 
of  James  Brad  way,  of  Alio  ways  Creek;  they  had  two  children 
— William  and  Sarah  Ann  Acton.     William  foUoM's  the  same 


ACTON    FAMILY.  i27 


trade  as  his  i^raiidfatlior,  Joseph  Acton,  being  that  of  a  shoe- 
maker. He  has  been  twice  married ;  his  first  wife  was  Mary, 
the  daughter  of  John  Bailey,  hite  of  Salem.  They  had  three 
cliildren — Charles.  Rebei^ca,  and  Emma  Acton.  His  second 
wife  was  the  widow  of  Henry  Colgin,  daughter  of  John  Riley. 
Sarali  Ann,  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Rebecca  B.  Acton, 
married  John  Raphine;  she  is  deceased,  and  left  the  following 
named  children — Mary  Jane,  Josephine,  Hannah,  William. 
Charles,  Fanny,  and  Elizal)eth  Raphine. 


ABBOTT    FAMILY. 

George  Aljl)ott  and  liis  two  brotliei-s,  Jolm  and  Thomas,  and 
their  sister,  Mary  Abbott,  emigrated  from  England,  to  the  State 
of  Connecticut,  in  the  ye^r  1690.  George  left  New  England 
with  his  ^\dfe  Mary,  and  his  sister,  Mary  Abbott,  and  located 
themselves  in  the  township  of  Elsinborongli,  Salem  county, 
Kew  Jersey.  In  the  year  1696,  George  Abbott  purchased  of 
Joseph,  the  second  son  of  Samuel  Nicholson,  the  emigrant,  136 
acres  of  land,  with  buildings,  out-buildings,  and  appurtenances 
thereunto  belonging ;  it  being  Samuel  Nicholson's  country  seat. 
It  was  located  on  the  north  side  of  Monmoutli  river,  now 
Alloways  creek,  it  being  the  lowest  farm  on  the  north  side  of 
said  river,  to  which  was  added  various  pieces  and  parcels  of  lands, 
in  succeeding  years  pmxhased  of  the  Nicholson  family.  In 
1704,  George  Abbott  removed  the  Nicholson  mansion,  built  a 
brick  dwelling,  and  in  1721  an  addition,  also  of  brick;  tin's 
house  is  still  standing,  in  good  repair.  It  remained  in  the 
Aljbott  family  to  the  fifth  generation,  a  period  of  150  years. 
The  said  property  is  now  owned  by  Andrew  Smith  Reeve. 

Tlie  cliildren  of  George  and  Mary  Abbott  were  Benjamin, 
born  2d  ftf  1st  month,  1700  ;  Hannah,  born  30th  of  9th  month, 
1702  ;  George  Abbutt,  Jr.,  l)orn  13th  of  10th  montli,  17(»1 ; 
Sarah  Abbott,  born  16th  of  2d  month,  1709;  Samuel  C,  born 
20th  of  6th  month,  1712,  and  Mary  Abbott,  Ijorn  26th  of  Stli 
month,  1711. 

George,  the  parent  of  those  children,  died  in  tlie  year  1729  ; 
his  will,  now  in  possession  of  the  family,  being  admitted  to  pro- 
bate in  that  year,  devising  his  real  estate  to  liis  son  Sanniel 
Abbott.  His  personal  property  equally  between  his  two 
daughters,  Hannali  and  Reljecca  Abl)ott.  Mary,  his  widow, 
survived  liim  eight  years.  I  have  no  doubt  that  Benjamin, 
George,  Sarah  and  Mary  tiled  young  and  unmarried,  as  the  vnll 
of  their  father  makes  no  mention  of  tliem  in  1729. 

Hannali,  I  presume,  died  unmarried.  Ilc1)ecea,  the  daughter 
of  George  and  Mary  Abbott,  married  a  man  by  the  name  of 
Howell ;  he  belonged  to  the  ancient  Howell  family,  of  Glouces- 


ABBOTT    FAMILY.  29 


ter  county.  By  tlie  will  made  l)y  Mary,  widow  of  George 
Abbott,  in  17-i7,  her  property  is  devised,  to  lier  two  children, 
Samuel  x\l)l)ott  and  llebecca  Howell;  from  this  I  infer,  that 
her  daughter  had  died  previously,  leaving  no  issue.  Mary 
Abbott,  sister  of  George  Abbott,  who  emigrated  with  him  from 
the  State  of  Connecticut,  married  William  Tyler,  Jr.,  who 
emigrated  from  England  witli  his  father  in  16S5  ;  he  was  born 
5th ""of  7th  month,  1680. 

William  and  Mary  Abbott  Tyler,  had  six  children.  William 
Tyler,  3d,  born  in  1712  ;  Edith  Tyler,  born  in  1711 ;  llebecca 
Tyler,  born  in  1716  ;  Mary  Tyler,  born  in  1718  ;  James  Tyler, 
born  in  1720 ;  Samuel  Tyler,  l)orn  in  1723 ;  [See  the  geneal- 
ogy of  the  Tyler  family  and  Thompson  and  Allen  family.] 
AV^illiam  Tjder,  Jr.,  made  his  will  in  1732  and  died  the  fol- 
lowinGi:  year.  Marv  Abbott  Tyler,  widow  of  William,  survived 
him  several  years,  afterwards  married  Robert  Townsend,  of 
Cape  May,  in  1735  ;  by  this  marriage  she  had  one  daugliter, 
Rany  Townsend,  and  she  subsefpientl}'  married  a  man  by  the 
name  of  Stites.  The  Stites'  are  one  of  the  ancient  families  of 
Cape  May  county.  After  the  death  of  Robert  Townsend,  his 
widow  returned  to  Salem  county,  and  lived  with  her  Tyler 
children ;  the  time  of  her  death  is  not  given.  I  have  mentioned 
heretofore,  that  family  burying  grounds  in  the  tirst  settlement 
of  this  country  was  common ;  the  Abbott  family  had  theirs ;  it 
was  a  few  rods  east  of  their  old  mansion  in  Elsinborough ;  it, 
like  many  others  of  the  kind,  has  been  passed  over  by  the 
plough,  and  no  trace  of  the  once  honored  spot  is  discoverable. 
Sanmel,  the  sixth  child  of  George  and  Mary  Aljbott,  was  born 
20th  of  6th  month,  1712  ;  he  w^as  the  only  male  desfendant ; 
married  Hannah  Foster,  born  21st  of  10th  mouth,  1715, 
daughter  of  Josiah  and  Amy  Foster,  of  Burlington  county, 
New  Jersey,  in  the  year  1733. 

Sanmel  and  Hannah  F.  A])bott  had  three  children — George 
A1)bott,  their  eldest  son,  born  29th  of  11th  month,  173-i ; 
William  Abbott,  their  second  son,  born  4th  of  1th  month,  1737  ; 
and  Reljecca,  the  daughter,  was  born  26th  of  11th  month,  1710. 
Samuel,  their  father,  departed  this  life  25th  of  the  11th  month, 
1760,  at  the  ao-e  of  fortv-ei<>:ht  years,  of  cancer  of  the  face. 
In  a  volume  of  Memorial  of  Ministers  and  the  Distinguished 
Members  of  Philadelphia  Yearly  Meeting,  that  lived  during 
the  last  century,  I  find  the  following  account  of  Sanuiel  Abbott, 
although  he  died  comparatiNely  a  young  man.  It  shows  how 
highly  he  was  appreciated  by  his  fellow  members  and  others : 
"  He  was    born  of   believing  parents,  who  carefully  educated 


30  ABBOTT   FAMILY. 


"  liiiii  ill  tliu  way  of  trutli,  laboring  in  the  ability  afforded  tlieni 
"'  to  l)ring  up  in  the  nurture  and  admonition  of  the  Lord.  His 
"  father  dying  when  he  was  still  young,  the  care  of  providing 
"for  the  family  fell  upon  him.  In  the  responsible  station  to 
''  which  he  was  thus  raised,  he  endeavored  to  act  with  great 
"  watchfullness,  in  uprightness  and  integrity.  His  orderly, 
"  consistent  walking  amongst  men,  gained  him  a  good  report, 
"  and  by  his  obedience  to  the  inspeaking  word  of  Divine  grace 
"  he  obtained  the  favor  of  his  heavenly  Father.  As  he  contin- 
"  ued  faithful  to  the  manifestations  of  truth,  a  further  increase 
"  of  the  day  spring  from  on  high  was  granted  Imn,  and  about 
"  the  twenty-second  year  of  his  age  a  gift  of  gospel  ministry 
"  was  committed  to  his  charge.  He  was  led  by  his  beloved 
"  friends  to  travel  in  the  different  neighboring  provinces  in  the 
"  work  of  the  gospel,  and  in  love  to  the  souls  of  his  fellow 
"  creatures,  and  good  accoTints  of  his  labors  in  the  churches 
"  abroad  were  received  by  his  friends  at  home.  His  death  took 
"  place  :^5th  of  11th  month,  1760,  as  one  entering  into  a  sweet 
"  sleep."  Hannah,  his  widow,  married  Sanmel  Nicholson,  of 
Elsinborough,  she  being  his  second  wife,  in  1763.  She  died 
in  the  year  1793,  aged  seventy-eight  years. 

Josiali  and  Amy  Foster,  parents  of  the  above  named  Hannah 
Abbott,  were  residents,  as  before  stated,  of  Burlington  county. 
They  had  a  large  family  of  daughters,  who  married  in  the 
families  of  the  Abbotts,  Reeves,  Kewbolds,  Millers,  and 
Whites,  and  others,  whose  descendants  now  in  1876,  distantly 
connected,  are  very  numerous  in  Philadelphia  and  New  JerscA'. 
Josiah  Foster  died  1st  of  9th  month,  1770,  aged  eighty-eigiit 
years.  Amy,  his  widow,  died  15th  of  8th  month,  1783,  aged 
ninety-eight  years,  three  months  and  eleven  days. 

George,  son  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  F.  Abbott,  born  29th  of 
11th  month,  1731,  the  family  have  no  knowledge  of,  other  than 
that  he  signed  two  marriage  certificates  recorded  in  the  Salem 
Monthly  Meeting  of  Friends,  in  the  year  1756  and  1758.  Tlie 
presumption  therefore  is,  that  he  never  married,  and  that  he 
died  before  his  father,  at  aljout  the  age  of  twenty-four  years, 
as  he  is  not  mentioned  in  tlie  will  of  his  father,  wldcli  is  dated 
8th  month,  1759,  nor  does  his  name  appear  on  any  record 
after  the  year  1758. 

AVilliam,  the  second  son  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  F.  Abbott, 
was  born  4th  of  the  4th  month,  1737,  married  Rebecca,  the 
daughter  of  William  Tyler  3d,  and  Elizabeth,  his  wife;  Rebecca 
was  born  18th  of  the  2d  month,  1743,  and  they  were  married 
2d  of  the  2d  month,  1763.     They  had  three  cldldren— Sanmel, 


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born  27tli  of  lltli  montli,  1763;  George  was  born  2Ttli  of  9th 
nioutli,  1765,  and  Josiali  Abbott  born  23d  of  9th  month,  17H8. 
William  Abbott,  their  father,  after  an  active  life  as  a  farmer,  died 
in  the  1st  month,  1800,  in  the  sixty-third  year  of  his  age,  devising 
by  will  dated  1st  of  12th  month,  1799,  the  old  homestead  farm 
oi:  the  family,  in  Elsinborough,  to  his  eldest  son,  Samnel  Abbott; 
George  Abl)ott,  his  second  son,  a  farm  which  he  pnrchased  of 
Christianna  Miller,  in  the  township  of  Mannington;  to  his  son, 
Josiah  Abbott,  the  plantation  purchased  of  Mark  Miller  and 
Banjamin  Wynhook;  the  said  farm  is  located  in  Mannington, 
near  Salem.  Rebecca,  his  widow,  survived  him  about  six  years, 
and  died  28th  of  7tli  month,  1806,  aged  about  sixty-four  years. 
Reliecca,  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  Foster  Abbott, 
Ijorn  26tli  of  11th  month,  1710,  married  Joseph,  the  son  of  John 
Brick,  Jr.,  and  Ami  Nicholson  Brick,  of  Gravelly  Run,  Cumber- 
land county,  17th  of  12th  month,  1760.  Soon  after  their 
marriage  they  settled  on  a  farm  in  the  township  of  Elsinljorough, 
that  was  left  to  his  wife  by  her  father,  Samuel  Abbott,  who  had 
purchased  it  in  1756  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Morris  Goodwin. 
Joseph  and  Rebecca  Abbott  Brick  had  three  children — Ana, 
Hannah,  and  Samuel  Abbott  Brick.  Rebecca  A.  Brick,  wife  cf 
Joseph  Brick,  departed  this  life  16th  of  the  11th  month,  1780, 
aged  thirty-nine  years.  Ann  Brick,  their  eldest  daughter,  married 
Joseph,  son  of  Clement  and  Margaret  Hall,  of  Elsinborough. 
[See  genealogy  of  Hall  family.]  Hannah  Brick,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Rebecca  A.  Brick,  married  Anthony  Keasby,  of 
Salem.  Samuel  Abbott  Brick  married  Ami  Smart,  daughter  of 
Isaac  and  Ann  Smart,  of  Elsinborough.  Samuel,  the  eldest  son 
of  William  and  Rebecca  Abbott,  born  27th  of  11th  month,  1763, 
married  Marcia  Gill,  daughter  of  John  and  Amy  Gill,  of 
Iladdonfield,  E".  J.  They  were  married  24th  of  lltli  mouth, 
1791.  Their  children  were  William  Abbott,  born  22d  of  8th 
month,  1792;  Rebecca  Abbott,  born  29th  of  7th  month,  1791; 
and  Hannah  Abbott,  born  3d  of  4th  month,  1796;  Sarah,  the 
fourth  child,  born  1797,  died  in  infancy.  William  Al)lx)tt,  son 
of  Samuel  and  Marcia  Abbott,  married  Rachel  Denn,  daughter 
of  James  Denn,  of  Alio  ways  Creek ;  l;»y  her  had  five  cliildren — 
Ann,  Hannah,  John,  Mary,  and  Amy  Abbott.  After  the  death 
of  William's  wife,  Rachel,  he  married  Martha  Reeve,  of  Cum- 
berland county;  they  had  no  issue.  William  died  20th  of  the  4th 
month,  1835,  hi  his  forty-second  year.  Rebecca,  the  second  child 
of  Samuel  and  Marcia  Abl)ott,  married  Andrew,  the  eldest  son  of 
Joshua  and  RebeccaA.  Thompson,  of  Elsinborough.  They  were 
married  1st  of  4th  month,  1818.     She  died  in  1821,  aged  twenty- 


32  ABBorr  family. 


seven  years,  leaving  one  danghter,  Hannali  Ann  Thompson,  who 
snbseqnentlv  married  Elislia,  son  of  Elisha  and  Mary  Nicholson 
Bassett,  of  M;umington.  H;mnah,  the  daugliter  of  Samnel  and 
Marcia  Al)])ott,  married  Jedediah  T.,  son  of  David  and  Rebecca 
Allen,  of  Mannington ;  she  was  his  second  wife.  They  had 
issne,  two  children — Hannah  and  Cliamhless  Allen.  Their 
mother  survived  her  hnsband  several  years;  she  died  iJoth  of  l2tli 
month,  1866,  aged  seventy-one  years.  Marcia,  first  wife  of  Samnel 
Abbott,  died  2d  of  the  1st  month,  1798,  aged  thu*ty-four  years. 
Samnel  Al)bott's  second  wife  was  Martha  Ogden;  married  1st  of 
10th  month,  1809.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Samnel  and  Mary 
Ann  Ogden,  of  Pilesgrove.  She  Avas  born  2(1  of  the  2d  month, 
1779.  "Tliey  had  live  cliihlren — Mary  Ann  Abl)ott,  born  20tli 
of  the  lOtii  month,  1810;  Lydia  Abbott,  born  21st  of  the  1st 
month,  1813 ;  Samuel,  born  lith  of  the  3d  month,  1815 ;  George, 
born  I3tli  of  7th  month,  1817;  Martha  Abbott,  Ijorn  ith  of  4th 
month,  1811.  Samuel  Al)l)ott  was  an  active  and  successful 
agriculturist,  and  accumulated  a  fortune.  He  died  14th  of  4tli 
month,  1835,  in  the  seventy-second  year  of  his  age.  In  the  division 
of  his  estate,  he  gave  his  son,  George  Aljbott,  tlie  old  homestead  in 
Elsinl)orough;  the  same  property  was  pnrcliased  by  George 
Abbott,  the  emigrant,  in  1696.  Samuel  Abbott's  Avidow  died  4th 
of  the  5th  month,  1848,  in  lier  seventieth  year.  George  Abbott, 
son  of  AVilliam  and  Rebecca  Abbott,  was  born  27th  of  the  9th 
month,  1765.  He  married  Mary  Redman,  of  Haddonlield. 
George,  soon  after  his  marriage,  sold  the  farm  devised  to  iiim 
by  his  father,  William  Abbott,  and  removed  to  the  city  of 
Philadelpliia,  and  pursued  tlie  business  of  a  druggist.  He  died  at 
Haddonheld,  N.  J.,  15th  of  11th  month,  1831,  aged  sixty-seven 
years.  His  wife,  Mary,  died  also  at  Haddonlield,  a  short  time 
before  her  Iiusband.  They  had  five  children,  who  attained  their 
majority.  First  their  daughter,  Rebecca  R.  Abbott,  born  2d 
day  of  the  5tli  month,  1798.  She  married  Josiali  Holmes,  and 
died  without  issue  6th  of  4tli  montli,  1824. 

William,  son  of  George  and  Mary  R.  Al>bott,  born  8tli  of 
8th  montli,  1800,  died  at  Philadelphia,  unmarried,  29th  of 
12th  montli,  186)7.  Samnel  W.,  son  of  George  and  Mary  R. 
Abbott,  born  18tli  of  10th  month,  1807,  married  Helen  Lam- 
l>e]'t,  of  Lambertville,  New  Jersey,  and  died  without  issne  at 
Philadelphia,  27tli  of  2d  month,  1868.  James,  son  of  George 
and  Mary  R.  Abbott,  born  29tli  of  3d  month,  1811,  went  \o 
l^hiladelpliia  in  1830,  there  married  Caroline  Montelins,  21st 
of  12tli  month,  1837.  Redman,  son  of  George  and  Mary  R. 
Abbott,  ])orn  28th  of  lOtli  month,  1813,  went^to  Philadelphia, 


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tliere  married  Susan  ¥.  Learning,  of  Cape  May  county.  Will- 
iam, son  of  George  and  Mary  It.  Abbott,  of  the  iirni  of  Wood 
i^  Al)bott,  of  Pliiladelpbia,  was  a  successful  merchant.  He 
never  married,  and  died  in  1868,  in  his  sixty-seyenth  year, 
leaving  a  large  estate.  James  Abl^ott,  fourtli  child  of  George 
and  Mary  Abbott,  and  his  wife,  Caroline  Montelius  Abbott, 
have  six  children — Montelius,  Francis  R.,  Mary  H.,  Harry 
James,  William  J.,  and  Helen  D.  Abbott.  Redman,  son  of 
George  and  Mary  R.  Al)bott,  and  his  wife  Susan,  have  three 
children — Ellen  F.,  William  Louis,  and  Gertrude  Abbott.  All 
four  of  George  Abbott's  sons  were  merchants  in  the  city  of 
Philadelphia. 

Josiah,  the  third  son  of  William  and  Rebecca  Abbott,  was 
born  23d  of  Otli  month,  1768.  He  married  a  young  woman  by 
the  name  of  Wilson.  Soon  after  his  marriage  he  removed  to 
the  city  of  Richmond,  Ya.,  and  carried  on  the  hatting  business; 
having  at  Salem  served  an  apprenticeship  to  that  trade.  Josiah 
and  his  M'ife  had  two  children,  Josiah  and  Adaline  Abbott; 
they  were  born  about  the  years  1792  to  1794.  Josiah  Abbott, 
Jr.,  studied  law  and  practiced  for  some  years ;  lie  married  and 
left  three  children,  one  son  and  two  daugliters.     Josiah  died  in 


1850,  leaving  a  widow.  His  sister,  Adaline  Abbott,  married 
Thomas  H.  Drew,  of  Richmond.     They  had  children. 

Mary  Ann  Abbott,  eldest  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Martha 
Abbott,  was  born  20th  of  10th  month,  1810,  departed  this  life 
10th  of  1st  month,  1841,  in  the  thirty-fourth  year  of  lier  age. 
Lvdia,  the  second  daus-hter  of  Samnel  and  Martha  Abbott, 
born  21st  of  1st  month,  1813,  and  died  14th  of  6th  month, 

1845,  aged  thirty-three  years.  Martha  Abbott  the  youngest 
daughter  of  Samnel  and  Martha  Abbott,  born  4th  of  4th 
month,  1819,  married  Samuel  S.  Willets  6tli  of  lOtli  month, 
1841,  of  Haddoniield,  ISTew  Jersey  ;  she  departed  this  life  13th 
of  7th  month,  1845,  aged  twenty-six  years,  leaving  one  son, 
Samuel  A.  Willets,  who  subsequently  married  Abby  Evans, 
danghter  of  Josiah  and  Hannah  Evans,  of  Haddoniield.  Sam- 
uel, the  eldest  son  of  Samnel  and  Martlia  Ogden  Abljott,  l)orn 
14th  of  3d  month,  1815,  married  Sarab  Wistar  Gth  of  5th  month, 

1846,  eldest  daughter  of  Casper  and  Rebecca  Wistar.  Ho  was 
born  20th  of  Gth  month,  1818.  TJieir  children  are  as  follows: 
Mary  Ann  Abbott,  Ijorn  24th  of  9tli  month,  1847 ;  their  son 
Casper  W.  Abbott,  born  6th  of  12th  montli,  1848,  died  aged  ten 
months.  Samuel  Al)l)ott,  4tli,  was  born  28th  of  7tli  month,  1851. 
Rel)ecca  and  Catharine  Abbott's  twins  were  born  26th  of  2d 
montli,  1853.     Mary  Ann,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Sanuiel  and 

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34  ABBOTT    FAMILY, 


Sarah  W.  Abbott  married,  itli  of  12tli  month,  1872,  Josiah, 
!<on  of  Chiyton  and  Martha  AVistar,  Lite  of  Mannington. 
Samuel  and  his  wife  Sarah  "VY.  Abl)ott  owns  and  resides  in  the 
township  of  Mannington  on  the  homestead  of  liis  father. 

George,  the  second  son  of  Samuel  and  Martha  Abbott,  boi-n 
13th  of  Tth  month,  1817,  married  Paith  S.  Baker,  9th  of  the 
10th  month,  1815,  daughter  of  George  W.  and  Ruth  Baker,  oi 
New  Bedford,  Mass.  Their  children  were  Henry  B.  Abbott, 
l)orn  5th  of  8th  month,  1816;  Charles  T.  Abbot,  born  12th  of 
Irth  month,  1818;  George  Abbott,  5t]i,  born  11th  of  9th  month, 
1819;  Wilham  Abbott,"born  2d  of  9th  month,  1852,  and  died 
80th  of  the  12tli  month,  1862,  aged  eleven  years,  Joseph  B. 
Abbott,  son  of  George  and  Ruth  Abbott,  born  26th  of  2d 
month,  1857,  and  died  oOtli  of  the  1st  month,  1863,  aged  six 
years.  William  Abbott,  sixth  son  of  George  and  Ruth  Abbott, 
born  13th  of  2d  month,  1868.  George,  the  son  of  George  and 
Ruth  Abbott,  married  Elizabeth  Lippincott,  9tli  of  lOth  month, 
1872,  daughter  of  Aquila  and  Sarah  Lippincott,  They  have  one 
son,  Edward  S,  Abbott,  liorn  2d  of  9th  month,  1873,  George, 
the  son  of  Samuel  and  Martha  Abl)ott,  sold  the  old  liomestead 
of  the  Abbott's,  located  in  the  townshijD  of  Elsinborough,  Said 
property  was  devised  to  him  by  his  father,  George  purchased 
a  valuable  property  in  Mannington  (it  formerly  l)elonged  to 
Wliittin  Cripps),  and  resides  thereon. 


EDWARD    BRADWAY    HOUSE. 
Salem,  N.  J.  Built  1691. 


BKADWAY    FAMILY. 

Edward  Bradway  and  his  wife  Mary  Bradway,  and  their  three 
children — Mary,  William  and  Susannah  Bradway,  tos::ether  with 
their  three  servants — William  Groon,  Thomas  Buckel,  and 
John  Allen,  emljarked  from  London  in  the  3d  month,  in  the  year 
1677,  in  the  ship  called  the  Kent.  They  landed  at  Salem,  in 
AYest  New  Jersey,  in  the  7th  montli  following.  There  is  no 
doubt  but  that  Edward  Bradway  had  considerable  means.  When 
he  came  to  this  country  he  had  purchased  one  town  lot  and  one 
thousand  acres  of  land  of  the  proprietor  Ijef  ore  Fenwick  embarked 
for  this  country.  As  early  as  1676  the  street  now  known  as 
Broadway  was  laid  out  and  called  Wharf  street,  and  several  town 
lots  were  laid  out  and  surveyed  on  said  street;  one  for  Edward 
Bradway  Ijefore  his  arrival,  containing  sixteen  acres,  commencing 
near  the  pul)lic  wharf  at  the  creek,  and  running  up  the  street  a 
certain  distance,  and  from  the  line  of  said  street  a  northerly 
course  to  Fenwick  creek.  In  tlie  year  1691  Edward  Bradway 
l)uilt  on  his  town  lot  a  large  brick  house  which  is  still  standing, 
for  size  and  appearance  surpassing  any  house  built  prior  to  that 
date,  and  for  many  years  afterward,  in  Salem.  I  think  it  far 
excels  in  size  and  a]-chitecture  the  two  houses  built  in  Philadel- 
phia about  the  same  period — one  built  by  William  Penn  in 
Leatita  court,  and  the  other  built  by  Samuel  Carpenter  on  Second 
street,  cornei-  of  Norris  alley.  The  Governor  of  this  State 
resided  in  the  Bi-adway  house  some  time  after  the  death  of 
Edward  Bradway;  hence  it  went  under  the  name  of  the  Gov- 
ernor's house  for  many  years  afterwards.  It  is  still  owned  by 
one  of  the  lineal  descendants  of  Edward  Bradway.  being  tlu^ 
seventh  generation. 

Li  1693  the  town  of  Salem  was  incorporated  into  ;i  liorougli, 
and  the  authorities  of  the  town  changed  the  name  of  Wharf 
street  to  Bi-adway  street,  in  honor  of  Edward  Bradway.  Edward 
had  two  children  born  in  Salem — Sarah  and  Hannah  Bradway. 
His  allotment  of  land  that  Richard  Hancock  surveyed  for  him 
in  1676,  by  order  of  John  Fenwick,  was  located  on  the  south 
side  of  Alloways  creek,  joining  Christopher  White  on  t]ie  west 


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6  BEADWAY    FAMILY. 


and  Wm.  Malstiff's  land  on  tlie  east,  running  800  rods,  starting 
from  the  creek,  course  south  thirty-one  degrees,  east  until  it 
reached  Henry  Salter's  10,000  acre  tract.  Mary  Bradway,  the 
eldest  daugliter  of  Edward  Bradway,  married  William  Cooper 
in  1087,  wlio  was  a  blacksmith,  and  was  tlie  first  that  followed 
that  business  in  Salem.  They  had  three  children  born  in  Salem 
— Mary  Avas  born  in  1688,  Sarah  in  1G90,  and  Hannah  in  1092. 
Edward  Bradway,  about  the  year  before  his  death,  deeded  300 
acres  of  land  to  his  daughter,  Mary  Cooper,  being  part  of  his 
allotment  in  Alloways  Creek.  He  mentioned  in  his  deed  of 
conveyance  the  natural  affection  he  had  for  his  daughter  Mary 
Cooper,  and  gave  her  300  acres  of  land,  and  then  describes  the 
boundaries.  She  was  to  pay  for  consideration,  if  demanded,  one 
ear  of  Indian  corn  on  the  first  day  of  the  9tli  montli,  e-:ich  and 
every  year  forever.  One  of  the  largest  branches  of  Alloways 
creek  runs  by  the  property;  hence  the  name  of  Cooper's  creek 
was  given  it.  About  eighty  years  ago  the  grandson  of  William 
and  Mary  Cooper,  whose  name  was  Benjamin  Cooper,  came  from 
Gloucester  and  resided  on  tlie  property  a  few  years,  and  then 
sold  it  to  different  persons  and  returned  to  his  native  county. 
William  and  Mary  Cooper,  soon  after  the  death  of  her  father, 
which  event  took  place,  I  think,  in  1693,  purchased  a  large  tract 
of  land  in  the  county  of  Gloucester,  where  the  city  of  Camden 
now  stands,  and  removed  from  Salem  to  that  place  in  169-1-. 
They  had  two  sons  born  at  that  place — William  and  Edward 
Cooper. 

William  Bradway,  the  oldest  son  of  Edward  Bradway,  married, 
in  1691,  Elizabeth  White,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Christopher 
White.  She  was  born  in  London  in  1669,  and  had  four  cliildren 
— Edward,  the  oldest,  was  born  in  1692;  William,  their  second 
son,  died  young;  Jonathan,  the  youngest  son,  was  born  1699; 
and  their  daughter  Elizabeth  was  born  in  1701.  She  married 
the  son  of  Fenwick  Adams,  of  Penn's  Neck.  Hannah  Bradway, 
the  youngest  daughter  of  Edward  BradAvay,  Sr.,  was  born  in 
1681.  She  married  Joseph  Stretch,  who  had  lately  arrived  in 
this  country  from  England.  They  were  married  in  1701,  ;md 
from  them  sprung  the  large  family  of  that  name  in  this  county. 
Edward  Bradway,  the  oldest  son  of  William  Bradway,  l)ecame 
the  owner  of  the  property  in  Salem  on  Bradway  street,  and  was 
married  about  the  year  1720.  It  appears  he  died  a  .young  man, 
leaving  one  son  named  Aaron  BradAvay,  who,  in  1715  oi-  'Ki, 
married  a  young  woman  that  owned  one-half  of  Middle  Neck  in 
Elsinljorough.  Joshua  Waddington  now  lives  on  and  omiis  part 
of  said  property.     Aaron  and  Ids  wife  Sarah  had  two  c-ldldren 


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— Josliua  and  Sarali  Brachvtiv.  Joslma  always  remained  single, 
and  after  tlie  death  of  liis  father — his  mother  haxiiifi;  died  when 
lie  was  quite  young — he  inherited  all  her  real  estate.  His  sister, 
Sarah  Bradway,  married  Jonathan  AVaddington,  of  Adoways 
Creek.  Jonathan  AVaddington  and  his  wife  had  six  children,  all 
of  them  sons,  named  as  follows :  William,  Aaron,  E,ohert,  Thomas, 
Jonathan  and  Edward  Waddington.  Aaron  Bradway's  second 
wife  was  Sarali  Smith,  widow  of  Jolm  Smith,  who  was  the  gi-and- 
son  of  John  Smith  of  Aml>lel)ury.  Aaron  and  his  wife  Sarah 
had  one  son  named  Thomas  Bradway.  Aaron  Bradway's  third 
wife  M'as  widow  Rolph,  and  by  her  he  had  one  daughter  named 
Hannah  R.  Brad^vay,  who  afterwards  became  the  wife  of  David 
Bradway,  of  Alloways  Creek. 

Thomas  Bradway  became  the  o^nler  of  his  father's  real 
estate  in  Salem  on  Bradway  street  l)y  will.  His  wife  was 
Isabella  Dunlap,  and  I  believe  they  had  three  children.  The 
oldest  was  Sarah  Ann,  who  married  John  S.  Wood  of  Cumber- 
land county ;  Thomas  Bradway  and  Eliza  Bradway.  William 
Bradway,  Jr.,  the  son  of  William  Bradway,  never  married  and 
died  young.  Jonathan  Bradway's  lirst  wife  was  Mary  Daniels, 
the  daughter  of  James  Daniels,  Sr.  They  had  tln-ee  children 
— William  the  oldest,  born  in  1T28  ;  Rachel  and  Jonathan 
Bradway.  His  second  wife  Avas  Susanna  Oakford,  the  daughter 
of  Charles  Oakford,  Jr.  They  had  three  children — Edward 
born  in  1741 ;  Sarah  and  Nathan  Bradway.  William,  the  old- 
est son  of  Jonathan  Bradway,  and  his  wife  Sarali,  had  three 
children — Adna,  the  oldest,  died  a  minor ;  William  and  Mary 
Bradway.  The  latter  became  the  wdfe  of  John  Thom|)Son  of 
Elsinborough,  anthwas  tlie  grand-mother  of  the  present  William 
Thompson  of  that  township.  William  Bradway,  Jr. 's,  wife  was 
Mary  Ware,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Ware.  They 
had  five  children.  TJie  oldest  was  Sarah,  who  married  Elisha 
Stretch,  and  their  cliildren  were  Mary,  Josliua,  William,  Ann 
and  Job  Stretch.  Anna  Bradway  married  James  Stewart,  Jr. 
Two  children  were  born  to  them — Hannah  and  Mary  Stewart. 
Hannah  died  a  young  woman,  and  Mary  married  William 
Griscom. 

William  Bradway,  the  oldest  son  of  Jonathan  Bradway,  was 
l)orn  in  1728,  and  married  Sarah  Hancock ;  they  had  three 
children — Admy,  AVilliam  and  Mary  Bradway.  Mary's  husband 
was  John  Thompson,  of  Elsinborough.  They  were  the  grand- 
parents of  the  present  William,  Josep]i  and  Casper  Thompson. 
William  Bradway,  Jr.,  married  Mary  Ware,  daughter  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  Ware,  and  they  had  five  children — Sarah,  Anna, 


38  BRADWAY    FAMILY. 


Raeliel,  Ezra  and  John.  Sarah,  their  oldest  dangliter's  hus- 
band was  EHslia  Stretch.  They  Avere  the  parents  of  Mary, 
Joshua,  William,  Ann  and  Job  Stretch.  Ann  Bradway  mar- 
ried James  Stewart,  Their  children  were  Hannah  and  Mary 
Stewart.  The  latter  was  William  Griscom's  tirst  wife.  Anna's 
second  husband  was  Samuel  Fogg,  and  they  had  one  son,  the 
present  William  Fogg,  who  resides  at  Salem.  Racliel  Brad- 
way's  first  husband  was  Joseph  Stewart,  the  son  of  Samuel 
Stewart,  of  Salem  township.  Their  children  were  Mary,  Anna 
and  Lydia  Stewart.  Rachel's  second  husband  was  David  Gris- 
com,  wlio  was  a  teacher  of  Clermont  Boarding  School,  near 
Philadelphia,  for  several  years.  There  were  two  children, 
Rachel  and  David.  Ezra  Brad  way  married  Mary  Denn,  daughter 
of  James  Denn,  of  Alloways  Creek.  They  had  five  children, 
all  of  them  being  sons — William,  John,  George,  Mark  and 
Cliarles.  John  Brad  way's  first  wife  was  Hannah  Pancoast, 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  Pancoast;  and  his  second  wife 
was  Clarissa  Hancock.  They  had  one  son  John,  who  is  cashier 
of  the  Woodbur}^  Bank. 

Jonathan  Bradway's  second  son's  name  was  Jonathan,  and 
he  married  Elizaljeth  Stewart,  the  daughter  of  Jolni  and  Mary 
Stewart.  Their  children  were  John,  Mark  and  Thomas  Brad- 
way.  The  last  mentioned  died  young.  John  married  and 
removed  to  the  State  of  Ohio.  Mark  Bradway  married  the 
daughter  of  Thomas  Hartley,  and  they  had  one  son  named 
Thomas  H.  His  second  wife  was  Martha  Denn,  and  had  one  son 
named  Mark  Bradway,  who  was  a  merchant  for  several  years  at 
Hancock's  Bridge,  Thomas  H.  Bradway  Avas  by  occupation  a 
tailor,  and  did  a  very  extensive  business  in  that  line  for  many 
years.  His  iiouse  and  sliop  were  locmted  on  Fcnwick  street, 
Salem,  where  William  Iloltz  l)uilt  liis  large  brick  dwelling. 
Thomas'  wife  Avas  Rachel  Worthington,  daugliter  of  David 
and  Jail  Worthington.  Thomas  subsequently  purchased  a 
large  farm  in  East  ISTotingham  township,  Chester  County,  Pa., 
and  removed  there.  The  farm  was  nmcli  reduced  Avlien  he 
l)Ought  it,  but  by  his  industry  and  good  management  it  proA^ed 
to  be  a  profitable  investment.  He  lived  to  a  great  age.  Most 
of  his  children  reside  there  at  the  present  time.  Rachel  Brad- 
Avay,  the  daughter  of  Jonathan,  married  Samuel  Hancock. 
There  Avere  tnree  children,  Reljecca,  Prudence  and  Sanmel. 
Rebecca's  first  husband  Avas  Samuel  Padgett ;  iier  second,  Bar- 
zilla  Jeffres.  Prudence  Hancock's  Imsband  Avas  Tliomas  Rob- 
erts. He  Avas  a  merchant  and  a  practical  surveyor  at  Hancock's 
Bridge  during  the  greater  part  of  his  life.     Few  men  liad  more 


BRADWAY    FAMILY.  39 


friends  and  less  enemies  at  the  time  of  their  death  than  lie. 
Those  living  there  at  that  time  testify  that  they  never  witnessed 
such  a  large  concourse  of  people  of  all  denominations  as 
attended  his  funeral,  showing  tliat  his  friends  and  neighbors 
duly  appreciated  his  goodness  of  character,  and  were  desirous 
to  pay  their  last  respects  to  liini  on  this  earth.  lie  left  two 
cliildren,  Samuel  and  Sarah. 

Samuel  Hancock,  Jr.  married  Hannah  Pancoast,  daughter  of 
Edward  Pancoast,  of  Gloucester  county.  They  liad  six  chil- 
dren, named  Rachel,  Clarissa,  Beulali,  Joseph,  Edward  and 
Samuel.  Pachel  lived  past  middle  age  and  died  single.  Clar- 
issa married  John  Bradway.  Beulah  was  the  first  wife  of 
David  Ogden,  late  of  Woodbury.  Joseph  married  Susan 
Bacon  of  Philadelphia,  and  was  for  several  years  a  member  of 
the  Pennsylvania  Legislature,  and  now  is  one  of  the  Inspectors 
of  Buildings  for  the  city  of  Philadelphia.  Edward  Hancock 
married  Susan  Thompson,  daughter  of  William  Thompson,  of 
tills  county.  Samuel  Hanc^ock's  wife  was  Charlotte  Gillinghani. 
He  is  by  occupation  a  lumber  merchant,  and  is  considered  to 
have  more  than  ordinary  talents.  He  was  a  member  of  tlie  city 
council  for  several  years,  and  now  holds  the  responsible  office  of 
City  Comptroller  for  the  city  of  Philadelphia. 

Edward  Bradway,  the  oldest  son  of  Jonathan  Bradway  by  his 
second  wife,  Susanna  Oakford,  was  born  in  ITil,  and  married 
Elizabeth  Waddington.  They  had  six  children — David,  Han- 
nah, Edward,  Waddington,  Elizabeth  and  Adna.  His  second 
wife  was  Susanna  Barbour.  David  Bradway's  first  wife  and 
mother  of  his  children  was  Hannali  Bradway,  tlie  daughter  of 
Aaron  Bradway.  Waddington  Bradway's  first  wife  was  Mary 
Bates,  and  their  children  were  Edward,  Elizabeth  and  Phebe. 
His  second  wife  was  Hannah  Stretch,  the  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Elizabeth  Stretch.  They  liad  two  children — Jonath^u^  and 
Mercy  Bradway.  Jonathan,  their  son,  married  Dorcas,  daughter 
of  Andrew  and  Sarah  Griscom.  They  have  several  children. 
Mercy  Bradway  married  Jacob  Ridgway.  Mercy  is  deceased, 
leaving  two  children — Kesiali  and  Waddino-ton  B.  Ridirwav. 
Kesiah  is  deceased.     Waddington  married  Anna,  tlie  daughter  of 


John  and  Rebecca  Powell.  Waddington  and  his  ^vife  ha\-e 
several  children — one  daughter  and  four  sons.  His  third  wife 
was  Hannah  Bainer,  the  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Lydia  Bainer, 
of  Cape  May.  Tlieir  cliildren  were  Waddington,  Ilamudi,  Isaac, 
Lydia,  Susan  and  Josiali. 

Adna  Bradway's  first  wife  was  Sarah  Baker,  the  daughter  of 
Esthey  Baker.    She  Qm\Q(]  th§  property  where  Qifinton  Um'k 


40  BR  AD  WAY   FAMILY. 


now  owns  and  lives,  lli.s  second  wife  was  Lydia  Bainer,  daughter 
of  Elisha  and  Lydia  Bainer.  Their  chihlren  were  Sarah,  Elisha, 
Adna,  Jac(.)lj,  Edward,  Lydia,  Jonathan  and  Elizabetli.  Sarali 
Bradway,  (hnighter  of  Jonathan,  married  William  Adams,  of 
Penn's  Neck.  They  had  two  cldldren — Susanna  and  John 
Adams.  John  died  young.  Susanna  was  the  first  wife  of  the 
late  Benjamin  Griscom,  of  Salem.  Sarah's  second  husband  was 
Richard  Ware,  who  owned  the  property  in  Quaker  Neck  Avhere 
Josiali  Wistar  lives.  They  had  two  children — Sarah  and  Eliza- 
betli Ware. 

The  Waddington  fanuly  were  closely  connected  with  part  of 
the  Bradway's.  A¥illiani  Waddington  arrived  in  this  country 
from  England  in  1695.  He  soon  aftci-wards  purchased  a  tract 
of  land  of  Edward  Wade,  l)eing  tlie  soutliern  portion  of  his 
allotment  adjoiuiug  Anna.  Salter's  line  on  that  property,  and 
built  there  and  made  it  his  permanent  home.  He  had  one  son, 
Jonathan  Waddington,  wlio  married  about  tlie  year  1728,  and 
lived  on  his  patrimonial  estate.  He  and  Ids  wife  had  four 
cliildren — Hann;di,  Jonathan,  P]lizabeth,  and  Jane.  Hannah, 
the  oldest  daugliter,  married  AValker  Beesley.  Their  children 
were  Walker,  Hannah,  Benjamin,  Mary  and  Abner.  Walker 
was  killed  at  the  massacre  of  Hancock's  Bridge  dnrin<>:  the 
Kevolutionary  war  in  1778.  ILmnah  Beesley  married  her  cousin 
John  Beesley.  They  had  two  children,  Walker  and  David. 
Mary  Beesley  was  the  wife  of  Peter  Townsend,  late  of  Manning- 
ton.  Benjamin  died  young;  and  Abner  Beesley  married  Mary 
Mason,  daughter  of  John  Mason. 

Eliza])et]i  Waddingt(^n's  husl)and  was  Edward  Bradway.  Jane 
Waddington  married  Edward  Keasby,  Jr.  She  was  his  second 
wife.  They  had  one  daughter,  Sarah  Iveasbey,  whose  husband 
was  John  Pancoast,  son  of  Edward  Pancoast.  They  resided  for 
some  time  after  they  were  married  on  the  farm  that  was  left  to 
her  by  her  father  below  the  village  of  Canton.  Richard  Irelan 
now  oAvns  it.  After  a  few  years  they  sold  it  and  purchased  a 
farm  of  Josiah  Reeve,  which  farm  is  owned  at  the  present  time 
by  Luke  S.  Eogg.  After  the  death  of  Jane  Keasby  they  sold 
the  property  ami  removed  to  Mullica  Hill,  and  there  ended  their 
days.  Tlieir  childi-en  wei'o  Hannah,  Achsah,  John,  Israel,  Jane, 
iJavid,  and  Aaron. 

The  father  of  Jonathan  Waddington,  od,  (bed  1760,  by  cir- 
cumstances not  common  in  tliis  country.  <  )n  the  evening  of 
18th  of  3d  month,  1760,  the  wind  being  south,  it  commenced 
snowing  and  at  sunrise  the  next  morning  it  was  clear,  and  the 
snow  was  three  feet  deep  on  the  level.     I  have  been  informed 


BRxVDWAY    FAMILY.  41 


1  )y  persons  living  at  the  time,  that  it  required  great  exertions  on 
the  part  of  those  owning  sheep  to  extricate  them  from  under 
the  snow.  Jonathan  AV^addington,  Jr.,  in  endeavoring  to  save 
his  sheep,  cauglit  a  violent  cold  and  died  three  or  four  days 
afterwards.  At  his  death  there  was  but  one  infant  son  by  the 
name  of  Waddington  in  this  county.  Watson,  in  his  Annals  of 
Philadelpliia,  mentions  the  account  of  the  same  fall  of  snow  I 
have  alluded  to.  It  was  the  greatest  that  history  gives  any 
account  of  since  the  first  European  settlement. 

The  family  of  Coopers  have  scattered  in  nearly  all  the  States 
of  tlie  Union,  I  think;  nearly  all  of  them  are  descendants  of 
William  and  Margaret  Cooper,  of  Coltshill,  in  the  county  of 
Stafford,  England ;  the  following  are  the  names  of  their  chil- 
dren :  AVilliam,  the  son  of  William  and  Margaret  Cooper,  was 
born  at  Coltsliill,  26th  day  of  9th  month,  1660;  Hannah, 
daughter  of  the  same  parents,  born  21st  of  9th  month,  1662  ; 
Joseph,  the  son  of  William  and  Margaret  Cooper,  born  22d  of 
7th  month,  1666 ;  James  Cooper,  son  of  William  and  Margaret 
Cooper,  born  3d  of  the  10th  month,  1670;  Daniel  Cooper,  son 
of  the  same  parents,  born  27th  of  1st  month,  1673.  William 
Cooper  and  wife  emigrated  with  their  children  in  1682  ;  he 
settled  in  Barlington  county.  The  eldest  son,  William  Cooper, 
was  by  trade  a  blacksmith.  He  settled  at  Salem  about  1684. 
He  married  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Edward  Bradway.  They 
sabsequently  moved  to  Gloucester,  where  the  city  of  Camden  is ; 
he  died  in  1691,  leaving  one  son  and  two  daughters.  He  left 
his  father,  William  Cooper,  and  his  father-indaw,  EdM'ard 
Bradway,  executors  in  his  will.  Joseph  Cooper,  son  of  AVilliam 
and  Margaret  Cooper,  married  Lydia  Riggs,  in  1688.  Daniel 
Cooper  married  Abigail  Wood,  in  1693 ;  his  second  wife  Avas 
Sarah  Spicer,  daughter  of  Samuel  Spicer;  tliey  were  married  in 
1695  ;  she  was  the  sister  of  Jacob  Sj)icer.  ILiunah,  \]ie  daughter 
of  William  and  Margaret  Cooper,  mnri'ied,  in  1704,  Jo]m 
Wolston. 


6 


BRICK    FAMILY. 

John  Brick  was  a  native  of  England;  lie  emigrated  to  Fen- 
wick  Colony  pre\dous  to  1680,  and  purchased  a  large  tract  of 
land  on  the  south  side  of  the  town  branch  of  Stoe  Creek,  called 
Gravelly  Bun;  the  village  of  Jericho  is  on  the  original  tract  of 
land.     Samuel  Demming,  of  Maryland,  bought  tlie  land  of  Jolm 
Fenwick  in  1679 ;  he,  Demming,  sold  the  said  land  to  Jolm  Brick, 
Sr.,  about    1690.     Tlie   land  was  reserved  by  Benjamm  Acton 
in   1729.     John  had   several   children;  the  oldest  was  John; 
there  was  Joshua,  who  located  liimself  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Maurice  river;  he  was  the  father  of  the  late  Joshua  Brick  of 
Port  Elizabeth.     Richard  Brick,  the  third  son  of  Jolm,  purchased 
a  tract  of  five  hundred  acres  in  the  to^mship  of  Manningtou ;  it 
lay  adjoining  to  the  Hedgefield  tract.     He  was  a  large  farmer; 
likewise    carried    on   the    tannmg    and  cm-rying   business  very 
extensively.     He  left  one  son,  John  Brick ;    I  think  he  never 
married.     At  his  death  his  real  estate   was   purchased  by  his 
cousin,  Joshua  Brick,  at  Port  Elizabetli,  and  Isaac  To^Misend  of 
the    same   place,  and    they  conveyed    to    the  late  Jesse  Boyd. 
Samuel  Brick,  the    youngest  son  of  Jolm  Brick,  Sr.,  married 
and  left  issue.     His  son  Samuel  lived  for  a  number  of  years  on 
his  cousin  Jolm  Brick's  estate,  in  Mannington,  and  followed  the 
tanning  business  to  some  extent,  and  also  farming.     He  was  the 
father  of  Josiali  Brick,  of  Upper  Penns  Xeck.     The  eldest  son 
of  John  Brick,  Jr.,  inherited  all  of  his  father's  real  estate  at 
Gravelly  Run;  lie  l)ecame  a  conspicuous  and  influential  person 
in  the  colony,  ^\'as  one  of  the  Judges  of  Salem  courts  for  many 
vears.     At  the  division  of  the  county,  the  commissioners  thought 
of    making    the    branch    of    Stoe  Creek,  where  Seeley    mill  is 
located    on,  the  boundary  line,  luit  Jolm  Brick  used  his  great 
influence,  for  them  to  iiiid^c  tln^  Gravelly  run  the  line,  tlierebv 
throwing  his  property  in  the  new  county  of  Cumberland,  which 
he  deserved.     lie  married  Ann,  the  daughter  of  Abel  and  Mary 
Tyler  Nicholson,  of  Elsinljorough,  in  1729.     She  was  born  I5tii 
of  lltli  month,  1707.  They  commenced  life  together  at  Cohansey. 
They  had  eight  children.     The  oldest,  Mary,  born  10th  of  2d 


BRICK    FAMILY.  43 


month,  1730;  Elizabeth,  John,  Joseph,  Ann,  Hamiah,  Ruth  and 
Jane,  born  lOtb  of  1st  month,  17-13.     John  Brick,  the  father  of 
the  before  mentioned  children,  died  the  23d  of  the  1st  niontli, 
1758,  and   his  widow,  Ann  N.  Brick,  in  1778,  at  the    age  of 
nearly   seventy-two   years.     Pre\dous  to  his  death  John  Brick 
purchased  a   considerable  quantity  of   land   in  Alloways  Creek 
to\^Tiship,  lying  on  the  south  side  of  Alloways  creek.     Part  of  a 
neck  of  land  called  Beesley  Neck,  Avhich  he  devised  to  his  second 
son,  Joseph  Brick,  who  married  Rebecca  Abl)ott,  the  daughter  of 
Samuel  Abbott,  of  Elsinboro,  about  the  year  1758.     Joseph  and 
his  wife  resided  for  a  short  time  on  his  property  at  Alloways 
Creek,  subsequently  removed  to  Elsinboro  on  a  farm  that  was 
left  to  his  wife  by  her  father,  Samuel  Abbott,  who  had  purchased 
it,  a  short   time   previous    to  his  death,  of  Thomas  and  Sarah 
Goodwin,  it  being  part  of  Lewis  Morris'  estate.     Joseph  and  his 
wife  Rebecca  had  three  children — Ann,  Hannah,  and  Samuel. 
His  wife,  Rebecca,  died  16tli  of  the  11th  montli,  1780,  aged  thirty- 
nine  years.     His  second  wife  was  Martha  Reeve,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Reeve,  Jr.,  and  Milicent,  his  wife.     Their  home  was  on  the 
south  side  of  Cohansey,  opposite  the  to\\Ti  of  Greemvich,  Cumber- 
land county.     By  her  he  had  two  sons — Joseph  and  John.     Ann 
Brick,  his  oldest  daughter,  married  Joseph  Hall,  son  of  Clement 
Hall.     Hannah  Brick  married  Antliony  Keasbey,  of  Salem.     I 
tlnnk  lie  was  the  son  of  Matthew  Keasbey.     Antliony  and  his 
wife  had  eight  children — Rebecca,  Matthew,  Edward,  Prudence, 
Hannah,    Artemesia,    Anthony    and  Ann.     Samuel  Brick,  the 
eldest  son  of  Joseph,  married  Anna  Smart,  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Ann  Smart,  of  Elsinboro,  and  had  five  children — Deborah, 
Rebecca,  Ann,  Samuel  and  Joseph.     The  last  two  were  twins, 
and  after  they  arrived  at  some  age  went  to  Philadelphia  to  learn 
trades.     I    think  tliey  are    both  deceased  at  the  present  time. 
Deborah    always    remained    single,  and    lived    to    an  old    age. 
Rebecca  married  Paul  Hubbs,  a  native  of  Pilesgrove,  but  at  the 
time  of  his  marriage  was  a  resident  of  Philadelphia.     He  was 
the  son  of  Charles  and  Rebecca  Hubbs,  of  Woodstown.     Ann, 
the  youngest  daugliter  of  Samuel  and  Ann  Brick,  married  John 
Stevenson,  Jr.,  son  of  John  Stevenson,  of  Mannington.     John 
and  his  wife,  a  short  time  after  their  marriage,  removed  to  the 
State  of  New  York.     His  wife  died  not  long  afterwards,  leaving 
one  or  two  children.     Mary,  the  eldest  daughter  of  John,  Jr., 
and  Ann  IST.  Brick,  born  lOth  of  the  2d  montli,  1730,  married 
Nathaniel  Hall,  of  Mannington.     Elizabeth  Brick,  the  daughter 
of  John,  Jr.,  and  Ann  N.  Brick,  was  born  4:th  of  the  7th  month, 
1732.     She  married,  in  1753,  John  Reeve,  of  Cohansey.     Aim 


44  ERICK   FAMILY. 


Brick,  the  daughter  of  the  before  mentioned  parents,  was  born 
23d  of  1st  month,  1738.  She  married  Joseph  Clement,  of 
Haddonfield,  in  1761.  Rutli  Brick,  daughter  of  John  and  Ann 
]Nr.  Brick,  was  born  1st  of  the  10th  montli,  1742,  married 
Benjamin  Reeve,  of  Pliihidelphia,  in  17G1.  He  was  a  clock  and 
watchmaker,  and  carried  on  that  business  in  that  city.  He  was 
the  youngest  son  of  Joseph  and  Eleanor  Reeve,  of  Cohansey ; 
was  born  2d  of  7th  month,  1737.  Joseph,  the  eldest  son  of 
Joseph  and  Martha  Reeve  Brick,  married  Elizabeth  Smith, 
daughter  of  David  Smith,  a  resident  of  Mannington.  He  was  a 
native  of  Eo-o-  Harbor.  His  wife  was  the  daughter  of  Jonathan 
and  Mary  Shonrds  Pettit.  Tliey  removed  to  Salem  county  when 
they  Avere  about  middle  age.  Joseph  and  his  wife,  Elizal)et]i 
Brick,  had  three  or  four  sons  and  one  daughter.  His  two  oldest, 
I  have  been  informed,  learned  the  brick  laying  business.  They 
subsequently  became  civil  engineers,  Samuel  following  his 
1)usiness  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  and  was  quite  successful  in 
his  calling.  Joseph,  his  brother,  removed  to  Brooklyn,  State  of 
New  York,  and  amassed  a  fortune  in  his  adopted  city.  He  is 
now  deceased,  leaving  a  Avidow  but  no  children  living  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  Samuel  married;  he  and  his  wife  have 
several  children.  They  reside  on  Arch  street,  Philadelphia. 
John,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Martha  R.  Brick,  was  a  tanner  and 
currier  by  trade;  his  place  of  business  was  in  Church  alley;  tlie 
lirm  was  known  as  Brick  A:  Eldrido-e.  ThcA'  carried  on  tlieir 
business  xerj  extensively  forty  years  ago  or  more.  John 
married;  they  had  one  daughter,  and  she  married  Clinton 
Clement,  of  Salem.  She  did  not  live  long  afterwards,  dying- 
leaving  no  issue.  John  died  recently  in  the  city  of  Camden,  and 
was  brought  to  Salem  and  buried  in  the  Friends'  graveyard, 
where  his  relatives  lay. 


^-^^^v. 


WILLIAM  BASSETT. 
Born  1803. 


BASSETT    FAMILY. 

The  family  of  the  Bassetts  came  from  Eiighmd  in  the  sliip 
Fortin  in  1G21,  and  settled  near  Boston,  Massachusetts.     Their 
names  were  William  and  Joseph  Bassett;  many  of  tlieir  descend- 
ants remain  about  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  and  in    Rhode  Ishmd 
and  Connecticut.     One  of  the  family,  William  Bassett,  came 
from  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  in  the  year  1691,  and  settled  near 
Salem,  N.  J.,  with  his  three  sons,  Zebedee,  Elisha,  and  AVilliam. 
Zel)edee,  the  eldest,  subsequently  settled  in  the  State  of  Dela- 
ware, and  was  the  ancestor  of  the  Bassett  branch  in  that  State ; 
He  was  born  about  1680,  married,  left  two  children — Daniel 
and  Rebecca  Bassett.     Daniel  married  a  young  woman  by  the 
name  of  Lawrence.     They  had  live  children;  their  names  were 
Daniel,  Zebedee,  Elisha,  Sarah,  and  Amy.     There  is  no  account 
of  any  one  of  these  children  marrjdng,  excepting  Daniel,  who 
was  born  5th  of  9th  month,  1722;  he  married  Mary  Lippincott. 
They  had  two  children — Daniel    and  Mary  Bassett.     Daniel's 
second  wife  was  Sarah  Linch,  of  Pilesgrove;  they  were  riiarried 
ill  1760 ;  they  had  four  children — Hannah,  Sarali,  Xathan,  and 
Elizabeth.     Daniel  Bassett,  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary  Lippin- 
cott Bassett,  married  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Gideon  and  Judith 
Scull,  of  Efg  Harbor  ;  they  had  three  children — Gideon,  Daniel 
and    Mary.     Gideon,  their  eldest  son,  died  in  1779,  aged  two 
years  and  a  half.     Daniel  had  live  children  by  his  second  wife — 
Hannah,  Elizabeth,  Mark,  Eljenezer  and  Ruth  Bassett.     Natlian, 
tlie  son  of  Daniel,  married  Sarah  Saunders,  liad  twelve  children 
— Hannah,    Ann,    Elizabeth,    Deborah,    Josiah,    Mary,    Sarah, 
Beulah,  Mark,  Rachel.     Elisha  Bassett,  second  son  of  William 
Bassett,  tlie  emigrant,  born  about  1682,  was  about  ten  years  old 
when  he  came  with  his  father  to  Salem.     In  1705  he  was  elected 
a  constable  for  the  to^vn  of  Salem,  and  continued  in  that  office 
eio-ht  years.     He  married  Abigail  Elizabeth  Davis,  daughter  of 
John    and    Dorothea  Davis,    of  Pilesgrove ;  they    had  thirteen 
children.     Sarah,    the  oldest,  born    in    1719,  married    Thomas 
Smith,  of  Mannington,  in  1710;  they  had  three  sons — AVilliam, 
Dand,  and  Thomas  Smith.     [See  genealogy  of  Smith  family.] 


46  BASSETT    FAMILY. 


Her  second  husband  was  Charles  Fogg,  of  Alloways  Creek ;  there 
were  four  children — Sarah,  Rachel,  Charles,  and  Aaron  Fogg. 
Elizabeth  Bassett,  the  second  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Elizabeth 
Bassett,  was  born  23d  of  2d  month,  1720.  She  married  Thomas 
Davis;  they  had  ten  children — Abigail,  Elisha,  Sarah,  Isaac, 
John,  Charles,  Elinor,  and  Elizabetli.  Elisha  married  Hester 
Scott;  had  tive  children.  Josiah,  the  son  of  Elisha  Da^ds, 
married  Ruth  Bradway ;  they  had  six  children — Ann,  Edward, 
^  Albert,  William,  Hester,  and  Hannah  Davis.  Elisha  Bassett, 
^'^  Jr.,  son  of  Elisha  and  Elizabeth  Bassett,  was  born  15th  of  12th 
\  ■  month,  18^:^2.  He  married  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Joseph 
Woodnutt,  of  Manniugton ;  they  had  six  children — Joseph  and 
Rachel  both  died  young;  Sarah,  the  tliird  child,  was  born  10th 
of  8th  month,  1759.  She  married  Joseph  Pettit,  son  of  Jonathan 
and  Mary  Shourds  Pettit,  of  Tuckinton.  Joseph  and  Sarah  B. 
Pettit's  children  were  Woodnutt,  Jonathan,  and  Mary  Pettit, 
Hannah,  the  second  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Mary  Woodnutt 
Bassett,  married  John  Roberts,  of  Haddonlield;  they  had  two 
sous — Jacob  and  David  Roberts.  Joseph,  the  son  of  Elisha 
Bassett,  Jr.,  and  Mary,  his  wife,  was  born  26tli  of  6th  month, 
1765.  He  married  Mary,  the  daughter  of  David  and  Rebecca 
Allen,  of  Manniugton;  they  had  nine  children — Elisha,  Joseph, 
David,  Hannah,  Rebecca,  Samuel,  Benjamin,  William,  and  Mary 
Bassett.  Davis,  tlie  son  of  Elisha  and  Elizabeth  Bassett,  was 
born  1726;  married  Mary  Elwell,  of  Philadelphia;  they  had  six 
cliildren.  Samuel,  the  son  of  Elisha  and  Elizal)eth  Bassett,  was 
l)orn  in  1728 ;  he  married  Ann,  the  daughter  of  Lewis  and  Sarah 
Morris,  of  Elsinborougli;  tliey  had  six  children.  Grace,  the 
eldest,  was  born  16th  of  the  3d  month,  1756;  William  was  born 
4th  of  the  2(1  month,  1758  ;  Samuel  was  born  30tli  of  the  8th 
month,  1760;  Morris  was  born  30th  of  4tli  mouth,  1763;  Davis 
was  born  3d  of  the  8th  montli,  1765;  Ann  Bassett  was  born  5th 
of  1st  montli,  1767. 

Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Elizabeth  Bassett,  mar- 
ried John  Page.  Tiiey  had  nine  cliildren — William,  the  son 
of  Elisha  Bassett,  was  born  in  1733,  married  Phebe  Coppeth- 
waite  ;  their  eldest  daughter,  Mary,  was  born  18tli  of  9th 
mouth,  1762;  Abigail  was  born  i6th  of  9th  month,  1766. 
Mary  Bassett,  tlie  daughter  of  William,  married  Isaac  Snow- 
dcn.  They  had  six  children.  Rachel,  the  daughter  of  Elisha 
and  Abigail  E.  Bassett,  born  about  1736,  married  Andrew  Miller. 
Isaac  Bassett,  the  youngest  son  of  Elisha  Bassett,was  born  in  1738, 
married  Deborah,  the  daughter  of  Zacheus  and  Deborah  Dunn. 
She  was  born  6th  of  4th  month,  1745 ;  they  had  three  cliil- 


BA8SETT   FAMILY. 


47 


tli-en — Deborah,  born  3d  month,  1765.  She  subsequently  was 
a  recommended  minister.  Abigail,  the  second  daugliter  of 
Daniel  and  Deborah  Bassett,  married  Joseph  Erwin,  M.  D. 
Isaac  Bassett  lived  to  a  great  age,  about  ninety-six  years.  His 
father,  Elisha  Bassett,  born  in  Massachusetts  in  1682,  died  in 
Salem  county,  1786,  aged  one  hundred  and  four  years.  His 
wife,  Abigail  Elizabeth  Davis,  born  on  Long  Island,  1698, 
l)eino-  sixteen  years  younger  than  her  husband.  Slie  died 
agreeal)le  to  Salem  monthly  record  30th  of  the  12th  month, 
1770,  aged  seventy-two  years. 

Elisha,  the  oldest  son  of   Joseph  and  Mary  T.  Bassett,  ])orn 
26th  of  1st  montli,  1778,  married  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Dar- 
kin  and  Esther  Nicholson,  of  Elsinborough.     They  had  eight 
children — David,  Josiah,  Elizabeth,  Elisha,  Edward,  Jolm  T., 
Albert  and  Mary ;  the  latter  died  young.     Elislui's  second  wife 
was  Mary,  the  widow   of  Samuel  Lippincott,    of    Gloucester 
county.     She  was  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Clark  of  the  same 
place.     They  are  both  deceased,  leaving  no  issue.     David  Bas- 
sett, his  eldest  son,  married  Mary,  the   daughter  of  Evi  Smith. 
Josiah  Bassett  died  young.     Elizabeth  Bassett  married  Biddle 
Haines.     Elisha  Bassett's  wife  was  Hannah  Ann,  daughter  of 
Andrew  and   Rebecca  Abbott   Thompson.     Tliey  liave  issue. 
Edward   Hicks   Bassett's   wife   is    Hannah,    daughter  of   Evi 
Smith ;    they   have   issue.     John   Thompson   Bassett   married 
Susan  Humphreys  ;  they  have  two  daughters.     Albert  Bassett 
married   Mary  Shoemaker.     Joseph  and  David  Bassett  were 
twins.     Joseph's  first  wife  was  Lydia,  daughter  of   Jonas  and 
Elizabeth  Freedland,  of  Quaker  Neck.    They  had  four  daughters, 
Elizabeth,  Hannah,  Lydia  and  Sarah.     Their  eldest  daughter, 
Elizabeth,   married   "William   Gr.    AVoodnutt,    and   has  several 
children.     Hannah  Bassett  married  William,  the  son  of  Burtis 
Barbour ;  they  have  issue. 

Sarah  Bassett,  the  third  daugliter  of  Joseph,  married  Edward, 
the  son  of  Samuel  and  Phebe  Hall,  formerly  of  Manningtou. 
They  have  issue.  Lydia  Bassett,  the  youngest,  married  John 
Zerns,  of  Pennsylvania.  They  have  two  children,  William  and 
Elizabeth.  Joseph  Bassett's  second  wife  was  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Morris  and  Lydia  Hall,  of  Elsinborougli.  Tiiey  liad  oiu'  son, 
Morris  Bassett.  Josepli's  thii-d  wife  was  Ami,  the  widoM'  of 
Caleb  Lippincott.  They  are  both  deceased,  leaving  no  issue. 
Few  men  left  beliind  tliem  a  more  envial)le  character  than 
Joseph  Bassett  for  his  industry,  integrity  and  upright  dealings 
with  his  fellow-men.  David  Bassett,  his  i)rother,  married  Vasliti 
Davis,  of  Pilesgrove.     They  had  five  children — Joseph,  William, 


48        ,  BASSETT   FAMILY. 


Ilaniiali,  Davis  and  Samuel ;  I  think  three  of  tlieni  died 
unniarried.  Hannah  married  Samuel  P.  Allen,  a  native  of 
(xloucester ;  thej  have  children.  Davis  Bassett  married 
Martha  Lippincott ;  they  had  one  daughter,  Martha  Yasliti 
Bassett.  David's  second  wife  was  Hannah,  daughter  of  Wood- 
nutt  Pettit.  Slie  lived  hut  a  short  time,  lea\ing  no  issue. 
David's  third  wife  was  Ann  Packer ;  she  survived  her  husband 
several  years.  B)'  that  union  there  was  no  offspring.  Hannah, 
daugliter  of  Joseph  Bassett,  Sr.,  married  Jonathan,  son  of 
Samuel  and  Amy  Pettit  Cawley ;  she  lived  hut  a  short  time, 
leaving  one  daughter.  Amy,  who  subsequently  married  Charles, 
son  of  Samuel  Lippincott,  of  Pilesgrove. 

Pebecca,  the  second  daughter  of  Josepli  and  Mary  Bassett, 
married  Casper,  son  of  John  and  Cliarlotte  Newbold  Wistar, 
of  Manning-ton.  Their  (^liildren  were  named  Sarah,  Joseph, 
Charlotte,  Mary,  Bartiiolomew,  Casper,  Catherine,  Pebecca, 
Joseph  and  John.  I  think  live  of  them  died  young — Joseph, 
Cliarlotte,  Bartholomew,  Hannah  and  John.  Sarah  married 
Samuel  Abljott,  of  Mannington ;  they  have  issue.  Mary  Wis- 
tar's  husband  is  Casper,  son  of  John  and  Esther  Thompson, 
formerly  of  Elsinl)orough;  they  have  two  children — Bebecca 
and  Casper  Thompson.  The  wife  of  Casper  Wistar,  Jr.,  is 
Emma,  the  daughter  of  Aaron  Fogg.  Catharine  Wistar  mar- 
ried  JoIj  Bacon,  of  Cumberland  county.  Joseph  Wistar's  Avife 
is  Anne,  the  daughter  of  James  BroAra. 

Samuel,  the  son  of  Joseph  Bassett,  Sr.,  married  Mary  Ann, 
daughter  of  George  Craft,  formerly  of  Gloucester  county. 
There  were  several  children.  Amanda  Bassett  married  John 
Snowdon;  her  second  husband  was  a  Baptist  clergyman  named 
Cornell.  Pebecca  married  Pichard  Ware.  Benjamin  Bassett 
married  Mary,  the  dauirhter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  Acton: 
they  had  live  children — Clement,  Sarah  Ann,  Pachel,  Pichard 
and  Maria ;  Clement  died  young.  Sarah  Ann  married  Bar- 
clay, son  of  Andrew  Griscom  ;  they  li;ive  issue.  Pachel  Bas- 
sett married  Collins,  son  of  Sanmel  Allen ;  they  lia\'e  issue. 
Pichard  Bassett's  wife  is  Anne,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Grier. 
Maria  Bassett  married  Henry  M.  Pumsey. 

WilHam,  tlie  youngest  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Bassett,  l)orn 
in  18(>;>,  marri(ul  Abigail,  daughter  of  Stacy  .Hazleton,  t)f  ^Mul- 
lica  Hill,  Gloucester  county.  They  had  eiglit  cliildren — Stacy, 
Josepli,  Charles,  Sarali  Ann,  Clara,  William  Irving,  Thomas 
F.  and  Fenwick. 

Mary,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Bassett, 
born  in  1800,  inarricd  Geoi-ge  Craft,  Jr.,  of  Gloucester  county. 


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George  and  his  wife  are  Loth  deceased,  lea\'ing  four  children — 
Edwin,  Benhdi,  Mary  and  George.  Edwin's  wife  is  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Aaron  Gaskill,  of  Pliiladelpliia.  Thej  have  issue. 
Beulah  Craft  married  Joseph  Garretson ;  they  have  two  chil- 
dren. Mary  Craft's  husband  is  Foster  Flagg.  There  are  three 
children — Lvdia,  Maria  and  George.  George,  the  youngest, 
married  Ann  Jessup  ;  they  have  one  daughter,  Ann  Craft. 
There  are  ]nit  two  livinii;  of  the  large  familv  of  children  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  Bassett  at  this  time,  Ilel)ecca  Wistar  and 
A^illiam  Bassett.  " 

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CAKLL    i'AMILY. 

The  Carll  family  is  a  large  and  iiitiuential  one  in  Salem  and 
Cumljerlaiid  comities.  Ephraim  Carll  emio-rated  from  Germany 
to  this  country  about  the  year  1720,  and  subsequently  married 
and  left  two  sons — Jesse  Carll,  the  eldest,  was  born  in  1733, 
and  his  second  son,  Phineas,  in  1735.  The  latter  subsequently 
married  and  removed  to  Cumberland  count}',  near  Cohansev 
Xeck.  He  and  his  ^dfe  had  a  large  family  of  cliildren,  and 
tlieir  descendants  are  very  numerous.  The  wife  of  the  late 
Edmund  Davis,  of  Bridgeton,  ■s\'as  one  of  them.  Jesse  Carll, 
born  in  1733,  married  Grace  Hancock,  in  1756;  she  was  the 
daughter  of  Edward  Hancock,  tlie  son  of  John  and  Marv 
Chambless  Hancock.  The  latter  readied  America  in  1680,  in 
company  M'ith  her  mother,  Elizabeth  ChamUess,  who  came  to 
meet  her  Imsband,  Nathaniel  Chambless,  m'Iio  had  emifjrated  to 
this  country  in  1675,  in  company  with  John  Fenwick.  Jesse 
Carll  lived  on  a  small  farm  containing  about  sixty  acres  of 
upland,  and  a  quantity  of  meadow  which  his  wife  Grace  had 
inherited  from  her  father.  (The  property  was  recently  owned 
by  George  M.  A\^ard.)  They  had  twelve  chikh-en — Hannah, 
Elizabeth,  Lydia,  Grace,  Ephraim,  Sarah  (who  died  yoimg), 
Prudence,  Jesse,  William,  Jolm,  Sarah,  and  Mnrtha.  Jesse 
Carll,  their  father,  died  in  1806,  and  his  wife  in  1808.  Botli 
of  them  were  buried  in  Friends'  gra\-eyard,  on  the  nortli  side  of 
Monmouth  river,  where  his  wife's  ancestors  were  interred.  Bv 
industry  and  economy,  qualities  characteristic  of  the  Germans, 
they  accumulated  a  large  personal  estate,  and  supported  a  lai'ije 
family  of  children  in  a  comfortable  manner.  It  has  been  related 
that  Jolm  Wood,  the  father  of  the  late  Jolm  S.  Wood,  having 
purchased  one  of  the  large  tracts  of  timber  land  near  his  Jericho 
property,  needed  a  considerable  sum  of  money  to  meet  his 
payments.  Having  Ijeen  unsuccessful  in  effecting  a  loan  from 
those  whom  he  believed  most  likely  to  have  money,  he  M'as 
advised  to  apply  to  Jesse  Carll.  Wood  replied  that  he  had  little 
hope  of  getting  it  from  that  quarter,  inasmucli  as  Carll  had  a 
large  family  to  support  upon  the  income  derived  from  the  small 


CARLL    FAMILY.  51 


property  owned  l»y  liis  wife.  He,  liowever,  applied  to  Jesse 
Car  11  for  tlie  loan,  and  upon  being  asked  the  amount  of  money 
lie  wished,  replied :  "  Three  hundred  pounds.''  "I  can  accommo- 
date you  with  that  sum,"  s;ud  Carll,  "and  more  if  you  wish," 
and  he  accordingly  counted  out  to  him  tlie  required  amount  in 
gold  and  silver  coin,  which  he  had  laid  away  in  his.  own  house, 
as  was  the  custom  with  those  who  had  money  in  those  days 
before  ])anks  were  established.  Sueli  a  practice  at  the  present 
day  would  be  very  liazardous,  notwithstanding  the  boasted 
advancement  of  the  present  generation  in  civilization  and 
Christianity.  After  this  event,  John  Wood  was  frequently 
known  to  remark  that  when  he  needed  money  it  was  his  rule 
not  to  apply  to  those  who  made  the  greatest  display,  but  to  those 
of  industrious  and  economical  hahits,  wlio  made  no  ostentatious 
sliow. 

Hannah,  the  eldest  child  of  Jesse  and  Grace  Carll,  born  24th 
of  8tli  month,  1757,  died  a  young  woman,  unmarried.  Elizabeth, 
another  daugliter,  l)orn  17th  of  11th  month,  1758,  married  Abner 
i'itzpatrick,  whose  grandfather  emigrated  to  this  country  from 
tlie  north  of  Ireland ;  they  now  spell  tlie  name  Patrick.  Elizabeth 
and  iier  husband  had  six  children — Mary,  Phineas,  Abner, 
Jesse,  Samuel  and  Elizabeth.  Lydia,  the  daughter  of  Jesse  and 
(xrace  Carll,  born  14th  of  12th  month,  1760,^married  Edward 
Keasbey  3d,  son  of  Bradway  Keasbey.  Tlieir  children  were 
Sarah,  Prudence,  Grace,  Joseph,  Eliz;abeth,  and  Edward.  Grace, 
the  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Grace  Carll,  born  in  1762,  married 
Thomas  Ware,  of  Cuml)erland.  They  had  four  cliildren — 
Asl)ury,  Jacol),  Hannah,  and  Lydia.  Ephraim,  the  eldest  son 
of  Jesse  and  Grace  Carll,  born  17th  of  11th  month,  1761, 
married  Barbara,  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Acton. 
(Joseph  was  the  son  of  Benjamin  Acton,  Jr.,  and  grandson  of 
Benjamin  Acton,  who  emigrated  to  New  Jei'sey  from  England 
;ibout  the  year  1690.)  Epln-aim  and  his  wife,  Barbara,  had 
eight  children — Edward  H.,  Joseph  A.,  Hannali,  William, 
Ephraim,  Grace,  Jesse,  and  Mary.  Ephraim  Carll,  Sr.,  died 
in  1803,  and  was  buried  in  the  same  graveyard  in  which  his 
])arents  were  interred.  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Grace 
Carll,  born  in  1766,  died  a  minor. 

Prudence  Carll,  the  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Grace,  born  lltii 
of  5th  month,  1768,  married  Bradway  Stretch,  and  had  one 
daughter — Martha  Stretch.  Jesse,  son  of  Jesse  and  Grace 
Carll,  was  l)orn  llth  of  12th  month,  1760,  and  his  wife  was 
Mary,  the  daughter  of  Edward  Hancock,  Jr.  He  and  his  wife 
lived  an<l  owned  the  property  that  belonged   to  her  father  and 


52  CARLL    FAMILY. 


gi-andfatlier,   fonnerly  part   of    William   Hancock's   allotment 
of    1,000  acres,    honglit  by   liim  of  John   Fenwick,    and    sur- 
veyed to  liim  by   Richard  Hancock  in  1676.     At  the  death  of 
William  Hancock,  which  took  place  in  1679,  he  devised  all  his 
landed   estate  to  his  widow,  Isabella   Hancock.     In   1681  she 
sold  500  acres  to  John  JMaddox,  an   eminent  Quaker,  who  emi- 
grated to  this  country  in  1680.     In  the  year  1700,  Jolm  Maddox 
sold  that  part  of  the  property  lying  next   to  Monmouth  river, 
to  Jeremiah  Powell,  of  Salem,  and  the  southern  portion  adjoin- 
ing   the    Salter    tract,    to    John    Hancock,    the    son-in-law    of 
Nathaniel  Chambless.     Jesse  and  his  wife,  Mary  Carll,  had  live 
children — Hebecca,  Elizabeth,  Sarah,  Lydia  and  William  Carll. 
William,  the  son  of  Jesse  and  Grace  Carll,  born  in  1773,  died 
a  minor.     John,   the   son  of   Jesse   and   Grace   Carll,  born  in 
1775,  died  a  young    man,  unmarried.     Sarah,  the   daughter  of 
Jesse  and  Grace  Carll,  born  15tli  of  7th  month,  1778,  married 
Job  Sheppard;  they  had  two  sons — John  and  William  Sheppard. 
Martha,  the  youngest  child  of  Jesse   and  Grace   Carll,  born 
15tli  of  8th  month,   1780,   married  William  AVaddington,  the 
oldest  son  of  Jonathan,  Jr.,  and   Sarah  Waddington.     William 
and  his  wife  had   six  children — Anna,  Sarah,  William,  Martha, 
Hannah  and  Jesse  Carll  Waddington.     Mary,  the  daughter  of 
Abner  and  Elizabeth  Patrick,  married  AYashington  Smitli,  the 
son    of   Captain   William   Smith,    of    Revolutionary    memory. 
Captain  Smith  connnanded  a  company  of  the  American  Militia, 
Avhicli  led  the  advance  when  the   British   troops   quartered  at 
Judge  Smith's   house,  on   the   north   side  of  Quinton's  Bridge, 
were  attacked   by   order  of  Colonels   Hand   and   Holme.     He 
Avas  forced  to  retreat  however,  there  being  a  greater  numl)er  of 
the  enemy's   troops  in  ambuscade   than  his   commander  antici- 
pated ;  but  he  accomjjlished  his  retreat   with  credit,  and  to  the 
satisfaction  of  his   superior  officers.     His   horse   was   shot  and 
killed  under  him  durino;  the  euirairement.     Washiuo-ton  and  his 
wife   Marv   Smith  had  ten  children — Marv  Ann,  Peter,  Eliza- 
beth,  John   P.,  Abner,  Lucetta,  Phineas,   Martha,  Lydia  and 
Washington    Smith.     Peter    Smith    married    Elizabeth,     the 
daughter  of  James   Elliott ;  they  have   issue.     Samuel  Smith, 
his  son,  married  Priscilla,  the  daughter  of  Sanmel  Kelley;  she 
died   young.     His   second   wife   was   Lydia,   the    daughter    of 
David   and   Elizabeth   Einley;  they  had  issue.     Ephraim,  the 
son  of  Peter  and  Elizabeth  Smith,  married   Hannah,  daughter 
of  Luke  S.  Fogg   and  Ann   his  wife.     Ephraim   and   his  wife 
have  issue.     Peter,  the  son  of  Peter  and  Elizabeth  Smith,  mar- 
ried Ellen,  daughter  of  James  and  Rachel  Baker;  they  ha\e 


CAKLL   FAMILY.  53 


i-sue.  Thomas  Jefferson  Smith  is  a  physician,  and  resides  at 
Bridgeton. 

Elizabeth,  the  second  daughter  of  Wasliington  and  Mary 
Smith,  married  Oliver  Smith ;  they  were  lirst  cousins.  Tliey 
liud  three  daughters — Arthalinda,  Sarah  Elizabeth  and  Ann. 
Arthalinda  died  a  young  woman  unmari-ied ;  Sarah  Elizabeth 
married  William,  the  son  of  Abner  and  Hannah  Patrick ;  Ann, 
the  youngest,  married  Philip  Y.  Keen.  Tlie  wife  of  John  P., 
tlie  second  son  of  W;ishington  and  Mary  Smith,  was  Hannah, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Allen.  John  and  his  family  removed  to 
tlie  State  of  Illinois  many  years  ago,  and  l)otli  he  and  his  Vv'ife 
are  deceased  at  this  time,  leaving  four  sons — Joseph  A.,  Benja- 
min, Washington  and  Phineas.  Abner,  tlie  son  of  Washington 
and  Mary  Smith,  married  Mary  Ann,  the  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
and  Susan  Stretch.  Al)ner  died  several  years  ago,  leaving  a 
widow  and  one  daughter,  Susan  Smith,  wiio  married  Charles, 
the  son  of  George  Hires,  Sr,,  of  Salem.  Lucetta,  the  daughter 
of  Washington  and  Mary  Smith,  married  Richard,  the  son  of 
Thomas  Mulford.  They  have  four  children — Phe])e,  Ann 
Maria,  Miuy  and  Martha.  Phebe  Mulford  is  Luke  S.  Fogg's 
second  wife  ;  they  have  no  issue.  Ann  Maria  Mulford  married 
Eichard,  the  son  of  Benjamin  and  Susan  Irelan,  she  being  his 
second  ^vife  ;  they  have  issue.  His  first  was  Phebe,  daughter 
of  Jesse  and  Mary  Carll ;  she  died  leaving  one  daughter,  Phelje, 
since  deceased.  Mary  Mulford's  husband  is  A.  Smith  Reeves, 
son  of  Charles  and  Mary  Reeves;  they  have  issue.  Martha 
Mulford  married  George  A.  Githens ;  they  liave  issue. — 
Phineas,  the  son  of  Washington  and  Mary  Smith,  married 
Margaret,  the  daughter  of  Daniel  Green;  she  died  young, 
leaving  one  son,  Phineas  Smith,  Jr.  Phineas'  second  wife  was 
Phebe  Sally ;  they  have  one  daughter — Margaret  Smith. — 
Martha,  the  daughter  of  Washington  and  Mary  Smith,  mai-ried 
Abner,  the  eldest  son  of  Jesse  and  Ann  Patrick.  Abner  and 
his  wife  had  one  d.uighter,  Elizabeth,  who  subsequently  married 
Georo-e  Hires,  Jr.  Lydia,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Washing- 
ton and  Mary  Smith,  married  John  Mills.  They  have  a  large 
family  of  children — Martha,  who  married  Elias  Hicks  Powell, 
the  son  of  John  and  Rebecca  Powell ;  Joel,  Lucetta,  Albert, 
Chambless,  Mary,  Filmore,  Kate,  Washington  and  Thomas 
Mills.  The  wife  of  Washington,  the  youngest  son  of  Washing- 
ton and  Mary  Smith,  was  Hannah  Sack.  They  reside  in  Kansas, 
and  have  four  children — Elizabeth,  Mary  Ann,  Hannah  and 
Phineas. 

William,  the  son  of  Oliver  Smith,  who  was  a  son  of  Captain 


54  CARLL    FAMILY. 


AVilliam  Smitli,  was  twice  married.  His  first  wife  was  tlie 
dano'liter  of  Ephraim  Carll,  Sr.  His  second  wife  was  Rebecca 
Finiey,  daughter  of  John  Finley ;  tliey  had  fonr  children — 
Mary'i  the  oldest,  married  Samnel  Patrick  ;  they  had  one  son, 
Win'field  S.,  who  married  the  daughter  of  Peter  Harris  ;  Mary 
died  young.  Rebecca,  the  second  daughter  of  William  Smith, 
mai-ried  Samuel  Patrick,  his  second  wife,  and  who  was  a  sister 
of  his  first  wife  ;  they  have  issue.  Hannah  S.,  daughter  of 
"William  and  Rebecca  Smitli,  married  Anthony  English,  the 
son  of  David  S.  English,  formerly  Sheriff  of  Salem  county. 
Both  died  young,  leaving  three  children ;  their  names  were 
AYilliam  S.j  David  S.,  and  Charles  Leslie.  Charles  Leslie 
Smith,  son  of  William  and  Rebecca  Finley,  married  the 
daughter  (»f  Daniel  and  Phebe  Hood ;  they  have  had  two 
children — Elmer  H.,  and  William.  James  Smith,  the  son  of 
Oliver  Smith,  married  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Prudence  AV^addington.  James  is  deceased,  leaving  three  sons 
— Edward  W.,  Oliver  and  Keasbey  Smith ;  all  three  of  them 
are  marrieil.  Edward,  the  eldest,  married  Anna,  the  daugliter 
of  Lewis  Fox ;  they  have  children.  Oliver,  the  second  son  of 
James  Smith,  married  Hannah,  the  daughter  of  Joseph  H.  and 
Rachel  A.  Fogg;  they  have  two  children.  Keasbey  Smith, 
married  the  daughter  of  Job  Thorp ;  they  have  children. 

Abner,  the  son  of  Abner  and  Elizabeth  Carll  Patrick,  was 
born  the  3d  of  2d  month,  1788.  There  was  a  singular  consan- 
guinitv  in  his  marriage  which  does  not  often  occur.  His  first 
wife  was  Barbara  Carll,  the  widow  of  his  uncle,  Ephraim  Carll. 
There  was  no  issue  by  that  connection,  and  she  died  many  years 
before  him.  His  second  wife  was  Hannah,  the  widow  of  his 
l)rothcr,  S'lmuel  Patrick,  and  the  daughter  of  his  first  wife,  she 
being  the  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Barbara  Acton  Carll.  Abner 
and  Hannah  Patrick  had  four  (;hildren — Elizabeth,  born  in  1822 ; 
Margaret,  born  in  1825 ;  William,  born  in  1827;  and  Hannah, 
born  in  1831.  Elizabeth  Patrick  married  Lewis,  the  son  of 
William  Fox ;  they  had  three  children — xVnna,  the  eldest,  married 
Edward,  the  son  of  James  and  Sarah  Smitli;  they  have  issue. 
Hannah,  the  second  daughter,  married  Josiah,  the  son  of  Richard 
Dul)ois;  they  have  cliildren.  Abner,  the  son  of  Lewis  and 
Elizabeth  Fox,  married  Amanda  Giberson;  they  have  issue. 
Mary  Ann,  the  daughter  of  Aimer  and  Hannah  Patrick,  married 
Rol)"ert,  the  son  of  James  Butcher.  By  that  union  there  were 
four  children — Elizabeth,  James,  Hannah  and  Arthalinda. 
Eliz;d)etli  nuirried  Robert,  the  son  of  Job  Griscom.  James 
Butcher's  ^ife  is  Lydia,  the  daughter  of  Peter  and  Mary  C. 


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Harris;  they  liu\e  issue.  Hannah,  dauii'liter  of  Abuer  and 
Hannah  Patrick,  married  Benjamin  O.  Robinson,  the  son  of 
AV^illiam  Robinson,  Sr.;  they  have  issne.  Abner  Patrick,  the 
father  of  the  above  mentioned  children,  died  in  1834,  aged  abont 
forty-fonr  years;  his  wi(h3v,',  Hannah  Carll  Patrick,  daughter  of 
Ephraim  Carll,  Sr.,  departed  this  life  in  1859,  aged  sixty-fonr 
years  and  a  few  months. 

Edward,  the  eldest  soil  of  Ephraim  and  Barl)ara  Carll,  died 
Avlien  he  was  abont  iifteen  years  old,  and  William  Carll,  the 
second  son,  departed  this  life  in  1807,  aged  abont  eleven  years. 
Ephraim  Carll,  son  of  Ephraim  and  Barljara,  born  30th  of  8th 
nKjnth,  1798,  married  Elizabeth,  the  clanghter  of  John  Finley, 
of  Stoe  aSTeck;  they  had  three  danghters.  The  oldest,  Rebecca, 
married  AVilliam  Plnmmer,  Jr.;  they  have  several  children. 
Elizabeth,  their  eldest  danghter,  married  George  Hires,  Jr.,  she 
l)eing  his  second  Avife.  Sarah,  their  second  danghter,  married 
(■reorire  R.  Morrison,  the  son  of  William  and  Mary  Ann  Morrison. 
George  and  his  wife  have  issue.  The  other  children  of  William 
Plnmmer  are  Re!)ecca,  William  and  Loren.  Barbara,  Ephraim 
Carll's  second  daughter,  married  James  Butcher,  Jr.;  they  have 
two  cldldren — Hannah  and  Isabella.  The  latter  died  young. 
Hannah,  their  eldest  daughter,  married  Edward,  the  son  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  Brown ;  they  have  issue.  James  Butcher,  Jr., 
came  to  an  untimely  death  by  a  kick  from  his  horse.  Subsequently 
his  widow,  Barbara  C.  Butcher,  married  Charles,  the  son  of 
Edward  and  Catharine  Foo^o-.  Charles  and  his  wife  have  issue. 
Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Elizabeth  Carll,  married 
William,  the  son  of  Jonathan  House,  of  Upper  Alio  ways  Creek ; 
they  \m\e  issue.  Ephraim  Carll's  second  wife  was  Mary  Ann, 
the  eldest  daughter  of  Washington  and  Mary  Smith,  Ijy  whom 
lie  had  six  children,  who  are  now  living — Edward,  Jessie,  Lewis, 
George,  AVilliam  Henry,  and  Charles.  Edward  Carll,  their 
eldest  son,  married  Phebe,  the  daughter  of  Reuben  Sayres;  they 
have  three  children — Mary  Ann,  Milton,  and  Sarali. 

Jesse  P.,  the  son  of  Ephraim  and  Mary  Ann  Carll,  married 
Pliebe,  the  daughter  of  Dav^id  and  Elizabeth  Finley.  Jesse  and 
his  wife  h.'td  three  children — Rosanna,  James  W.,  and  Isabella 
Carll;  his  second  wife  is  Lucetta,  the  daughter  of  John  and 
Lydia  Mills;  they  have  issue.  Lewis,  the  son  of  Ephraim  and 
Mary  Ann  Carll,  married  Arthalinda,  the  widow  of  Henry  Clay 
Miller;  she  is  the  daughter  of  James  Baker.  Lewis  S.  and  his 
wife  have  four  children — Luke  S.,  Lucius,  Henry  M.,  and  Lucy 
Carll.  George  C,  the  son  of  Ephraim  and  Mary  Ami  Carll,  is 
a  physician,  and  resides  in  the  comity  of  Cape  May.     His  Avife 


O')  CARLL    FAMILY. 


is  Matrgie,  tlie  daugliter  of  Jonas  Miller,  of  that  couutv.  George 
and  his  wife  have  issue.  William  Henry  Carll  married  Elizabeth, 
the  daughter  of  Charles  and  AEaiy  Reeves;  they  have  children. 
Charles,  the  youngest  son  of  Epin-aim  and  Mary  Ann  Carll, 
married  Louisa  Githens,  the  daughter  of  George  Githens,  Sr. 
She  is  deceased,  leaving  one  daugliter — Anna  G.  Carll.  Grace, 
the  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Barbara  Carll,  was  l)orn  10th  day 
of  10th  month,  ISOO ;  she  married  William  Mulfurd,  of  Roads- 
town,  Cumljerland  county;  their  children  are  Mary  Elizabeth, 
George,  and  Ephraim  Mulford.  Jesse,  the  son  of  Ephraim  and 
Barljara  Carll,  was  born  20th  of  1st  month,  1803,  and  married 
Mary,  the  daughter  of  Sylvanus  Sheppard;  there  are  live 
cluldren — Ephraim,  Mary,  William,  Syh'anns,  and  Hannah  Ann 
Carll.  Syh'anns  was  drowned  in  Allowajs  creek  before  he  was 
of  age,  wddlst  going  "with  his  father  to  fish  for  shad  in  Delaware 
l)ay.  Ephraim,  the  son  of  Jesse  and  Mary  Carll,  married 
Prudence,  the  (hiughter  of  David  and  Elizabetli  Finley;  they 
had  four  children — Syh'anns,  Winlield,  Laura,  and  Mary.  Mary, 
the  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Mary  Carll,  married  Peter,  the  son 
of  Benjamin  and  Martha  Harris;  they  have  four  children — 
Lydia,  Hannali  Ann,  Mary  Elizabeth,  and  Benjamin.  Lydia 
married  James  Butcher,  the  son  of  Robert  Butcher.  The 
husband  of  Hannah  Ann  is  W.  Wiutield,  the  son  of  Samuel 
Patrick.  William,  the  son  of  Jesse  and  Mary  Carll,  married 
Mary,  the  daughter  of  William  Llarmer,  of  Greenwicli.  Llis 
second  wife  was  Harriet  Applegate ;  they  had  one  son — A  Villi  am. 
Hannah  Ann,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Mary  Carll, 
died  a  yonng  woman,  unmarried, 

Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Edward  and  Lydia  Keas1>ey,  married 
Aaron  AVaddington,  tlie  son  of  Jonatlian  and  Sarah  Wadding- 
t<ni;  they  had  issue — Sarah  Ann,  Lydia,  Joslnui,  ]>radway  and 
Jane  AVaddington.  Sarah  Ann  AVaddington,  married  John 
Hill,  of  Salem,  son  of  Yiiiing  Hill,  of  Lower  Penns  Neck ; 
they  have  issue — Sarah,  Ellen  and  John.  Lydia,  daughter  of 
Aaron  and  Sarah  AVaddington,  married  Jonathan,  the  son  of 
Sanniel  and  Jerusha  AVhite,  of  Pilesgrove ;  her  husl)and  is 
deceased,  leaving  one  daughter — Gertrude.  Joshua,  the  son  of 
Aaron  and  Sarah  AVaddington,  married  Anna  Vanneman  ;  they 
have  issue — Pauline,  Luella,  Ernest,  Sarah,  Florence,  Laura  and 
Jane.  Bradway  AVaddington  married  Mary,  tlie  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Jerusha  AV^hite  ;  they  had  two  children — Adelaide 
and  Frank.  Jane  AVaddington  married  James  Fonda ;  she  is 
deceased,  leaving  one  child — Adelaide  Fonda. 


CHAMBLESS    FAMILY. 

Xatliaiiiel  Chambless,  and  liis  son  Xatlianiel,  em]:)arked  for 
this  country  in  the  year  1675.  Tliey  were  servants  of  Edward 
Wade.  About  1680  lie  purchased  250  acres  of  land  of  his 
former  employer,  being  a  part  of  the  allotment  Edward  Wade 
bought  of  John  Fenwick  Ijefore  he  embarked  for  this  country. 
In  1681,  his  wife  Elizabeth  and  daughter  Mary  embarked  from 
London  in  the  ship  Henry,  and  landed  at  Elsinborough  in  the 
Ttli  UKnith  of  the  same  year.  Soon  after  his  wife  came  they 
settled  on  his  property  in  Alloways  Creek.  lie  about  that  time 
bought  250  acres  more,  adjoining  his  iirst  purchase,  of  Joseph 
Wade.  Both  comprised  the  greater  part  of  what  is  now  called 
Alloways  Creek  Keck.  In  1688  their  daughter  Mary  married 
John  Hancock,  who  emigrated  to  this  country  in  1679.  He 
was  a  native  of  England.  John  and  hisAvife  had  nine  children. 
Their  eldest  son,  John  Hancock,  was  born  lOth  of  1st  month, 
1690,  in  Alloways  Creek  Neck.  The  names  of  their  other 
children  were  William,  Elizabetli,  Mary,  Sarah,  Nathaniel, 
Edward,  Joseph  and  Grace.  Some  persons  suppose  that  they 
were  of  the  same  family  of  Hancock's  as  those  by  that  name 
who  resided  in  Elsinborough  and  Hancock's  Bridge.  There  is 
no  evidence  that  any  relationship  existed.  Notwithstanding 
Nathaniel  Chambless  and  his  son  Nathaniel  were  servants  when 
they  iirst  came  to  this  country,  by  industry  and  l)y  maintaining 
high  moral  character,  both  became  eminent  men  in  religious 
and  ci^'il  society  in   the  early  settlement  of  FeuAvick   Colony. 

Nathaniel  Chambless,  Sr.,  was  left  executor  of  the  great 
estate  of  his  intimate  friend,  Rudoc  Morris,  of  Elsin])orough, 
who  died  in  1701,  and  also  guardian  of  liis  minor  children. 
Several  other  of  like  trusts  he  was  chosen  to  do,  showing 
conclusively  that  the  men  who  lived  in  that  generation  had 
implicit  confidence  in  his  ability  and  integrity.  There  is  no 
record  that  he  and  his  wife  ever  had  but  two  children — Nathaniel, 
and  Mary,  who  married  John  Hancock.  I  think  he  died  about 
1710.  They  formerly  spelled  their  name  Chamness,  but  the 
family  a  generation  or  two  afterwards  changed  it  to  Cluunbless. 

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58  CHAMBLESS   FAMILY, 


He  deeded,  before  his  death,  100  acres  of  land  to  his  daughter, 
Mary  Hancock;  the  residue  of  his  real  estate  to  his  son, 
Nathaniel  Chambless. 

James  Chamljless,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Eleanor  Chanihless, 
M-as  horn  22d  of  the  1st  month,  1689.  Mary  was  born  in  1692. 
Elizabeth  was  born  in  ITOO.  Hannah  was  born  in  1702. 
Nathaniel  Chambless,  3d,  was  born  in  1705.  Rebecca  Chambless, 
the  daughter  of  James  Chambless,  was  born  3d  of  11th  month, 
1716.  Slie  afterwards  married  Jedediah  Allen,  son  of  Ephraini 
Allen.  Soon  afterwards  Jedediah  purchased,  I  Ijelieve,  John 
Rolph's  estate  in  Mannington.  It  contained  500  acres,  and  was 
located  on  the  south  side  of  Mannington  creek,  adjoining  Job 
Ridgway's  land.  Jedediah  and  his  wife,  Rebecca,  had  three 
sons — Jedediah,  David  and  Chamljless.  The  latter's  occupation 
was  that  of  a  tailor,  and  he  lived  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in 
the  city  of  Philadelphia.  The  land  in  Maimington  was  divided 
equally  between  the  two  oldest  sons,  Jedediah  and  David. 

James  Chambless,  Jr.,  son  of  James  and  Mary  Chambless, 
was  born  29th  of  1st  month,  1721.  About  the  year  1742  he 
married  Mary  Fetters.  They  had  three  daughters  named  Sarah, 
Mary  and  Rebecca.  Sarah's  husband  was  William  Smith,  the 
oldest  son  of  Thomas  Smith,  of  Mamiington.  Mary  Chambless' 
husband  was  David  Smith,  the  brother  of  William,  They  lived 
in  the  to^ni  of  Salem,  where  he  followed  his  trade,  being  a 
liatter,  and  continued  in  that  business  until  his  death.  Nathaniel 
Chambless,  3d,  married  Susan  Oakford,  tlie  daughter  of  Wade 
Oakford,  in  1725.  They  had  one  daughter  named  Sarah 
Chambless.  When  about  eighteen  years  old,  she  marriedWilliam 
Hancock,  the  son  of  John  Hancock,  the  man  who  was  instru- 
'  mental  in  havins;  a  bridiice  built  across  Allowavs  creek  as  earlv 
as  1720 — hence  the  name  of  the  Bridge.  The  village  derives 
its  name  from  him.  He  was  a  laro;e  landholder  at  the  time  of 
liis  death.  He  had  500  acres  that  he  inherited  from  his  motlier, 
Isabella  Hancock,  being  one-half  of  William  Hancock's  allotment 
that  he  purchased  of  John  Fenwick  in  the  springof  1675,  before 
he  came  to  this  country.  John  Hancock  pm'chased  in  1720  of 
James  Thompson,  of  Elsinborough,  250  acres.  On  said  property 
was  the  family  burying  ground  of  the  Thompson  family,  and  I)}' 
tradition  John  Hancock  himself  was  buried  there,  and  his  son 
William,  and  his  wife,  Sarah  Chambless  Hancock,  were  likewise 
interred  there.  It  afterwards  went  under  the  name  of  the 
Hancock  burpng  ground.  The  Thompson  family,  after  the 
second  generation,  buried  at  Salem.  A  good  fence  made  of 
boards  enclosed  the  graveyard  within  the  memory  of  many  per- 


CHAMBLESS   FAMILY.  59 


sons  living  at  the   present  time.     I  believe  within  a  few  years 
past  the  fence  has  been  removed,  and  the  plough  has  passed  over 
the    remains    of    some  of  the  foremost  emigrants  in  point  of 
intelligence  and  moral  worth  tliat  settled  in  West  Jersey.     But 
that  graveyard  is  not  an  exception ;  all  ancient  family  grave- 
yards that  I  know  of  in  this  county  have  shared  the  same  fate. 
Tlie  Sharp's,  Bradway's,  Stretch's,  OaMord's,  and  Abbott's — all 
of  those  families  had  family  graveyards  towards  the  close  of  the 
17th  century,  not  a  vestige  of  which  remains  at  the  present  day. 
John  Hancock  also  pm'chased  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Penn's 
Neck.     All  his   real   estate   his   son  William  inherited  at  his 
death.      William    Hancock    and   his   wife,    Sarah    Chambless 
Han(;ock,  had  but   one  child,  named  Sarah.     She    afterwards 
became  the  wife  of  Thomas  Sinnickson,  of  Penn's  Neck.    Soon 
after  their  marriage  they  became  residents  of  the  town  of  Salem. 
Thomas'  occupation  was  that  of   a  merchant.     They  left   no 
cliildren.     I  have  frequently  been  asked:  "Where  is  the  Cham- 
bless  family  at  the  present  timeF'     The  answer  is :  "The  name 
is   lost   on  account  of  the  last  two  of  the  male  line.     James 
Chambless,  Jr.,  and  Nathaniel  Chambless,  3d,  having  no  sons; 
their  children  were  daughters.     Their  descendants  are  tlie  Smiths, 
Aliens,  Bassetts,  Foggs,  and  many  other  families  that  I  could 
name."    William  Hancock,  in  1755,  deeded  a  half-acre  of  ground 
in  the  village  of  Hancock's  Bridge  to  the  Society  of  Friends  to 
build  a  meeting  house  upon,  it  being  a  more  convenient  location 
than  where  the  old  house  stood.     The  house  was  accordingly 
built  the  year  following ;  it  was  of  brick,  and  is  still  standing  in 
a  good  state  of  preservation.     All  accounts  of  him  justify  the 
opinion  that  he  was  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  mental  abilities. 
His  father  gave  him  more  school  education  than  was  common 
at  that  time.     His  wealth  and  learning  enabled  him  to  have  a 
great  inlluence  in  the  county.     He  was  a  member  of  the  Colonial 
Legislature  for  twenty  years  in  succession.     His  first  wife  dying 
before  she  arrived  at  middle  age,  he  in  his  old  age  married  Sarah 
Thompson,  daughter  of  Joshua  Thompson,  of  Elsinborough.    She 
was  many  years  younger  than  himself.   During  the  Revolutionary 
war   part    of    the  American  militia  quartered  in  his  house  at 
Hancock's  Bridge.     In  the  3d  month,  1778,  one  of  the  most 
cruel  and  murderous  massacres  of  the  war  occurred  at  that  house; 
William  Hancock  himself  received  a  mortal  wound.    His  brother- 
in-law,  Joshua  Thompson,  the  same  day  took  him  to  his  house, 
about  half  a  mile  from  the  scene  of  carnage,  and  there  he  died 
of  his  wounds  in  a  short  time,  leaving  a  young  widow,  and  one 
son  by  his  last  wife.     The  son's  name  w^as  Jolm  Hancock,  wlio. 


60  CHAMBLESS    FAMILY, 


at  the  death  of  his  father,  was  about  five  years  of  age.  John, 
when  he  arrived  to  manliood,  married  Eleanor  Yorke,  an  amiable 
and  interesting  young  Avoman,  daughter  of  Andrew  Yorke,  of 
Salem.  John  and  liis  wife  had  four  children.  Sarah  Hancock 
was  tlie  oldest;  she  married  Morris  Hancock,  of  Elsinborough. 
Henrietta  married  Lewis  P.  Smith,  formerly  of  Bucks  county, 
Pennsylvania.  Thomas  Yorke  Hancock  married  Rachel  Nichol- 
son, daughter  of  William  Nicholson,  a  native  of  Mannington. 
Maria  Hancock  married  Pichard  Parrot  Thompson,  of  Salem, 
son  of  Hedge  Thompson. 


CATTELL    FAMILY. 

William  Cattell,  it  is  generally  thought,  came  from  Shrews- 
bury, East  Jersey,  and  settled  at  Salem  about  the  year  1747. 
His  occupation  was  that  of  a  merchant.  He  and  his  wife  had 
two  children,  as  recorded  in  the  monthly  meeting  books  of  Salem. 
Elijah,  the  son  of  "William  and  Ann  Cattell,  was  born  27th  of 
7th  month,  1751.  Mary  Cattell,  daughter  of  the  same  parents, 
was  born  24:tli  of  9th  month,  1757.  Elijah,  it  appears,  was  a 
clerk  for  his  father  until  the  latter's  death ;  their  place  of  business 
was  at  the  corner  of  Market  and  Broadway  street.  After  the 
death  of  Elijah's  father  (William  Cattell),  Elijah  Cattell  and 
William  Parrott  entered  into  partnership.  During  the  war  of 
the  American  Revolution,  Elijah  left  the  Society  of  Friends,  of 
which  lie  was  born  a  member,  and  took  an  active  part  against 
tlie  mother  country;  he  was  considered  as  ardent  a  patriot  as 
there  was  in  the  town  of  Salem.  He  married  Hannah  Ware, 
she  being  a  descendant  of  one  of  the  oldest  families  of  the  Colony. 
There  were  four  children — Ann,  Margaret,  Thomas  W.,  and 
Maria  Cattell.  Ann  Cattell,  the  eldest,  married  William 
Mulford,  a  native  of  Greenwich,  at  that  time  a  resident  of  Salem ; 
they  had  several  children.  [See  Mulford  family.]  Margaret, 
daughter  of  Elijah  and  Hannah  W.  Cattell,  married  David 
Williams,  of  Salem;  they  had  issue — Robert,  Anna,  and  Sarah 
Williams.  Maria,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Elijah  and  Hannah 
W.  Cattell,  never  married,  and  the  only  one  of  their  children 
living. 

Thomas  AVare  Cattell,  son  of  Elijah  and  Hannah  AV.  Cattell, 
was  born  in  1790.  He  possessed  an  amiable  disposition,  and 
an  uncommon  active  mind;  was  above  ordinary  men  in  mathe- 
matics. His  fellow  citizens  of  Salem  had  full  confidence  in  his 
integrity  and  ability  as  a  calculator,  therefore  he  was  elected 
Assessor  of  Taxes,  which  office  he  held  for  upwards  of  twenty 
years.  He  was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business,  nearlv  all 
of  his  long  and  useful  life ;  was  a  partner  at  one  time  witli  his 
brother-in-law,  William  Mulford,  a  good  business  man,  on 
Market  street.     Afterward,  he  and  the  late  Clement  Acton  kept 


C2  CATTELL   FAMILY. 


a  hardware  store  and  lumber  yard  for  many  years.  Thomas, 
after  the  firm  dissolved,  confined  himself  exclusively  to  the 
hardware  store,  and  so  continued  until  near  the  close  of  his  life. 
His  death  occurred  in  1867,  being  seventy-seven  years  old.  He 
was  a  great  loss  to  the  public,  as  well  as  to  his  immediate  family; 
also  to  the  Presbyterian  church,  of  whicli  he  had  been,  the  latter 
part  of  his  life,  an  active  and  consistent  member.  Thomas, 
when  a  young  man,  married  Kesiah,  the  daughter  of  Alexander 
and  Estlier  Gilmore,  of  Lower  Penn's  Neck.  She  died  several 
years  before  lier  husband.  They  had  seven  children — Alexander 
G.,  Elijah,  Esther,  Thomas,  Sarah,  William  and  Samuel  Cattell. 
Alexander  Gilmore  Cattell,  the  eldest  son  of  Thomas  and 
Keziah  Cattell,  was  born  in  2d  month,  1816.  He  has  been  a 
mercliant  from  early  life,  first  in  his  native  town  of  Salem, 
after waixls  he  and  his  brother  Elijah  Cattell  went  into  the 
grain  business  on  Delaware  avenue,  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia. 
They  at  once  took  a  leading  part  in  tliat  especial  trade  in  tliat 
city.  Alexander  in  early  life,  took  an  active  part  in  tlie  public 
affairs  in  ]iis  native  county  and  State,  being  affable,  and  pleasing 
in  his  address,  which  he  inlierited  from  his  father,  also  a  ready 
debator  in  pubhc  assemblies.  These  cjualifications  soon  made 
]iim  conspicuous.  WJien  tlie  inliabitants  of  the  State  of  New 
Jersey  believed  the  time  had  come  to  have  a  new  Constitution, 
Alexander  G.  Cattell,  though  a  young  man,  was  chosen  one  of 
tlie  members  of  the  Convention  to  frame  a  new  one,  so  as  to 
submit  it  to  tlie  voters  of  the  State  for  their  adoption,  or 
rejecti(ui.  He  at  once  Ijecame  an  active  member  from  the 
southern  se(;tion  of  the  State.  He  brought  forward  a  section 
in  which  he  was  anxious  to  be  incorporated  in  the  new  Consti- 
tution, and  abvocated  it  with  much  ability.  That  was  the 
biennial  session  of  the  State  Legislature,  but  it  was  rejected  by 
the  Convention.  If  it  had  become  a  part  of  the  Constitution, 
it  would  have  been  a  great  saving  to  the  State  in  a  pecuniary 


way,  Ijesides  a  great  deal  of  useless  legislating.  He  was  subse- 
quently elected  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature,  and  after- 
wards chosen  a  member  of  the  United  States  Senate,  in  which 
he  served  one  term.  During  the  latter  part  of  it  his  health 
gave  way,  but  upon  becoming  convalescent,  he  was  sent  by  the 
United  States  Government  on  an  important  mission  to  England, 
respecting  the  finances  of  the  country.  After  he  removed  to 
Philadelphia,  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  commercial  affairs 
of  that  citv ;  was  one  of  the  first  that  orio-inated  the  Corn 
Exchange  Bank,  and  was  elected  President  of  that  institution. 
He  married  when  young,  EHza  Gilmore,  a  lady  of  refinement, 


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dangliter  of  Samuel  Gilraore,  of  Lower  Peiin's  Keck ;  she 
Leing  liis  cousin ;  she  has  been  deceased  three  or  four  years, 
leaving  no  issue.  Alexander  and  Elijah  Cattell  have  each  l)uilt 
liandsome  residences  in  Merchantville,  Camden  County,  where 
they  reside. 

Elijah  Cattell,  second  son  of  Thomas  W.  and  Kesiah  Cattell, 
married  Catharine  Hardy  of  Philadelphia ;  they  have  three 
children — Margaretta,  Alexander  and  Edward  Cattell ;  his 
occupation  I  have  already  mentioned  in  his  brother  Alexander's 
history.  Esther,  the  oldest  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Kesiah 
Cattell,  married  Josepli  Fitliian,  M.  D.,  a  resident  of  Wood- 
bury, Gloucester  county.  He  is  a  native  of  Cuml)erland 
county  ;  they  have  two  daughters — Josepliine  and  Sallie  Fithian. 

Thomas,  the  third  son  of  Thomas  W.  and  Kesiali  Cattell, 
married  Anna  Ashburner;  they  liave  seven  children — Jane, 
Hetty,  Mary,  Lillie,  Sallie,  Willie  and  Fannie  Cattell.  Thomas 
Cattell,  Jr.  as  likewise  all  of  Thomas  W.  Cattell's  cliildren, 
had  the  talent  they  inherited  from  the  Cattell  and  Cilmore 
families,  that  of  acquiring  school  learning  readily ;  far  superior 
to  the  majority  of  students.  He  is  one  of  the  Professors  of 
Lincoln  University,  located  in  Chester  county,  Pa. 

Sarah,  the  second  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Kesiah  Cattell, 
married  Henry  B.  Ware,  of  Salem,  son  of  Bacon  and  Anna  J. 
Rumsey  Ware.  Henry  was  educated  at  West  Point.  After 
he  was  through  with  his  studies  was  elected  Clerk  of  Salem 
Bank  ;  continued  in  that  office  until  his  uncle  George  Pmnsey's 
death ;  he  was  then  elected  Cashier,  in  the  place  of  his  uncle, 
which  office  he  filled  with  credit  until  his  physical  health  became 
very  much  impaired  and  he  resigned,  but  was  continued  one  of 
the  Directors  until  his  death.  Henry  and  his  wife,  Sallie  Cat- 
tell Ware,  had  three  children — Anna,  Thomas  and  Alexander 
Ware.  Sallie,  his  widow,  is  still  living  and  holds  the  office  of 
Postmistress  at  Salem  at  the  present  time. 

William,  the  fourth  son  of  Thomas  W.  and  Kesiah  Cattell, 
married  Lizzie  McKeen;  they  have  two  chikh*en — James  and 
Harry  Cattell.  AVilliam  holds  the  important  office  of  President 
of  Lafayette  College,  at  Easton,  Pa.  Samuel,  the  youngest 
son  of  Thomas  and  Kesiah  Cattell,  married  Henrietta  Malliard ; 
they  have  ten  children — William,  Thomas,  Samuel,  Kesiah, 
Elijah,  Henrietta,  Barron,  Josephine,  Joseph  and  Frank  Cat- 
tell. 


COLES    FAMILY. 

Tlie  fainily  of  Coles,  it  appears  was  an.  ancient  family  of 
England  ;  one  of  them  ])ecame  a  member  of  the  Society  of 
Friends ;  to  avoid  religious  prosecution,  he  emigrated  to  West 
Xew  Jersey  and  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Evesliam 
township,  Burlington  county.  Samuel  Cole,  the  eldest  son 
married,  had  two  or  three  daughters.  Martha,  the  eldest,  mar- 
ried David,  the  son  of  Judge  David  Davis,  of  Pilesgrove, 
Salem  county.  SanuieFs  daughter  Mary,  married  a  ISTewhold. 
David  and  Martha  C.  Davis  had  tlu'ee  children — Jacob,  Joseph 
and  Martha  Davis.  Sanmel  Cole  made  his  will  in  the  year 
1772,  leaving  a  large  real  and  personal  estate,  after  providing 
lil)erally  for  his  widow,  Mary  Cole,  he  devises  tlie  greater 
part  of  his  estate  to  his  grand-children,  Jacob,  Josepli  and 
Martha  Davis,  also  to  his  daughter  Mary  Newbold's  children, 
and  likewise  a  legacy  or  two  to  his  nephew  Thomas  Coles,  eldest 
daughter  Mary  Coles  fifty  pounds,  and  he  tdso  directs  his 
executors,  his  son-in-law  David  Davis  and  his  friend  Abraham 
Allen,  to  pay  fifty  pounds  to  Haddonfield  Prejjarative  Meeting 
of  Friends. 

About  1750  Thomas'  nephew,  Samuel  Cole,  left  Evesham 
and  located  in  Gloucester  county,  at  a  place  since  known  as 
Coles  Mills.  He  soon  afterwards  married  Alice  Collins ;  they 
had  eight  (;liildren,  their  names  were  :  Mary,  Hamiali,  Thomas, 
Samuel,  Kimble,  Joseph,  Hope  and  Alice  Coles,  all  of  whom 
grew  up,  married  and  had  issue.  Mary,  the  eldest  daughter  of 
Thomas  Coles,  married  Jonathan  Collins,  by  whom  she  liad 
seven  children,  whose  names  were:  Alice,  Benjamin,  Samuel, 
Mercy,  Elizabeth,  Jonathan  and  Thomas.  Hannah,  the  second 
child  of  Thomas  and  Alice  Coles,  married  Peter  Strang ;  they 
resided  in  the  immediate  neighborhood  and  raised  ten  children 
— Thomas,  Sarali,  Alice,  Margaret,  Peter,  Charles,  John, 
Deborah,  Hannah  and  David.  Thomas,  the  third  child  of 
Thomas  and  Alice  Coles,  married  Martha  Stiles ;  they  raised 
twelve  children — Thomas,  William,  Bartholomew,  Elizabeth, 
Martha,  Ann,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Alice,  Mary,  Ephraim  and  Sarah, 


COLES    FAMILY.  65 


He  CHiiie  in  pos.sest^iou  of  the  mill  property  Avliich  consisted  of 
about  2,000  acres  of  land  on  whicli  he  lived  until  1808,  when  he 
bought  a  mill  property  on  Oldman's  creek  at  what  is  now 
known  as  Harrison ville.  He  then  moved  to  that  place  ^\'ith 
his  larije  familv  of  children,  where  he  was  eno;ao;ed  in  the  luml)er 
business  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  the  year  182r).  Sam- 
uel,tlie  fourth  child  of  Thomas  and  Alice  Coles,  married  Elizabeth, 
the  daughter  of  Joseph  Pimm ;  they  had  three  children — 
Joshua,  Sarah  and  Samuel.  Kimble,  the  tifth  child  of  Thomas 
and  Alice  Coles,  married  Kesiali,  the  daughter  of  John  Lippin- 
c;)tt,  of  Evesham,  Burlington  comity ;  they  had  children — 
Maria,  Eliza,  Julianna,  John,  Benjamin,  Charles  and  Harriet. 
J(jseph,  the  sixth  child  married  Margaret  Scott,  of  Pilesgro\'e, 
and  settled  on  a  farm  near  what  is  known  as  Richman's  Mills, 
where  they  raised  five  children,  whose  names  are:  Elizabeth, 
Joseph,  Margaret,  Sarah  and  Esther.  Hope,  the  seventh  child, 
married  Ahijuli  Collins,  and  raised  live  children — Joseph,  Isaac, 
Al)ijah,  William  and  Hannah.  Alice,  the  eighth  and  youngest  ■ 
child,  married  Israel  Locke,  of  Repaupcj,  Gloucester  comity, 
but  afterward  mo\-ed  to  Bilesgrove,  Salem  county,  where  they 
raised  eight  children — Thomas,  Susan,  Hannah,  Eliz;d)eth,  Har- 
riet, Alice,  Martha  and  Samuel. 

Alice,  the  eldest  child  of  Mary  and  Jonathan  Collins,  married 
John  Peterson,  of  Pilesgrove.  Benjamin  and  Sarah  never 
married.  Mercy,  the  fourth  child,  married  Jesse  Lenard,  from 
near  Blackwoodtown,  Gloucester  county,  Init  left  no  issue. 
Elizalieth  is  living  in  Philadelphia,  not  married.  Jonathan  never 
married,  is  living  in  Philadelphia.  Thomas,  the  seventh  and 
youngest  child  of  Mary  and  Jonathan  Collins,  died  near  Eldridge 
Hill,  in  Pileso'rove,  and  left  two  children — Marv  and  Alice;  thev 
live  in  Philadelphia. 

Thomas,  the  eldest  child  of  Hannah  and  Peter  String,  ima'ried 
Hannah  Albertson,  with  whom  he  removed  to  Ohio  in  1815. 
Sarah,  the  second  child,  never  married.  Alice  mai'ried  Alexander 
Scott;  they  lived  near  to  Coles'  mill,  and  raised  six  children — 
William,  Esther,  Hannah,  John,  Peter,  and  Thomas  Scott. 
Margaret  married  Joseph  Morgan,  of  Blackwoodtowii,Gloucester 
county;  they  had  children,  but  lost  them  when  young.  Peter, 
the  hftii  child  of  Hannah  and  Peter  String,  first  married  Eliza- 
beth Pimm,  and  was  the  father  of  four  children — Martha, Thomas, 
Joseph,  and  William.  Aftei"  her  death  lie  married  Sarah,  the 
widow  of  Ephraim  Garwood,  of  Pilesgrove.  He  lived  to  an 
advanced  age.  The  sixth  child,  Charles, married  Rhoda  PetersdU. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  at  what  is  now  known  as  Springtown, 

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66  COLES    FAMILY. 


and  raised  tlireo  cliildren,  \vliose  names  are  Amos,  Charles,  and 
Stacy  Strin*;'.  John  Striiiii',  tlic  seventh  cln'ld  of  JIannali  and 
Peter  String;,  married  Amelia  Stiles;  they  had  children — 
Hudson,  Margaret,  Peter,  :ind  Thomas  Strimz;.  Deborah,  the 
eiii^hth  child,  mai-ried  a  man  \)\  tlie  iitime  of  (Mai'k,  ;iiid  moNed 
to  Ohio  soon  after.  Hannah  married  (-reori^e  Stiles.  l)a\'id, 
the  tenth  and  youngest  child,  married  Del^orah,  the  daugliter  of 
Micajah  Conover,  and  moved  to  Illinois. 

Thomas,  the  oldest  child  of  Thomas  and  Martlia  Coles, 
married  Kacliel  Birch,  and  raised  eight  cliildren — Richard, 
Sanniel,  Ephraim,  Asa,  Martha,  J)ei>orah,  Alice,  and  Thomas 
Coles.  He  died  in  the  year  1822,  where  his  l»ruther  Partholomew 
now  lives.  William,  the  second  child  of  Thomas  and  Martha 
Coles,  married  Rel^ecca,  daughter  of  Samuel  Morgan,  of  Piles- 
grove.  He  lived  on  the  farm  now  occupied  by  his  son,  Richman 
Coles,  until  his  death,  which  occurred  in  18H2.  They  raised 
seven  children,  whose  names  are  Samuel  M.,  Thomas,  Rebecca, 
William,  Martha,  Richman,  and  B.  Franklin  Coles.  Bartholo- 
msAv,  the  third  child,  married  Anna  AVister,  and  raised  nine 
children — Harris,  Thomas,  Uz, William,  Bartholomew,  Chalkley, 
Joseph,  Stacy,  and  Ira  Coles.  He  is  still  living,  and  is  over 
ninety  years  of  age.  I  visited  this  aged  man  recently,  and  found 
him  quite  healthy.  He  told  me  he  cut,  during  last  winter,  Hfty 
loads  of  wood.  Elizabeth,  the  fourth  child,  married  Elijah 
Horner,  by  whom  she  had  eight  children,  Avhose  names  M'ere 
Susan,  Martha,  Eliza,  Caroline,  Alice,  George,  Mary  Anna,  and 
Elma.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  lived  near  Mullica  Hill,  Gloucester 
county.  Martha,  the  fifth  child,  married  Edward  Pancoast,  of 
Pileso-rove.  She  died  in  a  few  years,  and  left  one  son — Stacv, 
who  died  young.  Ann,  the  sixth  child,  first  married  Joseph 
Lippincott,  and  by  him  had  three  children — Joshua,  Thomas, 
and  Lydia.  She  afterwards  married  John  Howe}',  and  had  one 
child — Sarah  Ann.  Samuel,  the  seventh  child  of  Thomas  and 
Martha  Coles,  married  Marianna  Morgan,  of  Black woodtown, 
Gloucester  county,  to  which  place  they  moved,  and  raised  three 
children — Elizabeth  Ann,  Joseph,  and  Thomas  Coles.  Joseph, 
the  eighth  child,  married  Margaret,  daughter  of  Samuel  Morgan, 
of  Pilesgrove,  but  died  in  a  few  years  after,  leaving  one  child 
— Martha  Ann  Coles.  Alice,  the  ninth  child,  married  William 
Garwood,  of  Mullica  Hill,  Gloucester  county ;  had  one  child — 
John  Garwood,  and  died  soon  after.  Maiy,  the  tenth  child, 
married  Israel  Kirby,  and  raised  six  children — Eli,  Ann,  Richard, 
Thomas,  Mary,  and  Charlotte  Kirby.  Ephraim,  the  eleventh 
child,  first  married  Lvdia,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Tracy  Rid^wa^^ 


COLES    FAMILY.  C/, 


Avlio  died  witliout  cliiklreii.  lie  then  married  Rebecca  Lippin- 
cott,  and  raised  eleven  cliildi-en,  wliose  names  were  l^vdia, 
Hannah,  Eliza,  Lippincott,  Emily,  Aaron,  Charles,  Ephraini, 
Joseph,  Rebecca,  and  Francis.  He  is  still  living,  near  Woods- 
town.  Sarah,  the  twelfth  and  yonngest  child  of  Thomas  and 
Martha  Coles,  married  aSTatlian  Oannt  and  raised  fonr  children, 
whose  names  are  Joseph,  Nathan,  Sarah,  and  Ahdn  Gannt. 

Joshna,  son  of  Samnel  and  Elizabeth  Coles,  married,  Ijnt 
raised  no  children.  Sarali,  their  second  child,  married  Daniel 
HarkA',  she  had  three  children — Elizabeth,  Benjamin  and 
Samnel.  Samnel,  tlieir  yonngest  child,  married  Anna  Kirby  ; 
he  died  yonng,  leaving  one  child — Elmer  K.  Coles.  Maria, 
danghter  of  Kindle  and  Ivesiah  Coles,  married  William  Cassady, 
and  raised  six  children,  Avliose  names  are  Lippincott,  Mariali, 
Benlah,  Elmina,  William  and  Edward.  Eliza,  the  second  child 
(jf  Kindle  and  Kesiah,  married  William  Jones,  by  whom  she 
liad  one  son — Hiram  Jones  ;  she  afterwards  married  Daniel  J. 
Packer,  of  Woodbnry,  and  had  three  children — Daniel  J., 
Edward  and  Benjamin.  Elizabeth,  the  eldest  child  of  Joseph 
and  Margaret  Coles,  married  Cornelins  DuBois,  and  raised  ten 
children — Benjamin,  Mary,  Joseph,  William,  John,  Elizabetli, 
Cornelius,  Elwood,  Edward  and  Samuel.  Joseph,  the  only  son 
married  Rachel  Richman,  and  have  six  cliildren — Mai'tha  Jane, 
Henry,  Preston,  Mary  Ella,  Resigna  and  Harriet.  Margaret 
married  Josepli  Harker,  and  luid  two  cliildren — James  and 
Amy.  Sarah  married  Matthew  Rippe;  tliey  m(ned  to  Indiana 
in  1853.  Estlier,  tlie  youngest  child  of  Joseph  and  Margaret 
Coles,  married  Samnel  Dickinson,  and  died,  leaving  one  child — 
Joseph  Dickinson. 

Susan,  daughter  of  Israel  and  Alice  Locke,  married  Amon 
Peterson,  \)\  whom  she  had  six  children — Stacy,  Joseph,  Hanna]], 
Thomas,  Amon,  and Martlia.  She  lives  in  Woodstown.  Elizabetli 
married  Josiah  Smith;  she  is  deceased,  leaving  several  children 
living  in  the  vicinity  of  Salem.  Alice  married  Joseph  M(jrgan, 
(she  is  deceased,)  and  raised  four  children,  three  of  whom  ai-e 
living — Samuel  R.,  Joseph,  and  Israel  Morgan.  Samuel  Lockc! 
married  Abigail,  daughter  of  Moses  Riciimaii;  he  died  without 
issue.  Martha  mari-ied  Zaccheus  Bassett;  she  lives  near  Dare- 
town,  and  has  children. 

Samuel  Coles,  son  of  Thomas  and  Rachel  Coles,  married 
Henrietta  Dilks.  He  by  profession  is  a  miller,  but  lives  retired 
at  Mullica  Hill,  Gloucester  county.  No  children.  Epliraim 
married  Phebe,  danghter  of  John  I)avis;  their  cliildren's  luimes 
are  Mary,  Ann,  Lydia,  (,'liarles,    and  Isabella.     IL;    is   alsu   a 


68  COLES    FAMILY, 


miller,  and  lives  at  Dickinson's  Mills,  near  Woodstown.  His 
son  Charles  is  associated  witli  him.  Cliarles  has  been  Collector 
of  Pilesgrove  township  for  some  years.  Asa  married  Patience 
Hnrif,  of  Hurft'ville,  Gloucester  count}-.  He  is  a  farmer,  and 
lives  near  Harrison ville ;  has  six  children — Anna,  George, 
Cliarles,  Mary,  Rebecca,  and  Asa.  Martha  married  Josiah 
Dufficld,  and  lives  near  Sharpstown,  Salem  county;  has  tliree 
children — James,  Benjamin,  and  Caroline. 

Samuel  M.,  the  eldest  son  of  Willia^n  and  Rebecca  Coles, 
never  married,  but  lives  with  his  mother  at  Harrisonvi!le. — 
Tliomas  R.  Coles,  iirst  married  Charlotte  Watson,  who  had 
four  children — Charles,  Samuel,  Henry  and  Marianna ;  his 
second  wife  is  Lydia,  daughter  of  John  Duell  and  widow  of 
Stacy  Coles ;  lie  is  a  farmer  and  lives  near  Paulding's  Station, 
West  Jersey  Railroad.  Rebecca,  married  Isaac  C.  Stevenson, 
they  live  at  Wenonah,  Gloucester  county,  and  have  two  children 
— Cliarles  and  Sarah.  William  M.  Coles,  married  Lydia, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Duell  ;  he  is  a  farmer  living  in  Pilesgrove, 
and  has  five  children — Ida,  Cooper,  Ella,  Emma  and  Clarkson 
Coles,  Martha  married  William  Moore,  they  have  four  children. 
Richman  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Mark  Horner  ;  he  is  also 
a  farmer  living  on  the  homestead  farm,  and  has  two  children — 
Ellen  and  Susanna ;  Richman  is  now  a  member  of  the  Legisla- 
ture of  New  Jersev.  B.  F.  Coles,  the  vounsjest  child  of 
William  and  Rebecca  Coles,  married  Katurah,  daughter  of  S. 
II.  AVeatherl)y ;  he  is  a  merchant  and  lives  at  Englishtown, 
Monmouth  county. 

Harris,  oldest  son  of  Bartholomew  Coles,  married  Mai-y 
Ilurff.  He  is  deceased,  leaving  several  childreiL  Thomas,  the 
second  son,  died  a  young  uvaw.  Fs,  the  third  son,  tirst  nuirried 
Hannah  Balleno-er,  and  afterwards  nuirried  Maiw  Balleno-er.  He 
is  a  farmer,  living  near  Daretown,  Salem  county,  and  has  five 
children — Jane,  Isaac,  Anna,  Mary,  and  Sarah  Coles.  AVilliam, 
the  fourth  son,  married  Louisa  Whitaker.  He  was  a  farmer, 
and  died  recentlv,  leaving  tM'o  children — AVilliam  and  Nancv 
Coles.  Bartholomew,  the  fourth  son  of  Bartholomew  and  Anna 
CJoles,  married  Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  Malachi  Horner,  of 
(Tfloucester  county.  He  is  also  a  farmer,  living  near  AVhig  Lane, 
in  Upper  Pittsgrove,  and  has  six  children — Anna,  Edwai-d, 
Eleanor,  Martha  Amy,  Georo-e,  and  Stacv  Coles.  Chalklc>' 
Coles,  Iirst  married  Martha  Ann,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mar- 
garet Coles;  his  present  wife  is  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  James 
and  Marianna  Horner  ;  they  have  but  one  child  liviug — Maggie. 
Joseph  Coles  first   luai-i-ied   Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Asa  Mooro; 


COLES    FAMILY.  69 


afterwards  married  Postretna  Groff;  they  have  three  cliildren 
l)y  his  first  wife  ;  he  is  a  farmer  and  lives  in  Gh^ucester  county. 
Stacy  Coles  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  John  Duell ;  he  died 
and  left  one  son — John  D.  Coles.  Ira,  ninth  and  youngest  son 
of  Bartholomew  and  Anna  Coles,  married  Martha  Ann  Adcock; 
they  have  no  children  ;  he  is  a  farmer  and  lives  where  his  father 
lias  lived  for  nearly  sixty  years. 

Joseph,  the  oldest  son  of  Samuel  and  Mariam  Coles,  married 
Harriet  Bateman,  of  Blackwoodtown  ;  he  is  a  farmer   and  has 

no  children.     Thomas  Coles  first  married  Sarah .     She 

died  and  left  tw^o  children ;  he  then  married  Eliza  Kirkbride; 
slie  also  died  and  left  one  child.  Thomas  lives  at  Blackwood- 
tcjwn.  Lydia,  the  oldest  child  of  Ephraim  and  Rebecca  Coles, 
married  George  Carter ;  she  died  and  left  several  children. 
Hannah  Coles  married  Richard  Springer,  of  Bridgeport ;  she 
is  living  a  widow  with  several  cliildren.  Eliza  Coles  married 
John  Bishop ;  they  have  a  farm  near  Elmer,  on  which  tliey  live 
witli  three  children.  Lippincott  Coles  married  Mary  Duell  and 
have  two  children.  Cliarles  Coles  is  married  and  lives  in 
Indiana.  Aaron  Coles  married  Ella,  daughter  of  Barclay 
Edwards  ;  has  no  children.  Eplu'aim  Coles  married  Mary  Ann 
Kirby  ;  he  was  killed  by  the  explosion  of  a  steam  engine  ;  left 
no  children.  Joseph  Coles  married  a  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Racliel  Coles.  Rebecca  married  Henry  Coles  and  have  chil- 
dren. Francis  Coles  married  William,  son  of  George  Avis;  lie 
is  a  miller  and  lives  at  Daretown. 


JDAYIS    FAMILY. 

John  Davis  emigrated  from  Wales  and  settled  in  Long  Island. 
He  married   Dorothea  Ilogbin,    an   Englisli  woman    of   large 
■u'ealtli.     He    belonged    to    the    sect    called    Singiug    Quakers, 
worsliiped  daily  on  a  stump,  and  was  very  pious  and  consistent. 
He  lived  to  the    extreme  old  age  of   one  hundred  years.     A 
number  of  years  before  liis  death,  lie  moved  with  liis  family  to 
Pilesgrove  township,  Salem  county,  near  where  Woodstown  is 
now  located,  about  1705.   His  eldest  son,  Isaac,  came  to  New  Jer- 
sey lirst;    John  soon  after,  with  his  family,  also  came.     The 
latter   and   all   his   family   subsequently  became   members    of 
Friends'  Meeting.     Isaac,  his  eldest  son,  married  and  had  one 
son.  who  was  shot  bv  accident  or  otherwise,  not  mentioned  in 
the  record ;  he  also  had  two  or  three  daughters.     The  names  of 
John  Davis'  other  children  were  John,  David,  Malachi,  Abigail, 
Hannah,  and  Elizabeth;  all  born  on  Long  Island.     David  Davis, 
the  third  son,  i)ecame  tlie  most  prominent  of  any  of  his  sons, 
and  his  descendants  are  the  most  numerous.     He  was  appointed, 
l)y  the  Legislature,  a  Justice  of  the  Peace;  an  office  at  that  time 
conferred  only  on  those  who  liad  qualilications  for  the  position, 
intellectually  and  morally.     David  was  subsequently  appointed 
Judii'e  of  Salem  county  C(Mu-ts,  and  was  one  of  tliefuur  Friends 
who  assisted  in  organizing  Pilesgrove  Meeting,  al)Out  1724  or  5, 
previous  to  which  time  Friends  in  Pilesgrove  were  members  of 
Salem  Meeting.      He  certainly  was  a  man  wlio  left  liis  foot- 
prints on  tlie  sands  of  time.     His  wife  was  Dorothea  Cousins, 
l)orn  in  England,  19tli  of  lltli  month,  169;>,  and  lived  to  the 
a""c  of  ninety-six  years.     David  Davis,  at  the  time  of  liis  death, 
was  sixty  years  of  age.     David  (»\vned  a  large  tract  of  land  near 
tlie  Presbyterian  churcli  of  Pittsgrove.     He  huilt  himself  a  large 
brick  house    on    liis  property,  whicli  is    still  standing,  and  he 
resided  there  until  his  death.     Thomas  Chalkley  writes  that  in 
1740  he  had  a  religious  meeting  at  the  house  of  David  Davis, 
and  lienches  were  brought  from  a  neighborhig  meeting  house. 
I  presume  it  was  the  Presbyterian  church,  Avhich  was  near  by, 
and  at  that   time  was  built  of  lou's.      He  further  stat(S  that  the 


DAVIS    FAMILY.  71 


lueetiiig  was  large,  and  tlie  people  Avere  orderly.  iJaxid  and 
Dorothea  Davis  had  seven  children — Sarah,  Mercv,  Amy,IIannah, 
David,  ])orn  aist  of  10th  month,  1730;  Abigail,  lK»rn  20t]i  of 
yth  month,  173*2;  and  Jacol),  Ijorn  22d  of  4th  month,  1734. 
Sarah,  the  eldest  daughter,  married  William,  the  son  of  Andrew 
(xriscom;  thej  had  two  daughters — Hannah  anrl  De])orali. 
Hannah  Griscom  married  a  Clement;  they  had  two  daughters 
— Elizabeth  and  Sarah.  Elizabeth  Clement  married  James  B. 
Cooper;  they  had  one  daughter — Hannah  Cooper.  Deborah 
Griscom  married  John  Stewart,  of  Cum1)erland  county,  the  son 
of  John  and  Mary  Wade  Stewart,  of  Alloways  Creek.  She  was 
his  second  wife,  and  survived  her  husband  many  years.  Mercy, 
the  daughter  of  David  and  I)(»rothea  Davis,  married  Thomas 
Redman,  of  Haddonfield,  l)eing  his  second  wife. 

Amy,  the  daughter  of  David  and  Dorothea  Davis,  married 
John  Gill,  of  Haddontield  ;  they  had  six  cliildren.  Mary,  their 
eldest  daughter,  married  a  Rol>erts ;  Elizabeth  Gill  married 
a  Burroughs  ;  they  had  issue.  Amy  Gill  married  a,  Willis ; 
they  had  one  daughter — Elizabeth  Willis,  who  married  Benja- 
min Cooper.  Mercy  Gill,  the  fourth  daughter,  married  Samuel 
Abbott,  of  Elsinboro,  Salem  county,  the  son  of  William 
Abbott ;  they  had  three  children — William,  Kebecca  and  Han- 
nah. Sarah  Gill  married  a  Whital,  at  Red  Bank.  John  Gill, 
the  son  of  John  and  Amy  Gill,  married  Ann  Smith ;  they  had 
one  son — John  Gill,  Jr.,  his  wife  is  Sarah  Hopkins ;  John  is 
President  of  the  National  State  Bank,  Camden.  Hannah 
Davis,  the  daughter  of  David  and  Dorothea  Davis,  married 
Richard  Wood  2d ;  he  was  the  son  of  Richard  and  Briscilla 
AVood,  w^as  born  18th  of  1st  month,  1728,  in  Salem,  now  Cum- 
l)erland  county.  When  he  was  married,  some  say,  he  resided 
in  Philadelphia,  at  which  place  he  learned  the  coopering  l)usi- 
ness,  but  he  lived  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  tlie  town  of 
Greenwich,  where  he  followed  his  trade,  and  at  that  place  their 
two  cliildren  were  born.  Richard,  the  son  of  Richard  and 
Hannah  D.  Wood,  w^as  born  2d  of  7th  month,  1755,  and  James, 
the  son  of  the  same  parents,  w^as  born  30th  of  8tli  month,  1765. 
Richard  Wood,  son  of  Richard  and  Hannah  Davis  A\^ood,  mar- 
ried and  had  one  son — David  Wood,  who  died  single.  Richard's 
second  wife  was  Elizabeth  Bacon,  the  daughter  of  Job  and 
Marv  Stewart  Bacon,  the  latter  was  the  second  wife  of  Richard 
Wood  2d.  George  Bacon  Wood,  M.  D.,  w-as  the  eldest  son  of 
Richard  and  Elizabeth  B.  Wood ;  he  married  Caroline  Hahn, 
who  died,  leaving  no  issue.  Richard  Davis  Wood,  the  second 
son   of    Richard   and  Elizabeth   B.    Wood,    married    Julianna 


72  DAVIS    FAMILY, 


Randolph,  of  Pliibidelphia;  he  is  deceased,  lenviuir  seven  chil- 
dren— Richard,  Edward,  Randolph,  Julia,  Mary,  George  B., 
Stewart  and  Walter  Wood.  Charles,  the  third  son  of  Ricliard 
and  Elizabeth  B.  Wood,  married  a  Randolph,  and  at  his  death 
left  five  cliildren — Elizal)etli,  George  B.,  Xaorai,  Mhniie  and 
Francis  Wood.  Horatio  C,  the  son  of  Richard  and  Elizal)eth 
B.  Wood,  married  Elizabeth  Bacon  ;  their  children  were  Rich- 
ard, Horatio,  M.  D.,  John,  George  G.,  James,  Mary  Ann  and 
Elizabeth  Wood.  Horatio's  second  wife  was  Abigail  Evans, 
dauo-hter  of  William  Evans,  they  have  one  son — William  E\ans 
Wood. 

Hannah  Davis  Wood,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Elizaljcth  B. 
Wood,  married  David  Scull,  she  l)eiug  his  second  wife.  Ann 
Elizal)ctli,  the  youngest  daughter  ol  the  above  parents,  married 
John  E.,  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  M.  Sheppard.  She  died 
young,  leaving  one  son — George  W.  Sheppard.  James,  the  son 
of  Richard  and  Hannah  Davis  Wood,  married  Ruth  Clement. 
He  resided  hi  Philadelphia,  and  was  a  merchant,  and  lacing  suc- 
cessful in  business,  he  acfjuired  a  competency  and  retired  to 
Haddoiifield.  James  and  his  wife  had  live  cliildren,  of  whom 
Richard  C.  Wood,  their  eldest  son,  Rebecca  and  Samuel  are 
dead,  tlie  latter  died  young  and  single.  Hannah  Ann  AVood 
married  Isaac  Tyson,  of  Baltimore.  They  had  five  children — 
Richard  W.,  Jesse,  Isaac,  James  and  Hannah  Ann  Tyson. 
James,  the  youngest  son  of  James  and  Ruth  Wood,  married  Jane 
Hicks. 

David,  the  son  of  David  and  Dorothea  Davis,  born  1730,  like 
his  father,  was  a  large  land-holder.  His  wife  was  Martha  Cole, 
liy  whom  he  had  se%'eral  children.  Joseph,  their  son  married 
Mary  Haines,  and  they  had  two  daughters — Martha  and  Anna 
Davis.  Martha's  husband  was  William  Fohvell;  they  had  one  son 
— Joseph  D.  Folwell.  Anna  married  David,  the  son  of  John  and 
Sarah  Pancoast.  They  are  liotli  living  at  this  time  in  AVoods- 
town,  and  have  several  children.  David,  the  son  of  David  and 
Martlia  Cole  Davis,  married  a  Haines ;  they  had  issue.  Martha, 
their  daughter,  married  Andrew  Griscom,  the  son  of  Benjamin 
Griscom,  of  Salem  ;  they  had  six  children.  Anna,  the  daugliter 
of  David  and  Mary  Davis,  married  Allen  Fenimore.  Joseph 
Davis,  the  son  of  I)avid,  married  a  Collins.  The  second  son  of 
David  and  Mary  H.  Davis  is  named  David  Davis.  Jacol),  the 
son  of  David  and  Martlia  C.  Davis,  married  Elizabeth  Coulson; 
there  were  four  children  by  that  marriage.  David  C.  Da\is 
married  Mary  Engle,  daughter  of  Asa  Engle ;  they  had  several 
children.     David   is   deceased.      Mary    C.    Davis   died    single. 


DAVIS    FAMILY.  73 


Jacob,  the  son  of  Jacol*  and  Elizabetli  Davis,  married  a  Lippin- 
cott.  Ilannali  Davis  married  Jonathan  D.  Smith  ;  thev  have 
issue. 

Mary  l)a\-is  married  William  Rogers,  and  their  children  were 
Rachel,  Joseph,    and    Grace  Rogers.     David  Rogers    married 
Lydia  Evans;  Grace  Rogers  married  Thomas  Ballinger ;  Rachel 
Rogers  married  Zebedee  Willis.     Jacob,  the  son  of  Jacolj  and 
Dorothea  Davis,    born   in    1734,    married   Esther   Wilkins,  of 
Evesham,  who  "was  born  1736.     Jacob  and  Esther  were  married 
at  Woodstown,  Slst  of  5th  month,  1761,  and  liad  seven  children 
— Hannah,  the  eldest,  Ijorn  30th  of  4th  month,  1762,  died  in 
1765;  David  Davis,  their  son,  born  19th  of  8th  month,  1763; 
Jacob  Davis,  Jr.,    born    5th    of    6th  month,  1765,  died  1767; 
Thomas  Davis  was  born  13tli  of  3d  month,  1768  ;  Josiah  Davis, 
born  24th  of  lOtli  month,  1770,  died  1776 ;  James  Davis,  born 
2l8t  of  2d  month,  1773,  died  1776 ;  Esther  Davis  was  born  18th 
of  5th  month,  1778.     Esther  Davis,  their  mother,  died  8th  of 
3d  month,    1785,    aged    about   fifty-nine    years.     Jacol)  Davis 
remarried  Mary  Stratton  lOth  of  8th  month,  1792,  and  she  died 
3d  of  2d  month,  1809.     Jacob  died  in  11th  month,  1820,  aged 
eighty-six  years  and  four  months.     Few  men  have  left  Ijehind 
them  as  pure  and  unl)leniished  a  character  as  he.     Esther,  the 
daughter  of  Jacob  and  Esther  Davis,  born  1778,  married  Joshua 
Lippincott,  in  1800.     1  think  he  was  the  son  of  Joshua  Lippin- 
cott    and   grandson   of   Freedom  Lippincott.     They   had   two 
daughters — Beulah  and  Lydia  Lippincott ;  the  latter  subsequently 
married  David  Scull.     Da^■id,    the    son    of  Jacol)  and  Esther 
Davis,  born  1763,  married  Hannah  Scidl,  sister  of  Gideon  Scull. 
David  aud  his  wife  Hannah  had  two  sons  and  one  daughter; 
liotli  of  tlie  sons  died  young,  and  their  daughter,  Hannah  Scull, 
married    George  Hollingshead,   and    had    one    son    and    three 
lUuighters,  as  follows:  David  S.  Hollingshead,  Avho   is  in    the 
mercantile  business  at  Woodstown;  Mary,  who  died  a  few  years 
ago;    Martha  and  Margaret  Hollingshead,  who    are  also  both 
deceased.     David  Davis'  second  wife  was  Abigail  Howey.    They 
had  one  son.  Dr.  David  M.  Davis,  wdio  married  Sallie  Ann  Smith, 
daughter  of  James  and  Hannah  A.  Smith,  formerly  of  Manning- 
ton.     James,    her    father,    is    now  living  in  Salem,  at  a  very 
advanced  age.     Dr.  David  M.  and  Sallie  Ann  Davis  have  eight 
children.     Thomas,  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Esther  W.  Davis,  born 
1768,    married    Esther  Ogden,  in   1796,  and    by    her  had  ten 
children — Samuel,  the   eldest,  died  young;  Martha  died  single; 
Mary  Ann  Davis  married  William  Johns,  of  AVoodlmry,  wli(» 
died,  leaving  no  issue  by  her;  Jacob  married  Sarah  Ann,  daugh- 

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J)AVI6    FAMILY. 


ter  of  Sainiiel  Xicliolson,  of  JMaiinington.  Tliev  had  three 
children — AVilliam,  Martha,  and  Hannah  Davis.  Jo.siah,  the 
son  of  Thomas  and  Esther  Davis,  married  Marv  Mulf(  )rd ;  they 
liad  four  chihlren — James,  AVilliam  M.,  Joseph,  and  Thomas 
Davis;  the  hitter  is  deceased.  Tliomas  W.,  the  son  of  Thomas 
and  Esther  Davis,  married  Phebe  Townsend,  of  Phihidelphia. 
Tliev  had  live  children — Joseph  T.,  Esther,  Thomas,  Robert, 
and  Henrv  Davis.  Esther,  the  daughter  of  Thomafe  and  Esther 
Dav-is,  died  single.  There  were  Richard  W.  and  Sarah  Davis; 
the  latter  married  William  AValcott,  and  the}'  had  one  dauo-hter 
— Francis  D.  Walcott. 


DUBOIS    FAMILY. 

Lewis  Dubois,  who  emigrated  to  America,  M'as  born  about 
tlie  year  1630,  and  settled  up  the  Nortli  river,  in  Ulster  county, 
N.  y.,  where  a  number  of  his  countrymen  had  also  come  to 
escape  religious  persecution.  They  were  called  Huguenots, 
being  followers  of  Calvin.  The  great  persecution,  amounting 
almost  to  extermination  of  the  Protestants,  is  generally  referred 
to  the  revocation  of  the  edict  of  Nantes,  which  took  piace  in 
1685,  in  the  reign  of  Louis  XIV.  Lewis  Dubois  married 
Catharine  Blancon;  she  was  born  at  Manheim,  in  Germany, 
where  he  had  gone  to  escape  persecution.  It  appears,  by  the 
record  of  him  after  their  marriao;e,  thev  returned  to  France 
again,  and  in  that  country  their  son,  Abraham  Dubois,  was  born 
in  1638 ;  soon  after  that  event  they  left  Strasburg  for  this 
country,  and  settled  in  Ulster  county.  Their  son,  Jacol) 
Dubois,  was  born  in  1662.  About  the  year  1711  Jacob  had 
heard  there  was  a  large  quantity  of  good  land  for  sale  in  the 
southern  part  of  New  Jersey.  He  left  his  native  county  in 
New  York  and  moved  to  this  State  to  view  the  lands  he  heard 
so  much  of.  Daniel  C(x\,  of  Burlington,  after  he  married 
Rebecca  Hedge,  the  widow  of  Samuel  Hedge,  Jr.,  came  in 
possession  of  a  large  quantity  of  good  land  in  Fenwick's  tenth. 
He  owned  lari>:e  tracts  of  land  in  what  is  now  Pittsgrove  town- 
ship.  Jacob  and  liis  sister,  John  and  Isaac  Yanmeter,  pur- 
chased 3,000  acres  of  the  said  Daniel  Cox,  of  this  tract.  The 
three  last  persons  in  the  year  1716  conveyed  1,200  acres  to 
Jacob  Dubois  as  his  portion.  There  is  no  account  of  Jacol> 
J^ubois  ever  living  in  New  Jersey,  but  he  divided  the  property 
lie  ])OUii:ht  of  Daniel  Cox  amoni>;  four  of  his  sons.  Barrett 
Dubois,  one  of  his  sons,  settled  at  Pittsgrove  soon  after  his  father 
had  purchased  the  land  in  said  township.  It  appears  he  was 
married  in  the  State  of  New  York  previous  to  his  coming  to 
Salem  county  ;  he  had  eight  cliildren.  Catharine,  their  daughter, 
was  born  in  1716;  Jacobin  1719;  the  latter  married  Janito 
Newkirk  in  1717 ;  he  was  a  prominent  churcdi  member  of  tlio 
Presln'terian  sociotv,  ami  was  a  deacon  and  one  of  tlie  trustees 


76  1HH(1IS    FAMILY. 


to  whom  tlie  deed  was  given  for  the  ground  to  erect  the  churcli 
hnikling  npon.  Lewis,  the  third  son  of  Jacob  Dubois,  was 
born  at  Ilurly,  in  Ulster  county,  N.  Y.,  in  1695.  His  wife  Avas 
jNFargaret  Janson;  tliey  were  married  in  1720.  He  emigrated  to 
AVest  Jersey  in  company  witli  liis  brotlier  Barrett,  and  soon 
after  became  the  possessor  of  real  estate  amounting  to  1,091 
acres;  his  lirst  purchase  was  in  1726  of  350  acres  in  Alloways 
Creek  township,  having  bought  it  of  Joshua  Wright.  It  Avas 
tlie  land  that  AVilliam  Hall  l)Ought  of  James  Wasse,  of  London, 
in  1706,  being  part  of  the  Wasse  tract  of  5,000  acres  tliat  lay 
<»n  the  borders  of  the  head  water  of  Alloways  creek.  Lewis 
and  his  wife  were  among  the  first  members  of  the  lai'ge  and 
inliuential  congregation  of  Pittsgrove  in  17-12,  at  the  time  of 
the  first  organization  of  the  Presbyterian  society  at  that  place. 
At  tliat  time  he  sold  to  the  trustees  of  the  church  two  acres  of 
land  fdr  forty  sliillings,  to  erect  a  church  l>uilding  upon  for  the 
use  of  said  society,  and  in  1761  lie  sold  Hfty  acres  of  land  foi- 
a  parsonage  for  seventy-live  pounds  proclamation  money,  in 
addition  to  the  fifty  acres  the  society  purchased  in  1711-  of 
Abraliam  I*^ewkirk.  One  of  Jacob  I)ul)ois,  Sr.'s  sons  emigrated 
alxjut  the  time  his  brother  came  to  this  county  to  Lancaster 
county.  Pa.,  and  made  it  his  permanent  home  and  one  of  his 
gi'and-sons  became  an  eminent  Presljyterian  minister.  Jacob 
iJul)ois,  son  of  Lewis,  had  eight  cliildren ;  his  oldest  son,  John, 
married  Sarah  Dubois,  grand-daughter  of  Barrett  DuIk^Is  ; 
Mary,  their  oldest  daughter,  married  AVilliam  Kobinson,  of 
Lower  Penn's  Xeck ;  they  had  six  children — Benjamin, 
AVilliam,  Rebecca,  Margaret,  Xoah  and  John.  The  two  last 
mentioned  died  single.  Benjamin  married,  I  have  l>een  told, 
and  left  two  children.  AVilliam  and  his  wife  left  six  children — 
AVilliam,  Xoah,  James,  Mary,  Jolin  and  Benjamin.  Rebecca, 
the  oldest  daughter,  married  a  man  by  the  name  of  Patterson. 
I  have  no  knowledge  whether  she  left  any  children.  Margaret 
Robinson's  husband  was  Samuel  Copner,  the  son  of  Josepli 
(Jopner,  of  Penn's  Neck.  The  Copner's  were  an  ancient  family 
<'f  that  township,  together  with  the  Dunn  family  and  several 
others,  were  the  prominent  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
(;hurch,  located  near  Pennsville.  For  some  cause  I  never  have 
learned,  he  left  the  church  of  which  he  was  a  member  the 
greater  part  of  his  life,  and  joined  the  Friends'  Society,  and 
near  the  close  of  his  life  made  a  will,  and  devised  one-half  of 
his  homestead  farm  to  the  Society  of  Friends  ;  lie  left  two  child- 
ren— Samuel,  and  one  daughter,  who  married  a  Sinnickson;  she 
left  two  cliildren — Cynice  Sinnickson  and  the  late  Ann  Simpson. 


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Benjamin  Dubois  married  Mary  Robinson,  sister  of  Wm. 
Kobinson,  Sr.,  and  had  six  sons  and  two  daughters.  All  of 
them,  after  their  father's  death,  removed  to  one  of  the  Western 
states.  Solomon  Dubois,  the  youngest  son  of  Jacob  Dubois, 
was  a  native  of  Pittsgrove;  he  purchased  lands  in  Alloways 
Creek  township,  and  married  the  daugliter  of  Richard  Moore; 
tliey  liad  live  children,  four  daughters  and  one  son;  tlieir  names 
were  Martha,  Mary,  Susan,  Rebecca,  and  Richard  Dubois. 
Martha  married  Benjamin  Ireland;  she  died  young,  leaving  one 
daughter — Ann.  She  married  a  person  by  the  name  of  Corlis; 
they  had  no  children.  Mary,  second  daugliter  of  So]<jmon,  died 
single.  Susan  Dubois,  daughter  of  Solomon,  married  Nathaniel, 
tlie  son  of  David  Stretch.  Susan  died,  leaving  one  daughter — 
Mary  Ann  Stretch.  Rebecca  Duljois  died  single.  Richard 
Dubois,  son  of  Solomon,  married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Ephraim 
Sayre;  she  died,  leav^ng  one  daughter — Ann  Dul>ois.  She 
married  Joseph  Fogg;  she  is  deceased,  leaving  issue.  Richard's 
second  wife  was  Hannah  Ann,  daughter  of  Tliomas  Sayre ;  they 
had  four  sons — Solomon,  Thomas,  Richard,  and  Josiah  Dul)ois. 
Solom<:)n,  the  eldest,  married  Kesiah  Bowen;  they  had  three 
cliildreu — William,  Elizabeth,  and  Ruth  Dubois.  Solomon,  the 
father  oi  the  above  mentioned  children,  was  killed  by  a  mow^ing 
machine  while  he  was  mowing.  Thomas,  the  son  of  Richard 
and  Hannah  Ann  Dubois,  married  Elizabeth  Stretch;  they  had 
one  daugliter — Hannah  Ann  Dubois.  Thomas'  second  wife  is 
Sarah  Jane,  daughter  of  John  W.  and  Sarah  Ann  Maskell ;  they 
have  no  issue.  Richard  Dul)ois,  Jr.,  married  Elizabeth,  the 
daughter  of  Thomas  Mulford;  they  have  four  children — Luella, 
Hannah,  Rachel,  and  Oakford  Dubois.  Josiah  Dubois,  youngest 
son  of  Richard,  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Lewis  Fox;  tliey 
have  three  children — Mary  Jane,  Anna  S.,  and  Thomas  S. 
Dubois.  Richard  Dubois,  Sr.'s,  third  wife  is  Mary  Decroy; 
they  have  no  issue.  Solomon  Dubois'  second  wife  was  widow 
Hedley;  they  had  one  son,  Jacob  Duliois,  who  subsequently 
married  Ann  Patterson;  they  had  two  childi-en — Jolm  and 
Emeline.  Jacolj's  second  wife  was  Charlotte  F.  Miller;  they 
had  issue,  two  (children — Mary  and  Charles  Dubois.  Mary  is 
deceased. 


ELWELL    FAMILY. 

The  Elwell  family  of  this  county,  particuhirly  those  who 
liave  resided  in  the  township  of  Pittsgrove,  have  liad  a  hirge 
intluence  both  in  religious  and  civil  societv.  Jacob  Elwell,  the 
emigrant,  was  born  in  England,  in  the  year  1700.  He  settled 
in  Pilesgi'ove  township  soon  after  he  arrived  in  this  country ;  he 
married  Cathai-ine  Dubois,  wliose  parents  were  French  Hugeu- 
nots  and  had  left  France  on  account  of  religious  persecution,  and. 
settled  in  Canada  on  Lake  Ticonderago.  Slie  and  her  motlier 
were  captured  by  tlie  Indians,  and  i-ecaptured  by  her  father, 
who  followed  the  trial  after  three  days  of  great  anxiety  and 
toil,  whicli  we  can  easily  ilnagine,  the  party  in  pursuit  succeeded  in 
killing  two  of  the  Indians.  Soon  after  that  event,  Jacob  Elwell 
removed  from  Canada  with  his  family  to  Salem  county,  and 
soon  afterwards  purcliased  land  of  Daniel  Cox,  of  Burlington, 
in  Pilesgrove  tcnvnship,  and  settled  there.  Catliarine  Dul)ois, 
liis  daughter  was  at  that  time  alxjut  twelve  years  old.  Jacol) 
and  his  wife,  Catharine  Dubois  Elwell,  had  live  children — 
David,  Samuel,  Jonathan,  Rhoda  and  Racliel  Elwell.  David, 
tlieir  eldest  son,  married,  had  live  chilch-en,  their  names  were 
Jacob,  Cornelius,  David,  Youmacea  and  Mary  Elwell.  Samuel, 
son  of  Jacob  and  Catharine  D.  Elwell,  married  Amelia  Morgan ; 
they  h'll  Hre  children — Samuel,  Mary,  Sarah,  Amelia  and  Sarah 
Elwell.  Jonathan,  son  of  Jacob  and  Catharine  Dubois, 
married  Peggy  Summcrill,  daughter  of  AVilliam  Summerill, 
tlie  emigrant;  they  had  six  children — William,  Jacob,  Jona- 
than, Catharine,  Rachel  and  Sarali  Elwell.  Rhoda  Elwell, 
daugliter  of  Jacob  and  Catliarine  D.  Elwell,  married  Llenry 
Richmond;  they  had  three  children — Jacob,  Ilenr}' and  Isaac 
Richmond;  they  all  died  minors.  After  her  first  husband's 
death,  Rhoda  married  William  Ray  ;  they  liad  two  children — 
Bigee  and  Henrietta.  Rlioda's  third  husband  was  Josiali 
Pnnllin  ;  there  were  two  childi-en — William  and  Mary  Paullin. 
William,  the  son  of  Josiah  and  Rhoda  Paullin,  died  recently 
aged  about  eighty-two  years,  I  have  no  knowledge  of  his 
familv.     Mai'v  ni;irrl<'(l.     Rachel,   the   dauii'liter  of  Jacob  and 


ELWELL    FAMILY,  TO 


Catharine  Dubois,  married  James  Hutchinson ;  they  had  no 
issue.  James  turned  a  tory  in  the  war  of  the  Revohition,  and 
was  compelled  to  leave  tlie  country,  leaA-ino;  his  wife  in  charge 
of  his  motliei".  lie  lived  but  a  sliort  time  afterwards;  his  widow 
sul)se(|uently  married  Jonathan  Sneighin. 

Samuel,  son  of  Sanuiel  and  Amelia  Elwell,  UKU'ried  Mary 
Johnson,  [See  Johnson  family.]  Mary  Elwell  married  Isaac 
Johnson,  youngest  son  of  John  Johnson.  [See  Johnson  fam- 
ily.] Sar^dl,  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Amelia  M.  Elwell, 
married  Charles  Chambers;  they  had  issue — Charles,  James 
and  Richard  Cliam])ers.  Amelia,  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Amelia  Elwell,  man-ied  Andrew  Urion  ;  they  had  four  children 
^ — Samuel,  Elizabeth,  Amelia  and  Sarah  Urion.  Sanniel  Urion, 
their  son,  is  now  a  resident  of  Lower  Penn's  Neck, .  and  a 
large  land  owner,  and  is  considered  one  of  the  best  agriculturists 
in  that  section  of  the  country;  he  married  Sarah,  the  daughter 
of  the  late  Elisha  Wheaton.  Sarah,  daughter  of  Andrew  and 
Amelia  Urion,  married  Asa  Jleeves;  they  have  issue.  Amelia, 
(hiuo-liter  of  i^Andrew  and  Amelia  Urion,  married  William 
Brown ;  they  have  children.  p]lizabeth,  daughter  of  Andrew 
and  Amelia  E.  Urion,  married  Joseph  Reeves;  they  have  issue. 
Catharine  Elwell,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Elwell,  married  Gar- 
rett Newkirk  ;  there  were  three  children — Margaret,  Garrett 
and  Matthew  Newkirk ;  all  three  of  those  in  after  life  became 
eminent  citizens.  Garrett  and  Matthew  are  successful  mer- 
chants. Margaret  equally  as  nmcli  so  as  her  brothers,  as  a  bonnet 
maker. 

I  shall  conclude  this  short  and  reliable  history  of  Jacob 
Elwell  and  his  wife,  Catharine  Dubois ;  for  many  of  his  descend- 
ants I  have  fdluded  to  heretofore  in  the  genealogy  of  other 
families.  Jacob  Elwell,  the  emigrant,  died  in  Pittsgrove  town- 
ship, aged  seventy-three  years  ;  his  widow,  Catharine  Dubois 
Elwell,  in  1798,  far  advanced  in  years.  As  far  as  1  have 
learned,  both  of  those  aged  persons  left  an  enviable  reputation 
and  numerous  descendants. 


GUY    FAMILY. 

Rielmrcl  Guy  and  his  wife,  Bridget  Guy,  were  among  tlie 
fir.st  emigrants  to  Fenwick's  Colony.  His  occupation  in  liis 
native  country  was  that  of  a  cheesemonger;  he  resided  in  the 
parisli  of  Stepny,  London,  in  Middlesex.  He  purchased  one 
thousand  acres  of  land  in  what  is  now  known  as  Elsinboro. 
The  deed  and  receipt  for  the  land  was  dated  in  the  9th  mouth, 
1676;  the  purchase  money  was  ten  pounds.  The  said  land  wa.< 
located  hounding  on  Delaware  river,  extending  fr(»m  the  old 
Swede's  fort  to  the  present  mouth  of  Salem  creek.  He  was  not, 
however,  a  resident  of  the  county  Ijut  a  few  years.  And  on  the 
same  day  he  likewise  l)Ought  of  Fenwick,  for  his  friend  Thomas 
Pyle,  a  citizen  and  upholsterer  of  the  city  of  London,  ten 
thousand  acres  of  land,  for  which  he  paid  fifty  pounds  sterling. 
The  following  is  the  receipt  of  John  Fenwick  for  said  land : 

"  Received  on  thirteenth  day  of  the  third  month,  called  May, 
"  one  thousand,  six  hundred  and  seventy  and  five,  of  and  from 
"  Kicliard  Guy,  of  the  parish  of  Stepny,  of  tlie  county  of 
"  Middlesex,  (chessemongei-),  the  full  sum  of  fifty  pounds 
"  sterling,  mentioned  and  expressed  in  a  Deed,  bearing  even 
"  date  hei-ewith,  and  made  for  me  John  Fenwick,  late  of  Bin- 
"  field,  in  the  county  of  Berks,  within  the  knigdom  of  England, 
"  Esq.,  and  early  Broprietor  of  the  Province  of  Isew  Cessavia, 
"or  New  Jersey,  in  America,  to  the  said  Richard  Guy. 
"  Witnesseth  present : 

"  Peter  Hoff,  By  me,  Fenwick. 

"  Samuel  Nicholson, 

"  Richard  Morgan, 

"  John  Smith, 

"  Edward  Champney, 

"  Edward  Wade, 

"  Thomas  Anderson,  > 

"  Edmund  Warner, 

"  Richard  Noble, 

"  James  Gardfildser." 
The  said  land  was  surveyed 'by  Richard  Noble  in  167(>,  and 


JOHN  FENWICK'S  RECEIPT 

TO 

RICHARD  GUY, 

FOR 

Ten  Thousand  Acres  of  Land,  for  his  friend,  Thomas  Pyle. 


Received,  the  one  and  thirtieth  day  of  the  Third  Month, 
called  May,  One  thousand  six  hundred  seventy  and  five,  of 
and  from  Richard  Guy,  of  the  Parish  of  Stepney,  alias  Stebun- 
heath,  in  the  County  of  Middlesex,  Cheesemonger,  the  full 
sum  of  ffifty  pounds  Sterling,  which  is  the  same  sum  of  ffifty 
pounds  mentioned  and  expressed  in  a  certain  Deed  Poll  bear- 
ing even  date  herewith,  and  made  from  me,  John  Fenwick, 
late  of  Binfeild,  in  the  County  of  Berks,  within  the  Kingdom 
of  England,  Esquire,  and  cheif  proprietor  of  the  one  moyetie 
or  halfe  part  of  the  Tract  of  Land  within  the  Province  of  New 
Cesaria  or  New  Jersey,  in  America,  to  the  said  Richard  Guy. 


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was    located    in    tlie    upper   part    of    Salem  tenth,    where   the 
township  of  Pilesgrove  is  now. 

About  1690  Richard  Guy  and  George  Deacon  removed  Avith 
their  families  to  the  county  of  Burlington.  Richard  died  in  a 
short  time  afterwards,  leaving  a  widow,  who  survived  him  a 
number  of  years,  George  Deacon  lived  until  1T22,  leaving 
(.'hildren.  Some  of  his  descendants  are  still  living  in  that  county 
at  the  present  time. 
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GOODWIX    FAMILY. 

Jolm  Goodwin  wa.s  the  son  of  John  and  CathHi'ine  Goodwin, 
of  the  parish  of  St.   Buttolph,  in  Algatc,   London.     He  was 
born  25th  of  10th  month,  1680,  and  emigrated  to  Pennsylvania 
in   1701.     From   thence,  the  following   year,   he  removed  to 
Salem,   and  in   1705   he  married   Susannah   Smith,  the   oldest 
daughter  of  John  Smith,  of  Smithiield;  they  had  four  children 
— John,  Mary,  Thomas  and  William  Goodwin ;  the  two  oldest 
died  young.     Thomas  Goodwin  was  born  in  1721,  and  married 
Sarah  Morris,  the  daughter  of  Lewis  Morris,  of  Elsinborougli, 
in  the  year  1743.     Thomas  and  his  M'ife  lived  on  her  property 
that  she  inherited  from  her  father  in   Elsinborougli  until  1656, 
when  they  sold  it  to  Samuel  Abbott,  and  purchased  the  property 
in  the  town  of  Salem  of   John  Mason.     The  said  property  was 
located  on  Broadway   street,  and  in  the   spring  of  1757  tliey 
]-emoved   to  Salem,  and  here   ended   their   days.     In   the  10th 
month,  1765,  Sarah  Goodwin,  wife  of    Thomas  Goodwin    died, 
aged  forty-one  years,  leaving  no  children.     Thomas  Goodwin's 
second  wife  was  Sarah  Smith  who  lived  but  a  few  years  after 
her  marriage,  and  departed  this  life  in  the  year  1783.     Thomas 
remained    single    for    twenty    years,    and   in    1803    he    died, 
aged    nearly    eighty-two     years,   leaving    his     estate    to    his 
great  nephews  and    nieces.     William    Goodwin,    the    young- 
est son  of   John  and  Susannah   Goodwin,  was  born  in    1723, 
and  in  171-1  he  married  Marv  Morris,  second  daughter  of  Lewis 
Morris ;    they  lived    in   Elsinborougli    on    her    share    of    her 
father's  estate  ;  they  had  live  children — Jolm,  Lewis,  Susannah, 
Mary  and  William  Goodwin.     John  Goodwin,  their  oldest  son, 
was  born  in  1745,  and  in  the  year  1772  he  married  Sarah  Hall, 
dauo-hter  of  Clement   and  Margaret  Hall.     It  was  one  of  the 
lirst  marriages  that  took  place  at  the  present   Friends'  meeting 
house  in  Salem.     John  Goodwin's  wife  lived  but  a  short  time 
after  they  were  married,  leaving  no  children.     Mary  Goodwin, 
the  mother  of  John  Goodwin,  died  in  1776,  and  consequently 
the  property  belonged  to  him  after  his  father's  death.     Jolm 
did  not  survive  his  mother  but  a  few  years,  making  a  will  and 


GOODWIN    FAMILY. 


83 


leaving  liis  right   of  the   real  estate   to  his    nephew,   William 
Goodwin,  the  son  of  Lewis  Goodwin. 

Lewis  Goodwin,  the  second  son  of  William  and  Mary  Good- 
win,   married   Rebecca    Zanes,   of   Salem,    danghter  of   Susan 
Zanes ;    tliey  had   two  children — John   and    Susan    Goodwin. 
John  married  Abigail  Carpenter  and  had  three  children — Lewis, 
William  and  Thomas  Goodwin.     Lewis  Goodwin's  second  wife 
was  Rachel  Nicholson,  the   danghter  of  William  Nicholson,  of 
Mannington,.  and   they  liad  three   children — William,  Thomas 
and  Morris  Goodwin.     William,  the  oldest  son,  married  Iluldali 
Townsend,    daughter    of     Daniel    Townsend,    of    Cape   May. 
Tliomas  Goodwin  married  Sarah  Jefferis,   daughter  of   Joshua 
Jefferis.     Morris    Goodwin  married    Sarah   Smitli.     Susannah 
Goodwin,  oldest  daugliter  of  William  and  Mary  Goodwin,  was 
born  in  1750,  and  in  1773  she  married  John  Mason,  the  son  of 
Thomas   Mason,   and  grand-son  of   Jolm   Mason.     He  was  a 
widower  when   he  married   Susannah   Goodwin,  his  first  wife 
was    Ann    Hall,    daughter  of  AVilliam  Hall,  Jr..     They  lived 
and    owned    on    Broadway  street  in    Salem,    which  property 
is  now   owned  by   Morris    Hall.     Jolm  Mason    and  Ann   his 
wife   ]iad  one  daughter    named   Sarah,    and    she   married  Ed- 
gar   Brown.     John    Mason   and    his    wife    Susannali    had    six 
children — William,  Mary,  Ann,   Thomas,  Elizabetli  and    Jolm 
G.    Mason.     Their   oldest  son,  William,  died  in   1776.     Mary 
Mason  married  Abner   Beesley  and  had  four   children — Mary, 
William,  Benjamin    and  Thomas    Beesley.     Her  second  hus- 
l)and  was  Job    Ware,  wlio  had    two  cliildren — Job   and  Elijah 
Ware.     Ann   Mason   was   born   in   1778,  and   married  Joseph 
.  Thompson,  son  of  Joshua   Thompson  ;  tliey  had  four  children 
— Susan,    the    oldest,    married    Joseph    Pancoast.      Elizabeth, 
tlieir  second  daughter  died  in  her  fifteenth  year.     Sarah  Thomp- 
son married  Thomas  Shourds.     Ann  Tliompson  married  Tliomas 
Fogg.     Thonuis    Mason,    their    second    son,    was    born    17S0. 
Ab(_)ut  the  year  1812  he  married  Hannah  Hancock,  daugliter  of 
Joseph  Hancock ;  he  and  his   wife  lived  but  a  short  time  after 
they  were  married,  leaving  one  child — Hannah  Mason,  and  she 
married  Richard   M.   Acton.     Elizabeth    Mason  was  born    in 
1782,  and  she  died  single  in  the  twenty-fourth  year  of  her  age. 
Jolm  Goodwin  Mason  was  born  in  1785  ;  he  never  married,  ajid 
died  in  1839   in  the   fifty-fifth  year  of  his  age.     John  Mason, 
their  father,  died  about   1787 ;  his  widow,    Susannah  Mason, 
married  Joshua  Thompson  and  had  two  children — William  and 
Joshua  Thompson.     William  Goodwin,  Jr.,  was  born  in  1758, 
and  married  Elizabeth  Woodnntt,  of  Mannington;  he  and  h 


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wife  liad  six  cliiklren — Prudence,  tlie  oldest,  nuuTied  Ativiiison 
Conrad.  Mary  Cioodwin  married  Jonathan  Woodnutt.  Rachel 
Goodwin  married  Preston  C  Woodnutt.  Sarali  Goodwin  mar- 
ried Henry  Dennis,  her  second  husband  was  Jonathan  Wood- 
nutt. Elizabeth  and  Abiofail  Goodwin  always  remained  sint>;le : 
they  were  remarkable  for  their  kind  and  sympathetic  feelings, 
always  willing  to  assist  the  poor  and  afflicted,  going  and  looking 
after  them  in  the  abodes  of  poverty,  and  administering  to  their 
wants  as  far  as  their  circumstances  would  allow  ;  they  continued 
in  their  noble  deeds  of  philanthropliy  until  old  age  and  as  long 
as  bodily  strength  permitted  them  to  do  it.  It  seemed  that  the 
spirit  of  the  immortal  Howard  had  descended  upon  them. 


HANCOCK    FAMILY. 

William  Hancock,  Sr.,  came  from  England  to  this  county  in 
tlie  year  1677,  with  his  wife,  Isabella  Hancock,  and  two  sons, 
John  and  William  Hancock.  He  took  possession  soon  after  his 
arrival  of  allotment  of  land  on  the  south  side  of  Alloways  Creek, 
containing  1,000  acres.  The  said  land  was  surveyed  by  Richarcl 
Hancock,  by  order  of  John  Fenwick,  in  1676.  William  Han- 
cock died  and  left  his  estate  to  his  widow,  Isabella,  who,  the 
year  following,  sold  one  half  of  the  allotment  to  John  Maddox. 
She  survived  about  ten  jears,  after  her  husband.  In  her  will 
she  devised  her  real  estate  to  her  oldest  son,  John  Hancock,  and 
her  personal  estate  to  AVilliam  Hancock ;  and  he  purchased  500 
acres  of  land  in  Elsinborougli,  adjoining  lands  of  John  Mason  on 
the  south,  Samuel  Nicholson  on  the  east,  Rudoc  Morris'  land  on 
the  west,  and  by  Isaac  Smart's  land  on  the  north.  In  1705  he 
built  a  large  brick  house ;  it  stood  until  within  a  few  years  ago, 
and  then  it  was,  torn  down  by  Richard  Grier,  the  present  owner 
of  the  property,  and  a  large  frame  house  erected  on  the  site  of 
the  old  one.  1  believe  William  Hancock  married  Sarah  Stafford. 
Their  son,  Thomas  Hancock,  was  born  5th  of  the  12th  month, 
1714.  William  Hancock  held  the  office  of  Justice  of  the  Peace 
for  many  years,  and  he  died  about  the  year  1740.  His  son, 
Thomas  Hancock,  married  and  had  two  sons — William  and 
Thomas  Hancock.  At  their  father's  death  the  landed  estate 
was  divided  equally  between  them.  William  Hancock,  son  of 
Thomas,  married  Hannah  Fogg,  daughter  of  Charles  Fogg,  in 
the  year  1770.  William  Hancock,  their  son,  was  born  4tn  day 
of  the  7th  month,  1771 ;  he  died  a  minor.  John  Hancock  was 
born  the  24th  day  of  4th  month,  1773;  Elizabeth  Hancock  was 
born  the  17th  of  the  7th  month,  1776.  John  died  in  1794,  and 
made  a  will,  leaving  his  estate  to  his  cousin,  William  Hancock, 
son  of  Thomas  Hancock.  Thomas  Hancock  married  Mary 
Goodwin,  daughter  of  William  Goodwin;  they  had  live  children 
— Thomas  Hancock,  Jr.,  William,  Morris,  Sarah,  and  Elizabeth 
Hancock. 

John  Hancock,  the  eldest  son  of  William  and  Isabella  Han- 


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cock,  inherited  l)y  his  mother  500  acres  of  huid  on  the  south  side 
of  Allowavs  creek,  where  the  villas-e  of  Hancock's  Bridii;e  is  now 
located.  All  accounts  we  have  of  him  go  to  show  that  he  was 
a  man  of  great  energy  in  relation  to  business.  He  added  largely 
to  his  estate.  In  the  year  1708  he  built  a  Ijridge  across  Allo- 
ways  creek.  I  have  no  doubt  he  was  assisted  by  tlie  public  in 
the  work.  It  was  know^i  for  many  years  as  John  Hancock's 
bridge.  In  1709  there  were  commissioners  appointed  by  the 
Court  to  lay  out  a  public  highway  from  the  town  of  Salem,  by 
the  way  of  John  Hancock's  new  bridge,  to  the  town  of  Green- 
wich. John  died  about  1725,  leaving  one  son — AVilliam  IIai> 
cock,  and  he  came  in  possession  of  one  of  the  largest  landed 
estates  in  the  county ;  his  lands  lay  mostly  in  Alloways  Creek, 
Elsinl)orough,  and  Fenn's  Neck.  William  married  Sarah,  the 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  Chambless,  Jr.,  of  Allowaj'S  Creek.  In 
the  vear  173-1  AVilliam  Hancock  built  himself  a  lars-e  and 
substantial  brick  dwelling,  which  is  still  standing,  in  good  repair. 
It  is  an  historical  house,  on  account  of  the  horrible  massacre 
which  took  place  in  it  by  the  British  soldiers  on  the  American 
militia,  who  were  quartered  in  it  in  1778.  AVilliam  Hancock, 
then  an  old  man,  received  a  mortal  wound,  and  died  in  a  short 
time  afterwards  at  the  house  of  his  brother-in-law,  Joshua 
Thompson,  about  half  a  mile  farther  down  the  creek.  AVilliam 
had  one  daughter  by  liis  first  wife,  Sarah  Cliambless — Sarali 
Hancock.  She  married  Thomas  Sinnickson,  of  Salem,  son  of 
Andrew  Sinnickson,  of  Penn's  Neck.  Thomas  and  his  wife  left 
no  issue.  His  second  wife  was  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Joshua 
and  Sarah  Tliomj)son,  of  Elsinborough ;  they  liad  one  son — 
John  Hancock,  who  married  Eleanor  York,  daughter  of  Andrew 
York,  of  Salem;  they  had  several  children;  four  of  them  lived 
to  grow  up,  and  had  families — Sarah,  who  married  Morris 
Hancock,  son  of  Thomas  Hancock,  of  Elsinborough;  Henrietta 
married  Lewis  P.  Smith;  Thomas  Y.  Hancock  married  Rachel, 
daughter  of  AVilliam  and  Elizabeth  Nicholson ;  Maria  nuirried 
Richard  P.  Thompson,  son  of  Hedge  and  Mary  iVnn  Thompson, 
of  Salem.  AVilliam  Hancock  done  a  lai-ge  amount  of  piibli(; 
])usiness,  was  a  member  of  the  Colonial  Legislature  for  twenty 
years  in  succession,  and  lield  the  office  of  Judge  and  Justice  at 
the  time  of  his  deatli. 


OBEUIAH    HOLMES     FAMILY. 

The  Holmes  family,  of  the  comity  of  Cmnljerland,  arc  an 
ancient  and  miraerous  family.  At  this  late  day  it  is  almost 
impossible  to  follow  the  various  branches  with  any  degree  of 
certainty,  tlierefore  I  will  endeavor  to  confine  my  remarks  to 
those  branches  wlio  li-ave  kept  a  correct  record  of  their  ancestors. 
It  appears  that  Obediah  Holmes,  Sr.,  was  born  1606,  at  Preston, 
Lancashire,  England,  and  at  the  age  of  tliirty-three  he  emigrated 
to  America,  landing  at  Boston  in  1639.  He  located  at  Salem, 
in  the  State  of  Massaclmsetts,  and  most  probably  married  soon 
after  that  ev^ent.  He  was  a  Baptist  clergyman  of  no  ordinary 
intellect,  and  for  the  doctrines  he  so  ably  and  powerfully  enun- 
ciated, lie  was  arraigned  in  1650,  and  tried  l)y  a  court  of  the 
rigid  Puritans  of  that  day,  and  was  condemned  to  be  pul)licly 
Mdiipped,  together  with  a  numl^er  of  Friends  or  Quakers,  who 
likewise  held  religions  opinions,  whicli  they  regarded  as  heresy. 
I  luive  no  doubt  the  Puritans,  in  their  blind  zeal,  believed  such 
religious  doctrines  were  detrimental  to  the  peace  and  happiness 
of  their  commonwealth.  Soon  after  that  event,  Obediah  Holmes 
removed,  with  his  family,  to  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  where 
religious  liberty  was  granted  by  just  and  liberal  laws,  made  and 
enacted  by  Roger  Williams.  He  died  at  NeA\'port,  1.5th  of  10th 
month,  1682,  aged  seventy-six  years.  Tliere  is  no  mention  at 
what  time  his  wife's  death  occurred,  but  I  tliink  it  was  previous 
to  his.  Tliey  had  eight  children,  most  of  whom  survived  their 
parents ;  some  married  in  New  England,  one  or  more  settled  on 
Long  Island.  Two  of  their  sons,  Obediah  and  Jonathan,  cjune 
to  Xew  Jersey  and  purchased  a  tract  of  land  of  tlie  Indians, 
amounting  to  1,600  acres,  located  near  where  Middletown  now 
is,  in  Monmouth  county.  The  two  brothers  were  constituent 
members  of  the  Baptist  church  at  Middletown,  which  church  is 
said  to  1)0  the  first  of  that  denomination  constructed  in  the  State. 
Obediah,  however,  remained  in  Monmouth  county  but  a  short 
period,  and  removed  and  settled  within  Fenwick's  Colony,  in 
the  Cohansey  precinct,  on  the  south  side  of  the  river,  in  Shrews- 
bury Neck,   in  1685.     He  was  one  of  the  nine  Baptists  that 


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OliEDIAH    HOLMES    FAMILY, 


assisted  in  orn-aiiizing  the  first  Baptist  cliurcli  in  South  Jersey, 
in  1690.  It  does  not  appear  that  lie  was  ever  ordained  a  recrular 
clergyman,  l»iit  he  occasionally  preached.  He  possessed,  by 
nature,  a  legal  mind,  and  the  early  inhabitants  of  that  section 
of  country  soon  appreciated  his  business  capacities,  and  when 
the  Salem  courts  were  regularly  established,  in  tlie  early  part  of 
the  reign  of  Queen  Anne,  he  and  Thomas  Killingsworth  were 
appointed  Judges,  and  John  Mason,  Samuel  Hedge,  and  Joseph 
Sayre,  from  Cohansey,  were  the  Justices. 

Obediah  Holmes,  Jr.,  married  a  young  woman  by  the  name 
of  Cole  ;  they  had  four  children — two  sons  and  two  dauo-hters. 
The  eldest  daughter  married  a  young  person  by  the  name  of 
Love,  his  second  daughter  married  a  person  by  the  name  of 
Parvin.     Both  the  Love's  and  the  Parvin's  are  among  the  first 
families  that  settled  in  Cumberland  county.     Oljediali's  eldest 
son,   Samuel  Holmes,  was  drowned  Avhen  a  young  man ;  his 
youngest  son,  Jonathan  Holmes,  married  and  died  young,  leavino- 
one  son — Jonathan  Holmes.     The  death  of  Jonathan  Holmes^ 
Sr.,  occurred  8th  of  9th  montli,  1715.     Jonathan   Holmes,  Jr., 
in  1729,  married   Anna  Dominick,  of  Long  Island  ;  tliey  had 
eiglit  children — Mary,  born  16tliof  10th  month,  1731  ;  Susanna, 
born  3d  of  11th  month;  Jonathan,  born  lith   of   Ith  month, 
1735  ;  Eunice,  born  9th  of  5th  month,  1736  ;  Phelje,  born  23d 
of  2d  month,   1738  ;  Anna,  born  23d  of  lOtli  month,  1739  ; 
Abijah,  born  3d  of  4th  month,  17-11 ;  and  Eachel,  born  lltli  of 
of   1st   month,    1750.     All  of    these   died   minors,    exceptint>- 
Abijah  and  Pliebe.     Jonathan  and  Ann  Holmes  were  members 
of  the  Presl)yterian  church,  at  Greenwich,  and  Jonathan  was  a 
large  contributor  towards  l)uilding  the  old  brick  meeting  house 
at  that  place,  in  1735.     He  was,  also,  one  of  the  elders  of  the 
church,  and  continued  to  be,  I  presume,  up  to  the  time  of  his 
death,  and  he  assisted  in  purchasing  the  parsonage  in  1749  for 
the  church.     His  remains  lie,  as  also  those  of  his  son,  Abijah, 
in    the    ancient  cemetery  of  that  place.     Phelje  Holmes,   the 
daughter  of  Jonathan   and  Ann  Holmes,  born  1738,  married 
Dr.  Samuel  Ward  ;  her  second  husband  was  Moses  Bloomfield, 
the   father   of    Governor   Bloomfield,  of    this    State.     Abijah 
Holmes,  son   of  Jonathan   and   Ann   Holmes,  born   3d  of  4th 
month,  1741,  married  Ilachel  Seeley,  the  daughter  of  Ephraim 
and  Hannah  Seeley,  on   the   18th   of  5th  month,  1767.     Thev 
had  five  children — Sarah,  born  1st  of  otli  montli,  1771  ;  Mary, 
born   29th   of  3d  month,  1774;  Jonatlian,    born,  10th   of  9th 
month,  1776  ;  John,  born  3d  of  8th  month,  1778  ;  and  Ephraim 
Holmes,  ])orn  13th  of  7th  month,  1780.     These  children  were 


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all  minors  at  the  time  of  their  parents'  death.  Abijah,  their 
father  departed  this  life  6th  of  3d  month,  1785,  and  their 
mother,  Eachel  Seelej  Holmes,  8th  of  1st  month,  1789. 

Jonathan,  the  son  of  Abijah  and  Rachel  S.  Holmes,  l>orn 
lOtli  of  9th  month,  1776,  was  married  three  times.  Ilis  first 
wife  was  Lydia  Watson,  born  11th  month,  1776,  and  died  19tli 
of  9th  month,  1799,  and  was  buried  in  the  old  graveyard  of  the 
Baptists,  near  Sheppard's  mill.  She  left  one  son — Abijah 
Holmes,  who  is  living,  and  is  far  advanced  in  years,  and  resides 
in  the  city  of  Camden.  Jonatlian's  widow,  Clarissa  Holmes,  is 
living  in  the  city  of  Bridgeton,  aged  eighty-nine  years.  Tliey 
have  one  son,  living  in  the  town. 

Jolni,  the  son  of  Abijah  and  Rachel  Holmes,  born  3d  of  8tli 
montJi,  1 778,  was  married  twice.  By  his  lirst  wife  he  had  a  son — 
Alfred  Holmes,  who  lives  at  this  time  in  Lower  Hopewell  town- 
ship, Cumberland  county.  John's  second  wife  was  a  Bowen;  by 
her  he  had  three  children;  their  son  John  Holmes  lives  at  or 
near  Bowentown. 

Ephraini,  the  son  of  Abijali  and  Hannah  IS.  Holmes,  was  l)orn 
13tli  of  7th  month,  1780,  and  married  Harriet  Potter  Bowen, 
13  th  of  4th  month,  1813;  she  was  the  daughter  of  David  and 
Jane  Potter  Bowen.  Ephraim  and  his  wife  had  live  children — 
Edward  B.,  the  first  son,  born  29th  of  7th  montli,  1815,  married 
Julia  Hillingliam,  and  died  in  New  York  17tli  of  2d  niontli, 
1858,  leaving  a  widow  and  one  son.  Ephraim,  the  second  son, 
born  11th  of  7th  month,  1817,  is  at  this  time  a  practicing  phy- 
sician, and  resides  in  the  town  of  Greenwich.  Mary  P.,  the 
third  child,  born  20th  of  9th  montli,  1819,  married  Cliarles  M. 
Lawrence,  and  died  26tli  of  10th  month,  1865,  leaving  three 
children,  two  of  whom  are  married.  Her  husband  is  still  living 
at  Port  Jervis,  New  York,  and  is  a  physician.  David  B.  Holmes, 
tlu?  fourtli  cliild,  born  5th  of  8th  month,  1833,  married  Caroline 
Elizabeth  Giljbon,  daughter  of  Charles  Gibbon ;  David  and  his 
wife  reside  at  Schuylkill  Haven,  Pa.;  they  have  three  cliildren. 
Harriet  Bowen  Holmes,  the  youngest  c]iild  of  Ephraim  and 
Harriet  P.  Bowen,  l)orn  6th  of  7tli  montli,  1825,  died  31st  of 
8th  month,  1850;  she  never  married.  Ephraim  Holmes,  the 
father,  died  28th  of  5th  month,  1848,  and  was  buried  in  the 
Presbyterian  graveyard  at  Greenwich.  His  wife,  Harriet  Potter 
Holmes,  survived  him  twenty  years,  her  death  taking  place  2d 
of  4th  month,  1868,  aged  seventy-eight  years. 

Many  persons  think  that  the  family  of  Holmes  in  Cuml)erland 
and    that    of   Salem  are  of  one  family.     I  think  there    is    no 
relationship    existing  between  them.     They  spell  their  names 
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differently;  the  Salem  (;oiiiity  family  write  tlieir's  Holme,  while 
Obediali  wrote  his  name  Holmes,  and  it  is  so  recorded  in  the 
Salem  Court  records,  and  I  believe  all  liis  descendants  write 
their  names  the  same  way.  Further,  ()l)ediali  Holmes,  Sr., 
landed  at  Boston  more  than  forty  years  l)efore  Tlionias  Holme, 
the  surveyor-general  for  AYilliam  Penn,  and  John  Holme,  (I 
presume  they  were  relatives,)  arrived  from  England  to  the 
province  of  Pennsylvania.  History  informs  us  that  John  Holme 
was  one  of  the  lirst  Baptists  in  that  province;  that  was  a  few 
years  before  he  came  to  Salem  county  to  live. 


HOLME    FAMILY. 

Jolin  Holme,  emigrated  from  England,  and  settled  in  Phila- 
delphia, soon  after  the  city  was  founded  by  William  Penn.     It 
appears  he  had  a  family — wife  and  two  sons  ;  one  of  his  sons 
l)Ought  a  large  tract  of  land  within  the  comity  of  Philadelphia 
and  settled  thereon;  the  place  is  known  at   this  day  as  Holmes- 
burg.     His   brother,   John    Holme,  purchased  a  large  tract  of 
land  in  Salem  county,  situated  in  Monmouth  precinct,  and  set- 
tled thereon;  that  being  in  1698  ;  he  was  one  of  the  lirst  that 
belonged  to  tlie  Babtist  ]-eligious  association,  that  lived  near  the 
town  of  Salem ;  lie  died   the  early  part  of  eighteenth  century, 
leaving  one  son — John  Holme,  who  subsequently  married;  he 
had  two  sons  and  one  daughter ;  one  of  his  daughters,  Eliza- 
beth Holme,   married  Joseph,  the    son   of    Joseph   Fogg,  the 
emigrant ;  they   had   nine  children — David,  Ebenezer,  Charles, 
Hannah,   Ann,   Elizabeth   Holmes,   Isaac    and  Rebecca  Fogg. 
John  Llolme,  the  eldest  son  of    John  Holme  2d,  inlierited  the 
liomestead  of  his  father's,  located  near  Allowaystown,  erected  a 
flour  mill,  known  for   many  years  as   Holme's  Mill.     The  said 
mill    and  land  was   sul)sequently  owned  by   Josiah  M.  Reeves 
and  brothers.     John   Holme   was   at   one   time    Judge   of  the 
Salem  courts,  and  an  ardent  patriot  in  the  daj^s  of  the  American 
Revolution.     Benjamin    Holme,    the    youngest    son    of    John 
Holme  2d,  was  born   about  1730;  his  first   wife  was  Jane,  the 
daugliter  of  Daniel  Smith,  Jr.,  who  resided  near  the  village  of 
Quinton's  Bridge;  about  the  year  1762  he  purchased  what  was 
known  as  the  David  Morris  estate,  it  being  large  and  valualjle, 
in  tlie   township  of  Elsinborough,  of    John  Hart,  lie  being  half 
brother  of  David  Morris.     Benjamin's   tirst  wife,    Jane  Smith, 
died  young,  leaving  no  issue  ;  lie  subsequently   married  Esther 
Gibbon,  whose  maiden  name  was  Seeley ;  her  first  husband  was 
John  Gibbon,   son  of  Leonard   Gibbon.     John   volunteered  in 
the  army,  and  was  taken  prisoner  and  died  in  one  of  the  prison 
ships  of  the  British,  near  New  York.     Benjamin  and  his  wife, 
Esther  Holme,  had  two  children — John  G.  and  Jane  Holme. 
Benjamin  Holme  was  a  historical  man   and  a  staunch  Whig,  in 


92  HOLMK    FAMILV. 


the  American  Revolution,  and  was  appointed  a  Colonel  of  the 
American  Militia,  of  the  lower  counties,  operating  with  Colonel 
Hand,  of  Cape  May ;  by  so  doing  his  buildings  in  Elsinborough 
Avere  burned,  by  order  of  Colonel  Manliood,  tlie  Britisli  com- 
mander. After  peace  was  restored  he  rebuilt  his  ])uildings  and 
lived  to  an  adv:mced  age,  mucli  respected  by  his  neighbors  and 
friends.  Jolm  G.  Holme,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Esther  Holme, 
married  Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  Tliomp- 
son,  of  Salem  ;  slie  died  leaving  one  daughter — Rel>ecca  Holme, 
who  subsequently  married  George  AV.  Garrison.  John  G. 
Holme's  second  wife  was  Margaret,  daughter  of  Clement  and 
Rebecca  K.  Hall,  of  Elsinl)orongh.  John  and  Margaret  Holme 
liad  three  children — Benjamin,  Jane  and  Caroline  Holme.  By 
tliis  nuirriage  of  John  Ilolme  to  Margaret  Hall,  (they  having 
issue)  was  the  means  of  restoring  the  large  landed  estate  Colo- 
nel Holme  bought  of  Jolm  Hart,  to  tlie  Morris  family  again. 
Margaret  was  the  fifth  generation  in  lineal  descent  from  Rudoc 
Morris.  Benjamin,  son  of  John  G.  and  Margaret  Holme, 
married  Elizabeth,  tlie  daughter  of  Henry  and  Ann  Smith 
Dennis,  of  Salem ;  their  children  living  are  Caroline,  Jolm, 
Henry,  Lncy,  Franklin  and  Jane  Holme.  John,  the  son  of 
Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  Holme,  married  Lena,  daughter  of 
James  Woolman,  of  Pilesgrove ;  they  have  issue.  Jane, 
daughter  of  John  G.  and  Margaretta  Holme,  married  John,  the 
son  of  Morris  and  Lydia  Hall,  of  Elsinborough.  Jolm  is 
deceased,  leaving  no  issue  ;  his  widow,  Jane  Hall,  resides  in 
Salem.  Caroline,  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  Holme, 
died  when  she  was  about  ten  years  of  age.  Jane,  daughter  of 
Colonel  Benjamin  Holme  and  his  wife  Esther,  nuirried  a  man 
by  the  name  of  Harris,  who  resided  at  Swedesboro,  Glou- 
cester county ;  she  died  about  a  year  after  marriage,  leaving  no 
issue. 


CLEMENT  HALL. 
Born  1819. 


HALL    FAMILY. 

Ill  1(377  William  Hall  emigrated  to  tliis  conntiy  in  company 
with  John  and  Andrew  Thompson,  and  their  families.  They 
landed  at  Elsinborough  the  22d  of  12tli  month,  the  same  year. 
Before  they  sailed  fruin  Dublin,  William  Hall  iiired  with  John 
Thompson  for  a  munber  of  years,  and  S(jon  after  his  servitude 
expired  he  removed  to  the  town  of  Salem,  and  kept  a  small  store. 
In  1688  he  married  Elizabeth  Pyle,  danghter  of  Thomas  Pyle, 
w^ho  was  a  large  landholder  in  the  upper  part  of  Fenwick's 
tenth;  one  tract  alone,  bordering  on  Oldman's  creek,  contained 
It), 000  acres.  When  the  different  townships  were  laid  oft  they 
named  the  towmship  where  he  lived,  and  most  of  his  real  estate 
lay,  Pylesgrove;  then  the  largest  township  in  this  county,  con- 
taining 87,000  acres.  It  is  believed  William  Hall  came  in  pos- 
session of  considerable  property,  both  real  and  personal,  by  his 
wife.  Following  are  the  names  of  William  and  FlizabetJi  Hairs 
children,  and  the  dates  of  births:  Sarah  was  born  28th  of  the 
2d  month,  1689;  Hannah  in  1692  ;  Elizabeth  in  1691;  Ann  in 
1699.  Soon  after  the  birth  of  Ann  his  wife,  Elizabetli,  died. 
His  second  wife  was  Sarah  Clement  of  the  county  of  Gloucester; 
they  had  three  children — William  Hall,  Jr.,  born  22d  of  the 
8th  month,  1701;  their  second  son,  Clement,  was  born  in  1706; 
and  Xathaniel  in  1709;  who,  when  he  arrived  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one,  left  this  county  and  went  and  resided  in  the  State 
of  Delaware.     Clement,  I  presume,  died  young. 

AVilliam  Hall  was  appointed,  by  the  West  Jersey  Legislatm-e, 
a  Judge  of  the  Court  for  Salem  county  about  the  year  1709,  to 
take  the  place  of  Thomas  Killings  worth.  It  is  to  be  regretted 
that  a  fuller  account  of  the  last  named  individual  has  ncjt  been 
written  and  handed  do^vn  for  the  benetit  of  posterity.  Accord- 
ing to  the  limited  accounts  we  have  of  him  he  was,  undoubtedly, 
more  than  an  ordinary  scholar,  f  (jr  that  time,  and  a  man  in  whose 
judgment  and  integrity  the  first  emigrants  to  this  country  had 
implicit  conhdence.  He  was  one  of  the  first  Baptists  that  came 
to  this  county,  and  a  clergyman  of  that  religious  denomiiuition. 
William  Hall  was  Judge  as  late  as  ITIO,  and  the  greatest  land- 


94  HALL    FAMILY. 


liolder  in  the  county  of  Salem,  owning  one  hundredtli  part  of 
Fenwick's  tenth.  His  possessions  in  tJie  town  of  Salem  were 
considerable;  lie  owned  one  lot  extending  from  Broadway  street 
to  Fenwick  creek,  bounded  on  the  south  by  Friend's  property 
of  sixteen  acres,  deeded  to  them  by  Samuel  Nicholson,  in  1681; 
on  the  west  by  Edward  Bradway's  lot ;  also  on  the  opposite 
side  of  the  same  street  another  lot  of  land,  bounded  on  the  west 
by  the  public  fair  grounds,  on  tlie  south  and  east  by  Samuel  and 
Anne  Hedge's  land.  Certainly  he  was  a  self-made  man;  no 
doubt  his  natural  talents  were  above  the  common  men.  By  his 
industry  and  good  judgment  he  became  one  of  the  foremost  men 
of  the  Colony.  The  time  of  his  death  I  have  no  positive  means 
to  determine;  most  probably  about  1718.  I  do  not  remember 
ever  having  seen  an  account  of  liim  in  the  public  records  after 
that  time. 

Soon  after  his  deatli,  his  widow,  Sarah  Hall,  being  his  execu- 
tor, sold  large  tracts  of  land  in  various  parts  of  the  county 
whicli  the  records  show.  His  tract  of  1,000  acres  in  upper 
Mannington  was  left  to  his  oldest  son,  William  Hall,  Jr., 
together  witli  the  greater  part  of  his  real  estate  in  the  town  of 
Salem.  The  said  William  Hall,  Jr.,  on  the  20tli  day  of  ninth 
month,  1723,  married  Elizabeth  Smith,  the  grand-daughter  of 
John  Smith,  of  Aml)lebury.  They  had  seven  children — 
Clement,  their  oldest  child,  was  born  15tli  of  12th  month,  1723; 
their  daughter,  Sarah,  in  1727 ;  Susan,  in  1728  ;  Nathaniel,  in 
1730 ;  Elizabeth,  in  1735  ;  Mary,  in  1737 ;  and  their  youngest 
son,  Edward,  in  1740.  William  Hall  built  himself  a  large  brick 
house  about  the  year  1725^  on  his  property  in  upper  Mannington, 
and  at  that  place  he  and  his  wife  lived  and  spent  their  days. 
The  house  still  stands,  and  is  owned  by  Sanniel  L.  J.  Miller,  one 
of  their  lineal  descendants.  There  is  an  ancient  family  bible  of 
John  Smith's  that  he  brought  with  him  from  England  in  1675. 
It  was  printed  with  ancient  tj'pe  in  England,  in  1634.  Persons 
not  accustomed  to  seeing  such  ancient  printing  would  find  it 
dithcult  to  read  it.  The  book  is  in  a  g(»od  state  of  preservation, 
and  belongs  to  one  of  the  Hall  family  at  this  time.  I  hope 
some  one  of  the  family  will  prize  it  sutHciently  to  preserve  it 
for  future  generations  as  a  momento  of  ancient  times.  In  one  of 
the  margins  Elizabetii  Smith  Hall  in  1730  wrote  :  "  This  day 
John  Smith  is  106  years  old."  He  was  her  grandfather.  In 
looking  over  the  records  of  Salem  Monthly  Meeting,  I  find  that 
lie  was  the  son  of  John  Smith,  born  in  the  county  of  Norfolk, 
20th  day  of  4th  month,  1623.  The  account  shows  that  there 
were  instances  of  longevity  then  as  well  as  at  the  present  day. 


HALL    FAMILY.  95 


William  Hall,  Jr.,  made  Lis  will  in  1750,  in  which  he  devises 
his  real  estate  in  Salem  to  his  eldest  son,  Clement  Hall,  and  his 
property  in  Manniugton,  to  his  two  yonngest  sons,  Nathaniel 
and  Edward  Hall.  Clement  Hall,  the  son  of  William  Hall, 
Jr.,  married  Margaret  Morris,  of  Elsinborongli,  about  the  year 
17tl:8.  There  were  seven  children — Ann,  Sarah,  Clement,  John, 
Joseph,  Morris  and  Margaret,  the  last  mentioned  died  when  she 
was  quite  young.  The  oldest  daughter  married  John  Goodwin. 
She  lived  but  a  sliort  time  after  her  marrias;e,  leavino;  no  cliild- 
ren.  Sarali  HalFs  husband  was  Dr.  Thomas  Rowen,  of  Salem. 
They  had  three  children — Sarali  Rowen,  the  late  Dr.  Thomas 
Howen,  and  Elizabeth  Rowen.  Sarah  married  Charles  Penrose, 
of  Philadelphia.  Dr.  Rowen's  wife  was  Hetty  Sinnickson,  the 
daughter  of  John  Sinnickson,  of  Lower  Penn's  Xeck.  They 
are  both  deceased  at  this  time,  leaving  no  children.  Clement 
Hall's  wife  was  Rebecca  Kay,  a  native  of  Gloucester  county. 
Clement  and  his  wife  had  seven  children,  named  respectively 
Ann,  Margaret,  Morris,  Prudence,  Sarah,  Deborah  and  Rebecca. 
Ann  Hall  married  Samuel  Nicholson  Thompson.  They  had 
six  children — Samuel,  Joshua,  Clement,  Charles,  Isaac  and  Ann 
Thompson. 

Margaret  Hairs  husband  w^as  John  Holme,  of  Elsinborough; 
she  was  his  second  wife  ;  there  were  three  children — Benjamin, 
Jane  and  Caroline.  Benjamin's  wife  was  Elizabeth  Dennis, 
the  daughter  of  Henry  Dennis,  of  Salem.  Benjamin  is  now 
deceased,  leaving  a  widow  and  six  children — Caroline,  John, 
Henry,  Louisa,  Franklin  and  Jane.  Caroline  died  young. 
Morris  Hall  married  Elizaljetli  Woodnutt,  the  dauo-hter  of 
James  Woodnutt,  of  Mannington ;  there  were  four  children — 
Margaret,  Hannah,  Rebecca  and  James  Hall.  Prudence  Hall, 
when  far  advanced  in  life,  married  Joseph  Ogden,  of  Wood- 
bury ;  they  are  both  deceased  now,  leaving  no  children.  Sarali 
Hail  died  at  middle  age ;  she  never  married.  Deliorah  Hall 
married  Samuel  D.  Ingham,  of  Pennsylvania,  being  his  second 
wife.  Samuel  and  his  wife  are  both  deceased,  leaving  three 
children — AV^illiani,  Rebecca  and  Mary  Ingham.  Rebecca  Hall 
married  John  Simuckson,  the  son  of  Andrew  Sinnickson,  and 
was  his  second  wife  ;  they  had  three  children — Howard,  Clem- 
ent and  Mary  Sinnickson. 

John  Hall,  the  second  son  of  Clement  and  Margaret  Hall, 
married  and  lived  in  Salem  on  the  property  that  was  left  him 
l:)y  his  father.  It  was  purchased  by  one  of  the  Norris  family. 
Joseph  Corliss  bought  the  old  mansion.  The  Hall  property 
formerly  extended  to  the  town  meadow.     John  was  a  luercliant 


98  HALL    FAMILY. 


an  1  died  a  young  man;   whether   he  left   any   children  I  never 
heard. 

Josepli  HalFs  wife  was  Ann  Brick,  the  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Rebecca  Brick,  of  Elsin])orongh.  Joseph  Brick  was  from 
an  ancient  and  respectable  family  at  Coliansey,  the  son  of  John 
and  Ann  Brick,  and  was  born  iJ-ith  of  3d  month,  1735  ;  soon 
after  he  was  of  age  he  married  E.el)ecca  Al>bott,  the  daughter 
of  Samuel  Al)bott,  of  Elsinborough ;  they  commenced  life  on 
the  farm  that  her  father  purchased  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Good- 
win, in  1756  ;  the  farm  is  the  one  that  William  B.  Carpenter 
now  owns  and  lives  on.  Joseph  and  Rsbecca  Brick  had  three 
children — Ann,  Ilannali,  (who  is  the  M'ife  of  Anthony  Keasbey, 
of  Salem),  and  one  son,  Samuel  Brick. 

Joseph  Hall  and  his  wife  had  nine  children,  luiined  respect- 
ively Samuel,  William,  Margaret,  Rebacca,  Mai-tha,  Ann, 
Edward,  James  and  Ilannali.  Samuel  married  Sarah  Ware, 
daughter  of  Jacob  Ware ;  he  died  young  and  left  one  son — 
Joseph  Hall,  who  now  resides  at  or  near  Dunkirk,  in  the  State 
of  New  York.  William's  wife  was  Hannah  Hall,  daughter  of 
Jarvis  Hall,  of  Mannington ;  both  are  deceased  at  the  present 
time,  leaving  three  or  four  children.  Margaret  Hall  married 
John  Denn,  Sr.,  and  the  names  of  her  children  I  mentioned  in 
a  former  numl)er  of  the  Denn  genealogy.  Rebecca  married 
David  Ware,  of  Lower  Penn's  Neck,  son  of  Jacob  Ware  ;  her 
husband  has  been  deceased  many  years ;  she  died  recently, 
quite  aged  ;  she  possessed  good  mental  abilities,  and  an  uncom- 
mon quiet  disposition  in  all  of  her  trials  through  life — for  she 
had  many — and  through  them  all  she  always  manifested  a  quiet 
and  evenness  ofdisposition,  which  endeared  her  to  lier  innnediate 
family  and  likewise  to  a  large  circle  of  I'elatives  and  friends. 
Ann  Hall  married  David  Hall,  the  son  of  Morris  Hall ;  they 
were  first  cousins ;  they  soon  afterwards  removed  to  the  State 
of  New  York  and  made  it  their  permanent  home.  David  has 
been  deceased  for  some  time.  I  have  heard  his  widow  is  still 
living  ;  they  had  several  children.  Martha  Hall,  their  afflicted 
daughter,  was  born  IJind  and  always  remained  so  ;  she  lived  to 
an  old  age,  and  died  a  few  years  ago.  Edward  Hall's  wife  was 
the  daughter  of  David  Lloyd,  of  Lower  Penn's  Neck  ;  they 
left  their  native  county  soon  after  they  were  married,  and  were 
for  a  time  at  Pittsburgh,  Pa.  James  Hall  was  a  currier  by 
occupation,  and  resided  for  some  time  in  the  city  of  Philadel- 
phia. Hannah  Hall,  their  youngest  daughter,  accompanied  her 
sister  Ann  and  Inisband  when  they  went  to  the  State  of  New 
York ;  she  afterwards  became  the  wife  of  Judge  Orton,  of  tliat 


HALL    FAMILY,  97 


State.  Joseph  Hall,  the  father  of  the  above  named  children, 
died  in  the  prime  of  his  life ;  he  had  uncommon  physical 
streng-th,  which  was  characteristic  in  the  Hall  family,  and  he 
was  likewise  endowed  with  uncommon  natural  abilities;  his 
death  occurred  about  the  time  John  Wistar  died. 

Daniel  Garrison,  who  had  been  Surrogate  for  a  numl)er  of 
years,  and  was  considered  to  be  a  good  judge  of  the  acquire- 
ments of  tlie  leading  men  at  that  time  in  the  county  of  Salem, 
was  asked  which  of  the  two  men,  John  Wistar  or  Joseph  Hall, 
possessed  the  greatest  natural  abilities.  His  reply  was,  "If 
Joseph  Hall  had  the  school  education  Jolm  Wistar  possessed,  he 
would  have  been  his  equal,  if  not  his  superior."  Joseph's  widow 
survived  him  several  years. 

Morris,  tlie  youngest  son  of  Clement  and  Margaret  Hall,  was 
born  in  1762.  He  learned  the  wheelwrighting  trade,  but  did 
not  follow  it  when  he  became  of  age,  but  worked  as  a  journey- 
man house  carpenter  M'ith  Jonas  Freidland,  and  while  building 
a  large  dwelling  house  for  tliat  eminent  philanthropist,  Gabriel 
Davis,  in  Bacon's  Neck,  Greenwich  township,  they  became 
acquainted  with  two  young  women — Elizabeth  and  Lydia  Potts, 
daughters  of  John  Potts,  who  lived  in  the  same  township. 
Sul)sequently  Jonas  married  Elizabeth,  and  Morris,  Lydia  Potts. 
The  length  of  time  Morris  worked  at  his  trade  after  he  was 
married,  I  liave  no  knowledge  of,  but  not  long  before  he  went 
to  farming.  He  and  his  w^ife  liad  five  children — Clement,  Da^'id, 
Sarah,  John,  and  Lewis  Hall.  Clement  Hall's  wife  was  Sarah 
Hancock,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Hancock,  of  Elsinboro. 
Their  children  were  mentioned  in  the  Hancock  family.  David's 
wife  was  Ann  Hall,  daughter  of  Joseph  Hall;  they  were  cousins. 
Sarah  Hall  married  Joseph  Bassett,  of  Mannington.  She  left 
one  son,  Morris  Bassett.  Jolm  Hall's  wife  was  Jane  Holme, 
daughter  of  Jolm  and  Margaret  Holme.     John's  death  occurred 


several  years  ago.  His  widow  resides  in  Salem.  Lewis  Hall 
left  his  native  State  and  located  himself,  I  think,  in  the  western 
part  of  Pennsylvania,  at  first.  Where  he  made  his  permanent 
home,  I  luive  never  heard.     He  is  now  deceased. 

Clement  and  Margaret  Llall,  parents  of  the  above  mentioned 
children,  lived  and  died  in  tlie  township  of  Elsinboro,  at  the 
old  residence  of  Margaret's  ancestors,  situated  near  the  river 
shore.  The  property  was  purchased  of  Richard  Guy  b}^  Samuel 
Carpenter,  of  Philadelphia,  for  a  country  seat,  and  l)uilt  a  l)rick 
house  al)0ut  the  year  1690,  and  in  1694  he  sold  it  to  Rudoc 
Morris.  TJie  property  is  still  held  by  one  of  his  descendants. 
Clement  Hall,  Sr.,  died  about  the  year'  1772.  In  his  will  he  left 
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98 


HALL    FAMILY. 


liis  real  estate  in  Saleiu  to  Lis  .son,  Julni  Hall,  and  his  dauo-hter, 
Sarah.     His  wife  sin-vived  him  several  years,  and  in  1782  she 
made  her  will,  leaving  one-half  of  her  ])lantation  to  her  oldest 
son,  Clement  Hall,  and  the  fishery  at  Fort  Point  ecjnally  Ijetween 
Clement  and  her  second  son,  John  Hall.     At  John  HalFs  death 
his  share  of  the  fishery  was  sold.     Harkin  Kieholson,  livinu'  near 
the  month  of  Salem  ereek,  was  the  purchaser,  and  at  his  death 
the  Hall  family  bought  his  right.     It  is  evident  that  the  Morris 
and  Hall  fandlies  had  full  jurisdiction  over  the  fishery  along  that 
shore  for  more  than  one  hundred  and  fifty  years,  notwithstanding 
the  neighboring  State  of  Delaware  undertakes  to  claim  to  low 
water  mark  along  the  Jersey  shore.     If  their  claim  is  good  and 
valid  now,  it  was  certainly  good  at  that  early  period,  wlien  the 
owners  of  the  soil  along  the  Jersey  shore  held  undisputed  pos- 
session of  the  fisheries,  and  frequently  rented  them  to  persons 
belonging  to  this  and  other  States;  fisheries  being  all  within  the 
bounds  of  the  twelve-mile  circuit; 

Margaret  Hall  willed  onedialf  of  her  plantation  to  her  tAvo 
youngest  sons,  Joseph  and  Morris  Hall.  Joseph  sulisequently 
sold  his  share,  and  purchased  part  of  Middle  Neck,  of  Isaac  and 
ISTathan  Smart — he  and  his  wdfe  were  joint  owners ;  it  was  on 
this  property  Avhere  what  is  called  the  Elsinborough  grape  was 
first  discovered.  Tlie  Smart  family,  very  soon  after  they 
bought  the  land  of  Fonwick,  turned  their  attention  to  cultivating 
grapes;  they  imported  several  varieties  of  Englisli  grapes. 
Soon  after  they  discovered  a  grape  different  entirely  from  any 
they  ever  saw  growing  among  their  foreign  grapes ;  they  sup- 
posed it  was  a  seedling,  and  gave  it  the  name  of  the  Smart 
grape.  The  late  Morris  Hall  informed  me  that  was  the  tradi- 
tional account  of  the  grape  ;  he  was  born  in  the  township  and 
his  mother  before  him,  and  all  he  ever  heard  or  saw  from  those 
much  older  than  himself,  came  to  the  conclusion  it  was  not  a 
native  of  the  township,  V)ut  it  originated  in  the  Smart  vineyard, 
on  said  property  ;  since  their  death  it  has  been  sold  to  other 
persons.  Morris  Hall  purchased  a  farm  adjoining  his  brother's, 
of  the  administrator  of  Jolm  Hancock,  of  Hancock's  Bi'idire, 
whose  grand-father  purchased  it  of  James  Thompson.  Morris 
and  his  wife  both  died  there;  after  Morris'  death  (for  he  lived 
many  years  after  his  wife  was  deceased)  the  farm  went  to  his 
son,  Jolm  Hall,  and  his  daughter,  Sarah  Bassett.  The  home- 
stead is  owned  at  this  time  by  his  grand-son,  Clement  Hall. 

Nathaniel  and  Edward  Hall,  as  has  been  pi-eviously  stated, 
became  the  owner  of  their  father's  homestead  estate  in  upper 
Mannington.     Edward  was  the  ow^ler  of  the  old   family  man- 


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sion  and  a  large  tract  of  land  adjoining.     ISTatlianiel's  share  was 
the  western  part  of  the  HalFs   allotment ;  the   greater  part  of 
said  land  is  now  owned  by  Edward  H.  Bassett.     He  bnilt  him- 
self a  commodious  brick  house  about  tlie  year   1750,  and  soon 
afterw'ards  married  Ann,   the   eldest  daughter  of  Judge  John 
and  Ann  Nicholson  Brick,  of  Gravelly  Run.     He  died  in  1784, 
aged  fifty-four  years,   leaving  five  children — William,  born  in 
1758  ;  Ann  in  1760;  Elizabeth  in  1763  ;  John  in  1765,  and  his 
youngest  son  Josiah  in   1767.     Josiah  was  a  clock   and  watch 
maker  by  trade ;  he  followed  it  in  the  town  of  Salem  and  was 
for  several  years   Clerk  of  the  county  of  Salem ;  his  wife  was 
Elizabeth  Smith ;  he  ow^ned  and  lived  where  Joseph  Test  now 
resides  and  owns;  lie  left  no  cliildren;  his  wife  survived  him 
several  years.     Nathaniel  left  his  plantation  equally  between  his 
two  eldest  sons — William  and  John   Hall.     William  was  the 
owner  of  the  homestead ;  he  married  soon  after  he  became  of 
age  and  liad  ten  children — William,  Josiah,    Hannah,  Mary, 
Martha,  Nathan,   Ann,   Achsah,   Samuel   and  Horatio.     John 
Hall,   when    lie  was    far   advanced    in    years,    mai-ried    Phebe 
Edwards,  a  young  w^oman  of  Pilesgrove ;  slie  lived  but  a  short 
time  after  tliey  were  married,  leaving  one  son.     Soon  after  tliat 
event  lie  removed  to  Salem,  where  he  died,  in  a  few  years,  with 
a  cancer  in  liis  face.     His  son   died  within  a  short   time   after 
liis  father  ;  liis   estate,   wdiicli  was    considerable,   Avas    divided 
among  his  relatives. 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Hall,  married  Samuel  Nich- 
olson, Jr.,  the  son  of  the  eminent  pliilantliropist,  Samuel 
Nicholson,  of  Elsinl)orougli.  They  lived  on  liis  fatlior's  jiropcrty 
in  tlie  township  of  Mannington.  After  the  death  of  liis  father 
lie  becauie  the  owner;  it  now  is  part  of  the  estate  of  Joseph 
Stretch,  who  lately  died.  Tliey  liad  five  children — John,  who 
married  a  young  woman  by  the  name  of  Beesley;  they  left  one 
dauii-hter — Catharine  Nicholson.  Ann  married  Daniel  Smith  ; 
Elizabeth  died  single;  Samuel  married  a  woman  by  the  name  of 
Paullin;  Josiah,  their  youngest  son,  married  Rachel  Hall, 
daughter  of  Jarvis  Hall.  He  died  many  years  ago,  leaving  a 
widow,  who  is  living  in  Salem  at  this  time,  and  I  bclic\'o  three 
children,  two  sons  and  one  daughter. 

Edward  Hall,  the  youngest  son  of  William  Hall,  Jr.,  was 
considered  above  mediocrity  in  physical  and  mental  abilities. 
His  affability  and  pleasing  address  secured  liini  many  fi'iends 
among  a  large  circle  of  acquaintances.  His  first  wife  was  a 
AVillis,  and  by  her  lie  had  one  son — Howell.  At  the  commence- 
ment of  the  Revolutionary  war  he  abandoned  the  religious  society 


100  HALL    FAMILY. 


of  wliicli  lie  and  liis  ancestors  were  members,  and  enlisted  in  the 
army.  There  are  many  anecdotes  of  his  sayings  and  doings 
while  he  was  in  the  service  of  his  country.  I  will  mention  two 
M-liich  are  well  authenticated  hy  tradition:  The  army  under 
Colonel  Hand  was  at  Cohansey  Bridge,  which  is  now  Bridgeton. 
Edward,  on  his  w^ay  down  to  join  it,  met  his  intimate  friend, 
John  Reeve,  about  his  own  age,  who  was  a  public  minister,  on 
his  way  to  attend  Salem  quarterly  meeting.  After  the  usual 
salutation,  John  remarked,  "Edward,  I  notice  thee  is  dressed  in 
soldier's  clothes."  "I  am,"  replied  Hall,  after  consideration; 
"I  came  to  the  conclusion  it  would  be  rio-ht  for  me  to  fiw:ht  for 
my  country."  John  then  replied:  "If  thee  thinks  it  is  right,  it 
may  be  thy  duty.  I  hope  God  will  be  with  thee.  I  bid  thee 
good-by."  They  then  separated  and  did  not  meet  again  until 
the  war  was  ended.  Soon  after  he  went  to  the  army  he  was 
made  a  Colonel  in  the  West  Jersey  militia.  It  was  the  practice 
in  tliose  days  among  some  of  the  tanners  when  they  had  a 
quantity  of  leather  on  hand,  to  take  a  load  down  among  the 
inhabitants  along  the  sea  shore  and  trade  it  for  raw  hides. 
Sanmel  Austin  told  me  of  one  of  his  adventures  duriu"-  tlie  war. 
He  left  his  home  in  Mannington  with  a  load  of  leather,  wdiich 
he  had  frequently  done  before,  and  proceeded  to  Egg  Harl)or 
with  it.  Tliere  was  at  that  time  several  vessels  l)eloni>-inrr  to 
England  anchored  in  the  bay,  one  of  them  having  a  quantity  of 
])0xes  of  tea  aboard.  The  officer  told  him  he  would  exchange 
a  few  boxes  of  tea  for  leather.  The  love  of  great  gain,  whi(-h 
is  predominant  in  the  human  family,  made  him  yield  to  the 
tetnptation.  Thinking  he  could  evade  the  authorities,  he  covered 
up  the  tea  with  some  hides  he  purchased,  and  started  for  home. 
Inadvertently  he  came  by  the  way  of  Bridgeton,  where  the 
American  army  was  quartered,  and  was  soon  stopped  l)y  some 
of  the  soldiers  to  search  his  load.  He  declared  his  innocence, 
but  they  told  him  their  orders  were  to  search  all  wagons  that 
came  from  the  seashore,  and  began  to  throw  off  his  hides.  At 
tliat  juncture.  Colonel  Hall  came  out  of  the  tavern  and  saw 
Austin,  and  then  told  the  men  to  put  his  load  on  again,  and 
said:  "He  is  a  neighbor  of  mine,  and  a  true  patriot."  He  then 
called  Austin  in  to  take  a  drink  with  him  before  he  proceeded 
on  his  journey.  Samuel  told  me  it  was  the  first  and  last  time 
he  ever  undertook  to  traffic  in  contraband  goods,  and  always 
felt  grateful  to  Colonel  Hall,  although  he  did  it  ignorantly,  for 
his  timely  interference,  as  it  prevented  him  from  losing  his  team 
and  luad,  and  likely  his  life. 

Edward  Hall's  second  wife  was  the  widow  of  David  Stretch, 


HALL    FAMILY.  101 


of  Lower  Allowavs  Creek.  Soon  after  lie  left  his  native  home 
in  Mannington,  and  went  to  reside  on  the  farm  that  his  wife 
liad  a  life-right  in,  being  formerly  the  Christopher  White  estate, 
near  Hancock's  Bridge.  They  had  two  children — Mary  and 
Edward  Hall,  Jr.  After  her  death  he  returned  to  the  old 
family  residence  in  Mannington,  In  a  few  years  afterward  he 
married  his  third  wife,  Ann  Darrali,  of  Philadelphia,  the 
daughter  of  the  celebrated  Lydia  Darrah,  who  risked  her  life 
in  informing  General  Washington  of  the  contemplated  attack 
of  the  English  army,  during  the  severe  winter  that  the  American 
army  was  at  Valley  Forge.  I  need  not  state  the  particulars  of 
her  patriotic  adventure.  I  trust  most  of  the  American  readers 
have  seen  the  full  account  of  it  themselves.  His  last  wife 
survived  him  many  years.  I  knew  her  well;  she  was  intelligent 
and  interesting  conversationist.  She  lived  the  latter  part  of  her 
days  with  her  husband's  grand-daughter,  Hetty  Miller.  She 
had  one  brother,  Joseph  Darrah,  who  was  a  captain  in  the  navy. 
His  home  was  at  New  Castle,  Delaware.  In  1825  his  sister, 
Ann  Hall,  employed  me  to  take  over  to  his  daughter  a  consid- 
able  sum  of  money.  Their  father  I  think  was  deceased  at  that 
time.  Their  residence  was  located  on  one  of  the  principal 
streets  of  the  town.  Howell  Hall,  the  eldest  son  of  Colonel 
Hall,  inherited  tlie  family  mansion  and  a  large  portion  of  tlie 
land  belonging  to  it.  The  balance  of  the  land  was  divided 
between  Mary  and  Edward.  Mary  became  the  owner  of  the 
greater  part  of  the  estate,  her  two  brothers  leaving  no  childi-en. 
Her  husband  was  Samuel  L.  James.  They  had  six  cliildren 
— Clara,  James,  Hetty,  Caroline,  Samuel  and  Edward  James. 
Clara  was  the  first  wife  of  David  Reeves,  of  Bridgeton.  They 
subsequently  removed  to  PlKenixville,  Pennsylvania.  Hetty's 
first  husl)and  was  Josiali  Miller,  of  Mannington ;  Caroline 
•married  Bo])ert  Buck,  of  Bridgeton.  Their  three  sons,  James, 
Samuel  and  Edward  emio-rated  to  one  of  the  Western  States. 
In  all  generations  tliere  are  noble  and  intellectual  women, 
who  are  calculated  to  make  their  foot-prints  upon  the  sands  of 
time.  Among  such  was  Sarah  Clement  Hall,  of  Salem  ;  she 
descended  from  an  ancient  and  respectable  family,  of  England  ; 
her  grand-father,  Gregory  Clement,  was  a  citizen  of  London, 
and  also  a  member  of  Parliament ;  was  one  of  the  Jud<>:es  in 
the  trial  of  Charles  I,  King  of  England.  About  1670  his  son 
James,  and  his  wife,  Jane  Clement,  emigrated  to  this  country 
and  settled  on  Long  Island ;  their  children  were  James,  l)oru 
1670,  who  subsequently  married  Sarah  Hinchman ;  Sarah 
Clement,  born   1672,   she  married    Judge  William  Hall,  she 


102  HALL    FAMILY. 


being  liis  second  wife  ;  Thomas,  l»oi-n  1674  ;  John,  l)orn  1676  ; 
Jacob,  born  1678,  married  Ann  Harrison;  Josepli,  l)orn  1681; 
Mercy,  born  1683,  married  Josepli  Bates ;  Samnel,  born  1685, 
and  Nathaniel  Clement,  born  1687.  William  and  Sarah  C. 
Hall  had  three  sons — William,  Clement  and  Nathaniel,  who 
are  the  ancestors  of  the  Halls  in  the  county  of  Salem.  After 
the  death  of  her  husband  it  devolved  upon  Sarah  to  settle  his 
large  estate,  and  as  far  as  the  record  appears  she  did  it 
admirably. 

Aaron  Learning,  the  ancestor  of  the  large  family  of  that 
name  in  Cape  May,  came  from  Connecticut  when  about  sixteen 
years  of  age,  and  lived  at  Salem  for  a  short  period  of  time ;  lie 
was  poor  and  friendless,  but  soon  found  a  friend  in  Sarah,  the 
the  wife  of  William  Hall ;  he  became  a  member  of  the  Society 
of  Friends.  Aaron's  son,  in  his  account  of  his  father,  saj^s 
that  Sarah  Hall  was  a  lawyer  of  good  ability  for  those  times, 
anl  had  a  large  collection  of  books,  and  l)eing  very  rich  took 
delight  in  my  father  on  account  of  his  sprightly  wit  and 
genius,  and  his  uncommon  fondness  for  the  law  which  lie  read 
in  her  library. 


RICHARD    JOHNSON    FAMILY. 

The  ship  "  Josepli  and  Benjamin,"  Captain  Matthew  Paine, 
master,  anchored  at  Fort  Elsborg,  on  the  13th  of  March,  1675. 
Ilypolite  Lafetra,  John  Pledger  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth,  with 
their  son,  Joseph  Pledger,  aged  three  years,  John  Butcher  and 
Richard  Johnson,  landed  in  Elsinborongh.  Afterwards  the 
sliip  and  other  passengers  proceeded  further  up  the  Delaware. 
Lafetra,  a  French  Hugeunot,  left  his  native  country  on  account 
of  religious  persecution,  having  imbibed  the  doctrinces  of 
George  Fox,  became  a  zealous  Friend,  and  assisted  in  organizing 
Salem  monthly  meetings,  in  June,  1676.  He  and  John  Pledger 
liought  of  the  proprietor,  John  Fenwick,  6000  acres  of  land  in 
the  same  year.  The  land  was  located  in  Mannington,  including 
what  is  now  known  as  Quaker  Neck,  both  branches  of  Fenwick 
creek;  its  southern  boundary  was  a  small  stream  called  Mill 
creek,  until  it  nearly  reached  Alloways  creek.  On  part  of  the 
tract  on  the  north  of  Pledger  creek,  John  Pledger,  Jr.,  erected 
himself  a  large  brick  dwelling  in  1728,  which  is  still  standing, 
and  owned  by  Elisha  Bassett.  John  Pledger,  Jr.,  was  born  at 
Salem,  27th  of  9th  month,  1680.  Ilypolite  Lafetra  sold  his 
share  of  the  6000  acres  to  Jeremiah  Powell  and  several  others. 
Of  the  land  that  lies  between  the  two  streams,  some  2000 
acres,  Benjamin  Wyncook,  an  Englishman,  became  the  owner  ; 
whether  Lafetra  left  heirs  is  nnknown  at  this  time,  and  if  he 
did  they  were  daughters,  and  the  name  of  the  emigrant  is  lost 
in  this  county.  John  Butcher,  it  has  been  stated,  was  a  cavaliy 
officer  in  CromwelFs  army.  Like  Fenwick,  he  l)ecame  convinced 
of  the  doctrine  of  George  Fox,  and  eventually  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  of  Friends.  His  son,  Thomas  Butcher, 
located  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Cohansey  precinct,  lying  between 
the  Gibbon's  and  Wood's  land,  now  in  Cuml)erland  county,  in 
Stoe  Creek  township.  The  late  James  Butcher,  of  Alloways 
Creek,  was  a  lineal  descendant,  as  was  also  John  Butcher,  of 
Salem,  and  Richard  M.  Acton's  wife,  on  her  mother's  side. 
The  first  wife  of  William  Griscom,  of  Woodbury,  was  a 
descendant  of  one  of  the  oldest  branches  on  the  male  line,  and 
inherited  a  large  share  of  the  Butcher  estate. 


104  RICHARD   JOHNSON    FAMILY. 


Ricliard  Johnson  was  a  young  man  of  marked  ability  and 
rendered  great  assistance  to  the  proprietor ;  lie  came  from  the 
county  of  Surry,  England,  and  married  Mary  Grover,  25t]i 
of  6tli  month,  1682,  at  Salem.  The  following  named  persons 
signed  their  marriage  certilicate :  James  lN"evell,  his  wife, 
Creseda  Nevell,  John  Wilkenson,  Cecilia  Morgan,  Ellen  Roh- 
irison,  Margaret  Haselwood,  Thomas  Johnson,  cousin  of  Richard, 
George  Haselwood,  John  Maddox  and  Henry  Jennings.  Ili(;h- 
ard  was  one  of  the  Burgesses  of  tlie  town  of  Salem  after  it  was 
incorporated  as  a  borough  in  1698,  and  was  one  of  the  Judges 
of  the  Salem  Courts  and  a  Justice  of  the  Quarter  Sessions,  as 
also  an  influential  member  of  the  Salem  monthly  meetins:  of 
Friends,  and  took  an  active  part  in  building  the  first  lu-ick 
meeting  house  in  their  ancient  graveyard  in  1699,  which  was 
completed  in  1700  ;  he  paid  fifteen  pounds  towards  its  erection. 
There  was  a  sul)scription  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  poor  Friends, 
in  1697,  that  belonged  to  Salem  meeting,  for  Avhicli  he  gave 
twelve  shillings;  his  place  of  residence  was  on  Fen  wick  street 
where  Rumsey's  stores  are  now,  the  dwelling  being  l)uilt  of 
brick  with  a  hip  or  mansard  roof.  William  Parrott  purchased 
the  property  in  1788  or  '90.  William  soon  after  removed  the 
ancient  dwelling  and  erected  in  its  stead  a  large  substantial  two 
story  l)rick  dwelling,  one  of  the  first  private  dwellings  in  the 
city.  In  the  year  1707,  wdien  men  were  chosen  for  their  worth 
and  ability,  Richard  Johnson,  William  Hall,  Bartholomew  Wyatt, 
Sr.,  and  John  Thompson,  were  elected  to  represent  the  Salem 
tenth  in  the  State  Legislature  of  I^ew  Jersey,  which  held  its 
sessions  at  South  Amboy  and  Burlington  alternately.  Richard 
was  a  large  landholder  in  the  town  of  Salem  and  other  parts  of 
the  county;  he  owned  five  hundred  acres  of  land  on  the  south 
side  of  Alloways  creek.  Thomas  Jones  Yorke,  of  Salem, 
Samuel  Kelty  and  the  Hires'  are  the  owners  of  the  greater  part 
of  it  at  tliis  time.  Richard  and  Mary  Grover  Johnson  had 
three  chiklrcn — Robert,  Elizabeth  and  Ann.  Richard  Johnson 
died  1st  month,  1719,  aged  seventy  years ;  his  wife,  Mary  G. 
Johnson,  died  in  1714 ;  they  were  buried  in  the  Friends'  grave- 
yard at  Salem.  Robert  Johnson,  their  son,  married  Margaret, 
the  widow  of  Joseph  Sayres,  in  1717  ;  they  had  three  children 
— Robei-t,  Mary  and  Ann ;  he  died  13th  oi  12th  month,  1728, 
aged  thirty-four  years  ;  his  widow,  Margaret  Johnson,  died  in 
1730,  aged  thirty-seven  years.  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of 
Ricliard  and  Mary  Johnson,  married  John  Pierson,  being  his 
second  Avife  ;  he  was  the  father  of  John  Pierson,  pastor  of  St. 
John's  Episcopal  church,  in  Salem,  by  his  first  wife.     Elizabeth 


RICHARD     JOHNSON    FAMILY.  lU5 


Jolmsoii    Picrsou    died    5tli  of   5tli    month,  1Y20,  leaving  one 
daughter — Elizabeth  Pierson. 

Anna  Johnson,  the  daughter  of  Richard  and  Mary  G.  John- 
son, born  1687,  married  Alexander  Grant,  of  Salem,  in  1714, 
wlio  arrived  from  England  a  few  years    before  ;  his    place  of 
residence  was   located  on  the  west  side  of  Market   street,  then 
known  as  Bridge  street ;  the  ancient  house  is  still  standing  and 
is  owned  by  Anna  G.   Hubbell,  one  of  his  lineal  descendants. 
Alexander  and  his  wife,  Anna  Johnson   Grant,  had  two  chil- 
dren— Anna  and  Barbara  Grant,  the  latter  died  single.     Anna 
Grant,  the  eldest  daughter,  married  Samuel  Fenwick  Hedge, 
the  great  grand-son  of   John  Fenwick,   and  soon  after  their 
marriage  removed  to  Greenwich.     Samuel  F.  Hedge  and  Nich- 
olas Gibbon  were  in  the   mercantile  business  together  at  that 
place.     Samuel   and    his    wife,  Anna   G.   Fenwick,   had    three 
children — Samuel,  Rebecca  and  another  daughter,  who  died  in 
infancy.     Samuel  F.  Hedge  died  in  1731,  making  his  will  a 
short  time  previous,  in  which  he  devised  a  large  landed  estate 
to    his    widow,    Anna    G.    Fenmck ;    she    afterwards    married 
Nicholos  Gibbon,  who  was  a  partner  in  the  mercantile  business 
with  her  first  husband.     Nicholas  and  Anna  G.  Gibbon  had 
five  children — Nicholas,  Grant,  Jane,  Ann  and  Francis!.     Jane 
became  the  wife  of  Ro1)ert  Johnson,  Jr.,  which  I  shall  allude 
to  more  fully  in   another  place.     Ann  married  Judge  Edward 
Weatherl)y,    by    whom    she    had    one    son,    who    died   young. 
Robert  Johnson,  Jr.,  whose  father  died  when  he  was  young, 
lived  sometime  with  his  uncle,  John  Pledger,  Jr.,  in  Manning- 
ton,  to  learn  the  farming  business  ;  he  married  Margaret  Mor- 
gan, of  Chester  county,  now  Delaware.    (The  romance  respecting 
the  marriage   alluded  to  in   the   Sinnickson  family  genealogy.) 
Her  parents  were  consistent  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends 
and  she  herself  always   adhered  to  the  same  religious  society. 
The  Morgans,  Brintons,  Palmers  and  Wades  were  among  the 
first  Quaker  families  who  emigrated  and  settled  in  the  province 
of  Pennsylvania ;  they  trace ,  their  ancestors  to  the  time  that 
William  Penn  landed  at  Chester  in  1682,  excepting  Robert 
AV^ade,  who   emigrated  with  his  brother   Edward  and   Samuel 
AVade   in  company    with    Jolm    Fenwick.     Robert   purcliased 
lands  of  the  proprietor  in  the  Stdeni  tenth,  but  soon  afterwards 
sold  the  said  lands  and  removed  to  Upland,  now  Chester,  in 
1678,  and  bought  500  acres  of  land  on  the  south  side  of  Chester 
creek.     Robert  Johnson,  Jr.,  and  Margaret  Morgan  were  mar- 
ried  18th  of  12th   month,   1752,   at  Marcus  Hook;  she   died 
young,  at  the  age  of  twenty-three  years  and  seven  months,  leav- 
14 


106  RICHARD    JOHNSON    FAMILY. 


ing  one  cliild — Margaret  Jolinson,  Ijorii  2d  of  8th  inoutli,  1756. 
I  think  Margaret  Morgan  Jolinson  always  retained  her  right 
among  Friends,  her  husband,  therefore,  had  ]\vr  l^nricd  in  the 
Friends'  ancient  graveyard  in  Salem,  and  directed  a  small  mar- 
ble stone  to  be  phiced  at  the  head  of  her  grave  \vitli  her  name 
upon  it,  it  being  the  lirst  of  the  kind  that  was  ever  used  in  the 
yard.  I  have  no  doubt  he  was  actuated  by  the  noblest  motives 
to  mark  the  spot  where  the  object  of  his  lirst  love  lay  moulder- 
ing in  the  mother  earth.  Margaret,  their  daughter,  subsequently 
married  Andrew  Sinnickson,  of  Penn's  Neck,  26th  of  5th 
month,  1779,  the  son  of  Andrew  Sinaker,  of  the  same  town- 
ship. Andrew  and  Margaret  I.  Sinnickson  had  one  daughter, 
Mary,  and  two  sons — Thomas  and  John.  Margaret  Johnson 
Sinnickson  died  ith  of  lltli  month,  1792,  aged  thirty-six  years 
and  three  months  ;  was  buried  in  the  Swedes  church  yard  at 
Penn's  Keck.  Robert  Johnson,  Jr.'s  second  wife  was  Jane 
Gibbon,  daughter  of  Nicholas  and  Ann  Gibbon;  they  were 
married  3d  of  11th  month,  1767,  and  had  one  son — Robert 
Gibbon  Johnson,  born  23d  of  7th  month,  1771.  Robert  John- 
son, Jr.,  died  28tli  of  12th  month,  1796,  aged  sixty-nine  years; 
his  widow,  Jane  Gibbon  Johnson,  died  16th  of  Stli  month, 
1815,  aged  seventy-nine  years  and  three  months.  Mary,  the 
daughter  of  Robert  Johnson,  Sr.  and  Margaret  Savre  Johnson, 
married  John  Pledger,  of  Mannington;  they  had  issue,  one 
son  and  a  daughter.  Joseph  Pledger,  their  son,  after  he  arrived 
at  the  age  of  twenty-one  left  his  native  county  and  settled  in 
North  Carolina.  Catharine  Pledger,  their  daughter,  married 
John  Ewing.  Ann,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Margaret  Say  re  Johnson,  was  married  three  times ;  her  first 
husl)and's  name  was  Hale,  it  does  not  appear  there  was  any 
children  l)y  this  marria2:e ;  her  second  husband  was  named 
Scoggin,  I  thinlv,  a  brother  to  Jacob  Scoggin,  who  mari-ied  the 
dau2;hter  of  William  Tvler,  3d;  tliev  had  one  dauirhter,  who 
subsequently  married  a  man  by  the  name  of  Smith,  and  had 
issue,  one  son — Scoggin  Smith.  Ann  Johnson's  third  Imsband 
was  John  Beesley,  and  they  lived  on  and  o^\med  the  pro})erty 
that  her  grand-father,  Richard  Johnson,  bought  of  the  proprie- 
tor,locatcd  on  the  south  side  of  Alio  ways  creek,  not  far  from 
Quinton's  Bridge  ;  they  had  one  son  whose  name  was  Johnson 
Beesley.  Ann  survived  all  three  of  her  husbands,  and  in  her 
old  age  she  went  under  the  name  of  Nanny  Beesley,  and  was 
considered  very  skillful  in  curing  many  diseases  with  herbs ; 
her  son,  J(,)hnson  Beesley,  married  and  had  one  daughter,  who 
subsequently  married  John,  the  eldest  son  of  Samuel  Nicholson, 


RICHARD    JOHNSON    FAMILY.  107 


of  Mannino;ton.  John  Nicliolsoii  and  his  wife  had  one  danii'hter 
— Catharine,  who  married  Job  Stretch,  tlie  son  of  Elisha  and 
Sarah  Bradway  Stretch,  of  Alloways  Creek  ;  Job  and  Catharine 
Stretch  liad  two  or  three  children.  Mary,  one  of  their  dangliters, 
married  John  P.  Moore,  a  native  of  Cumberhmd,  bnt  now  a 
resident  of  the  city  of  Salem,  and  keeps  a  liardware  store  on 
Market  street. 

Nicholas  and  Leonard  Gibbon  were  the  sons  of  Artliur  and 
Jane  Gil)bon,  of  Gravesend,  county  of  Kent,  England. — 
Arthnr  became  possessed  of  5,500  acres  of  land  in  Cohansey 
precinct,  now  Cumberland  county,  lying  in  Greenwich  and 
Hopewell  townships.  A  few  years  after,  Nicholas  married  Ann 
G.,  the  widow  of  Samuel  FenAvick  Hedge,  and  they  left  Green- 
wicli  and  moved  to  Salem.  He  coiitinued  in  the  mercantile 
business  in  that  town,  was  Collector  of  the  Fort,  and  Surrogate 
of  the  county  of  Salem,  as  also  Colonel,  and  had  command  of 
all  the  militia  in  the  lower  counties.  The  place  of  their 
residence  was  on  Market  street,  in  tlie  house  devised  to  his  Avife 
1)y  her  father,  Alexander  Grant.  Nicholas  died  2d  of  2d  month, 
1758,  aged  fifty-five  years  and  three  months.  His  wife,  Ann 
G.  Gibbon,  died  24:th  of  3d  month,  1760,  aged  fifty-seven 
years.  Their  eldest  son.  Nicholas,  born  5tli  of  11th  month, 
1732,  and  died  7tli  of  1st  montli,  1748,  aged  sixteen  years. 
Grant  Gibbon,  the  second  son,  born  28th  of  lltli  month,  1734, 
was  engaged  in  the  mercantile  business ;  was  Surrogate  of  the 
county,  and  Judge  and  Justice,  and  Collector  of  tlie  Port  of 
Salem  after  his  fatlier's  death.  He  was  a  man  of  culture  and 
very  prepossessing  in  his  manners,  wliich  made  him  very  popular 
with  the  people.  He  was  a  warm  patriot,  and  a  symjiathize]-  in 
all  {]\('  measures  of  the  American  Ivevolution.  On  the  13tli  of 
lOtli  liionth,  1784,  a  meeting  was  held  in  the  county  of  Salem, 
ill  whicli  the  inhabitants  unanimously  proffered  their  sympathy 
to  their  fellow  citizens  in  Boston  suftering  under  the  oppression 
of  General  Gage.  At  that  meeting  they  proposed  raising 
money  to  alleviate  the  distressed  condition  of  the  people  of 
that  (dty,  and  it  was  resolved  that  Grant  Gibbon,  one  in  whom 
the  public  had  entii'e  confidence  in  his  integrity  and  patriotism, 
take  the  burthen  and  trouble  in  soliciting  money  fer  their  relief 
from  the  people.  He  cheerfully  undertook  this  task,  and  collect- 
ed the  sum  of  £157  3s  2d,  which  was  speedily  forAvarded  to 
the  suffering  poor  in  Boston.  Grant  Gibbon  died  comparatively 
a  young  man,  whicli  event  occurred  27tli  of  Gth  month,  1770, 
aged  forty-one  years,  being  about  seven  days  before  the  Decla- 
ration  of    Independance   was   signed   in   Philadelphia.     Jane 


108  RICHARD   JOHNSON    FAMILY. 


Gil)l)()ii,  his  eldest  sister,  born  IStli  of  5tli  moutli,  1738,  married 
Kobert  Johnson,  Jr.;  Ann,  the  daiigliter  of  Nicholas  and  Ann 
Gibbon,  was  born  29t]i  of  4th  month,  17-11 ;  and  Francis,  the 
youngest  son  of  Nicholas  and  Ann  Gibbon,  was  born  14tli  of 
5tli  month,  1744,  and  died  11th  of  1st  month,  1788,  aged 
forty-three  rears. 

Tliomas  Carney,  Ijorn  in   Ireland  in  1709,  emigrated  to  tliis 
conntry  early  in  life,  and   sul)seqnently  married  Hannah,  the 
dangliter  of  John  Procter,  of  Penn's  Neck.     He  was   a  lai-ge 
landholder.     His  lands  wei'e  located  along  the  Delaware  river, 
and  extended   easterly  to  Game    creek.     Thomas,   the   son   of 
Thomas  and  Hannah  Carney,  was  born  in  1740.     Peter  Carney, 
tlieir  second  son,  was  born  in  1742.     James,  the  third  son,  was 
born   in   1748,  and  died  in   the   1st  month,  1776,  aged   al)()ut 
twenty-eight  years.     John,  the  fourth  son,  was  l)orn   in   1760, 
and  died  in  1774,  aged  about  fourteen   years.     Sarah   Carney, 
their   daughter,  married    George    Clark.     Naomi,  the   second 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Hannah  Carney,  married  Jolin  Sum- 
merill,  of  Penn's  Neck.     Mary  Carney,  the  youngest  dauglitei-, 
was  thri(;e    married;  her  first  hus1)aiid  was  Henry  James,  l)y 
whom  she  had  one  son — Henry ;  her  second  husband  was  John 
Page ;    and   her   third,    Joseph    Stout.     Thomas    Carney,   tlie 
father  of  tlie  above  mentioned  children,  died  in  the  5th  month, 
1784,  aged   seventy-five  years;  and  his   amiable  wife  departed 
tliis  life  in  2d  month,  1778,  aged  about  sixty-three  years.     They 
w^ere  buried  in  the  old  Episcopal  church  yard  at  Churcli  Landing 
in  Penn's  Neck,  and   several   of  their  children  lie  mouldering 
there  in  their  mother  earth.     When  (piite  .voung,  I  lieard  several 
aged  people  speak  of  the  Ijenevolence  of  Hannah  Carney.     By 
tradition,  slie  was  in  the  practice  of   getting  her   husljand  to 
slaugliter  a  fattening  bullock  occasionally  in  the  winter.     Tlien 
she,  with  a  boy  to  drive  for  her,  with  a  pair  of  oxen  and  a  cart 
tilled  with  meat  and  flour,  (there  were  no  spring  wagons  in  Salem 
tentli  in  those  days,)  she  would  go  into  the  woods  of  Obisqua- 
hasset  among  the  poor  and  laboring  classes  who   lived  in  small 
log  dwellings,  and  there  on  a  cold  North  American  winter  day, 
she  would  dispense  to  them  both  flour  and  meat  according  to 
their    necessities.     And    above    all,    she    was    enabled,   by  tlie 
kindness  of    her    manners  and    expressions,   to   encourage  tlie 
despondent    and    administer    by  kind  words  to    the    sick    jind 
afliicted  among  tlieni.     Surely  she  had  her  reward,  when  she 
returned  to  her  home  in   tlie   evening,  of  feeling  in  her   own 
mind  that  she  had  endeavored   to  do  something  to  alleviate  the 
suffering  of  her  fellow  beings.     On  reflecting  upon  the  character 


EICHAKD    JOHNSON    FAMILY.  109 


of  Hannali  Carney,  the  sayings  of  Da\'id,  the  sweet  psahner  of 
Israel,  arrested  my  attention  :  "  Blessed  are  those  that  consid- 
"  ereth  the  poor,  for  the  Lord  will  deliver  them  in  time  of 
"  trouV)le."  Peter,  the  second  son  of  Thomas  and  Hannah 
Carney,  married  the  daughter  of  Jonathan  E.ol)erts,  of  Man- 
nington ;  they  had  issue,  two  daughters — Elizabeth  and 
Margaret  Carney.  Elizabeth  died  single,  and  Margaret  married 
John  Tuft.  They  had  one  son — Sinnickson  Tuft,  who  died 
single,  in  his  twenty-second  year.  Thomas  Carney,  Jr.,  the 
oldest  Son  of  Thomas  and  Hannah  Carney,  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Abel  Harris ;  they  iiad  three  chihh'en — Ruth, 
Harris  and  Hannah  Carney.  Ruth  was  born  in  the  5th  month, 
1773,  and  married  Benjamin,  son  of  Whitten  Cripps,  of  Man- 
nington.  Whitten  Cripps  descended  from  an  ancient  family  on 
Ids  father's  and  mother's  sides.  He  married  Martlia  Huddy,  in 
1759,  which  took  place  in  the  Friends'  meeting  house  that 
stood  in  the  grave  yard  at  Salem.  There  were  two  children — 
Mary,  wlio  married  Peter  Andrews,  and  Benjamin  Cripps. 
Whitten  took  his  luime  from  his  grandfather,  James  Whitteii, 
who  located  on  the  fai'm  in  Mannington,  long  known  as  the 
"  John  Denn  Farm."  Benjamin  and  Ruth  Carney  Cripps  had 
one  son — Thomas  Carney  Cripps,  who  died  aged  about  twelve 
years.  Ruth  Carney  Cripps,  wife  of  Benjamin,  died  17th  of 
2d  month,  1791-,  aged  twenty-one  years.  Harris  Carney,  son  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  Carney,  died  young. 

Abel  Harris,  the  father  of  Mary  Carney,  died  in  1789.  He 
made  his  wdll  in  1779,  and  devised  £100  to  the  Episcopal 
clmrch  in  Penn's  Neck,  and  also  the  interest  of  £100  to  the 
townsliip  of  Alloways  Creek,  for  tlie  scliooling  of  children. 

Hannah,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Tliomas  and  Mary  II. 
Carney,  was  born  27th  of  7tli  montli,  1780 ;  she  married 
Robert  Gil)l)on  Johnson,  on  tlie  19th  of  6th  moutli,  1798. 
Robert  and  his  wife  had  four  children — Jane  Gibbon  Johnson, 
born  in  1800  ;  she  died  young.  Mary  Jane  Johnson,  their 
second  daughter,  born  in  1805,  died  in  infancy.  Ann  Gibbon 
Johnson,  their  third  daugliter,  married  Ferdinand  W.  Hubljell, 
Esq,,  of  Philadelphia,  a  lawyer  of  considerable  eminence  of 
that  city;  lie  has  been  deceased  several  years.  Tliey  liad  four 
children — Robert  Johnson,  Ann  L.  Johnson,  and  Helena. 
Robert  Carney  Johnson,  the  son  of  Robert  Gibbon  and  Hannali 
Johnson,  married  Julia  Harrison,  the  daughter  of  the  late 
Josiah  Harrison,  Esq.,  of  Salem.  Robert  C.  lives  and  owns  the 
palatial  dwelling  where  his  father  foi-merlj^  lived,  on  Market 
street,  in  Salem.     Robert   and   his   wife   had   two    ciiildren — 


110  RICHARD   JOHNSON    FAMILY. 


R'jbert  IlaiTison,  who  died  in  infancy,  and  Henry  Jolmson. 
Hannah  Carney  Johnson  died  wlien  lier  son,  Robert,  Avas  an 
infant.  Robert  Gibbon  Johnson's  second  wife  was  Juliana 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Paul  and  Esther  Zantzinger,  of  Lancaster 
county,  Pennsylvania.  They  were  married  in  1813;  she  died 
in  1854,  aged  seventy-three  years.  There  was  no  issue.  Roljert 
Gibbon  Johnson  and  his  wife,  Hannali  Carney  Johnson,  had 
the  largest  and  most  valual)le  real  estate  of  modern  times,  in 
Salem  county.  Robert  inherited  a  large  estate  from  his  ances- 
tors, and  his  M'ife  became  tlie  owner  of  the  great  and  valualJe 
estate  of  Thomas  Carney,  consisting  of  several  farms,  most  of 
them  located  in  Upper  Penn's  Neck.  Robert,  like  his  uncle. 
Grant  Gibbon,  was  pleasing  in  his  address;  held  in  his  time 
several  important  offices,  w^as  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature 
two  or  three  times,  and  was  one  of  the  Judges  of  Salem  Courts 
for  several  years.  In  his  old  age  he  w^rote  a  liistory  of  Salem 
county,  wdiicli  was  published  in  1839;  it  is  often  referred  to  at 
the  present  time.  He  at  one  time  informed  me  tliat  he  intended 
Avriting  and  giving  a  more  general  history  of  the  settlement  of 
this  Colony;  l)ut  death  intervened  before  he  had  an  opportunity 
to  accomplisli  it.  He  died  3d  of  lOtli  montli,  1850,  aged 
seven tv-nine  years. 


JOHN    JOHNSON    FAMILY. 

The  iiMine  of  Johnson  has  been  familiar  in  the  county  of 
Salem  since  the  lirst  settlement  by  the  Europeans.  The  Swedish 
family  by  the  name  of  Jonanson,  located  on  the  eastern  shore  of 
tlic  r)elaware,  now  Penn's  Neck,  in  16-iO,  but  was  soon  merged 
to  Johnson.  The  first  English  einigrant  that  bore  the  name  was 
Richard  and  his  cousin,  Thomas  Johnson,  who  came  and  located 
in  Fenwick's  tenth  a  few  months  before  the  proprietor.  John 
Johnson,  who  was  not  any  way  connected,  as  far  as  appears,  to 
the  Ijefore  mentioned,  emigrated  with  his  wife,  Jane  Suayberry 
Johnson,  to  Salem  county  from  Ireland,  about  1756.  John  had 
considerable  means  at  his  disposal,  and  he  located  a  large  tract 
of  land  in  the  township  of  Pilesgrove,  now  Pittsgrove,  and 
settled  thereon.  John  and  his  wife  had  eight  children — James, 
John,  Rebecca,  Samuel,  Phebe,William,  Mary  and  Isaac.  John, 
the  father  of  these  children,  departed  this  life  the  31st  of  3d 
month,  1802,  aged  seventy-one  years.  His  widow,  Jane  S. 
Jolnison,  died  28th  of  6tli  month,  1825,  aged  ninety-two  years 
and  eight  months. 

James,  the  eldest  son  of  Jolni  and  Jane  Johnson,  was  l)orn 
31st  of  10th  month,  175T.  Soon  after  the  war  of  the  American 
Revolution  commenced,  he  entered  the  Colonial  army,  and  was 
at  the  battle  of  Red  Bank.  He  married  Christiana  Swing,  of 
Pittsgrove,  28th  of  2d  month,  1781.  The  year  tliat  James 
rented  the  large  and  pi-oductive  farm  in  Mannington,  that  for- 
merly belonged  to  Bartholomew  Wyatt,  3d,  of  William  Carpen- 
ter, son-in-law  of  Wyatt,  I  have  no  means  of  ascertaining.  He 
continued  to  reside  on  the  Wyatt  farm  until  the  Spring  of  1809, 
when  having  previously  purchased  valuable  real  estate  in  Lower 
Penn's  Neck,  located  a  short  distance  from  the  town  of  Salem. 
James  with  his  family  settled  there  in  the  year  mentioned.  James 
and  Christiana  had  sixteen  children ;  six  of  them  died  young, 
and  his  wife,  Christiana,  died  19th  of  3d  month,  1825,  aged  sixty 
years  and  four  months.  James  died  9th  of  2d  month,  1837,  in 
his  eightieth  year.  He,  in  his  time,  possessed  physical  and 
mental  aljilities  aljove  the  average  of  mankind,  and  also  uncom- 


112  ,IOHX    .TOHXSOX    FAMILY. 


mon  energy,  combined  with  a  soimd  and  comprehensive  mind. 
He  was  one  of  the  most  successful  agriculturists  in  the  county 
of  Salem  in  his  day.  Althougli  it  appears  his  parents  were 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  Cliurch,  he  was  liimself  a  deacon 
and  a  consistent  member  of  the  Baptist  Church  of  Salem  up  to 
the  time  of  his  death. 

Rutli,  daughter  of  James  and  Christiana  Johnson,  was  born 
1st  of  12th  month,  1784  ;  she  married  John  Redstrake,  in 
1807,  and  they  had  six  children — Mary,  Ann,  James  J., 
Edward,  Jane,  Ruth  and  Isabella.  Mary  Ann  married  William, 
son  of  William  Hall,  of  Mannington ;  they  had  issue.  James 
Johnson,  son  of  John  and  Ruth  Redstrake,  has  been  twice 
married,  his  first  wife  was  the  daugliter  of  Edmund  Gibbon,  of 
Penn's  Neck ;  slie  died  young,  leaving  no  issue  ;  his  second 
wife  w^as  named  Brown,  a  native  of  Green^^'ich,  Cumber- 
land county.  Edward,  the  second  son  of  John  and  Ruth  Red- 
strake, married  a  person  by  the  name  of  Stout,  and  his  children 
are  Mary  Jane  and  John.  John,  son  of  Edward,  married 
Elizabeth,  daugliter  of  Michael  Allen.  Jane,  daughter  of  Jolm 
and  Jane  Redstreak,  married  Thomas  Gibbon ;  tliey  liave 
issue,  one  son — Thomas  Gibbon,  Jr.  Ruth,  the  daughter  of 
Jolm  and  Ruth  J.  Redstrake,  married  a  man  by  the  name  of 
Jefferson,  of  Delaware;  they  had  issue,  two  sons.  Isabella 
Redstrake  married  a  person  by  the  name  of  Murphy ;  they 
have  issue.  Sarah,  daughter  of  James  and  Christiaua  John- 
son, was  born  11th  of  6th  month,  1783,  married  Jonathan,  son 
of  John  Litidzcy,  of  Upper  Alloways  Creek,  in  1803 ;  they 
had  issue — William,  Ruth,  John,  Mary  and  James.  William 
went  to  one  of  the  Southern  States.  John  married  Hannah, 
the  daughter  of  James  and  Hannah  Butcher,  of  Alloways 
Creek.  Jolm  is  deceased,  leaving  four  children — James, 
Charles,  John  and  Sarah  Lindzey.  Mary,  the  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Sarah  Lindsey,  married  Lawrence  Hoover  Boon, 
of  Salem ;  they  have  two  daughters — Sarali  and  Maria  Jose- 
]")hine.  Josepliine  married  Albert  H.  Slape,  a  lawyer  and 
Prosecutor  of  the  Pleas  for  Salem  and  Atlantic  counties. 
AVilliam,  son  of  James  and  Christiana  Johnson,  was  born  12th 
of  10th  month,  1788,  married  in  1810,  Margaret  Lambson,  a 
direct  descendant  of  Thomas  Lambson,  who  emigrated  from 
England,  and  located  land  and  settled  thereon  in  1090,  in  the 
township  of  Penn's  Neck.  William  and  Margaret  Johnson 
had  thirteen  children — Isabella,  Rebecca,  Christiana,  Mary 
Jane,  James  S.,  William,  Ephraim,  Edward,  John,  Margaret, 
Robert,  Ferdinand  and  Charles.     Isabella,  daughter  of  William 


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and  Margaret  Johnson,  married  William  Meveling,  of  Mary- 
land ;  tliey  have  issue.  Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  William  and 
Margaret  Johnson,  married  Thomas,  son  of  Dr.  Hedge  and 
Mary  Ann  Thompson,  of  Salem.  Thomas  is  deceased,  leaving 
a  widow  and  two  children — Hedge  and  Isabella  P.  Thompson. 
Hedge  married  Aclisah,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Achsah  Hall 
Peterson,  of  Salem  ;  his  wife  is  deceased,  leavmg  no  issue. 
Rebecca  Johnson  Thompson,  widow  of  Thomas,  resides  with 
her  son  in  the  State  of  Maryland.  Isaljella  Thompson,  their 
daughter,  married  Charles  Watson,  of  Philadelphia;  she  died 
without  issue. 

Christiana,  daughter  of  William  Johnson,  married  George 
Kelton,  and  reside  near  Haddonfield,  Camden  county ;  they  have 
six  children.  James  S.,  son  of  William  and  Margaret  Johnson, 
resides  in  Penn's  Neck,  on  the  homestead  of  his  father.  He 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  Lindzey,  lltli  of 
lOtli  month,  1851;  they  have  issue,  three  sons.  William, 
Ephraim,  Edward,  and  John  Johnson,  sons  of  William  and 
Margaret,  are  deceased.  Margaret,  daughter  of  William  and 
Margaret  Johnson,  married  James,  son  of  John  and  Lydia 
Flanagan,  late  of  Philadelphia.  James  and  his  wife  are  living 
in  Pliiladelphia,  and  have  issue. — Mary  and  William.  Charles 
juid  Rol)ert  Johnson,  sons  of  William,  remain  single.  Abraham, 
son  of  James  and  Christiana  Johnson,  born  19th  of  7th  month, 
1792,  married  Mary  Conaroe,  of  Salem.  They  moved  to  the 
western  part  of  I^^ew  York,  and  both  are  deceased ;  they  died  in 
Buffalo,  and  left  two  daughters.  Mary,  daughter  of  James  and 
Christiana  Johnson,  born  23d  of  5th  month,  1790,  married 
Joseph  Dennis,  in  1810;  he  was  a  bricklayer  by  trade,  and  a 
native  of  Greenwich,  Cumberland  county.  They  moved  to  the 
State  of  ISTew  York,  and  both  are  deceased,  leaving  four  children. 
One  of  their  daughters  married  Dr.  Smith,  of  Chicago,  Illinois. 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  James  and  Christiana  Johnson,  born  8th 
of  10th  month,  1791,  married  Edward,  son  of  Henry  Mulford, 
of  Lower  Alio  ways  Creek ;  they  moved  and  settled  near  Fredonia, 
Kew  York;  from  thence  they  moved  and  settled  near  Chicago, 
Illinois;  Rebecca  is  deceased,  leaving  three  children — James, 
Edward,  and  Anna  Mulford.  James  and  Edward  married,  and 
are  deceased;  they  left  issue.  Anna,  their  sister,  is  married, 
but  has  no  issiie.  Edward  Mulford,  Sr.,  is  living,  at  an  advanced 
age,  near  the  city  of  Chicago,  and  possesses  a  princely  fortune. 
John,  the  son  of  James  and  Christiana  Johnson,  born  14th  of 
2d  month,  1796,  followed  the  sea  in  early  life,  was  the  captain 
of  the  ship  Josephine,  trading  from  Philadelphia  to  New  Orleans 

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114  JOHN    JOHNSON    FAMILY, 


for  a  number  of  years.  When  lie  was  past  middle  age  lie  left 
the  seas  and  settled  on  the  farm  that  his  father  left  to  him  in 
Fenn's  Neck.  His  wife  was  Elizal)eth,  daughter  of  John  M. 
and  Ann  Sinnickson,  of  Salem;  they  had  issue,  one  son.  Jolm 
and  his  wife,  and  their  minor  son,  are  deceased.  Ann,  daughter 
of  James  and  Christiana  Johnson,  was  born  7th  of  Tth  month, 
1802;  married  Jonathan,  son  of  John  Mulford,  of  Allowaj-'s 
Creek,  in  1826 ;  they  have  live  children,  named  Christiana, 
Amanda,  James,  John,  and  Anna  Mulford.  Christiana,  their 
oldest  daughter,  is  married,  and  resides  in  Boston,  Massachusetts. 
Lydia,  daughter  of  James  Johnson,  born  in  1804,  married  James 
M.  Challis,  a  Baptist  clergyman,  in  1823 ;  she  is  deceased,  leaving 
live  children — Joseph,  William,  Luther  L.,  George,  and  Emma 
Challis.  Joseph,  son  of  James  and  Lydia  Challis,  is  married, 
and  lives  at  Frankford,  Fa.;  has  issue.  William  Challis  is  a 
physician,  is  married,  and  has  issue.  George,  son  of  James  and 
Lydia  Challis,  is  married,  and  has  children.  Emma,  daughter 
of  James  and  Lydia  Challis,  married  Richard  Frobasco;  they 
are  living  in  Talbot  county,  Maryland.  Luther,  William,  and 
George  Cliallis  are  among  the  first  inhabitants  of  the  city  of 
Atchison,  Kansas,  and  all  three :  are  reputed  to  be  very  M'^ealthy. 
Fachel,  daughter  of  James  and  Christiana  Johnson,  born  21st 
of  4tli  month,  1805,  married  Josiah  Hall  in  1824;  they  moved 
to  Cecil  county,  Maryland,  and  had  two  children — James  and 
Christiana  Hall.  Josiah  and  his  wife,  Rachel  J.  Hall,  are 
deceased,  leaving  a  large  and  valuable  estate. 

Jolm,  son  of  John  and  Jane  Johnson,  of  Fittsgrove,  born 
1st  of  10th  month,  1759,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Corne- 
lius Dubois,  in  1783;  they  had  twelve  children.  Cornelius 
Johnson,  their  eldest  son,  born  12tli  of  6th  month,  1784,  man-ied 
Elizabeth  Vick.  Jolm,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  D.  Johnson, 
l)orn  7th  of  4th  month,  1788,  married  Rebecca,  Jones.  Jane, 
daughter  of  John  Elizabeth  Johnson,  born  13th  of  3d  montli, 
1690,  married  Robert,  son  of  Samuel  Dubois.  Ann,  daughter 
of  John  and  Elizabeth  Johnson,  born  5th  of  5th  month,  1792, 
never  married.  David,  son  of  Jolm  Johnson,  l)orn  8th  of  5th 
month,  1795,  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  David  Dickinson. 
Benjanun,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Johnson,  born  14th  of  4tli 
moutli,  1799,  married  Maria,  daughter  of  William  Mayliew. 
Robert,  son  of  John  Johnson,  born  28tli  of  4th  month,  1801, 
renuiins  unmarried.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
Johnson,  born  2d  of  4th  month,  1807,  married  Enoch,  son  of 
David  Mayhew.  Three  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Dubois  Johnson's 
children  died  young.    Cornelius,  John's  eldest  son,  and  Elizabeth 


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Vick,  his  wife,  had  six  chikh'en.  Cornelius,  tlie  ehlest,  died  a 
young  man.  Margaret,  the  daughter,  married,  but  her  husband's 
name  is  not  mentioned.  James  Johnson,  another  son,  is  not 
married.  William  married  Ann,  the  daughter  of  Jacob  Ilitch- 
ner.  John  and  Rebecca  Johnson  had  three  children — Caroline, 
Until  Ann,  and  Hiram  Johnson.  Ruth  Ann  Johnson  married 
Cobert  Iredell ;  they  had  issue.  Hiram  Johnson  married  Sarrdi 
Nixon,  daughter  of  Martia  ISTixon.  Robert  Dubois  and  Jane 
Jolmson,  daughter  of  John,  had  twelve  children — Mary  Ann, 
Ruth,  Alfred,  Susan,  Elizabeth,  Belinda,  John,  Frank,  Cliarles, 
Enoch,  Elma,  and  Amy.  Susan,  daughter  of  Robert  Dul)ois, 
married  Albert  Leurz;  they  had  issue.  Elizabeth  Dubois  mar- 
ried Benjamin  Lamb;  they  had  children.  Belinda  Dubois 
married  Frederick  Fox ;  they  have  issue.  Frank  Dul)ois  married, 
his  wife's  name  not  known;  they  had  children.  Cliarles  Dubois 
married;  they  had  issue.  David  Jolmson,  son  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  Dui3ois  Jolmson,  married  Hannah  Dickinson  ;  had  live 
cliildren;  their  names  are  Emeline,  Edward,  Mirali,  Jolm,  and 
Elizabeth  Jolmson.  Emeline,  the  eldest,  married  John  Venal; 
they  had  issue.  Edward  married  Rhoda  S.  E.  Taylor;  they 
have  children.  Mirali  married  John,  son  of  Isaac  Mayliew; 
they  had  issue.  John,  son  of  David  Johnson,  married  Sarah 
Campl)ell ;  they  have  issue.  Elizabeth  Ann  Jolmson  married 
Alfred  Rice;  they  had  issue.  Rebecca,  daughter  of  John  and 
Jane  Johnson,  was  twice  married;  her  first  husband  was  Benja- 
min Harding;  he  died,  leaving  no  issue.  Her  second  husband 
was  Hugh  Maguire;  they  had  three  children — Ann,  Jane,  and 
Alinda  Maguire.  Jane  Maguire  married  Isaac  Wood ;  she  is 
deceased,  leaving  no  children,  Ann  Maguire  married  a  person 
by  the  name  of  Cripps;  he  died,  leaving  no  issue.  Alinda 
Maguire  is  still  living,  unmarried.  Phebe,  daughter  of  John 
and  Jane  Johnson,  married  John  Stewart ;  they  moved  in  the 
State  of  Delaware;  they  are  both  deceased,  leaving  issue.  Mary 
Johnson,  daughter  of  John  and  Jane,  married  Samuel  Elwell; 
they  moved  to  the  State  of  Indiana  in  1817;  they  had  three 
children — Isaac,  Elizabeth,  and  Reliecca;  all  are  deceased, 
leaving  issue. 

William,  the  son  of  John  and  Jane  Johnson,  married  Eliza- 
beth Maguire  ;  they  had  two  children — Hugh  and  Lucretia  ; 
they  left  their  native  State,  and  moved  to  the  State  of  New 
York.  Samuel,  tlie  son  of  John  and  Jane  Jolmson,  was  twice 
married  ;  his  hi'st  wife  was  Nancy  McClung,  l)y  whom  he  had 
live  chihlrcn — Isaac,  Samuel,  Elizabeth,  Mary  and  one  who 
died  young;  liis  second   wife  was  Sarah   Martin,  by   whom  he 


116  JOHN    JOHNSON    FAMILY. 


liad  eig'lit  children — Nancy,  Sarali  Ann,  Samnel,  Josiali,  Char- 
lotte, Ruth,  George  and  Martha.  Isaac,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Nancy  Johnson,  was  born  20th  of  7tli  montli,  1787,  and  mar- 
ried Catharine,  daughter  of  Eleazar  Mayhew;  she  was  born 
10th  of  7th  month,  1789.  Eleazar  Mayhew  was  a  land  sur- 
veyor and  conveyancer,  and  had  six  sons  and  one  danghter — 
Catharine,  John,  Stanford,  William,  Eleazar,  Isaac  and  Elaw 
Majdiew.  The  latter  was  a  physician.  Eleazar's  family  are  all 
deceased  at  the  present  time;  they  all  married  excepting  Elea- 
zar May  lie  w,  Jr.,  and  left  issue  ;  he  himself  was  a  large  land 
holder  at  the  time  of  his  death.  Isaac  and  Catharine  Mayhew 
Johnson  had  seven  children,  namely — John,  Rebecca,  Sallie, 
Harrison,  Nancy,  Samuel  and  Doctor  Mayhew.  Catharine, 
Avife  of  Isaac  Johnson,  departed  this  life  30th  of  4:th  month, 
1858,  aged  about  sixty-nine  years.  Isaac  is  still  living  in  his 
eighty-ninth  year,  and  enjoys  excellent  health,  both  physical  and 
mental,  for  one  of  his  age ;  he  has  been  an  nncommon  active 
man,  and  has  done  a  large  amount  of  public  business,  having 
])een  Sheriff  of  Salem  county  a  number  of  years  ago. 

John,  the  son  of  Isaac  and  Catharine  Johnson,  left  his 
native  country  and  went  to  Indiana  and  there  settled,  and  mar- 
ried Mary  Ann  Shuster;  they  have  seven  children.  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Catharine  M.  Johnson,  married  Garrett 
Prickett ;  they  have  six  children.  Sallie,  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Catharine  M.  Johnson,  married  Edmund  Dubois ;  they 
have  twelve  children.  Harrison,  son  of  Isaac;  and  Catliarine 
M.  Johnson,  married  Ennna,  daughter  of  Moses  Richmau, 
Esq.;  they  had  seven  children,  five  of  whom  are  still  living. 
Nancy,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Catharine  M.  Johnson,  mai-ried 
Isaac  Newkirk ;  they  had  six  children,  three  of  M'hom  are 
deceased.  Samuel,  son  of  Isaac  and  Catharine  M.  Johnson, 
married  Susan  Ilitclmer ;  they  had  nine  children,  eiglit  of  them 
are  still  living.  Mayliew  Jolmson,  M.  I).,  tlie  youngest  son  of 
Isaac  and  Catharine  M.  Johnson,  has  been  twice  married ;  liis 
first  wife  was  Isabella  Tyngle,  by  whom  he  had  three  children  ; 
his  second  wife  was  Lizzie  Norton,  by  whom  he  has  three  chil- 
dren. Mayhew  Jolmson,  M.  D.,  resides  witli  his  family  at 
Pennsgrove,  in  which  section  of  the  county  he  has  quite  an 
extensive  medical  practice. 

Sarah  Ann,  eldest  danghter  of  Samuel  Johnson  by  his 
second  wife  of  Sarah  Martin  Johnson,  married  a  person  by  the 
name  of  Revnolds  ;  tliev  had  issue.  Sanuiel  and  Isaiah,  sons 
of  Samuel  and  Sarah  M.  Jolmson,  are  both  deceased  leaving 
no  issue.     Charlotte,   daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  M.  John- 


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son,  married  Henry  Carroll ;  tliey  had  issue.  Rutli,  daugliter 
of  Samuel  and  Sarah  M.  Johnson,  married  a  person  by  the 
name  of  Taylor  ;  they  had  children.  George,  son  of  Samuel 
and  Sarah  M.  Johnson,  left  Salem  county  and  settled  in  tlie 
State  of  Georgia.  Martha,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Sanniel 
and  Sarah  M.  Johnson,  is  still  living,  but  never  married. 

Isaac,  the  youngest  son  of  John  and  Jane  Johnson,  born  21st 
of  7th  montii,  1772,  married  Mary  Elwell,  born  23d  of  5th 
month,  1778;  they  were  married  24th  of  6th  month,  1795, 
and  liad  twelve  children,  named  Harriet,  Elizabeth,  Isaac, 
Amelia,  Mary,  Sarah,  John,  Samuel,  Emma  Ann,  William, 
Benjamin  F.,  and  James.  Isaac  Johnson,  the  father  of  tlie 
l)efore  mentioned  children,  died  5t]i  of  1st  month,  1852,  aged 
al)out  eighty  years.  His  widow  departed  this  life  18th  of  9th 
month,  1862,  aged  eighty-four  years,  three  montlis  and  twenty- 
six  days.  Harriet,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary  Johnson,  born 
3d  of  10th  month,  1796,  married  William  Newkirk.  Their 
children  were  Mary,  Isaac  J.,  and  Redma.  Elizabeth,  daugliter 
of  Isaac  and  Mary  Johnson,  born  18tli  of  4th  month,  1798, 
married  Isaac  Abbott ;  they  had  issue — Martha  and  Mary. 
Elizabetli,  their  mother,  died  in  1871.  Isaac,  son  of  Isaac 
and  Mary  Johnson,  born  1st  of  10th  month,  1799,  married 
Rachel  Duljois ;  they  had  twelve  children — Rebecca,  Josepli, 
Thomas,  Isaac,  Elizal^eth,  Hester,  Adaline,  Christiana,  Mary, 
Martha,  Matilda  and  Emma.  Their  father,  Isaac  Johnson, 
departed  this  life  1st  of  10th  month,  1874.  Amelia,  daughter 
of  Isaac  and  Mary  Johnson,  born  26th  of  10th  montli,  1801, 
married  Daniel  Clark ;  they  liad  seven  children — David,  Mary 
Jane,  Harriet,  Amelia,  Isaac  J.,  Charles  and  Dauiel.  Mary, 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Mary  Johnson,  born  15th  of  3d  month, 
1804,  married  Samuel  Dubois ;  they  had  seven  cliildj-en — 
Rebecca,  Adaline,  Louis,  Jane,  Eliza,  Emeline  and  Johnson. 
Their  father,  Samuel  Dubois,  died  in  1872.  Sarah,  danghter 
of  Isaac  and  Mary  Johnson,  born  18th  of  8th  month,  1805, 
married  Henry  Elwell ;  they  had  issue,  seven  children — Samuel, 
Mary,  William,  Franklin,  Cliarlotte,  Eliza  and  Borden,  John, 
son  of  Isaac  and  Mary  Jolmson,  l)orn  5th  of  3d  month,  1810, 
married  Elizabeth  Merrick  ;  their  children  Avere  Mary,  Isaac, 
AYilliam,  Clinton,  Alonza  and  Larrie.  Their  father  died  in 
1864.  Samuel,  son  of  Isaac  and  Mary  Johnson,  1)orn  19th  of 
5th  month,  1812,  died  in  1870.  Emma  Ann,  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Mary  Johnson,  born  29th  of  9th  month,  1814,  married 
Ewalt  Richman ;  tliey  have  nine  children — Charles,  Isaac  J., 
Henry,  Wilbert,  Clayton,  Jolmson,  Harriet,  Sarah  and  Anna. 


118  JOHN    JOHNSON    FAMILY. 


Benjamin  F.,  son  of  Isaac  and  Mary  Johnson,  Ijorn  lotli  of 
6tli  month,  1818,  niamed  Anna  Mickle ;  they  have  two  chikh'en 
— Woodbnrn  and  Elhi.  James,  son  of  Isaac  and  Mary  Jonnson, 
born  21st  of  2d  month,  1820,  married  Sarah  Stall ;  they  have 
issne — Caroline  and  Ella.  Isaac  Johnson,  the  father  of  the 
before  mentioned  children,  was  an  nncommonly  active  bnsiness 
mail ;  he  was  heard  to  say  when  a  yonng  man,  he  was  determined 
to  possess  more  Ijroad  acres  of  land  than  his  father  owned  at 
the  time  of  his  death,  all  of  which  he  realized,  and  more.  He 
was  the  owner  of  a  large  tract  of  excellent  land  not  far  from 
Daretown,  containing  npwards  of  600  acres,  together  with 
large  quantities  of  land  in  other  sections,  and  the  owner  of  one 
or  two  flour  mills  at  the  time  of  his  deatli.  Besides  attending 
to  his  own  bnsiness,  M'hich  was  extensive,  he  transacted  mn(?h 
public  l)usiness,  and  was  Sheriif  of  the  county  of  Salem  at  one 
time. 


JENNINGS    FAMILY. 

Henry  Jennings  was  a  prominent  member  of  Salem  Monthly 
Meeting  of  Friends,  soon  after  its  organization.  He  was  the 
son  of  William  and  Mary  Jennings,  born  the  21st  of  7th  month, 
164:2,  in  the  county  of  Surrey,  England.  Henry  and  his  wife, 
Margaret  Jennings,  embarked  for  America  in  the  ship  Kent, 
Captain  Gregory,  and  landed  at  New  Salem  23d  of  6th  month, 
1677.  In  1682,  John  Adams,  son-in-law  of  John  Fenwick,  sold 
Henry  Jennings  200  acres  of  land.  He  likewise  purchased  a 
considerable  tract  of  land  in  Cohansey  precinct,  it  being  near 
the  town  of  Cohansey,  (now  Greenwich).  Henry  and  his  wife 
removed  from  Salem  and  located  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia, 
about  the  year  1700,  and  at  that  place  they  ended  their  days. 
He  was  a  tailor  by  trade,  and  followed  it  in  that  city.  He  died 
in  1706,  and  made  his  will  the  year  previous;  and,  not  liaving 
any  children,  he  devised  most  of  liis  estate  to  his  uncle,  Isaac 
Jennings,  of  London,  and  to  the  daughter  of  Isaac,  Margaret 
Jennings,  his  cousin. 

Some  persons  have  supposed  tliat  Henry  and  Samuel  Jennings 
w^re  brothers.  If  they  were  relatives  it  was  not  nearer  than 
cousins.  Samuel  Jennings  emigrated  from  Coles  Hill,  in  Buck- 
inghamshire, England,  and  located  at  Burlington,  N.  J.,  in  1680. 
Soon  after  his  arrival  he  l)uilt  himself  a  large  brick  dwelling, 
which  stood  on  the  banks  of  the  Delaware.  In  his  house  the 
Yearly  Meeting  of  Friends  of  Pennsylvania  and  West  New 
Jersey  were  held  several  years.  The  time-honored  house  was 
removed  about  ten  years  since.  He  was  a  recommended  minister 
some  four  or  live  years  before  he  left  his  native  land,  and  was 
highly  appreciated  as  such  in  that  Kingdom.  Soon  after  his 
arrival,  Edward  Byllings,  the  Propritary  Governor,  appointed 
him  his  deputy,  in  which  capacity  he  served  up  to  1683,  when 
he  was  chosen  Governor  for  one  year  by  the  Assembly  of  New 
Jersey,  and  continued  so  up  to  the  time  of  his  removal  to  Phila- 
delphia, in  1692.  His  aljilitics  were  highly  appreciated  by 
William  Penn.  Soon  after  he  moved  to  the  Province  he  was 
appointed  to  the  Commission  of  Peace,  in  the  city  of  his  adoption. 


120  JENNINGS    FAMILY, 


About  that  time  the  controversy  with  George  Keith  arose,  in 
which  Sanuiel  Jennings  was  much  engaged  on  behalf  of  tlie 
Society.  In  the  early  part  of  1694:  he  sailed  for  London,  as  a 
respondent  on  the  appeal  of  Keith,  to  the  London  Yearly 
Meeting,  in  which  body  he  ably  vindicated  the  cause  of  his 
American  brethren  from  the  aspersions  of  their  detractors. 
Soon  after  his  return  from  Encrland  he  removed  to  Burlington, 
the  place  of  his  former  residence.  In  1702  the  crown  of  Eng- 
land, to  which  the  government  of  New  Jersey  had  been  trans- 
ferred by  tlie  proprietors,  appointed  him  one  of  the  procinial 
council;  and  in  1707,  the  year  preceding  his  death,  he  tilled  the 
office  of  Speaker  of  the  Assembly,  in  which  position  he  distin- 
guished himself  hy  a  bold  and  fearless  opposition  to  the  arljitrary 
misrule  of  the  bigoted  Lord  Cornl)ury. 

Edward  Hyde  was  the  son  of  the  Earl  of  Claridon,  and  was 
one  of  the  first  officers  who  deserted  the  army  of  Kino-  James. 
King  William,  in  gratitude  for  his  services,  appointed  him 
Governor  of  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  in  1702,  and  conferred 
on  him  the  title  of  Lord  Cornbury,  an  office  he  was  entirely 
unfit  for  by  nature  and  education;  he  being  a  bigoted  belliger- 
ent, and  arbitrary  in  his  disposition,  not  seeming  to  understand 
the  Avants  of  the  colonists;  all  which  incapacitated  him  for  an 
executive  officer.  The  inhabitants  of  the  colony  of  New  York, 
as  well  as  those  of  New  Jersey,  became  wearied  of  his  misgov- 
ernment,  and  accordingly  they  determined  to  send  an  appeal  to 
Queen  Anne  for  her  to  remove  the  Governor.  Samuel  Jennings 
had  tlie  credit  of  writing  the  address,  which  was  forwarded  to 
the  home  government,  and  by  so  doing  he  incurred  the  great 
displeasure  of  Cornbury,  who  is  reported  to  have  said  "Jennings 
was  the  most  impudent  man  he  ever  knew."  However,  it  had 
the  desired  effect,  and  Lord  Cornbinw  was  recalled  in  1708,  the 
year  of  Samuel  Jenning's  death.  Proud,  the  historian,  wrote 
tliat  "Samuel  Jennings  was  worthy  of  memory,  and  endowed 
Avith  both  spiritual  and  temporal  wisdom;  was  suppressor  of 
vice  and  encourager  of  virtue."  Ho  was  one  of  those  rare 
individuals  in  wliom  was  concentrated  a  \'ariety  of  qualifications 
and  mental  endowments^  by  which,  under  the  sanctifying  power 
of  truth,  he  was  made  eminently  useful  to  his  fellow  men,  both 
in  his  ministerial  and  civil  capacity.  He  did  more  than  any  of 
his  CO  temporaries  in  organizing  the  civil  government  of  West 
Jersey.  At  his  death  he  left  no  sons  to  perpetuate  his  name, 
l)ut  three  daughters. 

Sarah  Jennings,  his  eldest  daughter,  married  Edward  Pen- 
nington, in  1691)  ;  lie  was  the  youngest  son  of  Isaac  Penning- 


JENNINGS    FAMILY.  121 


ton,    an   eminent   citizen   of  London,  a   man  of  literatnre,  wlio 
wrote  extensively  in  defence  of  Quakerism.     Edward's  mother, 
when  Isaac  married  lier,  was  a  widow  of  Sir  William  Sprignett, 
a  military  officer.     William  left  one   daughter — Guielina  Maria 
Sprignett,  who  afterwards  was  the   first  wife  of  William  Penn ; 
there    were    two    children — William    and    Letiti    Penn.     The 
second  wife  of  William  Penn  was  Hannah   Callowhill ;  they 
had    two    sons.     Jolm,    the    only    American  child  of  William 
Penn,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  in  the  house  that  Samuel  Car- 
penter  built,  on   Second   street,   corner  of  Norris    alley.     The 
second  child  by  his   second  wife   was  Richard   Penn.     Edward 
Pennington  was  a  half-brother  of  Guielma  Penn;  he  was  a 
Surveyor-General  of  the  province  of  Pennsylvania  up  to  the 
time  of  his  death,  which  event  took  place  in  1701,  two  years 
after  his   marriage,  leaving  one   son — Isaac  Pennington.     Ann 
Jennings,   the    second    daughter  of  Samuel,  married  William 
Stevenson,  in    1706,   and   the   third    daughter,  Mercy,  married 
Jolm    Stevenson,  tlie    brother  of  William,    in    the    same  year. 
Thomas,  another  brother,  married  Sarah,  the  widow  of  Edward 
Pennington.     John   Stevenson,  the  great  grand-son  of  Samuel 
Jennings,  emigrated   from  Burlington  county   to  Upper  Penn's 
Neck  about  seventy  or  eighty  years  hence,  but  remained  there  a 
few  years  ;  he  afterwards  removed  to  the  township  of  Manning- 
ton,  on  the  Wyatt  farm,  when  the  late  James  Johnson  left  and 
moved  on  his  farm  in  Penn's  Neck.     John's  wife    was  Emily 
Newbold,   a   member   of  the   ancient  family  of  that  name  in 
Burlington  county.     John  and   Emily  Stevenson  had  several 
children — William,  Mary,   Daniel,   Charles,    John  and  Emily 
^  Stevenson.  Mary  married  Clayton,  the  son  of  Jolm  and  Charlotte 
Wistar  ;  they  had  two  sons — John  and  Richard  Wistar.    Daniel 
Stevenson  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Jolm  Adams.     Charles 
Stevenson  married  Rachel,  the  eldest   daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Margaret  Ililliard.     John  Stevenson,  Jr.  married  Ann,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Ann  Brick,  of  Elsinboro. 

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KEASBEY    FAMILY. 

Edward  Keasbey,  first  of  the  Keasbej  family  in  this  county, 
emigrated  from  England  al)ont  the  year  lG9-i,  and  settled  in 
tlie  town  of  New  Salem.  He  was  then  a  yonng  man.  I  think 
it  probable  that  he  was  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends 
before  he  left  his  native  land,  and  came  here  to  avoid  religious 
persecution.  Soon  after  his  arrival  he  took  an  active  part  in 
the  affairs  of  the  religious  meetings  of  tlie  Society,  to  Avhich  lie 
appeared  to  be  so  ardently  attached.  He  gave  the  sum  of 
twenty  dollars  towards  erecting  the  brick  meetino;  house  in  the 
grave  yard  on  Broadway  street.  The  house  was  completed  in 
1701.  On  26th  of  11th  month,  1701,  he  married  Elizabeth, 
widow  of  Isaac  Smart,  of  Elsinborough.  She  was  the  daughter 
of  Andrew  and  Isabella  Thompson,  and  was  born  near  Dublin, 
Ireland,  15th  of  8th  month,  1666.  Edward  and  his  wife, 
Elizabeth  T.  Keasbey,  had  four  children — Mary,  the  eldest,  born 
11th  of  3d  mouth",  1703  ;  Edward,  Matthew  and  Susanna. 
Matthew  Keasbey,  born  in  1706,  married,  and  had  a  lai-ge  family 
of  children,  most  of  whom  were  daughters,  and  consequently  at 
this  late  period  the  record  of  them  is  lost.  Edward  Keasbey, 
Jr.,  eldest  son  of  Edward  and  Elizabeth  T.,  was  born  in  1705, 
and  subsequently  married  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  Edward 
Brad  way,  Jr.,  and  grand-daughter  of  tlie  emigrant  of  that  name. 
Edward  and  Elizal)etli  B.  Keasbey  had  tliree  children — 
Edward,  Mary  and  Bradway.  Edward  Keasbey  3d,  was  born 
1726,  and  afterwards  married  Prudence,  the  daugliter  of 
Edward  and  Temperance  Quinton. 

Edward  Quinton  was  the  son  of  Tol)ias  Quinton,  w]io  eaii- 
gi'ated  from  England  and  purchased  lands  on  the  south  side  of 
Alloways  creek,  Avliere  the  village  of  Quinton  is  now  located. 
He  died  about  the  year  1705,  leaving  one  son — Edward.  Tem- 
perance Quinton  was  the  daughter  of  Daniel,  the  son  of  Jolm 
Sniitli,  of  Almcsbury  (it  is  now  spelled  Amebury).  Daniel 
Smith  was  born  near  Norfolk,  England,  10th  of  12th  montli, 
1660.  He  came  to  this  country  with  his  father,  in  company 
with  John  Fenwick,  tlie  proprietor,  in  1675,  and  sul^sequently 


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purcluised  of  him  1,000  ucres  of  lund  on  the  north  side  (jf 
Alloways  creek,  opposite  the  present  viUage  of  Quinton.  At 
the  schism  in  the  Society  of  Friends,  made  by  George  Keitii, 
Daniel  Smith  became  an  active  partisan  witli  the  Keithites,  as 
they  were  called,  and  when  Keith  returned  to  England  many  of 
his  followers  became  members  of  the  Baptist  religious  association. 
Daniel  Smith  became  a  Baptist,  and  most  of  his  family  did  like- 
wise, except  his  eldest  son  Jolm,  who  still  adhered  to  the  Society 
of  his  ancestors.  John  Smith  left  three  sons — John,  Benjamin, 
and  James.  The  latter  became  an  eminent  merchant  in  Phila- 
delphia, his  partner  being  the  late  Jacob  E-idgway.  James  was 
nuich  the  senior  of  his  partner,  and  retired  from  Inisiness  a 
numl)er  of  years  before  his  death.  lie  ended  his  days  in  the 
city  of  Burlington. 

Edward  Quinton  died  in  1756,  and  his  wife  Temperance 
departed  this  life  in  1775,  aged  seventy-five  years.  Edward 
and  Prudence  Q.  Keasbey  had  ten  children — Edward,  Elizabetli, 
Matthew,  Sarah,  Lewis,  Phebe,  Prudence,  Edward  the  second, 
Samuel  and  Anthony.  Several  of  these  cliildren  died  in  infancy. 
After  the  death  of  Prudence  Q.  Keasbey,  Edward  married  Sarah 
Quinton,  sister  of  his  first  wife,  by  whom  lie  liad  six  children — 
Temperance,  Delniz  C,  Jesse,  Pachel,  Kizzie  and  Jane.  Tlie 
father  of  the  above  mentioned  cliildren  died  in  1779,  aged  lifty- 
four  years. 

Matthew,  the  son  of  Edward  and  Prudence  Keasbey,  was 
born  in  171:9,  and  lived  to  grow  to  manhood,  when  he  went  to 
sea  and  was  drowned.  Lewis,  his  brother,  born  1752,  married 
Sarali  Cxrinnell ;  he  left  issue.  Anthony,  the  youngest  son  of 
Edward  and  Prudence  Keasbey,  born  in  1758,  married  Hannah, 
the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Pebecca  Abbott  Brick,  of  Elsin- 
borough.  Anthony  and  his  wife  had  eight  children — Rebecca, 
Prudence,  Matthew,  Edward  Quinton,  Hannah,  Anthony,  Arte- 
mosia,  and  Ann.  Rebecca,  their  eldest  child,  married  Dr. 
Charles  Hannah;  she  left  no  issue.  Prudence  died  at  middle 
age,  unmarried.  Matthew  married  Ann,  the  daughter  of  Michael 
Fisher,  of  Woodbury ;  they  had  six  children — Rebecca,  Caroline, 
Charles,  Quinton,  John,  and  Elizabeth.  Dr.  Edward  Q.  Keasbey 
married  a  young  w^oman  by  tlie  name  of  Aertson.  They  had 
four  children — Anthony,  Helen,  Anna,  and  Edw\ard. 

Hannah,  the  daughter  of  Anthony  and  Hannah  Keasbey, 
married  Thomas,  the  son  of  Dr.  James  and  Ruth  Vanmeter,  of 
Salem.  Hannah  is  deceased,  leaving  two  daugliters — Artemesia 
and  Martha.  Anthony,  the  youngest  son  of  Anthony  and 
Hannah  Keasbey,  sold  his  patrimonial  estate  to  his  brother,  Dr. 


124:  KEASBEY    FAMILY. 


Edward  Q.  Iveasl:)ey,  and  went  to  one  of  tlie  Southern  States. 
Artemesia  died  a  young  woman,  inimarried.  Ann,  the  young- 
est daughter  of  Antliony  and  Hannah  B.  Keasbey,  married 
James  M.  Hannah.  They  had  three  children — Charles  Gilbert, 
Cornelia,  and  Percival.  Anthony,  the  father  of  the  above  men- 
tioned children,  died  in  the  early  part  of  this  century,  leaving 
one  of  the  largest  landed  estates  of  that  period.  His  wife  sur- 
vived him  several  years. 

Temperance,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Edward  and  Sarah 
Keasbey,  married  Judge  John  Smitli,  who  resided  near  tlie 
village  of  Quinton.  They  had  one  son — Edward  K.  Smith, who 
was  a  surveyor  of  land  for  some  years,  and  afterwards  was 
elected  Sheriff.  He  married  the  daughter  of  Andrew  Sinnickson, 
of  Salem.  He  and  his  family  subsequently  removed  to  one  of 
the  Western  States.  Delzin,  the  eldest  son  of  Edward  and  Sarah 
Keasbey,  was  a  hatter,  and  followed  his  trade  in  Salem  for  a 
number  of  years.  His  residence  was  in  the  ancient  brick  house 
of  the  Keasbey's  situated  at  the  upper  end  of  East  Broadway. 
It  is  still  standing. 

Delzin  Keasbey's  wife  was  Rachel  Smitli.  Jesse,  the  second 
son  of  Edward  and  Sarah  Quinton  Keasbey,  married  the 
daughter  of  Thomas  Rowen,  Sr.,  of  Salem,  sister  of  the  late 
Dr.  Thomas  Rowen.  Jqsse  and  his  Avife  had  two  children — 
John  and  Ann  Keasbey.  Rachel,  tlie  daughter  of  Edward 
and  Sarah  Q.  Keasbey,  married  Leonard  Gibbon,  the  son  of 
John  and  Esther  Gibbon,  who  was  born  15th  of  lltli  month, 
1T66  ;  they  resided  near  Roadstown,  Cumberland  county.  John 
was  the  son  of  Leonard,  who,  with  his  brother,  Nicholas  Gib- 
bon, emigrated  from  England  in  the  fore  part  of  the  last  cen- 
tury ;  they  purchased  6,000  acres  of  land  at  or  near  the  town 
of  Cohansey,  now  Greenwich  ;  they  likewise  organized  the  first 
Episcopal  church  in  that  town,  and  the  first  of  that  persuasion 
in  that  section  of  Fenwick's  Colony.  The  house  of  worship 
was  removed  manv  years  aijo,  and  there  is  nothino;  renuiining 
to  mark  the  place  where  it  stood  but  a  few  tomb  stones  in  the 
vacant  lot  near  l)y.  John  Gibbon's  wife  was  Esther,  the 
daughter  of  Ephraim  Seeley.  (The  feeeleys  are  one  of  the  oldest 
families  that  settled  at  what  was  then  called  the  Cohansey 
precinct,  now  Cumberland  county.)  She  had  several  children 
bv  her  first  husband.  Edmund  Gibbon  married  a  young 
woman  in  Penn's  Neck  who  had  large  possessions  on  Finn's 
Point  that  she  inherited  from  her  ancestors;  they  had  several 
children — Grant,  Thomas,  Charles  and  one  daughter,  who 
was  the  first  wife  of  James  J.  Redstrake,  of  Salem  ;    he  Avas 


KEASBKY    FAMILY.  1  ^T) 


at   that    time    a  resident    of    Penn's    Neck,    his  iuiti\e    pLicc. 

Esther  Seeley's  second  husband  was  Colonel  Benjamin  Ilohne; 
she  was  his  second  wife,  (his  first  being  Jane,  the  daughter  of 
Daniel  Smith ;  she  was  killed  a  few  years  after  her  marriage  by 
a  horse,  and  left  no  children.  Robert  Johnson,  in  his  history 
of  Salem  county,  said  her  maiden  name  was  Smart;  he  Avas 
informed  incorrectly),  Benjamin  and  his  wife  Esther  had  two 
children — John  and  Jane  Holme.  John's  first  wife  was 
Rebecca  Thompson,  of  Salem;  his  second  wife  was  Margaret, 
daugliter  of  Clement  Hall,  of  Elsinborough ;  their  children 
have  been  mentioned  before.  Jane,  the  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Esther  Holme,  married  William  Harris,  a  resident  of 
Swedesboro,  Gloucester  county  ;  she  lived  but  a  short  time  after 
her  marriage.  There  is  some  difference  of  opinion  whether  the 
Holme  family  of  Salem  county  are  descendants  of  Obediah 
Holme,  who  settled  at  Cohansey  in  the  early  settlement  of  the 
English  colony,  and  was  one  of  the  Judges  of  Salem  county 
for  several  years ;  his  descendants  are  numerous  in  Cumberland 
county  at  the  present  day,  and  the  most  reliable  information  in 
my  possession  is  that  they  are  a  different  family  and  no  way 
connected;  their  names  are  different;  one  is  Holmes  and  the 
Salem  county  family  spell  their  names  Holme.  Tlie  ancestor 
of  the  latter,  John  Holme,  emigrated  to  and  settled  in  Phila- 
delphia at  an  early  period;  he  had  two  sons  born  in  that  city; 
the  eldest  son  when  married  went  to  reside  on  lands  his  father 
bought  of  William  Penn,  where  Holmesburg  is  located;  it  being 
not  far  from  Philadelphia.  The  younger  son,  John  Holme, 
came  to  this  county  in  1698,  and  purchased  a  large  tract  of 
land  in  what  is  now  Upper  Alloways  Creek ;  he  had  two  sons 
and  one  daugliter — John,  Benjamin  and  Elizabetli  Holme. 
The  latter  in  1737  married  Joseph  Fogg,  of  Fogg's  Landing, 
(he  was  the  son  of  Joseph  Fogg,  the  first  emigrant  to  this 
county  by  that  name.)  Joseph  and  his  wife  had  ten  children — 
David,  Ebenezer,  Charles,  Hannali,  Ann,  Elizabeth,  Holmes, 
Isaac,  Rebecca  and  Ann  Fogg.  John  Holme,  the  eldest  son, 
inherited  most  of  his  father's  real  estate  near  Allowaystown ; 
he,  like  his  brother  Benjamin,  was  a  zealous  Whig  during  the 
American  Revolution,  Ijut  I  think  he  was  never  in  tlie  military 
service.  The  Holme  fandly  were  one  of  the  earliest  families 
of  the  Baptist  Society  that  was  organized  near  Salem. 

Leonard  Gibbon  and  his  wife  Rachel  K.  had  eleven  children 
— Mary,  Harriet,  Eliza,  Mason  Seeley,  Francis,  Robert  G., 
Edward  K.,  Anthony,  Leonard,  Quinton  and  Sarah  Gil)ljon. 
Eliza,   the   eldest   daughter   of    Leonard  and  Rachel   Gibbon, 


126  KEASBEY    FAMILY. 


mari'ied  Jeremiah  Parvin,  of  Deerlield  township,  Cumherland 
couiitv  ;  thev  had  issue,  two  sons  and  one  daughter — Leonard, 
( Jhver  and  Harriet ;  they  are  all  living.  Mason  Seeley  Gibljon, 
the  eldest  son  of  Leonard  and  Rachel  Gibbon,  married  Mary 
Brooks,  the  daughter  of  James  Brooks,  of  Roadstown.  Mason 
and  his  wife  had  six  children — Caroline,  Robert,  James,  Wil- 
liam Henry,  Leonard  and  Eliza  Gibbon  ;  I  think  they  are  all 
living,  excepting  Leonard.  Edward  Iv.  Gibljon  married  twice ; 
he  removed  to  one  of  the  Western  States,  and  had  one  daughter. 
Antliony  Keasbey  Gibbon  also  w^ent  to  one  of  tlie  Western 
States,  and  there  married,  and  had  issue,  one  son,  wdio  is  still 
living.  Quinton  Gibbon,  the  youngest  son  of  Leonard  and 
Rachel  Gibbon,  is  a  physician  in  the  city  of  Salem ;  his  residence 
is  on  Market  street.  Quinton  married  Sarah,  the  daughter  of 
Morris  and  Sarah  Hancock  ;  Ijoth  of  her  parents  were  the 
lineal  descendants  of  William  and  Isabella  Hancock,  who 
emigrated  from  Eno-land  to  this  county  in  16T7,  and  settled  on 
his  allotment  of  land,  containing  1,000  acres,  that  he  purchased 
of  Jolm  Fenwick  two  years  previous.  The  land  lay  on  the 
south  side  of  Monmouth  river,  whei'e  the  village  of  Hancock's 
Bridge  now  stands.  Dr.  Gibbon  and  his  wife  have  one  daugh- 
ter— Henrietta  Gibbon.  Sarah  A.  Gibbon,  daughter  of  Leonard 
and  Sarah  Gibbon,  lives  in  Salem,  with  her  brother.  Dr.  Quinton 
Gibbon  ;  she  is  unmarried.  Leonard  Gibbon,  the  father  of  the 
above  mentioned  children,  died  w^hen  most  of  his  children  were 
minors;  Rachel,  his  widow,  died  in  Salem  12th  montli,  1851, 
aged  nearly  seventy-eight  years. 

Bradway  Keasljey,  the  son  of  Edward  2d,  and  Elizal)eth 
Bradway  Keasbey,  was  born  in  1730  ;  he  married  and  settled 
on  part  of  James  Daniels,  Sr.,  estate,  but  whetlier  he  pur(;hased 
tlie  property  of  one  of  tlie  Daniels'  family  or  not,  I  have  no 
definite  knowledge.  Neal  Daniels  emigrated  from  Ireland  to 
this  country  in  1681,  and  purchased  a  tract  of  land  of  Annie 
Salter,  in  the  forks  of  Stoe  Creek,  and  it  was  as  good  a  soil  as 
there  is  in  that  section  of  the  county.  His  son,  James  Daniels, 
Was  born  in  Ireland  ;  he  has  left  ])ehind  him  the  most  interesting 
and  correct  account  of  the  Indians,  at  the  time  of  tlie  lirst 
Europeans  landed  here.  He  describes  them  as  peacable  and 
quiet  people,  until  spirituous  liquor  was  introduced  among  them. 
The  alcoliol  produced  a  radical  change  among  them,  they  were 
then  often  troublesome  and  more  dithcult  to  get  along  with  as 
neighbors. 

Edward  Keasbey  and  his  wife  had  one  son — Edward  Keasbey. 
Bradway  Keasbey's   second   wife   was   Jane  Waddington,    the 


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daughter  of  Jonathan  Waddington ;  they  had  issue,  one  daugh- 
ter, Sarah  Keasbej,  who  subsequently  married  John,  tlie  son  of 
Edward  Pancoast.     The    latter    was   a  resident  of  Gloucester 
county.     John    and    liis    wife    lived   for   a  short   time   on  her 
property,  that  was  willed  to  her  l)y  her  father.     Tliey,  however, 
in  a  few  years  sold  it  to  Samuel  Pancoast,  and  purchased  a  farm 
of  Josiah  Reeves,  in  the  same  township,  located  on  the  nortli 
side  of  Alio  ways  creek,  on  the  main  road  leading  from  Hancock's 
Bridge  to  Salem,  it  being  near  the  former  place.     John  and 
Sarah  K.  Pancoast  had  seven  children — Hannah,  Achsah,  John, 
Israel,  Jane,  David,  and  Aaron  Pancoast.     John  Pancoast,  sev- 
eral years  before  his  death,  sold  his  property  in  Alloways  Creek 
township  and  purchased  a  farm  of  Aaron  Pancoast,  at  Mullica 
Hill,  Gloucester  county,  and  there  he  and  his  wife  ended  their 
days.     At  that  place,  Hannah,  the  eldest  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  K.  Pancoast,  married  John,  the  youngest  son  of  William 
and  Mary  Bradway ;    she  died  a  comparatively  young  woman, 
leaving  five  children — Clayton,  Sarah,  Achsah,  Ann,  and  Mary 
Ann  Bradway.     Achsah,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  Iv. 
Pancoast,  married  James  Lippincott;  they  had  issue,  two  daugli- 
ters — Hannah  Lippincott,  who  married  Jonathan  Colson,  and 
Sarah  Ann  Lippincott,  who  married  William  Dunn.     John,  the 
eldest  son  of  John  and  Sarah  K.  Pancoast,  married  the  eldest 
daughter   of   Benjamin   and    Susan  Griscom,  of  Penn's  Neck. 
John  and  his  wife  had  seven  children — Benjamin,  Mary  Jane, 
Beulah,  John,  Sarah,  Svisan,  and  Hannah  Pancoast.     Jane^  tlie 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  Iv.  Pancoast,  married  Andrew,  the 
eldest  son  of  Benjamin  and  Susan  Griscom;  she  died  soon  after 
they  were  married,  leaving  no  issue.     Israel,  the  son  of  John 
and  Sarah  Iv.  Pancoast,  married  Sarali  Ann  Lippincott;  they 
had  issue — Stacy  Iveasbey,  Dilwyn,  and  Mary  Ann  Pancoast. 
David  Pancoast,  son  of  John  and  Sarah  K.  Pancoast,  married 
Ann,  the  daughter  of  Joseph  Davis,  of  Pilesgrove ;  they  have 
issue — Joseph  D.,  Mary,  Martha,  Anna,  David,William,  Charles, 
and  Isabella  Pancoast.     Aaron,  the  youngest  son  of  John  and 
Sarah  K.  Pancoast,  married  Anna  Dunn;  they  have  one  daughter 
— Deborah  Pancoast. 

Edward,  the  son  of  BradAvay  Iveasbey,  married  Lydia,  tlie 
daugliter  of  Jesse  Grace  Carll;  they  had  issue — Sarah,  Joseph, 
Prudence,  Grace,  Elizabeth,  and  Edward  Iveasbey.  Sarah,  tlie 
eldest  daughter,  married  Aaron,  the  son  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah 
B.  Waddington ;  they  had  five  children — Sarah  Ann,  Lydia, 
Joshua,  Bradway,  and  Jane  Waddington.  Joseph,  the  son  of 
Edward  and  Lydia  Iveasljey,  married  Hannah,  the  daugliter  of 


128  KEASBEY    FAMILY. 


David  Stretch ;  he  died  a  young  man,  leaving  no  issue.  Prudence 
Iveasbey  married  Edward  Waddington,  brother  of  Aaron  Wad- 
dington.  Edward  and  his  wife  liad  eight  children — Richard, 
Sarah,  Edward,  Prudence,  Elizabeth,  Joseph,  Lydia  Ann,  and 
Rebecca  Waddington.  Grace,  the  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Grace  Keasbey,  married  Peuben  Dare ;  I  think  he  was  a  native 
of  Cuml^erland  county.  They  purchased  a  farm  in  Beesley's 
Neck,  in  the  township  of  Alloways  Creek,  being  formerly  a  part 
of  the  Joseph  Brick  estate.  Reuben  and  his  wife  left  severed 
children.  One  of  their  daughters  married  William,  the  son  of 
Edward  Brad  way;  tliey  own  the  homestead  and  reside  thereon 
at  this  time.  Elizabeth,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Grace  Keasbey,  married  AVilliam  Plummcr;  they  owned,  and 
Avhile  they  lived  occupied  part  of  the  homestead  of  her  parents, 
Edward  and  Grace  Keasbey;  tliey  had  three  sons  and  one 
daughter — William,  Edward  K.,  Charles,  and  Elizabeth  Plum- 
mer.  William  married  Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  Judge  Ephraim 
Carll;  they  have  issue.  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  K.  Plummer,  married  Isaac,  the  son  of  David  Allen; 
they  have  several  children.  Charles,  the  youngest  son  of  William 
and  Elizal)eth  K.  Plummcr,  married  Ann  Eliza,  the  daughter  of 
Henry  and  Elizabeth  B.  Miller;  they  have  issue. 

Prudence,  the  daughter  of  Edward  and  Lydia  Keasbey, 
married  Edward,  the  youngest  son  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah 
AV'addington.  Edward  and  his  wife  had  eight  children — 
Richard,  Sarah,  Edw^ard  (who  died  a  minor),  Prudence,  Eliza- 
l)eth,  Joseph,  Lydia  and  Rebecca.  Richard  married  Mary 
Ann,  the  daughter  of  David  Bowen,  of  Alloways  Creek;  they 
have  issue — Anna,  Edward,  David,  Elizabeth,  George  and 
Mary.  Anna  married  William,  the  son  of  Elijah  and  Beulah 
A¥are;  they  have  issue.  Edward,  the  eldest  son  of  Richard 
Waddington,  married  Mar}*^,  the  daughter  of  Daniel  Hood ;  they 
have  issue.  David  Waddington,  married  Maggie  Stretch ;  they 
have  one  child.  Elizabeth  Waddington  married  Jonathan,  the 
son  of  Aaron  and  Mary  Fogg.  George  Waddington's  wife  is 
Mary,  the  daughter  of  Charles  and  Beulah  Gaskill ;  they  have 
issue.  Sarah,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Edward  and  Prudence 
Waddington,  married  James,  the  son  of  Oliver  Smith  ;  they 
have  three  children.  Edward,  the  eldest,  married  Ann,  the 
daughter  of  Lewis  and  Elizal)eth  Fox ;  they  have  issue.  Oliver, 
the  second  child,  married  Hannah,  tlie  daughter  of  Joseph  H. 
and  Rachel  Fogg;  they  have  issue.  Keasbey,  tlie  youngest 
son,  married  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Jol)  Thorp;  they  have 
issue.     Prudence  Waddington's  husband  was  Ebenezer  Barrett. 


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A  few  years  after  their  marriage  tliey  removed  to  Illinois, 
where,  I  think,  Prudence  died,  leaving  four  or  five  children. 
Ebenezer,  soon  after  the  death  of  his  wife,  removed  to  Kansas 
with  his  family ;  they  remained  at  their  new  home  but  a  short 
time,  and  then  emigrated  to  Nebraska,  and  settled  near  Omaha. 
Elizabeth  Waddington  married  John,  the  son  of  Maurice 
Welch,  of  Mannington.  John  and  his  wife  are  deceased,  leav- 
ing two  children — Aaron  and  Lydia.  Joseph,  the  youngest  son 
of  Edward  Waddington,  married  Ruth,  the  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Jane  Appleton ;  the  latter  is  the  daughter  of  Hezekiah 
Hews,  and  grand-daughter  of  Benjamin  Wright,  of  Manning- 
ton.  Joseph  and  Ruth  Waddington  had  six  children — Emma, 
Jane,  who  died  young,  Joseph,  Tacy,  Lydia  Ann  and  George. 
Lydia  Ann,  the  daugliter  of  Edward  and  Prudence  Wadding- 
ton, married  Jonathan,  the  son  of  Adna  and  Lydia  Bradway ; 
they  have  one  daughter — Lydia  P.  Bradway.  Rebecca,  the 
youngest  daughter  of  Edward  and  Prudence  Waddington, 
married  Samuel  Borden,  a  native  of  Upper  Penn's  Neck;  they 
have  issue.  Edward  and  his  wife.  Prudence,  were  buried  in  the 
old  grave  yard  on  the  south  side  of  Alloways  Creek,  where  all 
the  bodies  of  their  ancestors  are  mouldering  in  their  native 
dust,  while  their  souls  have  entered  upon  immortality.  The 
great  American  poet,  Longfellow,  wrote  the  following  encour- 
aging poem: 

Life  is  real,  Life  is  earnest, 
And  the  grave  is  not  its  goal ; 

Dust  thou  art,  to  dust  returneth, 
Was  not  spoken  of  the  soul. 

Joseph  Keasbey,  the  eldest  son  of  Lydia  Keasbey,  married 
Hannah,  the  daughter  of  David  and  Mary  Street  Stretch.  Joseph, 
soon  after  he  became  of  age,  purchased  land  in  Elsinljorougli, 
being  part  of  the  Norris  estate,  bordering  on  Alloways  creek ; 
it  formerly  belonged  to  the  Stubbins  family.  Joseph  and  his 
wife  Hannah  commenced  life  on  the  said  farm ;  he  lived  but  a 
short  time  afterwards,  dying  in  1814,  with  typhus  fever,  which 
disease  was  prevalent  and  very  mortal  about  that  time.  He  left 
no  issue,  but  devised  about  two-thirds  of  his  real  estate  to  his 
widow,  Hannah  Keasbey.  A  certain  portion  he  directed  to  be 
sold  for  the  payment  of  his  debts,  and  the  residue  he  devised  to 
Mark  Stretch,  a  distant  relative  of  his  wife.  His  widow  subse- 
quently married  Andrew  Smith. 

Grace,  the  daughter  of  Edward  and  Lydia  Keasbey,  married 
Reuben  Dare.  They  owned  and  lived  on  property  in  Lower 
Alloways  Creek,  on  a  point  of  land  lying  on  the  south  side  of 

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the  creek,  called  Beesley's  Neck.  I  tliink  it  formerly  belonged 
to  the  Brick  family.  Reuben  and  his  wife  had  several  cliildren. 
William  W.  Bradwa}-,  the  present  occupant  of  tlie  farm,  married 
one  of  their  daughters.  Elizabeth  Keasbey,  the  youngest  djuigliter 
of  Edward  and  Lydia,  married  William  Plunmier,  Sr.  Thev 
had  four  children — William,  Edward,  Elizabetli,  and  Charles. 
William,  the  eldest,  married  Ilel)ecca,  the  daughter  of  Judge 
Ephraim  Carll.  The  children  of  William  and  his  M'ife,  Beljccca 
Flunnner,  have  been  mentioned  previously.  Elizabeth  Fhnnmer, 
the  daughter  of  William  Plummer,  Sr.,  and  his  Mofe  Elizabeth, 
married  Isaac,  the  son  of  David  Allen,  of  Upper  Alloways 
Creek,  now  Quinton  township.  Isaac  and  his  wife  Elizabeth 
liave  issue — David,  Sarah,  Thompson,  and  Charles  Anna  Allen. 
Charles,  the  youngest  son  of  Elizaljeth  and  William  Plummer, 
Sr.,  married  Ann  Eliza,  the  daughter  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth 
Miller,  of  Elsinborough.  Charles  has  been  deceased  several 
years,  leaving  a  widow  and  three  children — Elizabeth,  Henry, 
and  Anna. 

Rebecca,  the  eldest  dauo-liter  of  Jesse  and  Marv  Carll,  mar- 
ried  Richard,  the  son  of  Robert  Moore,  Jr. ;  she  lived  but  a 
few  years  after  her  marriage,  leaving  issue.  Elizabeth,  the 
second  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Mary  Carll,  born  in  1799,  mar- 
ried Jonathan,  the  eldest  son  of  David  and  Mary  S.  Stretch  ;  she 
also  died  in  early  life,  leaving  no  issue.  William,  the  son  of 
Jesse  and  Mary  Carll,  born  in  1801,  married  Ann,  the  daughter 
of  Larry  Dowlin;  they  had  seven  children — Rebecca,  Mary,  Ann 
Elizabeth,  Arthalinda,  Jesse,  Marietta  and  Janetta.  Rebecca 
Carll  married  William  Allen ;  she  died  young,  leaving  no  issne. 
Ann  Elizabeth  Carll  married  Thomas,  the  son  of  Ephraim 
Seeley,  a  native  of  Bridgeton ;  they  have  issue — Kate  and 
Belford  Seeley. 

Jesse  Carll,  the  son  of  William  and  Ann,  married  Elizabctli 
Craig,  of  Cumberland  county ;  he  is  deceased,  lea\'ing  a  widow 
and  three  cliildren — Lydia  Ann,  William  and  Catharine. 
Marietta  Carll  married  Amos,  the  son  of  Aaron  and  Susan 
Padgett;  they  luive  two  children — Arthalinda  and  Anna. 
Arthalinda  married  Daniel  Hogate;  they  reside  in  Salem. 
Anna  is  still  unmarried.  Tlie  Padgetts  are  one  of  the  oldest 
families  in  Salem  and  Cumberland  counties.  Arthalinda, 
Mary  and  Janetta  Carll  died  minors.  Sarah,  the  daughter  of 
Jesse  and  Mary  Carll,  married  Joseph,  tlie  son  of  Isaac  Mills  ; 
she  has  been  dead  many  years,  leavim;;  issue.  Lvdia,  the 
youngest  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Mary  Carll,  married  Joseph 
Bowcn;  they   have  no  issue.     Jesse,  the  father  of  the  above 


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mentioned  cliikli-en,  died  in    IS  1-1  of  tJic   typns  fever.     Sarah, 
tlie   daughter  of    Jesse   Carll,  Sr.  and  his  wife   Grace,  married 
Jol)  Sheppard,  and  had  t^'o  sous — John  and   William.     John's 
wife  was  Sarah,  the  danghterof  Samuel  Ward,  of  Elsinborough; 
they    have   five    children — Sanniel,  Job,    Sarah,    Rebecca  and 
Mary  Jane.     Samuel  She23pard  married  Haunah,  the   daughter 
of   James   Baker ;    they   have   issue — Hannah,    Alabedia   and 
Isabella.     Job  Sheppard's  wife   was    Jane   Fryant ;  they  had 
four  children — John,  Roger,  Job  and  Jenita.     John,  the  eldest, 
married  Rachel,  daughter  of    James   and  Rachel  Baker;  they 
have    issue.     William,    the    youngest    son  of    Job    and    Sarah 
Sheppard,  married    Sarah    Boyd ;  there    were    two    children — 
David  and  Sarah  Ann.     David's    wife    was    Rachel    Piphran ; 
they    removed    to    Indiana.      Sarah    Ann    Sheppard    married 
William,  the   son  of  Mark   Stretch;  they  also  went   to   one  of 
the  Western  States;  she  is  deceased  now,  leaving  issue.    William 
Sheppard's    second    wife    was    Mary    Ferrell,  a  widow,    whose 
maiden  name  was  Smith,  a  native  of  Delaware.     William  Shep- 
pard,  when    about   ten    years   of  age,  lost   his   speech  by  that 
scourge,  scarlet  fever,  and  he  has  been  a  mute,  in  a  great  meas- 
ure, ever  since ;  he  and  his  wife  reside  at  Hancock's  Bridge, 
and  ])oth  of  them  are  past  three  score  years  and  ten. 

Anna,  the  eldest  daughter  of  William  and  Martha  Wadding- 
ton,  married  Jonathan,  the  son  of  Jonatlian  and  Joanna 
Ilildreth.  They  had  one  daughter — Joanna  Hildreth,  who 
married  Dr.  Thomas  P.  Dickinson,  a  native  of  Pilesgrove. 
Their  children  are  A.  M.  P.  V.  H.  Dickinson,  who  married 
Mary  Springer  ;  Thomas  and  Hildreth,  the  latter  is  deceased. 
Sarah,  the  daughter  of  AVilliam  and  Martha  Waddington, 
married  Daniel,  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Sarali  Tracy ;  they  had 
no  issue.  William,  the  son  of  William  and  Martha  Wadding- 
ton, married  Eliza,  the  daughter  of  Davis  and  Fanny  Nelson, 
of  Elsinborough.  There  were  two  children — Fanny  and 
W^illiam.  Fanny's  husband  is  William  Jones.  She  is  deceased, 
leaving  one  daughter — Eliza.  William  married  the  daughter 
of  William  Simms ;  thev  have  issue.  Elizabeth  Waddinnton, 
the  daughter  of  William  and  Martha  Waddington,  died  a 
young  woman  of  pulmonary  consumption.  Martha,  the  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Martha  Waddington,  married  Joseph,  tlie 
son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Hancock.  Joseph  is  deceased, 
leaving  no  issue.  Jesse  C,  the  youngest  son  of  William  and 
Martha  Waddington,  married  Rachel  Scudders.  They  are  both 
deceased,  leaving  one  daughter,  Sarah  Waddington,  who  subse- 
(piently  married  Henry  Elwell ;  they  have  issue. 


LIPPINCOTT    FAMILY. 

The  family  of  Lippincott,  it  is  said,  took  its  name  from 
Luffeucott,  a  manor  and  parish  at  the  western  extremity  of 
the  county  of  Devonshire,  on  the  borders  of  Cornwall,  England; 
which  remained  their  property  and  the  place  of  their  residence 
from  the  time  of  King  Henry  III  until  the  second  year  of 
King  Henry  V,  A.  D.,  1414,  or  from  1213,  or  earlier  to  1414. 
One  of  the  family,  John  Lippincott,  between  1430  and  1450, 
married  Jane,  dauo;hter  and  co-heir  of  John  Wyberry,  which 
brought  the  estate  of  Wyberrys  into  the  family,  and  continued 
their  property  until  about  1775,  when  Henry  Lippincott,  the 
last  of  the  branch,  sold  it  to  Charles  Cartcliff.  There  is  a  strong 
reason  to  believe  that  the  first  ancestor  of  tlie  numerors  family 
of  Lippincotts  in  America  was  Richard  Lippincott,  born  in 
Plymouth,  Devonshire,  England.  He  emigrated  to  Dorchester, 
New  England,  between  1636  and  1640.  In  1644  he  returned 
to  Plymouth,  England,  his  native  land,  and  about  the  year  1650 
he  joined  the  new  religious  sect,  the  Society  of  Friends,  and 
suffered  much  therefor.  On  the  20th  of  January,  1660,  at 
Plymouth,  he  was  committed  to  prison  by  Oliver  Creely,  mayor, 
and  with  others  was  taken  from  a  meeting  house.  How  long- 
he  remained  in  prison  we  have  no  account.  In  1663  he  and  his 
family  left  England  and  located  themselves  in  Rliode  Island. 
In  1669  he  removed  from  Rhode  Island  ,and  settled  in  ]*^ew 
Jersey,  at  Shrewsbury,  in  which  place  he  bec-ame  a  large  landed 
proprietor.  He  died  at  Shrewsbury  25th  of  9th  montli,  1683, 
and  his  widow,  Abigail  Lippincott,  died  2d  of  6th  month,  1697. 
Richard,  a  short  time  previous  to  his  death,  purchased  1,000 
acres  of  land  of  John  Fenwick,  in  Cohansey  precinct,  being  on 
the  south  side  of  Cohansey  river,  in  Shrewsbury  Neck.  Pre- 
vious to  the  death  of  Abigail  Lippincott,  the  widow  of  Richard, 
she  liberated  all  her  slaves,  which  act  is  sufficient  to  perpetuate 
her  name  to  the  latest  posterity. 

In  the  record  of  the  town  of  Freehold,  N.  J.,  mention  is  made 
of  Richard  Lippincott  as  one  of  the  overseers  of  the  town  of 
Shrewsbury,  in  1670.     This  book  of  records  is  said  to  be  the 


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oldest  deed  book  in  New  Jersey,  it  having  been  commenced  the 
14th  of  12th  month,  1667.  Hichard  and  Abigail  Lippincott 
had  six  sons  and  two  daughters.  Remembrance,  their  eldest 
son,  was  born  at  Dorchester,  New  England,  in  1611.  He  was 
baptized  on  the  19th  of  7th  month,  1611,  and  died  11th  of  2d 
month,  1723.  He  marrietl  Margaret  Barber,  of  Boston;  they 
had  issue,  four  sons  and  eight  daughters.  He  resided  in  Mon- 
mouth county,  N.  J.  John,  their  second  son,  was  born  at 
Boston,  New  England,  6th  of  9th  month,  1614,  and  died  16th 
of  2d  month,  1720.  He  married  Janetta  Austin ;  they  had  issue, 
four  sons  and  four  daughters.  They  resided  in  New  Jersey. 
Abigail,  their  eldest  daughter,  was  born  in  Plymouth,  17th  of 
11th  month,  1646,  died  an  infant.  Restore  Lippincott  was  born 
at  Plymouth,  England,  3d  of  5th  month,  1648,  and  died  at 
Mount  Holly,  in  the  5tli  month,  1741.  He  represented  Bur- 
lington county  in  the  State  Legislature,  in  1703,  the  year  that 
East  and  West  Jersey  were  united  under  one  government,  and 
continued  a  member  of  that  hodj  for  several  years.  At  his 
death,  Thomas  Chalkly  mentions  in  his  journal,  that  he  was 
present  at  tlie  funeral.  He  further  stated  that  he  was  informed 
that  Restore  left  beliind  him  nearly  two  hundred  children,  grand- 
cliildren,  and  great-grand-children.  Freedom,  their  fourth  son, 
was  born  1st  montli,  1650,  at  Stone  House,  England,  and  died 
in  1697;  he  was  married  14th  of  8th  month,  1680,  to  Mary 
Custin,  of  Burlington,  and  had  three  sons  and  two  daughters. 
Increase,  their  second  daughter,  was  born  at  Stone  House, 
England,  5tli  of  10th  montli'^  1657,  and  died  29th  of  9th  month, 
1695.  She  married  Samuel  Dennis,  who  came  from  Eno-land 
and  settled  at  Shrewsbury,  in  1675;  he  died  7th  of  6tli  month, 
1723,  aged  seventy-two  years.  He  and  his  wife  liad  two  sons 
and  three  daughters.  Jacob,  their  fifth  son,  w^as  born  in  England, 
in  the  3d  month,  1660,  and  died  6t]i  of  12fh  month,  1686.  He 
married,  and  had  one  son  and  one  daughter,  both  of  wliom  died 
in  infancy.  Preserved,  their  sixth  son,  was  born  in  Rhode 
Island,  25th  of  12tli  montli,  1663,  and  died  in  1666.  Restore, 
tlieir  third  son,  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  William  Shattock, 
of  Boston;  they  had  three  sons  and  six  daughters.  Samuel  was 
born  at  Shrewsbury,  N.  J .,  and  married  Ann  Hulet,  of  Shrews- 
bury, on  the  3d  of  5th  month,  1700.  Abigail,  the  eldest 
daughter,  was  born  at  Shrewsbury  about  1678.  There  is  no 
account  of  her  marriage.  Haunah,  tlie  daugliter  of  Restore 
Lippincott,  was  born  at  Shrewsbury,  in  the  9th  month,  1676. 
Hope,  their  second  daughter,  was  born  at  Shrewsbuiy,  in  the 
8th   month,    1681.     She   married    William  Glading   in    1701. 


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Rol)ecca,  daughter  of  the  same  parents,  was  born  24t]i  of  9th 
month,  1084.  James,  their  son,  was  horn  at  Shrewsbury,  11th 
of  4th  month,  1087.  James  married  Anna  Eves,  hi  1707. 
Eli;^abeth,  daughter  of  Restore,  was  born  at  Shrewsbury,  15th 
(^f  11th  month.  1090.  About  that  time  Restore  removed  from 
Shre\ysbury  to  Burhngton  county,  and  located  hiuiself  with  his 
family  near  the  to's\ni  of  Mount  Holly,  at  which  place  his  son 
Jacob  was  born,  in  the  0th  month,  1092.  Jacob  subsequently 
married  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Henry  Burr,  whose  \yife  was 
Elizabeth  Hudson,  a  native  of  England.  Jacob  and  his  wife 
had  six  sons  and  two  daughters.  Rachel,  the  youngest  daughter 
of  Restore  and  Hannah  Lippincott,  was  born  near  Mount  Holly, 
8th  of  11th  month,  1095;  she  married  Zachariah  Jess.  Jacob, 
son  of  Restore  and  Hannah  Lippincott,  married  Hannah  Burr; 
they  located  in  the  lower  part  of  Gloucester  county,  or  Piles- 
grove,  Salem  county,  where  most  of  their  descendants  are 
residing  at  the  present  time,  together  with  the  descendants  of 
Samuel  Lippincott,  who  was  a  public  Friend ;  he  was  the  son  of 
Freedom  Lippincott,  who  was  the  son  of  Richard  Lippincott,  the 
emigrant.  Sanmel  was  born  12tli  of  12th  month,  1728,  and 
married  Abigail,  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Bates  ; 
they  had  six  children — Joseph,  Samuel,  Joshua,  Mercy,  Abigail, 
and  Elizabeth.  Those  two  branches  of  Ricliard  Lippincott's 
descendants  are  inliabitants  of  Burlington,  Camden,  Gloucester, 
and  Salem  counties,  JST.  J.,  and  Philadelpliia. 

Jacob  Lippincott  and  liis  wife,  Hannah  Burr,  liad  eight  cliil- 
dren — Caleb,  Benjamin,  Samuel,  Joshua,  Jacol),  AVilliau), 
Mary  and  Hannah  Lippincott.  Caleb,  the  eldest  son,  married 
Hannah,  the  daughter  of  Daniel  Wills,  a  resident  of  Rancocas, 
in  1785.  Benjamin,  second  son  of  Jacob  and  Mary  I].  Lippin- 
cott married  Hope  Wills,  tlie  sister  of  his  brother  Caleb's  wife; 
they  had  three  children — Elizabeth,  Aaron  and  Benjamin 
Lijjpincott.  Caleb  and  his  ])rotiier  Benjamin  owned  property 
oil  tlie  east  side  of  Oldman's  creek,  in  Gloucester  county,  where 
they  and  most  of  their  children  after  them  resided.  Samuel, 
the  third  son  of  Jacob,  married  and  left  one  daughter,  who 
married  Isaac  Barber;  they  emigrated  to  Clark  county,  Oliio, 
and  were  botli  living  in  18-48  at  a  great  age.  Joshua,  the 
fourth  son  of  Jacob  and  Mary  Lippincott,  married  Rebecca 
Wood,  and  they  had  two  sons  and  one  daughter.  Jacob,  the 
fifth  son  of  Jacol)  an<l  Mary  Lippincott,  married  a  young 
M'oman  of  Abington,  Fa.  AVilliam,  the  sixth  son,  married 
Sarah  Bispham,  whose  father  ^vas  a  merchant  of  Fhiladelphia  ; 
they  had  two  children — Joshua  and  Mary  Lippim^ott.     Joshua 


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married  Sarali  Wetherill,  of  Pliiladelpliia ;  there  were  three 
children — Sarah  Ann,  Mary,  and  Joshua,  who  married  a  niece 
of  James  Diindan.  Mary,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Sarah 
Lippincott,  married  Samuel  Yorke,  of  Pliiladelphia,  and  they 
had  seven  children — Edward,  William,  Peter,  Sarah,  Mary, 
Joshua  and  Samuel  Yorke.  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Jacob  and 
Mary  Lippincott,  married  Jacob  Spicer,  Jr.  Hannah,  the 
youngest  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Mary  Lippincott,  married  a 
man  by  the  name  of  Lord.  Caleb,  tlie  eldest  son  of  Jacob  and 
Mary  Lippincott,  married  Hannah  Wills  about  1755,  and  had 
six  children — Letitia,  who  married  Aaron  Elkinton,  Rebecca, 
Elizabeth,  Hannah,  who  married  John  Ivnight,  William  and 
Samuel  Lippincott.  The  latter  married  Mary,  the  daughter  of 
Samuel  Ogden,  of  Pilesgrove,  and  had  one  son — Calel>  Lippin- 
cott, who  married  Ann,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Rebecca 
Thompson,  of  Elsinborough ;  they  had  issue,  three  sons — 
Samuel,  Clark  and  David  Lippincott;  the  latter  is  deceased. 
Samuel  Lippincott's  second  wife  was  a  Webster,  and  they  had 
three  sons  and  one  daughter — Samuel,  Hannah,  Josiah  and 
Charles  Lippincott.  His  third  wife  was  Christiana,  daughter 
of  John  and  Mary  Black,  native  of  Burlington  county,  but  at 
the  time  of  their  daughter's  marriage  they  resided  in  Salem 
county.  Samuel  and  Christiana  had  no  issue.  Samuel,  the 
eldest  son  of  Samuel  Lippincott  by  his  second  wife,  Webster, 
has  had  four  wives ;  his  first  was  a  Zanes,  her  parents  residing 
near  MuUica  Hill,  and  one  son,  Joseph  Lippincott,  was  born 
to  them.  Samuel's  second  wife,  Lydia  L-edell,  had  two  daugh 
ters — Sarah  Ann  and  Hannah  Lippincott ;  his  third  Avife  was 
Mary  Haines,  of  Burlington  county ;  they  had  no  issue ;  his 
fourth  wife  was  Hannah  Brown,  of  Chester  county,  Pa.,  and 
both  are  living  and  reside  at  Woodbury,  Gloucester  couitty. 
Hannah,  the  daughter  of  Samuel  Lippincott,  Sr.,  has  been 
twice  married ;  her  first  husband  was  Asa  Moore,  and  her 
second  Samuel  Duell,  of  Pilesgrove;  she  had  no  issue.  Josiah, 
the  second  son  of  Samuel  Lippincott,  married  the  daughter  of 
David  and  Hannah  Clark  Cooper,  of  AYoodbury;  they  have 
issue.  Josiah  and  his  wife  are  residents  of  Philadelphia  at  this 
time.  Charles,  the  youngest  son  of  Samuel  Lippincott,  married 
Amy,  the  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Hannah  Bassett  Cawley. 
William  Lippincott,  the  son  of  Caleb  and  Ilannali  Will 
Lippincott,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Eolwell ; 
they  had  eight  children — Thomas,  Samuel,  Anna,  Elizal)eth, 
Mary,  Deborah,  Hannah  and  William.  Thomas  married  Anna 
Stanger;  their    children   were    Joseph,    Isaac,    Anne,    Daniel, 


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136  LIPPINCOTT    FAMILY. 


Abigail  Scull,  Rebecca  and  Elizabetli.  Samuel,  the  son  of 
William,  was  twice  married ;  by  his  iirst  wife  he  had  four  chil- 
dren— Ann  F.,  Nathan  T.,  Samuel  M.,  and  George  Lippincott ; 
the  latter  is  deceased.  Nathan  T.  Lippincott  was  twice  married; 
his  iirst  wife  M'as  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Caleb.  Borton;  she 
died,  leaving  five  cliildren  ;  his  second  wife  was  Priscilla,  tlie 
daughter  of  Ebenezer  Wright.  Sanuiel  married  the  daughter 
of  Jonatlian  Cawley  Ijy  liis  second  wife.  Nathan  married 
Priscilla,  daughter  of  the  late  Ebenezer  Wright,  of  Manning- 
ton.  SamueFs  second  wife  was  Abbie,  the  daughter  of  Thomas 
Xiaurie,  of  Woodstown  ;  they  liad  issue.  Anne,  daughter  of 
William  and  Elizabeth  Lippincott,  married  a  Buzby;  she  joined 
the  Shakers.  Elizabeth,  the  second  daughter  of  William  Lip- 
j)incott,  married  Thomas  Eorton,  of  Woodstown ;  they  removed 
many  years  ago  to  Springtield,  Ohio.  Mary,  the  third  daughter, 
died  single.  Deborah,  the  fourth  daughter,  is  deceased.  Han- 
nah Lippincott  resided  in  1848  with  Thomas  Borton,  in  Ohio. 
William,  the  youngest  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Lippincott, 
followed  the  butcliering  business  in  Salem  for  many  years  ;  he 
married  Hannah  Wright,  of  Quaker  Neck,  the  grand-daughter 
of  Ebenezer  Miller,  Jr.  William  and  his  wife  Hannali  had 
two  cliildren — William  and  Priscilla  Li]>pincott.  William 
married  Elizal)eth,  dau<z:hter  of  David  and  JMarv  Eno-le  Davis : 
they  had  issue;  their  daughter,  Letitia,  married  Robert,  the  son 
of  Aaron  and  Mary  Fogg,  of  Salem. 

Benjamin,  son  of  Jacob  and  Mary  B.  Lippincott,  mai-ried 
Hope  Willis,  a  sister  of  his  brother  Calei)'s  wife,  in  171:1.  He 
resided  on  and  owned  a  large  tract  of  land  adjoining  Caleb 
Lippincott,  in  the  lower  part  of  Gloucester,  near  the  Salem 
county  line.  Benjamin  and  his  wife  Hope  Lippincott  had  three 
sons — Aaron,  Benjamin,  and  Jethro.  Aaron,  the  eldest  son, 
married,  and  had  two  sons — John  and  Benjamin,  both  of  wliom 
married,  and  owned  and  resided  on  *lie  property  that  their 
grandfather  purchased.  Benjamin  H.,  the  second  son  of  Aaron 
Lippincott,  married  and  had  one  son — Benjamin  P.,  who  subse- 
quently married  Ann  Dewell,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Samuel 
Lippincott,  an  eminent  minister,  and  a  member  of  the  Salem 
Monthly  Meeting  of  Friends.  Samuel  was  the  son  of  Freedom 
Lippincott,  who  was  the  son  of  Richard  Lippincott,  the  emigrant. 
Ann  Dewell's  mother  by  her  Urst  husband  had  two  sons,  Samuel 
P.  and  James  Lippincott.  The  latter  lived  most  of  liis  time  at 
Mullica  Hill,  Gloucester  county.  Benjamin  P.  Lippincott's 
second  wife  was  Rebecca  Howe ;  they  had  issue — Isaac,  Barclay, 
and  Lydia.     Barclay  was  a  tailor,  and  carried  on  his  business  on 


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Market  street,  Pliilaclelj^hia.  Joshua,  tlie  son.  of  Jacob  aud  Mary 
Burr,  married  Rebecca  Wood,  and  had  three  children.  James, 
the  ekiest,  was  born  20th  of  3d  month,  1768 ;  died  17th  of  8th 
month,  1822.  Jane,  their  daughter,  born  28th  of  3d  month, 
1770,  married  Morgan  Hollingshead,  of  Moorestown,  N.  J. 
Joshua,  the  youngest  son  of  Joshua  and  Rebecca  Lippincott,was 
born  23d  of  10th  month,  1774,  and  died  16th  of  12th  month, 
1805.  He  married  Esther,  the  daughter  of  Jacob  Davis,  of 
'Woodstown,  the  27th  of  11th  month,  1800.  They  liad  one 
daughter,  Lydia  Lippincott,  who  was  born  16th  of  9th  month, 
1801,  and  married  I)a\ad,  the  youngest  son  of  Gideon  and  Sarah 
Scull,  in  1823.  The  Lippincott  family  is  one  of  the  most 
numerous  in  the  State  of  New  Jersey.  I  will  not  attempt  to 
follow  the  different  branches  further.  James  S.  Lippincott,  of 
Haddonfield,  I  have  been  informed,  intends  writing  a  full 
history  of  the  large  and  interesting  Lippincott  family. 

I  have  recently'  received  information  from  Gideon  Delaphine 
Scull,  now  a  resident  of  England,  in  regard  to  the  ancestors  of 
his  familv  in  England.  After  much  investio-ation  he  has  ascer- 
tained  that  there  was  a  clergyman  in  London  by  the  name  of 
JolmScnill  in  the  reign  of  Charles  I,  and  in  the  year  1630  was 
repelled  from  his  living  by  Archl^ishop  Laud,  because  he  would 
not  conform  to  the  new  church  rituals.  Soon  after  that  event 
ho  left  England  and  went  to  Holland  ;  he  likewise  writes  that 
he  recently  found  a  will  of  Alice  Skull,  a  widow,  of  Brink- 
worth,  county  of  Wiltshire,  written  in  1619,  in  wliich  she  says 
that  it  is  reported  to  her  that  her  son,  John  Scull,  has  gone 
into  another  country,  and  she  does  not  know  if  he  will  ever 
return  to  claim  what  she  leaves  him.  According  to  that  infor- 
mation, John  Scull  must  have  emigrated  from  Holland  about 
1660,  and  located  himself  on  Long  Island,  in  America.  By 
the  records,  his  son  John  Scidl  located  on  a  large  tract  of  land 
at  Great  Egg  LCarbor  as  early  as  1690;  the  said  lands  lay 
adjoining  John  Somers',  John  Scull's  wife  was  Sarah  Somers, 
and  it  is  probable  she  was  the  sister  of  John  Somers.  John 
and  Sarah  Scull  had  several  children.  Their  son,  Gideon,  mar- 
ried Judith,  the  daughter  of  James  and  Margery  Belange ; 
they  had  several  children.  At  the  first  settlement  of  the  prov- 
ince of  Pennsylvania  there  was  one  Nicholas  Scull,  an  eminent 
surveyor,  who  resided  in  Philadelphia,  and  who  left  a  family  of 
children;  it  does  not  appear  that  they  are  near  connections  of  the 
family  that  lived  at  Long  Island,  and  afterwards  at  Egg  Har- 
bor ;  although  they  might  have  originated  from  the  same 
parents  in  England.     Respectmg  the  descendants  of   Nicholas 

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138  LIPPINCOTT   FAMILY. 


Scull  mj  knowledge  is  limited.  There  is  a  record  of  a  family 
that  was  buried  in  Friends'  graveyard  in  Philadelphia,  wliicii 
says  that  James  Scull,  son  of  Edward  and  Sarah,  was  buried 
29th  of  4th  month,  1717.  Sarah,  the  wife  of  Nicholas  Scull; 
was  buried  8th  month,  1717.  Elizabeth  Scull,  daughter  of 
James,  was  buried  29tli  of  6th  month,  1710.  Sarah,  the 
daughter  of  Joseph  Scull,  buried  5th  montli,  1748.  Al)igail 
Scull,  daughter  of  the  same  parents,  buried  9th  month,  1749. 
William  Scull,  son  of  William,  ])uried  3d  of  lOtli  month,  1768. 
Comfort  Scull,  wife  of  William,  buried  14tli  of  9th  month, 
1775.  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Benjamin  Scull,  was  buried  17th  of 
4th  month,  1792. 


LAWSON    FAMILY. 

Jolm  Lawson,  from  whom  the  family  of  tliat  name  in  Salem 
descended,  was  born  in  Liverpool,  England,  of  Quaker  parent- 
age, in  the  year  1756.  Li  early  life  lie  learned  the  coopering 
business  ;  it  appears  soon  after  he  learned  his  trade,  he  emigrated 
to  America,  and  located  himself  at  Salem,  and  followed  his 
trade  together  with  William  Perry  as  a  partner.  He  also  was 
a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  They  both  continued  at 
that  business  until  the  Ilevolutionary  war  broke  out.  John  left 
the  religious  society,  of  which  he  was  born  a  member,  and 
joined  the  iirst  Battalion  of  Kew  Jersey,  of  Captain  William 
Helm's  company.  Soon  after  peace  was  declared,  he  married 
Jane  White,  of  Salem,  in  1788 ;  they  had  three  sons  and  one 
daughter.  Edward,  their  son,  born  in  1790;  was  a  seaman,  and 
was  one  of  the  six  Jerseymen  that  was  lost  during  a  heavy 
gale,  on  the  night  of  20th  of  12th  month,  1819,  on  the  shoals  6f(: 
Barnegat,  while  taking  the  Spanish  brig,  Le  Tigre,  which  had 
been  taken  on  a  voyage  from  Lagnira  to  Cadiz,  by  the  South 
American  Privateer,  Constitution,  Captain  Brown,  who  put  a 
prize  crew  on  board,  who  mutinied  and  brought  her  into  the 
Delaware  bay  and  np  the  Coliansey  creek,  where  she  was  seized 
by  James  I).  Westcott,  Collector  of  the  Port.  The  Spanish 
Consul  at  Kew  York  put  in  a  claim  in  the  United  States  Court, 
in  l)ehalf  of  the  Spanish  Government,  for  the  vessel  and  cargo, 
which  was  decided  in  their  favor.  A  new  crew  was  put  on 
board  to  take  her  from  Bridge  ton  to  Xew  York ;  the  company 
was  composed  of  the  following  persons  :  Edward  Lawson,  from 
Salem;  Llowell  Mulford,  Charles  Dare,  Thomas  W]ntney,Talman 
Mulford  and  Oliver  Russell,  from  Bridgeton ;  and  two  Span- 
iards, Nicholas  Carrega  and  Gregario  Montot.  During  the. 
storm  the  vessel  went  on  the  shoals  and  all  on  board  perished. 
Samuel  Lawson,  the  second  son  of  John  and  Jane  Lawson, 
born  in  1791,  was  a  hatter  by  trade,  and  died  in  1836  ;  he 
worked  for  many  years  as  journeyman  hatter  for  the  late  Delzin 
Keasbey.  John  Lawson,  the  third  son  of  John  and  Jane 
Lawson,  was  born  in  1793;  he  learned  the  trade  of  a  blacksmith 


IJrO  LAWSON   FAMILY. 


with  James  Dennis,  of  Salem.  lie  showed  in  early  life  that 
uncommon  industry  wliich  was  characteristic  of  him  during  his 
long  pilgrimage  in  this  world  of  care.  A¥hen  he  was  an 
apprentice,  instead  of  going  about  the  streets  in  the  evenings  as 
most  other  apprentice  boys  did,  he  sawed  wood  whenever  he 
(iould  get  an  opportunity  so  to  do  ;  he  husbanded  his  earnings 
so  much  so,  when  he  became  of  age  he  had  nearly  enough 
means  within  himself  to  start  the  business  of  blacksmithing  ; 
and  by  close  application  to  his  trade  he  acquired  a  competency 
for  himself  and  family,  also  to  educate  his  chihlren  to  tit  them 
for  business.  Marv  Lawson,  dauo;hter  of  John  and  Jane 
Lawson,  was  born  in  1795,  married  Thomas  James;  they  had 
three  sons — Edward,  James  and  Samuel  James. 

To  digress,  somewhat,  there  was  a  young  man  by  the  name 
of  William  Perry,  who  learned  the  trade  of  a  blacksmith  about 
the  same  time  that  John  Lawson  did,  and  I  think  A\dth  the  same 
man.  Perry's  father  was  a  partner  of  John  Lawson,  Sr.,  in 
the  coopering  business  ;  tlie  two  young  men  were  quite  intimate. 
William  Perry,  sixty  years  ago  or  more,  went  to  Cincinnati  and 
followed  his  trade  at  that  place,  and  was  very  successful,  and 
accumulated  a  large  fortune.  It  appears  by  the  account  I  have 
of  him  that  he  was  greatly  respected  in  his  adopted  city,  so 
much  so  that  one  of  the  principal  streets  in  Cincinnati  was 
named  Perry  street  to  perpetuate  his  name.  He  was  many 
years  one  of  the  most  prominent  members  of  Friends'  Meeting 
in  that  city.  A  few  years  before  the  death  of  John  Lawson, 
William  Perry  and  his  wife  came  East,  and  spent  several  days 
at  Cape  Island ;  before  they  returned  home  lie  was  desirous  of 
visiting  his  native  town,  and  also  to  see  the  friend  of  his  youth, 
John  Lawson,  which  he  and  his  wife  did.  He  soon  found  his 
friend,  but  they  did  not  know  eacli  other  at  first ;  l)ut  when 
they  did  recognize  eacli  other,  after  an  absence  of  more  than 
forty  years,  their  feelings  can  better  be  imagined  than  descril)cd. 
John  Lawson  served  in  the  war  of  1812,  for  M'Jiicli  he  received 
a  pension ;  he  married  Elizabeth  Lummis,  of  Salem,  in  1819, 
and  died  21th  of  3d  month,  18G6,  aged  about  seventy-three 
years.  His  father,  John  Lawson,  lu'ought  over  with  liim  from 
England  one  of  the  first  editions  of  Thomas  Chalklv's  journal, 
published  in  that  Kingdom — a  work  which  lie  much  admired 
and  read,  and  had  his  children's  ages  recorded  in  it.  The  book 
is  still  in  possession  of  the  family,  which  is  highly  prized  as  a 
family  relic.  John  and  Elizal)et]i  Lawson  had  five  children — 
Jane  E.,  Mary,  James  D.,  John  and  Charles  S.  Lawson.  Mary 
the  second  daughter,  married  Powell,  the  eldest  son  of  William 


LAWSON    FAMILY.  141 


and  Mary  Carpenter,  of  Elsinl^oro.  Powell  and  his  wife,  Mary 
,  Carpenter,  had  issne,  one  child,  who  died  yonng  before  its 
father,  which  event  took  place  in  1850.  Mary's  second  husband 
is  Evan  C.  Stotsenberg  ;  they  were  married  in  1872  ;  he  is  a 
resident  of  Wilmington,  Delawai'e,  and  a  manufacturer  in  that 
city,  James  D.  Lawson  is  a  merchant  in  Woodstown ;  his  wife 
is  Mary  D.,  tlie  eldest  daughter  of  David  and  Annie  Pancoast, 
of  that  town.  James  and  his  w^ife,  Mary  D.  Lawson,  have 
issue,  two  daughters — Annie  P.  and  Emma  S.  Lawson.  Charles 
S.  Lawson,  the  youngest  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Lawson, 
married  Ann  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Eli  S.  Mulford  ;  they  have 
four  children — Elizabeth,  John,  Graham  C.  and  Gertrude 
Lawson.  Cliarles  has  been  Mayor  of  the  city  of  Salem  several 
years,  and  makes  an  energetic  and  efticient  officer.  Jane  E. 
and  her  brother,  John  Lawson,  are  single,  and  occupy  the  house 
in  Salem  where  their  parents  lived. 


GRISCOM,  MADDOX  AND  DENN  FAMILIES. 


Andrew  Griscom  was  a  native  of  England,  and  emiijrated  to 
America  in  1680.  He  pnrcliased  a  large  tract  of  land  where 
kSoutli  Camden  is  at  tiie  present  day,  and  married  Sarah  Dole ; 
tliey  settled  npon  it  and  had  two  children — Tobias  and  Sarali 
Griscom.  Tobias,  his  son,  married  Deborah  Gabitas,  and  they 
settled  on  the  lands  he  inherited  from  his  father  in  Gloucester, 
now  Camden ;  they  liad  the  following  children — Andrew, 
Samuel,  William,  Tobias  and  Mary  Griscom.  Andrew,  the 
eldest,  was  a  blacksmith  hj  trade,  and  settled  near  Tuckahoe  on 
lands  that  his  grand-father  had  purchased  several  years  previous; 
he  married  Susanna  Hancock,  daughter  of  John  and  Marv 
Chambless  Hancock,  of  Alloways  Creek,  and  had  three  chil- 
dren— Sarali,  Everett  and  AVilliam  Griscom.  Sarah,  the  eldest, 
died  in  1762,  aged  twenty  years.  Andrew,  b}"  his  second  wife, 
Mary,  had  three  children — Mary,  Andrew,  born  1755,  and 
Deborah  Griscom,  Andrew  married  Letitia  Tyler,  of  Green- 
wich, and  had  two  sons — Benjamin,  who  married  Susan  Adams, 
of  Penn's  Neck ;  his  second  wife  was  Rebecca,  the  widow  of 
Joshua  Thomj)son,  of  Elsinboro  ;  and  Andrew  Griscom,  who 
was  twice  married,  his  first  wife  the  daughter  of  Esther  Baker ; 
l)y  his  last  wife,  Sarali  Griscom,  he  had  four  cliildren — Dorcas, 
Job,  Martha  an«l  Ruth  Ann  Griscom.  Samuel,  the  second  son 
of  Tobias  and  Sarah  Griscom,  was  a  house  carpenter  and  sliip 
builder  ;  he  married,  and  carried  on  las  trade  in  the  city  of 
Bliiladelpliia,  and  resided  for  some  time  on  Arch  street,  between 
Third  and  Fourth  streets.  It  has  been  said  he  became  in  pos- 
session of  a  large  landed  estate  in  the  city  of  Piiiladelpliia.  He 
assisted  in  tlie  erection  of  Independence  Hall.  As  to  Ids  chil- 
dren, and  the  otlier  branches  of  the  Griscom  family  I  have  not 
mucli  knowledge  of,  l)ut  think  his  children  were  daughters. 
William  Donaldson  married  Sarah  Griscom,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Griscom,  about  the  year  1774:  or  '75  ;  tlicir  daughter,  Margaret 
Donaldson,  was  born  in  Philadelphia,  10th  of  1st  month,  1776, 
and  is  still  living.  In  1793  slie  married  Joseph  Boggs ;  in 
1795  licr   husband   died   leaving  one  son,  who  is  now  dead. 


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Maro-aret  Bosa's  resides  with  lier  niece's  liusband,  Dr.  Stephen 
T.  Beale,  at  Germantown.  William  Griscom,  son  of  Tobias, 
married  Sarah  Davis,  of  Pilesgrove ;  they  settled  at  Haddon- 
held,  and  had  tAvo  daughters — Hannah  and  Deljorah  Griscom. 
Mary,  the  daughter  of  Tobias  and  Deborah  Griscom,  married 
Thomas  HoUoway. 

John  Maddox,  the  son  of  Ralph  Maddox,  was  born  in  lG38,and 
in  1668  he  removed  to  London,  and  resided  in  tlie  parisli  of  St. 
Sepulchre,  where  he  followed  the  trade  of  a  chandler.  In  1669 
he  married  Elizabeth  Durham,  the  widow  of  Joseph  Durham. 
They  had  one  daughter  born  in  London  in  1671,  named  Eliza- 
beth. In  1678  he  and  his  wife,  and  their  daughter  and  son-in-law, 
Richard  Durham,  and  his  tb.ree  servants — Thomas  Oder,  Thomas 
Hoatan,  and  Mary  Stafford,  sailed  from  London  in  the  ship 
Surry,  Captain  Steven  Nichols.  They  arrived  at  New  Salem  in 
the  9th  month  following.  In  1682,  James  Maddox  purchased 
one-half  of  William  Hancock's  allotment  of  1,000  acres,  located 
on  the  south  side  of  Alloways  creek,  of  Isabella  Hancock,widow 
of  William  Hancock,  who  died  in  1779.  In  1700,  James 
Maddox  sold  his  property  to  Jeremiah  Powell  and  Edward 
Hancock,  and  in  the  year  1688  Elizabeth  Maddox,  daughter  of 
James  Maddox,  married  James  Denn.  They  had  two  children 
— Margaret  and  John;  Margaret  was  born  29th  of  4tli 
month,"  1689,  and  John  in  11th  of  6th  month,  1693.  John 
married  Elizabeth  Oakford,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Mary 
Oakford,  in  1717.  She  was  born  at  Alloways  Creek,  17t]i  of 
3d  month,  1698.  Their  children  were  Naomi,  born  in  1718, 
and  John  Maddox  Denn,  Jr.,  born  25th  of  7th  month,  1721. 
His  wife  Elizabeth  Denn  died  about  the  year  1721-.  In  1725 
he  built  his  brick  house  which  is  still  standing  within  a  few  rods 
of  Alloways  creek,  now  owned  by  one  of  his  lineal  descendants, 
William  Bradway.  John  married  his  second  wife  in  1728,whose 
name  was  Leah  Paul.  There  were  two  children  by  his  last  wife 
— Paul  Denn,  born  in  1728,  and  their  daughter,  Leah  Denn, 
born  18th  of  8th  month,  1731.  John  Maddox  Denn  departed 
this  life  in  1733.  His  son,  John  Denn,  married  Elizabeth 
Bacon,  of  Cohansey,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Smith 
Bacon,  in  1744.  They  had  live  children — Rachel,  born  30th  of 
2d  month,  1745;  James,  born  19th  of  11th  month,  1746; 
John,  in  1751 ;  Da^dd,  born  in  1756 ;  Martha,  in  1758.  Rachel, 
their  oldest  daughter,  married  William  Griscom,  the  son  of 
Andrew  Griscom,  in  1773.  They  had  six  children — John, 
William,  Everett,  Samuel,  Rachel,  and  David  Griscom.  William 
Griscom,  when  married,  followed  the  saddle  and  harness  making 


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business  in  the  village  of  Hancock's  Bridge,  and  after  a  few 
years  lie  purchased  a  farm  in  the  township  of  Mannington, 
located  near  to  a  place  called  Guineatown,  and  at  that  place  he 
and  his  wife  resided  until  her  death.  Their  oldest  son,  John 
Griscoin,  commenced  teaching  school  in  early  life,  and  subse- 
quently married  a  young  woman  by  the  name  of  Haskins,  and 
had  several  children.  After  her  death,  and  in  his  old  age,  he 
married  Rachel  Denn,  of  Salem,  daughter  of  John  and  Khoda 
Denn.  Manv  vears  of  his  life  he  tau2;ht  school  in  the  city  of 
ISTew  York,  and  was  considered  one  of  the  best  scholars  in  that 
city.  He  was  elected  a  professor  in  chemistry.  When  he  was 
past  middle  age  he  went  to  Europe,  where  his  name  as  a  scholar 
preceded  him.  On  his  arrival  in  England  lie  was  at  once  intro- 
duced among  the  literary  people  of  that  Kingdom;  also  on  the 
Continent — France,  Belgium, Germany,  and  Netherlands.  AVhen 
he  returned  home  he  published  an  account  of  his  tra^'els,  called 
his  "Tour  in  Europe,"  which  was  much  read  at  the  time,  and 
greatly  admired  for  its  easy  and  beautiful  language.  I  think  it 
is  deficient  in  originality  of  thought,  l)ut  upon  the  whole  it  is  a 
credit  to  the  author,  and  will  perpetuate  his  name  to  posterity 
as  one  of  the  best  American  scholars  in  his  time.  Soon  after- 
wards he  traveled  through  most  of  the  cities  and  towns  of  the 
Eastern  and  Middle  states  lecturing  on  Joseph  Lancaster's  system 
of  education  in  common  schools.  The  plan  was  generally 
adopted.  He  might  be  considered  the  father  of  that  system  in 
this  country,  as  Joseph  Lancaster  was  in  England.  His  letters 
addressed  to  his  mother  during  her  last  illness,  whilst  she  was 
suffering  with  that  loathsome  disease,  the  cancer,  will  always 
reflect  great  credit  to  his  memory  for  that  kind  and  sympathetic 
feeling  they  expressed  to  a  kind  and  affectionate  parent  in  her 
great  afHiction. 

"William,  their  second  son,  was  a  blacksmith  by  occupation 
in  his  younger  days  ;  his  wife  was  Ann  Stewart,  the  daughter 
uf  Samuel  and  Sarah  Stewart,  of  Salem;  they  had  six  children. 
Their  names  were  Samuel,  William,  George,  John,  Mary  and 
Charles  Griscom.  Samuel,  their  oldest  son,  when  quite  young 
opened  a  boarding  school  at  Clermont,  near  Frankford,  in 
Philadelphia  county,  at  the  same  place  where  his  uncle,  David 
Griscom,  had  taught  several  years  before.  Greatly  to  his  char- 
acter he  made  a  home  for  his  aged  parents  until  he  married ; 
his  wife  was  Sidney  Gillingham,  the  daughter  of  Yearness  Gil- 
lingham ;  they  had  four  children.  Samuel  now  resides  at 
Galveston,  Texas,  with  two  of  liis  sons.  AYilliam  Griscom,  the 
second  son,  married  Mary  Stewart,  the  daughter  of   James  and 


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Anne  Stewart,  of  Cumberland  connty;  his  wife  died  young 
leaving  three  cliildren — Hannah,  Wade  and  James  Stewart; 
his  second  wife  was  Sarah  Whitelock,  of  Frankford,  the 
daughter  of  Isaac  AYhitelock ;  he  has  three  children  by  his  last 
wife — Isaac,  Anne  and  Sarah.  George  Griscom  is  a  lawyer, 
and  resides  in  Philadelphia;  he  married  Mercy  Brown;  they  have 
two  or  three  children ;  their  names  I  am  not  acquainted  with. 
John  Griscom  is  a  physician,  and  had  a  very  large  practice  in 
the  city  of  Philadelphia  at  one  time,  but  his  health  failing  him, 
of  late  years  he  has  spent  a  considerable  time  in  Europe  for  the 
purpose  of  recuperating  his  failing  constitution;  he  married 
Margaret  Acton,  of  Salem,  the  daughter  of  Clement  Acton, 
Sr.  I  believe  they  have  three  children — Clement,  Hannah,  the 
youngest,  I  believe,  is  a  son,  but  his  name  I  do  not  know. 
Mary  Griscom  married  Samuel  Stewart,  of  Indiana,  who  was  a 
native  of  the  county  of  Salem,  and  son  of  James  Stewart,  of 
AUoways  Creek ;  there  were  no  children  by  tliat  connection ; 
he  died  a  short  time  ago,  and  his  widow  is  now  a  resident  of 
Woodbury.  Charles  Griscom's  wife  Avas  Elizabeth  Powell, 
widow  of  Joseph  Powell,  and  daughter  of  AVilliam  Denn. 
Charles  died  within  two  years  ago  of  the  pulmonary  consump- 
tion, leaving  a  widow  and  six  children  ;  their  names  are  Carrie, 
Lillie,  Chai-les,  Everett,  Mary  and  William  Griscom. 

David  Griscom,  the  fifth  son  of  William  and  Ann  Griscom, 
was  above  ordinary  men  in  mental  abilities,  and  a  teacher  the 
greater  part  of  his  life ;  his  first  wife  was  Anne  Whitelock;  she 
died  young,  leaving  no  children.  After  that  event  he  resided 
in  the  city  of  New  York,  as  a  private  teacher  for  one  Joseph 
Walker,  an  English  friend,  to  educate  his  two  sons.  About 
the  time  they  were  through  with  their  education  Josepli  made 
an  extensive  tour  in  Europe  with  his  two  sons,  and  David 
accompanied  them,  and  after  their  return  to  this  country  David 
married  his  second  wife,  she  being  a  sister  to  the  first  one ;  her 
name  was  Jane  Whitelock.  He  purchased  a  farm  near  Wood- 
bury about  that  time,  and  started  a  nursery  ;  his  pliysical  health 
was  never  very  strong  ;  he  died  a  iew  years  ago  with  that  great 
scourge  of  the  human  family,  pulmonary  consumption,  leaving 
a  widow  and  six  children  to  mourn  their  loss ;  he  was  very  cir- 
cumspect in  his  life  and  conversation,  and  at  his  deatli  there 
was  a  vacuum  in  general  society  in  the  neighbor! lood  in  which 
he  dwelt  that  is  not  easily  filled. 

Everett  Griscom,  the  third  son  of  William  and  Rachel 
Griscom,  was  drowned,  while  bathing,  about  the  sixteenth  year 
of  his  age.     The  whole  of  that  branch  of  the  Griscom  family 

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were  remarkable  for  acquiring  education  above  most  other 
cliildren,  and  be  was  uncommonly  precocious  in  bis  studies. 
Tbe  late  Dalymore  Harris,  Esq.,  told  me  be  went  to  tbe  same 
scliool  for  some  time  witb  Jobn,  Wilbam,  and  Everett  Griseom, 
and  it  was  astonishing  to  him,  and  he  had  often  reflected  upon 
it  during  bis  life,  bow  readily  Everett  Griseom  comprehended 
any  branch  of  learning  he  undertook  to  study.  He  left  all  the 
scholars  behind ;  even  his  brotlier  Jolm,  who  was  considered  an 
adept  in  acquiring  knowledge,  could  not  compete  with  his 
brother  Everett.  Matbamatics  he  comprehended  without  any 
great  effort ;  his  reading  he  never  heard  equalled  during  bis  long 
life.  This  is  tbe  testimony  of  one  respecting  Everett  "Griseom, 
who  was  an  excellent  judge,  and  was  himself  a  good  scliolar, 
and  a  practical  surveyor.  Persons  of  inquiring  minds  would 
inquire  why  a  whole  family  of  children  should  be  so  precocious 
in  acquiring  Imowledge.  I  believe  their  intellect  was  transmitted 
from  their  mother.  Slie  was  the  grand-daughter  of  John  and 
Elizabeth  S.  Bacon,  both  of  whom,  by  all  accoimts,  bad  more 
than  common  intellectual  abilities.  John  was  one  of  the  Judges 
of  Salem  county  for  many  years  before  Cumberland  was  set  off 
from  Salem.  In  those  days  men  were  elected  to  ofiice  according 
to  their  qualifications,  not  by  political  rings,  which  I  fear  is  too 
often  done  at  tbe  present  day  without  regard  to  their  abilities, 
to  fill  such  offices  to  which  they  are  elected,  creditably  to  them- 
selves and  beneficially  to  the  public. 

Samuel  Griseom,  fourth  son,  was  a  bricklayer,  and  followed 
his  trade  for  many  years  in  Philadelpliia.  He  was  subsequently 
chosen  Superintendent  of  tbe  Schuylkill  Canal  and  I^avigation 
Company.  I  l^elieve  he  held  that  situation  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  His  wife  was  Ann  Powell,  the  daughter  of  Jeremiah 
Powell,  of  Alloways  Creek.  They  are  both  deceased  at  tbe 
present  time,  leaving  twelve  children — Rachel,  David,  Sarah, 
Powell,  Elizabeth,  Samuel,  Edwin,  William,  Horace,  Anne, 
Chalkley,  and  Emmeline. 

David  Griseom,  their  fifth  son,  married  Rachel  Stewart, widow 
of  Joseph  Stewart,  of  Salem.  Her  maiden  name  was  Brad  way, 
tbe  daughter  of  AYilliam  Bradway,  David  kept  the  Clermont 
boarding  school,  near  Frankford,  for  several  years.  He  after- 
wards purchased  a  farm  in  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania,  gave 
up  his  school  and  removed  to  it,  and  there  ended  his  days,  leav- 
ing a  widow  and  one  daughter  named  Rachel.  Slie  afterwards 
married  Artheneal  Alsop's  son,  who,  I  believe,  was  a  school 
teacher.  Rachel  Griseom,  William  and  Rachel's  daughter, 
married,  when   she   was  past   middle  age,   John  Bullock,   of 


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Wilmington,  Delaware,  who  kept  a  hoarding  school  in  that  city. 

James  Denn,  the  oldest  son  of  John  and  Elizal)eth  Denn, 
after  the  death  of  his  father,  became  the  owner  of  the  patri- 
monial estate ;  his  wife's  maiden  name,  I  believe,  was  Ivirby, 
native  of  Upper  Fenii's  Neck;  they  had  seven  children — Eliza- 
beth, Mary,  James,  John,  Martha,  Rachel  and  William.  Their 
oldest  danghter  Elizabeth,  married  Mark  Stewart.  Mary  Denn 
married  Ezra  Bradway.  James  Denn,  Jr.'s  wife  was  a  Bacon  ; 
she  left  two  sons,  and  one  dang] iter  who  married  William  Hnnt. 
His  oldest  son,  Theophilns  Denn,  died  when  he  was  abont 
twenty-one  years  of  age.  Job  Denn,  his  other  son  by  his  first 
wife,  is  still  living,  and  resides  in  Salem  at  the  present  time. 
James'  second  wife  was  Mary  Haines ;  there  were  five 
children  l>y  his  last  wife — Franklin,  John,  who  is  a  carpenter, 
living  in  Salem,  and  three  danghters.  Martha  Denn  married 
Aaron  Evans  ,  she  left  two  children — Mary  and  Charles  Evans. 
Rachel  Denn's  husband  was  William  Abbott,  the  oldest  son  of 
Samuel  Abbott.  Rachel  left  two  children — John  and  Hannah 
Abl)ott.  William  Denn's  wife  was  Mary  Stewart,  the  daughter 
of  James  and  Mary  Stewart ;  they  had  seven  children — Han- 
nah Ann,  Beiilah,  Clayton,  Samuel,  Charles,  Elizabeth  and 
Mary. 

James  Denn  lived  to  an  advanced  life  very  much  at  his  ease, 
having  all  his  father's  real  estate  ;  enjoying  the  natural  privilege 
which  were  abundant  in  his  time,  liWng  mostly  at  home  in  a 
retired  way ;  his  brother  John,  was  apprenticed  at  an  early  age 
in  the  city  of  Philadelphia  to  his  uncle,  David  Bacon,  to  learn 
the  trade  of  a  hatter,  and  soon  after  he  became  of  a^e  he 
commenced  the  hatting  business  in  the  village  of  Hancock's 
Bridge.  About  that  time  he  married  Susan  Fitzgerald;  her 
family  belonged  to  Delaware;  they  had  three  children — Samuel, 
J  olm  and  Rachel  Denn.  A  few  years  later  he  removed  to 
Salem  and  followed  his  trade  on  Market  street.  The  house  and 
shop  were  located  where  Thomas  Hilliard's  house  now  is;  he 
continued  at  his  trade  until  he  purchased  the  Cripp's  estate  in 
Mannington.  Soon  after  he  abandoned  his  trade,  removed,  and 
took  possession  of  his  farm  and  soon  became  one  of  the  most 
successful  farmers  in  that  toA\mship — certainly  he  was  one  of 
the  best  meadow  men  that  ever  lived  in  the  county  of  Salem. 
About  that  time  his  son,  John  Denn,  married  Rlioda 
Shourds,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  Shourds.  He 
built,  and  divided  his  farm,  and  his  son,  John,  occupied  the 
part  he  built  on  until  his  death,  which  took  place  when  he  was 
comparatively  a  young  man,  leaving  a  widow  and  iive  children. 


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Their  names  were  Racliel,  Mary,  Susan,  Anne,  and  Rebecca, 
who  died  yonng.  Rachel,  his  daughter,  married  Professor 
John  Griscom,  who  has  since  died,  leaving  her  a  widow.  Mary 
Denn,  the  second  daughter,  died  a  young  woman.  Susan 
remains  single.  Anne,  the  youngest  daughter  li\dng,  married 
William  Gibbon,  of  Philadelphia ;  he  has  been  deceased  several 
years,  leaving  a  widow  and  two  children — Susan  and  Henry 
Gibbon.  The  son  died  a  few  years  ago.  The  daughter  resides 
with  her  mother  in  Salem. 

John  Denn,  Sr.'s  daughter  Racliel,  married  Jacob  Hufty, 
she  being  his  second  wife.  She  lived  but  a  short  time  after  their 
marriage,  leaving  no  children.  Samuel  Denn  was  a  merchant 
in  the  town  of  Salem  for  several  years,  and  married  at  an 
advanced  age,  Elizabeth  Alford,  the  daughter  of  Samuel  Alford. 
They  are  both  deceased,  leaving  no  offspring.  John  Denn^  Sr.'s 
second  wife  was  Margaret  Hall,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Ann 
Hall,  of  Elsinborough.  They  had  live  children — Elizabeth, 
John,  Anne,  Margaret,  and  Rebecca  Denn.  Elizabeth  married 
James  Woodnutt,  the  son  of  Preston  AYoodnutt.  John  sold  his 
real  estate  in  Mannington  that  was  left  to  him  by  his  father,  to 
George  Abbott,  and  eventually  removed  to  California.  Anne 
Denn  remains  single.  Margaret  married  Edward  Bilderback, 
now  deceased,  leaving  her  a  widow  with  two  children.  Rebecca 
married  a  young  man  in  the  State  of  Maryland,  and  lias  been 
deceased  several  years,  leaving  one  daughter. 

John  Denn,  several  years  before  his  death,  made  application 
to  the  Legislature  of  New  Jersey  for  a  law  for  him  to  dig  a 
canal  across  the  bottle  of  the  meadow  that  he  owned  in  Lower 
Penn's  Neck,  opposite  his  plantation  in  Mannington.  The 
greater  part  of  said  meadow  formerly  l)elouged  to  AVilliam 
Peim.  James  Logan  sold  it  to  James  Whitten,  the  former 
owner  of  the  meadow,  in  1712.  He  likewise  had  the  power  to 
contract  the  creek  as  soon  as  the  canal  became  navigable.  The 
law  was  obtained,  and  he  soon  afterwards  commenced  opera- 
tions. After  the  canal  was  completed  sufficiently  for  navigation, 
it  was  not  of  tlie  capacity  of  the  creek  for  draining  the  lowlands 
and  the  large  tracts  of  meadow  that  lay  above  the  mouth  of  the 
canal,  consequently  the  meadows  were  greatly  damaged  by  not 
having  sufficient  fall  of  water,  as  great  as  formerly,  before  the 
(;reek  was  contracted,  accordingly  there  was  a  great  opposition 
by  the  proprietors  of  land  above  said  canal.  Meetings  were 
called  to  devise  some  plan  to  prevent  him  from  proceeding  any 
further  in  his  operations.  They  insisted  he  should  remove  the 
obstruction  he  had  already  made  in  tlie  (Tcek,  l)ut  lie  continued 


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firm  in  his  undertakings,  taking  tlic  precantion  to  keep  within 
tlie  limits  of  the  hiw.  He  built  n  l)i'id<j;e  across  the  creek  for 
his  own  accommodation  nntil  sndi  time  as  the  canal  wonld  wear 
sufficiently  to  vent  the  water  above,  so  it  would  not  be  any  great 
detriment  to  the  meadows.  After  tifty  years  or  more  there  is 
now  a  permanent  dam  and  road  across  the  creek  where  his 
l)ridge  was  formerly.  Therefore  his  plans  and  motives  have 
been  fulfilled,  notwithstanding  he  did  not  live  to  see  it  all  com- 
pleted on  account  of  his  great  age.  At  his  death  he  was  more 
than  fourscore. 

David  Denn,  John's  yonnger  brother,  lived  to  old  age  single. 
He  was  a  tanner  and  cnrrier,  and  carried  it  on  in  a  small  way, 
I  believe,  while  he  lived  on  his  brotlier  James'  property,  near 
Hancock's  Bridge.  His  sister,  Martha  Denn,  married  Mark 
Bradway.  They  had  one  son,  whose  name  was  Mark  Bradway. 
Her  second  husband  was  Thomas  Thompson.  She  survived  him 
many  years. 


MASON    FAMILY. 

Jolm  Mason  was  a  native  of  Gloncestersliire,  England,  and 
resided  in  the  parish  of  Winchcome.  He  emigrated  to  America 
when  a  young  man,  and  landed  at  Philadelphia  in  1683.  Soon 
afterward  he  came  to  Salem  to  liv^e,  and  purchased  a  town  lot 
in  the  town,  containing  sixteen  acres;  it  lay  on  the  south  side 
of  Broadway,  and  was  bounded  on  the  west  by  Samuel  Hedge's 
land.  He  erected  a  brick  house  there,  and  lived  in  it  for  some 
time.  In  1686  he  purchased  5,000  acres  of  land,  being  part  of 
the  32,000  acres  that  was  laid  off  for  Eldridge  and  Warner,  to 
secure  the  debt  that  John  Feuwick  owed  them.  James  Nevell 
sold  the  w^hole  of  the  tract  in  the  year  before  stated.  About  the 
year  1690,  John  Mason  purchased  of  Roger  Milton  1,000  acres 
of  upland  and  salt  marsh,  in  the  township  of  Elsinborough ;  it 
was  l)Ounded  on  the  east  by  Samuel  ISTicholson's  allotment  of 
2,000  acres;  on  the  west  by  Redroc  Morris'  land.  In  1695  he 
built  a  substantial  brick  dwelKng,  left  Salem,  and  lived  on  his 
landed  estate  before  described.  In  170-1  he  built  a  large  addi- 
tion to  it,  whicli  made  it  one  of  the  largest  brick  dwellings  that 
was  in  the  county  at  tliat  early  day.  Jolm  Mason  married 
Sarah  Smith,  daughter  of  John  Smitli,  of  Ambelbury ;  she  was 
born  near  London,  England,  2Tth  of  10th  month,  1671.  Tiieir 
oldest  child,  Jolm  Mason,  Jr.,  was  born  19th  of  7th  jnonth, 
1697.  Tlieir  daughter,  Ann  Mason,  was  born  21th  of  11th 
month,  1G99 ;  William,  the  son  of  John  and  Sarali  Mason,  was 
born  23d  of  11th  month,  1701  ;  Sarali,  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  Mason,  was  born  2d  of  2d  month,  1701 ;  Samuel,  son  of 
John  and  Sarah  Mason,  born  15th  of  the  3d  month,  1706  ; 
Thomas  son  of  John  and  Sarah  Mason,  was  boi'u  2Stli  of 
5th  month,  1708.  Rebecca  Mason,  born  1710,  daughter  of 
Jolm  and  Sarah  Mason,  owned  land  in  various  parts  in  Fenwick 
tenth ;  he  purchased  considerable  tract  of  land  in  Monmouth 
precinct  of  Anna  Salter,  erected  a  Hour  mill  about  1705 ;  it 
is  now  known  as  Maskell  mill.  He  was  appointed  a  Commis- 
sioner for  public  highways  in  1706 ;  was  a  member  of  the  Leg- 
islature for  two  or  three  years,  and  one  of  the  Justices  of  Salem 


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Courts  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was  a  large  landholder  in 
the  State  of  Delaware,  likewise  in  Pennsylv^ania  in  the  neigh- 
borliood  of  Chester.  His  descendants  are  not  very  numerons  ; 
there  are  none  at  the  present  time  by  the  name  of  Mason  of  his 
descendents  in  this  connty.  John  Goodwin  Mason,  who  died 
in  1839,  was  the  last  of  the  male  descendants.  There  are  quite 
a  number  in  the  female  line  who  are  direct  descendants  of  John 
Mason,  tlie  emigrant.  John  Mason,  the  son  of  Thomas  and 
grandson  of  John  Mason,  Sr.,  was  born  al)out  1729;  his  iirst 
wife  was  Ann,  the  daughter  of  Sarah  Hall,  of  Salem ;  by  her 
he  had  one  daughter — Sarah  Mason,  wdio  married  Elgar  Brown, 
a  native  of  Pennsylvania ;  tliey  had  four  children — Ann,  Eli- 
slia,  Israel  and  John  M.  Brown.  John  Mason's  second  wife 
was  Susanna,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Goodwin ; 
tliey  had  five  children — Thomas,  Mary,  Ann,  Elizabeth  and 
John  G.  Mason ;  Thomas  Mason,  their  son,  married  Hannah, 
the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Hannah  Butcher  Hancock ;  they 
had  issue,  one  daughter,  who  married  Richard  Miller  Acton,  of 
Salem.  Mary  Mason,  daughter  of  John  and  Susanna  Mason, 
first  husband  was  Abner  Beesley,  of  Alloways  Creek ;  they 
had  four  children — Mary,  William  G.,  Benjamin  and  Thomas 
Mason  Beesley ;  her  second  husband  was  Job  Ware ;  they  had 
two  sons — Job  and  Elijah  Ware.  Ann  Mason,  daughter  of 
John  and  Susannah  Mason,  married  Joseph  Thompson,  son  of 
Joshua  and  Sarah  Thompson ;  they  had  three  daughters  who 
lived  to  grow  and  settle  in  life ;  Susan,  who  married  Joseph 
Pancoast ;  Sarah  married  Thomas  Shourds  ;  and  Ann  Thomp- 
son married  Thomas  Fogg.  Elizal)eth,  daughter  of  John  and 
Susannah  Mason,  died  a  young  woman  unmarried.  John  G. 
Mason,  the  youngest  son  of  John  and  Susanna  Mason  never 
married,  died  aged  fifty-six  years. 

Its  probable  Thomas  Mason  emigrated  from  England  to 
West  New  Jersey,  about  the  same  time  his  brother,  John 
Mason,  did;  he  resided  in  the  to-wmof  Salem  some  length  of  time. 
After  the  death  of  John  Fen  wick  he  purchased  500  acres  of 
land  in  Upper  Mannington,  being  part  of  Fenwick's  grove ;  he 
soon  became  a  citizen  of  that  township  and  continued  to  reside 
there  until  his  death.  In  1720  he  purchased  of  Samuel  Fen- 
wick  Hedge  500  acres  of  land,  being  part  of  Iledgefield. 
There  is  nothing  to  show  tliat  he  even  took  an  active  part  in 
the  public  affairs  of  the  Colon3^  I  see  by  the  court  records 
he  occasionally  served  as  one  of  the  Grand  Jurors.  The  fol- 
lowing are  the  names  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Mason's  childi-en: 
Mary,  was  born  in  Mannington  2d  of  7th  month,  1701 ;  Aaron, 


152  MASON   FAMILY, 


was  born  in  1702;  Martha,  was  born  12th  of  9th  month,  1704; 
Joseph,  was  born  14th  of  8th  niontli,  1706.  James  Mason, 
son  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Mason,  born  11th  of  6th  montli, 
1709;  he  became  in  possession  of  nearly  all  of  the  large  landed 
estate  in  the  township  of  Mannington  tliat  belonged  to  his 
father,  Thomas  Mason.  He  married  a  daughter  of  Abel 
Nicholson;  they  had  no  issue;  he  devdsed  the  greater  part  of 
his  landed  estate  to  his  nephew,  James  Mason  Woodnutt,  son 
of  Jonathan  Woodnutt.  James  left  his  mill  and  farm  adjoin- 
ing to  his  wife's  niece,  Ann,  the  daughter  of  John  Nicholson. 


MILLER    FAMILY. 

The  most  reliable  information  that  I  have  olitained,  is  that 
Joseph  Miller  came  from  the  State  of  Connecticut  in  1698, 
and  settled  at  Cohansey.     His  occupation  "was  that  of  a  land 
surveyor.     It  is  well  known  that  at  that  time,  and  for  many 
years  previous,  New  England,  excepting  Rhode  Island,  was  not 
a  place  where  the  Quakers  could  meet  in  peace,  and  worship 
God  according  to  the  dictates  of  their  conscience.     Many  of 
them  went  to  reside   in    Rhode    Island   under  a  more   liberal 
government,  created  by  Roger  Williams,  and  a  large  numl)er 
emigrated  to  the  Middle  States.     Such  men  as  Robert  Zanes, 
Richard  Lippincott  and  their  families,  and  several  others,  emi- 
grated as  early  as  1675.     Joseph  Miller   and  his  wife  had  one 
son — Ebenezer,  born  at  Cohansey,  in  1702.     At  the  death  of 
Richard  Tindall,  Joseph  was  chosen  deputy  surveyor  for  the 
lower  section  of  Eenwick's  tenth.     There  is  no  mention  of  him 
as  a  public  surveyor  later  than  13tli  of  9tli  month,  1729 ;  he 
re-surveyed  at  that  time  a  tract  of  land  of  1,000  acres  for  John 
Brick,  lying  on  the  west  branch  of  G-ravelly  Run  or  Stoe  Ceeek. 
The- said  tract  of  land  had  formerly  been  surveyed  by  Benjamin 
Acton,  of  Salem,  for  Samuel  Dumming,  of  Maryland,  by  order 
of   James  Logan,   agent  of  William  Penn,   Governor  of   the 
province  of  Pennsylvania.     My  opinion  is  that  he  died  about 
the  year  1730,  and  his  son,  Ebenezer  Miller  was  his  successor  as 
a  public  surveyor.     In  1724  he  married,  I  think,  Sarah  Collier, 
daughter  of  John  Collier;  their  son,  Ebenezer  Miller,  Jr.,  was 
born  15tli  of  9th  month,  1725  ;  their  daughter,  Hannah  Miller, 
was  born  in  1728;  Josiali  Miller,  in  1731 ;  their  son,  Andrew 
Miller,  in  1732 ;  William  Miller,  in  1735 ;  John  C.  Miller,  in 
1737;  Mark   Miller,    in    1740;    Sarali   Miller,    in    1743,    and 
Rebecca  Miller,  17th  of  5th  month,  1747.     Tlie  father  of  the 
above  mentioned  children  died  in  the  towu  of  Greenwicli  at  the 
age  of    seventy-two  years,  with  a  comfortable  hope  tliat  all 
would  be  well  with  him  in  a  future  state.     His  daughter,  Han- 
nah, in  1740,  married   Charles  Fogg,  son  of  Daniel  Fogg,  of 
Alloways  Creek.;  they  had  two  children ;  their  eldest  daughter, 
Sarah  Fogg,  was  born  in  the  5th  month,  1747,  and  died  the 
20" 


154  MILLER    FAMILY, 


following  fall.  In  1749  their  dangliter,  Hannah  Fogg,  was 
was  born;  she  afterwards  married  William  IIan(;ock,  son  of 
Thomas  Hancock,  of  Elsinborongh,  being  his  second  wife.  In 
1771  their  son,  William  Hancock,  Jr.,  was  born,  and  died 
within  the  same  3'ear;  their  son,  John,  was  born  24t]i  of  4:th 
month,  1773,  and  their  daughter,  Elizaljeth,  was  born  in  1776. 
William  Hancock  died  when  his  son  John  was  about  ten  years 
of  age,  leaving  his  real  estate  to  his  son,  subject  to  his  mother's 
thirds.  John,  before  he  arrived  at  the  ao-e  of  twenty-one,  went 
into  the  mercantile  business  at  Hancock's  Bridge,  as  a  partner 
with  the  late  Captain  John  Tuft,  of  ^alem  ;  he  had  a  deli(-ate 
constitution,  and  there  appears  to  have  been  an  unpleasant  feel- 
ing Ijctween  him  and  his  half-sister,  wlio  had  married  a  young 
man  by  the  name  of  Daniels,  of  Alloways  Creek;  he  was 
determined  that  if  he  should  die  his  sister  should  have  nothing 
of  his  estate,  and  he  accordingly  made  his  will  on  the  day  he 
arrived  at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  leaving  his  landed  property  to 
his  cousin,  AVilliam  Hancock,  son  of  Thomas  Hancock,  and  his 
personal  property  to  his  mother;  he  died  in  a  short  time  after- 
wards. His  mother's  second  husband  was  Aaron  Thompson, 
and  they  had  no  children.  Hannah  survived  her  husband 
many  years,  and  in  the  latter  part  of  her  life  made  her  home 
\vith  Elizaljeth  Miller,  she  being  a  cousin  of  Elizabeth's 
husband,  Richard  Miller.  In  that  family  she  ended  her  days 
at  a  very  ad^'anced  age.  Not  long  before  her  death  she 
met  Thomas  Jones,  Sr.,  on  Salem  street,  and  he  accosted 
her  in  this  way:  "Mrs.  Thompson,  I  am  sorry  to  see  you 
"  lay  aside  jonr  old-fashioned  bee-hive  bonnet  that  the  aged 
"  Quaker  ladies  have  worn  generally  during  my  time.  I  was 
"  in  hopes  you  would  adhere  to  the  old-fashioned  bonnets 
"  whilst  you  lived.  For  my  part,"  he  continued,  "I  expect  to 
"  continue  in  the  old  custom  of  having  my  hair  done  up  in  a  cue 
"  wliilst  I  live." 

Ebenezer  Miller,  Jr.,  in  1751,  married  Ruth  Wood,  daughter 
of  Richard  Wood,  of  Stoe  Creek  township,  Cumberland  county. 
She  was  born  in  1732.  Their  children  were  born  in  Cimiber- 
land.  Their  daughter  Hannah  was  born  14th  of  1st  month, 
1753;  their  son  Ebenezer  in  1761,  and  died  in  1763;  Priscilla 
was  born  in  1763  ;  their  second  son  Ebenezer  Miller,  was  born  in 
1766,  and  their  daughter  Sarah  in  1768.  Some  two  thousand 
acres  of  the  Pledger  and  Lafetra  allotment  of  6000  acres,  now 
known  as  Quaker  Neck,  came  in  possession  of  Benjamin  Wyn- 
coop,  he  being  an  Englishman ;  it's  more  than  proliable  that 
the  said  Wyncoop  purchased  tlic  land  of  one  of  the  heirs  of 


MILLER   FAMILY.  155 


Hypolite  Lafetra.  The  house  is  still  standing  that  was  bnilt 
by  one  of  the  family  in  the  beginning  of  the  last  century.  The 
property  that  the  old  mansion  stands  on  is  owned  at  present  by 
George" Griscom.  It  is  certain,  however,  that  at  the  commence- 
ment of  the  Revolutionary  War  he  was  the  owner  of  the  whole 
allotment  which  is  now  known  as  Quaker  Neck.  At  that  period 
all  the  land  from  what  is  called  Stone  Bridge,  which  crosses  the 
])rancli  of  Pledger  creek,  called  then  the  Neck,  extending  to  the 
Salem  line,  was  covered  with  heavy  timber.  It  went  under  the 
name  of  Wyncoop's  woods.  Great  changes  have  been  wrought 
there  Avithin  100  years.  At  the  present  time  there  is  not  less 
than  ten  farms  on  said  tract;  most  of  them  have  large  and 
costly  mansions,  barns  and  other  buildings,  and  the  lands  are 
liighly  cultivate<l.  Upon  the  wliole  it  is  one  of  the  most  desira- 
l)le  situations  for  an  agricultKndist  in  the  county.  Benjamin 
"Wyncoop  being  an  Englishman  by  birth,  had  a  strong  predelic- 
tion  in  favor  of  his  native  land.  Traditional  accounts  state  he 
had  fears  that  for  the  part  he  took  in  favor  of  Eugland  liis 
property  would  be  confiscated,  and  he  accordingly  offered  it  for 
sale. 

After  selling  his  possessions  here  he  removed'  to  Philadel- 
phia,   and    owing    to    the    depreciation    in    the    currency,    he 
])ecame  poor,  and  died  a  few  years  afterwards  in  one  of  the 
almshouses    of    that    city.     John    Mountain,    an    Irishman   by 
birth,  who,  by  industry   and    economy,  in    a    short    time    had 
become  able  to  stock  a  farm,  was  fortunate  enough  to  rent  that 
lai-ge  and  inproved  farm  of    John  Mason,  called  the  Mason's 
Point  Farm,  in  Elsinljorough,  at  a  very  moderate  rent.     In  a 
few  years  he  accumulated  money  enough  to  purchase  tlie  home- 
stead of  Benjamin  Wyncoop.     At  the  time  of  his  death  Moun- 
tain left  one  daughter,  Mary,  who  became  the  owner  of  all  his 
real  estate.     Richard    Parrott    sul)sequently  married   her,  and 
they  had  two  cliihlren  named  Mary  Ann  and  Isabella  Parrott. 
Mary  Ann  bet^ame  the  wife  of   Hedge  Thompson,  of  Salem. 
Their  children's  names  I  mentioned  in  the  account  of  the  Hedge 
family.     Isabella  remained  single  and  lived  to  an  old  age.    The 
landed  estate  of  their  mother  was  divided  between  them.     George 
Griscom  is  now  the  owner  of  Mary  Ann's  share,  and  George 
Abbott,  Isabella's  land.     George  Hall  bought  a  large  tract  of 
land  of  Wyncoop,  being  part  of  the  Neck,  all  woodland  at  the 
time.     Lucas  Gibbs'  of  Salem,  purchased  about  175  acres,  lying 
next  to  the  town  of    Salem,  and  his    brother    Richard   Gibbs 
bought  200  acres  or  more  adjoining  the  homestead.     Both  of 
the    Gibbs    were    Salem   men.     Lucas    Gibbs'    projDcrty   was 


156  MILLER   FAMILY. 


afterwards  owned  by  Job  Tyler,  a  native  of  Cumberland. 
The  Fogg  family  are  now  the  o^vners  of  Richard  Gibbs' 
estate. 

Ebenezer  JVIiller,  Jr„  purchased  a  farm  of  Wyncoop. — 
Richard  Ware,  of  Alloways  Creek,  bought  land  and  lived  there 
the  remainder  of  his  days ;  Josiah  Wistar  is  the  present  owner. 
Mark  Miller,  brother  of  Ebenezer  Miller,  purcliased  land  known 
at  tliis  time  as  tlie  David  E.  Davis  farm.  William  Abbott,  of 
Elsinboro,  bought  the  farm  and  ended  liis  days  where  his 
grandson  Samuel  Abbott  now  owns  and  lives.  Benjamin 
Wright  likewise  bought  100  acres  ^.adjoining  the  Abbotts. — 
Benjamin  in  his  will  devised  the  said  farm  to  his  grandson, 
Benjamin  Wright ;  Joseph  Waddington  is  the  present  owner. 
Ebenezer  Miller  and  his  brother,  Mark  Miller,  removed  from 
Cumberland,  and  made  their  homes  on  the  lands  they  purchased 
of  Wyncoop.  Mark's  wife  was  Phebe  Foster ;  they  had  five 
children — four  daughters  and  one  son — William  F.  Miller. 
Mary  Miller,  their  eldest  daughter,  married  Jolm  Sheppard,  of 
Greenwich.  One  married  Jacob  Wood.  William  F.  Miller's 
first  wife  was  Esther  Cooper,  native  of  Gloucester;  she  died 
several  years  before  William,  leaving  one  son  named  Franklin 
Miller.  William  F.  Miller's  second  wife  was  a  Il^ewbold  from 
Burlington  county,  and  she  survived  lier  iiusband  several  years. 
Franklin  Miller  married  Elizabeth  Acton,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Sarah  Acton ;  both  of  them  died  young  of  pulmonary 
consumption,  leaving  one  daughter,  Hetty  Miller,  who  inlierited 
a  large  estate  from  her  grandfather  and  father.  She  was  the 
wife  of  David  E.  Davis,  formerly  of  Pilesgrove,  wlio  is  now 
deceased. 

Josiah  Miller,  the  second  son  of  Ebenezer  Miller,  Sr., 
married  Letitia  Wood  in  1760,  daughter  of  Richard  Wood, 
Sr.,  of  Stoe  Creek  township,  Cuml)erland  county,  she  Ijeing 
a  sister  of  his  brother  Ebenezer's  wife.  They  had  five  chil- 
dren— Josiah  Miller,  Jr.,  born  12th  of  12th  month,  1761 ; 
Richard  Miller,  born  15th  of  4th  month,  1761;  Jolm  Miller, 
born  in  1767 ;  Letitia  Miller,  born  in  1769,  wlio  subsequently 
married  William  Reeve  ;  and  in  177-1  Mark  Miller  was  born. 
Josiah  Miller  about  tliat  period  purchased  a  large  tract  of 
land  in  Lower  Mannington,  which  formerly  belonged  to 
the  Sherron  family,  it  being  the  southern  part  of  James 
Sherron's  allotment  of  1,000    acres   that   he  bought  of  John 


Fen  wick  in  1676,  l^eing  considered  one  of  the  finest  tracts  of 
table  land  within  Fen  wick's  tenth.  Josiah  soon  after  his  pur- 
cliase  removed  with  his  family  from   his   native   county   and 


MILLER    FAMILY. 


157 


resided  on  his  knd  in  Mannington  ;  lie  built  tlie  brick  house 
where  his  great-grand-son,  Samuel  L.  J.  Miller,  owns  and  lives. 
I  think  his  two  youngest  sjns,  John  and  Mark  Miller,  died 
young ;  his  wife  Letitia  survived  hiui  several  years.  Josiah 
Miller,  Jr.,  never  married.  After  the  death  of  his  mother 
he  lived  with  his  brother  Richard,  and  after  the  death 
of  his  brother  he  continued  making  his  home  with  his  widow 
whilst  he  lived.  In  his  will  he  devised  his  farm  to  his 
sister-in-law,  Elizabeth  Miller,  during  her  natural  life,  and 
afterward  to  her  son  Josiah  Miller,  and  to  his  nephew 
Josiah  Miller  Reeve,  he  devised  |2,500,  with  other  legacies  to 
his  relatives. 

The  land  Josiah  Miller  owned  in  Mannington  was  divided 
between  his  two  sons — Josiah  and  Richard.  The  latter  mar- 
ried Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  Wistar,  of  Philadelphia, 
by  whom  he  had  three  children — Sarah,  Letitia  and  Josiah. 
Andrew  Miller,  third  son  of  Ebenezer,  married  Rachel,  daugh- 
ter of  Elisha  and  Abigail  Bassett,  of  Pilesgrove.  Andrew 
died  before  he  reached  middle  age,  leaving  a  widow,  and  two 
children,  named  Daniel  L.  and  Rebecca.  Rachel  Miller,  a 
short  time  after  the  death  of  her  husband,  opened  a  small  store, 
whilst  her  son,  Daniel,  went  into  partnership  with  Abram  Bois 
and  the  late  Judge  Tliomas  Sinnickson,  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness. The  store  was  located  where  the  drug  store,  known  as 
Ingham's  Building,  now  is.  In  the  year  1809  he  withdrew 
from  the  firm  and  moved  to  Philadelphia,  as  also  did  his  mother 
and  sister.  The  two  latter  kept  a  boarding  house  on  Arch 
street  and  opened  a  retail  dry  goods  store  on  Second  street, 
which  shows  that  they  possessed  more  than  ordinary  business 
capacities.  Daniel  L.  Miller,  the  son,  and  William  Nicholson, 
Jr.,  who  had  left  his  native  county  in  the  same  year  opened  a 
wholesale  and  retail  dry  goods  store  on  Second  street,  under 
the  name  of  Miller  &  Nicholson.  About  that  period  Daniel 
man-ied  Hannah  Nicholson,  daughter  of  Abel  Nicliolson,  a 
citizen  of  the  upper  part  of  Gloucester  county,  but  whose  fore- 
fathers were  natives  of  Salem.  In  1812  William  Nicholson 
withdrew  from  the  firm,  and  James  Kinsey,  of  Salem,  and  a 
young  man  by  the  name  of  Cooper,  of  Pliildelphia,  became 
partners  with  Daniel  L.  Miller.  Tlie  firm  was  known  as  Mil- 
ler, Kinsey  &  Co.  Daniel  and  his  wife  had  eight  children — 
Charles,  Elizabeth,  Daniel  L.,  William,  Andrew,  Rachel,  Ann 
and  Hannah.  William,  the  oldest,  married  Ann  Maria  Seth, 
of  Salem,  Elizabeth  became  the  wife  of  William  Parrish,  the 
son    of    the  eminent   Dr.    Joseph   Parrish,    of    Philadelphia. 


158  MILLER    FAMILY. 


Andrew  married  Josephine  Bunting.  Daniel  L.  Miller,  Jr.'s 
wife  was  Ann  Ridorwav.  Rachel's  husband  was  William  Bid- 
die,  tlie  son  of  the  late  Clement  Biddle  ;  lie  kept  a  large  hard- 
ware store  in  Philadelphia.  I  believe  his  sons  and  grand-sons 
are  still  in  that  business,  and  tlie  firm  is  one  of  the  wealthiest 
in  tliat  line  in  tlie  city.  Anna  married  Robert  Biddle,  the 
brother  of  William.  Daniel  L.  Miller  continued  in  the  mer- 
cantile business  until  near  the  close  of  a  long  life;  his  ^^'ife  is 
also  deceased  at  tlie  present  time. 

William  Miller,  the  fourth  son  of  El)enezer,  born  1737,  mar- 
ried Mary  Magere,  a  native  of  Wilmington,  Del.,  about  tlu; 
year  1760,  and  had  three  children — William,  Jr.,  Ebenezer  and 
Eliza])etli.  William  Miller,  Jr.,  married  Rebecca  White, 
daughter  of  William  White,  of  Pilesgrove,  and  they  had  two 
children,  both  daughters — Sarah  Ann  and  Eliza.  Sarah  Ann 
married  Amos  Buzby,  the  son  of  Joseph  Buzby.  Eliza  Miller 
married  Lems  Hancock,  son  of  William  Hancock,  of  Elsinbor- 

OUii'll. 

Jolm,  fifth  son  of  Ebenezer  Miller,  married  Margaret  Bacon, 
of  Greenwich,  in  1767 ;  she  was  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Mary  Bacon,  and  w^as  born  20th  of  2d  month,  1737.  John 
and  his  wife  had  five  children  ;  their  oldest  son,  Joseph,  was 
born  16tli  of  6th  month,  1768  ;  their  daughter,  Mary,  was 
born  1770;  John  Miller,  Jr.,  was  born  15tlL,'of  3d  month, 
1772;  William  was  born  1774,  and  Isaac  2l"»tli'of  5th  month, 
1776.  Joseph  Miller,  John's  oldest  son,  was  a  tanner  and  cur- 
rier, and  he  and  his  brother  John  carried  on  that  business  in 
the  town  of  Greenwich  the  greater  part  of  their  lives.  Josepli's 
first  wife  was  Sarah  Dawson,  of  Mount  Holly,  l»y  whom  he 
had  four  or  five  children.  They  all  died  young  except  Marga- 
ret Miller,  who  is  still  living,  aged  more  than  three-score-and- 
ten.  His  second  wife  was  Letitia  Matlack,  widow  of  William 
Matlack,  of  Upper  Greenwich,  Gloucester  county ;  she  li\-ed 
only  four  or  five  years,  leaving  no  children  by  her  second  hus- 
band. Joseph's  tliird  wife  was  Mary  Allen,  daughter  of 
Anthony  and  Mary  Allen,  residents  of  Woodbury;  he  had  one 
son  by  his  last  wife — Joseph  Allen  Miller.  Joseph  survi^•ed 
his  last  wife  a  number  of  vears.  Besides  attendimr  to  his  trade 
he  transacted  considerable  public  business,  such  as  settling 
estates,  for  which  l)usiness  he  was  well  calculated.  The  inhabi- 
tants of  Greenwich  had  full  confidence  in  his  inteo-rity  and 
impartiality  in  transacting  important  public  business  ;  he  died 
at  a  very  advanced  age,  regretted  by  a  large  circle  of  relatives 
and  friends. 


MILLER    FAMILY.  159 


His  sou,  Joseph  Allen  Miller,  received  a  good  English 
education;  he  married  Ann  Fogg,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Fogg,  of  Stoe  Creek  township ;  two  children — Joseph  and 
Franklin  were  born  to  them.  Joseph  with  liis  family  removed 
to  Salem  several  years  ago,  and  he  was  soon  after  elected 
teacher  of  the  male  department  of  Friends'  School  in  that  city. 
After  a  few  years  he  was  chosen  principal  in  one  of  the  public 
schools,  and  continued  in  that  situation  several  years ;  he  is 
now  deceased.  His  wife  soon  af terj  coming  to  Salem  opened  a 
trimming  store,  and  by  good  management  and  close  application 
to  her  business,  has  succeeded  admirably.  Mary,  the  daughter 
of  John  Miller,  Sr.,  married  George  Brown  of  Upper  Grreen- 
wich,  Gloucester  county,  and  had  six  children,  four  daughters 
and  two  sons;  their  sons  names  were  James  and  Miller  Brown. 
John  Miller,  second  son  of  John  and  Margaret  Miller,  was  a 
tanner  and  cm-rier  by  trade,  and  carried  on  that  business  in 
partnership  with  his  brother  Joseph ;  he  married  Margaret 
Evans,  daughter  of  Joshua  Evans,  of  Haddonfield;  ho  was 
remarkable  for  his  exemplary  deportment  in  his  intercourse 
with  his  fellow  men,  and  for  his  unquestionable  piety.  It  can 
be  said  of  him,  with  truth,  "Behold  a  true  Israelite  without 
guile."  He  and  his  wife  had  four  children — John,  Evan,  Mary 
and  Mark.  John's  wife  was  Mary  Andrews,  daughter  of 
Josiah  and  Elizabeth  Andrews ;  they  had  live  children — Eliza- 
beth, Margaret,  John,  Annie  and  Franklin.  Mary  Miller  mar- 
ried Mark  Kulon,  and  they  both  died  young,  leaving  no  chil- 
dren. Evan  Miller  married  Ann  Lane,  a  widow,  of  Cincinnati, 
Ohio ;  her  native  place  was  Greenwich,  and  her  maiden  name 
was  Test. 

William  Miller,  third  son  of  John  Miller,  Sr.,  married 
Susan  Goodwin,  daughter  of  Louis  Goodwin,  of  Elsinboro. — 
There  were  four  children  by  this  marriage — Louis,  Rebecca, 
George  and  Susan.  Louis  married  Emily  Lippincott  and 
removed  to  the  State  of  Ohio  over  forty  years  ago.  Rebecca 
married  Charles  Harmer,  of  Greenwich,  and  she  died  in  a 
short  time  afterwards.  George  Miller  went  to  Philadelphia 
many  years  ago  and  opened  a  confectionery  store  on  Market 
street,  in  which  business  he  has  prospered.  Susan  Miller,  the 
youngest,  married  William  Nicholson,  and  she  and  her  husband 
have  lived  most  of  the  time  since  their  marriage  in  Philadel- 
phia ;  she  died  recently,  leaving  four  children — Rachel,  Susan, 
William  and  Elizaljeth  Miller.  Isaac  Miller,  fourth  son  of 
John  Miller,  married  Mary  AVebster,  of  Stoe  Creek ;  they 
had  three  daughters — Phebe,  Letitia  and  Ann  Miller.     Phebe 


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was  a  Findley.  Letitia  married  Thomas  Brown,  of  Hope- 
well township,  Cnmberland  county.  Ann's  hnsband  was  Jolm 
Putncr. 


MOPwRIS    FAMILY. 

Redroe  Morris,  son  of  Lewis  Morris,  was  Ijorn  in  Wales,  in  the 
Kingdom  of  England,  about  the  year  1658.  In  1683,  Redroe 
Morris,  with  several  others,  emigrated  to  the  jjrovince  of  Penn- 
sylvania ;  they  landed  at  Philadelpliia,  in  the  9th  month,  1683  ; 
in  a  short  time  afterwards  he  removed  to  Salem  to  dwell,  and 
from  thence  to  Elsinborough,  on  part  of  Richard  Guy's  allot- 
ment of  land,  that  Samuel  Carpenter,  of  Philadelphia,  iiad  pre- 
viously purchased.  About  that  time  he  man-ied  Jail  Baty, 
daughter  of  Richard  Baty  ;  she  was  born  in  Yorkshire,  at  a 
place  called  Ilumpford,  about  1658.  She  emigrated  in  com})a,ny 
with  Robert  Ashton,  for  Pennsylvania,  in  the  ship  called  the 
Shoveld,  of  Stockton,  Captain  John  Howell,  master ;  they 
sailed  from  Hull,  on  the  8th  day  of  3d  month  1686 ;  and 
landed  at  New  Castle  in  the  fifth  month  following.  At  that 
time  it  was  in  the  district  of  Pennsylvania.  Redroe  and  his 
wife  Jail  Morris,  had  six  children,  all  of  them  born  in  Elsinbor- 
ough. Jonathan  Morris,  their  eldest  son,  was  born  16th  of  12th 
month,  1690,  he  died  a  minor ;  Joseph,  the  son  of  Redroe  and 
Jail  Morris,  was  born  6th  of  6th  month ;  Sarah  the  daugh- 
ter of  Redroe  and  Jail  Morris,  was  born  16th  of  12th  month, 
1693  ;  Lewis,  the  son  of  Redroe  and  Jail  Moore,  was  born  23d 
of  11th  month,  1695  ;  David,  the  son  of  the  before  mentioned 
parents,  was  born  in  1698.  Redroe  Morris  died  in  1701,  aged 
nearly  forty-three  years ;  he  was  an  active  and  useful  mem- 
l)er  of  Salem  Monthly  Meeting  of  Friends.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  owner  of  1300  acres  of  land  in  Elsinborough ;  in 
his  will  he  directed  his  real  estate  to  be  equally  divided  among 
his  three  surviving  sons — Joseph,  Lewis  and  David  Morris.  He 
had  also  a  large  personal  estate,  which  witii  his  slaves,  he  left  to 
his  widow  and  daughter,  Sarah  Morris.  His  friend,  Nathaniel 
Cham  bless,  of  Alio  ways  Creek,  was  the  Executor.  His  widow 
Jail  Morris,  married  John  Hart,  of  Salem,  in  1703  ;  they  had 
issue,  one  son — John  Hart.  Joseph  Morris  became  the  owner  of 
the  homestead  of  his  father ;  he  married  and  died  young,  leaving 
one  daughter — Margaret  Morris ;  she  subsecjuently  married  Clem- 

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162  MORRIS    FAMILY 


ent,  the  son  of  AVilliara  Hall,  Jr.,  and  Elizabeth  Smith  Hall,  of 
Mannington.  Clement  and  his  wife,  Margaret  Hall,  liad  six 
children, — two  daughters  and  four  sons, — Ann,  Sarah,  Clement, 
Jolm,  Joseph  and  Morris  HalL  Ann  married  in  1772,  Jolm, 
the  eldest  son  of  William  and  Mary  Morris  Goodwin.  Sarah, 
the  second  daughter  of  Clement  and  Margaret  Hall,  mari-ied 
Dr.  Thomas  Itowen,  of  Salem.  Clement,  the  son  of  Clement  and 
Margaret  M.  Hall,  married  Rebecca  Kay,  of  the  county  of 
Gloucester.  Jolm  Hall,  the  second  son  of  Clement  and  Mar- 
garet Hall,  resided  in  Salem,  dying,  leaving  no  issue.  Joseph 
Hall,  son  of  Clement  and  Margaret  Hall,  married  Ann,  the 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Rebecca  Brick,  of  Elsinborough.  Mor- 
ris, the  youngest  son  of  Clement  and  Margaret  Hall,  married 
Lydia  Potts,  of  Cumberland  County.  Their  children  are  men- 
tioned in  the  genealogy  of  the  Hall  family. 

Lewis,  the  son  of  Redroe  and  Jail  Morris  born  1695,  married 
Sarah  Fetters,  of  Salem.  Lewis  and  his  vnie  left  three  daugh- 
ters— Sarah,  Mary,  and  Ann  Morris.  Sarah,  the  eldest  daugh- 
ter, married  Thomas,  the  eldest  son  of  John  and  Susanna  Smitli 
Goodwin ;  the  latter  was  the  daughter  of  Jolm  Smith,  of  Smith- 
field  ;  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Lewis  and  Sarah  Morris,  married 
William  Goodwin,  brother  of  Thomas  Goodwin.  A^illiam  and 
his  wife  had  live  children — John,  Lewis,  Susanna,  Mary  and 
AVilliam  Goodwin.  John,  the  eldest  son,  married  a  HalL  Lewis 
was  twice  married,  his  first  wife  was  a  Zanes ;  his  second,  was 
Rachel,  the  daughter  of  William  Nicholson,  of  Mannington. 
Susanna,  the  eldest  daughter  of  AVilliam  and  Mary  Goodwin, 
was  twice  married ;  her  first  husband  was  Jolm,  the  son  of  Thomas 
Mason,  of  Elsinborough  ;  her  second  husband  was  Joshua  Thomp- 
son, of  Alloways  Creek,  son  of  Joshim  and  Grace  Thompson,  of 
Elsinborough ;  Mary,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Good- 
win, married  Thomas  Hancock.  William,  the  son  of  AVilliam 
and  Mar}^  Goodwin,  married  Elizal)eth  Woodnutt,  of  Manning- 
ton.  Ann  Morris,  the  daughter  of  Lewis  Morris,  by  Sarah  his 
wife,  married  Samuel,  the  son  of  Elisha  and  Aliigail  Bassett,  of 
Pilesgrove ;  they  had  six  children — Grace,  William,  Samuel 
Morris,  Davis,  and  Ann  Bassett.  Sarah  Fetters,  the  Avife  of 
Lewis  Morris,  was  a  sister  of  Erasmus  Fetters ;  he  was  a  tanner 
and  currier ;  he  resided  in  Salem,  on  Yorke  street ;  the  house  in 
Avhich  he  lived  was  a  brick,  with  a  hipped  roof,  it  was  standing 
in  1810.  Erasmus  died  in  1760  ;  in  his  will  executed  in  1756, 
he  left  £10  each  to  AVilliam  and  Marv  M.  Goodwin's 
daughters;  the  like  sum  to  each  of  James  Chambless,  Jr.'s  chil- 
dren— Sarali,  Mary,  and  Rebecca  Chambless.     The    two   first 


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named  became  the  wives  of  William  and  David  Smith's  of  Man- 
nington.  Erasmus  left  to  his  niece  Ann,  the  wife  of  Samuel 
Bassett,  £50,  and  the  remainder  of  his  estate,  real  and  personal, 
to  his  nephew,  Henry  Vanmeter,  of  Pittsgrove.  David,  the 
youngest  son  of  Redroe  Morris,  born  in  1698,  married.  He 
and  his  wife  Jane  Morris,  had  one  son — Joshua  Morris,  born 
3d  of  lOtli  month,  1723.  The  child  and  mother  died  in  a  short 
time  afterwards.  David  it  appears,  died  comparatively  a  young- 
man,  making  a  will,  leaving  his  estate  to  his  half-brother,  John 
Hart.  Tlie  real  estate  was  large,  comprising  aljout  400 
acres,  also  a  flour  mill  located  at  the  mouth  of  Mill  Creek, 
near  Fort  Point.  However  there  were  160  acres  of  salt  marsh 
included  with  the  100  acre  tract.  John  Hart  sold  his  real 
estate,  (that  was  devised  to  him  by  his  half  brother  David 
Morris),  to  Col.  Benjamin  Holme,  about  1760.  To  show  what 
energy  and  perseverance  will  accomplish,  Margaret  Hall  Holme, 
after  the  death  of  her  husband  John  Holme,  the  son  of  Col. 
Benjamin  Holme,  purchased  the  160  acres  of  salt  marsh  that  was 
owned  by  her  husband,  and  part  of  David  Morris'  estate,  for- 
merly ;  she  banked  and  recdaimed  it  from  the  overflow  of  the 
tide,  notwithstanding  great  opposition  from  some  of  her  neigh- 
bors, who  owned  meadow  adjoining  ;  that  being  over  fifty  years 
ago.  The  said  meadow  is  at  the  present  day  as  productive  and 
profitable  as  any  otlier  portion  of  tlie  large  landed  estate  of 
the  Morris'. 


NICHOLSON    FAMILY. 

« 

Samuel  Nicliolson,  lived  in  AViseton  in  tlie  conntj  of  Not- 
tingliamsliirc ;  lie  was  a  liusbandman ;  his  wife  was  named  Ann; 
they  liad  live  children,  all  born  in  England — Parobale,  was 
born  20tli  of  2d  month,  1659  ;  she  married  Abraham  Strand  ; 
Elizabeth  Nicholson,  the  second  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Ann 
Nicholson,  born  20th  of  3d  month,  1664 ;  she  married  Jolin 
Abbott,  and  left  three  daughters — Rachel,  Mary  and  Elizabeth 
Abbott.  Samuel,  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Ann  Nicholson,  born 
6th  of  3d  month,  1666  ;  Joseph,  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Ann 
Nicholson,  born  30th  of  2d  month,  1669  ;  Abel,  the  son  of 
Samuel  and  Ann  Nicholson,  born  2d  of  5tli  month,  1672. 
Samuel  and  Ann,  ]iis  wife,  with  their  five  children,  emigrated 
in  company  with  John  Fenwick.  With  a  mimber  of  others 
they  landed  at  where  Salem  is,  on  the  5th  of  10th  month, 
1675.  Samuel  had  purchased,  previous  to  their  sailing,  2,000 
acres  of  land ;  the  said  land  was  surveyed  to  him  in  1676, 
together  witli  sixteen  acres  for  a  town  lot,  in  new  Salem.  He 
died  about  the  year  1690,  on  his  property  in  Elsinborough ;  he 
was  the  J.lirst  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  Fenwick  Colony.  His 
widow,  Ann  Nicholson,  died  in  1693  ;  in  her  will  she  devised 
lier  estate  to  lier  three  grand-daugliters — Racliel,  Mary  and 
Elizal)eth  Abl)ott,  and  lier  three  sons — Samuel,  Josepli  and 
A])el  Nicholson.  Sanmel  Nicholson,  Jr.,  married,  and  lie  and 
his  wife  both  dying  soon  afterwards;  he  made  a  will  devising 
his  largo  landed  estate  to  his  two  brothers — Joseph  and  Abel 
Nicholson;  that  Avas  about  1695.  Joseph  parted  with  his 
share,  which  included  the  old  homestead  of  his  parents,  located 
on  the  northern  bank  of  Monmouth  river,  now  known  as 
Alloways,  to  George  Abbott,  Henry  Stubbins  and  John 
Froth.  Joseph  Nicholson  married  and  settled  near  Haddon- 
lield,  Camden  county.  Abel,  the  youngest  son  of  Samuel 
Nicholson,  and  Ann  his  wife,  married  Mary,  the  daughter  of 
William  and  Joanna  Tyler;  she  was  born  in  England  in  the 
11th  month,  1677.  Al)el  and  his  wife  resided  in  Elshiborough; 
they  were  married   about  1691:.     Sarah,   their  eldest  child,  was 


NICHOLSON    FAMILY.  165 


born  19tli  of  11th  mouth,  169-1 ;  Rachel,  the  (hiiighter  of 
Abel  and  Mary  Nicliolson,  was  born  7th  of  7th  month,  1698  ; 
Abel,  the  son  of  Abel,  by  Mary  his  wife,  was  born  13th  of 
1st  month,  1700  ;  Joseph,  the  son  of  Abel  and  Mary  Nichol- 
son, was  born  itli  of  12th  month,  1701  ;  William,  the  son  of 
Abel  and  Mary  Nicholson,  was  born  15th  of  9th  month,  1703  ; 
he  became  the  owner  of  500  acres  of  Hedgefield,  in  Manning- 
ton  ;  he  built  a  brick  mansion  on  the  property,  which  is  still 
standing ;  he  married,  he  and  his  wife  had  three  children — 
Rachel,  Ruth  and  William  Nicholson,  the  latter  married  Sarah 
Townsend,  of  Fenn's  Neck.  Rachel,  their  oldest  child,  was 
])orn  9th  of  11th  month,  1774 ;  Milesant,  the  daughter  of 
William  and  Sarah  Nicholson,  was  born  3d  of  8th  month,  1776; 
William,  the  son  of  William  and  Sarah  Nicholson,  was  born 
8th  of  3d  month,  1779,  he  died  young  ;  Sanniel,  the  son  cf 
William  and  Sarah  Nicholson,  was  born  2d  of  7tli  month, 
1781  ;  William,  the  son  of  William  and  Sarah  Nicholson,  was 
born  16th  of  11th  month,  1783 ;  Sarah,  the  daughter  of 
William  and  Sarah  Nicholson,  was  born  in  1791 ;  Daniel,  the 
son  of  William  and  Sarah  Nicholson,  was  born  19th  of  1st 
month,  1786,  and  Ann,  the  youngest  daughter  of  William  and 
Sarah  Nicholson,  was  born  in  1793.  Ann,  the  daughter  of 
Abel  and  Mary  Nicholson,  was  born  15th  of  11th  month,  1707; 
Ruth  Nicholson,  daughter  of  Abel  and  Mary  Nicholson,  was 
born  9th  of  9tli  month,  1713  ;  Samuel,  the  son  of  Abel  and 
Mary  Nicholson,  was  born  12tli  month,  1716  ;  Jolm  Nicholsor.j 
the  youngest  son  of  Abel,  and  Mary  Nicholson,  was  born  3d 
of  6th  month,  1719.  Aim,  the  daughter  of  Abel  and  Mary 
Nicholson,  married  John  Brick,  Jr.,  of  Gravelly  Run,  it  is 
now  known  as  Jericho,  Cumberland  county.  John  was  one  of 
the  Judges  of  Salem  courts  f(jr  a  number  of  years;  he  died 
23d  of  ist  month,  1758;  he  and  his  wife,  Ann  Nicholson 
Brick,  had  ei<j;ht  children — Marv,  their  eldest  dau,ii-liter,  who 
married  Nathaniel  Hall,  of  Mannington,  was  born  lOth  of  2d 
month,  1730.  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Ann 
Brick,  was  ])orn  -Ith  of  7tli  month,  1732,  she  was  afterwards 
the  wife  of  John  Reeve,  of  Cohansey.  John,  the  son  of  J(.»hn 
and  Ann  Brick,  was  born  10th  of  lltli  month,  1733  ;  Joseph, 
the  son  of  John  and  Ann  Brick,  was  born  24th  of  3d  month, 
1735  ;  Joseph  was  twice  married,  his  first  wife  was  Rebecca 
Abbott;  his  second  wife  was  Martha  Reeve.  Ann,  the  daughter 
of  John  and  Ann  Brick,  was  born  23d  of  1st  month,  1738  ; 
she  subsequently  married  Joseph  Clement,  of  Haddonlield,  in 
1761.     Hannah,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Ann  Brick,  was  born 


166  NICHOLSON    FAMILY. 


8th  of  ;3(l  inontli,  1741;  Ruth,  the  dHU«;hter  of  John  and 
Ann  Iji-ick,  was  l)orn  1st  of  10th  month,  1742  ;  slie  nuirried 
Benjamm  Reeve  in  1761.  Jane  Brick  was  born  lOth  of  1st 
month,  174o. 

Sanniel  Nicholson,  the  son  of  Abel  and  Mary  Nicholson, 
married  Sarali  Dennis,  of  Cohansey ;  they  had  two  children — 
Sanniel  and  Grace  Nicholson,  the  latter  married  Andrew,  the 
son  of  Joshua  Thompson,  of  Elsinborough.  Samuel  Nicholson, 
Jr.,  married  the  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  B.  Hall,  of 
Mannington ;  there  were  live  children — John,  Ann,  Mary, 
Samuel  and  Josiah  Nicholson.  John  Nicholson,  the  youngest 
son  of  Aljel  and  Mary  Nicholson,  married  Jane  Darkin,  the 
daugliter  of  Joini  Darkin.  John  and  his  wife  lived  and  owned 
a  large  farm  adjoining  the  Tylers  on  the  north  side  of  Alio  ways 
creek ;  they  had  several  children — Ann,  Al)el  and  Jane  Darkin, 
and  one  or  two  other  daughters.  Abel  became  the  owner  of 
the  real  estate  of  his  parents  ;  he  died  a  yonng  man  ;  the  prop- 
erty was  divided  among  his  sisters,  Darkin  Nicholson  became 
the  owner,  l)y  his  grand-father's  (John  Darkin)  will,  of  the  large 
and  valuable  estate  in  Elsinborough,  known  as  the  Windham 
estate ;  it  is  a  point  of  land  adjoining  tlie  Salem  town  marsh  ; 
on  that  point  the  New  Haven  colony  located  in  1640.  Darkin 
married  Estlier  Brown,  a  native  of  Chester  county,  but  at  the 
time  of  her  marriage,  she  lived  in  Elsinborough  with  her 
mother,  who  had  recently  married  William  Goodwin,  Sr.  ;  she 
was  William's  second  wife.  The  children  of  Darkin  and 
Esther  Nicholson  were  Mary,  Esther,  James,  Darkin  and  John 
Nicholson.  Mary  was  the  first  wife  of  Elisha  Bassett,  of  Man- 
nington. Esther  Nicholson  married  John  Thompson,  of 
Elsinborough,  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  Bradway  Tliompson. 


OGDEN    FAMILY. 

John  Ogden  whs  a  native  of  England.  It  appears  by  tlie 
record,  he  was  a  man  of  considerable  distinction  in  his  nati\e 
conntry,  and  possessed  more  than  ordinary  intellect.  For  his 
meritorions  condnct  towards  his  sovereign,  Charles  the  I.,  King 
of  England,  he  was  presented  with  a  Coat-of-Arnis,  from  Charles 
the  II.,  with  this  motto,  "And  if  I  make  a  show,  I  do  not 
"  boast  of  it."  This  John  Ogden  was  one  of  the  persons  to  whom 
King  Charles  the  II.  granted  the  Charter  of  Connecticut 
in  1662.  The  record  of  the  family  states  he  lived  for  a  length 
of  time  on  Long  Island.  Al^out  the  _year  1673,  he  settled  at 
Elizabethtown,  in  East  Jersey,  when  in  connection  with  Bailey 
Bakei-  and  Watson,  he  purchased  a  tract  of  land  of  tlie  Indians, 
for  which  a  patent  was  granted  by  Geoi-ge  Nichols,  who  was 
Governor  of  the  colony  nnder  the  Dutch,  while  they  held  New 
York.  The  Elizabethtown  grant,  was  the  occasion  of  mucli 
contention  with  English  proprietors,  and  they  looked  upon 
Ogden  as  a  leading  malcontent.  The  record  of  his  is  correct, 
he  was  a  true  patriot,  a  leader  of  the  people,  an  earnest  Cln-ist- 
ian  and  an  acknowledged  pioneer  of  the  oldest  town  in  the  State, 
whose  iiouse  the  lirst  white  cliild  of  the  settlement  was  born. 
He  died  in  the  early  part  of  1682,  leaving  many  descendants. 
His  wife  was  Jane  Bond,  sister  of  Robert  Bond.  Judge  Elmer 
writes,  (being  well  acquainted  with  the  history  of  the  State), 
"that  the  descendants  of  John  and  Jane  Ogden  have  held  dis- 
"  tinguished  places  in  the  government  of  the  State,  among  whom 
"  were  Aaron  Ogden,  Governor  in  1813,  and  his  son  Elias  D.  B. 
"  Ogden,  Judge  of  the  Supreme  Court." 

The  family  of  the  Ogdens  are  very  numerous  both  in  East 
and  West  Jersey.  John  Ogden,  the  grandson  of  tlie  emigrant, 
came  to  Fairfield  as  early  as  1690,  and  became  a  large  land- 
holder in  that  region ;  he  likewise  became  the  owner  of  a  large 
tract  of  land  of  655  acres,  on  the  north  side  of^Cohansey,  in  Green- 
wich township,  adjoining  lands  of  Nicholas  and  Leonard  Gib- 
l)on.  In  1729,  tlie  said  John  Ogden  sold  part  of  said  land 
adjoining  Pine  Mount,  to  Ebenezer  Miller,  of  Greenwich.   Sam- 


168  OGDEN    TAMIL V. 


iisl  and  Jctnathan  Ogden  came  and  settled  in  Nortli  Coliansey 
precinct,  a])ont  the  same  time  that  John  did  ;  whether  they 
were  lirothers  or  cousins,  the  record  of  the  family  does  not 
determine.  It  is  evident  that  Sanniel  Ogden  settled  at  Deer- 
tield,  as  the  inscriptions  on  one  of  the  tomljstones  in  the  Pres- 
byterian Cemetery  in  that  place  fully  confirms.  The  Samuel 
Oc'den  that  was  buried  in  Deertield  yard  must  have  been  the 
son  of  Samuel  Ogden,  who  emigrated  to  Fenwick's  Colony,  as 
inscribed  on  the  totnbstone,  "  died  in  1805,  in  his  72d  year." 
It  is  generally  thought  he  was  a  member  of  the  Assemljly  of 
New  Jersey  in  1780,  and  member  of  Council  in  1781,  and  of 
the  same  body  in  1783,  and  fourteen  times  afterwards;  his  last 
services  being  in  1800.  There  was  a  Samuel  Ogden  no  doubt 
of  the  same  family,  appointed  a  Captain  of  the  Militia,  in  177(), 
and  afterwards  a  Major,  and  Lieutenant-Colonel.  He  died  in 
1785.  The  descendants  of  John  Ogden,  who  settled  near  Fair- 
ton,  are  very  numerous  in  the  County  of  Cumberland.  John, 
and  many  of  his  immediate  descendants,  lie  buried  in  the  ancient 
yard  of  the  Presbyterians,  that  is  located  on  the  south  bank  of 
Cohansey,  near  the  town  of  Fairton. 

The  Ogden  family  of  Cumberland,  was,  as  it  appears  at  the 
time  of  tlie  Revolutionary  War,  ardent  Whigs,  many  of  them 
joined  the  American  army  among  them  was  one  Benjamin 
Ogden,  who  was  taken  prisoner  and  died  in  prison  in  the  city 
of  Philadelphia ;  also  John,  the  son  of  David  Ogden,  served  in 
Washington's  army  at  the  time  he  retreated  from  New  York. 
David  Ogden,  the  grandson  of  John  Ogden,  was  a  large  land- 
holder in  Fairfield  township,  likewise  owned  a  flour  mill,  the 
said  mill  was  probably  erected  by  John  Ogden,  his  grandfather. 
It  is  known  at  the  present  time  as  John  Trenchard's  Mill,  and 
is  located  on  a  branch  of  the  Cohansey,  called  by  the  early 
settlers,  Nortii  Branch,  afterwards  Mill  Creek.  David  Ogden 
had  eleven  cliildren.  His  oldest  son,  John  Ogden,  was  born 
1st  month,  1755  ;  he  married  Abigail  Bennet  3d  of  3d  month, 
1799.  The  following  are  the  names  of  their  children— Abigail,  born 
13th  of  12th  month,  1779.  John,  born  21st  of  1st  month,  1782; 
tlie  latter  owned  property  at  Port  Norris,  and  kept  a  tavern 
there  ;  afterwards  in  Port  Elizabeth.  Hannah  Ogden,  daughter 
of  John  and  Abigail  Ogden,  was  born  12th  of  8th  month,  1784. 
Rachel  was  born  16th  of  7th  month,  1786  ;  Theodocia  Ogden 
was  born  on  13th  of  3d  month,  1791  ;  Aldon,  was  born  on  27tli 
of  3d  month,  1793 ;  Elmer  was  l)orn  on  28th  of  7th  month, 
1795  ;  Benjamin  was  ])orn  Itli  of  10th  month,  1797 ;  Matilda 
was  born  2d  of  12th  month,  1799,  and  David  Sayre  Ogden  was 


OGDEN    FAMILY.  169 


born  15th  of  5tli  month,  1803.  All  of  John  and  Aljigail  Ogden's 
children  lived  to  grow  to  matnrity,  and  married.  Abigail,  their 
eldest  daughter,  married  Ephraim  Westcott ;  their  daughter 
Kachel,  married  George  Summers,  in  1804;  John  Ogden  mar- 
ried Charlotte  Jones,  in  1809  ;  Hannah  Sayre  married  John 
Howell,  in  1808;  Theodocia  Ogden  married  Joseph  Hunt,  in 
1810,  and  Adam  Ogden  married  Hannah  Tliompson,  in  1821. 
Benjamin  Ogden,  son  of  John  and  Abigail  B.  Ogden,  was  born  in 
1797,  and  graduated  at  Princeton  College  in  1817  ;  from  1818  to 
1820  he  studied  for  the  ministry,  in  the  Theological  Seminary; 
was  licensed  to  preach  in  1821,  and  was  ordained  the  following 
year.  He  was  settled  at  Lewes,  Delaware,  until  1826 ;  from 
thence  he  was  called  to  Pennington,  N.  J.  He  continued  in 
the  latter  place  until  1838,  when  he  removed  to  the  State  of 
Michigan  ;  afterwards  he  went  to  Valparaiso,  Indiana,  where 
he  died  in  1853  ;  his  wife  was  Emily  Sausbury  ;  they  were  married 
15th  of  10th  month,  1821.  Matilda  Ogden  married  Harris  Mat- 
thias, 25th  of  11th  month,  1821  ;  David,  the  youngest  son  of  John 
and  Abigail  Ogden, married  Martha  S.  Ewing,  2d  of  11th  month, 
1825.  Elmer  Ogden,  son  of  John  and  Aljigail  Ogden,  resides  at  this 
time,  in  tlie  town  of  Greenwich;  he  lias  been  twice  married; 
his  first  wife  was  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Isaac  Sheppard  ;  tliey 
had  seven  children — Isaac  S.,  Horace  E.,  Joseph  H.,  Matilda, 
Henry  S.,  Sarah  J.,  and  Amanda  Ogden.  Elmer  Ogden's  sec- 
ond wife  was  the  widow  of  George  Hall,  of  Salem ;  her  maiden 
name  was  Matilda  Riley  ;  she  is  deceased,  leaving  no  issue. 

Isaac  S.  Ogden,  son  of  Elmer  and  Sarah  Ogden,  married 
Ann  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Daniel  Bacon,  they  have  issue — 
Mary,  Matilda  and  Elmer  Ogden.  Horace  Ogden  married 
Maria  Jorden,  they  have  six  children  living — Elizabeth  J., 
Edward  M.,  Ella,  Clarence  C,  Sallie  S.  and  Lydia  J.  Ogden. 
Joseph  married  Lydia  Eithian,  daughter  of  Joel  Fithian  ;  they 
have  one  son — George  B.  Ogden.  Matilda  Ogden  married  Jon- 
athan Fithian,  their  children  are  Charles,  Frank,  Rebecca, 
Joel  and  Sarah  Fithian  ;  Henry  S.,  son  of  Elmer  Ogden,  mar- 
ried Lizzie  Syder,  they  have  one  son,  Frank  Ogden.  Sarah  S. 
Ogden,  daughter  of  Elmer  and  Sarah  Ogden,  remains  single, 
and  resides  with  her  father ;  Amanda  Ogden  is  deceased,  and  never 
married  ;  Elmer  Ogden  has  been  an  active  business  man,  and  at  one 
time  was  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature,  he  is  now  in  his  eighty- 
second  year,  having  survived  nearly  all  of  his  brothers  and 
sisters.  His  mother  died  in  1818,  aged  fifty-seven  years,  and  his 
father,  John  Ogden,  died  in  1832,  aged  seventy-seven  years. 

Harris  Ogden  who  resides  in  Fairfield  to^vnship,  Cumberland 
22 


170  OGDEN    FAMILY. 


countj,  is  tlie  son  of  Harris  Ogdcn,  and  his  grand-father  was 
of  the  same  name.  He  is  douljtless  one  of  the  leadina;  aofricul- 
turists  in  the  countj^  at  the  present  day ;  his  farm  is  located  near 
the  old  Presbyterian  Stone  Clmrch ;  his  buildings  and  fencings 
are  not  surpassed  in  that  section.  He  is  likewise  prominent  in 
raising  and  feeding  all  kinds  of  stock,  particularly  cattle,  and  it  is 
generally  considered  that  he  has  no  equal  in  that  particular  in  tlie 
county  of  Cumberland,  since  the  late  Dr.  William  Elmer,  of 
Bridgeton. 

It  appears  that  one  of  John  Ogden's  sons  or  grand-sons  left 
Elizabethtown,  IS^ew  Jersey,  and  located  in  Pennsyh'ania  near 
the  city  of  Pliiladelphia,  where  he  and  his  family  became  mem- 
bers of  the  Society  of  Friends.  Samuel  Ogden  left  Pennsyl- 
vania in  1767  and  settled  in  Gloucester  county,  about  one  mile 
below  Swedesboro,  known  as  Battentown.  He  being  a  tanner 
and  currier  by  trade,  there  he  established  his  tannery ;  the  same 
yard  was  afterwards  occupied  by  his  son  Joseph  Ogden,  and  his 
grand-son  David  Ogden,  late  of  AVoodbury  ;  it  is  still  occupied 
by  one  of  David's  son's,  he  being  the  foui-th  generation.  Sam- 
uel Ogden  married  Mary  Ann  Hoffman,  of  Gloucester  county, 
she  was  born  19tli  of  lOtli  month,  1752.  Samuel  and  his  wife 
Mary  Ann  Ogden  had  ten  children,  who  lived  to  grow  up, 
married  and  had  families  of  children.  One  of  the  family  lias 
in  possession  the  Coat  of  Arms,  given  l)y  Charles  tlie  II,  similar 
to  the  one  the  family  have  in  the  county  of  Cumberland.  Mary, 
the  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Ann  Ogden,  was  born  loth 
of  6tli  month,  1771  ;  Esther  Ogden,  their  second  daughter  was 
born  15th  of  2d  month,  1773  ;  Joseph,  the  eldest  son  of  Samuel 
and  Mary  Ann  Ogden,  was  born  4th  of  8th  month,  1775  ; 
Martha,  daughter  of  the  same  parents,  born  2d  of  2d  month, 
1779  ;  Hannah  born  29th  of  6th  month,  1781  ;  Ann  Ogden 
born  22d  of  11th  month,  1783  ;  Sarah  born  22d  of  7th  month, 
1787  ;  Samuel  born  27tli  of  ith  month,  1790 ;  John  Ogden 
l)orn  20tli  of  6th  month,  1792,  and  David  Ogden  l)orn  19th  of 
2d  month,  1796.  Samuel  Ogden,  father  of  the  above  mentioned 
( hildren,  purchased  a  farm  near  WoodstoAvn,  in  Pilesgrove,  there 
he  and  his  wife  ended  their  days,  he  dying  21st  of  4th  month, 
1821,  aged  about  seventy-six  years  ;  his  wife  died  three  years 
previously,  aged  sixty-six  years.  Mary,  their  eldest  daughter, 
married  Samuel  Lippincott,  of  Gloucester,  she  died  young, 
leaving  one  son — Caleb  Lippincott,  (see  Lippincott  family). 
Esther,  the  second  daughter  of  Samuel  Ogden,  married  Thomap, 
the  son  of  Jacob  Davis,  of  Woodstown,  they  had  several  chil- 
dren, (see  Davis  family) ;  Esther  departed  this  life  Ist  of  8th 
month,  1845,  aged  seventy-three  years. 


OGDEN   FAMILY. 


171 


Joseph,  the  eldest  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Ann  Ogden, 
succeeded  his  father  in  the  tanning  business  near  Swedesboro, 
at  that  place  he  accumulated  a  large  fortune,  and  retired  many 
years  before  his  death  to  the  town  of  Woodbury.  He  was 
four  times  married  ;  his  first  wife  was  the  daugliter  of  John 
Tatem,  Sr.,  of  Woodbury,  slie  was  the  mother  of  his  children ; 
their  names  were  David,  Samuel,  John,  Elizabeth  and  Mary 
Ann  Ogden.  One  of  Joseph  Ogden's  wives  was  Prudence 
Hall,  daughter  of  Clement  and  Sarah  Kay  Hall,  of  Elsinboro, 
she  ]:)eino;  his  third  wife.  His  last  wife  I  think  survived  him,  lie 
dying  20th  of  lltli  month,  1863,  being  in  his  eighty-ninth  year. 
Martha,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Ann  Ogden,  married. 
Samuel  Abbott,  of  Mannington,  Salem  county,  she  was  his 
second  Avife  ;  they  had  issue  ;  (see  genealogy  of  the  Abbott 
family);  she  died  5th  of  -ith  month,  18-18,  aged  about  sixty-nine 
years.  Hannah,  daughter  of  Sainuel  and  Mary  Ann  Ogden, 
married  Isaac  Townsend,  of  Caj)e  May  county.  Soon  after  they 
were  married  they  resided,  at  .Port  Elizabeth  ;  they  had  issue  ; 
the  names  of  their  children  were  Samuel,  Isaac,  Ann,  Hannah, 
William  and  Charles  Townsend.  Isaac  and  his  wife  a  few  years 
l)efore  tlieir  death,  removed  to  the  city  of  Philadelphia.  Ann 
Ogden,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Ann  Ogden,  mai-ried 
John,  son  of  Zadoc  and  Eunice  Silvers  Street,  of  Mannington, 
al30ut  1801  or  1805.  He  sold  his  valuable  real  estate  in  said 
township  to  John  Wistar,  and  removed  with  his  family  to  the 
then  new  State  of  Ohio,  and  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land  in 
what  is  now  known  as  Columbiana  county,  and  there  founded,  a 
town  which  they  called  Salem,  after  Salem,  New  Jersey. 

The  Street  family  became  one  of  tlie  wealthiest  families  in 
that  section  of  the  State.  John,  the  oldest  son  of  Zadoc  and 
Eunice  S.  Street,  carried  on  a  large  business  for  many  years  as 
a  merchant ;  he  and  his  wife  had  several  sons,  but  no  daughters. 
The  family  of  Streets  have  great  energy  of  character  and  a 
literary  turn  of  mind.  Aaron  Street,  the  second  son  of  Zadoc, 
(after  the  North-West  became  open  to  settlers,)  left  Salem  and 
located  in  the  territory  of  Iowa,  and  there  founded,  a  town  he 
called  Salem,  the  said  town  was  the  capital  of  the  territory  for 
some  time.  Aaron  had  a  family  ;  one  of  his  sons  was  named 
Isaac  Street,  he  also  had  a  family  ;  one  of  his  daughters  was 
named  Mary  Ann  Street,  she  subsequently  married  a  young  man 
by  the  name  of  Duncan,  they  were  of  Scotch  family ;  Mary 
Ann  and  her  husband  reside  at  San  Francisco,  California.  One 
of  the  Street  family  located  in  Oregon,  and  there  founded  a 
town  and  (tailed  it  Salem.    Ann  Ogden  Street,  the  wife  of  John, 


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OGDEN   FAMILY. 


departed  this  life  31st  of  8th  month,  1861,  aged  seventy-eight 
years. 

Sarah,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Ann  Ogden,  married 
Samuel  Holmes,  of  Upper  Penn's  Neck;  they  had  four  children, 
tlieir  names  were  Martlia,  Ann  Eliza,  Sarah  and  AVilliam 
Holmes.  Sarah  Ogden  Holmes  died  26th  of  2d  month,  1829, 
aged  about  forty-two  years.  Jolm,  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Mary 
Ann  Ogden,  has  been  twice  married ;  his  first  wife  was  Ann 
Howe,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Abigail  Howe,  of  Gloucester 
county.  John  and  his  wife  had  three  daughters — Mary  Ann, 
Martha  and  Ann  Ogden.  Soon  after  the  deatli  of  their  mother, 
Ann  Street  who  was  on  a  visit  to  her  relatives  in  New  Jersey, 
asked  permission  of  her  brother  Jolm  to  take  two  of  his  daugh- 
ters home  with  her  to  Ohio,  he  gave  his  consent,  and  she  brought 
up  and  educated  them  as  she  would  liave  done  with  her  own  chil- 
dren. TJiey  are  both  married,  and  in  affluent  circumstances, 
living  in  their  adopted  State.  John's  second  wife  was  Abigail 
Atkinson,  widow  of  Caleb  Atkinson,  lier  maiden  name  was 
Antrim;  they  liave  four  children,  two  are  deceased,  Joseph  and 
Clement  are  living.  John  lived  the  greater  part  of  his  life 
on  the  homestead  farm  near  Woodstown.  He  sold  his  farm 
some  years  ago,  and  now  resides  in  the  city  of  Salem ;  he  is 
the  only  one  left  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Ann  Ogden's  children ; 
he  is  now  in  his  eighty-fifth  year.  David,  the  3'oungest  son  of 
Samuel  and  Mary  Ann  Ogden,  married  Sarah  Ann  Burr,  of 
Burlington  county,  they  have  had  two  cliildren — Wharton  and 
Rebecca  Ogden,  the  latter  is  deceased  ;  Wharton  has  a  store  at 
Port  Elizabeth.  David  was  a  carriage  maker,  and  soon  after 
lie  married,  removed  to  Burlington  county,  there  he  followed 
his  trade  until  his  death,  which  event  took  place  2d  of  7th 
month,  1825,  when  he  was  only  twenty-nine  years  of  age. 


OAKFORD  AND  MOSS  FAMILIES. 

Charles  and  Wade  Oakford  emigrated  from  England  to  West 
Jersey  about  1695  ;  it  is  evident  by  the  records  of  the  Wade 
family  they  were  nephews  of  Edward  Wade,  instead  of  what 
many  supposed,  tliat  Charles  Oakford's  wife  was  the  daughter 
of  Edward.  The  brothers,  Charles  and  Wade  Oakford,  had 
considerable  means  when  they  came  in  1698,  each  of  tliem  con- 
tributed quite  a  sum  of  money  for  that  time,  towards  erecting 
the  first  brick  meeting  house  in  the  town  of  Salem.  Charles 
purchased  of  his  uncle  Edward  Wade  of  his  allotment  of  land, 
located  in  Lower  Monmouth  precinct,  quite  a  large  tract,  that 
being  about  1696 ;  he  married  and  settled  ;  the  following  are  the 
names  of  his  children — Elizabeth,  born  at  Alloways  Creek, 
17th  of  3d  month,  1698  ;  Charles  and  Mary  Oakford,  born 
20th  of  1st  month,  1701,  Mary  died  young ;  John  Oakford, 
born  12th  of  1st  month,  .1701.  Charles'  second  wife  was 
Margaret  Denn,  daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  Maddox 
Denn ;  their  daughter  Mary  Oakford,  was  born  21st  of  1st 
montli,  1706  ;  Susanna  Oakford,  was  born  in  1709.  Charles  the 
father  of  these  children,  died  about  1728.  His  son  Cliarles 
inherited  the  homestead,  and  subsequently  was  one  of  the  ablest 
farmers  in  the  lower  precinct  of  Monmouth.  In  the  Assessor's 
diqjlicate  made  by  George  Trenchard,  Sr.,  Charles  paid  the 
highest  tax  in  the  township,  excepting  William  Tyler.  In  1712 
he  built  himself  a  brick  dwelling,  which  is  still  standing. — 
Charles  died  in  1760,  leaving  several  children — Elizabeth,  Isaac 
and  Samuel,  also  one  or  two  other  daughters  whose  names  are 
not  given.  Elizabeth  married  Samuel  Naylor,  they  had  issue. 
Their  son  Charles  Oakford  Naylor,  married,  had  a  son,  Joseph 
Naylor,  who  resides  at  Hancock's  Bridge  at  this  time,  being 
over  seventy  years  of  age.  Isaac  Oakford,  (Charles'  eldest  son), 
inherited  the  homestead  and  soon  after  sold  the  farm  to  John 
Ware,  and  purchased  lands  near  Darby,  Pennsylvania,  and  there 
ended  his  days.  The  Oakf  ords  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia  are 
his  descendants.  Samuel  Oakford  settled  in  the  State  of  Dela- 
ware ;  he  lived  to  a  very  advanced  age,  and  left  issue.     Mary, 


174  OAKFORD    AND    MOSS    FAMILIES. 


tlie  daughter  of  Charles  and  Margaret  Oakford,  married 
James,  the  son  of  jSTathaniel  Chambless ;  tliey  had  issue. — 
Susanna  Oakford,  the  daughter  of  Charles  and  Margaret  Oak- 
ford,  married  Jonathan,  the  son  of  AVilliam  Bradway,  she  was 
his  second  wife  ;  they  had  issue.  John,  the  son  of  Charles  and 
Mary  Oakford,  married  Margaretta  Colsten  in  1733,  they  had 
several  children ;  they  married  in  the  Acton  family  of  Salem. 

Wade  Oakford,  the  emigrant,  brother  of  Charles,  purchased 
a  large  tract  of  land  in  the  upper  precinct  of  Monmouth,  being 
part  of  James  Wasse's  7000  aei'cs  ;  I  never  heard  whom  he 
married.  His  son  William  Oakford  married  when  he  was  past 
middle-age  Rebecca  Moss,  daughter  of  Abraham  Moss ;  they 
had  two  daughters,  one  of  them  died  a  minor.  Notwithstand- 
iug  William's  great  possessions,  he  was  a  man  of  very  industri- 
ous habits.  One  day  some  of  his  friends  called  to  see  him  and 
he  was  not  at  home,  they  inquired  of  his  housekeeper  Avhere  he 
was  (his  wife  was  deceased  at  that  time),  she  told  them  he  was 
in  the  woods  cutting  wood.  They  went  to  look  for  him  and  found 
him  busily  cutting  cord  wood  ;  they  told  him  he  was  too  old  a 
man  to  work  so  hard,  and  abundantly  able  to  live  without,  and 
leave  his  only  daughter  well  provided  for.  To  which  the  old  man 
assented  and  replied,  "that  he  expected  some  stranger  would 
"reap  the  benefit  of  his  labors,  inasmuch  as  some  Dutclmian 
"  would  come  and  marry  his  daughter  one  of  these  days."  This 
proved  to  be  true,  for  in  a  short  time  one  of  Richard  AYistar's 
glassblowers  by  the  name  of  Jacob  Houseman  married  her. — 
The  name  has  since  been  abbreviated,  and  is  now  spelled  House. 
Jacob  and  Mary  Oakford  House  had  one  son  named  William 
House,  who  married  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Jonatlian  and 
Milicent  Wood.  Milicent  was  the  damj-hter  of  Peter  Stretch. 
William  House  and  his  wife  Sarah  left  two  children — Jonathan 
and  Mary  House.  Jonathan  House  who  is  still  living  at  an 
advanced  age,  married  Francis,  the  daughter  of  John  Black- 
wood ;  they  have  issue.  Mary  House,  his  sister,  married  AVil- 
liam,  the  son  of  James  and  Catharine  Sherron,  of  Salem. — 
William  and  his  wife  are  both  deceased ;  they  left  three  or 
more  children — Samuel,  Albert,  and  a  daughter.  Albert  Sher- 
ron resides  in  Salem  and  keeps  a  grocery  store,  and  has  been 
prosperous  in  his  business. 

Alexander  Moss  I  think  came  to  this  country  about  1720,  he 
located  in  Alloways  Creek  township  ;  he  and  his  vnie  Rebecca 
Moss  had  four  children — Richard,  was  born  in  llth  month, 
1724  ;  Isaac,  was  born  18th  of  llth  month,  1726  ;  Hannah,  was 
born  14th  of  7t]i  month,  1730,  and  Rebecca  Moss  was  ])orn  in 


OAKFORD    AND    MOSS    FAMILIES.  1Y5 


1733.  Abraliam  Moss  purcluised  part  of  Jonathan  Smith's 
estate,  about  the  year  1735  ;  lie  died  about  1750,  and  his  son 
Richard  Moss  become  the  owner.  In  1751  Charles  Fosrir 
purchased  the  farm  where  AYilliam  Cooper  now  lives  of  William 
Chandler  ;  in  1767  Richard  Moss  and  Charles  Foiro-  exchanged 
farms.  The  Smith  property  or  part  of  it  has  been  in  possession 
of  the  Fogg  family  since.  Richard  Moss  had  two  children— Isaac 
and  Rebecca  Moss,  both  of  them  lived  to  old  age,  never  married. 
Isaac  became  the  owner  of  his  father's  real  estate,  and  subse- 
quently sold  it  to  John  Yancider. 


PLUMMER    FAMILY. 

The  laws  of  this  countiy  are  well  calculated  to  give  every 
young  person,  no  matter  how  poor  or  obscure  their  parentage 
is,  an  opportunity  to  rise  in  a  social  and  political  standing  in 
the  community  in  which  they  live.  Hence,  many  of  the  most 
useful  citizens  in  this  section,  and  likewise  throughout  this 
favored  country,  descended  from  what  is  called  the  lo^ver  order 
of  society.  Samuel  Plummer  was  the  son  of  an  emigrant  from 
England,  named  David  Plunmier,  as  is  supposed  by  the  family. 
Their  record  seems  to  have  been  lost.  Samuel  Plummer  mar- 
ried Amy  Johnson ;  they  had  seven  or  eight  children ;  their 
names  were — David,  William,  James,  Sarah,  Samuel,  John  and 
Hannah  Plummer.  Samuel,  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Amy  John- 
son Plummer,  was  born  the  29th  of  9tli  month,  1813;  in  early 
life,  lie  was  apprenticed  to  a  carriage  maker  ;  after  he  arrived  to 
manhood,  he  followed  his  trade  for  several  years,  I  think  at  Sharps- 
town  in  Salem  county.  He  however,  turned  his  attention  to 
politics,  and  subsequently  M'as  elected  Sheriff  of  the  county  of 
Salem.  Soon  after  the  expiration  of  his  term  of  office,  he  was 
elected  to  the  State  Legislature,  and  the  following  year  to  the 
State  Senate ;  he  now  holds  the  important  office  of  United 
States  Marshal  for  the  State  of  New  Jersey.  He  married  Ke- 
ziah  Woodruff,  daughter  of  Enos  Woodruff,  of  Bridgeton,  Cum- 
berland county ;  slie  can  properly  claim  as  long  a  line  of  an- 
cestry as  any  other  one  in  the  county  of  Salem,  being  a  lineal 
descendant  of  Thomas  Woodruff,  who  was  the  son  of  John 
Woodruff,  yeoman,  in  the  county  of  Worcestershire,  England. 
Thomas  married  Edith  Wyatt,  daughter  of  Joseph  AVyatt,  a 
gentleman.  The  said  Thomas  Woodruff  and  his  wife  Edith, 
left  AVorcestershire,  and  removed  to  London,  at  whicli  place 
they  had  several  children  born ;  their  names  were  Thomas, 
Edith,  John  and  Isaac  Woodruff.  In  the  year  1678,  Thomas 
and  Edith  Woodruff,  together  with  their  children,  and  in  com- 
pany with  a  number  of  others,  emigrated  for  West  New  Jersey, 
on  board  the  ship  Surrey,  Steven  Nichols,  Captain.  They 
arrived  at  Salem  in -Ith  month,  1679.     Samuel  Plummer  and  his 


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wife,  Iveziali  AVoodruff,  liave  had  eight  children,  only  three  of 
them  are  living  at  this  time — Charles,  John  E,  and  Sallie  Pluni- 
nier.  Charles  has  been  twice  married  ;  his  lirst  wife  was  Han- 
nah, the  daughter  of  Benjamin  Heritage;  she  died  a  young 
woman,  leaving  one  daughter,  Willielmina  Plummer.  His  sec- 
ond wife  is  Anna,  tlie  daughter  of  Benjamin  M.  Black;  they 
have  one  daughter — Rebecca  Plummer.  Charles  Plummer  is  a 
merchant,  and  resides  at  Pedricktown,  in  Upper  Penn's  jS^eck,  at 
which  place  he  has  an  enviable  reputation ;  his  future  career  is 
promising.  He  was  elected  last  year  to  represent  Salem  county 
in  the  New  Jersey  State  Senate. 

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FRESTON    FAMILY. 

John  E.  Freston,  M.  D.,  a  resident  and  practicing  physician 
in  the  city  of  Salem,  New  Jersey,  is  a  lineal  descendant  of 
Peregrine  White,  who  was  the  first  European  born  in  tliis 
country  nortli  of  Mason  and  Dixon  line.  The  following  was 
written  for  one  of  the  Massachusetts'  papers  a  short  time  since 
by  Susanna  French,  she  being  one  of  the  family.  "Feregrine 
"  WJVite  was  the  son  of  "William  and  Susanna  White,  who  ar- 
"  rived  on  board  of  the  Mayflower  at  Flymouth  Rock,  22d  of  12tli 
"  month,  1620.  Feregrine  was  the  son  of  the  before  mentioned 
"parents,  and  was  born  in  the  11th  month,  1620,  whilst  the  ship 
"  was  anchored  in  Cape  Cod,  between  Cape  Cod  and  Flymouth 
"  Rock.  Daniel  AYliite  was  the  son  of  Feregrine  White.  John 
"White,  son  of  Daniel  White,  married  Miss  Skinner,  they  had  a 
"  son — John,  who  married  Mary  Grover,  he  lived  many  years  in 
"  Mansfield  and  was  a  merchant  at  that  place  John  and  Mary 
"  Grover  had  nine  children,  named  respectiyely — John,  Abial, 
"Otis,  Calvin,  Mary,  Rachel,  Lavinia,  Aziah  and  Susanna 
"White,  the  latter,  the  author  of  the  poem  published  some  time 
"ago  ;  she  married  William  French,  who  was  killed  at  the  battle 
"  of  Bunker  Hill.  At  the  intercession  of  his  mother,  she  sub- 
"sequently  married  William's  brother,  John  French,  a  resident 
"of  the  city  of  Frovidence,  Rhode  Island.  They  afterwards 
"moved  to  Dublin,  New  Hampshire.  Lavinia,  the  daughter  of 
"John  and  Mary  Grover  White,  man-ied  Aaron  Freston;  they 
"had  several  children.  John  E.  Freston,  M.  D.,  the  eldest  son, 
"who  resides  at  Salem,  New  Jersey,  he  beiug  tlie  eighth  gener- 
"ation  from  Feregrine  White,  and  the  ninth  from  William  and 
"  Susanna  White." 


REEYE    FAMILY. 

Mark  Reeve  was  another  of  those  early  pioneers  of  Anieriea 
who  was  calculated  by  his  mental  endowments  and  high  moral 
character  to  give  a  moral  force  to  the  neighborhood  wherein  he 
dwelt.     He  tm-ned  his  attention  more  to  the  religions  associa- 
tions than  his  intimate  friend,  William  Hall,  although  the  latter 
is  frequently  mentioned  in  the  early  records  of  Salem  Monthly 
Meeting,  showing  that  he  was  a  consistent  member  of  the  Society 
of  Friends.    Mark  Reeve,  in  1684,  married  Ann  Hunt,  of  Salem, 
and  on  the  following  year  the  executors  of  John  Fenwick  directed 
John  Woodledge,  the  deputy  surveyor,  to  lay  off  sixteen  acres  of 
land  which  Mark  Reeve  had  purchased  of  them  in  the  town  of 
Cohansey.     It  is  most  probable  that  Mark  made  that  place  his 
home  for  a  short  time,  but  a  few  years  later  he  purchased  a 
large  tract  of  land  on  tlie  south  side  of  Cohansey  creek,  oppo- 
site Cohansey  (known  at  the  present  time  as  Greem^ach).     In 
the  vear  1705,  a  four  rod  road  was  surveyed  from  Salem  to 
Maurice   river,    which,    after   crossing    the    Cohansey,   passed 
between  James  Pici-ce's  and  Mark  Reeve's  land.     The  Reeve 
family  held  large  tracts  of  land  in  that  section  for  more  than  a 
century  and  a  half,  but  at  this  time  the  family  have  disposed 
nearly  or  quite  the  whole  of  it.     As  early  as  1698  James  Dun- 
can and  Mark  Reeve  made  application  to  Salem  Friends  for 
assistance  to  build  a  meeting  house.     There  was  one  erected, 
1  laving  been  built  of  logs,  near  the  banks  of  the  Cohansey,  on 
the  main  street,  where  tlie  present  brick  meeting  house  now 
stands.     The  exact  time  of  Mark  Reeve's  death  does  not  appear 
in  the  records,  but  circumstances  go  to  show  that  it  was  about 
1716  or  1717.     He  left  one  son,  Joseph  Reeve,  who  married 
EUinor  Bagnall,  in  1722  ;  they  had  live  children — Mark,  Joseph, 
John,  Mary  and  Benjamin.     Mark,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  EUi- 
nor Reeve,  born  28th  of   12th  month,  1723,  became  a  highly 
esteemed  minister  in  tlie  So{dety  of  Friends  in  early  life.     Ho 
married  about  the  year  1761  when  he  was  past  middle  age.     The 
following  are  the  names  of  his  children — Josiah,  Ann,  Mark, 
William  and  George  Reeve.     Josiah,  his  eldest  son,  was  born 


180  REEVE    FAMILY. 


23d  of  9tli  month,  1762.  His  father  purchased  a  tract  of  hmd 
in  Alloways  Creek  township,  situated  on  the  north  side  of  the 
creek,  and  built  a  substantial  brick  building  on  the  property. 
(It  is  now  owned  and  occupied  by  Luke  S.  Fogg.)  At  that 
place  Josiah  went  to  reside,  and  soon  afterwards  married.  At 
the  death  of  his  father  the  said  property  was  devised  to  him, 
but  he  sold  it  soon  afterwards  to  John  Pancoast,  and  removed 
to  Burlington  with  his  family  to  reside  with  his  wife's  relatives. 
She,  I  think,  was  a  Newbold,  and  by  her  he  had  two  or  more 
children.  Martha,  their  daughter,  married  Clayton,  the  son  of 
John  and  Charlotte  Wistar,  she  being  his  second  wife.  They 
had  one  son — Josiah.  John  Reeve,  the  son  of  Josiah,  married 
Priscilla,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Sheppard,  of  Green- 
wich.    They  had  children. 

The  Sheppard  family  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  num.erous 
in  the  county  of  Cumberland.  David  Sheppard  emigrated  from 
England  about  the  year  1683,  and  with  the  Swing  family  and 
a  few  others  organized  the  Cohansey  Baptist  church,  which  is 
considered  the  mother  of  the  Baptist  churches  in  this  section  of 
the  State.  John  and  Mark,  the  grandsons  of  David  Sheppard, 
having  become  converted  to  the  principles  of  the  Society  of 
Friends,  left  the  religious  society  of  their  father  and  became 
members  of  the  Friends'  association,  but  far  the  largest  portion 
of  the  Sheppard  family  still  adhere  to  the  Baptist  society,  while 
a  number  of  them  are  members  of  the  Presljyterian  church  at 
the  present  time.  William,  the  son  of  Josiah  and  Hannah  Reeve, 
was  born  11th  of  12th  month,  1766,  and  subsequently  mar- 
ried Letitia,  the  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Letitia  Miller,  of 
Mannington ;  they  had  eight  children — Josiah  Miller,  Anna, 
Elizal)etli  M.,  Letitia,  William  F.,  Mark  M.,  Priscilla  and  Eni- 
mor  Reeve.  Josiah  M.,  the  eldest  son,  married  a  young  woman 
in  Pennsylvania,  by  the  name  of  Garrigues.  She  died  not  many 
years  after  their  marriage,  having  two  daugliters — Hannah  and 
Emma.  His  second  wife  was  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Dallas,  of  Port  Elizabeth.  Josiah  and  his  wife  are  both  de- 
ceased at  the  present  time,  leaving  one  son — Dallas  Reeve.  Few 
men  that  have  lived  in  this  county  possessed  a  more  energetic 
character  than  Josiali  M.  Reeve ;  his  judgment  was  above  that 
of  ordinar}^  men,  and  he  was  of  pleasant  and  agreeaWe  tempera- 
ment. He  more  than  once  represented  his  county  in  the  State 
Legislature.  He  with  his  two  younger  brothers,  William  F., 
and  Emmor,  carried  on  ship  Ijuilding  with  success  for  a  number 
of  years  at  Alio  way  stown.  They  did  not  however,  confine  tlieir 
attention   exclusively   to   one   particular  business,  but   Ijouglit 


KSEVK    FAMILY.  181 


largely  of  land  in  tliat  neighborhood,  considered  not  worth 
farming,  which  througli  their  energy  and  jndicions  management 
has  been  made  to  produce  more  tlian  four-f(jld.  Tiiey  also  en- 
larged and  beantilied  the  town  of  tlieir  adoption,  with  large  and 
substantial  buildings,  and  no  village  in  this  section  of  the  State 
has  superior  improvements.  I  will  here  state  that  William 
Reeve  and  his  wife,  after  marriage,  like  his  brother  Josiah,  re- 
moved to  the  county  of  Burlington  and  made  it  his  permanent 
home.  Their  children  were  born  and  raised  to  maturity.  Anna, 
the  daughter  of  William  and  Letitia  Reeve,  married  William 
Hilliard,  who  lived  near  Rancocas.  Elizabeth  M.  Reeve,  mar- 
ried Jesse  Stanger ;  I  believe  they  had  issue.  Letitia  M.  Reeve 
remains  single.  William  Foster  Reeve's  wife  was  Mary,  the 
daughter  of  AVilliam  Cooper,  of  Camden ;  they  have  four  chil- 
dren living — William  Cooper,  Augustus,  Rebecca  and  Richard 
H.  Reeve.  William,  the  eldest,  married  Mary,  the  daughter  of 
Richard  M.,  and  Hannah  Acton,  of  Salem.  Richard,  the  son 
of  William  F.,  and  Mary  Reeve,  married  Sarah  Ann,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  P.  Carpenter;  they  reside  in  the  city  of  Camden. 
Mary,  the  mother  of  the  before  mentioned  children,  died  sud- 
den recently,  whilst  on  a  visit  to  her  relatives  in  Camden,  her 
native  city.  William  F.  Reeve  is  the  only  one  of  the  three 
brothers,  who  still  remains  at  Allowaystown,  a  place  they  did 
so  much  to  improve.  Josiah  M.,  his  elder  brother,  died  at  that 
place  several  years  ago,  and  Emmor  his  younger  brother,  left 
witli  his  family  a  few  years  since  and  resides  in  the  city  of  Cam- 
den. Mark  M.  Reeve,  the  son  of  AVilliam  and  Letitia  Reeve, 
died  a  few  years  ago,  unmarried,  in  one  of  the  Western  States. 
Tlie  first  wife  of  Emmor,  the  youngest  son  of  William  and 
Letitia  Reeves,  was  Susan  the  daugliter  of  William  Cooper; 
they  had  issue — Mark,  Benjamin  and  Sarah  Cooper.  Enunor's 
second  wife  is  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Sarah  Ac- 
ton. 

Joseph,  son  of  Joseph  and  Ellinor  Reeve,  was  born  Stli  of 
7th  month,  1725,  and  subsequently  married  Milicent,  daugliter 
of  Joseph  and  Hannah  Wade,  29tli  of  6th  month,  1729  ;lhey 
had  three  children — Samuel,  Martha  and  Joseph.  S^mluel, 
their  eldest  son,  inherited  the  landed  estate  of  his  father,  located 
on  the  south  side  of  Cohansey,  a  part  of  which  his  great  ances- 
tor purchased  of  the  executors  of  John  Fenwick,  and  there  he 
ended  his  days.  His  wife  was  Ruth,  the  daughter  of  Gideon 
and  Judith  Scull.  The  latter  were  residents  of  Egg  Plarbor, 
and  likewise  the  parents  of  Gideon  Scull,  who  purchased  land 
near  the  head  waters  of  Oldman's  creek,  in  Salem  county,  and 


1S2  REEVE    FAMILY. 


carried  on  inercliandising.  It  was  known  for  many  years  as 
Scnlltown,  bnt  is  now  called  Auburn.  Gideon  and  liis  wife, 
Judith  Belange  Scull,  died  in  the  winter  of  1780  with  the  small- 
pox, which  disease  they  contracted  in  attending  Salem  Quarterly 
Meeting,  and  both  died  with  it  a  short  time  after  they  returned 
to  their  homes  at  Egg  Harbor.  Samuel  Reeve  and  his  wife 
Ruth  had  seven  children — Joseph,  Rachel,  Ruth,  Martha,  Mary, 
Samuel  and  Benjamin.  Four  of  tliem  died  in  childhood. — 
Samuel  died  a  number  of  years  before  his  wife,  and  she  subse- 
quently sold  the  property  and  removed  to  Pliiladelphia  with  her 
children.  Her  daughter  Rachel  married  Henry,  son  of  Thomas 
P.  Cope  ;  they  had  issue.  Henry  and  his  wife  are  both  de- 
ceased at  this  time.  Martha  Reeve  married  a  man  by  the  name 
of  Pleasant ;  her  second  husband  was  Lloyd ;  she  was  several 
years  his  senior. 

Joseph,  the  youngest  son  of  Joseph  and  Milicent  Reeves,  was 
born  26th  of  9th  month,  1756,  and  married  Martha,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Preston  and  Hannah  Carpenter,  of  Mannington.  Soon 
afterward  he  left  his  native  county,  Cumberland,  and  resided 
for  a  while  in  Salem,  where  he  taught  the  public  school  on 
Margaret's  Lane,  as  it  was  called  at  that  time.  The  name  of 
this  was  derived  from  an  old  lady  who  lived  there  in  a  small 
tenant  house  belonging  to  William  Parrott.  I  believe  the  name 
of  the  street  has  been  chano-ed  two   or  three  times  within  the 

o 

memory  of  some  of  the  present  generation.  At  one  time  it 
was  called  South  street,  but  at  the  present  time  it  is  known  as 
Walnut  street.  Joseph  Reeve  subsequently  purcliased  a  small 
farm  in  Mannington,  being  part  of  his  father-in-law's  (Preston 
Carpenter)  property,  a  part  of  James  Sherron's  great  estate. — 
He  removed  there  and  established  a  fruit  nursery,  and  continued 
in  that  business  whilst  he  lived.  His  son  Samuel  carried  it  on 
a  number  of  years  after  his  father's  death.  Joseph  and  his 
wife  had  five  children — Samuel,  Milicent,  Thomas,  (who  died 
several  j'ears  before  his  fathei',)  Mary  and  Joseph  Reeve. — 
Joseph  their  father,  was  a  religious  man,  and  possessed  a  large 
share  of  the  milk  of  human  kindness.  His  death  was  a  great 
loss  to  his  imniediate  familv,  and  to  the  reliii'ious  societv  of 
wliich  he  was  a  useful  member.  His  eldest  son  Samuel  in  time 
purchased  his  brother's  and  sister's  share  of  the  farm,  and  car- 
ried on  farming  and  the  nursery  business  until  within  a  short 
period  of  his  death.  He  died  not  many  years  ago,  being  over 
four  score  years.  He  married,  when  he  was  far  advanced  in 
life,  Achsa  Stratton,  of  Burlington  county;  they  had  no  issue. 
Milicent,   the  eldest  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Martha  Reeve, 


KEEVE    FAMILY.  183 


inarried  Joseph  Owen,  of  Gloucester.  Slie  has  l)een  deceased 
some  years,  leaving  no  children.  Martha,  the  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Milicent  Reeve,  M^as  born  29tli  of  9th  month,  1754, 
married  Joseph,  the  son  of  John  and  Ann  Nicliolson  Brick  ; 
slie  was  the  second  wife  of  Joseph  Brick.  They  had  two  sons 
— Joseph  and  John  R.  Brick.  Joseph,  tlie  eldest,  born  13th  of 
8th  month,  1785,  married  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  David 
Smith.  Joseph  and  his  wife  had  several  children — Samuel, 
Martha,  John  E.,  Edward  K.  and  Hannah  Reeve.  John  Reeve 
Brick  married  Elizabeth  Kinsey  ;  they  had  one  daughter  who 
married  Clinton,  son  of  Samuel  and  Eliza  Clement,  of  Salem. 
She  died  young,  leaving  no  issue. 

John,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Ellinor  Reeve,  born  5th  of  1st 
month,  1730,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and  Ann  N. 
Brick,  in  1753.  They  had  three  children — John,  who  was  born 
3d  of  11th  month,  1751,  Ellinor  and  Peter  Reeve.  John  and 
his  wife  lived  on  and  owned  a  large  landed  estate  in  Cohansey 
Neck,  not  far  from  what  is  now  known  as  Sheppard's  mill.  He 
and  his  elder  brother  Mark,  and  his  younger  brother  Benjamin, 
were  recommended  ministers,  members  of  Greenwich  Monthly 
Meeting  of  Friends,  as  was  also  the  celebrated  James  Daniels, 
Jr.,  who  belonged  to  Alloways  Creek  Particular  Meeting. — 
James  Daniels,  Jr.,  traveled  extensively  in  this  country,  as  also 
in  England  and  Ireland,  in  the  ministry.  He  died  in  Alloways 
Creek  township  in  1770,  and  was  considered  one  of  the  greatest 
ministers  the  society  ever  had  in  West  Jersey.  All  four  of 
these  men  were  eloquent  in  their  discourses,  and  their  lives 
corresponded  w'ith  tlieir  precepts,  hence  the  Greenwich  meeting 
was  denominated  the  "school  of  tlie  prophets."  John  Reeve's 
second  wife  was  Jane  West,  of  Woodbury,  Gloucester  county. 
After  that  event  he  left  his  native  place  and  went  to  reside 
with  his  wife,  and  at  that  place  ended  his  days  at  a  very 
advanced  age.  He  was  naturally  an  energetic  business  man, 
and  those  habits  of  industry  continued  during  his  life.  There 
are  many  persons  so  contracted  in  their  views  of  the  duties  of 
this  life,  that  they  expect  those  who  make  a  high  profession  of 
religion,  must  necessarily  abstain  from  the  business  concerns  of 
life,  and  put  on  sackcloth  and  go  mourning  on  their  w^ay  to 
the  grave.  Such  was  not  the  opinion  of  John  Reeve,  as  the 
following  well  authenticated  anecdote  that  has  been  handed 
down  by  tradition  proves.  It  took  place  in  an  aged  counsellor's 
office  in  Woodbury,  not  long  before  John's  death.  One  of  the 
members  of  his  own  meeting  remarked  to  the  lawyer  that  he 
thought  friend  Reeve  attended  too  much  to  the  things  of  this 


184  REEVE    FAMILY. 


world  for  his  age  and  wealth.     The  attorney  promptly  replied 
that  "during  liis  long  acquaintance  with  mankind  he  never  knew 
"a  person  so  well  adapted  for  this  world  and  the  world  to  come 
"  as  Mr.  Reeve."     Ilis  son,  Jolm  Reeve,  born  3d  of  11th  month, 
1754,  inherited  a  large  estate,  both  real  and  personal,  from  his 
fatlier.     He  married  and   had    one   or  more   children.     Jolm 
Reeve,  his  eldest  son,  married  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Jonas  and 
Elizabeth  Freedland,  of  Mannington.     They  subsequently  re- 
moved to  one  of  the  Western  States.     I  think  Ellinor,  daughter 
of  Jolm  and  Elizabeth  Reeve,  was  born  15th  of  6th  month, 
1757,  and  died  unmarried.     Peter  Reeve,  John's  youngest  son, 
born  1st   of  2d  month,  1759,  married  and  liad   issue — William, 
who  married  Martha  Bacon  ;  they  left  no  children.     Benjamin, 
the  youngest  son  of  Joseph  and  Ellinor  Reeve,  was  born  2d  of 
7th  month,  1737.     He  was  a  clock  and  watch  maker,  and  fol- 
lowed his   trade  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia.     In  1761  he  mar- 
ried Ruth,  the  daugliter  of  John  and  Ann  N.  Brick.     I  have 
been  informed  they  have  a  number  of  descendcnts  living  in  the 
city  of  Philadeldhia  at  the  present  day. 


ROLPH    FAMILY 


/ 


James  Rolpli,  it  is  generally  thought,  first  settled  in  East 
Jersey;  he  came  to  Salem  about  the  year  1700,  and  was  a  man 
of  considerable  means.  He  purchased  a  lot  on  the  west  side  of 
Bridge  street,  and  erected  a  brick  dwelling  thereon,  it  having  a 
hip-roof;  he  also  purchased  a  large  farm  in  the  township  of 
Mannington.  He,  John  Yining,  Alexander  Grant,  and  Edmund 
Whether1»y,  organized  the  iirst  Episcopal  Church  in  the  town  of 
Salem.  He  died  at  Salem  in  1732,  leaving  his  estate  to  his  son, 
John  Holph,  who  purchased  some  300  acres  of  land  in  the  town- 
ship of  Elsinborough,  being  part  of  tlie  Robert  AYindham  estate, 
known  in  more  modern  times  as  "Richard  Darkin's  land ;"  it 
was  the  part  that  was  Josepli  Darkin's,  the  son  of  Richard 
Darkhi.  John  Rolph,  agreeably  to  tradition,  married  the  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Darkin  ;  they  resided  in  Elsinborough  nntil  his 
death,  wliicli  occurred  early  in  life,  leaving  one  daugliter — 
Elizabeth  Rolpli.  His  widow  subsequently  married  Aaron 
Bradway,  an  inhabitant  of  the  same  township.  They  had  one 
daughter,  who  married  David  Bradway  of  Alloways  Creek. 
(See  Bradway  family). 

Thomas  Clement,  a  native  of  Gloucester  county,  and  a  lineal 
descendant  of  Gregory  Clement,  of  England,  who  was  one  of 
the  Judges  that  tried  Charles  the  I.,  King  of  England,  married 
Elizabeth  Rolph,  daughter  of  John  Rolph,  of  Elsinborough. 
Thomas  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  R.  Clement,  had  three  children — 
Joseph,  Ruth,  and  Samuel  Clement.  Thomas  Clement's  second 
wife  was  Elizabeth  Goodwin,  widow  of  William  Goodwin,  Jr. ; 
they  had  no  issne ;  her  maiden  name  was  Woodruff.  Thomas' 
second  wife  also  died  several  years  before  him.  He  resided  on 
his  farm  in  Elsinborough  the  greater  part  of  his  time ;  it  be- 
longed to  his  first  wife.  He  was  a  merchant  for  several  years 
in  the  town  of  Salem.  His  business  was  on  Market  street, 
where  his  son  Samuel  Clement  afterw^ards  occupied  ;  he  became 
one  of  the  most  eminent  merchants  that  ever  did  business  in 
Salem.  Thomas  Clement  lived  to  an  advanced  age,  with  his 
daughter,  Ruth  Clement,  who  tenderly  cared  for  him  until  the 

24: 


186  ROLPH    FAMILY. 


last.  He  could  l)e  jus^tlj  styled  "  nature's  nol)leinan  ;"  Ids  manly 
deportment  and  liis  uprig-ht  dealings  with  liis  fellow  man  fully 
warrants  that  assertion.  He  was  born  a  member  of  the  Society 
of  Friends,  but  lost  liis  right  by  marrying  his  first  wife,  although 
she  was  a  professor.  The  rules  of  the  society  at  that  time  were 
much  more  strict  than  at  present.  He  nevertheless  maintaiued 
a  strong  attachment  towards  the  society  of  his  birth,  and  was  a 
steady  attender  of  meeting  durin<»:  liis  loniii:  life.  Not  many 
years  before  his  death,  his  daughter  Ruth  mentioned  to  him  the 
propriety  of  his  l)ecoming  a  menil)er  again.  Pie  made  tliis  sig- 
nilicant  reply,  "  All  I  want  in  my  old  age  is  to  be  a  member  of 
"  the  Church  militant."  Joseph,  the  eldest  son  of  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth  R.  Clement,  was  born  ITtli  of  7th  month,  17T7  ;  he 
died  at  his  son's,  Thomas  K.  Clement,  in  Upper  Pittsgrove, 
loth  of  Irth  month,  1861,  aged  eighty-three  years,  and  was 
buried  in  Friends'  yard  at  Saleni  Ijy  request,  where  his  ances- 
tors were  buried.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Colonel  Aaron 
Levering,  of  Baltimore.  She  was  born  in  Baltimore,  Maryland, 
23d  of  lltli  month,  1782,  and  died  at  the  residence  of  her 
daughter,  Elizalieth  Pratt,  at  Lancaster,  Ohio,  25th  of  1st  month, 
1861.  Aaron  Levering,  her  father,  descended  from  an  ancient 
German  family  of  that  name,  wlio  formerly  l^elonged  to  the 
Frankford  Company,  that  settled  at  Germantown  in  1681.  The 
Leverings  were  large  landholders  in  Iloxbury  township,  near 
Germantown.  Joseph  Clement  and  Mary  Levering  were  mar- 
ried in  the  city  of  Baltimore,  17th  of  4th  month,  1803.  Joseph 
was  a  merchant  for  a  number  of  years  in  the  town  of  Salem ; 
his  place  of  business,  also  his  dwelling,  was  located  on  Fenwick 
street.  He  with  his  wife  and  most  of  his  children,  removed  to 
the  State  of  Ohio.  They  had  seven  children — Aaron,  William, 
who  died  young,  Thomas  Rolph,  Charles  B.,  Elizabeth,  "William 
Lawrence  and  Joseph  Clement,  Jr.  Aaron  L.  Clement,  tlieir 
eldest  son,  never  married.  Thomas  Rolph  Clement  studied 
medicine,  graduated  in  1832,  and  settled  in  Upper  Pittsgrove, 
and  is  a  practicing  physician  u}>  to  the  present  time;  he  married 
in  1817,  Rebecca  B.  Elwell.  They  have  had  seven  children — 
Jerome,  born  23d  of  2d  month,  1818;  Mar}^  Levering,  born  18th 
of  6th  month,  1819,  died  in  1th  month,  1868  ;  Annie,  born  8th 
of  2d  month,  1851 ;  Arabella,  born  23d  of  IHh  month,  1853 ;  How- 
ard born  23d  of  12th  month,  1857  ;  Thomas  Rolph,  born  I5tli  of 
3d  month,  1868,  and  S.  De  Witt  Clinton,  born  13th  of  1st 
month,  1869. 

Charles,  son  of  JosejJi  and  Mary  Clement,  married  Martha 
Welch,  of  Cincinnati ;  they  have  six  children — Aaron  L.,  Wa- 


ROLPH    FAMILY.  187 


liaen,  Joseph  William,  Mary  Elizabeth,  Sarah  Ellen,  and  Charles 
Clement ;  two  of  their  cliiklren  are  deceased — Sarali  Ellen  and 
Charles.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Clement, 
has  been  twice  married  ;  her  first  husband  was  George  Creed  ; 
they  had  four  children — Mary  Levering,  George  W.,  John  M., 
and  Charles  Creed.  Mary  L.,  the  eldest,  married  Frederick  Lowe 
in  1857  ;  they  reside  in  San  Francisco,  California ;  he  has  filled 
several  important  offices,  among  which  are  United  States  Senator, 
Governor  of  California,  United  States  Minister  to  China ;  and 
at  present  he  is  President  of  the  Bank  of  California.  Elizabeth 
Clement's  second  husband  is  James  M.  Pratt ;  they  have  two 
children — James  Arthur  and  Jennie  Creed  Pratt.  William 
Lawrence  Clement,  son  of  Joseph  and  Maiy  Clement,  married 
Pauline  Reben ;  they  have  four  children — John  P.,  Mary, 
Charles  and  William  Lawrence  Clement.  Joseph,  son  of  Joseph 
and  Mary  L.  Clement,  married  Maria  Paid  ;  they  have  two 
children — Creed  and  Charles  Clement.  Joseph's  second  wife 
was  Lucy  Drake ;  they  had  two  children — John  and  Clinton 
Clement.  They  reside  in  Iowa.  Ruth  Clement,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Clement,  resided  in  Salem  tlie  greater 
part  of  her  life,  dying  when  she  was  past  middle  age  ;  she  never 
married.  Sanmel,  youngest  son  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Polph 
Clement,  was  a  merchant  in  Salem  the  greater  pai't  of  his  useful 
life ;  he  was  so  upright  in  all  liis  dealings  that  lie  received — and 
that  justly — the  name  of  "honest  Samuel  Clement."  He  was 
for  many  years  in  partnersliip  with  Gideon  Scull,  Jr.;  they  did 
a  large  business,  particulai-ly  as  grain  merchants ;  perliaps  the 
most  extensive  ever  done  in  the  city  of  Salem.  Samuel  married 
Eliza,  daughter  of  Jacob  Ilufty ;  they  had  two  sons — Samuel 
and  De  Witt  Clinton  Clement.  Samuel  Clement,  Jr.,  married 
a  daiigliter  of  David  and  Martha  Smith  ;  he  has  been  deceased 
several  years,  leaving  no  issue.  De  W.  C.  Clement  has  been 
twice  married  ;  his  first  wife  was  the  daughter  of  John  Brick  of 
Pliiladelpliia  ;  she  died  young,  leaving  no  issue  ;  liis  second  wife 
is  the  daugliter  of  Thomas  J.  Yorke,  of  Sak'ui ;  tlicv  liave 
children. 


SINNICKSON    FAMILY. 

The  SinnicksoD  family  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  South  Jersey. 
Originally  they  spelled  their  name  Cinca,  corrupted  to  Sinaker. 
There  is  no  definite  account  that  I  know  of  fixing  the  year  when 
Anders  Seneca  left  Sweden  and  settled  on  the  shores  of  the 
Delaware,  but  circumstances  convince  me  that  he  and  his  family 
came  in  company  with  Miuuit,  the  first  governor  of  New  Swe- 
den, in  1638;  Anders  Seneca  had  two  sons  born  in  Sweden, 
Broor  and  Anders.     At  what  period  Anders  Seneca,  Jr.,  came 
and  settled  on  the  eastern  shore  of  the  Delaware  is   uncertain, 
but  it  is  safe  to  presume  that  it  was  soon  after  their  arrival  in 
this  country,  for  Anders  Nilsson,  Jonas  Nilsson,  Michael  Nils- 
son,  Hans  Peterson,  Van  Nemans  (now  Yanneman)  and  several 
other  families  were  inhaljitants  of  Penn's  Neck  as  early  as  1640, 
and  the  Dahlbo  family  were  likewise  residing   on  tlie  eastern 
shore  of  the  Delaware  about  that  period.     The  mortality  among 
the  Swedes  in  the  first  settlement  was  very  great.     Ferris,  who 
had  an  excellent  opportunity  to  examine  the  records  of  the  First 
Swedes'  Church,  gives  a  list  made  by  Charles  Springer,  in  169o,of 
the  number  of  inhabitants  or  residents  of  New  Sweden  at  that 
time,  and  tlie  number  in  eacli  family.     The  whole  number  was 
945,  about  40  of  whom  were  born  in  Sweden,  and  among  these 
were  Broor  and  Anders  Seneca.     The  church  referred  to  was  built 
near  the  mouth  of  the  Christine  creek  for  the  convenience  of 
the  brethren  in  Penn's  Neck  (as  it  was  afterwards  called),  who 
liad  to  cross  the  Delaware  in  open  boats  to  attend  service. 
Their  parents,  Anders  Seneca  and  his  wife,  I  suppose,  were 
deceased  at  that  time,  as  they  are  not  mentioned  in  the  census 
roll.     Broor  Seneca  and  his  family,  I  think,  made  a  liome  on 
the  western  sliore  of  the  Delaware  river,  perhaps  near  the  head 
waters  of  the  Christine.     At  the  time  Charles  Springer  took  the 
census  of  New  Sweden,  Broor  Seneca  had  seven  persons  in  liis 
family.     It  is  reasonal)le  to  suppose  that  most  of  the  number 
were  his  children.     The  Swedes  that  settled  along  both  sides  of 
the  river  Delaware  believed  that  the  lands  I'ightly  belonged  to 
tlie  native  inliabitants,  lience  most  of  them  purchased  tlie  lands 


THOMAS  SINNICKSON. 
Born  1786.  Died  1873. 


8INNICK80N    FAMILY.  189 


& 


they  wished  to  occupy  of  the  Iiuliaii  chiefs,  tliereby  securing 
perpetual  peace  between  the  aborigines  and  Swedish  settlers  ;  so 
much  so  that  there  never  was  known  any  bloodshed  in  a 
(iontentious  way  between  the  Scandanavian  and  Indian  races. 
Anders  Seneca,  Jr.,  like  his  brethren,  adopted  that  humane 
policy,  and  bought  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Obisquahasit,  now 
known  as  Peun's  Neck,  of  the  natives,  and  settled  thereon  ;  tliat 
being  about  thirty  years  prior  to  Fenwick's  arrival  with  his 
Eno;lish  colony.  Soon  after  his  arrival  in  this  country  to  take 
possession  of  his  tentli  of  West  ISTew  Jersey,  in  1675,  the 
Swedes,  and  Andei's  Seneca  among  them,  acknowledged  his 
claim,  and  in  1679  Feuwick  deeded  all  of  Anders'  former  pos- 
sessions that  he  got  from  the  natives  to  him,  he  stipulating  to 
pay  the  proprietor  or  his  heirs  the  sum  of  three  shillings  yearly 
for  rjuit  rent.  Anders  Seneca.  Jr.,  it  would  seem,  left  two  sons 
— Sinick  and  John.  Sinick  Seneca,  the  eldest  son,  married 
Margaret  Wigorvie,  21st  of  9th  month,  1718.  She,  too,  was  of 
Swedish  descent,  as  the  name  would  imply.  They  had  one  son 
named  Andrew,  and  three  daugliters — Sarah,  Anna,  and  tlie 
third's  name  is  unknown  at  this  time. 

John,  the  youngest  son  of  Anders  Seneca,  married  Anne  Gill 
Johnson.  William  Gill  Johnson  bought  land  in  Penn's  Neck 
of  William  Penn  and  Michael  Lecroa  in  1684,  it  being  two 
years  after  William  Penn  purcliased  all  of  John  Fenwick's  right 
and  title  of  Salem  county.  William  Gill  Johnson  left  two  sons 
who  inherited  his  property,  Thomas  and  John  Gill  Johnson. 
Thomas  died  in  1721,  leaving  a  widow  and  six  daui>:hters — 
Christina,  Rhina,  Alice,  Sarah,  Catharine  and  Rebecca.  Eleanor 
Gill  Johnson,  the  widow  of  Tliomas  Gill  Johnson,  married 
Thomas  Miles  al)Out  the  year  1723.  Tliomas  and  his  wife 
bouglit  of  Christina,  Phina,  and  Alice  their  shares  of  the  lands 
inherited  from  their  father.  Tliomas  and  Eleanor  Miles  had 
one  son,  Francis,  to  whom  they  left  the  greater  part  of  their 
landed  estate.  He  left  a  farm  for  educational  purposes  to  the 
township  of  Lower  Penn's  Neck,  which  is  a  part  of  the  land 
William  Gill  Johnson  bought  of  William  Penn.  Phina  Gill 
Johnson  married  Ei-ick  Gill  Johnson,  supposed  to  be  the  son  of 
John  Gill  Johnson,  Erick  and  Phina  had  four  daughters. 
Alice  married  Erick  Skeer.  M;iry  died  intestate  without  issue. 
Sarah  Gill  Johnson  married  Andrew,  the  son  of  Sinnick  Sin- 
nickson — the  first  of  tliat  family  writing  his  name  Sinnickson. 
I  think  Andrew  and  Sarah  Sinnickson  were  married  about  1745 
or  1746.  They  had  three  sons,  Tliomas,  Andrew  and  John, 
and  four  daughters,  Maiy,  Sarah,  Eleanor  and  Rel)ecca.     An- 


190  SINNICKSON    FAMILY. 


drew  resided  on  the  patrimonial  estate  called  Fenwiek's  Point. 

At  what  time  the  death  of  Sinnick  Seneca,  the  father  of 
Andrew  and  his  brotlier  John,  took  place,  I  ]iave  no  means  of 
determining — I  think  not  earlier  than  1740.  In  1734  both  of 
them  purchased  large  tracts  of  meadow  and  woodland  of  the 
heirs  of  Wilham  Peun,  as  the  following  order,  given  to  Thomas 
Miles,  the  deputy  surveyor  for  James  Logan,  will  sliow:  "An 
"  order  to  Tliomas  Miles  to  sm'vey  to  Sinnick  and  John  Seneca, 
"  the  marsh  called  Mud  Island,  and  100  acres  of  land  adjoining 
"  to  their  other  tracts,  and  for  William  Philpot  the  point  of  land 
"  and  marsh  between  his  plantation  and  Salem  creek,  and  for 
"  Oneifferds  Stanley,  Margaret  Bilderback  and  Thomas  Bilder- 
"  back,  100  acres  at  a  place  called  Hell-gate.  Dated  7th  of  4th 
"  month,  1733.  The  price  of  tlie  marsh  is  live  and  twenty 
"  pounds  and  100  acres  of  woodland,  thirty  pounds  for  a  100 
"  acres  clear  of  quit  rents."  Andrew  Sinnickson,  3d,  held 
important  offices  in  the  colonial  government  in  the  town  and 
county  in  which  he  dwelt.  He  tilled  the  office  of  Judge  of  tlie 
Court  and  Justice  under  George  III.,  and  was  an  ardent  AVhig 
during  the  American  Revolution.  He  died  20th  of  8th  month, 
1790,  aged  seventy  years,  leaving  to  his  heirs  a  large  real  estate, 
which  is  considered  as  good  and  productive  land  as  there  is  in 
the  county  of  Salem. 

The  Sinnicksons  had  a  family  l)urying  ground  on  their  prop- 
erty in  Penn's  Neck,  where  most  of  them  were  buried  for  three 
generations  or  more ;  whether  tlie  yard  is  kept  in  repair,  or 
neglected  as  many  others  of  tlie  like  throughout  tlie  county,  the 
fence  l)een  removed  and  the  plough  passed  over  it,  I  have  not 
heard.  The  family,  like  most  of  the  Scandinavian  settlers, 
belonged  to  the  Swedish  Lutheran  Church,  and  were  members  of 
tiie  church  located  on  Christiana  in  the  State  of  Delaware  ; 
rew'ular  in  attending  their  meetings,  Ijy  tradition  they  were 
remarkably  so  consiiieriug  that  they  had  to  cross  the  Delaware 
river,  in  open  boats,  in  Summer  and  Winter  when  the  ice  would 
permit.  There  was  no  edifice  for  worship  on  the  eastern  shoi'e 
of  the  Delaware  nearer  than  the  church  located  at  Swedenbor- 
ouo"h  ;  at  what  time  that  was  erec^ted  is  uncertain,  but  most 
probably  in  1644  or  1045.  In  the  year  1744,  or  about  that 
time,  the  Swedes,  inhabitants  of  Penn's  Neck  and  a  few  French 
Ilugenots,  the  Jaquetts  and  some  others,  erected  an  edifice  for 
Divine  worshi])  at  a  place  wliicli  is  known  at  the  present  day  as 
Clnu'ch  Landing,  it  l)eing  near  the  river.  It  lias  been  said  that 
in  the  latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  century  there  was  a  large 
congregation  belonging  to  the  said  church  ;  at  the  present  time 


SINNICKSOX   FAMILY.  191 


but  a  small  number  belouo;  to  it.  Like  otlier  Swedish  cluir(;lies 
on  the  shores  of  the  Delaware  such  as  those  at  Ne^v  Castle, 
Christiana,  AYiccacoe  or  the  church  at  Philadelphia  and  Swe- 
denborongh,  all  have  become  Episcopal  Chui'ches.  I  presume 
their  church  Kituals  are  nearly  the  same. 

Thomas  Sinnickson,  the  oldest  son  of  Andrew,  3d,  and  Sarah 
Sinnickson,  took  an  active  part  in  tlic  Revolutionary  war ;  and 
commanded  a  company  in  the  Continental  army.     On  account 
of  liis  writings  and  Ijitter  opposition  to  British  tyranny,  he  was 
outlawed  by  Lord  Howe,  and  a  heavy  reward  M-as  offered  for 
him,  dead  or  alive.     At  the  organization  of  this  government, 
he  warmly  approved  of  Alexander  Hamilton's  views,  and  hence 
he  became  the  leader  of  the  Federal  party  in  this  section  of 
country,  during  the    administrations    of   Washington    and  the 
elder  Adams.     He  frequently  represented  this  county  in    the 
State  Legislature ;  was  a  meml)er  of  the  First  Congress  of  the 
United  States,  wdiich  met  in  New  York  City,  and  also  a  men  - 
ber  of  Congress  from  1796  to  1798.     For  a  number  of  years, 
he  was  a  Judge,  and  a  Justice,  and  likewise  County  Treasurer. 
His  wife  was  Sarah  Hancock,  daughter  of  Judge  William  ILm- 
cock,  who  was  massacred  in  his  own  house  at  Hancock's  Bridge, 
in  1778  by  the  British  troops.     Thomas  Sinnickson  resided  the 
greater  part  of  his  life  in  the  town  of  Salem.     I  think  he,  or 
his  father  l)ought  lands  of  John  Mason,  and  he  built  the  house 
where  Jonathan  Ingham  lives  at  present,  and  made  it  his  hom.e. 
He  was  a  merchant  in  the  early  part  of  his  life.     His  place  of 
business  was  where  i§  now  the  Drug  store  of  Eakin  tfe  Ballinger. 
He  died  at  an  advanced  age,  leaving  a  widow  who  survived  him 
several  years.     Having  died  intestate,  a  large  real  and  personal 
estate  M'as  left  to  be  divided  among  his  numerous  relatives.     An- 
drew Sinnickson,  4th,  son  of  Andrew  and  Sarah  Sinnickson,  w^as 
born  2d  of  3d  month,  1749.  He  had  four  wives ;  the  first  was  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  Henry  Bilderljack.     By  her  he  had  two  sons — 
Henry  and  Andrew  Sinnickson,  5tli.     Henry  Sinnickson  married 
Elizabeth  the  daughter  of  AndreAV  McCollan,  by  whom  he  had 
one  son — John  M.  Sinnickson,  wdio  married  Ann   the  daughter 
of  Jonathan  Dallas,  of  Port  Elizabeth.     They  had  three  chil- 
dren, two  sons  and  one  daugliter — Henry,  Dallas  and  Elizal)eth. 
Henry  Sinnickson  married   Harriet  Wells,  of  Woodbury.     He 
was  tlie  second  Mayor  of  Salem.  Dallas,  the  second  son  of  John 
M.  and  Ann  Sinnickson  married  Mary  E.  Sinnickson,  daughter 
of   John    and   Rebecca   K.   Sinnickson.     Elizabeth    Sinnickson 
married  John  Johnson,  son  of  James  Johnson,  of  Lower  Penn's 
iS^eck.     He  died  in  a  few  years  after  their  marriage,  leaving  a 


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widow  and  one  son,  James  I).  Johnson,  who  are  both  deceased. 

Andrew  Sinniekson,  5tli,  married  Margaret  Walker.  They 
liad  four  sons  and  two  daughters — Henry,  Robert,  Thomas, 
Andrew,  Maria,  and  Catharine  Sinnickson;  the  ohlest  son  Hemy, 
died  in  infancy.  Tliomas  married  ChirrisaM.  Stretch,  dauo;hter 
of  Daniel  Stretcli,  in  1S21,  by  her  there  were  three  sons  and  six 
daughters — Ilannali  Ann,  Margaret,  Robert,  Ruth,  Thomas, 
Maria,  and  Jane,  who  died  young;  Andrew  likewise  died  in 
infancy.  Hannah  Ann  married  Henry  D.  Colley,  and  has  four 
children — Henry,  Mary,  Georgianna  and  Margaret  Colley.  Mar- 
garet Sinnickson  married  in  San  Francisco.  Robert  is  unmar- 
ried and  is  a  printer  by  occupation.  Thomas  married  Caroline, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Lloyd.  They  have  one  son — Lloyd  Sin- 
nickson. Maria  married  Wesley  Stretch ;  thevliad  one  dauo:hter — 
Clara  Stretch.     Kate  is  unmarried. 

Robert,  the  third  son  of  Andrew  Sinnickson,  married  Tabitha 
Burton,  in  Arkansas,  1846.     He  died  in  a  short  time,  leaving 
one  son — Andrew  Jackson  Sinnickson.     The  widow  and  child 
reside  in   MacDonougii  County,  Missouri.     Maria    Sinnickson 
married  Josepli  B.  Chew,  wlio  came  from  an  old  and  respecta- 
l)le  family  of  Gloucester  county.     They  had  eight  children — 
Arabella,   Cliarles,  Henrietta,  Sinnickson,  Edwin,   Josepli    R., 
Henry  and  Mary  Cliew.     Arabella  married  William  Penn  Chat- 
tin  ;  they  have  one  daugliter — Hannah  Maria  Chattin.    Charles 
married   Elizal)eth   King;  they  have    six    children.     Henrietta 
married  Jolm  tlie  oldest  son  of  Calvin  Belden ;  they  have  three 
children,  one  son  and  two  daughters.  Edwin  Chew's  wife  was  Eliz- 
abeth Hewes;  they  have  three  daughters.     Sinnickson  Chew  is  a 
printer  b}'  trade,  he  was  for  a  few  years,  a  partner  with  AV'illiam 
S.  Sharp,  in  publishing  the  "  National  Standard ;"  but  has  for 
several  years  edited  and  published  a  paper  in  the  city  of  Cam- 
den ;  he  was  three  years  Clerk  for  the  Legislature  of  New  Jer- 
sey.    He  married  Sallie,  the  daughter  of  Samuel  W.  Miller,  of 
Upper  Alloways  Creek.     Joseph  R.  Chew,  Jr.,  married  Corne- 
lia Mulford,  and  Mar}'  married  Thomas  Dunn,  of  Salem.  Henry 
Chew  married  Marietta    Fogg,  daugliter    of   James    Fogg,  of 
Salem.     Andrew  Sinnickson  married  in  Windsor,  State  of  New 
York,  in  1S58;  died  without  issue.     Caroline  Sinnickson   mar- 
ried Eli  Sharp,  and  had  eleven  children — William,  (Benjamin  F., 
and    Sinnickson  deceased,)   De  AYitt    Clinton,  Harriet,  L-ene, 
(Maria,  and  Eli  deceased,)  Louisa  G.,  Elizabeth  R.,  and  Kate 
Sharp.     William's  occupation  is  that  of  a  printer.     He  was  the 
Editor  and  Pu1)lisher  of  the  Salem  "Standaixl,"  for  a  number 
of  years ;  at  this  time  he  publishes  a  paper  in  the  city  of  Tren- 


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ton ;  lie  -married  Indiana  Leatherbnry,  from  Maryland.  De 
Witt  Clinton  Sharp,  married  Ann  Waddington,  they  have  two 
children — Kate  and  Eli  Sliarp.  Harriet  Sharp  married  "William 
Davis;  they  have  four  children — Sallie,  Clinton,  Louisa,  and 
Harriet,  the  others  are  unmarried.  Andrew  Sinnickson's  sec- 
ond wife  was  Margaret  Johnson,  daughter  of  Rol)ert  and  Mar- 
garet Morgan  Johnson ;  the  latter  was  a  native  of  the  town  of 
Chester,  Delaware  county,  Pennsylvania,  a  descendant  of  a 
Quaker  family  of  that  State,  and  was  herself  a  member  of  that 
society.  Margaret  Morgan  fearing  the  distance  which  would 
separate  her  from  her  family  and  friends,  if  she  should  marry 
and  reside  in  Salem,  at  first  declined  the  offer  of  Robert  John- 
son's hand.  Impelled  possibly  by  disappointment  he  made  a 
tour  in  Europe.  On  his  return  his  ship  stopped  at  Chester 
where  he  recognized  a  slave  of  the  Morgans,  who  told  him  that 
his  young  mistress  was  still  unmarried.  Mr.  Johnson  renewed 
his  addresses,  was  accepted  and  shortly  afterward  they  were 
married. 

The  late  Judge  Thomas  Sinnickson,  a  few  years  before  his 
death,  invited  me  to  walk  in  the  Friends'  grave  yard,  in  Salem, 
with  him,  to  point  out  the  grave  of  his  grandmother,  it  having 
l)een  the  first  grave  there  to  which  a  marble  monument  had 
l)een  placed.  It  was  put  there  by  the  direction  of  her  husband 
Robert  Johnson,  Sr.,  and  merely  mentioned  the  time  of  her 
death,  and  her  age.  Andrew  and  Margaret  J.  Sinnickson  had 
four  children,  three  sons  and  one  daughter ;  their  names  were 
Mary,  Robert,  Tiiomas  and  John  Sinnickson.  Robert  Sinnick- 
son died  in  Philadelpliia  in  1803,  unmarried.  Mary  mai*ried 
John,  the  son  of  John  and  Millicent  Smith,  of  Alloways  Creek  ; 
they  had  three  children — Thomas  S.,  Margaret  J.,  and  Mary 
Smith.  Thomas  S.  Smith  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Morris 
and  Sarah  Hancock  ;  tliey  have  two  children — Maria  and 
Thomas  Smith,  Jr.  Margaret  J.  Smith  married  Edward  G. 
Prescott,  son  of  J  udge  William  Prescott,  of  Boston.  She  %vas 
killed  by  a  railroad  accident  in  1856,  and  left  no  children. 
Mary  Smith  married  Oliver  B.  Stoughton,  of  Salem;  they 
have  two  children — Mary  and  Margaret  Stoughton.  Her 
liusband  has  been  deceased  several  years,  Thomas  Sinnickson 
married  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  B.  Jacobs, 
of  Chester  A^alley,  Pennsylvania.  The  Jacobs  were  an  old 
family  of  that  place ;  his  wife,  Mary  Brinton,  belonged  to  an 
ancient,  respectable  and  wealthy  family  of  that  name  of  Chester 
county.  Elizabeth  Jacobs  w^as  a  member  of  Friends'  Meeting 
at  the  time  of  her  marriage.  Thomas  Sinnickson  and  his  wife 
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194  SINNICKSON    FAMILY. 


Elizabeth  liad  four  children,  three  sons  and  one  daughter — 
John,  Cliarles,  Andrew  and  Margaret  Sinnickson,  John,  tlie 
oldest  son,  is  a  physician,  unmarried.  Cliarles,  the  second  son, 
married  Caroline  Perry,  the  grand-daughter  of  Jacob  Hufty,  of 
Salem.  Jacob  Hufty  was  a  self-made  man ;  raised  himself 
to  distinction  by  his  own  exertions,  and  was  Sheriff  of  the  county 
of  Salem  at  one  time.  I  think  that  at  the  time  of  his  death  he 
was  a  member  of  Congress.     Charles  Sinnickson  and  his  wife 

o  

have  two  sons — Charles  and  Thomas  Sinnickson.  Andrew  is 
Counseller-at-Law,  he  married  Louisa  Booth,  of  Reading,  Penn- 
sjdvania.  They  have  two  daughters.  Margaret  J.,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Sinnickson,  married  Thomas  Jones  Yorke,  and 
has  by  him  live  children — Mary,  Lizzie,  Thomas  J.,  Margaret 
and  Caroline  Yorke.  Judge  Sinnickson  had  the  misfortune  to 
lose  his  amiable  wife  when  she  was  little  more  than  middle  age, 
some  twenty  years  before  his  death.  He  was  Judge  of  the 
court  for  many  years ;  was  at  one  time  a  member  of  Congress  ; 
and  sustained  an  excellent  character  in  the  community  in  which 
he  dwelt.  He  was  a  native  of  the  township  of  Lower  Penn's 
!Neck,  but  resided  in  Salem  for  nearly  eighty  years. 

John  Sinnickson,  the  youngest  son  of  Andrew  and  Margaret 
J.  Sinnickson,  was  active  both  in  body  and  mind.  He,  like  his 
brother  Thomas,  was  above  common  men  in  muscular  strength. 
His  first  M'ife  was  Mary  Howell,  the  daughter  of  Dr.  Ebenezer 
C.  Howell.  She  was  considered  an  accomplished  lady,  and  was 
unusually  comely  in  appearance.  John  and  his  wife  had  four 
children — Harriet,  Robert,  Thomas  and  William  H.  Sinnickson. 
Harriet  H.  Sinnickson  married  in  1838,  Jonathan  Ingham,  son 
of  Samuel  D.  Ingham,  of  Pennsylvania,  a  man  that  stood  high 
in  his  native  state,  and  the  possessor  of  superior  abilities.  At 
one  time  he  was  a  member  of  Andrew  Jackson's  Cabinet. 
Jonathan  and  his  wife  have  four  children — George  Trenchard, 
Sarah  A.,  AYilliam  Henry  and  Mary  Rebecca  Ingham.  Thomas 
Sinnickson  married  Adeline  Wood,  daughter  of  John  S.  and 
Sarah  Ann  Wood,  of  Cumberland  county ;  they  have  two  chil- 
dren— John  and  Mary  Sinnickson.  Robert  and  William  Henry 
Sinnickson  died  unmarried.  John  Sinnickson's  second  wife  was 
Rebecca  Iv.,  the  daughter  of  Clement  and  Rebecca  Hall,  by 
whom  he  had  three  children — John  Howard,  Mary  E.  and 
Clement  Hall  Sinnickson.  J.  Howard  married  S.  E.  Foreman, 
of  Freehold,  Monmouth  county,  by  whom  he  had  three  children 
— Fanny,  Harriet  J.  and  John  Foreman  Simiickson.  Mary  E. 
Sinnickson  married  Dallas  Sinnickson  before  mentioned.  Clem- 
ent II.  married  Sarah  M.  Smith,  daughter  of  Lewis  P.  and 


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Henrietta  Hancock  Smith,  He  is  at  the  present  time  (1876) 
a  member  of  Congress.  Colonel  John  Sinnickson  died  in 
1862,  of  a  lingering  disease,  after  an  active  and  useful  life. 
He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  resided  the  greater  part  of 
his  life  in  the  township  of  Lower  Penn's  Neck,  on  the  property 
lie  inherited  from  his  father.  Some  years  before  his  death  he 
removed  to  Salem,  and  at  that  place  ended  his  days.  He  repre- 
sented his  county  in  the  State  Legislature,  and  at  one  period  of 
his  life  occupied  a  seat  on  the  bench  as  Judge  and  Justice. 
Andrew  Sinnickson's  third  wife  was  Sarah  Sinnickson,  widow  of 
Andrew  Sinnickson,  the  grandson  of  John  Sinnick,  the  brother 
of  Sinnick  Sinnick.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Joseph  Copner, 
and  had  one  son  by  her  first  husband,  named  Sinnick  Sinnick- 
son, who  inherited  a  large  real  estate  from  his  father,  adjoining 
Fenwick  Point,  in  Lower  Penn's  jSTeck.  He  married  a  young 
woman  in  Burlington  county  by  the  name  of  Bruer,  sister  of 
Richard  Bruer.  Sinnick  Sinnickson  and  his  wife  had  four 
cliildren,  named  James,  Joseph,  Richard  and  Mary  Sinnickson. 
Mary  is  deceased  at  this  time,  and  was  never  married. — 
Richard  removed  to  Cincinnati,  and  w^ent  into  business  with 
the  Longworth  family,  in  the  manufacture  of  wine,  and  it 
is  said  became  a  millionare.  James,  I  think,  resides  in 
Penn's  Neck  at  tliis  time.  Andrew,  4th,  and  his  wife,  Sarah 
Copner  Sinnickson,  had  one  daughter,  whose  name  was  Ann 
Sinnickson.  She  subsequently  married  Sheppard  Blackwood. 
They  liad  four  children — Joseph,  Eliza,  Jane  and  Margaret 
Blackwood.  Eliza  married  Thomas  D.  Bradway,  son  of 
Thomas  and  Isabella  Bradway,  and  had  three  children — 
Thomas,  Charles  and  Isabella  Bradway.  Joseph  Blackwood 
married  a  young  woman  by  the  name  of  Sheppard,  a  native  of 
Cumberland  county,  and  had  several  children.  Jane  Blackwood 
married  Benjamin  Acton,  Jr.,  of  Salem.  From  this  union  there 
were  six  children — Thomas  W.,  Annie,  Lizzie,  Frank  M.,  Louisa 
and  Charles  H.  Acton.  Thomas  and  Annie  died  single.  Lizzie 
married  Dr.  B.  A.  "VVaddington,  son  of  James  Waddington; 
she  is  now  deceased,  leaving  no  offspring.  Margaret  Black- 
wood, the  youngest  daughter  of  Sheppard  and  Ann  Blackwood, 
married  Cliarles  Cass  Clark,  the  son  of  the  late  Dr.  Clark,  of 
Cumberland  county;  they  have  two  children — Charles  C,  Jr., 
and  Emma  Clark.  Ann's  second  husband  was  John  Simpson, 
of  Salem,  the  son  of  James  Simpson.  John  died  recently  at 
an  advanced  age,  and  was  remarkable  through  a  long  life 
for  his  honesty  of  dealing  with  his  fellow  men  and  was 
greatly  respected  by  his  fellow  citizens.     His  wife  died  a  few 


196  SINNICKSON   FAMILY. 


years  ago  of  a  long  and  tedious  disease.  They  had  no  issue. 
Andrew  Sinnickson's  foui'th  wife  was  Elizabeth,  the  youngest 
daugliter  of  Thomas  Korris,  of  Salem;  they  had  two  daughters — 
Rebecca  and  Sarah  Sinnickson.  Rebecca  married  Edward,  the 
son  of  Judge  John  Smith  and  Temperance  Iveasbey  Smith, 
They  had  three  children — two  sons  and  one  daughter.  Edward 
and  family  subsequently  removed  from  Salem,  to  the  western 
part  of  Pennsylvania,  or  to  one  of  the  AVestern  States,  I  am 
not  certain  which.  Joel  Fithian,  of  Cumberland  married  Sarah  ; 
tney  had  two  sons  and  three  daughters.  They  removed  to  one 
of  the  Western  States.  Andrew  Sinnickson  was  an  ardent 
AVhig.  During  the  American  Revolution  he  raised  a  company 
of  men,  commanded  them  at  the  battles  of  Trenton  and  Prince- 
ton. After  the  war  was  over  he  held  a  commission  as  Judge 
and  Justice,  and  lived  to  an  old  age,  and  was  greatly  respected. 
His  death  occurred  in  1819,  mucli  regretted  by  liis  lai-ge  family. 
John  Sinnickson,  his  brother  and  the  youngest  son  of  Andrew 
and  Sarah  Sinnickson,  married  Susan,  daughter  of  Daniel  Bil- 
derbac^k.  They  had  one  sou,  Frank,  who  died  a  young  man 
unmarried,  and  a  daugliter,  Esther  Sinnickson,  who  subsequently 
married  Dr.  Thomas  Rowan,  of  Salem.  They  never  had  any 
children.  John's  second  wife  was  a  widow  named  Delfant, 
daughter  of  Dr.  Jonathan  Mc Wright,  of  East  Jersev.  Thev 
had  no  issue.  He  died  a  widower  at  Biddle's  hotel  in  Penn's 
Neck  after  a  short  illness,  leaving  to  his  heirs  one  of  the  largest 
landed  estates  in  the  county.  Eleanor,  the  second  daughter  of 
Andrew  and  Sarah  Sinnickson,  married  William  Mecum.  They 
had  seven  children — George,  Andrew,  Sarah.  Margaret,  Rebecca 
and  Ellen  Mecum.  William,  George  and  Ellen  died  unmarried; 
Andrew  Mecum  married  xVnn,  daugliter  of  James  Wright. 
They  had  one  son,  James  Wright  Mecum,  who  subsecjuently 
married  Lydia  Ann  Harrison.  They  have  several  children. 
Sarah  Mecum  had  three  hus])ands — Robert  Clark,  Captain  Wil- 
liam Medham,  of  ]>few  Castle  county,  Delaware,  and  a  third. 
She  had  no  children.  Margaret  Mecum,  daughter  of  William 
and  Eleanor  Sinnickson  Mecum,  married  Antrim  Connarroe,  a 
descendant  of  Roger  Connarroe,  who  emigrated  from  tlie  county 
of  Devonshire,  England,  and  landed  at  Elsinborough  Point  in 
1G81,  with  his  wife  Elizabetli  Stevenson,  Connarroe  and  several 
other  emigrants.*     Roger  and  his  wife  settled  at  Salem,  and  at 

*  Roger  spelled  his  name  Conars.  Isaac  Conars,  one  of  his  descend- 
ants, removed  to  Burlington  county  in  1740.  Thomas  Connaroe,  great- 
grandfather of  the  present  George  M.,  Esq.,  of  Philadelphia,  was  the 
first,  who  changed  the  spelling  to  the  present  style. 


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197 


that  town  they  ended  their  days.     Some  of  tlieir  descendants 
afterward  removed  to  Burlington  county.     Antrim  and  his  wife 
Margaret  Connarroe  had  one  son  and  four  daughters — George, 
Sarah,  Mary,  Margaret  and  Kebecca  Connarroe.     George,  early 
in  life,  removed  to  the  city  of  Philadelphia.     His  wife  is  Char- 
lotte   West;    they   have    three    children — George,    Maria    an 
Ellen.     When  quite  young  he  displayed  a  natural  genius  for 
the  fine  arts,  and  has  succeeded  admirably  in  landscape  and  por- 
trait painting  ;  so  much  so  that  he  is  a  credit  to  the  county  which 
gave  him  birth,     Sarah  Connarroe   married   Archiliald  Little, 
and  had  seven  children.     Mary  Connarroe's  husband  was  Abra- 
ham Johnson,  the   second    son    of  James    Johnson,  of  Lower 
Penn's  Neck.     They  have  three  children.     Tliey  removed  to 
Erie  county,  Pennsylvania.     Margaret's    husband  was   George 
Rumsey,  who,  I  think,  was  a  native  of  Wilmington,  Delaware. 
He  came  to  Salem  a  young  man,  and  after  a  few  years  became 
a  successful  merchant.     He  appeared  to  prosper  in  all  his  under- 
takings, and  the  public  had  great  confidence  in  his  judgment. 
He  was  elected  Cashier  of  Salem  Bank,  which  olfice  he  filled  to 
the  credit  of  the  institution  until  the  close  of  his  useful  hfe. 
George  Rumsey  and  his  wife  Margaret  had  one  son,  Henry  M. 
Rumsey,  who  married  Maria,  the  daughter    of   Benjamin   and 
Mary  Bassett.     Rebecca  Connarroe  married  a  young  man  by 
the  name  of  Lawrence ;  they  had  no  issue. 

Mary  Sinnickson,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Sarah 
Sinnickson,  and  sister  of  Eleanor  Mecum,  married  George 
Trenchard,  Jr.  I  think  they  had  two  daughters — Jane,  who 
died  umnarried,  and  Rebecca,  who  subsequently  married  James 
Kinsey.  They  liad  no  children,  and  ended  their  days  in  Salem 
at  the  residence  where  Jonathan  Ingham  lives  at  this  time. 
Sarali,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Sarah  J.  Sinnick- 
son, married  Dr.  Samuel  Dick,  of  Salem,  New  Jersey. 

Amonrr  the  patriotic  men  of  tlie  last  century,  wlio  took  an 
active  part  in  troublous  times  of  our  country,  was  Dr.  Samuel 
Dick,  of  Salem,  New  Jersey.  Dr.  Samuel  Dick  was  of  Scotch- 
L'ish  descent;  his  paternal  grandfather  was  a  Presbyterian  min- 
ister, and  resided  in  the  north  of  Ireland.  His  father,  John 
Dick,  married  Isabella  Stewart,  a  Scotch  lady  of  superior  mind 
and  cultivation.  It  is  supposed  that  John  Dick  and  liis  wife 
came  to  America  between  the  years  of  1730  and  17-10.  Sanmel 
Dick,  their  third  child,  the  subject  of  this  memoir,  was  born 
the  l-lth  day  of  11th  month,  1740,  at  Nottingham,  Prince 
George's  county,  Maryland.  His  father,  John  Dick,  in  1746 
was  settled  in  New  Castle,  Delaware,  as  minister  of  the  Presby- 


198  SINNICKSON    FAMILY. 


tei'ian  Church  in  that  phice,  and   the   churches  in   tlio  vicinity, 
until  his  death  in  1748.     His  son,  Samuel  Dick,  was  educated 
by  President  Samuel  Finly,  Governor  Thomas  M.  Kean  and 
Dr.  McWhorten,  and  under  their  pupilage,  laid  the  foundation 
of  a  classical  knowledge,  which  few  in  our  country  have  sur- 
passed,    lie  spoke  and  wrote  five  different  languages  besides 
his  own  with  ease  and  correctness — Hebrew,  Greek,  French, 
Spanish  and   Latin.     His  medical  education,  according  to   the 
State  medical  report,  was  received  at  one  of  the  medical  schools 
of  Scotland.     He   served  in  Canada,  in  tlie   Colonial   army   as 
Assistant  Surgeon,  in  the  French  war,  which  was  terminated  in 
1760,  by  the  conquest  of  tliat  province  by  the  English,  and  was 
present  at  the  surrender  of  Quebec.     In  1770  he  came  witli  his 
mother  to  Salem,  JSTew  Jersey,  and  settled  there  as  a  Physician, 
and  purchased  property  on  Fenwick  street,  corner  of  Walnut 
street,  and  there  he  ended  his  days ;  liis  descendants  occupy  it 
at  the  present  time.     It  is  an  ancient  and  substantial  brick  build- 
ing built  in  1730.     In  1773  Dr.  Dick  married  Sarah  Sinnickson, 
the  youngest  daughter  of  Judge  Andrew  Sinnickson,  of  Penn's 
Neck.     In  1776  he  was  a  member  of  the  Provincial  Congress 
of  New  Jersey,  and  was  one  of  the  committee  of  fiv^e  appointed 
to  prepare  a  draught  of  the  Constitution  of  the  State,  and  by 
tliat  Congress  was  also  o-iven  a  commission  as  Colonel  of  tlie 
militia,  in  which  character  he  was  an  active  and  zealous  officer 
in  the  Revolutionary  War.     In  1780  Dr.  Dick  was  appointed 
Surrogate  of  Salem  county,  by  Governor  Livingston,  wlio  highly 
esteemed  him  both  as  an  officer  and  a  man.     This  oiKee  lie  held 
for  twenty-two  years.     In  1783  Dr.  Dick  was  elected  by  tlie 
State  of  New  Jersey  to  represent  them  in  the  Congress  of  the 
United  States   of    America,  and  was  a    member    of    Congress 
when  the  treaty  was  ratified  the  llth  of  1st  month,  1784,  by 
which  Great   Britain    acknowledged    our    independance.      [See 
Journal  of  Congress,  Vol.  IX,  page,  21,  22-30.]     In  tlie  years 
1783,  1781,  1785  was  a  mcml)er  of  Congress  held  at  Annapolis, 
New  York,  and  Philadelphia,  and  was   selected    by  Congress 
with  others,  to  transact  important  business.     He  was  made  one 
of  the  committee  in  1781,  consisting  of  Jefferson,  Blanchard, 
Gerry,  Howell,  Sherman,  De  AVitt,  Dick,  Hand,  Stone,  AVilliam- 
son  and  Read,  to  revise  the  institution  of  the  Treasury  Depart- 
ment, and  report  such  alteration  as  they  might  think  proper. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  the  Committee  of  the  States,  to  sit 
during  the  recess  of  Congress,  consisting  of  some  of  the  first 
men  of  the  country  as  to  talents  and  influence.     He  was  also 
appointed    by    Congress    on  other    committees,  wliicli   showed 


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the  estimation  in  wliich  lie  was  held  as  to  abihty  and  integrity. 

In  private  life  Dr.  Dick  was  greatly  respected  in  word  and 
deed,  and  was  never  known  to  speak  ill  of  any  person ;  the 
latter  is  inscribed  on  ids  tomb  stone  in  tlie  Episcopal  Clnirch 
yard,  in  Salem,  New  Jersey.  His  character  is  described  by  one 
that  knew  him,  in  these  words :  "  He  was  a  man  of  l^rilliant 
"  talents  and  great  requirements,  retined  taste,  and  polished 
"  manners,  a  skillful  surveyor  and  physician ;  a  profound 
"  scholar,  a  discerning  politician  and  zealous  patriot."  He 
departed  this  life  in  Salem,  16th  of  11th  montli,  1812,  leaving 
a  widow  and  six  children  ;  their  names  were  Sarah,  Isabella, 
Anna,  Samuel  Stewart  and  Maria  Dick ;  all  of  whom  are 
deceased.  His  only  descendants  now  living  are  the  children 
and  grand-children  of  his  daughter  Isabella,  who  married  in 
1804:,  Josiali  Harrisson,  a  lawyer,  now  deceased.  Josiah  and 
Isabella  D.  Harrisson  had  four  cliildren,  all  of  tliem  were 
daughters.  Maria  and  Henrietta  Harrisson  are  single  woman. 
Lydia  Ann  Harrisson  married  James  W.  Mecum ;  they  have 
four  children — George,  Ellen,  Maria  H.  and  Charles  Mecum, 
Julia  Harrisson  married  Robei-t  Carney  Johnson ;  they  have 
one  son — Henry  Harrisson  Johnson. 

Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Sinnick  Sinnickson,  Sr.,  married  a 
person  by  the  name  of  Pichai-d.  It  does  not  appear  that  she 
left  any  issue.  Anna  Sinnickson,  Sarah's  youngest  sister, 
married  a  person  l)y  the  name  of  Peterson,  who  was  also  of 
Swedish  origin.  They  left  children,  but  tlieir  record  has  not 
been  handed  down  to  the  present  generation.  John  Sinaker 
and  his  wife  Ann  Gilliamson  Sinnickson  had  three  children — 
Sarah,  Elizabeth  and  Sinnick  Sinnickson.  The  latter  had  one 
son,  Andrew  Sinnickson,  who  subsequently  married  Sarah 
Copner,  daughter  of  Joseph  Copner,  of  Lower  Penn's  Neck. 
They  had  one  son — Sinnick  Sinnickson.  Reference  to  his 
wife  and  children  have  been  made  previously.  Sarah  Sinnick- 
son, the  eldest  daughter  of  John  and  Ann  G.  Sinnickson, 
married  William  Philpot ;  they  had  issue.  Their  two  grand- 
sons, William  and  Francis  Philpot  came  into  possession  of  a 
large  landed  estate,  located  in  the  township  of  Penn's  Neck, 
bordering  on  Salem  creek.  They  parted  with  it  more  than 
fifty  years  ago  and  left  their  native  county  and  located  in  one 
of  the  Southern  States.  Elizaljeth  Sinnickson,  sister  of  Sarah 
Philpot,  married  Dennis  Murphy ;  they  had  three  children — 
John,  Sarah  and  Catharine.  Her  second  husband  was  Itobert 
McCasson,  and  had  three  children — Joseph,  Margaret  and 
Mary  McCasson.     Elizabeth's  third  husband  was  Richard  Fitz- 


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gerald ;  there  was  no  issue.  John  Murphy,  tlie  son  of  Dennis 
and  Elizabeth  S.  Murpliy,  died  a  young  man  unmarried.  His 
sister  Sarah  married  Jolin  Powers,  and  liad  five  children — 
Catharine,  Eleanor,  Sanniel,  Judith  and  Mary  Powers.  Cath- 
arine died  young,  leaving  no  issue.  Eleanor  married  Thomas 
Dunn ;  the  Dunn's  are  an  old  family  in  Penn's  Neck.  Soon 
after  the  revocation  of  the  edict  of  the  Nantes  by  the  order  of 
Louis  XIV.  in  1684,  man}^  Huguenots  emigrated  to  this  country 
to  avoid  religious  persecution.  Thei-e  were  two  brothers, 
Zaccheus  and  Thomas  Dunn,  most  probably  natives  of  one  of 
the  Rhenish  Provinces,  either  Alsace  or  Lorraine,  emigrated 
to  this  country.     Zaccheus   settled   in  the  upper  part  of  Piles- 


p;rove.       He    had    a    son    Zaccheus   Dunn,    barn   2d  of    12lh 


b 


month,  1698.  Seven  of  his  children  lived  to  grow  up  and  rear 
families.  Thomas  Dunn,  his  brother,  loL*ated  himself  in  Penn's 
Neck,  and  had  numerous  descendants.  He  purchased  100  acres 
of  land  of  William  Penn  in  1689,  which  v/as  surveyed  to  him 
by  Richard  Tindell ;  the  said  lands  joined  Hans  Corneleus  and 
widow  Hendricks  near  Finn's  Point.  Thomas  was  a  Calvinist, 
and  some  of  his  descendants  with  the  Copners  and  other  fami- 
lies organized  the  Presbyterian  Church  near  Pennsville.  His 
brother  Zaccheus  became  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends. 
Thomas  and  Eleanor  Dunn  had  three  children — Sarah,  Eliza- 
beth and  Mary  Ellen  Dunn. 

Samuel  Powers'  wife  was  Rebecca  Hancock;  they  had  five 
children — Catharine,  Margaret,  Georgiana,  Atwood  and  John 
Powers.  Judith  Powers  married  Ephraim  Shaw.  They  had 
issue.  Mary,  the  youngest  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  Powers, 
married  John  G.  Ehvell,  they  had  one  daughter — Elizabeth 
Elwell.  Catharine,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Dennis  Murphy, 
married  John  Patterson,  and  their  children  were — Martin,  Mar- 
garet, Elizabeth,  Ann,  William  and  Jane  Patterson.  Martin 
Patterson's  wife  was  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  David  Fogg,  for- 
merly a  resident  of  Upper  Alloways  Creek.  They  have  four 
dauirhters — Mary,  Elizabeth,  Margaret  and  Martha  Patterson. 
Margaret,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Catharine  Patterson,  mar- 
ried John  Callahan.  Their  issue  was  John,  William  and  Sam- 
uel Callahan.  Catharine's  second  luisband  was  Richard  Sparks. 
She  had  two  daughters  by  her  last  husband — Jane  and  Anna 
Sparks.  The  husband  of  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and 
Catharine  Patterson,  was  Samuel  Garrison.  Their  issue  was 
one  daughter — Hannah  Garrison.  Ann  Patterson  married  Ja- 
cob Dubois,  and  left  two  children — John  and  Caroline  Dubois. 
William  Patterson,  their  second  son,  married  Lydia  Ann  Good- 


SIJSTNICKSON    FAMILY.  201 


win.  They  liad  three  children.  "William's  second  wife  was 
Mary  Finlaw,  by  wliom  he  had  two  children — Horatio  and  Lncy 
Patterson.  Jane  Patterson  married  Joseph  Shourds.  Their 
children  are  William  and  Sarah  Shonrds.  William  Mnrphy, 
the  son  of  Dennis  and  Elizabeth  Sinnickson  Mnrph_y,  married  a 
yonng  woman  by  the  name  of  Berry.  Their  children  were 
Sarah,  Elizabeth,  Thomas  and  John  Mnrphy.  The  Sinnickson 
family,  for  three  generations  after  their  settlement  in  New 
S\\'ed'en,  married  wdth  the  Scandinavian  race.  It  is  evident  by 
the  family  record  that  their  first  connection  in  marriage  with 
tlie  English  emigrants  w^as  with  Thomas  Miles.  The  Gill  John- 
sons, who  early  connected  themselves  with  the  Sinnicksons  by 
marriage,  were  Swedes.  Circumstances  clearly  indicated  that 
they  were  of  the  first  families  that  settled  at  the  moutli  of  the 
Christine.  In  1693  there  were  two  of  that  family  resident  in 
Penn's  Keck,  Erick  Gill  Jonsson  and  William  Gill  Jonsson  as 
they  spelled  the  name  of  Johnson  at  that  period.  The  Sinnick- 
sons, as  a  family,  have  maintained  a  respectable  standing  for 
more  than  seven  generations  in  this  county. 

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SIIEPPARD    FAMILY. 

The  Slieppard  family  is  the  most  nmiierons  of  any,  excepting 
the  Thompsons,  in  the  ancient  connt}^  of  Salem.  There  were 
three  brothers — David,  Thomas  and  Jolm  Sheppard;  they  came 
from  Tipperary,  Ireland.  On  their  arrival  in  America,  they 
probabh^  resided  for  a  short  time  at  Slirewsbnry,  East  Jersey. 
In  1683  they  settled  in  Avhat  is  now  Cumberland  county,  on  the 
South  side  of  the  Cohansey,  it  being  a  neck  of  laud  bounded  on 
the  north  by  the  Cohansey  river,  on  the  south  by  a  small  creek 
called  Back  creek.  It  is  not  improbable  that  they  gave  it  the 
name  of  Shrewsbury  Neck,  after  the  township  in  East  Jersey, 
where  they  first  settled.  The  Sheppard  family,  I  have  no  dou1.)t, 
were  English;  their  name  implies  as  much.  The  Sheppard s 
were  members  of  the  Baptist  Church  of  Cleagh  Keating,  in  the 
county  of  Tipperary,  L*eland.  They  were  also  among  the  few 
persons  that  organized  the  First  Cohanse}'  Baptist  Church,  in  1690, 
at  Shrewsbury  Neck.  Da%dd  Sheppard's  first  known  purchase 
was  fifty  acres  of  land  of  Captain  William  Dare,  he  afterward 
purchased  fifty  acres,  on  which  he  lived  and  died.  I  have  no 
doubt  he  became  the  owner  of  a  large  quantity  of  land  in  the 
Neck. 

The  Sheppard,  Westcott  and  Reeves  families,  during  the  last 
century  and  tlie  fore  part  of  the  present,  were  the  principal 
owTiers  of  Back  and  Shrewsbury  Necks.  David  She^Dpard,  Sr., 
agreeable  to  the  most  authentic  account,  had  six  children — David, 
born  as  early  as  1690  ;  John,  Joseph,  Enoch,  Hannah  and  Eliza- 
beth Sheppard.  Hannah  married  a  young  man  named  Oilman. 
She  died  1722,  leaving  one  son — David  Gilman.  John,  tlie  son 
of  David  Sheppard,  Sr.,  died  about  the  year  1716,  without  issue, 
leaving  his  property  to  his  brothers  and  sisters.  David,  the 
son  of  David  Slieppard,  the  emigrant,  was  born  about  the 
year  1690,  and  inherited  the  homestead  propei'ty  of  his  father, 
in  Back  Neck.  He  married  about  1719.  The  children  of  David 
Sheppard,  Jr.,  and  his  wife,  Sarah  Sheppard,  were  Philip,  born 
1720;  Ephraim,  born  1722;  David,  1724;  Joseph,  1727,  and 
Pliebe  Sheppard.     Philip,  the  eldest,  inherited  a  large  landed 


SHEPPAED    FAMILY.  203 


estate  in  Back  Neck,  on  wliicli  he  resided.     The  property  is  now 
owned  by  one  of  the  heirs  of  the  late  Epliraim  Mulford.  Philip 

was  twice  married,  his  lirst  wife  was  Mary ,  his  second  Sarah 

Bennett.     He  was  considered  one  of  the  largest  and  most  suc- 
cessful farmers  in  that  neio-hborhood.     Tradition  has  it  that  he 
was  the  first,  in  that  section,  that  owned  a  covered  wagon.     I 
do  not  suppose  that  it  was  an  elliptic  spring  carriage,  but  plain 
as  it  was  I  have  no  doubt  it  was  considered  by  tlie  inhabitants  a 
great  innovation.     It  was  then  the  custom  to  travel  on  horse- 
back.    Philip  died  5th  of  1st  month,  1797,  aged  seventy-seven, 
leaving  a  large  real  and  personal   estate   to  his   children.     His 
widow,   Sarah  Sheppard,  married  John  Remington,  in   ISOl. 
Philip  was   buried   in   the    Baptist    cemetery,  near   Sheppard's 
mill;  he  was  a  deacon  in  the  church,  and  was  considered  one  of 
the  most  prominent  citizens  in   that  section    of    Cumberland 
county.     The  inventory  of  his  personal  property  at  the  time  of 
his  death  amounted  to  £580  and  6s.     His  children  by  his  first 
wife,  Mary,  were  Amos,  Hannah,  Mary  and  Naomi  Sheppard. 
By  his  second  wife  Sarah  B.  Sheppard — Ichabod,  Harvey,  Pliebe 
and  William  Sheppard.     Ephraim,  the  son  of  David  Sheppard, 
Jr.,  born  1722,  was  married  three  times.     His  first  wife  was 
Kesiah  Kelsey;  his  second  was  Sarah  Dennis;  third,  Rebecca 
Barrett.     He  lived  in  Hopewell  township,  on  the  road   from 
Bowentown  to  Roadstown,  and  was  owner  of   a  laro;e   landed 
estate  in  that  section ;  leaving  at  his  death  large  farms  to  all  four 
of  his  sons,  all  adjoining  one  another  on  the  straight  road  from 
Bridgeton  to  Roadstown.     He  was  a  highly  respected  citizen, 
and  like  his  brother  Philip,  was  one  of  the  deacons  of  Cohansey 
Church.  He  died  8th  of  5th  month,  1783,  aged  sixty  years,  and  was 
buried  in  the  Baptist  yard  adjoining  the  clnirch,  near  Sheppard's 
mill,  by  the  side  of  his  wife  Sarah  Dennis,  who  died  21st  of  1st 
month,  1777.     She  died  in  her  fifty-first  year.     His  third  wife, 
Rebecca  Barrett,  survived  him  twenty  years.     She  was  buried 
at  Shiloh,  being  a  Seventh-day  Baptist.     Ephraim  had  ten  chil- 
dren, all  by  his  second  wife,  Sarah  Dennis.     The  oldest  was 
Joel,  born  1718;  Abner,  born  28th  of  5th  month,  1750;  James,  born 
25th  of  12th  month,  1752 ;  Hannah  and  Rachel.     Phebe  married 
Wade  Barker,  who  was  the  grandson  of  Samuel  Wade,  Jr.,  of 
Alloways  Creek.     She  died  young  leaving  no  issue.     Wade  was 
buried  in  the  old  Baptist  yard  at  Mill   Hollow,  near  Salem. 
Sarah,  Elizabeth  and  Hope  Sheppard,  who  afterward  married 
Reuel   Say  re,   were   the   other   cliildren.     Say  re    subsequently 
moved  to  the  State  of    Ohio.     Ephraim's  youngest  cliild  was 
Ephraim  Sheppard.     David,  the  son  of  David  Sheppard,  Jr., 


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was  born  in  the  year  1724.  He  mamed  Temperance  Sheppard, 
daughter  of  Jonadab  and  Phebe  Sheppard.  They  lived  in  the 
township  of  Downe,  Cumberland  county.  He  was  a  member  of 
Cohansey  church,  as  was  also  his  wife,  and  both  became  constit- 
uent members  of  the  Dividing  Creek  Baptist  Churcli  at  its  con- 
stitution, 30th  of  5th  month,  1761 ;  at  that  time  he  became 
deacon  of  the  church  and  afterwards  a  colleague  of  the  pastor, 
Samuel  Heaton.  David  Sheppard  died  18th  of  6th  month,  1771, 
aged  fifty  years ;  liis  widow  subsequently  married  a  man  by  the 
name  of  Lore.  She  was  born  in  1731  and  died  28th  of  7th 
montli,  1796,  aged  sixty-five  years;  she  and  her  first  husband, 
David  Sheppard,  were  buried  at  Dividing  Creek  Baptist  grave- 
yard. The  following  are  the  names  of  David  and  Temperance 
Sheppard's  children — Hosea,  David,  Owen,  Jonadab,  Tabitha, 
Temperance  and  Mary  Sheppard.  Joseph,  the  son  of  David 
Sheppard,  Jr.,  Avas  born  in  1727 ;  he  married  Mary  Sayre.  They 
lived  in  Back  Neck,  and  owned  a  large  quantity  of  good  land, 
which  he  left  to  his  children.  I  have  been  informed  that  most, 
if  not  all,  of  said  land  has  now  passed  out  of  their  possession. 
He  also  left  a  large  personal  estate  for  that  time,  amounting  to 
£617  and  12s.  He  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Cohansey 
Church.  It  seems  he  was  a  prominent  man  in  that  section.  He 
was  chosen  22d  of  12th  month,  1771,  one  of  the  Committee  of 
Safety,  for  tlie  county  of  Cumberland,  to  carry  into  effect  the 
resolutions  of  the  Continental  Congress,  and  in  whose  hands 
rested  the  supreme  authority  after  the  war  commenced,  until 
the  formation  of  the  new  State  Government  gave  an  orojanized 
power  in  New  Jersey.  He  died  8th  of  1st  month,  1782,  aged 
fifty-four  years,  and  was  buried  on  his  own  farm  in  an  old  family 
hiirying  ground,  now  long  disused.  His  wife,  Mary  Sayre 
Slioppard,  died  in  1790,  aged  fifty-eight  years,  and  was  buried 
in  the  same  yard.  Their  daughter  Lydia,  also  lies  tliere;  all 
three  of  them  have  tombstones  at  the  head  of  their  graves.  This 
family  graveyard  is  an  exception  to  the  general  rule.  It  was 
the  practice,  in  tlie  early  settlement  of  Fenwick's  colony,  to 
have  family  burying  grounds,  but  the  plow  lias  passed  over 
nearly  all  of  them,  so  no  man  kuowetli  where  many  of  our  ances- 
tors lie.  I  have  been  informed  that  the  ancient  Swedish  family, 
the  Sinnicksons,  cleared  their  old  family  graveyard  a  few  years 
ago,  in  Obisquahasett,  and  their  intentions  are  to  keep  it  in 
good  order — a  noble  deed.  Dr.  George  B.  Wood  has  likewise 
recently  caused  to  be  erected  a  monument  to  his  great  grand- 
father, Ricliard  Wood,  Avho  died  in  1759,  in  the  family  grave- 
3'ard  in  Stoe  Creek  township,  county  of  Cum])erland.     Josepli 


8HEPPAKD    FAMILY.  205 


Sheppard,  tlie  year  before  Ins  death,  built  a  large  brick  house 
on  his  property,  and  died  soon  afterwards  ;  the  house  is  still 
standing,  and  tlie  place  is  now  owned  by  that  enterprising  cit- 
izen, Richard  Laning,  the  son  of  John  Laning.  The  following 
are  the  names  of  Joseph  Sheppard's  children  : — David  born 
1758 ;  Lydia,  1T60 ;  Euth,  17tli  of  11th  month,  1763  ;  Isaac, 
1766 ;  Mary,  and  Lucy  11th  month,  1773. 

Amos,  the  son  of  Philip  Sheppard,  born  about  1750,  subse- 
quently married  Hannah  Westcott,  and  died  in  1788,  at  middle 
age  ;  his  widow  married  John  Mulford.  Josiah,  the  eldest  son 
of  Amos  and  Hannah  W.  Sheppard,  born  llth  of  9th  month, 
1778 ;  his  wife  was  Charlotte  Westcott,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Jane  Harris  Westcott.  He  died  Itli  of  lOtJi  month,  1850.  His 
son  Henry  was  born  3d  of  6th  month,  1808,  married  and  lives 
in  Fairfield  township,  near  Cedarville  ;  they  have  a  family  of 
children.  Jane,  the  daughter  of  Josiah,  born  in  1811,  and  died 
a  young  woman  in  1828.  Hannah,  the  daughter  of  Josiah  and 
Charlotte  W.  Sheppard,  born  23d  of  lOth  month,  1813,  married 
Ephraim  Glaspey ;  they  have  a  family  of  children,  and  reside 
near  the  city  of  Bridgeton.  Harriet,  the  fourth  cliild  of  Josiah 
and  Charlotte  W.  Sheppard,  born  I9tli  of  2d  month,  1816,  mar- 
ried James  Shepj)ard  Ivelsay  in  1837  ;  they  have  seven  children. 
Martlia,  the  daughter  of  Amos  and  Hannah  W.  Sheppard,  born 
in  1780,  subsequently  married  Charles  Westcott,  of  Sayre's 
Neck,  Cumberland  county.  She  and  her  husband  afterward 
moved  to  Covington,  Kentucky,  where  she  died  in  tlie  winter  of 
1868,  leaving  children.  Hannah,  daughter  of  Pliilip  and  Mary 
Sheppard,  married  Ephraim  Shaw;  they  had  three  children — 
Harvey,  Mary  and  Lydia.  Lydia,  tlie  youngest,  in  1810  mar- 
ried Henry  Whitaker.  They  reside  at  Millville,  and  have  a 
large  family  of  children,  most  of  whom  are  married.  -  lary, 
daughter  of  Philip  and  Mary  Sheppard,  never  married,  and  died 
17th  of  5 til  month,  1799,  aged  about  fifty  years. 

Naomi,  daughter  of  Pliilip,  married  William  Conner  ;  they 
had  three  children.  Abigail,  the  eldest,  born  31st  of  8tli 
month,  1761,  married  Thomas  Brooks  in  1789  ;  they  had  ten 
children.  Thomas  died  16tli  of  9th  month,  1829,  and  his  widow, 
Abigail  Brooks,  died  19th  of  8th  pionth,  1811,  aged  seventy- 
seven  years.  Prudence,  born  1766,  and  her  first  husband  w^as 
James  Sheppard,  son  of  Elias  and  Susanna  Sheppard,  (James 
was  a  nephew  of  Mark  Sheppard,  who  was  one  of  the  first  of 
the  Sheppard  family  that  became  a  member  of  the  Society  of 
Friends.)  Prudence  had  one  daughter  by  her  first  husband,  James 
Sheppard,  wliich  died  in  infancy.     Her  second   husband  was 


206  SHEPPAED   FAMILY, 


William  Johnson.  "William  and  Prudence  Johnson  had  eight 
children.  She  died  2d  of  9th  month,  1860  ;  her  last  husband, 
William  Johnson,  died  17th  of  2d  month,  1831.  David  Conner, 
son  of  Naomi,  left  his  native  state  and  went  to  North  Carolina, 
and  there  married  and  had  a  lai'ge  family  of  children.  Ichabod, 
son  of  Philip  and  Sarah  Bennett  Sheppard,  born  11th  of  12tli 
month,  1769,  married  Puth  Sheppard,  daughter  of  Joel  and 
Hannah  Jenkins  Sheppard,  (Joel was  the  cousin  of  Ichabod,  being 
the  son  of  Ephraim  Sheppard.)  Ichabod  and  his  wife  had  two 
children — Phebe  and  Naomi.  Ichabod  died  22d  of  4th  month, 
1799,  and  his  widow,  Ruth  Sheppard,  married  David  Batcman, 
a  minister  in  the  Baptist  denomination  ;  they  had  three  sons — 
Isaac,  Daniel  and  David  Bateman.  Ruth,  their  mother,  departed 
tliis  life  29th  of  7th  month,  1806.  Soon  after  that  event  David 
Bateman  and  his  three  sons — Isaac,  Daniel  and  David — removed 
to  Ohio,  where  their  children,  or  some  of  them,  are  still  living. 
Phebe,  daughter  of  Ichabod  and  Ruth  Slieppard,  married  28th 
of  3d  month,  1819,  John  Reeves.  There  were  two  children  by 
that  connection — one  daughter  living  at  this  time  in  the  city  of 
Bridgeton,  and  a  son  residing  near  Sliiloh.  Naomi,  second 
daughter  of  Ichabod  and  Ruth  Sheppard,  born  17tli  of  9tli 
month,  1800,  and  in  1817  she  married  Jonathan  Young,  who 
was  afterwards  drowned  at  sea ;  they  had  five  children,  all  of 
whom  died  young,  excepting  Lewis  Young,  who  is  a  resident  of 
Bridgeton. 

Harvey,  son  of  Philip  and  Sarah  B.  Sheppard  married  in 
1797,  Hannah  Smith,  of  Greenwich,  daugliter  of  Isaac  and  Cyn- 
thia Smith ;  he  had  one  daugliter — Hannah,  by  his  first  marriage. 
She  married  in  1818,  Jolin  Test,  the  son  of  Francis  Test,  Jr. 
John  and  his  second  wife,  Hannah  S.  Test,  removed  to  Indiana. 
He  studied  law,  and  was  elected  to  Congress  during  Andrew 
Jackson's  administration.  He  was  an  uncle  to  Joseph  Test, 
who  resides  in  Salem.  The  second  wife  of  Harvey  Sheppard  was 
Ruth  Ogden,  daughter  of  Elmer  and  Charlotte  Ogden,  of  Fair- 
fiehl  township ;  they  had  three  children — Philip,  Abi  and 
Rutli.  The  third  wife  of  Harvey  Sheppard  was  Amelia  Davis, 
of  Shiloh;  he  and  his  last  wife  went  west  in  1818.  Phebe, 
daughtei-  of  Pliilip  Sheppard,  married  Joseph  Newcomb.  They 
lived  in  Back  Neck,  and  had  two  children — Joseph  and  Sarah 
S.  Newcomb.  William,  son  of  Pliilip  Sheppard,  born  29tli  of 
11th  month,  1778,  married  8th  of  2d  montli,  1803,  Matilda 
Westcott,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Jane  Harris  Westcott ;  they 
had  six  children — Icliabod,  William,  Sarah,  Harris,  Phebe  and 
Elmer  Ogden  Sheppard, 


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Joel,  son  of  Epliraim  and  Sarah  Dennis  Sheppard,  born  in 
174:8,  married  Hannah  Jenkins,  who  was  born  1749  and  died 
in  1807 ;  she  left  seven  children,  Dennis,  Ruth,  Sarah,  Lydia, 
Amy,  Elizabeth  and  Reuben  Sheppard.     Joel's  second  wife  was 
Letitia  Platts,  widow  of  David  Platts  and  daughter  of  David 
Gilman ;  tliey  had  no  issue.     His  third  wife  was  Sarali  Davis, 
of  Shiloh ;  they  had  no  children.     Joel  was  deacon  in  the  old 
Cohansey  Churcli,  and  was  a  large  farmer,  living  in  Hopewell 
township,  and  was  a  prominent  citizen.     Dennis,  son  of  Joel 
and  Hannah  Sheppard,  married  a  young  woman  by  the  name  of 
Ayars.     They  moved  to  one  of  the  Western  States  in  1817. 
-  Ruth,  daughter  of  Joel  Sheppard,  married  Ichabod,  son  of  Philip 
and  a  cousin  of  her  father.     Sarah,  daughter  of  Joel  and  Han- 
nah J.  Sheppard,  born   1775,  married  in   1799  Samuel    Bond 
Davis,  son  of  Elnathan  and  Susannah  Bond  Davis.     Elnathan 
was  the  greatest  surveyor  in  his  generation  in  this  section  of  the 
State,  for  man}^  years  after  the  Revolution.     The  late  Josiah 
Harrison,  of  Salem,  who  died  aged  over  ninety  years,  who  was 
a  surveyor  in  his  early  life,  told  me  a  short  time  previous  to  his 
death  that  he  regarded  Elnathan  Davis  as  captain  general  of 
the  surveyors  of  Salem  and  Cumberland  counties.     Samuel  B 
and  Sarali  Davis  had  several  children,  one  of  whom,  Jarman  A. 
Davis,  lives  in  Shiloli,  and  is  a  Justice  of  the  Peace.     Lydia 
Sheppard,  daughter  of   Joel,  married  in  1801  Oswell  Ayars ; 
they  had  children  but  they  are  all  deceased.     Amy,  daughter  of 
Joel  and  Hannah  Sheppard,  born  15th  of  2d  month,  1780 ;  in 
1803  slie  married  Oliver  Harris,  son  of  Ro1:)ert  Harris.  Oliver  and 
Amy  Harris  had  seven  childi-en — Hosea,  Hannah  S.,  Mar}^,  Eliza, 
Samuel  S.  and  Robert.   Eliza  was  born  11th  of  10th  month,  1808, 
and  in  1826  married  Hezekiah  Johnson;  thev  moved  to  Oreo^on 
and  are  still  living.  One  of  tlieir  children  is  Franklin  Johnson,  D. 
D., pastor  of  a  Baptist  Church,at  Newark,  New  Jersey.    He  is  the 
author  of   several  commentaries  on  the  International   Sunday 
School  Lessons,  now  in  general  use.     Samuel,  son  of    Oliver 
and  Amy  Harris,  was  born  24th  of  11th  month,  1813.     Eliz- 
abeth, daughter  of  Joel  and  Hannah  Sheppard,  in  1805  mar- 
ried Eli  Bereman.     Soon  after  their  marriage  they  moved  \o 
Highland  county,  Ohio;  they  had  issue.     Reuben,  son  of  Joel 
and  Hannah  Sheppard,  married  Elizabeth  W.  Dare.     Reuben 
and  his  wife  moved  to  Oliio  in  1817 ;  they  had  one  son — Wil- 
liam Alfred  Sheppard,  wlio  was  a  physician  at    ISTew  Vienna, 
Clinton  county,  Ohio.     He  died  in  1871,  leaving  children,  one 
of  whom,  Hemy  A.  Sheppard,  is  a  lawyer  at  Hillsboro,  Ohio. 
Abner,  second  son  of  Ephraim  and  Sarah  Dennis  Sheppard, 


208  SHEPPAKD    FAMILY. 


born  28tli  of  Stli  montli,  1750 ;  liis  first  wife  was  Mary  Dowd- 
ney,  who  died  about  fifteen  months  after  tlieir  marriage,  leaWng 
one  child.  Abner's  second  wife  was  Ruth  Paulin ;  slie  died  1st 
month,  1797.  His  tliird  wife  was  Mary  McGear,  widow  of  John 
McGrear ;  she  died  29th  of  4th  month,  1809,  and  his  fourth  wife 
was  Elizabetli  Fithian.  Abner  was  a  farmer,  and  lived  in  Hope- 
well towns! lip  the  greater  part  of  his  life.  At  the  time  of  the 
American  Kevolution  he  was  in  the  Militia,  and  was  in  Colonel 
Hand's  regiment  at  the  figlit  of  Quinton's  Bridge,  and  took 
part  in  the  battle;  he  died  iStli  of  3d  month,  1824.  The  follow- 
ing are  the  names  of  his  children — Mary,  Ephraim,  (wlio  died 
young,)  Henry,  Temperance,  Pliebe,  Prudence,  Dclanah,  Lafay- 
ette, Rutli,  Mary  and  Ephraim  Elmer  Sheppard. 

James  Sheppard,  the  son  of  Ephraim  and  Sarah  Dennis  Shep- 
pard, was  born  25th  of  12tli  month,  1752.  His  wife  was  Han- 
nah Brooks,  whom  he  married  2od  of  1st  month,  1774  ;  she  died 
in  1777.  His  secjond  wife  was  Keziah  Barber ;  they  were  mar- 
ried in  1778.  She  died  11th  of  6th  month,  1824,  and  James, 
her  husband,  3d  of  6th  month,  1825.  He  was  a  deacon  in  Co- 
liansey  Baptist  Church,  a  farmer  and  a  large  land  owner  in 
Hopewell  township,  and  had  an  excellent  character  for  upright- 
ness in  his  dealings  with  his  fellow  men,  and  was  greatly  re- 
spected by  all  who  knew  him.  The  children  of  James  and 
Hannah  13.  Sheppard  were  David  and  Phebe  Sheppard,  and 
IjV  his  second  wife,  Keziah  Barber  Sheppard,  Hannah,  Bachel, 
Mary,  Joseph,  "William,  Prudence,  Rebecca,  Phebe  and  Hope. 
Most  of  these  cliildren  lived  to  grow  up  and  marry.  William, 
the  son  of  James  Sheppard,  born  30th  of  7th  month,  1785, 
married  23d  of  3d  month,  1808,  Ann  Husted,  daughter  of 
Henry  and  Ann  Sheppard  Husted,  of  Shrewsbury  Neck.  Wil- 
liam was  an  ordained  minister  of  the  Baptist  denomination,  but 
never  had  charge  of  a  church.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  preached 
as  he  had  opportunity.     They  had  thirteen  children. 

Hannah,  the  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Sarah  Sheppard,  born 
about  1754,  married  Daniel  Moore ;  she  died  about  1784.  Rachel, 
another  daugliter,  born  in  1761,  married  James  Sayre,  who  was 
wounded  at  the  massacre  at  Hancock's  Bridge  in  1778.  Ephraim, 
son  of  Ephraim  and  Sarah,  moved  to  Salem,  and  married  Eliza- 
beth, widow  of  John  Challis,  and  mother  of  John  and  James 
Challis;  (the  latter  afterward  became  an  ordained  minister 
among  the  Baptists.)  Elizabeth  Millmnk,  mother  of  these  chil- 
dren, was  born  at  Waltham,  England,  2d  of  5th  month,  1770. 
Ephraim  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  M.  Slieppard,  liad  one  daugh- 
ter, Mary  W.,  born  in  1809. 


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David,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Slieppard,  born  1^58,  married 
in  1783,  Pliebe,  daughter  of  Providence  and  Sarali  Ludlam ; 
she  died  in  1799,  leaving  six  cliikh-en.  Sarah,  the  eldest  child, 
married  in  1803,  William  Walker,  a  resident  of  Upper  Allo- 
ways  Creek,  Salem  county ;  they  had  three  children.  Phebe 
Walker,  their  eldest  daughter,  married  Thomas  Bilderback,  of 
Allowaystown  ;  they  have  children.  William  Sheppard,  a  son, 
married  Ann  Stow,  and  lived  on  the  homestead  farm  until  his 
death;  since  that  event  his  widow  and  his  daughters  have 
resided  in  Salem.  Charles  H.  Walker  owns  and  resides  upon 
the  homestead  farm. 

Joseph,  the  son  of  David  and  Phebe  L.  Sheppard,  born  9th 
of  1st  month,  1786,  was  elected  pastor  of   the  First   Baptist 
Church  at  Salem,  in  1809,  and  was  pastor  of  said  church  until 
1829,  and  then  removed  to  Mount  Holly,  where  he  continued  as 
pastor  seven  years,  but  his  healtli  failing  him  he  resigned  his 
pastoral  charge  and  mov^ed  to  Camden.     He  never  took  another 
pastoral  charge,  but  preached  occasionally  when  health   per- 
mitted; he  died  in  Camden  in  1838,  in  the  fifty-third  year  of 
his  age.     His  wife  was  Hannah  F.  Budd ;  they  had  four  chil- 
dren— Mary,  Phebe  Ann,  Hannah  and  Josephine   Sheppard; 
they  all  married  but  Hannah.     Phebe  Ann  lived  in  the  state  of 
Georgia.     Josephine  lived  in  Washington,  D.  C,  but   died  a 
few  years  ago.     David  Sheppard's  second  wife  was  Miriam 
Smith,  widow  of  Isaac  Smith ;  she  died  in  1815,  and  David  in 
1827.     He  was  a  deacon  of  Cohansey  Church,  and  was  a  promi- 
nent citizen.     For  many  years  he  lived  on  the  homestead  farm 
in  Fairfield  township,  but  in  later  years  he  moved  to  Bridgeton, 
and  built  a  large  brick  mansion  on  the  west  side  of  the  Cohansey, 
where  his  son,  Isaac  A.  Sheppard,  lived  and  died.     Tlie  dwelling 
is  now  known  as  Ivy  Hall  Seminary  for  ladies.     Providence 
Ludlam,  son  of  David  Sheppard,  born  21st  of  2d  month,  1788, 
married  Mary  Letson,  of  New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey.     One 
of  their  children,  Ebenezer  L.  Sheppard,  lives  in  Pittsgrove 
township,  and  is  a  member  and  clerk  of  the  Pittsgrove  Baptist 
Church.     He  has  recently  written  and  published  a  historical 
sketch  of  that  church.     William  Ludlam  and  David  were  twin 
sons  of   David   Sheppard,   and  were  born  6th   month,  1790. 
William  died  in  1823,  and  never  married.     David,  his  brother, 
studied  for  a  physician,  but  died  suddenly  about  the  time  he  was 
ready  to  commence  the  practice  of  his  profession.     Ercurius, 
the  son  of  David,  married  Martha  Lupodius,  of  New  Brunswick. 
She  is  still  living,  but  Ercurius  is  deceased.     He  left  three  chil- 
dren— ^Mary,  Sarah  and  Martha,     Ebenezer,  the  son  of  David, 

27 


210  SHEPPARD    FAMILY. 


born  23d  of  Ttli  month,  1798,  died  6tli  month,  1814.  Mary,  the 
daugliter  of  David  and  Miriam  Sheppard,  his  second  wife, 
married  in  1824,  Jonathan  J.  Hann ;  they  had  two  children — 
Maria  and  Mary  Hann.  The  hitter  married  Joseph  Moore, 
homeopathic  physician,  of  Bridgeton ;  she  died  in  1860.  Isaac  A. 
Sheppard,  son  of  David,  Ijorn  in  1806,  married  8th  of  4th  month, 
1828,  Jane  H.  Bennett ;  she  died  in  1839,  aged  thirty-five  years. 
Isaac's  second  wife  was  Hannali  B.  McLean,  whom  he  married 
in  1841,  but  she  only  lived  a  little  over  a  year.  His  third  wife 
was  Margaretta  E.  Little,  who  is  still  living ;  they  were  married 
in  1850.  Isaac  A.  Sheppard  died  suddenly  in  his  office  in  1863, 
having  been  found  dead  sitting  in  his  chair.  He  was  a  deacon 
of  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Bridgeton.  His  oldest  son, 
Isaac  A.,  born  in  1829,  died  11th  of  4th  month,  1832.  Jane 
B.,  daughter  of  Isaac  A.  Sheppard,  born  in  1831,  married 
in  1868,  Horatio  J.  Mulford,  the  eldest  son  of  tlie  late  Henry 
Mulford,  of  Bridgeton.  Horatio,  wdtli  his  brother  Isaac  W., 
and  his  sisters,  were  the  originators  and  principal  benefactors  of 
the  South  Jersey  Institute,  a  school  for  both  sexes,  located  in 
Bridgeton.  The  cost  of  the  building  has  been  estimated  at 
$60,000.  It  has  a  fine  corps  of  teachers,  and  has  been  in 
operation  six  years,  during  which  time  it  has  established  a 
reputation  equal  to  the  best  educational  institutions  in  the 
country.  Horatio's  wife,  Jane  Mulford,  like  her  father,  died 
suddenly,  and  was  found  dead  sitting  in  her  chair,  on  the  even- 
ing of  9th  of  2d  month,  1874.  She  was  a  woman  of  great 
usefulness  in  the  church  and  in  tlie  community,  and  her  loss 
was  deeply  felt  by  all.  She  left  one  child,  a  son,  Horatio  Jones 
Mulford,  Jr.,  who  was  born  in  1869.  There  were  seven  other 
children  of  Isaac  A.  Sheppard's — Miriam,  Theodore,  Francis, 
Charles,  Elizabeth,  Frank  and  Frederick. 

Isaac,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Slieppard,  born  in  1766,  mar- 
ried Sarah,  daugliter  of  Jeremiah  Bennett ;  she  died  in  1797. 
Isaac's  second  wife  was  Jane  Harris  Westcott,  the  widow  of 
Henry  Westcott,  and  daughter  of  Epliraim  and  Jane  Harris,  of 
Fairfield  township.  His  tliird  wife  was  Abigail  B.  Husted, 
widow  of  Henry  Husted,  and  daughter  of  Ichabod  Bishop. 
Isaac  Sheppard  died  16th  of  12t]i  month,  1815.  He  had  five 
cliildren — Isaac,  the  eldest,  never  married  ;  Hemy,  the  second 
son  of  Isaac  and  Sarah  Sheppard,  married  27th  of  3d  month, 
1811,  Eunice  "Westcott.  Soon  after  their  marriage  they  moved 
to  one  of  the  Western  States,  and  Henry  died  there.  His 
widow  returned  to  lier  native  state  and  died  in  1868.  They 
had  a  family  of  children.     Sarah,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Sarah 


SHEPPAKD   FAMILY.  211 


Sheppard,  born  23d  of  11th  month,  1797,  married  t7th  of  3d 
month,  1819,  Elmer  Ogden;  she  died  21st  of  12th  month,  1853; 
he  lives  in  Greenwich,  and  has  several  children.  Ephraim, 
the  son  of  Isaac  and  Jane  H.  Sheppard,  born  15th  of  8th 
month,  1801,  married  in  1819,  Jane,  daughter  of  Jehiel 
and  Mary  Westcott ;  she  died  in  1823.  His  second  wife  was 
Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  B.  Westcott,  of  Fairfield ; 
she  died  in  1812,  and  he  died  9th  of  7th  month,  1818.  His 
children  by  his  first  wife  were  Ephraim,  the  eldest,  who  went 
west,  and  died  there ;  and  EHas  Sheppard,  who  died  young. — 
Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Mary  Sheppard,  mar- 
ried Charles  Campbell.  Isaac  Aplin  Sheppard,  son  of  Ephraim 
and  Mary  Sheppard,  went  to  Philadelphia  to  live,  and  subse- 
quently was  elected  a  member  of  the  Pennsylvania  Legislature 
for  several  sessions.  Isaac  is  the  head  of  the  great  stove  firm 
of  I.  A.  Sheppard  &  Company.  Joseph,  the  son  of  Ephraim 
Sheppard,  married  Sarah  Flanagin,  of  Sculltown ;  he  now 
lives  in  Camden  county,  between  Haddonfield  and  Camden. 

Lucy,  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Sheppard,  born  in 
11th  month,  1773,  married  Isaac,  son  of  Isaac  and  Judith 
Wheaton,  in  1792 ;  Isaac  was  born  in  9th  month,  1769.  By 
that  connection  there  were  seven  children — Joseph,  the  eldest, 
born  17th  of  3d  month,  1795,  died  3d  of  3d  month,  1871,  never 
married.  Their  second  son,  Providence  Ludlam  Wlieaton,  born 
21st  of  4th  month,  1798,  died  1st  of  3d  month,  1867 ;  his  wife 
was  Ruth  Foster;  they  had  one  son — Andrew  Evans  Wheaton, 
who  resides  at  Greenwich  with  his  mother.  Mary  Sheppard 
Wheaton,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Lucy  S.  Wheaton 
was  born  20tli  of  11th  month,  1799 ;  she  was  the  second  wife 
of  Henry  Mulford.  Their  three  oldest  children  were  Anna, 
Maria,  Hannah  and  Isaac  W.  Mulford.  William  Wheaton, 
the  son  of  Isaac  and  Lucy  Wheaton,  was  born  18th  of  1th  month, 
1801,  is  living  in  Hopewell  township,  and  has  a  large  family  of 
children.  Isaac  Wheaton,  born  26th  of  2d  month,  1803,  died 
6th  of  7th  month,  1816,  leaving  no  children.  Hannah,  the 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Lucy  S.  Wheaton,  born  25tli  of  3d  month, 
in  1805,  married  in  1823  Gabriel  Davis  Hall,  of  Bacon's  Neck, 
sjn  of  Ebenezer  Hall.  Gabriel  and  his  wife  had  several  chil- 
dren.    She  died  3lst  of  8th  month,  1819. 

Henry,  son  of  Abner  and  Ruth  Sheppard,  was  born  in 
1787,  and  married  in  12th  month,  1815,  Margaret  Lummis;  she 
died  11th  of  8th  month,  1817.  Henry's  second  wife  was  Sarah 
B.  Ogden,  widow  of  John  B.  Ogden.  They  were  married  in 
3d  month,  1819 ;  she  died  in  1858,  and  her  husband,  Henry 


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Sheppard,  in  30th  of  7tli  month,  1867.  lie  was  a  hatter,  and  fol- 
lowed the  business  many  years  in  Bridgeton,  where  he  settled  early 
in  life.  He  was  postmaster  for  several  years  in  tliat  town.  All 
his  children  were  by  his  second  wife,  Sarah  B.  Ogden.  Jane 
Buck,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Sarah  B.  Sheppard,  born  11th  of 
12th  month,  1819,  married  in  1840,  to  Lorenzo  Fisler  Lee  ;  he 
died  17th  of  7th  month,  1818,  leaving  a  widow  and  four 
cliildren — Henry  Sheppard,  Jr.,  born  8tli  of  11th  month,  1821, 
married  3d  of  ith  month,  1815,  Bhoda  S.  Nixon,  daughter  of 
Jeremiah  Nixon.  A  short  time  after  their  marriage  they  moved 
to  Springfield,  Green  county,  Missouri ;  and  he  has  prospered 
there.  For  many  years  he  and  his  brother  Charles  did  the 
leading  mercantile  business  of  the  place,  but  both  have  now 
retired  from  active  business.  Hemy  commanded  one  of  the 
regiments  of  the  militia  of  the  state,  and  was  out  several  times 
during  the  Rebellion.  That  part  of  the  state  suffered  much 
from  the  war.  They  have  four  children — Francis  Henry,  John 
Nixon,  Mary  Thompson  and  Margaret  Sheppard.  Charles,  son 
of  Henry  and  Sarah  Sheppard,  born  5th  of  9th  month,  1823, 
married  5tli  of  11th  month,  1856,  Lucy  Dow,  daughter  of  Ira 
and  Mary  Dow,  of  East  Ilardwick,  Vermont ;  Charles  and  liis 
family  are  living  at  Springfield,  Missouri ;  he  being  cashier  of 
Greene  County  National  Bank.  There  are  three  more  children 
of  Henry  Sheppard,  Sr. — Sarah,  Margaret  and  Joseph  Ogden, 
wlio  reside  in  Bridgeton.  Joseph  is  a  physician,  and  during 
the  Rebellion  for  a  time  served  as  a  surgeon  in  the  army. 

Ephraim  Elmer,  son  of  Abner  and  Mary  Sheppard,  born  2d 
of  10th  montli,  1801,  married  1st  of  5th  month,  1828,  Jane  Eliz- 
abeth Dare,  daughter  of  David  and  Rebecca  Fithian  Dare. — 
Tiiey  reside  in  Bridgeton,  Eplu'aim  was  elected  Clerk  of  the 
county  of  Cumberland  in  1852  and  served  to  1857.  He  was 
appointed  a  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common  Plea^  for  said 
county  in  1863,  and  re-appointed  in  1868,  and  was  elected 
Mayor  of  Bridgeton  in  the  spring  of  1873.  His  term  expired 
in  1876.  Epliraim  and  his  M'ife  had  eight  children.  Ephraim 
Elmer,  Jr.,  born  19th  of  3d  month,  1830,  married  2d  of  4th  month, 
1856,  Cinderilla  Maxson  Bonham,  daughter  of  Hezekiah  Bon- 
ham,  of  Shiloh.  They  had  several  chikh'en,  four  of  whom  are 
living.  They  reside  at  Elmer,  Salem  county.  Elizabeth  R. 
Sheppard,  born  6th  of  4tli  month,  1832,  married  in  1850  George 
W.  Elwell.  They  live  in  Bridgeton,  and  have  one  son,  Albert 
Sheppard,  born  17th  of  3d  montli,  1853,  who  is  a  druggist. 
Ruth  N.  Sheppard,  daughter  of  Ephraim,  born  21st  of  12tli 
month,  1834,  is  not  married,     David  Dare  Sheppard,  son  of 


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213 


Epliraim,  bom  loth  of  6th  mouth,  1836,  married  18th  of  10th 
month,  1866,  Cornelia  Albertson,  daughter  of  Amos  Buzbj,  of 
Pilesgrove.     He  was  in  the  dry  goods  business  in  Bridgeton 
until  1870,  when  he  moved  to  Springfield,  Missouri,  and  went 
into  business  with  his  brother,  William  D.  Sheppard,     John 
Caldwell   Calhoun,   son  of    Ephraim    Sheppard,   born    23d  of 
4th  month,  1840,  married  in  1861,  Jane   Elizabeth   Smith,  of 
Philadelphia,  and  resides  in  that  city.     William  D.  Sheppard, 
son  of  Ephraim,  born  28th  of  2d  month,  1842,  married  I8th 
of  3d  month,  1869,  Josepliine  M.  Trull,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
Trull,  of  North  Tewsbury,  Massachusetts.    He  moved  to  Spring- 
Held,    Missouri,    in  the  fall  of  1866,  and  is   in  business   with 
his  brother,  David  Sheppard.     Enoch  Fithian  Sheppard,  son  of 
Ephraim,  born  21st  of  8th  month,  1843,  died  in  1846.     Charles 
E.,  son  of  Ephraim  and  Jane  Elizabeth  Sheppard,  born  1st  of 
11th  month,  1846.     He  is  a  lawyer,  and  resides  in  Bridgeton. 
The  descendants  of   John  and  Thomas  Sheppard,  the  emi- 
grants from  Ireland,  are  more  difficult  to  follow  than  the  de- 
scendants of  David,  the  emigrant.     John  married,  and  his  eldest 
son,  Dickinson,  was  born  as  early  as  1685,  and  became  a  large 
landholder.     In  1722  he  purchased  1,400  acres  of  land  on  the 
south  side  of  Antuxet    creek.     In  the  following  year  he  made 
another  purchase  of  1,600  acres  adjoining  his  first  purcliase,  all 
in  the  township  of  Downe,  Cumberland  county.     Dickinson  and 
liis  wife.  Eve  Sheppard,  had  seven  children — Patience,  Stephen, 
Dickinson,  Jr.,  John,  Jonadab,  Ann  and  Eve  Sheppard. 

Mark  Sheppard,  son  of  Jolm,  (probably  the  John  who  was  the 
son  of  Dickinson,  and  grandson  of  John,  the  emigrant,)  was 
born  in  1728.  His  parents  were  members  of  the  Baptist  Church, 
l)ut  he,  when  a  young  man,  was  convinced  of  the  principles  of 
the  Society  of  Friends,  applied  for  meml)ership,  and  was  received 
by  the  Society.  By  his  first  wife  he  had  a  daughter,  Mary 
Slieppard,  who  married  James,  son  of  Jolm  and  Mary  Stewart, 
of  Alloways  Creek.  She  died  young,  leaving  no  issue.  Mark 
Sheppard's  second  wife  was  Mary  Craven,  whom  he  married  in 
1760.  By  that  connection  there  were  four  children — Thomas, 
born  12th  of  lltli  month,  1764 ;  Sarah,  born  2d  of  5th  month, 
1769  ;  William,  born  7th  of  2d  month,  1772,  and  Josiah,  born 
5th  of  4th  month,  1774.  Mark  Sheppard,  tlie  father,  died  the 
16th  of  5th  month,  1780,  aged  fifty-two  years.  During  liis  life  he 
resided  in  Bacon's  Neck.  His  son,  William  Sheppard,  afterward 
married  the  widow  of  Ebenezer  Hall,  by  whom  he  had  five 
children,  as  follows :  William  married  a  young  woman  at  Shiloh, 
a  Seventh-day  Baptist;  Mary  married  Zebedee  Clement;  Charles 


214  SHEPPABD   FAMILY. 


married  the  daughter  of  Isaac  Jones,  of  Consholiocken ;  Kich- 
ard's  tirst  wife  was  Aun,  daughter  of  Rachel  Stewart,  of  Salem. 
She  died  young,  leaving  one  daughter,  Rachel  Ann,  who  married 
Anthony  Conard,  near  Wilmington,  Delaware.  She  is  deceased. 
Richard's  second  wife  is  Martha  Holmes,  daughter  of  Samuel 
Holmes,  formerly  of  Upper  Penn's  Neck.  Richard  and  his 
wife  live  at  this  time  at  Westfield,  Burlington  county.  Casper 
W.,  the  youngest  son  of  William  Sheppard,  married  the  daugh- 
ter of  the  late  Henry  Mulford.     Casper  died  several  years  ago. 

David  Slieppard,  who  lived  in  Bacon's  Neck,  was  probably  a 
brother  of  Dickinson.  David  and  his  wife,  Ann  Sheppard,  had 
six  children — David,  Abel,  Thomas,  Prudence,  Lucy  and  Phebe. 
David,  their  father,  died  in  1771,  and  his  son  Abel  succeeded 
his  father  on  the  liomcstead  in  Bacon's  jSTeck.  Abel  and  Abigail 
Sheppard  had  nine  children.  Caleb,  their  son,  born  1757,  lived 
in  Bacon's  Neck  on  his  father's  property  during  his  life. 

Job  Slieppard,  born  1706,  was  the  lirst  pastor  of  the  Baptist 
Church,  at  Mill  Hollow,  near  Salem ;  he  died  with  the  small-pox, 
2d  of  3d  month,  1757,  and  was  buried  in  the  graveyard  at  tliat 
place.     He  and  his  wife,  Catharine  Sheppard,  had  thirteen  chil- 
dren.    Elnathan,  their  oldest  son,  married  and  lived  in  Hope- 
well township,  near  the  old  Cohansey  Church.     Job  Sheppard, 
Jr.,  was  born  6th  of  7tli  month,  1735,  married  Rachel,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Mulford,  of  Cumberland.     Job  and  his  wife  lived  in 
Hopewell,  near  Bowentown,     They  liad  seven  children.     Belbe 
Sheppard,  son  of  Job  and  Catharine  Sheppard,  was  born  about 
1737,  married  and  resided  in  Alio  ways  Creek.     He  died  in  1761, 
and  from  him  the  Slieppard  family  in  Lower  Alloways  Creek 
descend.     Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Job  and  Catharine  Sheppard, 
married,  l)ut  died  young  and  left  no  issue.     Jemima  Sheppard, 
daughter  of  Job,  married  and  left  no  issue.     Daniel,  son  of  Job 
and  Catliarine  Sheppard,  married  a  young  woman,  a  resident 
of  Salem.     They  had  one  son — Daniel  Sheppard.     Kerenhap- 
])uch,  daughter  of  Job  Sheppard,lived  in  Lower  Alloways  Creek. 
Rebecca,  daugliter  of  Job  and  Catharine  Slieppard,  married  Jon- 
athan Bowen,  of  Bowentown,  she  being  his  Urst  wife.     She  died 
young,  leaving  one  child,  which  died  in  infancy.  Her  husband  was 
the  grandfather  of  the  late  Dr.  William  S.  Bowen,  of  Bridgeton. 
Catharine,  daugliter  of  Job,  died  when  about  sixteen  years  old. 
Cumberland  Sheppard,  son  of  Job  and  Catharine,  married  Amy 
Matlack,  of  Gloucester  county.     He  lived  and  died  there  with 
his  wife.     They  had    several   children.     Martha,  daughter    of 
Job,  married  Isaac  Mulford,  of   Hopewell.     She  did  not  live 
more  than  a  year  or  two  after  that  event.     She  left  one  child. 


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Keziah,  dangliter  of  Job  and  Catliarine  Sheppard,  married  Wil- 
liam Ivelsaj.  Robert  Ivelsay,  their  oldest  son,  followed  the 
sea.  Daniel,  their  second  son,  married  Grace  Bacon,  and  had 
one  daughter,  Tabitha  Kelsaj,  who  married  a  man  by  the  name 
of  Jerrell.  Tliey  settled  in  one  of  the  Western  States.  Daniel 
Kelsciy's  second  wife  was  Lovisa  Mulford.  They  had  two  chil- 
dren— Daniel  Kelsay,  Jr.,  who  was  a  Baptist  minister,  and  a 
pastor  of  Pittsgrove  Church,  and  Maria  Kelsay,  who  married 
Noah  Flanagin,  and  removed  West.  Daniel  Kelsay's  third  wife 
was  Hannah,  daughter  of  James  and  Keziah  Sheppard.  They 
had  three  children.  Martha  Kelsay,  daughter  of  William  and 
Keziali,  married  Jacob  Richman,  and  lived  in  Greenwich,  and 
had  four  children — Joseph,  Jonathan,  Lydia  and  Mary.  Ruth, 
youngest  child  of  Job  and  Catharine  Sheppard,  never  married, 
but  died  about  the  age  of  twenty-two  years. 

Moses,  son  of  Thomas  Sheppard,  the  emigrant,  was  born  in 
Fairfield  township  in  1698,  and  married  in  1722,  Mary,  sister  of 
Philip  Dennis,  of  Bacon's  Neck.  Mary  was  born  in  1701. 
They  had  six  children — Rachel,  born  1723 ;  Nathan,  born  1726  ; 
John,  born  1730;  Sarah,  born  1732;  Moses,  Jr.,  born  1737, 
and  Mary  D.,  born  1741.  Moses  was  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Baptist  Church,  but  it  is  probal^le  his  wife  inclined  towards 
the  Friends,  as  her  brother,  Philip  Dennis,  was  an  influential 
member  of  the  Society,  and  a  member  of  Cohansey  meeting,  as 
it  was  then  called.  John  Sheppard,  their  son,  born  1730,  sub- 
sequently became  a  prominent  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends, 
and  married  in  1756,  Priscilla  Wood,  the  youngest  daughter  of 
Richard  and  Priscilla  Wood,  of  Stoe  Creek,  Cumberland  county. 
Priscilla  was  born  4th  of  3d  month,  1734.  Mark  Reeve,  in 
1689,  sold  his  lot  of  sixteen  acres,  it  being  on  the  east  side  of 
the  main  street  of  Cohansey,  adjoining  the  river,  that  he  pur^ 
chased  of  the  executors  of  John  Fen  wick  in  1684,  reserving  his 
family  burying  ground,  where  his  wife,  Ann  Hunt  Reeve,  was 
buried.  Joseph  Browne,  a  merchant  in  Philadelphia,  purhcased 
the  property  for  £80,  a  considerable  sum  for  such  a  small  lot  of 
land  at  that  period.  The  said  Joseph  Browne  died  in  Philadel- 
phia about  the  year  1711,  leaving  two  sons — Joseph  and  Isaac. 
The  eldest  afterward  lived  on  his  father's  property,  in  Cohan- 
sey, and  a  number  of  his  descendants  are  at  this  time  residents 
of  Cumberland  and  Salem  counties.  Joseph's  widow  was  Mar- 
tha Spicer,  sister  of  Jacob  Spicer,  and  was  born  in  the  state  of 
New  York  on  the  27th  of  11th  month,  1676.  In  the  year  1714 
she  married  Thomas  Chalkley,  an  eminent  minister  of  the 
Society  of  Friends,  being  his  second  wife.     His  first  wife  was 


216  SHEPPARD    FAMILY. 


Martha  Betterson,  of  London,  in  wliicli  city  tliey  were  married 
in  1699.     She  died  in  Pluladelphia  in  1711.     Joseph's  youngest 
son,    Isaac,    I    believe,  lived   and    died    in    London,    England. 
Joseph  Brown,  Jr.,  convej^ed  the  lot  in  Cohansey  to  his  father- 
in-law,  Thomas  Chalkley,  in  1738,  and  he  to  John  Butler,  who 
sold  it  to  Thomas  Mulford.     In  a  short  time  Mulford  sold  it  to 
William   Conover,  and  in  the  year  1760   Conover  sold  it  to 
John  Sheppard,   son   of  Moses   and  Mary   Dennis   Slieppard, 
and    tlie    property    is    still    owned    by  the    Sheppard    family. 
John   and   Priscilla  Wood  Slieppard   Jiad  six  cluldren,  born   as 
follows  :  Rachel,   2d  of  7th  month,  1762 ;  Mary,  4th  of  llth 
month,  1764  ;  John,  29th  of  1st  montli,  1767  ;  Priscilla,  25th 
of   llth   month,  1769;  Richard  in   1771;  Sarah,  22d   of   8th 
month,  1775,  and  Moses  3d  of  2d  month,  1777.     John,  son  of 
John  and  Priscilla  W.  Slieppard,  married  Mary,  daughter   of 
Mark,  son  of  Ebenezer  Miller,  deputy-surveyor  for  Fenwick's 
Colony,  after  the  deatli  of  Richard  Tyndall.     John  and  his  wife 
had  ten  children.     Thomas  R.,  born  29th  of  4t]i  month,  1789, 
married  Letitia,   daughter    of  Richard  and    Elizabeth    Wistar 
Miller,   of  Mannington.     Thomas  and  his  wife  are  deceased, 
leaving  one  daughter — Sarah  Sheppard,  second  wife  of  Samuel 
P.  Carpenter.     Mark  Miller  Sheppard,  born  I2tli  of  1st  month, 
1791,  never  married,  and  died  15th  of  5th  month,  1876,  in  his 
eighty-sixtli  year.     Charles  R.    Sheppard,    born    10th    of    2d 
month,  1793,  died  young.     Benjamin  Sheppard,  born  14th  of 
3d  month,  1795,  married  Mary  R.  Saunders,  daugliter  of  James 
Saunders,   of  Woodbury.     Benjamin  and  his  wife  had  eight 
children — Letitia,  Samuel,  Sarah,  James,  Morris,  Mary,  John 
and  Anna.     Charles  Slieppard,  born  24th  of  2d  month,  1798, 
married  Rachel  Redman  Carpenter,  daughter  of  William  and 
Mary  R.  Carpenter,  of  Mannington.     They  had  two  children — 
AYilliam    and  Mary,       The  latter    died  young,  and    William 
Sheppard  married  a  young  lady  named  Zerns,  of  Pennsylvania. 
They  live  in  Mannington.     Priscilla  Wood  Sheppard,  born  15th 
of  5th  month,  1800,  married  John  M.   Reeve,   of  Burlington 
county.     He  was  the  son  of  Josiah  Reeve,  a  native  of  Shrews- 
l)ury   ISTeck,    below    Cohansey,   and    great  grandson   of    Mark 
Reeve,  the  emigrant.     John  and  his   wife  Priscilla  had   ten 
children.     The  first  wife  of  John  E.,  son  of  John  and  Mary 
Sheppard,  born  25th  of  llth  month,  1802,  was  Ann  Elizabeth 
Wood,  the  eldest   daughter   of  Richard  and  Elizabeth  Bacon 
AYood,  of  Grc  enwicli.    Their  children  are  George  and  Elizabeth. 
Elizabeth  died  young.     George  Wood  Sheppard  married  Ruth, 
daughter  of  Moses  and  Ann  Sheppard.     They  have  issue.     John 


SHEPPARD    FAMILY.  21 Y 


E.  Slieppard's  second  \nfe  is  Margaret  Garrett.  The  Garrett 
family  is  one  of  the  oldest  English  families  that  first  settled  in 
Pennsylvania.  Their  forefather  came  in  the  same  vessel  with 
■William  Penn,  and  landed  at  Chester  in  1682.  John  and 
Margaret  have  three  children — Philip  G.,  Ann  E.  and  Margaret. 
Clarkson,  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  Sheppard,  born  14th  of 
4th  month,  1813,  married  Ann  Garrett,  daughter  of  Philip 
Garrett ;  Clarkson  and  Annie  have  three  daughters  living — 
Rebecca  C,  Mary  M.  and  Martha  G.  Clarkson's  second  wife 
was  Lydia  Warrington,  of  Burlington  county.  He  is  a  highly 
esteemed  minister  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  Richard,  the  son 
of  John  and  Priscilla  W.  Sheppard,  born  1771,  married  Lydia 
Foster,  daughter  of  Josiah  Foster,  of  Burlington  county ;  they 
had  seven  children.  Moses,  the  son  of  John  and  Priscilla  Wood 
Sheppard,  married  Rachel,  tlie  daughter  of  Charles  and  Rebecca 
Miller  Bacon,  of  Bacon's  Neck,  Greenwich  township.  Rachel 
Bacon's  ancestors  were  among  the  first  families  in  that  part  of 
the  colony.  Her  father,  Charles  Bacon,  was  the  grandson  of 
John  and  Elizabeth  Smith  Bacon,  one  of  the  judges  of  tlie 
Salem  Courts  for  a  number  of  years.  His  wife,  Elizabeth,  was 
the  youngest  daughter  of  Jolin  Smith,  of  Smithfield,  and 
Rachel's  mother  was  the  youngest  daughter  of  Ebenezer  Miller, 
Sr. ;  she  was  born  in  the  town  of  Greenwich,  17th  of  3d  month, 
1747.  Moses  and  his  wife,  Rachel  B.  Sheppard,  had  two 
children — Moses  and  Beulah ;  the  latter  died  young.  Moses, 
the  son  of  Moses  and  Rachel  B.  Sheppard,  married  Ann,  the 
daughter  of'  Job  and  Ruth  Thompson  Bacon ;  they  had  three 
daughters,  as  follows — Ruth,  who  married  Goorge  B.  Sheppard  ; 
they  reside  in  Stoe  Creek  township.  Rachel,  who  married  Job, 
the  son  of  John  and  Ann  Bacon,  of  Bacon's  Neck ;  Rachel  is 
deceased,  and  left  children,  and  Ann,  who  is  not  married. 
Moses'  second  wife  was  jrom  West  Chester,  Pennsylvania ; 
they  had  no  issue. 
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SCULL    FAMILY. 

Joliu  Scull  emigrated  from  Long  Island  about  1690,  in  com- 
pany with  others,  who  took  up  large  tracts  of  land  along  the 
sea  shore.  lie  was  called  a  whaleman ;  and  a  number  of  per- 
sons at  that  time  followed  the  business  of  catching  whales  from 
Sandy  Hook  to  the  Capes  of  Delaware ;  whales,  at  the  first  set- 
tling of  Jersey,  being  numerous  enough  to  make  the  business 
profitable.  At  the  present  time  they  are  rarely  seen.  John 
Scull  was  the  owner  of  a  large  tract  of  land  not  far  from  Great 
Egg  Harbor.  John  Fothergill,  an  eminent  minister  of  the 
Society  of  Friends,  visiting  the  provinces  in  1T22,  writes  that  he 
had  a  religious  meeting  at  the  house  of  J  ohn  and  Mary  Scull, 
at  Great  Egg  Harbor,  which  was  well  attended.  Thomas 
Chalkly  also  mentions  having  a  meeting  at  John  Scull's  house 
in  1725.  John  and  his  wife  had  tlm-teen  children,  eight  sons 
and  five  daughters.  John,  their  eldest  son,  was  stolen  while  an 
infant,  by  the  Indians,  and  was  never  recovered.  They  likewise 
had  a  son  named  John  Kecompence  Scull,  who  lived  to  a  great 
age.  The  tribe  of  Indians  who  lived  around  Great  Egg  Harbor, 
belonged  to  the  Delawares,  or  Lenape  or  first  people.  In  the 
year  1758  the  celebrated  Indian  Chief,  Isaac  Still,  claimed  land 
from  the  mouth  of  Great  Egg  Harbor  rivei-  to  the  head  branches, 
except  the  Somers',  Steelman's  and  Scull's  tracts  of  land.  John 
Scull  o^^med  550  acres  of  land,  purchased  of  Jacob  Valentine ; 
it  being  on  Patounk  creek.  He  died  1715.  His  son,  Gideon 
Scull,  married  Judith  Bellanger.  The  Bellanger  family,  which 
name  has  been  corrupted  into  Bellangee,  came  from  the  prov- 
ince of  Poitou,  in  France,  and  emigrated  first  to  England  and 
from  thence  to  America,  between  the  years  1682  and  1690.  In 
the  early  work  of  French  Heraldy,  the  name  is  written  de  Bel- 
linger. The  arm  l)orne  by  them,  are  given  with  very  emblazon- 
ment, and  a  shield,  azure,  with  a  chevan.  This  coat  of  arms 
has  been  in  possession  of  the  family  in  New  Jersey,  since  their 
first  arrival  in  America,  and  was  given  by  Judith  Bellangee  to 
her  niece,  the  late  Hannah  Smith,  of  Woodstown,  whilst  on  a 
\isit  to  Philadelphia,  sixty  years  ago ;  and  by  her  given  to  her 


SCULL    FAMLLY.  219 


grandson,  Smith  Bowen,  of  Pliilaclelphia.  Juditli  Bellange  and 
her  sister  Christiana,  who  married  Daniel  Shourds,  hved  to  be 
over  ninety  years  of  age.  The  father  of  Ives  Bellange  was  shot 
during  the  clragonnades  of  Louis  XI Y.,  and  his  wife  and  five 
children  fled  for  refuge  to  the  caves  and  forests  of  their  native 
province,  where  they  were  concealed  for  several  months,  until 
an  opportunity  presented  for  them,  in  company  with  others,  of 
escaping  to  England,  most  likely  to  Dover,  as  in  the  year  1687 
Theophilus  Bellanger  arrived  there  out  of  France,  as  the  record 
states.  By  reason  of  the  late  trouble,  yet  continuing  in  the 
same  year,  the  name  of  John  Delaplaine,  linen  weaver,  is  also 
found  among  the  records,  as  living  as  a  refugee,  at  Dover,  and  it 
is  likely  he  proceeded  to  America  in  company  with  the  Bellange 
family.  Ives  Bellange,  a  weaver,  and  Christiana  Delaplaine,  a 
spinster,  were  married  in  1697,  at  Friend's  meeting,  on  Market 
street,  Philadelphia.  Among  the  witnesses  of  their  marriage 
were  James  and  Hannah  Delaplaine,  and  thirty-nine  others. 
There  were  others  of  the  name  of  Bellange  besides  Ives  in 
America  at  that  time.  James  Bellange,  in  1696,  appears  to 
have  been  a  Friend  residing  in  Burlington,  Kew  Jersey,  where 
he  held  some  town  lots.  There  was  a  Henry  Bellange,  who,  in 
1684,  located  262  acres  of  land  in  Evesham,  Burlington  county. 
The  general  opinion  is,  that  Henry,  James  and  Ives  Bellange 
were  brothers.  This  belief  is  founded  on  the  tradition,  that 
the  Huguenot  children  emigrated  to  America.  There  is  reason 
to  believe  that  all  the  families  in  West  Jersey,  named  Bellanger, 
are -the  descendants  from  those  above  named.  The  change  in 
the  orthography  having  taken  place  during  the  lapse  of  time. 
In  the  old  records  of  London,  it  is  stated  that  Adrian  de  Bel- 
lange, in  the  reign  of  James  I.,  about  1622,  was  one  of  the  house- 
holders, being  strangers  within  the  liberty  of  St.  Marlins  le 
Grand,  London. 

In  the  first  report  of  the  French  Relief  Committee  in  London, 
dated  December,  1687,  fourteen  months  after  the  revocation  of 
the  edict  of  Nantes,  15,100  refugees  had  been  relieved  during 
the  year.  Of  these,  says  Weiss,  the  historian,  of  the  Hugue- 
nots, 13,050  were  settled  in  London,  and  2000  in  different  sea- 
port towns,  where  they  had  disembarked  110  persons  of  quality, 
113  ministers.  111  lawyers  and  physicians,  traders  and  burghers, 
the  rest  artisans  and  workmen,  for  600  of  whom  no  work  could 
be  found,  and  they  were  sent  to  America.  Ives  Bellange  and 
his  wife,  Christiana  Bellange,  soon  after  their  marriage  removed 
from  Philadelphia  to  Egg  Harbor.  They  had  two  children — 
James  and  Ives  Bellange.     James  married  9th  month,  1727,  at 


) 


220  SCULL   FAMILY. 


Great  Egg  Harbor,  to  Margery  Smith,  grand-daughter  of  Ricli- 
ard  Smith,  the  wealthy  patentee  of  Smithtown,  on  Long  Ishmd. 
There  is  a  tradition  of  the  Smith  family  of  Egg  Harbor,  that 
Richard  Smith,  the  patentee,  had  nine  sons,  two  of  whom  pur- 
chased lands  at  Great  Egg  Harbor  and  there  resided.  Three 
of  their  descendants  about  seventy  years  ago,  David,  Jonathan 
and  Robert,  died  at  Egg  Harbor ;  but  the  hitter's  widow,  Doro- 
thea, and  her  live  children,  removed  to  Salem  county.  James 
and  his  wife,  Margery,  liad  eight  children — Phebe,  Judith, 
Susannah,  Christiana,  Ruth,  Margery,  Thomas  and  James 
Bellange. 

Phebe  Bellange  married  John  Ridgway,  and  had  five  sons 
and  two  daughters.  Susan  Bellange  married  John  Ridgway, 
Jr.;  they  had  five  cliildren,  Christiana  Bellange  married  Daniel 
Shourds ;  she  died  in  1822,  aged  ninety  years,  leaving  six  child- 
ren. Ruth  Bellange  married  Job  Ridgway ;  they  had  live 
children.  Thomas  Bellange  married  Mary  Barton  ;  there  were 
six  children.  James  Bellange  married  Grace  Ino-le.  Gideon 
Scull,  son  of  John  and  Mary  Scull,  born  in  1722,  married  Judith, 
the  second  daughter  of  James  Bellange ;  they  had  four  sons 
and  six  daughters.  They  died  in  1776,  of  the  small-pox,  which 
disease  they  contracted  while  attending  Salem  Quarterly  Meet- 
ing. William  Lawrence,  the  second  of  the  brothers,  born  in 
Hertfordshire,  England,  in  1623,  emigrated  under  the  charge  of 
Governor  Winthrop,  Jr.,  to  J^ew  England,  with  his  elder  brother, 
John  Lawrence,  in  the  ship  Planter,  in  1635.  The  j^ounger 
brother  Thomas  Lawrence  came  to  America.  William  Lawrence 
removed  to  Long  Island, and  became  one  of  the  patentees  of  Flush- 
ing, in  which  town  he  resided  during  the  remainder  of  his  life, 


dying  in  1680,  leaving  a  large  estate — his  own  plate  and  personal 
property  alone  being  valued  at  £1,430.  His  second  wife  wasEliz- 
abetli  Smith,  a  daughter  of  Richard  Smith,  before  mentioned.  His 
son  William,  by  his  tirst  wife,  married  in  1680,  Deborali  Smith, 
the  youngest  sister  of  his  father's  second  wife,  Elizabeth.  By 
this  marriage  they  had,  among  other  cliildren,  Samuel,  who 
married  Mary  Hicks,  living  at  Black  Stump,  I^ong  Island. 
They  had  nine  children,  the  youngest  of  whom  was  Abigail, 
bom  nth  of  3d  month,  1737.  She  married  at  Newtown,  Long- 
Island,  in  Stli  month,  1758,  to  James  James,  of  Philadelpliia. 
She  died  at  Woodstown,  6th  of  5th  month,  1770,  and  was 
interred  in  the  Friends'  burying  ground  at  that  place.  James 
James  died  at  Sculltown,  16th  of  5th  month,  1807,  aged  seven- 
eight  years.  James  and  Abigail  L.  James  had  live  children.  James 
James  married  Kcrranhappuck  Powell,  who  lived  in  Sunbmy, 


SCULL    FAMILY.  221 


Georgia  ;  they  had  three  child i-eii.  William  died  single  in  one 
of  the  Southern  States.  Abigail  James  married  Judge  Francis 
Child,  of  Morristown,  New  Jersey,  where  their  descendants 
reside.  Hannah  married  William  Wayman,  of  Long  Island, 
and  subsequently  moved  to  Woodstown  ;  they  had  five  children. 
Sarah  married  Abram  Canheld.  Mary  James  married  Daniel 
Harker,  of  Philadelphia  ;  they  had  one  cliild — Abigail,  Sam- 
uel Lawrence  James,  the  youngest  child  of  James  and  Aljigail 
L.  James,  married  Mary  Hall,  the  daughter  of  Colonel  Edward 
Hall,  of  Mannington,  grandson  of  William  Hall,  the  emigrant, 
who  was  a  Justice  and  the  second  Judge  of  the  Courts  of  Salem 
county.  Edward  Hall's  mother  was  Elizabeth  Smith,  grand- 
daughter of  John  Smith,  of  Almsbury,  who  died  at  his  grand- 
daughter's in  his  one  hundred  and  seventh  year.  He  landed  at 
Salem  in  company  with  John  Fenwick,  in  1675.  Samuel  and 
Mary  James  had  eight  children ;  the  eldest  was  Clara,  who 
married  David  Reeve,  of  Bridgeton,  and  subsequently  removed 
to  Phoenixville,  Pennsylvania  ;  they  had  one  son — Samuel,  and 
three  daughters — Mary,  Rebecca  and  Emily  Reeve.  Lletty 
James,  the  second  daughter  of  Samuel  L.  and  Mary  H.  James, 
married  Josiah,  the  son  of  Richard  and  Elizabetli  W.  Miller ; 
they  had  three  sons — Richard,  Samuel  L.  J.  and  Wyatt  W. 
Miller.  Hetty  was  the  second  wife  of  David  Reeve.  James 
James,  the  eldest  son  of  Samuel,  married  Beulah  Arney,  of 
Johnstown,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  Daniel  Arney.  They 
went  to  Tennessee.  They  had  children,  one  of  whom,  Samuel 
James,  married  a  daughter  of  a  large  cotton  dealer,  in  Louis- 
iana. The  fourth  child  of  Samuel  and  Mary  James  M'as 
Samuel,  who  lives  in  Missouri,  unmarried.  The  fifth  child, 
Sarah,  mariied  Joseph  Pierson,  of  Baton  Rouge,  Louisiana; 
they  had  children.  After  the  death  of  Pierson,  she  married 
David  Reeve,  being  his  third  wife.  Caroline  James,  the  sixth 
child,  married  Robert  Buck,  of  Bridgeton.  He  is  one  of  the 
proprietors  of  the  nail  and  iron  works  of  tliat  city.  They  have 
several  children.  Edward,  the  seventh  child,  married  and  lived 
in  Missouri ;  they  had  several  children.  Mary  Hall  James,  the 
eighth  child,  I  believe,  remained  single. 

Gideon  Scull,  tlie  grandson  of  John  Scull,  was  born  at  Great 
Egg  Harbor,  in  1756,  married  Sarah  James,  the  eldest  child  of 
James  James,  29th  of  4th  mouth,  1784.  Gideon  sold  his  share 
of  the  patrimonial  estate  to  his  brother,  Mark  Scull,  and  removed 
to  Salem  county  to  Lockheartstown,  being  the  Swedisli  name  of 
a  place  on  Old  man's  Creek ;  and  at  that  place  he  followed  the 
mercantile  business.     It  was  called  Sculltown  for  upwards  of 


222  SCULL    FAMILY. 


sixty  years,  but  lias  l^een  changed  to  Auburn.  Gideon  and  liis 
wife  liad  nine  children,  the  eldest  was  Abigail,  who  died  young. 
The  second  child  was  named  Abigail,  M'ho  died  in  Philadelphia, 
in  1867,  at  an  advanced  age ;  she  never  married.  James  Scull 
died  at  sea  in  1820.  Gideon  Scull  married  Lydia  Ann  Rowen, 
the  daughter  of  Dr.  Thomas  Rowen,  Sr.,  by  his  last  wife;  they 
had  five  sons  and  five  daughters.  Gideon  was  an  enterprising 
business  man.  He  and  Samuel  Clement  were  in  the  mercantile 
business  together  on  Market  street,  Salem,  for  a  number  of 
years,  and  their's  was  the  leading  store  in  the  town  at  that  time. 
He  subsequently  removed  to  Philadelphia  and  went  into  the 
wholesale  grocery  business ;  the  firm  was  known  as  Thomjjson 
&  Scull.  Paul,  the  third  son  of  Gideon  and  Sarah  J.  Scull,  mar- 
ried Hope  Kay,  whose  parents  resided  near  Woodbury.  Paul 
and  his  wife  lived  on  the  Plainfield  farm,  as  it  was  called, 
located  about  two  miles  from  Woodstown.  He  was  considered 
one  of  the  greatest  agriculturalists  in  the  county,  energetic  and 
full  up  in  all  the  modern  improvements  in  the  way  of  fertilizing 
the  exhausted  vircjin  soil.  He  died  before  he  was  far  advanced 
in  life,  with  pulmonary  disease,  and  his  death  was  a  public  loss. 
He  had  one  son  and  three  daughters.  Oifiy,  the  fourth  son, 
died  young;  Sarah,  the  third  daughter,  died  single,  in  the  city 
of  Philadelphia.  David,  the  fifth  son,  married  Lydia,  the 
daughter  of  Joshua  and  Esther  Davis  Lippincott,  in  1823.  She 
was  born  in  1801,  and  died  in  1851.  They  had  eight  children; 
three  sons  and  five  daughters,  who  are  all  living  except  two, 
who  died  young.  Their  names  are  Caroline,  Gideon  Dela- 
plaine,  Hannah,  Jane  Lippincott,  Lydia  L.,  David,  Jr.,  Edward 
Lawrence,  and  Mary  Scull.  Hannah,  the  youngest  child  of 
Gideon  and  Sarah  J.  Scull,  married  William  Carpenter,  Jr.,  tlie 
son  of  William  and  Mary  P.  Carpenter,  of  Mannington;  she 
died  the  first  year  after  her  marriage,  leaving  no  issue.  David 
Scull's  second  wife  is  Hannah  D.,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Elizaljeth  Bacon  Wood,  formerly  of  Greenwich,  Cumberland 
county. 

Gideon  Scull,  before  mentioned,  was  born  in  1756,  and  died  in 
1825,  aged  sixty  nine  years  ;  and  his  wife,  Sarah  J.  Scull,  born  in 
1759,  died  in  1836,  aged  about  seventy-seven  years.  She  was  a 
recommended  minister  in  the  Society  of  Eriends.  The  family 
belonged  to  Pilesgrove  Monthly  Meeting.  David  Scull,  their 
youngest  son,  born  in  1799,  left  his  native  place,  Sculltown,  many 
years  ago,  together  with  his  family,  and  went  to  Philadelpliia, 
where  he  kept  a  wholesale  wool  store  on  Market  street.  His 
business  capacity,  and  close  application  to  business,  enabled  him 


SCULL    FAMILY.  223 


to  acquire  a  competency,  and  lie  has  retired  from  the  business, 
two  of  his  sons  liaving  taken  his  place.  Caroline,  the  eldest 
daughter  of  David  and  Lydia  Scull,  died  young.  Gideon  Dela- 
plaine,  the  eldest  son,  born  in  1824,  married  in  1862,  Anna 
Holder,  of  England.  They  have  two  children — Walter  Dela- 
plaiiie  Scull,  born  in  Bath,  England,  and  Edith  Maria  Lydia  Scull, 
born  at  Great  Malvern,  England.  At  this  time  G.  D.  Scull 
and  family  reside  at  the  Laurels,  Hounslow  Heath,  near  London. 
Hannah,  the  second  daughter  of  David  and  Lydia  Scull,  remains 
single.  Jane  Lippincott,  the  third  daughter,  married  William 
D.  Bispham  ;  the}"  have  one  son — David  Scull  Bispham.  Lydia 
Scull,  daughter  of  David  and  Lydia  Scull,  died  young.  David 
Scull,  Jr.,  married  Hannah  Coale,  of  Baltimore,  who  is  deceased  ; 
she  left  one  son — William  Ellis  Scull.  Edward  Lawrence 
Scull  is  single,  and  is  in  business  with  his  brother  David,  on 
Market  street,  Philadelphia.  Mary,  the  youngest  daughter  of 
David  and  Lydia  Scull,  married  Paschal  Harker ;  they  have  no 
issue. 


SMITH    AND    DARKIN    FAMILIES. 

The  original  name  of  Elsinboroiigli  township  was  Elfsborg, 
called  thus  by  the  Swedes.  The  name  was  derived  from  a  fort 
that  was  erected  on  the  soutli  side  of  Assomhocking  creek,  so 
called  by  the  Indians.  Tlie  Swedes  named  the  stream  Yarick- 
enkill,  but  it  was  afterward  called  l)y  Fenwick's  colony  Salem 
creek.  The  fort  alluded  to  was  built  in  164:3,  by  order  of  Gov- 
ernor Printz.  Ferris,  in  liis  history,  of  the  early  settlement  on 
the  Delaware,  which  is  the  most  reliable  tliat  I  know  of,  says  it 
was  erected  on  the  soutli  side  of  the  creek,  at  its  junction  with 
the  Delaware  river.  If  that  is  correct,  whicli  I  have  no  reason 
to  doubt,  the  mouth  of  tlie  creek  must  have  been  a  mile  or  more 
further  down  the  river  tlum  it  is  at  the  present  time.  Tlie 
Swedes  made  no  permanent  settlement  there.  After  they 
abandoned  their  fort,  which  took  place  in  1651,  their  settlement 
was  further  up  and  on  both  sides  of  the  Delaware  river ;  on  the 
Jersey  side  as  far  as  the  mouth  of  E-accoon  creek,  on  the  oppo- 
site shore  from  the  mouth  of  Christiana  creek  to  Weccacoe, 
M'here  Philadelphia  is  now  located.  The  first  English  settle- 
ment in  the  county  of  Salem  was  in  Elsinborough,  on  a  point  of 
land  which  now  belongs  to  Amos  Harris,  and  to  William, 
Joseph  and  Casper  Thompson.  The  said  point  was  called  by 
the  aboriginal  inhabitants  Assomhocking  point.  An  exploring 
company  from  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  reached  here  in  the 
year  1610.  They  were  not  over  two  years  in  this  county,  but 
whilst  here  they  explored  a  stream  about  four  miles  below 
Salem  creek,  and  named  it  Cotton  river  on  account  of  the  cotton 
wood  that  they  found  growing  in  the  low  ground  along  the 
shores  of  the  stream.  It  is  now  known  as  Alloways  creek. 
They  were  looked  upon  by  the  Swedes  and  Indians  with  con- 
siderable jealousy,  and  in  the  winter  of  1612  an  epidemic  broke 
out  among  them,  which  they  called  the  pleurisy,  and  more  than 
half  of  their  number  died  of  the  disease,  and  those  that  escaped 
returned  in  the  summer  to  New  Haven  again.  It  does  not 
appear  that  there  was  any  other  settlement  in  the  to^vnship 
until  John  Fenwick  arrived  with  ]m  colony  in  the  Spring  of 


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1675.  Bohert  Windliara,  in  the  fall  of  tlie  same  year,  purcliased 
1,000  arces  of  land  of  the  proprietor,  it  being  the  same  that  tlie 
New  Haven  colony  had  partly  cleared  and  left  over  thirty  years 
before.  The  said  land  was  bounded  on  the  west  by  Salem 
creek,  on  the  east  Ijy  Aleinsbury  creek,  south  by  John  Smith's 
land,  south-west  by  Middle  Neck,  as  it  was  afterward  named. 
Robert  Windham  and  his  wife  lived  there  until  their  death, 
which  took  place  about  the  year  1686,  leaving  one  daughter. 
Her  name  was  Ann  Windham.  She  shortly  afterward  married 
Ricliard  Darkin,  who  emigrated  to  this  country  from  England 
in  1683.  He  seems  to  have  been  a  man  above  mediocrity,  and 
rendered  great  assistance  to  the  new  colony  in  their  civil  affairs. 
He  was  likewise  a  consistent  and  useful  member  of  the  Society 
of  Friends.  Richard  and  his  wife  Ann  Darkin  had  four  chil- 
dren— Josepli  Darkin,  their  eldest  son,  was  born  at  Windham, 
near  New  Salem,  8th  of  1st  month,  1688 ;  their  daughter, 
Hannah  Darkin,  was  born  3d  of  9tli  month,  1691 ;  their  son, 
John  Darkin,  was  born  on  the  9th  of  6th  month,  1691,  and 
Ann  Darkin  was  born  3lst  of  1st  montli,  1700.  In  1717  Jolm 
Darkin,  son  of  Richard  Darkin,  married  Sarah  Thompson, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Thompson.  They  had  two  children — J  ale 
Darkin,  born  11th  of  10th  month,  1718.  She  married  Jolm 
Nicholson,  son  of  Abel  Nicholson.  John  Darkin,  son  of  John 
and  Sarah  Darkin,  was  born  in  1720.  The  last  mentioned  John 
Darkin  left  no  children,  but  left  his  Windham  estate  to  his 
nephew,  Darkin  Nicholson.  In  the  year  1719  Josepli  Darkin, 
son  of  Richard  Darkin,  married  Ann  Smart,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Smart.  They  had  one  daughter.  Her  name  was  Hannah, 
born  18th  of  10th  month,  1722. 

John  Smith  was  the  son  of  John  Smith.  He  was  born  in  the 
county  of  Norfolk,  in  England,  20th  of  7th  month,  1623.  The 
said  Jolm  Smith  married  Martha  Graffs,  daughter  of  Christo- 
pher Graffs,  of  Northamptonshire.  They  were  married  in  1658. 
The  following  are  the  names  of  their  children  born  in  Eng- 
land: Daniel  Smith,  born  lOtli  of  12tli  month,  1660;  Sam- 
uel Smith,  born  8th  of  3d  month,  1661 ;  David  Smith,  born 
19th  of  12th  month,  1666,  and  Sarah  Smith,  born  Ith  of  I2th 
month,  1671.  John  Smith,  his  wife  and  children,  sailed  for 
West  New  Jersey,  in  America,  on  board  the  ship  Griffith,  Rob- 
ert Griffith  being  master,  and  landed  at  a  place  they  called 
New  Salem,  23d  of  6th  month,  1675.  The  names  of  their 
children  born  in  this  country  are  as  follows: — Jonathan  Smith, 
born  in  New  Salem,  27th  of  10th  month,  1675  ;  Jeremiah  Smith, 
born  at  Alemsbury,  14th  of   9tli  month,  1678.     Jolm  Smith 

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226  SMITH    AND    DARKIN    FAMILIES. 


purchased  2,000  acres  of  John  Fenwick,  tlie  purchase  ex- 
tending from  the  head  of  Alemsbiuy  creek  to  Allowajs  creek, 
and  bounded  on  the  east  by  Edward  Champney's  land,  on  the 
west  by  Samnel  Nicholson.  After  the  to^vnsllips  Avere  laid  off, 
one-half  of  said  allotment  of  land  was  in  Alloways  Creek  town- 
ship. Daniel  Smith,  the  eldest  son,  bonglit  1,000  acres  in 
in  Alloways  creek  township,  near  what  is  now  called  Quinton. 
The  land  lay  on  the  north  side  of  the  creek.  He  built  and  lived 
on  the  property  that  was  owned  by  the  late  Ann  Simpson.  This 
Alemsbury  estate  was  divided  between  Samuel,  David  and  Jon- 
athan Smith.  His  daughter,  Sarah  Smith,  married  John  Mason, 
of  Elsinborongh. 


SAYRES    FAMILY. 

The  Sayres  family,  it  lias  been  said,  is  of  Swedish  origin,  bnt 
at  what  time  their  forefathers  arrived  in  this  country,  is  a  mat- 
ter of  uncertainty.     About  the  year  1716,  Thomas  Sayres,  son 
of  Jonas  Sayres,  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land,  tradition  says, 
of  William  Hall.     I  think  it  not  improbable,  inasmuch  as  Hall, 
about  that  time  was  the  owner  of  a  vast  quantity  of  land  in  this 
county,  including  what  is  now  Cumberland  county.     The  Sayres 
land  was  located  near  Masons,  now  known  as  Maskell's  Mill. 
Thomas  Sayres  and  his  wife   Rachel,  had   several   children — 
Thomas,  James,  Leonard,  Lot  and  Ruth.     The  latter  afterwards 
became  tlie  wife  of  James  Daniels,  an  eminent  preacher  in  the 
Society  of  Friends;  he  died  in  1TT6,  leaving  Rutli,  who  was 
several  years  younger  than  himself,  a  widow ;  tliey  had  no  chil- 
dren.    Thomas  Sayres  and  Rachel  Abbott  were  married  in  1742 ; 
they  had  eleven  children — Abbott,  born  in  1743,  Reuben,  Han- 
nah, David,  Reuel,  Joseph,  Dennis,  Rachel,  Thomas,  Dorcas 
and  William.     Abbott  Sayres  married,  and  died  a  young  man, 
leaving  one  daugliter — Hannah  Sayres.    The  Sayres  family,  gen- 
erally, were  ardent  Whigs  during  the    American    Revolution. 
Reuben  Sayres,  the  second  son  of  Thomas  and  Rachel,  born 
5th  of   lltli  month,  1746,  married  Hannah,  the  daughter  of 
Bradway  Stretch,  who  was  several  years  older  than  himself.    He 
volunteered  in  the  army  under  Colonel  Holmes,  stationed  at  Han- 
cock's Brida;e.     The  niornin«;  of   the  bloodv  massacre  at   that 
place  he  was  killed.     He  succeeded  in  escaping  from  the  house 
with  his  musket,  but  was  pursued  by  several  of  the  Tories,  and 
one  or  two  of  the  English  soldiers.     He  ran  for  a  large  tract  of 
woodland  that  was  about  a  ludf  mile  distant  from  the  house  of 
William  Hancock  where  the  carnage  took  place,  and  reached  it 
in  safety.     His  pursuers  followed  him  closely,  and  he  then  ran 
towards  a  swamp  called  the  Holly  Swamp,  but  as  he  climbed 
upon  the  fence  his  pursuers  shot  and  killed  him.     His  remains 
wera  not  found  for  several  days  afterwards.    He  had  two  cousins 
who  took  part  in  the  same  engagement.     One  of  them,  John 
Sayres,  was  killed  in  the  house  whilst  asleep,  and  James  Sayres 


228 


SATKES    FAMILY. 


was  severely  wounded,  but  fiunlly  recovered.  Heuben  left  a 
large  real  and  personal  estate,  which  was  appraised  at  £1,345 
8s.  9d.  It  appears  there  was  considerable  difficulty  in  appor- 
tioning his  personal  estate  between  his  relatives  and  widow. 
The  law  at  that  period  in  reference  to  personal  estates  were  not 
easily  to  comprehend,  owing,  I  have  no  doubt,  to  tlie  unsettled 
condition  of  the  country.  The  administrators  and  heirs  agreed 
to  leave  it  to  three  disinterested  men  as  arbitrators,  and  Andrew 
York,  "William  Smith  and  Edward  Hancock  were  chosen.  The 
following  is  their  verbatim  return.  "  We  the  undersigned  being 
"respectfully  chosen  to  settle  the  personal  estate  of  Reuben 
"  Sayres,  deceased,  between  the  administrators  and  the  several 
"heirs,  this  fourth  day  of  February,  1779.  We  received  the 
"  papers  and  heard  the  allegations  and  proofs  respecting  premises 
"  and  the  statement  of  the  amount.  We  do  agree  and  determine 
"  the  annexed  statement  is  just  and  true  for  settling  between  the 
"heirs  and  the  administrators.  Witnesses  our  hands,  that  is 
"  Ihe  widow  sliould  have  the  sum  of  £1:45  16s.  8d.  Andrew 
"  York,  William  Smith,  Edward  Hancock."  TJie  widow,  Han- 
nah Sayres,  afterwards  married  Wade  Barker;  they  had  one 
daughter — Hannah  Barker.  After  the  death  of  her  second 
husband,  she  married  James  Sayres,  tlie  cousin  of  her  first 
husband. 

David   Sayres,  the   son  of  Thomas  and  Rachel   Sayres,  was 
born  3d  of  11th   montli,  1751.     I  have  been  informed  by  the 
family  that  he  died  a  young  man.     He   married  and   left  one 
son,  whose  name  was  Abbott  Sayres.     Rouel,  the  son  of  TJiomas 
and  Rachel  Sayres,  born  4th  of  10th  moiith,  1754,  inherited  the 
farm  which    now  belongs  to    R')l)srt    Butcher,  and    built    the 
present  house  on  the  premises ;  it  lias  been  rebuilt  witliin  a  few 
years  by  the   present  owner.     Reuel    Sayres  and  his  wife,  I 
think,  sold  it  to  Henry  Mulford,  the  father  of  the  late  Cliarles 
Mulford,  of  Salem.     Reuel   and  his  family  removed   to  Ohio. 
Hem-y  Mulford,  I  think,  retained  the  property  whilst  he  lived, 
and  it  was  then  sold,  James  Butcher  being  the  purchaser  ;  lience 
tlie  jDroperty  was  brought  back  into  the  Sayres  family.     James 
Butcher's  wife,  Hannah  Sayres,  was   the   daughter   of   Abbott 
Sayres,   a  direct    descendant   of  Thomas   and    Rachel    Sayres. 
AVilliam,  the  youngest  son  of  Thomas  and  Rachel  Sayres,  born 
in  1767,  subsequently  married  Amy  Evans ;  they  had  issue — 
Reuben  Sayres,  born  in  1798,  and  Evan  Sayi-es,  born  in  1800, 
he  died  a  minor.     Samuel  and   Thomas   Sayres  were  born   in 
1802.     Reuben,  the  son  of  AVilliam  and  Amy  Sayres,  married 
Clarissa   Press ;    they   have   issue.     Their   daughter   Amanda 


SATEE8    FAMILY.  229 


Sayres,  was  born  in  1825.  James  Sayres,  their  son,  was  born 
in  1829,  subsequently  married  Martha,  the  daughter  of  Silas 
Harris,  of  Salem ;  they  had  issue,  two  daughters  and  one  son. 
He  removed  to  Camden  several  years  ago  and  followed  his  trade 
of  house  carpentering.  Amy  Sayres,  Reuben  and  Clarissa 
Sayres'  second  daughter,  married  Edward,  the  eldest  son  of 
Ephraim  and  Mary  Ann  Carll ;  they  have  issue — Mary  Ann, 
Milton  and  Sarah  Carll.  Sarah  D.  Sayres,  the  youngest  daugh- 
ter of  Reuben  and  Clarissa  Sayres,  born  in  1837,  is  unmarried, 
and  remains  at  liome.  She  has  the  charge,  in  a  great  measure, 
of  her  aged  and  honorable  parents,  who  have  long  bepn  consist- 
ent members  of  the  Baptist  Church  at  Canton.  Paying  a  visit 
to  the  aged  couple,  at  one  time,  and  observing  the  solicitous 
care  of  their  daughter  towards  her  parents,  it  brought  to  my 
mind  the  saying  of  a  wise  man  in  ancient  times,  in  addressing 
his  son :  "  Go  my  son  and  observe  tlie  young  stork  of  the 
"  wilderness.  See  he  bears  on  his  wings  his  aged  sire,  he  carries 
"  him,  lodges  him  in  safety,  and  supplies  him  with  food." 

Tliomas,  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Racliel  Sayres,  was  born  in 
1763,  and  came  in  the  possession  of  part  of  his  brother  Reuben's 
real  estate  ;  he  married  and  had  two  daughters  and  one  son — 
Anna,  Rachel  and  Thomas  B.  Sayres.  Anna  Sayres,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Sayres,  Jr.,  married  David  Bowen  ;  they  had  four 
children — J.  Madison,  Rachel,  Mary  Ann  and  Thomas  Bowen. 
J.  Madison  Bowen  came  into  possession  of  the  homestead  farm, 
but  afterwards  sold  it  to  Eliakim  Smith,  and  removed  to  Cum- 
berland county.  Racliel,  the  daughter  of  David  and  Anna 
Bowen,  married  Jervis  Butcher,  who  was  a  liatter  and  followed 
his  trade  in  Salem.  He  died  many  years  ago,  leaving  a  widow 
and  one  son — Jonathan  Butcher.  Mary  Ann,  tlie  second 
daugliter  of  David  and  Ann  Butcher,  subsequently  married 
Richard,  tlie  son  of  Edward  and  Prudence  AVaddington ;  they 
had  six  children — Anna,  Edward,  David,  George,  Elizabeth  and 
Mary  Waddington.  Mary  Ann,  the  mother  of  the  above 
mentioned  children,  has  been  deceased  for  several  years. — 
Thomas,  the  youngest  son  of  David  and  Anna  Bowen,  removed 
to  one  of  tlie  Western  States  when  a  young  man.  Racliel,  the 
second  daughter  of  Thomas  Sayres,  Jr.,  mariied  David  Elwell. 
Her  second  husband  was  Benjamin  Garrison,  of  Pilesgrove.  I 
have  been  informed  they  lived  in  Camden  for  some  time,  and 
eventually  removed  to  one  of  the  Western  States.  Thomas 
B.  Sayres,  the  son  of  Thomas  Sayres,  Jr.,  married  the  daughter 
of  Sylvanus  Sheppard ;  they  had  issue.  He  and  his  family 
went  to  one  of  the  Western  States  many  years  ago. 


230  SAYRES   FAMILY. 


I^^James,  the  son  of  Thomas  Sayres,  the  emigrant,  was  born 
about  1720.  The  most  reliable  account  I  have  is  that]he  lived, 
after  he  married,  in  Stoe  Creek  township,  Cumberland  county. 
He  had  three  sons — James,  John  and  Ephraim  Abbott  Sayres. 
James  and  John  enlisted  in  the  army  of  the  American  Revolu- 
tion and  served  under  Colonel  Hand.  They  were  stationed  at 
Hancock's  Bridge,  at  the  time  of  the  bloody  massacre  at  that 
place  in  1778.  John  was  killed  while  lie  was  lying  on  the  floor 
asleep,  and  his  brother  James  was  thought  to  be  mortally 
wounded  by  having  a  bayonet  tlirust  through  him,  but  he  finally 
recovered.  James'  first  wife's  name  I  do  not  know,  but  they 
had  issue — James  Sayres,  3d.  His  second  wife  was  Hannah, 
the  widow  of  Wade  Barker,  and  the  daughter  of  Bradway 
Stretch.  Her  first  husband  was  Reuben  Sayres,  cousin  of  her 
third  husband.  James  and  his  wife  Hannah  had  one  daughter, 
Rachel,  who  subsequently  married  Daniel  Gilman,  of  Cumber- 
land. James  Sayres'  third  wife  was  Sarah,  widow  of  Job 
Smith.  Her  maiden  name  was  Sarah  Mulford,  and  she  had  by 
lier  first  husband  seven  children — John,  Jane,  Sarah,  Samuel, 
Mary,  Eliakim  and  Job.  Tlie  latter  is  a  cabinet  maker  and 
undertaker,  and  carries  on  his  business  at  Hancock's  Bridge. 
James  and  Sarah  Sa^^-es  had  one  daughter,  Hannah,  who  subse- 
quently married  Edunind,  son  of  Conrad  Hires,  of  Bridgeton. 
AbI)ott  Sayres,  the  son  of  James,  married  and  had  two  or  more 
children — Hannah,  who  married  James  Butcher,  and  a  son — 
Abbott,  Jr.  The  latter  married  Mary  Harris,  and  had  one  son, 
Abbott,  who  at  the  present  time  resides  in  Cumberland  county. 

Ephraim,  the  son  of  James  Sayres,  Sr.,  married  and  had  one 
son — Epliraim.  The  last  named  purchased  a  farm  in  Stoe 
Creek  township,  Cuml)erland  county,  Ijeing  originally  part  of 
Richard  Wood's  landed  estate,  and  resided  there  until  his  death. 
He  had  two  children  by  his  first  wife — Mary  and  Abbott.  His 
daughter  Mary  married  Reuben  Dayton  ;  her  second  husband 
is  Edward,  the  son  of  Edward  and  Catharine  Eogg,  and  they 
have  several  children.  His  son,  Abbott  Sayres,  married  and  at 
this  time  resides  at  Bridgeton. 

Ananias  Sayres,  brotlier  of  Thomas,  the  elder,  married  Mary, 
tlie  daughter  of  Richard  Gibljon,  living  near  Roadstown.  Mary, 
it  appears,  inherited  a  farm  from  her  father  on  which  she  and 
her  husband  dwelt.  Tliey  had  issue — Hannah,  Rachel,  Mary, 
Sarali,  and  Leonard  G.  Sayres.  Hannali,  their  eldest  daugliter, 
married  Job  Remington,  of  Greenwich;  they  had  one  son — 
Jol),  who  was  apprenticed  in  Philadelphia  to  learn  the  house 
carpenter  trade.     He  subsequently  kept  a  lumber  yard  below 


6AYRES    FAMILY.  231 


Green  street  wiiarf,  in  tliat  city,  known  as  the  George  Knox 
lumber  yard,  and  accumulated  a  lai-ge  fortune.  He  retired 
many  years  before  his  death  with  a  competency.  His  mother, 
Hannah  liemington,  married  John  Adams,  a  native  of  Egg 
Harbor,  but  at  the  time  of  their  marriage  followed  his  trade, 
tliat  of  a  carriage  maker,  in  the  town  of  Greenwich.  John  and 
his  wife  had  three  children — Hannah,  Joseph  and  John. 

Rachel,  the  daughter  of  Ananias  and  Mary  Sayres,  married 
Job  Tyler,  of  Greenwich.  They  had  issue — Benjamin,  Job, 
Mary  and  Richard,  all  of  whom  are  noticed  in  tlie  sketch  of  tlie 
Tyler  family.  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Ananias  and  Mary  Sayres, 
married  David  Mulford.  Tliey  had  eleven  children — Hannah, 
born  9th  of  2d  month,  1776 ;  Ephraim,  Mary,  Thomas,  Nancy, 
David,  Sarah,  Rebecca,  William,  John  and  Elizabeth.  Hannah, 
Nancy  and  Sarah  died  minors.  Jolm  Mulford  died  unmarried 
at  the  age  of  twenty-six.  Ephraim,  the  son  of  David  and  Mary 
Mulford,  born  8th  of  10th  month,  1778,  married  Ruth  Wheaton, 
the  second  daughter  of  Isaac  Wheaton,  who  lived  at  Cohansey 
Neck,  near  the  town  of  Greenwicli.  Tlie  said  Isaac  Wheaton 
and  his  eldest  daughter  were  drowned  oif  Billingsport,  in  the 
Delaware  river,  with  several  otliers  from  on  board  the  Green- 
wich Packet,  Rachel,  during  a  violent  gale  on  the  night  of  the 
15th  of  2d  month,  1802.  Ephraim  and  Ruth  liad  issue — Ana- 
nias, William,  Isaac  and  David  Mulford.  Ephraim's  second 
wife  was  Rlioda,  daughter  of  Jolm  Laning;  they  had  three 
children — Ruth,  Ellen  and  Alfred  Mulford.  Ephraim,  their 
father,  lived  far  beyond  the  age  allotted  to  man,  having  died  at 
the  age  of  ninety-two  years,  leaving  a  large  estate  to  his  children, 
Mary,  the  daughter  of  David  and  Mary  Mulford,  M^as  born  27th 
of  loth  month,  1780,  and  married  Dr.  Charles  Hannah,  of  Han- 
cock's Bridge.  She  died  a  young  woman,  leaving  one  son — 
James  M.  Hannah. 

Thomas,  the  son  of  David  and  Mary  Mulford,  was  born  19th 
of  12th  month,  1782,  and  married  Phebe  Butcher,  sister  of  the 
late  James  Butcher ;  they  had  issue — Richard  and  Charles 
Mulford.  His  second  wife  was  a  widow,  Rachel  Evan  Scudder ; 
they  had  one  daughter,  Elizabeth  Mulford,  who  subsequently 
married  Richard  Dubois,  Jr.  Richard,  the  son  of  Thomas  and 
Phebe  Mulford,  married  Lucetta,  the  daughter  of  Washington 
Smith  ;  they  had  issue — Phebe,  Ann,  Maria,  Mary  and  Martha. 
Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  David  and  Mary  Mulford,  born  in 
1794:,  married  Asa  Couch.  William,  the  son  of  David  and 
Mary  Mulford,  was  born  in  1792 ;  he  married  Grace  Carll,  the 
daughter   of  Ephraim   Carll,   Sr.,   and  left  several  children. 


232  BAYKES    FAMILY 


Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Ananias  and   Mary  Sajres,  married 
Ricliard  Cole.     They  liv^ed  a  number  of  years  on   the  Isaac 
Norris  farm  near  Salem,  and  had  four  sons  and  one  daughter, 
Sarali    Cole,   wlio  witli  her  two   eldest   brothers,  Charles  and 
Richard,    died   in    early   age   of  consumption ;  soon  after  that 
event  Richard  and  his  wife  removed  to  Gloucester  county,  and 
there  ended  their  days.     Leonard  G.  Sayres,  tlie  son  of  Ananias 
and  Mary,  appears  to  have  left  his  native  county  and  settled  in 
the  state  of  Ohio,  when  the  city  of  Cincinnati  was  a  \allage. 
WJiether  he  married  Ijefore  he  went  West  I  have  no  knowledge. 
He  is  reported  to  have  prospered  in  his  adopted  State,  and  to 
liave  accumulated  a  laro;e  fortune.     Leonard's  second  wife  was 
Hannah  Anderson,  a  widow,  and  the  daughter  of  Tliomas  and 
Rebecca  Thompson,  of  Salem.     Lot,  the  youngest  son  of  Thomas 
Sayres,  married  tlie  daughter  of  John  Warner,  a  member  of  the 
Society  of  Friends.     He,  like  many  of  that  persuasion,  became 
a  strong  Whig,  and  at  the  battle  of  Quinton's  Bridge,  in  the 
i-evolutionary  struggle,  (notwitlistanding  lie  was  an  old  man  like 
John  Burns    of   Gettysburg    memory,)   took    his    musket    and 
volunteered   in   the   skirmish.      Lot   and    his   wife    had    one 
son.  Job   Sayres,  who    was   born   in    1765,  and    subsequently 
married    Sarah    Padgett ;  they   had    issue ;  their   eldest    child 
was   Street   Sayres  ;  he  was  born  in  1791,  and  died  a  minor. 
Rachel,  the  daughter  of  Job  and   Sarah  Sayres,  born  in  1793, 
married  Captain  Daniel  Dixon  ;  their   children  were  Thophilus 
Beesley,  Job  S.  and  Daniel.     Job  Sayres'  second  wife  was  Mary 
Tuft,  sister  of  the  late  Captain  John  Tuft,  of  Salem.     By  that 
union    tliere    were    three    children — Margaret,    AVilliam    and 
Rebecca  Sayres.     Theophilus  B.  Dixon    married  Harriet,  the 
daughter  of  Daniel  Dorrell;  they  have  six  children — John  F., 
Sarah,  Mary,  Bilbe,  Martha  and  Theophilus  B.  Jr.     Job  Dixon 
married  Eliza  F.  Brown,  one  of  the  descendants  (on  her  mother's 
side)  of  Joshua  Carpenter,  of  Philadelphia,  being  the  seventli 
generation.     She  was  the  daughter  of  Zaccheus,  Jr.  and  Eliza 
Fogg  Brown.     Job  and  his  wife  have  four  children — David 
Fogg  Brown,  Zaccheus  B.,  Daniel  and  Rachel  Dixon.     Daniel, 
the  son  of   Daniel    and    Sarah    S.  Dixon,  married    Mary,  the 
daughter  of  Edward  Orr ;  they  have  nine  children — William, 
Tliomas  V.,  Joseph,  Charles,   George,  Helen,  Hannah,  Mary 
and  Albert  Dixon.     Margaret,  the  daughter  of  Job  and  Mary 
T.  Sayres,  married  Japhet  Somers,  of  Penn's  Neck ;  they  have 
issue — William,  Mary  and  Ann  Somers.     AVilliam,  the  son  of 
Job  and  Mary  T.  Sayres,  married  Eliza  Pendgar,  of  New  York ; 
they  have  no  issue.     Rebecca,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Job 
and  Mary  T.  Sayres,  married  William  Simkins ;  they  have  issue. 


THOMAS  SHOURD'S   RESIDENCE. 
Built  by  one  of  his  ancestors  (Joseph  Ware,  2d,)  in  1730. 


SIIOUEDS    FAMILY. 

History  informs  us  soon  after  William  Penn  pm-chased  the 
province  of  Pennsylvania  he  traveled  through  parts  of  Germany 
and  Holland  on  horseback,  inviting  the  inhabitants  of  those 
countries  to  emigrate  to  his  newly  acquired  province  in  North 
America,  Among  those  that  accepted  his  invitation  was  Cor- 
nelius Slioverde,  a  stadtholder  of  one  of  the  provinces  of  Hol- 
land .  He  and  his  family  arrived  at  Philadelphia  in  1 684.  They 
lived  in  a  cave  for  a  short  period  of  time,  near  Germantown. 
Subsequently  he  purchased  300  acres  of  land  of  the  propi'i- 
etor ;  tlie  said  land  was  located  in  Penn's  manor,  nearly  oppo- 
site where  Bordentown  now  is  in  New  Jei'sey.  There  was 
a  large  stone  j^laced  at  one  corner  of  the  allotment,  with  his 
initials  cut  on  it,  and  the  writer,  in  company  wdth  the  late  Hec- 
tor Ivins,  who  at  that  time  resided  near  by,  visited  the  place  of 
his  ancestor,  where  he  lived  and  ended  his  days.  His  wife's 
maiden  name  was  Sophina  Weimar,  and  most  of  their  cliildren 
were  born  in  Holland.  Their  names  were  Samuel,  Catharine, 
Esther,  Sarah  and  Sophina.  Sophina,  the  youngest,  married 
Zebulon  Gaunt,  in  1715 ;  their  ciiildren  were  Samuel,  Zebulon, 
Israel,  Hannah,  Mary  and  Sophina  Gaunt.  Samuel,  the  son  of 
Zebulon  and  Sophina  Gaunt,  mari-ied  Hannah  Woolman;  they 
had  seven  children — Judah,  Asher,  Reuben,  Elihu,  Peter,  Se- 
reptha  and  Elizabeth. 

Samuel,  the  son  of  Cornelius  and  Sophina  Shoverde,  married 
Sarah  Harrison,  of  Philadelpliia;  and  he  and  his  wife,  Sarah 
Shoverde,  had  a  large  family  of  children.  Two  of  the  youngest 
located  themselves  at  Tuckerton,  and  that  generation  of  the 
family  changed  the  spelKng  of  their  name  from  Shoverde  to 
Shourds.  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  Shourds, 
married  Jonathan  Pettit.  They  resided  at  Tuckerton,  and  their 
house  was  standing  a  few  years  ago  in  a  commanding  situa- 
tion, near  Barnegat  bay.  Their  son,  Joseph  Pettit,  married 
Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Mary  Woodnutt  Bassett,  of 
Mannington;  they  had  issue — Woodnutt,  Jonathan  and  Mary 
Pettit.  Daniel,  the  sou  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  Shourds,  married 
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234  BHOURDS   FAMILY, 


Christiana  Bellange,  wlio  died  21st  of  lOtli  month,  1822,  aged 
ninety  years.  They  had  six  chikU-en— Samnel,  John,  Daniel,  Shady, 
Hannali  and  Amy  Shonrds.  Samnel,  the  eldest,  married  Han- 
nah Gray;*  they  had  nine  children — Grray,  Thomas,  Samnel,  Ben- 
jamin, John,  Asa,  Job,  Daniel  and  Elizabeth  Shourds.  John,, 
the  son  of  Daniel  and  Christiana  B.  Shourds,  married  Sarah 
Johnson  ;  they  had  five  children — David,  Joseph,  Hannah,  Ren- 
ben  and  Ruth  Shourds.  Sanniel  and  his  brother,  John  Shourds, 
sold  their  property  at  Tuckerton  over  lifty  years  ago.  Samuel 
rented  a  farm  in  Back  Neck,  Cumberland  county,  and  resided 
there  for  several  years,  and  John  Shourds  rented  property  of 
the  late  Dr.  Thomas  Rowen,  in  Penn's  Neck,  and  he  and  his 
family  resided  there  several  years.  Samuel  and  his  brother 
John  subsequently  removed  to  New  York  with  their  families, 
excepting  David,  the  eldest  son  of  John  Shourds,  who  married 
and  settled  in  the  township  of  Lower  Penn's  Neck;  he  was  the 
father  of  the  present  Joseph  Shourds,  of  that  township. 

Samnel  Shourds  and  his  brother  John  purchased  large  tracts 
in  parts  of  Munroe  and  Genesee  counties.  New  York.  The 
greater  part  of  their  land  w^as  then  in  its  primitive  state,  it 
being  soon  after  the  Erie  canal  was  completed,  but  their  prop- 
erty advanced  rapidly  in  value,  and  the  natural  result  was  they 
became  quite  independent  in  a  few  years.  An  uncommon 
circumstance  occurred  a  few  years  before  Samuel  and  John's 
death.  They  felt  desirous  to  visit  their  native  place  once  more 
before  their  death,  and  accordingly  they  came  to  Woodstown  to 
visit  Jonathan  and  Hannah  Smith,  the  latter  being  their  sister, 
and  all  four  of  them  went  to  Tuckerton  by  land.  Samuel  was 
then  in  his  eighty-ninth  year,  his  brother,  John,  two  years 
younger,  Jonathan  Smith  in  his  eighty-eighth  year,  and  liis 
wife,  Hannah,  eighty-two  years  old.  When  they  arrived  at  the 
place  of  their  nativity  what  pleasing  and  also  sad  reflections 


*  Samuel,  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Christiana  Shourds  as  stated  in  the 
Shourds  genealogy,  married  Hannah  Gray.  She  Avas  a  sister  of  Samuel 
Gray.  The  Gray  fiimily  I  think  were  natives  of  Monmouth  county. 
Samuel  Gray  and  his  wife  liad  four  children — Charles  F.  H.  Gray,  Jesse, 
who  now  resides  near  Pemberton,  New  Jersey,  Hannah  and  Charity 
Gra3^  Charles  F.  H.  Gray  came  to  this  county  in  company  w'lth  his 
father  many  years  ago,  and  married  a  daughter  of  the  late  Joseph 
C.  Nelson,  an  eminent  land  Surveyor  of  Pittsgrove.  Charles  and  his 
wife  have  several  children.  He  has  filled  many  and  various  township 
offices.  His  father,  Samuel  Gray,  ended  his  days  at  his  son's  house. 
Charles'  grandfather  and  one  of  his  uncles,  emigrated  to  Genesee 
county.  State  of  New  York,  more  than  half  a  century  since,  in  company 
with  Samuel  and  John  Shourds. 


SHOURDS    FAMILY.  235 


they  must  have  had  in  reciirring  back  to  tlie  days  of  their  youtli. 
How  many  of  their  former  friends  and  associates  had  gone  to 
their  final  resting  phice.  There  was  one,  however,  who  resided 
at  Great  Egg  Harbor,  their  brotlier  Daniel,  who  was  still  living 
to  receive  his  aged  relatives.  Daniel,  the  son  of  Daniel  and 
Christiana  Shourds,  married  Rebecca  Leeds  ;  they  had  issue — 
William,  Phebe,  Matilda  and  Daniel,  2d.  Shady,  the  daughter 
of  Daniel  and  Christiana  Shourds,  married  Walter  Wilson,  of 
Burlington  city ;  they  have  issue — William,  who  died  a  minor. 
Hannah,  the  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Christiana  Shourds,  born 
about  the  year  1765,  married  Jonathan  Smith,  a  lineal  descend- 
ant of  Richard  Smith,  of  Long  Island  ;  they  had  three  children 
— Jerusha,  Elizabeth  and  Jonathan  Smith.  Jerusha  married 
Samuel,  the  son  of  William  White,  of  Woodstown ;  their 
children  were  Mary,  Samuel,  William,  David,  Wilson  and 
Jonathan.  Jonathan  married  Lydia  Waddiugton,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Aaron  Waddiugton,  of  Elsinboro.  Elizabeth  was 
twice  married.  Her  first  husljand  was  Clement  Hinch- 
man ;  they  had  issue,  one  daughter — Clemence  Hinchman. 
Her  second  husband  was  William  Cawley,  son  of  Samuel 
Cawley,  Jr.  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Hannah 
Smith,  was  twice  married.  Her  first  husband  was  Daniel 
Bowen,  M.  D.,  a  native  of  Bridgeton ;  they  had  one  son — Smith 
Bowen,  who  married  Ann  Bisham,  daughter  of  Samuel  Bisham, 
of  Philadelphia ;  they  liave  three  children — Mary,  Elizabeth, 
Anna  Stoke  and  Samuel  Bisham  Bowen.  Elizabeth  Smith's 
se(!ond  husband  was  Hosea  Fithian,  M.  D.,  son  of  Jonathan 
Eithian,  of  Cumberland  county ;  they  had  three  children — 
Hannah,  Mary  and  Elizabeth.  Elizabeth,  their  mother,  died 
in  1854.  Jonathan,  the  son  of  Jonathan  and  Hannah  Smith, 
married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Jacob  Davis,  of  Pilesgrove  ;  they 
had  four  children — Mary  E.,  Samuel,  who  died  young,  Jonathan 
aid  Ellen  Smith. 

Samuel,  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  Shom-ds,  was  born  21:th 
of  7th  month,  1718.  The  latter  was  a  clock  and  watch  maker, 
and  followed  his  trade  in  Bordentown,  J^ew  Jersey.  His  wife 
was  Tannnson,  the  danghter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Pancoast, 
of  Burlington  county.  Taminson  was  born  29th  of  11th  month, 
1725.  Benjamin,  the  son  of  Samnel  and  Taminson  P.  Shourds, 
was  born  7th  of  1st  month,  1753.  He  subsequently  married 
Mary,  tlie  daughter  of  William  and  Rachel  Silvers,  of  Piles- 
grove  ;  they  had  seven  children — Thomas,  Rachel,  Samuel, 
Rhoda,  William,  Mary  and  Benjamin.  Thomas,  the  eldest, 
died  23d  of  11th  month,  1778.     Rachel,  the  eldest  daughter  of 


236  SHOUKDS   FAMILY. 


Benjamin  and  Mary  Shonrds,  married  Jervis  Hall,  of  Manning- 
ton  ;  slie  was  his  second  wife.  There  were  two  children — 
Casper  and  Rachel  Hall.  Rachel,  their  motlier,  died  when  her 
children  were  young.  Casper  Hall  died  in  1819,  when  he  was 
about  eighteen  years  old.  Rachel,  the  daughter  of  Jervis  and 
Rachel  S.  Hall,  married  Josiah,  the  youngest  sou  of  Samuel 
Nicliolson,  of  Manniugton ;  they  had  two  or  three  sons  and  one 
daughter — Hannah  Kicholson,  who  married  George  Radcliff; 
they  have  issue.  Josiah  Nicholson  has  been  deceased  many 
years.  His  widow,  Rachel  Hall  Nicholson,  resides  in  the  city 
of  Salem,  and  is  a  teacher  in  one  of  the  public  schools  of  that 
city.  Rhoda,  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  Shourds, 
married  John,  the  son  of  John  and  Susan  Denn,  of  Manning- 
ton  ;  they  had  five  children — Rachel,  Mary,  Susan,  Ann  and 
Rebecca.  The  latter  died  young.  John  Denn,  Jr.,  died  in 
Manniugton  before  he  arrived  to  middle  age.  Soon  after  that 
event  Rhoda  Denn  removed  to  the  town  of  Salem  with  her 
children.  She  was  above  mediocrity  in  intellect,  and  remark- 
able for  self-denial.  She  was  a  reconnnended  minister  in  the 
Society  of  Friends  for  a  number  of  years.  Her  communications 
in  public  meetings  were  not  extended  to  much  length,  but  she 
possessed  a  faculty  of  condensing  and  saying  much  for  her 
hearers  to  reflect  upon  in  a  few  words.  She  has  been  deceased 
a  number  of  years.  Her  daughter,  Rachel  Denn,  married  Pro- 
fessor John  Griscom,  the  son  of  William  and  Rachel  Denn 
Griscom ;  she  was  his  second  wife.  They  resided  in  the  city  of 
Burlington  until  his  deatli.  Soon  after  that  occurred  his  widow, 
Rachel  D.  Griscom,  returned  to  Salem  to  live.  Mary,  the 
eecond  daughter  of  John  and  Rhoda  Denn,  died  a  vouno; 
woman,  unmarried.  Susan  Denn,  the  third  daughter  of  John 
and  Rhoda  Denn,  remains  single.  Slie  and  her  sister,  Rachel  D. 
Griscom,  keep  house  together,  on  Broadway,  in  Salem.  Anna, 
the  fom'th  daughter  of  John  and  Rhoda  Denn,  married  William 
Gibbons,  of  Philadelphia ;  they  had  two  children — Susan  and 
Henry  Gi])bons.  William,  their  father,  has  been  deceased 
sev^eral  years.  Their  son,  Henry,  died  in  tlie  West  Town 
boarding  school.  He  was  a  promising  and  interesting  youth, 
and  if  his  life  had  been  spared  I  have  no  doubt  he  would  have 
made  his  mark  on  the  sands  of  time ;  but  such  is  life.  Anna 
Gibbons  and  her  daughter,  Susan,  reside  in  tlie  city  of  Salem. 
William,  tlie  son  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  Shourds,  married 
Martha,  the  daughter  of  Peter  and  Mary  Andrews,  of  Man- 
niugton. Peter  was  a  native  of  Great  Egg  Harbor;  his  wdfe, 
Mary,  was  tlie  daughter  of  Whitten  and  Martha  Huddy  Cripps, 


SHOURDS    FAMILY.  237 


of  Mannington.*  William  and  Martha  Shourds  had  four 
children — Rachel,  Mary,  Benjamin  and  William  Shourds. — 
Rachel,  their  eldest  daughter,  married  Thomas  Mullineux,  of 
Ulster  county,  New  York ;  her  husband  is  deceased,  and  she 
now  lives  at  Mount  Holly,  Burlington  county.  Mary  Shourds 
lives  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  and  remains  single.  Benja- 
min, the  eldest  son,  resides  in  Philadelphia,  and  is  a  brick  layer 
by  trade.  He  is  married  and  has  several  children.  William 
Shourds  lias  been  twice  married ;  his  first  Avife  was  Hannah 
Yardly,  by  whom  he  had  three  children — Marti la,  Letitia  and 
Hannah.  His  second  wife  is  Rebecca  Rainer.  Mary,  the 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Marj^  Shourds,  married  Samuel 
Hewes,  of  Delaware  county,  Pennsylvania ;  they  are  both 
deceased,  leaving  one  son — Charles  Hewes.  Samuel  Shourds, 
the  second  son  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  Shourds,  was  born  6th 
of  9tli  month,  1T81 ;  he  married  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of 
Jacob  and  Mary  Carpenter  Ware.  Jacob  was  the  great  grand- 
son of  Joseph  Ware,  the  emigrant,  wdio  came  to  this  country  in 
the  ship  Griffith,  as  a  servant,  and  landed  at  Salem  5th  of  10th 
month,  1675.  Jacob's  wife  was  Mary  Carpenter,  the  daughter 
of  William  and  Mary  Powell  Carpenter.  William  was  the 
grandson  of  Joshua  Carpenter,  of  Philadelphia.  He  was  born 
in  the  State  of  Delaware,  and  came  to  this  county  about  the 
year  1745  or  '4:6,  and  married  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Jeremiah 
Powell,  Jr.,  who  was  several  years  younger  than  her  husband ; 
they  had  four  children — Mary,  William,  Powell  and  Abigail, 
Samuel  and  Elizabeth  Shourds  had  three  children — William, 
Mary  and   Thomas.     William   died  young.     Samuel  Shourds, 

*I  have  frequently  alluded  to  the  Cripps  family  without  stating  their 
ancestry.  It  is  an  old  family  of  England.  Nathaniel,  the  tirst  that  I 
have  knowledge  of,  was  the  sou  of  John  Cripps,  born  aljout  1656.  He 
married,  in  England,  Grace,  sister  of  James  Whitten,  who  located  land 
in  Lower  Mannington,  at  the  first  settlement  of  Salem  county. 
Nathaniel  and  his  wife,  Grace  Cripps,  came  to  America  in  1678,  and 
settled  in  Burlington  county.  By  tradition  he  was  the  founder  of 
Mount  Holly.  Nathaniel  and  Grace  Cripps  had  six  children — John, 
Benjamin,  Samuel,  Virginia,  Theophla  and  Hannah  Ann  Cripps. — 
John,  the  eldest  son,  married  Mary  Eves,  of  Haddonheld.  Benjamin, 
the  second  son,  married  Mary  Hough.  Their  children  were  Whitten, 
who  in  1759  married  Martha  Huddy;  John,  their  second  son,  died  a 
minor;  Hannah,  married  Samuel  Mason,  of  Mannington,  in  1756,  son 
of  Thomas  Mason,  of  the  same  place  ;  Cyntha  married  James  Bonsall, 
of  Darby,  Pennsylvania.  Whitten  Cripps  subsequently  was  the  owner 
of  the  landed  estate  of  his  great-uncle,  James  Whitten ;  he  had  two 
children — Benjamin,  who  married  the  daughter  of  Peter  Carney,  of 
Upper  Penn's  Neck ;  and  Mary  Cripps,  who  married  Peter  Andrews,  a 
native  of  Egg  Harbor. 


238  SHOURDS    FAMILY. 


the  fatlier  of  the  before  mentioned  children,  died  in  1807,  in 
his  twenty-sixth  year.  He  resided,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  in 
Lower  Penn's  Neck,  wiiere  liis  cliildren  were  born.  Mary 
Shourds  married  William  Brad  way,  the  son  of  Ezra  and  Mary 
Denn  Bradway,  of  Lower  Alloways  Creek ;  they  have  six 
children — Elizabeth,  Sarah,  Mary,  Anna,  Kachel  and  Ellen 
Bradway.  Thomas  Sliourds  was  born  28th  of  2d  month,  1805, 
and  married  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Ann  Mason 
Thompson,  10th  of  1st  month,  1828.  Joseph  Thompson,  her 
father,  was  the  son  of  Joslma  Thompson,  a  native  of  Elsinboro, 
and  the  great  grand-son  of  Andrew  Thompson,  the  emigrant, 
who  landed  at  Elsinboro  in  1677.  Ann  Mason,  wife  of  Joseph 
Thompson,  was  the  daughter  of  John  Mason,  who  was  the 
son  of  Thomas  Mason,  and  he  M^as  the  son  of  John  Mason, 
who  emigrated  from  England  and  lauded  at  Philadeljjhia 
in  168-1 ;  (he,  however,  came  and  settled  at  Salem  soon 
afterwards.)  Tliomas  and  Sarah  Thompson  Sliourds  had 
eight  children — Anna  T.,  Sanmel,  (who  died  when  about 
twenty  months  old,)  Thompson,  Samuel,  2d,  Thomas  M.,  Eliza- 
beth T.,  Sarah  "VV.  and  Mary  Carpenter  Shourds.  Samuel 
Sliourds,  2d,  died  when  he  was  in  his  nineteenth  year.  Sarah 
Ware  Shourds  died  when  she  was  in  her  twenty-first  year. 
Elizabeth  Thompson  Shourds  died  when  she  was  about  thirty- 
one  years  old.  Thompson,  the  son  of  Tliomas  and  Sarah  T. 
Shourds,  is  a  carpenter  and  builder,  and  follows  that  business  in 
Philadelphia.  He  married  Rachel,  the  daughter  of  Comly  and 
Susan  Tyson  ;  they  have  had  three  children — AVilliam,  Anna 
T.  and  Susan  |T.  Rachel,  his  wife,  is  deceased,  as  also  their 
oldest  child,  Willie  Shourds.  Thomas  Mason  Shourds,  the  son 
of  Thomas  and  Sarah  T.  Shourds,  married  Anna,  the  daughter 
of  Joseph  and  Mary  Brown,  of  Alloways  Creek ;  they  have 
lhree  children — Sarah  W.,  Mary  and  Thompson  Shourds. 


SUMMERILL    FAMILY. 

The  Siimineriirs  are  a  large  and  ancient  family  of  Upper 
Penn's  Neck.  The  most  reliable  account  of  the  family  is  that 
William  Summerill  and  Thomas  Carney  emigrated  from  Ireland 
about  1735,  and  settled  in  Penn's  Neck,  Salem  county.  William 
Summerill,  soon  after  his  arrival,  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land 
near  tlie  present  l)rick  mill  at  the  Jiead  of  Game  creek,  extend- 
ing to  Salem  creek.  lie  and  his  wife,  Mary  Summerill,  resided 
on  that  part  now  owned  by  Benjamin  and  Rebecca  Summerill 
Black,  (she  having  inherited  the  property  from  her  father.) 
They  had  two  sons — Joseph  and  John.  When  his  children  were 
young  he  had  the  misfortune  of  losing  his  wife ;  soon  after  which 
he  left  the  township  of  Penn's  Neck  and  settled  in  Pittsgrove, 
and  there  married  a  widow  by  the  name  of  Elwell.  By  this 
wife  he  had  two  daughters,  one  of  whom  sul^sequently  married 
a  Newkirk,  the  parents  of  Garrett  and  Matthew  Newkirk,  of 
mercantile  fame  of  Philadelphia.  An  incident,  relating  to  the 
introduction  of  those  eminent  men  into  business  life  in  Phila- 
delphia, was  related  to  the  waiter  more  than  thirty  years  ago  by 
an  aged  physician,  then  a  resident  of  Pittsgrove.  He  said  the 
father  of  Garrett  and  Matthew  Newkirk  was  in  the  practice  of 
going  to  Philadelphia  market  with  his  poultry  once  in  a  year, 
which  was  common  among  the  farmers  of  Salem  county  at  tliat 
time.  On  one  of  his  trips  his  eldest  daughter  accompanied  him 
for  the  purpose  of  buying  a  new  bonnet,  soon  after  they  arrived 
in  the  city,  she  went  to  one  of  the  milliners  and  purcliased  her- 
self one,  and  whilst  waiting  for  it  to  l)e  trimmed  to  her  liking, 
she  was  impressed  with  the  idea  that  she  would  be  glad  to  have 
the  opportunity  of  learning  the  trade  before  she  left.  She 
asked  the  milliner  in  attendance  if  she  would  l)e  willing  to  take 
her  to  learn  the  trade ;  the  milliner  replied  in  the  affirmative, 
l)ut  when  she  mentioned  the  matter  to  her  father  he  discouraged 
and  desired  her  not  to  undertake  it.  But  her  mind  was  settled 
upon  it ;  she  told  her  father  that  if  he  would  pay  her  board 
whilst  learning  the  trade,  that  would  be  all  of  his  estate  she 
wanted.     He  at  last  consented.     After  she  had  learned  the  busi- 


240  6UMMERILL   FAMILY, 


ness  she  set  up  on  lier  o^^^l  account,  and  in  a  few  years  accumu- 
lated a  fortune.  At  tlie  death  of  her  father  she  obtained  a 
situation  in  one  of  the  dry  good  stores  for  her  eldest  l)rother 
Garrett,  and  in  a  short  time  afterwards  she  found  a  situation  for 
her  younger  l)rother,  Matthew;  both  of  them  eventually  became 
successful  gnd  wealtliy  merchants  in  tlieir  adopted  city.  Wil- 
liam Summerill,  the  emigrant,  died  in  Pittsgrove,  at  a  very  ad- 
vanced age. 

Josepli,  the  eldest  son  of  William  and  Mary  Summerill,  set- 
tled in  Wilmington,  Delaware,  and  engaged  in  tlie  shipping  and 
blacksmithing  business.  He  married  and  liad  two  sons  and  two 
daughters;  both  of  his  daughters  married  sea  captains.  His 
sons,  Joseph  and  Nehemiah,  became  merchants  in  Philadelphia, 
but  finally  failed,  causing,  also,  tlie  failure  of  their  fatlier.  After 
which  they  removed  to  the  interior  of  Pennsylvania,  where,  it 
is  said,  some  of  tlieir  family  still  remains.  John,  the  youngest 
son  of  William  and  Mary  Summerill,  married  I^^aomi  Carney, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Carney,  of  Carney's  Point.  The 
Carney's  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land  on  the  Delaware  river, 
being  part  of  the  Bowtown  tract  of  1640  acres,  tliat  formerly  l)e- 
longed  to  Matthias  Nelson,  he  being  a  Swede.  Jolm  and  his  wife, 
Naomi  C.  Summerill,  owned  and  lived  on  the  property  that  liis 
father  purchased  when  he  first  settled  in  New  Jersey.  It  is  now 
owned  and  occupied  by  Benjamin  and  Rebecca  S.  Black,  as 
before  mentioned.  The  old  mansion  house  was  burned  during 
the  war  of  the  Revolution  by  a  marauding  party  from  the  Brit- 
ish fleet  that  was  lying  in  the  Delaware  river  opposite  Helms 
Cove.  There  is  now  a  large  iron  pot  in  the  possession  of  tlie 
Summerill  family,  that  was  in  the  old  family  mansion  when  it 
was  burned ;  it  certainly  is  quite  a  centennial  relic.  John 
Summerill,  1st,  died  comparatively  a  J^oung  man,  leaving  a 
widow  and  four  sons — John,  Jr.,  Joseph,  Thomas  and  William, 
and  two  daughters — Mary  and  Rebecca.  Naomi,  their  mother, 
proved  a  parent  indeed.  She  remained  and  carried  on  farming, 
and  raised  and  educated  her  six  children.     She  never  married 


again. 


John  Summerill,  2d,  mai-ried  Christiana  Holton ;  they  had 
nine  children.  James  and  Josiah  died  minors.  Their  father 
was  a  successful  agriculturist,  and  at  his  death  was  the  owner 
of  a  large  quantity  of  excellent  land  in  the  township  of  Upper 
Penn's  Neck.  He  lived  to  be  nearly  fourscore  years,  leaving 
four  sons  and  three  daughters — John,  3d,  Naomi,  Garnett, 
William,  Ann,  Rebecca  and  Joseph  C.  Joseph  Summerill,  the 
second  son  of  John,  1st,  married  Mary  Linmin  ;  they  had  two 


SUMMERILL    FAMILY.  24:1 


cliildren — William  and  Mary ;  both  of  whom  are  deceased. 
William  Summerill,  son  of  Joseph,  married  Elizabeth  A.  Cris- 
pin. He  purchased  tlie  James  Mason  farm,  in  Mannington, 
near  Salem,  and  resided  thereon  until  his  death.  He  left  a 
large  family  of  cliildren.  Most  of  William  Summerill's  chil- 
dren's names  I  have  no  knowledge  of,  excepting  three  of  his 
sons — James,  Robert  and  Henry,  who  are  residents  of  Upper 
Pittso-rove.  William's  widow  is  still  living.  Mary,  the  dauffh- 
ter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  L.  Summerill,  married  Stephen 
Strauglm.  He  is  deceased.  Thomas,  the  son  of  John  and 
Naomi  Carney  Summerill,  married  Elizabetli  Borden ;  they  are 
both  deceased,  dying  young,  and  leaving  a  family  of  young 
children,  who  are  all  deceased  excepting  two  daughters — Han- 
nah and  Elizal)eth  Paul.  One  of  the  sons  was  married,  and 
left  two  sons,  who  are  in  business  in  Philadelphia.  Hannah, 
the  daughter  of  Tliomas  and  Elizabeth  B.  Summerill,  married 
Samuel  Holton ;  she  is  deceased,  leaving  one  son.  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Tliomas  Summerill,  married  Somers  Barber ;  the 
latter  is  deceased,  and  leaves  two  children,  both  living.  William, 
son  of  John  and  Naomi  Summerill,  died  a  J^oung  man,  unmar- 
ried. Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Naomi  Summerill,  was 
twice  married ;  her  first  husband's  name  was  Clark,  and  after 
Ids  death  she  married  John  Holton ;  they  left  three  sons — 
Thomas,  Samuel  and  Andrew  Holton ;  the  last  named  is  living ; 
the  two  oldest  brothers  are  deceased. 

John  Summerill,  2d,  died  in  1854,  and  left  seven  children. 
The  eldest  son,  John  Summerill,  3d,  died  in  1865,  aged  sixty- 
two  years.  He  was  abov^e  mediocrity  in  mental  alulities.  In 
early  life  he  became  an  active  politician,  was  elected  to  the 
State  liCgislature  when  a  young  man,  and  was  subsequently 
chosen  a  State  Senator  and  served  the  full  term  with  entire  sat- 
isfaction to  his  constituents.  He  was  affable  and  very  pleasing 
in  his  manner.  His  wife  was  Emily  Parker.  At  his  death  he 
left  two  sons — John,  4th,  and  Joseph  C.  Summerill,  both  of 
whom  are  store  keepers  ana  large  dealers  in  grain  at  Helms 
Cove,  a  short  distance  below  Pennsgrove.  There  their  father 
commenced  the  same  business  in  1829. 

Naomi,  the  daughter  of  John,  2d,  and  Christiana  H.  Sum- 
merill, married  Robert,  the  son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  Newell. 
Robert  and  his  wife  since  their  marriage,  reside  in  the  township 
of  Mannington.  They  have  three  sons  and  one  daughter  living. 
John  S.  Newell,  their  eldest  son,  married  Emma,  the  daughter 
of  William  Morris,  late  of  Sharpstown  ;  they  liave  one  child — 
Robert.  Their  daughter,  Josephine,  married  Edward  A.  Van- 
Si 


242  SUMMERILL   FAMILY. 


neman,  of  Upper  Penn's  Neck ;  her  husband  is  deceased,  leav- 
ing children.  The  two  younger  sons  of  Robert  and  Naomi 
Newell  are  Robert,  Jr.,  and  James.  Garnett,  the  second  son 
of  John  and  Cln-istiana  Summerill,  is  a  farmer,  and  owns  and 
resides  on  the  property  that  was  formerly  owned  and  occupied 
by  Peter  Carney,  the  youngest  son  of  Thomas  Carney,  Sr.  Gar- 
nett married  Mary  Borden,  of  Sharpstown.  They  liad  four  chil- 
dren— James,  Annie,  William  G.  and  John,  M.  D.  James  i's 
deceased  ;  Annie  married  Henry  M.  Wright ;  William  J.  and 
John  M.  Summerill  are  unmarried.  William,  the  third  son  of 
John  and  Cliristiana  Summerill,  married  Hannah  Vanneman. 
He  resides  in  Upper  Penn's  Neck.  He  and  his  wife  have  two 
sons — Josiah  and  Daniel  Y.  Summerill,  both  of  whom  are  mar- 
ried, and  reside  on  farms  near  Pennsgrove.  William  Summerill 
does  a  lai-ge  amount  of  public  business  in  his  native  county, 
having  been,  and  is  at  the  present  time,  one  of  the  Judges  of 
the  Salem  County  Courts,  and  is  also  one  of  the  Directors  of 
the  Caucil  Meadow  Company.  This  canal  was  projected  as  early 
as  1801  by  John  Moore  White  and  Michael  Wayne,  two  emi- 
nent lawyers  of  West  Jersey,  who,  at  that  time,  owned  a  large 
tract  of  low  lands  and  meadow  bordering  on  Salem  creek.  They, 
in  conjunction  with  the  late  Joseph  Reeve,  who  resided  near 
Sharpstown,  made  an  application  to  the  State  Legislature  for  a 
law  to  cut  a  navigable  canal  for  a  two-fold  purpose.  The  said 
canal  was  intended  to  carry  off  the  waters  that  flowed  down  the 
upper  branches  of  Salem  creek  into  the  river,  instead  of  a  cir- 
cuitous route  of  more  than  twenty  miles  to  the  Delaware  river 
by  the  course  of  Salem  creek,  and  only  two  miles  and  four  rods 
l)y  the  canal.  The  contemplated  canal  was  dug,  but  proved  a 
failure.  It  was  attempted  about  thirty  years  ago  to  open  it 
deeper,  but  it  was  soon  abandoned  as  impracticable.  Some 
seven  years  since,  there  was  an  application  made  to  the  State 
Legislature  for  a  new  law  for  the  purpose  of  taxing  all  the 
owners  of  the  low  lands  and  meadows  that  lay  above  John 
Denn's  canal  to  the  head  of  tide  water,  for  the  purpose  of  defray- 
ing the  expenses  of  digging  a  canal  large  enough  for  navigation, 
and  also,  to  stop  the  creek  some  distance  below  the  contemplated 
canal.  The  meadow  was  survej^ed  by  three  commissioners  chosen 
for  that  purpose,  which  survey  amounted  to  seven  or  eight 
thousand  acres,  and  a  tax  assessed  on  said  meadow  by  a  second 
set  of  commissioners  elected  for  that  purpose,  agreeable  to  their 
law.  The  Directors  decided  in  cutting  the  new  canal  on  tlie 
site  of  the  old  one,  about  half  a  mile  below  Hawk's  Bridge, 
that  was  dug  nearly  seventy  years  previous.    Through  the  energy 


SUMMEEILL    FAMILY.  ■  243 


and  perseverance  of  Elislia  Bassett,  William  Summerill,  George 
Biddle,  David  Pettit  and  Robert  "Walker,  the  work  was  com- 
menced and  the  canal  was  completed  so  as  to  be  navigable,  and 
Salem  creek  completely  stopped  about  fifty  rods  below  the  canal, 
where  it  empties  into  Salem  creek.  This  public  work  was  under- 
taken through  great  opposition  by  some  of  the  owners  of  land 
that  lay  bordering  on  Salem  creek,  notwithstanding  it  is  likely 
to  prove  one  of  the  greatest  public  benefits  that  was  ever  under- 
taken and  fully  consummated  of  the  kind  in  Salem  county.  In 
regard  to  navigation  it  enables  owners  of  land  in  Upper 
Penn's  Neck,  a  large  part  of  Mannington  and  Pilesgrove  town- 
ships, as  well  as  the  owners  of  extensive  meadows  and  low  lands, 
that  lie  below  the  dam,  to  send  the  products  of  their  farms  to 
market  without  much  cost,  or  labor.  Tlie  complete  draining  by 
the  canal  makes  their  meadows  more  than  two-fold  profitable 
than  heretofore. 

Ann,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Christiana  Summerill,  mar- 
ried Elias  Kaiglin,  of  Camden.  The  latter  is  deceased,  leaving 
one  daughter,  but  his  widow  is  now  living  at  Helm's  Cove, 
Upper  Penn's  Neck,  Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  John  and 
Christiana  Summerill,  married  Benjamin  Black ;  they  own  and 
reside  on  the  old  liomestead  farm  of  the  Summerill's,  as  hereto- 
fore mentioned.  They  have  two  sons  and  two  daughters, 
Joseph,  the  youngest  son  of  John  and  Christiana  Summerill,  is  a 
Methodist  clergyman,  of  which  religious  society,  I  think,  most 
of  the  Summerill  family  are  members,  Joseph  married  Sarah 
I.  Yanneman,  and  has  six  children,  three  daughters  and  three 
sons- — Hannah,  Christiana,  Louisa,  Joseph  C,  Thomas  C.  and 
Daniel  Vanneman  Summerill.  At  the  death  of  Thomas  Car- 
ney, 1st,  he  left  two  sons — Thomas  and  Peter  Carney,  and  two 
or  three  daughters.  He,  as  was  the  custom  in  that  day,  devised 
all  his  real  estate  to  his  sons  ;  his  daughters,  particularly  Naomi, 
his  eldest  daughter,  who  married  Jolm  Summerill,  1st,  did  not 
heir  any  of  her  father's  real  estate.  Thomas  Carney,  Jr.,  left 
one  daughter  to  inherit  his  large  estate,  wlio  afterward  married 
the  late  Robert  G.  Johnson,  of  Salem.  Peter  Carney,  the 
l)rother  of  Thomas,  left  two  daughters ;  one  of  them  married 
Benjamin  Cripps,  of  Mannington ;  the  other  daughter  married 
John  Tuft,  of  Salem,  but  died  young,  leaving  one  son — Sinnick- 
son  Tuft.  There  is  a  singular  ckcumstance  connected  with  the 
Carney  and  Summerill  families  that  does  not  often  occur. 
Naomi  Carney  Summerill's  descendants,  now,  after  a  lapse  of 
nearly  a  century,  owns  the  larger  part  of  the  landed  estate  that 
belonged  to  her  two  brothers,  Thomas  and  Peter  Carney, 
including  several  large  and  valuable  farms. 


SHAEP    FAMILY. 

The  Sliarps  are  an  ancient  family  of  the  South  of  Enghmd. 
They  held  a  large  landed  estate  in  Tilbury,  in  Gloucester,  near 
the  city  of  Bristol.  Anthony  Sliarp,  the  subject  of  this  sketch, 
being  the  eldest  son  of  that  lineage  of  the  Sharps,  inherited  the 
great  landed  estate  of  the  family,  in  the  county  of  Gloucester. 
He  was  born  about  1630,  and  early  in  life  became  convinced  of 
the  doctrines  of  George  Fox ;  likewise  one  or  two  of  his  youuger 
brothers  became  members  of  the  persecuted  religious  sect,  called 
Friends  or  Quakers.  Anthony  Sharp,  the  eldest  brother,  emi- 
grated from  Tilbury,  England,  in  the  time  of  Cromwell,  and 
settled  in  Queens  county,  Ireland,  and  purcliased  a  large  county 
seat  called  Koundwood,  near  Mount  Mellick.  That  was  his 
home,  although  he  resided  and  did  an  extensive  mercantile  busi- 
ness in  the  city  of  Dublin.  The  estate  called  Rouudwood  is 
still  in  the  possession  of  tlie  Irish  branch  of  the  Sharp  family  to 
this  day.  Anthony  Sharp  purchased  a  large  landed  estate  in 
East  and  AVest  Jersey.  On  the  22d  of  -Ith  month,  1081,  he 
bouglit  of  Roger  Roberts,  of  Dublin,  tlie  one-tenth  part  of  the 
onc-aundredth  part  of  AVest  Jsew  Jersey.  Again  in  a  deed, 
dated  16th  of  9th  montli,  1700,  lie  purchased  of  Henry  Mason 
and  Elizabeth  his  wife,  and  AVilliam  Barnard,  the  sixteentli  of 
tlie  twentieth  part  of  the  one-hundredth  part ;  he  likewise 
bouglit  of  the  same  parties  tlie  following  day  the  tenth  part  of 
the  one-hundredth  part  of  AVest  Xew  Jersey.  Anthony  Sharp 
also  purchased  of  Thomas  AVarner,  of  Duljlin,  the  one-third  part 
of  the  one-half  part  of  John  Haywood's,  one  of  the  East  Jersey 
proprietors.  The  deed  was  dated  14:th  of  lOtli  month,  1682. 
The  said  John  Haywood,  AVilliam  Penn,  Gwinn  Laurie,  Robert 
Barclay,  and  eight  others,  all  being  members  of  the  Society  of 
Friends,  bousrht  from  George  Carterett  East  New  Jersey.  The 
said  John  Haywood  sold  his  one-twelftli  to  Thomas  AVarner,  of 
Dublin,  for  £350  sterling ;  not  for  himself  alone,  liut  including 
in  that  transaction,  as  equal  parties,  w^ere  Anthony  Sharp  and 
Samuel  Claridge  ;  botli  of  these  were  citizens  of  Dublin.  A 
division  was  made  of  the  one-third  part  each  owned,  that  being 


SHARP   FAMILY.  245 


in  1682.  Afterwards  Anthony  Sharp  purchased  of  Samuel 
Claridge  one-half  part  of  his  original  one-third  of  John  Hay- 
wood's moiety,  as  one-half  part  of  the  original  one-twelfth  of 
East  New  Jersey.  Tliis  deed  bears  date  20tli  of  2d  month, 
1694. 

Anthony  Sharp,  the  elder,  had  three  sons — Isaac,  Joseph  and 
Daniel,  and  one  daughter — Rachel  Sharp.  He  died  in  the  year 
1707,  and  was  buried  in  the  ancient  Friends'  burying-ground  in 
the  city  of  Dublin.  Isaac,  the  eldest  son  of  Anthony,  married 
and  had  three  sons — Anthony,  Isaac  and  Joseph  Sharp,  and  four 
daughters ;  their  names  were  Mary,  Sarah  Mason,  Racliel  and 
Margaret  Sharp.  Anthony,  the  eldest  son  of  Isaac  Sliai-p,  mar- 
ried and  had  two  children,  one  of  whom  whose  name  was  Isaac, 
died  during  his  minority.  The  daughter,  Francis  Sharp,  mar- 
ried Luke  Flood,  of  Queens  county,  Ireland.  Tlie  family  of 
Floods  are  an  ancient  family  of  both  England  and  Ireland 
Francis  and  her  husband  resided  on  the  great  landed  estate 
called  Roundwood,  that  was  owned  by  the  first  Anthony  Sharp. 
Mary,  the  daughter  of  Isaac  Sharp,  probably  died  unmarried. 
Her  sister  Sarah  Mason  Sharp,  married  a  person  by  the  name 
of  Daniel  Delaney,  and  Margaret,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Isaac 
Sliarp,  married  a  man  by  the  name  of  Hill ;  they  afterwards 
emigrated  to  America.  Anthony  Sharp,  1st,  bequeathed  to 
his  third  son,  Daniel  Sharp,  and  his  heirs  in  male  line  in  the 
order  of  primogeniture,  one-fourth  part  of  his  lands  in  East  Jer- 
sey. He  bequeathed  to  his  second  son  Joseph,  and  his  heirs  in 
tlie  male  line,  one-fourth  part  of  all  his  lands  in  East  New  Jer- 
sey, and  in  default  of  such  issue  to  his  eldest  son  Isaac  Sharp. 

Joseph  Sharp,  second  son  of  Anthony,  married  Cathaj-ine 
Sewage  of  Ireland,  had  one  daughter.  Isaac,  the  second  brother 
of  Anthon}',  2d,  emigrated  to  America,  and  settled  in  West  Jer- 
sey, at  a  place  called  Blessingtou,  now  known  as  Sharpstown. 
He  ]jrouo;ht  the  frame  of  his  house  with  him  from  Ireland,  and 
the  site  where  he  built  his  house  is  on  the  farm  owned  at  tlie 
present  time  by  Joseph  Robinson.  The  tract  is  known  as  "  Tlie 
Park"  to  this  day  by  the  old  inhabitants  in  that  section.  It  is 
probable  that  the  said  Isaac  Sharp  emigrated  about  the  year 
1730.  He  w^as  appointed  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Salem  county, 
by  George  II.,  King  of  England,  17'11.  This  is  the  copy: 
"  George  the  Second,  by  the  Grace  of  God,  of  Great  Britain, 
"  France  and  Ireland,  Xing,  Defender  of  the  Faith,  and  to  our 
"  trusty  and  well  beloved  Isaac  Sharp,  Esq.,  Greeting :  We, 
"  reposing  especial  trust  and  confidence  in  3"our  integrity,  pru- 
"  dence,  and  ability,  have  assigned,  constituted  and  appointed, 


246  SHAKP   FAMILY. 


"  and  we  do  by  these  presents  assign,  constitute  and  appoint 
"  you,  the  said  Isaac  Sharp,  to  be  our  officer.  Judge  of  Inferior 
"  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  to  be  held  in  and  for  our  county  of 
"  Salem,  in  our  Province  of  New  Jersey,  giving  and  hereby 
"  granting  to  you  the  said  Isaac  Sharp,  full  power  and  authority 
"  to  exercise  and  enjoy  all  power  and  jurisdiction,  belonging  to 
"  the  said  Court,  and  to  hear,  try  and  determine  all  causes,  and 
"  quarrels  which  is  recognizable  in  our  said  Court,  and  to  award 
•'  execution  therein  accordingly.  In  testimony  whei-eof,  we 
"  have  caused  the  Great  Seal  of  our  said  Province  of  New  Jer- 
"  sey  to  be  hereunto  affixed.  Witness  our  ti-usty  and  well  beloved 
''  Lewis  Morris,Esq.,  Captain  General  and  Governor-in-chief  over 
"  our  said  Province  of  Nova  Cesaviea,  or  New  Jersey,  and  tlie 
"  territories  therein  depending  in  America,  and  Yice  Admiral  in 
"  the  same,  and  at  our  city  of  Pertli  Amboy,  the  sixteenth  day  of 
"  August,  in  the  eighteenth  year  of  our  reign.  Anno  Domini, 
"  1741.  Holme." 

Isaac  Shai-p  mai'riod  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Lambert,  who 
resided  near  the  falls  of  the  river  Delaware,  in  the  county  of 
Burlington,  previous,  however,  to  the  marriage  of  his  fathe?: 
Isaac,  then  residing  on  his  country-seat,  in  Ireland,  called  Round- 
wood,  made  a  settlement  on  him,  it  being  six  hundred  acres  on 
land  at  Blessington,  situated  in  the  township  of  Pilesgrove,  in 
the  county  of  Salem,  and  all  other  (his)  the  said  Isaac  Sharp's 
lands  in  the  said  county  of  Salem,  and  likewise  one  moiety,  or 
half  of  all  otlier  the  said  Isaac  Sharp's  lands  within  the  sai  1 
province  of  East  and  West  New  Jersey,  in  America,  except 
1050  acres  of  land  on  Cooper's  creek,  in  the  county  of  Glouces- 
ter, known  by  the  name  of  Rush  Hill ;  also  all  the  said  Isaac 
Sharp's  personal  estate  in  the  county  of  Salem,  or  elsewhere  in 
America.  Isaac  Sliarp,  the  emigrant  and  his  wife,  had  three 
sons  and  fiv^o  daughters;  their  names  were  Samuel,  Edward, 
Anthony,  Mar}',  Jaicl,  Hannah  D.,  Sarah,  Rachel  Wyncoop,  and 
Elizabeth  Sharp.  The  time  of  the  death  of  Isaac  Sharp,  the 
father  of  the  above  mentioned  children,  is  not  mentioned  ;  prob- 
ably before  the  year  1770.  I  think  his  name  is  not  mentioned 
in  Salem  County  Court  records  after  that  date.  He  had  a  birth 
right  in  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  he  continued  to  be  a  mem- 
ber during  his  long  and  active  life. 

Anthony,  the  youngest  son  of  Isaac  Sharp,  of  Sharpstown, 
espoused  the  jiart  of  the  patriots  during  the  Revolutionary 
struggle.  He  lay  concealed  in  tlie  barn  whilst  the  British  were 
in  the  neighborhood  of  liis  home,  and  Samuel  Humphries,  tlie 
projenitor  of  the  present  families  of  HumphreySj  then  a  small 


6HA.RP   FAMILY.  247 


boy,  carried  provisions  to  him  in  liis  place  of  refuge.  lie,  how- 
ever emerged  from  his  retreat,  and  "svent  with  l)r.  Ebenezer 
Elmer,  (the  father  of  Judge  L.  Q.  O.  Elmer,)  of  Bridgeton,  to 
Fort  Ticonderoga,  to  participate  in  the  engagements  on  the 
frontier.  It  was  here  tliat,  although  a  Quaker,  he  attained  the 
rank  of  Colonel  in  the  army  ;  and  liis  name  now  stands  coupled 
with  the  above  grade  on  the  roster  of  the  officers  of  the  Ameri- 
can forces.  "When  driven  from  their  home  the  silver  plate  and 
other  valuables  of  the  Sharps,  of  Sharpstown,  were  conveyed 
across  tlie  Delaware  river  to  their  relatives,  tlie  Delaneys,  who 
resided  at  Wilmington,  Delaware.  The  man  who  rowed  the 
boat  was  named  Jonas  Keen,  and  he  related  the  circumstance 
on  his  death  bed  as  one  that  had  made  a  deep  impression  on  his 
memory.  The  said  Jonas  Keen  lived  to  the  very  advanced  age 
of  ninety  years,  and  has  descendants  now  residing  in  Salem. 

Edward,  the  second  son  of  Isaac  Sharp,  the  emigrant,  as 
stated  before,  married  Martha  Thompson,  of  Sussex  county. 
East  Jersey.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Colonel  Mark  Thomp- 
son, of  Marksboro,  in  the  above  county,  and  who  served  with 
the  rank  of  Colonel  in  the  Revolutionary  army.  Whilst 
engaged  under  General  Dickinson,  at  the  battle  of  Princeton, 
he  was  severely  wounded,  and  was  carried  under  the  same  tree 
to  wliich  the  soldiers  had  taken  General  Mercer.  Dr.  Jacob 
Thompson  Sharp,  formerly  of  Salem,  grandson  of  Colonel  Mark 
Thompson,  alluded  to  above,  was  (until  children  were  born  to 
him  by  his  wife,  Hannah  Ann  Smith,  of  Philadelphia,)  the 
sole  surviving  representative  of  the  family  of  Sharp's,  who  emi- 
grated to  Salem  county  from  Ireland ;  which  is  confirmed  by 
the  report  of  Mr.  Gifford  before  the  Historical  Society  of  New 
Jersey,  at  Newark,  several  years  ago,  whicli  expressly  states  that 
the  above  assertion  is  true.  There  are  other  families  bearing  the 
same  name  in  Salem  county,  likewise  in  New  Jersey,  which  are 
I'emote  from  the  Sharps  of  Blessington,  or  Sharpstown.  Ed- 
ward Sharp  alone  married,  the  others  dying  without  issue.  He 
married  the  daughter  of  Mark  Thompson,  as  befoi-e  stated ; 
they  had  four  sons — Samuel,  Jacob  Thompson,  Breckenridge 
and  Edward  Sharp,  and  one  daughter — Mary  ;  all  of  whom 
died  before  attaining  their  majority,  except  Jacob  Thompson 
Sharp,  who  studied  medicine  and  practiced  that  profession  many 
years,  in  both  East  and  West  Jersey  ;  and  now  resides  in  Cum- 
berland county.  He  married,  as  before  stated,  Hannah  Ann, 
daughter  of  Edward  Smitli,  a  prominent  merchant  of  Phila- 
delphia,'and  a  native  of  Salem  county,  as  were  likewise  his 
ancestors  for  several  generations.     Dr.  Jacob  Thompson  and 


24-8  BHARP    FAMILY. 


his  wife,  Hannah  Ann  Sharp,  had  six  children,  four  of  Avliom 
are  still  living',  viz :  Dr.  Edward  S.  Sharp,  of  Salem ;  Sallie  M. 
Westcott,  of  Bridgeton,  Alexander  Henry  Sharp,  a  lawyer  of 
Atlantic  county,  and  Thomas  M.  Sharp,  Esq.,  of  Port  Eliza- 
aheth,  Cumberland  county  Martlia  Thompson  Sharp  and 
Jacob  Thompson  Sharp  are  deceased. 

Joseph  Sluirp,  younger  brother  of  Isaac  Sharp,  of  Blessing- 
ton,  near  Salem,  resided  at  the  same  place  and  doubtless  emi- 
grated from  Ireland  simultaneously  w^ith  his  brother  Isaac. 
Isaac  Siiarp,  1st,  did  by  his  last  will,  bearing  date  15th  of  3d 
month,  1734,  give  to  his  two  sons,  Isaac  and  Joseph,  all  his 
lands  wliatsoever  in  East  and  West  Jersey,  ratifying  and  con- 
firming the  above  mentioned  conveyance  to  his  father  by  Thomas 
Warner  to  his  heirs  and  assigns  forever. 

William,  tlie  younger  brother  of  Anthony  Sliai-p,  born  in 
Gloucestershire,  England,  married  a  young  woman  by  tlie  name 
of  Covert ;  they  had  a  son  by  the  name  of  Thomas  Sharp. 
Anthony  Sliarp,  his  uncle,  gave  to  him,  who  was  then  about 
emigrating  to  America,  and  in  consideration  of  his,  Thomas 
Sharp,  looking  after  Anthony  Sharp's  possession,  there  for  his 
ease  and  best  advantage  ;  he,  the  said  Anthony  Sharp,  granted 
and  confirmed  unto  him,  and  his  heirs,  something  over 
1,000  acres  that  Anthony  Sharp  bought  of  Roger  Roberts, 
of  Dublin,  in  1681  ;  and  the  deed  of  conveyance  was  made  the 
same  year.  This  property  was  located  on  the  King's  Higliway ; 
Salem  County  Alms  House  farm  is  part  of  it.  Thomas  Sharp 
had  a  son  Isaac,  who  built  in  the  first  decade  of  the  eighteenth 
century  a  large  and  substantial  brick  dM'elling,  which  is  still 
standing,  in  good  repair.  AVilliam  Austin  is  now  the  owner. 
That  family  of  Sharps,  like  those  of  Sharpstown,  liad  a  lai-ge 
deer  park,  which  is  still  visible. 

Thomas,  the  father  of  Isaac  Sliarp,  had  a  family  burying 
ground,  wliich  was  common  at  the  first  settlement  of  this 
country.  John  Fenwick  M'as  buried  there  ;  the  reason  assigned 
M'as — Eenwick  was  desirous  to  lay  with  his  wife's  relatives,  the 
mother  of  his  children,  she  being  a  cousin  of  Thomas  Sharp. 
•Isaac,  the  son  of  Thomas  Sharp,  was  one  of  tlie  Justices  of 
Salem  court  from  the  year  1709  to  1739  ;  he  was  an  active  and 
useful  member  of  Salem  Meeting  of  Friends.  Tliomas  Chalk- 
ley  mentions  in  his  journal  being  at  the  house  of  his  worthy 
friend  Isaac  Sharp,  in  1730.  Isaac's  descendants  are  not 
numerous ;  he  had  a  grandson  that  married  Grace  Bassett ; 
their  cliildren  were — Abraim  and  William  Sliarp.  Dr.  •Grifiith 
who  resided  in  Salem  a  number  of  years  ago,  married  a  lady  of 


SHAKl'    FAMILY.  249 


that  family.  No  part  of  tlio  large  and  valuable  estate  of  the 
[Sharp's  family  belong  to  their  descendants  at  the  present 
time. 

32 


JOHN   SMITH   (OF    SMITHFIELD)   FAMILY. 

John  Smith,  the  son  of  William  Smith,  M^as  one  of  FenAviek's 
executors.  He  Avas  born  in  tlie  county  of  Kent,  in  England,  in 
the  year  1645.  In  1673  he  married  Susannah  Marcy,  daugljter 
of  Edward  Marcy,  and  in  1685  he  and  his  wife,  together  with 
a  number  of  emigrants,  embarked  for  America  on  board  the 
ship  Ariel,  Edmund  Baily  master.  They  landed  at  New  Castle 
in  the  4tli  month  of  tlie  same  year.  In  the  6th  month 
following,  he  came  to  Salem,  in  West  New  Jersey,  and  pur- 
chased 1,000  acres  of  land  of  Samuel  and  Anna  Hedge,  in 
Upper  Mannington,  it  being  one-half  of  the  Hedgeheld  allot- 
ment, and  there  he  made  his  permanent  home.  From  that  time 
it  was  known  as  Smithfield.  It  has  been  said  he  was  a  relative 
and  also  an  immediate  friend  of  John  Fenwick.  I  presume 
this  was  the  reason  he  was  made  one  of  Fenwick's  executors, 
notwithstanding  he  had  not  arrived  in  this  countrj^  at  the  time 
of  his  death.  It  is  generally  admitted  by  those  familiar  with 
the  characters  of  the  first  settlers,  that  he  had  more  than  ordi- 
nary intellect  and  business  capacities.  He  and  hiswdfe  had  two 
children  born  in  England,  who  died  tlie  first  year  after  they 
arrived  in  this  country.  Their  children  born  in  America  were 
Susanna  Smith,  born  in  Mannington  8th  of  8tli  month,  1689  ; 
Joseph  Smith,  their  eldest  son  born  in  1691  ;  John  Smith,  Jr., 
born  in  1693;  Samuel  Smitli,  born  in  1696;  and  Elizabeth  Smith, 
born  3d  of  3d  month,  1T03.  She  married  Judge  Jolm  Bacon, 
of  P>acon's  Neck.  Joseph  Smith,  the  son  of  John  and  Susanna 
Smith,  married  and  had  one  son — Thomas  Smith,  who  in  1710 
married  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Abigail  Bassett,  of 
Pilesgrove  ;  they  had  three  sons,  the  eldest  was  William,  born 
31st  of  8th  month,  1711.  He  married  Sarah,  the  daughter  of 
James  Chambless,  Jr.,  of  Alio  ways  Creek;  their  children  were 
Mary,  Charles,  William,  James,  Beulali,  Clement  and  Atilla 
Smith.  Mary,  the  eldest,  married  John  Ellet,  son  of  Charles 
and  Hannali  Carpenter  Ellet ;  their  children  M'ere  Hannah  C, 
and  Maria  Chambless  Ellet,  the  latter  remains  single  and  resides 
in  Salera,     Hannah  Carpenter  Ellet  was  twice  married,  her  first 


JOHN    SMITH    (of    SMITHFIELD)    FAMILY.  251 


husband  was  George  W.  Smith,  of  Virginia;  they  had  issue,  one 
son — Charles  P.  Smith.  Her  second  hnsband  was  Joseph  E. 
Brown,  the  son  of  Josepli  and  Ann  Allen  Brown ;  they  had 
issue,  two  sons.  James  Smith,  son  of  William  and  Sarah 
Chamljless  Smith,  married  Hannah,  the  daughter  of  Jediah  and 
Hannah  Carpenter  Allen,  of  Mannington  ;  their  children  are 
Sarah  Ann  and  Mary  Smith.  Clement,  the  youngest  son  of 
William  and  Sarah  Smith,  married  Hannah,  the  daughter  of 
William  and  Catharine  Low  Tyler,  of  Salem  ;  they  had  one 
son — Clement  Smith.  Beulah,  daughter  of  William  and  Sarah 
Smitli,  married  Josepli  H.  Wilson,  of  Philadelphia ;  their  child- 
ren were  Mary,  William,  Emelino,  James,  Harlin,  Louisa  and 
Sarah  Wilson.  Charles,  William  and  Atilla  Smith  never 
married. 

David  Smith,  the  second  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarali  Bassett 
Smith,  was  born  17th  of  7th  montli,  174Jr.  He  married  Mary, 
the  daughter  of  James,  Jr.,  and  Mary  Oakford  Chambless,  sister 
to  his  brother  William's  wife.  They  had  no  issue.  David  was 
a  hatter  by  trade  and  followed  his  business  in  the  town  of  Salem 
during  his  life.  He  adopted  liis  nephew,  the  son  of  Thomas 
Smitli,  and  made  him  the  heir  of  his  estate.  David,  the  son  of 
Thomas,  married  Martha,  the  daughter  of  Thomas  Jones,  of 
Salem.  They  had  issue,  three  children — Mary,  James  and 
Arabella ;  one  of  whom  married  Samuel,  the  eldest  son  of 
Samuel  and  Eliza  Clement ;  the  other  married  a  son  of  Judge 
Hornblower,  of  East  Jersey. 

Thomas,  the  youngest  son  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Bassett,  was 
born  25th  of  1st  month,  1717.  He  married  Hannah  Shillis ; 
their  cliildren  were  Elisha,  Stephen  and  David  Smith.  Elisha 
married  and  left  heirs — Stephen,  Eliza  and  Ellen  Smith.  Ste- 
phen married  Mary  W.  Jones,  of  Philadelphia ;  their  children 
were  Sarah,  James,  Thomas,  Charles,  Elizabeth,  Chambless, 
Clement  and  Isaac  Smith. 

In  1718  Samuel  Smith  married  Llannah  Giles.  Tlieir  son, 
Giles  Smith,  was  born  18th  of  lOtli  montli,  1719,  and  their 
daughter  Hannah  Smith  was  born  in  1721.  She,  in  1712, 
married  Preston  Carpenter,  the  son  of  Samuel  Carpenter,  and 
grandson  of  Samuel  Carpenter,  Sr.,  who  arrived  in  Philadelphia 
in  1683,  in  company  with  his  brother,  Joshua  Carpenter,  and 
<.)tlier  emigrants,  and  who  was  one  of  the  iirst  merchants  in 
that  city,  and  in  the  year  1700  was  computed  to  be  the  richest 
man,  except  the  proprietor,  in  the  province  of  Pennsylvania, 
but  towards  the  close  of  his  life  he  met  with  several  heavy 
losses,  and  his  estate  was  consideralJy  reduced  before  he  died. 


252  JOHN    SMITH    (of    SMITHFIEI.d)    FAMILY, 


Preston  Carpenter  and  his  wife  had,  I  think,  seven  chiklren — 
Thomas,  Elizabeth,  William,  Hannah,  Margaret,  Marj  and 
Martha.  Thomas  married  a  yonng  woman  in  Gloucester  whose 
maiden  name  was  Tonkins.  Tliey  were  the  grand-parents  of 
Judge  Thomas  Carpenter,  of  Camden.  Willim  Carpenter's 
first  wife  was  Elizabeth  Wyatt,  daughter  of  Bartholomew,  3d. 
His  second  wife  was  Mary  Redman,  daughter  of  John  Redman. 
Elizabeth  Carpenter  married  Ezra  Firth,  son  of  John  Firth. 
Margaret  Carpenter  married  James  Mason  Woodruff.  Hannah 
Carpenter's  first  husband  was  Charles  Ellet ;  her  second  hus- 
l)and  was  Jedediah  Allen.  Mary  Carpenter  married  Samuel 
Tonkins.     Martha  Carpenter  married  Joseph  Reeve. 

Elizabeth  Smith,  youngest  daughter  of  John  Smitli,  of  Smith- 
field,  was  !)orn  in  1703,  and  married  John  Bacon,  of  Cohansey, 
in  1720.  Fie  was,  I  believe,  the  son  of  Samuel  Bacon  They 
had  seven  children,  named  respectively  Thomas,  John,  Eliza- 
l)eth,  David,  Martha,  Mary  and  Job.  Thomas  Bacon,  the  old- 
est son,  was  born  in  1721,  and  was  the  father  of  Charles  and 
John  Bacon.  Charles  married  and  settled  on  his  father's  prop- 
erty in  Bacon's  Neck,  Greenwich  township.  They  had  five 
children.  Thomas,  mai'ried  a  young  woman  in  Mannington  l)y 
the  name  of  Wright.  Tliey  both  died  young,  and  left  one  son, 
the  present  Thomas  Bacon,  formerly  of  Mannington.  Benja- 
min's seciond  son  married  a  young  woman  in  Gloucester  coimty 
hy  the  name  of  Allen.  They  liad  two  children.  His  second 
wife  was  Susan  Dallas,  danojliter  of  Jonathan  Dallas.  David 
Bacon,  their  third  son,  never  married,  and  was  a  merchant  in 
the  town  of  Saleui  for  several  years,  but  after  a  time  he  remoNcd 
to  Woodstown  and  there  ended  his  days,  leaving  a  legacy  to 
PilesgroVe  Monthly  Meeting  for  them  to  erect  a  school  house, 
which  is  now  known  as  Bacon's  School.  Charles  Bacon  never 
married,  and  died  at  an  advanced  age  on  his  farm  in  Bacon's 
Neck.  Rachel  Bacon  married  a  Sheppard.  She  was  the  mother 
of  the  late  Moses  Sheppard  of  Greenwich.  John  Bacon  came 
to  this  county  and  made  it  his  home.  After  a  time  he  married 
Hannah  Denn,  (hiughter  of  Paul  Denn,  of  Alloways  Creek. 
They  had  five  children — Thomas,  Eleanor,  Martlia,  Hannah  and 
John. 

Elizabeth  Bacon  married  John  Denn  of  Alloways  Creek,  and 
was  the  mother  of  the  late  John  Denn,  of  Mannington.  David 
Bacon  learned  the  hat  trade  in  Philadelphia,  and  made  liis  per- 
manent home  in  that  city,  where  he  followed  his  trade  tlie 
greater  part  of  his  life  and  amassed  a  fortune.  He  married  and 
left  two  children — Joseph  and  Hannah  Bacon.     Joseph  Bacon 


JOHN    SMITH    (of    SMITHFIELD)    FAMILY.  253 


the  son  of  David  Bacon,  married  and  had  four  sons  named 
Thomas,  David,  Joseph  and  Samuel  Bacon.  Hannah  the  daugh- 
ter of  David  Bacon,  married  Jonathan  Evans.  They  were  the 
parents  of  the  late  Thomas  Evans,  wlio  married  Catherine  Wistar, 
the  daughter  of  Jolm  Wistar,  of  this  county.  Job  Bacon,  the 
youngest  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  S.  Bacon,  was  born  1735,  and 
married  Mary  Stewart,  daughter  of  John  Stewart,  of  Alloways 
Creek.  They  had  three  children — Jol),  Elizabeth  and  George  Ba- 
con. Job  Bacon,  their  son,  had  two  children  by  his  first  wife — John 
and  Martha  Bacon.  His  second  wife  was  Kutli  Thompson, 
daughter  of  John  Thompson,  of  Elsinborongh.  They  had  fonr 
children  named  respectively  Mary,  Sarali,  Ann  and  Josiah  Bacon. 
Mary  was  the  first  wife  of  Clement  Acton,  of  Salem  ;  Sarah 
remains  single  and  resides  at  Greenwich  ;  Ann  married  Moses 
Sheppard ;  Josiah  Bacon  went  into  the  mercantile  business  in 
Philadelphia.  It  is  believed  tluit  he  has  accumulated  a  large 
fortune.  He  is  one  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pailroad  directors. 
The  widow  of  Job  Bacon,  Sr.,  Mary  S.  Bacon,  married  Richard 
Wood,  Jr.  He  was  born  in  Stoe  Creek  township,  Cumberland 
county,  as  it  is  now  called,  in  1728.  He  was  the  son  of  Ricluxrd 
Wood,  who  purchased  ]  ,000  acres  of  land  and  built  himself  a 
brick  house,  as  early  as  1725,  which  is  still  standing.  He  died 
in  the  year  1759,  and  was  buried  in  his  own  family  burying 
ground  on  his  farm.  I  have  been  informed  that  his  great  grand- 
son. Professor  George  B.  Wood,  of  Philadelphia,  has  erected  a 
small  marble  monument  in  the  old  family  graveyard  to  the 
memory  of  his  great  ancestor. 

Elizal)et]i,  daughter  of  Job  and  Mary  Bacon,  married  Rich- 
ard Wood,  3d.  He  was  born  7th  of  2d  month,  1755.  Eliza- 
betli  was  his  second  wife.  He  was  a  successful  merchant  in  the 
town  of  Greenwich,  and  had  six  children — Professor  George  Ba- 
con Wood,  Richard,  Charles,  Horatio,  Ann  Elizal)eth  and  Han- 
naliWood.  At  the  death  of  Richard  Wood,  3d,  the  poor  and 
attlicted  lost  a  valuaWe  friend.  He  was  ever  ready  to  adminis- 
ter to  tlieir  necessities;  so  much  so  that  his  name  in  Greenwich 
and  in  the  country  around  is  held  in  grateful  remembrance  by 
tlie  inhabitants  to  the  present  day.  He  told  his  wife  a  few  years 
before  his  death  to  always  look  after  the  poor,  and  remarked 
that  there  was  no  danger  but  there  would  be  enough  attention 
paid  to  the  rich.  The  case  of  this  truly  great  man  reminds  me 
of  the  wise  man,  who  said  he  never  knew  the  righteous  forsaken 
or  his  children  begging  bread.  This  saying  has  been  verified 
respecting  Richard  Wood's  children,  as  they  have  all  been 
successful  in   life  in   a  remarkable  degree  as  to  tliis  world's 


254  JOHN  SMITH  (of  smithfield)  family. 


goods,  also  a  very  respectable  standing;  in  general  society. 
George  Bacon,  son  of  Job  Bacon  and  Mary,  bis  wife,  married 
Naomi  Tyler.  Tliey  bad  four  cbildren — Ezra,  George,  Francis 
and  Mary  Bacon.  He  was  a  partner  in  tbe  mercantile  business 
witb  bis  brotber-in-law,  Ricbard  Wood,  several  years,  and  be 
was  far  above  ordinary  men  in  bis  conversational  powers,  easy 
in  his  address,  and  witbout  ostentation,  wbicb  made  bis  company 
very  agreeable  and  interesting.  He  wielded  a  great  influence 
for  good  in  tbe  town  of  Greenwicb,  and  in  society  generally  in 
wbicb  be  associated.  He  died  at  an  advanced  age  greatly 
regretted  by  all  wbo  knew  him. 


STRETCH    FAMILY. 

Joseph  Stretch  emigrated  to  this  country  from  England  ahont 
tlie  year  1695.  In  the  year  1700  he  married  Hannah,  the  young- 
est daughter  of  Edward  and  Mary  Brad  way,  who  was  born  in 
New  Salem,  the  7th  of  7th  month,  1681.  Joseph  and  his  wife 
settled  on  the  southern  portion  of  a  tract  of  land  which  her 
father  had  purchased  of  tlie  heirs  of  John  Fenwick,  contain- 
ing 900  acres  of  fast  land  and  meadow.  The  said  tract 
was  below  the  Salter  line,  now  known  as  Stoe  Neck.  Al)0ut 
the  year  1720,  AYilliam  Brad  way,  the  son  of  Edward,  had  a 
brick  dwelling  erected  on  his  part  of  the  property,  and  his  nephew, 
Bradway  Stretch,  built  himself  a  brick  dwelling  about  the  size 
of  his  uncle's,  on  the  property  he  inherited  from  his  motliei-, 
about  the  year  1740.  There  are  standing  at  this  time  six  brick 
dwellings,  all  in  sight  of  each  other,  which  were  erected  in  the 
fore  part  of  the  last  century, — Daniel's,  Bradway's,  Stretch's, 
Padgett's,  Butcher's  and  Richard  Wood's.  They  are  located  on 
the  head  of  the  tide  waters  of  the  Unknown  or  Stoe  creek.  The 
early  emigrants  universally  made  the  first  clearings  and  settled 
on  the  navigable  streams.  I  presume  for  two  good  causes — the 
first  was  there  were  but  few  public  higliways,  and  they  poorly 
kept  up  for  traveling,  and  what  traveling  they  did  do  was  on 
horseback ;  the  second  was  by  living  near  to  navigation  they 
could  more  readily  get  their  produce  to  market  in  vessels  and 
boats.  There  was  a  more  important  cause  than  either  before 
mentioned:  our  hardy  pioneers  of  the  wilderness  being  men  of 
judgment  and  enterprise,  soon  discovered  the  most  fertile  lands 
"lay  bordering  on  the  navigable  streams  and  their  tributaries, 
which,  I  think,  is  the  case  in  the  counties  of  Salem  and  Cumber- 
land. 

Joseph  and  Hannah  Stretch  had  two  sons — Bradway,  born 
llth  of  3d  month,  1702,  and  Joseph,  born  in  1701.  Bradway 
subsequently  married  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
Chambless  Hancock,  born  15th  of  llth  month,  1703.  They 
v.-ere  married  in  1721,  and  liad  eight  children — Hannah, 
William,  David,  James,  Sarah,  Mary,  Bradway  and  Eleanor 


246  STRETCH    FAMILY. 


Stretch.  WilHani,  the  eldest  son  of  Bradway  and  Sarah,  mar- 
ried and  left  one  son,  John  Stretch,  Avho  married  a  Fiulej, 
lie  afterwards  sold  his  part  of  the  Stoe  Neck  property'  to  his 
nephew,  Jolm  Finley.  James,  the  son  of  Brad^\'ay  and  Sarah, 
horn  -itli  of  -ith  month,  1793,  married  Elizaheth  Evans.  She 
inherited  the  brick  house  farm  M'hicli  belonged  to  her  father, 
a  short  distance  bel(»w  llarmersville.  (Tlie  farm  belongs  at 
the  present  rime  to  Peter  E.  Harris.)  At  that  place  James 
and  liis  wife  commenced  life.  They  had  three  children — 
James,  Dorcas  and  Rachel.  James'  second  wife  was  a 
widow  by  the  name  of  Allen  ;  tlie}-  had  no  issue.  James  liv^ed 
to  reach  about  eighty-seven  years.  His  son  James  had  two 
wives.  The  name  of  tiie  first  I  never  learned ;  she  lived 
but  a  short  time  after  marriage.  His  second  wife  was  Mary, 
daughter  of  Asa  Jefferies  ;  they  had  several  (children.  A  short 
time  after  his  father's  death  he  sold  the  property  inherited 
from  his  parents  and  removed  with  his  family  to  Indiana. 
He  and  his  wife  are  both  deceased,  leaving,  1  understand,  a 
large  estate  to  their  children.  Two  of  their  sons  studied  law, 
and  are  successful  in  their  profession.  Dorcas,  the  daughter  cf 
James  and  Elizabeth  Stretch,  married  Samuel,  the  son  of  Ed- 
ward and  Hannah  Pan  coast.  They  were  natives  of  Burlington 
county,  l:)ut  subsequently  removed  to  Gloucester,  and  there 
ended  their  days,  leaving  a  family  of  eleven  cliildren — Joseph, 
Elizabeth,  Eliakim,  James,  Hannah,  Samuel,  AVilliam,  Dorcas, 
Josiah,  Chai'les  and  Anna.  Joseph  married  Susan,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Ann  Thompson  ;  their  children  are  mentioned 
in  tlie  Thompson  family.  Elizabeth's  husband  was  Malichi 
Horner,  of  Gloucester,  who  is  deceased  ;  they  had  no  issue. 
Eliakim  kept  a  feed  and  flour  store  for  a  immber  of  years  in 
Philadelphia,  and  married  Tacy  Roberts,  of  Byberry  ;  they  had 
issue.  John  and  Mary  Pan  coast  both  died  young.  The  parents 
of  the  above  mentioned  children  are  deceased.  James  was  a 
bricklayer,  and  followed  his  trade  in  Philadelphia  during  his 
life.  He  married  and  left  several  children.  Hannah,  the 
second  daughter,  possessed  great  natural  abilities,  a  logical 
mind,  a  remarkably  mild  temperament,  and  conversational 
powers  above  mediocrity.     The  poet  truly  vrrote : 


There  is  many  a  gem  that  is  born  to  bloom  unseen 
And  waste  its  sweetness  on  the  desert  air. 

She  married  Townsend,  the  son  of  Reuben  Hilliai'd.  He  was 
a  carpenter,  and  carried  on  his  trade  in  Philadelphia.  They 
had  nine  children — Elizabeth.  Samuel,  Joseph,  Hannah,  Reuben, 


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Anna,  William,  Maiy  and   Charles.     Hannah   P.,  the  mother, 
died  several  years  ago  of  that  loathsome  and  painful  disease — 
cancer,  which   appears  to  be  hereditary  in  the  Pancoast  family. 
Her  husband  is  still  living.     All  of  their  children  (each  of  whom 
evinced  uncommon  intellect)  are  deceased  excepting  Anna,  who 
married    Bennett   Smedley.     Samuel,    the  son  of  Samuel   and 
Dorcas  Pancoast,  was  sent  in  early  life  to  Philadelphia  to  learn 
the  carpenter  trade.     After  his  term  of  apprenticeship  expired, 
he  followed  the  business  several  years  with  success.     He  married 
Mary,  the  daughter  of  Enoch  and  Beulah  Allen ;  she  lived  l:)ut 
a  short  time,  leaving  no   issue.     His   second  wife    is    Malenia 
Skirnis,  whose  parents  lived  near   Trenton,  New  Jersey.     Sam- 
uel and   his  wife  have    four   children — Allen,  Mary,    Eveline 
and  Charles.     Allen  Pancoast's  wife  is  Eliza  Denfield ;    they 
hav^e  issue.     Mary  Pancoast  married  Oliver  Lund  ;  they  have 
issue.     The    younger  children   are   unmarried.     Samuel  was  a 
member  of  the  Legislature  of  Pennsylvania  for  two  or  tliree 
terms.     For  many  years  of  his  life  he  pursued  the  business  of 
buying  and  selling  real  estate  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia.     Lie 
has  now  retired  from  business  and  from  public  life,  possessed 
of  a  competency,  and  lives  at  his  country  seat  at   Tioga.     Wil- 
liam   Pancoast,    his    brother,    died    a    young    man    unmarried. 
Dorcas,    the    daughter    of     Samuel    and    Dorcas    Pancoast,   is 
living    witli    her    relatives    in    Philadelphia,    unmarried.       Jo- 
siali    Pancoast    removed    when    a   young    man    to   one   of  the 
Southern  States,  and  died  in  a  short  time  unmarried.     Cliarles, 
the  youngest  son  of  Sanniel  and  Dorcas  Pancoast,  resides  in 
Philadelphia,  wliere  he  has  been  an  Alderman  for  a  number  of 
years.     He  married  ILirriet  Merrill,  a  Mddow,  a  native  of  Mas- 
sachusetts.     Charles  and  his  wife  have  no  issue.     Anna,  the 
youngest  daughter  of  Sanuiel  and  Dorcas,  was  very  precocious 
in  acquiring  an  education,  and  was  a  teacher  in  the  Pliiladelphia 
schools  the  greater  part  of  her  life.     She  subsequently  married 
William  Keyser,  an   eminent   teacher  in   that  city,  a  native  of 
Bucks  county,  Pennsylvania.     They  had  one  daughter — Eveline 
Keyser.     AYilliam  died  not  many  years  after  his  marriage  of 
pulmonary    consumption.       Her    second    husband    was    Henry 
Maguire  ;  they  had  one  child — Jenny.     Anna  is  now  deceased, 
dying  of  the  same  disease  of  wdiich  her  husband  died.     Sanmel 
Pancoast,    father    of    the   above   mentioned    children,    died    in 
Elsinborough,  in  1833,  of  Asiatic  cholera,  which  he  contracted 
while  in  Philadelphia  on   a  visit   to  his  children.     Soon  after 
tliat  event  his  widow,  Dorcas  Pancoast,  removed  to  Pliiladel- 

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258  STRETCH    FAMILY, 


plan  Hiid  made  her  home  with  one  of  her  daughters  ;  she  hved 
to  nearly  fom'score  years. 

Hannah,  the  daiigliter  of  Bradway  and  Sarah  Stretch,  born 
6tli  of  2d  month,  1725,  married  Wade  Barker.  They  had 
issue,  a  daughter,  Hannah  Barker,  who  sid)8equently  married 
Robert  Watson ;  her  second  husband  was  James  Sayres,  Racliel 
Sayres,  their  eldest  child,  married  a  man  by  the  name  of  Gil- 
man,  a  native  of  Cumberland  county.  Sarali,  the  daughter  of 
Bradway  and  Sarah  Stretch,  born  1-ith  of  2d  month,  1736, 
married  Samuel  Scudders  ;  they  had  issue.  (They  were  the 
great-grand-parents  of  William  Evans  Scudder,  who  keeps  store 
tit  Hancock's  Bridge  at  the  present  time.)  Mary,  the  daughter 
of  Bradway  and  Sarah  Stretch,  born  24:th  of  2d  month,  1736, 
married  a  Corliss.  They  had  issue,  Jacob  Corliss,  wlio  subse- 
quently married  and  died  a  young  man,  leaving  one  son,  Benja- 
min Corliss,  who  inherited  the  farm  that  Jervis  Hires  now 
owns,  located  near  the  village  of  Canton.  Mary  S.  Corliss,  tlie 
mother  of  Jacob,  departed  this  life  2d  of  6th  month,  aged  over 
sixty-seven  years.  Eleanor,  the  daughter  of  Bradway  and  Sarah 
Stretch,  born  16t]i  of  3d  month,  1745,  married  a  man  by  the 
name  of  Evans ;  she  died  in  1770,  aged  twenty-six  years, 
leaving  issue. 

Joseph,  the  son  of  Josepli  and  Hannah  B.  Stretch,  M'as  born 
12th  of  8th  month,  1701 ;  from  him  there  are  numerous  de- 
scendants. He  purchased  more  than  two-thirds  of  the  Christo- 
pher White  allotment  of  1,000  acres  bought  of  John  Fenwick  in 
1676.  The  greater  part  of  said  estate  was  inherited  by  Josiah 
White,  the  grand-son  of  Christopher.  Joseph  Stretch,  Jr.,  was 
the  purchaser  of  a  large  part  of  it,  including  the  old  brick 
mansion  that  was  built  by  Cliristopher  White  in  1691.  Joseph 
and  Deborah  Stretch  had  eleven  children — Sarah,  Mary,  Peter, 
Joseph,  Samuel,  Jonathan,  Joshua,  Martha,  Is^atlian,  Aaron  and 
Rebecca.  Sarah,  the  eldest  danghter,  born  about  1725,  married 
Solomon,  tlie  son  of  Josepli  Ware,  Jr.,  and  Elizabetli  Walker 
Ware,  There  were  eight  children  by  that  union — Peter  Stretch, 
Elizabeth,  Job,  Hannah,  Elisha,  Barsheba,  Sarah  and  Solomon. 
This  large  family  of  children  all  died  minors  excepting  Sarali, 
who  was  born  11th  of  6th  month,  1756.  She  subsequently 
married  Joshua  Thompson,  of  Elsinborough,  but  died  young, 
leaving  three  children — Joseph,  John  and  Elizabeth.  John 
died  soon  after  his  mother's  death,  aged  about  ten  years.  Those 
whom  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  married,  and  their  offspring,  are 
mentioned  in  the  genealogy  of  the  AV^are  and  Thompson 
families 


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Joseph  Stretch,  3d,  born  3d  of  9th  month,  1732,  married 
Sarah,  dau<2;hter  of  Joseph  Ware,  3d.  She  was  born  2d  of  8th 
montli,  1737.  They  had  issue — Jael,  born  in  1762,  and  Martha 
in  1763.  Samuel,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarali  Stretch,  born 
8th  of  7th  month,  1736,  had  two  wives ;  their  maiden  names  do 
not  appear  in  the  family  records.  The  issue  by  his  first  wife 
was  Joseph  Stretch,  who  subsequently  married  and  left  one  son 
— Jonathan  Stretcli.  Samuel  by  his  second  wife  had  two  sons 
— Samuel  and  Luke  Stretch.  Samuel  died  a  young  man  un- 
married, and  devised  all  the  estate  he  inherited  from  his  parents 
to  his  brother  Luke.  The  latter  subsequently  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Street  Fogg.  Luke  and  his  wife 
had  three  children,  two  of  them  died  young  during  the  lifetime 
of  their  parents.  The  other  son,  Aaron,  became  possessed  of  a 
considerable  estate,  which  had  belonged  to  his  parents.  He 
died  young,  and  leaving  no  near  relations  of  the  Stretch  family, 
excepting  tlie  issue  of  Joseph  Stretch,  half  brother  to  his  father, 
there  originated  a  long  contested  law  controversy  for  the  pos- 
session of  the  property.  The  real  estate  was  taken  possession 
of  by  Jonathan  Stretch,  a  son  of  the  half  blood  of  Luke  Stretch. 
The  personal  property  was  decided  by  the  legal  adviser  to 
belong  to  Joseph  Fogg,  he  being  an  own  brother  of  Sarah  F. 
Stretch,  the  decedent's  mother.  The  real  estate,  I  believe,  was 
liually  decided  to  belong  to  David  Stretcli,  he  being  a  descend- 
ant of  the  oldest  male  line  of  Samuel  Stretch,  and  from  him  to 
his  son  Nathaniel. 

Sarah  Stretcli  married  Samuel  Test  in  1768.  They  lived  on 
a  small  property  she  inherited  from  her  parents,  about  a  mile 
below  Ilancock's  Bridge,  containing  al)out  50  acres.  They  had 
issue,  two  sons.  Samuel,  the  eldest,  was  born  in  1768,  and  learned 
the  hat  Ijusiness.  His  brother  Mark,  I  think,  married  Dorcas 
Keasl)ey.  The  property  after  their  parent's  death  was  divided 
equally  between  the  two  brothers.  Samuel's  sliare  was  where. 
Ins  parents  lived  ;  Joseph  Brown  is  at  the  present  time  the 
owner.  It  appears  that  Samuel  Test,  soon  after  the  death  of 
his  parents,  sold  his  estate  to  Barzilla  Jeffers,  and  removed  to 
Indiana,  and  settled  in  Ilichmond,  which  at  that  time  was  a 
small  villagG,  and  tliere  he  followed  his  trade  the  greater  part 
of  the  remainder  of  his  life,  and  acquired  a  competency.  He 
was  a  leading  member  in  his  middle  and  old  ago  of  the  largest 
Society  of  Friends  on  tlio  Continent  of  North  America — the 
Indiana  Yearly  Meeting.  After  lie  reached  nearly  four-score 
years  he  made  a  pilgrimage  to  his  native  State  and  county,  and 
in  company  with  his  friend,  the  late  Josiah  M.  Reeve,  visited 


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the  house  in  which  he  was  born,  located  in  Alloways  Creek 
township.  We  can  well  imagine  his  emotions  as  he  went  from 
room  to  room  of  the  home  of  his  yonth.  It  donbtless  brought 
back  pleasing  remembrances  of  his  affectionate  parents  as  he 
again  stood  in  that  ancient  building  where  he  first  uttered  that 
endearing  name,  mother,  whicli  the  good  and  wise  in  all  ages 
liave  delighted  to  venerate.  When  he  looked  around  his  native 
liome,  and  the  generation  of  men  he  was  familiar  with  in  the 
days  of  ids  youth,  he  realized  tlvat  the  friends  and  neighbors  of 
liis  parents  had  gone  to  tlieir  final  home,  and  had  been  succeeded 
by  another  generation  wdiom  he  knew  not.  Such  a  \dsit  and  his 
own  reflections  w^ere  amply  sufficient  to  repay  him  for  the  long 
and  toilsome  journey  to  his  native  home.  I  have  l)een  informed 
he  lived  but  a  short  time  after  he  returned.  Of  his  immediate 
fjimily  I  have  no  means  of  knowing.  His  brother  Mark  and 
his  wife  Dorcas  Test  had  one  son — Mark.  He  sold  the  estate  lie 
inherited  from  his  parents  more  than  forty  years  ago  to  Morris 
Hancock,  and  settled  near  his  uncle  Samuel  in  the  vicinity  of 
Riclnnond,  Indiana. 

Jonathan,  tlie  son  of  Josepli  and  Deborah  Stretch,  born  Stli 
of  8th  montli,  1737,  married  Hannah,  the  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Elizabeth  Ware,  lK)rn  4th  of  7th  montli,  1739.  They  had 
issue,  seven  children  The  eldest  was  Sarah,  who  was  born  in 
1759,  David,  Deborah,  Mark,  Elizabeth,  Ileljecca  and  Jonathan. 
Hannah  W.  Stretch,  their  mother,  departed  this  life  l8th  of 
12th  montli,  1775.  Jonathan  Stretch's  second  wife  was  Eliza- 
beth Foo-o;.     Tliev  had  issue — Hannah  Stretch.     David,  the  son 

OCT)  •'  ' 

of  Jonathan  and  Hannah  Stretch,  born  25th  of  5th  month,  I7r)2, 
married  Mary,  the  widow  of  Joseph  Fogg.  Her  maiden  name 
was  Mary  Street,  and  she  held  a  large  tract  of  land  in  her  own 
]-ight  located  near  the  village  of  Canton.  David  and  his  wife 
had  six  <'hildren — Hannah,  Jonathan,  Nathaniel,  David,  ]\[ark, 
and  Jael.  David's  second  wife  was  Rachel  Baker,  of  Manning- 
ton.  She  was  a  widow,  the  daugliter  of  Jedediah  Allen.  David 
and  his  second  wife  had  no  issue. 

Ilannali,  the  daughter  of  David  and  Mar}^  Stretch,  was  born 
in  1778.  Her  first  husband  was  Joseph  Keasbey ;  there  was  no 
issue.  Her  second  husband  was  Andrew  Smith.  They  had 
four  children — Mary,  Hannah,  Catharine  and  David.  The  latter 
married  Elizabeth,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Racliel 
Hancock.  They  had  issue — Morris  and  Sarah  Smith.  Mary, 
the  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Hannah  Smith,  married  Charles, 
son  of  Thomas  Reeves.  Cliarles  B.  and  his  wife  had  issue — A. 
Smitli,  Elizabeth  and  Thomas,     A.  Smith  Reeves  married  Mary, 


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the  dangliter  of  Richard  and  Lucetta  Mulford  ;  tliey  liave  issue. 
Hannah,  the  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Hannah  Sniitli,  married 
Hiram  Harris.  They  have  two  chihh-en — David  and  Catharine. 
Catliarine,  the  yonngest  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Hannali  Smith, 
married  Amos,  the  son  of  Stretch  and  Rel)ecca  Harris.  They 
have  two  chikh-en — Rebecca  and  Stretch  Plarris. 

Jonathan,  the  eldest  son  of  David  and  Mary  Stretch,  born 
in  1790,  married  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Mary 
Carll ;  they  had  no  issue.  His  second  wife  was  Hannah  Shep- 
Y>iivd.  He  died  not  long  after  marriage,  lea\nng  no  offspring. 
His  widow  subsequently  married  Dr.  David  Jayne.  Nathaniel 
the  son  of  David  and  Mary  Stretch,  was  born  i]i  1792.  His 
first  M'ife  s^as  Susan,  the  daughter  of  Solomon  Dubois.  By  that 
connection  tliere  were  three  children — Mary  Ann,  Sarali  F.  and 
Susan.  (The  last  mentioned  cliild  died  young).  Mary  Ann 
Stretch,  born  in  1815,  married  Al)ner,  the  son  of  Washington 
and  Mary  Smith.  Abner  and  his  wife  had  one  daughter — Su- 
san, who  married  Charles  Hires ;  they  have  three  sons.  Nathan- 
iel's second  wife  w^as  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  John  Harris. 
The  said  John  Harris  served  as  a  soldier  during  the  whole  of 
tlie  Revolutionary  war,  and  was  in  the  regular  army  the  winter 
that  Washington  and  his  army  lay  at  Valley  Forge.  He  mar- 
ried after  he  returned  home,  and  he  and  his  wife  liad  four  chil- 
dren— Benjamin,  Lydia,  Elizal)etli  and  Clara.  Natlianiel  Stretch 
has  been  deceased  for  several  years,  leaving  a  widow,  but  no 
issue  by  his  last  wife. 

David,  the  son  of  David  and  Mary  Stretch,  was  born  in  1795. 
Flis  wife  was  Sarah,  tlie  daughter  of  Moses  Hadley ;  by  that 
connection  th'ere  were  five  children — George,  Aaron,  Jonatlian, 
Lydia  Ann  and  Mary.  Tlie  wife  of  George  Stret(;h  was  Mary, 
the  daughter  of  David  S.  English.  Aaron  and  Jonathan  Stretcli 
removed  in  early  life  to  Nashville,  Tennessee.  Lydia  Ann 
Stretcli  mai-ried  William  H.  Nelson ;  lie  died  several  years  ago 
leaving  a  widow  Ijut  no  issue.  Mary,  tlie  youngest  of  David 
and  Mary  Stretch's  children,  married  Richard  Sailor.  She  is  a 
widow  at  this  time,  her  husband  having  been  deceased  for  a 
number  of  years.  Mark,  the  youngest  son  of  David  and  Mary 
Stretch,  was  born  in  1797.  He,  in  after  life,  married  Elizabeth, 
the  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Joanna  Hildreth.  Mark  and  his 
wife  had  four  children — Joseph,  Mary,  Elizabeth  and  Joanna. 
His  second  wife  was  Tamson  Finley ;  they  had  one  daughter — 
Deborah.  Mark  is  deceased,  and  his  son,  Joseph  H.  Stretch, 
lived  beyond  middle  age.  He  died  recently,  leaving  a  large 
landed  estate ;  he  never  married.     Mary,  the  daughter  of  Mark 


262  STRETCH    FAMILY. 


and  Elizabeth  Stretcli,  married  John  II.,  tlie  son  of  "William 
Morris,  of  Pilesgrove.  Jolm  and  his  wife  have  one  son — Wil- 
liam. The  husband  of  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  Mark  and 
Elizabeth  Stretch,  is  William  A.,  the  son  of  Joseph  Casper. 
They  have  issue — Ilildreth,  William  J,,  Annie,  Elizabeth  and 
Jolm.  Joanna,  the  daughter  of  Mark  and  Elizabeth  Stretch, 
married  Charles  B.  Reeves.  She  was  his  second  wife,  and  by 
that  connection  there  were  two  sons.  Joanna  is  deceased  at 
this  time.  Jael,  the  youngest  daughter  of  David  and  Mary 
Stretch,  born  in  1799,  married  David,  the  son  of  George  Grier, 
Sr.  She  was  his  second  wife,  (his  first  wife  was  Lydia,  the 
daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Joanna  Ilildreth,  who  left  no  issue.) 
David  left  two  sons  by  his  last  wife, — George  and  Richard 
Grier.  George,  the  eldest,  died  a  minor.  Richard  subsequently 
married  Amanda,  the  daughter  of  David  and  Mary  Davis,  of 
Pilesgrove.  Jael's  second  husband  was  William  II.,  tne  son  of 
Davis  and  Francis  Nelson.  She  was  a  dutiful  wife,  and  an 
affectionate  and  loving  mother.  She  died  many  years  before 
lier  husband,  leaving  no  issue  by  the  last  marriage. 

Joshua,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Deborah  Stretch,  born  28th 
of  12tli  month,  1740,  married  Lydia,  the  widow  of  Paul  Denn, 
and  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Stewart.  They  were  married 
at  Alloways  Creek  in  1762,  and  had  three  children — Job,  Mili- 
cent  and  Elisha  Stretch.  Job,  the  eldest  son,  was  born  6th  of 
12th  month,  1763.  I  think  he  died  a  young  man  unmarried. 
Milrcent  was  born  10th  of  lltli  month,  1766,  and  married 
James  Hance ;  she  died  not  many  years  after  that  event,  and 
left  no  issue.  Elisha,  the  son  of  Joshua  and  Lydia  Stretch,  was 
born  17th  of  12th  month,  1768.  His  wife  was  Sarah,  the 
daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Ware  Bradway.  Tiicy  had 
eight  (^liildren,  three  of  whom  died  young  ;  Mary,  Joshua,  Wil- 
liam, Ann  and  Job  Stretch  all  lived  to  mature  age.  Mary,  the 
eldest,  married  Mark,  the  son  of  Mark  and  Martha  Bradway. 
She  lived  but  a  short  time  after  marriage,  leaving  no  issue. 
Joshua  married  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  Waddington  Brad- 
way, Sr.  There  was  one  son  by  that  connection,  Joshua 
Stretch,  who  studied  medicine,  and  practiced  his  profession  in 
Salem  for  a  time.  He  married  Lydia,  the  daughter  of  Mark 
Bainer,  of  Philadelphia.  He  left  Salem  and  removed  to  Phila- 
delphia, where  he  died  soon  after  of  that  insidious  disease  so 
destructive  to  the  human  family,  pulmonary  consumption.  He 
left  a  widow  and  two  or  three  children.  His  father,  Joshua 
Stretch,  was  remarkal)le  for  his  high  moral  character.  For  a 
number  of  years  he  taught  school  in  Salem  with  great  credit  to 


STRETCH    FAMILY.  263 


liimself,  and  with  the  approval  of  those  wlio  patronized  liim. 
AVilliam,  the  second  son  of  Elisha  and  Sarah  Stretch,  learned 
the  tailoring  business,  and  followed  it  after  lie  became  of  age 
in  Salem.  He  was  very  proficient  in  his  calling,  and  his  cus- 
tomers were  the  best  in  the  town  and  county.  Toward  the 
close  of  his  life  he  left  Salem  with  his  family  and  removed  to 
Jersey  City.  He  married  sev^eral  years  before  he  left  Salem, 
l)nt  the  name  of  his  wife  I  have  never  learned.  He  died  not 
long  after,  leaving  several  children. 

Ann,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Sarah  W.  Stretch, 
married  John  D.,  tlie  son  of  Mark  and  Elizabeth  Stewart. 
They  had  seven  children — Elizabetli,  Charles,  Elisha,  Sarah, 
James,  John  and  Ann.  Elizabeth,  the  eldest,  died*  before  her 
mother,  who  died  in  1857,  aged  over  fifty-two  years.  Charles, 
Elisha,  Sarah,  James  and  John  died  soon  after  they  had  arrived 
to  the  age  of  maturity — a  time  when  life  is  full  of  hope  and 
pleasure — leaving  beliind  an  aged  and  kind  father  and  a  beloved 
sister  to  mourn  their  untimely  end.  Job,  the  youngest  son  of 
Elisha  and  Sarah  Stretch,  was  apprenticed  to  his  brother  Wil- 
liam to  learn  the  tailoring  business,  and  he  followed  that  occu- 
pation in  Salem  during  tlie  remainder  of  his  life.  His  wife  was 
Catharine,  the  daugliter  of  John  Nicholson,  a  lineal  descendant 
of  the  fifth  generation  of  that  eminent  Friend,  Samuel  Nichol- 
son, who  in  1675  emigrated  to  this  country  in  company  with 
John  Fenwick  and  his  family  fi'om  the  county  of  Northampton- 
shire, England.  Job  and  his  wife  Catharine  had  three  children 
— Eliza,  Charles  and  Mary.  Eliza,  I  have  been  informed,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Paul ;  tliey  reside  in  Philadelphia.  Mary  Stretch's 
husband  is  John  P.  Moore,  who  keeps  a  hardware  store  on 
Market  street,  in  the  city  of  Salem.  He  was  a  partner  several 
years  in  that  business  with  the  late  Thomas  W.  Cattell,  the 
father  of  Alexander  G.  Cattell.  Job  Stretcli,  the  father  of  the 
above  mentioned  children,  died  a  number  of  years  ago  of  con- 
sumption, which  is  hereditary  in  liis  mother's  family.  Elisha 
Stretch's  second  wife  was  Mary,  the  widow  of  Ezra  Bradway, 
the  daugliter  of  James  Denn.  They  had  three  daugliters — 
Beulah,  Mary  and  Sarali.  Beulah,  the  eldest,  married  Nathan 
Kiger ;  by  that  connection  there  were  four  children — Alfred, 
Mary,  Anna  and  Nathan.  Her  second  husband  is  Simon  Wal- 
len.  Mary,  the  second  daughter  of  Elisha  and  Mary  Stretcli, 
died  a  young  woman,  unmarried.  Sarah,  their  youngest  daugh- 
ter, married  Joseph  Mitten.  I  think  they  are  at  this  time  resi- 
dents of  California. 

Rachel,  the  daughter  of  James  and  Elizabeth  Stretch,  married 


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Jonatluin  Butcher.  Slie  died  in  early  life,  leaving  one  daugli- 
ter,  Ruth  13utclier,  avIio  snl)scqiienth'  married  George  Grier, 
Jr.,  the  son  of  George  and  Rebecca  Ware  Grier.  I  shall 
digress  somewliat  to  mention  the  families  that  organized  the 
first  Presl)yterian  Cluirch  in  Lower  AlloAvays  Creek.  Ricliard 
Moore  came  from  Pittsgrove  and  purchased  land  near  what  was 
called  Logtown  about  1840.  He  had  five  children — Robert, 
Joanna,  Rebecca,  Mary  and  Hannah.  Robert,  Jr.,  married  and 
died  vounii;,  leaving  two  children — Richard  and  Rebecca.  Jo- 
anna  Moore  married  Jonathan,  the  son  of  Joseph  Hildretli. 
They  had  five  children — Lydia,  Ilannali,  Elizabeth,  one  Avho 
married  Joseph  Corliss,  (being  his  first  wife.)  and  Jonathan 
Hildreth,  Ji-.  Rsbecca  married  George  Grier,  and  had  three 
sons — Richard,  George  and  David.  Mary  Moore  maj-ried  Solo- 
mon Dubois  ;  they  had  tlu'ee  or  four  children.  Hannah  Moore 
married  Daniel,  tlie  son  of  Peter  Stretch  ;  tliey  had  several 
children  which  I  shall  mention  hereafter.  These  families,  to- 
gether -with  the  Sayi-es,  Woodruffs  and  Padgetts,  were  the 
principal  families  which  constituted  the  Presbyterian  (-ongrega- 
tion.  The  church  stood  on  the  old  road  leading  from  Han- 
cock's Bridge  to  the  village  of  Canton,  a  short  distance  below 
Harmersville.  They  also  purchased  a  lot  of  ground  for  a  grave- 
yard adjoining  the  Bajitist  graveyard  at  the  present  time.  I 
have  been  informed  that  botli  yards  are  enclosed  with  one  fence. 
The  Presbyterian  church  was  reduced  to  one  or  two  families  at 
the  beginning  of  this  century,  and  they  finally  abandoned  it, 
and  tlie  house  was  removed  after  standing  little  over  half  a 
century. 

Geoi'ge  and  Ruth  B.  Grier  had  five  cliildren — Richard,  the 
eldest,  died  a  young  man  unmarried  ;  Jonathan  B.,  Rachel,  Rob- 
ert and  Charles.  Jonathan  B.  Grier  married  Lydia,  the  daugh- 
ter of  David  and  Hannah  Fogg.  I  think  they  have  five  children — 
David,  George,  Rebecca,  Anna  and  Jonathan  B.  Griei'.  David 
Grier  married  Gulielma,  the  daughter  of  Josiali  and  Sarali 
Engle,  of  Pilesgrove ;  they  have  issue.  George  Grier  married 
the  daughtei'  of  Allen  Wallace.  Rebecca  Grier,  married  James, 
the  son  of  John  and  Llannali  Lindsey,  of  Lower  Penn's  Neck ; 
they  liave  issue.  Anna  Grier  married  Richard,  the  son  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Mary  Bassett ;  they  have  issue.  Jonathan,  tlie  young- 
est son,  married  Anna,  the  daughter  of  Sanuiel  P.  and  Hannali 
Allen,  of  Mannington.  Robert,  the  son  of  George  and  Ruth 
Grier,  married  Sarah,  tlie  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth 
Thompson,  of  Elsinborough.  They  have  five  children — Ruth, 
Georgiana,  Abigail,  Richard  and  William  T.     Ruth,  their  eld- 


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est  dungliter,  married  Robert,  the  son  of  George  and  Hannah 
C.  Boon.  Georgianna  married  Joseph,  the  son  of  Aaron  Lip- 
pincott,  of  Mannington.  Rachel,  daughter  of  George  and  Ruth 
B.  Grier,  married  John,  tlie  son  of  Jesse  and  Ann  Patrick.  Thej 
liad  four  children— Richard,  George,  Charles  and  Morris.  Charlef , 
tlie  youngest  son  of  George  and  Ruth  Grier,  died  a  young  man 
unmarried.  At  tlie  death  of  James,  the  son  of  Bradway  Stretch, 
he  devised  his  landed  estate  which  he  had  inherited  from  his 
father  (being  one-half  of  Stoe  Neck  farm),  to  his  daugliter,  Dor- 
cas Pancoast,  and  his  granddaughter,  Ruth  Butchei',  afterwards 
Grier.  Samuel  Pancoast  and  George  Grier  sold  the  said  prop- 
erty to  John  Finley,  who  some  years  before  had  purchased  one- 
half  of  the  Bradway  Stretch  farm  of  John  Stretch. 

Peter  Stretch  was  advanced  in  years  when  he  married,  and 
there  is  no  definite  record  of  the  maiden  name  of  his  wife,  Ijut 
tradition  says  it  was  Temperance  Howell,  which  I  think  quite 
probable.  (She  named  a  son  by  her  second  husband,  Howell 
Hall.)  Peter  was  a  large  landholder,  and  the  greater  part  of 
his  real  estate  was  located  near  Hancock's  Bridge,  and  was  orig- 
inally the  Christopher  White  estate.  Peter,  the  son  of  Peter 
and  Temperance  Stretch,  born  16th  of  2d  month,  1767,  married, 
l)ut  died  a  young  man,  leaving  issue — Elizabetli  Stretch,  who 
died  a  minor.  Anthony,  the  son  of  Peter  and  Temperance 
Stretch,  born  llth  of  1st  montli,  1769,  died  at  the  early  age  of 
three  years.  Daniel,  the  son  of  Peter  and  Temperance  Stretch, 
was  born  7th  of  9th  month,  1770.  Peter  Stretch  died  about  the 
year  1774,  leaving  a^widow  and  two  minor  children — Peter  and 
Daniel.  Temperance,  his  widow,  subsequently  married  Colonel 
EdM^ard  Hall,  of  Mannington,  and  they  had  two  cliildren — Sarah, 
born  9th  month,  1779,  and  Howell,  born  18th  of  1st  month, 
1785.  Temperance,  their  mother,  died  about  1787.  Daniel,  the 
son  of  Peter  and  Temperance  Stretch,  subsequently  married 
Mary  Stretch,  a  distant  relative ;  they  had  two  sons — Peter  and 
Rol)ert.  Peter  Stretch  died  without  issue  in  1797,  and  the  large 
estate,  both  personal  and  real,  descended  to  his  brother  Daniel. 
Daniel's  second  wife  was  Hannah,  the  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Mary  Moore,  who  was  born  15th  of  4th  month,  1776.  They 
had  six  children — Daniel,  Clarissa,  Edward,  Ann,  Richard  and 
Temperance.  Daniel  and  his  Mdfe  Hannah  died  in  1813  at  tlie 
village  of  Canton,  while  their  cliildren  were  all  minors.  His 
estate  at  the  time  of  his  death  was  larger  than  that  of  any  other 
person  living  m  the  township.  Peter,  liis  eldest  son,  married 
Pliebe,  tlie  daughter  of  Moses  Hadley.  They  had  six  children — 
Emily,  Elizabeth,  Richard,  Josiah,  Wesley  and  Phebe.  Peter 
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266  8TRETCH    FAMILY. 


and  his  wife  are  both  deceased  at  this  time,  and  most  of  tlieir 
children  died  young.  One  of  his  sons,  Wesley  Stretch,  I  have 
been  informed,  resides  in  Philadelphia,  and  is  concerned  in  the 
celebrated  drug  store  of  the  late  l3r.  David  Jayne,  on  Chestnut 
street. 

Daniel,  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Hannah  M.  Stretch,  born  3d 
of  lltli  month,  1T99,  married  Eliza  Hadly,  sister  of  his  brother 
Peter's  wife.  They  had  two  sons — Edwin  and  Richard.  I  think 
Edwin  married  the  daughter  of  J  oseph  Boon ;  they  have  issue. 
Richard  Stretch  married  Lydia,  the  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Eliza  Smith;  they  have  several  children. 

Clarissa,  the  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Hannah  M.  Stretcli, 
born  26th  of  1st  month,  1802,  married  Thomas  Sinnickson,  of 
Salem.  They  had  issue,  all  of  whom  were  noticed  in  the  gene- 
alogy of  the  Sinnickson  family. 

Edward,  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Hannah  M.  Stretch,  born  3d 
of  7th  month,  1804,  married  the  daughter  of  William  Nixon. 
There  were  three  sons  and  one  daughter  by  this  union — William, 
Edward,  Peter  and  Hannah.  William  married  Maiy  Ann, 
widow  of  Robert  Hancock,  and  the  daughter  of  James  Fisher. 
William  and  his  wife  have  several  children. 

Ann,  the  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Hannah  M.  Stretch,  born 
11th  of  9th  month,  1806,  married  Josiah  Paullin ;  they  have 
issue — Anne,  Josiah  B.,  George  M.  and  William  Henry.  Ann 
subsequently  married  William  Hunter.  George  M.  Avas  a  sur- 
geon in  the  army  dm-ing  the  late  rebellion,  and  is  now  a  prac- 
ticing physician  in  Canton.  He  married  Annie,  the  daugliter 
of  John  H.  and  Elizabeth  Lambert ;  tliey  have  issue.  Richard 
M.,  the  son  of  Daniel  and  Hannah  M.  Stretch,  was  born  in  1809. 
He  has  for  many  3'ears  been  in  the  mercantile  business  at  Allo- 
waystown.  He  married  Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  Robert  and 
Anna  Coe.  They  have  four  children — Charles,  Anna,  Robert 
and  Mary.  Charles  married  Hannah  Gray,  of  Philadelphia ; 
they  have  issue.  Anna  married  Benjamin  I.  Diament.  Robert 
is  connected  with  the  West  Jersey  Express  Company,  in  Phila- 
delphia. 

Aaron,  the  son  -of  Joseph  and  Deborah  Stretch,  born  14th  of 
10th  month,  1746,  married  Elizabeth  Reeves  ;  they  had  one  son, 
Reeves,  and  two  or  three  daughters.  Aaron  died  a  compara- 
tively young  man.  His  widow  afterwards  married  a  man  by 
the  name  of  Mills,  by  whom  she  had  two  children — Joel  and 
Keziah.  Elizabeth's  third  husband  was  William  Bradway,  of 
Stoe  Neck ;  they  had  no  issue.  Reeves,  the  son  of  Aaron 
and  Elizal)eth  Stretch,  married   a  Glaspey.      They  had   five 


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cliildren — Job,  Kacliel,  Sarali,  Rosanna  and  Reeves.  Job,  tlie 
eldest  son,  married  Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  Joseph  Deal ;  they 
had  issue.  Elizabeth  married  Enoch,  son  of  Richard  Garrison, 
of  Cumberland  ;  thej  have  three  or  four  children.  Job  Stretch, 
Jr.'s  wife  is  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Martha  Harris ; 
thej  have  live  children.  Richard,  the  youngest  son  of  Job  and 
Rebecca  Stretch,  married  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Job  Thorp. 
Job  Stretch,  Sr.'s  second  wife  was  Charlotte,  widow  of  Jacob 
Dubois,  and  daughter  of  John  Finley. 

Reeves,  the  youngest  son  of  Reeves  Stretch,  Sr.,  married  tlie 
daughter  of  Richard  Garrison.  He  died  a  young  man,  leaving 
three  minor  sons — Richard,  Charles  and  Reeves.  Rachel,  the 
daughter  of  Reeves  Stretch,  married  Daniel  Barnes.  Sarah, 
the  second  daughter  of  Reeves  Stretch,  married  Elisha  Bonham, 
the  son  of  Justice  Bonham ;  they  had  two  or  three  children. 
She  is  deceased  at  the  present  time.  Rosanna  Stretch's  husband 
was  George  A.  Githens  of  Greenwich.  They  had  five  children 
— Hannah,  Louisa,  Cecelia,  George  A.  and  William  H.  George 
and  his  wife  Rosanna  Githens  are  deceased  at  the  present  time. 
Georgh  A.  Githens'  wife  is  Martha,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Lucetta  Mulford.  For  several  years  past  he  has  resided  in 
Salem,  and  is  in  the  mercantile  business.  Louisa  Githens 
became  the  wife  of  Charles,  the  youngest  son  of  Judge  Ephraim 
Carll.  She  lived  but  a  short  period  after  her  marriage,  dying 
of  pulmonary  consumption,  leaving  one  child.  Hannah,  her 
sister,  lias  paid  the  debt  of  nature  since  of  a  similar  disease.  I 
think  Cecelia  is  still  livinii;. 


TYLER    FAMILY. 

The  Tylers  in  this  country  are  descended  from  an  ancient 
English  family.     Tlieir  ancestors  came  witli  William,  the  Con- 
queror, into  England,  and  fouglit  in  tlie  l^attle  of  Hastings  in 
1066.     They  were  residents  of  England  for  five  hundred  years. 
About  that  period  tliere  were  three  brothers,  branches  of  the  old 
English  family,  who  emigrated  to  America.     One  settled  in 
New  England,  one  in  the  state  of  Virginia,  (the  ancestors  of  tlie 
ex-President,  John  Tyler),  and  the  other,  William  Tyler,  came 
to  West  Jersey  about  1688,  and  purcliased  a  large  tract  of  land 
on  the  north  side  of  Monmouth  river  of  John  Champney,  being 
part  of  the  2,000  acres  that  Jolm  Fenwick  deeded  in  1676  to 
James  Champney,  and  his  wife  Friscilla  Fenwick  Champney. 
AV^illiam  Tyler,  whilst  he  was  in  his  native  country,  married   as 
nearly  as  can  be  ascertained  in  1676,  Johanna  Parson.     They 
liad  four  children  born  in  England  as  follows — Mary  Tyler,  at 
Walton,  in  tlie  county  of  Somerset,  11th  month,  1677  ;  William 
Tyler,  5th  of  7th  month,  16S0  ;  John  Tyler,  in  the  5th  month, 
1682,  and  Johanna  Tvler  in  1681.     The  followino-  certificate 
given  him  by  his  friends  in  England  show  conclusively  where 
his  residence  was  in  his  native  land:  "Whereas,  William  Tyler, 
"  of  Walton,  in   the   county  of   Somerset,  Yoeman,  intends   to 
"  transport  himself  and  family  into  the  province  of  Pennsylva- 
"  nia,  in  America,  if  the  Lord  will,  and  has  desired  a  certificate 
"  on  his  behalf.     AVe  therefore,  whose  names  are  subscribed,  do 
"  hereby  certify  that  the  said  William  Tyler  hath  professed  the 
"  truth  for  several  years  past,  and  that  we  do  not  know  but  that 
"his  conversation  liath  been  answerable  to  his  profession,  and 
"  that  we  do  know  that  he  hath  been  ready  and  willini;  to  con- 
"  tribute  to  the  service  of  truth,  as  opportunity  hath  offered  and 
"  occasion  required,  and  that  as  to  his  dealings  with  the  world, 
"  he  has  been  punctual  and  of  good  report  as  far  as  an}'  of  us 
"  know  or  have  heard,  and  we  know  nothing  of  debts  or  other 
"  entanglements   on   his  part  but  that  he  may  with  clearness 
"  prosecute  his  intended   voyage.      In   testimony   whereof  we 
"  have  hereunto  sul)scribed  our  hands.     Dated  the  eleventh  day 


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269 


"  of  seventh  month,  called  September,  in  the  year  1685.  Signed 
"  l)y  Edward  Chanyles,  William  Lidden,  Thomas  Howell,  John 
"  W.  Kidder,  and  ten  others."  It  is  evident  that  William  Ty- 
ler's wife,  Johanna,  lived  but  a  short  time  after  their  arrival  in 
this  country.  His  second  wife's  first  name  was  Elizabeth  ;  her 
maiden  name  I  never  heard.  He  had  three  children  by  Eliza- 
beth. Their  oldest  was  named  Catharine,  who  was  born  13th 
of  6th  month,  1690  ;  their  son,  Philip  Tyler,  was  born  in  the 
6th  month,  1692,  and  Elizabeth  Tyler,  1691.  William  Tyler, 
the  father  of  the  above  mentioned  children,  was  a  farmer,  and 
likewise  carried  on  the  tanning  business.  He  made  his  will  in 
the  2d  month,  1700,  in  which  he  bequeatlied  a  large  landed 
estate  to  his  sons.  The  Champney  property,  where  lie  resided, 
he  left  to  his  oldest  son,  William,  it  being  about  400  acres,  and 
to  his  second  son,  John  Tyler,  800  acres  situated  in  the  lower 
part  of  Alloways  Creek  townsliip,  together  with  some  other 
lands  in  the  same  township.  The  witnesses  to  the  will  were 
William  Hall  and  John  Firth.  There  appears  no  reliaV)le  record 
of  any  time  of  liis  death,  but  it  is  thought  by  the  family  to  have 
occurred  in  1701.  Mary  Tyler,  daughter  of  William  Tyler,  Sr., 
married  Abel  Nicholson,  the  son  of  Samuel  JSTicholson.  They 
had  eight  children — Sarah,  Kachel,  Joseph,  William  T.,  Ann, 
John,  Ruth  and  Samuel.  ^ 

John  Tyler,  the  second  son  of  William  Tyler,  married  Han- 
naii  Wade,  the  daughter  of  Samuel  Wade.  He  inherited  a  large 
landed  estate  from  his  father,  which  I  think  was  located  in 
Alloways  Creek  township,  not  far  from  the  village  of  Harmers- 
ville,  being  part  of  Annie  Salters'  allotment.  John  and  his 
wife  Hannah  W.  Tyler,  had  one  sou — Benjamin  by  name.  The 
year  he  was  born  is  uncertain,  prol)ably  about  the  year  1720. 
Soon  after  he  arrived  of  age,  he  sold  his  patrimonial  estate  at 
Alloways  Creek,  and  purchased  some  400  acres  near  the  town 
of  Greenwich,  now  Cumberland  county,  being  part  of  the  Gib- 
bon estate.  In  1746  he  married  Naomi  Dennis,  the  sister  of 
Philip  Dennis,  of  Bacon's  Neck.  They  had  four  children — Eliz- 
abeth, born  2Stli  of  2d  month,  1748  ;  Rachel,  born  in  1751 ;  John 
in  1753 ;  Letitia,  9th  of  11th  mouth,  1755.  Tlie  last  mentioned 
was  young  when  her  mother  died.  In  1759  Benjamin  married 
his  second  wife,  Mary  Adams  by  name,  and  he  had  four  chil- 
dren— Job,  born  in  1760  ;  Lydia,  in  1763  ;  Hannah,  in  1765,  and 
Benjamin,  30th  of  10th  month,  1771.  John  Tyler,  the  son 
of  Benjamin,  married  Abigail  Lippincott.  They  had  three  chil- 
dren— Samuel,  Benjamin  and  Naomi.  His  second  wife  was 
Nancy  Hall,  but  she  died  in  a  short  time  afterwards  leaving  no 


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TYLKR    FAMILY. 


issue.  Benjamin's  tliird  wife  was  Hope  Sliarp,  by  wliom  he  had 
one  daughter — Hannah  Y.  Tyler.  Elizabeth,  the  oldest  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  Tyler,  married  John  Dunliani.  They  had  two 
cliildren — John  and  Elizabeth  Dunham.  The  latter  afterwards 
become  the  wife  of  Job  Tyler,  Jr.  Letitia's  first  husband  was 
Andrew  Griscom.  Tliey  had  two  children — Benjamin  and  An- 
drew Griscom.  Her  second  husband  was  James  English,  and 
they  had  two  children — Martha  and  Tyler  English.  Martha 
afterwards  became  the  wife  of  Benjamin  Hari'is.  Rachel  Tyler's 
luisband  was  John  Fotts,  Jr.,  of  Bacon's  Neck.  They  left  chil- 
dren. Job  Tyler,  the  oldest  son  of  Beujamin  Tyler  by  his  last 
wife,  married  Rachel  Sayre.  Soon  after  they  were  married  he 
sold  his  farm  that  was  left  to  liim  by  liis  father,  and  his  first 
purchase  in  Salem  county  was  the  James  Sterling  farm  in  Man- 
nington,  A'hich  property  now  belongs  to  John  T.  Bassett.  Job 
Tyler  did  not  own  the  property  long  before  he  sold  it,  and 
bought  Lucas  Gibbs'  large  farm  in  Quaker  Neck.  He  was  a 
man  of  considerable  energy,  and  was  considered  one  of  the  best 
farmers  of  his  time  in  Salem  county.  His  attention  was  turned 
to  grazing  and  feeding  cattle  ;  perhaps  he  has  never  been  equalled 
in  this  section  of  the  country  in  that  particular.  He  raised  the 
fattest,  but  not  the  largest,  bullock  that  was  ever  exhibited  in 
Philadelphia.  Its  neat  weight  was  2,165  lbs.  The  inhabitants 
of  Salem  county  considered  it  a  credit  to  the  place,  and  the 
directors  of  Salem  Bank  honored  him  by  using  the  impress  of 
the  Tyler  ox  on  their  one  dollar  notes  for  many  years.  Job 
and  Rachel  Tyler  had  four  children — Benjamin,  the  oldest,  mar- 
ried a  young  woman  by  the  name  of  Burden,  and  had  by  her 
one  sou  named  James,  who  subsequently  married  a  woman  l)y 
the  name  of  Penton,  by  whom  he  had  two  children,  a  son  and 
daughter,  named  Rachel  and  James  Tyler.  The  latter  married 
one  of  the  daughters  of  John  H.  Lambert,  and  Rachel  is  tlie 
wife  of  John  Lambert,  Jr.  Job  Tyler,  Jr.,  married  Elizabeth 
Dunham,  she  being  his  cousin.  He  inherited  the  homestead 
farm  in  Quaker  Neck.  A  few  years  after  the  deatli  of  his  father 
he  sold  it  to  Andrew  Griscom  and  moved  to  Salem.  He  and  his 
wife  had  no  children.  His  wife  died  some  length  of  time  before 
liim.  At  his  death  he  willed  the  greater  part  of  his  estate,  being 
principally  in  money,  to  his  brother  Benjamin's  grandchildren, 
Rachel  and  James  Tyler. 

Mary,  daughter  of  Job  Tyler,  Sr.,  married  John  Bacon,  son 
Job  Bacon,  of  Greenwich.  She  lived  but  a  short  time  after  her 
marriage.  Richard  Tyler,  the  youngest  son  of  Job  and  Rachel 
Tyler,  was  one  of  the  most  promising  yonng  men,  of  his  time, 


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in  tlie  countj.  Remarkably  pleasing  in  person  and  address,  he 
attracted  to  himself  many  friends.  He  died  unmarried  about 
1819,  with  that  distressing  disease,  tlie  bilious  dysentery,  which 
Ijecanie  an  epidemic  complaint  in  that  year  and  the  season 
following  in  this  countj,  and  many,  particularly  the  young,  fell 
victims  to  it. 

Samuel  Tjder,  the  son  of  John  Tyler,  married  Rachel  Peck, 
by  whom  he  had  eight  cliildreu — Abigail,  Benjamin,  Martha, 
Samuel,  Clarissa,  Nancy,  Racliel  and  George.  Abigail  died 
unmarried,  Benjamin,  his  son,  embraced  the  Presbyterian 
faith.  He  studied  for  the  ministry,  and  became  a  highly 
esteemed  clergyman  of  that  sect.  His  wife  was  Mary  Seeley, 
the  daughter  of  Richard  Seeley.  Benjamin  died  a  compara- 
tively young  man,  leaving  a  widow  and  three  children — Charles, 
Joseph  and  Benjamin,  who  are  living.  Martha  Tyler,  daughter 
of  Samuel,  married  Oliver  H.  Williams.  Samuel  Tyler,  Jr. 
married  Elizabeth  Burden.  Rachel  Tyler  married  Auley  B. 
Wood.  Clarissa  and  Nancy  Tyler  were  twin  children,  both  of 
them  died  unmarried.  George  Tyler,  the  youngest  son  of 
Samuel,  married  Emily  Moore.  But  one  of  the  eiglit  children 
of  Samuel  survived  him,  and  that  was  Samuel,  who  has  been 
dead  several  years. 

Bemjamin  Tyler's,  sou  of  John  Tyler,  first  wife  was  a 
Thompson.  By  her  he  had  six  children — Hannah  Ann,  John, 
Mary,  Ebenezar,  Lydia  and  Benjamin.  His  second  wife  was 
Hope  Allen,  but  they  had  no  issue.  His  third  wife  was  Martha 
Owen,  a  widow,  whose  maiden  name  was  Buzby,  'the  daughter 
of  Nathaniel  Buzby,  of  Port  Elizabeth.  She  survived  Benja- 
min several  years.  Hannah  Ann  Tyler,  daughter  of  Benjamin, 
married  Josiah  Harmer.  Her  second  husband  was  Evi  Smith, 
John  Tyler  married  Beulah  Griscom,  daughter  of  Benjamin 
Griscom,  of  Salem.  Mary  Tyler  married  Charles  Harmer. 
Her  second  husband  was  Andrew  Thompson,  of  Mannington, 
Ebenezar  Tyler  married  Sarah  Stewart,  daughter  of  James 
Stewart,  Jr.,  of  Alloways  Creek.  Lydia  Tyler  married  Reuben 
Hilliard,  of  Mannington,  son  of  Samuel  Hilliard,  of  the  same 
place.  Benjamin  Tyler,  Jr.  married  Alice  Woolman,  of  Piles- 
grove.  Naomi  Tyler,  the  daughter  of  John  Tyler,  married 
George  Bacon,  of  Greenwich.  Their  children  were  Eliza, 
George,  Richard,  Francis  and  Mary  Bacon. 

William  Tyler,  Jr.,  the  oldest  son  of  William  and  Johanna 
Tyler,  was  born  at  Walton,  in  England,  5th  of  7tli  month,  1680. 
At  the  death  of  his  father  he  was  about  twenty-one  years  of 
age.     It  appears  that  his  father  had  much  confidence  in  him,  as 


272  TYLER    FAMILY. 


lie  directed  in  his  will  tiiat  lie  should  have  charge  of  the  younger 
cliildren,  some  of  whom  were  not  more  than  two  or  three  years 
of  age,  and  was  left  executor  to  his  father's  will.     Among  his 
papers  that  hav^e  l)een  preserved  by  his  descendants  is  a  manu- 
script  inventory  of   his   father's  goods,   which   is   as    follows: 
"  An  invcntoiy  of  the  goods  and   chattels  of  William  Tyler, 
"deceased,   as  they  were   l)rought  before   us.     Rudoc  Morris, 
"  Joseph  Parson  and  John  Parson,  this  25th  of  2d  month,  1701, 
"  being  appraisers."     The  amount  of  the  personal  estate  of  Wil- 
liam Tyler  amounted  by  the  appraisement  to  £519,  9s,  2d,  and 
was  recorded  the  2Uth  of  6th  month,  1701,  in  Salem,  by  Sanuiel 
Hedge,  3d,  recorder.     William  Tyler,  Jr.,  received  as  executor 
to  his  father's  will,  throuw-h  Elias  Osborne,  of  Enirland,  ao;ent 
of  his  uncle,  Tliomas  Parsons,  of  Philadelphia,  a  considerable 
amount   of   money  from   England.     It  appears   from   a  letter 
dated  10th  month,  1688,  three  years  after  William  Tyler,  Sr., 
emigrated  to  America,  that  Abraham  Grundy  was  placed  in 
charge  of  his  estate  which  ho  had  left  in  England,  and  his  son 
William  also  kept  up  tlie  correspondence  after  liis  father's  death. 
A  letter  dated  5th  of  10th  month,  1702,  he  wi-ites  to  the  execu- 
tor of  Abraham  Grundy  to  pay  him  £20  sterling.     I  presume 
it  was  the  balance  of  his  father's  estate  in  England.     William 
Tyler,  Jr.,  married  Mary  Abbott,  sister  of  George  Abbott,  the 
emigrant,  and  by  her  had  six  children.     Tlieir  oldest,  AVilliam 
Tyler,   3d,   was '  born   2d    of    5tli    month,    1712  ;    Edith,   their 
daughter,    born    21:tli    of    11th    month,    1711:;  Rebecca,    born 
29tli  of   3d   month,   1716 ;    Mary,   born   16tli    of    1st  month, 
1718;   James,   born  30th  of   12th  month,   1720;  and  Samuel, 
born  26tli  of  10th  month,   1723.     The  mother  of  these  chil- 
dren   survived    their    father,    and    afterwards   married  Robert 
Townsend,  of  Cape  May,  in  the  year  1735.     By  this  marriage 
she  had  one  daughter,  Rany  Townsend,  who  subsequently  mar- 
ried a  man  by  the  name  of  Stites,     After  the  death  of  Robert 
Townsend,  his  widow  returned  and  lived  Math  her  Tyler  children. 
William  Tyler,  2d,  died   in   1733,   aged  fifty-three  years.     A 
short  time  previous  to  his  death  he  made  his  will,  in  which  he 
l)equeathed  the  plantation  on  which  ho  lived  to  his  son  William, 
(it  is   owned   at  the  present  day   by  William   Robertson   and 
Thomas  Vanmeter,)  for  which  William  was  to  pay  £50  to  his 
daughter,  Edith  Thompson,  the  wife  of  Samuel  Thompson,  and 
the  like  sum  to  his  daughter,  Rebecca  Tjder.     The  said  sums  to 
be  paid  by  William  in  four  years  after  the  decease  of  his  father. 
He  left  to  his  second  son,  James  Tyler,  a  farm  of  234  acres, 
which  lie  bought  of  William  Hall.     Richard  McPherson  and 


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Aaron  Fogg  are  the  present  owners  of  the  said  property.  lie 
gave  to  his  youngest  son,  Samuel  Tyler,  a  tract  of  land  com- 
monly called  Sniitli  Neclc,  containing  150  acres.  He  also  willed 
to  his  two  sons,  William  and  Samuel  Tyler,  a  tract  of  land 
lying  between  the  lirst  mentioned  messuages  and  the  said 
Smith  Neck,  containing  100  acres  more  or  less.  The  said  land 
formerly  belonged  to  John  Maddox  Denn.  He  further  l)e- 
queathed  to  his  wife,  Mary  Tylei',  and  his  daughters,  Edith  and 
liobecca,  all  his  personal  estate,  after  his  funeral  expenses  and 
just  debts  were  paid,  to  be  equally  divided  among  them.  He 
also  willed  that  his  wife  should  have  the  privilege  and  use  of 
one-half  of  his  best  mansion  house  to  dwell  in  during  her  natu- 
ral life,  and  also  to  keep  a  horse  and  cow  upon  the  first  men- 


tioned messuao-e  so  Ion""  as  she  continued  to  dwell  thereon. 
He  nominated  and  appointed  his  wife,  Mary  Tyler,  and  his  S(jn, 
William  Tyler,  and  his  son-in-law,  Samuel  Thompson,  executors 
of  his  last  will  and  testament.  The  will  was  made  29th  of  11th 
month,  1732.  The  inventory  of  his  personal  estate  amounted 
to  £271, 13s.  The  appraisers  were  Abel  Nicholson  and  Thomas 
Taylor.  William  Tyler,  3d,  married  Elizabeth  Thompson.  She 
was  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Thompson,  and  they 
lived  where  Allowaystown  is  now  located.  She  was  born  1st 
of  8th  month,  1716.  They  had  three  daughters.  The  oldest, 
Sarah  Tyler,  married  Samuel  Stewart,  the  son  of  John  and 
Mary  Stewart,  of  Alloways  Creek.  Tlieir  children  were  Joseph, 
Mary,  Mark  and  Ann.  The  last  mentioned  married  William 
Griscom.  Joseph  Stewart  married  Kachel  Bradway.  Mark's 
wife  was  Elizabeth  Denn,  daughter  of  James  Denn,  and  Mary 
died  unmarried. 

Rebecca  Tyler,  William's  second  daughter,  married  William 
Abbott,  the  son  of  Samuel  Abbott,  of  Elsinbdrough.  Their 
children  were  Josiah,  Samuel  and  George.  Mary  Tyler,  his 
youngest  daughter,  married  Jacob  Scoggins,  whose  children 
were  Tyler,  Jonas,  Mary,  Phebe,  Rebecca  and  Elizabeth.  I 
believe  Tyler  Scoggins  died  a  young  man  and  single.  Rebecca 
lived  to  an  old  age  and  died  unmarried.  Mary  married  Joseph 
Piper  and  had  three  children.  Elizabeth  Scoggins'  husband 
was  James  Dennis.  Their  children  were  Mary,  Naomi,  Jona- 
than and  Rebecca.  It  is  probable  that  Jacob  Scoggins  and  his 
wife  Mary  bought  tlie  share  of  the  liomesterd  farm  of  her  two 
sisters,  Sarah  and  Rebecca,  that  their  father,  William  Tyler, 
inherited  from  his  father.  Sometime  after  the  death  of  Jacob 
and  Mary  Scoggins,  their  children  sold  the  farm  to  John  Lind- 
sey,  after  having  been  in  the  Tyler  family  four  generations. 
35 


274:  TYLER   FAMILY. 


After  the  death  of  Lindsey  the  farm  was  divided  between  his 
two  sons,  John  and  Joseph.  Thomas  Jones,  Sr.,  purchased 
Joseph  Lindsey's  farm,  wliich  was  part  of  James  Vanmeter's 
wife's  share  of  her  father's  estate.  Jolm  Lindsey,  Jr.'s  farm 
was  sokl  some  time  after  his  death,  and  William  Robertson  was 
the  purchaser,  the  father  of  the  present  William  Robertson. 

Edith  Tyler,  daughter  of  William  Tyler,  2d,  married  Samuel 
Thompson,  who  was  born  6th  of  9th  month,  1707.  He  was  the 
son  of  William  Thompson  and  grandson  of  Andrew  Thompson, 
who  emigrated  to  this  country  in  1677,  and  purchased  land  of 
Richard  Guy  in  Elsinboro,  and  settled  thereon  ;  wliilst  his  son 
William  bought  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Upper  Monmouth, 
where  Alio  way  stown  is  now  located,  and  at  that  place  he  resided 
until  his  death.  From  them  sprung  numerous  descendants. 
Samuel  and  his  wife  had  five  children.  The  oldest  \vas  Samuel 
Thompson,  Jr.  He  was  the  grandfather  of  the  late 
Joshua  Thompson,  who  died  recently  in  Salem  at  an  advanced 
age.  Aaron  Thompson,  their  second  son,  married  Hannah 
Hancock,  widow  of  William  Hancock,  of  Elsinborough.  Aaron 
and  his  wife  left  no  children.  Hannah's  maiden  name  was 
Fogg,  daughter  of  Charles  Fogg.  Their  oldest  daughter,  I 
think,  was  Sarah,  she  married  Josiah  Kay.  He  lived  in  Glou- 
cester county,  about  three  miles  above  Woodbury.  They  had 
one  son,  and  a  daughter — Rebecca  Kay.  She  married  Clement 
Hall,  of  Elsinboro,  the  eldest  son  of  Clement  and  Margaret 
Hall,  of  the  same  township.  They  had  seven  children — Ann, 
Margaret,  Prudence,  Sarah,  Morris,  Deborah  and  Rebecca. 
Edith  Thompson,  daughter  of  Samuel,  married  Jedediah  Allen, 
of  Mannington.  He  was  the  oldest  son  of  Jedediah  Allen  and 
grandson  of  Nathaniel  Chambless,  of  Allowaj's  Creek.  Their 
eldest  son,  Samuel  T.  Allen,  went  to  Philadelphia  and  became 
an  eminent  merchant  and  shipper,  and  accumulated  a  great 
fortune.  One  of  liis  cousins  paid  him  a  visit  on  one  occasion, 
and  remarked  to  him  whilst  he  was  at  his  house  upon  the  splen- 
dor in  which  he  lived,  Samuel  replied,  "It  does  not  produce 
"  happiness."  Samuel  married  Maria  Wilkins.  They  had  four 
daughters,  one  of  whom  married,  and  she  and  her  husband  emi- 
grated to  South  America.  Rebecca  Thompson,  the  third  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Edith  Thompson,  married  David  Allen,  the 
brother  of  Jedediah.  From  that  union  there  were  ten  children 
— Hannah  Allen,  born  5tli  of  3d  month,  1767,  whose  first  hus- 
band was  Aaron  Fogg;  second,  David  Brad  way.  Mary  Allen, 
born  1768,  man-ied  Joseph  Bassett.  Ann  Allen,  born  1770, 
married  Joseph  Brown.     Rebecca  and  David  Allen,  twin  chil- 


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clren,  born  in  1772  ;  Rebecca's  first  husband  was  Joshua 
Thompson ;  second,  Benjamin  Griscom  ;  David  Allen  went  to 
the  West  Indies  and  there  died.  Edith  Allen,  born  in  1775, 
died  I  think  unmarried.  Beulah,  born  in  1779,  died  unmarried. 
Samuel,  born  in  1781,  married  a  young  woman  of  Gloucester 
county.  Jedediah,  born  in  1781 ;  liis  first  wife  was  Sarah 
Austin,  his  second  wife  Hannah  Abbott.  Chambless  Allen, 
born  1786 ;  his  wife  was  Sarah  Nicholson,  the  daughter  of 
William  Nicholson,  of  Mannington.  David  Allen  died  when 
most  of  his  children  were  minors.  His  widow,  Rebecca  Allen, 
by  her  great  energy  and  perseverence  made  herself  adequate  to 
the  great  charge  that  was  committed  to  her  in  raising  such  a 
large  family  of  children.  Rebecca  Tyler,  daughter  of  William 
Tyler,  2d,  died  a  young  woman,  unmarried.  Mary  Tyler, 
daughter  of  the  same  parents,  died  young,  before  her  father. 
Johanna  Tyler,  daughter  of  AVilliam  Tyler,  was  born  at  Wal- 
ton, England,  in  1681  She  married  Jonathan  Waddington, 
son  of  William  Waddington.  From  this  union  sprung  a  line  of 
descendants.  Old  receipts  still  exist  for  the  payment  of  her 
paternal  inheritance,  which  were  given  thirty  years  after  the 
death  of  her  father.  "  Be  it  known  to  all  men  of  these  presents 
"that  we,  Jonathan  Waddington  and  Joan  Waddington,  his 
"  wife,  which  is  the  daughter  of  William  Tyler,  deceased,  do 
"  acknowledge  we  have  received  of  lier  brother  William  Tyler, 
"  2d,  executor  of  the  last  will  and  testament  of  her  father,  AVil- 
"liam  Tyler,  aforesaid,  deceased,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and 
"  twenty-nine  pounds  in  full  satisfaction  of  a  legacy  left  said 
"  Joan  by  said  father,  of  which  said  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
"  nine  pounds,  by  us  received  as  aforesaid,  we  do  acknowledge 
"  ourselves  fully  satisfied  and  paid.  Of  every  part  and  parcel 
"  thereof  we  do  clear,  exonerate,  and  forever,  by  these  presents, 
"  from  the  beginning  of  the  world  unto  this  day,  as  witnesses 
"  our  hand  and  seal  the  14th  day  of  May,  1731.  Signed,  sealed 
"  and  delivered  in  the  presence  of 

"  Jonathan  Waddington, 
Her 

"  Joan  M  Waddington." 
Mark. 
Philip  Tyler,  son  of  William  Tyler,  1st,  was  born  1692,  near 
Salem   New  Jersey.     His  first  wife  was  Elizabeth  Denn,  the 
dauo'hter  of  Jolm  Maddox  Denn,  and  by  her  he  had  two  chil- 

(^ren Enoch  and  Elizabeth  Tyler.     His  second  wife's  name 

was  Moore,  and  by  that  connection  were  two  daugliters,  the 
elder  was  named  Rachel,  the  younger  one's  name  is  unknown  at 


276  TYLER    FAMILY. 


tlie  present  time.  Two  of  Pliilip's  descendants  were  living  in 
1847.  The  description  of  their  ancestor,  as  handed  down  to 
them,  was  that  lie  had  been  in  person  a  tall  and  spare  man.  He 
speculated  in  land  largely,  likewise  in  other  business,  was  un- 
successful, and  died  poor,  about  the  year  1777,  nearly  eighty 
years  of  age,  and  was  buried  in  the  ancient  burial  ground  of 
Friends,  on  the  north  side  of  Monmoutli  river,  near  Hancock's 
Bridge.  His  son  Enoch  Tyler  died  a  minor.  His  daughter 
Elizabeth  Tyler  married  a  man  by  the  name  of  Watson ;  they 
liad  three  sons — Thomas,  John  and  Tyler  Watson.  Rachel 
Tyler,  daughter  of  Philip  by  his  last  wife,  died  single  ;  her  sister 
married  Ephraim  Sayre,  and  numerous  descendants  sprung  from 
that  union. 

Rebecca  Tyler,  daughter  of  William  Tjder,  1st,  was  born  near 
Salem  in  1698,  and  married  William  Murdock.  The  Murdocks 
are  said  to  have  married  into  the  Whital  family  near  Woodbur}', 
the  Whitals  being  recorded  in  the  Tyler's  family  Bible  seems  to 
corroborate  it. 

James  Tyler,  the  son  of  William  T^der,  2d,  and  Mary  liis 
w^ife,  was  born  30th  of  12th  month,  1720,  and  resided  all  his 
life  on  the  property  on  Alloways  creek,  that  was  left  to  him  by 
his  father.  He  built  himself  a  brick  house  on  the  said  property 
about  the  year  1745.  His  wife  was  Martha  Simpson  ;  they  had 
two  children — James  Tyler,  Jr.,  and  Ruth  Tyler.  He  died  at 
the  age  of  eighty  years,  and  was  succeeded  on  the  farm  by  his 
son  James,  who  married  a  young  woman  by  the  name  of  Acron. 
Their  cliildren  were  Catlierine,  William,  Samuel  and  Jolm 
Tyler;  the  sons  so  far  as  known  left  no  children.  Catherine 
Tyler  married  William  Walker,  a  man  of  peculiar  character, 
who,  after  passing  tlirough  a  variety  of  changes  here,  emigrated 
about  1818  to  Cincinnati,  tlien  to  Indiana,  where  he  lived  until 
the  war  witli  Mexico.  Being  strongly  allured  by  the  military 
spirit  w^ith  which  lie  was  surrounded,  lie  applied  to  the  Govern- 
ment for  a  Captain's  commission.  It  was  at  first  refused  him 
on  the  plea  that  he  was  too  old,  but  was  subsequently  granted, 
and  he,  when  more  than  seventy  years  of  age,  marched  at  the 
head  of  his  company  into  Mexico ;  was  present  at  the  battle  of 
Buena  Vista,  where  he  fell  in  1817.  lie  had  several  children, 
who  are  still  living  in  the  West ;  one  a  doctor,  another  son  a 
lawyer.  Ruth  Tyler,  daughter  of  James  Tyler,  Sr.,  married 
John  Ware,  the  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Ware,  of  Alloways 
Creek  Neck.  Ruth  inherited  one-third  of  her  father's  real 
estate.  When  they  were  tirst  married  they  lived  on  the  farm 
that  was  left  him  by  his  father,  and  subsequently  he  built  on  his 


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wife's  property,  and  resided  there  until  his  death.  When  her 
brother  James'  children  offered  for  sale  the  property  that  they 
inherited  from  their  parent,  John  Ware  sold  his  farm  in  Allo- 
ways  Creek  to  Mark  Townsend,  of  Cape  May,  wliich  enabled 
him  to  purchase  the  whole  of  the  property  that  once  belonged 
to  his  father-in-law,  James  Tyler.  John  and  Ruth  Ware  had 
two  children — Martha  and  Eleanor.  Martha  died  a  young 
woman  wliilst  on  a  visit  to  her  uncle  David  Ware,  near  iJarl^y. 
Eleanor  Ware  married  Jeremiah  Tracy,  who  was  many  years 
younger  than  herself;  there  was  no  issue  from  this  union.  She, 
during  their  marriage,  deeded  all  her  real  estate  to  her  husband, 
and  died  a  short  time  afterwards.  Tliis  indenture  ( onveyed  the 
last  of  TOO  acres  on  Alloways  creek  that  was  purchased  by 
William  Tyler,  1st,  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  years  ago. 

Samuel  Xylei',  youngest  child  of  William  Tyler,  2d.,  and 
Mary  his  wife,  was  born  26th  of  10th  month,  1723.  He  was 
about  ten  years  old  at  the  death  of  his  father.  When  lie  was 
nearly  eighteen  years  of  age  he  apprenticed  himself  to  Benja- 
min Acton,  of  Salem,  to  learn  the  tanning  business.  An 
indenture  found  among  liis  papers,  dated  1741,  signed  Samuel 
Tyler,  and  witnessed  by  his  mother,  Mary  Tyler,  and  George 
Trenchard,  specified  that  he  was  to  serve  four  years  at  the  busi- 
ness. Soon  after  the  expiration  he  sold  liis  possesions  on 
Alloways  creek,  that  he  inherited  from  his  father,  and  bought 
of  Rebecca  Edgil,  of  Philadelpliia,  the  property  of  the  upper 
end  of  Salem,  since  known  as  Tyler  street.  In  the  deed  for 
this  purcliase,  dated  1716,  the  house  is  called  "  a  new  brick 
"  house,"  making  it  at  the  present  time  more  than  one  hundred 
and  twenty  years  old.  It  is  now  owned  by  William  Davidson. 
At  this  house  he  carried  on  the  tanning  business.  In  1751  he 
married  Ann  Mason,  the  daiigliter  of  John  Mason,  Jr.,  and 
granddaughter  bf  John  Mason,  the  emigrant.  Their  cliildren, 
live  in  number,  were  named  William  Tyler,  born  3d  of  11th 
month,  1752  ;  John,  born  7th  of  9th  month,  1755  ;  Mary,  born 
11th  of  8th  month,  1756 ;  Sanniel,  l)orn  in  7th  month,  1758 ; 
and  Rebecca,  born  in  6th  month,  1761.  Samuel  lived  to  see 
most  of  his  children  grow  up,  and  died  26th  cf  llth  month, 
1778,  at  the  comparatively  early  age  of  fifty-five  years.  Ann 
Tyler,  his  wife,  died  23d  of  2d  month,  1777,  nearly  a  year 
before  her  husl)and.  William  Tyler,  4th,  administered  on  the 
estate  of  his  father.  The  property  was  appraised  5tli  of  1st 
month,  1779  ;  Samuel  Stewart  and  Samuel  Thompson  were  the 
appraisers.  The  whole  of  his  personal  property  amounted  to 
about  £1,500,  a  large  sum  for  that  period.     William  Tyler  was 


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TYLER    FAilLLY. 


twentj-six  years  old  when  his  father  died — his  mother  dying 
the  year  before.  He  and  his  brotliers  and  sisters  were  thus 
deprived  of  both  parents.  Tliey  however,  found  a  parent  in 
their  maternal  aunt,  Mary  Mason,  wlio  went  to  live  with  them, 
and  remained  with  some  of  the  family  until  her  death.  Accord- 
ing to  the  law  at  that  time,  William  Tyler,  4th,  as  the  oldest 
s  jn,  was  entitled  to  all  the  landed  estate.  He  was  not,  however, 
unmindful  of  his  brothers  and  sisters,  but  assigned  them  a  share 
of  their  father's  property.  It  appears  the  family  all  remained 
at  their  native  home  until  William's  marriage  with  Beulah 
Ridgway,  in  1792.  I  think  she  was  the  daughter  of  Job 
Ridgway,  of  Mamiington.  The  Tyler  family  then  separated, 
and  he  continued  at  the  paternal  mansion.  His  wife  lived  but 
a  short  time  after  they  w^ere  married,  aud  died  leaving  no  issue. 
In  1796  he  married  his  second  wife,  Catherine  Low,  daughter 
of  Hugh  Low,  of  Philadelphia.  She  was  born  5th  of  2d 
month,  1765,  and  died  in  1825.  Hugh  Low  was  the  son  of 
English  parents,  members  of  tlie  Society  of  Friends,  who  came 
over  to  this  country  with  their  family  when  he  was  an  infant 
and  settled  in  Philadelphia.  He  was  considered  to  be  a  man 
of  good  natural  abilities  and  strict  integrity,  liberal  in  his 
feelings,  aud  became  a  firm  friend  to  the  countrj"  of  his 
adoption. 

John  Mason  Tyler,  son  of  William  Tyler  and  Catharine 
Tyler,  was  born  28th  of  5th.  month,  1797.  Hannah  Gillespey 
Tyler,  was  born  30th  of  8th  month,  1798.  Hugh  Low  Tyler, 
was  born  20th  of  3d  month,  1800.  Mary  Tyler,  was  born  2ist 
of  11th  month,  1801.  Annie  Tyler,  was  born  1st  of  3d  month, 
1S05.  William  Tyler,  fifth  son  of  William  and  Catharine 
Tyler,  was  born  16th  of  9tli  month,  1806.  William  and  Catha- 
rine Tyler,  the  parents  of  the  above  mentioned  children,  lived 
together  more  than  twenty-seven  years,  it  is  said,  w^ith  great 
conjugal  felicity.  He  was  a  man  of  retiring  disposition,  of  few 
words  and  was  considered  honest  and  impartial  in  his  dealings 
with  his  fellow  men.  He  died  after  an  illness  of  about  two 
weeks  in  1823,  in  his  seventy-second  year.  Catharine  Tyler, 
his  wife,  survived  Jiim  fifteen  montlis.  Her  death  took  place 
23d  of  3d  month,  1825,  when  she  was  about  sixty -nine  years  of 
age.  She  was  considered  a  discreet  and  sensible  woman,  with 
warm  sensibilities  and  devoted  piety,  sprightly  in  character  and 
was  anxious  that  her  children  should  be  brought  up  aright,  that 
they  luight  become  useful  and  worthy  citizens.  John  Mason 
Tyler,  the  eldest  son  of  William  Tyler,  in  his  youth  left  his 
parents'  home  and  was  adopted  by  his  imcle,  John  Tyler,  and 


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went  to  live  with  him.     At  this  home  he  continued,  succeeded 
his  uncle  in  business,  and  married  Dorothea  Graham  Hoskins, 
of  Radnor,  Pennsylvania,  in  1832.     They  had  two  children — 
Catharine  Low   Tyler,  born    in    1833,    and    William    Graham 
Tyler.     Joseph  Hoskins,  the  father  of  Dorothea  Tyler,  was  a 
native  of  New  Jersey.     He  went  to  Delaware  county,  Pennsyl- 
vania, settled  on  a  farm  and  married  Mary  Graham,  a  descend- 
ant of  an  old  and  respectable  family  at  Chester.     Hannah  G. 
Tyler  married  Clement  Smith,  of  Mannington,  in  1818.     He 
was  the  son  of  William  Smith,  and  a  lineal  descendant  of  John 
Smith,  of  Smithtield.     Clement  and  his  wife  Hannah   Smith 
had  one  son — Clement  William  Smith.     He  was  born  28th  of 
9tli  month,  1819.     Clement  Smith,  his  father,  died  about  the 
year  1820,  leaving  a  young  widow  and  an  infant  son.     Hugh 
Low  Tyler,  second  son  of  William  Tyler,  was  born  in  1800. 
In  1835   he  married    Mary  Shiply  Miller,  daughter  of  George 
Miller  and  Mary  Levis  Miller,  of  Delaware  county,  Pennsylva- 
nia ;  he  was  a  large  landholder  in  that  county.     Hugh  and  his 
wife  had  three  children — William  Levis  Tyler,  born  in  1836  ; 
George  M.  Tyler,  in  1838,  and  John  Edgar  Tyler,  in  1842. 
His  wife  at  the  death  of  her  father  becoming  possessed  of  a 
valuable  farm  in  that  county,  he  left  the  farm  at  Salem  and  he 
and  his  family  moved  to  Delaware  county  and  subsequently 
sold  the  Tyler  farm  which  had  I)een  in  the  family  for  more  than 
one  hundred  years.     Mary  Tyler,  the  second  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Catharine  Tyler,  was  born  in  1801.     She  is  considered 
by  those  persons  that  know  her   to  be  above  mediocrity  in 
point  of  intellect.     I  think  she  is  still  living.     William  Tyler, 
youngest  son  of  William  Tyler,  when  a  young  man  made  a  long 
tour  througli  the  Western  States.     After  his  return  he  estab- 
lished himself  in  1832  in  the  leather  business  in  Philadelphia. 
There  it  was  that  his  sister  joined  him  and  made  one  household 
until  he  married.     He  was  persevering    and    diligent    in    his 
business,  and  it  is  said  by  untiring  application  became  prosper- 
ous in  his  circumstances.     He  married  in  18-17  Ann  Painter, 
dauo-hter  of  Enos  Painter,  a  farmer  and  extensive  landholder 
in  Delaware  county,  Pennsylvania.     He  and  his  wife  have  two 
sons — William  Enos  Tyler,  born  in  1818,  and  John  J.  Tyler, 
born  in  1851. 

John  Tyler,  son  of  Samuel  and  Ann  Tyler,  was  born  in  1755. 
At  the  time  of  his  brother  William's  marriage  he  bought  prop- 
erty in  the  town  of  Salem,  on  Fourth  street  wliere  his  tan-yard 
was  situated  ;  he  built  himself  a  dwelling  house  on  said  property 
in  which  he  and  his  sister  Mary  resided.     He  followed  the  tan- 


280  TYLER    FAMILY. 


nin*:^  business  all  his  life,  and  at  it  he  acquired  considerable 
property.  He  was  very  unostentatious  in  his  manners.  A 
cotemporary  said  of  hini  at  his  deatli  "  An  honest  man  is  gone." 
Late  in  life  lie  became  a  member  of  tlie  Society  of  Friends  in 
whose  mode  of  worship  he  was  educated.  Pie  never  married 
and  died  in  1825  aged  more  than  seventy  years.  Mary  Tyler, 
his  sister,  was  Ijorn  in  1756  ;  she  never  married  and  spent  most 
of  lier  life  with  her  brother  John.  She  died  in  the  meridian  of 
life  aged  forty-eight  years  and  a  few  months.  Samuel  T^der, 
the  youngest  son  of  Samuel  and  Ann  Tyler,  was  born  in  1758. 
He  married  in  1796  Grace  Acton,  she  being  a  widow.  Her 
maiden  name  was  Ambler.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Peter 
Ambler,  of  Mannington.  Samuel  Tyler  about  that  time  pur- 
chased a  small  farm  adjoining  his  native  home  and  went  to 
farming,  the  said  farm  belongs  at  this  time  to  Thomas  B.  Stow, 
of  Salem.  Their  children  were  Ann  and  Elizabeth  Tyler.  Ann 
mari'ied  Mark  Smith,  and  by  him  had  five  children.  Rebecca 
the  oldest,  married  William  Davidson  ;  Beulali  Smith,  the  second 
daughter,  married  William  Dorman ;  Sanniel  Tyler  Smith, 
Sarah  Ann  Smith  and  Elizabeth  Smith.  Samuel  Tvler's  damj-h- 
ter,  Elizabeth,  married  John  Miller,  of  Gloucester  co^nt^^  They 
have  seven  children — Abigail,  Lydia,  Samuel  Tyler,  Emily,  John 
Mason,  Anna  and  Edward  Miller.  John  Miller,  father  of  the 
before  mentioned  children,  lived  near  Paulsboro';  lie  was  a  pop- 
ular nian  in  his  native  county,  and  was  several  times  elected  to 
the  State  Legislature,  lastly  was  elected  a  Judge  of  the  Court  of 
the  county. 

Rebecca,  the  youngest  daugliter  of  Samuel  and  Ann  Mason 
Tyler,  was  born  in  176L  She  lived  in  great  retirement  with 
her  brother  John  Tyler  until  liis  death.  She  never  married.  At 
the  death  of  her  aunt,  Mary  Watson,  and  her  sister  Mary  Tyler, 
slie  fell  heir  to  a  considerable  sum  of  money.  She  built  lierself 
a  house  on  Broadway,  Salem,  where  she  lived  several  years,  but 
subsequently  removed  to  Gloucester  county,  and  sj)ent  the  last 
years  of  her  life  with  her  niece,  Elizabeth  Miller.  She  died  in 
184:3,  aged  seventy-nine  years. 

Nearly  every  family  has  an  inclination  for  some  particular 
occupation.  This  Avas  tlie  case  to  a  remarkable  degree  in  the 
ancient  and  respectable  Tjder  family.  Their  ancestor  who  em- 
igrated to  this  country  was  a  tanner,  and  his  descendants  for 
four  or  five  generations,  particularly  the  Samuel  Tyler  line, 
have  followed  and  are  to  tlie  present  time  following  the  occupa- 
tion of  manufacturing  leather.  It  is  likewise  true  of  Benjamin 
Tyler's  lineage,  that  many  of  them  became  eminent  agricultur- 


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ists ;  particularly  Job  Tyler,  and  liis  son  Job  Tyler,  Jr.,  late  of 
Mannington  or  Quaker  Neck.  They  are,  as  a  whole,  a  family 
of  retiring  disposition,  avoiding  ostentatious  show. 

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TINDALL    FAMILY. 

Richard  Tindall  was  one  of  Fenwick's  executors  and  surveyor- 
general,  chosen  to  that  office  in  the  year  1680  by  John  Fen- 
wick,  after  the  disagreement  between  him  and  Richard  Han- 
cock. He  was  also  chosen  by  James  Nevell  to  survey  the  lands 
belonging  to  Governor  William  Penn,  within  the  bounds  of 
Fenwick's  tenth.  Richard  Tindall  emigrated  to  this  country  in 
1678,  and  soon  afterwards  purchased  500  acres  of  land  being 
part  of  the  allotment  of  land  that  was  deeded  to  them  in  Penn's 
Neck  in  1676  by  their  father  John  Fen  wick.  Part  of  the  said 
land  is  now  owned  by  Firman  Lloyd,  and  was  known  formerly 
as  Tindall  Grove.  His  immediate  family  I  have  no  knowledge 
of.  His  grandson,  Benjamin  Tindall,  was  born  about  the  year 
1720.  Joseph  Tindall,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Hester  Tindall, 
was  born  16th  of  6tli  month,  1749  ;  and  Mary  Tindall,  their 
daughter,  was  born  in  1751.  She  married  Elijah  Ware,  of 
AUoways  Creek,  he  being  a  minister  of  the  Society  of  Friends, 
and  remarkable  for  his  meek  and  quiet  disposition.  He  and  his 
wife  left  no  children.  By  his  will  he  devised  that,  after  his 
widow's  death,  a  small  farm  located  in  Penn's  Neck  should  go 
to  the  Salem  Monthly  Meeting  of  Friends.  Joseph  Tindall, 
tlie  brother  of  Mary,  married  and  left  two  sons — Benjamin  and 
Elijah  W.  Tindall.  Benjamin  married  Rachel  Thompson,  the 
daughter  of  Andrew  Thompson,  of  Elsinborough.  She  inherited 
a  small  farm  in  Penn's  Neck  from  her  grandfather,  Samuel 
Nicholson,  and  on  that  farm  Benjamin  and  his  wife  lived  most 
of  their  time.  A  few  years  before  his  death  Benjam.in  and  his 
wife  removed  to  Elsinborough  on  a  farm  formerly  belonging  to 
his  wife's  grandfather,  Samuel  Nicholson.  Benjamin  in  a  few 
years  afterwards  died  there,  leaving  four  or  five  children.  Jo- 
seph Tindall,  their  eldest  son,  married  Eliza  Hancock,  daugliter 
of  Thomas  Hancock,  Jr.,  and  they  had  one  daughter  named 
Lydia  Ann,  who  married  Ebenezer  Dunn,  of  Salem. 


THOMPSON    FAMILY. 

John  Thompson,  the  son  of  Thomas  Thompson  and  Eliz- 
abeth his  wife,  was  born  in  Yorkshire,  England,  in  1635.  An- 
drew Thompson,  son  of  the  same  parents,  was  born  in  1637.  In 
1658  Thomas  and  his  wife  Elizabeth,  with  their  two  minor 
sons,  John  and  Andrew,  removed  from  England  to  Ireland 
and  located  near  Dublin.  In  the  year  1665,  John,  the  eldest  son, 
married  Jane  Humbly,  daughter  of  Thomas  Humbly.  John 
and  his  wife,  Jane  Thompson,  had  three  children  born  in  Ire- 
land. James,  the  son  of  John  and  Jane  Thompson,  was  born 
in  1666.  Ann,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Jane  Thompson,  1st 
of  9th  month,  1672.  Mary,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Jane 
Thompson,  was  born  25th  of  10th  month,  1675  ;  Thomas  Hum- 
bly, the  father  of  Jane  H.  Thompson,  was  a  native  of  the  county 
of  Durham,  England ;  but  at  the  time  of  his  daughter's  mar- 
riage, resided  in  Ireland. 

Andrew,  the  son  of  Thomas  Thompson,  married  Isabella  Mar- 
shill,  daughter  of  Humphry  Marshill.  Andrew  and  his  wife, 
Isabella  Thompson,  had  three  children  born  in  Ireland.  Eliz- 
abeth, the  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Isabella  Thompson,  was 
born  15th  of  8th  month,  1666.  William,  the  son  of  Andrew 
and  Isabella  Thompson,  was  born  9th  of  8th  month,  1669.  An- 
drew, the  son  of  Andrew  and  Isabella  Thompson,  was  born  13th 
of  11th  month,  1676. 

In  the  year  1677,  John  and  Andrew  Thompson,  with  their 
wives  and  children,  (John  had  one  man  servant,  William  Hall, 
who  subsequently  became  one  of  the  most  eminent  characters  in 
Fenwick's  Colony),  set  sail  on  the  16th  of  9th  month,  in  the  ship 
called  the  Mary,  of  Dublin,  John  Hall,  Captain,  and  landed  at 
Elsinborough  Point,  in  West  Jersey,  22d  of  12th  month,  the 
same  year.  About  the  year  1680,  the  brothers,  John  and  An- 
drew Thompson,  purchased  of  Richard  Guy  one-half  of  his 
allotment  of  land  that  he  had  purchased  of  John  Fenwick,  some 
few  years  previous.  Andrew's  location  was  near  the  mouth  of 
Salem  creek ;  he  built  himself  quite  a  commodious  house  there. 
The  said  house  was  standing  since  the  memory  of  the  writer, 


284  THOMPSON   FAMILY. 


and  was  known  as  the  "  emigrant  house."  John  built  and  set- 
tled on  the  property  that  is  known  at  the  present  time  as  the 
Morris  Hall  farm.  John  Thompson  was  a  farmer,  likewise  a 
brewer,  which  he  carried  on  extensively  for  home  use,  and  also 
sent  considerable  quantity  to  Philadelphia  and  New  Amsterdam. 
The  old  brew  house  was  standing  until  about  1850.  On  his 
farm  was  the  family  bm'ying  ground  of  the  Thompson  family ; 
and  after  the  property  was  sold  in  1725  to  Jolm  Hancock,  of 
Hancock's  Bridge,  the  family  of  Hancocks  buried  there  for  a 
number  of  years,  and  kept  it  in  good  repair  ;  but  it,  like  other 
family  burying  grounds  in  Salem  county,  has  been  neglected  of 
late  years.  The  fence  has  gone  down,  and  the  plow  has  passed 
over  the  remains  of  some  of  the  most  useful  emigrants  that  ever 
settled  in  the  Salem  tenth. 

John  Thompson,  it  appears,  never  took  very  active  part  in 
the  civil  affairs  of  the  Colony;  but  was  an  active,  useful  member 
of  Salem  Monthly  Meeting,  and  was  an  elder  of  the  church 
many  years  previous  to  his  death.  He  took  an  active  part  in 
erecting  the  first  brick  meeting  house  in  West  Jersey  that  there 
is  any  record  of,  on  the  Nicholson  lot,  in  Salem.  He  had  in  a 
great  measure,  the  care  and  oversight  in  building  it,  and  gave 
£30  towards  it,  being  the  largest  sum  contributed  by  any  one. 
He  died  about  1710,  aged  about  seventy-nine  years,  leaving  a 
son — James  Tliompson,  who  married  a  young  woman  resident 
of  New  Castle,  State  of  Delaware.  By  that  connection  there 
were  several  children ;  all  died  young,  excepting  one  son. 

James  Thompson,  son  of  James  and  Ann  Thompson,  was 
l)orn  in  Elsinborougli,  the  26th  of  8th  month,  1712  ;  when  lie 
became  of  age  lie  sold  the  homestead  of  his  grandfather,  John 
Tliompson,  to  John  Hancock,  of  Alio  ways  Creek,  and  went  to 
the  State  of  Delaware  to  reside,  and  married  Sarah  Wood.  She 
possessed  a  large  tract  of  land  in  her  own  right,  it  being  near 
the  state  line,  between  Delaware  and  Pennsylvania.  The  prop- 
erty is  still  owned  by  some  of  the  Thompson  family.  They  are 
quite  numerous  at  the  present  day. 

Andrew,  the  brother  of  John  Thompson,  was  more  of  a  public 
man  than  his  brother.  He  was  appointed  by  Fenwick  as  one 
of  his  Justices  of  the  Peace  of  the  Colony  ;  from  him  the  nu- 
merous family  of  the  Thompsons  in  this  county  originated. 
Andrew  and  his  wife  Isabella  Thompson  had  one  son  born  in 
America — John  Thompson.  Their  son  was  born  in  Elsinborougli 
23d  of  4th  month,  1684.  Andrew  died  about  1696  aged  nearly 
sixty  years.  Elizabeth,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Andrew  and 
Isabella  Tliompson,  was  born  in  L-eland  in  1666.     She  married 


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Isaac  Smart,  who  was  the  son  of  Roger  Smart.  Isaac  was  born 
in  the  county  of  Wiltshire,  Enghind,  in  1658.  He  came  to 
America  in  tlie  ship  Griiiith,  in  company  with  the  proprietor, 
in  1675.  He  and  Elizabeth  Thompson  were  married  25th  of 
2d  month,  1683.  Isaac  and  his  wife  oAvned  and  lived  on  Middle 
Keck,  in  Elsinborongh,  adjoining  the  Thompson  property. 
They  had  five  daughters  and  one  son — Mary  Smart,  their 
eldest,  was  born  20th  of  10th  month,  1685;  Sarah,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Isaac  and  Elizabeth  Smart,  born  29th  of  1st  month,  1687; 
Nathan  Smart,  son  of  Isaac  and  Elizabeth  Smart,  born  20th  of 
6th  month,  1690  ;  Hannah,  the  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Elizabeth 
Smart,  born  8th  of  6th  month,  1692  ;  Rebecca  Smart,  daughter 
of  the  same  parents,  born  23d  of  12th  month,  1695  ;  Ann,  the 
daughter  of  Isaac  and  Elizabeth  Smart,  born  20th  of  6tli  month, 
1697.  Isaac  Smart  died  in  1700,  and  his  widow,  Elizabeth 
Thompson  Smart,  married  Edward  Keasbey  in  1701  ;  by  him 
she  had  two  sons  and  one  daughter.      [See  Keasbey  Family.] 

William  Thompson,  the  eldest  son  of  Andrew  and  Isabella 
Thompson,  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Monmouth  pre- 
cinct, where  Allowaystown  now  is,  and  settled  there.  He  was 
tln-ee  times  married.  Joseph  Thompson,  the  son  of  William 
and  Sarah  Thompson,  was  born  22d  of  1st  month,  1693  ;  Wil- 
liam, the  son  of  William  and  Jane  Thompson,  was  born  1 6th  of 
3d  month,  1795.  Jane,  the  daughter  of  William  by  his  third 
wife,  Hannah  Thompson,  was  born  29th  of  7th  month,  1700. 
Susanna,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Hannah  Thompson,  was 
born  26th  of  8th  month,  1701.  Samuel  Thompson,  son  of 
William  and  Hannah  Thompson,  was  born  6th  of  9th  month, 
1707.  Mary,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Hannah  Thompson, 
was  born  21st  of  llth  month,  1710.  Rebecca,  the  daughter  of 
William  and  Hannah  Thompson,  was  born  19th  of  12th  month, 
1714.  Benjamin,  the  son  of  William  and  Hannah  Thompson, 
was  born  llth  of  8th  month,  1719. 

Andrew  Thompson,  2d,  son  of  Andrew  and  Isabella  Thomp- 
son, married  and  settled  on  his  father's  property  in  Elsinborongh. 
Jonathan,  the  son  of  Andrew,  2d  and  Rebecca  Thompson,  was 
born  16th  of  9th  month,  1697.  Hannah,  the  daughter  of 
Andrew  and  Rebecca  Thompson,  was  born  12th  of  1st  month, 
1699.  Isabella,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Rebecca  Thompson, 
was  born  22d  of  10th  month,  1700.  Andrew,  the  son  of 
Andrew  and  Rebecca  Thompson,  was  born  2d  of  2d  month, 
1704.  Thomas,  son  of  Andrew  and  Rebecca  Thompson,  M'as 
born  28th  of  llth  month,  1707.  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  An- 
drew and  Rebecca  Thompson,  was  born  8th  of  2d  month,  1709. 


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Abraliam,  son  of  Andrew  and  Rebecca  Thompson,  was  born 
26tli  of  10th  month,  1710.  Joshua  Thompson,  son  of  Andrew 
by  his  second  wife,  Grace  Thompson,  was  born  2d  of  2d  month, 
1713.  Thomas,  son  of  Andrew  and  Grace  Tliompson,  was 
born  21st  of  7th  month,  1719.  Abraham,  son  of  Andrew  and 
Grace  Thompson,  was  born  27th  of  5th  month,  1721.  Jona- 
than, Isabella,  Andrew  and  Thomas  Thompson,  cliildren  of 
Andrew  by  his  first  wife,  Rebecca  Thompson,  died  young. 

Nathan  Smart,  the  son  of  Isaac  and  Elizabeth  Thompson 
Smart,  was  born  20th  of  6th  montli,  1690  ;  was  married  in  1713. 
Mary,  their  oldest  daughter,  was  born  22d  of  5th  month,  1714 ; 
about  that  time  he  built  an  addition  to  tlie  brick  mansion  that 
was  built  by  his  father  in  1696,  which  is  still  standing.  Eliza- 
beth, the  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Deborah  Smart  was  born  4th  of 
1st  month,  1716.  Hannali,  the  daugliter  of  Nathan  and  Deborah 
Smart,  born  23d  of  12th  month,  1718.  Isaac,  son  of  Nathan  and 
Deborah  Smart,  was  born  4th  of  2d  month,  1721.  Edward,  the 
son  of  Nathan  and  Deborah  Smart,  was  born  14th  of  5th  month, 
1724.  Isaac,  the  eldest  son  of  Nathan  and  Deborah  Smart,  mar- 
ried Ann  Wilson  in  1756.  Isaac  inherited  the  homestead  farm 
in  Elsinborough;  he  and  his  wife  resided  there  whilst  they  lived, 
and  raised  a  large  family  of  children.  Mary,  tlie  eldest  child 
of  Isaac  and  Ann  Smart,  was  born  1st  of  10th  month,  1757  ;  she 
lived  to  an  advanced  age  and  died  in  Salem.  Nathan  "Wilson 
Smart,  son  of  Isaac  and  Ann  Smart,  was  born  20th  of  12th 
month,  1759.  Nathan  remained  single,  and  died  in  middle  age. 
Isaac,  the  son  of  Isaac  and  Ann  Smart,  was  born  2d  of  3d  month, 
1761,  and  married  Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
Tliompson,  of  Elsinborough.  Isaac  and  his  wife  liad  nine  cliil- 
dren— Ann,  Nathan,  Mary,  John,  Deborah,  Rebecca,  Hannah, 
Isaac  and  William  Smart.  Not  one  of  the  large  and  ancient 
family  of  the  name  of  Smarts  is  a  resident  of  Salem  county  at 
this  time.  Robert,  the  son  of  Isaac  and  Ann  Smart,  "was  born 
19th  of  11th  month,  1763.  Ann  Smart,  the  daughter  of  the 
same  parents,  was  born  25th  of  11th  month,  1765.  She  died 
in  1766.  Ann  Smart,  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Ann  Smart,  was  born 
25th  of  9th  month,  1768.  She  married  Samuel,  the  son  of  Jo- 
seph and  Rebecca  Abbott  Brick.  [See  the  Brick  Family] ,  Jane, 
the  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Jane  Smart,  was  born  26th  of  lOth 
month,  1775.  Some  of  the  children  of  Isaac  and  Rebecca  Thomp- 
son Smart  are  married  and  settled  in  the  Western  States. 

Joseph,  the  son  of  William  and  Sarah  Thompson,  was  born  in 
1693.  He  owned  pi-operty  not  far  from  Remster's  Mill,  where  he 
built  a  brick  dwelling,  which  was  removed  by  James  Fries,  and 


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a  new  frame  dwelling  was  erected  near  the  site  of  the  old  one. 
The  property  at  this  time  is  owned  and  occupied  by  Daniel 
Dial.  Elizabeth,  the  dangliter  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Thompson, 
was  born  1st  of  8th  month,  1716.  Jane,  the  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Sarah  Thompson,  was  born  7tli  of  8th  month,  1718.  Wil- 
liam, son  of  Joseph  and  Sarali  Thompson,  was  born  30th  of  8th 
month,  1720.  Joseph,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Thompson, 
was  born  30th  of  1st  month,  1723 ;  he  married  Mary  Conden, 
of  Mannington,  in  17-17  ;  they  had  children.  Samuel,  the  son  of 
"William  and  Hannah  Thompson,  was  born  in  1707,  and  married 
Edith  Tyler,  the  daughter  of  William  Tyler,  2d;  they  had 
issue.  Their  son  Samuel  Thompson,  was  a  tanner  and  currier,  and 
carried  on  his  trade  in  the  town  of  Salem ;  they  were  the  grand- 
parents of  the  late  Joshua  Thompson.  Rebecca,  the  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Edith  Thompson,  married  David  Allen,  of  Man- 
nington. David  and  his  wife,  Rebecca  T.  Allen,  had  eight 
children — Hannah,  Mary,  Rebecca,  Edith,  Beulah,  Samuel, 
Jedediah  and  Chambless  Allen.  Benjamin  Thompson,  son  of 
William  and  Hannah  Thompson,  was  born  11th  of  8th  month, 
1719 ;  he  married  Elizabeth  Ware,  daughter  of  Joseph  Ware, 
2d,  and  Elizabeth  Walker,  his  wife,  in  1745.  Benjamin  Thomp- 
son did  a  large  amount  of  public  business ;  had  also  the  charge 
of  Richard  Wistar's  Glass  Works  near  Allowaystown,  whilst  it 
was  in  existence.  He  and  his  wife  had  issue.  His  son,  Benja- 
min Thompson,  married  a  Willis ;  they  were  the  parents  of  the 
late  James  Thompson,  of  Upper  Penn's  Neck.  William  Thomp- 
son, the  son  of  William  and  Hannah  Thompson,  married,  and 
settled  near  Allowaystown ;  left  children.  His  son,  William, 
succeeded  his  father  to  the  old  homestead.  The  property  was 
located  near  Stephen  Reeve's  Mill. 

Joshua,  the  eldest  son  of  Andrew  Thompson,  2d,  by  his 
second  wife,  Grace  Thompson,  was  born  2d  of  2d  month,  1713. 
He  was  twice  married,  and  by  his  first  wife  he  had  two  cliildren. 
Andrew,  the  son  of  Joshua  and  Sarah  Thompson,  was  born 
29th  of  5th  month,  1739.  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Joshua  and 
Sarah  Thompson,  was  born  21:th  of  12th  month,  1742.  Joshua's 
second  wife  was  Elizabeth  Gibson,  of  Woodbury,  Gloucester 
county,  where  her  parents  resided.  Joshua  and  Rebecca  Thomp- 
son, children  of  Joshua  and  Elizabeth  Thompson,  were  born 
8th  of  6th  month,  1748.  John,  the  son  of  Joshua  and  Eliza- 
beth Thompson,  was  born  7t]i  of  4th  month,  1752.  Joseph, 
the  son  of  Joshua  and  Elizabeth  Thompson,  was  born  26th  of 
3d  month,  1756.  Joshua  was  left  a  widower  several  years 
before  his  death,     He  was  an  elder  and  leading  member  of 


288  THOMPSON    FAMILY. 


Salem  Monthly  Meeting  for  a  number  of  years.  It  has  been 
said  of  him,  "  that  he  was  a  true  Israelite,  without  guile."  He 
was  more  than  four-score  years  old,  at  the  time  of  his  death. 
Andrew,  the  eldest  son  of  Joshua  Thompson,  married  Grace 
Nicholson,  of  Elsinborougli,  tiie  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah 
ISTicholson,  of  the  same  township ;  she  was  born  11th  of  9tli 
month,  lT4r6.  Andrew  and  his  wife,  Grace  Thompson,  liad  five 
children — Josliua,  born  19th  of  9th  month,  1767 ;  Sarah,  born 
20th  of  1st  montli,  1769 ;  Grace,  was  born  12th  of  2d  month, 
1771 ;  Kachel,  born  7th  of  5tli  month,  1773,  and  Samuel  Nich- 
olson, born  23d  of  5th  month,  1777. 

Josliua,  son  of  Andrew  and  Grace  Nicholson  Thompson, 
married  Rebecca,  daugliter  of  David  and  Rebecca  Allen,  of 
Mannington  ;  they  had  three  cliildren — Andrew,  Ann  and 
David  Thompson.  Andrew,  tlieir  eldest  son,  was  thrice  mar- 
ried ;  his  first  wife  was  Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  Samuel  Abbott, 
of  Mannington ;  they  had  one  daugliter — Hannah  Ann.  An- 
drew's second  wife  was  Ann  Elkinton,  of  Port  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Elkinton ;  Andrew  and  his  wife  had  issue,  four 
sons — Joshua,  Clark,  John  and  Andrew  Thompson.  Andrew's 
third  wife  was  Mary  Horner,  widow  of  Charles  Horner,  and 
daughter  of  Benjamin  Tyler,  of  Greenwich ;  they  had  four 
children — David,  Richard,  Anna  and  Rebecca  Thompson.  Ann, 
daughter  of  Joshua  and  Rebecca  Thompson,  was  tmce  married  ; 
her  first  husband  was  Caleb,  son  of  Samuel  Lippincott,  of 
Gloucester  county ;  tliey  had  three  children — Samuel,  David 
and  Clark  Lippincott,  Her  second  husband  was  Joseph,  son  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  Bassett ;  they  are  both  deceased,  leaving  no 
issue.  David,  son  of  Joshua  and  Rebecca  Thompson,  when  a 
young  man  left  his  native  county,  went  and  resided  in  the 
western  part  of  the  State  of  New  York,  where  he  ended  his 
days  ;    he  never  married. 

Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Grace  Nicholson  Thomp- 
son, born  20th  of  1st  month,  1769,  married  Jacob,  the  son 
of  John  and  Elizabeth  Ware,  of  Alloways  Creek ;  she  was  his 
second  wife ;  they  had  three  children  that  lived  to  maturity — 
Sarah,  David  and  Samuel  Ware.  [See  the  Ware  Family.] 
Grace,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Grace  N.  Thompson,  born  12th 
of  2d  month,  1771,  married  Jol)  Ware,  brother  of  Jacob  Ware. 
He  died  young,  leaving  one  son — John  Ware.  Rachel,  daugh- 
ter of  Andrew  and  Grace  Thompson,  was  born  7th  of  5th 
month,  1773  ;  she  subsequently  married  Benjamin,  son  of  Jo- 
seph Tindell,  of  Penn's  Neck;  they  had  several  children — 
Joseph,  Andrew,  Sarah  and  Benjamin  Tindell.     Samuel  Nich- 


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olson  Thompson,  son  of  Andrew  and  Grace  Thompson,  was 
born  23d  of'Stli  month,  1777.  He  became  the  owner,  by  will, 
of  his  grandfather's  (Samuel  Nicholson)  homestead  farm  in 
Elsinborough.  Samuel  married  Ann,  the  daughter  of  Clement 
Hall,  of  Elsinborough ;  they  had  six  children — Samuel  N., 
Joslnia,  Charles,  Clement,  Ann  and  Isaac  Thompson. 

Sarah,  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Sarah  Thompson,  married 
William  Hancock,  of  Hancock's  Bridge.  He  was  killed  at  the 
massacre  in  his  own  house  during  the  Revolutionary  war  in 
1778 ;  leaving  a  widow  and  one  son,  John  Hancock,  the  father 
of  Thomas  Y.  Hancock.  Joseph,  the  son  of  Joshua  and  Eliz- 
abeth Thompson,  kept  a  store  with  his  brother-in-law,  William 
Hancock,  at  Hancock's  Bridge,  and  was  killed  at  the  same  time 
with  his  partner.  Joshua  married  Sarah,  the  daughter  of 
Solomon  and  Sarah  Stretch  Ware,  of  Alloways  Creek,  in  1773  ; 
there  were  three  children — Joseph,  John  and  Elizabeth  Thomp- 
son. Joshua's  second  wife  was  Susanna  Mason,  widow  of  John 
Mason,  and  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Morris  Goodwin. 
By  her  there  were  two  sons — William  and  Joshua  Thompson. 
Josluui's  tliird  wife  was  Mary  Shourds,  of  Salem,  widow  of 
Benjamin  Shourds  ;  there  was  no  issue.  She  died  several  years 
before  her  husband.  He  died  in  1831,  aged  nearly  eighty-three 
years. 

Joseph,  the  eldest  son  of  Joshua  and  Sarah  W.  Thomp- 
son, was  born  27th  of  10th  month,  1774.  He  married  Ann, 
the  daughter  of  John  and  Susanna  Mason ;  they  had  six  chil- 
dren (two  sons  who  died  young),  Susan,  Elizabeth,  Sarah,  and 
Ann  Thompson.  His  second  wife  was  Elizabeth  Powell ;  they 
have  no  children  living.  John,  the  son  of  Joshua  and  Sarah 
Thompson,  died  when  he  was  three  years  old.  Elizabeth,  the 
daughter  of  Joshua  and  Sarah  W.  Thompson,  born  I3th  of  11th 
month,  1778 ;  married  William,  the  son  of  William  and  Sarah 
Nicholson,  of  Mannington ;  they  had  eight  children — Elisha, 
Kuth,  Rachel,  Beulah,  Elizabeth,  William,  Joshua  and  Sarah 
Ann  Nicholson. 

William  Thompson,  the  eldest  son  of  Joshua,  by  his  second 
wife,  Susanna  Thompson,  married  Elizabeth  Carpenter,  the 
daughter  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Ware  Carpenter,  of  Elsin- 
borough. William  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Thompson,  had  nine 
children — Susan,  Eliza,  Sarah,  Joshua,  William,  Thomas,  Abi- 
gail, Lewis  and  Ann  Elizabeth  Thompson.  William,  the  father 
of  the  before  named  children,  has  been  deceased  for  a  number 
of  years ;  their  mother  is  still  living  at  the  age  of  nearly  four- 
score years.     Joshua,  the  son  of  Joshua  and  Susanna  Thomp- 

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290  THOMPSON    FAMILY. 


SOU,  died  in  1820,  iu  Salem,  where  lie  taught  Friends'  School 
for  a  number  of  years  ;  he  never  married. 

Rebecca,    the    daughter   of    Joshua   and   Elizabeth    Gibson 
Thompson,  born  in  1748,  married  Isaac  Jones,  of  Philadelphia; 
they  had  issue,  one  son — Isaac  Jones,  born  in  1773,  who  was  a 
merchant  in  that  city.     John,  the  son  of  Joshua  and  Elizabeth 
G.  Thompson,  was  l)orn  7th  of  itli  month,  1752.     In  early  life 
he  learned  tlie  blacksmithing  business,  and  followed  his  trade 
many  years  in  the  town  of  Salem  ;  he  and  Jacob  Hufty  were 
in  partnership  together.     He  afterwards  purchased  a  farm  in 
Elsinborough,  being  part  of  the  Windham  estate,  but  is  gene- 
rally known  as  Richard  Darkin  property.     He  soon  after  aban- 
doned his  trade,  and  went  and  settled  on  his  farm ;  there  he 
and  his  wife  remained,  until  old  age.     Both  of  them  ended  their 
days  in  the  town  of  Salem.     His  wife  was  Mary,  the  daughter 
of  William  and  Sarah  Hancock  Brad  way,  of  Stoe  Neck,  Allo- 
way's  Creek  township.     John  and  his  wife  had  four  children — 
Rebecca,  Ruth,  John  and  William  B.   Thompson.     Rebecca, 
their  eldest  daughter,  married  Isaac  Smart ;  the  names  of  their 
children  are  mentioned  in  the  Smart  family.     Ruth,  the  second 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Thompson,  married  Job  Bacon,  of 
Greenwich,  Cumberland  county ;  they  had  four  cliildren — Mary, 
Sarah,  Ann  and  Josiah  Bacon.     Mary  married  Clement  Acton 
of  Salem,   and  died  young,  leaving  no  issue.     Sarah  remains 
single.     Ann  married  Moses  Sheppaixl,  of  Greenwich  ;  they  had 
three  daughters — Rachel,  Ruth  and  Mary  Ann  Sheppard.     Ra- 
chel, the  eldest,  married  Job  Bacon,  the  son  of  John  and  Ann 
Bacon,  of  Bacon's  Neck.     Rachel  is  deceased,  leaving  children. 
Ruth  married  George  Wood  Sheppard.     Mary  Ann  Sheppard 
remains  single. 

Josiah  Bacon,  the  son  of  Job  and  Ruth  T,  Bacon,  went  to 
Philadelphia  when  young ;  he  afterwards  became  an  eminent 
merchant  in  that  city,  and  has  been  for  some  years  one  of  the 
Directors  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad. 

John,  the  son  of  John  and  Mary  Thompson,  married  Esther, 
the  daughter  of  Darkin  and  Estlior  Nicholson,  of  Elsinborough. 
They  had  eight  children — Ann,  William,  John,  Joseph,  Casper, 
Mary,  Elizal)eth  and  Rebecca  Thompson.  Three  of  their  chil- 
dren are  deceased — John,  Ann  and  Rebecca.  William,  their 
eldest  son,  married  Rachel,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Mary 
Nicholson  ;  tliey  have  no  issue.  Joseph  married  Elizabeth,  the 
daughter  of  AYilliam  and  Mary  B.  Carpenter;  they  had  two 
children — Mar}^  and  John  Thompson.  Casper  Thompson,  their 
youngest  son,  married  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Casper  and  Re- 


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becca  Wistar,  formerly  of  Mannington  ;  they  have  issue. 
Elizabeth  Thompson,  daughter  of  John  and  Estlier  Thompson, 
married  Nathaniel,  a  son  of  James  and  Millicent  Buzby  Brown  ■, 

Thomas,  the  son  of  Andrew,  2d,  and  Grace  Thompson,  was 
born  21st  of  Tth  montli,  1719.  Thomas  Thompson  learned  the 
tailor  trade,  and  followed  it  in  the  town  of  Salem,  on  Broadway 
street.  His  dwelling  and  shop  were  located  where  the  First 
Baptist  Church  is  now  situated.  He  married,  had  one  son  and 
one  or  two  daughters.  Thomas  Thompson,  the  son  of  Thomas 
and  Mary  Thompson,  was  born  19tli  of  10th  month,  1745. 
He  also  learned  the  tailoring  business  of  his  father,  and  followed 
it  at  the  old  homestead  until  about  1795.  Thomas  Thompson, 
Jr.,  married  Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  Samuel  Hedge,  4tli,  and 
Haiinah  Woodnutt  Hedge.  Tliomas  and  his  wife  Rebecca 
Thompson  had  seven  children — Ann,  Hannah  W.,  Hedge, 
Mary,  Rebecca,  Jane  and  Rachel  Thompson.  Ann  Thompson, 
the  eldest  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  Thompson,  married 
John  Firth ;  they  had  issue.  Their  sons  who  married  were 
Thomas  and  John ;  there  were  two  or  more  daughters. 

Hannah,  the  second  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca 
H.  Thompson,  was  twice  married  ;  her  first  husband's  name  was 
Anderson ;  they  had  issue.  Her  second  husband  was  Leonard 
Sayres  ;  at  the  time  of  their  marriage  he  was  a  citizen  of  Cin- 
cinnati, State  of  Ohio.  He  was  a  native  of  Cumberland  county. 
He  was  a  son  of  Ananias  Sayres,  tlie  first  Sheriff  of  that  county, 
wdien  it  was  set  off  from  Salem  in  1718.  Hedge  Thompson, 
tlie  son  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  II.  Thompson,  was  a  physician, 
and  practiced  it  some  years  in  his  native  town  and  county ;  but 
he  abandoned  liis  profession  before  middle  age.  He  was  a 
Member  of  Congress  at  one  time,  also  one  of  the  Judges  of 
Salem  Court.  His  wife  was  Mary  Ann  Parrott,  the  daughter 
of  Richard  Parrott.  Hedge  and  his  wife  had  five  children — 
Richard  P.,  Thomas,  Joseph,  M.  D.,  Mary  and  Rebecca  Tliomp- 
son.  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  H.  Thomp- 
son died  past  middle  age ;  never  married.  Rebecca,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  H.  Thompson,  married  John  Holme, 
the  son  of  Colonel  Benjamin  Holme,  of  Elsinborough.  Re- 
becca died  young,  leaving  one  daughter — Rebecca  Holme. 
Jane,  the  daugliter  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  H.  Thompson, 
married  John,  tlie  son  of  Hill  and  Ann  Nicholson  Smith,  of 
Mannington.  Jolm  and  Jane  T.  Smith  had  three  children — 
Ann,  Hill  and  Thomas  T.  Smitli.  Rachel,  the  vounffest  dauffh- 
ter  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  H.  Thompson,  married  Doctor 
Benjamin    Archer,  at  that   time  was  a   practicing   physician, 


292  THOMPSON    FAMILY. 


residing  in  the  city  of  Salem ;  but  he  was  a  native  of  Swedes- 
boro,  Gloucester  county.  He  was  a  lineal  descendant  of 
one  of  the  oldest  Swedish  families  that  located  on  the  eastern 
shore  of  the  Delaware  river.  Benjamin  and  his  wife  had  one 
son,  Fenwick  Archer,  who  is  now  living,  and  resides  in  Salem, 
where  his  parents  formerly  lived.  Thomas  and  Redecca  Hedge 
Thompson  lived  liappily  together  more  than  fifty  years  ;  he 
dying  first,  aged  about  eighty-two  years.  Kebecca,  his  widow, 
died  at  about  the  same  age. 

Thomas,  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Thompson,  was 
born  near  Dublin,  Ireland,  about  1659  ;  at  which  place  his 
parents  had  removed  from  Yorkshire,  England,  witli  their  two 
sons,  John  and  Andrew,  in  tlie  year  1658.  In  wliat  year 
Tliomas  emigrated  to  New  Jersej''  is  uncertain  ;  I  think  it  more 
tlian  probable  that  he  came  in  company  witli  his  brothers,  John 
and  Andrew,  on  board  tlie  ship  Mary  of  Dublin,  and  landed  at 
Elsinboro,  22d  of  12th  month,  1677;  there  was  frequent 
mention  of  him  soon  after  that  time  up  to  the  fore  part  of  the 
eighteenth  century.  He  paid  £18  in  1699  towards  erecting  a 
Friends'  Meeting  House  in  Salem.  Where  his  residence  was  is 
somewhat  of  an  uncertainty,  but  circumstances  indicate  that  it 
was  in  Elsinboro.  He  died  about  1714.  His  son,  John  Thomp- 
son, purchased  a  tract  of  land  in  Alloways  Creek,  it  being  part 
of  Ann  Salter's  allotment,  lying  on  the  western  branch  of  Stoe 
creek,  and  lying  between  John  Mason's  Mill,  now  Maskell's, 
and  John  Chandler's  Mill,  now  known  as  Wood's  Upper  Mill. 
The  road  that  crosses  the  present  mill-pond,  was  originally  the 
(lam  erected  by  John  Thompson  to  raise  a  head  of  water  for 
his  fulling  mill;  which  lousiness  he  folloM^ed  for  many  years. 
He  left  three  sons  and  one  daughter — Thomas,  Andrew,  Jacob 
and  Hannah  Thompson.  Hannah  married  Philip  Dennis,  of 
Greenwich,  Cumberland  county,  in  1761 ;  they  liad  a  lai-ge 
family  of  cliildren.  Thomas  married  Deborah  Oakford,  in 
1762.  Andrew  Thompson  and  Elizabeth  Bassett  were  married  in 
the  same  year,  1762 ;  they  lived  luit  a  short  time  together.  Eliza- 
Ijeth  Thompson  departed  this  life  9th  of  7th  month,  1770,  and 
Andrew  Thompson,  her  husband,  15th  of  1st  month,  1775. 
He  was  called  Alloways  Creek  Andrew  in  the  records  to  distin- 
guish between  him  and  Andrew  Thompson  of  Elsinboro. 
Thomas  Thompson  had  one  son — Thomas,  born  1763,  who 
subsequently  married,  and  had  five  or  more  children.  Jacol), 
the  eldest,  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Hartly,  of  Salem ; 
they  had  two  cliildren — Mary  and  Mark  Thompson.  The  daugh- 
ter died  a  minor,  but  the  son  is  still  living. 


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Andrew,  the  second  son  of  Thomas  Thompson,  married  Ra- 
chel, the  daugliter  of  Charles  Shields,  a  native  of  Ireland  ;  tliere 
were  two  sons — Josiah  and  Charles  Thompson.  Josiah's  iirst 
wife  was  Sarah,  danghter  of  Jacoh  Thompson,  who  was  a  dis- 
tant relative,  by  whom  he  had  tln-ee  children — Ephraim  and 
two  daughters.  His  second  wife  was  the  danghter  of  Edward 
Bradway.  She  died  in  a  short  time  after  her  marriage.  Soon 
after  his  marriage  with  the  third  wife  he  left  his  native  State 
and  moved  with  his  family  to  the  State  of  Illinois ;  he  after- 
wards sent  for  his  aged  mother,  who  lived  a  few  years  and  tlien 
passed  away.  Josiah  possessed  good  business  capacities,  and 
was  soon  appreciated  in  his  adopted  home,  and  did  considerable 
public  business ;  he  was  appointed  postmaster  in  the  town  in 
which  he  lived.     He  died  several  years  ago. 

Tliomas,  the  youngest  son  of  Tliomas  Thompson,  married 
Eebecca,  the  daughter  of  Richard  Moore,  of  AUoways  Creek. 
Thomas  and  his  wife  had  seven  children — Lewis,  Richard,  Elea- 
nor, Ann,  Thomas,  Rebecca  and  George  Thompson.  Eleanor, 
the  oldest  daugliter,  married  Asbury  Stiles.  Ann  married  Isaac 
Thompson,  of  Salem ;  he  was  the  youngest  son  of  Samuel  Nich- 
olson and  Ann  Thompson,  of  Elsiuboro.  Rebecca,  the  young- 
est daughter,  married  Samuel,  the  son  of  Jonathan  Taylor,  of 
Alloways  Creek;  she  died  several  years  ago.  Thomas'  sons,' 
I  believe,  left  their  native  county  for  the  purpose  of  bettering 
their  condition  in  some  other  parts  of  the  country. 

Jacob  Thompson,  son  of  John,  was  born  about  1735  ;  married 
Hannah  Harris.  The  forefather  of  the  Harris  family,  as  I  have 
been  informed,  by  the  late  Dalymoore  Harris,  located  near 
Roadstown,  about  the  year  1700.  The  children  of  Jacob  and 
Hannah  Thompson,  were  Phebe,  Hannah,  Sanniel,  Rachel,  Ja- 
cob and  Mary  Thompson.  Phebe,  the  eldest  daughter,  mai'iied 
William  Finlaw ;  they  had  six  children — John,  Sarah,  Hannah, 
Phebe,  David  and  Racliel  Finlaw.  John,  their  eldest  son,  mar- 
ried Sarah,  tlie  daugliter  of  Joshua  Moore;  they  had  issue — 
Hiram,  Charlotte,  Sarah  and  Isaac  Finlaw.  Hiram  married, 
and  in  a  few  years  afterwards  removed  to  the  State  of  Del- 
aware. Charlotte  was  twice  married ;  her  first  husband  was 
named  Miller,  of  Philadelphia ;  they  had  three  children.  Her 
second  husband  was  Jacob,  the  youngest  son  of  Solomon  Du- 
bois. Sarah,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Phebe  T.  Finlaw, 
married  Daniel  Ashton;  they  had  issue.  Hannah,  the  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Phebe  T.  Finlaw,  was  twice  married ;  her 
first  husband  was  Samuel  Padgett,  and  her  second  Abram 
Dilks.     Phebe,  the  daughter  of  William  and    Hannah   T.  Fin- 


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law,  married  William  Padgett.  David,  tlie  second  son  of 
William  and  Hannah  T.  Finlaw,  married  Elizabeth,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Elijah  and  Lydia  Sayres  Fogg.  He  was  the  son  of 
Samuel  and  Prudence  Fogg,  born  12th  of  6th  month,  1775. 
David  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Finlaw,  had  three  daugliters — 
Prudence,  Phebe  and  Lj^dia.  Prudence,  married  Ephraim,  the 
son  of  Jesse  and  Mary  Shcppard  Carll ;  they  had  seven  chil- 
dren, four  of  whom  lived  to  man  and  womanhood — Sylva- 
nus,  Winiield,  Laura  and  Mary.  Pliebe,  the  daughter  of  Da- 
vid and  Elizabeth  Finlaw,  married  Jesse  P.  Carll,  the  son 
of  Ephraim  and  Mary  Ann  Carll.  Pliebe  is  deceased,  and 
leaves  four  children — James  W.,  Rosanna,  Laura  and  Isabella 
Carll.  Lydia,  the  youngest  daughter  of  David  and  Elizabeth 
Finlaw,  married  Samuel  P.  Smith,  the  son  of  Peter  Smith,  of 
Mannington.  Their  children  are  David  F.,  Fanny,  Phebe, 
Franklin  and  Peter  Smith.  Rachel,  the  youngest  child  of  Wil- 
liam and  Phebe  Finlaw,  married  Joseph  Corliss ;  she  was  his 
second  wife.  His  first  wife  was  the  daughter  of  Jonathan  and 
Joan  Hildreth.  Joseph  and  Rachel  Finlaw  Corliss  had  two 
children — Mary  and  Phebe  Corliss ;  the  latter  died  young,  un- 
married. Mary  Corliss  married  Smith  Robinson,  who  is  now 
deceased.  She  has  two  children  living — Racliel  F.  and  Joseph 
Corliss  Robinson. 

William  Mnlford  married  Prudence  Maskell,  of  Greenwich, 
Cumberland  county.  The}^  had  six  children,  tlie  eldest  being 
Abigail,  who  became  the  wife  of  Isaac  Hall,  of  Philadelphia. 
Jacob  Mnlford,  their  eldest  son,  was  twice  married  ;  his  first 
wife  being  Hannah,  the  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Hannah  II. 
Thompson,  and  his  second  wife  was  Tamson  Mulford.  Hope, 
the  third  child  of  William  Mulford,  married  Steplien  Mulford, 
who  resided  in  Salem.  William,  tlie  son  of  William  and 
Prudence  Maskell  Mulford,  married  Ann,  daughter  of 
EHjah  Cattell,  of  Saleui.  Rachel  Mulford,  the  daughter 
of  William,  married  Captain  Benjamin  Sheppard.  Maskell, 
the  son  of  William  and  Prudence  Mulford,  married  Rachel 
Ewing,  a  cousin  of  Judge  Ewing,  who  died  at  Trenton  of 
cholera  morbus  more  than  thirty  years  ago.  William  Mul- 
ford's  se'-ond  wife  was  Sarah  Ewiiig,  who  was  born  10th  of 
7th  month,  1750.  Slie  was  a  grand-daughter  on  her  mother's 
side  of  Tliomas  Maskell,  who  emigrated  from  New  England 
about  1700  and  settled  at  Cohansey  ;  and  daugliter  of  Samuel 
and  Abigail  Fithian,  of  Greenwich.  William  and  Sarah  Mul- 
ford had  two  sons — Thomas  E.  and  James  W.  Mulford.  Thomas 
E.  Mulford  resided  many  years  in  Salem,  and  followed  the 


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coopering  business ;  he  married  Abigail  Clark.  James  W. 
Mulford  also  resided  in  Salem  ;  liis  lirst  wife  was  Sarah  Alford, 
and  his  second  Abigial  Woodruff.  Jacob,  the  eldest  son  of 
William  Mulford,  lived  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  the  city  of 
Salem,  and  his  occupation  was  that  of  a  dry  goods  merchant. 
His  place  of  business  was  where  his  grandson's  (Dr.  Patterson) 
new  buildings  are  located,  on  Fen  wick's  street.  Jacob  in  early 
life  left  the  religious  association  of  his  parents  (Presbyterian) 
and  became  an  ardent  member  of  the  Methodist  Society,  and 
continued  to  the  end  of  his  days  a  consistent  member  thereof. 
He  was  very  exemplary  in  his  deportment,  and  in  his  inter- 
course and  dealini>;s  with  his  fellow  men.  He  twice  married, 
his  first  wife  being  Hannah,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Hannah 
Thompson,  of  AUoways  Creek.  Her  ancestors  were  members 
of  the  Society  of  Friends  from  the  hrst  settlement  of  Fenwick's 
Colony.  Jacob  and  his  wife  Hannah  Thompson  Mulford  had 
six  children,  who  all  lived  to  be  men  and  women — Clarissa,  Pru- 
dence, Hannah,  William  T.,  Charlotte  and  Jacob  W.  Mulford. 
Clarissa  married  Edward  Stout,  a  Methodist  clergyman,  by 
whom  she  had  live  children — Joseph  T.,  Hannali,  Sarah  Ann, 
Clarissa  and  Dr.  Daniel  M.  Stout.  Prudence,  the  second 
daughter  of  Jacob  and  Hannah  Mulford,  married  in  1817, 
James,  the  son  of  James  Patterson,  who  emigrated  from  the 
north  of  Ireland.  He  was  born  in  1749  of  Scotcli  parentage, 
and  circumstances  go  to  show  that  he  left  his  native  country 
when  young.  There  was  a  family  of  that  name  and  nationality 
who  located  themselves  in  Philadelphia,  Jolm  Patterson  also 
came  from  Scotland,  settling  in  the  city  of  Baltimore,  and 
became  an  eminent  and  wealthy  merchant.  Jerome  Boneparte 
married  his  daughter,  Elizabeth  Patterson.  Tlie  Salem  family 
have  no  knowledge  tliat  tliere  is  any  relationship  existing  be- 
tween the  above  mentioned  families,  but  their  nationalities  are 
the  same,  and  their  emigration  took  place  about  the  same  time. 
I  think  it  not  improbable  that  there  is  a  relationship  between 
them. 

James  Patterson,  the  Scotch-Irish  emigrant,  married  Martha 
Kent,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Tliomas  Kent,  who  purchased  a 
lot  of  ten  acres  of  the  executors  of  John  Fenwiclc,  in  1686. 
The  said  lot  was  at  the  junction  of  Novell  street  (now  Kent) 
with  Yorke  street.  The  family  owned  a  large  farm  and  brick 
mansion  witli  a  Mansard  roof.  Anthony  Keasbcy  became  the 
owner  of  the  property,  and  his  grandson,  Quinton  Keasbey, 
holds  the  property  at  the  present  time.  James  and  Martha  K. 
Patterson  had  five  children — John,  Elizabeth,  Mary,  Rebecca 


296  THOMPSON    FAMILY, 


and  James  Patterson.  James,  the  father  of  the  above  men- 
tioned children,  died  in  1806,  aged  abont  fifty-seven  years. 
His  wife  survived  him  about  six  months.  Their  occupation  was 
fanning.  James  and  ids  wife.  Prudence  Mulford  Patterson, 
had  five  cliikh-on — William,  James  Kent,  Jacob  Mulford, 
Theopliihis,  M.  1).,  and  Mai-y  Jane  Patterson.  James,  their 
father,  died  in  1865,  aged  seventy-three  years,  and  his  wife, 
Prudence  Mulford  Patterson,  died  in  3  844:,  aged  fifty-two  years. 
William  Patterson,  their  son,  married  in  1816,  Amelia  Rumsey 
Ware,  the  dtuighter  of  Bacon  and  Anna  J.  Ware.  Bacon  was 
the  son  of  Job  and  Hannah  Ware,  of  Bacon's  Neck,  Cumber- 
land county.  His  wife  Ann  T.  Pumsey,  was  the  daughter  of 
Benjamin  Pumsey,  of  Maryland.  William  and  Amelia  had 
three  children — Anna,  Henry  Ware,  and  Greorge  P.  Patterson, 
who  died  in  infancy.  William  is  a  clock  and  watch  maker,  and 
his  place  of  business  is  on  Broadway,  nearly  opposite  Market 
street,  in  Salem.  James  K.,  the  second  son  of  James  and 
Prudence  M.  Patterson,  resides  in  Salem,  and  at  present  is 
largely  concerned  in  a  canning  estal)lislnnent.  He  is  unmarried, 
Jacob  Mulford  Patterson,  the  son  of  James  and  Prudence  M. 
Patterson,  married  Clementina  F.  Lloyd,  in  1851.  They  have 
four  children — Theopliihis,  George  Walter,  William  M.  and 
Pamela  Patterson.  They  reside  in  Woodbury,  Gloucester 
county.  Theopilus  Patterson,  M.  D.,  married  in  1858,  Caroline 
R.  Ware,  daughter  of  Bacon  Ware.  They  have  four  children 
— James  Allen,  George  C,  Carrie  Ware  and  Amelia  Pumsey 
Patterson.  Dr.  Theopilus  Patterson  is  much  interested  in  the 
cause  of  education,  and  for  several  years  was  Superintendent  of 
the  Public  Schools  of  the  city  of  Salem.  His  services  and 
labors  in  that  direction  were  duly  appreciated,  as  was  shown  at 
his  last  election,  when  he  was  chosen  without  any  political 
opposition  by  his  fellow  citizens.  At  the  last  annual  election  he 
declined  a  re  election  owing  to  his  pressing  professional  duties. 
Mary  Jane,  youngest  child  of  James  and  Prudence  Patterson, 
married  John  C.  Coote,  in  1866. 

Hannah,  the  daiigliter  of  Jacob  and  Hannah  T.  Mulford, 
marj'ied  Charles  Pumsey,  a  silversmith,  formerly  of  Wilming- 
ton, Delaware.  Charles  and  Hannah  T.  Pumsey  had  five  chil- 
dren— Charles,  James,  Jacob  M.,  George  Augustus  and  Han- 
nah Ann.  Charles,  the  father,  has  been  deceased  several  years. 
His  eldest  son,  Charles  Pumsey,  was  a  merchant  in  Salem  for  a 
number  of  years,  but  he  is  now  living  in  Philadelphia.  He  has 
been  married  twice  ;  his  first  wife  was  Emma  Miclmer,  of  Phila- 
delphia, l)y  wdiom  he  had  two  children — Emma  G.  aad  Anna 


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W.  Belville,  Esq.,  of  St.  Georges,  Delaware ;  tliey  liad  seven 
children — Penton,  Edward  M.,  Thomas  C,  Lucy  M.,  Sarah  W., 
Greoro-ianna  and  Belville.  Elizabeth  Patterson's  second  husband 
was  Henry  Rowen,  of  New  Castle,  Delaware ;  she  died  about 
1806.  John  Patterson,  tlie  son  of  John  and  Martha  Kent  Pat- 
terson, married  Sarah  Beard  ;  they  had  five  children — Anna, 
Elizabeth,  James  B.,  Rebecca  and  John.  Anna  Patterson  mar- 
ried a  Casperson ;  she  died  young,  leaving  one  child — Eliza 
Casperson.  Elizabeth,  the  second  daughter,  is  not  married. 
James  B.  Patterson,  the  son  of  John,  married  Ann  Skees,  in 
1832,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  and  have  six  children — Sarah,  "William 
S.,  John,  Elizabeth,  Mary  and  Harriet  A.  Patterson.  James 
B.  Patterson,  their  father,  died  at  Pittsburg,  in  1833. 

Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  James  and  Martha  K.  Patterson, 
married  James  Robinson  in  1806,  and  died  in  1820.  They  had 
six  cliildren — Mar}',  Benjamin,  Prudence,  Ann,  James  P.  and 
John,  who  died  in  infancy.  Mary,  the  eldest  daughter  of  James 
and  Elizabeth  P.  Robinson,  married  John  Fowler,  of  Manning- 
ton  ;  they  had  four  children.  John  R.  Fowler  married  Theo- 
docia,  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Theodocia  Griscom,  of 
Salem.  John  and  his  family  reside  in  Philadelphia ;  he  is  a 
commission  merchant.  Mary,  the  daughter  of  John  Fowler, 
Sr..  married  John  Dawson.  Benjamin  married  Elizabeth  Linch, 
and  Susan  Fowler  married  John  McAllister.  Benjamin,  the 
son  of  James  Robinson,  died  in  1830.  Prudence  S.,  daughter 
of  James  Robinson,  married  George  T.  Kelch ;  she  died  in 
1811.  Ann  Robinson  married  John  Taylor.  James  P.,  the 
son  of  James  and  Elizabeth  P.  Robinson,  married  in  1839, 
Elizabeth  Franklin,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  of  Man- 
nington;  she  died  young,  leaving  one  daughter — Mary  Emma 
Rol)inson,  M.  D.  James'  second  wife  was  Anna  A.  Hass,  of 
Pliiladelphia ;  they  were  married  in  1816,  and  have  two  children 
now  living — Ann  Eliza  and  Lavinia.  Ann  Eliza  married 
George  Coles,  and  Lavinia  married  Lewas  R.  Jessup,  of  Glouces- 
ter county. 

Mary,  the  daughter  of  James  and  Martha  K.  Patterson,  mar- 
ried David  Fogg,  of  Upper  Alloways  Creek,  in  1808.  They 
had  four  children — Martha  A.,  Elizabeth,  James  P.  and  Isaac 
Fogg.  Martha,  the  eldest  daughter,  married  Thackara  Dunn. 
Elizabeth,  the  second  daughter,  married  Martin  Patterson,  of 
Penn's  Neck ;  they  have  issue.  James  P.  Fogg  married  Sarah 
Dunn  ;  they  had  issue.     Isaac  Fogg  married  Mary  Dewer. 

Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  James  and  Martha  K.  Roljinson, 
married   William  Robinson,  of  Lower  Penn's  Neck,  in  1811, 


300  THOMPSON   FAMILY. 


and  died  in  1827,  leaving  six  cliildren — William,  Noali,  John 
P.,  James  T.,  Mary  and  Benjamin.  The  eldest  married  Sophia, 
the  daughter  of  David  Allen  ;  their  children  were  mentioned  in 
the  Allen  Family.  Noah  Robinson  married  Jemima  Foster, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Foster,  of  Salem.  Noah  is  deceased,  leav- 
ing children.  James  T.  Robinson  married  Kerinhappuck  Har- 
ris, daughter  of  Isaac  Harris,  of  Alloways  Creek,  tlie  3d  of  3d 
month,  1848.  They  had  three  cliildren — Mary  Ellen,  Sallie  E. 
and  Isabella.  James'  second  wife  is  Sarah  H.  Euglisli,  daugh- 
ter of  David  and  Sarah  Ann  English,  the  daugliter  of  Judge 
Anthony  Nelson,  one  of  Salem  county's  self-made  men.  His 
pleasing  address  and  correct  language  were  far  above  the  gen- 
erality of  mankind,  and  it  is  remarkable  when  we  consider  what 
little  opportunity  he  had  in  early  life  to  acquire  an  education. 
When  quite  young  he  was  apprenticed  to  the  late  Samuel  Brick, 
of  Elsinboro.  Those  who  have  a  knowledge  of  how  bound 
children  were  treated  a  half  century  or  more  ago,  will  readily 
agree  tliat  Anthony  Nelson  was,  by  nature,  a  superior  man. 
He  represented  liis  native  county  at  three  or  four  different 
periods  in  the  State  Legislature,  and  was  one  of  the  Judges  of 
Salem  Courts  for  a  number  of  years.  James  and  Sarah  H. 
Robinson  have  nine  children — Caddie  L.,  Emma  Stretch,  Jolm 
Douglas,  Kerinhappuck  Harris,  Jael  E.,  Frank  L.,  James  T., 
Fannie  H.  and  Hattie  S.  Mary,  the  daughter  of  William  and 
Rebecca  Robinson,  married  Jonathan,  the  son  of  Joseph  and 
Mary  Ilildreth  Corliss ;  they  have  no  cliildren. 


EDWARD  VAN  METER. 
Born  1811.  Died  1875. 


VANMETER    FAMILY. 

The  YanMeters  in  company  with  several  other  families,  emi- 
grated from  Holland  to  the  State  of  New  York,  between  the 
years  1650  and  1660,  settling  at  what  is  now  known  as  Ulster 
county.  Between  the  years  1712  and  1711,  a  company  of  the  citi- 
zens of  the  Dutch  Reformed,  or  Presbyterian  faith  removed 
from  the  neighborhood  of  Esopis,  to  Pilesgrove  now  Upper 
Pittso-rove,  their  minister  David  Evans  accompanied  tliem,  and 
his  tombstone,  witli  appropriate  inscriptions,  can  be  seen  in  the 
Presbyterian  burial  ground  at  Daretown,  in  Upper  Pittsgrove, 
Salem  county,  New  Jersey.  That  these  emigrants  were  families 
of  respectability,  may  be  inferred  from  the  standing  of  their 
pastor,  who  was  recognized  as  a  man  of  learning  and  piety. 
These  families  seemed  to  have  been  mindful  also,  of  the  advan- 
tages of  education,  inasmuch  as  a  first-class  school  for  that  early 
time,  was  established  by  them,  and  the  most  competent  teachers 
procured.  Parents  from  long  distances  sent  tlieir  children  to 
this  school,  and  some  of  the  most  distinguished  men  in  the  State, 
in  subsequent  years,  were  proud  of  the  learning  obtained  at  the 
Pittsgrove  College,  as  it  was  termed.  John  Moore  White,  one 
of  West  Jersey's  ablest  lawyers,  was  educated  there.  He 
was  one  of  the  Associate  Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court  for 
many  years,  and  also  Attorney  General.  Among  the  company 
who  left  New  York,  were  three  brothers,  and  their  families  by 
the  name  of  VanMeter.  Some  of  the  family  settled  in  East 
.Jersey,  chiefly  in  Monmouth  county ;  one  of  the  brotliers,  Jo- 
seph YanMeter  settled  in  that  county,  and  the  other  two  brothers 
John  and  Isaac  settled  in  Pilesgrove  township,  Salem  county. 
Occasional  intercourse,  as  one  of  the  family  writes,  and  visiting 
continued  between  the  East  Jersey  and  Salem  county  YanMe- 
ters, for  some  years,  but  as  the  older  members  of  the  family 
died,  communication  between  the  younger  branches  of  the  fam- 
ily o-radually  ceased.  For  some  reason  the  name  in  East  Jersey 
lias  been  changed  in  spelling  to  Yanmater,  and  Yanmartin,  but 
in  West  Jersey  it  is  uniformly  spelled  YanMeter.  The  first  and 
earliest  records  of  the  family  to  be  seen  in  the  Clerk's  Office  at 


302  VANMETER   FAMILY. 


Salem  in  1714  is  spelled  in  that  way,  and  ever  since,  in  all  the 
public  records  it  appears  the  same. 

The  Presbyterian  Church  at  Pittsgrove  was  organized  30th 
of  4th  month,  1741,  David  Evans  being  the  pastor.     Tlie  church 
covenant  was  signed  by  tlie  following  members:  Isaac  Van- 
Meter,  Henry  YanMeter,  Cornelius  Newkirk,  Abraham  Newkirk, 
Barnett  Dubois,  Lewis  Dubois,   Garrett  Dubois,  John  Miller, 
Francis    Tully,    Jeremiah    Garrison,    Eleazer   Smith,    William 
Alderman,  John  Rose,  Simon  Sparks,  Tliomas  Sparks,  Richard 
Sparks,    John    Craig,  William   Miller,  Natlian   Tarbel,  Hugh 
Moore,  Peter  Haws,  James  Dunlap,  Jacob  Dubois,  Jr.,  Joshua 
Garrison,  and  Jost  Miller.     Tradition  of  a  reliable  nature  states, 
that  the  above  families  did  not  constitute  themselves  a  church 
organization,  or  connect  with  any  Presbyter}^  from  the  time  of 
their  settlement.     Religious  services  were  held  in  their  school 
house  and  families,  from  1714  until  1741,  when  they  erected  a 
log  church,  and  in  1767  the  substantial  brick  church,  which  is 
.  still  standing,  was  erected.     A  new  church  opposite  the  parson- 
age was  dedicated  15th  of  8th  mouth,  1867.     Many  of  those 
early  settlers  seem  to  have  been  men  of   means.     John  and 
Isaac  VanMeter    located  in     company  wdth   the    Duboises,  a 
tract  of  3,000  acres  of  land,  from  Daniel  Cox,  of  Burlington, 
New  Jerse_y,  the  record  of  wliich  can  be  seen  in  the   Clerk's 
Office  in  Salem,  recorded  in  1714.     These  parties  divided  their 
lands  by  the  compass,  the  Duboises   taking  theirs  on  the  north 
side  of  a  line,  the  VanMeters  the  south  side.     The  VanMeters 
continued  to  purchase  until  they  owned  a  very  large  portion  of 
the  land,  reaching  from  the  Overshot  Mill  in  Upper  Alloways 
Creek  near  Daretown,  southerly,  south-east  to  Pork  Bridge, 
about  6,000  acres  in  all,  and  most  of  the  titles  to  the  lands  held 
by  the  present  occupants  go  back  to  tlie  YanMeter  titles.     The 
early  YanMeters  were  noted  for  their  desire  to  reach  out,  and 
obtain  broad  acres  of  land,  and   tlieir  love  of  good  horses,  the 
latter    is    characteristic    of    the    family    to    the    present    time, 
although  careful  of  display.     At  the  organization  of  the  church 
in  1741  or  1742,  John  YanMeter's  name  does  not  appear,  he 
had  no  doubt  died  previously  to  that  date,  leaving  a  son  Henry 
to  represent  him,  and  in   that  Henry  most,  if  not  all  of  the 
YanMeters  who  now  reside  in  the  county  of  Salem,  can  properly 
claim   their   ancestorship.      Isaac  YanMeter  was  one   of    the 
founders  of  the  original  churcli ;  he  had  a  son,  Garrett,  who 
married  a  daughter  of  Judge  John  Holme,  in  1774.     Garrett 
emigrated  to  Yirginia  witli  his  family,  and  some  of  his  descend- 
ents  are  there  still. 


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Henry  YanMeter,  son  of  John,  was  married  four  times.    The 
following  named  children  are  mentioned  in  his  will — Joseph, 
Ephraini,  John,  David,  Elizabeth,  Rebecca,  Jacob  and  Benja- 
min YanMeter.     The  two  last  were  children  of  his  last  wife, 
Mary  Fetters,  of  Salem.     About  the  year  1685,  Erasmus  La- 
Fettre  and  wife  emigrated  from  England  to  West  Jersey,  and 
settled  in  the  town  of  Salem.     They  lived  on  Yorke  street,  near 
Elsinborongh  line,  it  being  so  near  it  was  sometimes  called  Am- 
blebury.     Doubtless  some  of  the  elder  inhabitants  of  the  town 
of  Salem  remember  in  the  early  part  of  the  present  century  an 
old  hip-roof  brick  house,  standing  where  David  Fogg's  apple 
orchard  is  now.     Tiiat  was,  I  have  been  informed,  LaFettre's 
mansion.     Erasmus  LaFettre  was  a  French  Huguenot ;  he  left 
his  native  country,  together  with  thousands  of  others,  soon  after 
the  revocation  of  the  edict  of  Nantz,  by  order  of  Louis  XI Y., 
and  fled  to  England.     Erasmus  and  his  wife  were  members  of 
the  Society  of  Friends.     Tliey  had  several  children — Erasmus, 
Thomas,  Sarah,  Mary,  Hannah  and  one  other  daughter,  whose 
name  is  not  given,  who  married  James  Slierron's  son  ;  they  had 
two  children — Roger  and  Griffith.     Thomas  Fettres,  for  that 
generation  of  children  omitted  La  wlien  writing  their  names, 
and  spelled  it  Fettres.     Tliomas  located  in  the  city  of  Philadel- 
phia, became  a  mariner  in  1722,  and  settled  on  one  of  the  Ber- 
muda Islands.     In  the  same  year  he  gave  his  intimate  friend, 
Captain  Benjamin  Vining,  a  citizen  of  Philadelphia,  and  like- 
wise a  mariner,  a  general  power  of  attorney  to  have  charge  of 
his  estate  in  America,  personal  and  real,  and  to  sell  and  forward 
the  proceeds  to  him.     The  instrument  of  writing  was  executed 
in  the  city  of  Philadelphia  the  Stli  of  8th  month,  1722,  before 
James  Logan.     Sarah  Fettres  married  Lewis,  son  of  Rudroe 
and  Jael  Morris,  of  Elsinborough ;  there  were  five  daughters — 
Sarah,  who  married  Thomas,  son  of  John  and  Susanna  Smith 
Goodwin,  of  Salem ;  Mary  married  William,  brother  of  Thomas 
Goodwin ;  Jael  Morris  married  William  Shipley ;  Ann  married 
Samuel,  son  of  Elisha  and  Abigail  E.  Bassett;  Hannah  Morris 
married  John  Whittal.     Mary  Fettres,  as  before  stated,  married 
Henry  YanMeter. 

Erasmus  Fetters,  tlie  eldest  son  of  Erasmus,  was  a  tanner  by 
trade  and  carried  it  on  in  tlie  town  of  Salem  at  the  old  mansion 
on  Yorke  street.  In  1739  he  purchased  of  John  Acton,  on  Fen- 
wick  street,  a  house  and  tan  yard,  containing  one  acre  and  a 
half  of  ground  as  set  forth  in  the  deed ;  he  was  twice  married, 
his  last  wife  was  the  widow  of  James  Chambless,  Jr.,  of  Allo- 
ways  Creek.     Erasmus  died  in  1757  without  issue,  making  hig 


304  VANMETER    FAMILY. 


^vill  in  1756  and  disposing  of  liis  estate  in  the  following  man- 
ner: gave  tlie  house  and  premises  bought  of  John  Acton  to  his 
nephew  John  Whitel ;  to  Roger  Sherron  £56 ;  to  Grittith  Sher- 
ron  £10 ;  to  John,  son  of  William  Goodwin,  £10  ;  Susanna 
Goodwin  £10 ;  Lewis  Goodwin,  £10 ;  to  his  last  safe's  three 
daughters,  Rebecca,  Sarah  and  Mary  Chambless,  £10  eacli, 
also  their  motlier's  wearing  apparel ;  to  his  niece,  wife  of 
Tliomas  Goodwin,  £10 ;  to  Mary  Goodwin,  wife  of  Wil- 
liam, £10;  to  liis  niece  Jail  Shipley,  wife  of  William,  £10; 
to  his  niece  Ann,  wife  of  Samuel  Bassett,  £10;  to  John 
Winters  two  daugliters,  Hannah  and  Sarah  Whitel,  £5 
each;  his  negro  boy  Dick  lie  bequeathed  to  William  Good- 
win for  ten  years,  on  condition  that  at  tlie  expiration  of  that 
time  he  should  be  set  free.  The  remainder  of  his  estate  both 
real  and  personal  was  bequeathed  to  his  sister  Mary  YanMeter's 
two  sons,  Jacob  and  Benjamin  YanMeter.  William  Goodwin 
and  John  Whitel  were  his  executors.  His  personal  estate,  after 
his  just  debts  were  paid,  amounted  to  £1119  18s.  5d.,  as  was 
filed  in  the office  at  Burlington  in  1758  by  his  exec- 
utors. 

Jacob  YanMeter  settled  in  Genesee  county,  New  York,  and 
left  a  family,  who  in  former  days  visited  the  home  of  their 
ancestors.  Benjamin  YanMeter  married  Bathslieba,  daughter 
of  Captain  James  Dunlap,  of  Pittsgrove  ;  he  was  the  son  of 
Captain  James  Dunlap,  Sr.,  of  Penn's  Neck.  The  Dunlaps 
came  from  Delaware  to  Penn's  Neck,  and  are  supposed  to  be  of 
Irish  descent.  James  Dunlap's  will  was  written  in  1758  ;  he 
died  the  same  year,  leaving  tin-ee  sons  and  one  daughter — John, 
James,  Tliomas  and  Mary  Ann.  James,  Jr.,  married  Anna 
Hunter,  and  died  19th  of  9th  month,  1773  ;  his  wdfe  died  16th 
of  1st  month,  1780.  The  Hunter  family  were  from  East 
Jersey ;  a  branch  removed  and  settled  in  Salem  county.  Rob- 
ert Hunter  died,  leaving  a  widow  and  two  daughters — Anne 
and  Mary.  His  widow  married  Hugh  Moore ;  they  had  issue, 
one  son,  Richard  Moore,  M'ho  settled  at  Lower  Alio  ways  Creek; 
he  died,  leaving  one  son  and  five  daughters.  One  of  the  daugh- 
ters married  George  Grier.  Johanna  married  Jonathan  Hil- 
dreth.  One  married  James  Sayres,  one  married  Solomon  Du- 
bois, one  married  Daniel  Stretch.  As  has  been  stated  Anne 
Hunter  married  James  Dunlap,  Jr. ;  they  liad  one  son  and  two 
daughters — Bathsheba  and  Mary  Dunlap.  Bathsheba,  the 
eldest  daughter,  married  Benjamin,  the  son  of  Henry  and  Mary 
Fetters  YanMeter.  Mary,  daugliter  of  Robert  Hunter,  married 
Samuel  Purviance ;  left  one  son  and  three  daugliters.     Mary, 


VANMEl'ER    FAMILY.  305 


the  eldest  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Maiy  Purviance,  married 
Samuel  Eakin,a  Presbyterian  pastor,  tlieir  children  were  Samuel, 
James,  Ann,  Susan  and  Johanna.  The  latter  married  Isaac  Hazel- 
hurst  ;  she  died  in  1809,  leaving  five  children — Richard  Hunter, 
Samuel,  Isaac,  Jr.,  Andrew  Purviance  and  Mary.  The  other 
dauffliter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Purviance  married  William  P. 
Leigh,  of  Virginia.  Tiiese  Hunters  are  believed  to  be  tlie  de- 
scendants of  Robert  Hunter,  one  of  the  Colonial  Governors  of 
New  Jersey,  who  held  office  from  1710  to  1720.  The  Hunters 
were  distinguished  in  early  liistory  for  their  prominence  in  the 
pulpit,  and  State  offices,  and  for  their  learning  and  eloquence. 
Benjamin  VanMeter,  as  before  stated,  married  Bathsheba  Dun- 
lap,  He  settled  in  early  life  on  his  ancestral  estate,  and  was  a 
useful  man  in  his  time,  being  a  ruling  elder  in  the  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Daretown.  He  was  the  owner  of  a  number  of 
slaves,  Init  becoming  convinced  in  his  own  mind  tliat  it  was  an 
evil  to  hold  his  fellow  man  in  bondage,  he  liberated  all  of  tliem 
a  few  years  before  his  death.  At  that  time  there  was  no  law 
to  compel  him  to  do  it,  and  he  had  been  so  kind  a  master  that 
some  of  his  slaves  refused  to  leave,  and  accordingly  ended  their 
days  with  liim.  Benjamin  YanMeter  departed  this  life  15th  of 
10th  month,  1826,  aged  eighty-two  years;  his  wife  died  7th  of 
11th  montli,  1831,  aged  eighty-four  years.  Tlieir  children  were 
James,  Mary,  Ann,  Sarali,  Erasmus  Fetters,  Robei't  Hunter  and 
Bathsheba.  James,  the  son  of  Benjamin  VanMeter,  was  a 
physician,  and  commenced  practicing  medicine  at  Alloways 
Creek  when  a  young  man.  He  boarded  with  John  Hancock. 
However  he  remained  there  but  one  year,  and  then  removed  to 
the  town  of  Salem,  and  soon  afterward  married  Ruth,  the 
daugliter  of  Thomas  Jones.  He  had  a  very  extensive  practice 
as  a  physician,  perhaps  greater  than  any  otlier  one  physician 
that  ever  resided  in  the  town  of  Salem,  particularly  so  among 
the  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Presbyterian  Churcli  in  that  place,  and  died  in 
181:7,  aged  eighty  years.  His  wife  died  a  few  years  before 
liim,  aged  sixty-three  years.  They  left  an  only  child,  a  son, 
Thomas  Jones  VanMeter,  who  graduated  in  early  life  as  a 
physician.  He  never  practiced  to  nuich  extent.  He  married 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Anthony  and  Hannah  Keasbey,  of  Salem. 
Their  children  are  Artemisa  K.,  Martha  J.  and  James  Anthonv 
VanMeter  (the  latter  died  in  childhood).  Hannah,  wife  of  Dr. 
Thomas  VanMeter,  died  in  3d  month,  1871. 

Mary,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Bathsheba  VanMeter,  mar- 
ried Matthew  Newkirk,  and  died  in  early  life,  7th  of  7th  month, 
39 


306  A  ANMETER    FAMILY. 


1802,  leaving  four  daughters,  Batlislieba,  Elizabetli,  Ann  and  Sa- 
rali  Newkirk.  Bathslieba,  the  eldest,  married  Jei-emiah  Stull,  and 
had  several  children.  John  married  Julia,  daughter  of  Dauitd 
Garrison  of  Salem;  Marj  Stull  married  a  person  l)y  the  name 
of  Cloud,  of  Maryland.  Caroline  Stull  married  l3r.  Wallace, 
Sarah  married  James  Johnson,  Bathsheba  married  Jacob  Mench 
— all  of  them  have  children.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Matthew  and 
Mary  Newkirk,  married  a  person  by  the  name  of  Effinger,  and 
liad  several  chikh-en.  Ann,  daugliter  of  Mattliew  and  Mary 
Newkirk,  married  Henry  YanMeter;  they  had  one  daugliter,  who 
afterwards  married  a  person  by  the  name  of  Carruthers,  and 
had  several  children.  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Matthew  and 
Mary  Kewkirk,  mari'ied  a  person  by  the  name  of  Olmstead  ; 
they  had  several  children,  Ann,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Bathsheba  TanMeter,  died  10th of  9th  mouth,  1851.  Saraband 
Eetters  VanMeter,  children  of  Benjamin  and  Bathsheba  Yan- 
Meter,  died  in  infancy.  Erasmus,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Bath- 
shelia  YanMeter,  married  Mary  Burroughs;  he  inherited  the 
family  homestead,  and  died  7th  of  11th  month,  184:2,  aged  sixty- 
six  years.  He  was  a  ruling  elder  in  the  church  of  his  fathers  at  tlie 
time  of  his  death ;  his  wife  died  10th  of  8th  month,  1860,  aged  sev- 
enty-five years.  Their  children  were  Benjamin,  John,  William, 
James,  Elizabeth  and  Bathsheba  YanMeter.  Benjamin  YanMe- 
ter married  Hannah  McQueen  ;  they  had  several  children,  and 
removed  West.  John  YanMeter,  son  of  Erasmus,  married  and 
died,  leaving  children.  William  YanMeter,  son  of  Erasmus, 
went  West,  married  there,  and  has  several  children.  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Erasmus  YanMeter,  married  Samuel  Swing;  tliey 
had  four  children — Erasmus  Y.,  Mary  Jane,  Kuth  Ann  and 
Alfred.  Erasmus  Y.  Swing  is  a  practicing  physician.  He  mar- 
ried a  Burroughs,  and  settled  in  Pennsvlvania.  Alfred  Avas  killed 
in  the  late  rebellion.  Bathsheba,  daughter  of  Erasmus  YanMe- 
ter, married  Tliomas  Brooks ;  they  had  two  children — Rebecca 
and  Benjamin  Brooks.  Rebecca  married  James  Robinson,  and 
Benjamin  married  Amanda  Johnson,  James,  the  son  of  Eraf- 
mus  and  Mary  YanMeter,  married  a  sister  of  James  and  Wil- 
liam Coombs ;  they  settled  in  the  State  of  Ohio.  Robert  Hun- 
ter, sou  of  Benjamin  and  Bathsheba  YanMeter,  graduated  as  a 
physician  in  1799,  and  settled  in  Pittsgrove.  His  first  wife  was 
Rachel  Burroughs  of  the  same  place;  she  died  three  months 
after  marriage ;  his  second  M'ife  was  Sarah  Leake  Whitaker, 
dauo-hter  of  J.  Ambrose  and  Rachel  Leake  Whitaker.  Thev 
moved  to  Salem  in  1809.  Dr.  Robert  YanMeter  was  also  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  in  Salem,  and  a  ruling 


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elder  in  the  cliurch  at  the  time  of  his  death ;  their  children  were 
Emma,  Mary,  James,  Kobert,  Edward,  Mason,  Josiah  and  Harriet. 

Emma,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Sarah  A^anMeter,  died  near 
Baltimore  16th  of  11th  month,  1869.  Mary,  daughter  of 
Robert  and  Sarah  VanMeter,  married  Enos  R.  Pease,  of  Con- 
necticut, and  died  ITth  of  4th  month,  1834,  leaving  one  child, 
Alvin  Robert  Pease,  who  died  in  Alleghany  City,  Pennsylvania, 
in  his  seventeenth  year.  James,  Robert  and  Josiah,  children  of 
Robert  and  Sarah  VanMeter,  died  in  infancy.  Edward,  son  of 
Robert  and  Sarah  YanMeter,  married  Caroline,  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Ann  Whitaker.  They  had  three  children — Mai-y  Caroline, 
Harriet  Fetters  and  Anna  Hunter  YanMeter.  Edward  Yan- 
Meter died  4th  of  1st  month,  1875.  He  studied  law  in  early 
life  in  his  native  town  of  Salem,  and  it  appears  at  that  time  he 
was  not  much  attached  to  his  profession,  for  he  soon  after  went 
into  the  mercantile  business  at  Hancock's  Bridge.  The  iirm 
was  known  as  YanMeter  &  Dubois.  Soon  after  leaving  the 
store  he  was  employed  by  Jonas  Miller  as  his  book-keeper. 
Jonas  was  the  proprietor  of  one  of  the  largest  public  houses  at 
the  time  on  Cape  Island.  Edward  continued  with  him  two  or 
three  seasons.  Soon  after  he  was  married,  he  turned  his  atten- 
tion to  his  fii'st  calling,  that  of  law,  as  attorney  and  solicitor  in 
chancery.  He  did  a  large  amount  of  public  business  in  his  time, 
and  was  considered  one  of  the  Itest  business  men  in  tlie  city  of 
Salem. 

Mason,  son  of  Robert  and  Sarah  YanMeter,  is  still  unmarried, 
living  in  Salem.  Harriet,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Sarah  Yan- 
Metei',  married  R.  J.  Cone,  of  New  York,  a  clergyman.  They 
had  two  children — Norris  Hunter  and  Charles  Kirtland  Cone. 
Norris  Hunter  Cone  graduated  from  Lafayette  College  6tli 
month,  1872,  and  went  to  Colorado  where  he  now  resides. 
His  brother,  Charles  Kirtland  Cone,  died  at  the  age  of  nine 
years. 

Bathsheba,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Bathsheba  YanMeter, 
married  William  Mayhew ;  they  had  one  daughter,  Maria,  who 
married  a  person  by  the  name  of  Johnson,  and  had  one  daugh- 
ter, Anna,  who  married  Charles  Burroughs.  After  the  death 
of  Maria's  first  husband  she  married  James  Richman,  and  has 
several  children.  Bathshel)a  Mayhew  died  17th  of  i>th  month, 
1866. 


CHKISTOPHEIi    WHITE    FAMILY. 

Christopher  White,  son  of  Thomas  Wliite,  was  born  at  Omnar, 
in  the  county  of  Cumberland,  England,  in  the  year  1642.  From 
thence  he  removed  to  London  in  1666,  and  in  1668  he  married 
Elizabeth  Leatli.  She  was  a  widow,  and  Avas  the  daughter  of  John 
Wyatt,  of  the  count}'  of  Yorkshire.  They  had  one  daugliter 
Elizabetli,  who  was  born  in  Shadwell,  near  London,  in  1669. 
His  iirst  wife  Elizabeth  died  about  the  year  1671.  It  appears 
he  married  his  second  w^ife  in  the  year  1674,  whose  first  nam.e  was 
Esther,  but  lier  last  name  is  not  given  in  the  records.  Josiah 
White,  son  of  Christopher  and  Esther  Wliite,  was  born  in  Lon- 
don, in  1675.  Christopher  and  his  wife  and  tlieir  two  cliildren, 
and  their  two  servants,  John  Brinton  and  Jane  Allen,  emigrated 
to  America,  and  landed  at  Salem  23d  of  6th  month,  1677.  They 
liad  one  son — Josepli  White,  l)orn  in  Salem  5t]i  of  11th  month, 
1678.  Christopher  White,  like  several  other  emigrants,  had 
purchased  one  town  lot  in  Salem,  together  with  1,000  acres  of 
land,  (jf  the  proprietor  before  lie  left  his  native  countiy.  He 
resided  on  his  property  in  Salem  until  about  tlie  year  1682,  and 
he  then  removed  and  took  possession  r»f  liis  allotment  of  land  in 
Alloways  Creek.  In  1690  he  built  a  large  brick  house  on  his 
property  in  said  townsliip,  the  King's  Highway  from  Salem  to 
Coliansey  running  through  his  lands,  the  house  was  built  near 
said  road,  not  far  from  the  meadow.  There  is  a  tradition  in 
the  neighborhood  that  he  sent  to  England  for  an  architecture, 
and  likewise  had  tlie  brick  imported  from  that  c(nmtry  for  tlie 
house.  The  following  is  the  description  and  size  of  the  build- 
ing, given  to  me  by  Judge  Ephraim  Carll,  who  had  an  excellent 
opportunity  of  knowing — he  and  his  family  having  resided  there 
for  several  years,  and  was  also  present  wlien  the  l)uilding  was 
taken  down : 

The  main  building  Avas  thirty-two  by  eighteen  feet,  and  two 
stories  high.  The  walls  were  eighteen  inches  in  thickness  up 
to  the  second  story,  and  the  joist  of  that  story  projected  beyond 
the  walls  live  feet,  making  a  projection  of  tliat  width  on  three 
sides  of  the  l>uilding,  and  the  walls  from  tliat  point  were  twelve 


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inches  in  thickness.  Tlie  joist  in  the  main  building  were  clear 
yellow  heart  pine,  and  iioor  hoards  were  of  the  same  material, 
being  one  and  a  half  inches  in  thickness.  Beyond  the  main 
walls  of  tlie  building  was  an  extension  from  the  foundation  built, 
being  eight  l)y  ten  feet,  for  a  stai]-way  to  the  second  story  and 
garret.  On  top  of  said  walls  was  an  arch  roof  which  gave  the 
building  a  singular  appearance.  There  was  also  a  cellar  under 
the  whole  of  the  main  building,  which  was  paved  by  square 
English  brick.  The  basement  floor,  and  likewise  the  second  and 
attic  floors,  were  supported  l)y  large  beams  twelve  by  fourteen 
inches,  which  extended  across  the  middle  of  each  floor.  The 
main  entrance  to  the  main  building  on  the  west  side  of  it,  took 
five  large  stone  steps  from  the  ground  to  enter  the  building,  and 
on  the  east  side  there  was  a  one-story  kitchen  attached,  which 
likewise  was  built  of  brick,  sixteen  by  twenty  feet  in  size. 
There  was  a  good  sized  yard  around  the  house  which,  at  one 
time,  was  paved  with  square  brick,  but  at  the  time  the  house 
was  removed  many  of  the  yard  bricks  had  been  broken  up  and 
removed.  I  have  been  more  particular  in  descri])ing  this  build- 
ing on  ac'-ount  of  the  interest  the  old  inhabitants  of  tlie  town- 
ship had  respecting  it,  and  when  it  was  erected.  The  late 
Kobert  G.  Johnson  told  me  the  year  after  it  was  taken 
down,  that  he  regretted  very  nmch  that  there  was  not  a  photo- 
graph drawing  of  tlie  building  for  the  Historical  Society  of  New 
Jersey. 

Israel  Ilarrisson  married  Esther,  the  daughter  of  Christopher 
and  Esther  White,  of  Monmouth  precinct,  about  1693.  Israel 
and  his  wife  Esther  had  two  children.  Joseph,  their  son,  born 
1694,  and  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Israel  and  Esther  Ilarrisson, 
was  born  llth  of  12th  month,  1696.     Israel  died  in  1704. 

Christopher  White  died  about  the  year  169S,  leaving  a  widow 
and  three  cJiildren — Elizabeth,  Josiah  and  Joseph  White. 
Christopher  Wiiite  appears  to  liave  been  a  man  of  an  energetic 
turn  of  mind,  and  a  high  moral  tone  of  cliaracter,  and  tliose 
traits  were  transmitted  to  his  descendants  for  several  genera- 
tions. His  daughter  Elizabeth  married  William  Bi-adway,  in 
the  year  1689.  Josiah  White,  son  of  Christopher,  I  believe, 
married  Hannah  Ashbury  in  1698.  Their  son  Christopher 
White,  was  l)orii  23d  of  6tli  month,  1699,  and  died  a  minor. 
Their  son,  Josiah  White,  was  born  in  1705.  Hannah  White, 
daughter  of  Josiah  and  Hannah  Wliite,  was  born  at  Alloways 
Creek  in  1710.  Josiah  White,  Sr.,  died  about  the  year  1726, 
leaving  his  landed  estate  to  his  son,  Josiah. 

As  early  as  1698,  tlie  owners  of  the  meadoAvs  and  low  lands 


310  CHRISTOPHER    WHITE    FAMILY. 


bordering  on  Alloways  creek  obtained  a  law  from  the  West  Jer- 
sey Legislature  to  enable  them  to  put  a  dam  across  the  said 
creek,  and  to  put  a  sufficient  sluiceway  to  drain  all  the  low  lands 
lying  above  the  present  Hancock's  Bridge.  For  some  cause 
which  has  never  been  explained,  the  work  was  not  undertaken 
until  the  year  1723,  at  which  time  the  Company  contracted  with 
Josiah  White  to  build  the  dam.  He  was  the  son  of  Josiah 
Wliite,  and  grandson  of  Christopher  White,  the  emigrant.  Jo- 
siah was  born  21st  of  6tli  montli,  1705,  at  the  old  homestead  of 
the  familv,  called  at  that  time  Monmouth  Precinct.  He  made 
a  contract  to  erect  a  dam  and  put  in  a  sufficient  sluiceway  for  a 
specific  sum,  the  amount  of  wliich  I  have  never  learned,  and 
guaranteed  it  to  stand  one  year  before  he  was  to  receive  his  pay. 
But  tlie  meadow  owners  above  the  dam  soon  discovered  that 
their  lands  did  not  drain  as  well  as  before,  and  besides  losing 
the  navigation  of  the  creek,  which  was  an  incalculable  loss,  for 
there  was  as  nuich  valuable  timber  on  the  land  bordering  the 
creek  at  tliat  time  as  in  any  part  of  West  Jersey.  Before  the 
expiration  of  the  year  the  dam  broke.  Since  that  day  immense 
quantities  of  the  best  quality  of  ship  timber,  and  thousands  of 
cords  of  fire  wood,  together  with  products  of  the  farms,  have 
been  sent  to  market  from  the  lands  bordering  the  creek  above 
tlie  dam,  by  the  navigable  highway  which  nature  designed  Mon- 
mouth river  to  be.  Within  a  few  years  past,  by  the  wear  of 
the  creek,  many  of  the  ancient  piling  and  other  timber  on  the 
south  side  became  a  hindrance  to  na^^gation,  and  the  Freehold- 
ers of  the  county  determined  to  have  the  timber  removed  out 
of  the  stream.  They  offered  proposals  for  the  lowest  bidders 
to  clear  the  navigation.  Edward  and  Lewis  S.  Carll  agreed  to 
do  it,  they  being  the  lowest  bidders,  for  the  sum  of  $210.  Many 
of  their  friends  were  fearful  tliey  would  incur  a  loss  by  the  un- 
tlertuking,  but  l)y  good  management  and  perseverance  they  have 
been  successful  iu  removing  a  large  quantity  of  heavy  timber. 
The  dam  was  constructed  with  two  cribs,  twenty  feet  each, 
makino;  the  width  of  the  eml)ankment  full  fortv  feet  wide. 
About  fifty  or  sixty  feet  from  the  south  side  of  the  creek,  which, 
I  presume,  at  that  time,  was  near  tlie  channel,  they  found  large 
quantities  of  wood  cut  in  lengths  to  cord  tightly  in  between  the 
three  rows  of  piling  and  land  ties,  which,  I  have  no  doubt,  was 
used  as  a  tumbling  dam  until  such  time  as  the  other  part  of  the 
enbaidcment  could  be  raised  aV)ove  tide  Avater.  Many  of  tlie 
piling,  drawn  by  means  of  a  stump  puller,  were  imbedded  fif- 
teen and  some  nearly  twenty  feet  in  tlie  mud  and  gravel.  The 
land  ties  drawn  to  the  shore  from  the  bottom  of  the  (a-eek,  were 


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over  tifty  feet  in  length,  and  squared  twelve  to  fourteen  inches, 
they  being  to  all  appearance  as  sound  as  when  put  there — one 
hundred  and  fifty-six  years  ago.  They  were  of  white  oak. 
The  creek  since  that  time  has  changed  its  channel  northerly 
fully  sixty  feet.  The  first  bent  on  the  south  side  of  the  stream, 
^vith  the  piling  and  land  ties,  are  at  this  time  imbedded  under 
the  mud  fully  three  or  four  feet  deep,  extending  under  the 
present  tide  bank. 

I  previously  mentioned  that  the  work  was   done  by  contract 
by  Josiah  A\^hite.     Tradition  says  tlie  dam  was  cut  on  the  niglit 
before  the  year   expired.     The    comj^any    contended    that    the 
stopping  broke,  but  their  statement  found  little  or  no  credit, 
and   was   never    believed  except   by  those   persons  who  were 
interested  in  the  meadow  company,  and  they  decided  not  to  pay 
him.     Josiah  was  under  the  necessity  of  selling  his  large  patri- 
monial estate  to  pay  the  debt  he  had  incurred  in  erecting  the 
works  for  their  benefit.     At  that  time  he  was  only  twenty-three 
years  old.     Many  persons  in  the  same   adversity  would  have 
become  dispirited,  but  not  so  with  one  who  had  inherited  from 
his  father   and  his  grandfather  those    qualities  of  heart  and 
mind,  which  made  him   capable   of    withstanding   more  than 
ordinary  trials.     After   disposing  his   estate   to  Joseph   Stretch 
and  others,  he  was  enabled  to  pay  his  indebtedness  and  have 
£500  left.     He  then  determined  to  leave  his  native  county,  not 
having  any  family.     His  widowed  mother,  Hannah  AVhite,  had 
died  a  short  time  previous.     He  went  and  settled  in  Burlington 
county,  at  or  near  Mount  Holly,  and  tliere  purchased  land  on  the 
head  waters  of  Rancocas  creek.     Soon  after  he  made  a  dam 
across  the  creek  for  the  purpose  of  raising  a  head  of  water,  and 
then  built  a  fulling  mill,  in  which,  I  think,  he  carried   on  the 
manufacturing  of  cloth  the  greater  part  of  the  remainder  of  his 
life.     He   married    1st   of    10th    month,    1734,  Rebecca,    the 
daughter   of   Josiah  and  Rebecca  Foster,  a  highly  respected 
family  of    Burlington   county;    she  was  a   descendant  of  the 
Borden  family,  from  whom  Bordentown,  on  the  Delaware  river, 
derives  its  name.     She  was  born  1st  of  10th  month,  1702. 

Josiah  and  his  wife,  Rebecca  F.  White,  had  six  children. 
Their  eldest  daughter,  Amy,  born  13th  of  5th  montli,  1737,  died 
when  she  was  about  thirteen  months  old.  Hannah,  the  second 
daughter,  born  28th  of  11th  month,  1739,  married  Thomas 
Prior,  in  1763 ;  her  second  husband  was  Daniel  Drinker. 
Josiah,son  of  Josiah  and  Rebecca  White,  born  24:thof  4th  month, 
1752,  died  when  two  years  of  age.  Rebecca,  the  daughter  of 
Josiah  and  Rebecca,  born  15th  of  3d  month,  1745,  married  a 


312  CHRISTOPHER    WHITE    FAMILT. 


young  man  by  the  name  of  Redman,  of  Haddonfield.  John, 
the  son  of  Josiali  and  Rebecca,  born  9th  of  7th  month,  1747. 
Josiah  White,  the  yonngest  son  of  Josiali  and  Rebecca,  was 
born  20tli  of  8th  month,  1750.  The  fatlier  of  the  above  named 
children  was  a  minister  in  the  Society  of  Friends,  recommended 
as  such  in  tlie  year  174B.  On  the  same  day  the  celebrated 
John  Woohnan  was  also  recommended  by  the  Mount  Holly 
Monthly  Meeting.  Josiah  had  the  happy  faculty  of  condensing 
what  he  desired  to  express  either  in  his  public  communications 
or  his  private  conversation,  and  his  company  was  mucli  sought 
after.  He  and  Dr.  Benjamin  Franklin  were  on  quite  intimate 
terms,  as  he  was  also  with  Governor  William  Franklin,  the  son 
of  Dr.  Franklin,  whoso  country  seat  was  near  Mount  Holly. 
Josiah  imbibed  the  idea  similar  to  Homer,  the  father  of  poets, 
that  there  were  plants  and  herl)s  that  grew  to  cure  all  diseases 
the  human  family  is  liable  to.  I  have  ])een  informed  that  for  a 
number  of  years  of  his  life  he  used  no  other  medicine  in  his 
family  but  wliat  he  made  of  hei-bs,  and  he  was  frequently  sei.t 
for  by  his  neighbors  to  administer  the  same  to  their  families. 
He  received  the  appellation  of  herb  doctor.  He  certainly  was 
a  man  of  clear  and  comprehensive  judgment,  and  was  well 
calculated  to  leave  his  foot-prints  on  the  sands  of  time,  and 
those  great  qualities  were  transmitted  to  his  descendants  to  a 
remarkable  degree  to  the  first,  second  and  third  generations,  as 
their  lives  and  their  undertakings  for  the  public  good  (all  of 
which  they  accomplished)  fully  demonstrate. 

Josiah  lost  his  wife  about  nine  years  before  his  death;  she 
died  6th  of  I2th  month,  1771,  aged  nearly  sixty-three  years. 
He  was  born  at  Alloways  Creek,  21st  of  6th  month,  1705,  and 
died  at  Mount  Holly,  12th  of  5th  month,  1780,  aged  nearly 
seventy-five  years.  He  descended  from  an  ancient  family  of 
the  name  of  Wliite,  in  the  county  of  Cumberland,  in  Em^-land. 
Thomas  White,  his  great-grandfather,  became  converted  to  the 
principles  of  George  Fox,  and  soon  after  that  event  left  his 
native  county  and  removed  to  London.  In  the  year  1664  he 
was  taken  from  the  Bull  and  Mouth  meeting,  in  that  city,  and 
taken  before  Alderman  Brown.  He  told  the  Alderman  that  he 
thought  he  had  filled  up  the  measure  of  his  M'ickedness,  at 
which  the  Alderman,  incensed,  struck  him  in  the  face,  kicked 
him  and  sent  liim  to  Newgate  prison.  His  grandfather,  Chris- 
topher White,  also  suffered  much  violence  and  persecution  in 
the  city  of  London  on  account  of  his  religious  opinions.  It  is 
probable  for  that  reason  he  concluded  to  leave  his  native  coun- 
try and  emigrate  to  the  w^ilds  of  America,  where  he  could  enjoy 


CHRISTOPHER    WHITE    FAMILY.  313 


civil  and  religions  liberty.  He  accordingly  purchased  1,000 
acres  of  land  of  Jolm  Fenwick  before  lie  left  England,  in  the 
early  part  of  the  year  1675,  and  with  his  family  arrived  at  New 
Salem  in  the  6th  month,  1677.  He  became  an  active  and  nse- 
ful  citizen  in  Fenwick's  infant  colony.  He  died  on  his  planta- 
tion in  Monmouth  Frecinct,  now  Alloways  Creek  township, 
about  the  year  1696.  His  son,  Josiah  White,  who  was  born  in 
London  in  1675,  succeeded  him  and  became  the  owner  of  his 
real  estate  in  said  township. 

John,  the  son  of  Josiah  and  Ecbecca  White,  born  9th  of  7th 
month,  174:7,  married  7th  of  6th  month,  1775,  Eebecca,  daugh- 
ter of  Jeremiah  Haines,  of  Burlington  county ;  she  was  born 
28th  of  7th  month,  1744.  John  and  his  wife  Rebecca  White 
had  four  children.  John,  the  eldest,  lived  to  grow  up  to  man- 
hood and  died  unmarried ;  Christopher,  their  second  son,  died 
a  minor;  Josiali  was  born  4th  of  3d  month,  1781 ;  and  Joseph, 
the  youngest,  was  born  28th  of  12th  month,  1785.  John,  their 
father,  died  22d  of  Stli  month,  1785,  aged  about  thirty-eight 
years. 

Josiah  White,  well  known  as  the  pioneer  of  introducing  the 
Schuylkill  water  for  the  use  of  the  inhabitants  of  the  city  of 
Fhiladelphia,  also  one  of  the  first  projectors  of  the  Schuylkill 
canal,  and  also  the  Lehigh  Coal  and  Navigation  Company.  The 
latter  he  commenced  and  completed  nearly  or  altogether  by  his 
own  individual  exertions,  so  as  to  enable  the  different  coal  com- 
panies, which  were  then  organizing  in  the  anthracite  coal 
regions,  to  carry  it  to  the  Philadelphia  market  for  common  use 
as  fuel.  Before  that  period  it  was  not  much  used,  owing  in  a 
great  measure  to  tlie  high  price  of  transporting  it  to  market, 
which  put  it  out  of  reach  of  the  common  people,  it  being  from 
$25  to  $40  per  ton.  Josiah  was  the  third  son  of  John  and 
Rebecca  H.  Wliite,  and  was  born  3d  of  4th  month,  1781.  He 
was  married  twice ;  his  first  wife  being  Catharine  Rid g way,  of 
Burlington  county,  whom  he  married  in  1805.  She  died  a  few 
years  after  lier  marriage,  leaving  no  issue.  Josiah's  second  wife 
was  Elizabeth,  the  daughttft*  of  Solomon  and  Hannah  Wliite,  of 
Philadelphia.  There  were  five  children  by  that  connection — 
Hannah,  the  eldest,  married  Richard  Richardson,  of  Wilming- 
ton, Delaware ;  she  is  still  living.  Their  next  child  was  a  son, 
who  died  young.  Solomon,  their  third  child,  lived  until  he  was 
in  his  nineteenth  year.  He  has  been  represented  as  a  young 
man  of  uncommon  promise,  and  was  possessed  of  a  mind  above 
mediocrity,  and  consequently  his  untimely  death  was  a  great 
loss  to  his  aged  and  beloved  parents.     Josiah  and  Elizabeth 

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314  CHKISTOPHER    WillTE    FAMILY. 


White's  fourth  child  was  a  son,  M'ho  died  young.  Rebecca, 
their  youngest  child,  is  still  living,  unmarried.  Josiah  White, 
the  father,  died  14th  of  lltli  month,  1850,  aged  nearly  seventy 
years. 

Joseph  White,  the  youngest  son  of  John  and  Rebecca  H. 
White,  was  born  28tli  of  i2th  month,  1785.     Like  his  elder 
brother,   Josiah,  he  inherited    from   his    ancestors    that    great 
energv  of  character  and  a  cast  of  mind  which  made  them  pio- 
neers in  new  and  important  improvements  for  the  benefit  of 
mankind.     He  married  Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  Daniel  D.  and 
and  Elizabetli  Schooley  Smith,  of  Burlington  county.     Daniel 
D.  Smith  was  a  descendant  of  Ricliard  Smith,  M.  D.,  who  was 
baptised  18th  of  5th  month,  1593,  and  died  at  Branham,  York- 
shire, England,  in  1647.     Elizabeth  Schooley  Smith  was  the 
great-grand-daughter  of    Samuel   Jennings,  first  Governor  of 
'West  "New  Jersey.     Rebecca  Smith,  her  daughter,  was  born 
29th  of  3d  montli,  1787.     Joseph  and  Rebecca  S.  White  had 
eifdit  children — John  Josiah,  Daniel  S.,  Elizabeth,  Sarah  S., 
Anna  (who  died  young),  Howard,  Barclay  and  Anna  Maria. 
John  J.  White,  the  eldest  son,  resides  in  Philadelphia,  in  the 
house  on  Arch  street  that  was  formerly  occupied  by  his  uncle, 
Josiah  White.     He  is  a  lawyer  by  profession.     He  has  been 
twice  married,  his  first  wife  being  Mary  Ivirkbride  Shoemaker, 
and  his  second  wife  Abigail  Weaver. 

Daniel  S.  White,  the  second  son,  married  Rebecca  L.  Shreve. 
Elizabeth,  the  eldest  daughter,  married  Joshua  Lippincott,  of 
Philadelphia.     Sarah  S.  White  died  unmarried ;  Howard  died 
unmarried ;  Barclay  married  Rebecca  Merritt  Lamb,  daughter 
of  Restore  Lamb,  of  Burlington  county.     She  died  several  years 
ago,   leaving   issue.      His   second   wife   was   Beulah    Sansom 
Shreve.     Barclay  at  this  time  is  one  of  the  Government's  Su- 
perintendents of  Indian  Affairs,   and   is   located    at    Omaha, 
Nebraska.     Anna  Maria,  tlie  youngest  child  of  Joseph  AVliite, 
married  J.  Gibbon  Hunt,  M.  D.     During  the  year  1808  Joseph 
White  and  Samuel  Lippincott  purchased  Josiah  White's  stock 
of  hardware  and  commenced  business  as  importer  of  and  dealer 
in  hardware,  under  the  firm  of  White  6c  Lippincott,  at  No.  Ill 
Market  street,  Philadelphia.     The  following  interesting  narra- 
tive of  Joseph  White,  written  by  his  youngest  son  Barclay,  and 
forwarded  to  me  a  few  months  ago,  shows  that  his  life  had  been 
extended  to  threescore  years  and  ten ;  he  had  the  ability  and 
energy  to  have  risen  as  high  on  the  pinnacle  of  fame  in  the 
history  of  his  country  as  his  elder  brother.     He  died  at  the  age 
of  forty-one  years  in  the  prime  of  his  life. 


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In  the  year  1811  Joseph  left  Phihidelphia  with  the  intention 
of  traveling  on  horseback  to  St.  Louis,  Missouri,  and  other 
places  in  the  Western  and  Southern  country,  for  the  purpose  of 
extending  the  business  of  the  lirm,  and  collecting  debts  due  to 
it.  Stopping  at  Brownsville,  Pennsylvania,  he  stabled  his  horse 
and  strolled  through  the  streets  to  view  the  town.  Passing  a 
store,  he  noticed  a  man  standing  in  its  door,  clad  in  such  cus- 
tom as  denoted  he  was  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends;  and 
being  a  stranger  in  a  strange  place,  Joseph  was  attracted  towards 
this  member  of  his  own  religious  Society.  Asking  for  some 
trivial  article  of  merchandise  as  an  excuse  for  opening  a  conver- 
sation, he  entered  the  store.  This  new  acquaintance  proved  to 
be  Elisha  Hunt,  who,  with  his  brother  Caleb,  were  conducting 
a  mercantile  business  there.  The  conversation  that  ensued  was 
interesting  to  both  Friends,  and  when  supper  was  announced, 
Joseph  was  invited  to  join  the  family  circle.  The  Hunts  made 
a  proposition  that  if  Joseph  White  would  give  up  his  journey 
on  horseback  and  assist  tliem  in  building  and  freighting  a  keel 
boat,  Caleb  Hunt  Avould  in  the  spring  join  him  on  the  trip  to 
St.  Louis,  thus  making  a  more  pleasant  journey,  with  favorable 
prospects  of  a  successful  mercantile  venture.  Such  an  arrange- 
ment was  agreed  upon.  Joseph  White  spent  the  winter  at 
Brownsville,  the  boat  was  built,  and  freighted  with  general  mer- 
chandise, and  in  the  spring  of  1812,  Caleb  Hunt  and  Joseph 
White,  witli  a  crew  of  French-Canadian  boatmen,  started  her 
from  the  landing  at  Brownsville,  Pennsylvania,  bound  for  St. 
Louis,  Missouri.  During  the  previous  11th  month  an  earth- 
quake, which  is  known  as  the  "earthquake  of  New  Madrid," 
liad  changed  and  rent  the  banks  of  the  Ohio  river,  adding  to 
the  risks  and  labors  of  the  voyage.  As  they  pursued  theii-  course 
with  the  current  of  the  river,  there  was  much  leisure  time,  and 
the  boatmen  noticed  that  Joseph  frequently  interested  himself 
by  reading  from  a  volume  which  he  carried  in  his  pocket,  and 
they  asked  that  he  would  read  to  them.  The  volume  was  the 
Bible,  and  by  commencing  his  readings  with  the  narrative  por- 
tions, they  became  so  interested  in  the  book  that  the  readings 
were  made  regular  and  systematic  during  the  remainder  of  the 
voyage. 

As  far  as  the  mouth  of  tlie  Ohio  the  voyage  was  compara- 
tively easy,  requiring  only  watchful  care  to  keep  the  boat  in 
the  current  and  avoid  obstructions,  but  from  the  Ohio's  mouth 
to  St.  Louis,  against  the  rapid  current  of  the  Mississippi  river, 
was  another  kind  of  labor.  They  now  doubled  the  number  of 
tlieir  men,  and  pulled  the  boat  up  stream  with  a  long  rope,  n 


316  CHRISTOl'HER   WHITE   FAMILY. 


number  of  hands  on  shore  drajrffina;  it.  This  was  called  "cor- 
delling"  and  "  bushwhacking,"  as  the  men  would  catch  a  bush 
with  one  hand  and  pull  the  rope  with  the  other.  This  arduous 
labor  was  well  calculated  to  lead  the  reflective  mind  to  consider 
if  some  other  power  could  not  be  successfully  applied  for  pro- 
pelling boats  against  such  a  current. 

After  reaching  St.  Louis  the  merchandise  was  sold,  partly  for 
cash,  the  balance  to  be  paid  for  in  lead,  which  was  to  be  deliver- 
ed at  St.  Genevieve,  Missouri,  during  the  spring  of  1813. 
Having  successfully  disposed  of  their  goods,  and  ascertained 
that  the  St.  Louis  merchants,  who  were  indebted  to  White  & 
Lippincott,  were  unable  to  pay  the  debt,  the  friends  turned  their 
keel  boat  down  the  Mississippi  river  homeward  bound.  They 
entered  the  mouth  of  the  Ohio  river,  and  proceeded  up  it  as  far 
as  Smithland  at  the  mouth  of  the  Cumberland  river,  wliere, 
not  finding  an  opportunity  to  sell  their  keel  boat,  it  was  com- 
mitted to  the  charge  of  Joseph  Wood,  to  sell,  freight  or  charter. 
Joseph  AVhite  bought  a  horse  of  Wood  for  §50,  and  with 
Caleb  Hunt,  left  Smi'thland  on  the  6th  of  7th  month,  1812,  at 
six  o'clock  A.  M.,  on  horseback  for  the  journey  home.  From 
the  notes  of  this  journey,  which  are  now  before  me,  they 
passed  through  Louisville,  Kentucky.  At  Hopkinville  they 
received  the  intelligence  of  war  l)eing  declared  with  England. 
The  diary  notes  : — "  We  were  much  shocked  thereat ;  this  un- 
"  expected  intelligence  overclouded  my  prospects,  and  makes 
"  my  ride  gloomy."  "  At  Bowling  Green,  Kentucky,  I  fell  in 
"  with  the  proprietor  of  a  cave,  who  wanted  me  to  purchase  it. 
"  He  asked  §10,000.  With  five  men  he  makes  one  hundred 
"  pounds  of  saltpetre  per  day  ;  to  manufacture  it  costs  him  from 
"  live  to  six  cents  per  pound  ;  it  is  now  worth  twenty-five  cents 
"  per  pound  in  Lexington,  Kentucky." 

At  Sheppardsville,  Kentucky,  the  friends  separated,  and 
Joseph  White  proceeded  to  Louisville,  where  he  found  consider- 
aljle  commotion  on  account  of  a  man  being  arrested  on  suspicion 
of  being  a  British  spy,  and  fomenting  the  negroes  to  insurrec- 
tion. He  passed  through  Frankford,  the  seat  of  government, 
whi(;h  he  describes  as  "  a  smart  town,  containing  about  one 
"  hundred  and  fifty  houses."  "  Cynthina  contains  about  fifty 
"  houses,"  thence  to  Lexington,  which  he  found  to  be  "  a  delight- 
"  f  ul  place,  with  hospitable  people  and  luxurious  soil."  Passing 
through  the  gap  of  the  Cumberland  range  of  mountains,  he 
traveled  on  to  Knoxville,  Tennessee,  which  is  mentioned  as  "  a 
"  lively  town,  with  from  two  hundred  to  three  hundred  houses ; 
"  here  I  was  introduced  to  the  Governor  of  the  State  and  several 


CHRISTOPHEK    WHITE    FAMILY.  317 


"principal  people."  "Near  Rogersville  I  exchanged  horses 
"  witli  William  Lyons,  gave  liim  $50  to  boot,  and  am  to  pay  $iO 
"  more  if  he  should  think  it  a  hard  bargain."  From  Abington, 
Virginia,  he  passed  np  the  Yalley  of  Virginia,  or  Shenendoah 
Valley,  tln-ough  Lynchburg,  stopping  to  view  the  Natural 
Bridge ;  then  on  to  "  Strasburg,  containing  sixty  or  seventy 
"  houses,"  through  "  Winchester,  a  line  place  with  about  four 
"  hundred  houses,"  passing  by  Harper's  Ferry,  where  he  found 
an  extensive  manufactory  of  arms,  producing  nine  hundred 
stand  per  month,  rating  at  $12  each.  Thence  to  Frederickstown, 
Maryland,  which  he  supposes  "  contains  eiglit  hundred  or  one 
thousand  houses,"thence  through  Columbia,Lancaster  and  Down- 
ington,  in  Pennsylvania,  arri\dng  in  Philadelphia,  16th  of  8th 
month,  1812.  This  horseback  journey  from  Smithland,  Ken- 
tucky, to  Philadelphia,  ajDpears  to  have  occupied  forty -one  days. 

During  the  autumn  of  1812  Elisha  Hunt  visited  Philadelphia, 
and  while  there  arrangements  wei'e  made  and  a  stock  company 
formed  to  construct  steamboats  and  carry  passengers  and  freight 
by  steamboats  between  Pittsburg  and  New  Orleans.  The  stock 
of  this  company  was  divided  into  six  shares,  of  which  Joseph 
White  owned  two  or  one-third  of  the  whole  amount  of  stock. 
Daniel  French,  a  Connecticut  man,  owned  a  patent  for  steam- 
boats, and  had  built  a  little  stern  wheel  steamboat  on  his  plan, 
which  was  then  running  as  a  ferry  boat  between  Cooper's  Point, 
Camden,  New  Jersey,  and  Philadelphia. 

French  said  he  could  construct  steamVjoats  that  would  run  five 
miles  an  hour,  against  the  current  of  the  Mississippi  river,  and 
an  arrangement  was  made  with  him  by  which  he  sold  to  the 
company  the  right  to  use  his  patent  west  of  the  Alleghany 
mountains.  The  services  of  French  were  engaged,  shops  were 
erected  at  Brownsville,  Pennsjdvania,  tools  for  working  in  iron 
were  made,  logs  were  cut  into  plank  with  whip  saws,  and  with 
the  ferry  boat  above  mentioned  as  their  model,  tliey  constructed 
the  steamboat  Enterprise,  costing  about  fifteen  thousand  dollars, 
and  in  the  latter  part  of  the  summer  of  1813  she  left  Pittsburg 
for  New  Orleans,  under  the  command  of  Captain  Henry  Slireve, 
who  was  the  son  of  Israel  Shreve,  of  Burlington  county.  New 
Jersey,  a  Colonel  in  the  Revolutionary  army. 

The  Enterprise  reached  New  Orleans,  and  was  there  seized  by 
the  State  Marslial,  at  the  instance  of  Fulton  and  Livingstone, 
for  coming  witliin  the  limits  of  Louisiana,  they  having  obtained 
from  the  Legislature  of  that  State  a  charter,  granting  them  the 
exclusive  privilege  of  running  steamboats  on  the  waters  of  that 
State.     Captain  Shreve  gave  security  for  trial,  the  Enterprise 


318  CHRISTOPHER    WHITE    FAMILY. 


was  released,  and  returned  up  the  river  witli  a  full  cargo  of 
freight  and  passengers.  The  charge  for  carrying  freight  was 
eight  cents  per  pound,  and  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars 
for  each  passenger.  It  was  announced  in  tlie  Pittsburg  papers, 
and  copied  into  Cramer  &  Spears'  Almanac  that  the  steamboat 
Enterprise  had  just  arrived  with  a  full  cargo  of  passengers  and 
freight,  in  tlie  remarkable  short  passage  of  twenty-six  days  from 
New  Orleans,  thus  proving  the  practicability  of  navigating  the 
Mississippi  river  by  steam. 

The  Steamboat  Company  labored  under  a  great  disadvantage 
on  account  of  fuel  and  had  axemen  on  board  to  chop  wood, 
which  they  took  on  the  banks  of  the  river  and  from  drifts,  as 
they  could  hud  it.  This  occasioned  great  detention,  but  arrange- 
ments were  made  for  a  supply  at  several  landings  against  the 
next  trip.  The  next  time  the  Enterprise  landed  at  New  Orleans, 
General  Jackson  pressed  her  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States,  and  sent  her  up  to  Alexandria,  on  tlio  Red  river,  with 
provisions,  &c.,  for  the  army  there. 

The  Enterprise  made  about  three  round  voyages  between 
Pittsburg  and  New  Orleans,  when  peace  was  declai-ed  between 
the  United  States  and  England,  Passengers  and  freight  then 
w^ent  around  by  sea.  The  Enterprise  finally  reached  Shippins 
Port,  below  the  Falls  of  the  Ohio  river,  and  the  river  being  low 
above,  and  freights  dull,  the  Captain  anchored  the  boat  in  deep 
water,  and  hiring  two  men  to  take  care  of  her,  went  by  land  to 
Pittsburo-.  One  of  the  men  went  ashore  and  the  other  got 
drunk  and  neglected  the  pumps,  the  weather  was  hot,  the  seams 
of  the  boat  opened,  and  the  Enterprise  tilled  and  sank  to  the 
bottom,  where,  as  Elisha  Hunt,  in  a  letter  written  during  the 
year  1851,  says  "she  still  is."  Elisha  further  states  that  while 
lie  was  down  in  Kentucky,  in  1818,  a  man  offered  him  $1,000 
for  the  wreck,  as  he  thought  he  could  get  her  engine  out  to  run 
a  saw  mill. 

Fulton  Sz  Livingston  obtained  judgment  against  the  Company 
in  the  State  Court,  but  on  appeal  the  United  States  Court  set 
that  decision  aside  and  left  the  navigation  of  the  Mississippi 
free,  and  open  to  all.  Said  suit  cost  the  Company  l)etween 
$1500  and  $2000. 

The  Steamboat  Company  then  built  a  second  boat  called  the 
Despatch,  designed  for  shoal  water,  she  soon  sank  in  the  Ohio 
river,  after  wliicli  the  stockholders  became  discouraged,  and  the 
Company  dissolved. 

The  Enterprise  was  the  first  steamboat  that  ever  went  out  of 
the  Monongahela  river  to  New  Orleans,  and  returned  up  against 
the  current. 


CHRISTOPHER    WHITE    FAMILY.  319 


One  of  Elisha  Hunt's  letters  says  :  "  The  amount  of  dividend 
"  paid  to  the  stockhoklers  out  of  the  profits  of  the  boats  I  am 
"  not  able  to  give,  for  no  book  account  was  ever  kept  by  the 
"  Captain.  On  his  return  to  Brownsville  he  brought  his  funds 
"  in  several  shot  bags,  of  Spanish  dollars,  whicli  were  poured 
"  out  on  the  counter  of  E.  c^  C.  Hunt's  store,  and  laid  off  into 
"  six  piles  to  the  stockholders,  with  which  they  were  satisfied  at 
"  the  time." 

In  consequence  of  the  sinking  of  the  boats,  tlie  stockholders 
lost  all  their  investment,  which  was  about  $20,000.  The  Steam- 
boat Company  manufactured  the  tools  necessary  for  tlie  con- 
struction of  steam  machinery,  and  also  constructed  a  cotton  mill 
at  Brownsville,  in  which  they  placed  a  steam  engine,  manufac- 
tured in  their  shops.  After  the  close  of  the  war  the  cotton  mill 
failed. 

After  Captain  Henry  Shreve  left  the  service  of  the  Steamboat 
Company,  he  constructed  a  boat  at  Wheeling,  called  the  Wash- 
ington. Shreve  was  employed  by  the  government  to  remove 
the  snags  out  of  the  river,  and  afterwards  entered  into  an 
engagement  with  the  United  States  to  remove  the  Red  river 
raft.  He  invented  a  powerful  snag  boat,  and  with  it  improved 
the  navigation  of  the  Red  river  to  Shreveport,  wliich  town  was 
named  after  him. 

One  of  Elisha  Hunt's  letters  states :  "  The  little  office  con- 
"  nected  with  our  Brownsville  store  was  the  rendezvous  of  many 
"  intelligent  and  enterprising  young  men,  and  there  all  the 
"  recent  inventions  for  improving  travel,  etc.,  were  argued  and 
"  discussed."  Among  the  regular  visitors  there  he  mentions 
Neal  Gillespie  Blaine,  grandfather  of  Ex-Speaker  Blaine,  of 
the  House  of  Representatives,  Robert  Clark,  Stephen  Darling- 
ton and  others. 

The  lead  which  was  to  be  delivered  at  St.  Genevieve  in  part 
payment  for  the  keel  boat  merchandise,  was  on  hand  according 
to  contract,  when  the  Enterprise  stopped  for  it.  The  boat 
carried  it  to  Pittsburg,  whence  it  was  freighted  to  Philadelphia 
in  Conestoga  wagons,  and  there  sold,  netting  over  one  hundred 
per  cent,  profit  on  the  keel  boat  venture. 

In  1813  or  1814  Elisha  Hunt  sent  to  Joseph  White  one  barrel 
of  "Seneca  Oil"  gathered  at  Oil  Creek,  Pennsylvania,  which 
Joseph  sold  to  Daniel  Smith,  a  druggist  in  Philadelphia.  The 
oil  was  gathered  by  damming  up  the  rivulets,  and  spreading  a 
blanket  over  the  water  to  absorb  the  oil.  The  blanket  was  then 
wrung  over  barrels,  wliich  caught  the  oil. 

Joseph  White  was  extensively  engaged  in  coal  operations  in 


320  CHRISTOPHER    WHITE    FAMILY. 


the  Lackawanna  region  during  the  latter  years  of  his  life,  and 
died  in  Philadelphia  25tli  of  5th  month,  1827,  aged  forty-one 
years. 

•  After  many  years  of  mercantile  life  at  Brownsville,  Elisha 
Hunt  returned  to  his  native  place,  Moorestown,  New  Jersey, 
where  he  passed  many  of  his  later  years,  and  died  in  the  summer 
of  1873  in  the  ninety-fourth  year  of  his  age.  It  was  my  privi- 
lege and  pleasure  on  several  occasions  during  those  years  to  con- 
verse with  him  upon  his  social  and  business  connections  M'ith  my 
father,  and  the  incidents  above  narrated  have  been  chiefly 
derived  from  such  conversations. 

It  is  more  than  probable  that  if  Josiah  White,  Jr.,  had  not 
been  defrauded  of  his  just  dues  by  the  inliabitants  of  tlie  Upper 
Precinct  of  Monmouth,  he  would  have  remained  in  his  native 
county  of  Salem,  a  district  of  country  for  which  nature  has  done 
so  much.  The  inventive  genuis  and  uncommon  energy  of 
character  possessed  by  him  and  his  descendants  would  have 
been  an  incalculable  advantage  to  this  section  of  the  State  ;  for 
as  William  Penn  wrote  in  one  of  his  maxims  respecting  human 
life :  "  Great  minds  were  destined  by  Providence  to  be  the  pio- 
"  neers  of  all  that  is  good  and  useful  for  the  benelit  of 
"  mankind." 

Josiah  White,  while  in  his  twenty-eighth  year,  sold  all  his 
goods  to  his  brother,  Joseph  White,  and  Samuel  Lippiucott,  he 
having  by  this  time  obtained  the  amount  of  property  he  desired 
as  being  sufficient  for  him.  It  appears  he  was  out  of  business 
about  two  years,  and  in  1810  ho  married  his  second  wife  Eliza- 
beth, the  daughter  of  Solomon  and  Hannah  White.  Her  father 
had  been  a  successful  merchant  in  Philadelphia,  but  was  then 
deceased.  Notwithstanding  his  plans  of  life,  it  seems  he  was 
designed  for  active  life,  and  about  two  years  after  he  sold  out 
liis  interest  in  Market  street,  there  was  a  water  power  offered 
for  sale  at  the  Falls  of  Schuylkill,  belonging  to  Robert  Kennedy, 
comprising  about  four  feet  available  fall,  with  all  the  water  of 
the  river,  with  the  right  to  construct  a  lock  for  navigation, 
charging  fifty  cents  toll  on  each  boat  for  passing ;  also,  there 
was  four  acres  of  ground  on  the  east  side  of  tlie  river,  and  seven 
or  eight  acres  and  an  old  tavern  house  on  the  west  side  adjoin- 
ing the  bridge.     He  built  a  large  mill  for  the  manufacture  of 


wire,  and  a  smaller  one  for  making  nails,  and  entered  himself 
in  the  manufacture  of  these  articles  about  that  time.  He  asso- 
ciated with  him  Erskine  Hazard,  who  bec^ame  a  partner  in  the 
manufacture  of  wire.  In  1801  he  took  out  a  patent  for  rolling 
iron,  and  in  1812  another  patent  for  making  wire  and  heading 


CHRISTOPHEK    WHITE    FAMILY.  321 


nails.  In  1817  he  and  Josepli  Gillingham  endeavored  to  make 
arrangements  with  the  City  CounciL  They  offered  to  furnisli 
the  city  with  three  millions  of  gallons  of  water  every  twenty- 
four  hours  fc/1-  twenty  years,  at  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  a 
year,  and  then  three  millions  of  gallons  every  twenty-four  liours 
at  three  thousand  dollars  a  year  forever.  But  it  appears  they 
were  not  successful  in  making  a  contract  with  the  City  Council 
at  tliat  time. 

About  the  year  1812  they  made  an  experiment  of  anthracite 
coal  in  their  rolling  mill.  Tliey  procured  a  cart  load  of  it  which 
cost  them  one  dollar  per  bushel.  This  quantity  was  entirely 
wasted  without  getting  up  the  requisite  heat,  and  another  cart 
load  was  obtained,  and  a  whole  night  spent  in  endeavoring  to 
make  a  fire  in  the  furnace,  when  the  hands  shut  the  furnace 
doors  and  left  the  mill  in  despair.  Fortunately  one  of  them  left 
his  jacket  in  the  mill,  and  returning  for  it  in  about  half  an  hour, 
noticed  that  the  fm-nace  door  was  red  hot,  and  upon  opening  it 
was  surprised  to  find  the  whole  furnace  of  a  glowing  white  heat. 
The  others  were  summoned,  and  four  separate  parcels  of  iron 
were  heated  and  rolled  by  the  same  fire — before  it  required 
renewing.  The  furnace  was  then  replenished,  and  as  letting  it 
alone  had  succeeded  so  well,  it  was  concluded  to  try  it  again, 
and  the  experiment  was  repeated  with  the  same  result.  Coal 
at  that  time  was  SlO  per  ton. 

White  &  Hazard  applied  to  the  Legislature  in  1813  to  grant 
them  the  privilege  of  making  the  Schuylkill  navigable  so  as  to 
bring  the  coal  to  market,  and  supply  their  own  wants  at  a 
cheaper  rate,  but  the  idea  was  ridiculed.  The  members  from 
Schuylldll  county  said  in  the  Legislature,  that  although  they 
had  a  black  stone  in  their  county  it  would  not  burn,  and  tliey 
were  unsuccessful  in  obtaining  the  law  for  that  purpose  at  that 
time.  [See  Hazard  Report,  page  302].  White  <fe  Hazard 
called  a  meeting  for  all  those  that  were  interested  in  the  nav- 
igation of  the  Schuylkill  to  meet  at  the  tavern,  corner  of  Fifth 
and  Race  streets,  Philadelphia,  in  1815.  Josiah  White  opened 
the  business  of  the  meeting  by  proposing  the  application  to  the 
Legislature  for  a  company  to  improve  the  Schuylkill  for  slack 
water  navigation  by  dams  and  locks.  This  was  the  commence- 
ment of  the  present  Schuylkill  Navigation  Company.  The  Com- 
pany was  incorporated  in  1815,  showing  clearly  that  he  was  tlie 
originator  of  that  inland  navigation  which  has  been  millions  of 
dollars  benefit  to  the  city  of  Philadelphia  and  State  of  Peimsyl- 
vania. 

In  1819,  White  &  Hazard   sold   then*   water-power   at   tlie 
41 


322  CHRISTOPHER    WHITE    FAMILY. 


Falls  of  the  Scliuj^lkill  to  the  citj  of  Pliiladelphia.  They  then 
turned  attention  to  the  coal  regions  at  Mauch  Clnink.  They 
left  the  city  on  horseback,  and  the  greater  part  of  the  way  they 
had  to  ti-avel  through  the  wilderness,  particularly  in  tlie  moun- 
tainous reunions,  and  arris^ed  at  Summit  Hill  in  safetv,  a  short 
distance  from  Mauch  Chunk. 

In  1792  a  company  was  formed  called  the  Lehigh  Coal 
Mine  Company,  who  took  up  a  large  tract  of  land  contiguous 
to  that  on  which  the  coal  had  been  found.  AVhite,  Hazard  A: 
Company  rented  ten  thousand  acres  of  land  of  said  company  for 
twenty  years,  for  one  ear  of  corn  a  year,  if  demanded,  and  from 
and  after  three  years  to  send  to  Philadelphia  at  least  forty 
thousand  bushels  of  coal  per  annum  on  their  own  account.  So 
as  to  be  sure  of  introducing  it  in  the  iiiarket,  they  immediately 
set  to  work  to  improve  the  navigation  of  the  Lehigh,  with  a 
capital  of  two  hundred  thousand  dollars,  and  afterward  the  stock 
was  increased  to  a  million.  In  the  year  1820  the  dams  and 
locks  being  completed,  the  first  anthracite  coal  was  sent  to 
market  by  artificial  navigation.  The  whole  quantity,  says 
Josiah  White,  was  three  hundred  and  sixty-five  tons.  This,  he 
said,  proved  more  than  enough  for  family  supplies  in  Philadel- 
phia. In  1823  the  navigation  of  the  Lehigh  was  completed, 
and  was  inspected  by  commissioners  who  reported  it  finished, 
and  the  Governor  issued  his  licence  on  the  17th  of  1st  month, 
1823,  authorizing  them  to  take  toll. 

Josiah  White  removed  his  family  from  Philadelphia,  in  1821, 
near  Mauch  Chunk.  Next  year  a  comfortable  house  was  pro- 
vided for  his  family  upon  the  hill-side  above  the  beautiful 
river,  with  spacious  grounds,  adorned  with  rocks  and  forest 
trees.  An  extensive  inclosure,  called  the  Park,  contained  elk 
and  deer,  for  the  amusement  of  his  children,  and  at  that  place 
his  mother  closed  her  life  in  the  family  of  her  son,  in  the 
eighty-second  year  of  her  age.  In  1831  the  works  of  the  com- 
pany being  so  far  completed  as  not  to  require  his  constant 
attention,  the  family  returned  to  Pliiladelphia,  and  resided  at 
the  corner  of  Seventh  and  Arch  streets.  Soon  after  a  hea\'y 
domestic  ailii(;tion  was  experienced  by  the  parents  in  the  loss  of 
their  only  remaining  son,  a  prominent  young  man  in  his  nine- 
teenth year. 

From  1820  to  1871  the  production  of  coal  from  the  Lehigh 
Coal  and  Navigation  Company  from  official  reports  amounts  to 
13,705,298  tons. 

Josiah  White  was  much  interested  in  the  subject  of  education, 
particularly  desiring  its  diffusion  among  the  lower  classes  of  the 


CHRISTOPHER    WHITE    FAMILY.  '  323 


people,  in  a  way  to  make  them  self-reliant  and  self-supporting-, 
often  contributing  liberally  of  his  means  for  such  purpose.  He 
bequeathed  funds  for  the  establishment  of  two  manual  labor 
schools  in  the  West — one  in  Indiana  and  the  other  in  Iowa — 
especially  having  reference  to  the  religious  training  of  the 
pupils. 

A  short  time  before  his  death  he  visited  Salem,  and  in 
company  with  Robert  G.  Johnson,  visited  the  native  place  of 
his  ancestors  at  Alloways  Creek.  He  died  in  Philadelphia  the 
14th  of  11th  month,  1850,  in  the  seventieth  year  of  his  age. 

Notwithstanding  his  life  was  a  busy  one  and  vast  his  under- 
taking in  improving  the  inland  navigation  of  his  adopted  State, 
which,  by  his  perseverance  and  good  management  he  completed, 
and  his  mind  appeared  to  be  centred  to  the  great  first  cause.  He 
wrote  the  following  touching  expressions,  among  others  of  a 
similar  nature,  in  his  religious  reflections  not  long  before  his 
death  :  ''  When  I  consider  the  relationship  of  man  to  his  Maker, 
"how  depending  he  is  before  him,  yea,  nothing  but  a  cloud  of 
"  dust,  and  the  life  he  lives  is  only  by  the  will  and  power  of  the 
"  Holy  One ;  it  is  even  He  that  created  tliis  dust,  and  gave  it 
"  life  and  being  and  capacity  to  serve  him,  and  to  do  his  will 
"  and  life  forever."  He  left  three  daughters,  two  of  whom  are 
still  living.  Hannah  married  Richard  Richardson  and  Rebecca 
remains  single. 

I  close  the  short  account  that  I  have  written  of  this  truly 
great  man  by  copying  the  remarks  made  by  Charles  Y.  Hagner, 
from  a  work  he  wrote  of  some  of  the  leading  men  that  lived 
near  the  Falls  of  Sclmylkill.  After  mentioning  the  various  and 
great  undertakings  Josiah  Wliite  had  accomplislied  for  the 
benefit  of  the  city  and  State,  he  says:  "Have  I  not  sliown  good 
"  reasons  for  saying  that  I  know  of  no  man  to  whom  the  citizens 
"  of  Philadelphia  are  so  much  indebted  for  substantial  benefits 
"  tliey  have  so  long  enjoyed  as  they  are  to  Josiah  Wliite.  First 
"  we  see  him  in  company  with  Mr.  Hazard,  making  experiments 
"  with  the  anthracite  coal,  and  succeedinf>;  in  brino;iniC  it  into 
"  practicable  use  in  the  rolling  mill.  Next  in  successfully  con- 
"  triving  gates  to  make  it  applicable  for  domestic  use.  Then 
"  starting  the  Schuylkill  Navigation  Company  to  bring  down  a 
"  supply  of  coal.  Originating  the  idea  of  the  Fairmount  Dam, 
"  resulting  in  giving  to  the  citizens  of  Philadelphia  such  a  plen- 
"  tiful  supply  of  water  as  they  never  dreamed  of  before,  and 
"  finally  originating  the  Lehigh  works.  The  warrior  who  slays 
"  thousands  of  his  fellow  creatures  is  lauded  and  glorified,  hiuli 
"  monuments  are  ere(?ted  to  his  memory,  on  which  are  embla- 


324  CHRISTOPHER    WHITE    FAMILY. 


"  zoned  his  deeds  of  blood,  but  the  modest,  plain,  unassuminfi; 
"  citizen  who  does  so  much  good  for  his  fellow  men,  and  who 
"  neither  seeks  or  courts  notoriety,  sleeps  his  last  sleep,  compar- 
"  atively  unnoticed  or  forgotten." 


JOSEPH    WHITE    FAMILY. 

Joseph  White  descended  from  an  ancient  family  of  North- 
amptershire,  England.  He  was  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Elenor 
White,  and  was  born  the  20th  of  1st  month,  1651.  He  left 
his  native  place  in  England  and  removed  to  Ireland,  in  1672 ; 
soon  after  that  event,  he  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  An- 
thony and  Elizabeth  Clnirch,  who  had  removed  from  Stafford- 
shire, England,  to  Ireland,  a  few  years  before,  and  they  became 
members  of  New  Garden  Monthly  Meeting,  near  Dublin.  In 
said  meeting,  about  the  year  1679,  Joseph  White  and  Elizabeth 
Church  were  married.  They,  in  company  with  a  number  of 
friends,  among  whom  were  Hugh  Middleton,  from  Gloucester- 
shire, England,  Allen  Matthias  and  Hannah  Ashbury,  all 
originally  natives  of  England,  set  sail  from  Dublin  harbor,  and 
after  a  passage  of  eight  weeks  and  two  days,  they  landed  at 
Elsinborongh  Point  in  West  Jersey,  on  the  17th  day  of  9t.li 
month,  1681.  The  same  day  they  landed,  they  had  a  daughter 
born,  which  they  named  Rema  White.  Joseph  White  located 
on  land  in  Elsinl)orough  and  resided  thereon.  He  was  an  active 
man  in  the  civil  affairs  of  the  Colony ;  and  likewise  an  influen- 
tial member  of  Salem  Monthly  Meeting.  Joseph  White,  Jr., 
son  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  White,  was  born  in  Elsinborough, 
29th  of  lltli  month,  1692.  I  think  that  Joseph  White,  Sr., 
died  about  the  year  1703.  I  find  no  mention  of  him  after  that 
date  in  public  records,  or  in  the  meeting  books.  The  family 
soon  after  his  death  left  Elsinborough  and  settled  in  the  upper 
part  of  the  county. 

Joseph  White,  2d,  married  and  had  several  children.  John 
White,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  White  was  born  19th  of  3d 
month,  1717.  Joseph  White,  3d,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
White,  was  born  21st  of  lOth  month,  1719.  William  White, 
son  of  the  same  parents  was  born  in  1722.  Here  appears  a 
discrepency  in  the  records.  I  have  heard  stated  there  were 
two  or  three  daughters.  William  White,  son  of  Joseph,  3d, 
married,  and  had  several  children,  six  daughters  and  one  son. 
William  was  born  in  1751 ;  he  subsequently  became  an  eminent 


3-6  .TOSEl'H    WHITE    FAMILY. 


land  Surveyor.  He  died  18tli  of  11th  month,  1S3G,  in  liis 
eighty-fifth  year.  He  enjoyed  remarkalile  liealth,  and  was 
never  known  to  be  sick  during  his  long  life,  until  a  few  days 
before  liis  death.  He  was  married  three  times.  His  first  wife 
was  a  Fisher,  by  whom  he  had  one  daughter — Hannah  White. 
She  married  Benjamin  Heritage,  of  Gloucester  count}^  Benja- 
min and  ]iis  wife  had  ten  children,  four  sons  and  six  daughters. 
William  White's  second  wife  was  Anne  Paul,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Paul,  of  Gloucester ;  they  had  ten  children — William, 
Samuel,  Ann,  Rebecca,  Mary,  Joseph,  Sarah,  Isaac,  John  and 
Joel  White.  William  AYhite's  third  wife  was  Mary  Silvers, 
widow  of  Thomas  Silvei's ;  they  had  no  issue. 

William,  the  son  of  William  and  Anne  White,  married  Susan 
Bates,  of  Gloucester  county ;  they  had  five  children — William, 
George,  Samuel,  Charles  and  Susan  AVliite.  They  are  all 
married  and  scattered  in  the  Western  States.  Samuel,  son  of 
William  and  Anne  White,  married  Jerusha,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than and  Hannah  Shourds  Smith,  of  Pilesgrove.  Samuel  and 
his  wife  had  eight  children — Elizabeth,  Jonathan,  William, 
Mary,  Samuel,  Caroline,  David  and  Wilson  White.  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Jerusha  White,  has  been  twice  married. 
Her  first  husl)and  was  Clement  Hinchman,  he  however  died  a 
short  time  after  marriage,  leaving  one  daughter — Clemence 
Hinchman.  Her  second  husband  was  William  Carll,  son  of 
Samuel  Carll,  Jr.  Jonathan,  the  eldest  son  of  Samuel  and 
Jerusha  White,  married  Lvdia,  dauo;liter  of  Aaron  and  Sarah 
\v  addington,  of  Elsinboro.  Jonathan  died  young,  leaving  one 
daughter — Gertrude  White.  William,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Jerusha  White,  married  Emily  Buzby ;  he  died  without  issue. 
Mai-y,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Jerusha  White,  married  Brad- 
way,  son  of  Aaron  and  Sarah  Waddington.  Bradway  died  a 
young  man,  leaving  two  children — Ada  and  Frank  Waddington. 
Ada  married  a  person  in  New  York.  Samuel  and  Caroline, 
children  of  Samuel  and  Jerusha  White,  died  minors.  David, 
son  of  Samuel  and  Jerusha  White,  married  a  young  woman  of 
Gloucester  county  ;  they  have  cliildren.  AYilson  White,  mar- 
ried a  Loveland  ;  they  have  issue. 

Ann,  daughter  of  William  and  Anne  AVhite,  married  William 
Haines,  of  Gloucester  county;  they  had  five  children — Joshua, 
AVilliam,  Ann,  Sarah  and  Samuel  Haines.  Joshua,  the  son  of 
AVilliam  and  Ann  White  Haines,  married  Hannah  Albertson, 
of  Burlington  county;  they  had  three  children — Chalkley,  Al)i- 
gail  and  Rebecca  Haines;  Chalkley  and  Abigail  are  married. 
William,  son  of  William  and  Anna  Haines  died  recently ;  liis 


JOSEPH    WHITE    FAMILY,  327 


wife  was  Rachel  Lippincott.     William  was  a  recommended  min- 
ister, and  a   member   of   Upper  Greenwich   Meethig;  like   liis 
_ij;randfather,  he  was  an  eminent  Surveyor.     He   and  his  wife 
had  four   children — Job  S.,  AVilliam,  Emily  and  Hannah  Ann 
Haines.     Job  married  Ellen  Holmes  ;  they  have  four  chikh-en — 
Jacob,  Stacy,  Idella  and  Jesse  Haines;  William,  son  of  AVilliam  , 
and  Rachel  Haines,  remains  single.     Emily  married  Joseph  Livy- 
ley ;  they  have  live  children ;  Samuel,  son  of  William  and  Anna 
Haines,   married  Ann  Eliza  Holmes,  of  Upper  Penn's  Neck ; 
they  had  one  son — Howard  Haines.     Ann,  the  daughter  of  AVil- 
liam  and  Anna  Haines,  married  Champion  Atkinson ;  she  died 
leaving  no  issue.     Sarah  Haines,  sister  of  Ann,  married  Cham- 
pion Atkinson,  former  husband   of  her  sister ;  they  are  Ijoth 
deceased,  leaving  no  issue.     Rebecca,  daughter  of  AVilliam  and 
Anne  White,  was  twice  married ;  her  first  husband  was  AVilliam 
Miller,  of  Greenwich,  Cumberland  county;  they  had  three  daugh- 
ters— Sarah  Ann,  Eliza  and  Mary  Miller.     Sarah  Ann  Miller, 
their  eldest  daughter,  married  Amos,  son  of   Joseph  Buzby ; 
they  have  ten  children — Edward,  Chambless,  Joseph,  William, 
Samuel,    Franklin,    Einil}',    Elizabeth,    Rebecca    and    Cornelia 
Buzby.     Eliza,  daughter  of  William  and  Rebecca  Miller,  mar- 
ried Lewis,  son  of  A7illiam  and  Martlia  Hancock,  of  Elsinboro ; 
they  had  two  daughters — Mary  and  Martha  Hancock.     Mary, 
the  daughter  of  William  and  Rebecca  Miller,  married  Caleb 
Borton ;  they  had  three  children — Omar,  Mary  and  Rhebc  Ann 
Borton.     Omar,  son  of  Caleb  and  Mary  Borton,  is  a  successful 
Apothecary  in  Woodstown ;  his  wife  is  the  daughter  of  John 
and  Sarah  Albertson,  of  Baltimore,  Maryland.     Omar  and  his 
wife,  have  one  daughter — Izetta  Borton;  she  married  Dr.  La- 
fayette Allen.     Mary,  daughter  of   Caleb  and    Mary  Borton, 
married  Nathan  Y.  Lippincott;  they  had  five  children — George, 
Edward  W.,  Ellen,  Hannah  and  Emma  Lippincott.     George, 
son  of  Nathan  and  Mary  Lippincott,  married  Rachel,  the  daugli- 
ter  of  Allen  Wallace ;  they  have  issue.     Edward  W.  Lippincott, 
married  Emma,  daughter  of  the  late  Henry  Ridgway,  of  Cros- 
wicks,  Burlington  county ;  they  have  no  issue.     Ellen,  daugh- 
ter of  Nathan  Y.  Lippincott,  married  Daniel  Taylor;  they  have 
two  daughters.     Emma,  daughter  of  Nathan  Y.  and  Mary  Lip- 
pincott is  not  married. 

Joseph,  son  of  William  and  Anne  White,  was  twice  married ; 
his  first  wife  was  Deborah,  daughter  of  James  Hewes  ;  he  was 
a  lineal  descendant  of  William  Hewes,  who  purchased  a  large 
tract  of  land  of  William  Penn  in  Upper  Penn's  Neck,  in  1689  ; 
the  said  land  was  surveyed  by  Richard  Tyndall,  by  an  order  of 


328  JOSKPH    WHITE    FAMILY. 


James  Nevill,  of  Salem.  Joseph  and  Deborah  White  had  three 
children — James  H.,  Ann  and  Edward  Wliite.  Joseph  White's 
second  wife  was  Lydia  Moore,  of  Woolwich,  Gloucester  county; 
they  liad  liv^e  children,  namely — E-euben,  Hannali,  Deboral), 
Thomas  and  Martha.  James,  son  of  Joseph  and  Dehorah 
White,  married  Mary  Ann  Holmes,  daughter  of  Samuel  Holmes, 
of  Upper  Penn's  Neck ;  they  had  nine  children  ;  their  nam(  s 
are — Esther,  Sarah,  Samuel,  Ann,  Joseph,  James,  Franklin, 
Martha  and  William  Wldte.  Ann,  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Dehorah  White,  married  Aaron  Lippincott,  and  have  live  chil- 
dren, four  sons  and  one  daugliter.  Joseph,  married  Georgianna, 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Sarah  Given,  of  Salem  ;  they  thave  no 
issue.  Deborah,  daughter  of  Aaron  and  Ann  Lippincott,  mai-- 
ried  Charles  Ballenger;  they  have  two  children.  Edward, 
Benjamin  and  David  Lippincott  are  single. 

Edward,  son  of  Joseph  and  Deborah  White,  is  at  the  present 
time  Surrogate  of  Cumberland  county.  He  married  Ann, 
daugliter  of  Jonathan  and  Fanny  House,  of  Upper  Alloways 
Creek ;  they  have  issue,  two  daughters — Fanny  and  Mai  y 
White.  Isaac,  son  of  William  and  Anne  White,  left  his  native 
State,  and  went  to  the  city  of  New  York.  John  and  Joel 
White,  sons  of  William,  settled  in  one  of  the  Soutliern  States. 
The  family  have  not  heard  from  them  for  a  number  of  years. 


WILLIAM  CARPENTER. 
Born  1792.  Died  1866. 


WAEE    FAMILY. 

Joseph  Ware  came  to  this  country  in  1675   as  a  servant  of 
Edward  Wade.     Robert  Wade,  in  1678,  sold  his  allotment  of 
land  on  the  south  side  of  Alloways  creek,  prior  to  his  purchase 
in  Pennsylvania  near  the  ancient  Swedish  town  of   Chester. 
James  Denn  and  Anthony  Page  were  the  purchasers.     Soon 
afterwards  Page  sold  250   acres  to  Joseph  Ware,  who  subse- 
quently bought  another  250  acres  adjoining  his  first  purchase, 
of  Edward  Wade,  making  in  all  500  acres.     In  1683  he  married 
Martha  Groff,  and  their  children  were  Joseph,  born  1684  ;  Sa- 
rah, born  5th  of  7th  month,  1686  ;  and  John,  born  about  the 
year  1688.     The  latter  settled  at  Oohansey,  and  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  Society.     He  had  a  son  named  John,  born  in 
1722,  who  died  in  1773,  and  was  buried  in  the  ancient  Baptist 
grave-yard  at  Oohansey.     His  son.  Job,  born  in  1761,  was  also 
interred  in  the  same  grave-yard  in  which  his  father  was  buried. 
From  this  family  there  is  a  large  number  of  descendants.,  Mas- 
kell  Ware,  of  Salem,  being  one  of  them.     Joseph  Ware,  Jr.,  in 
1707,  married  Elizabeth  Walker.     They  had  three  sons  and  one 
daughter,  Elizabeth  Ware,  who  married  Benjamin  Thompson, 
near  Allowaystown.     Their  sons  were  Joseph,  3d,  Solomon  and 
John  Ware.     Joseph  Ware,  3d,  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Philip  Blanchard,  born  20th  of  8th  month,  1716.     Joseph  and 
his  wife  had  six  children ;  the  eldest,  Mary,  born  22d  of  8th 
month,    1735  ;  Sarah,    Hannah,    Rebecca,    Joseph,    4th,    and 
Elijah  Ware,  born  30tli  of  1st  month,  1748.     Elijah's  wife  was 
Mary,  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  Tindall,  of  Penn's  Neck,  and 
great-grand-daughter  of  Richard  Tindall,  of  Tindall's  Grove. 
Elijah  and  his  wife  had  no  issue.     He  died  several  years  before 
his  wife,  and  made  a  will  which,  after  the  death  of  his  widow, 
devised  a  small  farm  to  Salem  Monthly  Meeting.     He  was  con- 
sidered one  of  nature's  noblemen — an  honest  man — and  was  an 
approved  minister  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  meek  and  humble 
in  his  deportment,  and  wielded  great  moral  influence  in  the 
neighborhood  in  which  he  lived.     Sarah  Ware,  the  sister  of 
Elijah,  was  born  2d  of  8th  month,  1737,  and  married  Joseph 

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330  WAKE    FAMLLT. 


Stretch,  3d,  in  1761.  Tliey  liad  two  daugliters,  Jael,  born  in 
1762,  and  Martha,  Lorn  llth  month,  1763.  Solomon,  the 
second  son  of  Joseph  Ware,  Jr.,  was  born  in  1717.  His  wife 
was  Sarah  Stretch,  whom  he  married  in  1740.  They  lived  on 
the  homestead  farm  of  his  father,  the  property  upon  which  I 
now  reside.  The  house  was  built  by  Joseph  Ware,  Jr.,  in 
in  1730,  more  than  one  hundred  and  forty  years  ago.  Solomon 
and  his  wife  had  eight  children.  Peter,  the  eldest,  born  25th 
of  8th  month,  1741 ;  Elizabeth,  Job,  Hannah,  Elisha,  Sarah 
and  Solomon ;  they  all  died  minors  excepting  Sarah.  Solomon 
Ware  died  in  1761,  at  the  age  of  forty-five  years,  and  his  M'idow 
departed  this  life  in  1765,  four  years  after  her  husband.  Only 
two  of  their  children,  Elisha  and  Sarah,  were  living  at  that 
time,  and  Elisha  died  with  the  pleurisy  the  year  after  his  mother, 
in  his  eighteenth  year. 

The  whole  of  the  estate  of  Solomon  Ware,  consisting  of  a 
farm  of  250  acres,  and  a  considerable  personal  estate,  came  into 
the  possession  of  the  surviving  daughter.  Sarah  was  born  12th 
of  6th  month,  1756,  and  married  Josliua  Thompson,  of  Elsin- 
borough,  in  1773.  They  had  three  children — Joseph,  born  27th 
of  loth  month,  1774 ;  John,  born  in  1776,  and  died  in  1779, 
and  Elizabeth,  born  13th  of  llth  month,  1778.  The  latter  mar- 
ried William,  son  of  AVilliam  and  Sarah  Nicholson,  of  Manning- 
ton,  and  had  eight  children — Elisha,  Ruth,  Rachel,  Beulah, 
Elizabeth,  William,  Joshua  T.  and  Sarah  Ann  Nicholson.  Elisha 
went  as  supercargo  on  a  voyage  to  the  West  Indies,  and 
died  of  yellow  fever  on  the  passage  home.  He  never  married. 
Ruth  Nicholson's  husband  was  Josepli  Edgar  Bro^\m,  and  they 
did  not  live  together  more  than  two  or  three  years.  She  died 
in  1827,  and  was  regretted  by  a  large  circle  qf  relatives  and 
friends  for  her  many  admirable  qualities.  She  possessed  a  tine 
intellect,  pleasant  and  agreeable  manners,  and  warm  sympathies 
for  the  alllicted.  She  left  no  children.  Rachel  Nicholson  mar- 
ried Thomas  Y.  Hancock.  There  were  five  children.  Ehzabetli, 
the  eldest's,  first  husband  was  David,  the  son  of  AndrcM'  Smith, 
of  Elsinborough ;  her  second  husljand  was  Sanniel  Fowser.  She 
died  several  years  ago.  Ellen,  the  second  daughter,  married 
Dr.  Henry  Childs,  of  Philadelphia.  William  N.,  the  third  child, 
married  Beulah,  daughter  of  William  Fowser.  Cornelia,  the 
third  daughter,  has  not  yet  married.  She  conducted  herself 
most  admirably  during  the  late  rebellion,  having  served  Avith 
the  army  of  the  Potomac  the  greater  part  of  the  war,  attending 
to  the  sick  and  wounded,  and  continued  to  assist  in  the  hospitals 
until  the  rebellion  closed.     Since  the  war  ended  she  has  been  at 


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Charleston,  South  Carolina,  teaching  a  school  of  colored  chil- 
dren. Thomas  Hancock,  Jr.,  the  youngest  child,  was  drowned 
while  batliing  wlien  he  was  not  more  tlian  ten  years  of  age. 

Beulah,  daughter  of  William  and  Elizabetli  Nicholson,  died 
a  young  woman,  in  1819  or  1820.  Elizabeth,  another  daughter, 
died  in  infancy.  William  Nicholson,  their  son,  married  Susan, 
the  daughter  of  William  Miller,  and  had  four  children — Hachel, 
Susan,  'William  and  Elizabeth.  Rachel,  the  eldest,  married 
Thomas  Mathers,  near  Germantown  ;  Susan  married  James  Gas- 
kill.  William,  Jr.'s  wife  is  Florence  Earl,  and  Elizabeth's  hus- 
l)and  is  Sylvester  Garrett.  Joshua  Nicliolson  married  Eliza 
Smith,  daughter  of  Stephen  Smith,  and  moved  to  Illinois  many 
years  ago.  When  the  war  broke  out  he  enlisted  in  the  Western 
army,  and  from  exposure  was  taken  sick,  I  believe,  near  Nash- 
ville, Tennessee,  and  died  in  one  of  the  army  hospitals,  leaving 
a  widow  and  one  son — Alexander  Nicholson,  Sarah  Ann  Nich- 
olson married  Dr.  Henry  Childs.  She  has  been  deceased  many 
years,  leaving  two  children — Elizabeth  and  John.  Joseph,  the 
eldest  son  of  Joshua  and  Sarah  Thompson,  was  born  27th  of 
10th  month,  1771.  His  first  wife  was  Ann,  the  daughter  of 
John  and  Susanna  Mason.  Joseph  and  his  wife  had  five  chil- 
dren— Elisha,  who  died  when  about  two  years  of  age,  Susan, 
Elizabeth,  Sarah  and  Ann.  Susan  married  Joseph  Pancoast, 
son  of  Samuel  and  Dorcas  Pancoast,  and  had  seven  children — 
Aim,  Samuel,  Elizabeth,  Joseph,  Thomas,  Hannah  and  John. 
Elizabeth  Thompson,  died  in  1820,  in  her  sixteenth  year. 

Sarah  Thompson,  their  third  daughter,  born  in  1807,  married 
Thomas  Shourds,  10th  of  1st  month,  1828.  Ann,  the  youngest 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Ann  Thompson,  born  in  1809,  married 
Thomas,  son  of  Aaron  and  Hannah  Fogg,  in  1827.  They  have 
twelve  children — Susan,  Joseph,  Elisha,  Elizabeth,  William, 
Morris,  Pebecca,  Ann,  Mason,  Clarkson,  Emily  and  Albert 
Fogg.  Ann  Mason  Thompson,  the  wife  of  Joseph  Thompson, 
departed  this  life  in  1810,  and  in  1815  he  married  Elizabetli, 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Sarah  Powell.  They  lived  together 
in  conjugal  felicity  for  more  than  thirty  years.  In  the  autumn 
of  1815  he  was  attacked  with  inflammation  of  the  bowels,  and 
after  great  suffering  for  upwards  of  two  weeks,  his  strong  con- 
stitution gave  way  and  death  ensued.  He  was  in  the  seventy- 
first  year  of  his  age,  and  his  death  cast  a  gloom  over  a  large 
circle  of  relatives,  neighbors  and  acquaintances.  He  was  kind 
and  hospitable  to  the  poor  and  needy,  always  ready  to  contrib- 
ute to  their  necessities,  and  in  the  latter  part  of  his  life  he 
became  greatly  interested  in  pleading  the  cause  of  bondmen — 


332  WARE   FAMILY. 


the  bleeding  slaves  of  our  land.  It  can  truly  be  said  of  him, — 
"  Mark  the  perfect  and  upright  man,  for  the  end  of  that  man 
"  shall  be  peace,  and  assurance  forever."  His  last  wife  was 
nearly  thirteen  years  younger  than  himself,  and  left  no  issue. 
She  departed  this  life  in  1864:,  being  the  possessor  of  talents  of 
liigh  order,  and  if  her  early  education  had  been  attended  to,  few 
women  in  the  country  would  have  equaled  her.  She,  like  her 
luisband,  was  kind  and  sympathetic  in  her  feelings.  Always 
ready  to  plead  the  cause  of  the  oppressed,  she  was  a  co-worker 
with  her  two  Friends,  at  Salem,  Elizabeth  and  Abigail  Goodwin, 
against  the  institution  of  slavery. 

John,  the  youngest  son  of  Joseph  and  Elizabeth  Ware,  was 
born  3d  of  3d  month,  1720.  He  inherited  the  property  from 
liis  father  where  Samuel  C.  Pancoast  resides  at  the  present  time. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  weaver.  In  1750  he  married  Elizabeth, 
sister  of  Joseph  Fogg,  who  was  born  about  1730.  They  had 
eight  children,  all  of  whom  lived  to  grow  up.  They  all  married 
and  had  children.  John,  the  eldest,  born  16th  of  7th  month, 
1751,  married  Ruth,  the  daughter  of  James  Tyler,  and  two 
children,  Martha  and  Eleanor,  were  born  to  them.  Milicent, 
tlie  eldest  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Ware,  born  12th  of 
10th  month,  1753,  married  John  Smith,  the  great-grandson  of 
John  Smith,  of  Amblebury.  He  owned  and  lived  upon  the 
property  in  Lower  Alloways  Creek  township,  now  belonging  to 
Ko])ert  Grier,  which  was  part  of  the  Smith  allotment  of  2,000 
acres.  Jolm  Smith  and  his  wife  Milicent  had  one  son,  John, 
who  subsequently  married  Mary,  tlie  daughter  of  Andrew  Sin- 
nickson.  They  had  two  sons  and  two  daughters,  named  respec- 
tively, Robert,  Margaret,  Thomas  and  Mary.  Robert  died  in 
infancy.  Thomas  married  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Morris  and 
Sarah  Hancock.  Mary  married  Oliver  B.  Stoughton,  a  native 
of  Connecticut,  who  came  to  Salem  in  company  with  his  friend, 
the  late  Calvin  Belden,  upwards  of  fifty  years  ago,  and  they 
commenced  tlie  hardware  and  tinning  business  together  in  that 
city.  By  industry  and  careful  attention  to  business  they  each 
acquired  a  competency,  and  became  useful  and  respected  citizens 
of  their  adopted  town  and  State.  Oliver  and  his  wife  had 
several  children.  He  died  several  years  ago,  but  his  widow, is 
still  living.  Margaret,  the  eldest  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
Smith,  married  Edward  G.  Prescott,  an  eminent  Episcopal 
clergyman.  He  was  a  native  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  a 
brother  of  William  H.  Prescott,  one  of  America's  favorite 
historians.  I  have  been  informed  that  Edward  had  symptoms 
of  pulmonary  consumption  before  he  came  to  Salem.     He  was 


WARE    FAMILY.  333 


a  man  of  great  acquirements  in  the  way  of  learning,  and 
possessed  considerable  oratorical  powers.  He  bore  an  enviable 
reputation  as  a  Christian  minister.  His  physicians  recom- 
mended a  sea  voyage,  thinking  it  would  be  the  means  of 
arresting  the  fatal  disease  lurking  within  him.  He  repaired  to 
his  native  city  to  bid  his  aged  father  and  family  adieu.  I  have 
been  told  that  within  a  few  days  after  the  vessel  sailed  he  died 
and  was  buried  at  sea.  I  think  he  and  his  wife  had  no  children. 
Margaret,  his  widow,  was  killed  near  the  city  of  Burlington, 
together  with  several  other  passengers,  at  the  terrible  railroad 
disaster  in  1856.  Mary  Sinnickson  Smith,  the  widow  of  John 
Smith,  is  still  living,  being  more  than  ninety  years  of  age.  I 
think  she  is  the  oldest  person  living  at  this  time  in  the  city  of 
Salem. 

David  Ware,  the  second  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Ware, 
was  born  5th  of  4tli  month,  1755.  He  commenced  life  on  a 
farm  that  was  left  him  by  his  father,  of  which  James  Baker  is 
the  present  owner.  His  first  wife  was  Sarah  Oakford ;  they 
liad  one  daughter — Sarah  Ware.  Her  mother  died  when  she 
was  young.  David  Ware's  second  wife  was  Letitia,  widow  of 
William  Craig.  He  owned  and  lived  about  two  miles  above 
Allowaystown,  which  is  now  known  as  Remster's  Mill — ^it  for- 
merly belonged  to  Richard  Wistar.  Letitia's  maiden  name  was 
Morrison.  She  was  an  approved  minister  among  Friends.  David 
sold  his  farm  at  Alloways  Creek  soon  after  his  second  marriage, 
to  his  brother  Job  Ware,  and  purchased  a  farm  near  Grey's 
Ferry,  Philadelphia  county,  where  he  went  with  his  family  to 
reside.  His  daughtei-  Sarah  Ware  married  Aaron  Ashbridge ; 
they  had  three  children — Anna,  David  and  Samuel  Howell  Ash- 
bridge. Anna  Ashbridge  married  John  Firth,  of  Salem,  son  of 
John  and  Ann  Firth.  Jacob  Ware,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
Ware,  was  born  28th  of  11th  month,  1759  ;  he  married  Mary 
Carpenter  in  1780,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Carpenter. 
I  think  it  would  be  right  to  digress  to  give  the  history  of  the 
Powell  family,  as  they  ai-e  closely  connected  with  the  Ware  and 
Carpenter  families  by  marriage.  William  and  Jeremiah  Powell, 
brothers,  emigrated  to  America  and  settled  in  Philadelphia  in 
1684.  William,  the  eldest,  purchased  of  the  proprietor  a  large 
tract  of  land  on  the  west  side  of  the  Schuylkill  river.  West 
Philadelphia  occupies  part  of  the  land  that  he  purchased.  He 
established  a  ferry  where  the  present  Market  street  bridge 
stands.  [See  Watson's  Annals.]  William's  family  after  several 
generations  was  narrowed  down  to  one  individual,  a  widow. 
Her  possessions  were  great  and  valuable.     Tradition  says  that 


334  WARE    FAMILY. 


a  young  man  by  the  name  of  John  Hare,  a  distant  relative  of 
lier  Inisband,  lived  with  her.  She  gave  him  to  understand  that 
if  he  would  make  application  and  have  the  name  of  Powell  added 
to  liis  name,  he  should  be  her  heir.  Tliis  being  accordingly 
done,  he  become  the  owner  of  that  large  estate  called  Powell- 
ton.  Jeremiah  Powell,  the  younger  brother  of  William,  settled 
in  this  county.  Whether  he  was  a  married  man  when  he  came 
to  Jersey  I  am  not  certain ;  most  probably  he  was.  He  was  one 
of  the  contributors  towards  buildins;  the  Friends'  Meetiup;  House 
which  was  erected  in  1700  where  the  grave  yard  is  now  in  the 
town  of  Salem.  In  that  year  he  purchased  a  tract  of  land  near 
Hancock's  Bridge  of  John  Maddox,  formerly  part  of  William 
Hancock's  allotment,  and  leaving  the  town  of  Salem  settled 
thereon.  His  son,  Jeremiah  Powell,  was  born  at  Alloways 
Creek,  18th  of  3d  month,  1701,  and  Samuel  Powell,  his  second 
son,  was  born  in  1704.  I  presume  they  were  the  only  children 
he  had,  no  others  being  mentioned  in  the  records. 

Robei't  G.  Johnson,  in  his  history  states  that  the  Friends' 
meeting  at  Alloways  Creek  was  established  by  the  Powells  and 
others — it  was  a  mistake.  The  meeting  was  organized  in  1684, 
several  years  before  Jeremiah  Powell  was  an  inhabitant  of  the 
county  of  Salem.  Jeremiah  Powell,  Jr.,  in  1735  married  Jane 
Blanchard,  the  daughter  of  Philip  and  Mary  Blanchard.  who 
resided  in  the  township  of  Alloways  Creek.  They  had  three 
children — Elizabeth,  Mary  and  John  Powell.  Samuel  Powell, 
the  brother  of  Jeremiah,  married  before  his  brother  and  settled 
on  the  homstead  farm  in  1730.  George  Trenchard,  Sr.,  was 
chosen  an  Assessor  for  the  whole  township  of  Alloways  Creek, 
and  William  Tyler  was  the  Collector.  Samuel  Powell  was 
assessed  for  the  Powell  property.  Samuel  died  a  young  man 
leaving  no  children.  Elizabeth  Powell,  the  eldest  daughter  of 
Jeremiah  and  Jane  Powell,  was  born  in  1736,  and  married 
Benjamin  Smith,  the  grand-son  of  Daniel  Smith.  Benjamin 
and  his  wife  resided  in  the  township  of  Mannington.  They 
liad  three  children — Joshua,  Powell  and  Elizabeth.  The  last 
married  John  Smitli,  the  son  of  Christopher  Smith.  The}'' 
left  one  son — Samuel.  Joshua  Smith  mai-ried  a  young  women 
a  native  of  Gloucester  ;  they  left  two  or  three  cliildren.  Powell 
Smith  married  Sarah  Ambler,  daughter  of  Peter  Ambler;  they 
had  two  children — Sarali  and  Isaac  Smith.  Mary  Powell, 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Jane  Powell,  was  born  I3tli  of  11th 
month,  1738  ;  she  married  William  Carpenter,  a  native  of  the 
State  of  Delaware,  and  grandson  of  Joshua  Carpenter,  of 
Philadelphia.     His  age  is  not  definitely  known,  but  I  think  he 


WAKE    FAMILY.  335 


was  several  years  older  than  his  wife.  They  had  four  children 
— Mary,  Powell,  William  and  Ahigail.  John,  the  son  of 
Jeremiah  and  Jane  Powell,  was  born  in  1740,  and  became  a 
farmer  and  weaver.  When  he  was  about  twenty-three  years  of 
age  he  married  Aim  Dickinson,  M'hose  parents  lived  in  Upper 
Alloways  Creek  township.  John  and  liis  wife  had  one  son, 
Jeremiah  Powell,  3d,  born  in  1764.  John  Powell  possessed  a 
weak  constitution,  and  died  while  young,  leaving  a  young  widow 
and  an  infant  son.  He  was  pious,  of  strict  integrity,  and  pos- 
sessed more  than  oi-dinary  aljilities.  Though  young  he  fre- 
quently was  called  upon  to  settle  difference  among  his  neighbors. 
Like  many  persons  in  this  country  who  have  clear  intellectual 
minds,he  fell  a  victim  to  that  scourge  of  mankind,  the  pulmonary 
consumption 

Jacob  Ware  and  his  wife  Mary,  had  two  children — Elizabeth 
and  Millicent.  The  latter  died  young,  and  unmarried.  Eliza- 
beth Ware  married  Samuel,  the  son  of  Benjamin  and  Mary 
Shourds.  They  had  three  children.  William,  the  eldest,  who 
died  young;  Mary  and  Tliomas  Shourds.  Mary  Shourds  was 
born  in  the  1st  montli,  1804,  and  married  William  Bradway, 
the  son  of  Ezra  Bradway ;  they  had  six  children — Elizabeth, 
Sarah,  Mary,  Anna,  Rachel  and  Ellen  Bradway.  Jacob  Ware's 
second  wife  was  Sarah  Thompson,  daughter  of  Andrew  and 
Grace  Thompson,  and  grand-daughter  of  Samuel  Nicholson.  A 
short  time  after  they  were  married  they  went  and  lived  on  her 
grandfather's  property,  in  Lower  Penn's  Neck.  Samuel  Nichol- 
son in  his  will  left  his  large  and  valuable  estate  in  said  township 
to  Sarah  Ware  and  Rachel  Tindell,  the  wife  of  Benjamin  Tin- 
dell,  they  being  his  grandchildren  ;  Sarali  was  to  have  her  share 
during  her  life,  and  it  then  went  to  her  oldest  son,  David  Ware. 
She  died  several  years  before  her  husband,  leaving  three  chil- 
dren— Sarah,  David,  and  Samuel  Ware.  Jacob's  third  wife 
was  Sarah  Reed,  the  daughter  of  Robert  Reed,  who  formerly 
was  a  resident  of  Pittsgrove  township,  and  by  her  he  had  two 
children — Ann  and  Jacob  Ware.  After  the  death  of  her  hus- 
band, Sarah  Ware  with  her  two  children,  removed  to  the  State 
of  Ohio,  in  company  with  her  father,  Robert  Reed.  Jacob 
Ware,  her  son,  I  believe,  is  still  living  near  Columbus,  Ohio. 
Sarah  Ware,  the  daughter  of  Jacob  Ware,  married  Samuel 
Hall,  the  son  of  Joseph  Hall ;  by  him  she  had  one  son — Joseph 
Hall,  who  resides  near  Lockport,  New  York.  Her  second  hus- 
band was  John  Vanculan,  who  owned  and  lived  where  William 
Cooper  now  resides  ;  they  had  four  children — Eliza,  Sarah,  John 
and  Samuel  Yanculan.    Her  tliird  husband  was  Sirge  Ayres,  a  na- 


336  WARE   FAMILY 


tive  of  Cumberland  county.  They  had  one  daughter — Emeline 
Ayres.  David  "Ware's  wife  was  Kebecca  Hall,  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Ann  Hall ;  they  had  ten  cliildren — Sarah,  Ann, 
Samuel,  Joseph,  Mary,  Charles,  Emeline,  John,  David  and  Re- 
becca. Samuel  Ware,  son  of  Jacob  and  Sarah  Ware,  married 
Ann  Fox,  daughter  of  Jacob  Fox.  They  had  one  son  who  re- 
moved West,  and  two  daughters — Mary  Jane  and  Annie.  Both 
of  them  are  deceased. 

Mary,  -the  second  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Ware,  was 
born  in  1757,  and  married  William  Bradway,  Jr.;  they  had 
five  children — Sarah,  Anna,  Ezra,  John  and  Rachel  Bradway. 
Sarah,  the  eldest,  married  Elisha,  the  son  of  Joshua  Stretch, 
and  their  children  were  Mary,  Joshua,  William,  Ann  and  Job 
Stretch.  Anna,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Bradway, 
married  James  Stewart ;  they  had  two  children — Hannah  and 
Mary.  Hannah  died  a  young  woman,  unmarried.  Mary  mar- 
ried William,  the  son  of  William  Griscom,  Jr.,  and  Ann 
Griscom.  Tlieir  cliildren  were  Hannali,  who  married  Charles 
Marott,  of  Pliiladelphia ;  William  Wade  Griscom,  whose  wife 
was  Sarah  Cooper,  the  daughter  of  James  Cooper,  who  resided 
near  Woodbury  ;  and  James  Griscom,  who  married  Hannali 
Borton,  daugliter  of  William  Borton,  of  Woodstown.  Samuel 
Fogg  married  Anna,  the  widow  of  James  Stewart.  By  him 
she  had  one  son,  William  Fogg,  who  married  Mary  Hall,  the 
eldest  daughter  of  Clement  and  Sarali  Hall,  of  Elsinborough. 
William  and  his  wife  have  resided  in  Salem  for  several  years. 

Hannah,  tlie  third  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Ware, 
was  born  17th  of  1st  month,  17G1.  She  subsequently  married 
her  cousin,  Edward  Fogg.  They  had  live  children — Samuel, 
Elizabeth,  Ebenezcr,  Edward  and  David.  Samuel's  first  wife 
was  Anna,  the  widow  of  James  Stewart ;  his  second  wife  was 
Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Letitia  Harmer,  of  Green- 
wich. Samuel  and  Rebecca  Fogg  had  four  childi-en,  named 
respectively — Ann,  Joseph,  Rebecca  and  Caroline.  Ann  mar- 
ried Joseph  Miller,  Jr.,  of  Greenwich,  and  had  two  children — 
Joseph  and  Franklin.  Joseph,  the  son  of  Samuel  and  Rebecca 
Foo-g,  married  a  young  woman  at  Shiloh.  She  was  a  member 
of  the  Seventh-day  Baptist  Society.  Rebecca,  the  daughter  of 
Samuel  and  Rebecca  Fogg,  married  a  young  man  by  the  name 
of  Tomlinson,  of  Stoe  Creek  township,  Cumberland  county. 
She  has  been  deceased  many  years.  Caroline,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel and  Rebecca  Fogg,  married  Franklin  Dare,  son  of  James 
Dare,  of  Greenwich.  Franklin  has  lived  in  Bridgeton  for  a 
number  of   years,  where  he  has  followed  the   drug   business. 


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They  have  one  sou — Charles  Dare,  a  physician  practicing  in  tlie 
village  of  Shiloh, 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Hannah  Fogg,  died  at 
middle  age,  unmarried.  Ebenezer  Fogg's  wife  was  Abigail 
Hancock,  tlie  grand-daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Powell  Car- 
])enter.  By  her  he  had  one  daughter — Eliza  Fogg,  whose 
first  husband  was  Zaccheus  Brown,  Jr.  Eliza,  Ebenezer  and 
Zaccheus  were  the  names  of  their  three  children.  Her  second 
]nisl)and  was  Abner  Penton,  by  whom  she  had  three  children — 
Al)ner,  Albert  and  Rachel  Penton.  Eliza's  third  husband  was 
Firman  Blew,  who  followed  the  sea  in  his  younger  days,  but 
towards  the  latter  part  of  liis  life  he  purchased  a  farm  near 
Bridgeton,  and  at  that  place  he  and  his  wife  in  their  declining 
years  lived  together  happily.  Tliey  are  botli  deceased  at  the 
present  time.  Eliza,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Zaccheus  and  Eliza 
Brown,  married  Job  Dixon.  They  live  together  at  Hancock's 
Bridge,  and  have  several  children.  Ebenezer  Brown  married 
Milicent,  the  daughter  of  James  Holliday,  and  they  had  two  or 
three  children.  Edward  Fogg,  the  third  son  of  Edward  and 
Hannah  Fogg,  married  Catharine  Hartley,  by  whom  ho  had 
83ven  children — Mary,  Casper,  Thomas,  Kichard,  Edward, 
Charles  and  David  Fogg.  Mary  Fogg,  their  daughter,  married 
Joseph,  the  son  of  Joseph  Brown.  They  have  two  children — 
Anna  and  Edward  Brown.  Anna  married  Thomas  M.  Shourds, 
and  Edward's  wife  was  Hannah,  the  daughter  of  James  Butcher, 
Jr.  Casper  Fogg  resides  in  New  Orleans.  He  is  married  and 
has  a  family  of  children.  Thomas  Fogg  died  several  years  ago 
unmarried.  Bichard  Fogg's  wife  was  Mary  Woolman,  of  Piles- 
grove ;  they  have  several  children.  Edward  Fogg  nuirried 
widow  Hunt's  daughter,  who  resided  in  the  town  of  Salem  ;  she 
left  one  daughter.  Edward's  second  wife  is  Mary  Sayres,  the 
daughter  of  Ephraini  Sayres,  of  Cumberland  county.  Charles 
married  Barbara  Butclier,  widow  of  James  Butcher,  Jr.  David, 
the  youngest  son  of  Edward  Fogg,  married  Sarah  Green.  Ed- 
ward Fogg,  Sr.'s  second  wife  was  Sarah,  daughter  of  Mark 
Stewart ;  there  was  no  issue.  They  are  both  deceased  at  the 
present  time.  David,  the  youngest  son  of  Edward  and  Hannah 
FoffS,  married  Henrietta  Davis.  Thev  are  both  deceased  at  the 
present  time,  leaving  no  children. 

Eliza,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Zaccheus  and  Eliza  Brown,  mar- 
ried Job  Dixon.  They  live  near  Hancock's  Bridge,  and  have 
several  children.  Ebenezer  Brown  married  Milicent,  the 
daughter  of  James  Holliday,  and  they  had  two  or  three  chil- 
dren. Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Ware, 
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8  WAKE    FAMILY. 


was  born  2d  of  3d  month,  17G3,  and  married  William  Carpen- 
ter, the  son  of  William  and  Mary  P.  Carpenter.  She  was  an 
nncommonly  energetic  woman,  very  zealous  in  attending  reli- 
irious  meetini>:s,  and  was  desirous  that  her  children  miii'lit  be  s-o 
trained  as  to  l)ecome  useful  and  moral  citizens  in  their  day  and 
generation.  Her  husband,  a  few  years  after  they  were  married, 
upon  an  improving  lease,  rented  a  large  farm  of  Samuel  Nichol- 
son, Sr.,  in  the  township  of  Elsinborougli,  for  a  number  of 
years.  lie  M'as  to  bank  and  improve  a  large  number  of  acres 
of  meadow,  now  known  as  tlio  Mason  Point  Meadow  Company, 
that  lay  adjoining  the  u])land.  Upon  that  farm  he  and  his  wife 
ended  their  days.  William  and  his  wife  had  seven  children — 
Samuel,  Mary,  Abigail,  William,  Elizabeth,  Powell  and  Sarah 
Carpenter.  Samuel  Carpenter,  then-  eldest  son,  married  Mary, 
the  daughter  of  James  and  Rebecca  Mason,  of  Mannington. 
They  had  three  or  four  children,  three  of  whom  were  named 
William,  Elizabeth  and  Kebecca  Carpenter.  Samuel  and  his 
wife  removed  West  a  short  time  after  they  were  married.  He 
is  living  at  the  present  time,  and  is  about  ninety-two  years  of 
age.  Mary  Carpenter,  the  eldest  daughter  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  Carpenter,  married  Thomas  Hancock,  of  Elsinbor- 
ougli. The}^  had  four  children,  three  daughters  and  one  son 
— Eliza,  Lydia,  Susan  and  Morris  Hancock.  The  latter  M'as 
accidentally  killed,  when  a  lad.  Eliza  married  Joseph  Tindall; 
Lydia's  husband  was  George  Boweu,  of  Salem.  They  did  not 
live  together  many  years.  I  believe  she  died  with  pulmonary 
consumption.  Subsequently  George  married  Susan  Hancock, 
sister  of  his  first  wife.  Mary's  second  husband  was  Samuel 
Cooper.  They  are  both  deceased  at  the  present  time,  and  leave 
no  children.  Abigail  Carpenter,  the  daughter  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  Carpenter,  married  John  Goodwin,  of  Elsinborougli. 
Soon  after  their  marriage  they  settled  in  the  State  of  Ohio. 
She  died  comparatively  young,  leaving  three  sons — Lewis, 
William  and  Thomas  Goodwin.  Lewis,  I  thmk,  is  still  living 
in  one  of  the  Western  States ;  William  Goodwin  is  a  wealthy 
citizen  of  Philadelphia ;  Thomas  Goodwin,  the  youngest  sou, 
died  several  years  ago.  AYilliam  Carpenter  Avas  the  second  son 
of  William  and  Elizabeth  Carpenter.  He  married  Mary  Bees- 
ley,  daughter  of  Abner  and  Mary  Beesley,  and  had  by  her  six 
children — Elizabeth,  Powell,  Anne,  William  B.,  Morris  and 
John  M.  Carpenter.  Elizabeth  Carpenter  married  Joseph 
Thompson,  the  son  of  John  and  Esther  Thompson ;  they  liave 
two  children — Mary  and  John  Thompson.  Powell  Carpenter's 
wife  was   Mary  Lawson,  the  •  daugliter  of   John   Lawsou,  of  • 


WARE   FAMILY.  339 


Salem.  Powell  fell  to  the  pavement  from  near  the  eaves  of  a 
Baptist  Clmrch,  which  he  was  building,  and  died  of  congestion 
of  the  brain.  He  left  no  children.  He  was  a  kind  and  affec- 
tionate husband,  a  dutiful  son,  and  his  loss  to  his  family  and 
relatives  was  great.  He  had  uncommon  business  capacities, 
and  his  death  was  considered  a  public  calamity  to  the  town  of 
Salem. 

Anne,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Carpenter,  has  been 
deceased  several  years ;  slie  never  married.  Slie  was  afflicted 
many  years  previous  to  her  death,  but  she  bore  all  her  suffer- 
ings with  Christian  fortitude,  and  when  the  time  of  her  depart- 
ure from  this  life  came  she  could  say  with  sincerity,  "  Lord,  thy 
servant  is  ready.''  William  Beesley  Carpenter,  tlie  second  son 
of  William  and  Mary  Carpenter,  married  Martha  Gaskill,  the 
daughter  of  Josiah  and  Eliza  Gaskill,  formerly  of  Burlington 
county.  William  and  his  wife  had  seven  children — Howard, 
Mary,  Elizabeth,  William,  Louisa,  Anna,  Martha  and  Rebecca 
Carpenter.  Three  of  the  before  mentioned  children,  Howard, 
William  and  Rebecca,  are  deceased.  The  wife  of  William  B. 
Carpenter  died  in  1868  of  pulmonary  consumption.  She  was 
a  dutiful  wife,  an  affectionate  parent,  and  a  great  loss  to  her 
family.  Her  death  was  much  regretted  by  a  large  circle  of  rel- 
atives and  acquaintances.  William's  second  wife  is  Nancy  Pease, 
a  native  of  Connecticut.  They  have  two  children — William  and 
Julia  Carpenter.  Morris  H.  Carpenter  is  a  resident  of  the  city 
<»f  Philadelphia,  and  is  unmarried.  John  Mason  Carpenter,  the 
youngest  son  of  William  and  Mary  Carpenter,  married  Ann 
Harvey,  daughter  of  Minor  and  Lydia  Harvey.  John  and  his 
wife  live  in  Salem.  Tliey  had  two  cliildren — Powell  wlio  died 
yoiuig,  and  George  Carpenter. 

Elizabeth  Carpenter  married  AVilliam  Thompson,  son  of 
Joshua  Thompson.  Their  cliildren  I  noticed  in  the  Thompson 
family's  genealogy.  Powell,  the  son  of  William  and  Elizabeth 
Carpenter,  resided  the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  Philadelpliia. 
His  first  wife  was  Eliza  Slaugbter ;  she  died  leaving  one  son, 
Charles  Carpenter.  His  second  wife  was  Ann  Slaughter,  sister 
of  his  first  wife.  Their  children  were  Ann,  William  and  Caroline. 
Sarah,  the  youngest  child  of  William  and  Elizabeth  Carpenter, 
married  Joseph  Hancock,  of  Mannington.  They  had  four  chil- 
dren— Chambless,  Elizabeth,  Caroline  and  Hannah, 

Job  Ware,  the  youngest  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Ware, 
was  born  16th  of  1st  month,  1766.  His  first  wife  was  Grace, 
tlie  daughter  of  Andrew  Thompson,  of  Elsinborough  She 
died   young,   and   left   one   son — John  Ware.     John  married 


340  WARE    FAMILY. 


Hannah,  the  daughter  of  Clement  Acton,  of  Salem.  He  died 
young,  lea\nng  one  son — Clement  Ware.  Job  Ware's  second 
wife  was  the  daughter  of  Christopher  and  Rebecca  Hancock 
Smith,  of  Mannington,  who  lived  but  a  short  time,  and  left  no 
children.  His  third  wife  was  Mary,  the  Avidow  of  Abner 
Beesley,  by  whom  he  had  two  children — Job  and  Eliza  Ware. 
Job  Ware,  Jr.,  married  Elizabeth  AVaddington ;  they  are  both 
<leceased,  leaving  one  daughter — Sarah  Ellen  AVare.  Elijah 
AVare  married  Beulali  Powell;  they  have  five  children — Sarah, 
William,  Mary,  Anna  and  Charles. 

Sarah,  the  youngest  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  AYare, 
was  born  11th  of  4th  montli,  1769.  She  was  four  years  old  at 
the  time  of  her  father's  death,  which  occurred  2 1st  of  2d 
month,  1773,  when  he  was  fif  tv  vears  old.  He  was  buried  with 
his  ancestors  in  the  grave  yard  situated  on  tlie  nortli  side 
of  Alloways  Creek.  Sarah  AVare  married  Jeremiali  Powell, 
3d,  in  1785.  He  was  the  son  of  John  and  Ann  Powell. — 
Jeremiah  and  his  wife  lived  on  the  property  that  he  inherited 
from  his  father  ;  the  said  property  lay  adjoining  tlie  village  of 
Hancock's  Bridge,  where  their  grandson,  Jeremiah  Powell,  now 
owns  and  occupies.  Jeremiah  and  his  wife  lived  together  more 
than  fifty-seven  years  in  great  unity.  He  was  above  ordinary 
men  in  intellect,  and  had  great  argumentative  powers.  His 
w^ife  was  an  agreeable  companion  to  him,  industrious,  frugal, 
and  possessing  a  sympathetic  nature.  They  had  four  cliildren 
who  lived  to  maturity — Elizabeth,  Ann,  John  and  AVilliam. 
Elizabeth  was  tlie  second  wife  of  Josepli  Thompson.  Ann 
married  Samuel  Griscom ;  they  had  twelve  children,  whose 
names  are  given  in  the  account  of  the  Griscom  family. 

John  Powell  married  Rebecca,  the  daugliter  of  Jolm  Mow- 
ers, of  Upper  Alloways  Creek.  Tliey  had  ten  children — Sarah, 
Jeremiah,  William,  Joseph,  Samuel,  Jolm,  Elias,  Hicks,  Eliza- 
])eth  and  Rebecca.  Four  of  the  above  mentioned  children  are 
dead — AA^illiam,  Joseph,  Elizabeth  and  Rebecca.  John  Powell 
died  in  1843  or  1844  in  Elsinborough,  with  a  cancer  in  his 
stomach.  His  widow,  Rebecca  Powell,  died  four  or  live  years 
ago.  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Rebecca  Powell,  married 
Chalkley  Griscom,  of  Pennsylvania.  There  are  several  children 
from  this  union.  Jeremiah  Powell's  wife  was  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  AVilliam  and  Mary  Bradway.  Tliey  had  four  children — 
Sarah,  Ann,  Louisa  and  John.  Joseph  Powell  married  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  AVilliam  and  Mary  Denn.  He  died  young, 
leaving  one  son — Joseph  Powell.  Samuel  Powell's  wife  is  Sa- 
rah Jane,  daughter  of  Josiah  and  Elizabeth  Smith.     They  have 


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three  children — one  daughter  named  Anna,  and  two  sons,  Sam- 
uel and  Franklin.  The  wife  of  John  Powell,  Jr.,  was  Emma 
Sutton  ;  several  children  were  born  to  them.  Elizabeth  Powell 
married  Quinton  Harris.  She  died  young,  and  left  one  daugli- 
ter — Elizabeth  Harris.  Ann,  the  daughter  of  John  Powell, 
married  Waddington,  tlie  son  of  Jacob  and  Mercy  Ridgway. 
They  have  five  children — Lydia,  John  P.,  William,  Henry  and 
Edwin. 

William,  the  youngest  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Sarah  Powell, 
married  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Aaron  and  Hannah  Fogg. 
They  had  one  daughter,  Beulah  Powell,  who  subsequently 
married  Elijah  Ware.  William  died  several  years  since,  but 
his  widow  is  still  living,  and  resides  with  lier  daugliter  in  the 
<;itv  of  Salem. 


WADE    FAMILY. 

Robert  Wade  was  a  citizen  and  carpenter  of   the  city  of 
London.     He  purchased  of  tlie  proprietor  of  West  New  Jersey, 
before  he  left  EngLand,  500  acres  of   land,    which   was   sur- 
veyed   for  him   by  Richard  Hancock,  in  1676,  adjoining  his 
brother,   Richard    Wade's,  and  William  Hancock's  allotments 
of  1,000   acres  each.     The  said  lands  lay  on  tlie  soutli    side 
of  Monmoutli  river,  also  a  lot  in  the  town  of  Salem,  on  the 
north  side  of  Market  street.     He  never  built  on  said  lot,  it 
being  the  same,  I   believe,  that  Alexander  Grant  purchased 
afterward  and  built  himself  a  brick  house  on  the  premises,  and 
there  lived.     Samuel  Fenwick  Hedge's  wife  was  iiis  daugliter. 
Robert  Wade  sold  his  landed  estate  at  Monmouth  early  in  the 
year  1678  to  James  Denn  and  Joseph  Ware.     He  tlien  went 
to    Upland,   now   known   as    Chester,   and  bought    500   acres 
of  land  on  the  soutli  side  of  what  is  known  as  Chester  creek,  of 
one   of  the   early  Swedish   settlers  who  had  purchased  a  large 
tract  of  land  of  one  of  the  Indian  chiefs,  some  thirty  years  pre- 
vious to  that  date,  and  on  tliat  land  he  erected  a  large  and  com.- 
modious  house  for  the  purpose  of   entertainment,  and   gave   it 
the   name  of   the   Essex  house.     Some  liistorians  called  it  tlie 
emigrant's  liouse.     Al)out  that  time  tliere  were  several  families 
of  Fi'iends,  emigrants  from  England,  that  had  bought  lands  in 
that  neighboriiood  and  settled  there.     Robert  fitted  up  part  of 
liis  lioiise  for  the  purpose  of  holding  meetings  in,  and  in  that 
liouse  was  the  first  regular  Quaker  or  Friends  meeting  he'd  in 
Pennsylvania. 

When  William  Penn  on  his  first  arrival  in  the  Delaware  river 
in  1682,  landed  at  Upland,  (at  that  time  it  M'as  a  village  of  ctn- 
siderable  size)  Robert  met  him  there  at  the  landing.  The  pro- 
prietor turned  to  his  intimate  fi-iend  Pierson,  and  asked :  "  What 
shall  we  name  this  place?"  He  replied,  "  Call  it  Chester,  after 
my  native  county,  Chestershire."  William  Penn  and  family 
were  the  guests  of  Robert  Wade  for  a  few  days.  Robert  was 
likewise  one  of  the  members  of  the  Provincial  Assembly  that 
the  Governor  convened  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  a  provin- 


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cial  government,  and  was  a  member  of  that  body  for  severa. 
years  afterwards.  Respecting  liis  descendants  I  have  no  definite 
information,  but  I  have  been  told  some  of  them  are  living  in  the 
neighborhood  of  Chester  at  tlie  pi'esent  day. 

Edward  Wade  was  a  clotli  maker  and  citizen  of  London,  and 
with  his  wife,  Prudence,  arrived  in  this  country  in  1675.  He 
was  one  of  the  leading  emigrants  in  Fen  wick's  colony,  and  pur- 
chased of  the  proprietor  a  town  lot  on  Bridge  street,  now  known 
as  Market  street,  on  the  north  side.  Fenwick  retained  the  land 
on  the  south  side  of  said  street  for  himself  and  his  heirs. 
Edward  Wade  erected  a  brick  house  on  his  lot,  and  it  was  stand- 
ing about  forty  years  ago.  By  tradition  it  was  the  first  that 
was  ever  built  on  said  street.  Edward  and  his  wife  ended  their 
days  at  that  place,  which  event  took  place  before  the  beginning 
of  the  eighteenth  century.  There  is  no  account  tliat  they  ever 
had  any  sons,  but  they  had  one  daughter — Mary  Wade. 

In  the  year  1676,  on  the  first  2d  day  in  the  6th  month,  a  few 
Friends  met  together  to  organize  a  meeting  of  business,  it  being 
the  first  of  the  kind  held  on  Continent  of  Kortli  America. — 
The  following  is  the  minute  of  their  organization  "  It  is  unau- 
"  imously  considered  that  the  first  2d  day  of  the  week,  in  the 
"  6th  month,  that  Friends  do  meet  in  the  town  of  New  Salem, 
"  in  Fenwick's  Colony  ;  and  all  Friends  thereunto  do  monthly 
"  meet  together,  to  consider  of  outward  circumstances  and  bus- 
"  iness,  and  if  such  that  has  been  convinced,  and  walked 
"  disorderly,  that  they  may  in  all  gravity  and  uprightness  to 
"  God,  and  in  tenderness  of  spirit  and  love  to  their  souls,  bo 
"  admonished,  exhorted,  and  also  reproved.  And  their  evil 
"  deeds  and  practices  testified  against  in  the  wisdom  of  God,  and 
"  in  the  authority  of  truth,  that  may  answer  the  witness  of 
"  God  within  them.""  Signed  by  John  Fenwick,  Edward  Wade, 
Samuel  Wade,  Francis  Nebo,  Samuel  Nicholson,  Richard  Guy, 
Edward  Champney  and  Isaac  Smart. 

Women  at  the  first  rise  of  the  Society  of  Friends  did  not 
participate  in  meetings  of  business  for  more  than  a  quarter  of 
a  century  afterward.  The  early  sons  of  the  morning  of  the 
Quaker  Society  were  not  prepared  to  condemn  what  Jehovah 
had  declared  in  the  beginning,  "  that  he  had  made  man  in  his 
own  image,"  but  his  evil  deeds  and  practices. 

I  have  digressed  somewhat  to  show  that  Edward  Wade  par- 
ticipated largely  in  religious  as  well  as  in  the  civil  organization 
of  Fenwick's  Colony.  It  appears  he  always  was  a  firm  and 
steady  friend  of  the  proprietor,  and  was  willing  to  make  a  due 
allowance  for  his  foibles  and  the  impetuosity  of  his  disposition, 
believing  his  heart  was  right. 


344  WADE    FAMILY. 


The  brothers,  Edward,  Robert  and  Samuel  Wade,  were  born 
in  Northamptonshire,  England.  They  emigrated  to  this  prov- 
ince in  company  with  John  Fenwick,  Samuel,  tlie  youngest, 
was  born  in  1645,  and  in  the  year  1668  lie  married  Jane  Smitli, 
tlie  daugliter  of  Thomas  Smith,  of  the  same  county.  Tiicy  liad 
three  children  born  in  England,  named  respectively  Henry, 
Andrew  and  Ann,  and  one  son  born  after  tliey  arrived  in  this 
country,  Samuel  Wade,  Jr.,  who  was  born  at  AUoways  Cretk 
in  1685.  Their  first  tliree  cliildren  died  young.  Edward  Wade, 
Samuel's  brother,  gave  him  a  deed  for  100  acres  of  land,  being 
part  of  his  1,000  acres  of  land  that  he  purcliased  of  John  Fen- 
wick. In  the  year  1680  Samuel  and  his  family  settled  at  AUo- 
ways Creek  on  his  property,  and  in  1686  he  l,)uilt  himself  a  one 
story  brick  house,  it  being  one  of  the  first  of  the  kind  built  in 
South  Jersey.  Samuel  and  liis  wife  died  in  the  early  part  of 
the  eighteenth  century,  leaving  one  son,  Samuel  Wade,  Jr.,  who 
married  and  lived  on  his  patrimonial  estate  until  his  death  in 
1733.  He  left  four  daughters,  his  two  sons,  Joseph  and  Sam- 
uel, having  died  the  year  l)efore  their  father.  One  of  his 
daughters  married  James  Barker,  and  they  had  one  son, 
John  Barker,  wliose  occupation  was  that  of  a  tailor.  He 
resided  in  Philadelphia,  and  at  the  breaking  out  of  the 
Revolutionary  war  joined  the  army,  and  was  in  a  short  time 
promoted  to  a  colonel,  and  continued  in  tlie  army  until  the 
war  was  ended.  Soon  after  he  was  elected  Mayor  of  the  city 
of  Philadelphia,  he  being  the  Republican  candidate  and  Robert 
Wharton  the  Federal  candidate.  The  contest  for  that  office 
was  kept  up  between  these  two  men  for  many  j^ears.  Barker 
was  elected  three  or  four  different  times,  and  Wharton  also  was 
elected  to  the  office  for  several  terms. 

Esther  Wade,  the  third  daughter  of  Samuel  Wade,  Jr., 
married  Samuel  Lewis,  and  she  left  one  son — James  Lewis. 
He  followed  his  trade,  which  was  that  of  a  tailor,  in  the  village 
of  Hancock's  Bridge.  He  left  two  children.  Esther  Lewis 
lived  the  greater  part  of  her  life  with  her  uncle,  John  Barker, 
in  Philadelphia,  and  after  his  death  she  came  to  Salem  and 
taught  school  for  several  years.  Solomon  Lewis  was  a  chair 
maker,  and  carried  on  that  business  several  years  in  the  town  of 
Salem.  He  married  a  young  woman  by  the  name  of  Brown 
in  the  county  of  Gloucester,and  purchased  a  farm  in  that  neigh- 
borhood and  became  a  farmer.  Some  of  his  children  are 
living  there  at  the  present  time.  Samuel's  fourth  daughter 
married  John  Tyler,  of  Cumberland  county,  and  she  left  several 
children. 


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WADK   FAMILY.  345 


John  Stewart  was  l)orn  in  Scotland  in  1709.  His  parents 
belonged  to  the  nobility  of  Edinburgh,  and  he  consequently 
received  a  liberal  education.  He  left  his  native  land  in  compa- 
ny with  two  other  young  men  of  the  same  standing  in  society, 
unknown  to  their  parents.  They  arrived  in  West  New  Jersey 
in  1728.  John  Stewart  at  that  time  was  about  nineteen  years 
of  ao-e.  Soon  afterwards  he  hired  as  a  farm  laborer  with 
George  Abbott,  Jr.,  in  Elsinborough,  and  remained  with  him 
until' he  married  Mary  Wade,  tlie  eldest  daughter  of  Samuel 
Wade,  Jr.  He  by  that  time,  it  is  believed,  received  some 
remittances  from  Scotland  which  enabled  him  to  buy  the  three 
other  shares  of  the  homestead  farm  of  the  Wades.  Accordingly 
he  and  his  wife  commenced  life  at  that  place,  and  both  lived  to 
be  over  four-score  years.  He  raised  another  story  on  the  old 
brick  house  that  Samuel  Wade  had  built  more  than  fifty  years 
before.  John  Stewart  having  more  education  than  was  common 
for  men  to  have  at  that  time,  was  called  on  frequently  to 
transact  business  for  the  public.  The  community  had  great 
contidence  in  his  ability  and  integrity.  He  was  also  pleasing 
in  his  address  and  a  good  conversationalist.  That  latter  trait  of 
character  was  transmitted  to  his  children  and  grand-children 
generally.  He  and  his  wife  Mary  had  nine  children — Elizabeth, 
Lydia,  Samuel,  John,  Mary,  Ann,  James,  Milicint  and  Joseph. 
I  believe  two  of  them,  Ann  and  Milicint,  died  minors.  Eliza- 
beth, the  oldest,  married  a  Bradway,  which  I  mentioned  in  the 
crenealogy  of  the  Bradway  Family.  Lydia,  their  second  daugh- 
ter, married  a  Duell  of  Pilesgrove,  the  grandmother  of  the 
present  John  and  Samuel  Duell  of  that  place. 

Samuel  Stewart  married  Ann  Tyler,  the  daughter  of  William 
Tyler.  He  and  liis  wife  bought  what  is  known  as  the  Cow  Neck 
farm,  in  the  township  of  Salem,  and  at  that  place  they  spent 
their  days.  He  was  much  esteemed  in  general  society  for  his 
kindness  and  evenness  of  temper,  and  by  reason  of  his  clear  and 
excellent  judgment,  he  was  frequently  called  upon  to  settle  dif- 
ferences between  persons  in  the  neighborhood  in  wliich  he  lived. 
He  likewise  often  served  as  commissioner  in  dividing  lands  in 
this  and  neighboring  counties.  It  was  in  acting  in  that  capacity, 
dividing  the  great  estate  of  Benjamin  B.  Cooper,  in  the  lower 
part  of  Cumberland  county,  that  he  took  a  severe  cold  and  died 
a  short  time  afterwards,  leaving  four  children — Ann,  Mark, 
Mary  and  Joseph.  Ann  Stewart  married  William  Griscom,  and 
they  had  six  children — Samuel,  William,  George,  John,  Charles 
and  Mary  Griscom. 

Mark  Stewart's  lirst  wife  and  mother  of  his  children  was  Eliz- 

44 


346  WADE   FAMILY. 


abeth  Denu,  the  daughter  of  James  Demi.  Tlieir  children's 
names  were  John,  Samuel,  Sarah,  James,  Joseph,  William,  Eliz- 
abeth and  Mary  Aim  Stewart. 

Joseph  Stewart's  wife  was  Rachel  Bradway,  the  daughter  of 
William  Bradway.  John  Stewart's  wife  was  Hannah  Butcher, 
of  Cumberland.  They  left  one  son — James  Stewart.  Mary 
Stewart  married  Job  Bacon,  of  Cumberland ;  they  had  three 
children — Job,  Elizabeth  and  George.  James  Stewart's  lirst 
wife  was  a  Sheppard.  She  lived  but  a  short  time  after  marriage. 
His  second  wife  was  Mary  Ballinger,  whose  parents  resided  near 
Woodbury.  They  had  iive  children — James,  Deborah,  Beulah, 
Mary  and  Samuel.  There  were  three  men  about  of  an  age, 
natives  of  the  township  of  Alloways,  who  were  above  ordinary 
men  in  intellect.  Their  names  were  Professor  John  Griscora, 
William  AVaddington  and  James  Stewart,  Jr.  The  latter  fol- 
lowed the  sea  most  of  his  life,  and  was  considered  an  excellent 
navigator.  He  married  Sarah  Smith,  and  left  five  children — 
Ann,  William,  Mary,  Sarah  and  James  Stewart. 

The  grandfather  of  the  above  mentioned  children  died  with 
the  cancer  in  his  face  about  the  year  1835.  I  went  to  see  him 
a  few  days  before  his  death.  The  old  man  was  sitting  up  in 
his  bedroom  apparently  comfortable  and  quite  cheerful.  In  our 
conversation  I  remarked  the  room  looked  ancient,  and  ho  said 
it  was,  for  his  mother  was  born  there  and  lived  eighty-five  years 
and  died  in  the  same  room  she  was  born  in,  and  eighty-five  years 
and  a  few  days  over,  I  was  born  in  the  same  room  and  expect 
to  die  here  in  a  short  time,  which  he  accordingly  did.  Joseph 
Stewart,  the  brother  of  James,  was  by  trade  a  hatter,  and  fol- 
lowed that  business  in  the  town  of  Greenwich,  where  he  died  in 
the  prime  of  his  life  of  hemorrhage  of  the  lungs. 


AVADDINGTON    FAMILY. 

William  Waddington  was  a  French  Hngennot,  and  emigrated 
to  this  conntry  about  1690.  lie  purchased  of  Edward  Wade 
1,000  acres  of  land,  it  being  the  southern  portion  of  his  allot- 
ment, and  settled  thereon.  The  said  property  was  lield  by  one 
of  the  branches  of  the  Waddington  family  until  about  ten  years 
ago.  William  and  his  wife  had  one  son,  Jonathan  Waddington, 
who  subsequently  married  and  had  four  or  five  daughters  and 
one  son — Jonatlian,  Hannah,  Ann,  Elizabeth  and  Jane  Wad- 
dington. Hannah,  the  eldest  daughter,  married  Maurice  Bees- 
ley ;  they  had  live  cliildren — AValker,  Hannah,  Mary,  Benjamin 
and  Abner  Beesley.  Walker,  the  eldest  son,  was  killed  at  the 
massacre  in  the  Revolutionary  war  at  Hancock's  Bridge.  Han- 
nah, the  daughter  of  Maurice  and  Hannah  Beesley,  married  John 
Beesley,  her  cousin ;  they  had  two  sons — Walker  and  David 
Beesley.  The  latter  died  a  young  man,  unmarried.  Mary,  the 
daughter  of  Maurice  and  Hannah  W.  Beesley,  married  Peter 
Townsend,  of  Cape  May ;  they  liad  no  issue.  Benjamin,  the 
son  of  Maurice  and^  Hannali  W.  Beesley,  died  a  young  man. 
Abner,  the  youngest  son  of  Maurice  and  Hannah  Wad- 
dington Beesley,  married  Mary,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Su- 
sanna Mason,  of  Elsinborough  ;  they  had  issue — Mary,  William, 
Benjamin  and  Thomas  Beesley.  [See  Mason  Family.]  Ann 
Waddington,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Waddington,  married  in, 
1750  John  Baracliff. 

Elizabeth,  daugliter  of  Jonathan  AVaddington,  married  Ed- 
ward, the  son  of  Jonathan  Bradway,  in  1760 ;  they  had  four 
sons  and  two  daughters — David,  Hannah,  Waddington,  Edward, 
who  died  young,  Adna  and  Elizabeth ;  the  latter  married 
Abraim  Silvers.  Hannah  Bradway,  her  sister,  married  Job 
Stretch  ;  they  had  issue,  Jane,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Jona- 
than Waddington,  married  Bradway  Keasbey,  she  being  liis 
second  wife ;  they  had  one  daughter,  Sarah  Keasbey,  who 
married  John,  the  son  of  Edward  and  Hannah  Pancoast.  John 
and  his  wife  Sarah  K.  Pancoast  had  six  children — Hannah, 
John,  Israel,  Jane,  David  and  Aaron  Pancoast. 


348  WADDINGTON   FAMILY. 


Jonathan  Waddington,  Jr.,  I  think,  married  the  grand-daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Mary  Chambless  Hancock.  He  died  in  1760, 
leaving  an  infant  son — Jonathan  Waddington,  3d.  He  was 
the  only  one  at  the  death  of  his  father  that  bore  the  name  of 
"Waddington  in  this  country,  and  he  subsequently  married 
Sarah,  tlie  daughter  of  Aaron  Bradway,  of  Elsinborough. 
Jonathan  and  Sarah  B.  "Waddington  had  six  sons — William, 
Robert,  Aaron,  Jonathan,  Thomas  and  Edward  Waddington. 
William,  their  eldest  son,  married  Martlia,  the  daugliter  of 
Jesse  Carll ;  they  had  six  children — Anna,  Sarah,  William, 
Martha,  Hannah  and  Jesse  Waddington.  Robert,  second  son 
of  Jonathan  and  Sarah  Waddington,  married,  and  died  a  young 
man,  leaving  three  sons — Aaron,  Samuel  and  James  Wadding- 
ton. Aaron,  the  son  of  Jonathan  Waddington,  3d,  married 
Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Edward  Iveasbey ;  they  have  three 
daughters  and  two  sons — Sarah  Ann,  Lydia,  Joshua,  Bradway 
and  Jane  Waddington.  Jonathan,  the  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Sarah  Waddington,  died  unmarried.  Thomas,  son  of  the 
l)efore  mentioned  parents,  was  twice  married.  By  his  first  wife 
]ie  had  five  children — Elizabeth,  Sarah,  Mary,  Jonathan  and 
Tliomas  Waddington,  and  liis  second  wife  was  Hannah  Davis ; 
there  were  two  children — Beulah  and  Jane  Waddington. 
Edward,  the  youngest  son  of  Jonathan  and  Sarah  Bradway 
Waddington,  married  Prudence,  the  daughter  of  Edward  and 
Lydia  Keasbey ;  they  had  eight  children  —  Richard,  Sarali, 
Edward,  Prudence,  Elizabeth,  Joseph,  Lydia  Ann  and  Prudence 
Waddington. 


WHITACAR    FAMILY. 

The  Wliitacars  are  an  ancient  Englisli  family.  Richard,  the 
ancestor  of  the  Whitacars  in  West  Jersey,  was  a  native  of  Lon- 
don. By  tradition,  he  came  to  America  at  the  time  of  the 
plague,  in  1665,  or  in  the  following  year,  after  the  great  fire. 
The  record  of  the  family  in  England  is  supposed  to  have  passed 
into  the  hands  of  other  branches.  About  a  hundred  years  ago, 
an  Englishman  who  was  traveling  in  this  country  told  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Wljitacar  family  that  he  knew  a  place  in  England 
called  Whitacarstield,  which  was  doubtless  the  family  property. 
The  early  Wliitacars  were  very  particular  about  the  spelling  of 
their  names,  this  haviug  been  enjoined  upon  them  by  Richard, 
the  emigrant,  who  stated  that  there  were  landed  estates  in  Eng- 
land belonging  to  the  Wliitacars,  which  they  might  inherit  at 
some  time  were  they  careful  to  keep  up  their  record  and  the 
olden  way  of  spelling  their  names.  In  latter  years,  howevei*, 
the  last  syllable  was  changed  from  "  car"  to  "  ker,"  and  it  is 
now  generally  spelled  Whitaker. 

I  have  no  doubt,  if  their  tradition  is  correct,  that  Richard 
landed  in  Maryland,  and  in  company  with  some  others  entered 
the  Delaware  bay  in  a  small  vessel,  and  ascended  up  the  river 
as  far  as  Billingsport,  he  being  the  first  of  the  company  that 
reached  the  shore,  and  was  therefore  the  first  Englishman  that 
set  foot  on  West  New  Jersey.  He  sprang  on  shore,  and  with 
a  hatchet  cut  down  a  bush,  according  to  the  ancient  mode  of 
taking  possession,  in  the  name  of  King  Charles  II.  He  doubt- 
less remained  in  America  but  a  short  time  before  he  returned 
to  England.  It  is  probable  that  soon  after  his  return  he  became 
a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  AVhen  Fenwick  was  fitting 
out  his  expedition  to  West  New  Jersey,  together  with  a  number 
of  emigrants  who  had  previously  bought  land  of  him,  I  find 
Richard  Whitacar  was  one  of  the  number.  William  Hancock, 
of  the  county  of  Middlesex,  purchased  1,000  acres  and  one  build- 
ing lot  of  1 6  acres  in  the  town  that  the  proprietor  should  lay 
out  when  he  arrived  in  West  Jersey ;  the  said  Hancock  ap- 
pointed his  friend  Richard  Whitacar  his  Attorney  until  he  came 


350  WHITACAR   FAMILY. 


to  take  charge  of  it,  which  lie  accordingly  did  in  1677.  The 
power  of  Attorney  reads :  "  Be  it  known  unto  all  men  by  these 
"  presents,  that  I,  William  Hancock,  of  the  parish  of  St.  Len- 
"  ard,  Shoreditch,  county  of  Middlesex,  to  Richard  Whitacar, 
"  of  ye  city  of  London,  to  be  my  lawful  Attorney,  deputy  for 
"  me,  in  my  name,  for  all  my  lott  or  lotts  of  land  situate,  lying  and 
"  being  in  Kew  Jersey,  or  Nova  Csessaria,  America  in  ye  parts. 
"  And  I  the  said  William  Hancock,  shall  and  will  ratify,  allow, 
"  contirm  all  and  whatsoever  my  said  Attorney  or  his  substitutes 
"  shall  lawfully  do  or  cause  to  be  done  in  or  about  the  Premises, 
"  by  virtue  of  these  presents.  In  witness  whereof,  I,  the  said 
'•  William  Hancock,  have  hereunto  sett  my  hand  and  seal  the 
"  sixth  day  of  July,  Anno  Domini,  1675.  And  in  ye  27th  year 
"of  Reign  of  our  Sovereign  Lord.  King  Charles  ye  second, 
"  over  England.  William  Hancock.  Sealed  and  delivered  in 
"  ye  presence  of  us,  Thomas  Sramodmo  and  William  Johnson, 
"  Esq.,  Notary  Public."  It  is  said  that  this  paper  was  executed 
the  day  previous  to  the  sailing  of  the  ship  Griflin,  which  is  a 
further  confirmation  that  John  Smith  and  Samuel  Nicholson 
were  correct  in  stating  that  the  ship  anchored  opposite  Elsin- 
borough  Point  23d  of  9th  month,  1675,  that  making  them  two 
months  and  sixteen  days  on  the  passage. 

Tlie  power  of  Attorney,  and  a  black  morocco  book  in  which 
Richard  Whitacar  carried  it  over  the  sea,  is  still  in  the  possession 
of  the  family,  which  I  have  no  doubt  they  highly  prize. — 
Richard  vVhitacar  was  made  one  of  Fenwick's  Council  of  Pro- 
prietors to  govern  West  Jersey,  which  ofhce  he  held  from  1676 
to  1702,  at  which  time  the  Colonial  Government  was  formed. 
He  resided  most  of  his  time  in  the  town  of  Salem  until  about 
1690.  On  17th  of  1st  month,  1679,  he  and  Elizabeth  Adkin 
of  Alloways  Creek,  were  married  in  Salem  at  Friends'  Meeting, 
in  the  old  log  meeting  house  on  the  Nicholson  lot.  In  1690 
he  and  his  wife  moved  to  the  South  Cohansic  precinct,  wliere 
about  that  time  there  was  a  considerable  emigration  from  parts 
of  New  England  and  East  Jersey,  and  at  that  place  he  located 
on  a  large  tract  of  land  not  far  from  New  Englandtown,  and 
there  they  settled.  The  land  lay  in  Fairfield  township. — 
Richard,  soon  after  he  settled  in  the  township,  built  himself  a 
substantial  brick  dwelling.  This  property,  I  have  been  inform- 
ed, belonged  to  the  family  until  after  the  old  French  war. — 
The  house  was  taken  down  some  ten  years  ago ;  tlie  piles  of  old 
bricks  were  to  be  seen  in  various  places  in  1873 — all  that 
remained  of  the  old  Whitacar  mansion. 

Richard  Whitacar  and  Henry  Buck  kept  a  store  for  several 


WHITAOAR   FAMILY.  351 


years  near  New  England  town,  where  they  owned  a  large  sloop 
and  traded  with  New  York  and  Boston.  Tlie  lirm  doubtless 
transacted  a  great  deal  of  business,  this  being  the  only  store  of 
any  importance  in  that  region.  The  place  where  the  present 
thriving  city  of  Bridgeton  is  now  was  then  a  wilderness.  The 
old  store  book  of  the  lirni  is  still  in  possession  of  the  family. 
The  writer  had  an  opportunity  of  looking  through  it  some  time 
since,  and  it  is  particularly  interesting  to  the  antiquarian,  giving 
as  it  does  a  knowledge  of  the  names  of  many  of  the  early  inhab- 
itants of  that  section  of  Cumberland  county  which  otherwise 
probably  would  have  been  lost.  The  first  entry  in  the  book  is 
dated  October  9th,  1704,  and  in  the  page  before  is  written, 
"  We  sailed  from  Boston  September  18th,  1704."  It  appears 
by  the  day  book  that  they  kept  dry  goods,  groceries,  ready-made 
clothing,  liquors  and  books,  particularly  school  books,  bibles  and 
psalm  books,  and  farming  implements.  Richard  Whitacar 
and  his  partner,  Henry  Buck,  did  considerable  public 
business,  as  their  names  frequently  appear  in  the  Court 
minutes  to  be  seen  in  tlie  Salem  Clerk's  Office,  beginning 
with  1706,  but  after  1709  Richard's  name  is  missing.  He 
doubtless  died  the  following  winter,  and  is  thought  to  have 
been  about  sixty-six  years  of  age.  Henry  Buck  died  about 
1726.  Richard  Whitacar  left  a  number  of  children.  One  of 
his  sons,  Richard,  married  and  had  issue ;  his  oldest  cliild  was 
Nathaniel,  whose  descendants  are  given.  Of  the  otlier  children 
of  Richard,  Sr.,  and  Elizabeth  Whitacar  and  their  branches  it 
is  impossible  to  speak  of  with  certainty.  One  of  their  daugh- 
ters, however,  probably  married  Samuel  Alexander,  of  Fairfield. 
Their  daughters  were  merged  into  other  families,  but  there 
have  always  been  sons  enough  to  keep  up  the  name.  They  are 
scattered  over  the  country,  and  it  would  be  no  easy  task  to 
collect  their  genealogies.  Silas  Whitacar,  one  of  the  celebrated 
party  who  burned  the  tea  at  Greenwich  22d  of  12th  month, 
1774,  was  a  descendant  of  Richard. 

Although  Richard  Whitacar,  Sr.,  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth 
Adkin  Whitacar,  and  their  children  when  young,  were  mem- 
bers of  the  Society  of  Friends,  most  of  their  descendants  at  the 
present  time  are  Presbyterians.  Nathaniel  Whitacar,  son  of 
Richard,  Jr.,  married  Mary  Ann  Dixon,  18th  of  11th  month, 
1729.  Their  children  were  Ambrose,  Lemuel  (who  died  young,) 
Lewis  W.,  who  married  but  died  at  an  early  age,  leaving  three 
children,  whose  names  were  Lydia,  Lemuel  and  Lewis.  Lydia 
married  her  cousin,  Nathaniel  Whitacar;  Lemuel  settled  near 
Muskingum,  in  Ohio,  and  died  there,  leaving  several  children, 


352  WHITACAR   FAMILY. 


being  about  eiglity  years  of  age  at  the  time  of  bis  death.  Lewis 
settled  at  Muskingum,  Ohio ;  from  thence  to  Henepin,  Illinois, 
and  died  there  leaving  several  children.  One  of  his  children, 
John  Whitacar,  was  one  of  the  framers  of  the  Constitution  of 
Illinois,  in  1818.  Marv,  the  wife  of  Nathaniel  AYhitacar,  died 
13tli  of  9th  month,  1738,  Nathaniel's  second  wdfe  was  Ruth 
Buck ;  their  children  were  Sarah,  who  died  unmarried  about 
1808  ;  Hannali,  theii'  second  daughter,  married  Ephraim  Foster; 
Daniel  Whitacar,  their  son,  died  a  single  man ;  Ruth,  the  young- 
est daughter,  married  Josiah  Harris,  by  whom  she  had  two  sons — 
Enos  and  John  Harris ;  Josiah  died.  Ruth's  second  husband 
was  a  Davis,  by  whom  she  had  two  children,  one  of  whom  was 
named  Sarah,  who  married  a  young  man  by  the  name  of  Mench  ; 
they  settled  at  Cincinnati,  Oliio.  Nathaniel  Whitacar  died  in 
12th  month,  1752,  aged  about  lifty-eight  years. 

Ambrose  Whitacar,  the  eldest  son  of  Nathaniel,  married 
Freelove  Stratton  16tli  of  1st  month,  1755;  the  children  were 
Freelove,  Mary,  Nathaniel,  Abigail  and  Catharine.  Freelove, 
wife  of  Ambrose  Whitacar,  died  in  her  thirty-third  year.  On 
the  10th  of  I2th  month,  1766,  Ambrose  married  Ruth  Harris, 
by  whom  he  had  the  following  children — David,  Hannah  and 
Lewis.  Ruth  died,  5th  of  10th  month,  1772, in  her  thirty-ninth 
year.  Ambrose  married  his  third  wife,  Rachel  Leake;  their 
children  were  Recompence,  Oliver,  Freelove,  Isaac,  Sarah  and 
Leake.  The  last  named  married  Dr.  Robert  H.  YanMeter. 
[See  VanMeter  Family.]  Ambrose  Wliitacar  departed  this  life 
5th  of  11th  month,  1796,  in  the  sixty-sixth  year  of  his  age. 
Rachel,  his  last  wife,  died  30th  of  1st  month,  1823,  in  her  eigh- 
tieth year ;  both  are  buried  in  the  same  grave  in  the  Presbyte- 
rian church  yard  at  Daretown. 

Freelove,  daughter  of  Ambrose  and  Freelove  Whitacar,  mar- 
ried, when  young,  Butler  Thompson  ;  she  died  while  young, 
leaving  one  daughter,  Mary  Thompson,  wlio  subsequently  mar- 
ried Thomas  Sheppard,  by  whom  she  had  four  children — Lydia, 
Sarah,  Ann  and  Mark.  Lydia  Sheppard  married  Evi  Smith, 
son  of  David  Smith,  of  Mannington ;  they  had  three  children — 
Cliarles;  Mary  and  Hannah.  Mary  married  David,  the  son  of 
Elisha  and  Mary  Bassett.  Hannah  married  Edward  H.  Bas- 
sett ;  Hannah  is  deceased.  Charles,  the  son  of  Evi  and  Lydia 
Smith,  married  and  resided  in  Philadelpliia ;  he  is  deceased  and 
left  issue,  two  sons.  Sarah,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
Sheppard,  married  Anthony  Taylor  ;  they  had  six  children — 
Mary,  Sheppard,  Samuel,  Joseph,  Anthony  and  Sarah.  Mark, 
the  son  of  Thomas  and   Mary   Sheppard,   married   Patience 


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]>azby ;  tlieir  children  were  Joseph,  John,  Lytlia  and  Mary 
Sheppard.  Ann,  the  daughter  of  Tliomas  and  Mary  Sheppard, 
married  Joseph  Ilariner,  of  Greenwich ;  they  iiad  six  children 
— Mark,  Ruth,  Sarah,  Richard,  Elwood  and  Letitia  Ilarmer. 
The  second  husband  of  Mary,  tlie  widow  of  Tliomas  Sheppard, 
was  Samuel  Silvers ;  tliey  had  one  son,  Thomas  Silvers,  who 
resides  in  the  city  of  New  York.  He  married  Anna  V.  Bird, 
of  Philadelphia ;  they  liave  tln-ee  children — Helena,  Isabel  and 
Melbourne  Silvers.  Thomas  is  quite  an  inventive  genius ;  his 
most  noted  invention  is  the  steam  governor.  His  family  resides 
in  the  city  of  New  York,  ])ut  he  himself  spends  most  of  his  time 
in  London.  Mary's  third  husband  was  William  White,  of 
Woodstown  ;  he  died  many  years  before  her.  After  his  death 
she  resided  at  Greenwich  ^\dth  her  relatives,  but  died  at  Woods- 
town  over  four-score  years  of  age.  Mary,  daughter  of  Ambrose 
and  Freelove  Wliitacar,  married  Jedediah  Ogden,  in  17S3  ; 
they  had  five  children — Isaac,  Ambrose,  Jedediah,  Ruth,  Nevo 
and  Daniel.  Isaac  Ambrose  Ogden  is  a  Presbyterian  minister, 
settled  in  Ohio,  and  has  several  children.  Jedediah  and  Daniel 
Ogden  settled  near  Fairfield,  Indiana,  and  have  several  children. 
Ruth  Ogden  married  Obediah  Bennett,  and  in  1854  was  a 
widow  with  children.  Neve  Ogden  died,  leaving  children. 
Nathaniel,  son  of  Ambrose  and  Freelove  Wliitacar,  married 
his  cousin  Lydia,  in  11S4- ;  they  had  five  cliildren — Jael,  Ruel, 
Anna,  Nathaniel  and  Lydia.  Jael  and  Nathaniel  settled  near 
Henepin,  Illinois.  Ruel  married  and  had  a  number  of  children, 
among  whom  are  Aljigail,  Clara,  Ephar  and  Harriet.  Abigail 
died  unmarried.  Clara  lias  been  twice  married  ;  her  first  hus- 
band was  a  Harris,  and  her  second  husband  is  Judge  Wliitacar, 
of  Fairton.  Ephar  is  a  Presbyterian  minister,  settled  in  South- 
hold,  Long  Island,  and  has  several  children.  Harriet  married 
Professor  Clark,  of  Tennessee.  Anna  Wliitacar  married  Pres- 
cott  Bishop.  Lydia  married  James  Craig,  and  settled  near  the 
home  of  her  ancestors  in  Cumberland  county. 

Abigail,  daughter  of  Ambrose  and  Freelove  Wliitacar,  mar- 
ried Jeffrey  Parvin,  in  1785,  and  died  in  ITO-l,  leaving  two 
children — Sarah  and  Abigail  Parvin.  Sarah  married  Daniel 
Simkins  and  died,  leaving  three  children.  Abigail  married 
Moses  Riley  and  was  left  a  widow  witli  two  children.  Catha- 
rine, daughter  of  Ambrose  and  Freelove  Whitacar,  married 
Joshua  Reeve,  of  Bridgeton,  in  1782  and  died  in  1796,  in  her 
thirty-fourth  year,  leaving  several  children ;  their  names  were 
Samuel,  Elizabeth,  Joshua,  Thomas,  Catharine,  Harriet  and 
Maria.  Samuel,  the  eldest,  died  young ;  Elizabeth  married 
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354  "SVHITACAK    FAMILY. 


George  Johnson,  settled  in  Fliiladelpliia  and  died  in  1848, 
leaving  children  ;  Joshua  enlisted  in  the  army  and  died  ;  Thomas 
married  Emiice  Bishop  and  died  near  Cincinnati,  Oliio,  in 
1838,  leaving  six  children — Daniel,  Charles  B.,  Caroline,  Mary, 
John  B.  and  Horace.  Catharine,  the  daughter  of  Joshua  and 
Catharine  W.  Reeve,  married  Benjamin  Forhes  and  died,  leaving 
several  children ;  Harriet  married  David  Husted ;  Maria  mar- 
ried Vickers  Harris  and  was  left  a  widow  in  1853. 

David,  son  of  Ambrose  Wliitaker,  b}-  his  second  wife  Rutli, 
married  Catharine  DnBois  in  1788,  and  died  29th  of  7th  month, 
1807,  aged  forty  years.  They  had  six  children — Peter,  Ruth, 
Elizabeth,  Lewis,  David  and  Rebecca.  Peter  married  Nancy 
Riley.  Their  children  were  Lorenzo,  Lucius,  "William,  Louisa 
and  James  Lambert.  Lorenzo,  the  eldest  son,  married  Sarah 
Cake;  died  and  left  two  children — Lucius  and  Anna  "Wliitaker. 
Lucius  "Whitaker  married  Rutli  Xixon.  Tliere  were  three  chil- 
dren. "William  died  unmarried.  Louisa  "Whitaker  married  "Wil- 
liam Cole,  of  "Woodstown ;  he  is  now  deceased.  They  had  two 
children — Annie  and  "\Yilliam  Cole.  James  Lambert  "Whitaker 
married  Fannie  Reeves,  and  settled  in  Bridgeton.  He  died  Stli 
month,  1875,  leaving  one  child.  Ruth,  daughter  of  David  and 
Catharine  DuBois  AVhitaker,  married  David  YanMeter ;  both  of 
them  are  deceased  leaving  children — Isaac  "W.,  Da\-id,  Phebe 
and  Enoch  VanMeter.  Elizabeth  AVhitaker,  daughter  of  David, 
married  Isaac  Mayhew;  both  are  deceased,  leaving  children. 
Lewis  and  David  "\Vhitaker,  sons  of  David,  settled  near  Logans- 
port,  Indiana.  Rebecca,  the  youngest  daughter  of  David,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Heward.     They  also  settled  at  Logansport. 

Ilannali,  tlie  daughter  of  Ambrose  and  Ruth  AVhitaker,  mar- 
ried Ephraim  Foster,  by  whom  she  had  the  following  cliildren — 
David,  Ephraim,  Nathaniel,  Jonathan,  Jeremiah,  Phebe,  Rutli, 
Hannah,  Elizabeth  and  Esther  Foster.  Phebe  Foster  married 
Hosea  Sneathen,  and  died  without  issue.  Jonathan  Foster  died 
a  young  man,  unmarried.  Ruth  Foster  married  Samuel  Thomp- 
son, and  died,  leaving  several  children.  Their  names  were 
Samuel,  Newcomb,  Phelje,  Harriet  and  Elizalieth  Thompson. 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Epliraim  and  Hannah  Foster,  married 
John  McQueen.  She  died  in  1854,  at  an  advanced  age.  Their 
children  were  Ephraim,  Rebecca,  Elizabeth,  Sarah  and  Hannah. 
Rebecca  married  Jonatlian  Swing,  of  Pittsgrove.  They  had 
several  children.  Elizabeth  McQueen  married  John  Garrison  ; 
they  lived  near  Deerheld.  Elizabeth  died  leaving  one  child. 
Hannah  married  Benjamin  "V^anMeter.  There  were  several  cliil- 
dren by  this  union.     Sarah  McQueen  never  married.     Elizabeth, 


WHIT  AGAR    FAMILY.  355 


tho  daughter  of  Ephraini  and  Ilaiinali  Foster,  married  Matthew 
Newkirk,  of  Pittsgrove,  (Newkirk's  station) ;  being  his  second 
wife.  She  had  children — Matthew,  Nathaniel  and  Mary  New- 
kirk.  Mattliew  married  and  died  young,  leaving  one  son,  Mat- 
thew, who  married  and  resides  in  Ohio.  Nathaniel,  son  of  Mat- 
thew and  Elizabeth  Newkirk,  was  a  physician,  and  married 
Martha,  daughter  of  John  and  Ann  Bacon,  of  Greenwich,  Cum- 
berland county.  He  died  at  Bridgeton,  leaving  issue.  Mary 
Newkirk,  daughter  of  Matthew,  is  living,  unmarried.  Elizabeth, 
widow  of  Matthew  Newkirk,  married  Samuel  Thompson.  She 
died  at  Bridgeton,  leaving  no  issue  by  her  last  husband.  Esther 
Foster  married  Ethan  Osborne ;  he  was  an  eminent  Presbyterian 
minister,  of  Fairfield  church.  She  was  his  second  wife,  and 
died  without  issue. 

Lewis,  son  of  Amlirose  and  Ruth  Whitaker,  was  married  to 
Mary  DuBois,in  1797,  and  died  1st  of  10th  month,  1828,  in  his 
fifty-eighth  year.  Their  children  were  Ambrose,  Hannah  and 
John  Whitaker.  Ambrose  is  unmarried,  and  lives  near  Swing's 
Corner,  in  Pittsgrove.  Hannah  Wliitaker  married  Benjamin 
Burroughs.  They  settled  near  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  left  chil- 
dren. John  Whitaker  married  and  died  at  Pittsgrove,  leaving 
issue.  Lewis  Whitaker  was  married  the  second  time,  and  had 
issue — Mary,  Nathaniel,  Benjamin  B,  and  Putli  Whitaker. 
Mary,  daughter  of  Lewis  AVhitaker,  married  John  G,  Sweat- 
man,  and  died  in  1854,  at  Watson's  Corner,  leaving  no  children. 
Nathaniel  Whitaker  married  and  died  in  Pittsgrove.  Benjamin 
B.  Whitaker  is  unmarried.  Ruth  married  John  Mounce,  they 
have  no  children. 

Recompence,  son  of  Ambrose  and  Rachel  Whitaker,  (Rachel 
was  his  third  wife,)  married  Rachel  Moore  6th  of  3d  montli, 
1800,  and  died  in  his  thirty-sixth  year,  leaving  five  children. 
Their  names  were  Abigail,  Enoch,  Hannah,  Caroline  and  Rachel 
Leal'ce  Whitaker.  Abigail,  daughter  of  Recompence  Whitaker, 
married  Buckly  Carll,  a  Presbyterian  minister.  Her  husl)and 
is  deceased,  and  buried  at  Daretown.  Abigail  is  still  living. 
ILmnah  Whitaker,  daughter  of  Recompence,  married  George 
Hires  ;  she  is  still  living,  having  no  children,  Tlie  other  chil- 
dren of  Recompence  Whitaker  died  young. 

Oliver,  son  of  Ambrose  and  Rachel  AVhitaker,  married  Mary 
Summerill,  2d  of  2d  month,  1799.  The  children  by  this  mar- 
i-iage  were  Rhoda,  Summerill,  Rachel,  Ruth  and  William. 
Rhoda  married  William  Biggs,  of  Cincinnati.  They  have  a 
large  family  of  children.  Summerill  married  early  in  life,  and 
went  to  the  State  of  Illinois.     Rachel  AVhitaker  married  Jacob 


856  WHITACAR   FAMILY. 


Jolms ;  they  reside  in  Iowa,  and  liave  issue.  Ruth  married 
William  Villers,  near  Cincinnati ;  they  liave  a  large  family  of 
children.  William  is  deceasd,  leaving  no  issue.  Mary  Sum- 
merill,  wife  of  Oliver  AVhitaker,  died  aged  twenty-four  years, 
and  in  1807  Oliver  married  Elizabeth  Kirbv.  Their  children 
were  Atnbrose,  Phebe,  Oliver,  Ephraim  K.,  Joseph  and  Mary 
Jane  AVhitaker.  Fhebe,  daughter  of  Oliver,  married  James 
Buck,  by  whom  she  had  one  child — Sarah  Elizabeth  Buck. 
Oliver  Whitaker  married  Hannah  R.  Hollingsworth  ;  their 
cliildren  were  Isaa<^,  Martha,  Ann,  Sarah  Jane,  Mary,  Elizabeth, 
Joseph  B.,  Charles  II.,  William  A.,  and  Abraham  Whitaker. 
Ephraim  K.  Wintaker  married  Mary  Vanderoot ;  their  children 
were  Phebe,  Sarah  Elizabeth  and  Isaac  Newton.  Joseph 
Whitaker  married  Rebecca  McBriant ;  they  had  four  children — 
Mary  L.,  William  Oliver,  Ephraim  K.  and  Elizabeth  Ann. 
Mary  Jane  died  in  childhood.  Oliver  AVhitaker,  Sr.,  soon  after 
liis  marriage  with  Mary  Summerill,  settled  in  Clinton  county, 
Ohio.  His  descendants  are  numerous,  and  scattered  through 
the  West.  He  died  11th  of  ]2rh  month,  1831,  aged  about 
tifty-six  years. 

Freelove,  daughter  of  Ambrose  and  Rachel  Whitacar,  mar- 
ried David  DuBois,  23d  of  4th  month,  1804.  Their  children 
are  as  follows  :  Henrietta,  Jonathan,  Jedediah,  Edmund,  Asher, 
Janetta  and  Havid  HuBois.  Henrietta  DuBois  mari-ied  James 
Coombs,  of  Upper  Pittsgrove.  They  had  issue — Mary  Ann, 
Albert,  Edwin,  Jane,  Oliver,  Isabella  and  Henry  Coombs. 
Albert,  Jane  and  Isabella  are  deceased.  Jonathan  DuBois 
married  Martha  Adcock ;  he  died,  leaving  two  sons — Ileni-v 
and  George  DuBjis.  Jedediah  DiiBols  marriod  Ann  Adcock, 
and  died,  leaving  three  sons.     Edmimd   DnBuis  married  Sarah 

Johnson  ;  there  are  children.     Asher  DuBois  married 

Swing,  and  died,  leaving  children.  Janetta  DuBois  inarried 
Edward  Shute,  and  died  leaving  issue.  David  DuBois  married 
a  daughter  of  Adam  VanMeter,  they  had  one  daughter.  David 
DuBois,  Sr.,  died  in  5tli  month,  1837 ;  Freelove,  his  wife,  died 
in  1st  month,  1842,  aged  sixty-four  years.  Both  are  buried  in 
the  old  church  yard  at  Daretown.  Isaac,  the  son  of  Ambrose 
and  Rachel  Whitacar,  married  Ann,  daughter  of  Jonathan 
Fithian,  of  Deerfield,  10th  of  3d  month,  1814;  they  had  twelve 
children — Isaac,  Ann,  Mary,  Sarah,  Caroline,  Olivei",  Enoch, 
Charles,  Eliza,  James,  Lydia  and  Lewis  Whitacar.  Isaac,  son 
of  Isaac  and  Ann  Whitacar,  settled  in  Carlinville,  Illinois, 
about  1840.  He  married  there  Virginia  B.  Bement,  formerly 
pf  New^  York.     He  was  known  as  Captain  AVhitacar.     His 


n-HITACAR    FAMILY.  357 


wife  died  leaving  six  eliildren — Mary  Ellen,  Harriet  B.,  Edna 
Caroline,  Virginia,  Charles  and  Clara  Wliitacar.  Mary  Ellen, 
married  Victor  Hoyt.  Harriet  B.  married  James  Gand.  Ann 
married  Jacob  Webb  ;  the}'  had  live  children — Harriet,  Alexan- 
der, Charles,  Isaac  W.  and  George  Smitli ;  two  snrvive, 
Alexander  and  George ;  both  of  whom  are  married  and  have 
children.  Aim  and  husband  are  deceased.  Mary  married 
Edward  Burton,  of  Bunker  Hill,  Illinois  ;  they  have  one  child, 
named  Joseph.  Sarah  Wliitacar,  daughter  of  Isaac,  Sr.,  mar- 
ried Daniel  Smith  ;  she  died  in  her  forty-second  year,  leaving 
the  following  children — Anna  B.,  Elizabeth  L.,  Caroline  W. 
and  Franklin  Sndth.  Anna  B.  and  Franklin  are  the  only  sur- 
viving ones.  Caroline,  fourth  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Ann 
Whitac;ir,  married  Edward  VanMoter,  of  Salem.  [See  Van- 
Meter  Family.] 

Oliver,  son  of  Isaac  and  Ann  AYliitacai-,  married  Sa  ah 
A.  Fisher ;  they  had  one  child — Mary  Wliitacar.  Enoch 
Whitacar  married  Ruth  Diamond ;  they  had  tliree  children — 
Lewis,  Edward  V.  and  Kichard  W.  Wliitacar.  Cliarles,  son  of 
Isaac  and  Ann  Whitacar,  died  in  his  nineteenth  year.  Eliza 
died  in  infancy.  James  Wliitacar,  son  of  Isaac  and  Ann,  mai-- 
ried  Louisa  Iszard  ;  tliey  had  five  children — Josepli,  Frank, 
Louisa,  Charles  and  Coleman  Whitacar.  Lydia  Whitacar, 
married  Jonathan  D.  Ayres.  Tlieir  surviving  children  are  as 
follows:  Harriet  W.,  Robert  S.,  Caroline  V.  and  Florence 
Ayres.  Lewis,  the  youngest  son  of  Isaac  and  Ann  Wliitacar, 
married  Mary  Elizabeth  Shove  ;  tliey  have  four  children  living 
— Harriet,  Anna,  Elizabeth  and  Lewis  WJiitacar. 

Isaac,  son  of  Ambrose  and  Rachel  Whitacar,  wlien  lie  was 
about  eighteen  years  of  age,  attended  school  at  Woodbury,  New 
Jersey.  Among  his  classmates  wjis  James  Lawrence,  afterwards 
Captain  James  Lawrence,  of  the  Chesapeake,  wliose  dying 
words,  "  Don't  give  up  the  ship !"  have  often  been  quoted.  AV"hen 
Lawrence  received  his  commission  he  tried  to  induce  Isaac  A¥liit- 
acar,  with  whom  he  was  very  intimate,  to  accompany  him  on 
his  vessel,  promising  to  get  him  a  commission  also,  but  Isaac 
knowino;  his  mother  would  never  consent  to  such  a  thinfj;,  de- 
clined,  although  very  anxious  to  go.  As  a  keepsake,  James 
Lawrence  drew  on  a  piece  of  paper,  a  ship  in  full  sail,  and  pre- 
sented it,  before  leaving  school,  to  Isaac  Whitacar,  his  chosen 
friend.  This  is  now  in  possession  of  the  family,  and  is  highly 
prized  by  them. 

Isaac  Whitacar,  Sr.,  departed  this  life  23d  of  2d  month,  1857, 
in  his  seventy-eighth  year.     Ann,  liis  wife,  died    23d    of  4th 


358  AVHITACAR    FAMILY. 


niontli,  1855,  in  her  sixty-third  year.  Both  are  buried  in  the 
Presbyterian  church  yard  at  Deerfield.  Most  of  their  family 
are  living  at  the  present  time  in  Illinois. 


WYATT    FAMILY. 

Bartholomew  Wyatt  emigrated  to  this  county  about  the  year 
1690.     I  believe  he  came  from  the  county  of  Worcestershire, 
England.     Soon  after  his  arrival  he  purchased  1200  acres  of 
land  in  Mannington,  of  John  Fenwick's  lieirs.     The  said  land 
was  bounded  on  the  east  by  James  Sherron's  land.     The  first 
liouse  he  built  on  his  property  was  a  log  house  of  considerable 
size,  as  I  was  told  by  Sanuiel  Austin,  who  was  considered  in  his 
time  as  the  most  correct  antiquarian  in  that  part  of  the  county. 
The  said  house  stood  upon  the  point  of  land  near  the  meadow, 
not  far  from  a  small  creek,  (cidled  Puddle  Dock),  nearly  half  a 
mile  from  where,  a  few  years  later,  he  built  himself  a  largo 
brick  house,  it  being  not  far  from  Mannington  creek,  which  was 
navigable  at  tliat  time.     He  was  a  prominent  man  in  his  time 
in  the  civil  affairs  of  tlie  Colony,  frequently  serving  as  a  Grand 
Juror,  as  the  records  of  the  Court  show ;  also  an  active  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  was  one  of  the  largest  con- 
tributors to  the  fund  for  the  erection    of   the    Friends'  brick 
meeting  house  in  the  present  graveyard  in  Salem.     He  and  his 
wife,  Sarah  Wyatt  had  two  children — Bartholomew,  who  was 
born  4th  of  1st  month,  1697,  and  Elizabeth  who  was  born  in 
1706.     There  is  no  mention  in  the  records  of  the  county,  or  of 
the  meeting's  records  later  than  the  year  1728  ;  therefore  I  pre- 
sume he  died  somewhere  near  that  period.     His  son  Bartholo- 
mew inherited  all  his  father's  real  estate.     He  married  about 
the  year  1730,  Elizabeth  Tomlinson,  who  was  born  in  1706.     He 
and  his  wife  Elizabeth  resided  in  Mannington  during  their  lives, 
and  in  the  year  1731  their  son  Bartholomew  Wyatt,  3d,  was 
Ijorn.     Their  daughter  Sarah  Wyatt  was  born  in  the  year  1733, 
and  subsequently  became  the  wife  of  Richard  Wistar,  of  Phila- 
delphia.    Bartholomew  Wyatt,  Jr.,  the  fatlier  of   the    l)efore 
mentioned  children,  lived  what  was  considered    at  that  time 
(]uite  aged.     He  died  in  1770,  aged  seventy -two  years;  his  wife 
had  been  deceased  many  years  before.     It  is  probable  that  tlie 
disease  with  wliich  most  of  the  Wyatts  and  several  of  the  Wis- 


360  ^VYATT   FAMILY. 


tar  family  died  witli  (being  pulmonary  consumption),  was  hered- 
itary in  his  wife's  family. 

Eartliolomew  Wyatt,  3d,  in  plij'sical  appearance,  I  have  been 
informed  by  persons  that  knew  him,  was  tall,  and  remarkably 
pleasing  in  his  address.  lie  was  considered  one  of  the  best 
English  scholars,  at  the  time  in  which  he  lived,  in  the  county  of 
Salem,  The  late  Casper  AVistar,  when  young,  it  is  said,  looked 
very  much  like  his  great-uncle  as  to  his  size  and  the  features  of 
his  face.  His  company  was  very  much  souglit  after  ;  and  being 
of  a  benevolent  turn  of  mind,  he  gave  largely  to  the  poor  and 
needy ;  and  when  the  Society  of  Friends  at  Salem  and  vicinity 
thouo-ht  it  would  be  a  benefit  to  them  to  build  a  larfirer  meeting 
house,  he  was  the  largest  contributor,  excepting  Samuel  Kichol- 
son,  of  Elsiuborougli.  Bartholomew  died  in  the  prime  of  his 
life,  at  the  age  of  fifty  years,  leaving  one  daughter,  Elizabeth, 
who,  a  short  time  before  her  father's  death,  luid  married  Wil- 
liam Carpenter,  the  son  of  Prescott  Carpenter.  William  and 
his  wife  Elizabeth  had  two  children — Mary  and  Hannah.  The 
last  named  child  died  in  infancy.  Elizabeth  Carpenter,  their 
mother,  died  before  slie  arrived  at  middle  age.  Mary  Carpen- 
ter, their  daughter,  afterwards  married  James  Hunt,  a  son  of 
John  Hunt,  of  Darby,  Pennsylvania.  I  believe  she  left  three 
daughters  and  two  sons,  and  tliey  disposed  of  the  greater  part 
of  the  real  estate  of  their  ancestors  in  Mannington,  to  Andrew 
Thompson,  of  Elsiuborougli. 

Casper  Wistar  was  the  first  of  that  name  in  this  country. 
He  emigrated  to  the  province  of  Pennsylvania  in  the  year  1717, 
and  as  Watson  states,  was  naturalized  in  1722  as  a  citizen  of  the 
province  of  Pennsylvania.  His  native  place  was  Germany.  It 
appears  he  had  thi-ee  children — Richard,  Casper  and  Sarah 
AVistar,  and  was  by  trade  a  button  maker.  As  soon  as  he  had 
sufiicient  funds  by  working  by  day's  work  at  any  employment  ho 
found  to  do,  he  commenced  business  at  his  trade  in  manufactur- 
ing buttons.  They  were  small  brass  buttons,  being  nearly 
round,  and  were  used  on  short  clothes  Mdiich  were  the  common 
wear  at  that  time,  and  they  were  much  sought  after  and  readily 
sold  at  renumerative  prices.  He  would  invest  his  money  in 
lands  within  the  city  limits,  and  as  the  town  increased  in  size 
the  property  became  valuable,  consequently  his  lieirs  became 
\vealthy  by  the  increased  value  of  property. 

Casper  Wistar,  Jr.,  I  have  been  informed,  only  left  one 
daughter,  Elizabeth  Wistar,  who  became  the  M-ife  of  Abrani 
Sharpless,  of  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania.  Slie  and  her  hus- 
band resided  near  Concordvillc,  in  Delaware  county.     Abram 


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owned  a  large  tract  of  land  in  tliat  neighborhood,  and  together 
with  his  wife's  property  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  enabled 
them  to  leave  to  their  two  sons,  Abram  and  Casper  Wistar 
Sharpless,  princely  estates.  Both  of  them  died  a  few  years  ago 
with  much  reduced  estates,  fulfilling  the  old  saying : — "  The 
"  first  gets  it,  the  second  keeps  it,  and  the  third  spends  it." 

Sarah  Wistar,  I  am  informed,  never  married,  and  lived  to  a 
very  advanced  age.  In  her  will  she  left  fom'  of  her  great- 
nephews,  all  of  them  named  Casper,  £11,000  a-piece,  and  after 
the  specific  legacies  were  paid,  there  was  left  £1:1:,000  to  her 
legatees.  Ricliard  Wistar,  the  eldest  brother,  purchased  a  large 
tract  of  land  in  Alloways  Creek  township,  most  probably  from 
AV^illiam  Hall,  Jr.  Soon  afterwards  he  erected  a  glass  factory 
about  two  miles  above  the  village  of  Allowaystown,  and  com- 
menced the  manufacture  of  glass.  Johnson,  in  his  history  of 
this  county,  stated  it  was  the  first  of  its  kind  in  the  United 
States,  but  I  think  he  was  mistaken  in  that  statement.  Massa- 
ciiusetts  claims  the  first,  which  was  started  in  1742.  The  most 
reliable  account  I  have  ever  seen  respecting  Richard  Wistar 
fixes  the  time  he  commenced  operation  in  114:4:,  it  being  two 
years  later  than  the  Massachusetts  enterprise.  Richard's  glass 
works,  it  has  been  stated,  proved  to  be  a  very  profitable  invest- 
ment. His  own  time  was  very  much  taken  up  in  looking  after 
his  great  estate  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  and  consequently  he 
employed  Benjamin  Thompson,  a  young  man  of  great  business 
capacity,  the  son  of  William  Thompson,  of  Allowaystown,  to 
be  the  overseer  of  his  glass  works.  He  filled  the  position,  it 
has  been  stated,  during  the  time  tlie  glass  works  were  in  opera- 
tion, much  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  proprietor.  About  the 
year  1750  Richard  married  Sarah  Wyatt,  tlie  daughter  of  Bar- 
tholomew Wyatt,  Jr.,  of  Mannington.  I  think  they  had  six 
children — Richard,  Casper,  John,  Thomas,  Elizabeth  and  Cath- 
arine. Richard  Wistar,  Jr.,  married  and  left  two  children. 
Richard  and  Sarah  died  a  few  years  ago.  Casper  became  one 
of  the  most  eminent  physicians  of  his  time  in  the  city  of  Pliila- 
delphia,  and  I  believe  he  left  a  fannly  of  children.  John  mar- 
ried Charlotte  Newbold,  the  daughter  of  Clayton  Newbold,  of 
Burlington  county. 

At  the  death  of  Bartholemew  Wyatt  he  owed  his  son-in-law, 
Richard  Wistar,  £1,000.  In  making  his  will  he  devised  one- 
half  of  his  real  estate  in  Mannington  to  Richard  and  his  wife 
Sarah,  provided  he  would  cancel  the  debt,  which  was  accord- 
ingly done,  and  Richard  Wistar  became  the  owner.  His  son, 
John,  after  his  marriage,  settled  thereon,  and  at  tlie  death  of 
46 


362  WYA'rr  family. 


his  father  the  said  property  became  a  part  of  his  share  of  his 
father's  great  estate. 

John  NVistar,  it  can  be  trnly  said,  was  one  of  Nature's  noble- 
men,    lie  had  an  intellectual  mind  which  he  inlierited  from  his 
mother's  family,  and  a  large  share  of  the  milk  of  human  kind- 
ness.    It  has  been  stated,  and  I  do  not  doubt  the  correctness  of 
it,  because  it  was  in  accordance  with  his  feelings  toward  suffer- 
ing humanity,  that  he  was  the  first  to  advocate  the  establishing 
of  the   Salem   County  Alms  House.     He  and  his  wife  had,  I 
think,  eiglit  children  ;  their  names  were  Mary,  Bartholomew, 
Clayton,    Charlotte,    Casper,    Hannah,    Catharine   and    John. 
Their  father,  John  Wistar,  died  in  his  fifty-sixth  year,  of  pulmo- 
nary consumption.     It  could  be  truly  said  of  him  he  was  lost  too 
soon  for  his  family  and  his  own  religious  society,  and  to  tlie 
community  generally.     His  widow  survived  him  several  years. 
Their  oldest  daughter  Mary  married  Isaac  Davis,  of  Philadel- 
phia.    Bartholomew  married  a  young  woman  by  the  name  of 
Newbold.      He   was    a   merchant   in    Philadelphia.      Clayton 
Wistar's  wife  was  Mary  Stevenson,  the  daughter  of  John  Ste- 
venson,  who  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  that  eminent  man, 
Samuel  Jennings,  of  Burlington.     Clayton  and  his  wife  had 
two  sons — John  aad  Richard  Wistar.     His  second  wife  was 
Martha  Reeve,  the  daughter  of  Josiah  Reeve,  of  Burlington, 
formerly  of   Cumberland.     By  this  connection  they  had  one 
son,  Josiah  Wistar,  of  Mannington. 

Charlotte  Wistar  married  Jonathan  Freedland,  the  son  of 
Jonas  Freedland,  who  was  one  of  Salem  county's  favorite  sons. 
Charlotte  has  been  deceased  several  years,  leaying  no  children  ; 
her  husband  is  still  living. 

Casper  Wistar's  wife  was  Rebecca  Bassett,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph Bassett.  Casper  is  now  deceased,  leaving  a  widow  and 
five  children — Sarah,  Mary,  Casper,  J'oseph  and  Catharine. 
Hannah  Wistar  married  Dr.  Theophilus  Beesley.  He  had  an 
extensive  practice  in  Salem  wlien  he  was  married,  and  a  few 
years  afterward  he  and  his  wife  removed  to  Philadelphia.  In 
that  city  he  stood  high  in  his  profession.  They  are  both  de- 
ceased now.  Catharine  Wistar  married  Thomas  Evans,  the 
son  of  Jonathan  Evans,  of  Philadelphia.  Thomas,  whilst  living 
was  an  eminent  minister  in  the  Orthodox  branch  of  the  Society 
of  Friends.  John  Wistar,  the  youngest,  was  left  the  homestead 
of  his  father.  In  a  few  years  he  became  of  age,  he  sold  it  to 
Thomas  Bacon  and  removed  to  Philadelphia. 

Elizabeth  Wistar,  the  daughter  of  Richard  and  Sarah  Wistar, 
married  Richard  Miller,  tho  son  of  Josiah  and  Letitia  Miller, 


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of  Mannington.  They  lived  most  of  the  time  after  they  were 
married  on  the  property  wliere  tlieir  grandson,  Wyatt  W.  Mil- 
ler, now  owns  and  lives.  Richard  died  in  the  prime  of  his  life, 
leaving  a  widow  and  three  children.  Their  names  were  Sarah, 
Letitia  and  Josiah  Miller.  Elizabeth  W.  Miller  was  considered 
in  her  time  more  than  ordinary  in  her  physical  and  mental  abil- 
ities. Slie,  when  quite  young,  had  an  attack  of  scarlet  fever, 
which  impaired  her  hearing,  and  before  she  reached  middle  age 
she  was  entirely  deaf ;  but  it  often  occurs  when  a  person  is  de- 
prived of  hearing,  tlie  other  senses  are  much  stronger  and  it 
was  true  with  her  to  a  remarkable  degree.  I  well  remember 
when  young  in  seeing  her  in  Friends'  meeting,  at  Salem,  taking 
her  seat  fronting  the  gallery,  and  if  any  one  spoke  she  would 
watch  tlie  lips  of  the  speaker,  and  if  the  one  that  was  speaking 
remained  motionless,  it  has  been  said  she  would  get  as  good  un- 
derstanding of  the  discourse  as  others  did  who  had  their  hearing. 
Also  in  conversation,  particularly  with  persons  she  was  accus- 
tomed to,  there  appeared  to  be  no  difficulty  for  her  to  under- 
stand them.  She  resided  in  Mannington  on  the  farm  for  a  few 
years  after  her  husband's  death,  and  then  removed  to  Salem, 
and  died  there  aged  over  ninety  years. 

Sarah  Miller  married  Benjamin  Acton,  son  of  Clement  Acton, 
of  Salem.  Benjamin  and  his  wife  Sarah  had  eight  children — 
Richard  M.,  Benjamin,  Hannah,  Letitia,  Elizabeth,  Cliarlotte, 
Sarah  Wyatt,  and  Casper  W.  Acton.  Benjamin  and  his  wife 
are  both  deceased,  although  she  survived  lier  husband  several 
years. 

Letitia  Miller's  husband  was  Thomas  B.  Sheppard,  the  son  of 
John  Sheppard,  of  Cumberland  county.  She  died  young, 
leaving  one  daughter. 

Josiah  Miller,  the  son  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth  Miller,  in 
physical  and  mental  abilities,  was  above  the  ordinai-y  man,  and 
if  he  had  cultivated  his  mind,  with  his  wealth  and  family  influ- 
ence, he  would  have  been  one  of  the  most  useful  men  in  his 
generation. 

Josiah  married  Hetty  James,  daughter  of  Samuel  L.  James. 
She  was  amiable  in  her  disposition,  and  was  well  calculated  to 
make  home  pleasant  and  agreeable.  He  died  a  comparatively 
young  man,  leaving  a  widow  and  three  minor  children — Ricliard, 
Samuel  and  Wyatt  Miller.  The  two  youngest  own  and  reside 
on  their  patrimonial  estate  in  Mannington.  The  said  property 
has  been  in  the  Miller  family  four  generations. 

Hetty  Miller,  the  widow  of  Josiah  lived  until  she  was  ad- 
vanced in  life,  and  then  married  David  Reeves,  of  PlKenixville, 


36i  WYATT    FAMILY. 


Chester  county,  Pennsylvania.  He  was  formerly  a  resident  of 
Bridgeton,  Cumberland  county,  New  Jersey,  and  was  the  son 
of  Thomas  Eeeves,  of  Gloucester  county.  That  connection 
was  of  short  duration,  however,  as  she  was  taken  away  by  a 
short  and  severe  illness  in  a  short  period  after  they  were  mai-- 
ried,  and  he  survived  her  only  a  few  years. 


WHITTAN    FAMILY. 

James  Whittan  purcliased  property  in  Mannington  the  latter 
part  of  the  seventeenth  century,  adjoining  lands  of  Richard 
Woodnutt  on  the  west,  lands  of  Wheoeljy  on  the  east.  lie  and 
his  wife,  Sarah  Whittan,  had  two  cliildren — Ann,  tlieir  daugh- 
ter, was  born  in  1707,  and  their  son,  Joseph  Whittan,  was  born 
in  1709  ;  lie  died  a  minor. 

James  Nevell  and  Richard  Tindell  died  about  the  year  1703 
or  1704.  Nevell  was  a  lawyer,  and  acted  as  agent  for  William 
Penn  in  disposing  of  his  lands  lying  in  Fenwick's  tenth.  It 
appears  that  Penn  had  implicit  confidence  in  his  ability  and 
integrity.  The  settlements  he  made  with  the  proprietor  for 
lands  he  disposed  of  for  him  fully  justify  that  opinion.  Rich- 
ard Tindell  was  considered  in  his  time  to  be  remarkably  correct 
in  his  surveying  and  in  his  calculations  ;  so  much  so,  that  I  have 
been  informed  the  surveyors  at  the  present  time  have  no  diffi- 
culty in  following  the  various  lines  of  the  numerous  tracts  of 
land  that  he  run  and  calculated  more  than  one  hundred  and 
eighty  years  ago.  I  call  tlie  attention  of  the  reader  to  one 
tract  of  meadow  and  swamp  Richard  Tindell  re-surve^'ed  by  an 
order, from  James  Nevell  in  1685,  it  being  tlie  town  marsh 
which  was  given  by  John  Fenwick  to  the  inhabitants  of  Salem 
town  in  1676,  and  was  surveyed  by  Richard  Hancock  the  same 
year.  Some  five  or  six  years  ago  the  present  owners  of  said 
meadow  agreed  to  have  a  general  survey  of  it  again.  They 
employed  Belfqrd  Bonliam,  of  Cumberland  county,  who  is 
considered  one  of  the  most  correct  surveyors  in  this  part  of  the 
State.  The  number  of  acres  that  Belford  made  of  the  meadow 
was  about  the  same  that  Richard  Tindell  surveyed  one  hundred 
and  eighty  years  ago,it  being  560  acres.  After  the  death  of  tliese 
two  eminent  men,  Novell  and  Tindall,  James  Logan,  the  faithful 
secretar}^  of  William  Penn,  took  upon  himself  the  task  of  dis- 
posing the  lands  that  belonged  to  the  proprietor  within  the 
boundaries  of  Fenwick's  tenth.  He  accordingly  appointed 
Benjamin  Acton,  Jr.,  to  be  his  surveyor.  The  said  Benjamin 
Acton  resided  in  Salem,  on  the  property  formerly  belonging  to 


366  WHITTAN    FAMILY. 


his  father.  The  property  was  on  East  Broadway,  opposite 
Johnson  street.  Benjamin  Acton,  Jr.,  built  a  hxrge  brick  Jiouse 
on  tlie  lot  of  ground  in  1727.  The  foundation  is  still  remaining. 
George  Rumsey  rebuilt  it  a  few  years  ago. 

After  somewhat  of  a  digression,  I  now  come  back  to  the 
Whittan  family  again  in  1712.  James  Logan  gave  an  order  to 
Benjamin  Acton  to  survey  100  acres  of  meadow  for  James 
Whittan,  the  said  marsh  being  over  the  creek,  opposite  said 
Whittan's  plantation,  for  which  he  paid  £20  pounds,  new  cur- 
rency. James  Whittan,  I  think  died  in  1730,  leaving  his  estate 
to  his  daughter,  Ann  Wiiittan.  She  married  Benjamin  Cripps, 
and  their  son,  Whittan  Cripps,  became  the  owner  of  the  real 
estate  of  liis  mother,  Martlia  Huddy. 

William  Cripps  married  and  had    two   children — Benjamin 
and  Mary.     Mary  married  Peter  Andrews.     He  was  a  native 
of  Egg  Harbor.     Soon  after  tlieir  marriage  they  purchased  a 
farm  of  Robert  Jolmson,  Ijeing  part  of  the  Pledger  property  in 
Mannington.     Clark  Lippincott  is  the  present  owner.     On  that 
farm  Peter  and  his  wife  resided.     AVhilst  tliey  lived  they  had 
four   children.     Their  names  were  Clara,    Martha,    Isaac  and 
Thomas  Andrews.    Aiter  the  death  of  Peter  Andrews  his  widow 
and  daughter,  Clara,  lived  in  Salem.     Both  of  them  died  there 
at  an  advanced  age.     Martha  Andrews'  luisband  was  William 
Shourds.     They  left  four   children — Rachel,  Mary,  Benjamin 
and  William  Shourds.     They  all  reside  in  Philadelphia  except 
Rachel,  her  home  is  in  Mount  Holly.     Isaac  married  the  daugh- 
ter of   John  AVoodside,   of   Mannington.     They  subsequently 
removed  to  the  State  of  New  York,  neai-  Rocliester.     Thomas 
Andrews,  likewise,  went  to  the   same   neighborhood  witli  his 
l)rother.     He,  I  believe,  studied  law,  and  afterward  located  him- 
self and  family  in  tlie  State  of  Michigan.     Wiiittan  Cripps  was 
considered  al)ove  mediocrity  as  to  his  native  talent.     At  the 
breaking  out  of  the  war  of  the  American  Revolution  he  loft  the 
Society  of  Friends,  of  which  he  was  born  a  member,  and  devoted 
all  his  energies  in  assisting  to  carry  it  on  in  this  part  of  the 
county,  and  at  the  close  of  the  Revolution  he  became  an  active 
politician  as  a  member  of  the  Republican  party  as  it  was  tlien 
called,  but  afterwards  known   as  Jeifersonian  Democrats  and 
was  considered  to  be  the  leader  of  that  party  in  this  county. 
He  was  elected  two  or  three  times  in  succession  to  the  office  of 
Slieriff.     During  his  last  term  of  office  a  law  was  passed  by  the 
Legislature   of  this  State,  prohibiting  any  person  holding  tlie 
o.lice  of  Sheriff  more  tlian  one  term  in  succession,  and  his  son, 
Benjamin  Cripps,  was  chosen  Slieriff  at  the  next  election. 


WHITTAN   FAMILY.  367 


According  to  the  accounts  we  have,  men  were  mucli  more 
easily  excited  in  politics  the  latter  part  of  the  last  century,  dur- 
ing the  organization  of  the  government,  and  party  feeling  was 
more  acrimonious  than  it  has  been  since.  It  was  during  one  of 
the  strongly  contested  elections,  Jacob  Hufty  was  a  candidate 
for  the  office  of  Slieriff  on  the  Republican  side.  A  person  on 
the  opposite  side  of  politics  being  at  the  polls  at  the  time  of 
voting,  asked  what  Mr.  Hufty  done  with  his  broad-axe,  he  being 
a  ship  carpenter,  "VVhittan  Cripps,  who  was  within  hearing, 
quickly  said  that  Hufty  had  buried  it  under  the  walls  of  Quebec, 
wliere  such  a  coward  as  you  dare  not  show  his  head.  After 
Whittan's  death  the  propei-ty  in  Mannington  was  left  to  his  son, 
and  he,  not  having  the  management  of  his  father,  became  intox- 
icated with  politics,  neglected  his  business,  and  it  is  said,  became 
involved  in  debt,  and  that  line  estate  was  put  in  market.  John 
Denn  that  time  followed  his  trade  in  Salem,  he  being  a  hatter. 
33y  industry  and  frugality  he  had  accumulated  a  sufficient 
amount  of  money  to  warrant  liim  in  buying  it  and  in  a  few 
years  he  had  the  property  paid  for.  He  was  likewise  one  of 
the  best  meadow  men  that  was  ever  in  this  count3^ 

Nathaniel  and  his  wife,  Grace  Cripps,  came  to  America  in 
1678,  and  settled  in  Burlington  county.  By  tradition  he  was 
the  founder  of  Mount  Holly.  Nathaniel  and  Grace  Cripps  had 
six  children — John,  Benjamin,  Samuel,  Virginia,  Theophla  and 
Hannah  Ann  Cripps.  John,  the  eldest  son,  married  Mary 
Eves,  of  Haddonlield.  Benjamin,  the  second  son,  married 
Mary  Hough ;  their  cliildren  were  Whittan,  who  in  1759  mar- 
ried Martha  Huddy ;  John,  their  second  son,  died  a  minor ; 
Hannah  married  Samuel  Mason,  of  Mannington,  in  1756,  son 
of  Thomas  Mason,  of  the  same  place.  Wliittan  Cripps  and  his 
wife  settled  on  the  landed  estate  of  his  great-uncle,  James  Whit- 
tan, in  Lower  Mannington,  Salem  county.  He  and  his  wife 
had  two  children — Benjamin  and  Mary  Cripps.  Benjamin 
married  the  daughter  of  Peter  Carney,  of  Upper  Penn's  Neck, 
and  Mary  married  Peter  Andrews,  a  native  of  Egg  Harbor. 


WOODNUTT    FAMILY. 

Richard   Woodnntt,  the   first  one   of  the  family  of  wliora 
there  is  any  record,  came  from  Enghmd  about  1690.     It  is 
supposed  he  first  settled  in  Philadelphia,  but  in  1695  it  appears 
he  located  at  Salem.     He  was  a  bricklayer  by  occupation,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  Societ}^  of  Friends,  and  a  man  of  consid- 
erable means.     He  paid  §75   towards  erecting  the  first  brick 
meeting  house  in  West  Jersey,  wdiich  was  built  on  the  iJs^icholson 
lot  on  West  Broadwa_y,  in   Salem.     Most  probably  he  was  the 
master  brick-layer  of  the  said  building.     He  came  into  posses- 
sion of  a  large  tract  of  land  in  Mannington,  being  part  of  John 
Pledger's  allotment,  by  marriage  or  purchase,  I  think  in  1696. 
He  married  Mary  Pledger,  some  antiquarians  think,  but  there 
is  no  record  of  his  having  done  so ;  the  names  of  his  children, 
however,  seem  to  indicate  it.     Richard  Woodnutt  and  his  wife 
Mary  had  four  children.     Josepli,  the  eldest  son,  was  born  5tli 
of  Tth  month,  1697  ;  Richard  was  born  22d  of  12th  month; 
1700 ;  Grace  in  1703,  and  Sarah  in  170S.     Joseph  in    1722 
married  Rachel   Craven,  and  they  commenced  life  on  his  patri- 
monial estate  in  Mannington,  near  the  town  of  Salem,     Most 
of  said  estate  is  owmed  at  the  present  time  by  Richard  Wood- 
nutt, of  Salem,  he  being  the  sixth  generation  from   the  first 
emigrant  of  that  name.     The   old  mansion  house  was  burned 
down  up^v^ard  of  fifty  years  ago,while  in  tenure  of  James  Elliott. 
Joseph   and  his  wife  Rachel  had  five   cliildren — Thomas  was 
born  in  1724,  Mary  in  1727,  Hannah  in  1730,  Richard  in  1732, 
and  Joseph  in  1735.     Thomas  died  a  young  man,  unmarried. 
Mary  married  Elisha,  son  of  Elislia  and  Abigail  Davis  Bassett, 
of  Pilesgrove.     Elisha  and  his  wdfe  Mary  had  six  children — 
their  eldest  son,  Joseph  Bassett,  died  in  infancy ;  Rachel,  their 
eldest  daughter,  died  a  young  woman,  unmarried  ;  Sarah  Bas- 
sett was  born   lOtli  of    8th  month,  1759.     She  subsequently 
married  Joseph  Petitt  in  1779,  and  her  children  were  Wood- 
nutt, Rachel,  David,  Jonathan,  Thomas  and  Mary.     Hannah, 
daughter  of  Elisha  and  Mary  Bassett,  born  in  1762,  mai-ried 
John  Roberts,  near  Haddonfield,  and  had  two  children — Benja- 


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mil  and  David  Roberts.  Joseph  Bassett,  2d,  born  26th  of  6t]i 
month,  1755,  married  Mary,  the  daughter  of  David  and  Ee- 
becca  Allen.  By  that  nnion  there  were  nine  children — Elisha, 
Joseph,  David,  Hannah,  Rebecca,  Samuel,  Benjamin,  William 
and  Mary.  Joseph  and  his  wife  lived  above  the  age  that  is 
alloted  to  man,  he  being  more  than  four-score  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  was  one  of  the  most  successful  agriculturalists  that 
Salem  county  ever  produced.  David  Bassett,  his  brother,  died 
a  young  man,  unmarried. 

Hannah,  the  youngest  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Rachel  Wood- 
nutt,  born  in  1729  married  Samuel  Hedge,  5th.  They  had  four 
children — Rebecca  born  in  1751 ;  Mary  born  in  1753  (she  died 
a  young  woman  unmarried  in  1775) ;  Samuel,  born  in  1775,  and 
Joseph  in  1758.  Neither  of  the  sons  married,  and  both  died  in 
1797,  in  the  old  Hedge  house  on  Broadway  street,  in  the  town 
of  Salem.  Their  great  landed  estate  fell  to  their  sister  Rebecca, 
who  was  at  that  time  the  wife  of  Thomas  Thompson,  the  son  of 
Thomas  Thompson,  and  grandson  of  Andrew  Thompson,  the 
emigrant,  of  Elsinborougli.  The  children  of  Thomas  and  his 
wife  Rebecca  were  noticed  in  the  genealogy  of  the  Hedge  and 
Fenwick  families. 

Richard  Woodnutt,  the  son  of  Joseph,  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  William  Hall,  Jr.,  of  Mannington.  Richard  died 
when  he  was  about  twenty-eight  years  of  age,  leaving  one  daugh- 
ter— Elizabeth,  who  married  William  Goodwin,  Jr.,  of  Elsin- 
borougli, the  youngest  son  of  William  and  Mary  Morris  Good- 
win. By  that  union  there  were  six  daughters — Prudence,  Mary, 
Rachel,  Sarah,  Elizabeth  and  Abigail.  Their  genealogy  lias 
been  traced  with  the  Goodwin  family.  Elizabeth's  second  hus- 
band was  Thomas  Clement.  Joseph,  the  youngest  child  of  Jo- 
seph and  Rachel  Woodnutt,  was  born  in  1735.  1  think  he  died, 
leaving  no  issue.  The  second  husband  of  Rachel  Woodnutt, 
the  widow  of  Joseph,  was  Daniel  Garrison.  Grace  and  Sarah, 
dauo-hters  of  Richard  and  Sarah  Woodnutt,  I  think  died  unmar- 
ried . 

AVoodnutt,  the  eldest  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  B.  Pettit,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Jess ;  they  had  ten  children — Rachel,  Hannah, 
David,  Joseph,  Samuel,  Samuel  C,  Ann,  James,  Ruth  and 
Sarah.  Rachel  married  William  G.  Beesley,  who  has  been 
deceased  more  than  thirty  years,  leaving  no  issue.  Hannah 
married  David  Bassett;  she  is  deceased,  and  left  no  issue. 
David  Pettit's  wife  is  Martha  B.  Engle ;  their  cliildren  are 
Mary,  Woodnutt,  William,  Franklin,  Hannah  and  David. 
Joseph  Pettit,  son  of  Woodnutt,  married  Cai-oline,  daughter  of 

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370  "^vooMiuTr  family. 


Aaron  Pancoast.  They  have  four  sons — George,  Charles 
Eliu  and  Joseph.  Samuel  Pettit  died  young  ;  Samuel  C.  died 
a  young  man  ;  Anna  married  Eliu  Roberts,  of  Philadelphia, 
and  had  three  children — Woodnutt,  Charles  and  Hannah  Rob- 
erts. James  Pettit  married  Elizabeth  W.  Ridgway.  Their 
ehildren  are  Clarkson,  Ruth  and  Dillwyn.  Ruth  died  a  youni>; 
woman.  Sarah,  the  youngest  cliild  of  Woodnutt  and  Sarah 
Pettit,  married  Edward  P.,  son  of  David  and  Hannah  Cooper, 
of  Woodbury.  They  have  tln-ee  sons — David,  Conrtlandt  and 
AVilliam.  Rachel,  the  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Pettit, 
married  Benjamin  Hewitt ;  she  died  young,  and  I  think  she 
left  no  issue.  David  Pettit,  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah,  died  a 
young  man,  unmarried.  Jonathan  Pettit  married  Ann,  daugh- 
ter of  George  Wooll}',  of  Philadelphia;  her  children  were 
Charles,  Charlotte,  Huldah,  Lewis,  Sarah  Ann  and  Jonathan. 
Thomas,  the  youngest  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah  Pettit,  died 
young.  Mary  Pettit,  their  youngest  daughter,  married  Nehe- 
miah  Hogbin,  and  had  one  son,  Charles  Hogbin,  now  deceased. 
The  mother  of  Joseph  Pettit,  father  of  Woodnutt,  was  Mary 
Shourds.  Woodnutt's  wife's  (Sarah  Jess)  grandmother  was 
Ruth  Silvers ;  therefore  Woodnutt  and  his  w'ife  were  both 
relatives  of  my  family. 

James  Mason  Woodnutt  married  Margaret  Carpenter  in  1776. 
They  had  ten  children — Sarah,  Hannah,  Thomas,  Jonathan, 
Preston,  Elizabeth,  AYilliam,  Margaret,  Mary  and  Martha.  Sa- 
rah, the  eldest  child,  born  1777,  died  unmarried ;  Hannah,  born 
in  1780,  married  Clement  Acton,  Sr.,  of  Salem,  being  his  sec- 
ond wife.  They  had  two  children — Clement  and  Margaret 
Acton.  Clement  went  to  Cincinnati  manv  years  a^o  and  en- 
gaged  in  the  mercantile  business,  at  the  old  stand  of  his  uncle, 
AV^illiam  Woodnutt.  He  married  Fanny  Biddle,  and  they  have 
two  children — Helen  and  John  Acton.  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Clement  and  Hannah  W.  A(^ton,  married  Dr.  John  Griscom,  of 
Philadelphia,  son  of  William  and  Ann  Griscom.  They  have 
three  children — Hannah,  John  and  William  W.  Thomas  Wood- 
nutt was  born  in  1782,  and  died  single.  Jonathan,  the  second 
son  of  James  and  Margaret  Woodnutt,  born  12th  of  10th  month, 
1781,  married  Marv,  the  dauo-hter  of  William  and  Elizabeth 
Goodwin.  They  had  four  children — Richard,  William,  Thomas 
and  Mary  Woodnutt.  Richard,  their  eldest  son,  married  Lydia, 
the  daughter  of  Clement  and  Sarah  Hall,  late  of  Elsinborough. 
They  have  six  children — Mary,  Emily  H.,  Sarah  H.,  Elizabeth 
G.,  Mary  and  Richard  II.  AV^oodnutt. 

William  Goodwin  Woodnutt,  Jonathan's  second  son,  married 


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Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Lydia  Bassett.  They  have 
seven  children — Emily  C,  Joseph  B.,  Jonathan,  Thomas,  Anne 
E.,  Howard  C.  and  William  Woodniitt.  Thomas,  the  youngest 
son  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  Woodnutt,  removed  to  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  and  went  into  the  mercantile  business  with  his  cousin, 
Clement  Acton.  He  married  Hannah  Morgan,  a  resident  of 
Ivichmond,  Indiana,  where  he  resides  at  the  present  time.  They 
have  three  children — Abbie,  William,  and  Clement  A.  Wood- 
nutt. 

Mary,  the  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Mary  Woodnutt,  mar- 
ried Edward,  the  son  of  Isaac  and  Lucy  Ann  Acton.  They  had 
four  children — Walter  W.,  Isaac  Oakford,  Elizabeth,  and  Jon- 
athan Acton.  Jonathan  Woodnutt's  second  wdfe  was  Sarah,  the 
widow  of  Henry  Dennis,  (her  maiden  name  w^as  Goodwin,  the 
sister  of  his  first  wife).  They  lived  together  in  much  unity  to 
an  advanced  age,  and  in  their  death  the  poor  and  afflicted  lost 
kind  and  sympathizing  friends. 

Preston,  son  of  James  M.  and  Margaret  Woodnutt,  was  born 
2Ith  of  1st  month,  1787.  His  wife  was  Kachel,  the  daughter 
of  William  and  Elizabeth  Goodwin,  and  a  sister  to  his  brother 
Jonathan's  wife.  Prescott  and  his  wife  Rachel  died  about  mid- 
dle age,  lea\dng  five  children — James,  Elizabeth,  Hannah  Ann, 
Edward  and  Pi-eston.  Their  eldest  son,  James,  married  Eliza- 
beth, the  daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  Denn,  who  were  resi- 
dents of  Mannington.  John  and  his  wife  had  five  children — 
Charles,  Henry,  Franklin,  Preston  and  Margaretta. 

Charles  Woodnutt,^-the  son  of  James,  married  Mary  Garret- 
son.  Tliey  have  three  children — Clifford,  James  and  Edward. 
Henry,  the  second  son  of  James  AVoodnutt,  married  Anna 
Frost.  They  have  five  children — Hannah,  Thomas,  Elizabeth, 
Henry  and  Clifford.  Franklin  Woodnutt,  the  third  son  of 
James,  married  Eveline  Ware  ;  they  have  one  daughter,  Eliza- 
beth. Preston  and  Margaret  remain  single.  Elizabeth  G. 
Woodnutt,  daughter  of  Preston  and  Rachel,  married  Amsley, 
the  son  of  Benjamin  Ncwlin,  of  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania. 
They  had  two  children — Francis  and  Benjamin.  Hannah  A. 
Woodnutt,  daughter  of  Preston  and  Rachel,  married  Natlian 
Baker ;  there  were  two  children — Mary  E.  and  Henry  Preston 
Baker.  I  think  Preston's  two  youngest  sons,  Edward  and 
Preston  Woodnutt,  remain  single. 

Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of  James  M.  and  Margaret,  married 
Morris,  the  son  of  Clement  and  Rebecca  Hall,  formerly  of 
Elsinborough.  They  had  five  children^ — Margaretta,  James, 
Franklin,  Hannah  and  Rebecca.     Margaretta  married  John  W. 


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Kigliter,  and  their  cliildreii  were  Elizabeth,  James,  "William  and 
Charles.  William,  the  son  of  James  and  Margaret  AVoodnutt, 
was  born  in  1792.  In  early  life  he  sold  his  patrimonial  estate 
in  Mannington,  and  removed  from  his  native  county  to  Cincin- 
nati, Ohio,  where  he  embarked  into  the  mercantile  business 
which  he  pursued  successfully,  accumulating  an  ample  fortune. 
Some  years  before  his  death  he  sold  out  his  interest  in  that  cit}'^ 
to  his  two  nephews,  Clement  Acton,  Jr.  and  Thomas  "Woodnutt, 
and  ended  his  days  in  Philadelphia,  leaving  a  large  estate  to  be 
divided  among  his  relatives.     I  think  he  never  married. 

Margaret,  the  daughter  of  James  M.  and  Margaret  Wood- 
nutt, born  in  1794,  married  William  J.,  son  of  Isaiah  Shinn, 
of  Pilesgrove.  William  and  his  wife  had  six  children — Enie- 
line,  Joseph,  Samuel,  Elizal)eth,  Sarah  and  Martha.  TJie  last 
mentioned  child  married  Dr.  Isaiah  Clawson.  Sarah  Shinn 
married  Dr.  Thomas  Reed.  Mary  Woodnutt,  the  daughter  of 
James  M.  and  Margaret,  born  in  1707,  mari-ied  Benjamin 
Newlin,  of  Chester  county,  Pennsylvania.  They  had  one 
daughter,  Martha,  who  married  Thomas  Travilla  ;  they  ]iad  one 
daugliter — Martlia.  Martha  Woodnutt,  the  daughter  of  James 
M.  and  Margaret,  born  in  1799,  married  Joshua  Reeves,  the 
son  of  Biddle  Reeves,  of  Gloucester ;  she  was  his  second  wife. 
They  had  two  children — Margaret  and  William  Reeves.  The 
latter  married  Ruth,  tlie  daughter  of  James  J.  Pettit ;  tlieii- 
children  are  James  P.,  Frank  and  Martlia  Pettit  Reeves. 

Henry,  the  second  son  of  Richard  and  Ann  Wamsley  Wood- 
nutt, born  4th  of  12th  month,  1786,  married  Eve  Wood  ;  they 
had  tln-ee  cliildren — Ann,  Margaret  and  Joseph  Woodnutt. 
Ann  Woodnutt,  Henry's  oldest  daughtei',  married  John  AV'il- 
liams;  by  that  union  there  were  six  children — John,  Ileni-y, 
Mai-gai'ct,  Joseph,  Thomas  and  Sarah  Williams.  The  lirst  wife 
of  John  AVilliams,  Ji-.,  was  Hester  Harris ;  his  second,  Eliza- 
1)eth  Lanil)Son  ;  his  third,  Hannah  Brad  way.  There  were 
fourteen  children — John,  Rebecca,  Elizabeth,  David,  Amanda, 
Anne  Maria,  Sarah,  Margaret,  Hester,  Ann,  William,  diaries, 
Sarah  Ann  and  Moses  Williams.  John  by  occupation  was  a 
shoe  maker  ;  I  believe  he  followed  it  during  his  life  in  the  city 
of  Salem,  and  he  had  an  excellent  reputation  for  integrity  and 
uprightness  in  all  his  transactions  with  his  fellow  men.  Henry, 
tlie  second  son  of  John  and  Ann  W.  Williams,  was  a  tailoi-. 
His  wife  was  Rachel  Hutchinson;  their  cliildren  were  Wood- 
nutt, Maria,  Charles  and  Henry  Williams.  ]\Iargaret  Williams, 
the  eldest  daughter  of  John  and  Woodnutt  Williams,  has  lived 
a  life  of  great  usefulness  as  a  faithful  and  tender  nurse ;  she 


WOODNUTT    FAMILY.  373 


remains  single.  Joseph,  the  third  son  of  John  Williams,  mar- 
ried Ann  Welsh ;  tiiey  liad  four  children — Sarali,  Emeline, 
Margaret  and  Thomas  Williams.  Thomas  Williams  married 
and  had  one  child — Joseph  Williams.  Sarah  Williams,  their 
youngest  daughter,  it  appears  died  single. 

Margaret,  the  second  daughter  of  Henry  and  Eve  Woodnutt, 
married  Isaac  El  well ;  they  had  two  children — John  and  Mary 
Ann  Elwell.  The  latter  subsequently  married  a  man  by  tlie 
name  of  Dolbow.  The  numerous  branches  of  the  Woodnutt 
family  at  the  present  day,  as  far  as  I  have  the  means  of  judging 
endeavored  to  live  so  as  to  bring  no  reproacli  upon  their  ances- 
tors, and  it  should  be  the  duty  of  the  present  generation  to 
adopt  the  many  good,  benevolent  and  christian  acts  they  did  in 
their  time,  so  that  true  civilization  and  Christianity  may  advance 
in  this  and  succeeding  generations  higher  than  it  has  ever  yet 
obtained. 


WOODKUFF    FAMILY. 

The  Woodruffs  are  an  ancient  faniily  in  Worccstersliire,  Eng- 
land. Thomas  Woodrnff,  son  of  John  Woodruff,  was  born,  in 
Worcestersliire,  abont  1630.  In  early  life  he  became  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  married  Edith  Wyatt,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  Wyatt,  who  located  on  a  large  tract  of  land,  in  the 
township  of  Mannington,  at  the  first  settlement  of  the  province. 
Thomas  AVoodruff  and  wife,  soon  after  their  marriage,  removed 
to  London,  where  they  had  several  children  born,  their  names  were 
Thomas,  Edith,  John  and  Isaac  Woodruff.  In  the  year  1678, 
Thomas  and  his  wife  Edith  Woodruff",  and  their  aforesaid  children, 
together  with  one  man-servant,  named  Allen  Hanway  and  his 
sister,  children  of  Leonard  Hanway,  of  Weymouth,  set  sail  for 
America.  They  had  a  daughter  born  on  the  sea,  named  Mai-y 
Woodruff ;  the  name  of  tlie  ship  was  Surrey,  Stephen  Nicliols 
was  tlie  captain.  They  arrived  at  Salem  in  4th  montJi,  1679,  at 
which  place  it  is  most  probable,  Thomas,  and  his  wife  Edith  Wood- 
ruff ended  their  days.  Their  descendants  are  found  in  most  of  the 
States  of  the  Union.  The  family  of  Woodruffs  is  numerous  in  the 
county  of  Cumberland  at  this  time;  this  circumstance  will  jus- 
tify the  belief  that  some  of  Thomas  AVoodruff's  sons  located  in 
the  Coliansey  precinct,  and  became  citizens  of  that  part  of  Fen- 
wick's  Colony.  I  called  a  sliort  time  since  to  see  tlie  venerable 
Daniel  M.  AVoodruff,  (a  lineal  descendant  of  Thomas  Woodruff,) 
at  his  home  in  Bridgeton ;  although  his  sight  was  nearly  gone, 
on  account  of  his  great  age,  being  nearly  ninety,  in  other  re- 
spects he  retains  his  physical  and  mental  fa(;ulties  remarkably. 
He  entered  into  conversation  in  a  lively  and  interesting  manner, 
inquiring  after  those  with  whom  he  was  formerly  acquainted, 
and  particularly  those,  of  whom  he  formerly  bought  cattle, 
when  he  followed  the  butchering  business  in  the  city  of  Bridge- 
ton.  He  mentioned  John  Denn,  AVilliara  Carpenter,  AVistars 
and  Bassetts ;  he  supposed  they  were  all  deceased.  I  answered 
him  in  the  affirmative.  He  then  said,  "  Thev  wei'e  all  honest 
"  men."  Daniel  at  one  time  was  Sheriff  of  Cumberland  county, 
also  Clerk  of  the  county  and  Judge  of  the  Court  of  Common 


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Pleas,  and  for  many  years  the  principal  auctioneer  of  Bridgeton 
and  the  surrounding  county.  Mr.  Woodruif,  although  not  the 
oldest  person,  is  now  the  oldest  living  resident  of  Bridgeton. 


YORKE    FAMILY. 

The  Yorke's  sprunoj  from  an  ancient  English  family.  Thomas 
Yorke  was  high  Sheriff  of  England  tlu-ee  different  times  in  the 
reign  of  Henry  the  VIII.  Simon  Yorke  was  l^orn  at  Calme, 
in  Wiltshire,  England,  and  owned  a  large  landed  estate  in  that 
county.  He  left  AViltshire  soon  after  the  death  of  Charles  1, 
with  the  intention  of  leaving  his  nativ'e  land  on  account  of  t-ui 
prominent  part  he  had  taken  on  tlie  side  of  tliat  unfortunate 
monarch.  It  seems  he  changed  his  intention  and  settled  at 
Dover,  in  the  county  of  Kent,  and  died  there  2d  of  3d  month 
1682,  aged  seventy-six  years,  and  was  buried  in  the  Churcli  of 
St.  James,  at  Dover.  He  had  live  sons  and  one  dauojhtcr.  One 
of  his  sons  was  the  father  of  Simon  Yorke,  who  lived  at  Ething, 
in  Derbyshire,  and  died  28th  of  7th  month,  1767,  leaving  issue, 
the  late  Philip  Yorke,  a  man  not  unknown  to  the  literary  world ; 
he  died  19th  of  2d  month,  1804:,  aged  sixty-one  years.  He  mar 
ried  Elizabeth,  sister  to  Lord  Brownlong,  in  7th  month,  1770 
and  had  issue,  Simon  Yorke,  formerly  a  member  of  Parliament 
for  Grantham.  Philip  the  second  son  of  Simon  and  Elizabeth 
Yorke,  born  in  AViltshire  in  1651,  left  his  native  place  and  set- 
tled in  the  county  of  Kent,  and  there  married  Elizabeth  Gib- 
bon, a  young  woman  of  ancient  family,  daughter  and  heiress  of 
R.  Gibbon,  of  Dover.  Lord  Chancellor  Llardwick  always  quar- 
tered the  Gibbon  arms,  as  may  be  seen  in  the  middle  of  Temple 
Hall. 

Thomas  Yorke  arrived  from  England  and  settled  in  Salem  as 
early  as  1685.  In  1687  Richard  Tindell  received  an  order  from 
James  Nevell  to  resurvey  a  tract  of  land  containing  500  acres, 
lying  on  Nicomer's  Run,  a  part  of  Fenwick's  Grove,  in  Man- 
nington,  known  at  that  time  as  White's  Vineyard.  It  was 
owned  by  Thomas  Yorke  and  Mary  White,  the  faithful  house- 
keeper of  John  Fen  wick.  (He  made  an  honorable  mention  of 
her  in  his  wull,  and  devised  to  her  a  large  landed  estate),  Thomas 
Yorke  resided  in  the  town  of  Salem  in  1690.  I  presume  he 
died  without  issue.  The  Yorke  family,  it  seems,  had  forgotten 
him. 


THOMAS  JONES  YORKE. 
Born  1801. 


TORKK    FAMILY.  377 


Thomas  Yorke,  the  ancestor  of  the  present  Yorke  family 
in  the  United  States,  came  fr6ni  Yorkshire,  Enghmd,  about 
1728.  He  left  in  England  a  brotlier,  two  sisters,  and  his  uncle, 
Joseph  Yorke,  who  was  Lord  Mayor  of  Dover,  and  ambassador 
to  Hague  in  the  reign  of  George  II.  John  Potts,  founder  of 
Pottstown,  Pa.,  married  Ruth  Savage.  John  and  his  wife  Ruth 
had  three  daughters — Elizabeth,  Mary  and  Martha  Potts.  Eliz- 
abeth, the  eldest  daughter,  married  Joseph  Walker,  and  Mary 
Potts,  their  second  daughter  married  Deniah  Cleaver.  Thomas 
Yorke,  soon  after  he  arrived  in  this  country,  went  into  partner- 
sliip  with  John  Potts  in  the  iron  business.  In  1736  he  married 
Martha  Potts,  the  youngest  daughter  of  his  partner.  They  had 
two  sons — Edward,  the  eldest,  born  20th  of  9th  month,  1738, 
died  12th  of  ith  month,  1781;  and  Stephen,  born  about  1740. 
Thomas  Yorke's  second  wife  was  Margaret  Robeson,  a  member 
of  the  Rol)eson  family  of  New  Jersey.  Secretary  of  Navy  Robe- 
son remarked  recently  in  Salem  that  he  could  trace  his  family 
in  New  Jersey  for  six  generations.  TJiomas  and  Margaret  R. 
Yorke  had  two  sons — Andrew,  who  was  born  26th  of  11th 
month,  1742,  and  died  in  1794,  and  Thomas,  born  16th  of  11th 
month,  1740.  He  joined  the  Royalists  at  the  breaking  out  of 
the  Revolutionary  war,  and  at  its  close  went  to  England.  He 
was  Mayor  of  Hull,  England,  for  several  years.  He  died  with- 
out issue.  Thomas  Yorke's  third  wife  was  Mary  Robeson,  a 
niece  of  his  second  wife,  who  was  a  cousin  to  his  lirst  wife, 
Martha  Potts.  Thomas  and  Mary  Yorke  had  four  children — 
Robeson,  Samuel,  Martha  and  Margaret  Yorke.  Thomas  Yorke 
was  Justice  of  the  Peace  in  Pottstown  in  1745  ;  in  1747  he  was 
Lieutenant-Colonel  in  the  French  and  Indian  wars,  and  in  1757 
and  1758  he  represented  Berks  county,  Pennsylvania,  in  the 
Provincial  Assembly.  A  sliort  time  afterwards  he  removed  to 
Philadelphia,  and  was  appointed  Judge  of  the  Courts  by  the 
crown  of  England. 

Edward,  the  eldest  son  of  Thomas  and  Martha  P.  Yorke, 
born  about  1738,  married  Sarah  Stille,  and  had  nine  children — 
Thomas,  Eliza,  Stille,  Stephen,  Gustavus,  Samuel,  Peter,  Mar- 
tha and  Edward  Yorke.  Thomas,  the  eldest  son,  died  a  young 
man,  single.  Eliza,  the  eldest  daughter,  married  a  man  by  the 
name  of  Cole ;  they  had  one  daughter,  Eliza  Cole,  who  died 
W'ithout  issue.  Eliza's  second  husband's  name  was  Farquhar, 
and  they  had  issue — Isabel,  George,  Emma  (who  married  An- 
drew Jackson  Donaldson)  and  Edward  Farquhar.  Samuel,  the 
son  of  Edward  and  Sarah  S.  Yorke,  married  Mary  Lippincott ; 
tlieir  children  were  Peter,  Edward  (who  married  Sarah  Hawn, 
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378  YORKE    FAMILY. 


of  Louisiana),  Samuel  and  William  (who  married  Mary  Mur- 
phy). iTc-;.vvvev.   ,  CK.'.r.'    ^-'"-^  Ck.- .  ,       \  _  .' :  v  ..-<^       -. 

Peter,  tlie  son  of  Edward  and  Sarah  Yorke,  married'  Sarali 
Haines;  they  had  issue,  three  children — Marian,  Sarah  and 
Jane.  Marian  married  an  Adams.  Sarah's  husband  was  An- 
drew Donaldson  Jackson,  the  adopted  son  of  General  Andrew- 
Jackson,  and  now  resides  at  the  "  Hermitage,"  Tennessee. — 
Their  issue  w^as  Rachel  Jackson,  who  married  Dr.  Canrum,  of 
Tennessee;  they  had  issue — Andrew  Jackson  and  Samuel 
Wetherill  Jackson  Canrum.  Jane  was  married  twice  ;  her  first 
husband  'was  S.  M.  Wetherill,  and  her  second  husband's  name 

was  Tao-o-art.     Marian  Yorke  and Adams  had  one  son — 

John  Adams.     Jane  Yorke,  by  her  first  husband,  S.  M.  Weth- 
erill, had  five  cliildren — Ellen,  Jane,  Alfred,  Sarah  and  Martha 

Wetherill ;  and  by  her  second  husband, Taggart,  she  had 

two  children — Edward  and  Kebecca  Taggart. 

Martha  Yorke,  the  daughter  of  Edward  and  Sarah  Stille, 
married  Mordica  Wetherill ;  they  had  one  son,  Samuel  M. 
Wetherill,  who  married  Jane  Yorke,  as  before  stated.  Stephen 
Yorke  died  single. 

Andrew  Yorke,  the  second  son  of  Thomas  and  Margaret 
Robeson  Yorke,  born  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia  26th  of  lltli 
month,  1742,  came  to  Salem  in  1773,  and  lived  and  kept  store 
in  the  old  brick  building  which  is  still  standing  at  the  corner  of 
Yorke  and  Magnolia  streets.  His  wife  w'as  Eleanor  Coxe,  of 
Manayunk,  Pennsylv'ania.  Their  issue  was  Andrew,  Eleanor, 
Martha,  Lewns  and  Thomas  Yorke.  At  the  commencement  of 
tlie  Revolutionary  war,  Andrew  took  an  active  part  in  favor  of 
the  Colonies,  and  was  an  aid  to  General  Isewcomb  in  the 
Revolutionary  Army.  Andrew  died  at  Salem,  New  Jersey,  in 
1794,  and  was  buried  at  St.  John's  Episcopal  church-yard  in 
that  city.  His  son,  Andrew  Yorke,  Jr.,  died  without  issue. 
Eleanor,  the  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Eleanor  C.  Yorke,  mar- 
]-ied  John,  the  son  of  AVilliam  and  Sarah  Thompson  Hancock, 
of  Hancock's  Bridge.  Thevhad  six  children — William,  Sarali, 
Henrietta,  Thomas  Yorke,  Maria  and  Caroline  Hancock. 
William,  their  son,  died  young.  Eleanor  Y.,  a  short  time 
before  her  death,  moved  from  Hancock's  Bridge  to  Salem,  to 
reside  with  her  daughter,  Sarah,  but  died  soon  afterwards,  and 
Avas  buried  in  the  Episcopal  grave-yard  where  her  parents  were 
interred,  her  husband,  John  Hancock,  having  been  deceased  a 
number  of  years  previous.  Sarah,  the  oldest  daughter  of  John 
and  Eleanor  Hancock,  married  Morris,  the  son  of  Thoma«  and 
Mary  Goodwin  Hancock,  of  Elsinborough ;  tbey  U&d  issue — 


YORKE    FAMILY.  379 


Morris,  Eleanor,  Mury,  Sarah,  John  and  Henrietta  Hancock. 
Eleanor,  the  eldest  daughter,  married  Daniel  Stratton,  a  Pres- 
byterian clergyman,  and  a  native  of  Bridgeton  ;  they  had  issue 
— Morris  H.  and  Daniel  P.  Stratton.  The  latter  married  Isa- 
bella Barnes,  daughter  of  the  late  Joseph  Barnes,  of  Woods- 
town.  Daniel  and  his  wife  reside  in  the  State  of  Missouri. 
They  have  issue — Eleanor  PI.  and  Rebecca  Stratton.  Mary, 
the  daughter  of  Morris  and  Sarah  Hancock,  married  Thomas 
Sinnickson  Smith,  son  of  John  and  Mary  Smith,  of  Salem ; 
they  have  two  children — Maria  and  Thomas  S.  Smith.  The 
latter  is  a  lawyer  and  resides  in  Salem.  Maria,  tlieir  daughter, 
married  Constant  M.  Eakin  ;  they  have  issue — Eleanor  Y.  and 
Constance  Eakin.  Sarah,  the  daughter  of  Morris  and  Sarah 
Hancock,  married  Dr.  Quinton  Gibbon,  of  Salem  ;  they  have 
issue — Henrietta  Gibbon. 

Henrietta,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Eleanor  Hancock,  mar- 
ried Lewis  P.  Smith,  of  Bucks  county,  Pennsylvania  ;  they  had 
four  children — Henry,  Louisa,  Genovie  (who  is  now  deceased) 
and  Sarah  M.  Smith.  The  latter  married  Clement  Hall  Sin- 
nickson. He  is  a  lawyer,  and  has  an  extensive  practice  in 
Salem.  He  was  elected  to  Congress  from  the  Eirst  District  of 
New  Jersey  in  ISTtt.  Clement  and  his  wife  had  issue — M.  L. 
Sinnickson,  deceased.  Thomas  Y.,  second  son  of  John  and 
Eleanor  Hancock,  married  Rachel,  daughter  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  Thompson  ]S[icholson,  formei'ly  of  Mannington. 
Rachel's  mother  was  a  first  cousin  of  Tliomas  Y.  Hancock's 
father,  John  Hancock  ;  they  had  issue — Elizabeth,  Ellen,  Wil- 
liam, Cornelia  and  Thomas  Hancock. 

Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  Y.  and  Rachel  Hancock,  was 
twice  married  ;  her  first  husband  was  David,  tlie  son  of  Andrew 
and  Hannah  Stretch  Smith,  of  Elsinborough.  David  and 
Elizabeth  Smith  had  issue — Morris  and  Sarah  M.  Smith.  Mor- 
ris died  young,  and  Sarah  married  Nathan,  the  son  of  Belford 
M.  Bonham,  of  Cumberland  county.  Elizabeth  11.  Smith's 
second  husband  was  Samuel,  the  son  of  William  and  Ann 
Fowser.  Elizal)etli  has  been  deceased  several  years.  Ellen, 
the  second  daughter  of  Thomas  Y.  and  Racliel  Hancock,  mar- 
ried Dr.  Henry  Childs,  the  son  of  John  and  Rachel  Cliilds,  of 
Philadelphia.  They  liave  three  sons — William,  Edward  and 
Thomas.  William,  the  son  of  Thomas  Y.  and  Rachel  Han- 
cock, married  Beulah,  the  daughter  of  William  and  Ann  Fow- 
ser ;  they  have  issue — Anna  F.  and  Ellen  M.  Hancock,  Cor- 
nelia, daughter  of  Thomas  Y.  and  Rachel  Hancock,  has  great 
energy  of  character.     During  the  recent  rebellion,  directly  after 


380  TOKKB   FAMILY 


the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  she  hastened  there,  and  rendered  great 
assistance  in  caring  for  tlie  sick  and  wounded  in  the  hospitals. 
She  continued  in  the  army  hospital  until  the  final  overthrow  of 
the  rebellion,  after  which  event  she  volunteered  in  the  praise- 
worthy undertaking  of  teaching  school  for  colored  children, 
near  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  wliere  she  is  still  in  the  same 
employment.  Thomas,  the  youngest  son  of  Thomas  Y.  and 
Rachel  Hancock,  was  drowned  whilst  bathing  in  Alloways 
creek,  when  he  was  about  seven  or  eight  years  old.  Maria, 
daughter  of  John  and  Eleanor  Hancock,  married  Richard  P., 
the  eldest  son  of  Hedge  and  Mary  Ann  Parrott  Thompson ; 
they  had  issue — Isabella  Thompson. 

Louis  Yorke,  second  son  of  Andrew  and  Eleanor  C.  Yorke, 
married  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Jones,  of 
Salem.  Tliomas  was  of  those  men  that  made  his  own  fortune, 
beginning  with  small  means  at  his  disposal,  by  industry  and 
close  application  to  his  business  acquired  a  competency ;  lived 
to  an  advanced  age,  and  was  greatly  respected  l^y  his  fellow  citi- 
zens. Louis  and  his  wife,  Mary  J.  Yorke,  left  Salem  soon  after 
their  marriage  and  located  in  the  village  of  Hancock's  Bridge. 
Louis  kept  store  with  Lewis  Paullin  as  partner  in  J  ohn  Hancock's 
store  house,  near  the  bridge,  now  occupied  by  Carll  &  Brotlier. 
Louis  and  his  wife  had  issue — Andrew,  Thomas  Jones  and  Louis 
S.  Yorke.  Their  father  died  in  Philadelpliia  in  1809,  and  was 
buried  in  Christ  Church  burying  ground  in  that  city.  Andrew, 
the  eldest  son  of  Louis  and  Mary  Yorke,  died  young.  Their 
second  son,  Thomas  J.  Yorke,  was  twice  married.  His  first 
wife  was  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Elizabeth  Smith, 
of  Bucks  county,  Pennsylvania.  Mary  died  a  young  woman, 
leaving  one  son — Louis  Eugene  Yorke.  The  second  wife  of 
Thomas  J.  Yorke  was  Margaret  Johnson  Sinnickson,  daughter 
of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Jacobs  Sinnickson.  She  was  from 
Cliester  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  her  parents  were  consistent 
members  of  the  Societv  of  Friends,  descendants  of  the  Jacobs' 
and  Brinton's  being  among  tlie  first  Quaker  families  of  Ciiester 
county.  Thomas  and  his  wife,  Margaret  J.  Yorke,  have  issue — 
Mary  A.,  Elizabeth  S.,  Thomas  J.,  Jr.,  Margaret  and  Caroline 
P.  Yorke.  The  eldest  daughter,  Mary  A.,  married  DeWitt 
Clinton  Clement,  son  of  Samuel  and  Eliza  H.  Clement ;  they 
have  issue,  one  daughter — Eliza  H.  Clement.  Margaret  J. 
Yorke  married  Dr.  J.  B.  Parker,  a  surgeon  in  the  United  States 
Navy,  and  their  issue  is  Mary  S.  Parker.  Caroline  P.  Yorke 
married  AVilliam  F.  Allen,  editor  of  the  "  Travelers'  Ofiicial 
Guide ,"  their  issue  is  Yorke  and  Frederica  W.  Allen. 


YORKE    FAMILY.  381 


Thomas  J.  Yorke,  early  in  life,  went  in  the  store  of  his  grand- 
father, Thomas  Jones,  in  Salem.  In  1817  he  removed  to  Phil- 
adelpliia,  and  was  clerk  in  one  of  the  dry  goods  stores  nntil 
I82I,  when  he  returned  to  Salem  and  entered  into  t]ie  mercan- 
tile business  with  his  uncle,  Thomas  Jones,  Jr.,  in  the  same 
store  house  that  his  grand-father,  Thomas  Jones,  formerly 
occupied.  It  is  now  known  as  the  Star  Corner  building,  corner 
of  Market  and  Broadway  streets.  The  building  is  one  of  the 
oldest  store  houses  in  the  city  of  Salem.  It  was  built  by  Wil- 
liam Cattell,  and  his  son,  Elijah  Cattell,  occupied  it  as  a  store 
during  the  greater  part  of  his  life,  and  soon  after  his  death  it 
was  sold  to  that  eminent  philantln-opist,  Isaac  Moss,  who,  in  a 
short  time  afterwards,  conveyed  it  to  Tliomas  Jones,  Sr. 
Thomas  Jones  Yorke  continued  in  business  with  his  uncle  until 
1847.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature  in 
1835,  and  in  the  succeeding  year  he  was  elected  to  Congress, 
taking  his  seat  in  1837,  and  continued  a  member  of  that  body 
up  to  1843.  In  the  year  1853  he  was  elected  a  Director  and 
Secretary  and  Treasurer  of  the  West  Jersey  Railroad  Company, 
which  offices  he  held  until  1866,  when  he  was  elected  President 
and  continued  in  tliat  position  until  2d  month,  1875,  when,  on 
account  of  his  failing  pliysical  strength,  which  is  incident  to  old 
age,  lie  resigned  the  office.  Tlie  Company,  however,  retained 
him  as  one  of  its  Directors.  Plis  eldest  son,  Louis  Eugene 
Yorke  possessed  more  than  ordinary  abilities.  He  was  educated 
as  a  civil  engineer  at  tlio  Renselar  Institute,  in  the  State  of 
New  York,  and  early  in  life  he  entei-ed  the  service  of  the  Penn- 
sylvania Railroad  Company,  and  assisted  to  locate  the  tunnel 
through  the  Alleijhaney  mountains.  He  was  a  resident  cnoineer 
of  the  Memphis  and  Charleston  Railroad,  and  soon  afterward 
was  employed  witli  the  Hoboken  Land  Improvement  Company, 
and  also  had  cliarge  of  the  Bei-gen  tunnel  in  1860.  At  tlie 
breaking  out  of  the  war  of  the  rebellion  tlie  martial  spirit  lie 
liad  inherited  from  his  ancestors  was  aroused,  and  in  1861  lie 
entered  the  army  as  a  private  in  the  Seventh  Regiment  of  tlic 
New  York  Volunteers.  By  liis  great  energy  and  bravery  he 
was  soon  promoted  to  Captain  in  the  Fourteenth  Regiment  of 
the  Regular  Army.  He  was  on  General  Sherman's  staff,  and 
later,  chief  officer  to  General  Logan.  He  was  wounded  at 
Arkansas  Point,  and  made  the  march  with  General  Sherman 
from  Atlanta  to  the  sea.  He  resigned  at  the  close  of  the  war 
with  a  commission  as  Brevet-Colonel  in  the  Regular  Army. 
His  wife  was  Mary  Miller,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  Eugene  died 
in  that  city  in  7th  month,  1873,  aged  forty- one  years.     Thomas 


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YORKE    FAMILY. 


Jones  Yorke,  Jr.,  second  son  of  Tliomas  J.  Yorke,  by  his  second 
wife,  Margaret  J.  Sinnickson,  assisted  his  father  several  years 
in  the  Kaih-oad  Company,  and  was  appointed  Secretary  and 
Treasurer  of  tlie  West  Jersey  Marl  Company.  He  subsequently 
entered  into  the  coal  business  with  his  uncles,  John  and  Charles 
Sinnickson,  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Sinnickson  &  Co.  Louis  S.  Yorke,  tlie  tliird  son  of  Louis  and 
Mary  Yorke,  married  Adelaide  Patton,  of  Philadelphia ;  their 
issue  was  two  sons  and  one  daughter — Patton  Jones,  Louis  A. 
and  Adelaide  P.  Yorke.  Patton  J.  Yorke,  their  eldest  son, 
married  Rebecca  Coleman,  of  Louisana  ;  their  issue  is  Catharine 
C.  and  Louis  S.  Yorke.  His  second  wife  was  Lizzie  Little,  of 
Albany,  New  York.  Louis  A.,  second  sou  of  Louis  and 
Adelaide  Yorke,  married  Emma  M.,  daughter  of  Robert  Smith, 
Esq.,  of  Philadelphia. 

Adelaide,  the  daughter  of  Louis  and  Adelaide  P.  Yorke,  mar- 
ried Charles  King,  of  the  United  States  Navy ;  they  have  one 
daugliter — Adelaide  King.     Louis  S.  Yorke,  the  son  of  Louis 
and  Mary  Yorke,  in  early  life  had  an  inclination  to  follow  the 
sea.     Accordingly  in  1818  his  iirst  voyage  was  in  a  brig,  com- 
manded by  Captain  Woodhouse,  of  the  United  States  Navy, 
from  Philadelphia  to  Rio  Janeiro  and  the  river  La  Platte,  m 
South   America.     Afterwards   lie   made   frequent  voyages   to 
Monte  Vidoe  and  Buenos  Ayres  as  mate  and  master!     After- 
wards at  different  times  he  commanded  several  large  ships  in 
the  European  and  East  Indian  trade,  going  to  India  by  the  Cape 
of  Good  Hope  and  returning  through  the  Pacific  by  the  way  of 
Cape  Horn.     He  returned  from  the  sea  a  number  of  years  ago, 
and  resided  in  Salem  and  Philadelphia.     When  the  war  of  re- 
bellion broke  out,  he  again  went  to  sea  and  entered  the  United 
States  Navy  as  paymaster.     At  the  end  of  the  war  he  went  to 
Louisiana  to  reside  with  his  eldest  son,  Patton.     Patton  Jones 
Yorke,  his  eldest  son,  entered  the  service  of  the  United  States 
as  a  volunteer  before  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age.     He  con- 
tinued in  the  army  through  the  war,  and  was  promoted  to  Co- 
lonel of  the  Second  Regiment  of  New  Jersey  Cavalry.    After  the 
war  he  married  Rebecca  Coleman,  of  Carroll  Parish,  Louisiana, 
and  there  he  settled.     He  has  been  several  times  a  member  of 
tlie  Legislature  of  his  adopted  State,  and  is  a  member  of  that 
body  at  the  present  time.     Louis  A.,  the  second  son  of  Louis  A., 
and  Adelaide  Yorke,  is  paymaster  in  the  United  States  Navy, 
and  is  now  in  the  East  India  squadron. 

Thomas,  the  tliird  son  of  Andrew  and  Eleanor  Coxe  Yorke, 
was  born  at  Salem.     When  young  he  went  to  Philadelphia  in 


YOKKE   FAMILY.  383 


the  dry  goods  store  of  M,  Ilerbenton,  in  Soutli  Second  street. 
In  the  war  of  1812  he  joined  the  privateer  Shadow  as  purser, 
the  ship  being  commanded  by  his  relative,  Captain  Taylor.  When 
the  war  was  ended  Thomas  traded  to  the  AVest  Indies  as  captain 
of  a  merchant  vessel.  He  afterwards  went  into  the  European 
and  East  India  trade  as  captain  of  a  merchantman,  and  contin- 
ued in  that  business  a  number  of  voyages.  When  he  left  tlie 
sea  he  came  back  to  liis  native  county,  and  made  his  home  with 
his  sister,  Eleanor  Hancock,  at  Hancock's  Bridge.  He  lived 
but  a  short  time  afterwards,  and  was  buried  in  the  Episcopal 
church  yard  at  Salem.  Nature  had  done  mucli  for  Thomas 
Yorke.  He  was  blessed  with  good  abilities  and  above  the  ave- 
rage of  mankind,  was  prepossessing  in  looks,  and  dignified  in 
his  manners  and  address — the  latter  being  characteristics  of  tlie 
Yorke  family. 

Martha,  the  second  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Eleanor  C. 
Yorke,  soon  after  her  father's  death,  removed  from  Salem  to 
Hancock's  Bridge,  and  resided  at  the  latter  place  most  of  her 
life.     I  think  she  never  married. 

The  third  wife  of  Thomas  Yorke,  the  emigrant,  was  Mary 
Robeson,  as  before  mentioned  ;  they  had  four  children.  Their 
eldest  son,  Robeson  Yorke,  died  without  issue.  Their  second 
son,  Samuel,  married  Ta])itha  Keen,  of  Dover,  Delaware,  and 
had  issue,  Thomas  Yorke,  who  married  a  young  woman  by  the 
name  of  Cox,  by  whom  he  had  live  children — Mary,  Samuel, 
Anna,  Emma  and  William  Yorke.  Martha,  the  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Mary  Robeson  Yorke,  married  James  Humphreys  ; 
tliey  had  issue.  Susan  Humphreys,  their  eldest  daughter,  died 
without  issue.  Their  son,  James  Y.  Humphreys,  married 
Louisa  McAuley,  and  had  one  daughter — Sarah  Humphreys. 
Mary  Y.  Humpln-eys  married  Captain  Graham,  by  whom  she 
had  one  child,  Ella,  who  married  John  Armstrong,  and  liad 
issue  —  Mary  Armstrong.  Lewis  Yorke  Humphreys  died 
without  issue.  His  sister,  Martha  Y.  Humphreys,  married 
a  man  by  the  name  of  Madara ;  they  had  issue,  one  child — Mary 
Madara. 

Margaret,  the  Youno;est  daucrhter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  R. 
Yorke,  married  Ludwig  Sprogell,  and  had  issue.  John,  their 
eldest  son,  died  single.  Their  daughter,  Mary  Sprogell,  died 
young.  Louis  Sprogell  was  Captain  in  the  United  States 
Army.  Thomas  Sprogell  married  Mary  Stretch,  and  had  issue. 
Georgianna,  their  daughter,  married  Dr.  J.  Peaco,  of  the 
United  States  Navy ;  they  had  children.  Their  eldest  son, 
John  Peaco,  died  young,  and  their  daughter,  Virginia  Peaco, 


384  YORKE   FAMILY. 


married  Dr.  J.  Henderson,  of  the  United  States  Navy.  Dr.  J. 
Henderson  and  Jiis  wife,  Yiri^inia  P.  had  six  children — John 
Augustus,  George,  Yirgiuia  Mary,  Sjlvanus  and  Caroline. 


LOCKE  AND  ROCKE  FAMILIES. 

There  have  been  many  of  the  African  race  born  and  raised  in 
Fenwick's  Colony,  that  have  shown  considerable  mental  intel- 
lect.    Among  those,  there  were  two  yonng  men  in  modern  times, 
who  o-rew  up  among  us,  manifesting  uncommon  abilities,  con- 
sidering their  opportunity.     Ishmael  Locke  was  one  of  them  ; 
being  born  of  poor  parentage  he  was  bound  out  to  John  Bal- 
linger,  a  farmer  residing  in  Upper  Alloways  Creek,  near  Quin- 
ton's  Bridge.     Islimael  was  sent  occasionally  to  a  common  coun- 
try school,  during  the  winter  season,  but  even  with  that  limited 
opportunity,  he  applied  himself  closely  to  his  studies.     Being 
an  excellent  and  careful  workman,  as  a  farm  laborer,  he  found 
no  difficulty  in  procuring  good  places,  and  likewise  the  highest 
wao-es.     Soon  after  he  arrived  at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  he  hired 
with  the  late  William  Carpenter,  of   Elsinborough,  at  which 
place  he  continued  several  years ;  by  his  orderly  conduct  and 
close  attention  to  business,  he  endeared  himself  to  the  family, 
always  studying  in  his  leisui'e  hours.     Upon  leaving  Elsinbo- 
rough, he  taught  the  xjolored  school  at  Salem  for  some  time. 
From  Salem,  he  went  to  Camden,  and  there  taught  the  colored 
school.     Subsequently  he  went  to  Liberia  for  the  purpose  of 
educating  his  race  in  that  distant  land.     The  climate  was  not 
congenial  to  his  health,  and  he  returned  to  the  United  States, 
after  being  absent  a  few  years;  he  again  opened  a  school  in 
Camden,  but  his  health  being  much  imjiaired  whilst  in  Liberia, 
he  did  not  live  long  after  his  return.     As  a  mathematician  he 
was  seldom  equalled  by  any  one  that  was  ever  raised  in  Salem 
county,  and  in  the  other  branches  of  learning,  there  were  very 
few  his  superiors.     His  application  was  wonderful.     The  late 
Richard  P.  Thompson,  when  he  was  State  Attorney,  remarked 
to  me  once — "  IE  1  had  when  young,  the  indomitable  application 
"  that  Locke  possessed,  it  would  have  been  incalculable  advantage 
"  to  me  in  my  profession." 

John  Rocke,  Jr.,  possessed  a  fine  intellect.  He  was  born  in 
Elsinborough.  His  father,  John  Rocke,  was  a  good  citizen  and 
an  honest  laborer.     He  had   a  natural  turn  for  reading,  and 

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was  above  the  ordinary  men  of  his  race  in  intelligence.  His 
wife  was  Maria  Willetts.  The  Willetts  were  formerly  slaves 
to  one  of  the  ancient  Quaker  families  in  this  county.  Their 
son,  the  subject  of  this  sketch,  showed  in  early  life  a  thirst  for 
knowledge,  and  was  by  nature  an  elocutionist,  being  very  fond 
of  reading.  His  parents,  though  poor,  gave  him  every  oppor- 
tunity in  their  power  for  an  education ;  but  as  soon  as  he  was 
able  to  work  he  labored  for  a  livelihood  among  the  farmers  in 
his  neighborhood,  but  when  an  opportunity  afforded  he  was 
always  found  endeavoring  to  improve  his  mind  Ijy  reading  and 
also  in  mathematics.  When  Ishmael  Locke  left  the  colored 
school  at  Salem,  John  Locke,  Jr.,  succeeded  as  a  teacher.  He 
remained  in  that  situation  a  few  years,  and  then  left  his  native 
county  and  State,  and  went  to  Boston,  Massachusetts.  In  a 
short  time  after  that  event  he  studied  medicine  with  one  of  the 
noted  physicians  of  that  city.  After  due  course  of  study  he 
received  his  diploma.  There  was  a  disease  lurking  about  him, 
for  which  he  had  to  undergo  a  surgical  operation,  but  without 
success.  He  was  induced  by  Charles  Sumner  to  go  to  Paris, 
to  the  celebrated  surgeon  that  had  operated  on  him  a  short  time 
previous  with  such  good  results.  He  accordingly  went  and  was 
operated  upon.  Kocke  informed  tlie  writer,  after  his  return  to 
this  country,  wlien  on  a  visit  to  his  j)arents,  tliat  the  surgeon 
told  him  "he  had  better  turn  his  attention  to  some  other  call- 
"  ing,  that  his  physical  disease  was  against  his  being  a  prac- 
"  titioner  in  medicine."  He  studied  Law,  and  was  admitted  to 
practice  some  two  or  three  years  afterward.  He  was  a  pleasing 
and  interesting  speaker ;  his  oratory  was  not  declamatory.  He 
showed  great  learning  in  his  speeches,  was  cool  and  deliberate 
in  his  address,  so  much  so,  that  lie  attracted  the  attention  of  the 
lawyers  of  his  adopted  city.  He  was  a  great  favorite  of  the 
eminent  statesman,  Charles  Sumner,  to  such  an  extent,  that  by 
his  intercession  he  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  United  States 
Courts,  thereby  being  the  first  of  his  race  tliat  ever  received  such 
a  distinguished  honor.  Through  all  liis  high  attainments,  he 
was  not  unmindful  of  filial  duties.  He  employed  in  Salem 
county  an  agent,  and  furnished  liim  funds  to  assist  his  parents 
in  procuring  tlie  necessaries  of  life.  Soon  after  tlie  death  of  his 
aged  father,  he  took  his  mother  to  Boston  with  him,  and  main- 
tained her  in  a  comfortable  manner,  until  her  death.  He  sur- 
vived her  but  a  few  years,  lieing  a  victim  of  that  insidious 
disease,  pulmonary  consumption.  He  was  a  credit  to  his  race, 
and  an  honor  to  tlie  Slate  and  countv  of  Ins  l»irth. 


S:  Z  S  T  O  lEE 


OF    THE 


RELIGIOUS  BODIES  OF  FENWICK'S  COLONY. 


Comprising    Sketches    of    their    Places    of    Worship,  and  the 
Lives  of    their  most  Prominent  Members,  carefully 
prepared  hy  the  Author,  and  arranii;ed 
in  their  seniority. 


(389) 


>  -  -■ ' -_ 


FRIENDS'  MEETING    HOUSE. 
Salem,  N.  J.  Built  1772. 


FRIENDS    SOCIETY. 

I  will  endeavor  to  give  an  acc;ount  of  the  first  religions  organ- 
izations within  Fenwick's  Colony,  and  a  short  notice  of  the  con- 
spicuous members  of  the  different  societies  when  they  were 
established. 

Tlie  Swedes  no  doubt  were  the  first,  but  their  place  of  wor- 
ship appears  to  have  been  at  Christiana  until  about  1746,  when 
the  Swedes  and  a  few  French  Ilugeunots,  Jaqnetts,  Philpotts, 
and  others,  built  a  church  in  Penn's  Neck,  at  the  place  now 
known  as  Church  Landing.  The  principal  families  who  were 
members  of  the  church  were  the  Joan  sons,  Wolversons,  Hen- 
dricksons,  Tonsons,  Hans  Jeansons,  Nielsons,  Wolleysons,  Sin- 
nicksons,  and  several  others.  In  all  probability  the  first  house 
erected  in  West  Jersey  for  Divine  worship  was  at  Maurice 
Hiver,  where  there  was  a  settlement  of  Swedes.  Being  zealous 
Protestants,  and  a  long  distance  from  their  mother  church, 
they  built  a  place  of  worship  near  Mauricetown  about  1640, 
more  than  thirty  years  before  Fenwick,  with  his  Colony,  arrived 
at  Elsinborough  Point,  which  was  on  the  26th  of  8th  month, 
1675,  according  to  the  present  computation  of  time.  Fenwick 
ascended  the  Assamhocking  up  to  the  place  where  Salem 
is  now,  and  at  that  point  of  land  he  and  the  emigrants  that 
were  with  him  permanently  landed.  Thg  greater  number  of 
the  persons  who  accompanied  him  from  England  to  his  possess- 
ions in  New  Cfessaria  were  members  of  his  own  religious 
Society. 

At  that  place  he  determined  to  lay  out  a  town  to  be  the  seat 
of  government  for  his  colony.  He  named  the  town  New  Salem, 
as  he  observed  the  name  signified  Peace.  He  chose  from  the 
number  of  emigrants  Pichard  Noble  as  his  Surveyor  General, 
and  directed  him  to  lay  out  a  street  ninety  feet  in  width  from 
the  creek,  which  he  named  Salem,  to  run  in  a  south-eastern 
course.  The  street  was  called  Wharf  street,  but  afterwards 
called  Bradway  street,  and  at  the  present  time  it  is  known  as 
Broadway  street.  There  was  another  street  laid  out  start- 
ing from  Fenwick  creek,  a  branch  of  the  Salem  creek,  also  to 


392  FRIENDS    SOCIETY. 


be  ninety  feet  wide,  until  it  readied  the  town  marsli,  but  for 
some  reason  it  was  never  opened  furtlier  than  Bradway  street. 
It  was  tlien  called  Bridj^e  street,  but  is  now  known  as  Market 
street.  Probably  the  cause  that  Fenwick's  plans  were  not  car- 
ried out,  is  that  he  died  at  an  early  date  of  the  history  of 
Salem,  and  left  the  direction  of  tlie  improvement  of  the  town 
to  his  favorite  son-in-law,  Samuel  Hedge,  particularly  respect- 
ing the  streets.  He  died  in  a  few  years  after  the  death  of  Fen- 
wick  (which  event  took  place  in  the  year  1693)  before  he  could 
consummate  tlie  proprietor's  plans  upon  tliese  two  ipain  streets. 
The  emigrants  first  settled  upon  Wharf  street,  where  tlie  first 
religious  organization  took  place  of  the  English  Colonies  in 
West  New  Jersey. 

Samuel  Nicholson,  one  of  the  wealtliiest  emigrants  who 
arrived  with  John  Fenwick,  and  his  wife,  Ann  Nicholson,  with 
their  five  children,  came  from  Northamptonshire,  England. 
Soon  after  their  arrival  he  purchased  a  lot  on  Wharf  street 
containing  16  acres,  also  a  tract  of  land  in  Elsinborough  con- 
taining 2,000  acres,  and  built  himself  a  house  on  his  lot  in 
Salem,  principally  of  liewn  logs.  At  Ins  house,  in  1676,  the 
first  religious  organization  in  Fenwick's  Colony  took  place,  and 
it  is  interesting  to  examine  the  records  of  that  early  time  to  see 
the  difficulty  which  tlie  Friends  had  to  find  a  permanent  place 
for  public  worship.  On  2d  of  -ith  month,  1979,  Richard  Guy, 
Edward  Bradway,  Isaac  Smart  and  Edward  Wade  were  ap« 
pointed  to  select  a  place  for  a  meeting  liouse  and  burying 
ground.  It  appears  tliey  were  not  successful,  and  at  a  meeting 
held  5th  of  11th  mouth,  1679,  Edward  Wade,  James  Nevell, 
John  Maddox  and  George  Deacon  were  appointed  to  treat  with 
Samuel  Nicholson  and  William  Penton  for  their  houses  and 
plantations  in  Salem,  and  also  to  see  Ann  Salter,  widow  of 
Henry  Salter,  about  her  lot  of  ground. 

At  a  meeting  held  in  12th  month,  1679,  George  Deacon, 
John  Maddox  and  Henry  Jennings  were  appointed  to  take  a 
view  of  Edward  Bradway's  liouse,  and  see  whether  it  was 
suitable  for  a  meeting  house.  A  minute  was  made  at  tliat 
time  fixing  upon  the  1st  and  4th  days  of  the  week  for  religious 
worship,  tlie  meetings  to  be  held  first  at  Samuel  Nicholson's, 
next  at  Robert  Zane's,  and  next  at  Richard  Guy's  houste. 

In  the  9th  month,  1680,  there  was  another  committee  ap- 
pointed to  endeavor  to  purchase  a  lot  of  ground  of  Edward 
Champney  to  build  a  meeting  house  upon  and  for  a  burying 
ground.  They  did  not  succeed  in  getting  a  lot  to  suit  them, 
and  finally  in  1681,  in  tlie  6tli  month,  Samuel  Nidiolson  ami 


FRIENDS'  GRAVE  YARD. 
Salem,  N.  J.  First  used  in  1681. 


FKIENDS    SOCIETY.  39 


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his  wife  Ann  deeded  tlie  whole  of  tlio  16  acres  of  land 
situated  on  Bradway  street,  in  Salem,  for  the  use  and  benefit  of 
Salem  Monthly  Meeting  forever,  for  a  meeting  house  and  grave 
yard  and  other  purposes.  As  soon  as  the  deed  was  given, 
John  Tliompson,  of  Elsinborough,  and  Robert  Zane,  of  Salem, 
were  appointed  by  the  meeting  to  repair  the  house,  and  get  it 
fit  for  Friends  to  meet  in.  About  a  year  afterwards  the  same 
persons  were  directed  to  enlarge  the  meeting  house  by  adding 
sixteen  feet  in  length,  and  height  equal  to  the  old  frame  build- 
ing, with  a  chinmey  and  a  pair  of  stairs.  For  some  reason  this 
was  not  done  until  the  next  year,  in  1683,  at  which  time  Ben- 
jamin Acton  was  employed  to  build  the  addition.  There  was 
a  proposition  to  have  the  floors  of  the  house  made  of  boards, 
but  that  failed,  and  on  37th  of  12t]i  month,  1687,  Benjamin 
Acton  and  Thomas  Wood  were  appointed  to  have  the  old  and 
new  house  floored  with  a  good  clay  floor,  and  have  it  ready 
before  the  Yearly  Meeting  should  convene. 

The  first  Yearly  Meeting  was  held  at  Salem  15th  of  2d 
month,  1684,  and  included  the  Friends  of  Haddonfield  and 
Burlington.  It  vv^as  held  at  Salem  and  Burlington  alternately, 
and  was  known  as  tlie  Half  Yearly  Meeting.  These  meetings 
Avere  continued  several  years. 

At  the  Yearly  Meeting  held  at  Salem  in  the  2d  mouth,  from 
the  27th  to  the  31st,  1693,  George  Keitli  appeared  with  his 
friends  and  laid  before  the  meeting  their  proposals  for  the 
settlement  of  tlie  differences  amona:  them.  These  were  in  the 
shape  of  several  propositions  covering  the  points  at  issue,  and 
discussing  the  reasons  for  their  adoption,  which  led  to  much 
controA^ersy,  and  final  separation  of  many  members  from  the 
Society.  Tliese  proposals  -were  signed  by  Jeremiah  Colbert, 
Jolin  Penrose,  Nathaniel  Sykes,  Anthony  Taylor,  Samuel 
Cooper,  Isaac  Tause,  James  Shattock,  Samuel  Adams,  George 
Keith,  Thomas  Budd,  Henry  Furness,  Nicholas  Pierce,  Thomas 
Withers,  Andrew  Griscom,  and  others.  Thomas  Sharp, member 
of  Newton  Meeting,  was  Clerk  of  the  Yearly  Meeting  at  that 
time.  The  Friends  who  adhered  to  George  Keith,  had  great 
influence  in  the  Society,  and  most  of  them  after  Keitli  returned 
to  England  l^ecame  members  of  tlie  Baptist  Churcli.  Andrew 
Griscom  became  reconciled  with  his  former  friends,  and  died  a 
member  of  the  Society,  and  many  of  his  descendants  have 
been  active  and  useful  membersthereof. 

The  account  I  have  of  George  Keitli  fully  proves  that  he 
possessed  an  uncommon  intellect,  was  a  forcible  writer,  and  a 
pleasing  and  interesting  speaker.     The  nature  of  the  proposition 

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894  FRIENDS    SOCIETY. 


that  he  and  his  followers  offered  to  the  Yearly  Meeting  at 
Salem,  I  have  never  fully  understood,  but  it  appears  there  was 
no  fault  found  of  church  discipline,  the  matter  of  dispute 
being  on  religious  dogmas.  Keith  advocated  his  peculiar  views 
so  ably  that  he  drew  forth  the  ablest  minds  in  the  Society 
of  Friends  in  England  and  in  this  country  to  confute  his  viewj;. 
After  his  return  to  his  native  land  he  joined  the  Church  of 
England. 

Among  the  early  Friends  of  Salem,  William  Cooper  was 
was  quite  prominent  for  a  young  man.  He  and  his  father, 
"William  Cooper,  emigrated  to  America  about  tlie  year  1678, 
the  father  settling  in  Burlington  county,  whilst  the  son  located 
at  Salem,  and  followed  his  trade,  which  was  that  of  a  blacksmith. 
In  the  year  1682  he  married  Mary,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward and  Mary  Brad  way,  and  had  three  children — John,  Han- 
nah and  Mary  Cooper.  As  near  as  can  be  ascertained,  William 
and  his  family  left  Salem  in  1688  and  purchased  land  where 
Camden  is  now  located,  and  resided  there  until  his  death,  which 
took  place  in  1691.  In  his  will  he  named  his  father,  William 
Cooper,  and  his  fatlier-in-law,  Edward  Bradway,  his  executors. 
John,  the  son  of  William  and  Mary  B.  Cooper,  married  Ann 
Clark.  Hannah  Cooper  married  John  Mickle.  Mary  Cooper, 
their  youngest  daughter,  married  Benjamin  Thackray.  John 
Cooper  died  in  1750,  leaving  a  widow  and  the  following  named 
children — James,  John,  David,  Mary,  Ann,  Sarah  and  Hannah. 
My  estimable  friend,  Judge  John  Clement,  of  Haddonfield,  who 
as  a  genealogist  and  historian  has  no  superior  in  West  Jersey, 
informed  me  that  one  of  the  collateral  heirs  of  James  Fenni- 
more  Cooper,  the  celebrated  novelist  and  publicist,  recently 
came  from  his  home  in  New  York  to  trace  the  connection  of 
the  Cooper  family  of  West  Jersey  with  his  family.  He  found 
by  examining  the  wills  and  deeds  that  his  ancestor,  Fennimore 
Cooper,  was  a  descendant  of  William  and  Mary  Bradway  Cooper. 

Robert  Zane,  who  was  active  in  organizing  the  first  Friends 
Meeting  at  Salem,  purchased  of  the  proprietor  a  16  acre  lot  on 
Fenwick  street,  the  junction  with  the  street  now  known  as  Yorke 
street,  located  on  the  west  side.  The  old  liouse  which  his  son 
built  and  occupied  is  still  standing,  and  has  what  is  called  a  "  hip 
roof,"  wliich  resembles  in  some  measure  the  modern  French 
mansard  roof.  Such  roofs  were  common  at  that  time  in  this 
country.  Robert  Zane  left  Salem  before  the  year  1690,  and 
purchased  a  large  tract  of  good  land  near  the  old  Newton  Meet- 
ing House,  bordering  on  Newton  creek,  and  there  he  and  liis 
wife  died.     Most  of  his  landed  estate  is  still  owned  by  his  de- 


FEIEND3    SOCIETY.  895 


scendants,  particularly  in  the  female  line.  A  part  of  the  family 
remained  at  Salem.  Robert's  great-granddaughter  married  Lewis, 
Bon  of  William  and  Mary  Morris  Goodwin,  of  Elsinborough, 
about  1778  or  1779.  There  were  two  children — John  and  Su- 
eanna  Goodwin. 

The  minute  of  the  first  organized  Monthly  Meeting  of  Friends 
in  West  Jersey,  was  as  follows :  "  At  a  meeting  held  last  day 
"  of  the  fifth  month,  1676,  it  was  unanimously  considered  that 
"  the  first  second  day  of  the  week  in  the  6th  month,  that  Friends 
"  do  meet  in  the  town  of  New  Salem,  in  Fenwick's  Colony,  and 
"  all  Friends  thereunto,  do  monthly  meet  together,  to  consider 
"  of  outward  circumstances,  and  business.  And  if  such  tliat  has 
"  been  convinced,  and  walked  disorderly,  that  they  may  in  all 
"  gravity  and  uprightness  to  God,  and  in  tenderness  of  spirit 
"  and  love  to  tlieir  souls,  be  admonished,  exhorted,  and  also  re- 
"  proved,  and  their  evil  deeds  and  practices  testified  against  in 
"  the  wisdom  of  God,  and  in  the  authority  of  truth,  that  may 
''  answer  the  witness  of  God  within  them.     Signed, 

"  Samuel  Nicholson, 
"  RoBEKT  Zanes, 
"  lioBEKT  Wade, 
"  Edwakd  Wade, 
"  Richard  Guy, 
"  Isaac  Smart, 
"  John  Fen  wick, 
"  Richard  Johnson, 
"  and  others." 
After  Samuel  Nicholson  and  his  wife  sold  tlieir  Salem  landa 
to  the  Society  of  Friends  tliey  removed  to  Elsinborough,  on 
the    2,000    acre    tract   of  land  that  he  purchased  of  the  pro- 
prietor in  1676,  and  there  ended  their  days.     The  precise  time 
of  his  death  is  uncertain,  but  events  which  occurred  soon  after 
indicate  that  it  was  alx)ut  1690.     Their  eldest  daughter.  Para- 
ble, born  in  England  20th  of  2d  month,  1659,  married  Abraham 
Strand,  at  New  Salem,  25th  of  9th  month,  1677.     Joseph,  their 
second  son,  born  at  Northamptonshire,  England,  30th  of  2d 
month,  1669,  married  a  young  woman  at  Haddonfield.     At  the 
death  of  Samuel  Nicholson  he  devised  that  his  landed  estate 
in  Elsinborough  should  be  divided  between  his  eldest  son,  Sam- 
uel  Nicholson,    Jr.,    and  Ids   youngest   son,  Abel  Nicholson. 
Samuel  Nicholson,  Jr.,  married,  and  died  in  a  short  time  after- 
ward, leaving  no  issue,  and  lie  devised  the  whole  of  his  real 
estate  to  his  brother,  Joseph  Nicholson,  who  resided  near  Had- 
donfield.    Joseph,  in  1696,  sold  about  one-half  of  it  to  George 


396  FRIENDS    SOCIETY. 


Abbott,  who  had  recently  emigrated  from  New  Enghmd.  Tlie 
balance  was  pnrchased  by  Samnel  Stebbins  and  John  Firth. 
Joseph  Nicholson  died  in  1702,  intestate,  leaving  bnt  two  cliil- 
dren — George  and  Samuel.  George,  in  1717,  married  Alice 
Lord.  Samuel  had  three  wives.  His  first  wife  was  Sarali 
Burroughs,  whom  he  married  in  1722.  In  174-1  he  married 
Jane,  widow  of  William  Albertson,  and  daughter  of  John 
Engle.  Their  descendants  are  numerous  in  the  vicinity  of 
Haddonfield.  Samuel  Nicholson  died  in  1750,  leaving  the  fol- 
lowing children — Joseph,  their  eldest,  who  married  Catharine 
Butcher,  of  Burlington  county,  in  1738  ;  Sanmel,  who  inarried 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  Aaron  Aaronson ;  Abigail,  who  married 
Daniel  Hillman,  in  1743  (her  second  husband  was  John  Gill, 
whom  she  married  in  1769) ;  Ilannali,  who  married  John  Hill- 
man  ;  and  Sarah  Nicholson,  who  died  unmarried  in  1756. 

Abel  Nicholson  died  in  1761  before  his  first  child  was  l)orn. ' 
It  proved  to  be  a  son,  who  was  named  Abel,  after  his  fatlier, 
and  subsequently  married  Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  Isaac  Ellis. 
From  this  son  sprung  the  immediate  family  of  the  name  of 
Nicholson  in  the  neighborliood  of  Haddonfield  at  the  present 
time.  Abel  Nicholson,  the  youngest  son  of  Sanmel  Nicholson, 
the  emigrant,  was  born  in  England  2d  of  5th  month,  1672,  and 
he  resided  on  his  estate  in  Elsinborough  which  he  inherited  from 
his  father,  the  greater  part  of  his  life.  He  married  Mary,  the 
daughter  of  William  and  Joanna  Tyler,  who  was  bcni  in  Eng- 
land in  the  11th  month,  1677.  Their  children  were — Rachel, 
born  7tli  of  7th  month,  1698  ;  Abel,  born  13th  of  1st  montli, 
1700  ;  Joseph,  born  4th  of  12tli  month,  1701  ;  and  William, 
born  15th  of  9th  mouth,  1703.  (The  latter  subsequently 
became  the  owner  of  500  acres  of  land  in  Mannington,  l)eing 
part  of  Hedgefield.) 

Ann  Nicholson  was  born  loth  of  11th  month,  1707,  and 
married  John  Brick,  Jr.,  of  Gravelly  Run,  in  the  county  of 
Cumberland.  Ruth  was  born  9th  of  9th  montli,  1713.  Samuel 
was  born  10th  of  I2tli  month,  1716,  and  he  became  the  owner 
of  all  his  father's  real  estate  in  the  township  of  Elsin])orough. 
He  married  Sarah  Dennis,  of  Greenwich,  in  1742.  John,  the 
youngest  child,  was  born  6th  of  3d  month,  1719,  and  his  wife 
was  Jael  Darkin,  of  Elsinborough.  The  descendants  of  Abel 
Nicholson  I  have  mentioned  heretofore. 

Friends  of  Salem  continued  to  hold  their  meetings  in  the 
house  purchased  of  Samuel  Nicholson  mitil  the  year  1700,  at 
which  time  they  built  a  new  brick  house  where  the  present 
grave-yard   is.     It  stood  east  of  the  oak  tree.     The  meeting 


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increased  in  numbers  so  much  that  the  lioiise  was  not  large 
enough  to  accommodate  them,  and  hi  1770  members  of  Salem 
Monthly  Meeting  bought  a  lot  of  ground  on  Fenwick  street,  of 
Thomas  Hancock  and  Robert  Johnson,  and  erected  the  present 
commodious  building,  which  was  completed  in  1772. 

There  was  an  "Indulge  Meeting,"  as  is  known  in  the  Society, 
in  Elsinborough  as  early  as  1680.  The  house  stood  on  tlie 
property  of  Richard  Dtirkin  (Casper  W.  Thompson  owns  the 
land  at  this  time.)  There  was  a  regular  meeting  of  Friends 
held  at  AUoways  Creek,  at  the  house  of  James  Denn,  in  1679, 
and  continued  until  1685. 

In  the  year  1684  Edward  Champney  and  John  Smith  each 
deeded  half  an  acre  of  ground  to  Christopher  Wldte  and  Sam- 
uel Wade — one  for  a  meeting  house  and  the  other  for  a  grave 
yard.  The  ground  was  a  corner  of  each  of  their  lots  on  Mon- 
mouth river.  The  same  year  Salem  Monthly  Meeting  of 
Friends  agreed  with  Christopher  to  build  a  meeting  house  on 
one  of  the  said  lots,  the  cost  of  the  building  not  to  exceed  £40. 
He  was  also  directed  to  clear  a  road  from  the  King's  Highway 
to  the  meeting  house,  for  which  he  cliarged  £10  more.  In  1685 
the  first  religious  meeting  was  held  there,  and  so  continued 
until  1718.  The  greater  part  of  the  members  resided  on  the 
south  side  of  the  creek,  and  there  being  no  bridge  at  that 
period,  they  were  put  to  great  inconvenience  in    getting  to 


meeting 


Joseph  Ware  gave  the  Friends  a  lot  of  ground  on  his  planta- 
tion on  the  south  side  of  the  creek,  the  deed  liaving  been  given 
in  1717.  As  soon  as  the  meeting  liouse  was  linished,  the  mem- 
bers on  the  north  side  of  Monmouth  river  were  attached  to 
Salem  Particular  Meeting.  Tlie  families  were  the  Abbotts, 
Stubbins,  Moss  and  Tylers.  Tlie  meeting  house  was  abandoned 
about  that  time,  but  the  grave-yard  was  used  for  a  nuud)er  of 
years  after  the  meetings  ceased  to  be  held  at  that  place.  Tlie 
Friends  subsequently  purchased  a  lot  of  ground  on  the  south 
side  of  the  creek,  near  Harmersville,  for  a  burying  ground, 
which  has  been  the  principal  place  for  interment  up  to  this 
time.  A  number  of  persons,  however,  have  been  buried  in  the 
ancient  grave-yard  since  the  members  of  the  Society,  in  a  meas- 
ure, abandoned  it ;  such  families  as  the  Waddingtons,  Hancocks, 
Carlls,  and  a  few  others,  w^ere  desirous  to  be  lain  with  tlieir 
ancestors.  The  principal  families  that  were  members  of  AUo- 
ways Creek  Meeting  at  the  time  alluded  to  were  the  Whites, 
Bradways,  Denns,  Wares,  Chambless,  Oakfords,  Wades,  Dan- 
iels, Hancocks,  Stretches,  Barbers,  and  several  others.     Friends 


398  FEIENDB    SOCIETY. 


continued  to  hold  their  meeting  in  the  house  built  on  the  Ware 
property  until  the  year  1756.  In  1753  William  Hancock 
deeded  a  lot  of  ground  to  the  members  of  Alloways  Creek 
Particular  Meeting  for  a  meeting  house,  as  it  was  a  more  con- 
venient location.  The  house  was  built  at  two  different  periods 
of  time,  the  oldest  in  1756,  the  new,  as  it  is  called,  in  1784. 

The  Friends  meeting  at  Lower  Greenwich  was  established  at 
an  early  period  in  the  settlement  of  the  English  Colony.     Mark 
Reeves,  William  Bacon,  James  Duncan  and  others,  made  appli- 
cation to  Salem  Monthly  Meeting  in  1698    for   assistance   in 
building  a  meeting  house.     Previous  to  that  time  meetings  were 
held  at  private  houses.     Members  of  Greenwich  Meeting,  with 
tlie  assistance  of  Salem  Monthly  Meeting,  built  a  meeting  house 
that  year.     It  stood  where  the  present  meeting  house  is  located, 
near  the  Cohansey,  for  the  purpose  of  accommodating  the  Friends 
that  resided  on  the  south  side  of  the  river  in  Fairfield  township. 
Greenwich  Meeting,  in  the  fore  part  of  the  last  century,  increased 
largely  in  the  number  of  its  members,  so  much  so  that  it  was 
deemed  necessary  to  build  a  larger  house  for  their  accommoda- 
tion.    There  was  a  substantial  brick  house  erected  on  or  near 
where  the  old  frame  house  formerly  stood.     The  influential  per- 
sons and  their  families  that  were  members  of  Greenwich  Par- 
ticular Meeting  during  the  middle  and  latter  part  of  the  18th 
century,  were  the  Reeves,  Davis,  Millers,  Woods,  Sheppards, 
Tests,  Bricks,  Dennis,  Harmers,  Bacons,  Tylers,  Stewarts,  and 
several  others.     Several  of  those  mentioned  above  were  conspic- 
uous men  in  the  generation  in  which  they  lived.     The  Reeves, 
whom  I  mentioned  in  the  genealogy  of  their  families,  and  the 
Woods  have  left  an  enviable  reputation.     There  were  four  Rich- 
ard Woods  born  in  Cumberland  county,  three  of  them  being 
influential  members  of  Greenwich  Meeting.     The  fourth  Rich- 
ard Wood  left  his  native  town  and  eventually  resided  and  died 
in  Philadelphia,  and  became  an  eminent  merchant,  and  left  a 
large  estate.     The  tirst  Ricliard  Wood  that  we  have  account  of 
in  this  country,  resided  on  Gravelly  Run,  known  at  this  time  as 
Stoe  Creek  township,  Cumberland  county.     The  Wood  family 
owned  a  large  tract  of  land  at  that  place.     Richard's  wife,  I 
think,  was  Prisinlla,  the  daughter  of  Mark  Reeve,  the  emigrant, 
burn  about  1700.     They  had  five  children — Jane,  Richard,  Le- 
titia,  Ruth  and  Priscilla  Wood.     The  father  of  these  children 
died  in  tlie  year  1759,  and  was  buried  on  his  own  farm  in  the 
Wood's  family  burying  ground.     His  son,  Richard  Wood,  was 
born  IStli  of  1st  month,  1728,  and  he  learned  the  trade  of  a 
cooper  and  followed  it  in  the  town  of  Greenwich,  and  he  has 


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been  represented  to  have  possessed  unusual  business  capacities. 
Notwithstanding  his  industrious  habits,  he  never  let  worldly 
affairs  prevent  him  from  attending  to  his  religious  meeting.  He 
traveled  with  his  friend,  Marlv  Reeve,  as  companion,  on  a  relig- 
ious visit  through  the  New  England  States.  He  married  twice. 
By  his  first  wife  he  had  two  children — Richard  and  James  Wood. 
His  last  wife  was  Mary,  widow  of  Job  Bacon,  and  the  daughter 
of  John  and  Mary  Wade  Stewart,  born  6th  of  1st  month,  1746. 
She  had  three  children  by  her  first  husband — Job,  Elizabeth  and 
George  Bacon.  Richard  and  liis  last  wife,  Mary  Wood,  had  no 
issue.  I  have  been  told  that  he  retired,  in  a  great  measure,  from 
business,  and  purchased  tlie  large  brick  house  and  a  number  of 
acres  attached,  property  formerly  of  Nicholas  Gibbon,  and  at 
that  place  he  spent  the  evening  of  his  days,  dying  several  years 
before  his  wife.  After  his  death  the  widow  continued  to  reside 
there,  and  her  house  was  a  resort  of  her  numerous  relatives  and 
acquaintances.  She  lived  to  an  old  age,  and  was  truly  a  mother 
in  Israel. 

Richard  Wood,  3d,  born  7th  of  6th  month,  1755,  married 
twice.  There  were  two  sons  by  his  first  wife.  David,  the  eldest, 
in  after  life,  became  largely  interested  in  the  iron  works  at  Mill- 
ville.  Richard's  second  wife  was  Elizabeth,  the  daughter  of 
Job  and  Mary  Stewart  Bacon.  There  were  six  children  by  that 
marriage — George  B.,  Richard,  Charles,  Horatio,  Ann  Elizabeth, 
and  Hannah  Wood.  It  is  but  justice  to  the  memory  of  Richard 
Wood,  3d,  to  say  that  he  is  still  held  in  grateful  remembrance 
by  the  old  inhabitants  of  Greenwich,  through  his  many  acts  of 
kindness  and  benevolence  to  his  fellow  creatures. 

The  Davis  family  were  distinguished  members  of  Greenwich 
Meeting.  I  have  no  definite  knowledge  at  what  time  Charles 
Davis  went  to  Cohansey  to  reside,  but  he  became  a  large  land- 
holder in  Greenwich  township,  at  the  place  known  as  Bacon's 
Neck.  In  1739  he  married  Elizabeth  Dennis,  of  tlie  same  place. 
There  was  one  son,  Gabriel  Davis,  who  subsequently  came  in 
possession  of  a  large  tract  of  excellent  land  that  belonged  to 
his  father,  and  in  the  year  1767  he  married  Sarah,  the  daughter 
of  Ebenezer  Miller,  Sr.,  born  at  Greenwich  17th  of  3d  month, 
1746.  They  had  no  issue.  Gabriel  Davis  was  one  who  did  a 
great  many  acts  of  kindness  in  assisting  young  men  who  had 
but  little  means,  by  loaning  them  money  to  commence  business 
with.  Such  acts  of  benevolence  and  kindness  gave  him  a  name 
as  a  benefactor  to  the  poor  and  needy  in  the  section  of  country 
in  which  he  lived.  In  his  will  he  devised  the  greater  portion 
of  his  landed  estate  to  his  nephew,  Ebenezer  Hall,  whe  subse- 


400  FRIENDS    SOCIETY. 


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qiiently  married,  and  at  his  death,  left  tliree  children — Gabriel, 
Elizabeth  and  Ann  Hall.  Elizabetli  married  Tliomas  Bacon, 
of  Philadelphia.  Ann,  the  youngest  daughter,  married  John, 
the  son  of  Job  Bacon. 

There  was  a  Friends  Mcetino-  establislied  near  the  head  of 
tVlloways  river,  at  the  village  of  Thompson's  Bridge.  The 
name  of  this  place  lias  since  been  changed  to  Allowaystown. 
The  meeting  house  stood  on  the  north  side  of  the  creek,  ad- 
joining the  farm  owned  by  William  F.  Reeve  at  this  time. 
There  was  a  burvim?  ground  near  the  meetino:  house,  where 
most  of  the  early  settlers  in  that  section  where  interred.  The 
house  was  removed  many  years  ago,  but  the  lot  is  still  enclosed. 
The  persons  that  belonged  to  Allowavstown  Particular  Meeting 
were  members  of  Salem  Montlily  j\Ioeting,  and  the  names  of 
tlie  principal  members  were  William  Thompson,  Thomas,  Ben- 
jamin, Samuel,  Joseph  and  William  Thompson,  Jr.,  Joseph 
Fogg,  and  his  three  sons,  Joseph,  Daniel  and  Samuel  Fogg, 
and  their  families,  AVilliam  Oakford  and  family,  William  Craig, 
the  Noblets,  and  a  few  other  families.  Samuel  Foo-o-  subse- 
quently  purchased  land  in  the  loM'er  part  of  the  to^vnship, 
which  is  known  at  this  time  as  Lower  Alloways  Creek.  He 
and  his  family  became  members  of  Alloways  Creek  Particular 
Meeting.  William  Thompson,  from  whom  Thompson's  Bridge 
derived  its  name,  was  the  son  of  Andrew  and  Isabella  Thomp- 
son, and  was  born  near  Dublin,  Ireland,  9th  of  Sth  month,  1666. 
He  emigrated  with  his  parents  in  1677,  and  landed  in  New 
Jersey  at  Elsinborough  Point  the  same  year.  Benjamin 
Thompson,  son  of  William  and  Hannah  Thompson,  was  born 
11th  of  Sth  month,  1719,  and  subsequently  married  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Joseph  Ware,  Jr.,  the  marriage  having  taken  place 
in  1745.  Benjamin  was  considered  the  best  business  man  of 
his  day  in  that  section  of  country.  He  had  the  principal 
oversight  of  Pichard  Wistar's  glassworks  the  greater  part  of 
the  time  it  was  in  operation.  The  said  glass  works  were  located 
about  two  miles  east  of  Allowaystown,  on  the  property  now 
owned  by  Jacob  P.  Reeves.  The  most  authentic  account  I 
have  seen  gives  this  factory  as  the  second  one  of  the  kind  in 
the  English  Colonies  in  America.  There  was  one  started  in 
Massachusetts  two  years  previous  to  Wistar's  in  Salem  county. 
Benjamin  Thompson  died  about  1775,  and  his  wife  died  in  the 
same  year. 

William  Oakford,  another  distinguished  member  of  Friends 
Meeting  at  Thompson's  Bridge,  was  a  descendant  of  Wade 
Oakford,  and  he  had  large  possessions  in  landed  estate  near 


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that  place.  Jonathan  House,  who  owns  and  resides  on  part  of 
the  Oalcford  estate,  is  a  lineal  descendant  of  William  Oakford, 
as  is  also  Albert  W.  Sherron,  of  Salem,  on  his  mother's 
side. 

About  the  year  1725  there  was  a  Friends  Meeting  established 
at  Woodstown,  which  was  then  called  and  still  bears  the  name 
of  Pilesgrove  Meeting,  after  the  name  of  the  township  in  which 
it  is  located.  The  principal  families  which  composed  Piles- 
grove  Meeting  at  the  time  of  its  organization  were  the  Lippin- 
cotts,  Davis,  Barnes,  Dunns,  Silvers,  and  a  few  years  later 
Samuel  and  William  Bassett,  and  several  others,  became  mem- 
bers. Although  Pilesgrove  Meeting  was  small  in  the  beginning 
it  is  at  the  present  time  the  largest  Friends  Meeting  in  what  is 
known  as  Fenwick's  Colony. 

About  the  year  1760  there  was  a  meeting  established  at  Port 
Elizabeth,  tlie  principal  families  of  which  were  Jonathan  Jones 
and  family,  the  Dallas,  Buzbys,  and  several  others. 

In  the  fore  part  of  this  century,  Coates  and  Britton,  of 
Philadelphia,  banked  a  large  tract  of  meadow  land  lying  on  the 
lower  side  of  Maurice  river,  and  extending  down  the  bay  nearly 
or  quite  to  West  creek.  After  the  said  meadow  and  low  lands 
were  completely  reclaimed  from  the  overflow  of  the  tide,  they 
divided  the  property  into  small  farms,  and  held  out  inducements 
for  persons  to  settle  thereon.  There  were  several  families, 
members  of  Friends  Meeting,  from  Gloucester  county  and  Cape 
May  settled  there.  George  Craft,  Sr.,  of  Gloucester,  was  hired 
by  the  proprietors  to  superintend  the  whole  property,  and  most 
of  the  persons  that  were  tenants  under  Coates  and  Britton  were 
members  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  By  that  means  the  meeting 
at  Port  Elizabeth  was  greatly  increased  in  numbers.  The 
enterprise  of  reclaiming  such  a  large  body  of  swamp  and  salt 
marsh  appeared  to  answer  admirably  for  some  years,  but  there 
came  a  terrible  storm  and  a  great  swell  of  the  ocean  in  the  9th 
month,  1819,  which  carried  and  swept  away  miles  of  their  tide 
bank  along  the  bay  shore,  and  the  inhabitants  barely  escaped 
with  their  lives,  whilst  a  large  number  of  horses  and  cattle  per- 
ished. That  disaster  entirely  broke  up  the  little  settlement, 
and  many  families  returned  to  their  former  homes.  Although 
the  meeting  at  Port  Elizabetli  was  diminislied  in  numbers  by 
the  catastrophe,  it  was  kept  up  for  a  number  of  years  afterwards 
by  the  families  of  the  Jones,  Buzbys,  Dallas,  Elkintons,  Town- 
sends,  Bradways,  and  others.  Several  of  the  heads  of  those 
families  have  long  since  paid  the  debt  of  nature,  whilst  tlie 
younger    branches   have   moved  to  other  parts  of  the  country. 

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402  FRIENDS   SOCIETY. 


At  this  time  there  is  no  Friends  Meeting  kept  up  at  PortElizabeth. 

About  the  middle  or  latter  part  of  the  last  century  tliere  was 
a  Friends  Meeting  established  at  Pedricktown,  in  the  township 
of  Upper  Penns  Neck,  it  being  a  branch  of  Pilesgrove  meeting. 
The  piincipal  families  tliat  composed  the  meeting  were  the  Ped- 
ricks,  Somers,  Taylors,  Greens,  Kirbys,  and  a  few  others.  The 
Pedrick  family  is  one  of  the  oldest  in  the  county  of  Salem. 

On  the  22d  of  3d  month,  1689,  James  ISTevell  gave  an  order 
to  Pichard  Tindall  to  resurvey  for  Roger  Pedrick,  at  Oldman's 
Creek,  1,000  acres,  which  the  said  Roger  Pedrick  had  pur- 
chased of  the  proprietor  in  the  fore  part  of  1676.  The  Somers 
family  emigrated  to  this  county  from  Great  Egg  Harbor. 

Although  somewhat  foreign  to  the  subject  that  I  have  written 
upon,  there  has  been  much  speculation  respecting  J  acob  Spicer. 
Some  have  thought  he  emigrated  to  New  Jersey  from  England, 
but  he  was  born  at  Long  Island,  of  Quaker  parentage,  his 
parents,  Samuel  and  Hester  Spicer,  having  resided  at  Graves- 
end,  L.  I.  They  had  six  children — Abram,  born  27th  of  8th 
month,  1666:  Jacob,  born  20th  of  1st  month,  1668  ;  May,  born 
20th  of  8th 'month,  1671;  Sarah,  born  19th  of  4th  month, 
1674;  Martha,  born  27th  of  11th  month,  1676;  Sarah,  born  16th 
of  2d  month,  1677  ;  and  Abigail,  born  26th  of  1st  month,  1683. 
Hester  Spicer,  the  mother  of  the  children  mentioned,  was  born 
in  1647,  and  was  a  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Tilton. 

Samuel  Spicer,  the  father  of  Jacob  Spicer,  purchased  lands 
about  the  year  1683,  near  Gloucester  Point,  Gloucster  county, 
and  he  settled  thereon.  It  is  well  known  that  liis  son  Jacob 
l)ecome  conspicuous  in  the  affairs  of  AVest  Jersey,  and  died  near 
Cold  Spring  Inlet,  Cape  May  county.  His  son  Jacob  was 
equally  as  useful  a  man  as  his  father.  He  and  Learning  wrote 
the  laws  of  West  New  Jersey. 

As  early  as  1720  there  was  a  Friends  Meeting  established  at 
Cape  May  composed  of  the  founders  of  Egg  Harbor,  the  Som- 
ers, Sculls,  Leeds,  and  a  few  other  families ;  the  members  of 
Cape  May  were  Richard  Townsend,  Peter  Corson  and  Aaron 
Leaminsr.  The  latter  was  a  native  of  Connecticut.  He  came 
to  Salem  wdien  a  boy  and  was  early  noticed  by  Sarah,  the  widow 
of  William  Hall.  He  spoke  of  her  as  being  very  intelligent 
and  wealthy,  and  of  having  an  excellent  library,  which  she  in- 
vited him  to  her  house  for  the  purpose  of  reading.  Whilst 
Aaron  resided  at  Salem  he  joined  the  Friends  Society.  Soon 
after  that  event  he  went  to  Cape  May  and  located  a  tract  of 
land  at  Goshen,  and  married  Lydia  Shaw,  also  a  member.  They 
had  four  children — Aaron,  Jeremiah,  Mathias  and  Elizabeth. 


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403 


At  a  monthly  meeting  of  Friends  lielcl  in  Kew  Salem,  in 
Fenwick's  Colony,  the  29th  of  6th  month,  1698,  John  Thomp- 
son, Sr.,  Isaac  Smart,  Ruthro  Morris  and  Richard  Darkin  were 
appointed  to  superintend  the  building  of  a  meeting  house,  to  be 
of  brick,  for  the  use  of  Salem  Monthly  Meeting,  and  to  raise 
money  by  a  voluntary  subscription  for  that  purpose. 

The  following  are  the  names  of  Friends  that  contributed, 
and  the  different  sums  of  money  each  gave  opposite  their 
respective  names : 


John  Thompson, 
Richard  Darkin, 
William  Tyler, 
Isaac  Smart, 
Richard  Johnson, 
Thomas  Thompson, 
John  Smith,  of  Smithfield, 
Bartholomew  Wyatt, 
Ruthro  Morris, 
William  Rumsey, 
Nathaniel  Chambless,  Sr., 
Nathaniel  Chambless,  Jr., 
Josiah  White, 
John  Hancock, 
Benjamin  Thompson, 
Wiliiam  Thompson, 
A.  Thompson,  Jr., 
Joseph  Ware, 
Abel  Nicholson, 
Richard  Woodnutt, 
John  Shales, 


£  sh. 
30  00 


25 

20 
18 
15 
18 
18 
18 
16 
15 
15 
15 
7 

10 

10 

10 

10 

8 

7 

6 

3 


00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
60 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 
00 


Edward  Goodwin, 
Joseph  White, 
Esther  Harrison, 
John  Mason, 
John  Remington, 
Wade  Oakford, 
William  Bradway, 
Edward  Keasbey, 
Jeremiah  Powell, 
James  White, 
John  Maddox, 
William  Savage, 
William  Hall, 
John  Smith,  of  Arbebbury, 
Daniel  Smith,  son  of  the 

above, 
Charles  Oakford, 
Samuel  Wade, 
Esther    White,  widow    of 

Charles  H.  White, 
James  Daniels,  the  elder, 


£  sh. 


The  names  of  Friends  that  contributed  toward  erecting  tlie 
building  of  dwellings  in  other  places : 

Samuel  Carpenter,  Philadelphia, 

Edward  Shippen,  Philadelphia, 

Samuel  Jennings,  Burlington, 

Bridget  Guy,  widow  of  Richard  Guy, 

Robert  Ashton,  of  Delaware, 

Thomas  Smith,  of  Darby,  Pennsylvania,        .... 


Report  of  the  Committee  to  the  Monthly  Meeting : 

Cost  for  brick,  stone  and  lime,  and  workmanship,     . 

For  timber,  boards,  shingles  and  glass, 

Iron  work,  nails  and  glazing, 

Paying  John  Thompson  for   his   trouble   and  expenses,  and 
overseeing  the  work, 

425  11 


4  00 

2  10 

2  06 

10  00 

5  00 

2  10 

3  03 

4  00 

2  00 

1  10 

10  00 

3  10 

5  00 

10  00 

10  00 

5  00 

7  00 

5  00 

2  02 

ig  the 

£  sh. 

15  00 

5  00 

5  00 

5  00 

5  00 

2  00 

37  00 

£  sh. 

188  11 

194  03 

37  17 

5  00 

404  FRIENDS    SOCIETY. 


The  house  was  erected  a  few  rods  east  of  the  large  oak  tree. 
At  that  time,  several  of  the  alilest  and  oldest  emigrants  were 
deceased,  such  as  Fenwick,  Samuel  Nicholson,  John  Pledger, 
Edward  Bradway,  Edward  Wade,  Andrew  Thompson,  Sr.,  Rob- 
ert Windham,  Christopher  White.  All  of  them  lay  in  the  yard, 
except  John  Fenwick  and  Christopher  White ;  the  former,  by  his 
request,  was  buried  in  the  family  burying  ground  of  the  Sliarp 
family,  in  Upper  Mannington,  near  the  Alms  House ;  Clnisto- 
plier  White  was  buried  in  the  ancient  burying  ground  of  Friends, 
at  Alloways  Creek,  not  far  from  Hancock's  Bridge.  Said  yard 
is  situated  on  the  north  side  of  Monmouth  river.  It  was  deeded 
to  Cln-istopher  Wliite  and  Samuel  Wade,  by  Edward  Champny, 
the  son-in-law  of  John  Fenwick,  in  1684. 

There  in  that  ancient  yard  stands  a  wliite  oak  which  has  be- 
longed to  Salem  Monthly  Meeting  of  Friends  for  nearly  two 
centuries.  Its  life  has  been  in  accordance  with  the  laws  which 
have  always  governed  it,  and  has  to  a  remarkable  degree  re- 
tained the  vigor  of  its  early  life.  It  lias  been  a  close  attender 
of  all  the  meetings  held  for  worship  or  discipline  in  the  old 
meeting-house,  which  formerly  stood  in  the  grave  yard  for  up- 
wards of  seventy  years,  and  has  been  present  at  all  the  funerals 
which  have  taken  place  in  the  yard  from  1681  up  to  the  present 
time ;  it  has  likewise  been  a  large  benefactor  to  the  human  race, 
never  having  turned  any  one  away  who  came  for  protection  or 
slielter  from  the  storms  or  scorcliing  rays  of  the  noonday  sun. 
The  laws  which  governed  this  ancient  member  are  uncliangable, 
always  standing  upright  among  men,  and  not  heeding  their  con- 
flicting opinions,  and  while  the  earth,  with  all  its  allurements, 
was  kept  firmly  beneatli  him,  his  watchword  seemed  to  be  up- 
ward and  onward,  with  each  succeeding  year ;  it  has  been  nour- 
ished by  its  friends  who  lie  buried  there,  and  watered  l)y  the 
tears  of  tlieir  mourners.  The  size  of  this  ancient  meml)or  at 
this  time — the  trunk  is  twenty  feet  in  circumference,  the  branches 
parallel  with  Broadway  street  one  hundred  feet,  from  Broad- 
way to  the  east  one  liundred  and  ten  feet. 


BAPTIST     SOCIETIES. 

About  the  year  1683  some  Baptists  from  the  county  of  Tip- 
perary,  in  Ireland,  settled  in  the  neighborhood  of  Cohansey. 
Among  these,  the  early  accounts  name  i3avid  Sheppard,  Thomas 
Abbot  and  William  Button.  They  were  members  of  a  Baptist 
Church  at  Cleagh  Keating  in  Tip|)erary  county.  This  church 
was  still  in  existence  in  1838,  but  has  since  been  disbanded. 
Thomas  and  John  Sheppard,  brothers  or  cousins  of  David,  set- 
tled in  the  same  neigliborhood  at  the  same  time,  and  were  doubt- 
less also  members  of  this  church.  In  1685,  Obadiah  Holmes 
and  John  Cornelius  arrived  from  Rhode  Island.  In  1688,  Ri- 
near  Van  Hyst,  John  Childe  and  Thomas  Lambson  were  bap- 
tized by  Rev.  Elias  Keach,  pastor  of  the  Fennepeck  Baptist 
Church,  Pennsylvania. 

About  this  time.  Rev,  Thomas  Killingsworth  settled  in  Fen- 
wick's  Colony,  and  was  tlie  first  Baptist  clergyman  who  located 
in  South  Jersey.  He  owned  a  fine  tract  of  land  on  the  King's 
Highway  from  Salem  to  Mauj'ice  River,  nearly  all  of  wliicli  hiy 
in  the  present  limits  of  Salem  township.  After  his  death,  the 
property  w^as  owned  by  the  Keasbey  family.  He  was  not  only 
a  clergyman  of  considerable  reputation,  but  was  the  first  judge 
of  Salem  courts.  Through  the  troublesome  time  of  Cornbury's 
administration  as  the  first  Governor  of  East  and  West  Jersey, 
Killingsworth  maintained  the  dignity  of  tlie  Bench  througli  all 
opposition.  Obadiah  Holmes,  wJio  came  from  Rliode  Island, 
as  ah-eady  mentic»ned,  was  the  son  of  Rev.  Obadiah  Flolmes, 
who  was  publicly  whipped  in  Boston  for  his  religious  opinions 
by  the  Puritans  of  that  day,  and  who  removed  to  Rhode  Island, 
and  died  at  Newport,  October  15,  1682,  aged  seventy-six  years. 
Two  of  his  sons,  Obadiah  and  Jonathan,  removed  to  Middle- 
town,  Monmouth  county,  where  they  purchased  a  tract  of  1600 
acres  from  the  Indians,  and  were  constituent  members  of  the 
Middletown  Baptist  Church,  the  oldest  in  this  State.  Oba- 
diah soon  removed  to  Fenwick's  Colony,  and  settled  in  Co- 
hansey Precinct.  He  occasionally  preached,  though  it  does  not 
appear  that  he  was  a  regularly  ordained  clergyman.     He  pos- 


406  BAPTIST    SOCIETIES. 


scssed  bj  nature  a  legal  mind,  and  represented  the  Cohansey 
Precinct  as  J  udge  of  Salem  Courts,  acting  with  Killingswortli 
from  the  year  1700  to  1709. 

I  have  no  doubt  the  Baptists  held  meetings  in  private  houses 
prior  to  1690,  in  tlie  spring  of  which  year  they  organized  a 
church,  now  known  as  the  First  Cohansey  Baptist  Church  at 
Roadstown.  This  was  the  first  church  of  this  denomination  in 
this  part  of  the  State.  The  first  meeting  house  was  built  on 
land  of  David  Sheppard,  in  Shrewsbury  Neck,  on  the  south  side 
of  the  Cohansey,  now  owned  by  William  Mulford.  Killings- 
worth  was  the  first  pastor,  and  served  as  such  until  his  death  in 
the  spring  of  1709. 

A  company  of  Baptists  emigrated  to  Cohansey  Precinct  from 
Swansea,  in  Massachusetts,  about  the  year  1687,  and  settled 
about  what  is  now  known  as  Bowentown.  Among  them  were 
the  Bowens,  Brookses,  Barretts,  Swinneys,  &c.  They  had  a  log 
meeting  house  at  Bowentown,  and  maintained  a  separate  organi- 
zation on  account  of  the  differences  of  opinion  concerning  pre- 
destination, laying  on  of  hands,  &c.  Their  pastor  was  Rev. 
Timothy  Brooks,  who  came  with  them.  After  the  death  of 
Killingsworth,  througli  the  efforts  of  Rev. Valentine  Wightman, 
of  Groton,  Connecticut,  they  united  with  the  Cohansey  Clnirch, 
and  Rev.  Timothy  Brooks  became  the  second  pastor  of  that 
church  in  1710,  and  continued  such  until  his  death  in  1716,  in 
the  55th  year  of  his  age.  The  meeting  house  on  the  south  side 
of  the  Cohansey  was  soon  after  abandoned,  and  land  was  pur- 
chased 23d  of  12th  month,  1713,  on  the  north  side  of  the  river, 
in  Hopewell  townsliip,  near  what  is  now  known  as  Sheppard's 
Mill,  and  a  meeting  house  erected.  The  new  site  was  chosen, 
doubtless,  as  a  compromise  between  the  old  one  on  the  south  of 
the  river  and  the  one  where  Mr.  Brooks'  company  liad  wor- 
shipped at  Bowentown.  Quite  a  number  of  Mr.  Brooks'  (!om- 
pany  afterwards  became  Sabbatarians,  and  were  among  those 
who  organized  the  Shiloh  Seventh-Day  Baptist  Cliur(?h  in 
1737. 

After  the  death  of  Mr.  Brooks,  the  church  was  without  a 
pastor  for  several  years.  Rev.  William  Butcher,  from  Chester 
county,  Pennsylvania,  became  the  third  pastor  in  1721,  but 
after  a  short  service  of  three  years,  died  12th  of  12th  montli, 
1724,  in  the  27th  year  of  his  age. 

Rev.  Nathaniel  Jenkins  became  the  fourtli  pastor  in  1730. 
He  was  born  in  Caerdicanshire,  Wales,  25th  of  3d  month,  1678, 
came  to  this  country  in  1710,  and  settled  at  Cape  May  in  1712 
as  pastor  of  the  churcli  there.     He  was  a  man  of  talents  and 


BAPTIST    SOCIETIES.  407 


education,  and  served  also  as  a  Trustee  of  the  Loan  Office  and 
as  a  member  of  Council,  as  the  State  Legislature  was  then 
called.  A  bill  being  introduced  into  the  Council  in  1721, 
"  to  punish  such  as  denied  the  doctrine  of  the  Trinity,  the 
"  Divinity  of  Christ  and  the  Inspiration  of  the  Scriptures,"  he 
stood  boldly  forth  on  the  platform  of  "  soul  liberty,"  declaring 
that  although  he  believed  these  doctrines  as  firmly  as  the  warm- 
est advocate  of  the  bill,  yet  he  would  never  consent  to  oppose 
those  who  rejected  them  with  law  or  with  any  otlier  weapon 
than  argument.  The  bill  was  accordingly  quashed.  During 
his  pastorate  branches  of  the  Church  were  established  at  Salem, 
Fittsgrove,  and  Great  Egg  Harbor.  A  new  meeting  house  was 
also  built  in  1741,  on  the  same  site  as  the  last,  a  frame  building 
thirty-six  by  thirty-two  feet,  which  has  since  been  removed. 
The  old  grave-yard,  whicli  adjoined  it,  is  still  kept  up  in  ordi- 
nary repair.  I  visited  the  ancient  cemetery  some  two  years  ago 
and  saw  many  names  that  were  quite  familiar ;  such  as  John 
and  Job  Ware.  They  were  the  lineal  descendants  of  Joseph 
Ware,  who  emigrated  to  this  county  in  company  with  John 
Fen  wick,  the  proprietor,  in  1675,  and  located  himself  in  Mon- 
mouth precinct.  On  one  of  the  tomb  stones  in  said  yard  is  a 
historical  record,  "  In  memory  of  Deborah  Swinney,  who  de- 
"  parted  this  life  the  4th  day  of  April,  1760,  in  the  77th  year  of 
"  her  age.  She  was  the  first  white  female  cliild  born  in  Cohan- 
"  sey."  Mr.  Jenkins  died  2d  of  6th  month,  1754,  in  the  77th 
year  of  his  age,  and  the  25th  of  his  pastorate. 

He  was  succeeded  by  Rev.  Robert  Kelsey.  He  was  born  in 
Drummore,  Ireland,  in  1711,  came  to  Maryland  in  1734,  and  to 
Cohansey  in  1738.  Having  become  a  Baptist  he  was  ordained 
in  1750,  and  preached  for  the  branch  at  Fittsgrove,  and  on  the 
death  of  Mr.  Jenkins  was,  by  his  recommendation  on  his  dying- 
bed,  called  as  their  pastor.  He  declined  at  first,  but  afterward 
accepted  and  became  pastor  in  1756,  and  served  the  church 
until  his  death,  30th  of  5th  month,  1789,  in  the  79th  year  of  his 


age. 


Rev.  Henry  Smalley  became  the  sixth  pastor  3d  of  7th 
month,  1790.  He  was  born  at  Fiscataway,  New  Jersey,  23d  of 
10th  month,  1765,  and  graduated  at  the  College  of  New  Jersey, 
at  Frinceton,  in  1788.  A  new  brick  meeting  house  was  com- 
pleted and  dedicated  in  1802,  and  is  the  one  now  used  by  the 
Church,  situate  in  the  village  of  Roadstown.  Its  dimensions 
are  forty-five  by  sixty-three  feet,  with  galleries,  and  is  capable 
of  seating  five  hundred  persons.  The  Church  has,  during  the 
last  year,  erected  a  commodious  chapel  adjoining.     Mr.  Smalley 


408  BAPTIST    SOCIETIES. 


Wcas  a  man  of  sterling  worth,  and  was  well  known  and  honored 
thronghout  the  wliole  community,  and  the  Church  greatly  pros- 
pered under  his  care.  Ho  died  11th  of  2d  month,  1839,  in  the 
Tlth  year  of  his  age,  and  in  the  49th  of  his  pastorate. 

Since  him  Rev.  Isaac  Moore,  Rev.  Edward  D.  Fendall,  Rev. 
Jonathan  G.  CoUum,  Rov.  Joseph  N.  Folwell,  Rev.  James  M. 
Challis,  Rev.  Tliomas  G.  "Wright,  Rev.  Thomas  O.  Lincoln,  and 
Rev.  W.  F.  Basten,  the  present  pastor,  have  served  this 
ancient  church.  The  present  number  of  members  is  two  hun- 
dred and  sixty-six. 

John  Holme  resided  for  a  wlule  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia 
after  he  emigrated  from  England.  He  purchased  a  large  quan- 
tity of  land  of  the  proprietor  where  Holmesburg  now  is,  and 
one  of  his  sons  became  tlie  owner  and  resided  on  the  property. 
John  Holme,  about  1690,  bonglit  a  tract  of  land  in  Alloways 
Creek  Precinct,  not  far  from  Allowaystown.  In  a  short  time 
he  left  Philadelphia  with  his  family  and  made  that  place  his 
home  until  his  death,  in  the  year  1701.  He  was  the  grandfather 
of  Benjamin  Holme  of  Revolutionary  memory.  I  think  he  and 
Thomas  Killingsworth  were  tlie  first  members  of  the  Baptist 
Church  who  lived  in  the  neighborliood  of  Salem  near  the  time  of 
its  first  settlement.  Baptist  meetings  were  sometimes  held  at 
the  house  of  Thomas  Killingsworth,  at  Salem,  and  at  other  times 
at  John  Holme's,  and  were  continued  until  the  death  of  Killings- 
worth,  in  L709.  Jn  1705,  Killingsworth  also  had  a  preaching 
place  at  the  house  of  Jeremiah  Nixon  in  Penns  Neck.  After 
the  death  of  Holme  and  Killingsworth,  meetings  were  contin- 
ued at  the  houses  of  Samuel  Fogg  and  Daniel  Smith,  the  last 
named  being  a  son  of  John  Smith,  of  Almesbury.  Daniel  was 
a  follower  of  George  Keith,  but  afterwards  became  a  Baptist. 
He  was  born  in  the  county  of  Norfolk,  England,  lOtli  of  2d 
month,  1660,  and  was  a  great  favorite  of  John  Fenwick,  who 
made  an  honorable  mention  of  him  in  his  will. 

The  Baptists  of  this  section  were  connected  with  the  Church 
at  Cohansey.  Timothy  Brooks,  pastor  of  the  Cohansey  Church, 
preached  occasionally  for  them  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  in  1716. 
Their  meetings  were  frequently  held  at  the  house  of  Edward 
Quinton.  After  the  death  of  most  of  the  old  members,  the  new 
converts  united  with  the  Cohansey  Church,  and  attended  the 
mother  church  until  about  the  year  1741.  After  the  member- 
ship from  the  vicinity  of  Alloways  Creek  and  Salem  became 
more  numerous,  they  prevailed  upon  Nathaniel  Jenkins,  pastor 
of  the  Cohansey  Church,  to  come  and  assist  them  occasionally. 
About  this  time  three  of  the  younger  members  of  the  Chm'ch 


BAPTIST   SOCIETIES,  409 


wlio  lived  at  Cohansey,  Abraham  Garrison,  Robert  Kelscy  and 
Job  Sheppard  were  called  to  tlie  ministry,  and  were  permitted 
to  visit  and  preach  to  the  branches  of  the  church.  About  this 
time  the  Baptists  turned  tlieir  attention  towards  building  a 
meeting  house.  A  quarter  of  an  acre  of  land  was  given  them 
by  Daniel  Smith,  Jr.,  lying  between  Salem  and  Quinton's 
Bridge,  near  the  King's  Highway  that  led  to  Maurice  River. 
The  place  was  called  Mill  Hollow,  and  a  meeting  house  was 
built  there  in  1743.  In  the  12th  month,  1748,  by  the  urgent 
request  of  the  congregation  of  the  new  church.  Job  Sheppard, 
their  minister,  moved  liis  family  from  Cohansey  to  what  is  known 
at  this  time  as  the  township  of  Quinton.  They  held  regular 
meetings  every  week.  It  was  not  until  sixty-five  years  after  the 
commencement  of  Baptist  meetings  in  and  around  Salem,  and 
twelve  years  after  they  had  built  their  church  at  Mill  Hollow, 
that  the  church  was  constituted.  It  appears  that  in  1754  the 
question  of  separation  from  the  Cohansey  Church  and  organ- 
izing a  new  church  at  Mill  Hollow  came  up  for  serious  consid- 
eration. The  members  of  the  church  made  an  appeal  to  the 
mother  church  to  that  effect.  Tlieir  brethren  at  Cohansey,  after 
some  time  for  consideration,  sent  the  following  answer : 

"  To  our  dear  brothers  in  and  near  Alloways  Creek,  being  in 
"  Church  membership  with  us: — We,  the  Church  of  Christ,  and 
"  Cohansey,  baptized  upon  profession  of  our  faith,  holding  and 
"  maintaining  the  baptism  of  believers  by  immersion,  the  laying 
"  on  of  hands,  the  resurrection  of  the  body,  and  eternal  judgment, 
"  return  this  to  you  as  our  answer." 

Then  followed  tlie  consent  that  the  Baptists  of  Salem  and 
Alloways  Creek,  who  met  at  Mill  Hollow,  should  form  a  dis- 
tinct Gospel  Church.  The  names  of  the  following  constituent 
members  are  signed  to  the  church  covenant :  Job  Sheppard, 
pastor;  Catharine  Sheppard,  Edward  Quinton,  Temperance 
Quinton,  Edward  Keasbey,  Prudence  Keasbey,  Abner  Sims, 
Sarali  Sims,  John  Holme,  Daniel  Smith,  Jr.,  Seth  Smith,  Sam- 
uel Simms,  Joseph  Sueathen,  John  "Whittal,  Sarah  Smith, 
riiebe  Smith,  Rachel  Sneathen,  Patience  James,  and  Keren- 
happuch  Blackwood.  This  was  the  first  Baptist  Church  con- 
stituted within  the  present  limits  of  Salem  county.  The  Bap- 
tists continued  to  hold  their  meetings  at  Mill  Hollow  until  about 
1790,  when  the  old  meeting  house  was  sold,  and  moved  into 
Salem  and  used  as  a  barn  for  several  years.  The  colored  Meth- 
odists bought  it  finally  and  moved  it  to  tlieir  lot  on  Fenwick 
street,  where  they  used  it  as  a  place  of  worship  until  recently. 
52 


410  BAPTIST    SOCIETIES. 


It  stands  now  in  the  rear  of  their  new  brick  clmrcli.  and  is  used 
at  tliis  time  as  a  school  for  colored  children. 

About  the  year  1670  the  Baptjs*  Society  purchased  100  acres 
of  Abel  Smith  for  a  parsonage.  The  property  was  located  a1)out 
one  mile  from  Salem,  on  the  Quinton's  Bridge  road.  When 
the  church  was  built  on  Yorke  street,  in  the  town  of  Salem,  the 
Society  was  in  debt  about  four  hundred  and  seventy-one  pounds. 
Tlie  incorporation  fully  agreed  to  dispose  of  the  parsonage  for 
the  relinquishment  of  the  debt,  and  Anthony  Keasbey,  one  of 
the  trustees,  was  the  purchaser  for  about  six  hundred  poimds. 
The  property  is  known,  at  tlie  present  time,  as  the  "  Hannah 
farm,"  and  is  one  of  the  most  valuable  in  this  county.  On  the 
lifth  day  of  the  8th  montli,  Mary  Dunlap,  a  -widow,  deeded  to 
John  liolme,  Thomas  Sayre,  Benjamin  Holme,  Anthony  Keas- 
l)ey,  John  Briggs,  Samuel  Vance  and  Howell  Smith,  a  lot  con- 
taining one  acre  and  a  half,  located  on  Yorke  street,  and  joined 
on  the  east  by  lands  formerly  belonging  to  Thomas  Killings- 
worth,  but  at  that  time  owned  by  Anthony  Keasbey.  The  lot 
was  conveyed  to  the  before  mentioned  trustees  of  the  Anti- 
Pedo-Baptist  Society  to  build  a  meeting  house  upon,  and  also 
for  a  graveyard  for  said  Society.  It  was  stipulated  in  the  con- 
veyance that  the  Society  should  pay,  as  a  consideration  for  tlie 
property,  one  ear  of  Indian  corn  yearly,  if  demanded.  The 
house  was  completed  about  the  year  1790,  at  a  cost  of  fourteen 
lunidred  and  thirty-four  pounds  and  some  shillings,  leaving  a 
debt  of  four  hundred  and  seventy-one  pounds  and  eleven  pence 
unpaid.  The  Baptist  church  at  Salem,  during  the  latter  part  of 
the  last  century,  increased  slowly  in  numbers,  and  up  to  1801 
there  were  but  seventy-four  members.  From  that  date,  liowever, 
to  1869  they  numbered  nearly  seven  hundred  members.  After 
a  time  it  was  thought  advisable,  to  liave  a  meeting  house  more 
in  the  central  portion  of  the  town,  and  the  majority  of  the  trus 
tees  purchased  a  lot  on  Broadway  of  the  heirs  of  the  late  Tliomas 
Thompson,  and  they  erected  on  this  lot  a  large  and  substantial 
brick  church,  with  a  clock  in  the  cupola,  the  first,  I  think,  that 
was  ever  placed  in  any  building  in  the  city  of  Salem.  The 
building  was  completed  in  1845,  and  it  is  known,  at  the  present, 
as  the  First  Baptist  Church  of  Salem.  C.  E.  Cardo  is  the  pastor, 
and  it  has  a  membership  of  452.  The  congregation  incrieased 
so  greatly  in  numbers  that  some  of  the  members  believed  it 
would  be  advantageous  to  the  church  to  build  another  house  for 
worship,  which  was  accordingly  done.  The  church  was  erected 
and  completed  in  1870  and  stands  at  the  corner  of  Parrot  and 
Fenwick  streets,  fronting  on  the  latter.     The  building  is  large 


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and  elegant  in  appearance,  and  is  quite  an  addition  to  that  part 
of  tlie  town ;  it  is  called  the  Memorial  Baptist  Church,  and  has 
208  members.     A.  C.  Williams  is  the  pastor. 

An  old  manuscript  book,  wliich  at  one  time  belonged  to 
Thomas  Ivillingsworth,  the  first  Judge  and  Baptist  clergyman 
in  Fenwick's  colony,  dates  back  to  the  18th  of  January,  1690 ; 
and  at  the  death  of  Killingworth  it  was  delivered  to  Cornelius 
Copner,  an  inhabitant  of  Penn's  Neck,  on  the  16th  of  August, 
1709.  About  1725  or  1730  Thomas  Miles,  the  celebrated 
surveyor,  became  the  possessor  of  it.  In  it  it  appears  that  Kil- 
lingsworth  kept  a  genealogical  record  of  a  number  of  families 
that  adhered  to  the  Baptist  faith,  some  of  whom  can  be  traced 
accurately  up  to  this  day ;  and  others,  whose  children  have 
either  left  tlie  State,  or  the  name  has  been  lost  in  the  female 
line.  Most  of  tlie  English  families  that  ho  clu'onicled  were 
inhabitants  of  Penn's  Neck. 

Tlioraas  Baldwin  was  born  in  Oxfordshire,  England,  in  De- 
cember, 1657.  His  wife,  Mary  Baldwin,  was  born  in  tlie  Parisli 
of  Maceiield,  in  the  county  of  Sussex,  England,  2'lth  of  8th 
month,  1653.  They  emigrated  to  America  soon  after  they  were 
married,  and  located  in  Fenwick's  colony,  in  the  township  of 
Penn's  Neck,  about  the  year  1683.  Their  stay  in  this  county 
was  of  a  short  duration,  for  in  1685  they  removed  to  Chester 
county,  Pennsjdvania.  Thomas  and  Joseph  Baldwin,  the  twin 
sons  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Baldwin,  were  born  at  Chester,  Au- 
gust 26th,  1685  ;  William  Baldwin,  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
Baldwin,  born  19th  of  December,  1687  ;  Anthony  Baldwin, 
b(^rn  10th  of  February,  1690;  Mary,  their  daughter,  born  25th 
of  February,  1692  ;  Martha  and  Mary,  their  daughters,  were 
born  the  16th  of  December,  1694. 

The  Lambson  is  an  ancient  family  of  Penn's  Neck.  Thomas 
and  his  wife,  Ann  Lambson,  emigrated  to  America  and  located 
in  Penn's  Neck,  in  1690,  and  agreeably  to  Killingsworth,  they 
were  of  the  Baptist  faith.  Giles,  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Ann 
Lambson,  was  born  the  22d  day  of  July,  1692  ;  Eleanor,  their 
daughter,  was  born  the  21st  day  of  March,  1694  ;  Thomas  was 
born  the  29th  of  December,  1696  ;  Joseph  was  born  the  15th 
of  September,  1700 ;  Catharine,  their  daugliter,  was  born  the 
2l3t  of  March,  1703  ;  Mathias  Lambson,  son  of  Thomas  and 
Ann,  was  born  31st  of  May,  1705  ;  Michael  w^as  born  29t]i  of 
September,  1707  ;  Mary,  their  daughter,  was  born  13th  of 
April,  1710  ;  Daniel  was  born  the  1st  day  of  February,  1715. 
Many  of  tlio  large  families  of  Lampson,  as  well  as  the  Copner 
family,  adhered  to  the  religion  of  their  ancestors,  although  a 


412  BAPTIST   SOCIETIES. 


number  became  active  members  of  the  Presbyterian  Church 
that  was  organized  in  the  township,  in  1760.  Mathias  Lamp- 
son,  of  the  present  century,  lived  in  and  owned  the  ancient 
brick  dwelling  that  was  built  by  his  ancestor  about  1730,  which 
stands  near  Salem  creek.  He  had  two  or  more  children.  His 
daughter  married  the  late  Charles  Swing,  being  his  first  wife. 
His  son,  Thomas  Lampson,  not  being  contented  to  remain  on 
the  farm,  turned  his  attention  to  mercantile  business.  He 
bought  property  at  the  foot  of  Broadway  street,  Salem,  and 
erected  the  spticious  brick  house  that  is  now  standing,  which 
])elongs  to  the  Steamboat  Company.  The  old  mansion  and 
farm  in  Penn's  Neck  is  owned  by  the  late  John  Lindzey's 
lieirs. 

Cornelius  Copner  was  one  of  the  active  English  citizens  of 
Penn's  Neck  as  early  as  1695  up  to  his  death,  in  1731,  as  the 
public  records  of  Salem  county  fully  corroborate.  He  was 
twice  married.  By  ]iis  first  wife,  whom  he  married  April  28th, 
1701,  he  had  the  following  named  children — Edmund,  born  2d 
day  of  February,  1702;  Ann,  born  16th  of  January,  1703; 
Elizabeth,  born  7th  of  April,  1705  ;  Cornelius,  born  25th  of 
July,  1707 ;  John,  born  lltli  of  November,  1709  ;  Edmund, 
born  23d  of  February,  1712;  Christian,  third  daughter  of  Cor- 
nelius and  Christian  Copner,  was  born  17th  of  June,  1714. 
Christian  Copner,  the  wife  of  Cornelius,  departed  this  life  18th 
of  Juno,  1714.  Sarali,  the  second  wife  of  Cornelius  Copner, 
was  born  15th  of  Septoml)er,  1696,  and  married  on  the  21st  of 
December,  1714.  Christian,  daughter  of  Cornelius  and  Sarali 
Copner,  was  born  3d  of  January,  1716,  and  died  two  days 
later ;  Tobias,  the  son  of  Cornelius  and  Sarah  Copner,  was  born 
lltli  of  February,  1717.  Tol)ias  was  the  father  of  Joseph  and 
Ebenezer  Copner.  Samuel,  the  son  of  Cornelius  and  Sarali 
Copner,  was  born  17t]i  of  February,  1719  ;  Sarah,  daugliter  of 
Cornelius  and  Sarah,  was  born  9th  of  February,  1720  ;  Samuel, 
2d,  son  of  Cornelius  and  Sarah,  born  20th  of  November,  1721. 
Joseph  Copner,  at  one  time  of  his  life,  belonged  to  the  Presby- 
terian Church,  but  in  his  old  age,  became  a  member  of  Salem 
Monthly  Meeting  of  Friends.  Cornelius  Copner  owned  a  large 
tract  of  excellent  land,  part  of  which  still  belongs  to  his  family. 
Benjamin  Acton,  of  Salem,  is  the  owner  of  a  part  of  it,  whose 
wife  is  a  lineal  descendant  of  Cornelius  Copner. 

A  few  Baptists  settled  on  (Jldman's  creek  as  early  as  1665  ; 
they  were  companions  of  Robert  Carr.  It  does  not  appear  that 
they  had  any  regular  meetings  for  a  number  of  years  after  they 
first  settled  in  Salem  county.     At  a  subsequent  period  they 


BAPTIST    SOCIETIES.  413 


became  members  of  Colianscy  Church,  it  bemg  at  the  time  the 
nucleus  around  which   the  Baptists  in  West  Jersey  centered. 
It  appears,  by  the  care  of  the  mother  church,  those  scattering 
members  residing  on  Oldman's  creek  and  in  Pilesgrove  were 
constituted  a  branch  of  the  Cohansey  Cliurch,  at  Daretown,  in 
1743.     At  that  period  there  were  several  families  from  ISew 
England   by   the   name  of  Reed,  Elwell,  Cheesman,  Paullin, 
Wallace,  Champnoy  and  Mayhew.     Many  of  their  descendants 
are  still  living   in  Pittsgrove  at  tlie  present  time,  and  most  of 
them,  I  have  been  told,  still  adhere  to  the  religious  sect  of  their 
foreifathers.     Robert  Kelsay  was  their  pastor  soon  after  the 
branch  was  organized,  and  continued  to  be  until  1754.     Accord- 
ing to  their  record,  the  Baptists  on  Oldman's  creek,  in  1740, 
purchased  a  piece  of  ground  near  the  head  of  tide  water,  near 
what  in  after  time  was  known  as  Sculltown,  for  a  burial  ground, 
on  wluch  they  erected  a  log  meeting  house  in  1771.     It  Juis 
gone  down,  and  the  lot  is  used  as  a  common  burying  ground  by 
tJie    neighboring    inhabitants.       In    1771     Pittsgrove    Paptibt 
Church    became    a    distinct    Gospel   Church.       Tlie    following 
minute  made  at  Cohansey  Church  9th  of  5th  month,  1771,  says, 
"  We  conclude  that  all  such  of  our  members  as  siiall-  join  in 
"  said  intended  constitution  are  fully  dismissed  from  us.     Su, 
"  recommending   you  to   God,  and  tlie  words  of  his  grace,  we 
"  rest  your  bretln-en  in  the  Faith  and  Fellowship  of  the  Gospel." 
It  was  signed  at  their  monthly  meeting  in  belialf  of  the  wiiule 
church  by  David  Bowen,  Clerk.     They  turtlier  stated  that  the 
members  dismissed  from  Cohansey  Cnurch,  wiiu   l»eeame  uiem- 
bers   of   Pittsgrove,  were  John  Mayhew,   iSr.,  VViiiiam   Brick, 
Jacob  Elwell,  John  Dickinsou,  Cornelius  Austm,  fcjamuei  Brick, 
Jolianna  Mayhew,   Eleanor    IMelson,   Esther    iiewes,    llHmuoii 
Elwell,  Matthew  Aarous,   Pamannah  Garton,  l<\iiidti  liuUfcon, 
Mathias    Dickinson,    Phebe     Nelson,    Reuhania    Austm,    ana 
liachel   Brick.     The  ciiurch   was    incorpoj-ated    in    1780,   and 
John  Mayhew,  William  Brick,  William  Dickinson,  Jolm  Kei- 
ley,  Samuel  Rose,  David  iN'ichols,  and  Jacoij  Wrigiitwere  uiude 
Trustees.     As  was  the  custom  in  the  tirst  organization  of  tiie 
Protestant  Societies  in  this    colony,  tiie  lirst  Baptist  meeting 
house  in  Pilesgrove  was  built  of  logs.     It  stood  in  tiieir  grave 
yard  on  the  same  spot  where,  in  1743,  the  frame  meeting  Uouse 
was  built.     This  last  was  of  moderate  size,  but  was  a  substantial 
structure,  and  remained  over  a  centm-y.     It  was  sold  in  1844  to 
the   colored  people  for  a  house   of  worship,  and   the  present 
brick  house  was  built  the  same  year  (1844)  at  a  cost  of  ^'■J,tiOO. 
They  have  a  parsonage  situated  about   two  miles  from   their 


414  BAPTIST    SOCIETIES. 


church,  near  Pole  Tavern,  containing,  at  the  present  time, 
a  comfortable  dwelling  house,  thirty  acres  of  land,  and  other 
buildings.  In  1762,  when  Pilesgrove  embraced  the  present 
township  of  Pittsgrove,  John  Mayhew,  Jr.,  in  consideration  of 
£80  proclamation  money,  did  give  and  convey  60  acres  of  land, 
lying  near  Pole  Tavern,  to  Jacob  Elwell,  John  Mayhew,  Sr., 
and  John  Dickinson,  in  trust,  for  the  use  and  benefit  of  such 
person  as  shall  be  minister  or  teacher  amongst  us,  and  for  the 
Ana-Baptist  congregation  in  Pilesgrove,  aforesaid,  and  only 
during  his  official  connection  with  them.  It  seems,  from  a  want 
of  legal  authority  in  said  person  to  receive  the  trust,  it  was 
deemed  necessary  by  the  future  generation  that  a  deed  of  con- 
tirmation  of  said  trust  should  be  made  by  the  surviving  heirs  of 
the  original  grantor.  The  last  deed  was  given  in  1809,  by  John 
Mayhew,  Sarah  "Worth,  Susannah  Smith,  and  Lydia  Davis, 
heirs  of  John  Mayhew,  the  elder,  to  Jonathan  Elwell,  Stanford 
Mayhew,  Samuel  Aarons,  Uriah  Elwell,  John  Coombs,  Joseph 
Saxton,  and  John  Dunlap,  trustees  of  the  Baptist  congregation 
of  Pittsgrove.  At  a  subsequent  period  part  of  the  said  land 
was  sold,  leaving  about  30  acres.  William  Worth  ^as  received 
into  fellowship  of  the  Pittsgrove  Baptist  Church,  and  became 
tlieir  pastor  in  1771,  and  continued  in  that  capacity  for  twenty- 
two  years,  during  which  time  there  were  sixty-live  new  members 
added  to  the  congregation  by  baptism.  From  the  year  1788 
the  aged  Pastor  Worth  imbibed  doctrines  contrary  to  the  fund- 
amental creed  of  the  Baptist  faith.  The  effect  of  such  doctrines 
enunciated  from  the  pulpit,  was  the  cause  of  many  of  his  con- 
gregation attaching  themselves  to  the  neighboring  Presbyterian 
Church,  whilst  a  number  of  male  members  of  the  Baptist 
Church  imbibed  his  doctrine.  The  conflict  between  the  two 
contending  parts  of  the  congregation  was  sharp  and  very  per- 
sistent, and  their  historian  states  that,  in  1803,  after  a  struggle 
of  ten  years,  two  deacons  and  William  Worth  were  excluded 
for  heresy.  Worth  being  deposed  from  the  ministry.  He  re- 
mained a  Universalist  until  approaching  death  induced  him  to 
renounce  his  error. 

After  such  severe  contention  the  congregation  was  rent  in 
twain,  the  male  members  adhered  to  their  pastor,  whilst  many 
of  the  female  members  maintained  the  doctrine  of  the  mother 
church  at  Cohansey.  Their  names  were  Susanna  Elwell,  Cath- 
arine Harris,  Heuhana  Austin,  Ann  Robcrson,  Tabitha  Mayhew, 
Priscilla  Blue,  Ai)igail  Joslin,  Reuhama  Moore,  Rachel  Robi- 
son,  and  Rachel  Bric^k.  Being  deprived  from  meeting  in  tlie 
church  by  tlie  apostate  pastor,  and,  which  was  more  trying,  by 


BAPTIST    SOCIETIES.  415 


their  husbands  and  sons,  these  sterling  women  frequently  lield 
their  meetings  in  private  liouses,  and  in  pleasant  weather,  hi  a 
contiguous  grove.  Ancient  RoKne  was  saved  at  one  time  hy  a 
heroic  band  of  women,  and  tlie  fundamental  doctrines  of  the 
Baptists  were  maintained  at  the  Pittsgrove  church  by  those 
faithful  women, whose  names,  I  have  no  doubt,  are  lield  in  grate- 
ful remembrance  by  the  congregation  up  to  the  present  time. 
From  the  year  1808  the  congregation  gradually  increased,  and 
in  the  year  1876  they  numbered  two  Imndred  and  thirty-one, 
Levi  Morse  being  pastor. 

The  Dividing  Creek  Baptist  Church  was  constituted  30th 
of  5th  month,  1761,  by  permission  of  Cohansey  and  Cape 
May  churches.  The  following  are  the  names  of  tlie  memliers 
at  the  time  of  its  organization :  Jonadab  Sheppard,  Thomas 
Sheppard,  William  Paullin,  William  Dallis,  Temperance  Shep- 
pard, Ann  Sheppard,  Patience  Paulin,  John  Terry,  Sarah  Terry 
and  Eve  Sockwell,  Their  lirst  meeting  liouse  was  erected  on  a 
lot  donated  by  Seth  Lore,  in  1751.  Edwards  writes  that  their 
tirst  meeting  house  was  destroyed  by  fire,  in  1770,  and  was 
rebuilt  in  1771.  The  size  of  the  building  was  30  by  22  feet; 
they  continued  to  occupy  the  new  building  up  to  1821 ;  when 
like  the  former  churcli  it  was  destroyed  by  fire.  In  1823  tliey 
built  a  new  building,  40  by  34  feet,  and  in  1860  tliere  was  added 
in  the  length  of  the  building  twenty  feet,  and  the  old  side  gal- 
leries removed  and  the  entire  building  improved.  It  appears 
by  the  record  kej)t  by  the  meeting  as  early  as  1761,  before  the 
church  was  regularly  organized,  steps  were  taken  to  secure  a 
permanent  home  for  their  pastor.  The  people  of  Nantuxet  and 
Dividing  Creek,  having  agreed  to  build  a  parsonage,  (it  being 
first  introduced  by  four  men,  Samuel  Heaton,  the  pastor,  Jona- 
dab Sheppard,  David  Sheppard,  and  William  Paullin,)  tliay  pui-- 
chased  of  Alexander  Moore,  one  hundred  acres  of  land,  on  which 
they  erected  a  house  and  other  necessary  Ijuildings,  for  the  use 
of  their  pastor.  They  paid  two  hundred  pounds  for  it,  and  sold 
it  some  few  years  since*  for  ^2,700,  and  in  1850  they  secure<l  a 
lot  in  the  village  near  their  meeting  house,  on  which  they  erected 
their  present  parsonage.  Their  pastor  is  H.  B.  Raybold.  They 
liave  291  members. 

The  Alloways  Creek  Baptist  Church,  known  as  tlie  Canton 
Church,  was  constituted  in  1818.  There  was  a  Baptist  meeting 
held  in  this  vicinity  some  years  previous  to  the  date  of  its  organ- 
ization, from  tlie  Cohansey  mother  church.  At  the  decline  and 
final  close  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  at  Logtown,  many  of  its 
members,  together  with  the  Mulford  familyj  purchesed  a  lort 


416  BAPTIST   SOCIETIES. 


adjoining  tlio  Presbyterian  grave-yard  and  erected  a  meeting 
liouse  thereon.  At  what  time  they  commenced  holding  tlieir 
meetings  at  tiiat  place  I  have  no  ineans  of  determining.  Frank 
Spencer  is  the  pastor.     iNumber  of  members  319. 

Woodstown  Baptist  Church  constituted  in  1822.  Tliey  num- 
ber 172  members,  and  have  no  pastor  at  the  present  time. 

AUowaystown  Baptist  Church  was  constituted  an  independ- 
ent Baptist  Church  in  1830.  The  persons  who  took  the  most 
active  part  in  the  affairs  of  that  meeting  were  William  Walker, 
the  Lambert  family,  and  a  few  others  at  that  period.  M.  M. 
Finch  is  the  present  pastor.     TJiere  are  141:  members. 

A  number  of  the  inhabitants  of  Bridgeton,  in  the  latter  part 
of  the  last  century,  were  Baptists.  They  were  members  of  the 
old  Cohansey  Church.  The  advantage  of  establishing  a  meet- 
ing for  their  denomination  in  Bridgeton,  was  early  recognized 
by  the  members  then  connected  with  the  mother  church  at  Co- 
liansey.  As  a  number  of  the  membei's  lived  in  the  town  of 
Bridgeton  and  surrounding  neighborliood,  they  were  desirous  of 
liaving  meetings  that  tliey  could  attend,  nearer  than  the  meet- 
ings of  the  Cohansey  Church,  which  at  that  time  were  held  in 
the  Neck,  near  Sheppard's  mill.  About  1797  the  Baptists  com- 
menced liolding  religious  meetings  every  First-day  afternoon 
in  the  Court  House  in  the  town  of  Bridgeton.  The  Pastor  of 
Cohansey  Church,  Henry  Sra alley,  generally  attended  their 
meetings.  His  services  were  continued,  and  the  number  of 
Baptists  increased  in  the  town.  They  soon  found  the  need  of 
a  house  of  worship,  and  although  the  large  edifice  at  Roadstown 
liad  been  finally  completed  but  a  few  years  before,  at  a  large 
expense  for  that  time,  and  the  clouds  of  war  M^ere  gathering 
over  the  nation,  the  Baptists  at  Bridgeton  resolved  to  wait  no 
longer,  and  selected  a  suitable  lot.  On  the  6th  of  6th  month, 
1812,  the  matter  was  brought  before  the  Cohansey  Church,  at 
that  time  removed  to  Roadstown,  and  met  their  approval.  A 
committee  was  appointed  to  purchase  the  lot  already  selected, 
then  Ijelonging  to  Daniel  Elmer.  This  committee  promptly 
attended  to  their  duty,  and  reported  at  a  meeting  held  July  16th, 
of  the  same  year,  that  they  had  secured  a  "  deed"  for  two  acres 
of  land,  on  condition  that  a  house  of  worship  be  built  thereon 
within  three  years,  and  a  street  three  rods  in  M'idth  was  to  be 
kept  open  between  the  meeting  house  and  his  lot,  and  on  failure 
thereof  the  lot  to  be  "forfeited."  The  lot  cost  8155,  and  the 
deed  bears  date  July  1 6th,  1812.  The  lot  is  the  one  so  long 
occupied  l)y  the  church,  bounding  on  Pearl,  Marion  and  Bank 
streets,  and  is  the  same  where  is  still  their  cemetery,  and  where 


BAFriST  SOCIETIES.  417 


the  house  stuuds  which  thoy  built,  now  remodeled,  enlarged  and 
(►ccupied  by  the  Pearl  street  Baptist  Church,  a  brancli  of  the 
First  Churcli.  On  July  23d,  1812,  a  committee  was  appointed 
to  procure  materials  and  superintend  tlie  1)uildinij;  of  the  meet- 
ing house,  and  Moses  Harris,  Isaac  Mulford  and  Moses  Piatts 
were  chosen.  The  cliief  share  of  tlie  responsil>iiity  rested  on 
Mulford.  But,  as  the  result  of  the  magnitude  of  the  enterprise 
for  those  interested  in  it,  and  the  high  prices  incident  to  the  war, 
the  l)uilding  was  not  completed  until  the  latter  part  of  1816. 
In  accordance  with  tlie  custom  of  the  greater  number  of  the 
religious  denominations,  the  building  was  dedicattd  to  the  wor- 
ship of  Almighty  God  17th  of  12th  month,  1816.  Joseph  Shep- 
pard,  pastoi-  from  Salem,  preached  the  sermon  on  the  occasion, 
and  the  pastor,  Henry  Smalley,  from  the  First  Cohansey  Clmrch, 
made  the  dedicatory  prayer.  The  meetings  that  were  formerly 
held  at  the  Court  House  were  transferred  to  the  new  house,  and 
were  regularly  held  there  thereafter. 

The  first  meeting  with  reference  to  a  separate  organization 
was  held  1st  of  2d  month,  1827.  At  that  meeting  there  were 
thirty-eight  meud)ers,  inen  and  wouien,  applied  for  letters  of  dis- 
mission from  the  Fii'st  Cohansey  Church,  for  the  purpose  of 
forming  a  separate  church.  The  letters  of  dismission  were 
granted  at  a  meeting  held  5th  of  1st  month,  1828,  and  the  church 
at  Bridgeton  was  constituted  a  separate  body  the  31st  of  the  1st 
month,  the  same  year.  The  number  of  members  l^clouging  to 
the  new  organization  was  forty,  and  George  Spratt  was  tlieir 
]iastor.  He  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  were  from  the  Third  Bap- 
tist Church,  Philadelphia.  The  rest  of  the  congregation  were 
from  the  First  Cohansey  Church,  among  whom  were  John  Sib- 
ley, Curtis  Ogden,  Noah  Ayres,  Lewis  Paullin,  Iluth  B.  Ogden, 
Sarah  Sibley,  and  a  number  of  others.  The  church  was  incor- 
porated by  the  name  ot  the  "Second  Cohansey  Baptist  Church, 
at  Bridgeton."  The  first  trustees  elected  were  Smith  Bowen, 
Daniel  Pierson  and  Garrison  Maul.  Mr.  Spratt  continued  as 
pastor  until  20th  of  10th  month,  1830,  He  was  succeeded  l>y 
John  C.  Harrison  in  2d  month,  1831,  who  remained  until  3d 
montli,  1831.  Michael  Frederick  became  the  lliird  ]iastor  in 
I2tli  month,  183-1,  and  died  in  the  pastorate,  13th  of  11th  month, 
1837.  Large  numbers  were  added  to  the  church  during  his 
pastorate,  and  the  mnnl)er  of  members  at  his  death  had  in- 
creased to  one  hundred  and  sixty-eight,  besides  thirty-one  dis- 
missed in  the  fall  of  1836,  to  form  a  new  churcli  at  Cedarvdlle. 
Galleries  and  a  vestibule  were  put  into  the  meeting  house  during 
hia  time,  greatly  increasing  its  accommodations.     The  fourth 

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418  BAPTIST    SOCIETIES. 


pastor  was  Charles  J.  Hopkins,  who  commenced  liis  hibors  25th 
of  11th  montli,  1838,  and  resigned  25th  of  9th  month,  1843. 
During  his  pastorate  the  cliurch  increased  to  two  hundred  and 
thirty-nine  members,  and  a  chapel  was  built  on  Atlantic  street, 
near  the  centre  of  the  town,  for  evening  meetings  and  Sunday 
Scliool  purposes,  which  was  dedicated  11th  of  1st  month,  1840.  The 
iifth  pastor  was  Charles  E.  Wilson,  who  commenced  his  labors 
7th  of  4th  month,  1844,  and  remained  until  5th  month,  1852. 
Tho  number  of  members  had  increased  to  304  at  the  time  of  his 
removal.     The  sixth   pastor  was  William  Cornwell,  who  was 
installed  7tli  of  8th  month,  1852,  and  remained  until  13tli  of 
7th  month,  1856.     Soon  after  his  arrival,  the  subject  of  repair- 
ing and  enlarging  the  meeting  house,  or  building  a  new  one, 
was  advocated,  and  on  26th  of  2d  month,  1853,  a  meeting  of 
the  cluirch  was  held  to  consider  tlie  subject,  and  a  resolution 
was  adopted  to  procure  a  lot  in  as  central  a  location  as  possible 
and  build  a  new  house  of  worship,  and  a  committee,  consisting 
of  James  Stiles,  Horatio  J.  Mulford  and  Isaac  A.  Sheppard, 
was  appointed  to  carry  out  the  above  resolution.     A  lot,  67 
feet  front  and  126  feet  deep,  situated  on  the  south  side  of  Com- 
merce street,  just  above  Pearl  and  in  the  centre  of  the  city,  was 
purchased  for  $1,300,  of  Azel  and  Henry  R.  Pierson,  the  deed 
being  dated  3d  of  10th  month,  1853.     The  size  of  the  building 
was  50  feet  in  width,  and  99  feet  in  length.     It  has  a  basement 
story  for  evening  meetings  and  Sunday  School  purposes,  and  the 
upper  story  is  for  the  main  audience  room.     The  basement  is 
built  of  stone,  and  the  rest  of  brick.     The  whole  building  is 
rough-cast,  with  a  tower  in  the  centre  of  the  front,  surmounted 
with  a  steeple  rising  140  feet  from  the  ground.     The  building 
was  completed  in  the  fall  of  1857. 

Mr.  Cornwell  was  succeeded,  as  pastor,  by  J.  Spencer  Ken- 
nard,  4th  of  1st  month,  1857;  the  church  prospered  greatly 
during  his  pastorate,  which  lasted  until  11th  of  9th  month, 

1859.  He  was  succeeded  by  James  F.  BrowTi  in  6th  month, 

1860,  who  remained  until  3d  month,  1868.  William  Wilder 
became  the  ninth  pastor  1st  month,  1869,  and  continued  until 
7th  month,  1871,  when  he  resigned,  and  was  succeeded  in  3d 
month,  1872,  l)y  E.  B.  Palmer,  the  tenth  and  present  pastor. 
The  walls  and  ceiling  of  the  audience  room  of  their  house  of 
worship  were  handsomely  frescoed  in  the  summer  of  1872.  A 
parsonage,  situated  on  Atlantic  street,  was  purchased  in  1869, 
at  a  cost  of  aljout  $5,500.  The  church  also  has  three  chapels, 
two  frame  and  the  other  brick,  used  for  Sunday  school  purposes. 
The  present  number  of  members  is  three  hundred  and  sixty-six. 


BAPTIST    SOCIETIES.  4l9 


In  Ttli  month,  1866,  sixty-nine  members  of  the  First  Churcli 
were  dismissed,  and  were  constituted  a  new  clnirch  under  the 
name  of  the  Pearl  Street  Baptist  Church,  of  Bridgeton.  The 
mother  church  gave  them  a  deed  for  the  old  meeting  house, 
which  they  have  since  enlarged  and  handsomely  improved,  at  a 
cost  of  about  $20,000.  William  R.  McNeil  became  their  first 
pastor,  and  remained  until  2d  month,  1872.  He  was  followed 
by  B.  S.  Morse,  in  4th  month,  18T2,  wlio  resigned  in  the  spring 
of  1874.  A.  B.  MacGowan  is  the  third  and  present  pastor. 
They  number  two  hundred  and  eighty-eight  members  at  the 
present  time. 

I  am  indebted  to  my  young  friend,  Charles  E.  Sheppard,  of 
Bridgeton,  for  tlie  particulars  of  the  first  Baptist  churches,  and 
the  time  they  were  constituted  in  that  city. 

As  a  result  of  a  series  of  meetings  held  at  Cedarville  in  1835 
and  1836,  by  Mr.  Frederick,  pastor  of  the  Bridgeton  Baptist 
Church,  a  large  number  of  persons  united  with  that  clnu'ch,  and 
on  tlieir  application  thirty-one  persons  were  dismissed  and  con- 
stituted a  church  at  Cedarville,  6th  of  9th  month,  1836.  Dur- 
ing the  last  year  the  congregation  liave  erected  a  large  and 
elegant  building  for  a  church  edifice,  and  a  building  attached 
where  they  hold  their  First  day  or  Sunday  school,  which  is  a 
very  commodious  room.  The  cost  of  the  whole  building  was 
nearly  $10,000.  Wm.  A.  Durfee  is  tlie  pastor.  Tliere  are  at 
present  two  hundred  and  thirty-five  members. 

The  Baptist  Church  at  Greenwich  was  constituted  from  Co- 
hansey  in  1850,  and  erected  a  plain  and  substantial  brick  edifice 
on  the  main  street  of  Greenwich.  S.  C.  Dare  is  the  pastor. 
Tlicre  are  two  hundred  and  tliirty-seven  members. 

TJie  Baptist  congregation  at  Newport  built  themselves  a  good 
meeting  house  within  tlie  town  a  few  years  ago  ;  the  churcli  w\as 
constituted  in  1855.  W.  A.  Durfee  is  the  pastor,  and  thoy 
have  one  hundred  and  thirty-seven  members. 

AV^ithin  the  recollection  of  some  of  the  oldest  inhabitants  of 
this  section  of  the  country,  the  place  where  Vineland  is  now 
located  was  a  wilderness,  where  many  sportsmen  of  the  towns 
of  Salem  and  Bridgeton,  in  the  fall  of  the  year,  went  in  pursuit 
of  deer  and  other  wdld  animals.  When  Landis  purchased  the 
tract  of  land  of  the  late  Richard  Wood,  it  was  in  its  primeval 
state.  He  soon  afterward  commenced  running  out  the  land 
into  convenient  lots,  and  held  out  inducements  for  persons  to 
settle  thereon,  and  many  embraced  the  opportunity  from  several 
states — the  result  i4,  there  is  no  part  of  South  Jersey  that  has 
a  more  cultivated  set  of  inhabitants  than  can  be  found  in  A^ine- 


420  BAPTIST   SOCIETIES. 


land.  A  seminary  was  built,  and  good  school  houses  were 
established;  meeting  houses  were  erected  of  nearly  all  religious 
organizations;  among  them  are  two  Baptist  churches, which  are 
rapidly  increasing  in  members.  The  hrst  one  was  constituted 
in  1865  ;  N.  B.  Randall  is  the  pastor,  and  has  tliree  lumdred 
and  nineteen  members.  The  second,  called  South  Vineland 
Baptist  Church,  was  organized  in  1871  ;  "VVm.  W.  Meacli  is  the 
pastor,  and  it  has  lifty-six  meml)ers. 

Tlie  idea  of  a  High  School  for  the  southern  part  of  New 
Jersey,  to  be  under  tlie  control  of  Baptists,  originated  witli  II. 
F.  Young,  in  1849,  then  pastor  of  tlie  First  Baptist  Church  in 
Salem.  Through  his  iniluence  a  convention  was  sulisequentlj' 
called,  connected  with  the  West  New  Jersey  Baptist  Associa- 
tion, to  be  held  at  Salem.  To  this  invitation  a  number  of 
churches  responded.  After  deliberating  on  the  propriety  of  tlie 
enterprise,  passed  resolutions  touching  its  desirableness  and 
importance.  No  corresponding  act,  however,  followed,  and  the 
whole  project  ended.  It  was  revived  again  at  a  meeting  of  the 
West  New  Jersey  Baptist  Association,  held  in  Greenwich  in 
September,  1865.  At  that  time  tlie  Association  passed  the 
f ollowino;  resolutions : 

Resolved,  That  this  Association  has  heard,  with  pleasure,  of 
the  estal)lishment  of  a  denominational  school,  for  tlie  education 
of  both  sexes,  at  Ilightstown,  and  that  in  the  judgment  of  tliis 
l)ody,  the  time  has  come  when  a  high  school,  for  the  education 
of  both  sexes,  should  be  established  within  the  bounds  and  under 
the  exclusive  direction  of  the  West  Jersey  Baptist  Association. 

Resolved,  That  this  Institution  shall  be  located  in  that  place 
which  shall  present  the  greatest  inducement. 

Resolved,  Tiiat  the  minimum  amount  to  be  raised  for  the 
Iniildings  and  grounds  of  said  Institution,  shall  be  twenty-live 
thousand  dollars. 

There  was  a  committee  appointed  at  the  time,  to  carry  out  the 
objects  of  the  aforesaid  resolutions.  All  the  churches  belonging 
to  the  West  New  Jersey  Baptist  Association  were  represented 
on  the  committee ;  they  had  ])ower  to  act  as  trustees  till  the 
next  meeting  of  the  Association.  The  first  meeting  of  the  com- 
mittee was  held  3d  of  10th  month,  1865,  at  the  rooms  of  the 
American  Baptist  publication  society,  530  Arch  street,  Bhila- 
delphia.     The  following  preamble  and  resolutions  wore  passed : 

Whereas,  The  sum  of  ten  thousand  dollars  has  been  offered 
by  the  following  individuals,  conjointly,  11.  J.  Mulford,  Isaac 
W.  Mulford,  Anna  Maria  Mulford,  Ilannali  Mulford  and  Lucy 


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421 


"W.  Miilford,  with  the  understanding  tliat  the  proposed  school 
shall  be  located  in  Bridgeton,  theii*  place  of  residence,  respect- 
ively ; 

Whereas,  This  is  the  liighest  sum  offered  for  the  location  ; 
Therefore, 

Resolved,  That  the  school  shall  be  located  in  Bridgeton,  New 
Jersey,  agreeable  to  the  resolutions  passed  at  the  late  meeting 
of  the  West  Jersey  Baptist  Association. 

Horatio  J.  Mulford,  in  1S68,  offered  the  ground  for  the  Insti- 
tute on  west  side  of  the  Cohansey,  containing  ten  acres  and 
forty-two  rods,  whicli  was  cordially  accepted,  as  being  ample  in 
size  and  most  eligibly  located.  This  Institute  is  located  on  the 
west  1)ank  of  the  Cohansey.  It  is  l)uilt  of  brick,  with  a  mansard 
or  French  i-oof,  and  is  a  great  improvement  to  the  city  of  Bridge- 
ton.  The  school  was  opened  in  the  fall  of  1870,  and  has  taken 
a  high  rank  in  the  community,  and  is  in  a  prosperous  condition. 


SEVENTII-DAY    BAPTIST    SOCIETIES. 

The  Seventli-Day  Baptists  arc  an  ancient  religions  organiza- 
tion in  the  American  Provinces.  As  early  as  1662,  a  large 
nnmber  of  Welsh  Baptist  emigrants,  known  as  John  Miles 
Company,  he  being  their  pastor,  arrived  at  Boston,  and  settled 
in  Massachusetts,  and  named  their  location  "  Swansea,"  after 
their  native  place  in  Wales.  (See  Davis'  History  of  the  Welsli 
Baptist).  Meeting  with  persecution  from  their  Puritan  neighbors, 
a  large  nnmber  of  their  children  and  grandchildren,  with  some 
Baptists  from  Scotland,  moved  to  Soutli  Jersey,  in  the  year 
1687,  and  settled  at  Barratt's  Bun,  Bowentown  and  Shiloh. 
This  colony  from  New  England,  was  known  as  the  "  Bev. 
Timothy  Brooks,"  or  the  Bowen  Company ;  and  kept  up  a  sep- 
arate Society  until  1710,  when  they  united  with  the  old  Cohan- 
sey  Baptist  Church.  From  1695  to  1700,  and  subsequently, 
Jonathan  Davis,  son  of  the  pastor  by  the  same  name,  of  tlie 
Miles  Company  from  Wales,  a  Seventh-Day  Baptist  from  Long 
Island,  (see  Morgan  Edward's  History,)  having  married  Eliza- 
Ijeth  Bowen,  one  of  the  Miles  Company,  visited  liis  Welsli 
cousins  at  Bowentown,  Shiloh  and  vicinity;  lie  gained  many 
converts  to  the  Seventh-Day  Baptist  Church.  Their  numbers 
were  also  increased  l)y  additions  from  Pennsylvania,  Delaware 
and  Maryland,  and  from  Trenton,  Bonhamtown  and  Piscata- 
way.  New  Jersey.  It  appears  from  their  old  records,  that  in 
1716  these  Seventh-Day  Baptists  had  a  temporary  organization, 
and  held  meetings  from  house  to  house.  About  the  year  1700, 
Jonathan  Davis  moved  from  Long  Island  and  settled  at  Tren- 
ton, with  his  brother  Elnathan  Davis,  w^ho  was  the  Surveyor 
General  of  New  Jersey ;  from  there  Jonathan  made  frequent 
visits  to  his  brethren  at  Shiloh.  Jonathan  Davis,  son  of  Elna- 
than, the  Surveyor-General,  married  Esther,  daughter  of  Isaac 
Ayars,  Sr.,  of  Shiloh,  and  located  near  by,  and  became  a  prom- 
inent preacher  of  the  Gospel.  On  the  27th  day  of  the  3d  month, 
1737,  the  Seventh-Day  Baptist  Church  of  Shiloh,  was  organized, 
with  the  following  articles  of  faith,  and  agreement,  and  the 
names  in  the  order  as  they  are  found  in  the  old  records.     It 


SEVENTH-DAY   BAPTIST    SOCIETIES.  423 


commences  thus:  "We,  whose  names  are  hereunder  written, 
"  do  jom  together  upon  the  articles  of  agreements  following 
"  which  includes  nine  articles  of  Faith.  1st.  We  believe  that 
"unto  us  there  is  but  one  God,  the  Father,  and  one  Lord,  Jesus 
"Christ,  who  is  the  Mediator  between  God  and  mankind.  AVe 
"  believe  the  Holy  Ghost  is  the  Spirit  of  God."  The  other  ar- 
ticles of  faith  I  omit  on  account  of  brevity.  John  Swiuney,  his 
wife  Deborah  Swinney,  Dr.  Elijah  Bowen,  Deborah  Bowen, 
John  Jerman,  now  spelled  Jarman,  Caleb  Barratt,  Abigail  Bar- 
ratt,  Hugh  Dunn,  Amy  Dunn,  Jonathan  Davis,  Jr.,  Esther 
Davis,  Caleb  Ayars,  Joseph  Swinney,  Deborah  Swinney,  Jr., 
Samuel  Davis,  Ann  Davis,  Jane  Philips,  of  Newtown  Square, 
Pennsylvania,  and  Anna  Swinney. 

It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  many  of  the  Seventh-Day 
Baptists  still  held  their  membership  with  the  First-Day  Bap- 
tists, and  hesitated  to  become  contentious  members,  among 
whom  were  Timothy  Brooks'  two  daughters.  Some  of  the 
consistent  members  had  burial  lots  in  other  societies,  and  were 
not  interred  at  Sliiloh ;  among  this  class  were  the  lirst  two 
names  on  the  list  who  were  buried  in  the  old  Baptist  burying 
ground  of  Cohansey,  located  near  Sheppard's  Mill.  On  a 
marble  tombstone,  still  standing,  are  carved  the  words,  "  In 
"  memory  of  Deborah  Swinney,  who  departed  this  life  the  4th 
"  day  of  April,  1760,  in  the  77th  year  of  her  age."  She  was 
the  daughter  of  John  Swinney,  who  was  one  of  the  first 
European  settlers  at  Cohansey.  The  insci-iption  further  states 
that  Deborah  was  the  first  white  female  child  born  at  Cohansey 
precinct.  At  the  constitution  of  the  church  Jonathan  Davis, 
Jr.,  was  chosen  pastor ;  ruling  elders  and  deacons  were  also 
elected  ofHcers  of  the  church — the  former  to  look  after  the 
spiritual,  and  the  latter  the  temporal  interests  of  the  flock. 
About  the  year  1830  the  office  of  ruling  elder  was  discontinued, 
partly  from  an  unwillingness  on  the  part  of  some  to  submit  to 
the  close  spiritual  oversight  of  the  elders,  partly  on  account  of 
the  belief  that  the  deacons  should  attend  to  the  spiritual  as  well 
as  temporal  concerns  of  the  church.  On  the  24th  of  3d  month, 
1738,  Caleb  Ayars,  Sr.,  deeded  to  the  church  one  acre  of  land, 
near  the  village,  for  a  meeting  house  lot  and  burying  ground  ; 
and  a  frame  house  for  worship,  size  forty  by  thirty  feet,  was 
erected  the  same  year.  The  ministers  of  the  Seventh-Day  Bap- 
tist Chui-ch  were  many  of  them  noted  for  their  learning  and 
piety.  Jonathan  Davis,  of  Trenton,  was  never  a  settled  pastor 
at  Shiloh ;  his  wife  was  Elizabeth  Bowen,  sister,  aunt  and 
ooiiein  to  tho  Bowengj  Bi'Qokses,  ^nd  Swinneys,  who  reeided  a-ts 


424  SEVENTH-DAY   BAPTIST  SOCIETIES. 


Bowentown  and  vicinity.  On  account  of  this  relationship  he 
frequently  visited  Cohansey,  and  preached  mostly  at  Shiloh  ; 
occasionally  at  the  Cohansey  Church.  History  says  he  was 
very  tall  and  large  in  proportion,  and  was  sometimes  called 
"great  high  priest."  Samuel  Bowen,  of  the  Timothy  Brooks' 
company,  was  colleague  for  many  years  of  tlie  first  pastor,  Jona- 
than Davis,  Sr.  The  younger  Jonatlian  Davis  continued  to  be 
pastor  of  Shiloh  Churcli  till  his  death,  wliich  occurred  2d  of  2d 
month,  1768,  in  his  60th  year.  He  was  succceeded  by  Jona- 
than Davis,  of  the  Welsh  tract,  now  Brandywine,  Delaware. 
He  married  Margaretta  Bond,  of  Delaware,  a  descendant  of 
the  distinguished  Sharpless  family,  of  Chester  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. Before  settling  in  Shiloh  he  founded  Newark  Acad- 
emy, wliich  has  since  grown  into  Delaware  College.  This 
Elder  Davis  was  born  7th  of  7th  month,  1734,  ordained  in 
Shiloh  Church  1768,  and  continued  to  be  their  pastor  till  his 
death,  wdiich  event  took  place  in  1785.  It  was  this  man,  so 
eminent  for  learning  and  ti-ue  piety,  tliat  gave  the  beautiful 
name  of  Shiloh,  in  imitation  "  of  tlie  Ark  of  God  resting  at 
"  Shiloh."  Previous  to  that  time  the  place  was  called  Cohansey 
Corners.  Jonathan  Jarman  was  his  colleague  for  some  years, 
a»id  after  liis  death  supplied  the  church  until  he  moved  to  Cape 
May,  where  he  died,  but  liis  remains  were  brouglit  back  to  Shi- 
loh for  burial.  For  al)out  two  years  Thomas  Jones,  a  First-Day 
Baptist  minister,  supplied  the  church,  and  Deacon  Philip  Ayars, 
a  prominent  member  of  the  church,  administered  the  ordinance 
of  baptism,  in  tlie  absence  of  a  pastor.  In  1786  Nathan  Ayars 
was  called  by  the  churcli,  and  ordained  to  the  gospel  ministry, 
and  remained  pastor  till  his  death  in  1810.  John  Davis, 
youngest  son  of  Jonathan  Davis,  of  Delaware,  was  ordained  in 
1807.  He  continued  within  the  church  until  1842,  when  he 
resigned  on  account  of  age.  During  his  pastorate  there  were 
large  numbers  added  to  their  church. 

Azor  Estec  was  the  next  pastor,  who  remained  nearly  three 
years ;  during  that  time,  their  records  state,  there  were  ninety 
new  members.  In  1844,  Solomon  Carpenter  took  the  oversight 
of  their  church,  but  his  transfer  to  the  China  mission  left  them 
without  a  pastor.  In  1845,  Samuel  Davison,  a  convert  to  the 
Seventh-Day  Baptist  Church,  took  the  pastoral  charge,  and  was 
succeeded  in  1848  by  Giles  M.  Longworthy,  whose  sickness  and 
premature  death  again  left  them  without  a  pastor.  Enoch 
Barnes,  a  convert  from  the  Methodist  Church,  supplied  the  pul- 
pit during  the  summer  of  1850.  Elder  George  R.  "Wheeler  and 
wife,  joined  the  church  under  the  ministry  of  Davison,  and  he 


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supplied  the  churcli  occasionally ;  but  living  at  Salem,  twelve 
miles  distant,  could  not  perform  pastoral  labor.  Soon  after,  lie 
l)ecame  pastor  of  the  Seventh-Day  Baptist  Church  at  Marl- 
borough, located  in  Salem  county  near  Cumberland  line,  it  being 
a  branch  of  Shiloh  Church. 

William  Jones  became  a  convert  to  the  Seventh-Day  Baptist 
Church,  while  laboring  in  Hayti  under  the  Baptist  Free  Mis- 
sionary Society.  He  became  the  pastor  of  Shiloh  Church  in 
1850,  and  continued  there  three  years.  During  that  time,  the 
present  brick  meeting  house  was  completed,  and  dedicated.  The 
old  building  was  donated  to  Union  Academy,  and  fitted  np  es- 
pecially for  the  wants  of  tliat  institution,  then  so  prosperous 
under  the  principalship  of  Prof.  E.  P.  Larkin.  Their  pastor, 
William  Jones,  continued  after  the  new  meeting  house  was  com- 
pleted, to  hold  meetings  from  night  to  night,  which  resulted  in 
a  large  addition  to  the  church,  principally  young  people.  In 
the  year  1853,  Jones  resigned  his  charge  to  go  as  missionary  to 
Palestine,  and  was  succeeded  by  Walter  B.  Gillette,  after  a 
successful  pastorate  of  nearly  twenty  years ;  during  his  minis- 
tration the  cause  of  education  advanced,  and  the  present  Aca- 
demic building  was  erected.  He  resigned  the  pastorate  to  go 
as  missionary  in  the  Western  Association.  In  April  1873,  A. 
H.  Lewis  was  elected  as  pastor  of  their  church ;  during  his 
ministration  a  parsonage  in  the  village  was  purchased  and  re- 
modeled at  a  cost  of  aljout  three  thousand  dollars.  Lewis  is 
above  mediocrity  as  a  pulpit  orator,  possesses  great  learning, 
and  is  affable  and  pleasing  in  his  address,  consequently  many 
joined  the  church  during  the  last  winter.  It  now  numbers  about 
three  hundred  and  seventy-five.  In  1827  a  Sabbath  School  was 
oro-anized,  and  I  have  been  informed  it  has  continued  ever  since, 
uninterruptedly.  The  old,  as  well  as  the  young,  take  absorbing 
interest  in  the  maintenance  of  the  schools.  The  first  settlers  of 
Shiloh  were  an  intelligent  people,  and  some  were  graduates  of 
institutions  of  learning.  They  soon  established  a  library  of 
useful  books  in  their  village  school ;  the  higher  branches  were 
taught,  as  well  as  the  rudiments  of  knowledge,  and  Shiloh  be- 
came noted  for  its  schools.  In  1818,  an  academy  was  opened 
under  the  management  of  Prof.  E.  P.  Larkin,  which  stood  for 
many  years  as  the  leading  institution  of  learning  in  South  Jer- 
sey, and  still  continues  to  exert  a  healthful  influence  under  the 
care  of  Prof.  G.  M.  Cottrell.  The  temperance  cause  enlisted 
the  feelings  of  the  members  of  this  ancient  church.  In  1833, 
their  Elder  William  B.  Maxson,  introduced  the  subject  in  their 
meeting,  and  so  great  an  interest  was  manifested  that  one  hun- 


426  SEVENTH-DAT   BAPTIST   SOCIETIES. 


dred  and  forty  signatures  to  a  temperance  pledge  were  immedi- 
ately obtained ;  but  none  entered  into  the  cause  more  heartily, 
nor  rejoiced  more  to  see  it  prosper,  as  I  have  been  informed,  than 
their  venerable  pastor,  John  Davis.  Some  years  after  the  church 
adopted  a  temperance  clause,  and  as  a  clnirch  lias  been  com- 
mitted to  it  ever  since. 

Although  the  church  at  Shiloh  has  from  time  to  time 
incurred  heavy  expenditures  in  money  in  building  their  churches 
and  academies,  I  have  been  informed  that  it  is  clear  of  debt. 
They  have  obtained,  by  legacies  and  from  other  sources,  consid- 
erable sums  of  money.  In  ITTtt  Esther  Davis,  dauglitcr  of 
Isaac  Ayars,  and  widow  of  the  first  pastor,  Jonathan  Davis,  left, 
l)y  will,  a  house  and  lot  to  the  church.  In  1754  Richard 
Sparks,  a  Keithite  Seventh-Day  Baptist,  left,  by  wdll,  a  lot  on 
Fifth  street,  Philadelphia,  for  a  burial  ground.  George  Keith, 
the  apostate  Quaker  preacher,  in  the  latter  part  of  the  seven- 
teenth and  early  part  of  the  eighteenth  century,  left  the  Soxjiety 
of  Friends,  of  which  he  at  one  time  was  a  consistent  and  useful 
member,  and  with  his  followers  adopted  t]ie  Seventh  day  as  the 
Sabbath,  and  espoused  the  Baptist  creed.  Several  of  John 
Smith's,  of  Amblebury,  grand-children  became  the  followers  of 
Keith,  and  others  that  resided  within  the  Salem  tenth,  a  number 
tliat  belonged  to  Newton  meeting,  also  many  Friends  that  were 
citizens  of  Philadelphia  and  adjacent  country,  so  much  so  that 
there  were  three  Keithite  meetings  established — one  in  Byberry, 
one  within  the  city  limits,  the  third,  I  think,  was  located  near 
Radnor.  George  Keith,  within  a  short  time  after  these  meet- 
ings were  established,  returned  to  England,  his  native  land,  and 
became  a  member  of  the  Church  of  England.  Most  of  his  fol- 
lowers in  America,  in  a  few  years,  became  members  of  other 
religious  denominations,  generally  the  old  Baptist  organization. 
The  city  government  soon  afterward  prohibiting  interments 
thereon,  the  New  Market  and  Shiloh  churches  took  charge  of 
it,  and  realized  some  $4,000  or  $5,000  from  the  part  not  occu- 
pied by  the  graves. 

In  1858  Deacon  Ayars,  grandson  of  Rev.  Jonathan  Davis, 
3d,  left,  by  will,  $1,000  to  the  church,  the  interest  only  to  be 
used.  In  1873  the  late  Caleb  Sheppard  left,  by  will,  $500  to 
the  Sliiloh  Academy,  and  that  sum,  with  the  recent  subscrip- 
tions, will  free  the  institution  from  debt. 


rRESBYTERIAN    SOCIETIES. 

From  the  year  1690  up  to  1745  there  was  a  largo  emigration 
from  New  England  and  New  York  States  to  Fenwick  Colony. 
Many  of  the  emigrants  were  Presbyterians,  and  they,  like  the 
early  Friends,  were  satisfied  with  erecting  log  houses  for  Divine 
worship  here  in  the  wilderness.     The  first  Presbyterian  churcli 
erected  in  Fenwick's  tenth  was  built  at  Fairfield,  on  the  south 
l)ank  of  Coliansey  creek,  about  the  year  1695.     It  was  composed 
of  logs.     The  pastor  of  the  church  at  that  time  was  Thomas 
Bridges,  who,  it  is  said,  was  called  aw\ay  to  Boston  in  1702. 
A  few  years  later  the  congregation  erected  for  themselves  a 
frame  edifice  in  the  old  New  Englandtown  grave-yard,  on  the 
banks  of  Cohansey  creek,  it  being  about  one  mile  from  what  is 
known  at  this  time  as  the  old  stone  church.     Howell  Powxll,  it 
seems,  was  one  of  the  early  pastors  of  Fairfield  church.     He 
died  in  1717. 

In  the  year  1727  Daniel  Elmer  emigrated  to  Fairton  from 
Connecticut.  He  was  a  young  man,  and  a  clergyman  of  con- 
siderable note  in  his  native  State.  He  was  a  pastor  of  Fairfield 
Presbyterian  church  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  which  occurred 
in  1755.  From  him  originated  the  Elmers  of  Cumberland 
county,  many  of  whom  have  been  distinguished  men  in  profess- 
ional and  civil  life  up  to  tlie  present  day.  The  ancestors  of  the 
Potter,  Ewing,  Fithian,  Westcott  and  Bateman  families  also 
came  from  New  England  and  settled  at  Cohansey  in  the  latter 
part  of  the  seventeenth  or  early  in  the  eighteenth  century. 
Tliey  liave  held  an  influential  position  in  Cumberland  county 
for  several  generations. 

The  Presbyterians  from  New  England  settled  on  both  sides 
of  Cohansey  creek,  and  quite  a  number  of  them  purchased 
homes  in,  and  in  the  neighborhoood  of,  Cohansey  (now  Green- 
wich). About  the  year  1705  they  established  and  organized 
the  first  Presbyterian  church  on  the  north  side  of  Cohansey 
creek,  which  was  named  Greenwich  Church.  I  am  indebted  to 
the  venerable  Dr.  Fithian,  of  Greenwich,  for  much  valuable 
information  respecting  it.     It  appears  that  the  early  records  of 


428  PRESBYTEEIAN    SOCIETIES. 


the  church  were  destroyed  accidentally  by  fire,  and  the  oldest 
record  in  possession  of  the  congregation  is  a  deed  of  gift  from 
Jeremiah  Bacon  to  Henry  Joice  and  Thomas  Maskell,  for  one 
acre  of  land,  in  trust  for  the  people  called  Presbyterians,  living 
on  the  north  side  of  Cohansey  creek,  to  build  and  establish  a 
cliurch  for  the  public  worship  of  God,  dated  2'itli  of  -ith  month, 
1717.     It  is  probable  that  this  was  a  part  of  the  thirty-two 
acres  of  land  that  William  Bacon  purchased  of  the  executors  of 
John  Fenwick  in  1688.     The  first  pastor  of  the  churcli  was  a 
gentleman  of  the  name  of  Black,  and  he  remained  as  pastor  for 
about  three  years.     In  1708  he  removed  to  Lewes,  Delaware, 
and  in  1712  Ebenezer  Goold,  a  native  of  Kew  England,  was 
installed  pastor.     The  year  after  tlie  installation  of  Goold  the 
congregation  procured  a  piece  of  land,  on  which  they  built  a 
parsonage.     The  deed  for  the  land  (six  acres)  was  from  Nicholas 
Gibl)on  and  Leonard  Gibbon  to  Josiah  Fithian,  Thomas  Maskell 
and  Noah  Miller.   They  made  a  provision  in  the  deed  that  Presby- 
terians should  build  a  house  for  their  minister  to  dwell  in,  by  deed 
dated  I3th  of  1st  month,  1729.     Wliat  a  noble  example  the  two 
wealthy  men,  Nicholas  and  Leonard   Gil^bon,  set  for  future 
generations !     They,  though  strict  members  of  the  Cliurch  of 
England,  were  willing  to  assist  other  religious  denominations. 
The  congregation  did  build  a  house  on  the  land,  in  which  their 
pastor  resided    until   it,   together   with    the    furniture   it    con- 
tained, was  consumed  with  lire,  as  also  the  early  records  of  the 
church.     Ebenezer  Goold,  soon  after  he  went  to  Greenwich, 
married  Ann  Brewster,  a  sister  of  Francis  Brewster,  one  of  the 
elders  of  the  church,    and  a  descendant    of  Elder   Brewster, 
who  landed  from  the  Mayiiower,  at  Plymouth,  in  1620.     The 
congregation  increased  so  greatly  about  the  year  1735   that  the 
house  of  worship  was  too  small  to  accommodate  them.     They 
resolved  to  build  a  new  church,  and  started  a  subscription  for 
that  purpose.     Perhaps  it  would  be  interesting  to  many  at  this 
day  to  knowwlio  were  the  leading  members  of  the  Presbyterian 
Church  at  Greenwich  at  that  period,  who  subscribed   to  the 
fund.     They  are  as  follows : 


£  sh. 

£sh. 

Ebenezer  Goold, 

5  00 

Jos.  Simpkins, 

1  00 

Wm.  Watson, 

10  00 

Thos.  Wartham, 

3  00 

Elias  Cotting, 

10  00 

Matthias  Fithian, 

5  00 

Samuel  Clark, 

5  00 

Constant  Maskell, 

10  00 

Benj.  Dare, 

10  00 

John  Woolsey, 

2  00 

Thos.  Ewing, 

10  00 

Ananias  Sayre, ' 

4  00 

Abel  Carll, 

5  00 

Aaron  Mulford, 

3  00 

Thos.  Buryman, 

5  00 

Chas.  Fordham, 

3  00 

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429 


£sh. 

£  sh. 

Abraham  Reeves, 

10  00 

Wm.  Perry, 

4  00 

Jonathan  Sayre, 

2  00 

Jas.  Carathers, 

4  00 

Nathaniel  BishoiD, 

2  05 

Thos.  Road, 

3  00 

Samuel  Miller, 

4  00 

John  "Woodrufl', 

3  00 

Jonathan  Holmes, 

6  00 

Noah  Miller,  Jr., 

4  00 

Thomas  Sayre, 

5  00 

Jos.  Moore, 

6  00 

John  Padgett, 

8  00 

Jas.  McKnight, 

2  (X) 

Harbour  Beck, 

4  00 

El)enezer  Smith, 

1  00 

Nehemiah  Veal, 

3  00 

Nathan  Lupton, 

1  10 

Balbie  Sheppard, 

1  00 

John  Tyler, 

1  00 

Francis  Brewster, 

2  00 

Deborah  Keith, 

1  00 

Samuel  Moore, 

5  00 

John  Plummer, 

10 

John  Miller, 

4  00 

Elias  Davis, 

1  00 

Joseph  Peck, 

2  00 

Mercy  Maskell, 

2  00 

Nathaniel  Harris, 

2  00 

Samuel  Bacon,  Jr., 

15 

Francis  Tulies, 

1  10 

Josiah  Parain, 

4  00 

John  Shaw. 

3  00 

Thos.  Padgett, 

6  00 

Philip  Vickers, 

5  00 

James  Crawford, 

1  00 

John  Keith, 

2  10 

John  Finlaw, 

1  00 

The  subscription  amounted  to  £234  10s.  I  think  a  numl)er 
of  tliose  who  subscribed  were  members  of  Deerfield  Church,  tlie 
members  of  which  were  in  unison  witli  Greenwich  Presbyterian 
Cliurch.  The  sum  raised  was  insutticient  to  build  the  church, 
whicli  in  size  was  44  feet  in  length  by  34  feet  in  width,  and 
it  was  not  completed  until  1751.  It  was  l)uilt  of  brick,  and  has 
since  been  taken  down,  and  a  more  modern  edihce  has  been 
erected  on  the  opposite  side  of  the  street. 

When  John  Fen  wick  had  determined  upon  laying  out  a  town 
on  the  banks  of  the  Cohansey,  to  be  called  after  the  Indian 
name  of  the  river  Oohansc}";  hence  all  the  country  on  tlie  north 
and  south  sides  of  said  river  was  known  as  Cohansev  Precinct. 

mJ 

The  country  was  known  by  the  same  name  until  about  the  year 
1710  or  1720.  In  1690  there  were  a  ntimber  of  emiijrants  from 
Connecticut  came  to  Fenwick  Colony,  and  settled  at  a  place 
which  they  called  Fairton,  on  the  south  side  of  Coiiansey  river, 
in  Shrewsbury  Neck,  as  it  was  called  by  the  lirst  settlers  of 
Fenwick  Colony.  The  name  was  changed  by  the  Eastern  emi- 
grants to  Fairfield,  after  their  native  township  in  Connecticut. 
There  were  also  a  number  of  families  fi-om  the  State  of  New 
York  and  the  Eastern  States  emigrated  and  settled  in  the  town 
of  Cohansey  and  the  country  adjacent,  such  as  tlie  Demi,  Miller, 
Maskell,  Padgett,  Watson,  Ewing,  Seeley,  and  several  other 
families,  who  became  (-onspicuous  in  the  religious  and  civil 
affairs  of  the  Colony.  The  great-grandson  of  tlie  first  Watson 
that  settled  at  Cohansey  removed  to  Philadelphia,  and  late  in 
life  wrote  '  Annals  of  Philadelphia,"  a  work  that  will  perpetuate 


430  PKESBYTERIAN    SOCIETIES. 


his  name  for  many  generations.  About  the  time  the  families 
til  at  I  mentioned  came  from  New  England  and  New  York, 
the  name  of  Cohansey  was  changed  to  Greenwich,  after  the 
native  town  of  some  of  the  emigrants. 

William  Fithian  emigrated  from  England  to  America,  and 
settled  at  East  Hampton,  New  York,  in  1639,  and  his  son,  Sam- 
uel Fithian,  removed  from  New  York  to  Fairfield,  in  Fenwick 
Colony,  in  1700,  with  his  family.  His  wife  was  Priscilla  Bur- 
nett. They  had  six  children — John,  Josiah,  Samuel,  Esther, 
Matthias  and  William.  Josiah  Fitliian  removed  from  Fairfield 
and  made  Cohansey  his  permanent  home,  in  1706,  and  there 
married  Sarali  Dennis.  They  had  seven  cliildren — John,  Jere- 
miah, Samuel,  3d,  Hannah,  (who  subsequently  married  Ephraim 
Seeley) ;  Esther,  Joseph,  Sarah  and  Josiah.  Josiah  and  Sarah 
Dennis  Fithian  were  the  great-grandparents  of  the  present  Dr. 
Enoch  Fithian,  of  Greenwich. 

By  a  deed  dated  13th  of  2d  month,  1738,  the  Presbyterian 
grave-yard  was  enlarged  by  the  addition  of  one  acre  and  a  quar- 
ter to  its  southern  end,  which  was  purchased  for  the  sum  of  £25. 
The  deed,  made  by  John  Ogden,  of  Cohansey,  conveyed  to  Jo- 
siali  Fithian,  William  Watson,  and  Abraham  Reeves,  "  in  trust 
for  the  sole  and  proper  use  and  benefit  of  the  Presbyterian  con- 
gregation of  Greenwich,  for  a  meeting  liouse  and  burying- 
ground  forever,  and  to  and  for  no  other  use." 

About  the  year  1700,  William  Hall,  of  Salem,  and  Daniel 
Cox.  of  Burlington,  came  into  possession  of  large  tracts  of  ex- 
cellent land  in  the  southern  portion  of  Pilesgrove  township, 
Deerfield,  and  otlier  parts  of  the  Colony.  They  held  out  in- 
ducements to  purchasers,  and  from  the  year  1715  to  1750  there 
was  a  large  emigration  from  New  York  and  other  places  to 
South  Jersey.  The  Parvin,  Harber  Peck,  Harris,  Preston, 
Foster,  and  several  other  families,  most  of  them  Presbyterians, 
purchased  lands  in  Deerfield,  Cumberland  county,  as  it  is  called, 
since  the  division  of  Salem  tenth.  Nearly  at  the  same  period 
the  Newkirk,  Yanmeter,  Dubois,  and  other  families  bought 
lands  of  Cox  and  the  heirs  of  Hall  in  what  is  now  Pittsgrove, 
being  formerly  part  of  Pilesgrove.  About  1737  the  first  Pres- 
l)yterian  Church  was  erected  at  Deerfield.  It  seems  that  the 
churches  at  Greenwich  and  at  Deerfield  were  in  full  unity  with 
each  other,  both  of  them  being  under  the  charge  of  a  body  of 
deacons  and  elders  who  were  members  of  both  cimrches.  Tlieir 
names  were  as  follows :  Andrew  Hunter,  their  pastor,  Josiah 
Parvin,  Harber  Peck,  Joseph  Peck,  Nathaniel  Harris,  Isaac 
Preston,  and  Jeremiah  Foster,  of  Deerfield  Church;  Jonatlian 


PRESBYTERIAN    SOCIETIES.  431 


Holmes,  Isaac  Mills,  Francis  Brewster,  Thomas  Padgett,  Thomas 
Ewing  and  Abraham  Reeves,  of  Greenwich  Church.  It  appears 
that  Andrew  Hunter  succeeded  Ebenezer  Goold  as  pastor  of 
those  two  churches.  He  was  born  in  Ireland  about  tlie  year 
1715,  and  has  been  represented  to  have  had  great  oratorical 
powers  in  the  pulpit ;  better  than  all,  his  moral  and  Christian 
life  was  iij  accordance  with  his  precepts.  He  married  Annie 
Stockton,  of  Princeton,  New  Jersey  who  survived  him ;  they 
left  no  cliildren.  Andrew  Hunter  died  Tth  month,  2d,  1775, 
and  was  buried  in  the  ancient  grave-yard  at  Greenwich,  he  being 
at  the  time  of  his  death  about  sixty  years  of  age. 

The  Presbyterians,  like  the  early  Friends,  seem  to  have  had 
dissensions  among  them.  The  old  clmrch  at  Fairfield  adhered 
strictly  to  the  old  Calvinistic  doctrines,  while  the  members  of 
Greenwich  and  Deerfield  took  a  more  liberal  view  of  their  modes 
of  faith;  hence  there  was  no  unity  between  the  two  oldest  Presby- 
terian churches  in  Fenwick  Colony.  While  the  Fairfield  mem- 
bers adhered  to  what  they  called  the  old  side,  the  members  of 
Greenwich  and  Deerfield  churches  strenuously  advocated  the  new 
modes  of  faith.  It  appears  there  was  not  full  unity  between  the 
two  churches  for  nearly  forty  years.  The  eloquence  of  Hunter, 
however,  attracted  many  persons  from  Fairfield  Church,  as  Web- 
ster, theu'  historian  remarked,  to  the  congregation  at  Greenwich. 

Pilesgrove  Presbyterian  Church  is  known  at  this  time  as 
Pittsgrove  congregation,  on  account  of  the  division  of  the  town- 
ship of  Pilesgrove.  The  said  church  was  organized  by  David 
Evans,  in  1741 ;  it  was  associated  at  the  first  period  of  its 
existence  with  the  church  at  Gloucester,  later  with  Deerfield, 
the  neighboring  church,  and  finally  with  Quihawkin,  located  in 
Peim's  Neck.  There  appears  to  be  no  definite  record  showing 
when  the  latter  named  church  was  founded.  It  is  generally 
believed  by  the  members  of  that  society  that  it  was  al)out  the 
time  Pilesgrove  church  was  organized.  The  families  that  were 
members  of  Pittsgrove  church  at  its  establishment  were — David 
Evans,  their  pastor,  DuBois,  YanMeter,  Newkirk  and  Mayhew, 
and  at  a  later  date  the  Coombs  family,  and  a  number  of  others 
that  I  do  not  recollect  at  this  time,  whose  descendants  generally 
are  members  of  the  same  church  that  their  forefathers  assisted 
in  founding  in  the  wilderness  more  than  one  hundred  and 
thirty  years  ago.  The  congregation  at  this  time  is  said  to  be 
large,  and  has  a  large  moral  and  religious  infiuencc  in  that  sec- 
tion of  the  county. 

I  ^Quihawkin  Church  was  located  at  Obisquahasit,  now  Penn's 
Nock,  on  tho  banks  of  the  Shanangah  (now  Delaware)  river, 


432  PRESBYTERIAN    SOCIETIES. 


near  what  is  now  Pcnnsville.  The  building  was  similar  to  the 
old  Presbyterian  Church  at  Greenwich,  but  less  in  size ;  it  has 
been  taken  down  for  a  number  of  years.  Some  of  tlie  persons 
that  were  members  of  it  at  its  organization  were  Tobias  Copncr 
and  family,  and  Dunn  and  Lambson  families.  Tradition  asserts 
that  the  Philpot  family,  Tliomas  Miles,  and  his  son  Francis, 
and  a  number  of  others,  were  also  members  of  said  clmrch. 
There  is  no  Presbyterian  meeting  now  kept  up  in  that  township. 
Joseph  Copner,  the  son  of  Tobias,  became  a  member  of  tlie 
Society  of  Friends  in  old  age,  while  the  large  and  influential 
family  of  Dumis  have  left  tlie  religious  society  of  their  ances- 
tors, most  of  them  being  members  of  the  Methodist  church. 

The  records  of  the  Presbyterian  churcli  located  formerly  at 
Logtown,  in  Alio  ways  Creek,  seems  in  lapse  of  time  to  have 
been  lost.  Johnson,  in  his  history  of  Salem  county,  says  that 
the  said  church  was  founded  in  1750.  The  families  that  were 
members  of  it  at  the  time  of  its  organization  were  James  Sayre, 
Joseph  Hildredth,  Richard  Moore,  a  person  by  tlie  name  of 
"Woodruff,  (I  think  it  was  Thomas,  whose  grandparents,  Thomas 
and  Edith  Wyatt  Woodruff,  emigrated  from  Worcestershire, 
England,  to  Salem  county,  in  1678),  and  Thomas  Padgett, 
Jr.  Towards  the  latter  part  of  the  last  century  Solomon  Du- 
Bois,  a  young  man  from  Pittsgrove,  George  Grier,  Sr.,  Henry 
Wood,  and  a  few  others,  became  meml)ers  of  said  church.  I 
think  it  was  not  at  any  time  large.  The  house  of  worship  has 
been  taken  down  more  than  a  half  century.  The  cemetery  that 
once  belonged  to  tlie  church  is  now  enclosed  with  the  Baptist 
grave-yard,  near  the  village  of  Canton,  where  the  descendants 
of  the  former  members  of  the  Presbj^terian  cliurch  still  bury 
their  deceased  relatives,  and  a  number  whose  parents  were 
formerly  membei'S  of  the  Logtown  Clmrch  have  become  mem- 
bers of  the  Baptist  Society. 

Bridgeton  is  comparatively  a  modern  city  in  Fen  wick's  Col- 
ony. Pichard  Tindall,  after  the  difficulties  between  Ricliard 
Hancock  and  the  proprietor,  was  made  surveyor-general  of  the 
province  by  Fenwick,  in  the  year  1680.  In  1682  Richard 
Hancock  erected  a  saw  mill  on  the  south  side  of  Cohansey, 
where  Bridgeton  is  located,  on  a  small  stream  that  flows  into 
the  Cohansey,  called  Mill  creek.  I  presume  that  name  was 
given  to  it  on  account  of  Hancock's  mill  being  located  there. 
What  time  he  remained  there  I  have  no  means  of  determining, 
but  Judge  Elmer  thinks  lie  left  that  place  and  purchased  prop- 
erty where  Hancock's  Bridge  is  located,  and  the  family  by  that 
name  at  that  place  are  his  descendants.     I  am  inclined  to  think 


I'EESBYTEKIAN    SOCIETIES.  43 1 


that  Ricliard  Hancock  left  no  children,  if  any  they  were  daugh- 
ters ;  hence  tlie  name  of  the  family  is  lost.  There  were  three 
persons  by  that  name  who  emigrated  to  this  country.  Eichard 
came  witli  the  proprietor  in  1675.  William  Hancock,  who  pur- 
chased one  thousand  acres  of  land  of  the  proprietor  before  he 
eml)arked  to  take  possession  of  the  province.  William  gave 
Richard  Whiticar  the  power  of  attorney  to  take  charge  of  his 
landed  estate  until  such  time  as  he  should  arrive  in  this  country 
liimself,  which  was  in  1677.  He  died  in  1679,  on  his  allotment, 
leaving  two  sons — John  and  William  Hancock.  John  Hancock 
was  the  father  of  William,  who  was  killed  at  the  massacre  in 
his  own  house  during  the  American  Hevolution.  A¥illiam  Han- 
cock, the  son  of  the  emigrant,  purchased  lands  in  Elsinborough, 
and  was  the  ancestor  of  the  family  by  that  name  in  that  town- 
ship. John,  the  cousin  of  Richard  and  William  Hancock,^camc 
to  "tliis  province  in  1680,  and  married  Mary,  the  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  Chambless,  in  1681.  Their  descend- 
ants are  numerous  in  the  county  at  this  time. 

Where  the  city  of  Bridgeton  is  now  located  the  first  bridge 
across  the  Cohansey  was  built.  The  village,  during  the  time  of 
tlic  Revolution,  went  under  the  name  of  Cohansey  Bridge. 
The  American  Militia,  under  Colonels  Hand  and  Home,  was 
(juartered  there  for  some  time  in  the  years  1777-8.  I  was  told 
many  years  ago  by  a  celel^rated  antiquarian,  the  late  Ualyman 
Harris,  that  a  few  years  before  the  Revolution  John  Moore,  a 
native  of  Ireland,  after  he  arrived  in  this  country,  followed  the 
l)usiness  of  a  pedlar  of  dry  goods.  According  to  the  custom  of 
that  day  he  carried  the  pack  of  merchandise  on  his  back.  By 
strict  economy  he  soon  was  enabled  to  build  a  small  building 
on  the  north  side  of  the  creek,  near  the  bridge,  in  which  he 
kept  store.  My  informant  further  stated  that  he  believed  he 
married  a  young  woman  by  the  name  of  Reeve,  grand-daughter 
of  Mark  Reeve.  They  were  the  grand-parents  of  the  late  Jolm 
Moore  White,  of  Woodbury.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he  was 
more  than  fourscore  years  and  ten.  He  was  a  good  lawyer,  and 
for  a  number  of  years  one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Courts. 

Allen  H.  Brown,  a  divine  of  considerable  eminence,  gave  the 
following  of  tlie  first  Presbyterian  Church  built  at  Bridgeton, 
in  a  discourse  delivered  in  that  city,  in  1865  :  "  Sensible  of  the 
"  inconvenience  of  attending  pulilic  worship  in  the  neighboring 
"  churches,  the  people  of  Bridgeton  determined,  about  the  year 
"  1774,  to  build  a  house  for  public  worship  and  to  form  a  con- 
"  greeration  on  or  near  the  lot  where  the  old  session  house  re- 
"  ^'  cently  stood.     The  revolntionary  war  coming  on  soon  after, 


434  PRESBYTERIAN    SOCIETIES. 


"  tliG  project  was  relinquislicd.  In  1778  the  subject  was  revived, 
"  but  because  of  disagreement  respecting  the  location,  the  site 
"was  not  determined  upon  until  1791.  The  work  was  l)egun 
"  in  1792,  and  in  the  same  year  tlie  house  was  enclosed.  In 
"  May,  1793,  a  lottery  was  started  for  raising  two  thousand 
"  dollars  for  the  purpose  of  iinishing  the  Ijuilding,  which  was 
"  drawn  in  January,  1794.  In  May,  1795,  the  house  was 
"  opened  and  dedicated  by  Davenport,  the  pastor  of  Dcerlield 
"  churcli.''  Although  the  same  author  further  states  that  they 
possessed  a  house,  the  people  still  felt  unable  to  support  the 
Gospel  alone.  They  made  a  proposition  to  Greenwich  church 
to  unite  with  tliem  as  a  collegiate  church,  under  the  name  of  the 
"  United  Churches  of  Greenwich  and  Bridgcton,"  with  but  one 
set  of  church  officers,  and  one  church  session  for  both  churches, 
and  that  for  the  present  the  officers  of  Greenwich  church  shall 
control  both  churches,  but  in  filling  vacancies,  elections  shall  be 
held  and  officers  chosen  alternately  at  each  church.  Greenwich 
congregation  did  not  agree  to  the  proposal,  and  the  plan  was 
relinquished.  Application  was  then  made  to  the  Presbytery  for 
a  separate  congregation  in  Bridgeton,  and  the  prayer  was 
granted  in  10th  month,  1792.  The  population  at  that  place  at 
tliat  period  was  about  three  hundred.  They  now  number  about 
eight  thousand.  I  have  been  informed  that  at  the  present  time 
there  are  three  Presbyterian  churches  in  that  city,  besides  a 
large  seminary  called  the  West  Jersey  Academ3^  The  said 
institution,  if  the  report  respecting  it  be  correct,  is  extensively 
patronized. 

I  think  many  of  the  ancestors  of  tlie  members  of  the  Pres])y- 
terian  churches  of  Bi-idgeton  were  members  of  the  old  Presby- 
terian church  at  Fairfield.  It  can  safely  be  said  of  Bridgeton 
that  it  is  a  place  of  factories  and  churches,  and  tliere  seems  to 
be  a  general  industry  and  talent  in  its  population  that  is  calcu- 
lated to  produce  good  results  upon  their  character. 

The  Presbyterian  church  at  Salem  was  founded  about  1S21. 
At  that  time  there  were  only  six  members — tlie  late  Dr.  James 
VanMeter,  and  his  brother,  Robert  VanMeter,  were  two  of  tlie 
]-»rincipal  members,  and  took  an  active  part  in  its  organization. 
The  corner  stone  of  their  church  was  laid  in  the  beginning  of 
3d  month,  1821,  on  a  lot  on  Griffith  street,  which  was  given  to 
the  church  by  Robert  Johnson.  In  1824  the  congregation 
increased  from  six  to  thirty-one  members,  and  the  nundjcr  who 
generally  attended  their  meeting  was  about  two  hundred.  The 
congregation  agreed  about  that  time  to  give  their  pastor,  Burt, 
three  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and  his  firewood,  and  find 


PRESBYTERIAN    SOCIETIES.  435 


liim  a  house  to  live  in.  Their  record  further  states  that  "  their 
"  people  are  mostly  of  common  circumstances.  From  the  atten- 
"  tion  given  to  their  minister  the  congregation  confidently  ex- 
"  pected,  by  the  goodness  of  Divine  Providence,  that  in  a  few 
"  years  the  Society  will  be  so  far  increased  in  numbers  that  they 
"  may  be  able  to  support  their  minister  without  the  aid  of  their 
"  brethren  elsewhere."  They  further  stated  that  "they  will  be 
"  thankful  to  their  Cln-istian  friends  for  any  pecuniary  assist- 
"  ancc  they  may  feel  disposed  to  confer  upon  the  infant  church 
"  at  Salem." 

Notwithstanding  the  Presbyterian  church  had  erected  a  sub- 
stantial brick  edifice  on  the  lot  they  obtained  from  Robert  G. 
Johnson,  on  East  Griflith  street,  they  soon  found  it  too  small  to 
accommodate  the  congregation,  and  a  few  years  afterward  they 
built  an  addition  to  it.     Their  pastor  at  that  period  was  Daniel 
Stratton,  a  native  of   Bridgeton,  New  Jersey.      He   married 
Ellen,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Morris  and  Sarah  Hancock,  of 
Salem.     Daniel  was  educated  for  the  ministry.     In  early  life,  I 
liave  been  informed,  he  was  threatened  with  consumption,  and 
soon  after  his  marriage  he  removed  with  his  wife  to  Newburn, 
North  Carolina,  wliere  he  was  installed  pastor  of  the  Presbyte- 
rian church  of  that  town.     Thinking,  I  have  no  doubt,  tliat  a 
warmer  climate  would  l)e  more  genial  to  his  weak  constitution, 
he  continued  in  that  place  for  several  years,  and  in  1852  he  and 
liis  family  returned  to    their  native  State.     I  think   he   was 
installed  pastor  of  the    Salem  Presbyterian  congregation  the 
same  year.     He  continued  in  that  service  until  his  death,  in  8th 
month,  186G,  wliich  event  cast  a  gloom  over  his  admiring  con- 
gregation, a  large  number  of  relatives  and  acquaintances,  and 
tlie  inhabitants  of  the  city  of  Salem  generally,  by  whom  he  was 
iinich  beloved  for  liis  Christian  and  moral  deportment  whilst 
i-esiding  among  them.     He  was  succeeded  in  the  pastoral  charge 
of  tlie  congregation  by  Frederic  W.  Bauns,  who  continued  to 
fill  tlie  duties  of  pastor  for  sixteen  or  seventeen  months,  having 
resigned  the  charge  in  1868.     He  was  followed  by  the  present 
popular  pastor,  William  Bannard,  who  was  installed  by  the 
(congregation  the  same  year. 

Tlie  Presbyterian  Church,  desiring  a  more  eligible  lo(  ation 
for  their  house  of  worship,  bought  a  lot  of  ground  on  Market 
street  of  the  late  Calvin  Belden,  who  was  a  member  and  a  lib- 
eral contributor,  tlie  lot  costing  §4,000.  The  corner  stone  was 
laid  Jnly  17,  1854,  for  the  new  church,  and  the  house,  wlien 
(completed,  (;ost  §22,000,  furniture  $1,200;  the  whole  cost,  in- 
cluding the  ground,  was  $27,000.     The  building  is  83x49  feet, 


436  PRESBYTERIAN    SOCIETIES. 


the  spire  is  165  feet  from  the  ground,  and  in  point  of  architect- 
ure is  not  surpassed  by  any  churcli  edifice  in  the  city  of  Salem. 
Tlie  congregation  now  numbers  over  two  liundred  members. 

The  hiro;e  and  iniiuential  cono-reo-ation  of  Fittso:;rove  found  it 
incumbent  to  provide  more  ample  room  for  Divine  worship,  and 
they  resolved  to  ei'ect  a  new  church.  In  July  14th,  1864,  the 
corner  stone  for  a  new  building  was  laid.  The  size  was  81x51 
feet;  including  projecting  tower  and  pulpit  recess,  is  91  feet  in 
length ;  the  tower  and  spire  is  125  feet.  The  cost  of  the  build- 
ing was  $21,050;  tlic  furniture  $700;  bell,  $4,186 ;  the  whole 
cost,  $25,836. 

In  1859  the  old  church  at  Deerfield  was  remodeled  and  en- 
larged by  the  addition  of  25  feet,  at  an  expense  of  $3,000. 

Tlic  Presbyterian  Church  at  Millville  was  organized  12th 
of  8tli  month,  1820,  at  Port  Elizabeth,  under  the  name  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church  at  Maurice  River,  by  Ethan  Osborne 
and  Jonathan  Freeman,  appointed  by  tlie  Presbyter}^  of  Pliila- 
delphia  to  that  duty.  It  began  with  twenty-one  meml»ers,  in- 
cluding three  ruling  elders.  Tlie  elders  were  Nathaniel  Foster, 
Jeremiah  Stratton  and  Samuel  S.Barry.  The  town,  of  Mill- 
ville soon  eclipsed  Port  Elizabeth  in  population,  manufactories 
an<l  commerce.  The  meetino;  of  the  Presbvterians  was  trans- 
ferred  from  Port  Elizabeth  to  Millville  by  common  consent, 
because  the  members  mainly  resided  there.  The  clnirch  was 
erected  at  Millville  in  1837  ;  the  corner  stone  was  laid  by  Pas- 
tor Kennedy,  of  Bridgeton;  the  building,  when  completed,  was 
dedicated  in  1838,  by  Pastor  Blythe,  of  Woodlmry.  The  build- 
ing was  enlarged  in  1855. 

The  Presbyterian  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Cedarville,  mem- 
bers of  the  old  mother  churcli  at  or  near  Fairton,  were  anxious 
to  organize  a  church  at  that  place.  A  meeting  of  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Cedarville  was  held  in  the  Friendship  school  house,  Jan- 
nary  21st,  1819,  when  it  was  resolved  "that  it  is  the  sincere 
desire  of  this  meeting  to  continue  united  with  the  Presbyterian 
Congregation  at  Fail-field."  The  following  is  a  minute  made 
at  the  time  mentioned  :  "  Resolved,  that  it  is  the  opinion  of  this 
mooting,  considering  the  circumstances  of  many  of  the  inliabit- 
ants  of  this  place  are  such  as  to  render  it  almost  impossible  for 
them  to  attend  the  preaching  of  the  Gospel  in  the  old  meeting 
house,  that  the  building  of  a  meeting  house  in  this  place  is  neces- 
sary for  the  accommodation  of  the  inhabitants.  Amos  Fithian 
subscribed  four  hundred  dollars,  and  he  and  Amos  AVestcott, 
and  Henry  Howell  of  Cedarville,  and  Shephard  Gandy,  of  Phil- 
adelphia, were  appointed  to  solicit  donations.     The  question  was 


PRESBYTERIAN    SOCIETIES.  437 


brought  to  a  vote  of  the  congregation,  when  43  voted  for  and  45 
against  the  proposition."  About  the  time  of  these  propositions 
the  old  church  of  Fairfield  had  united  with  the  new  school. 
There  was  eventually  a  Presbyterian  Church  organized  at  Cedar- 
ville,  which  took  place  23d  of  lOtli  month,  1839,  at  which  time 
there  were  thirty-nine  members — thirteen  males  and  twenty-six 
females.  The  church  was  erected  in  1839  ;  size,  51x37  feet.  The 
house  was  enlarged  in  1851  by  the  the  addition  of  20  feet  to  its 
length,  at  an  expense  of  $2,500.  The  new  and  elegant  Presby- 
terian Church  in  West  Bridgeton,  was  erected  in  1869,  its  di- 
mensions being  100  feet  in  length  by  53  feet  in  width,  with  a 
spire  162  feet  high.  Tlie  material  was  light  Chester  stone,  with 
Trenton  brown  stone  trimmings  ;  cost  of  the  building  about  $45,- 
000.     Samuel  Sloan  was  the  architect. 

I  shall  now  confine  mv  remarks  to  the  different  reliij-ious  or 
ganizations  located  within  Fen  wick's  Colony. 

I  visited  a  short  time  since,  in  company  with  two  neighbors, 
together  with  some  of  our  friends  in  tliat  section  of  the  country, 
the  old  Fairfield  grave-yard.  It  is  a  romantic  place  located  on 
the  banks  of  the  Cohansey.  To  all  appearances,  (and  the  dates  on 
the  tombstones  confirm  it,)  it  has  not  been  used  as  a  burying 
place  for  nearly  a  century.  A  forest  of  trees,  consisting  of 
upland  cedars  and  a  variety  of  oaks,  has  overgrown  tlie  ancient 
grave-yard.  There  was  one  ancient  member  of  the  olden  times 
still  standing,  a  species  of  the  oak,  near  tlie  middle  of  the  yard, 
which  to  all  appearance  has  withstood  the  wintry  blast  for  more 
than  two  centuries,  and  other  trees  of  the  same  kind  have  taken 
root  and  grown  to  be  large  trees  witliin  the  last  century.  Tliey 
bid  fair,  ere  long,  to  equal  in  size  the  venerable  parent  of  the 
ground.  There  was  one  that  we  noticed  in  particular,  on  the 
grave  of  Daniel  Parvin,  who  died  in  1772,  had  grown  to  the 
size  of  nearly  two  feet  in  diameter,  and  in  proportion  in  heiglit. 
There  was  some  of  the  early  emigrants  who  attained  a  great  lon- 
gevity. Lulin  Preston,  as  inscribed  on  the  tombstone,  departed 
this  life  in  1752,  aged  ninety-two  years  ;  and  several  others,  we 
noticed  by  their  tombstones,  arrived  at  the  age  of  four-score 
years.  To  me  it  was  a  solemn  and  interesting  visit,  wlien  I  re- 
flected that  here  in  this  place  the  first  emigrants  lie  l)uricd,  most 
of  whom  are  the  sons  and  daughters  of  Isew  England,  and  here 
they  will  remain  forever,  their  mortal  bcdles  mouldering  with 
the  mother  earth  of  their  adopted  country. 


EPISCOPAL    SOCIETIES. 

At  the  first  settlement  of  the  town  of  New  Salem,  or  soon 
afterwards,  there  w^ere  a  number  of  persons  wlio  were  members 
of  the  Church  of  England.  The  Vining  family,  Alexander 
Grant,  James  Rolph,  George  Trenchard,  Benjamin  Vining, 
James  Sherron,  and  the  Dun  lap  family  were  among  the  first 
families  of  Episcopalians.  They  probably  held  meetings  in  pri- 
vate houses  prior  to  the  year  1722,  when  they  organized  a  church 
under  the  name  of  the  St.  John's  Episcopal  Church,  of  Salem. 
It  was  the  second  religious  society  in  the  to^v^^  of  New  Salem, 
the  Society  of  Friends  being  organized  forty-six  years  previous. 
The  following  account  of  St.  John's  Church,  Salem,  is  taken 
from  Humphrey's  History  of  the  Society  for  propagating  the 
Gospel  in  foreign  parts.  "  The  inhabitants  of  Salem  wrote  a 
"  very  earnest  letter  to  the  Society,  desiring  that  they  might 
"  have  a  missionary  settled  among  tliem.  The  Rev.  Mr.  Hol- 
"  brook  was  sent  there  in  1722.  As  soon  as  he  came  among 
"  them,  the  people,  though  generally  poor,  contributed  very 
"  freely  toward  raising  a  neat  brick  church.  They  made  appli- 
"  cation  to  the  Churcli  people  of  Philadelphia  for  assistance, 
"  and  received  considerable  contributions  from  them.  Ilolbrook 
"  soon  after  acquainted  the  Society  that  many  of  the  inhabitants 
"  led  more  Christian  lives  ;  eight  young  men  and  women  had 
"  desired  and  received  baptism,  and  a  considerable  number  of 
"  children  had  been  baptized.  That  in  the  discharge  of  all  parts 
"  of  his  ministerial  office,  he  had  the  satisfaction  of  finding  the 
"  ]ioople  seriously  disposed,  and  the  number  of  church  members 
"  daily  increasing." 

It  is  prol)able  that  a  temporary  church  was  built  of  logs,  on 
the  same  lot  of  ground  where  the  present  church  stands.  In 
4th  month,  1728,  Samuel  Fenwick  Hedge  deeded  the  Society 
one  acre  of  ground  on  the  south  side  of  Bridge  street  (now 
Market)  fronting  1G5  feet  on  the  said  street  and  264  feet  in 
de})th.  The  Society  allowed  £10  worth  of  books  to  each  mis- 
sionary for  a  library,  and  £5  worth  of  small  tracts  to  be  dis- 
tributed  among  the  parishoners.     The  missionaries  at  Salem 


EPISCOPAL    SOCIETIES.  439 


received  £60  annually.  In  the  proceedings  of  the  Society  from 
2d  month,  1722,  to  2d  month,  1723,  it  is  mentioned  that  gratui- 
ties had  been  given  to  the  two  Swedish  ministers,  Ilessclus  and 
Lidenius,  for  supplying  thechurclies  in  Salem,  New  Jersey,  and 
Apoquinomy  in  Pennsylvania,  now  Delaware. 

During  the  year  from  2d  month,  1726,  to  2d  month  1727,  IIol- 
brook  reported  fourteen  communicants.     lie  had  baptized  one 
man  and  two  women,  all  Quakers,  also  seven  children  and  one 
negro  woman.     The  ensuing  year,  he  reported  that  the  church 
was  so  far  finished,  they  had  met  in  it  since  the  21th  of  6th 
month,  1728,  since  which  time  his  congregation  had  consider- 
ably increased.     Rev.  Howard  is  stated  to  have  been  the  So- 
ciety missionary  at  Salem,  in  1st  month,  1725  ;  he  continued 
here  until  the  year  1733,  when  William  Pierson  was  appointed 
to  fill  his  station.     His  letter,  dated  August  6th,  1734,  informs 
the  Society  that  he  arrived  at  Salem  the  30th  of  1st  month,  and 
that  the  people  belonging  to  the  church  received  him  with  joy, 
and  continued  to  express  much  kindness  and  respect  for  him, 
and  great  gratitude  to  the  Society  for  taking  them  under  its 
care ;  that  he  had  commonly  a  congregation  of  a  hundred  on 
Sunday,  and  on  some  occasions  hath  had  upwards  of  two  hun- 
dred.    In  his  letter  of  7th  of  11th  month,  1737,  he  wrote  "  that 
ho  was  encouraged  by  a  more  regular,  orderly  attendance  of  the 
people  at  divine  service  than  formerly,  and  by  an  increase  of 
communicants.     The   people  of   Salem,  generally,  were  very 
ignorant,  especially  in  regard  to  the  sacraments,  and  not  only 
neglected  them  but  held  them  in  great  contempt,  through    a 
deep  tincture  of  Quakerism."     His  name  does  not  appear  after 
1747,  which  was  about  the  time  of  his  death.     His  remains, 
together  with  his  wife  and  two  children,  lie  in  St.  John's  Epis- 
copal Church  yard.     2d  month,  1748  and  1749,  a  person  by  the 
name  of   Thompson    was  appointed  missionary  at  Salem,  luit 
removed  the  succeeding  year  to  Chester,  Pennsylvania.     Tlie 
Rev.  Eric  Ujnander,  a  Swedish  Missionary,  pastor  of  Swedes- 
borough  and  Penns  Neck  churches,  preached  occasionally  in 
St.  John's  Church,  at  Salem.     This  church  did  not  again  enjoy 
the  regular  services  of  a  clergyman  until  tlie  year  1792.     It  was 
so  seriously  damaged  during  the  Revolutionary  war,  by  the 
English  troops,  as  to  unfit  it  for  public  worship.     The  Episcopal 
Church  and  a  house  on  Yorke  street  seem  to  have  been  the  two 
principal  houses  where  the  British  troops  quartered  during  tlieir 
stay  in  the  town  of  Salem  in  1778.     By  tradition  the  officers 
occupied  those  buildings  during  the  year  1792  and  part  of  the 
following  year.     John  Gray  ofiiciated  at  Salem  in  connection 


440  EPISCOPAL    SOCIETIES. 


with  St.  George's  in  Pcuns  Neck.  Some  time  after  the  Revo- 
hition  the  Legishitiire  was  petitioned  to  allow  the  members  of 
St,  John's  Church,  in  connection  with  the  Salem  Academy,  to 
raise  by  lottery  the  sum  of  $300  for  its  repair,  giving  as  a  rea- 
son for  the  request,  the  injury  whicli  liad  been  done  to  the  build- 
ing by  the  enemy  in  1778.  The  petition  was  signed  by  Thomas 
Sinnickson,  William  Parrot,  Sanmel  Dick,  Jacob  Hufty,  Rich- 
ard Burchan,  Edmund  Weatherby,  and  Robert  Johnson,  but 
what  was  its  fate  was  not  recorded.  The  report  of  the  mission- 
ary in  1813  was  that  the  old  church  had  been  enlarged  and 
handsomely  repaired.  In  appendix  to  the  journal  of  the  con- 
vention for  the  year  1817,  it  is  mentioned  that  St.  John  Church, 
Salem,  had  within  a  short  time  revived  and  considerably  im- 
proved, and  that,  in  connection  with  St.  George's,  in  Penns  Neck, 
it  enjoyed  the  ministration  of  the  pastor  formerly  of  Mount 
Holly — name  not  given. 

The  following  is  an  extract  of  a  discourse  of  Bishop  Croes, 
1821  :  "  This  ancient  and  respectable  town,  and  tliese  hallowed 
"walls,  in  which  we  have  now  for  the  first  time  assembled,  con- 
"  stitute  one,  among  many  proofs,  not  only  of  its  revival,  but  of 
"  its  increasing  prosperit3^  Not  fourteen  years  ago  this  temple 
"  was  in  absolute  ruins,  and  had  ])een  so  for  a  long  time  previ- 
"  ously.  The  sparrow  had  literally  found  here  a  house,  and  the 
"  swallow  an  undisturbed  nest.  The  parish  had  been  destitute 
"  of  a  minister  for  at  least  sixty  years,  with  the  exception  of  a 
"  short  period  al)Out  thirty-three  j^ears  since,  and  the  congrega- 
"  tion  was  on  tlie  point  of  expiring.  Yet  in  this  apparently 
"  hopeless  state  God  was  pleased  to  put  it  into  the  heai-ts  of  a 
"  few  zealous  Episcopalians  to  attempt  its  recovery,  and  they 
"  happily  succeeded.  The  church  was  enlarged  and  completely 
"  repaired,  a  regular  congregation  organized,  and  within  the  last 
"  six  years  they  have  had  almost  uninterruptedly  the  services  of 
"  a  minister." 

During  the  ministration  of  Henry  M.  Mason  the  members  of 
the  church  decided  upon  erecting  a  new  church  edifice,  and  the 
corner  stone  was  laid  in  1836  by  Bishop  Doane  ;  Henry  M.  Ma- 
son, the  rector ;  Abbercrombe,  of  Christ  Church,  Philadelphia  ; 
McCraskey,  at  the  present  time  Bishop  of  Michigan ;  and  Rec- 
tor J.  L.  Wirt,  of  Swedesboro.  The  church  edifice  is  a  large 
one,  built  of  stone,  and  stands  on  the  site  of  the  old  one,  erected 
in  1728.  It  is  the  most  substantial  church  building  in  Salem, 
and  is  much  admired  for  its  architectural  appearance.  It  was 
finished  in  1838,  and  was  dedicated  about  the  5tli  of  2d  month, 
(]ie  game  yQ^i\    T^ke  sermop.  \yas  ^eliy^recl  on  tho  occasion  by 


EPISCOPAL    SOCIETIES.  441 


the  eminent  divine,  Edward  G.  Prescott,  who  was  the  Kector 
of  the  clinrch  at  that  time.  The  Wardens  at  that  time  were 
Thomas  Sinniclcson,  Daniel  Garrison  ;  the  Vestry,  Richard  P. 
Thompson,  Jacob  W.  Mnlford,  James  M.  Hannah,  Benjamin 
Acton,  Joseph  Kille,  Tliomas  Rowan,  John  Sinnickson,  David 
B.  Smith,  and  Oliver  B.  Stonghton.  For  a  number  of  years 
after  the  Revolutionary  war  there  were  no  meetings  held  at  St. 
John's  Church.  During  that  time  I  presume  the  most  zealous 
among  tliem  attended  St.  George's,  at  Penn's  Neck. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  missionaries  and  rectors  of  St. 
John's  Church  since  1722  :  The  Swedisli  missionaries  were  Hes- 
selius  and  Lindenius,  1723-4.  In  1725  the  rector  was  Howard, 
who  remained  until  1733.  From  that  year  until  1748  John 
Pierson  was  rector.  The  church  was  occasionally  visited  by 
Eric  Anader  in  1749  ;  a  short  time  in  1749-50  by  John 
Craig.  The  church  records  appear  to  have  been  lost  or  were 
destroyed  in  the  old  churcli  by  the  British  troops.  In  1817 
the  pastor  of  St.  Andrew's  Church,  Mount  Holly,  occasionally 
visited  St.  John's  Church.  From  1820  to  1823  Richard  F. 
Cadle  was  the  pastor ;  from  1823  to  1829,  Christian  F.  Cadle ; 
from  1829  to  1837,  Henry  M.  Mason ;  from  1837  to  1844, 
Edward  G.  Prescott ;  from  1844  to  1848,  William  B.  Otis  ; 
from  1848  to  1853,  John  S.  Kidney ;  from  1853  to  1858,  A. 
B.  Patterson ;  from  1858  to  1867,  Tliomas  F.  Billop  ;  from 
1867  to  1871,  William  A.  Holbrook;  from  that  date  to  the 
present  time,  George  W,  Timlow. 

In  the  address  referred  to  in  the  preceding  statement  as  hav- 
ing been  sent  by  some  of  the  inhabitants  of  Salem  to  the  Soci- 
ety for  the  propogation  of  the  Gospel  in  foreign  parts,  after 
saying  "  That  in  the  good  Providence  of  God  they  had  been 
"  enabled  to  obtain  a  moderate  supply  of  their  temporal  wants, 
"  they  depict  in  very  earnest  language  their  utter  spiritual  des- 
"  titution,  never  having  had  any  one  to  dispense  to  them  the 
"  ordinances  of  religion:  the  very  name  of  it  had  almost  died  out 
"  among  them.  Their  condition,  they  say,  is  truly  deplorable, 
"  and  deserving  of  Christian  compassion,  and  in  moving  terms 
"  they  entreat  the  Society  to  send  them  some  reverend  clergy- 
"  man,  who  may  preach  to  them  the  truths  of  the  Gospel,  and 
"  recover  them  out  of  the  spiritual  ignorance  and  corruption 
"  in  which  they  have  fallen.  To  such  a  one  they  promise  en- 
"  couragement  to  the  extent  of  their  ability,  and  all  due  respect 
"  to  his  office,  instructions  and  person." 

Many  of  the  members  of  the  Episcopal  church  of  Salem 
have  been  conspicuous  citizens  in  civil  affairs  in  this  section  of 
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442  EPISCOPAL    SOCIETIES. 


country.     Jniiies  Rolph  died  about  1731,  and  many  of  his  de- 
scendants have  been  useful  members  of  society.     Alexander 
Grant  resided  on  Market  street,  and,  I  beb'eve,  he  died  a])out 
1730.     Altliough  I  have  not  any  knowledge  that  he  left  any 
sons,  yet  iiis  descendants  are  numerous  at  tliis  d;iy.     His  daugh- 
ter, Ann  Grant,  married  Samuel  Fenwick  Hedge,  and  their 
cliildren  M'cre  Samuel  and  Rel)ecca  Hedge.     Tlie" former  luar- 
ried  the  daughter  of  Joseph  Woodnutt,  and  their  cliildren,  Sam- 
uel, Joseph  and  Rebecca,  during  their  lives  adhered  to  the 
Society  of  Friends,  but  the  greater  number  of  Rebecca  Hedge 
Thompson's  children  and  grandchildren  attached  tliemselves  to 
tlie  Episcopal  Church.     Rebecca,  the  daughter  of  Samuel  Fen- 
wick Hedge,  married  Giles  Smith,  of  Mannington,  who  was  a 
Friend,  and  his  children  likewise.     Ann  Grant's  second  husband 
was  Nicholas  Gibbon.     Their  children  were  Nicholas,  Grant 
and  Jane  Gibbon,  who,  together  with  their  mother,  soon  after 
the  death  of  their  father,  left  Greenwicli  and  removed  to  Salem. 
They  were  all  members  of  the  Episcopal  Church.     Nicholas 
Gibbon  died  in  175S,  and  his  widow,  Ann   Gibbon,  in  1760, 
and  both  lie  in  the  Episcopal  grave-yard.     Grant  Gibbon  died 
in  1776,  aged  41  years.     Jane  Gibbon  married  Robert  Johnson, 
Sr.,  and  was  the  mother  of  the  late  Robert  G.  Johnson.    George 
Trencliard,  Sr.,  was  one  of  the  first  members  of  the  Episcopal 
Church  at  Salem.     He  died  22d  of  9th  month,  1728,  and  his 
son,  George  Trencliard,  was  one  of  the  best  educated  men  in 
this  section.     At  that  time  he  owned  a  large  quantity  of  land 
in  Monmouth  Precinct,  was  an  assessor  for  the  precinct  several 
years,  and  was  a  surveyor.     His  w^ifo  was  a  Sinnickson.     I 
think  he  resided  in  Penn's  Neck  the  latter  part  of  his  days.    The 
Coleman  family  were  among  the  first  families  of  that  church. 
Dr.  Samuel  Dick  was  also  an  active  member  of  the  church,  and 
he  took  an  active  part  in  public  affairs  at  tlie  time  of  the  Revo- 
lution.    Andrew  Yorke  and  his  wife  Eleanor  were  also  distin- 
guished members.     Andrew  died  23d  of  3d  month,  1794,  and 
his  wife  in  1802.     They  left  children,  and  most  of  their  de- 
scendants adhere  to  the  religious  profession  of  their  parents. 
William  and  Richard  Parrott  were  members  of  the  Episcopal 
Church  at  Salem.     The  late  John  P.  Tuft's   ancestors  were 
among  the  first  members  of  the  church,  as  were  also  Ebenezer 
Howell  and  his  sister  Clarissa.     The  Sinnickson  family  formerly 
belonged  to  the  Swedes'  Church  in  Penn's  Neck,  but^for  nearly 
a  century  they  have  been  the  leading  members  of  the  Episcopal 
Church.     Dr.  Benjamin  Archer  was  a  descendant  of  one  of  the 
pl4est  Swedish  families  tjijit  settled  nt  Swedesboyo,  ^g  enrly  a^ 


EPISCOPAL     SOCIETIES.  443 


1638  or  1640.     He  was  bom  in  1775,  and  died  in  1845.     Soon 
after  he  located  at  Salem  lie  married  Hachel,  the  daughter  of, 
Thomas  and  Rebecca  Hedge  Thompson.     They  left  one  son, 
Fenwick  Archer,  who  is  a  lineal  descendant  of  John  Fenwick, 
being  of  the  seventh  generation. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  convention  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal Church  in  the  Diocese  of  New  Jersey  was  lield  at  Salem 
27th  of  5th  month,  1826.  The  Bishop,  and  several  of  the  clergy 
and  of  the  lay  deputies,  assembled  in  St.  John's  Cliurch  at  11 
A.  M.  Morning  prayer  was  read  by  Matthew  Matthews,  and 
a  sermon  preaclied  by  the  Rev.  John  Croes,  Jr.  The  Rishop 
then  admitted  to  the  Holy  Order  of  Priests  Christian  F.  Cruce, 
Rector-elect  of  that  church.  After  the  termination  of  the  re- 
ligious exercises,  the  Bishop  took  the  chair,  and  appointed  Dr. 
Wharton  and  Robert  Boggs,  Esq.,  a  committee  to  examine  the 
testimonials  of  their  appointment,  which  should  be  presented  by 
tlie  lay  deputies,  and  report  the  number  of  churches  duly  repre- 
sented. The  committee  on  examination  made  a  report  that  dep- 
uties were  present  from  11  churches,  and  the  lay  deputies  repre- 
senting St.  John's  Church  were  Dr.  Hedge  Thompson,  Dr. 
Thomas  Rowan,  Dr.  Benjamin  Archer,  William  N.  Jeffries  and 
James  Kinsey;  St.  George's  Church,  Penns  Neck — Aaron 
Wriglit  and  John  Jaquett. 

Hedge  Thompson,  the  only  son  of  Thomas  and  Rebecca  H. 
Thompson,  was  educated  a  physician,  and  practiced  several 
years  in  his  native  town  and  surrounding  country  with  consid- 
erable success.  His  calling,  it  appears,  was  not  congenial  to  his 
liealth,  and  before  he  was  middle  aged,  having  acquired  a  com- 
petency, he,  in  a  great  degree,  abandoned  his  professional  prac- 
tice, and  in  some  measure  turned  his  attention  to  politics,  but 
was  never  considered  an  ardent  politician.  He  was  subsequently 
elected  to  represent  this  District  in  Congress.  His  wife  was 
Mary  Ann,  daugliter  of  Richard  Parrot,  by  whom  he  had  five 
children — Richard  P.,  Thomas,  Dr.  Joseph  Hedge,  Mary  and 
Rebecca  H.  Thompson.  Most  of  tliose  children,  like  their 
parents,  are  members  of  the  Episcopal  Church.  Hedge  Thomp- 
son, their  father,  Avas  tlie  great-grandson  of  Samuel  Fenwick 
and  Ann  Grant  Hedge,  and  the  lineal  descendant  of  the  sixth 
generation  of  John  Fenwick,  and  the  fifth  from  Andrew  Thomp- 
son, of  Elsinborough. 

Jacob  Hufty,  another  prominent  member  of  St.  John's  Epis- 
copal Church,  was  one  tliat  is  commonly  called  a  self-made  man, 
he  belonging  to  the  working  class  of  society.  He  inherited  a 
good  physical  constitution,  and  his  intellect  was  above  medioc- 


444  EPISCOPAL    SOCIETIES. 


rity.  In  early  life  be  learned  the  blacksmitliing  trade,  and  fol- 
lowed it  for  a  number  of  years  in  tlie  town  of  Salem.  He 
eventually  became  an  ardent  politician,  attaching  himself  to 
what  was  then  called  the  Jeffersonian  Republican  party,  and  in 
a  few  years  afterward  was  elected  Sheriff  of  Salem  county,  and 
subsequently  was  chosen  by  the  South  Jersey  District  a  member 
of  Congress.  He  was  twice  married ;  by  his  first  wife  he  liad 
two  daughters, — Eliza  and  Sarah  Hufty.  Sarah  married  a  Mr. 
Perry,  and  had  children,  one  of  whom  is  the  wife  of  Mr.  Charles 
Sinnickson,  of  Philadelphia.  Eliza  married  Samuel,  the  son  of 
Thomas  Clement,  of  Elsinborough,  and  by  him  had  two  sons, 
Samuel  and  De  W.  Clinton  Clement.  Jacob's  second  wife  was 
Rachel,  daughter  of  John  and  Susanna  Denn,  of  Mannington. 
She  died  a  few  years  before  her  luisband,  leaving  no  issue. 

William  Parrot  was  also  a  member  of  the  Episcopal  Churcli. 
He  took  an  active  part  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  and  wlien 
peace  was  declared  between  the  two  countries  he  returned  to 
his  native  town.  Being  a  man  of  wealth,  he  soon  after  pur- 
chased a  house  and  lot  of  ground  on  the  east  side  of  Fenwick 
street,  on  the  site  now  occupied  by  Rumsey's  building.  The 
property  formerly  belonged  to  an  eminent  Friend,  Richard  John- 
son, the  forefather  of  Robert  Johnson.  William  Parrot  was 
also  the  owner  of  a  considerable  quantity  of  land  on  the  south 
side  of  same  street,  said  lands  extending  to  the  town  meadow. 
In  his  time,  the  street  now  known  as  Walnut  went  by  the  name 
of  Margaret's  Lane,  and  it  extended  through  the  entire  length 
of  his  property.  William  in  his  old  age  married  Clarissa  Howell, 
sister  of  Dr.  Ebenezer  Howell,  M'ho  was  a  3"oung  woman  of 
superior  accomplishments  and  had  a  good  intellect.  He  died 
not  many  years  after  tliat  event,  leaving  no  issue.  His  widow 
afterwards  married  Edward  Burroughs ;  they  had  one  daugh- 
ter— Clarissa  Burroughs.  Her  second  husband  died  a  few  years 
after  they  were  married,  and  their  daughter  Clarissa  died  a 
young  woman.  Her  mother  survived  her  for  many  years,  and 
lived  to  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-one  years. 

It  is  a  singular  occurrence  that  there  have  been  more  Con- 
gressmen elected  from  tlie  members  of  St.  John's  Episcopal 
Church  than  any  other  church  in  South  Jersey.  Thomas  Sin- 
nickson, son  of  Andi'ew  Sinnickson,  of  Penus  Neck,  was  the 
first;  Jacob  Hufty,  Hedge  Thompson,  Daniel  Garrison,  tlie 
late  Judge  Thomas  Sinnickson,  Joseph  Kille,  Thomas  Jones 
Yorke,  have  since  been  members,  and  Clement  Hall  Sinnickson 
has  recently  been  elected  to  the  forty-fourth  Congress. 

At  what  time  the  Swedes  Cluirch  in  Penns  Neck  was  organ- 


EPISCOPAL    SOCIETIES.  445 


ized  remains  in  doubt.  For  a  number  of  years  the  inhabitants 
of  New  Sweden,  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  Delaware  river, 
belonged  to  the  Swedes  Church  located  near  the  mouth  of  Chris- 
tmna  Creek,  on  the  western  shore  of  said  river.  The  prominent 
Swedish  families  in  this  county  at  that  period  were  the  Neilsons. 
Joansons,  Sinakers,  Ericksons,  Hendricks,  Yearnis',  and  several 
others.  There  were  some  French  Protestants,  also,  residing  in 
that  section  of  country ;  Jaquetts,  and  several  other  families. 
Some  historians  write  that  Swedes  Church  was  erected  on  the 
site  where  the  present  Episcopal  Cliurch  in  Penns  Neck  is 
located,  as  early  as  1714,  and  the  ground  was  deeded  to  them 
hy  Hans  Jaquett.  The  Swedes  were  Lutherans.  It  can  readily 
be  perceived  that  the  French  Huguenots  and  the  Swede  inhal)- 
itants  could  unite  together  in  divine  worship.  In  1742  the 
Church  was  duly  organized  as  an  Episcopal  Clnirch,  by  the  name 
of  St.  George's  Episcopal  Church,  of  Penns  Neck.  The  con- 
gregation at  one  time  was  large ;  at  the  present  time  there  are 
but  few  members  belonging  to  it.  Andreas  Sandal  being  Pro- 
vost, appointed  Abraliam  Lidenius  as  the  first  pastor  over  this 
church,  in  1714.  He  continued  in  that  capacity  until  1724, 
then  Petrus  Tanburo;  and  Andreas  Windouswa  divided  their 
services  between  the  church  of  Penns  Neck  and  the  Swedes' 
church  at  Baccoon,  as  Swedesboro  was  then  called.  The  Epis- 
copal church  at  Greenwich  was  erected  in  1728  or  1729,  by 
Nicholas  and  Grant  Gibbon ;  they  were  brothers.  The  liouse 
was  consecrated  by  Phineas  Bond,  a  clergyman  from  New 
Castle,  and  was  named  St.  Stevens  Church.  The  Gibbon  fam- 
ily contracted  witli  Pearson,  the  clergyman  of  St.  John's  Churcli, 
Salem,  to  officiate  in  tlieir  church  for  them  as  often  as  lie  could 
be  spared  from  his  church  at  Salem.  Tlie  Episcopalians  in  a 
few  years  dwindled  away.  Their  house  of  worship  has  been 
remov^ed  for  many  years;  a  few  tombstones,  still  standing,  mai'k 
the  spot  near  where  the  church  formerly  stood. 


METHODIST    SOCIETIES. 

The  spirit  of  religions  reformation  emanated  from  John  and 
Charles  Wesley,  tlie  eminent  Cliristian  reformers.  It  appears 
by  the  record  that  tlie  first  organization  took  place  at  the  City 
Road  cliapel,  situated  on  Moorsfield,  a  kind  of  pleasure  grounds 
wliere  tlie  people  walked  on  their  holidays,  and  the  young  men 
engaged  in  sports  and  games.  The  first  Conference  was  held 
25th  of  6th  month,  1774,  in  the  vestry  of  the  clmrch.  John 
and  Charles  Wesley  and  four  other  clergymen  and  four  laymen 
attended,  and  the  foundation  of  the  Methodist  Society  was  laid. 
Both  of  the  Weslej's  lived  to  the  advanced  age  of  four-score 
years  or  more.  Charles  had  been  sickly  from  his  youth,  yet  his 
active  intellect  had  accomplished  labors  scarcely  inferior  to 
those  of  ids  brother.  It  has  been  said  liis  sermons  were  always 
attractive  to  his  audience,  and  his  plaintive  hymns  stirred  the 
deepest  feelings  of  his  contemporaries,  and  are  still  numbered 
among  the  most  popular  of  modern  compositions.  It  is  further 
stated  tliat  lie  lived  in  self-chosen  poverty,  and  when  he  died, 
at  the  age  of  eighty  years,  he  left  nothing  to  pay  for  a  modest 
funeral.  He  was  buried  at  the  expense  of  a  few  of  his  personal 
friends.  The  loss  of  his  brother  warned  John  Wesley  that  he 
too  could  not  long  hope  to  remain  behind  to  guide  his  faithful 
f«>llowers,  but  he  still  preached  with  animation  at  the  age  of 
eighty-four,  but  at  eighty-six  he  admitted  the  weight  of  years  ; 
Ids  eyes,  lie  remarked,  were  dim,  Ins  voice  faint,  but  he  traveled 
almost  to  the  last ;  and  was  followed  by  the  throngs  who  never 
deserted  him.  In  the  spring  of  1791  he  was  brought  to  his 
house  in  City  Road,  stricken  with  a  fever,  and  on  the  2d  of  3d 
month  he  died.  Thus  passed  away  one  of  the  greatest  men  that 
England  ever  raised.  He  desired  no  pomp  at  his  funeral,  but 
only  the  tears  of  those  who  loved  him. 

With  the  death  of  its  founder  the  opponents  of  tlie  new 
reform  foretold  that  it  must  soon  pass  away,  yet  the  Wesleys 
had  left  behind  them  a  throng  of  disciples  of  various  powers 
and  attainments  whose  zeal  uplield  the  principles  they  had 
inculcated,  and  whose  laborious  lives  enforced  the  growth  of 


METHODIST    SOCIETIES.  tt47 


Methodism,  Of  the  most  eminent  for  learning  and  virtuous 
resohition  was  Adam  Clark,  a  man  who  was  never  idle,  whose 
very  amusements,  his  son  wrote,  were  instructive.  History 
tells  us  that  he  studied  the  Septuagenet  and  mastered  the  rarest 
niceties  of  the  Hebrew  while  on  horseback,  book  in  hand,  riding 
from  place  to  place,  preaching  almost  incessantly.  He  was 
sometimes  assailed  by  gangs  of  angry  smugglers  in  Guernsey, 
or  frozen  with  tlie  cold,  and  worn  with  fatigue,  shivered  in  a 
lonely  cabin  as  he  pressed  on  in  his  studies.  He  composed,  in 
the  midst  of  his  active  labors  as  an  ardent  preacher,  a  "  Com- 
mentary on  the  Bible,"  which  is  considered  the  most  accurate, 
learned  and  extensive  known  to  any  tongue,  a  work  that  is 
acknowledged  a  wonder  of  English  intellect,  and  fit  to  stand  not 
far  from  "  Gibbons'  History  of  the  downfall  of  Home."  He 
was  at  the  same  time  employed  by  the  English  government  in 
arranging  its  state  papers,  and  enlarging  the  knowledge  of  its 
own  history.  An  eminent  writer  said  such  a  man  could 
scarcely  fail  to  bear  on  the  banner  of  the  Wesleyan  reform,  and 
was  indeed  the  mental  offspring,  the  peculiar  product  of  the 
care  and  the  foresight  of  John  Wesley.  Adam  Clark  was  born 
in  rude,  yet  honest  poverty,  in  Ireland.  He  said  on  one  occa- 
sion that  he  should  hate  his  scoundrel  heart  if  he  did  not  love 
all  mankind.  Hence  the  Methodist  Society  began  at  once  to 
teach  a  liberal  humanity. 

In  that  bold  crusade  against  human  slavery  that  agitated  all 
England  at  the  beginning  of  the  present  century,  it  is  not  im- 
probable, but  for  the  strenuous  efforts  of  the  prominent  mem- 
bers of  Friends  and  Methodist  Societies,  and  the  support  and 
influence  tliey  gave,  that  Wilberforce,  Brougham  and  Clarkson 
might  have  failed  to  reach  the  goal  for  which  they  toiled. 

It  has  been  said  that  the  most  pleasing  preachers  at  the  City 
Road  Chapel,  after  the  death  of  Wesley,  was  Joseph  Benson, 
and  probably  he  was  one  of  the  greatest  pulpit  orators  that  ever 
belonged  to  the  Methodist  Society.  His  biographer  states  he 
was  learned,  amiable,  modest,  and  graceful  in  elocution,  and 
never  failed  to  draw  large  audiences,  and  to  touch  the  higher 
impulses  of  his  hearers.  Tliere  were  also  among  the  early 
Methodists  a  noble  band  of  women,  the  most  conspicuous 
among  them  being  Susanna  Wesley,  the  mother  of  John  and 
Charles  Wesley,  and  Mary,  tlie  wife  of  Adam  Clark.  Their 
names  should  be  perpetuated  to  the  latest  posterity  for  their 
self-sacriticing  deeds  in  behalf  of  humanity.  In  this  short 
sketch  I  think  it  would  be  right  to  refer  to  Thomas  Clark,  who 
was  sent  oyer  to  organi^Q  thg  Methodist  Church  in  America, 


448  METHODIST   SOCIETIES. 


and  who  was  the  first  Superintendent  or  Bishop  in  this  country. 
He  was  represented  to  liave  been  small  in  stature,  yet  ardent 
and  active  al)ove  his  contemporaries.  In  earlj  life  he  was 
touched  by  Metliodism,  and  became  the  chosen  companion  of 
Wesley  in  his  most  difficult  labors,  and  gave  his  fortune,  talents, 
and  his  life  to  the  cause  of  missions.  But  in  his  boundless  be 
nevolence  he  longed  cliiefly  to  extend  the  blessings  of  faith  and 
culture  to  the  slaves  of  the  West  Indies,  tlie  people  of  Africa, 
and  the  countless  worshippers  of  idols  in  Hindostan  ;  he  could 
be  content  with  nothing  less  than  the  consolation  of  the  most 
miserable,  or  the  elevation  of  the  most  degraded  of  his  race, 
and  while  the  hideous  traflic  in  the  bodies  and  souls  of  men  was 
at  its  height,  while  men  were  making  profit  from  buying  and 
selling  men,  human  nature  is  at  least  redeemed  from  total 
infamy  by  the  God-like  labors  of  Thomas  Clark.  There  were 
a  large  number  of  negro  slaves  converted  througli  his  infiuence. 
He  saw  Ethiopia  "  stretching  out  her  hands,"  and  he  was  reso- 
lute enough  to  answer  her  cry.  It  has  been  stated  on  good  au- 
thority that  John  Early,  a  native  of  Ireland,  emigrated  to  tliis 
country  in  1764,  and  located  near  what  was  afterwards  known 
as  Union  church,  in  Gloucester  county,  he  being  the  first  Metho- 
dist in  New  Jersey.  Previous  to  1770  Early  had  embraced  tlie 
doctrines  of  the  Gospel  as  presented  by  John  Wesley. 

Methodism,  in  its  ecclesiastical,  owes  its  origin  in  Kew  Jersey 
to  Captain  Tliomas  Webb,  who  was  a  local  preacher  and  officer 
in  the  British  army.  Being  stationed  at  Burlington,  on  duty, 
in  1770,  he  formed  a  class  14th  of  the  12th  month,  same  year, 
and  appointed  Joseph  Toy,  a  native  of  New  Jersey,  its  leader. 
A  short  time  previous  to  this  Richard  Boardman  and  Joseph 
Pilmoor  came  from  England,  and  landed  at  Gloucester  Point,  in 
October,  1769 ;  they  were  the  first  missionaries  in  America.  The 
first  house  of  worship  of  the  sect  was  built  in  Greenwich  town- 
ship, Gloucester  county,  in  1770:  it  was  called  Greenwicli 
Chapel,  and  Edward  Evans  was  the  first  minister.  He  died 
after  a  few  month's  service,  and  Joseph  Pilmoor,  one  of  the  first 
missionaries,  at  that  period  a  resident  of  the  city  of  Philadel- 
phia, preached  his  funeral  sermon,  that  was  on  the  15th  of  lOtli 
month,  1771.  When  I  take  into  consideration  the  early  habits 
of  Benjamin  Abbott,  the  father  of  Methodism  in  Salem  county, 
he  certainly  was  one  of  the  most  remarkable  men  of  his  genera- 
tion. He  married  in  early  life,  and  located  himself  in  Pitts- 
grove  township ;  his  wife  was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  of  that  place,  and  he  occasionally  went  with  her  to 
church.    In  tlio  fall  of  1772,  in  the  fortieth  year  of  his  age,  he 


METHODIST    SOCIETIES.  449 


became  converted  under  the  preacliinc;  of  Abraham  Whiteworth. 
At  that  time  lie  was  a  hired  laborer  for  Benjamin  Yanmeter,  a 
1  r jmiuent  farmer  in  tliat  neighborhood,  and,  according  to  tra- 
dition, Benjamin  employed  him  solely  on  account  of  his  muscu- 
lar strength,  for  otherwise  he  was  very  objectionable,  being  in- 
temperate, and  then  so  very  quarrelsome.  There  lived  in  the 
same  neighborhood  John  Murphy,  a  member  of  the  PresVjyte- 
rian  Church,  he  being  a  man  of  considerable  intellect  and  exten- 
sive reading,  whose  house  appears  to  have  been  a  home  for  the 
Methodist  itinerants,  and  among  the  first  preaching  places  of 
tlie  county.  After  a  time  he  became  a  member  of  the  Society, 
quite  contrary  to  the  wishes  of  his  former  friends.  At  his  house 
was  formed  the  lirst  Methodist  Society  in  this  county ;  on  the 
same  site  there  was  erected,  a  few  years  since,  a  good  substantial 
brick  building,  which  is  called  on  the  Salem  circuit  plan  Friend- 
ship church,  Benjamin  Abbott  being  the  first  member.  John 
Murphy  was  one  of  his  neighbors,  and  it  was  returning  from  a 
visit  to  Murphy's  that  Abbott's  wife  was  converted.  Methodism 
was  introduced  in  the  town  of  Salem  about  the  year  1774. 
Daniel  Ruff  visited  the  town  and  preached  in  the  Court  House. 
Some  two  or  three  years  after  Abbott's  conversion  he  left  Pitts- 
grove  and  located  himself  and  family  in  Manniugton  township. 
There  was  a  Methodist  society  formed  at  Quinton's  Bridge,  at 
the  house  of  Benjamin  Weather  by ;  among  the  members  were 
Henry  Firth  and  John  McCloskey ;  the  latter  became  a  distin- 
guished preacher,  and  filled  several  important  appointments, 
including  the  cities  of  New  York,  Philadelphia  and  Baltimore, 
and  also  that  of  Presiding  Elder.  In  the  year  1784,  the  lirst 
Methodist  church  was  built  in  the  town  of  Salem  ;  Henry  Firth 
and  Benjamin  Abbott  and  a  few  others  were  the  principal  mem- 
bers. The  first  named  was  instrumental  (he  having  the  most 
means)  in  building  the  church  on  a  lot  that  he  purchased  on 
Margaret's  lane,  now  known  as  "Walnut  street.  They  asked  as- 
tistaace  from  the  members  of  other  religious  denominations, 
particularly  of  the  Society  of  Friends,  The  matter  was  dis- 
cussed in  their  Quarterly  Meeting,  some  Friends  objecting  to 
contribute,  believing,  by  so  doing,  it  would  be  a  violation  of  the 
testimony  that  the  Society  always  held  against  aiding  hireling 
ministry.  It  was  stated  in  the  meeting  that  the  preachers  of 
the  new  sect  only  received  a  passing  support  for  their  services, 
and  after  a  general  expression  of  opinion  it  was  decided  by  the 
Society  that  such  of  their  members  as  felt  free  to  contribute  might 
do  so,  which  they  accordingly  did.  After  the  meeting  house  was 
completed,  Benjamin  Abbott  was  baptized  in  the  new  church. 

57 


450  METHODISE    SOCIETIES. 


Although  he  had  been  preaching  for  twelve  years,  in  consequence 
of  the  ministry  having  not  been  ordained  he  had  not  been  bap- 
tized. He  did  not  reside  long  in  Mannington  before  he  went 
to  Lower  Penns  Neck  to  live,  and  aljont  that  time  tliere  was  a 
Methodist  society  organized  in  that  township  ;  at  the  present 
it  is  a  large  congregation.  The  most  reliable  account  that  is 
left  on  record  of  Abbott  is  that  his  speaking  was  of  a  declam- 
atory kind,  calculated  to  arouse  his  audience.  He  possessed  an 
uncommon  degree  of  zeal,  and  if  he  liad  the  learning  of  tlie 
"Wesleys,  Clark  or  Benson,  it  is  probable  he  would  have  been 
an  uncommon  pulpit  orator.  He  died  on  the  14th  of  August, 
1796,  aged  64  j'^ears,  and  was  buried  on  the  third  day  following, 
in  tlie  Methodist  burial  ground  in  Salem, 

Henry  Firth,  one  of  the  lirst  Methodists  in  this  county,  was 
of  a  Quaker  parentage.     His  great  ancestor,  John  Firth,  settled 
in  the  neighborhood  of  Salem  as  early  as  1707,  and  had  several 
children.     Henry  Firth's  mother  was  the  daughter  of  Samuel 
Stubbing,  he  ha^sdng  but  one  son,  Henry  Stubbins,  who  inherited 
his  father's  estate  in  Elsinborough,  and  married,  in  1737,  Re- 
becca Daniels,  daughter  of  James  Daniels,  Sr.     They  had  no 
issue,  and  Henry  Stubbins  Firth  became  the  adopted  son  of  his 
uncle,  and  eventually  the  owner,  by  will,  of  all  the  real  estate 
that  belonged  to  Henry  Stubbins,  in  the  township  of  Elsinbor- 
ough.    His  wife  was  Sarali,  the  daughter  of  Charles  and  Sarah 
Bassett  Fogg,  of  Alio  ways  Creek.     Henry  subsequently  pur- 
chased the  Preston  Carpenter  property  in   Mannington,  and 
perhaps  that  purchase,  together  with  his  liberality  to  the  new  re- 
ligious sect,  was  the  primary  cause  of  his  eventually  losing  his 
estate,  and  becoming  unalJe  to  pay  his  just  debts.    John  Wistar, 
whose  heart  was  always  filled  with  the  milk  of  human  kindness, 
with  a  few  other  friends,  interceded  for  Henry  and  his  wife, 
and  succeeded  in  having  a  tenant  house  and  about  ten  or  twelve 
acres  of  ground  attached,  set  apart  for  them  to  occupy  whilst 
they  lived.     Henry  soon  after  was  appointed  one  of  tlie  Justices 
of  the  Peace  of  Salem  county,  he  being  well  calculated  for  the 
office.     He  had  a  large  patronage,  and  he  and  his  wife  lived 
comparatively  comfortable  to  old  age.     They  had  three  children 
— Stubbins,  Ezra  and  Clara  Firth.     These  children  were  greatly 
assisted  in  school  education  by  those  persons  that  took  an  inter- 
est in  them.     John  Wistar  soon  discovered  that  the  eldest  son, 
Stubbins,  possessed  more  than  common  abilities,  and  he  accord- 
ingly gave  him  a  liberal  education  at  his  own  expense.     The 
celebrated  Dr.  Casper  Wistar,  of  Philadelphia,  by  the  solicita- 
tions of  his  brother  John,  gave  him  studies,  and  soon  after  he 


METHODIST  SOCIETIES.  451 


graduated  he  removed  to  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  where,  in 
a  sliort  time,  he  had  an  extensive  practice,  and  married  a  young 
lady  of  wealth,  belonging  to  the  old  aristocratic  families  of  that 
city.  Stubbins  died  when  he  was  about  middle  aged,  without 
issue.  John  Firth,  a  younger  brother  of  Henry,  also  left  the 
religious  sect  of  which  he  was  born  a  member,  and  became  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Church.  lie  married  in  1793,  Mar- 
garet Taber  Sparks,  of  the  county  of  Gloucester,  in  which  place 
I  think  he  resided  mostly  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  was 
the  author  of  the  life  of  Benjamin  Abbott. 

In  1788  the  name  of  the  circuit  was  changed  from  West  Jer- 
sey circuit  to  Salem  circuit ;  James  O.  Cromwell  was  appointed 
elder,  and  Joseph  Cromwell,  Nathaniel  B.  Mills,  and  John 
Cooper  appointed  to  the  circuit.  About  the  year  1800,  or  a 
short  time  prior,  the  Salem  church  was  largely  increased  in 
numbers.  Among  those  new  converts  were  three  brothers, 
Jacob,  William  and  Maskell  Mulford  ;  they  came  to  Salem  from 
Greenwich,  Cumberland  county.  Their  parents  were  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  that  place ;  their  mother's  name 
was  Maskell.  That  family  were  among  the  first  Presbyterians 
that  emigrated  to  Fenwick  Colony  from  New  England,  as  early 
as  1700.  William,  the  second  son,  married  the  daughter  of 
Elijah  Cattell,  who  was  tlie  son  of  William  Cattell,  and  Ann, 
liis  wife,  born  27th  of  7th  month,  1751.  He  took  an  active 
part  in  the  Revolutionary  war,  by  which  he  lost  his  membership 
in  the  Society  of  Friends.  He  was  a  merchant,  and  his  place 
of  business  was  at  the  corner  of  Market  and  Broadway  streets. 
After  the  death  of  E.  Cattell,  the  property  was  sold  to  Isaac 
Moss,  and  he  conveyed  it  to  Thomas  Jones. 

The  Methodist  congregation  in  Salem  increased  rapidly,  so 
much  so  that  the  Society  found  that  the  old  frame  building  on 
Walnut  street  was  not  large  enough  to  accommodate  them,  and 
in  1826  they  concluded  to  erect  a  brick  meeting  house,  which 
was  completed  and  dedicated  in  1838.  Abraham  Owen  was  at 
the  time  pastor  of  the  church ;  since  then  there  have  been  sev- 
eral eminent  clergymen  stationed  there  ;  among  them  was  Jef- 
ferson Lewis,  who  was  considered  more  than  an  ordinary  pulpit 
speaker.  The  present  popular  pastor,  Willis  Reeves,  I  have 
been  informed,  attracts  large  audiences ;  so  much  so  that  the 
Society  has  it  in  in  contemplation  to  enlarge  the  present  house. 
The  church  has  about  33-1  members.  In  1858  there  was  a 
number  of  the  congregation,  who  belonged  to  the  old  church, 
believing  it  would  be  an  advantage  to  the  Society  to  have  two 
separate  congregations,  resolved  to  build  another  church.     Ac- 


452  EPISCOPAL    SOClteflEg. 


cordingly  114  members  purchased  a  lot  on  Broadway  street  at 
a  cost  of  $4,000,  and  erected  a  large  brick  church  there  in  1859, 
at  a  cost  of  $18,000,  size  55x80  feet.  At  the  time  of  the  organ- 
ization of  the  new  chnrch,  tlie  following  persons  named  were 
tlie  trustees:  James  Newell,  Benjamin  Lloyd,  Ebenezer  Dunn, 
John  C.  Dunn,  Kobert  Newell,  and  T.  Y.  F.  Kusling.  The 
two  first  named  trustees,  however,  soon  returned  to  tlie  Walnut 
street  meeting.  Tlie  different  ministers  that  have  been  stationed 
at  the  Broadway  church  since  it  was  established  were  William 
H.  Jeffery,  two  years  ;  R.  H.  Chalker,  two  years  ;  C.  E.  Ilill, 
two  years ;  Caleb  Fleming,  two  years ;  J.  S.  Ileisler,  three 
years ;  G.  K.  Morris,  three  years ;  William  H.  Pearne,  two 
years.  Tiie  present  pastor  is  C.  W.  Hcisley.  There  are  about 
300  members  belonging  to  the  church  at  the  present  time. 

There  are  now  more  than  twenty  Methodist  congregations 
witliin  Fen  wick  Colony.  Althougli  their  lirst  religious  organi- 
zation in  this  country  being  not  much  over  one  Inmdred  years 
old,  they  are  one  of  the  most  numerous  Frotestant  sects  in  the 
United  States.  It  must  be  admitted  by  every  unprejudicted 
mind  that  they,  in  a  society  capacity,  liave  done  great  good  in 
promulgating  moral  and  relio-ious  sentiments  among  mankind. 


AFRICAN    METHODIST    SOCIETY. 

The  African  Methodist  Church  in  Salem  was  organized  tlie 
latter  part  of  the  last  century  on  Fenwick  street.  The  late 
Robert  G.  Johnson  deeded  a  lot  of  ground  for  the  purpose,  for 
their  meeting  house,  and  grave-yard.  The  Society  purchased 
the  old  frame  house  that  was  formerly  used  as  a  Baptist  Church 
at  Mill  Hollow,  and  moved  it  on  Johnson's  lot.  It  was  used  as 
a  place  of  worship  until  within  a  few  years.  It  is  now  used  as 
a  school  house  for  colored  children,  and  the  Wesleyan  Society  of 
colored  have  erected  a  brick  church  in  its  stead.  About  1820, 
there  was  a  division  among  the  colored  Methodists  in  the  town 
of  Salem.  Richard  Allen,  a  colored  preacher  from  Philadel- 
phia, contended  the  colored  church  should  be  governed  by 
Bishops  of  their  own  race.  By  far  the  greatest  number  that 
belonged  to  the  Salem  church  adhered  to  his  principles  of  church 
government,  and  withdrew,  and  erected  a  meeting  house  for 
themselves.  Consequently  there  are  ten  African  churches  in 
the  city  of  Salem.  There  is  one  at  Marsliallville,  in  the  town- 
ship of  Mannington,  one  in  the  township  of  Quinton,  and  one 
at  Bushtown,  in  Pilesgrove  townsliip. 


ROMAN    CATHOLIC    SOCIETY. 

In  the  early  part  of  the  present  century  there  was  a  consider- 
able emigration  from  Germany  and  Ireland  to  Salem  and  Cum- 
berland counties.  The  greater  number  of  those  persons  who 
came  were  members  of  the  Roman  Catholic  Church.  In  the 
year  1850  the  Catholics  organized  in  the  city  of  Salem  a  church, 
calling  it  the  St.  Mary's  Catholic  Church.  There  was  erected 
about  that  time,  on  Oak  street,  a  large  church  building.  It 
was  built  of  stone.  The  Catholic  congregation  at  this  time 
is  consitlered  one  of  the  largest  in  the  city.  Father  Pattle  is 
their  priest.  It  is  generally  considered  that  he  exerts  a  moral 
and  religious  influence  over  his  large  congregation. 


TOWNSHIPS. 

John  Fenwick,  soon  after  his  arrival,  in  1675,  wrote  a  code 
of  laws  for  the  government  of  his  colony,  being  republican  in 
form,  and  laid,  out  a  town  which  he  called  Salem,  on  a  point  of 
land  bounded  on  the  oast  by  a  tributary  of  Salem  creek,  which 
he  called  Fenwick  creek,  on  the  south  by  Amblebury  creek. 
The  number  of  acres,  including  the  town  marsh,  was  about  1700. 
His  plan  seems  to  have  been  for  his  colony  to  be  governed,  by  a 
Legislative  body,  distinct  and  separate  from  the  other  inhabit- 
ants of  West  Jersey.  But  the  most  eminent  men  that  resided 
within  the  Salem  tenth,  and  large  owners  within  the  same,  op- 
posed his  plan  in  that  particular.  They  insisted  that  the  inhab- 
itants of  the  whole  of  West  Jersey  should  be  governed  by  one 
Legislative  body.  The  result  of  their  disagreement  was  that 
the  inhabitants  of  the  infant  colony  were  governed  by  the  dif- 
ferent justices  of  the  peace,  created  by  the  proprietor,  and 
located  in  the  different  precincts  of  the  county  until  1683.  At 
that  time  William  Penn,  being  one  of  Edward  Billings'  trustees, 
took  a  great  interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  people  of  the  whole  of 
West  Jersey,  and  in  1682  he  purchased  the  whole  of  John  Fen- 
wick's  right  in  the  Salem  tenth,  the  proprietor  reserving  150,000 
acres  for  himself  and  heirs.  In  the  spring  of  1683  there  was 
an  election  held  for  the  first  time  in  this  section  of  Jersey,  to 
elect  three  members  to  the  Legislature  of  West  Jersey,  to  meet 
at  the  town  of  Burlington  the  following  winter.  John  Fenwick 
was  elected  as  one  of  the  members,  but  he  died  the  same  fall 
before  the  time  of  the  meeting  of  the  Assembly. 

The  principal  and  leading  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Salem, 
from  1675  to  1770,  were  James  Nevell,  Thomas  Killings  worth, 
Hippolite  Lefever,  John  Pledger,  Edward  Wade,  Edward  Brad- 
way,  Richard  Johnson,  William  Hall,  Alexander  Grant,  James 
Rolph,  Benjamin  Acton,  Samuel  Hedge,  Jr.,  and  his  son,  Sam- 
uel Hedge,  3d,  Robert  Rumsey,  John  Goodwin,  Robert  Conar- 
roe,  Henry  Wilkinson,  James  Champney,  John  Adams,  John 
Fenwick,  the  proprietor,  Edward  Keasbey  and  John  Test.  The 
latter  had  a  son,  John  Test,  who  resided  in  Pilesgrove  ;  also  a 


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TOWNSHIPS. 


son,  Francis  Test,  wlio  married  and  settled  on  the  sontli  side  of 
Cohansey;  he  had  nine  cliildren.  The  present  Joseph  Test,  of 
Salem,  is  a  lineal  descendant  of  Francis  Test,  Jr.  Tliomas  Hill 
was  a  leading  and  influential  man  in  the  town  of  Salem  in  the 
fore  part  of  the  last  centary. 

The  precinct  of  Elsinboro,  although  the  smallest  in  the  colony, 
by  the  original  survey  contained  only  800  acres.     It  was  first 
called  Elshorg,  after  the  fort  built  by  the  Swedes  about  1640. 
Elsinboro  is  a  historical  precinct,  for  in  that  place  the  first  Eng- 
lish settlement  was  made  by  a  colony  from  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut, as  early  as  1640.     Jt  was  not  a  permanent  settlement, 
for  in  1642  they  all  returned  to  New  England  again.     The  town- 
ship is  also  noted  for  having  some  of  the  most  conspicuous  men 
in  the  first  settlement  of  the  colony  that  purchased  lands  and 
resided  within  its  boundaries ;  such  men  as  Samuel  Nicholson 
and  his  two  sons,  Samuel  and  Abel  Nicliolson,  John  Smith  of 
Amblebury ;  Eobert  Windham  and  his  son-in-law,  Richard  I)ar- 
kin ;  John  Mason  and  his  son  Thomas  Mason ;  John,  Andrew 
and  Thomas  Thompson ;  Rudoc  Morris,  and  his  three  sons,  Jo- 
seph, Lewis  and  David  Morris  ;  Isaac  Smart  and  his  sou,  Nathan 
Smart ;  George  Abbott  and  his  two  sons,  George  and  Samuel 
Abbott ;  Samuel  Stubbins  and  his  son,  Henry,  and  John  Firth. 
In  the  third  generation  there  was  Samuel  Nicholson,  son  of  Abel 
Nicholson,  who  was  an  eminent  philanthropist  in  his  generation. 
Perhaps  he  did  as  much  or  more  than  any  other  person  of  liis 
time  towards  assisting  the  poor  in  Salem  county.     As  early  as 
1760,  Col.  Benjamin  Holme,  who  is  well  known  in  the  history 
of  this  county,  became  a  resident  of  Elsinboro,  and  died  tlicre 
in  old  age,  full  of  honors ;  and  his  great-grandchildren  are  the 
owners  of  tlie  patrimonial  estate,  and  reside  thereon.     As  early 
as  1700  "William  Hancock,  the  son  of  the  emigrant,  purchased 
a  large  tract  of  land  in  Elsinboro,  and,  with  his  son,  Thomas, 
and  grandsons,  William  and  Thomas  Hancock,  held  a  large  in- 
fluence in  that  place. 

Monmouth  precinct  composed  at  the  present  time  three  town- 
ships— Alloways,  Qiiinton  and  Upper  Alloways  Creek,  and  origi- 
nally contained  64,000  acres.  In  the  year  1760  an  act  was 
passed  by  the  New  Jersey  Legislature  giving  the  inhabitants  of 
Alloways  Creek  power  to  divide  the  township.  Benjamin  Thomp- 
son, in  the  upper  district;  John  Stewart,  of  the  lower;  and 
Elnathan  Davis,  of  Cumberland,  were  appointed  commissioners  ; 
the  latter  also  was  the  surveyor.  They  set  off  34,000  acres  to 
the  upper  district,  and  it  was  called  Upper  Alloways  Creek,  and 
leaving  30,000  acres  to  the  lower  portion,  it  retaining  the  orig- 


TOWNSHIPS.  457 ' 


inal  name,  Alloways  Creek.  A  few  years  sinee  there  was  an 
act  passed  by  the  Legishiture  to  set  off  another  township  from  the 
territory  of  Upper  Alloways  Creek,  which  is  called  Qiiinton,  to 
commemorate  Tobias  Quinton,  who  was  one  of  the  first  emigrants 
that  located  a  large  tract  of  land  where  the  village  of  Quinton 
is  situated.  The  descendants  of  the  first  and  the  most  conspic- 
uous men  that  first  resided  in  the  ancient  Monmouth  District 
became  historical  characters :  Christopher  White,  Samuel  Wade, 
Neal  Daniels,  William  Hancock  and  his  son,  John,  John  Han- 
cock, cousin  of  William,  Natlianiel  Cham  bless,  his  son  Nathan- 
iel, William  Tyler  and  his  son,  AV^illiam,  Charles  Oakford, 
William  Bradway,  son  of  Edw^ard  Bradway,  of  Salem,  John 
Malstaff,  James  Denn  and  his  son,  John  Maddox  Denn,  Joseph 
Ware  and  his  son,  Joseph,  George  Trenchard  1st,  George  Dea- 
con, who  removed  to  Burlington  county  in  1690,  (where  some 
of  his  descendants  are  still  living,)  Jonathan  Smith,  the  son  of 
John  Smith,  of  Almsbury,  Tobias  Quinton,  Daniel  Smith,  son 
of  John  Smith,  William  Willis,  William  Penton,  John  Holme, 
AVilliam  Thompson,  the  eldest  son  of  Andrew  Thompson,  Wil- 
liam's four  sons — Joseph,  William,  Samuel  C.  and  Benjamin 
Thompson,  Joseph  Fogg  and  his  three  sons — Joseph,  Daniel 
and  Samuel  Fogg,  William  Oakford,  Jeremiah  Powell  and  his 
two  sons — Jeremiah  and  Samuel.  John  Maddox,  the  son  of 
Ralph  Maddox,  was  born  near  London,  in  1631,  removed  to  the 
city  of  London,  in  1669,  and  resided  in  the  parish  of  St.  Sep- 
ulchre. His  business  was  that  of  a  tallow  chandler.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Durliam,  widow  of  Joseph  Durham,  a  citizen  of 
London.  John  and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Maddox,  and  their  daugh- 
ter, Elizabeth,  wath  two  or  three  servants  and  a  number  of  other 
passengers,  sailed  from  London  in  the  ship  Surrey,  Steven  Nich- 
ols, Captain,  on  the  2-lth  of  6th  month,  1678,  for  the  province 
of  West  New  Jersey.  John  and  his  family  resided  a  short  time 
in  Salem.  In  1680  he  purchased  of  Isabella  Hancock,  a  widow 
of  William  Hancock,  500  acres  of  land  on  the  south  side  of 
Monmouth  river.  Their  daughter,  Elizabeth  Maddox,  married 
James  Denn ;  they  had  two  children — Margaret  Denn,  born 
29th  of  the  4th  month,  1689,  and  John  Maddox  Denn,  born 
1693.  John  Maddox,  in  1700,  sold  all  his  real  estate  in  the 
Monmouth  precinct  to  Jeremiah  Powell  and  John  Hancock. 
(The  latter  was  the  son-in-law  of  Nathaniel  Chambless,  Sr.)  It 
appears  by  the  records  that  James  Maddox  and  Elizabeth,  his 
wife,  had  only  one  child,  Elizabeth  Denn.  James  Maddox  died  at 
Alloways  Creek,  in  1701 ;  his  will  was  executed  in  the  year  1700. 
The  precinct  of  Mannington  contains,  by  the  original  survey, 
58 


458  TOWNSHIPS. 


28,000  acres.  It  appears  to  have  been  the  favorite  township  of 
the  proprietor.  In  Upper  Mannington  lie  had  his  country  seat, 
called  Fenwick's  Grove,  which  contained  6000  acres.  Adjoin- 
ing the  said  tract  on  the  south,  Fenwick  liad  two  thousand  acres 
laid  off  to  his  favorite  daughter,  Annie  Fenwick,  and  her  hus- 
band, Samuel  Hedge ;  it  was  called,  fer  several  generations, 
Hedgefield. 

John  Pledger  and  liis  wife,  Elizabeth,  were  married  in  1672 ; 
they  lived  in  Portsmouth,  Southampshire ;  he  was  a  ship  car- 
penter. They  had  one  son  born  in  England,  Joseph  Pledger, 
on  the  4tli  of  6th  month,  1672.  Their  son,  John  Pledger,  was 
l)orn  in  Salem,  27th  of  9th  month,  1680.  Hypolyte  Lefevre,  it 
has  been  stated,  was  a  French  Huguenot.  He  left  his  native 
country  on  account  of  religious  persecution,  and  went  to  Eng- 
land. He  and  his  wife,  Mary  Lefevre,  were  residents  of  St. 
Martins  in  the  fields  of  Middlesex,  London.  Being  a  man  of 
considerable  means  he  was  known  as  a  gentleman.  He  and 
John  Pledger  purchased  6,000  acres  of  Jolm  Fenwick  in  the 
fall  of  1674.  They,  wdth  their  families,  arrived  in  West  New 
Jersey  several  months  before  the  proprietor.  In  the  summer  of 
1676  their  lands  were  surveyed  by  Richard  Noble  and  were 
located  within  the  bounds  of  Mannington  township.  I  think 
neither  Hypolyte  or  Jolm  Pledger,  Sr.,  ever  resided  on  their 
large  allotment,  but  lived  and  died  in  Salem.  Hypolyte  and  his 
wife,  Mary  Lefevre,  had  one  son,  Hypolyte,  who  married  Hannah 
Carll,  of  Philadelphia.  Hypolite,  the  elder,  died  previous  to 
1698,  The  principal  landholders  and  residents  of  the  township 
of  Mannington,  in  the  latter  part  of  tlie  seventeenth  and  the 
fore  part  of  the  eighteenth  century,  were  John  Smith,  of  Smith- 
field,  and  his  sons  Joseph,  David  and  Samuel,  William  Hall,  Jr., 
Bartholomew  Wyatt,  and  his  son  Bartholomew  ;  James  Sherron , 
who  was  killed  by  Ilagar,  his  slave  ;  Jolm  Hedge,  Jr.,  Richard 
Woodnutt  and  his  two  sons,  Joseph  and  Richard  ;  James  Whit- 
tan,  Thomas  Mason  and  his  four  sons,  Jonathan,  Samuel,  Aaron 
and  James  Mason ;  Benjamin  Cripps,  John  Vining,  Ezekiel 
Peterson,  Jedediah  Allen,  Benjamin  Wyncoop,  Henry  Wam- 
sley,  Thomas  Hackett,  Edward  Weatherby,  Giles  Smith.  Sam 
uel  and  Anna  Fenwick  Hedge  resided  in  the  township  of  Man- 
nington up  to  1684.  After  the  death  of  their  father,  John 
Fenwick,  they  removed  to  Salem.  The  precinct  of  Pilesgrove 
formerly  contained  87,000  acres.  It  deiived  its  name  from 
Thomas  Pyle,  who  was  a  citizen  and  upholsterer  in  tlie  city  of 
London.     He  purchased  10,000  acres  in  said  township. 

Thomas  Pyle  probably  died  before  1690.     I  find  no  record  of 


TOWNSHIPS.  .  459 


him  after  that  time.     The  Sharps  were  among  the  most  con- 
spicuous men  that  resided  in  the  precinct  at  the  first  settlement. 
They  located  on  2,000  acres  of  land,  the  greater  part  of  which 
was  in  the  township  of  Pilesgrove,  but  some  portions  were  in 
the  township  of  Mannington.     The  Salem  County  Alms  House 
farm  is  the  part  that  was  formerly  of  the   Sharps ;  also,  their 
family  grave-yard  was  located  in  the  same  township,  where  the 
mortal   remains  of  John  Fen  wick  were  buried.     The  Colson 
family  were  among  the  first  inhabitants  of  Pilesgrove  ;  likewise 
John  Davis,  who  emigrated  from  Long  Island  with  his  four 
sons — John,   Isaac,    Malachi   and    David   Davis.      The   latter 
became  active  and  useful  in  civil  and  religious  life,  and  was  a 
Judge  for  many  years  in  the  Salem  Courts.     Tliere  were  also 
the  Bassetts,  Lippincotts,  and  Dunns.     Zaccheus  Dunn  had  a 
large  family  of  children.     He  was  the  son  of  Zaccheus  and 
Deborah  Dunn,  born  in  Pilesgrove  in  1698.     The  large  town- 
ship of  Pilesgrove  was  divided  about  the  time  of  the  American 
revolution  ;  there  were  about  27,000  acres  which  is  now  known 
as  Pilesgrove.     The  new  township  was  named  by  the  patriots 
of  that  day  Pittsgrove,  in   memory  of  William  Pitt,  Earl  of 
Chatham,  who  advocated  the  rights  of  the  colonies  in  the  Brit- 
ish Parliament.     Among  the  active  and  influential  persons  in 
the  new  township  were  theDuboises,  Newkirks,  Elwells,  Coombs, 
Johnsons,  May  hews,  VanMeters,  Swings  and  Hitchners.     About 
1832  there  was  an  act  passed  to  divide  the  township,  which  was 
done,  one  part  retaining  the  old  name,  Pittsgrove,  the  other, 
TTpper    Pittsgrove.     Penn's   Neck  was  settled  by  Europeans 
earlier,  perhaps,  than  any  other  portion  of  Salem  county.     The 
Finns  and  Swedes  settled  there  as  early  as  1638  or  1640.     The 
origmal  survey  of  the  township  amounted  to  about  54,000  acres. 
Many  of  the  early  Swedes  and  Finns  took  deeds  for  the  land 
they  settled  on  from  the  Indian  chiefs.     AVhen  the  proprietors 
arrived  the  said  tracts  of  land  were  re-surveyed,  and  each  one 
of  the  former  inhabitants  agreed  to  pay  Fenwick  and  his  heirs 
a  certain  amount  annually,  called  quit-rents.     The  names  of 
most  of  the  Swedes  and  Finns  were  Andrew  Sinaker,  Fop  Joan- 
son,  Gille  Joanson,  Mat  Neilson,  Abram  Yanhyest,  the  Peter- 
sons, Engsons,  Yauculans,  Shonons,  and  others.     The  first  Eng- 
lish emigrant  that  purchased  lands  there  of  John  Fenwick  was 
Roger  Pedrick,  in  the  fall  of  1674,  being  one  thousand  acres  ; 
it  was  surveyed  to  him  by  Richard  Noble  in  the  spring  of  1676. 
There  are  a  number  of  the  descendants  of  R.  Pedrick  living  in 
the  township  of  Upper  Penn's  Neck  at  the  present  day.     The 
said  land  was  bounded  on  the  east  by  Old  Man's  creek.     The 


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village  of  Pedrickstown  stands  on  part  of  tlie  Pcdrick  tract. 
Micliael  Baron  was  also  a  large  landholder  there ;  his  tract  con- 
tained one  tliousand  acres  in  the  lower  district.  The  Adams 
family  owned  the  greater  portion.  The  sapona,  in  this  town- 
ship, not  far  from  Salem,  was  Tindeldale.  Ricliard  Tindell, 
the  surveyor-general  of  the  province,  owned  and  resided  there, 
while  the  deputy  surveyor,  Jolm  Woolidge,  lived  in  the  town  of 
Salem,  The  house  tliat  he  built  and  lived  in  is  still  standing  on 
Broadway,  near  tlie  old  wharf,  opposite  Edward  Brad  way's 
hrick  buildino;. 

The   Jaquetts  were  French  Huguenots,   who  emigrated  to 
West  Jersey,  and  became  large  landholders  in    Penn's  Neck. 
Thomas  Dunn  purchased  land  as  early  as  1689,  and  many  of  his 
descendants  are  residents  of  the  township  at  the  present  time. 
Edward  Mecum,  Cornelius  Copner,  Thomas  Lambson,  Thomas 
Baldwin  and  William  Hewes  were  among  the  first  English  emi- 
grants that  purchased  lands  in  the  upper  district  bordering  on 
Old  Man's  creek.     His  great  grandson,  Hezekiah  Hewes,  was  a 
cabinet  maker  and  undertaker  in  the  town  of  Salem  as  early  as 
1780  ;  he  continued  in  the  business  for  more  than  twenty  years. 
He  purchased  a  farm  in  Elsinborough  when  he  was  past  middle 
age,  and  went  to  farming.     Towards  the  close  of  his  life  he  re- 
turned to  Salem,  and  carried  on  the  trade  again.     Not  being 
able  to  work  much  himself  he  employed  Japhet  Somers  as  his 
journeyman.     It  is  probable  that  Hezekiah  buried  more  pei'sons 
in  the  ancient  grave-yard  of  Friends  in  Salem  than  any  othei" 
person.     His  wife  was  the  daughter  of   Benjamin  Wriglit,  of 
Mannington.      There   were   two   children — Thomas    and    Jane 
Hewes.     Samuel  Hewes  was  also  a  descendant  of  Wm.  Hewes. 
He  was  born  in  Penn's  Neck,  and  learned  the  hatting  business 
of  David  Smith,  Sr.,  of  Salem.     After  he  became  of  age  he  and 
David  Smith,  tlie  nephew  of  his  former  employer,  carried  on 
the  trade  near  Concordville,  Delaware  county,  Pennnsylvania. 
The  partnership  did  not  last  long.     David  Smith,  the  uncle  of 
David,  died  in  a  short   time  after  they  went  into  business  to- 
gether, leaving  the  greater  part  of  his  estate  to  his  nephew,  and 
consequently  returned  to  Salem  ;  but  Samuel  Hewes  continued 
in  business  and  was  prosperous.     He  was  one  of  the  directoi-s 
of  the  Bank  at   Chester  for  a  number  of  vears.     He  resigned 
Jiis  office  when  the  afflictions  that  attend  old  age  came  upon  him. 
He  lived  to  Ije  nearly  92  years  of  age.     He  was  twice  married. 
By  his  first  wife  he  had  two  children — John  and  Sarah  Ann 
Hewes.     His  second  wife  was  Mary,  the  daughter  of  Benjamin 
and  Mary  Shourds,  of  this  county ;  they  had  one  son,  Charles 


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Ilewes.  The  Somers  family  left  Egg  Harbor  a  century  or  more 
ago.  One  of  the  brothers  purchased  a  large  farm  bordering  on 
the  Delaware  river,  not  far  from  Old  Man's  creek. 

William  Summerill  and  Tnomas  Carney  (of  whom  mention 
has  been  made  before)  and  their  descendants,  were  large  land- 
holders, and  had  great  influence  in  the  township  ;  likewise  the 
Philpot  family.  The  township  of  Penn's  Neck,  a  number  of 
years  ago,  was  divided.  The  lower  section  contains  about 
22,000  acres,  and  retains  the  original  name,  Penn's  Neck.  The 
upper  district  is  much  larger  in  territory  and  in  population, 
and  is  called  Upper  Penn's  Neck. 

The  territory  belonging  to  Fenwick  Colony,  now  Cumber- 
land, was  called  in  the  flrst  settlement  of  the  county,  and  up  to 
nearly  the  middle  of  the  last  century.  North  and  South  Cohan- 
sey  precincts.  That  section  was  peopled  largely  by  emigrants 
from  New  England,  and  also  from  East  Jersey  and  the  state  of 
New  York. 

The  names  of  some  of  the  most  prominent  families  that 
located  in  the  North  and  South  Cohansey  precints  were  Obadiah 
Holmes,  Sheppards,  Ogdens,  Sayres,  Fithians,  Moores,  Bucks, 
Woods,  Bricks,  Batemans,  Prestons,  Whitaker,  Harris,  Maskell, 
Ewing,  Swing,  Mulford,  Butcher,  and  Padgetts.  Samuel  Ba- 
(;on,  probably,  was  one  of  the  first  Europeans  that  purchased 
lands  in  the  North  Cohansey  precincts,  now  known  as  Bacon's 
Neck.  He  purchased  it  of  an  Indian  chief,  and  the  deed  is 
still  in  possession  of  one  of  the  branches  of  the  Bacon  family. 
A  considerable  portion  of  the  land  is  held  at  fhis  time  by  some 
of  Samuel's  descendants,  being  the  sixth  generation.  William, 
Joseph  and  John,  sons  of  Samuel  Bacon,  were  prominent  men. 
John  was  one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Salem  Courts  for  a  number 
of  years.  Mark  Reeves  located  at  the  town  of  Cohansey  in 
1685,  and  in  a  short  time  afterwards  lie  removed  to  Fairfield 
township,  where  he  died  about  1709,  leaving  three  sons — 
Charles,  Mark  and  Joseph.  The  large  family  of  Reeves,  of 
Cumberland,  Salem  and  Burlington  counties,  are  the  descend- 
ants of  Joseph,  the  youngest  son  of  Mark  Reeves,  Sr.  I  think 
it  probable  that  Charles,  the  eldest  sou  of  Mark,  died  single. 
Mark  Reeves,  Jr ,  married  and  had  a  daughter,  who  subse- 
quently married  Alexander  Moore  ;  they  were  tlie  grandparents 
of  the  late  John  Moore  White,  of  Woodbury.  Tliere  was  a 
large  conspicuous  family  located  in  the  South  Coliansey  pre- 
cinct, by  the  name  of  Alexander,  in  the  fore  part  of  the  last 
century.  Daniel  Elmer  emigrated  from  Connecticut,  and  was 
pastor  of  the  first   Presbyterian  church,  near  the  New  Eng- 


462  TOWNSHIPS. 


land  town,  South  Cohansey ;  his  descendants  are  numerous  in 
the  county  at  the  present  day. 

About  1720  Nicholas  and  Leonard  Gibbon  emigrated  from 
England,  settled  at  Cohansey,  and  took  possession  of  a  large 
tract  of  land  that  was  conveyed  to  them  by  Francis  Gibbon, 
their  father.  The  tract  contained  5,500  acres  and  was  situated 
in  three  townships — Greenwich,  Stoe  Creek  and  Hopewell,  as 
the  county  is  divided  at  this  time.  Leonard  took  the  eastern 
portion  and  Nicholas  the  part  next  to  Greenwich. 

The  first  Court  of  Records  was  held  at  the  town  of  Salem  the 
17th  of  9th  month,  1706.  The  Judges  were  Thomas  Killing- 
worth,  of  Salem,  and  Obadiah  Holmes,  of  Cohansey  precinct. 
Justices — Joseph  Sayres,  Cohansey;  Samuel  Hedge,  Jr.,  Salem; 
James  Alexander,  Cohansey ;  Walter  Husted,  Salem  ;  Samuel 
Alexander,  Cohansey.  Tlie  Grand  Jury  called  were  Joseph 
Eastland,  foreman;  John  Paine,  Isaac  Pierson,  John  Sheppard, 
Isaac  Bonner,  John  Williams,  Edward  Mecum,  Henry  Corneil- 
son,  Thomas  Lambson,  John  Swing,  Samuel  Fogg,  James  Bar- 
ret, Henry  Fisher  and  John  Lackey.  Sheriff,  William  Griffin  ; 
Micheal  Hackett,  under  sheriff ;  Isaac  Sharp,  deputy  sheriff, 
and  Elisha  Bassett,  constable  for  Salem.  In  1707  Court  held 
at  Salem  had  the  same  officers  of  the  preceding  year.  The 
Grand  Jm-y  being  called  were  Henry  Buck,  foreman  ;  Samuel 
Curtis,  Benjamin  Bacon,  Joseph  Bacon,  Richard  Whitaker, 
Thomas  Alderman,  John  Brick,  Samuel  Fogg,  Jacob  Garrison, 
Jeremiah  Nickson,  Gabriel  Davis,  Edward  JVIecum,  Isaac  Pier- 
son,  Mark  Elger,  William  Tliompson  and  Thomas  Wallin.  It 
was  the  law  at  that  time  for  the  Court  to  appoint  overseers  of 
the  poor  for  the  several  districts  of  the  county.  The  Court  ap- 
pointed the  following  named  persons  as  overseers  of  the  highways: 
For  Salem — William  Holoway  and  Samuel  Hedge  ;  Elsin bor- 
ough— Abel  Nicholson  and  Thomas  Thompson  ;  Monmouth  pre 
cinct — Josepli  Wareand  Jonathan  Smith;  Mannington — Thomas 
Hackett  and  John  Culver  ;  Penn's  Neck — William  Neilson  and 
Thomas  Lambson  ;  Pilesgrove — Isaac  Davis  and  George  Colson  ; 
Northern  Precinct  of  Cohansey — John  Williams  and  John 
Miller  ;  Soutli  Coliansey  Precinct — Henry  Buck  and  Francis 
Alexander.  Overseers  of  the  Poor  in  the  several  precincts  : 
Salem — Robert  Rumsey  and  Robert  Brothell ;  Monmouth — 
Nathaniel  Chambless  and  Ephraim  Allen  ;  Elsinborough — 
Richard  Darkin  and  Thomas  Thompson  ;  Penn's  Neck — Jere- 
miah Nickson  and  Harris  Shoval ;  Mannington — James  Sherron 
aiul  Daniel  Rumsey ;  Pilesgrove — Jacob  Sharp  and  Thomas 
AVallin  ;  North  Coliansey — Richard  Butcher  and  Samuel  Wood- 


TOWNSHIPS.  463 


house ;  South  Cohansey — Richard  AVhitaker  and  Thomas 
Sheppard. 

In  the  year  17-i7  the  precincts  of  North  and  South  Cohansey 
was  set  off  from  Salem,  and  was  called  Cumberland  county.  It 
has  been  stated  the  name  was  given  to  it  by  Jonathan  Belcher, 
at  tliat  time  Governor  of  New  Jersey,  out  of  respect  to  the 
Duke  of  Cumberland,  which  decision  was  confirmed  by  an  act 
of  Assembly  in  1747. 

It  appears  it  was  the  intention  of  the  commissioners  to  divide 
the  county  of  Salem  into  two  equal  parts  ;  their  first  proposition 
was  to  make  the  mouth  of  Stoe  creek  the  starting  point,  follow 
up  the  creek  until  they  came  to  a  small  tributary,  on  wliich 
Seeley's  mill  pond  is  located,  thence  up  to  the  head  branches, 
and  then  by  a  direct  course  to  the  Gloucester  county  line.  John 
Brick,  Jr.,  at  that  time  one  of  the  Judges  of  the  Salem  County 
Courts,  and  a  man  of  great  influence,  was  desirous  that  his  pos- 
sessions should  be  included  in  tlie  new  county,  and  insisted 
that  the  lower  branch  of  Stoe  creek  (called  at  this  time  Gravelly 
Hun)  should  be  the  line  between  the  two  counties,  which,  after 
considerable  excitement,  was  made  the  boundary,  thereby  giving 
the  new  county  a  much  larger  territory  than  Salem. 


EARLY    MARRIAGES. 

An  account  of  some  of  the  eai'ly  marriages  in  Salem,  Newton 
and  Burlington  meetings :  Samuel  Hedge  married  Ann  Fen- 
wick,  1676  ;  Al)raliam  Strand  to  Parabol  Nicholson,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Ann  Nicholson,  1677 ;  Thomas  Leeds,  of  New 
York,  to  Margaret  Collins,  they  wore  married  at  Newton  in 
1678  ;  Robert  Zane,  of  Salem,  to  Alice  Alday,  of  Burlington  ; 
they  were  married  in  Burlington  meeting.  She  was  the  daugli- 
ter  of  an  Indian  chief.  Judge  Clement,  in  alluding  to  tlie 
marriage  says  :  "It  may  fairly  be  concluded  that  Robert  became 
enamored  of  the  bronzed  beauty  in  some  of  liis  perambulations 
among  the  natives  of  the  soil.  Perhaps  some  hunting  expedi- 
tion found  him  at  nightfall  hungry  and  footsore,  near  the  hos- 
pitable wigwam  of  an  Indian  chief,  where  he  was  invited  to  rest 
and  accept  what  the  good  chief  set  before  him.  With  the 
assurance  of  welcome  he  delayed  for  the  night,  and  when  he 
noticed  a  daughter  of  his  host, 

"  What  though  the  sun  with  ardent  frown 
Had  shghtiy  tinged  her  cheek  Avith  brown," 

could  see  in  her  comely,  and  to  his  youthful  eye  an  attractive 
person.  The  talk  by  the  evening  fire,  when  the  old  Chief  would 
(juestion  him  about  "  the  story  of  his  life,"  to  which  the  dark 
haired  damsel  would  listen,  and  with  a  greedy  ear  devour  his 
discourse,  and  which  gave  him  a  chance  to  watch  her  interest 
in  his  M^ords,  and  draw  from  her  at  least  a  look  of  sympathy. 
Perchance  in  tlie  sad  story  of  the  wrongs  tliat  drove  him  from 
his  home,  and  of  those  who  were  soon  to  follow,  he  beguiled  her 
of  her  tears,  and  won  her  love."  The  residence  of  Robert  Zane 
in  Salem  brought  him  in  contact  with  John  FenMdck.  He 
purcliased  two  16  acre  lots  on  Fenwick  street,  Salem,  of  tlie  pro- 
prietor, and  was  one  of  the  members  that  organized  the  Friends' 
Meeting  in  1676.  As  as  artisan  he  was  a  worker  in  wool,  man- 
ufacturing a  kind  of  material  that  bears  the  same  name  to  tliis 
day,  and  is  used  for  the  same  purpose.  About  1680  he  left 
Salem  and  purchased  a  large  tra<;t  of  land  near  the  head  of 


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Newton  creek,  within  the  Irish  tenth.  He  was  considered  the 
pioneer  of  Newton  Meeting,  and  was  elected  to  the  Legislature 
in  1682,  and  again  in  1685.  He  sold  one  of  his  town  lots  in 
Salem  in  1689,  and  one  of  his  sons  became  the  owner  of  the 
other  lot,  upon  which  the  old  house  is  still  standing  on  Fenwick 
near  Yorke  street.  Robert  Zane  was  twice  married,  and  had 
issue  by  both  of  them.  One  of  his  great-grandsons  went  to 
Ohio,  a  territory  then,  and  there  settled.  He  was  the  founder 
of  Zanesville  in  that  State.  His  second  wife's  name  was  Eliz- 
abeth. Kobert  died  in  1694.  ITtli  of  the  1st  month,  1679, 
Richard  Whitaker,  of  Salem,  married  Elizabeth  Adkin,  of  Mon- 
mouth precinct.  In  1680  Thomas  Fairman  to  Elizabeth  Kinsey, 
at  Burlington.  In  1684,  John  Abbott  to  Elizabeth  Nicholson, 
at  Salem,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Ann  Nicholson,  of  Elsinboro. 
Married  at  Salem,  in  1685,  Israel  Harrison  to  Hester  White, 
daughter  of  Christopher  White.  At  Salem,  George  Haselwood 
to  Margaret  Butcher,  widow  of  Jolm  Butcher,  in  1681.  Mar- 
ried, at  Burlington,  in  1680,  Thomas  Borton  to  Ann  Borton, 
daughter  of  John  Borton.  In  1680,  Freedom^ Lippincott,  son 
of  Richard,  to  Mary  Curtis,  of  Burlington.  At  Burlington, 
1681,  Jolm  Woolson  to  Hannah  Cooper,  daughter  of  William 
Cooper,  and  sister  of  William  Cooper  at  Salem.  Married,  at 
Burlington,  1682,  John  Snowden  to  Ann  Barrett.  Married,  at 
Salem,  John  Antrim  to  Francis  Butcher,  1682,  daughter  of 
Jolm  Butcher,  the  emigrant.  At  Burlington,  Setli  Smith  to 
Mary  Bancoast,  in  1682  ;  she  was  the  daughter  of  John  Fan- 
coust,  Sherifl:  of  the  London  tenth.  At  Newton,  1682,'!;Williani 
Wood,  of  New  York,  to  Mary  Parnell.  At  Salem,  Lawrence 
Morris  to  Virginia  Cripps.  In  1685,  at  Burlington,  William 
Satterwaite  to  Ann  Bingham,  late  servant  of  Thomas  Olive. 
At  Salem,  Mark  Reeve  to  Ann  Hunt,  in  1686.  John  Shinn  to 
Ellen  Stacy ;  1695,  Joseph  Nicholson,  of  Elsinboro,  son  of  Sam- 
uel, to  Hannah  Wood,  of  Newton.  1696,  at  Salem,  Edward 
Buzby,  of  Pennsylvania,  to  Susan  Adams,  daughter  of  John 
Adams.  1703,  at  Newton,  Stephen  Newby  to  Elizabeth  Wood. 
1702,  at  Newton,  John  Estaugh  to  Elizabeth  Hadden.  1705, 
at  Newton,  Joseph  Bates  to  Mercy  Clement,  daughter  of  James 
Clement,  and  sister  of  Sarah  Hall.  At  Salem,  1704,  John  Mickell 
to  Hannah  Cooper,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary  Bradway. 
They  were  married  at  Newton.  1706,  Joseph  Brown,  of  Phil- 
adelphia, to  Mary  Spicer,  daughter  of  Samuel  Spicer,  and  sister 
of  Jacob  Spicer.  They  were  married  at  Newton.  At  Salem, 
Joseph  Ware  Jr.,  to  EKzabeth  Walker,  1707.  1711,  at  Salem, 
Samuel  Dennis  to  Ruth  Tindell,  daughter  of  Richard  Tindell, 
19 


466  EARLY    MARRIAGES. 


of  Penns  Neck.  1714,  at  Burlington,  John  Cox  to  Lydia  Cooper, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Lydia  Cooper.  1718,  at  Salem,  Samuel 
Sharp  to  Martha  Hall,  daughter  of  "William  Hall,  Jr.,  of  Man- 
nington.  1730,  at  Haddonlield,  Bartholomew  Wyatt,  Jr.,  of 
Manningtou,  to  Elizabeth  Tomlinson,  daughter  of  Joseph  Tom- 
linson.  1731,  at  Burlington,  William  Borton  to  Deborah  Hedge. 
1731,  at  Burlington,  John  Cripps  to  Mary  Ev^es.  1732,  at  Sa- 
lem, Philip  Pedrick  to  Hannah  Bickman.  1733,  Samuel,  the 
youngest  son  of  George  Abbott,  of  Elsinboro,  married  Hannah 
Foster,  of  Burlington  county.  1734,  at  Burlington,  Josiah 
White,  grandson  of  Christopher,  to  Kebecca  Foster,  sister  of 
Samuel  Abbott's  wife.  1737,  John  Jessup  to  Margaret  Whit- 
aker,  grand-daughter  of  Richard.  1744,  Solomon  Lippincott  to 
Sarah  Cozzins.  William  Rumsey  and  Ruth  Gave  were  married 
17th  of  the  1st  month,  1679.  William  Warner  of  Alloways 
Creek  married  Jane  Curtes,  10th  month  2d,  1680.  Richard 
Hancock  of  Alloways  Creek  married  Elizabeth  Denn,  sister  of 
James  Denn,  November  28th,  1680.  Thomas  Smith,  of  Co- 
hansey,  married  Ann  Pancoast,  14th  of  3d  month,  1681. 


ANCIENT    BUILDINGS. 

1  think  it  probable  that  Salem  county  has  as  many  or  more 
ancient  buildings  standing  at  tliis  time,  according  to  her  popula- 
tion, than  any  other  county  in  West  Jersey.     The  oldest  build- 
ing standing  at  this  time  is  in  the  city  of  Salem.     It  was  built 
by  Edward  Bradway  in  1691,  and  stands  on  Broadway  street, 
which,  at  the  time  the  building  was  erected,  was  called  Wliarf 
street.     At  the  latter  part  of  the  last  and  first  of  the  present 
century  it  was  tenanted,  and  the  doors  and  windows  were  gone. 
Thomas  H.  Bradway,  son  of  Aaron  Bradway,  lineal  descendant 
of  Edward,  repaired  it  by  putting  new  doors  and  windows  into 
it,  and  Sarah  Ann,  daughter  of  Thomas  Bradway,  inherited  it. 
John  S.  "VYood,  her  husband,  made  farther  improvements  to  the 
ancient   building,   and  had  a  piazza  built  to  it  fronting  the 
street,  and  rented  it  a  number  of  years  for  a  boarding  house. 
There  is  another  ancient  brick  building  standing  near,  on  the 
opposite  side  of  the  same  street,  built  ,on  what  was  formerly  the 
fair  grounds,  which  land  was  given  by  John  Eenwick  for  that 
purpose  in  1676. 

The  inhabitants  of  Fenwick  Colony  continued  to  hold  their 
public  fairs  at  that  place.  Officers  were  chosen  yearly  in  the 
different  towns  and  precincts  within  the  Colony,  whose  business 
was  to  attend  and  keep  order,  and  dispose  of  the  grain  and 
stock  of  various  kinds  which  was  brought  to  the  fair  ground  for 
exhibition,  and,  if  the  several  owners  desired,  to  expose  them 
for  sale.  It  was  the  duty  of  those  men,  appointed  as  before 
mentioned,  to  superintend  the  selling  at  public  auction.  The 
fair  generally  lasted  four  or  five  days.  The  brick  building,  I 
have  no  doubt,  was  built  about  the  year  1700,  although  some 
old  men  I  have  conversed  with  on  the  subject  think  it  was  built 
at  an  earlier  period.  John  Mason's  brick  house  on  the  same 
street,  from  the  most  authentic  account,  was  built  before  he 
purchased  in  Elsinborougli,  which  was  about  the  year  1692. 
The  house  and  sixteen  acres  of  ground  was  purchased  of  Joiin 
Mason,  the  grandson  of  the  emigrant,  in  1756,  by  Thomas 
Goodwin.     The  ancient  mason  building  was  taken  down  by  A. 


468  ANCIENT   BUILDLNGS. 


I^andain  Bell,  wliose  wife  was  a  lineal  descendant  of  Goodwin, 
and  some  three  or  four  years  ago  he  built  a  large  building  upon 
its  site ;  in  the  upper  apartment  is  the  "  National  Standard  " 
office.     Samuel  Hedge,  the  son-in-law  of  John  Fenwick,  built  a 
brick  dwelling  in  1684,  in  which  he  and  his  wife,  Annie  Fen- 
wick Hedge,  resided  until  his  death.     It  was  taken   down  by 
William  F.  Miller,  a  few  years  ago,  who  built  a  more  modern 
brick  dwelling  on  the  site  of  the  old  one,  which  had  been  stand- 
ing about  156  years.     In  this  ancient  dwelling  died  Samuel  and 
Joseph  Hedge,  being  the  fourth  generation  from  the  first  Samuel 
Hedge  in  this  country  ;  about  one  hundred  years  after  tlie  deatli 
of  their  ancestor.     Benjamin  Acton,  Sr.,  built  a  brick  dwelling 
on  East  Broadway,  in  1727,  which  is  still  standing.     The  house 
of  Robert  Zanes,  Jr.,  on  the  same  street,  was  built,  as  near  as 
can  be  ascertained,  about  1715,  of  hewn  logs,  and  the  roof  was 
called  a  hip  roof.     The  Edward  Keasbey  house  being  brick, 
nearly  opposite  the  Zanes  house,  is  also  a  very  ancient  building. 
On  the  same  street  stands  what  was  once  the  Baptist  church, 
which  stood  at  Mill  Hollow,  about  two  and  a  half  miles  from 
Salem,  and  was  built  in  1743 ;  it  was    subsequently  moved  to 
Salem,  and  is  used  at  this  time  as  a  school  house  for    colored 
children.     It  is  one  of  the  oldest  fi"ame  building  in  the  county. 
Alexander    Grant's   brick   dwelling   on    Bridge,    now   Market 
street,  is  still  standing,  and  was  built  early  in  the  last  century. 
James  Rolph's   dwelling  stood  near  to  Grant's,  and  was  built 
about  the  same  time  ;  it  was  taken  down  about  twenty-five  years 
ago.      Edward  Wade's  house,  which  stood  at  the  corner  of 
Griffith  and  Market  streets,  was  one  of  the  first  houses  of  any 
size  in  the  city  of  Salem.     By  tradition  it  was  built  about  the 
time  John  Fenwick  and  John  Adams  were  on  Ivy  Point,  about 
1678.     Wade's  house  was  taken  down  by  William  N.  Jeffers, 
who  had  previously  purchased  it,  together  witli  a  large  lot  of 
ground,  and  he  erected  the  commodious  house  on   the  spot, 
which  is  owned  by  Albert  H.  Slape,  Esq.,  who  resides  there. 
Within  fifty  years  the  dwellings  of  John  Fenwick,  and  his  son- 
in-law,  John  Adams,  on  Ivy  Point,  were  standing,  it  being  upon 
an  elevated  piece  of  ground,  about  two  hundred  yards  west  of 
the  line  of  Market  street,  near  Fenwick  creek ;  they  were  built 
in  1677.     It  is  probable  that  the  proprietor  had  two  reasons  for 
choosing  that  spot  for  his  domicile — it  being  near  to  a  navigable 
stream,  likewise  a  good  view  of  his  favorite  Manto  or  Manning- 
ton,  where  his  country  seat,  Fenwick  Grove,  was  located.     In 
Cow  Neck  stands  an  ancient  one  story  brick  dwelling.     From 
the  most  reliable  information  I  have,  it  was  built  by  William 


ANCIENT   BtJILDINGS.  469 


Wilkinson,  in  1692,  and  it  is  still  in  tolerable  repair,  and  is 
owned,  at  this  time,  together  with  about  forty  acres  of  land,  by 
Hugh  L.  Tyler.  Ancient  tradition,  concerning  this  property, 
says  at  one  time  the  Cow  Neck  farm  was  large,  and  the  land 
was  considered  of  an  excellent  qnalit3\  The  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam Wilkinson  became  the  owner  of  it,  together  with  other 
large  tracts  of  land  in  the  county.  She  lived  to  be  quite  aged, 
and  when  on  her  death  bed  she  sent  to  the  town  of  Salem  for  a 
person  to  write  her  will,  she  devised  her  different  tracts  of  land 
as  she  desired,  but  not  mentioning  her  homestead  the  writer 
asked  her  how  she  was  going  to  dispose  of  her  Cow  Neck  farm. 
That  appeared  to  affect  her:  she  gave  a  sigh,  and  then  told  him 
she  believed  she  would  liold  on  to  her  Cow  Neck  farm  another 
year.  How  often  the  human  family  have  their  attachments  so 
strongly  on  the  things  of  this  world,  tliat  even  when  death  draw- 
eth  nigh  they  still  cleave  to  them  ;  thereby,  in  a  great  measure, 
preventing  that  quiet  and  peaceful  close  of  life,  which  is  so  desir- 
able. Samuel  Stewart,  the  eldest  son  of  John  and  Mary  Stew^art, 
of  Alloways  Creek,  bought  their  property  about  1770,  and  there 
he  and  his  wife,  Sarah  Tyler  Stewart,  lived  and  ended  their 
days  ;  they  were  greatly  respected  for  their  many  virtues. 

Elsborg,  now  Elsinborough,  is  one  of  tlie  first  places  where 
Europeans  landed  and  settled  in  West  Jersey,  being  coeval 
with  Obisquahaset,  now  Penn's  Neck.  It  was  there  a  small 
colony  of  English,  from  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  landed  in 
1640,  and  lived  about  three  years.  It  appears  tliat  they  never 
gained  the  conlidence  of  the  Indians  or  the  Swedish  settlers,  by 
whom  they  were  greatly  harassed,  but  a  greater  scourge  even 
than  that  was  an  epidemic  called  pleurisy.  A  historian  writes 
that  more  than  one-half  of  their  number  died  with  the  fatal 
malady,  and  those  that  escaped  the  disease  returned  to  the 
state  from  whence  they  came.  When  Fenwick  arrived  with  his 
colony  tlie  point  of  land  called  Asamhocking  was  purchased  by 
Robert  Windham,  but  he  died  soon  after  that  event,  and  left  a 
daughter  who  married  Richard  Darkin,  a  young  man  of  much 
promise.  Richard  and  Ann  W.  Darkin  had  two  sons  and  two 
or  three  daughters.  Richard  dying  about  1714,  their  landed 
estate  was  divided  between  their  two  sons,  John  and  Joseph 
Darkin.  About  1720  John  removed  the  old  log  domicile  of 
his  father  and  built  a  substantial  brick  dwelling,  which  is  still 
standing,  and  owned  at  the  present  time  by  Amos  Harris.  Jo- 
seph Darkin,  the  younger  brother,  erected  himself  a  brick 
dwelling  on  the  southern  portion  of  the  Windham  estate.  The 
said  building  has  been  repaired  recently,  but  most  of  the  old 


470  ANCIENT   BUILDINGS. 


walls  are  remaining.  Isaac  Smart  located  on  a  tract  of  land  of 
about  500  acres  called  Middle  Neck,  whereon  he  built  himself 
a  brick  mansion  in  1696,  and  a  few  years  later  his  son,  Nathan 
Smart,  built  an  addition  to  it ;  tlie  house  is  standing  and  in  good 
repair,  and  owned  now  by  Richard  Waddington. 

John  Mason,  the  emigrant,  built  in  1696  a  brick  dwelling 
on  his  property  in  Elsinborough,  and  in  1701:  he  built  a  large 
addition  to  it.  The  house  is  still  standing,  with  some  alterations 
made  within  a  few  years  past  by  Kichard  M.  Acton,  whose  wife 
inherited  the  property  from  her  father,  Thomas  Mason,  who  is 
a  lineal  descendant  of  J  ohn  Mason. 

Abel  Nicholson,  the  youngest  son  of  Samuel  Nicholson,  built 
himself  a  brick  dwelling,  in  1722,  which  is  in  tolerable  repair 
at  the  present  time.  Samuel  Nicholson,  the  youngest  son  of 
Abel,  inherited  it,  and  lived  there  until  about  1755.  He  then 
built  himself  a  laro;e  brick  mansion  on  the  north  end  of  the 
Nicliolson  allotment,  on  what  is  called  tlie  Amblebury  Road, 
and  there  ended  his  days.  The  property  is  owned  at  the  present 
time  by  Thomas  Fogg,  and  the  ancient  house  is  in  good  repair. 

George  Abbott  came  from  New  England  about  the  year  1696, 
and  purchased  a  large  tract  of  land  of  Joseph  Nicholson,  then 
a  resident  near  Haddonfield,  Gloucester  county.  Geoi'ge  Ab- 
bott built  a  dwelling  on  the  property  near  Monmouth  river,  as 
it  was  called  at  that  time,  in  1706.  In  1725  he  built  an  addi- 
tion to  it ;  the  house  is  still  standing,  in  good  repair,  and  is  owned 
])y  Andrew  Smith  Reeve.  On  the  adjoining  plantation  stands 
anotlier  ancient  dwelling,  built  by  Henry  Stubbins  in  1715  or 
1716.  George  Abbott,  Jr.,  purchased  part  of  tlie  allotment  of 
John  Smith,  of  Amblebnry,  and  built  himself  a  brick  dwelling, 
in  1730.  The  house  is  located  in  Alloways  Creek  Township. 
Cli;i,rles!^Fogg  became  the  owner,  and  he  and  his  wife,  Sarah 
Smitli  Fogg,  resided  there  during  the  remainder  of  their  lives. 

Near  Hancock's  Bridge  is  a  hip-roof  brick  dwelling,  built  in 
1742  by  Richard  Smith,  tlie  son  of  Jonathan  Smith,  M'ho  was 
the  youngest  son  of  John  Smith,  of  Amblebury.  On  the  south 
side  of  Alloways  Creek,  near  Hancock's  Bridge,  stands  a  large 
brick  building  in  good  repair,  built  in  1734  by  William  and 
Sarah  Chambless  Hancock.  In  this  building  the  bloody  mas- 
sacre took  place  in  1778,  at  the  time  of  the  Revolution.  It  is 
now  owned  and  occupied  by  Lucetta,  the  widow  of  Richard 
Mulford.  About  half  a  mile  down  the  creek  stands  a  brick 
dwelling  built  by  John  Maddox  Henn,  in  1725.  The  present 
owner  is  William  Bradway,  who,  on  his  mother's  side,  is  a  de- 
scendant of  John  M.  Denn.     Quarter  of  a  mile  further  down. 


ANCIENT    BUILDINGS.  471 


within  a  few  rods  of  Alloway's  Creek,  stands  a  brick  dwelling 
built  by  Joseph  "Ware,  Jr.,  in  1730.  It  is  now  owned  and  oc- 
cupied by  myself  and  wife,  both  the  descendants  of  Joseph  AVare, 
I  on  my  mother's  and  she  on  her  father's  side.  A  mile  farther 
down  still,  stands  a  brick  dwelling,  being  hip-roof,  built  in  1745 
by  Charles  Oakford,  Jr.,  the  grandson  of  Edward  Wade,  of 
Salem.  It  is  owned  by  James  Baker.  On  Alloways  Creek 
Keck  is  a  large  brick  building  built  by  Nathaniel  Charabless, 
the  3d,  about  1730.  The  house  erected  by  Daniels  the  elder  is 
standing  at  the  head  of  Stoe  Creek,  near  the  village  of  Canton, 
built  prior  to  1700.  There  has  been  within  a  few  years  an  ad- 
dition built  to  it  of  frame. 

William  Bradway,  son  of  Edward  Bradway,  the  emigrant, 
built  a  brick  dwelling  on  Stoe  Neck  as  early  as  1700,  which  is 
still  standing  at  this  period;  the  property  is  owned  by  Jonathan 
Ingham,  of  Salem.  On  the  same  neck  of  land  stands  the  an- 
cient brick  dwelling  built  by  Bradway  Stretch,  the  grandson  of 
Edward  Bradway,  which  was  erected  about  1745. 

There  are  a  number  of  ancient  dwellings  standing  in  Man- 
nington.  About  a  mile  from  the  city  of  Salem  is  a  large  brick 
house,  with  a  double  roof,  built  by  John  Pledger,  Jr.,  in  1727. 
lu  Upper  Mannington,  on  the  property  which  is  now  owned  by 
James  J.  Pettit,  is  an  ancient  brick  dwelling,  built  in  1722  by 
Samuel  Mason,  son  of  Thomas  Mason,  who  bought  the  property 
of  Samuel  Hedge,  4th,  in  1720,  being  part  of  Hedgefield.  Fur- 
ther up  the  Mannington  creek  there  is  another  brick  mansion 
built  by  William  Nicholson,  son  of  Abel  Nicholson,  about  1730. 
Near  this  ancient  dwellino-  once  stood  the  house  of  Samuel 
Hedge,  and  the  place  where  the  building  formerly  stood  is  quite 
visible  at  the  present  day.  It  is  a  venerated  spot,  because  there, 
in  the  autumn  of  1683,  John  Fen  wick  left  this  world  of  care 
and  perplexities-  The  property  is  now  owned  by  Dr.  Thomas 
and  liis  wife  Joan  Dickinson.  Not  far  from  the  Nicholson  house 
stands  a  large  brick  house  on  the  southern  part  of  Hedgefield, 
built  by  Samuel  Smith,  son  of  John  Smith,  of  Smithfield,  about 
1718.  The  said  house  stands  near  the  King's  Highway,  laid 
out  from  Salem  to  Burlington.  Near  the  straio-ht  road  from 
Mannington  Hill  to  Woodstown,  about  five  miles  from  Salem, 
stands  a  large  brick  dwelling  built  by  William  Hall,  Jr.,  in  the 
year  1724.  According  to  the  record  in  the  family  Bible  of  the 
Halls,  John  Smith,  of  Almesbury,  died  in  that  house.  Eliza- 
beth, the  wife  of  William  Hall,  Jr.,  was  his  grand-daughter.  He 
was  106  years  old  and  a  few  days  over  at  the  time  of  his  death, 
"which  event  took  place  in  the  beginning  of  1731.     He  was  born 


472  ANCIEKT   BUILDmGS. 


in  the  county  of  Norfolk,  England,  20tli  of  3d  month,  1623, 
and  lived  in  his  adopted  country  nearly  fifty  years. 

One  mile  and  a  half  from  the  Hall  dwelling  stands  a  large 
brick  dwelling,  built  by  the  eminent  Friend,  Isaac  Sharp.  I 
liave  no  record  when  it  was  erected,  but  I  think,  judging  from 
the  time  Isaac  Sharp  was  an  active  man  in  the  public  affairs  of 
this  colony,  (lie  being  one  of  the  Justices  of  the  Salem  Courts 
earlv  in  the  last  centurv,)  it  would  be  safe  to  fix  the  time  it  was 
built  as  early  as  1700.  Not  far  from  this  ancient  dwelling  the 
mortal  remains  of  John  Fenwick  lie  mingled  with  its  mother 
earth  in  the  Sharp  family  burying  ground.  David  Davis'  man- 
sion  is  still  standing  in  Pilesgrove,  near  Paulding  station  ;  also, 
the  house  of  Elisha  Bassett,  Jr.  About  a  mile  from  Woodstown, 
in  the  township  of  Lower  Fenn's  Neck,  is  Fenwick  Adams' 
brick  dwelling,  built  in  1728,  now  owned  by  Elias  Buzby. 
Thomas  Miles,  the  eminent  surveyor,  built  himself  a  dwelling 
near  the  Delaware  river,  nearly  opposite  New  Castle ;  it  is 
more  than  140  years  old.  The  farm  was  inherited  by  his  son, 
Francis  Miles,  and  at  the  time  of  his  death  he  devised  the  prop- 
erty to  the  township  of  Fenn's  Neck  for  educational  purposes. 

There  is  a  large  brick  building  located  on  Fenwick  Point,  as 
it  was  formerly  called,  built  by  Andrew  Sinnickson  in  1740,  one 
hundred  years  after  the  first  Andrew  Sinaker  emigrated  from 
Sweden  and  settled  on  the  eastern  shore  of  tlie  Delaware. 
During  the  last  season  the  old  mansion  has  been  thoroughly 
repaired,  but  the  ancient  walls  are  left  as  formerly.  The  im- 
provements were  made  by  Charles  Sinnickson,  of  Philadelphia, 
the  great-grandson  of  Andrew  Sinnickson,  who  built  it.  In  the 
same  neighborhood  stands  Sinick  Sinaker's  dwelling,  built  of 
brick.  I  presume  it  was  built  about  the  time  of  his  brother 
Andrew's.  The  Sinnicksons  were  leading  men  in  the  township 
of  Penn's  Neck  as  early  as  1725,  and  were  large  land-holders. 

Daniel  Smith,  Jr.,  built  a  log  dwelling  with  a  hip  roof  at 
Mill  Hollow,  about  1730  ;  it  is  now  in  good  repair,  and  owned 
and  occupied  by  James  Tyler.  Not  far  distant  from  the  one 
mentioned  stands  a  house  where  Daniel  Smith,  Sr.,  lived.  The 
house  was  of  brick,  but  was  rebuilt  within  a  few  years  past. 
At  what  time  it  was  built  I  have  no  definite  means  of  deter- 
mining, but  it  was  called  an  old  house  in  the  time  of  the  Amer- 
ican revolution,  and  in  it  the  French  soldiers  secreted  them- 
selves until  such  time  as  the  American  militia  crossed  Alloways 
creek  at  Quinton's  Bridge.  John  Smith,  the  eldest  son  of 
Daniel,  became  the  owner.  He  married  and  had  three  sons — 
John,  (who  was  the  eldest,  and  was  one  of  the  Justices  of  Sa- 


ANCIENT   BUILDINGS.  473 


lem  Courts  for  a  number  of  years,)  Benjamin  and  James  Smith. 
The  latter  became  an  eminent  merchant  in  Philadelphia,  and 
was  the  senior  partner  of  his  brother-in-law,  Jacob  Ridgway, 
for  a  number  of  years.  He  retired  from  mercantile  business 
some  time  previous  to  his  death,  and  located  himself  and  family 
in  the  city  of  Burlington. 

John  Pledger  and  Hippolit  Lefevre  purchased  a  tract  of  6,000 
acres  of  land,  2,000  acres  of  which  is  now  known  as  Quaker  Neck. 
The  latter  erected  upon  the  tract  a  large  brick  residence  in  1707. 
The  building  is  still  standing,  and  is  owned  at  the  present  time 
by  Greorge  G-riscom,'of  Salem.  The  property  was  sold  by  his 
family  to  Benjamin  Wyncoop,  an  Englishman.  At  the  begin- 
ning of  the  war  of  the  revolution  Wyncoop  sympathized  with 
England,  and  the  property  was  partially  confiscated.  John 
Mountain  purchased  the  homestead,  and  the  residue  of  the 
property  was  bought  by  Lucas  and  Richard  Gibbs,  Ebenezer 
Miller,  Mark  Miller,  William  Abbott,  Benjamin  AVright,  Rich- 
ard Ware  and  George  Hall.  Tradition  says  Wyncoop  became 
very  much  reduced  in  circumstances,  and  died  in  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Hospital  a  few  years  later. 

William  Tyler's  brick  mansion  was  built  prior  to  1730,  and 
is  located  in  Alloways  Creek  township,  an  addition  having  been 
added  some  years  later.  It  is  now  owned  by  William  Robin- 
son. James  Tyler's  brick  mansion  is  still  standing,  built  about 
1750 ;  it  is  now  owned  by  Richard  McPherson.  There  are  a 
number  of  dwellings  which  have  recently  been  taken  down. 
William  Hancock,  son  of  the  emigrant,  built  quite  a  large  brick 
house  in  Elsinborough,  in  1705.  Richard  Grier  became  the 
owner,  and  took  the  old  house  down  and  erected  a  frame  dwell- 
ing in  its  place. 

Christopher  White,  who  landed  at  Salem  in  1677,  built  him- 
self the  largest  and  most  substantial  brick  dwelling  of  any  that 
was  built  in  Fenwick  Colony  prior  to  1700.  It  was  erected  in 
1690,  and  located  in  Monmouth  River  precinct,  about  three- 
quarters  of  a  mile  from  the  present  Hancock's  Bridge,  on  his 
allotment  of  1,000  acres,  purchased  of  John  Fenwick  in  1674. 
Tradition  says  he  sent  to  England  for  the  bricks  and  an  archi- 
tect. The  walls  were  eighteen  inches  in  thickness  ;  the  floors 
were  laid  with  two  and  a-half  inch  heart  yellow  pine ;  the  cellar 
was  covered  with  square  English  brick,  and  likewise  the  yard 
around  the  house.  After  standing  160  years  it  was  taken 
down — the  walls  of  the  building  even  at  that  time  were  in  a 
good  condition. 

Samuel  Wade,  who  arrived  in  this  country  in  1675,  built  a 
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474  ANCIENT   BUILDINGS. 


one-story  brick  dwelling  in  Alloways  Creek  in  1688.  The 
house  had  four  rooms,  together  with  an  entry  the  whole  length 
of  the  house.  Samuel  Wade  died  previous  to  the  eighteentli 
century.  lie  and  his  wife,  Jane  Smitli,  the  daughter  of  Thomas 
Smith,  had  three  children  born  in  England — Henry,  Andrew 
and  Anne.  I  presume  those  three  children  died  minors,  as 
there  is  no  record  of  them  after  their  parents  arrived  in  this 
country.  Samuel  Wade,  their  tliird  son,  born  at  Alloways 
Creek  1st  of  6th  month,  1685,  inherited  his  father's  property  in 
Monmouth  precinct,  and  soon  after  he  arrived  at  the  age  of 
twenty-one  he  married,  and  had  five  cliildren,  two  sons  and 
three  daughters.  He  met  with  a  great  loss  by  losing  both  of 
his  sons  in  1730,  it  being  two  j^ears  before  his  death.  John 
Stewart,  who  had  emigrated  from  Scotland  a  short  time  before, 
married  Mary,  the  eldest  daughter  of  Samuel  Wade,  Jr.,  and 
they  became  the  owner  of  the  homestead.  They  raised  another 
story  on  the  ancient  building  in  1763,  being  seventy-five  years 
after  it  was  built  by  Samuel  Wade,  Sr.  Ma«  being  more  de- 
structive than  time,  it  was  taken  dowm  about  twenty-five  years 
ago  by  John  D.  Stewart,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Samuel  Wade, 
being  of  the  seventh  generation,  after  the  ancient  domicile  had 
withstood  the  wintry  blasts  of  more  than  160  years. 

Redroe  Morris'  brick  mansion  was  built  on  the  shores  of  the 
Delaware,  in  Elsinborough.  Samuel  Carpenter,  of  Philadel- 
phia, purchased  five  hundred  acres  of  land  of  Richard  Guy,  and 
built  a  brick  dwelling  in  1688.  The  following  year  he  sold  it 
to  Redroe  Morris,  at  that  time  a  resident  of  Salem.  About  that 
time  he  married  Jane  Baty,  and  in  the  spring  of  1690  they 
removed  to  Elsinborough  on  the  property  he  had  recently  pur- 
chased. To  corroborate  this  statement,  the  Monthly  Meeting 
records  state  Jonathan  Morris,  their  eldest  child,  was  born  in 
Elsinborough,  6th  of  12th  month,  1690.  This  property  has 
l)eeii  in  the  possession  of  the  Morris  family  for  six  generations. 
The  present  owner,  Clement  Hall,  a  descendant,  within  a  few 
years  past,  rebuilt  the  old  dwelling,  and  I  think  some  of  the 
ancient  walls  are  still  standing. 

Nearly  a  mile  from  the  river,  on  the  Amblebury  road,  that 
leads  to  Salem,  stands  a  large  brick  dwelling,  built  by  Lewis 
Morris,  son  of  Rodroe  Morris,  in  1725 ;  it  was  rebuilt  by  the 
present  owner,  William  B.  Carpenter,  about  fifteen  years  ago ; 
some  of  the  old  walls  were  left  standing.  AVilliam,  on  the  side 
of  his  mother,  is  of  the  fifth  generation  from  Lewis  Morris. 
Bartholomew  Wyatt,  Jr.,  Iniilt  himself  a  large  brick  dwelling 
ja  1723,  in  the  township  of  Mamiin^ton,  on  the  twelve  miudrecl 


ANCIENT   BUILDINGS.  475 


acre  tract  that  he  inherited  from  his  father,  Bartholomew  Wy- 
att,  who  came  to  Salem  about  1690.  The  brick  dwelling  was 
taken  dawn  a  short  time  previous  by  the  late  Andrew  Thomp- 
son. 

Of  the  ancient  churches  that  are  standing  at  this  time,  I  think 
the  Friends'  meeting  house  at  Hancock's  Bridge  perhaps  is  the 
most  ancient.  It  was  built  on  a  lot  that  was  deeded  to  them 
by  William  Hancock,  and  was  erected  in  1756  ;  an  addition  was 
built  to  it  in  1784.  Tlie  prominent  male  members  of  that 
meeting,  wlien  the  first  was  built,  were  James  Daniels,  Jr., 
Jonathan  Bradway,  Joseph  Stretcli,  Jr.,  Bradway  Stretch,  Brad- 
way  Keasbey,  Jolni  Denn,  Charles  Oakford,  Nathaniel  Cliamb- 
less,  3d,  James  Chambless,  Jr.,  Solomon  Ware,  John  Ware, 
Joseph  Ware,  Jr.,  Samuel  Hancock,  John  Hancock,  Jeremiah 
Powell,  Jr.,  John  Stewart,  Aquilla  Barber,  James  Butcher,  and 
quite  a  number  of  younger  men. 

In  1740  Jonathan  Waddington,  Sr.,  son  of  William  Wadding- 
ton,  purchased  about  three  hundred  acres  of  land  on  East  Thor- 
oughfare creek,  in  the  lower  part  of  Lower  Alloways  Creek 
township ;  the  year  following  he  deeded  the  said  tract  to  his 
fon,  Jonathan  Waddington,  Jr.  In  the  year  following,  1742, 
the  latter  named  built  himself  a  large  frame  dwelling ;  it  is  still 
standing,  in  toleral)le  repair,  being  one  of  the  oldest  frame 
dwellings  standing  in  the  county  at  the  present,  time.  The 
property  remained  in  the  Waddington  family  until  about  1790  ; 
at  tliat  time  Jonathan  Waddington,  3d,  sold  it  to  one  of  the 
Padgett  family.  Ephraim  Turner  is  the  present  owner.  Re- 
specting his  parentage  I  have  no  knowledge.  Ephraim  is  an 
active  member  of  the  Canton  Baptist  Cliurch,  and  one  of  the 
deacons  of  the  same  for  a  number  of  years ;  his  wife  was  a 
Bradway,  a  lineal  descendant  of  Edward  Bradway,  the  emigrant. 


SLAVERY. 

Before  the  year  1700,  African  slavery  was  introduced  in  the 
Fenwick  Colony,  and  the  next  generation  of  landholders  were 
the  owners  of  slaves  generally.  When  such  labor  is  employed 
to  do  the  menial  services  on  the  farm  and  in  the  house,  its  efifect 
is  to  produce  idleness  amongst  children  of  the  slave-liolders,  and 
idleness  is  the  stepping  stone  to  vice  and  immorality.  Slavery 
continued  in  the  county  until  1772.  That  year  was  a  remark- 
able epoch  in  the  history  of  the  colonies  of  Pennsylvania,  New 
Jersey  and  Delaware.  The  yearly  meeting  of  the  Society  of 
Friends,  held  at  Philadelphia  in  that  year,  passed  a  rule  of  dis- 
cipline that  a  member  of  the  society  who  belonged  to  said  yearly 
meeting  should  not  forever  afterwards  hold  liuman  beings  in 
bondage.  Friends  in  the  countv  submitted  to  the  decision  of 
the  yearly  meeting,  and  emancipated  their  slaves.  They  like- 
wise furnislied  homes  for  tlie  aged  and  inlirm,  and  assisted 
them  during  the  remainder  of  tlieir  lives. 

The  Quakers,  like  other  religious  denominations,  lield  no 
principles  against  African  slavery  at  tlie  early  organization  of 
their  Societ3\  After  William  Penn  purchased  the  province  of 
Pennsylvania  he,  in  1677,  visited  Holland  and  parts  of  Ger- 
many, inviting  emigrants  to  his  new  possession  in  America. 
There  was  a  company  formed  composed  partly  of  Hollanders 
and  Germans,  known  as  Frankfort  Land  Company.  The  com- 
pany's agent  was  a  rising  young  lawyer,  Francis  Daniel  Pasto- 
rius,  son  of  Judge  Pastorius,  of  Windshire,  who,  at  the  age  of 
seventeen,  entered  the  imiversity  of  Altorf.  He  studied  law  at 
Strausburg,  Basle,  Jena,  and  at  Ratisbon,  the  seat  of  the  Impe- 
rial Government,  where  he  obtained  a  practical  knowledge  of 
international  polity.  Successful  in  all  his  examinations  and  dis- 
putations, he  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of  Laws,  at  Nurem- 
burg,  in  1676.  He  emigrated  to  America  in  the  year  1683,  in 
company  with  a  number  of  his  countrymen,  members  of  the 
Frankfort  Company.  The  said  company  purchased  2,600  acres 
of  land  of  the  proprietor,  bounded  by  Delaware  and  Schuylkill 
rivers.     The  to\\Tis  of  Frankf ord  and  Germantown  were  founded 


SLAVERY.  477 


on  the  company's  land.  Among  tlie  German  emigrants  that 
purchased  land  of  said  company  was  Wiggert  Levering  and 
Geohardt  Levering,  and  William  Rittinghuysen,  as  it  was  then 
spelled,  but  now  spelled  Rittenhouse.  William  was  the  grand- 
father of  the  celebrated  American  astronomer,  David  Ritten- 
house.  The  mother  of  Dr.  Thomas  R.  Clement,  of  this  county, 
was  a  Levering,  a  direct  descendant  of  Wiggart  Levering,  of 
Germantown.  A  short  time  after  Francis  Daniel  Pastorious 
arrived  in  Pennsylvania  he  became  a  member  of  the  Society  of 
Friends.  He  married  about  that  time,  Anna,  daughter  of  Dr. 
Klosterman,  of  Muhlheim.  He  was  one  of  the  iirst  who  had 
any  misgivings  about  the  institution  of  slavery,  and  in  1788  he 
wrote  a  memorial  against  slave-holding,  wliicli  was  submitted  to 
the  meeting  of  Germantown  Friends,  and  by  them  approved  of, 
and  Pastorius  was  appointed  to  lay  tlie  memorial  before  the 
yearly  meeting  held  in  Philadelphia  the  same  yeai*.  It  was  tlie 
first  protest  against  negro  slavery  submitted  to  a  religious 
society  in  the  world.  Whittier,  the  poet,  who  had  an  opportunity 
of  seeing  the  original  manuscript,  says  it  was  a  bold  and  direct 
appeal  to  the  human  heart.  The  memorial  found  but  little  favor 
with  the  yearly  meeting,  and  it  was  said  that  Pastorious  returned 
to  his  home  at  Germantown  with  sadness  depicted  on  his  coun- 
tenance. By  that  act  the  seed  of  liberty  was  sov/n,  for  in  the 
year  1698  Germantown  Friends  again  sent  a  memorial  by  the 
hands  of  Pastorius  to  the  yearly  meeting  held  at  Burlington,  and 
it  was  received  with  more  respect  and  consideration  than  it  had 
been  ten  years  previous,  and  was  directed  to  be  put  on  tiie  books 
of  the  meeting,  and  had  during  that  time  gained  a  number  of 
advocates  for  tlie  measure.  In  1701  the  yearly  meeting  peti- 
tioned the  Legislatures  of  Pennsylvania  and  New  Jersey  to  pass 
a  law  to  prohibit  any  more  importation  of  slaves  in  the  colonies. 
There  was  such  a  law  passed  in  Pennsylvania,  but  it  was  abro- 
gated, and  became  null  and  void  by  the  order  of  Queen  Anne, 
of  England.  Westcott,  the  historian,  says  the  first  person  that 
wrote  a  book  showing  the  evils  of  slavery  was  Ralph  Sandeford, 
a  young  merchant  on  Market  street,  Philadelphia.  He  liad  re- 
sided for  some  time  in  one  of  the  West  India  islands,  and  had 
witnessed  the  cruelties  inflicted  upon  his  fellow-man,  and  in  the 
year  1728  his  book  was  published,  showing  the  evils  of  the  sys- 
tem, and  for  so  doing  he  was  disowned  by  the  Society  of  Friends. 
In  1732  Benjamin  Ley,  the  hermit,  wrote  a  book  on  the  same 
subject.  A  few  years  later  Anthony  Benezet  arrived  in  Phila- 
delphia, he  being  a  French  Hugenot,  who  left  his  native  land 
on  account  of  religious  intolerance.     He  was  a  Quaker  and  a 


478  SLAVERY. 


man  of  great  learning  and  benevolence  of  character.  His  resi- 
dence in  Philadelphia  was  on  Chestnut  street,  corner  of  Fifth 
street,  and  there  he  kept  a  school  for  colored  children  many- 
years.  Marshal  Girard,  the  first  ambassador  from  France,  made 
his  home  with  Anthony  Benezet  during  his  stay  in  this  country. 
Benezet  corresponded  with  the  philanthropists  in  Europe  on 
the  evils  of  slavery,  likewise  with  eminent  men  in  this  country, 
such  as  Washington,  Jay,  and  Franklin,  and  many  others.  John 
Woolman,  a  native  of  Burlington  county,  an  eminent  minister 
of  the  Society  of  Friends,  traveled  extensively  and  visited  most 
of  the  meetings  within  the  compass  of  the  yearly  meeting,  plead- 
ing the  cause  of  the  enslaved  with  great  effect.  It  could  not  be 
otherwise,  if  it  be  true,  as  one  of  England's  favorite  sons  says 
of  him  after  reading  the  liistory  of  liis  life,  which  was  published 
after  his  death :  "  His  religion  is  love.  His  whole  existence 
and  all  his  passions  were  love.  If  one  could  venture  to  impute 
to  his  creed,  and  not  to  his  personal  character,  the  delightful 
frame  of  mind  which  he  exhibited,  one  could  not  hesitate  to  be 
a  convert.  His  Christianity  is  most  inviting,  is  fascinating."  And 
after  seventy  years'  labor  by  some  of  tlie  greatest  minds  tliat  the 
Quaker  society  ever  had  among  them,  they  abolished  slavery 
within  the  compass  of  Philadelphia  yearly  meeting.  Pastorious, 
the  originator  of  freedom,  died  at  Chesnut  Hill,  a  short  distance 
above  Gerraantown,  where  he  owned  500  acres  of  land,  in  the 
year  1720,  and  was  buried  in  the  Friends'  burying-ground,  at 
Germantown,  a  town  he  had  founded  over  forty  years  before. 
There  is  no  stone  to  mark  the  spot  where  he  lies.  His  descend- 
ants live  at  Germantown  at  the  present  day,  I  close  this  sketch 
of  him  by  cpioting  a  few  lines  of  Whittier  respecting  him,  after 
the  proclamation  of  freedom  made  by  President  Lincoln : 

"  And  the  fullness  of  the  time  has  come. 
And  over  all  the  exile's  western  home, 
From  sea  to  sea,  the  flowers  of  freedom  bloom. 

"  And  joy  bells  ring,  and  silver  trumpets  blow. 
But  not  for  the  Pastorious  !  even  so 
The  world  forgets,  but  the  wise  angels  know.'" 


BEVERAGES. 

It  had  long  been  the  practice  in  England,  Germany,  and  in 
parts  of  Northern  Europe,  prior  to  the  settlement  of  the  North 
American  provinces,  to  use  as  a  common  beverage  strong  beer, 
and  when  the  English  and  German  emigrants  came,  they 
straightway  busied  themselves  in  erecting  breweries  for  manu- 
facturing beer  for  common  drink.  There  were  four  of  them  in 
the  small  township  of  Elsinborougli :  John  Thompson's,  Nichol- 
son's, Morris',  and  George  Abbott's.  There  were  also  several 
more  throughout  the  county.  It  seems  to  have  been  considered 
at  that  period  one  of  the  essentials  of  life.  William  Penn,  the 
eminent  apostle  of  Quakerism,  and  one  of  the  greatest  statesmen 
in  the  early  settlemement  of  this  country,  had  a  brewery  erected 
at  his  country  seat  in  Penn's  Manor,  a  few  miles  above  Bristol, 
which  is  still  standing.  It  was  also  made  in  large  quantities  in 
this  section  of  the  country,  not  only  for  home  use,  but  a  large 
portion  was  shipped  to  Philadelphia  aud  New  York.  The 
succeeding  generation  planted  large  apple  orchards,  and  wlien 
they  became  in  full  bearing  order,  distilleries  for  manufacturing 
cider  into  alcoholic  liquors  were  erected,  and  that  in  time  be- 
came the  common  drink  of  the  people  in  the  place  of  beer.  It 
appears  by  the  most  reliable  authority  that  all  classes,  both  the 
rich  and  poor,  and  members  of  all  religious  organizations,  made 
use  of  it  as  a  common  drink.  Less  than  a  century  ago  it  was 
the  custom  at  funerals  for  liquor  to  be  handed  out  to  those  who 
had  met  to  pay  their  last  respects  on  earth  to  their  departed 
friend.  It  has  been  daily  used  in  many  families  and  handed 
out  to  their  workingmen  until  within  a  short  period,  and  there 
may  be  a  few  at  the  present  time  who  adhere  to  the  old  custom, 
but  the  number  is  diminishing  yearly.  Some  persons  ask  if  the 
present  generation  is  more  moral  and  better  than  our  ancestors 
were,  who  used  strong  drink  so  freely,  and  likewise  did  not  see 
any  crime  in  holding  their  fellow  creatures  in  bondage.  I 
bave  po  doubt  that   they  did  not    see   the   great   ^vU   puch 


480  BEVERAGES. 


practicesTproduced,  lienco  thej  in  some  measure  were  not 
accountable  for  it.  But  \vc,  of  the  present  generation, 
having  seen  tlie  great  wickedness  arising  from  those  two 
causes,  should  exert  all  our  morat  and  religious  force 
to  expel  the^ggreat  evil  from  our  land.  Figuratively  speak- 
ing, it  has  slain  the  first  born  of  every  family  in  this  sec- 
tion of  the  country.  From  habitual  drinking  of  the  parent, 
it  produces  a  settled  disease  of  the  nervous  system,  and  is  trans- 
mitted from  father  to  son  for  several  generations.  Many  an 
aged  father  and  a  loving  mother,  who  have  cared  and  waited 
npon  their  offspring  in  infancy  with  ardent  solicitude  for  their 
temporal  and  moral  welfare,  have  gone  down  prematurely  to 
the  grave  with  sorrow  on  account  of  their  sons  having  become 
vagabonds  by  the  use  of  intoxicating  drink.  The  Friends  were 
among  the  first  who  introduced  malt  and  spirituous  liquors  in 
tills  country  as  a  common  beverage,  but  greatly  to  their  credit 
they  were  the  fii'st  who  took  a  firm  stand  in  a  meeting  capacity 
against  the  use  of  it  as  a  common  drink.  Within  a  few  years 
most  of  the  other  religious  societies,  and  especially  the  Baptists 
and  Methodists,  arp  taking  active  measures  in  the  cause  of  tem- 
perance among  their  own  members,  and  their  labors  extend  to 
all  classes  of  society. 


GENEALOGY. 

Genealogy  has  arrested  the  attention  of  persons  inJalFages 
of  the  civilized  world.  William  Blackstone,  the  son  of  a  silk 
mercer,  was  born  in  London  in  1723.  He  became  an^eminent 
lawyer,  as  well  as  a  writer  on  English  law.  Since  his  time 
every  student  of  law,  both  in  England  and  America,  who  is  de- 
sirous of  becoming  eminent  in  legal  knowledge,  is  under  the 
necessity  of  giving  his  days  and  nights  to  the  study  of ^  Black- 
stone's  Commentaries  on  English  Law.  Blackstone  wrote  largely 
in  regard  to  genealogy. 

The  following  considerations  will  serve  to  show  how  wonder- 
fully men  and  families  are  knit  together  by' the  ties  of  blood : 
"  When  one  reflects  that  his  ancestory  doubles  in  each  assent ; 
or,  to  speak  more  correctly,  increases  in  two-fold  geometrical 
progression,  he  will  easily  see  this.     Thus  as  everybody  has  one 
father,  two    grandfathers,  four   great-grandfathers,   and   eight 
great-great-grandfathers,  and  so  on;  the  case  being,  of  course, 
the  same  on  the  female  side.  If  we  go  back  to  the  tune  of  Eing 
John,  whicli,  (allowing  three  generations  to  a  century)  would 
be  about  nineteen  generations,  we  shall  find  that  in  the  space  of 
little  more  than  six  centuries  every  one  of  us  can  boast  of  the 
astounding  number  of  524,288  ancestors;  that  is  to  say  that 
the  blood  of  more  than  500,000  of  the  human  race  flows  in  our 
veins."  This  calculation  supposes,  however,  that  all  are  male  an- 
cestors, having  married  strangers  in  blood,  which  has  probably 
not  been  the  case  in  any  instance.    A  few  matches  with  cousins  or 
remote  relations  reduces  the  number.     T]ie  same  eminent  lawyer 
long  since  called  attention  to  the  multitudinous  number  of  ances- 
tral relations  in  his  commentaries,  where  he  gives  a  table  of  num- 
bers extending  to  the  twentieth  genealogical  remove.     At  the 
fortieth  remove,  a  period  extending  over  about  sixteen  or  sev- 
enteen hundred  years,  the  total  number  of  man's  progenitors 
amounts  to  more  than  a  million  million !     The  same  eminent 
writer  also  shows  from  the  most  satisfactory  data  that  we  have 
all  now  existing  nearly  two  hundred  and  seventy  millions  of 
kindred  in  the  15th  degree,  and  if  this  calculation  should  appear 
61 


482  GENEALOGY. 


incompatible  with  the  number  of  inhabitants  on  the  earth,  it  is 
because  of  intermarriage  among  the  several  descendents  from 
the  same  ancestors.     A  hundred  or  a  thousand  modes  of  con- 
sanguinity may  be  consolidated  in  one  person,  or  he  may  be 
related  to  ns  a  hundred  or  thousand  different  ways,  and  without 
being  aware  of  it.     It  is  thus  that  I  account  for  the  extraordinary 
resemblance,  both  personal  and  mental,  often  occuring  between 
persons  not  regarded  as  being  related  to  each  other.     We  know 
how  both  physical    and   intellectual  characteristics    are  trans- 
mitted.    A  due  consideration  of  these  facts  would  be  of  great 
moral  advantage  to  mankind,  as  serving  to  induce  a  kindness  of 
feeling  to  all,  whether  lowly  or  exalted  ;  since  we  know  not  by  how 
many  ties  of  blood  they  may  be  connected  to  us,  in  a  stronger 
sense  than  is  usually  afiixed  to  the  words  "  all  men  are  brethren." 
I  append  here  an  illustrative  anecdote  about  seventy  or  eighty 
years  since.     A  shepherd  named  Tuppin  was  sent  by  his  mother 
who  resided  near  Eastbourn,  Sussex  county,  to  drive  some  sheep 
into  South  Devon.     This  man  having  discharged  his  commis- 
sion was  returning  homeward  from  his  somewhat  toilsome  pil- 
grimage when,  on  passing  a  cottage  about  two  hundred  miles 
from  his  own  habitation,  on  a  spot  which  he  had  before  visited, 
he  was  greeted  with  the  familiar  words  "  How  do  you  do.  Mas- 
ter Tuppin  ?"    The  shepherd,  with  a  rather  bewildered  air,  turned 
round  and  found  that  the  salutation  had  been  addressed  to  him 
by  a  peasant's  wife,  the  tenant  of  a  cottage,  a  person  of  whom 
he  had  not  the  slightest  knowledge.     He  told  her  as  much, 
whereupon  she  apologized  by  saying  that  she  had  mistaken  him 
for  one  Master  Tuppin,  a  man  who  lived  in  a  neighboring  ham- 
let, but  of  whom  the  surprised  shepherd  had  never  heard.     There 
can,  however,  be  no  doubt  of  the  common  origin  of  the  two 
Master  Tuppins,  though  all  remembrance  of  kindred  was  lost. 


EDITORS. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  present  century  there  wus  not  a 
newspaper  published  in  Salem  county,  and  the  people  depended 
upon  the  daily  and  weekly  papers  published  in  Philadelphia  for 
news.  There  was  the  "  Saturday  Evening  Post,"'  published  in 
Philadelphia,  and  edited  by  Samuel  Atkinson,  had  a  large  circu- 
lation in  Salem  county  up  to  1820,  or  later.  The  editor  was  a 
native  of  this  section,  and  a  lineal  descendant  of  John  Smith,  of 
Amblebury ;  his  mother  was  the  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Rachel  Dennis  Smith,  of  Elsinborough.  Rachel  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Philip  and  Lucy  Dennis,  born  in  Greenwich  township  6th 
of  4th  month,  1742. 

The  first  newspaper  published  in  Salem  was  in  1816.  Isaac 
Pollock  was  the  editor  and  publisher.  He  was  the  brother  of 
the  late  Sheppard  K,  Pollock,  who  was  pastor  of  tlie  Presby- 
terian church  at  Greenwich,  Cumberland  county,  for  fifteen 
years.  The  Salem  "  Gazette,"  as  Pollock's  paper  was  called, 
became  obnoxious  to  the  party  that  should  have  sustained  it  in 
what  was  known  as  the  Court  House  election,  in  the  year  1817, 
when  the  test  was  made  relative  to  the  removal  of  tiso  court 
house  and  county  building  from  off  the  one  acre  lot  tliat  was 
given  by  John  Fenwick,  and  surveyed  and  set  off  for  tlie  county 
for  the  inhabitants  of  Salem  county  to  build  a  court  house  and 
prison  on  by  an  order  given  by  Samuel  Hedge  to  Jolm  "Wor- 
lidge,  deputy  surveyor,  in  1688.  The  majority  of  the  inhabit- 
ants in  Pilesgrove,  both  Pittsgroves,  Upper  Penn's  Neck,  and 
Upper  Alloways  Creek  were  in  favor  of  removing  the  county 
buildings  from  Salem  to  some  central  location  in  the  county. 
"Where  the  place  should  be  there  was  a  diversity  of  opinion ; 
some  thought  the  village  of  Thompson  Bridge  (now  Alloways- 
town)  would  be  the  the  proper  place,  whilst  others  were  in 
favor  of  Woodstown.  By  a  survey  of  the  county  the  almshouse 
farm  was  found  to  be  the  most  central.  The  election  was  held 
to  remove  the  county  ]:)uildings  to  the  south  end  of  said  farm, 
or  for  them  to  remain  at  Salem.  It  was  decided  by  a  large 
majority  of  voters  for  them  to  remain   at  Salem.     Tlie   Salem 


484: 


EDITORS. 


"  Gazette,"  for  the  part  it  took  in  the  election,  lost  much  sup- 
port, and  its  publication  ceased. 

In  the  early  part  of  the  year  1819  the  Salem  "  Messenger," 
published   by  Elijah  Brooks,  followed   the   "  Gazette."     The 
"Messenger's"  first  number  appeared  in  September,  1819,  and 
was  continued  by  Brooks  until  1833,  when  the  late  James  M. 
Hannah  bought  out  the  office.     James  had  previously  bought 
out  the  "American  Statesman,"  edited  and  published  by  the 
late  Henry  H.  Elwell,  a  native  of  Pittsgrove.     The  first  num- 
ber of  the  "  Statesman,"  edited  by  Elwell,  aj)peared  during  tlic 
Presidential  canvass,  when  General  Andrew  Jackson  was  one 
of  the  candidates.     James  M.  Hannah,  as  before  stated,  having 
purchased  both  the  "  Messenger "  and  "  Statesman  "  merged 
both  in  one,  and  called  his  paper  the  "Union."     Previous  to 
that,  however,  during  the  canvass  for  the  Presidency,  in  whicli 
William  Wirt  was  the  candidate,  Elijah  Brooks  published  from 
the    "  Messenger "    office  a   paper  called   the    "  Anti-Masonic 
Courier."     The  late  Dr.  James  YanMeter,  and  also  the  late 
Alphonso  L.  Eakin,  were  contributors  and  supporters  of  the 
"  Courier,"  which,  when  started,  was  designed  to  be  permanent, 
but  upon  the  failure  of  the  Anti-Masonic  party  to  show  nmch 
strength,  it  ceased  to  be  published.     James  M.  Hannah  contin- 
ued the  publication  of  the  "Union"  until  1836,  when  he  dis- 
posed of  his  interest  to  Samuel  Prior,  who  at  that  time  was  the 
publisher  of  the  "Freeman  Banner."     The  "Fi-eeman  Baimer" 
appeared  April  1st,  1834,  Sisty  &  Prior  publishers.     Sisty  in  a 
few  months  ceased  his  connection  with  the  paper,  and  the  "  Ban- 
ner" was  continued  by  Samuel  Prior  until  November,  1840, 
when  he  sold  the  paper  to  Charles  P.  Smith,  wlio  clianged  its 
name  to  "National  Standard." 

Samuel  Prior  is  a  native  of  England.  His  grand-father, 
John  Prior,  was  a  miller  and  baker  in  the  town  of  Coggesliall, 
in  the  county  of  Essex,  England,  and  was  born  in  1746.  lie 
was  a  warm  partisan  witli  William  Pitt,  Earl  of  Chatliam,  in 
opposing  King  George  III.  and  the  British  Parliament  in  their 
measures  against  the  American  colonies.  The  part  the  emi- 
nent statesman  and  orator  took  in  behalf  of  the  colonies  was 
calculated  to  arouse  the  sympathies  of  many  in  Englaud  in 
favor  of  America,  and  John  Prior  was  one  of  the  number.  He 
became  a  marked  man  by  the  supporters  of  the  war  of  the 
American  revolution,  and  subsequently  wlien  the  difficulties 
occurred  between  the  United  States  and  England,  out  of  whicli 
grew  the  war  of  1812,  John  Prior,  with  still  more  tenacity, 
opposed  the  cause  of  England  as  inexcusable  and  unjust.     He 


EDITORS.  485 


continued  to  reside  at  his  cliildhood's  home  until  1845,  when  he 
died,  aged  99  yeai's.  One  of  his  brothers  emigrated  to  the 
United  States  in  1790,  and  settled  in  one  of  the  southern  states. 
Samuel,  son  of  John  Prior,  was  born  at  Coggeshall,  Essex, 
England,  June,  1779.  He  emigrated  to  the  United  States,  and 
landed  at  Philadelphia  in  May,  1816,  and  subsequently  came  to 
Salem  to  live.  His  wife  was  Rosamond  Gardner.  Sanmel 
and  Rosamond  Prioi-  had  five  children  who  lived  to  the  age  of 
twenty-one  years — Samuel,  Rodamond,  John,  Maria  and  Ann. 
The  last  three  are  deceased,  leaving  children  who  are  residing 
in  Philadelpliia.  Samuel  Prior,  Sr.,  died  July,  1865,  being  in 
liis  87th  year.  Sanmel  Prior,  liis  eldest  son,  was  born  May 
29th,  1812.  With  but  a  short  intermission  he  has  resided  in 
Salem  county  since  lie  was  brought  to  Salem  by  his  parents 
when  in  his  fourtli  year.  He  was  apprenticed  to  and  learned 
the  printing  business  of  Elijah  Brooks,  publisher  of  the  Salem 
"  Messenger."  On  becoming  of  age  he  started  a  paper  called 
tlie  "  Freeman  Banner,"  and  publisiied  the  same  for  more  than 
six  years.  On  account  of  ill  health  lie  quit  the  printing  busi- 
ness and  went  to  farming,  but  after  regaining  his  health  went 
into  the  steamboat  business  between  Salem  and  Philadelphia,  in 
1845,  and  continued  in  that  business  until  within  a  year  or  two, 
when  he  retired  to  the  oversight  of  his  farm,  which  is  located 
in  the  township  of  Manningtou.  Samuel's  first  wife  was  Cor- 
nelia, daughter  of  Thomas  E.  and  Abigail  Miilford.  By  that 
connection  there  was  one  daughter,  Elizabeth  Prior,  who  died 
in  her  17th  year.  Samuel's  second  wife,  who  is  still  living,  is 
Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Hannah  Hilliard.  Their 
children  were  Lavinia  Dunlap,  (who  'married  Charles  W.  Cas- 
per, the  son  of  Thomas  Jefferson  and  Mary  Ann  Anderson  Cas- 
per, late  of  Manningtou,)  and  Frank  O.  and  Cornelia  Prior, 
Frank  married  C.  A.  Wilson,  daughter  of  Dr.  W.  Wilson,  of 
Bethlehem,  Pennsylvania.  Frank  died  in  June,  1874,  leaving 
two  children — William  W.  and  Samuel.  Cornelia,  the  vonny;- 
est  daughter  of  Samuel  Prior,  remains  single. 

In  1840,  as  before  stated,  Samuel  Prior  sold  liis  interest  in 
the  "  Freeman  Banner"  to  Charles  P.  Smith,  and  the  name  of 
the  paper  was  changed  by  Smith  to  the  "National  Standard." 
He  was  the  editor  and  proprietor  for  several  years,  and  was  sub- 
sequently elected  to  the  State  Senate.  Whilst  a  member  of  that 
body,  or  soon  after  his  term  expired,  he  was  appointed  by  the 
Governor,  Clerk  of  the  Supreme  Court.  I  think  he  is  a  native 
of  Philadelphia.  His  father  was  George  W.  Smith,  of  Virginia, 
and  married  Hannah,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Smith 


486  EDITORS. 


Ellet,  of  the  County  o£  Salem.  Charles  is  a  lineal  descendant 
of  John  Smith,  of  Smithtield,  on  the  side  of  his  mother.  Mr. 
Smith  sold  his  interest  in  the  "  Standard"  to  William  S.  Sharp 
and  Sinnickson  Chew.  The  latter  in  a  few  years  left  Salem, 
removed  to  the  city  of  Camden,  and  became  the  editor  and  pub- 
lisher of  the  "  West  Jersey  Press,"  which  is  one  of  the  leading- 
papers  published  in  that  city.  William  S.  Sharp  continued  to 
be'the  editor  and  publisher  of  the  "  Standard"  during  the  late 
rebellion.  About  the  close  of  that  struggle  he  left  Salem  and  re- 
moved to  the  city  of  Trenton,  where  he  opened  an  extensive 
printing  establishment,  and  commenced  the  publication  of  the 
"  Public  Opinion,"  a  large  illustrated  weekly  newspaper.  The 
"  National  Standard"  was  bought  by  S.  W.  Miller,  Jr.,  who 
is  the  editor  of  the  paper  at  the  present  time.  He  is  the  son  of 
Samuel  W.  Miller,  of  Allowaystown,  in  this  county,  who  is  the 
son  of  John  Miller,  a  native  of  Germany.  The  latter  emigrated 
to  this  country  and  settled  near  Greenwich,  Cumberland  county, 
and  married  Mary  Hitchner,  by  whom  he  had  several  children. 
Samuel  W.  Miller  located  at  Allowaystown  soon  after  he  be- 
came of  age  and  engaged  in  the  cabinet  making  business,  which 
he  subsequently  abandoned  and  embarked  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness, in  which  he  is  still  engaged.  He  married  Elizabeth,  the 
daughter  of  John  G.  and  Mary  Edward  S.  Ballinger,  who  were 
among  the  first  settlers  of  Allowaystown.  They  had  seven 
children — Sarah,  John  B.,  William  B.,  Samuel  AY.,  Richard  C  , 
James  R.  and  Anna  R.  John  B.  .is  deceased.  Sarah  and  Wil- 
liam are  married.  The  former  is  the  wife  of  Sinnickson  Chew, 
editor  of  the  Camden  "  Press,"  and  the  latter  married  AVilhe- 
raina,  daughter  of  Almarine  Woodruff,  of  Deertield,  Cumber- 
land county.     The  otlier  children  are  unmarried. 

The  Salem  ''  Sunbeam"  was  started  in  July,  ISi-i,  by  Isaac 
Wells,  who  was  a  native  of  Burlington  county,  and  wlio  died  in 
Trenton  about  1849.  Robert  Gwynne  and  Nathan  S.  Hales 
succeeded  Wells  in  March,  1849.  Hales  retired  in  April,  1850,  and 
became  one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  Sunday  "  Republic"  in 
Philadelphia.  Robert  Gwynne  continues  to  this  time,  having 
applied  himself  diligently  to  his  calling  for  nearly  twenty  seven 
years.  The  "  Sunbeam"  is  a  good  family  newspaper,  and  is 
ably  edited.  The  circulation  at  this  time  is  about  1200.  Rob- 
ert is  a  native  of  Ireland,  coming  to  this  country  at  the  age  of 
thirteen,. and  graduated  in  the  office  of  the  "  Peunsylvanian,"  a 
leading /newspaper  in  the  city  of  Philadelphia,  under  Hamilton 
and  John  W.  Forney.  His  ancestors  were  Welsh,  and  the  fam- 
ily is  assocjatod  witli  some  of  tlie  leading  families  of  Great  Brit. 


iiy 


EDITOKS.  487 


ain,  the  Gwynne  Company  of  London  and  Londonderj,  in  Ire- 
land, being  founded  by  his  ancestors.  Leading  bankers  of  the 
same  name  and  family  have  done  business  for  generations  in 
the  cities  of  Baltimore  and  New  York.  Robert  Gwynne  mar- 
ried Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  John  Camp,  an  old  citizen  of  Salem 
county.  She  died  1st  of  the  I2th  month,  1865,  leaving  four 
children — Jennie,  Robert,  Bella  and  Helen.  Robert  Gwynne 
also  published  a  paper  at  Woodstown  in  1852,  called  the  "  Frank- 
lin Herald."  This  was  continued  only  a  short  time.  Soon  after 
the  "  Herald"  the  Woodstown  "  Register"  was  published  by  J. 
R.  Schenck.  The  "  American  Eagle"  and  "  Jersey  Blue,"  were 
published  at  the  same  town  :  they  liad  a  short  existence.  In  1870, 
William  Taylor,  who  for  several  years  had  been  publishing  a 
paper  at  Clayton,  Gloucester  county,  removed  his  establishment 
to  Woodstown,  and  continued  the  publication  of  the  paper  at 
that  place  as  the  Woodstown  "  Register."  The  "  Register"  is 
well  sustained  by  the  people  of  Woodstown,  and  is  a  credit  to 
the  pul^lisher.  The  editor,  William  Taylor  is,  I  believe,  a  mem- 
ber of  the  ancient  and  respectable  Taylor  family  of  Chester 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  of  the  State  of  Virginia. 

I  have  been  informed  by  an  aged  inhabitant  of  Salem  that 
the  fii'st  newspaper  published  in  Salem  was  the  "  Observer," 
which  was  edited  by  an  Englishman  by  tlie  name  of  Black.  He 
married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Rachel  Smith,  of 
Elsinboro.  After  a  short  period  Black  moved  his  press  to  Do- 
ver, Delaware.  My  informant  did  not  give  the  date  when  the 
paper  was  published,  but  I  presume  it  was  two  or  three  years 
before  Pollock  started  his  paper,  which  was  tirst  published  in 
1816. 


FARMING    IMPLEMENTS. 

The  early  agriculturists  of  Fen  wick's  colony,  likewise  all  of 
West  Jersey,  labored  under  great  disadvantage,  as  we  should 
think  at  the  present  day,  respecting  their  agricultural  imple- 
ments. The  plough  they  used  in  breaking  up  the  virgin  soil 
was  made  almost  entirely  of  wood.  Instead  of  plantation  wag- 
ons, as  used  at  the  present  time,  sleds  constructed  in  the  rudest 
manner  were  the  only  vehicles  for  carting  their  grain  and  hay, 
and  other  products  of  the  farm.  As  early  as  1720,  carts  were 
gradually  introduced  in  the  place  of  the  wooden  sleds.  About 
the  year  1740,  the  plantation  wagons  were  first  used  by  some  of 
the  ablest  farmers,  and  in  a  short  time  became  common.  Tliere 
were  no  fan  mills  in  the  early  settlement  of  this  country,  for 
cleaning  the  grain.  The  usual  way  of  separating  the  chaff  from 
the  cereal,  was  to  choose  a  windy  day,  in  an  elevated  place,  and 
then  get  a  person  with  a  large  wooden  scoop  to  winnow  it  by  the 
wind.  About  the  time  of  the  American  revolution  fan  mills 
were  gradually  introduced,  from  Lancaster  county,  Pennsylva- 
nia, although  we  of  the  present  generation  would  consider  these 
Dutch  Fan  Mills  (as  they  were  called)  tedious  in  cleaning 
grain.  But  our  ancestors  appreciated  them  highly,  as  being  a 
great  improvement,  and  appreciated  them  greatly  as  labor-saving 
to  the  agriculturist. 


PUBLIC    CONVEYANCES. 

The  only  way  by  land  our  forefathers  traveled  for  more  than 
a  century  from  the  first  settlement  of  the  colony  was  on  horse- 
back— men,  women  and  children.  I  was  told,  when  young,  by 
an  antiquarian  who  has  long  gone  to  his  resting  place,  an  amus- 
ing anecdote  respecting  that  ancient  and  valued  friend,  Barthol- 
omew Wyatt,  2d,  of  Mannington.  His  son-in-law,  Richard 
Wistar,  of  Philadelphia,  sent  him  a  one-horse  chaise  in  which 
to  ride  to  meeting  held  at  Salem,  about  three  miles  distant, 
Richard  thinking  his  father  was  too  old  a  man  to  ride  on  horse- 
back. Bartholomew  tried  his  new  vehicle,  and  rode  in  it  to 
Salem,  and  when  asked  how  he  liked  it,  his  reply  was,  "  I 
thought  it  would  kill  me  before  I  reached  the  meeting  house." 
Such  is  the  effect  of  habit.  Vessels  were  early  used  to  convey 
merchandise  and  travelers  to  and  from  the  towns  of  Salem  and 
Greenwich  to  Philadelphia. 

In  1819  the  steamboat  "  Congress  "  with  a  party  of  gentle- 
men from  Philadelphia,  came  to  Salem,  being  the  first  steamer 
that  ever  entered  Assamhockin,  or  Salem  creek.  In  1824  the 
first  regular  line  from  Philadelphia  to  Salem  was  advertised  by 
B.  &  B.  Cooper,  merchants  of  Philadelphia,  when  the  steam- 
boat "  Lafayette  "  made  a  few  regular  trips,  and  then  discon- 
tinued them.  The  steamboat  called  the  "  Albemarle"  in  1825 
was  put  on  the  line  from  Philadelphia  to  Salem.  She  made  but 
a  few  trips,  when  she  was  completely  destroyed  by  fire  at  night, 
while  at  Arch  street  wharf.  Captain  Enoch  Boon,  who  form- 
erly was  a  citizen  of  Bridgeton,  at  that  time  a  resident  of 
Salem,  had  an  interest  in  the  steamer  "  Albemarle."  And  in 
1827  the  same  Captain  Boon,  the  father  of  the  present  Boon 
family  of  Salem,  succeeded  in  selling  sufficient  stock  to  the  citi- 
zens of  Salem,  and  farmers  of  the  country,  to  purchase  the 
steamer  "  Essex,"  of  New  York.  Captain  Enoch  Boon  ran  the 
boat  a  few  weeks.  Owing  to  a  disagreement  with  the  directors 
he  sold  his  stock,  and  another  captain  was  chosen.  The  "  Essex  " 
ran  about  two  years  from  Philadelphia  to  Salem,  when  the  line 
was  sold  to  the  Fbilacjelphia  and  Baltimore  Company,  whjcb 


490  PUBLIC    CONVEYANCES. 


Company  discontinued  tlic  "  Eesex,"  and  put  on  a  small  boat 
called  the  "  Salem,"  which  ran  from  Salem  to  New  Castle,  con- 
necting there  witli  the  large  boats  of  the  Philadelphia  and  Bal- 
timore line.  In  1835  George  Boon  and  brothers,  sons  of  Cap- 
tain Enoch  Boon,  purchased  the  steamer  "  Flushing,"  and  run 
her  from  Salem  to  Philadelphia  up  to  1838,  when  they  ex- 
changed her  for  the  "  Clifton."  In  1836  the  "  Pioneer  "  was 
built  by  a  chartered  company,  and  run  to  Salem  until  1848.  A 
continuous  line  of  steam  navigation  has  been  kept  up  between 
Salem  and  Philadelphia  since  the  "  Essex  "  commenced  in  1827. 
The  names  of  the  boats  on  the  line  at  the  different  periods  were 
as  follows  :  "  Essex,"  "  Salem,"  "  Lenneas,"  "  Flushing,"  "  Pio- 
neer," "  Clifton,"  "  New  Jersey,"  (the  latter  called  the  "  Huckle- 
berry,") "  Proprietor,"  "  Portsmouth,"  "  Hudson,"  ''  Antelope," 
"Wave,"  "Napoleon,"  "Burlington,"  "  Cohansey,"  "Mianti- 
nomie,"  "  Express,"  "  Major  Eeybold,"  "  John  S.  Ide,"  and 
"  Perry,"  and  a  freight  boat  "  Cynthia."  Several  of  the  boats 
ran  to  Salem  but  a  short  time.  The  "  Major  Key  bold  "  and 
the  steamer  "  Perry  "  are  still  on  the  line  and  in  the  summer 
season  make  daily  trips. 

Doubtless  there  were  mails  from  Salem  to  Philadelphia  under 
the  colonial  government ;  by  whom  carried,  and  how  often, 
there  is  no  means  of  ascertaining  with  much  certainty.  The 
first  post  office  established  at  Salem,  by  the  post  office  depart- 
ment of  the  United  States  government,  was  on  the  20tli  of 
March,  1793 ;  and  Thomas  Jones,  a  citizen  of  Salem,  was  ap- 
pointed the  same  day  post  master.  William  Harvey,  by  an 
authentic  authority,  was  the  first  contractor  to  carry  the  mails 
from  Salem  to  Philadelphia,  twice  in  each  M-eek,  for  $300  a 
year.  Harvey  continued  to  carry  the  mails  until  about  the  year 
1809  or  1810.  Atkinson  Conrow  about  that  time  took  the  con- 
tract, and  William  Swing  drove  the  stage  principally  for  him. 
That  w^as  during  the  war  of  1812.  In  1815  John  Tonkins,  at 
Carpenter's  Landing,  in  Gloucester  county,  took  the  contract 
for  carrying  the  mails  from  Salem  to  Philadelphia,  and  Adam 
H.  Sickler  was  his  driver  ;  however,  Tonkins  held  the  contract 
only  one  year.  In  1817  Adam  Sickler  and  George  Louden 
slacker  took  the  mail  contract  to  carry  it  from  Salem  to  Phila- 
delphia three  times  in  each  week,  for  the  sum  of  §600  a  year. 
They  continued  carrying  the  mails  until  1824 ;  Adam  Sick- 
ler was  the  principal  driver. 

It  is  justice  to  record  that  it  was  generally  admitted  by  the 
best  horsemen  that  lived  on  the  line  of  the  road  from  Salem  to 
Philadelphia,  at  that  time,  that  Adam  Sickler  took  more  caro 


PUBLIC   CONVEYANCES.  491 


and  drove  a  better  team  than  any  of  bis  predecessors.  Adam  is 
still  living  in  tbe  city  of  Salem,  be  being  in  bis  cigbty-ninth 
year,  and  is  bighly  respected  by  bis  fellow  citizens.  About 
that  time,  1824,  there  was  a  daily  mail  established,  and  Benja- 
min Reeve,  of  Philadelphia,  was  the  contractor,  and  Andrew 
McCready  drove  the  stage. 

About  1858  there  was  a  company  formed  for  the  purpose  of 
building  a  railroad  from  Salem  to  connect  with  the  West  Jersey 
Railroad  at  Elmer.  The  cars  commenced  running  on  the  Salem 
road  in  1861,  and  have  continued  twice  a  day  up  to  this  time. 
The  mails  leave  Salem  twice  in  each  day  by  the  railroad.  We 
certainly  ought  to  feel  thankful  for  the  many  priviliges  we  have 
in  this  generation,  compared  with  our  early  ancestors  when  they 
lirst  settled  in  this  wilderness  country. 


QUIT    KENTS    AND    WAKRANTS. 

The  point  or  neck  of  land  bounded  on  the  west  by  tlie  Pan- 
tuxet  river,  as  it  was  called  by  the  Indians,  now  known  as  the 
Delaware  river,  on  the  south  by  Asamhocking;  creek,  now  Sa 
lem,  was  called  by  the  natives  Obisquahosit.     When  John  Fen- 
wick  arrived  in  this  country  with  his  English  colony,  to  take 
possession  of  his  tenth  of  West  New  Jersey,  he  found  a  settle- 
ment of  Finns  and  Swedes,  who  had  emigrated  from  their  fatli- 
erland,  as  early  as  1638  or  1840,  in  company  with  a  number  of 
their  countrymen,  who  had  settled  on  the  opposite  side  of  tlio 
river,  about  the  mouth  of  the  Christiana,  and  along  the  said 
river,  as  far  as  where  the  city  of  Philadelphia  now  is.     Many 
of  the  Finns  and  Swedes  had  purchased  their  lands  of  the  natives 
and  taken  deeds  from  the  Indian  chiefs,  but  they  early  acknowl- 
edged that  Fenwick  was  the  rightful  owner,  and  had  tlieir  lands 
re-surveyed  and  deeded  to  them.     For  this  they  were  to  pay  to 
the  proprietor,  or  his  heirs,  certain  sums  for  quit-rents,  to  l)e 
paid  yearly,  according  to  the  number  of  acres  each  owned.     Sam- 
uel Hedge,  Jr.,  in  1690,  made  out  a  duplicate,  or  role  as  lie 
called  it,  of  what  each  landholder  should  pay  quit-rent  for  tliat 
year.     The  said  lands,  I  presume,  were  part  of  tlie  reserved  150,- 
000  acres,  made  by  John  Fenwick  when  lie  sold  his  proprietory 
right  to  WilKam  Penn,  in  1682. 

The  following  are  the  names  of  the  inliabitants  of  Penns 
Neck  who  paid  quit-rents  : 

Matt  Neilson,  Fopp  Neilson,  Peter  Onson,  1040  acres,  2s. 
Id. ;  Steven  Yearneans,  Stacy  Hendrickson,  Matthias  Spack- 
lesson,  1,040  acres,  3s. ;  Evick  Yearneans,  300  acres,  3d. ;  John 
Yearneans,  300  acres,  3d. ;  Matt  Joanson,  150  acres,  3d. ;  An- 
drew Anderson,  150  acres,  3d. ;  Stacy  Corneilinson,  250  acres, 
5d. ;  Ann  Hendricks,  150  acres,  3d. ;  Andrew  Seneca  (now  Sin- 
nickson)  226  acres.  Is. ;  Hance  Shershell,  100  acres,  3d. ;  Claus 
Joanson,  100  acres,  3d.;  Jones  Scoggin,  200  acres,  2s.;  Woley 
Woolson,  200  acres,  20  shad,  or  2s. ;  Roger  Pedrick,  140  acres, 
Is. ;  Barce  Jacobson,  200  acres,  4s. ;  Peter  Halter,  200  acres,  2s. ; 


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A,  C.  Bronson,  250  acres,  Is. ;  Jarvis  By  water,  200  acres,  2s. 
2d ;  Kichard  Tindall,  230  acres,  3d. ;  Thomas  Waltson,  200  acres. 
Is. ;  James  Vickory,  300  acres,  2s.  Id. ;  Peter  Wilkinson,  400 
acres.  Is.  Id. ;  Andorcas  Barleyson,  400  acres,  Is. ;  Richard 
Marcy,  150  acres.  Is.;  Renier  Yanliyost,  400  acres,  3s.;  Jolm 
Ciillin,  200  acres.  Is.  2d.;  Barnard  Webb,  250  acres,  2s.;  Mary 
White,  500  acres,  5s. ;  John  Perkins,  300  acres,  3s. ;  George 
Garrett,  300  acres,  3s. 

Lands  in  Pilesgrove  township :  Richard  Tindall,  195  acres. 
Is.;  Mary  Holma^ii,  2,000  acres,  £i;  Nicholas  Winton,  500 
acres,  2d. ;  John  Derickson,  500  acres,  2d.;  Thomas  Potter,  500 
acres.  Is.;  Richard  Lippincott,  1000  acres.  Is.  Id.;  William 
Shotlock,  500  acres.  Is.;  William  Worth,  500  acres.  Is.;  Thomas 
Smith,  250  acres.  Is.;  William  Jonson,  250  acres,  2s.;  Lewis 
Morris,  1,000  acres,  2s. 

Lands  in  Alloways  Creek  subject  to  quit-rents:  Edward  Wade, 
meadow  100  acres.  Is.;  John  Hancock,  100  acres.  Is.;  Thomas 
Smith,  300  acres,  5d. 

Lands  at  Cohansey:  Obadiah  Holmes,  4  acres.  Id.;  Anthony 
Woodhouse,  80  acres,  5d. ;  Samuel  Hunter,  80  acres,  5d.;  Rich- 
ard Tindall,  100  acres,  2s.;  John  Clark,  16  acres,  2d.;  Alexander 
Smith,  16  acres,  2d. ;  Thomas  Watson,  16  acres,  2d. ;  Mark  Reeves, 
16  acres,  2d. ;  John  Mason,  16  acres,  2d. ;  Thomas  Smith,  16  acres, 
2d.;  William  Bacon,  32  acres,  4d.;  Joseph  Bronson,  16  acres, 
2d.;  John  Bacon,  16  acres,  2d.;  Edward  Hurlbert,  32  acres,  4d.; 
Job  Holmes,  22  acres,  4d.;  Joseph  Dennis,  32  acres,  4d;  Enoch 
Moore,  16  acres,  2d.;  Francis  Alexander,  32  acres,  4d.;  Peter 
Craven,  2  aci'es.  Id. ;  Thomas  Stuthem,  2  acres.  Id.;  Joseph 
Bacon,  16  acres,  2d. 

The  quit-rents  of  Salem  town  were  as  follows:  WiUiam  Mil- 
ton, 10  acres.  Id.;  Thomas  Smith,  6  acres.  Id.;  Christopher  Saun- 
ders, 10  acres,  Id.;  William  Wilkinson,  8  aci-es,  3d.;  C.  Lumbley, 
10  acres.  Id.;  Richard  Daniel,  10  acres,  Id.;  Joseph  White,  10 
acres,  Id.;  R.  Johnson,  10  acres,  Id.;  Anthony  Dixon,  10  acres, 
Id.;  James  Nevil,  20  acres,  3d.;  Thomas  Woodruff,  10  acres. 
Id. ;  John  Harden,  16  acres,  l^d.;  JoJm  Snooks,  10  acres,  Id.,; 
Edward  Champneys,  10  acres.  Id.;  John  Rolph,  10  acres.  Id.; 
William  Wilkinson,  10  acres.  Id.;  Thomas  Johnson,  10  acres.  Id.; 
Thomas  Kent,  10  acres.  Id. ;  Thomas  Woodruff',  IT  acres,  l^d. ; 
John  Snooks,  16  acres  l^d.;  2d  lot  of  William  Wilkinson,  10 
acres.  Id.;  Joseph  Cauloyd's  lot,  20  acres,  2d.;  John  Wor- 
ledge,  20  acres,  2d.;  Thomas  Yorke's  lot,  5  acres,  4d.;  Eleazar 
Dovberry,  2^  acres,  2d. 

It  appears  the  emigrants  tliat  came  with  Fenwick,  and  a  number 


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of  others,  that  did  not  arrive  until  two  or  three  years  afterwards, 
who  had  purchased  land  of  him  before  he  left  England,  were 
exempted  from  paying  quit-rents  to  the  proprietor,  or  his  heirs. 
Such  men  as  Robert  Windham,  John  Pledger,  Samuel  Nichol- 
son, Isaac  Smart,  Robert  and  Edward  Wade,  James  Sherron, 
tlie  tw^o  John  Smiths,  Richard  Guy,  Christopher  White,  Ed- 
ward Bradway,  William  Hancock,  and  several  others,  together 
with  William  Penn,  who  bought  sixty  acres  of  the  proprietor  at 
the  same  period.  The  said  land  was  surveyed  for  him  by  Rich- 
ard Hancock,  in  1676.  It  was  situated  within  the  precincts  of 
the  town  of  Salem.  The  reader  will  perceive  by  the  role  of  the 
quit-rents  that  were  collected  by  Samuel  Hedge,  about  the  year 
1690,  for  the  heirs  of  Fenwick,  it  being  eight  years  after  Wil- 
liam Penn  purchased  the  so  nnich  talked  of  twelve  mile  circle 
of  land  and  water  of  James,  the  Duke  of  York.  There  is  no 
reliable  evidence  that  William  Penn  ever  attempted  to  claim  any 
lands  in  West  New  Jersey  except  by  purchase  of  the  Jersey 
proprietors.  It  would  be  derogatory  to  his  great  name  to  think 
otherwise. 

Lands  disposed  of  and  surveyed  by  order  of  John  Fenwick's 
executors ;  Richard  Tindell  and  John  Worledge,  surveyors : 

5th  month,  1684. — A  warrant  to  survey  400  acres  of  land  for 
Ranier  VanHirst,  near  Cranberry  Point,  Mannington. 

5th  month,  6tli. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  Charles  Angelo 
10  acres  of  land  for  town  lot,  on  Nevel  street,  town  of  Salem. 

5th  month,  27th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  John  Jacobson 
200  acres  of  land,  near  Peter  Jolmson's  plantation,  on  Salem 
ci'eek. 

2d  month,  7th,  1685. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  John  Hard- 
ing 16  acres,  a  town  lot  on  Nevel  street,  in  Salem. 

3d  month,  5th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  James  Clark  16 
acres  of  land  for  a  town  lot  at  Cohansey. 

3d  month,  25th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  Alexander  Smitli 
16  acres  of  land  for  a  town  lot  at  Cohansey. 

3d  of  4th  month. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  John  Clark  a 
t(^wn  lot  in  Cohansey. 

IStli  of  11th  month,  1685. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  32  acres  of 
land  for  town  lots  at  Cohansey  for  Josepli  Brown  and  John 
Mason. 

3d  month,  lOth,  1685. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  16  acres  of 
land,  town  lot  in  Cohansey,  for  Thomas  Smith. 

4th  montli,  1685. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  16  acres  of  land  at 
Coliansey  for  Ricliard  Danger,  of  Cohansey  town. 

10th  of  5th  month,  1684. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  500  acres  for 


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Richard  Tindell,  to  be  next  to  Thomas  Pyle's  2000  acre  tract, 
it  being  a  legacy. 

1685. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  2000  acres  for  Samuel  Jennings, 
of  Burlington.  Said  lands  lay  at  the  head  of  Manningtou 
creek. 

5th  month,  1684. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  500  acres  for  Sam- 
uel Hedge,  to  lie  next  to  Richard  Tindell,  it  being  a  legacy. 

2d  month,  1686. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  500  acres  for  John 
Smith,  of  Smithfield.  Land  to  be  in  Alloways  Creek.  A  leg- 
acy. And  a  warrant  to  lay  out  three  town  lots  for  John  Smith, 
of  Smithfield,  of  16  acres  each,  in  the  town  of  Cohansey,  it 
beinff  a  legacv. 

A  warrant  to  lay  out  200  acres  for  James  Vickeiy,  next  to 
James  Webb. 

2d  month,  1685. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  one  town  lot  in  Co- 
hansey, to  contain  16  acres,  for  Mark  Reeve. 

13tli  of  6th  month. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  a  lot  of  16  acres 
for  Thomas  Watson,  in  Cohansey. 

A  warrant  to  lay  out  a  lot  of  16  acres,  a  town  lot  in  Co- 
hansey, for  John  Nichols. 

A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  Roger  Smith  10  acres  of  land  in  the 
town  of  Salem. 

A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  Thomas  Johnson  10  acres  of  land 
in  the  town  of  Salem. 

26th  of  6th  month. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  John  Snooks 
a  town  lot  containing  10  acres  in  the  town  of  Salem. 

28th  of  6th  month. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  10  acres  of  ground 
for  Thomas  Kent,  in  Novell  street,  in  the  town  of  Salem.  The 
street  is  now  known  as  Kent  street.  It  extended  in  a  straight  line 
to  Novell's  landing  on  the  branch  of  Fenwick  creek  known  at  the 
j!)resent  day  as  Keasbey  creek  ;  it  was  navigable  up  to  James 
Novell's  land.  The  said  land  was  recently  owned  by  Joseph 
Test.  It  originally  contained  29  acres.  On  that  property 
James  Novell  lived.  Perhaps  he  disposed  of  more  land  than 
any  other  man  who  ever  lived  in  Salem  county.  He  was  Wil- 
liam Penn's  agent. 

In  the  year  1690  there  appeared  some  dissatisfaction  among 
some  of  the  Swedish  inhabitants  of  Penn's  Neck,  they  doubting 
the  right  of  William  Penn  to  the  lands  in  that  township.  He, 
accordingly,  directed  James  Novell  to  prepare  a  public  dinner 
at  his  house  in  Salem,  and  invite  them  on  a  certain  day  to  meet 
him  there,  and  he  would  endeavor  to  explain  to  them  his  legal 
rights.  They  accepted  the  invitation  and  generally  attended. 
He  made  a  speech  to  them,  and  they  were  well  satisfied  with 


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his  statements,  and  went  home  contented  after  enjoying  a  boun- 
tiful dinner  at  the  Governor's  expense.  On  tliat  occasion  is  the 
only  reliable  account  that  I  have  ever  seen  of  William  Penn 
visiting  the  town  of  Salem. 

In  the  Autumn  of  1682  John  Fenwick  sold  all  his  lands  in 
the  Salem  Tenth,  which  had  been  previously  disposed  of,  to 
Willim  Penn,  proprietor  of  the  province  of  Pennsylvania, 
except  150,000  acres.  Penn,  soon  after  the  purchase,  appointed 
James  Nevell,  of  Salem,  to  be  his  agent  in  disposing  of  said 
lands.  Nevell  belonged  to  the  Society  of  Friends,  and  was  a 
lawyer,  and  a  man  in  whose  ability  and  integrity  John  Fenwick 
appears  to  have  had  implicit  confidence.  I  presume  on  that 
account  the  great  law-giver,  William  Penn,  chose  such  a  man  as 
James  Novell  to  the  responsible  office,  and  Ricliard  Tindall  was 
continued  surveyor-general,  and  John  Worlidge  his  deputy. 
The  following  are  the  names  of  the  persons  that  purchased  differ- 
ent tracts  of  land  in  the  Salem  Tenth  : 

168-1,  7th  month,  10th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  Isaac  Pe- 
terson 100  acres  in  Penn's  Neck.     Signed,  Richard  Tindall. 

16th  of  9th  month. — A  warrant  to  survey  for  Isaac  Saroy 
125  acres,  allowing  two  acres  for  roads  adjoining  John  Hen- 
drickson's  land  in  Penn's  Neck.     Signed,  Richard  Tindall. 

A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  Abraham  V'anhest  100  acres,  ad- 
joining lands  of  Michael  Barron,  on  Finn's  Point,  Christiana 
Neck.     Signed,  Richard  Tindall. 

A  warrant  from  AYilliam  Penn  to  survey  300  acres  of  land, 
swamp  and  marsh  for  Fopp  Johnson,  the  said  land  being  on  the 
Delaware  river.     Signed,  Richard  Tindall. 

1681. — A  warrant  from  James  Nevell  to  survey  for  Michael 
Barron  500  acres  of  land  on  one  of  the  branches  of  the  Allo- 
ways  creek,  in  lieu  of  500  acres  purchased  from  John  Maddox, 
contracted  for  Governor  William  Penn. 

1685,  27th  of  3d  month. — A  warrant  to  survey  a  tract  of 
land  in  Penn's  Neck  for  Wooley  Jonson,  lying  between  Andre 
Jonson  and  James  Seaugin's  plantation,  being  178  acres  on  the 
Delaware  river.  Subscribed  by  Richard  Tindall.  Examined 
by  James  Nevell. 

.6th  of  9th  month. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  100  acres  of  land 
for  John  Erigson  and  Powell  Lawson,  the  said  land  lying  ad- 
joining Bouttown  in  Penn's  Neck.     Richard  Tindall,  surveyor. 

24th  of  1st  month,  1686. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  to 
survey  and  lay  out  for  Henry  Jeans,  of  Swart  Hook,  540  acres 
of  land,  marsh  and  swamp,  lying  in  Penn's  Neck. 

J6th  of  7th  month. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  to  survey 


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f  jr  Joshua  Gillett  100  acres  of  land  adjoining  Andrew  Sen- 
nick's  plantation. 

A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  to  lay  out  110  acres  of  fast 
land  marsh  on  Oldman's  creek,  for  William  Hughes,  as  part  of 
500  acres  granted  by  Governor  Penn  to  William  Fleetwood. 
There  was  at  the  time  $100  due  for  quit  rent  on  the  500  acre 
tract. 

Same  date. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall,  surveyor-general, 
to  lay  out  110  acres  of  fast  land  and  marsh  on  Oldman's  creek, 
for  William  Fowler,  as  part  of  A¥illiam  Fleetwood's  500  acres 
granted  by  Governor  Penn. 

1686,  18th. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  to  lay  out  or 
survey  for  Thomas  Naisitar,  at  Oldman's  J^creek,  300  acres  of 
fast  land  and  meadow,  being  part  of  tlie  land  granted  by  Wil- 
liam Penn  to  William  Fleetwood. 

6th  month,  19th. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  to  lay  out 
20  acres  of  marsh  for  the  widow  Yanhuyst,  lying  next  to  Mich- . 
ael  Barron's  marsh,  so  as  to  be  convenient  for  the  purchaser  and 
not  prejudicial  to  tlie  proprietor,  and  make  a  return  within  a 
month  at  my  office  at  Salem.     James  Nevell. 

1687,  1st  month,  27th. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  to  lay 
out  for  William  White  200  acres  of  land  adjoining  Hance  Oul- 
son's  land  at  Oldman's  creek,  not  already  taken  up,  and  not 
predudicial  to  the  proprietor,  make  a  return  within  three  montlis 
after  date  hereof  at  my  office  in  Salem.     James  Nevell. 

2d,  litli. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  to  lay  out  that  par- 
cel of  marsh  adjoining  Samuel  Wade's  fast  land,  to  begin  where 
Edward  Wade's  marsh  ends,  to  37  acres  running  to  a  small 
creek  to  Nathaniel  Chambless'  land,  and  to  make  a  return  to 
me  in  three  months.     James  Nevell. 

2d  month. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  and  John  Wor- 
lidge,  his  deputy,  to  lay  out  for  Edward  Bradway,  at  Alloways 
Creek,  100  acres  of  marsh,  not  already  taken  up,  nor  prejudicial 
to  the  proprietor,  and  make  a  return  within  three  months  from 
date  liereof.     James  Nevell. 

5th  month,  10th,  1686. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  and 
John  Worlidge,  his  deputy,  to  lay  out  100  acres  of  land  for 
Hance  Shahara  and  Martin  Shaliara,  to  commence  at  a  crooked 
tree  between  Fopp  Johnson's  and  Michael  Barron's  and  adjoin- 
ing lands  of  Andrew  Sennick. 

A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  to  lay  out  150  acres  of  land 
for  Joel  Bailey,  next  to  William  Flowers,  on  Oldman's  creek, 
and  10  acres  of  max'sh,  convenient  as  may  be,  l)ut  not  predudi- 
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cial  to  the  proprietor,  and  make  a  return  to   me  witliin   three 
months  at  my  office  in  Salem.     James  Nevelh 

1687,  15th  of  8th  month. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  and 
Jolm  "NVorlidge  to  survey  for  Richard  Wilkinson  50  acres  of 
fast  land,  lying  between  Hance  Sahara  and  Andrew  Sennaker's 
plantation,  not  prejudicial  to  the  proprietor,  and  make  a  return 
of  the  doings  at  my  office  in  Salem  six  weeks  from  the  date. 
Signed,  James  Nevell. 

1687,  2d  of  2d  month. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  and 
his  deputy  to  lay  out  for  Benjamin  Goodman,  (for  non-payment 
is  now  sold,)  to  William  Handley  150  acres  of  land,  lying  and 
being  bounded  by  lands  of  John  Jonson  and  Henry  Ivans'  plan- 
tations, and  make  a  return  within  three  months.  James 
Nevell. 

1688,  2d  of  4th  month. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  to 
survey  all  of  the  parcels  of  land  lying  between  the  little  creek 
next  above  Fopp  Johnson's  plantation,  and  to  lay  out  one  moiety 
or  half  thereof  for  the  orphan  children  of  Dirk  Albertson,  and 
make  a  return  within  three  months  from  date.     James  J*^evell. 

Lands  disposed  of  and  surveyed  by  order  of  John  Fenwick's 
executors.  Each  of  his  executors  was  to  have  500  acres  of  land 
as  a  legacy,  and  all  of  them  accordingly  had  that  quantity  of 
land  surveyed  to  them  by  John  Worlidge,  by  order  of  Richard 
Tindall,  the  Surveyor  General,  excepting  Gov,  William  Penn, 
who  did  not  accept  the  legacy. 

1684,  5th  month,  5th. — A  warrant  from  Richard  Tindall  to 
Jolm  Worlidge,  Deputy  Surveyor,  to  survey  400  acres  of  land 
and  marsh  for  Ranier  Vanhist,  lying  between  Quietly  Point  and 
Richard  Mazey's  line,  taking  in  the  small  point  by  the  Cran- 
berry Swamp. 

8th  month,  6th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  Charles  Angelo 
10  acres  of  land,  a  town  lot  lying  in  Nevil  Street,  Salem. 

8th  month,  27th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  John  Jacobson 
200  acres  of  laud  near  Peter  Johnson's  plantation,  on  Salem 
creek. 

1685,  2d  month,  7th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  John  Hard- 
ing 16  acres  for  a  town  lot  on  Nevil  street,  in  Salem. 

3d  month,  1st — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  James  Clark  16 
acres  of  land  for  a  town  lot  in  the  town  of  Cohansey. 

25th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  Alexander  Smith  16  acres 
of  land  for  a  town  lot  at  Cohansey. 

3d  month,  1st — A  warrant  to  lay  out  16  acres  of  land  for  a 
town  lot  for  John  Clark  at  Cohansey. 

11th  month,  18th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  32  acres  of  land  for 


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two  town  lots  at  Cohansey  (now  Greenwicli)  for  Joseph  Brown 
and  John  Mason. 

1685,  3d  month,  11th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  16  acres  of 
land  for  a  town  lot  at  Cohansey  for  Thomas  Smith. 

4:th  month,  8th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  16  acres  of  land  for 
Richard  Danger,  at  Cohansey  Town. 

1684,  loth  month,  5th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  500  acres  of 
land  for  Richard  Tindall,  to  he  next  to  Thomas  Piles'  2,000 
acres,  a  legacy. 

Same  date — A  warrant  to  lay  out  500  acres  for  Samuel  Hedge, 
to  lie  next  to  the  above  mentioned  tract  of  land,  it  being  a 
legacy. 

1686,  2d  month,  4th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  John  Smith, 
of  Smithfield,  500  acres  of  land,  to  He  next  to  Mark  Elgar's 
land  at  Alloways  Creek,  a  legacy. 

1684,  1st  month — A  warrant  to  lay  out  three  town  lots  for 
John  Smith,  of  Smithfield,  to  lie  at  Cohansey ;  32  acres  left  to 
him  by  John  Fenwick  as  a  legacy ;  one  lot  of  16  acres  which  he 
purchased  whilst  he  resided  at  Smithfield,  England. 

2d  month,  18th — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  Mark  Reeve  16 
acres  for  a  town  lot  in  Cohansey,  the  said  lot  to  lay  on  Cohan- 
sey River. 

1685,  23d  of  5th  month. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  to  James 
Vickory  200  acres  of  land  next  to  Edward  Web's. 

5th  month,  18th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  Thomas  Watson  1 6 
acres  of  land  at  Cohansey,  a  town  lot. 

6th  month,  12th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  Jolm  Nicholas 
16  acres  of  land  at  Cohansey,  a  town  lot. 

6th  month,  13th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  Roger  Smith  10 
acres  of  land  in  New  Salem,  a  town  lot. 

Otli  month,  26th — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  Thomas  Johnson 
10  acres  of  land  in  Salem  Town  for  a  home  lot. 

Same  date — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  Jolm  Kylett  10  acres 
of  land  in  Salem,  a  town  lot. 

26th — A  warrant  to  lay  out  10  acres  of  land  in  the  town  of 
Salem  for  William  Wilkinson,  a  town  lot. 

Same  date. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  10  acres  for  John  Snooks 
as  a  town  lot  in  Salem. 

26th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  10  acres  of  land  in  Salem  Town 
for  Thomas  Woodruff. 

28th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  10  acres  of  land  for  Thomas 
Kent  in  Nevil  street,  where  he  now  lives,  in  the  town  of  Salem. 

1085,  7th  of  2d  month. — A  warrant  to  survey  to  James  Ne- 
vil  the  plantation  in  the  town  of  Salem  where  he  then  dwelt, 


500  QUIT   KENT8   AND   WARRANTS. 


containing  29  acres.     (The  said  property  was  recently  owned  by 
Joseph  Test,  of  Salem.) 

1687,  Jan.  9th. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  reserving  the 
500  acres  of  land  called  White's  Vineyard,  at  that  time  belong- 
ing to  Thomas  York  and  Mary  White. 

1688,  5th  month,  2d — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  to  sur- 
vey for  George  Froud  16  acres  of  land  for  a  town  lot  at  the 
town  of  Greenwich. 

Same  date. — To  Richard  Tindall  and  John  Worlidge,  his 
Deputy,  a  warrant  to  lay  out  for  Joshua  Barkstead  two  16  acre 
lots  at  the  town  of  Greenwich. 

1688,  12th  of  2d  month. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  and 
John  Worlidge,  his  Deputy,  to  lay  out  two  town  lots  in  the 
town  of  Greenwich  for  William  Bacon.  The  said  lots,  or  part 
of  them,  is  where  the  Presbyterian  Church  and  cemetery  is. 

When  John  Fenwick  directed  that  there  should  be  a  town 
laid  out  on  the  Cohanzici  river,  in  1678  or  1679,  he  gave  it  the 
name  of  Cohansey,  and  it  continued  to  be  called  by  that  name 
until  the  year  1668,  about  four  years  after  his  death.  About 
that  date  there  was  a  considerable  emigration  to  Cohansey  from 
Connecticut,  and  many  of  them  were  men  of  influence  and  wealth, 
wiio  changed  the  name  to  Greenwich,  after  their  native  town  in 
Connecticut. 

1685,  14th  of  12th  montli. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  to 
lay  out  16  acres  of  land  in  the  town  of  Cohansey  for  Roger 
Canary  for  a  town  lot,  part  of  John  Adams'  2,000  acre  tract. 

1686,  14th  of  2d  month. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  2,000  acres 
of  land  for  Samuel  Jennings,  of  Burlington,  purchased  of  John 
Fenwick  by  Thomas  Beekbane.  The  said  land  lay  at  the  mouth 
of  Mannington  creek,  adjoining  lands  of  Rynear  Vanhyest  in 
Mannington. 

26th  of  2d  month. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  to  lay  out 
2,000  acres  of  land  for  Thomas  Hutchinson  of  Jolm  Fenwick's, 
to  be  laid  out  in  some  convenient  place  not  already  taken  up. 

100  acres  to  John  Eaton,  in  the  year  1734,  £30;  135  acres 
to  Martin  Shore,  £40 ;  200  acres  to  Garret  Yanneman,  £50  ; 
100  acres  of  marsh  to  Margaret  Biklerback,  £25 ;  50  acres  to 
Timothy  Rain,  £12  10s. 

1735. — 282  acres  to  William  Yanneman,  £70  ;  70  acres  to 
Sinnick  Sinaker,  £11  15s.;  120  acres  to  Harmenus  Alricks,  £24 ; 
12  acres  to  Sinick  Sinaker,  £3  15s.;  270  acres  to  Jolm  Wilder, 
£67  10s;  100  acres  to  William  Philpot,  £25;  150  acres  to 
Erick  Shore,  £45. 

1736-1737.— 100  acres  to  Thomas  Proctor,  £25  ;  100  acres 


QUIT    RENTS    AND    WARRANTS.  501 


to  Archibald  Taylor,  £25  ;  60  acres  to  Thomas  Miles,  £12  ;  61 
acres  to  John  Urison,  £17  15s. ;  162  acres  to  Andrew  Boon, 
£40  10s. ;  200  acres  to  Paul  Camp,  £50  ;  50  acres  to  James 
Butterworth,  £12  10s. ;  120  acres  of  marsh  to  William  Mecum, 
£30. 

1T37,  Gloucester  county — 1,370  acres  on  Mantua  creek  sold 
to  Thomas  Spicer  and  Alexander  Morgan  for  £220,  but  on  ex- 
amining the  lines  and  boundaries  the  quantity  found  was  but 
1,100  complete,  whereupon  the  proprietors  were  pleased  to 
abate  £20  in  the  deed,  £200 ;  120  acres  of  land  near  Mantua 
creek  to  Matthew  Tonkins,  £30  ;  244  acres  of  land  in  two  tracts 
in  the  forks  of  Mantua  creek  to  John  Hashen  and  D.  Worth- 
ington,  £73  4s.  Salem  county — 102  acres  of  land  in  three 
parcels  to  John  Eaton,  £25  12s.  06d.;  117  acres  to  Thomas 
Miles  in  two  parcels,  £23  08s. ;  90  acres  of  land  and  swamp  to 
Dobson  Wheeler,  £25  ;  40  acres  of  land  and  marsh  to  William 
Mecum,  £10 ;  200  acres  of  land  and  marsh  near  Oldman's 
creek,  to  Thomas  Miles,  £45. 

1738. — 403  acres  in  Penn's  Neck  to  Jonathan  Helms,  £29  ; 
131  acres  in  Penn's  Neck  to  Samuel  Linch,  £32  15s.  ;  55  acres 
of  land  and  swamp  in  Penn's  Neck  to  Thomas  Gilchrist,  £13 
15s,;  50  acres  of  land  in  Penn's  Neck  to  James  Butterworth, 
£12  10s. 

1739 — 20  acres  of  land  in  Penn's  Neck  to  Daniel  Bilderback, 
£5  ;  100  acres  in  Penn's  Neck  to  William  Philpot,  £25 ;  156 
acres  in  Penn's  Neck  to  Thomas  Miles,  £31  04s. ;  100  acres  in 
Penn's  Neck  to  Samuel  Linch,  £25  ;  28  acres  in  Penn's  Neck 
to  John  Eaton,  £7  02.-.  06d. ;  87  acres  in  Penn's  Neck  to  Cor- 
nelius Corneiluson,  £21  17s.  06d. 

William  Penn  purchased,  in  1674,  sixty  acres  of  land  of  John 
Fenwick,  and  it  was  accordingly  laid  out  within  the  bounds  of 
Salem  township  by  Richard  Hancock  in  1670.  The  land  was 
re-survejed  by  Pichard  Tindall  in  1686,  together  with  25  acres 
of  the  town  marsh  that  William  Penn  subsequently  purchased. 
His  heirs  sold  the  land,  together  with  other  lands,  making  in  all 
120  acres,  called  the  Cow  Neck  Farm,  to  Isaac  Saterthwait,  in 
1737,  for  £200.  J.  Eldridge  and  Edmund  Warner,  of  London, 
loaned  John  Fenwick  money  for  the  purpose  of  aiding  the  es- 
tablishing of  his  Colony,  for  which  he  gave  them  a  lease,  or 
would  be  considered  a  mortgage,  which  gave  rise  to  a  consider- 
able trouble  to  the  proprietor  and  uneasiness  to  a  number  of 
persons  who  had  purchased  lands.  Wai-ner  finally  came  to  this 
country  to  try  to  eifect  a  compromise,  and  purchased  32,000 
acres  of  land  in  lieu  of  the  debt.     He  sold  10,500  acres  out  of 


502  QUIT   RENTS   AND   WARRANTS. 


the  32,000  to  the  following  named  persons :  Edward  Gibbon, 
500  acres ;  AVilliam  Tarrent,  two  separate  deeds,  500  acres 
each ;  Edward  Bradway,  1,000  acres  joining  Henry  Salter's 
lands  on  the  south,  known  at  the  present  day  as  Stoe  Neck ; 
John  Smith,  Esq.,  1,000  acres ;  John  Mason,  Esq.,  5,000  acres  ; 
Roger  Pedrick,  of  Oldman's  creek,  1,000  acres ,  Edward  Mat- 
thews, 500  acres  ;  Richard  Morgan,  500  acres.  All  of  the  said 
land,  excepting  Edward  Brad  way's,  was  laid  out  in  what  is  now 
Cumberland  county.  When,  1682,  Penn  purchased  the  right 
and  title  of  all  the  lands  in  Fenwick's  Colony  which  had  not 
already  been  sold,  (Fenwick  reserving  for  himself  and  heirs 
150,000,)  it  appears  he  assumed  the  debt  Eldridge  and  Warner 
held  against  the  Salem  Tenth.  In  the  settlement  of  James 
Novell  with  AYilliam  Penn,  26th  of  5th  month,  1686,  Penn  was 
credited  with  the  amount  that  the  10,500  acres  had  brought, 
although  it  was  sold  by  Eldridge  and  Warner  previous  to  Penn's 
purchase. 

2d  of  8th  month. — An  order  from  James  Eogan  to  Benjamin 
Acton,  to  survey  to  Joseph  Gregory  a  point  of  vacant  marsh, 
lying  between  his  100  acre  lot  of  Michael  Barron  and  a  small 
creek,  for  which  he  is  to  pay  at  the  rate  of  20  pounds  a  hun- 
dred, clear  of  quit-rents. 

There  follows  an  account  of  James  Novell  of  what  he  received 
for  tlie  different  tracts  of  land  he  sold  for  Gov.  William  Penn 
in  Salem  county,  and  in  parts  of  Gloucester  county,  and  what 
he  paid. 

1685 — William  Penn,  Dr.,  to  Nathaniel  Lumly,  £23;  to  Roger 
Canare,  £2  Is;  to  Isaac  Savoy  and  David  Hendrickson,  £30;  to 
Maughhauskey  Indian  chief  and  sixteen  other  Indians  when  they 
expected  to  meet  Gov.  William  Penn  here  to  purchase  their 
lands,  lis;  to  James  Atkinson,  by  a  bill  on  J.  Smith,  £12 ;  to 
James  Adkinson,  for  1977  ft)S.  of  beef,  £20  lis.  lO^d.;  to  two 
bushels  of  salt,  10s.;  for  bringing  a  cask  of  meat  from  Elsin 
burg,  83.;  to  James  Atkinson,  for  87  lbs.  of  pork,  18s.  l^d.;  to 
John  Grub,  by  order  of  James  Harrison,  £2 ;  to  George  Emly, 
for  two  cows,  £8s. ;  and  driving  them  to  Philadelphia,  18s.;  to 
James  Williams,  at  New  Castle,  order  from  James  Harrison,  of 
Philadelphia,  £3;  to  -12  fbs.  of  fresh  beef,  received  by  Thomas 
Holme,  £4;  to  one  hogshead  of  beef,  738  lbs.,  and  480  lbs.  of 
pork,  at  20  shillings  per  hundred,  £12  3s.  7d.;  to  freight  by 
Henry  Grub,  £1  lis.  6d. ;  to  seven  barrels  of  pork,  1726  fts.  £17 
5s.  3d.;  to  four  bushels  of  salt,  16s.;  freight  to  Pennsbury,  by 
Seth  Smitli,  £2  6s.  8d.;  to  thirty  skepples  of  Indian  corn  and 
ten  fletches  of  bacon,  £14  Is.  6d.;  to  carriage  to  Pennsbury,  by 


QUIT   RENTS    AND    WARRANTS.  503 


Seth  Smith,  £1  17s.  -id. ;  to  Griffith  Jones,  l-i  bushels  of  Indian 
corn,  £1  17s. 

1686 — To  Samuel  Carpenter,  by  an  order  of  James  Harrison, 
£20;  to  four  barrels  of  pork  at  2s.  15d.,  £11;  to  50  skipples  of 
Indian  corn,  by  Seth  Hill,  £5;  freio;ht  to  Pennsbm-y,  £1  8s. 
Total  £200  7s. 

1685 — Gov.  William  Penn,  Or.,  by  Hance  Oulson,  for  land, 
£14  10s.;  by  John  Grice,  do.,  £15;  by  John  Yanjining,  £16; 
by  Hance  Shehere  and  Lucas  Johnson,  £13  10s. ;  by  Yeallis  Gill 
Johnson  and  Garret  Yanjining,  £17  Is.  8d. ;  by  William  Gill 
Johnson,  £18  12s.;  by  John  Lecroy,  £12  8s.;  by  Michael  Le- 
croy,  £18  12s.;  by  John  Hendrickson,  £36  lis.;  by  David  Hen- 
drickson,  £5 ;  by  Lucas  Peterson,  £18  13s.;  by  Joseph  Erigson, 
£12 ;  by  Powell  Powelson,  £14  13s. ;  by  Isaac  Savoy,  £10 ;  by 
Abraham  Yauhest,  £10;  by  Henry  Jeans,  £16  17s.;  by  Fopp 
Johson,  £11  14s.;  Johanes  Shays,  £3;  by  Andre  Johnson,  £12 
5s,;  by  Richard  Pitman,  £5  5s.;  by  Woolly  Tauson,  £14  10s. 
Total,  £295  Is.;  Joshua  Gillet,  £10;  William  Hanby,  £5;  Ed- 
ward Bradway,  £10;  Martin  Shehere,  £10;  Peter  Bilderback 
and  Andrew  Anderson,  £12  10s.;  Richard  Wilkinson,  £5  6s.; 
Isaac  Savoy,  £3;  Michael  Barran,  quit-rent  for  500  acres,  £1 
lOd.     Total,  £62  16s.  lOd. 

1687 — Gov.  William  Penn,  debtor — George  Hutchinson  and 
James  Budd,  £5  ;  John  Harding,  by  order  of  J.  Harrison,  £4 ; 
tax  on  his  land  in  Salem  Town,  Is.  6d. ;  Samuel  Carpenter,  by 
an  order  of  James  Harrison,  £20 ;  11  barrels  of  beef,  sent  by 
Seth  Smith,  £27  10s.;  freight  to  Pennsbury,  £1  13s.;  Samuel 
Carpenter,  by  order  of  Capt.  Markham,  £10. 

1688.— Sent  by  Seth  Smith  100  bushels  of  Indian  corn,  £10  ;  1 
barrel  of  beef,  £2 ;  6  flitches  of  bacon,  201  lbs.  £5  6d. ;  freight 
£2  5s. ;  S.  Carpenter  by  John  Cornelius ;  £10 ;  John  Worlidge, 
surveyor,  by  an  order  of  James  Marshall  and  Thomas  Gardiner, 
for  running  a  plantation,  £13  10s. ;  James  Atkinson,  1  barrel 
of  pork  for  Samuel  Carpenter,  at  Philadelphia,  £2  15s.  Total, 
£115  3s. 


1688.  £     s     d 

Governor  WilHam  Penn,  Cr. 358  18  06 

Governor  WilUam  Penn,  Dr., 315  10  10 

Balance  due, 43  07  08 

Dr.  for  my  stipend  from  1682  to  1688,          .        .        .        .  60  00  00 

Tax  on  his  60  acres  of  land  in  Salem,      .        .        .        ,  00  02  00 

16  14  10 


504  QUIT    RENTS    AND    WARRANTS. 


1G89. — William  Penn,  Dr.,  to  balance,  £16  14s.  lOd. ;  six 
Hoteliers  of  bacon,  178  pounds,  £3  14s.  02d. ;  20  bushels  of 
wheat,  @3s  "j^  bushel,  £3  ;  Richard  Russell,  order  of  Captain 
Markham,  £10  6s. ;  to  re-survey  Barron's  land,  1,000  acres, 
there  beinsi;  200  acres  surplus,  £3  7s.  ;  to  re-survey  Bout  town 
land,  and  found  549  aci-es  overplus,  £5  ;  surveying  and  laying 
out  469  acres  of  oi-phans'  land  near  Fopp  Jolmson's,  and  mak- 
ing an  equal  division  in  two  parts,  £1  10s.  ;  Henry  Taylor,  for 
going  with  the  surveyor  running  the  Picton  line,  by  order  of 
Thomas  Gardiner,  £4  15s. ;  the  expenses  at  Bari'ons  and  the 
Governor's  tenants  summoned  by  me  to  ao-rce  on  a  certain 
place  where  they  should  pay  their  quit  rents,  £1  4s.  ;  6  barrels 
of  beef,  by  George  Haslewood,  £12 ;  freight  to  Philadelphia, 
13s.  4d. ;  making  a  ditch  in  William  Penu's  town  marsh  within 
Salem  township,  £2  05s.  ;  to  my  stipend  for  one  year,  £10 ; 
summoning  the  Swedes  of  Penn's  Neck  to  meet  William  Penn 
Salem,  £1  08s.  09d.     Total,  £76  10s.  07d. 

1689. — Governor  William  Penn,  Cr. — By  John  Erickinson, 
£2  13s.;  William  Ilanby,  £5;  Thomas  Dunn,  £5  09s.  07d. ; 
Widow  Heudrickson's  land  at  Finn's  Point,  £3  04s.  06d. ; 
Wooly  Tourson,  £3  06s.  ;  Richard  Wilkinson,  £4  14s.;  Henry 
Cornelius,  £4 ;  Samuel  Wade,  for  37  acres  of  marsh,  £3  14s.  ; 
Steven  Yearns,  £3  10s. ;  William  Shute,  £4 ;  Lucus  Peterson, 
£4  ;  8  bushels  of  barley,  from  Widow  Hendrickson,  16s. ;  Wil- 
liam Hewes,  for  quit  rent,  05s. ;  Richard  Wilsonson,  quit  rent, 
06s. ;  wheat,  Mary  Hendrickson,  £2  05s. ;  Steven  Yearns,  £6 
05s.  07d.  :  Jacob"  Hendrickson,  £2  17s.  09d. ;  William  Hanby, 
£3  15s.  ;  Jacob  Saroy,  2  years  quit  rent  for  450  acres,  due  29th 
of  7th  month,  1686,  £1  b5s.  06d. ;  8^  bushels  wheat  by  David 
Hendrickson,  £13  15s. ;  do,  to  4  bushels  of  wheat,  and  quit 
rent  due  1686,  12s. ;  William  Hanby,  3  bushels  of  wheat  for 
quit  rent,  093. ;  Jacob  Henderson,  his  purchase,  £4 ;  Lucas  Pe- 
terson, his  purchase,  £3  10s. ;  Richard  Pitman,  by  Thomas 
York,  £5  ;  received  of  Steven  Yearns  by  Edward  Champney, 
£2  06d. ;  received  from  Joseph  Erickson  6  bushel  of  wheat  for 
three  years'  quit  rent  29th  of  7th  month,  1688, 18s. ;  John  Hen- 
drickson, six  bushels  of  wheat  for  quit  rent,  18s. 

6th  of  7th  month,  1691. — William  Penn,  Dr. — To  my  stipend 
for  one  year,  £10  ;  10  barrels  of  beef,  to  Samuel  Caapenter, 
£20 ;  freight  to  Philadelphin,  by  William  Hall,  £1  ;  a  year's 
salary,  £10. 

1691. — Governor  William  Penn,  Cr.— Joshua  Gillett,  100 
acres  of  land,  £5  10s, ;  Steven  Yearns,  £2  193. ;  Lucas  Peterson, 
£1  lis.  06d. ;  Mary  Hendrickson,  £1  Oos.  lid. ;  Steven  Yearns, 


QUIT   BENTS    AND    WARKANTS.  505 


quit  rent,  048.  lid. ;  Richard  Wilkinson,  quit  rent,  06s. ;  Tobias 
Gillet,  £2  10s. ;  Joel  Bailey,  £8 ;  Mary  Hendrickson,  £4  05s. 
lid,;  Ephraim  Herman,  for  the  widow  of  Dick  Albertson, 
called  Orphans'  laud,  £11 ;  Matthias  Johnson,  for  Isaac  Savoy, 
£2  10s.;  Edward  Goodwin,  £3  10s.;  Thomas  Galipeng,  for 
Joel  Bailey,  £2  10s.  ;  Lucas  Peterson,  quit  rent,  15s.  06d. 

Deeds  signed  by  William  Penn's  heirs,  being  proprietors  for 
lands  in  Salem  county,  the  principal  part  of  the  land  being 
laid  out  in  Penn's  Neck  and  Gloucester  county. 

Gloucester  county. — 650  acres  to  Thomas  Spicer,  dated  1st 
of  9th  month,  1734,  £ — ;  550  acres  to  Joseph  Coles,  same  date, 
£320 ;  50  acres  to  Jeremiah  Baker,  same  date,  £15.  Salem 
county. — 41  acres  to  Edmund  Weatherby,  same  date,  £10,  07s. 
06d. ;  150  acres  to  Samuel  Linch,  1734,  £37,  10s. ;  60  acres  to 
Thomas  Miles,  same  date,  £12  ;  350  acres  to  John  Dunn,  1734, 
£105. 

1688 — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  and  his  deputy,  to  lay 
out  for  Henry  Cornelius  100  acres  of  land  lying  next  to  the 
creek,  bounds  of  Finn's  Point,  running  from  thence  toward 
Cranberry  Swamp ;  lay  it  out  not  prejudicial  to  the  proprietor, 
and  make  a  return  in  six  weeks.     James  Nevell. 

19th  of  2d  month,  1688— To  Richard  Tindall,  Surveyor 
General,  and  John  Worlidge,  his  deputy :  At  the  information 
of  Thomas  Arnold,  Michael  Barron  hath  more  than  one  thou- 
sand acres  of  land  and  marsh  in  the  bounds  he  claimeth  on  that 
side  of  Salem  creek  where  he  now  liveth :  This  is  to  authorize 
you  to  resurvey  the  said  one  thousand  acres  of  fast  land  and 
marsh,  beginning  at  the  side  of  Delaware  river  and  up  Salem 
creek,  and  backward  in  the  woods  as  convenient  for  length  and 
breadth  as  may  not  be  prejudicial  to  the  proprietor  and  make  a 
return  of  the  survey  to  me  at  my  office  in  Salem  within  three 
months  from  date.  For  your  so  doing,  this  shall  be  your  war- 
rant, at  the  charge  of  said  Thomas  Arnold.  Signed  by  James 
Nevell, 

1689,  20th  of  11th  month. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall 
and  John  Worlidge  to  survey  for  Joshua  Gillet  100  acres  of 
fast  land  and  marsh,  as  it  is  most  convenient  for  him  and  not 
prejudicial  to  the  proprietor,  and  make  a  return  of  your  doings 
at  my  office  in  Salem  within  three  month's  date.  Signed,  James 
Nevell. 

18th  of  7th  month,  1688 — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  and 

liis  deputy,  John  Worlidge,  to  lay  out  100  acres  of  fast  land 

and  marsh  lying  between  the  line  of  Finn's  Point  and  Thomas 

Budd'A  iBland,  not  already  taken  np,  nor  to  be  prejudicial  to  the 

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506  QUIT  KENTS    AND    AVARKANTS. 


proprietor,  and  make  a  retiu-n  of  your  doings  at  my  office  in 
Salera.     Signed,  James  Nevell. 

22d  of  11th  month,  1688.— A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall 
and  John  Worlidge,  his  depnty,  to  resnrvey  for  Steven  Yearans, 
at  his  request,  all  that  land  that  lies  within  the  old  bounds  of 
the  1,000  acres  of  land  and  marsh  formerly  surveyed  by  Rich- 
ard Hancock  for  the  Finns,  at  Finn's  Point,  and  make  a  return 
of  your  doings  at  my  office  in  Salem  Town,  mthin  three  months 
after  date.  If  a  vacancy  happens  between  1,000  acres,  if  it  is 
not  convenient  to  the  former  owners,  but  beneficial  to  the  pro- 
prietor, to  make  a  plantation  for  others,  then  crave  such  land  at 
my  disposal.     Signed,  James  Nevell. 

7th  of  11th  month,  1688. — Order  from  John  Fen  wick's  exec- 
utors: A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall,  Surveyor  General  for 
the  county  of  Salem,  and  John  AYorlidge,  his  deputy,  to  lay  out 
one  acre  of  land  in  Salem  Town,  given  by  John  Fenwick,  on 
which  to  erect  a  court  house  and  prison. 

1689. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall,  Surveyor  General  for 
the  county  of  Salem,  to  lay  out  for  John  Worlidge  a  lot  200 
feet  front,  adjoining  the  lot  laid  out  in  Salem  Town  for  Edward 
Champneys,  and  running  back  to  the  marsh.  Fenwick's  exeC' 
utors. 

May  2d,  1689. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall,  and  John 
Worlidge,  his  deputy,  to  resurvey  for  Thomas  Bubb  500  acres 
of  land,  formerly  laid  out  by  Richiird  Hancock,  beginning  at 
the  fii'st  bounds. 

1686,  January  10th. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  to  lay 
out  a  piece  of  vacant  land  for  John  Snooks,  lying  next  to  his 
town  lot  in  Salem  Town. 

20th. — A  warrant  to  lay  out  for  John  "Worlidge,  the  deputy 
Surveyor,  a  piece  of  vacant  land  lying  between  John  Smith's 
and  ^  John  Pledger's  lands,  at  Alloways  Creek  or  Monmouth 
Precinct. 

1687,  18th  of  6th  month. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  to 
lay  out^l6Jacres  of_j.jland  for  a  house  and  lot  in  Cohansey  for 
John  March, 

1687,  16th  of  9th  month.— A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall, 
Surveyor  for  Salem^enth,  and  John  Worlidge,  his  deputy,  to 
lay  out  for  William  VVilkinson  10  acres,  part  of  the  vacancy  be- 
tween Gov.  William  Penn's  60  acres  in  Salem  Town  which  he 
bought  of  John  Fenwick  and  Strickly  Marshall's  land. 

1690 — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  to  lay  out  200  acres  of 
land  for  Wolly  Wagson,  being  part  of  the  manor  of  Fenwick's 
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1691,  15tli  of  3d  month. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  to 
lay  out  and  survey  16  acres  of  land  in  the  town  of  Greenwich 
for  John  Ketcham,  late  of  New  York  Colony,  out  of  the  estate 
of  John  Fenwick,  deceased. 

1691,  20th  of  8th  month.— A  warrant  to  Eichard  Tindall 
and  Ids  deputy  to  resurvey,  regulate  and  subdivide  all  tlie  tracts 
of  land  formerly  surveyed  by  Richard  Hancock,  on  Shrewsberry 
Neck,  south  side  of  Cohansey,  excepting  John  Gillman's  400 
acres,  which  is  to  be  left  as  formerly,  and  to  make  a  return 
within  three  months  at  my  office  in  Salem.  Signed,  James 
Nevell. 

1st  of  2d  month,  1690. — There  being  a  common  report  that 
Governor  Penn  had  never  any  interest  in  land  in  Salem  county, 
I  desired  the  inhabitants  of  Penn's  Neck,  to  whom  I  had  sold 
lands,  to  give  me  a  meeting  at  Barron's,  where  I  gave  them  a 
dinner  and  explained  to  them ;  they  appeared  to  be  satisfied, 
and  it  stopped  the  current  report,     James  Novell. 

23d  of  1st  month,  1690. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall, 
sm-veyor-general  of  Salem  county,  to  lay  out  for  Powell  Ja- 
quette  15  acres  of  land  or  marsh,  as  allowance  for  roads  through 
his  300  acres  purchased  from  John  Fenwick,  beginning  on  the 
north-east  side  of  Henry  Jeans,  his  bounds  next  to  the  river 
Delaware,  so  as  to  be  convenient  to  the  pm-chaser,  not  prejudi- 
cial to  the  proprietor,  and  make  a  return  of  your  doings  to  me 
at  my  office  in  Salem.     Signed,  James  Nevell. 

May  12th,  1691. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  and  his 
assistant  to  survey  and  lay  out  for  Edward  Godwin  of  land  and 
marsh,  allowance  for  roads  in  Penn's  Neck,  as  convenient  100 
acres  as  the  purchaser  shall  direct,  not  prejudicial  to  the  propri- 
etor, nor  already  taken  up,  and  make  a  return  at  my  office  in 
Salem,  of  his  doings  three  months  after  date.  Subscribed, 
James  Nevell. 

June  20th. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  and  his  assistant 
to  survey  and  lay  out  all  the  vacancy  of  fast  land  and  meadow 
that  lies  between  William  Hanley  and  Lucas  Peterson,  and 
make  return  to  me,  at  my  office  in  Salem,  within  three  months 
from  date.     Subscribed,  James  Nevell. 

May  13th,  1691. — A  warrant  to  Richard  Tindall  to  lay  out 
4000  acres  of  land  for  Roger  Milton,  attorney  for  William" 
Milton,  his  brother,  who  purchased  4000  acres  of  Francis  Hard- 
ing, and  to  lay  the  same  out  as  follows  :  100  acres  joining  lands 
taken  up  by  John  Tirack,  including  cedar  swamp ;  600  acres, 
joining  on  Joshua  Berkstead  lands,  and  the  remainder  wliere  it 
is  not  already  taken  up.     James  Nevell. 


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Ttli  of  Stli  month,  1691. — Whereas,  1  granted  a  warrant  to 
Roger  Milton,  as  above  mentioned,  for  the  laying  out  4000 
acres,  and  to  make  a  return  thereof  to  me  at  mv  office,  in  Sa- 
lem,  within  three  months,  and  no  return  is  yet  made.  At  the 
request  of  said  Roger  Milton,  these  are  to  authorize  Richard 
Tindall  to  lay  out  and  survey  the  said  4000  acres  of  land  and 
marsh  as  convenient  as  may  be,  not  already  taken  up,  nor  pre- 
judicial to  the  proprietor.  If  it  maybe  convenient  let  the  4000 
acres  be  joined  upon  the  lands  of  Joseph  Berkstead,  George  Ha- 
zlewood,  Robert  Hutchinson  and  John  Mason,  leaving  no  lands 
nor  cripples  between,  so  the  4000  acres  may  be  as  entire  as  may 
be,  and  make  a  return  of  your  doings  here  to  me,  at  my  office 
in  Salem,  within  three  months  from  date.  Subscribed,  Jamts 
Nevell. 

29th  of  4th  month,  1692. — A  warrant  to  John  Worlidge  to 
re-survey  all  of  the  500  acres  of  land  laid  out  by  Richard 
Hancock  for  Roger  Huskins,  to  begin  at  the  bounds  of  land 
formerly  laid  out  for  Richard  Hancock,  now  io  possession  of 
William  Tyler,  and  to  run  the  old  courses  as  near  as  may  be, 
without  coming  into  other  lands,  until  you  complete  468  acres, 
there  being  two  16  acre  lots  allowed  out  of  the  500  acres. 

1692. — A  warrant  to  John  Worlidge  to  survey  for  Benjamin 
Clark,  son  and  heir  of  Thomas  Clark,  deceased,  beginning  by 
and  joining  Thomas  Hutchinson's  land,  near  Gravelly  Run  or 
Stoe  Creek,  and  make  a  return  to  me,  at  my  office  in  Salem, 
within  three  months.     Subscribed,  James  Novell. 

18th  of  1st  month,  1712. — An  order  from  James  Logan  to 
Benjamin  Acton,  to  survey  150  acres  of  marsh  for  William 
Hall,  adjoining  his  plantation.  The  land  formerly  belonged  to 
Michael  Barron,  for  wliich  William  Hall  pays  £25  cilear  of  quit 
rents. 

18th  of  Ist  month,  1713. — An  order  from  James  Logan  to 
Benjamin  Acton  to  divide  the  500  acres  formerly  granted  to 
Michael  Barron,  into  several  parcels,  to  William  Hall  100,  to 
John  Smith  100,  to  Joseph  Gregory  100,  to  Abraham  Yanhest 
200  acres,  the  said  500  acres  having  never  been  confirmed  to 
Michael  Barron,  the  several  persons  before  mentioned,  who  all 
derive  a  right  from  him  are  now  to  pay  respectively  £25  of 
current  money  per  hundred  acres,  excepting  William  Hall,  to 
whom  £5  are  abated  clear  of  <{uit  rent. 

The  point  or  neck  of  land  bounded  on  the  west  by  the  Pau- 
tuxet  river,  as  it  was  called  by  the  Indians,  now  known  as  the 
Delaware  river ;  on  the  south  by  Asamahocking  creek,  now  Sa- 
lem, was   called   by  the  natives  Obisquahosit.      When   John 


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Fenwick  arrived  in  this  country  with  liis  English  colony,  to  take 
possession  of  his  tenth  of  West  New  Jersey,  he  found  a  settle- 
ment of  Finns  and  Swedes,  who  had  emigrated  from  their  fath- 
erland, as  early  as  1638  or  1640,  in  company  with  a  number  of 
their  countrymen,  who  had  settled  on  the  opposite  side  of  the 
river,  about  the  mouth  of  the  Christiana,  and  along  the  said 
river,  as  far  as  where  tlie  city  of  Philadelphia  now  is.  Many 
of  the  Finns  and  Swedes  had  purchased  their  lands  of  the  na- 
tives and  taken  deeds  from  the  Indian  cliiefs,  but  they  early 
acknowledged  that  Fenwick  was  the  rightful  owner,  and  had 
their  land  re-surveyed  and  deeded  to  them.  For  this  they  were 
to  pay  to  the  proprietor,  or  his  heirs,  certain  sums  for  quit  rents, 
to  be  paid  yearly  according  to  the  numljer  of  acres  each  owned. 
Samuel  Hedge,  Jr.,  in  1690,  made  out  a  duplicate,  or  role  as  he 
called  it,  of  what  each  landholder  should  pay  quit  rent  for  that 
year.  The  said  lands,  I  presume,  were  part  of  the  reserved 
150,000  acres,  made  by  John  Fenwick  when  he  sold  his  pro- 
prietory right  to  William  Penn,  1682. 

The  following  are  tlie  names  of  the  inhabitants  of  Penns 
ISTeck  who  paid  quit-rents  :  Matt  Neilson,  Fopp  Neilson,  Peter 
Onson,  1,040  acres,  2s.  Id.;  Steven  Yearneans,  Stacy  Hendrick- 
son,  Matthias  Spacklesson,  1,040  acres,  3s.;  Evick  Yearneans, 
300  acres,  3d.;  Jolm  Yearneans,  300  acres,  3d.;  Matt  Joanson, 
150  acres,  3d.;  Andrew  Anderson,  150  acres,  3d.;  Stacy  Cor- 
neillinson,  250  acres,  5d. ;  Ann  Hendricks,  150  acres,  3d. ;  An- 
drew Seneca  (now  Sinnickson)  226  acres.  Is.;  Hance  Sliershell, 
100  acres,  3d.;  Glaus  Joanson,  100  acres,  3d.;  Jones  Scoggin, 
200  acres,  2s.;  Woley  Woolson,  200  acres,  20  shad,  or  2s.; 
Roger  Pedrick,  140  acres.  Is.;  Barce  Jacohson,  200  acres,  4s.; 
Peter  Halter,  200  acres,  2s.;  A.  C.  Bronson,  250  acres.  Is.; 
Jarvis  Bywator,  200  acres,  2s.  2d.;  Richard  Tindall,  230  acres, 
3d.;  Thomas  Waltson  200  acres.  Is. ;  James  Vickory,  300  acres, 
2s.  Id.;  Peter  Wilkinson,  400  acres,  Is.  Id.;  Andorcas  Barley- 
son,  400  acres.  Is.;  Richard  Marcy,  150  acres,  Is.;  Renier 
Yanhyost,  400  acres,  3s.;  Jolm  Oullin,  2U0  acres,  Is.  2d. ;  Barn- 
ard Webb,  250  acres,  2s.;  Mary  Wlnte,  500  acres,  5s.;  Jolm 
Perkins,  300  acres,  3s.;  George  Garrett,  300  acres,  3s. 

Lands  in  Pilesgrove  township:  Richard  Tindall,  195  acres, 
Is.;  Mary  Holman,  2,000  acres,  £1;  IS'icholas  Winton,  500 
acres,  2d.;  Jolm  Derickson,  500  acres,  2d.;  Thomas  Potter,  500 
acres.  Is.;  Richard  Lippincott,  1000  acres,  Is.  Id.;  William 
Shotlock,  500  acres.  Is. ;  William  Worth,  500  acres,  Is. ;  Thomas 
Smith,  250  acres.  Is.;  William  Jonson,  250  acres,  2s.;  Lewis 
Morris,  1,000  acres,  2s. 


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Lands  in  Alio  ways  Creek  subject  to  quit-rents:  Edward  "Wade, 
meadow  100  acres,  Is.;  John  Hancock,  100  acres,  Is.;  Thomas 
Smith,  300  acres,  3d. 

Lands  at  Cohansey :  Obadiah  Holmes,  4  acres.  Id. ;  Anthony 
Woodhouse,  80  acres,  5d.;  Samuel  Hunter,  80  acres,  5d.;  Kich- 
ard  Tindall,  100  acres,  2s. ;  John  Clark,  16  acres,  2d. ;  John 
Clark,  16  acres,  2d.;  Alexander  Smith,  16  acres,  2d.;  Thomas 
Watson,  16  acres,  2d.;  Mark  Reeves,  16  acres,  2d.;  John  Mason, 
16  acres,  2d.;  Thomas  Smith  16  acres,  2d.;  William  Bacon,  32 
acres,  4d.;  Joseph  Bronson,  16  acres,  2d.;  Samuel  Bacon,  16 
acres,  2d.;  John  Bacon,  16  acres,  2d.;  Edward  Hurlbert,  32 
acres,  4d. ;  Job  Holmes  22  acres,  4d. ;  Joseph  Dennis  32  acres,  4d. ; 
Enoch  Moore,  16  acres,  2d.;  Francis  Alexander,  32  acres,  4d.; 
Peter  Craven,  2  acres.  Id. ;  Thomas  Stuthem,  2  acres.  Id. ;  Jo 
seph  Bacon,  16  acres,  2d. 

The  quit-rents  of  Salem  town  were  as  follows  :  William  Mil- 
ton, 10  acres.  Id.;  William  Milton,  10  acres.  Id.;  Thomas 
Smith,  6  acres,  Id.;  Christopher  Saunders,  10  acres.  Id.;  Wil- 
liam Wilkinson,  8  acres,  3d. ;  C.  Lumbley,  10  acres.  Id. ;  Rich- 
ard Daniel,  10  acres,  Id.;  Joseph  White,  10  acres,  Id.;  R.  John- 
son, 10  acres.  Id.;  Anthony  Dixon,  10  acres.  Id.;  James  Nevil, 
20  acres,  3d.;  Thomas  Woodruff,  10  acres.  Id.;  John  Harden 
16  acres,  l^d.;  John  Snooks,  10  acres.  Id.;  Edward  Champ- 
neys,  10  acres,  Id.;  John  Rolph,  10  acres.  Id.;  William  Wilkin- 
son, 10  acres,  Id.;  Thomas  Johnson,  10  acres.  Id.;  Thomas 
Woodruff,  17  acres,  l^d.;  John  Snooks,  16  acres,  l^d.;  2d  lot 
of  William  Wilkinson,  10  acres.  Id. ;  Joseph  Cauloyd's  lot,  20 
acres,  2d.;  John  Worledge,  20  acres,  2d.;  Thomas  York's  lot,  5 
acres,  4d. ;  Eleazer  Dovberry,  2^  acres,  2d. 

It  appears  the  emigrants  that  came  with  Fenwick,  and  a  num- 
ber of  others,  that  did  not  arrive  until  two  or  three  years  after- 
wards, who  had  purchased  land  of  him  before  he  left  England, 
were  exempted  from  paying  quit-rents  to  the  proprietor,  or  his 
heirs.  Sucli  men  as  Robert  Windham,  John  Pledger,  Samuel 
Nicholson,  Isaac  Smart,  Robert  and  Edward  Wade,  James  Slier- 
ron,  the  two  John  Sraitlis,  Richard  Guy,  Christopher  White, 
Edward  Brad  way,  William  Hancock,  and  several  others,  to- 
gether witli  William  Penn,  who  bought  sixty  acres  of  the  pro- 
prietor at  the  same  period.  The  said  land  was  surveyed  for 
him  by  Richard  Hancock,  in  1676.  It  was  situated  within  the 
precincts  of  the  town  of  Salom.  The  reader  will  perceive  by 
the  role  of  the  quit-rents  that  were  collected  by  Samuel  Hedge, 
about  the  year  1690,  for  the  heirs  of  Fenwick,  it  being  eight 
years  after  William   Penn  purchased  the  so  much  talked  of 


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twelve  mile  circle  of  land  and  water  of  James,  the  Duke  of 
York.  There  is  no  reliable  evidence  that  William  Penn  ever 
attempted  to  claim  any  lands  in  "West  New  Jersey  except  by 
purchase  of  the  Jersey  proprietors.  It  would  be  deroojatory  to 
his  great  name  to  think  otherwise. 


SURVEYORS. 

Names  of  the  most  eminent  surveyors  in  Fenwick  Colony 
from  the  time  of  the  tirst  English  settlement : 

Richard  Noble  was  the  iirst  surveyor  appointed  by  the  pro- 
prietor. It  appears  by  the  most  reliable  record  that  he  died  a 
short  time  afterwards.  Richard  Hancock  succeeded  him.  He 
surveyed  large  tracts  of  land  for  different  individuals,  but  owing 
to  his  incompetency  John  Fenwick,  in  1680,  removed  him,  and 
appointed  Richard  Tyndell  as  surveyor-general  of  the  province 
and  John  Worlidge  as  deputy-surveyor.  After  the  death  of 
John  Fenwick  (which  event  took  place  in  tlie  autumn  of  10S3) 
they  were  continued  in  office  by  his  executc^rs ;  and  James 
Nevell,  of  Salem,  was  appointed  by  William  Penn  as  his  agent 
to  dispose  of  his  lands  in  the  Salem  Tenth.  Nevell  employed 
Richard  Tyndell  and  John  Worlidge  to  do  the  surveying,  like- 
wise to  re-survey  large  tracts  of  lands  that  had  previously  been 
surveyed  by  Richard  Hancock.  After  the  death  of  Tyndell 
and  Worlidge,  which  took  place  in  the  early  part  of  last  cen- 
tury, Benjamin  Acton  was  the  principal  surveyor  in  tlie  colony; 
likewise  was  appointed  l)y  James  Logan,  agent  of  AVilliam  Penn 
and  heirs,  to  survey  large  tracts  of  land  that  remained  unsold 
within  the  Salem  Tenth.  Joseph  Miller,  and  his  son,  Ebenezer 
Miller,  who  had  recently  come  from  the  state  of  Connecticut, 
settled  at  the  town  of  Greenwich,  in  North  Cohansey  precinct, 
were  both  land  surveyors.  Joseph,  however,  died  in  a  short 
time  afterwards.  His  son,  Ebenezer,  became  eminent  in  his 
calling  and  did  an  extensive  business  in  surveying,  both  in  Sa- 
lem and  Cumberland  counties.  He  died  at  Greenwich  in  1774, 
aged  72  years,  leaving  a  large  family  of  children. 

Thomas  Miles,  of  Penn's  Neck,  was  an  eminent  surveyor,  and 
became  conspicuous  as  such  as  early  as  1725.  He  also  did  con- 
siderable surveying  for  the  heirs  of  Penn,  lands  lying  within 
the  bounds  of  Penn's  Neck,  Mannington,  and  the  lower  part  of 
Gloucester  county.  It  is  probable  he  died  about  1760.  I  have 
not  seen  any  of  his  public  acts  as  surveyor  after  that  time. 

Gedrg©  Trenchard,  Sr.,  by  tradition,  came  from  East  Jeriey, 


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and  settled  in  the  township  of  Alio  ways  Creek,  in  this  county, 
as  early  as  1725.  He  soon  became  an  active  and  useful  man  ; 
was  assessor  for  the  Monmouth  precinct  for  some  years,  and 
did  a  large  amount  of  surveying  throughout  Salem  and  Cum- 
berland counties.  In  regard  to  his  penmanship  it  has  seldom 
been  equalled  in  this  section  of  country.  He  left  children — 
his  son  George  Trenchard,  Jr.,  married  a  daughter  of  Andrew 
Sinnickson,  of  Penn's  Neck ;  he  and  his  wife  resided  in  that 
township.  Their  daughter  married  James  Kinsey.  James 
Trenchard,  the  surveyor,  residing  at  Bridgeton  at  this  time,  is 
a  Hneal  descendant  of  George  Trenchard,  Sr. 

Elnathan  Davis,  of  Shiloh,  was  considered  in  his  time  the 
*"  Captain  General  of  the  public  surveyors,"  both  in  Cumber- 
land and  Salem  counties.  He  did  a  large  amount  of  surveying, 
not  only  in  his  own  county,  but  in  all  West  Jersey.  It  was 
done  so  accurately  that  it  was  seldom  or  ever  doubted  by  future 
surveyors.  He  left  three  sons — Jedediah,  Jeremiah,  and  Ebe- 
nezer  Davis,  all  three  of  whom  were  practical  surveyors.  After 
tlie  death  of  the  Davises  they  were  succeeded  by  Hosea  Moore, 
who  was  the  leading  practical  surveyor  of  Cumberland  county. 

William  White  was  born  at  Pilesgrove  about  the  year  1751. 
He  became  an  eminent  surveyor  in  Salem  county,  particularly 
in  the  upper  part,  and  the  lower  section  of  Gloucester.  During 
the  great  land  trial  some  fifty  or  sixty  years  ago,  he  was  gener- 
ally subpoenaed  to  attend  the  courts  at  Salem  to  point  out  the 
different  lines  laid  down  on  the  maps,  showing  conclusively  that 
the  courts  had  full  confidence  in  his  practical  abilities  as  a  sur- 
veyor. That  peculiar  talent  in  that  branch  of  mathematics,  it 
seems,  was  transmitted  to  some  of  his  descendants.  His  son, 
Samuel  White,  was  a  surveyor,  as  was  also  his  grandson,  the 
late  William  Haines,  of  Gloucester  county.  The  latter  was 
considered  in  his  native  county  a  very  good  mathematician  and 
surveyor.  His  son,  Job  Haines,  has  now  taken  his  place.  Jo- 
siah  Harrison,  late  of  the  town  of  Salem,  was  a  lawyer,  but 
during  a  part  of  his  life  he  did  a  large  business  in  surveying. 
Edward,  the  son  of  John  and  Temperance  Keasbey  Smith,  was 
a  public  surveyor  in  Salem  county  for  a  number  of  years.  He 
afterwards  removed  with  his  family  to  one  of  the  western  States, 
and  was  succeeded  soon  after  by  Joseph  E.  Brown,  who  soon 
became  conspicuous  in  the  profession.  The  maps  of  his  surveys 
are  considered  by  the  best  judges  to  be  equal  if  not  superior  to 
any  of  his  predecessors.     His  health,  however,  declined,  and 

*^So  styled  by  the  late  venerable  Josiah  Harrison,  Esq.,  of  Salem. 
65 


514r  SUEVEYOKS. 


John  N.  Cooper,  of  Salem,  took  liis  place.     He  has  done  a 
large  amount  of  business  in  that  line  for  a  number  of  years. 
He  was  employed  about  eight  years  ago  as  one  of  the^Com- 
missioners,  and  also  surveyor,  to  survey  all  the  meadows  and 
low  lands  above  John  Denn's  canal,  up  to  the  head  tide  waters 
of  Salem  creek,  for  the  purpose  of  taxing  the  same  to  defray  the 
expense  of  cutting  the  canal.     There  was  included  in  the  survey 
seven  or  eight  thousand  acres.     His  map  of  the  meadow  and  the 
several  courses  and  distances  of  Salem  creek,  from  the  before  men- 
tioned Denn's  canal,  in  accuracy  and  workmanship  (as  deposited 
in  the  Clerk's  office)  is  of  a  superior  order.     Belf  ord  M.  Bonham, 
of  Cumberland,  has  a  mathematical  talent  of  a  superior  order. 
He  commenced  as  a  public  surveyor  in  early  life ;  his  surveying 
has    been  very  extensive,  not  only  in  his  native  county,  but 
also  in  Salem ;  and  has  frequently  been  called  on   in  difficult 
cases  in  other  sections  of  the  State,  the  public  having  confidence 
in  his  accuracy,  particularly  so  in  running  ancient  lines,  he 
having  in  his  possession  most  of  the  surveys  of  the  renowned 
Elnathan  Davis,  that  alone  giving  him  a  great  advantage  in  his 
line  of  business.     The  late  Ellis  Ayares,  who  resided  in  Upper 
Alloways  Creek,  did  quite  a  considerable  business  as  surveyor 
for  several  years.     George  K.  Morrison,  son  of  the  late  William 
Morrison,  resides  at  Salem  and  does  an  extensive  business  in 
surveying.     He,  in  early  life,  manifested  a  mathematical  turn 
of  mind,  which  he  inherited  from  his  grandfather,  on  his  moth- 
er's side,  the  late  Dalymore  Harris,  of  Hancock's  Bridge,  who 
had  also  been  a  surveyor.     I  have  been  informed  by  those  that 
knew  him  when  young  that  his  memory  was  so  reliable  that 
when  surveying  small  tracts  of  land  he  made  no  field  notes. 


APPENDIX 


BOWEN    FAMILY. 

It  is  proper  that  I  should  ]-efer  to  tlie  ancient  family  of  the 
Bowens.  They  evidently  belonged  to  an  ancient  family  of 
Wales.  Judge  Elmer  thinks  that  the  name  has  been  corrupted 
from  Bowmen  to  Bowen,  that  is  warriors  armed  with  bows.  I 
think  he  is  correct  in  his  assertion,  for  Jonathan  Davis,  the 
Baptist  clergyman  that  settled  at  Trenton,  when  he  left  Long 
Island,  married  Elizabeth  Bowen,  of  Bowmantown.  I  presume  the 
family  in  Wales  were  numerous.  About  the  year  1662,  (some 
antiquarians  think  it  was  in  1664),  quite  a  number  of  Bowens 
and  Davises  left  Swansea  in  Glamorganshire,  Wales.  The 
Bowens  settled  in  Massachusetts,  and  called  the  place  Swansea, 
after  their  native  town.  They  were  Baptists,  and  consequently 
were  obnoxious  to  tlie  rigid  Puritans.  The  Davis  family  soon 
left  and  located  on  Long  Island.  Part  of  the  Bowen  family, 
agreeably  to  their  history,  left  Massachusetts  and  formed  a  set- 
tlement in  East  Jersey,  and  called  the  place  Bowmantown.  I 
tliink  their  stay  was  of  short  duration,  fur  ;  s  early  as  1687  a 
number  of  tlie  family  purchased  of  the  oi'igiiial  proprietors, 
lands  within  Fenwick's  Colony,  known  at  that  time  as  Noi-th 
Cohansey  precinct,  some  two  miles  soutliwest  of  the  present 
city  of  Bridgeton,  and  at  that  place  they  made  a  settlement  and 
called  it  Bowentown,  which  name  it  has*  at  the  present  time. 
AVhy  it  should  receive  the  name  of  town  I  am  unal)le  to  under- 
stand, although  it  is  probable  several  of  them  l)uilt  themselves 
small  log  dwellings  contiguous  to  each  otlier,  similar  to  the  first 
New  England  settlers  on  the  south  side  of  tlie  Cohansey,  which 
went  under  the  name  of  New  England  town.  The  Bowens  and 
others  located  and  became  lar2;e  owners  of  as  fertile  lands  as 
there  are  in  West  Jersey.  Tiiis  fertile  land  commences  on  tlu' 
north  side  of  Cohansey  river,  includes  what  is  known  as  Dutc  h 
Neck,  (formerly  Cohansey  Neck),  the  general  course  is  north- 
east, embracing  all  of  Hopewell,  part  of  Stoe  Creek,  and  the 
whole  of  Deerfield  township,  the  eastern  part  of  Upper  AUo- 
ways  Creek,  and  all  of  Upper  Pittsgrove,  in  Salem  county.  In 
this  fertile  vein  of  land  there  are  not  less  than  one  hundred  and 


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518  BO  WEN    FAMILY. 


tifty  thousand  acres.  Judging  from  tlie  timber  still  standing 
upon  this  tract,  it  must  once  have  been  covered  vdih  extensive 
forests  of  the  best  quality  timber,  such  as  white  and  black  oak, 
walnut,  hickory,  chestnut  and  other  kinds  of  trees  adapted  to  the 
soil  and  climate,  I  have  no  doubt  when  the  early  settlers  first 
cleared  the  land,  and  put  the  soil  in  order  for  cultivation,  the  land 
yielded  abundantly,  for  several  generations.  The  inhabitants 
lived  a  long  distance  from  the  meadows  that  lie  along  Delaware 
Bay,  likewise  meadows  on  the  creeks.  After  about  one  century, 
their  once  fertile  lands  became  much  reduced,  so  that  hundreds 
of  acres  were  thrown  out  in  commons.  Many  sold  their  lands  for 
whatever  they  could  get  for  it,  and  emigrated  to  the  far  West. 
They  knew  not  what  inexhaustible  mines  of  wealth  in  the  form 
of  marl  lay  in  the  bowels  of  the  earth  near  the  surface,  with 
very  little  labor  to  obtain.  The  said  marl  is  found  on  the  head 
branches  of  Stoe  creek,  which  is  near  the  centre  of  the  large 
and  fertile  lands  I  described.  AVhat  a  cliange  the  free  use  of 
marl  has  made  on  lands  that  fifty  or  sixty  years  ago  were  not 
wortli  over  ten  or  twenty  dollars  per  acre,  now  selling  at  one 
luindred,  and  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars  per  acre;  some  de- 
sirable locations  for  a  much  higher  price.  Besides  the  marl 
which  is  so  extensively  used  with  such  good  effect,  the  great 
English  grass,  known  as  red  clover,  lias  been  introduced  within 
the  last  sixtv  or  seventv  years.  Its  usefulness  is  not  confined  to 
tlie  large  amount  of  hay  it  produces,  but  by  its  strong  tap-root 
it  prepares  the  soil  for  the  two  staple  crops  of  cereals,  wheat 
and  Indian  corn.  There  is  a  general  thrift  among  the  farmers 
in  this  fertile  region,  their  lands  producing  as  well  as  when  in 
their  virgin  state.  Large  and  convenient  dwellings  and  out- 
buildings everywhere  jjbound,  and  their  churches  and  school 
liouses  are  kept  in  good  repair,  and  a  high  state  of  morals  per- 
vade the  community  generally. 

If  we  include  the  lineage  of  tlie  female  line  of  the  Bowens, 
they  are  one  of  the  largest  families  that  ever  inhabited  Cumber- 
hind  county.  The  grandmother  of  Elnathan  Davis  was  Eliza- 
beth Bowen  ;  her  descendants  are  numerous.  The  Bowens  and 
the  ancient  and  large  family  of  Swinneys  intermarried.  Ethan 
Swinney's,  (wlio  is  at  present  one  of  the  ruling  elders  of  the  Sev- 
enth-Day Baptist  Churcli  at  Shiloh)  great-grandmother  was  a 
Buwen.  Those  by  that  name  that  first  came  to  West  Jersey 
were  David,  Riclmrd,  Jonathan,  Noah,  Dan  and  Elijah.  It  is 
])rol)able  most,  or  all  of  them  belonged  to  the  Seventh-Day  Bap- 
tist Church.  Timotliy  Brooks  was  their  pastor.  The  next  gen- 
eration of  Bowens  attached  themselves  mostly  to  tlie  Cohansey 


BO  WEN    FAMILr.  519 


Churcli ;  a  few  of  them,  however,  still  adhered  to  their  original 
faith.  Richard  Bowen  married,  had  one  son — Joseph  Bowen, 
who  subsequently  married,  and  had  two  or  more  sons.  Richard 
was  the  eldest,  born  in  1781 ;  he  had  a  brother  who  enlisted  in 
the  army  of  the  Revolution,  and  served  under  Col.  Hand  and 
Holme,  and  was  killed  in  the  skirmish  at  Quinton's  Bridge.  When 
Captain  Smith  made  an  attack  on  the  British  troops  that  lay  about 
half  a  mile  off  in  Judge  John  Smith's  house,  Smith  crossed  the 
bridge,  contrary  to  the  orders  of  his  superior  officers,  they  being 
at  that  time  at  Thompson's  Bridge.  Richard  Bowen,  his  brother, 
married,  and  had  children  ;  one  of  them,  Joseph  Bowen,  married 
Mary  Gill. 

Joseph  Bowen  and  his  wife,  Mary  Bowen,  had  four^children, 
all  of  whom  grew  to  mature  age.  Their  names  were  Hannah, 
Joseph,  Elizabeth  and  Robert  Bowen.  Hannah,  the  eldest, 
married  Andrew  Bell ;  they  had  twelve  children.  Their  names 
were  Samuel,  Benjamin,  Mary,  Robert,  Joseph,  Sarah,  Hannah, 
Ann,  Lydia,  Andrew,  and  Harriet  Bell ;  all  of  them  are  living. 
Joseph,  the  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary  Bowen,  was  born  in  1802 ; 
he  subsequently  married  Lydia  Carll,  daughter  of  Jesse  Carll, 
Jr.  ;  they  have  no  children.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Mary  Bowen,  married  David  Madcliff  ;  they  had  two  chil- 
dren, both  of  them  deceased.  Robert,  son  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
Bowen,  died  unmarried.  Mary,  the  wife  of  Joseph  Bowen,  Sr., 
died  in  184:7,  aged  more  than  three  score  years  and  ten.  Jo- 
seph, her  husband,  died  in  fl859,  aged  about  87  years.  His 
father,  Richard  Bowen,  died  in  1822,  aged  88  years.  I  shall 
not  attempt  to  give  the  descendants  of  David  Bowen;  sufficient 
for  me  to  say,  many  of  them  were  conspicuous  members  of  both 
civil  and  religious  societies,  and  most  of  them  strictly  adhered 
to  the  religious  sect  of  their  forefathers. 

It  is  generally  believed  that  Elijah  Bowen  was  the  first  phy- 
sician in  that  part  of  Salem  county,  and  was  one  of  the  found- 
ers of  Shiloli  Church.  This  Elijah  Bowen  was  the  son  of  Jona- 
than Bowen,  one  of  the  first  emigrants  to  Bowentown.  His 
wife  was  a  Bowen  also,  a  distant  relative ;  their  eldest  son  was 
Jonathan  Bowen,  2d.  Jonathan  Bowen,  2d,  inherited  the  home- 
stead of  his '^father  at /Bowentown ;  he  had  several  children. 
One  son,  named  David  Bowen,  was  appointed  Sheriff  of  the 
county  by  William  Franklin,  at  that  time  the  Royal  Governor, 
that  being  in  1775,  but  was  superseded  by  Joel  Fithian,  elected 
under  the  provision  of  the'new'constitution  by  the  people.  He 
built  the  house  occupied  by  John  S.  Holmes,  and  owned  the 
farm.    He  maiTied  Ruth,  daughter  of  Samuel  Fithian.    Ho 


520  BOWEJSr    FAMILY. 


died  in  1808,  leaviiiii;  one  son,  Jonathan  Bowen,  yd.  JDavid 
Bowen,  son  of  Dr.  Elijah  Bowen,  was  born  Otli  of  9th  month. 
1762.  He  married  Jane,  the  dang-hter  of  Mattliew  Potter  ;  she 
was  born  28th  of  1st  month,  1772.  They  had  two  children — 
Daniel  and  Harriet  Bowen.  The  daughter  married  Ephraini 
Holmes;  she  left  descendants.  David  Bowen  died  in  1797, 
aged  about  31  years  ;  his  wife,  Jane  Potter  Bowen,  died  in 
1837,  aged  about  65  years.  Jonathan  Bowen,  3d,  appears  to 
have  been  a  man  of  great  energy  of  cliaracter.  He  became  a 
member  in  early  life  of  the  Coliansey  Baptist  Church  ;  was  a 
member  of  the  Conv^ention  that  adopted  the  new  consti- 
tntion  of  the  State  in  1776.  About  the  commencement  of 
the  revolution  he  removed  from  tlie  home  of  Ids  ancestors  to 
Bridgeton.  He  soon  became  one  of  the  most  enterprising  citi- 
zens of  the  place ;  was  elected  eight  years  in  succession  to  the 
State  Legislature.  He  left  one  son — Smith  Bowen.  Smitii 
Bowen,  son  of  Jonathan,  born  May  26, 1763,  was  married  three 
times.  His  first  wife  was  a  young  woman  of  Cape  May,  by  the 
name  of  Hand ;  by  her  he  had  two  children — Mary,  who  mar- 
ried William  Bacon,  of  Greenwich,  and  a  son,  Daniel  Bowen. 
He  was  a  physician  and  married  Elizabetli,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than and  Hannah  Shourds  Smith,  of  Woodstown.  Daniel  and 
his  wife  had  three  children — Smith  Bowen,  born  in  1818  ;  Mary 
Elizabeth,  born  in  1820 ;  and  Hannah  S.  Bowen,  born  in  1822. 
The  two  youngest  are  deceased.  Smitli  Bowen  is  a  merchant 
in  the  city  of  PJiiladelphia.  He  married  Anna  Bispham  ;  they 
have  eight  children — Maria  Elizabeth,  Augustus  Bispham, 
Anna  S.,  Alice,  Samuel,  Susan  Doughton,  Laura,  and  John 
Bispham  Bowen.  Smith's  third  wife  w^as  the  widow  of  David 
Bowen,  and  daughter  of  Matthew  Potter.  He  had  by  her  three 
children — Jane  P.,  who  married  John  Buck ;  Dr.  William  S. 
Bowen,  born  in  1802  ;  died  1872,  He  was  a  practicing  physi- 
cian in  Bridgeton  for  49  years.  Dr.  William  S,  Bowen's  first 
wife  was  Ellen,  daughter  of  Thomas  Lee,  of  Port  Elizabeth  ; 
tliey  had  two  children — William  S.  Bowen,  Jr.,  and  Jane  P. 
Bowen,  who  married  Dr,  Joseph  C.  Kirby.  Dr.  William  S. 
Bowen's  second  wife  was  Martha,  daughter  of  John  Buck  by 
his  first  wife.  They  had  three  children — Dr.  John  B,  Bowen, 
who  married  Hannah,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Elmer,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Robert  McLean.  They  have  two  children — Syd- 
ney E,  and  William  Cortland  Bowen,  The  names  of  the  other 
two  children  of  Dr.  William  S.  Bowen  are  Charles  H.  and, 
Mary  B. ;  both  are  decgaged, 


CARLL    FAMILY. 

In  writing  the  history  of  Jesse  Carll,  Sr.,  and  his  descendants, 
at  that  time  I  mentioned  that  thei-e  was  a  family  of  Carlls 
located  in  Cumberland  coimty.  One  of  that  family  has  written 
a  sketch  of  the  Carll  family  in  said  county,  and  forwarded  it  to 
me.  John  Carll,  it  appears,  emigrated  with  his  elder  brother 
Jesse  Carll,  from  Germany,  in  the  fore  part  of  last  century. 
Jesse  is  well  known ;  located  in  Monmouth  precinct,  while  his 
brother  John  Carll  settled  in  the  north  Cohansey  precinct. 
There  was  another  brother  who  came  in  company  with  the  two 
bofore  mentioned.  There  is  a  tradition  in  the  family  that  his 
name  was  Ephraim  Carll.  I  think  it  probable,  for  the  reason 
that  the  name  of  Ephraim  is  common  in  the  Carll  family. 
Ephraim  Carll,  the  emigrant,  located  in  the  State  of  Delaware, 
married  and  left  a  large  family  of  children,  John  Carll  pur- 
chased a  tract  of  land  in  the  Cohansey  precinct,  four  and  a  half 
miles  northeast  of  the  present  city  of  Bridgeton,  on  the  Parvin's 
Mill  road.  Part  of  the  ancient  domicile  of  John  Carll  is  still 
standing.  His  wife's  first  name  before  marriage,  is  known  to 
have  been  Phebe,  but  her  maiden  name  is  not  now  remembered. 
They  had  five  children  ;  their  names  were  Jeremiah,  John,  Lot, 
Josiah,  Catharine  and  Thcney  Carll.  It  appears  that  John  Carll, 
Sr.,  survived  his  wife  four  years,  and  died  in  1810,  at  the  ad- 
vanced age  of  four-score  years. 

Jeremiah,  the  eldest  son  of  John  and  Phebe  Carll,  married 
Ruth  Woodruff,  daughter  of  John  Woodruff,  Sr,,  who  lived  in 
the  same  neighborhood.  Jeremiah  and  his  wdfe  Ruth  had  ten 
children  ;  their  names  were  Ephraim,  David,  William,  Eli,  Jere- 
miah, Lot,  Ruth,  Phebe,  John  and  Theny  Carll.  Jeremiah 
Carll,  Sr.,  died  on  the  13th  of  6th  month,  1811,  aged  forty-four 
years.  John  Carll,  Jr.,  son  of  John  Carll,  Sr.,  and  his  wife 
Phebe  Carll,  married  Nancy  Woodruff,  sister  of  Abraham  Wood- 
ruff, Sr.,  of  Bridgeton,  John  and  Nancy  W.  Carll  had  six 
children,  whose  names  were  Mary,  Nancy,  Lydia,  Samuel,  Han- 
nah and  Rachel  Carll.  John  Carll,  Jr.,  the  father  of  those  chil- 
dren, died  on  the  28th  of  the  7th  month,  1811.  Lot  Carll,  sou 
66 


522  CARLL   FAMILY, 


of  Jeremiah  Carll,  Sr.,  married  Mary  Gifford,  and  emigrated  to 
Pemisylvania,  and  his  family  never  heard  of  him  until  seven 
years  ago,  when  his  son  was  seen  in  Philadelphia.  Josiah,  son 
of  John  Carll,  Sr.,  always  remained  single,  and  made  his  home 
with  his  brother-in-law,  John  Moore,  Sr.,  who  married  his  sister 
Theny  Carll.  Catharine  Carll  married  Samuel  Nichols  on  the 
26th  of  -ith  month,  ISOG ;  they  had  eight  children — Isaac, 
Thomas,  John,  Judah,  Samuel,  Phebe,  Abigail  and  Theny 
Nichols.  Theny,  the  daughter  of  John  Carll,  Sr.,  married  John 
Moore ;  they  had  live  children — Hannah,  Phebe,  Keziah,  Pa- 
tience and  John  Moore.  Theny,  the  wife  of  John  Moore,  died 
12th  of  7th  month,  1838,  in  her  73d  year. 

Ephraim  Carll,  the  eldest  son  of  Jeremiah  Carll,  was  born  on 
the  11th  day  of  12th  month,  1790  ;  married  Damaris  Garrison, 
widow  of  Thomas  Garrison,  on  the  21st  of  9th  month,  1811, 
Ephraim  was  a  wheelwright ;  he  lived  at  Carll's  Corner.  The 
ancient  name  of  the  place  was  Facemire's  Corner;  but  the  name 
was  changed  to  Carllsburg,  after  Ephraim  Carll  purchased  the 
property,  in  about  1812,  and  was  thus  inserted  in  the  maps,  and 
went  by  that  name  until  after  the  construction  of  the  AVest  Jer- 
sey Railroad,  when  the  Company  transiently  made  a  station 
there  and  called  the  station  Carll's  Corner.  It  is  two  and  a  half 
miles  north  of  Bridgeton,  on  the  AV^est  Jersey  Pailroad,  Ephraim 
carried  on  farming,  wheelwrighting  and  blacksmithing ;  also, 
about  fifteen  years  he  kept  what  was  called  the  Carllsburg  hotel. 
He  had  the  misfortune,  in  about  eight  years,  of  losing  his  wife. 
He  subsequently  married  Esther  Preston  Davis,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  Davis,  of  Deerfield.  That  was  in  1820.  Ephraim 
had  by  his  first  wife  Damaris  Garrison,  two  children,  both  sons — 
Jeremiah  and  Ephraim  Carll ;  he  had  by  his  second  wife,  four 
children ;  their  names  were  Hiram  Davis,  Richard  Davis,  Ed- 
ward and  Robert  Bruce  Carll.  Ephraim  Carll,  Sr.,  the  father 
of  those  children,  accumulated  a  large  real  estate;  he  owned  150 
acres  at  Carllsburg,  being  his  tavern  propert}'',  besides  a  consid- 
erable tract  of  land  in  Salem  and  Gloucester  counties,  and  houses 
and  lots  in  the  city  of  Bridgeton.  He  died  17th  of  6tli  montli, 
1810,  in  the  fiftieth  year  of  his  age.  David  Carll,  son  of  Jere- 
miah Carll,  Sr.,  was  born  27th  of  7th  month,  1792 ;  he  married 
Catharine  Sender,  daughter  of  George  Sender,  Esq, ;  by  whom 
he  had  six  children — George,  Maria,  Jane,  Emily,  Sarah  and 
Mary  Carll.  George  and  Emily  emigrated  to  the  AVest ;  Emily 
recently  died  in  AA^ells  county,  Indiana,  aged  about  fifty  years ; 
her  brother  George  Carll  is  still  living  in  Fort  AVayne,  Indiana. 
Mary,  the  daughter  of  David  Carll,  died  in  infancy ;  the  rest  of 


CAELL    FAMILY.  523 


the   family  are  still   living,  and  have   families.     David,  their 
father,  died  of  plem-isj,  in  1833,  aged  forty-one  years. 

William,  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Ruth  W.  Carll,  was  born  19th 
of  the  2d  month,  1791: ;  he  married  Lydia  Nichols,  (sister  to 
Ephraim  Carll's  first  wife,  Damaris  Garrison,)  on  the  7th  of 
the  10th  month,  1815 ;  they  had  eleven  children ;  their  names 
were  Abigail,  Francis,  Damaris,  Thebe,  Maria,  Charles,  Jona- 
than, Lydia  N.,  William,  Elias  and  Enoch  Carll.    Their  fathers 
William  and  Ephraim  Carll  were  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  were 
musicians  when  the  army  lay  at  BiUingsport.     William,  after 
his  marriage,  lived  and  owned  a  small  farm  of  fifty  acres  about 
one  and  a  half  miles  north  of  Bridgeton,  where  he  lived  until 
death.     He  came  to  an  untimely  end,  by  the  falling  of  a  bucket, 
striking  him  on  the  head,  breaking  his  scull,  while  engaged  in 
digging  a  well  in  Bridgeton.     This  occurred  when  he  was  in  the 
sixtieth  year  of  his  age,  being  in  1853.     His  wife,  Lydia,  died 
in  1868,  aged  seventy-three  years.     Eli  Carll,  son  of  Jeremiah, 
Sr.,  was  born  the  31st  of  lO'th  month,  1795 ;  married  Margaret 
Ott,  the  26th  of  4th  month,  1816  ;  they  had  six  children — Eliza, 
Kuth,  Henry,  Greorge,  David  and  Lydia  Carll.  Eli,  their  father, 
died  in  1845,  aged  about  fifty  years.     Jeremiah,  son  of  Jere- 
miah Carll,  Sr.,  was  born  the  26th  of  1st  month,  1798;  married 
Louvisa  Burt,  daughter  of  Moses  Burt,  of  Fairfield  township, 
Cumberland  county,  by  whom  he  had  two  daughters.     They 
emigrated  to  Cincinnati,  and  are  all  deceased  at  the   present 
time.     Lot,  son  of  Jeremiah  Carll,  Sr.,  was  born  the  7th  of  the 
8th  month,  1800  ;  he  resided  in  the  city  of  Bridgeton  ;  he  was 
thrice  married  ;  his  first  wife  was  Miriam  Doughty ;  they  had 
three  children — Mary,  Francis  and  James    Carll;  his   second 
wife  was  Henrietta  Knappey ;  they  had  five  children — Charles, 
Samuel,  Hiram,  Josiah  and  Eli  Carll.     The  last  three  died  in 
infancy.     Lot's  third  wife  was  Sarah  Russell,  widow  of  Jere- 
miah Kussell ;  they  had  no  issue.     Lot  Carll  died  in  1872,  aged 
seventy-two   years.     Ruth,    daughter  of    Jeremiah  and   Ruth 
Woodruff  Carll,  was  born  22d  of  10th  month,  1802 ;  married 
Alpheus  Loper,  in  1821;  they  had  eight  children;  their  names 
were  Elizabeth  Vance,  Ruth,  Rhoda,  Ann  Elizabeth,  Ephraim, 
Charles,  Jacob  Frank  and  Howard  Loper.     Ruth   Carll  Loper 
died  in  1872,  aged  seventy  years.     Phebe,  daughter  of  Jere- 
miah and  Ruth  W.  Carll,  was  born  the  11th  of  6th  month,  1805 ; 
she  married  David  Brooks;  they  had  nine  children  ;  their  names 
were  Jonathan,  Phebe  Ann,  Enoch,  Jane,  Reuben,  Maria,  Jo- 
seph, Elizabeth,  Mary  Frances,  and  David  Brooks.     Phebe  is 
still  living,  the  only  surviving  child  of  Jeremiah  and  Ruth  AVood- 
ruff  Carll. 


524  CARLL   FAMILY. 


John,  son  of  Jeremiah  and  Ruth  W.  Carll,  was  born  8th  of 
7th  month,  1807;  married  Martha  Harris ;  they  had  six  chil- 
dren— Josiah,  Lot,  Triphene,  Jacob,  Jason,  Phebe  and  Hiram 
CarlL  John  Carll  emigrated  to  Indiana  over  forty  years  ago  ; 
in  1861  was  elected  Auditor  in  Huntington  county,  Indiana,  for 
four  years.  He  died  in  1869,  of  paralysis,  aged  sixty-two  years. 
Theny  Carll  died  in  infancy. 

Ephraim,  son  of  Ephraim  Carll,  Sr.,  was  born  on  the  18th  of 
2d  month,  1815;  he  emigrated  to  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  in  1837; 
married  Jane  Campbell,  of  Covington,  Kentucky;  owned  and 
kept  the  hotel  called  the  Temperance  House,  located  on  the  coi-- 
ner  of  7th  and  Western  Row,  Cincinnati,  for  fourteen  years; 
he  and  his  wife  had  two  sons — Ephraim  and  Thomas  Carll. 
Ephraim  died  young;  Thomas  is  still  living.  Ephraim,  their 
father,  accumulated  large  real  estate,  consisting  of  several  large 
buildings  in  Cincinnati.  He  died  of  consumption,  on  the  2d  of 
3d  month,  1853,  aged  thh'ty-eight  years.  His  widow  subse- 
quently married  Dr.  James  B.  Campbell,  of  Cincinnati ;  she  is 
still  living. 

The  name  of  Carll  is  very  numerous  in  this  section  of  the 
State.  I  have  been  informed  it  is  a  very  common  name  in  Ger- 
many; so  much  so  it  is  frequently  used  as  the  first  name  in  that 
country;  for  example,  Carl  Shurz,  the  eminent  German  states- 
man of  the  United  States,  his  adopted  country.  Tliere  is  a  tj-a- 
dition  in  the  family  that  Carll  was  originally  spelled  witli  one  1, 
and  that  its  signification  is  Charles. 


CLAKK    AND    IIILLMAN    FAMILIES. 

George  Clark's  ancestors  probaljly  lirst  located  in  the  county 
of  Gloucester.  However  that  may  be  he  became  a  large  land- 
holder in  the  neighborhood  of  the  village  of  Auburn,  formerly 
known  as  ScuUtown.  Thomas,  son  of  George  Clark,  was  born 
27th  of  11th  month,  1712.  He  subsequently  married  Deborah, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Denny.  She  was  born  17th  of  1th  month, 
1717.  Thomas  and  Deborah  Clark  had  eleven  children  ;  theij- 
names  were :  Elizabeth,  who  was  born  13th  of  8th  month,  1768  ; 
John,  born  6th  of  11th  month,  1769 ;  Henry,  born  30th  of  9tli 
month,  1773 ;  Samuel,  born  1th  of  9th  month,  1775  ;  George, 
born  18th  of  6th  montli,  1777  ;  Rebecca,  born  9th  of  2d  month, 
1780 ;  Sarah,  born  17t]i  of  I2th  month,  1781 ;  Thomas,  born 
18th  of  2d  month,  1781 ;  William,  born  13th  of  4th  month, 
1787;  and  Robert  Clark,  born  12th  of  9th  month,  1789. 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Deborah  Clark,  married 
Eleazer  Fenton.  They  settled  on  Caoney's  Point,  in  Upper 
Fenn's  Keck.  They  had  issue,  two  sons;  one  of  them  died 
young  ;  the  other  son  lived  to  mature  age,  married,  and  settled 
in  the  city  of  Philadelphia.  George,  son  of  Thomas  and  Debo- 
rah Clark,  married  Jane  Chattin  ;  tliey  settled  on  his  father's 
property,  located  between  Sculltown  and  Sharpstowu.  TJieir 
children  were  Deborah,  who  was  born  7th  of  9th  month,  1800; 
Mary,  their  second  daughter,  born  17th  of  llth  month,  1802; 
Elizabeth,  born  2d  of  9th  month,  1801,  she  died  young  ;  George, 
born  8th  of  llth  month,  1806,  died  the  following  year  ;  Jane 
Ann  Clark,  born  6th  of  6th  month,  1810.  Deborah,  daughter 
of  George  and  Jane  Chattin  Clark,  married  Thomas  McCalis- 
ton,  of  Pilesgrove,  in  1810.  They  had  several  children  ;  all  of 
them  grew  to  maturity,  married,  and  settled  in  different  parts 
of  Salem  county.  Mary,  daughter  of  George  and  Jane  C. 
Clark,  married  Elijah  B.  Holmes ;  they  had  live  children. 
Jane  Ann,  daughter  of  George  and  Jane  C.  Clark,  married 
John  C.  Turner  ;  they  settled  in  Gloucester  county ;  tliey  had 
nine  children — Ann  W.  Turner,  their  eldest  child,  was  born 
llth  of  9th  month,  1830 ;  George  Clark  Turner,  l^orn  17th  of 


526  CLAEK   AND    HILLMAN   FAMILIES. 


7th  month,  1832 ;  Sarah  Jane,  born  30th  of  8th  month,  183i ; 
Mary  E.,  born  2d  of  8th  month,  1831 ;  Charlotte,  born  25th  of 
11th  month,  1839,  she  died  in  8th  month,  1859;  Isaac  H., 
born  14th  of  12th  month,  1841 ;  CLark  C.  Tm-ner,  born  28tli 
of  8th  month,  1845 ;  Isabella  H.  Turner,  born  25th  of  t>th 
month,  1848 ;  Maria  T.  Turner,  born  28tli  of  8th  month,  1851. 

Francis  Hillman  was  born  Tth  of  5th  month,  1760.  His 
parents  were  members  of  the  Society  of  Friends.  Every  man 
has  some  trait  of  character  which  distino-uishes  him  throuorh  life. 
Francis  Hillman  in  early  life  turned  liis  attention  towards  tlie 
domestic  animal,  the  horse.  This  trait  increased  as  he  advanced 
in  years,  and  many  years  before  liis  death  he  had  the  name  of 
being  the  greatest  liorseman  in  the  county  of  Salem.  There  is 
an  anecdote  related  of  him:  At  one  time  when  he  was  return- 
ing from  the  town  of  Salem  to  his  home  near  Sharpstown,  he 
overtook  a  woman  on  foot  who  was  traveling  the  same  way ; 
he  invited  her  to  get  in  and  ride  as  far  as  she  went,  which  she 
accordingly  did.  She  soon  noticed  his  horse  being  uncommonly 
fat  and  spirited,  and  remarked,  "  Your  horses  put  me  in  mind 
"of  what  people  say  of  Frank  Hillman, — That  lie  makes  his 
"  wife  and  children  live  on  Indian  bread,  whilst  he  gives  his 
"  wheat  to  his  horses."  Hillman  remarked  to  her,  in  a  good 
humored  manner,  he  thought  Frank  Hillman  must  be  a  very 
singular  man,  to  think  more  of  his  horses  than  he  did  of  his 
wife.  He  frequently  afterwards  told  the  circumstance  to  his 
associates  with  much  pleasure  and  merriment.  His  wife  was 
Phebe  Padgett.  She  was  also  a  member  of  the  same  religious 
society  to  wliich  her  husband  belonged.  She  was  born  6th  of 
9th  month,  1762.  They  were  married  16th  of  9th  month,  1782. 
They  had  seven  children  :  Letitia  Hillman  was  born  21st  of  10th 
month,  1783;  Charlotte  Hillman,  born  30th  of  11th  month, 
1784 — -he  married  a  young  man  by  the  name  of  Riley,  they  re- 
moved to  the  State  of  Illinois  ;  Aaron  Hillman,  born  1st  of  11th 
month,  1786  ;  Elizabeth  Hillman,  born  30th  of  9th  month,  178s  ; 
Ephraim  Hillman,  born  25th  of  12th  month,  1790;  Samuel 
Hillman,  born  21st  of  8th  month,  1793  :  he  married  Jane  Long, 
they  located  in  the  township  of  Pilesgrove  ;  David  Hillman, 
the  youngest  son  of  Francis  and  Phebe  Hillman,  was  born  2i)th 
of  3d  month,  1795. 

Francis  Hillman  lost  his  first  wife  about  the  year  1795.  His 
second  wife  was  Sarah  Pliilpot ;  they  were  married  26th  of  3d 
month,  1797  ;  they  had  no  issue.  Samuel,  son  of  Francis  and 
Phebe  Hillman,  married  Jane  Long  ;  they  had  four  children — 
Alwood,  Ann,  Charlotte,  and  Pliebe ;    the  latter  died  young. 


CLARK   AND    HILLMAN   FAMILIES.  527 


Alwood  Hillman  married  Mary  Gregory.  Ann  Hillmau, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Jane  Hillman,  married  Thomas  Stew- 
ard. Charlotte  Hillman,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Jane  Hill- 
man, married  Jam6s,  son  of  Aaron  and  Ann  Pancoast,  of 
Sharpstown ;  they  have  children.  David,  the  son  of  Francis 
and  Pliebe  Hillman,  married  Catharine  Caoney,  16tli  of  9th 
month,  1815.  Francis,  their  eldest  son,  born  9th  of  6th  month, 
1816,  died  in  1831 ;  Phebe,  born  25th  of  2d  month,  1818,  died 
in  July,  1819 ;  Samuel,  born  11th  of  1st  month,  1820,  died  7th 
month,  1837 ;  Ann  Mary  Hillman,  born  15th  of  12th  month, 
1821,  married  Samuel  M.  Harris ;  David  Hillman,  son  of 
David  and  Catharine  Caoney,  was  born  10th  of  6th  month, 
1824 ;  John  C.  Hillman,  son  of  David  and  Catharine  Caoney, 
was  born  17th  of  4th  month,  1827,  he  married  Annie  Derrick- 
son  ;  Hannah  J.  Hillman  was  born  8th  of  4th  month,  1830,  she 
married  DewittC.  Bowcn  ;  Harriet  Hillman,  daughter  of  David 
and  Catharine  Hillman,  was  liorn  28th  of  9th  month,  1833,  she 
married  Martin  B.  Holton  ;  Martha  Caoney  Hillman  was  born 
4th  of  12th  month,  1836,  she  has  been  twice  married;  her  iirst 
husband  was  Samuel  Sparks,  second  husband,  Rusling  Dalbow. 
David,  son  of  David  and  Catliarine  Caoney  Hillman,  has  been 
twice  married  ;  his  first  wife  was  Elizabeth  Norton,  his  second 
wife  is  Ann  W.  Turner,  daughter  of  John  C.  and  Jane  Ann 
Clark  Turner.  They  now  reside  in  Lower  Penn's  Neck,  near 
Pennsville.  They  have  had  six  children — George  C.  T.  Hill- 
man, born  12th  of  6th  month,  1852 ;  Catharine  C,  born  27th 
of  5th  month,  1854,  died  in  1856 ;  Francis,  born  10th  of  6th 
month,  1856,  died  1870  ;  Jane  Ann  W.,  born  7th  of  9th  month, 
1859,  died  in  1862  ;  Laura  Belle,  born  29th  of  5th  month, 
1862  ;  H.  Sandford  Hillman,  born  6th  of  2d  month,  1874. 

George  C.  T.  Hillman,  son  of  David  and  Ann  "W.  Hillman, 
married  Sallie  A.  Mitchell,  in  12th  month,  1874.  They  reside 
in  Lower  Penn's  Neck;  they  have  no  issue.  George  C,  son  of 
John  C.  Turner,  married  Elizabeth  Mitchell ;  tliey  have  issue. 
Sarah  Jane,  daughter  of  John  C.  and  Jane  Clark  Turner,  mar- 
ried Nathan  Steward  ;  they  have  six  children — Mary  E.,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Turner,  married  J  ohn  Locke  ;  they  have  five  chil- 
dren, none  married.  Isaac  H.,  son  of  John  Turner,  married 
Mary  V.  Linch ;  they  have  issue.  Clark  C,  son  of  John 
Turner,  married  Martha  Peterson  ;  they  have  two  children. 
Isabella,  daughter  of  John  C.  Turner,  married  Joseph  Stretch. 
Maria,  daughter  of  John  C.  and  Jane  Clark,  married  Alexander 
Burt. 


ELNATIIAN    DAVIS    FAMILY. 

The  ancestors  of  Elnathan  Davis,  tlie  great  surveyor  of  West 
Jersey.  He  was  the  grandson  of  Jonathan,  the  eminent  divine, 
who  was  born  on  Long  Ishmd,  whose  father,  together  with  two 
or  three  other  brothers,  had  emigrated  from  Wales  and  settled 
in  the  New  England  States  as  early  as  166-i.  However,  some 
of  them  soon  afterward  located  on  Long  Island,  whence  Jona- 
than and  his  brotlicr  Elnathan  Davis  came  to  New  Jersey  in 
1700,  and  settled  at  Trenton.  Elnatlian's  occupation  was  that 
of  a  land  surveyor.  He  was  soon  appointed  surveyor-general 
of  the  State  of  New  Jersey.  Jonathan  Davis,  his  brother,  was 
a  conspicuous  Seventh-day  Baptist  minister.  His  wife  was 
Elizabeth  Bowen.  Her  relatives  residing  in  Cohansey  precinct, 
he  made  frequent  visits  in  that  section  of  counti-y.  It  has 
been  stated  he  preached  occasionally  in  the  Cohansey  Church, 
sometimes  among  the  Seventh-day  Baptists  that  lived  near  the 
Cohansey  Corners,  in  one  of  their  private  houses.  Soon  after 
the  Church  at  Shiloh  was  organized,  Jonathan  Davis,  Jr.,  was 
chosen  their  first  pastor,  and  Elnathan  Davis,  the  eminent  sur- 
veyor of  the  lower  counties  of  West  Jersey,  was  the  sou  of 
Jonathan  Davis,  2d,  the  first  pastor  of  Shiloh  Church.  I  have 
no  doubt  his  life  was  worthily  spent  in  the  new  county  of  Cum- 
berland. He  was  born  some  years  before  that  event  of  dividing 
Salem  county.  Hence  he  was  a  Salem  county  born.  His  phys- 
ical strength  and  great  endurance  excelled  most  men,  with  his 
great  mathematical  genius,  which  he  inherited  from  his  ances- 
tors. He  in  early  life  was  noted,  not  only  in  his  own  county, 
but  in  all  West  Jersey  and  the  neighboring  provinces,  as  being 
the  most  competent  and  accurate  land  surveyor  at  that  period  of 
time.  Hence  his  life  was  a  busy  one.  An  anecdote  is  extant 
of  him  as  a  surveyor.  He  was  often  employed  in  the  province 
of  Maryland.  After  a  time  his  trips  to  that  place  became  so 
frequent  as  to  be  noticed  by  his  friends,  who  inquired  of  the 
business  that  occupied  him  so  often.  To  each  inquiry  lie  would, 
with  a  smile,  give  the  following  reply :  "  Interest  on  a  bond  to 
be  attended  to."     It  ii  said  that  none  of  his  friends  suspected 


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thut  the  loadstone  that  drew  the  man  of  the  compass  over  there 
until  he  came  hringing  home  to  Cohansey  his  bride,  Susannah 
Bond.  Elnathan  and  his  wife  had  seven  sons  and  three  daugh- 
ters— Susannah,  Margaret,  Jonathan,  Jacob,  Ebenezer,  Jedediah, 
Jeremiah,  Samuel  B.,  and  Elnathan  Davis.  Most  of  his  sons 
were  also  practical  surveyors.  They,  too,  have  passed  away. 
A  few  of  their  children  are  living,  and  a  large  number  of  grand- 
children and'  some  great-grand-children.  Of  those  seven  sons 
and  daughters  from  the  date  of  their  respective  births,  between 
the  years  of  1760  and  1776,  the  revolution  came  and  passed  in 
their  early  youth. 

In  the  late  rebellion  of  a  number  of  their  grandsons  a  noble 
record  is  written.  Harrison  Davis,  who  marched  with  Sherman 
down  from  Atlanta  to  the  sea,  and  John  B.  Ayres  lies  in  a 
patriot's  grave.  Argard  E.  Swinney  laid  his  young  life  as  a 
sacritice  on  the  altar  of  his  country.  Jonathan  Davis  Morgan, 
of  Illinois,  volunteered  during  the  war,  Thomas  B.  Davis 
volunteered  in  Co.  F,  3d  New  Jersey ;  at  the  expiration  of  two 
years  he  enlisted  in  the  service  of  the  2d  U.  S.  Artillery ;  was 
through  two  of  the  Penninsular  and  Bull-Run  disasters;  he  was 
also  in  the  battles  of  Antietam,  Gettysburg,  Wilderness,  Cold 
Harbor,  six  engagements  in  all.  After  which  he  was  honorably 
discharged.     He,  at  the  present  time,  resides  in  Florida. 

I  was  requested  by  one  of  my  correspondents,  a  lady  of  con- 
siderable literary  attainments,  who  is  desirous  of  ascertaining 
the  name  of  the  Indian  name  of  the  Delaware  Kiver.  The  late 
Steven  Baldwin,  the  eminent  shipper  of  the  city  of  Philadelphia, 
over  forty  years  ago  found  an  old  manuscript  in  which  he  ascer- 
tained the  Indian  name  of  said  river  to  be  Shenangah. 
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DAVIS    FAMILY. 

There  are  two  distinct  families  of  Davises  in  the  county  of 
Cumberland,  the  descendants  of  Jonathan  and  Elnathan  Davis, 
who  were  born  on  Long  Island.  Their  parents  were  natives  of 
Wales.  There  were  also  John  Davis,  native  of  the  same;  he 
first  resided  on  Long  Island.  He,  some  years  afterwards,  to- 
gether with  his  sons,  came  to  West  Jersey,  and  purchased  a 
large  tract  of  land  in  Pilesgrove  township  within  the  Salem 
tenth.  I  have  written  the  history  of  this  large  and  interesting 
family  in  another  part  of  this  work.  Daniel  Davis,  which  I 
have  no  doubt  belonged  to  the  same  family  of  John  and  Jona- 
than Davis,  emigrated  to  America  with  his  wife,  Mary  Johnson. 
She  was  a  native  of  Ireland.  They  landed  and  settled  in  the 
State  of  Connecticut  about  1660.  Benjamin  Davis,  their  son, 
was  born  in  Connecticut,  in  the  year  1670 ;  he  was  probably  the 
only  one  of  Daniel  Davis'  children  who  ever  emigrated  to  West 
Jersey.  Benjamin  soon  after  he  became  of  age,  enlisted  in  the 
British  service  in  the  war  against  the  Trench  and  Indians,  com- 
monly called  King  William's  war,  which  began  in  the  year  1690, 
and  ended  in  1697.  It  is  related  that  Benjamin  deserted  from 
the  army,  and  traveled  through  the  wilderness  to  the  State  of 
New  Jersey,  and  finally  located  within  Fenwick's  Tenth,  now 
Cumberland  county.  By  the  account  he  left  behind  him,  he  must 
have  endured  great  suffering  by  hunger  and  cold;  for  nineteen 
days  during  his  travels  in  the  wilderness,  part  of  the  time  he 
subsisted  on  the  head  of  a  horse  which  he  found  by  the  road- 
side in  his  travels.  Within  a  short  period  of  time  after  he  ar- 
rived within  the  Salem  Tenth,  he  married  Margaret  Riley,  she 
being  a  native  of  Ireland.  They  settled  between  Morris  river 
and  Cohansey,  on  the  Delaware  Bay.  It  is  called  at  the  pres- 
ent time,  Ben  Davds'  Point ;  at  which  place  he  and  his  wife  re- 
sided for  twenty-eight  years;  during  that  time,  they  had  five 
sons  and  two  daughters  born;  their  names  were  Margaret,  Ben- 
jamin, Uriah,  James,  Daniel,  Esther  and  Arthur  Davis.  About 
1725  Benjamin  Davis  purchased  one  thousand  acres  of  land  in 
North  Cohansey  precinct  of  Daniel  Cox,  the  great  land  specu- 
Jator,  ft  resident  of  Burlington,  for  which  ho  paid  ten  shillingi 


DAVIS    FAMILY. 


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per  acre.     The  price  which  he  paid  Cox  was  considered  by  the 
inhabitants  of  the  precinct  very  dear,  hence  they  called  it  Dear- 
field  ;  why  the  name  has  been  changed  to  Deerfield,  I  can't  im- 
agine.    In  after  time,  that  and  other  lands  adjacent,  was  set  off 
as  a  township  called  Deerfield.     It  is  as  a  fertile  tract  of  high 
table  land  as  can  be  found  in  West  Jersey.     It  was  truly  a  wil- 
derness country  when  Benjamin  Davis  and  family  moved  from 
Ben  Davis'  Point  to  Deerfield,  in  1726.     At  that  time  their 
nearest  neighbor  was  two  miles  distant,  next  nearest,  four  miles. 
Margaret,  eldest  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Margaret  Davis,  was 
born  in  1700 ;  she  married  William  Clark ;  they  had  one  son 
and  three  daughters;  their  names  were  James,  Sarah,  Margaret 
and  Percilla  Clark.     Benjamin,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Margaret 
Davis,  was  born  in  the  year  1702 ;  he  married  and  had  four  sons 
and  two  daughters;  their  names  were  Benjamin,  John,  Rufus, 
James,  Margaret  and  Esther  Davis.     Uriah,  son  of  Benjamin 
and  Margaret  Davis,  died  when  a  young  man.     James,  son  of 
Benjamin  and  Margaret  Davis,  married  Mary  Lummis ;  they 
had  five  sons  and  five  daughters;  their  names  were  Abisha, 
Sarah,  Othaneal,  Elizabeth,  Rachel,  Jonathan,  Johanna,  Esther, 
James  (grandfather  of  the  late  Edmund  Davis,  of  Bridgeton), 
and  David  Davis.     Daniel  Davis,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Marga- 
ret Davis,  married  Mary  Bradway;  they  had  two  daughters — 
Mary  and  Patience  Davis ;  by  his  second  wife  he  had  four  sons ; 
their  names  were   Amon,  Uriah,  Joseph  and  Arthur  Davis. 
Esther,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Margaret  Johnson  Davis, 
married  Benjamin  Perry;  they  had  two  children,  son  and  daugh- 
ter.    Arthur,  son  of  Benjamin  and  Margaret  Davis,  was  born 
13th  of  6th  month,  1713 ;  married  Martha  Moore,  in  1736 ; 
they  had  four  children — Phebe,  Jeremiah,  Elijah  and  Daniel 
Davis. 

Phebe,  daughter  of  Arthur  and  Martha  M.  Davis,  was  born 
18th  of  8th  month,  1737.  Jeremiah,  son  of  the  same  parents, 
was  born  2d  of  9th  month,  1739.  Elijah,  son  of  Arthur  and 
Martha  M.  Davis,  was  born  2d  of  9th  month,  1740,  and  Daniel, 
son  of  Arthur  and  Martha  M.  Davis,  was  born  on  the  2d  of  Ist 
month,  1743.  Martha  Moore,  first  wife  of  Arthur  Davis,  de- 
parted this  life  in  the  1st  month,  1743,  aged  37  years.  Esther 
Preston  was  born  20th  of  the  6th  month,  1723,  and  married 
Arthur  Davis,  in  1743,  being  his  second  wife ;  they  had  nine 
children ;  their  names  were  Levi,  Martha,  Ruth,  Arthur,  Esther, 
Charles,  Kaomi,  Benjamin,  and  Abijah  Davis.  Pliebe,  daugh- 
ter of  Arthur  and  Martha  M.  Davis,  married  Benjamin  Thomp- 
son, and  had  nine  children — Amon,  Jeremiah,  Plicbe,  Patience, 


532  DAVIS    FAMILY. 


Benjamin,  Esther,  Samuel,  Elijah  and  Persilla  Thompson. 
Phebe  Davis  Thompson  died  in  the  8tli  month,  1771,  in  the 
thirty-fourth  year  of  her  age.  Elijah,  son  of  Arthur  Davis,  mar- 
ried Patience  Thompson ;  they  had  no  issue ;  he  died  23d  of  8tli 
month,  1810,  in  the  seventieth  year  of  his  age. 

Daniel,  son  of  Ai-thur  Davis,  married  Hannah  Foster,  in  the 
12th  month,  1768 ;  they  had  nine  children ;  their  names  were 
Ruhana,  Jemina,  Elijah,  Hannah,  Isaac,  Aaron,  Phebe  and 
Daniel  Davis.  Hannah  his  \vife,  died  in  the  4th  month,  1798, 
and  in  the  same  year  Daniel  Davis  married  Susanna  Leake ; 
they  had  no  issue;  she  died  in  the  3d  month,  1803,  and  he  died 
on  the  6th  of  12th  month,  1805.  Martha,  daughter  of  Arthur 
and  Esther  P.  Davis,  married  Jonathan  Ogden,  in  the  12th 
month,  1769;  they  had  six  children — Hannah,  Rutli,  Esther, 
David,  Naomi  and  Rebecca  Ogden.  Martlia,  wife  of  Jonathan 
Ogden,  departed  this  life  on  the  25th  of  7th  month,  1813,  in 
the  sixty-sixth  year  of  her  age. 

Ruth,  daughter  of  Arthur  and  Esther  Preston  Davis,  married 
AVilliam  Garrison ;  they  had  four  children ;  their  names  were 
Ruth,  William,  John  and  Abigail  D.  Garrison.     Rutli,  mother 
of  those  children,  died  15th  of  12th  month,  1797,  aged  47  years. 
Her  husband,  "William  Garrison,  departed  this  life   3d  of  5th 
month,  1813.     Arthur,  son  of  Arthur  and  Esther  P.  Davis, 
married  Mary  Tullis,  in  the  11th  montli,  1774 ;  tliey  had  eleven 
children — Levi,  John,  Ruth,  xVbigail,  William,  Arthur,  James, 
Joel,  Benjamin,  Mary  and  Esther  Davis.     Naomi,  daughter  of 
Arthm*  and  Esther  P.  Davis,  married  Reuben  Shull  15t]i  of  1st 
month,  1783 ;  they  had  two  children — Ann    and  Jacol)  Shull. 
Reuben  Shull  died  in  the  4th  month,  1790,  and  his  wife  died 
in  the  11th  month,  1792,  aged  about  34  years.     Al)ijah,  son  of 
Arthm-  and  Esther  P.  Davis,  married  Mary  Meeke,  in  the  10th 
month,  1784 ;  they  had  three  children — John,  Yirgil  and  Abijali 
Davis.     Mary,  the  wife  of  Abijah,  Sr.,   died  in   10th   month, 
1812.     His  second  wife  was  Ruth  Ogden,  a  widow ;  they  had 
no  issue.     Abijali  died  in  8th  month,  1817,  in  the  54th  year  of 
his  age.     He  was  a  Presbyterian  minister.     Benjamin  Davis, 
son  of  Arthm-  Davis,  married  Thomasin  Lummis,  23d  of  1st 
month,  1785 ;  they  had  three  children — Jeremiah,  Esther  P., 
and  Jane  Davis.     Thomasin,  his  ^^dfe,  died  17th  of  7th  montl), 
1797.     Benjamin's  second  wife  was  Ruth  Reeve  ;  they  were 
married  13th  of  6th  month,  1798.     They  had  thi-ee  children — 
Richard,  Alfred  and  James  Davis.     Ruth,  Benjamin's  second 
wife,  died  2d  of  9th  month,  1803.     Benjamin's  third  wife  was 
Amy  Dare  ;  they  were  married  18th  of  8th  month,  1804  ;  tliey 


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had  one  son — Benjamin  Davis.  Amy  died  10th  of  6th  month, 
1823.  Benjamin's  fourth  wife  was  Deborah  Fithian ;  they 
w^ere  married  2-4th  of  10th  month,  1827 ;  they  had  no  issue. 
Benjamin  Davis  departed  this  life  25th  of  2d  month,  1837,  in 
the  75th  year  of  his  age.  Deborah,  his  fourth  wife,  died  21st 
of  2d  month,  1873,  in  the  93d  year  of  her  age.  The  following 
gives  the  time  when  Benjamin  Davis'  wives  were  born  :  Thom- 
asin  Lummis,  his  first  wife,  was  born  -Ith  of  5th  month,  1758. 
Ruth  Reeve,  his  second  wife,  was  born  3d  of  10th  month,  1772. 
Amy  Davis,  his  third  wife,  was  born  22d  of  10th  month,  1771. 
Deborah  Fithian,  his  fourth  wife  was  born  12th  of  9th  month, 
1780. 

Marriages  of  the  children  of  Benjamin  Davis :  Jane,  daugh- 
ter of  Benjamin  Davis,  married  George  Bush,  17th  of  10th 
month,  1818  ;  they  had  five  children — Franklin,  Mary  Jane, 
Anna  Maria,  Martlia  and  Sarah  Jane  Bush.  Esther  Preston 
Davis  married  Ephraim  Carll  6th  of  5th  month,  1820,  and  had 
three  children — Hiram  D.,  Richard  D.,  and  Robert  Bruce 
Carll.  Alfred  Davis  married  Sarah  Steelman,  of  Tuckahoe, 
7th  of  1st  month,  1830,  and  had  seven  children — Emiline,  Ben- 
jamin, Ruth  Reeve,  Sarah,  Ellen,  Maria,  Eleanor  and  Mary 
Davis. 

Births  of  the  children  of  Eplu-aim  Carll  and  Esther  Preston 
Davis :  Hiram  Davis  Carll,  their  eldest  son,  was  born  23d  of 
10th  month,  1821 ;  Richard  D.  Carll,  was  born  2d  of  9th 
month,  1821;  and  Robert  Bruce  Carll,  w^as  born  16th  of  6th 
month,  1829. 

Births  of  the  cliildren  of  George  Bush  and  Jane  Davis : 
Franklin  Bush,  son  of  George  Bush  and  Jane  Davis,  was  l)orn 
8th  of  11th  month,  1819  ;  Mary  Jane  Busli  was  born  22d  of  8th 
month,  1821;  Annie  Maria  Bush  was  born  23d  of  10th  month, 
1825  ;  Martha  Carrall  Bush  was  born  1th  of  1st  month,  1831  ; 
Sarah  Jane  Bush  was  born  30th  of  5th  month,  1833  ;  Mary 
Jane  Bush,  daughter  of  George  and  Jane  Davis  Bush,  died  2d 
of  2d  montli,  1832,  in  the  11th  year  of  her  age;  Martha  (Jur- 
rall  Bush  died  2d  of  10th  montli,  1852,  in  lier  2lst  year. 

Births  of  children  of  Alfred  Davis:  Emiline,  daughter  of 
Alfred  and  Sarah  Steelman  Davis,  was  born  14th  of  Ith  month, 
1831 ;  Benjamin  Davis,  son  of  Alfred  Davis,  was  born  27th  of 
7th  month,  1833 ;  Ruth  Reeves  Davis  was  born  29t]i  of  Uth 
month,  1835  ;  Sarah  Ellen  Davis  was  born  2d  of  2d  month, 
1838;  Maria  Riley  Davis  was  born  25th  of  3d  month,  1811; 
Eleanor  Steelman  Davis  was  born  6th  of  10th  month,  1813  ; 
Mary  Anna  Davis  was  born  28th  of  12th  month,  1819. 


534  DA. VIS   FAMILY, 


Sarah  Ellen  Davis  died  6th  of  5th  month,  1838 ;  Kuth  K. 
Davis  died  32d  of  2d  month,  1856 ;  Benjamin  Davis,  Jr.,  died 
3d  of  6th  month,  1835,  in  the  28th  year  of  his  age,  and  was 
never  married  ;  Jane  Davis,  wife  of  George  Bush,  died  23d  of 
11th  month,  1852,  in  the  62d  year  of  her  age  ;  Esther  Preston 
Davis,  wife  of  Ephraim  Carll,  died  10th  of  12th  month,  1860, 
in  the  72d  year  of  her  age. 

Alfred  Davis,  in  the  year  1813,  gave  the  boundaries  of  Ben- 
jamin Davis,  his  great  ancestor's  tract  of  land  of  1,000  acres 
that  he  purchased  of  Daniel  Cox,  of  Burlington,  in  1725.  This 
said  tract  of  land  commenced  at  the  intersection  of  the  streams 
on  which  the  grist  and  saw  mills  now  stand,  known  as  Seeley's 
Mills.  Tlie  grist  mill  was  then  owned  by  William  Null,  and 
the  saw  mill  by  Samuel  "W.  Seeley.  It  followed  the  saw  mill 
stream  now  known  as  the  parsonage  stream  to  the  head  thereof, 
and  the  grist  mill  stream  up  to  where  the  stream  leading  from 
J)eertield  church  empties  into  it,  thence  up  the  above  streams 
until  they  come  to  the  foot  of  a  small  branch  above  the  house 
where  I,  Alfred  Davis  now  lives,  and  from  thence  on  a  straight 
line  east  until  he  got  his  number  of  acres,  on  which  some  of 
his  descendants  remain  to  this  day,  and  have  inherited  it  in  a 
direct  line  from  their  ancestors. 


LANING    FAMILY. 

The  family  of  Lanings  are  of  Welsh  origin.  David  Laning, 
their  ancestor,  emigrated  from  Wales  in  1705,  and  settled  in 
Burlington  county,  ^ew  Jersey.  He  married  a  young  woman 
of  the  same  place  about  the  year  1732  or  1733.  They  had  two 
or  more  sons — Samuel  and  John  Laning.  A  tradition  in  the 
family  is, — "  That  David  Laning,  their  father,  was  killed  by  a 
tree  falling  upon  him."  Samuel,  the  oldest,  was  born  about  1735. 
He  subsequently  married  and  had  children.  His  son,  James 
Laning,  was  born  15th  of  6th  month,  1770  ;  he  married  Hannah 
Trench,  born  20th  of  2d  month,  1774.  James  and  his  wife  had 
thirteen  children,  ten  of  them  lived  to  mature  age,  married,  and 
had  children.  William,  the  eldest  son  of  James  and  Hannah 
T.  Laning,  born  27th  of  2d  month,  1797;  he  married  Ann  Pe- 
terson, of  Philadelphia ;  she  was  born  4th  of  10th  month,  1794. 
They  had  thi-ee  sons  and  three  daughters ;  their  names  were — 
Charles,  John,  William,  Jane,  Locera,  and  Ann  Laning. 
Charles,  the  eldest  son  of  William  and  Ann  P.  Laning,  was 
born  24th  of  4th  month,  1824.  He  married  Hope  Allen,  of 
Gloucester  county;  she  was  born  28th  of  3d  month,  1828  ; 
they  have  had  eleven  children,  nine  of  them  are  living  at  tliis 
time.  Emma,  the  eldest,  was  born  10th  of  12th  month,  1850  ; 
S.  Allen  Laning,  born  10th  of  8th  month,  1852  ;  Janey  Laning, 
born  28th  of  9th  month,  1854;  C.  Howard  Laning,  born  4tli  of 
8th  month,  1856  ;  Mattie  Laning,  born  17th  of  9th  month, 
1858  ;  May,  born  3d  of  6th  month,  1860  ;  William  and  Fran- 
cis Laning,  born  23d  of  9th  month,  1862  ;  Elmira  Laning,  born 
5th  of  3d  month,  1866 ;  Lizzie  Laning,  born  20th  of  12tli 
month,  1870.  Charles,  the  father  of  these  children,  is  a  house 
carpenter,  and  resides  in  the  city  of  Bridgeton. 

Isaac,  son  of  James  and  Hannah  Laning,  married  Ann 
Miller ;  they  had  four  children — John  M.  Henry,  Isaac  and 
Henry  Laning.  John  M.  and  Isaac  are  clock  and  watch  makers, 
both  in  Bridgeton ;  Henry  Laning  is  a  dentist- 
John,  the  son  of  David  Laning,  the  emigrant,  was  born  in 
the  county  of  Burlington  19th  of  let  month,  1738.     He  married 


■534-  LAJSING    FAMILY. 


Khoda  Izard  about  1774 ;  soon  after  their  marriage  they  re 
moved  to  Cumberland  county,  and  resided  in  the  town  of 
Greenwich.  He  followed  the  trade  of  chair-making  at  that 
place.  In  1781  he  purchased  a  large  and  productive  farm  of 
Mark  Reeve,  the  grandson  of  Mark  Reeve,  the  emigrant,  in 
Fairfield  township.  The  said  property  belongs  at  this  time  to 
his  grandson,  Ricliard  Laniiig.  Samuel,  the  son  of  John  and 
Rhoda  Laning,  born  at  Greenwich  23d  of  2d  month,  1776 ;  he 
died  in  1779,  aged  three  years.  Richard,  son  of  John  and 
Rhoda  Laning,  born  2d  of  8th  month,  1777.  The  best  infor- 
mation the  family  have  of  Richard,  after  he  became  of  age  : 
He  went  to  sea,  and  was  lost  on  the  coast  of  Africa.  His 
father  received  a  letter  from  him,  dated  12th  month,  1798, — 
"  That  the  ship  was  then  at  Charleston,  South  Carolina,  but  in 
a  few  days  Captain  Connelly  intended  to  sail  for  tlie  coast  of 
Africa." 

John,  the  tliird  son  of  John  and  Rhoda  Laning,  was  born 
16th  of  10th  month,  1780 ;  Rhoda,  the  first  wife  of  John  Lan- 
ing, departed  this  life  26th  of  10th  month,  1780,  her  son  John 
beino;  four  davs  old.  The  second  wife  of  John  Lanino;,  Sr., 
was  Ann  Ewing,  born  12th  of  8th  month,  17-18.  Anna,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Ann  Ewing  Laning,  was  born  6th  of  8th  month, 
1786.  Rhoda,  the  daughter  of  John  and  Ann  E.  Laning,  was 
born  18tli  of  11th  month,  1787.  George,  son  of  John  and  Ann 
Laning,  was  born  29th  of  3d  month,  1789.  Ann,  the  second 
wife  of  John  Laning,  departed  this  life  27th  of  6th  month, 
1824-,  aged  about  76  years.  Her  husband,  John  Laning,  died 
14th  of  1st  month,  1826,  in  the  89th  year  of  his  age,  maintain- 
ing throughout  his  long  life  an  excellent  character  among  his 
neighbors  and  associates ;  a  steady  attender  of  Friends'  meeting 
of  which  he  was  a  consistent  member.  John,  the  son  of  John 
and  Rhoda  Laning,  married  Judith,  the  daughter  of  David 
Westcott,  of  Fairfield.  They  had  six  children — Mary  Ann, 
Richard,  David,  Westcott,  Julian,  Rhoda  and  Pliebe  Laning. 
John,  the  father  of  these  children,  possessed  physical  and  men- 
tal abiliries  above  ordinary  men. 

John  inherited  the  valuable  farm  in  Fairfield  township  that 
belonged  to  his  father.  He  transacted  a  large  amount  of  public 
business,  was  a  member  of  the  State  Legislature,  also  Sheriff 
for  the  county  of  Cumberland ;  he  departed  this  life  11th  of 
12th  month,  1850,  in  the  seventy-first  year  of  his  age.  Anna, 
daughter  of  John  Laning,  Sr.,  and  Ann  his  wife,  married  Jacob 
Wheaton ;  they  had  seven  children ;  their  names  were  Ruth, 
Bhoda,  Keubea,  Anna,  Caroline,  Isaa<^  iXid  Mary  Wheaton. 


LAjsrma  family.  537 


Anna  Wheaton,  the  mother  of  these  children,  died  Marcli  1st, 
1829,  in  her  forty-fourth  year.  Rhoda,  daughter  of  John  and 
Ann  Laning,  married  Ephraim  Mulford  ;  she  was  his  second 
wife ;  they  liad  issue,  four  children — Ruth,  Alford,  Ellen  and 
John  Mulford;  the  latter  deceased.  George,  son  of  John  and 
Ann  Laning,  married  Rebecca  Webb ;  they  shortly  after  re- 
moved to  Steubenville,  Oliio  ;  they  had  several  children  ;  George 
and  his  wife  Rebecca  Laning  are  deceased.  Richard,  the  eldest 
son  of  John  Laning,  Jr.,  and  Judith  his  wife,  married  Yiolet, 
daughter  of  John  and  Elizabetli  Whitacar.  John,  her  father, 
was  a  lineal  descendant  of  Richard  Whitacar,  who  landed  at 
Salem  in  1675.  in  company  with  John  Fenwick.  Richard  and 
Violet  Laning  have  had  eight  children,  six  of  whom  are  living — 
John  W.,  Samuel,  Elizabeth,  Julian,  Richard,  Rhoda,  Ebenezer 
W.,  and  William  Westcott.  Samuel,  son  of  Richard  Laning, 
married  Ann  Eliza,  daughter  of  Joab  and  Mary  Sheppard ; 
they  had  two  children — Saria  B.,  and  Jerusha  Laning.  John 
Whitacar  Laning,  the  eldest  son  of  Richard  and  Yiolet  Laning, 
married  Emily,  daughter  of  Jehiel  and  Phebe  Westcott ;  they 
have  four  children — Elizabeth  W.,  Milton  W.,  Enos  W.,  and 
Franklin  JN^.  Laning. 

David,  second  son  of  John  Laning,  Jr.,  married  Catharine 
Ewing,  daughter  of  Thomas  Ewing ;  she  was  born  18th  of  Ist 
month,  1816.  David  and  his  wife  Catharine  Ewing  Laning, 
have  one  son — Charles  Ewing  Laning.  David  resides  in  the 
city  of  Bridgeton ;  has  an  iron  foundry ;  his  eldest  brother, 
Richard  Laning,  is  a  farmer,  and  is  one  of  the  most  successful 
agriculturalists  in  the  county  of  Cumberland.  Ruth,  the  daugh- 
ter of  Ephraim  and  Rhoda  Laning  Mulford,  married  Dr.  Ben- 
jamin Rush  Bateman,  of  Cedarville  ;  they  have  no  issue.  Alfred, 
son  of  Ephraim  and  Rhoda  L.  Mulford,  married  a  young  wo- 
man by  the  name  of  Flanigan ;  they  reside  in  Hopewell  town- 
ship ;  have  three  children.  Ellen,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and 
Rhoda  Laning  Mulford,  married  Mahlon  Dickinson,  of  Piles- 
grove,  Salem  county  ;  they  have  issue. 
68 


MORE    FAMILY. 

The  name  of  More,  it  is  said,  originated  as  a  surname  in  a 
Scottish  Highland  clan,  eight  centuries  ago,  signifying  in  the 
Scotch  dialect.  Great  in  prowess  and  reprisal.  Down  through 
the  times  of  the  Covenanters,  and  the  scenes  in  which  Fopery 
received  such  tellino-  blows,  we  follow  the  name  ever  in  the  van 
of  Protestantism,  in  the  troublesome  times  of  James  II.,  Jacob 
More,  it  appears,  was  a  native  of  the  north  of  Ireland,  and  emi- 
grated to  America  in  the  first  decade  of  the  eighteenth  century. 
He  first  settled  on  Long  Island,  and  from  there  he  came  to  the 
North  Cohansey  precinct,  now  Cumberland  county.  He  soon 
afterward  married  Abigail  Peck.  Jacob  More  purchased  a 
considerable  tract  of  land,  being  part  of  the  Wasse  survey.  I 
think  at  that  time  it  belonged  to  Daniel  Cox,  of  Burlington. 
Said  land  that  Jacob  purchased  lay  on  the  north  side  or  head  of 
the  stream  that  has  long  been  known  as  Beebe  Run  ;  said  run 
empties  in  the  lower  branch  of  Unknown  or  Stoe  creek.  About 
twenty  years  afterwards  Cumberland  county  was  set  off  from 
Salem,  and  the  township  where  Jacob  More's  land  was  located 
in  Hopewell  toAvnship,  Cumberland  county.  In  the  year  1738 
Jacob  built  himself  a  large  log  dwelling.  Jacob  and  his  wdfe, 
Abigail  P.  More,  had  six  children ;  then*  names  were  '  John, 
Azariah,  Joseph,  Martha,  Bathslieba  and  Mary.  The  last 
named  died  young. 

Bathslieba,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Abigail  P.  More,  married 
Preston  Hanna.  They  had  one  son,  the  late  Dr.  Charles  Hanna, 
of  Salem.  Martha,  the  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Abigail  More, 
lived  to  advanced  age,  and  died  unmarried.  Joseph  More,  son 
of  Jacob  and  Abigail  More,  died  in  1800,  having  been  a  ruling 
elder  in  Deerfield  Cliurch  a  number  of  years.  Azariah,  son  of 
Jacob  and  Abigail  More,  was  a  weaver  by  trade ;  by  his  strict 
attention  to  business  he  soon  accumulated  a  sufiiciency  to  secure 
him  a  good  home.  When  the  revolutionary  war  commenced 
Azariah  More  was  an  ardent  Whig,  and  highly  approved  of 
the  measures  of  the  Continental  CongresSi     He  early  enlisted 


JACOB    MORES  LOG   RESIDENCE. 
Built  1740. 


MORE    FAMILY.  589 


in  the  army.     The  following  letter  he  sent  home  to  his  friends, 
dated  Haddonfield,  at  11  o'clock  at  night. 

"  25th  of  November,  1777. 
"  Dear  Brother — "We  have  had  an  engagement  with  a  party 
"  of  the  enemy  this  evening,  near  little  Timber  Creek,  in  which 
"we  have  lost  Lieutenant  Mulford,  as  brave  a  man  as  ever  lived. 
"  He  was  mortally  woimded  first,  as  the  action  began,  which 
"  was  about  4  o'clock,  was  brought  to  this  place,  and  died  about 
"  7  o'clock  at  our  quarters.     We   have   no  other  loss  in  our 
"  Company,  except  Thomas  Harris,  who  had  his  arm  broken. 
"  What  our  loss  is  in  general  is  uncertain.     It  was  night  when 
"  we  left  the  ground,  but  I  am  certain  it  was  small  compared 
"  with  what  the  enemy  has  lost.     We  must  have  killed  many  of 
"  them  in  the  time  of  action,  for  we  took  the  ground  on  which 
"  they  first  engaged.     We  have  ten  or  twelve  prisoners  with 
"  three  artillery  horses   branded  G.  R. ;   our  light-horse   took 
"  nine  grenadines  yesterday,  with  no  loss  on  our  side.     We  have 
"  Col.  Morgan's  Riflemen  with  us,  I  believe  as  fine  a  body  of 
"  men  as  any  on  earth.     We  have  been  expecting  re-enforce- 
"  ments  several  days,  sufiicient  for  a  general  action,  but  they  have 
"  not  arrived,  and  it's  now  reported,  and  1  am  ready  to  believe, 
"  that  the  enemy  are  crossing  the  river  at  Gloucester  Ferry,  and 
*'  that  it  is  expected  we  shall  have  none  of  them  in  Jersey  by 
"  to-morrow  morning.     If  it  should  prove  true,  I  shall  conclude 
"  they  have  taken  a  fright  at  our  torpedoes.     If  you  received 
"  my  letter  of  the  22d  instant,  you  will  soon  have  the  opportu- 
"  nity  to  send  me  the  money  I  wrote  for,  which  I  shall  be  glad 
"  to  have,  with  a  line  or  two  to  let  me  know  how  you  all  are, 
"  and  what  is  come  of  our  deserters,  and  why  they  are  not  sent 
"  to  us.     I  think  they  are  proper  persons  to  make  examples  of. 
"  Remember  me  to  all  friends. 

"  AZARIAH  MORE." 

Azariah  More  never  married.  He  lived  to  a  serene  old  age, 
on  the  homestead  he  had  worked  to  earn.  His  household  affairs 
were  presided  over  by  his  sister  Martha.  The  accounts  that  are 
recorded  of  him  give  him  an  excellent  character.  He  was  a 
Justice  of  the  Peace,  and  was  well  kno^vn  in  his  day  and  gene- 
ration as  a  man  of  sound  judgment,  and  very  methodical  in  all 
Ids  doings,  was  characteristic  of  him.  A  few  aged  persons  in 
the  early  part  of  this  generation  remembered  him  in  the  dress 
of  the  time ;  they  were  never  weary  of  speaking  of  his  kindness 
and  benevolence  to  the  widows  and  orphans.  He  died  where 
he  had  lived  so  long,  in  the  old  liomestead  one  mile  above  Shi- 


540  MORE   FAMILY. 


loll,  on  the  west  side  of  the  road  leading  to  Friesbnrg,  and  for 
more  than  half  a  century  has  slept  in  the  old  Presbyterian  grave- 
yard at  Greenwich.  John,  the  son  of  Jacob  and  Abigail  More, 
died  2 2d  of  2d  month,  1800 ;  he  settled  half  a  mile  east  of  his 
brother  Azariah.  He  also  was  in  the  army  of  the  Revolution  ; 
he  married  Hachel  Moore,  a  different  family  from  the  More 
family,  although  many  suppose  them  to  be  of  one  family.  John 
and  his  wife,  Rachel  More,  had  eleven  children ;  eight  of  them 
reared  to  manhood  and  womanhood ;  five  left  descendants,  four 
of  whom,  great-grand  sons  of  John  More,  volunteered  in  the 
service  of  the  United  States  against  the  rebellion,  viz.:  one  from 
Pennsylvania,  (died  in  the  service),  one  from  Oliio,  one  from 
Iowa,  and  in  the  county  of  Cumberland,  the  costly  sacrifice  of 
an  only  child,  John  More  Tyler. 

Lewis,  son  of  John  and  Rachel  More,  married  Susanna  Shull; 
they  had  five  children — Ruth,  Jacob,  Lydia,  Elmer  and  Eliza 
More.  Ruth  married  Archibald  Minch  ;  no  issue.  Jacob  died 
a  young  man  unmarried ;  Lydia,  daughter  of  Lewis  and  Su- 
sanna More,  married  Theophilus  P.  DaNas ;  they  had  tliree  cliil- 
dren — Ruth  M.,  Samuel  P.  and  Leonard  "W.  Davis.  Elmer, 
son  of  Lewis  More,  married  Kitty  P.  West;  they  have  two  chil- 
dren— Lewis  and  Marietta  Moore. 

Azariah,  son  of  John  and  Rachel,  married  Lydia  Dare;  they 
had  children — David,  Abigail,  Enoch,  Josiah,  Henrietta,  George, 
Elizabeth  and  Robert  More.  David  married  Deborah  Cook  ; 
both  are  deceased,  having  no  issue.  Abigail  married  Da\id 
Veal;  the  names  of  their  children  Avere  David  D.,  Lydia  M.. 
Enoch,  Henry  and  Francis  Yeal.  Enoch  married  Elizabetli, 
daughter  of  Hosea  Moore;  their  children  were  David,  Geoi-ge 
and  Hosea  Moore.  Ro])ert,  the  son  of  Azariah  and  Rachel 
More,  was  twice  married ;  his  first  M'ife  was  Emily  Pevan ;  they 
had  issue,  one  daughter,  Caroline,  who  married  William  Riley  his 
second  wife  was  Elizabeth  Cake ;  by  her  there  was  Robert,  Aza- 
riah, Richard,  John,  Winfield,  and  Elizabeth  More.  Robert 
More  is  quite  a  distinguished  public  man ;  has  been  a  member  oi 
the  State  Legislature  two  or  tliree  different  times;  he  is  now 
one  of  the  fi-eeholders,  and  trustee  of  the  Cumberland  county 
Almshouse. 

John,  the  son  of  John  and  Rachel  More,  married  Phebe 
Moore,  his  cousin ;  they  had  two  children — Mary  M.  and  Emily 
More.  Mary  died  a  young  woman  unmarried  ;  Emily  was  twice 
married ;  her  first  husband  was  George,  son  of  Samuel  and  Ra- 
chel Tyler ;  they  had  one  son — John  More  Tyler ;  her  second 
.husband  was  Charles  Seeley;  they  had  no  issue. 


SIIOUHDS    FAMILY. 

Samuel,  son  of  Daniel  and  Christiana  Belangee,  was  born  at 
Tuckerton,  New  Jersey.  He  married  Hannah  Grey  ;  they  had 
eleven  cldldren,  nine  of  whom  lived  to  mature  age.  The  names 
of  their  children  were  :  Grey,  Thomas,  Samuel,  Benjamin,  John, 
Asa,  Job,  Daniel,  Charlotte,  and  Elizabeth  Shourds.  Samuel 
and  his  M'ife,  Hannali  G.  Shourds,  removed  to  Cayuga  county. 
State  of  New  York.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Han- 
nah G.  Shourds,  married  Solomon  Hull,  of  Cayuga  county, 
New  York.  They  had  four  children.  Solomon  and  his  wife 
and  children  left  Cayuga,  and  settled  near  Arculusa,  in  Iowa. 
Ciiarlotte,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Hannali  Shourds,  married 
David  Mitchell ;  they  had  four  children — Joseph,  Hannah, 
George  and  Louisa  Mitchell.  Tiiomas,  son  of  Samuel  and  Han- 
nah Shourds,  married  Eveline  Warner  ;  they  had  issue — Eliza, 
Smith,  and  Hannah  G.  Shourds.  Daniel,  son  of  Samuel  and 
Hannah  G.  Shourds,  married  Mehital^le,  daughter  of  Judge 
Goodrich,  of  Corn  icticut ;  they  had  eleven  children:  Samuel, 
Chester  G.,  Ephraim  Hammond,  John  G.,  Chai-lotte,  Ruth  II. , 
Job  IL,  Mary  Jane,  Jesse  N.,  Ann  Eliza,  and  Martha  Jane 
Shourds.  Jesse,  son  of  Samuel  and  Hannali  G.  Shourds,  re- 
moved to  the  State  of  Ohio.  There  he  nuirried  ;  he  was  subse- 
quently killed  in  a  coal  mine,  leaving  a  wife  and  four  cliildren. 
One  of  his  sons  was  named  Jesse  Shourds.  Asa,  son  of  Sam- 
uel and  Hannah  Shourds,  was  twice  mai-iied.  His  tirst  wife 
was  the  widow  of  his  brother,  Thomas  Shourds.  She  died 
leaving  no  issue  by  him.  Thomas'  second  wife  was  Eunice 
Landon  ;  they  had  four  children :  William,  Abbie  and  Maria 
were  twins,  and  Sarah  Shourds.  Job,  son  of  Sanuiel  and  Htm- 
nah  F.  Shourds,  is  married  ;  they  reside  at  Spencer  Port,  near 
Rochester,  New  York.     They  have  three  daughtei's. 

James,  son  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  Shourds,  married.  They 
have  live  children ;  their  names  are  Jesse  H.,  Phebe,  Clayton, 
Hatty  and  Lucy  Shourds.  James  and  his  family  reside  at  this 
time  in  Cliicago,  Illinois.  His  wife  is  deceased.  Benjamin, 
son  of  Samuel  and  Hannah  Shourds,  and  his  wife,  Phebe  Ann 
^hourds,  reside  in  Cliicago,  Illinois.     They  have  live  children — 


542  8HOURD8   FAMILY. 


Charles,  Havaline,  Imagin,  Elliott,  and  Lazelle  Shourds.  Ches- 
ter G.,  son  of  Daniel  and  Mehitable  Shourds,  married  Harriet 
Lode ;  they  had  one  son,  Giles  Shourds.  Dr.  Epliraim  Ham- 
mond Shourds,  son  of  Daniel  and  Meliitable  Shourds,  married 
Almira  Cleavland,  of  Canada  ;  they  had  three  children  :  Clara, 
Emma  J.  and  Effie.  Clara  and  Effie  are  deceased.  Ephraim 
Hammond  is  still  a  resident  of  Canada.  John  G.,  son  of  David 
and  Mehitable  Shourds,  is  unmarried.  Charlotte,  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  Mehitable  Shourds,  married  Stephen  Boalt.  They 
liave  issue  :  Eben  C,  Elizabeth,  Clara  Augustus,  Arthur,  Elmer 
Eugene,  and  Ralph  Boalt.  Huth,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Me- 
hitable Shourds,  married  Josiah  Southerland  ;  they  have  issue  : 
Alvin  J.,  John  G.,  Caroy,  Addie,  Frank,  Jay,  Fred,  Grant, 
Mattie  and  Jesse  Sutherland. 

Job  H.,  son  of  Daniel  and  Mehitable  Shourds,  resides  in 
Huron  county,  Ohio,  on  the  homestead  of  his  parents.  His 
fatlier,  some  years  before  his  death,  left  New  York  State,  witli 
liis  family,  and  purchased  a  home  in  the  State  of  Ohio.  Job 
H.  Shourds  has  been  twice  married.  His  first  wife  was  Jane 
Mixten  ;  they  had  one  son,  Harry  Shourds.  His  last  wife  was 
Mary  Jane  Henderson ;  she  is  deceased,  leaving  no  children. 
Mary  Jane,  daughter  of  Daniel  and  Mehitable  Shourds,  died 
unmarried.  Jesse,  son  of  David  and  Mehitable  Shourds,  re- 
sides in  Cleaveland,  Ohio.  He  is  attached  to  one  of  the  Life 
Insurance  Companies  of  that  city.  He  married  Harriet  Lay- 
]in  ;  tliey  have  no  issue.  Martha  Jane,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Mehitable  Sliourds,  married  Franklin  Campbell ;  they  have  one 
daughter — Ida  May  Dell  Campbell. 


JAMES    NEVILL. 

OPINIONS    ON   ENGLISH    LAW    AND    TRIAL    BY    JURY.    . 

James  Nevill  came  to  America  in  company  with  John  Fen- 
wick.  He  was  a  weaver  in  his  native  land,  followed  his  trade 
in  the  Parish  of  Stepney,  London,  Middlesex.  The  executors 
of  John  Fenwick  conveyed  him  about  thirty  acres  of  land  in 
the  town  of  Salem.  He  was  a  man  of  much  talent,  and  had  the 
confidence  of  William  Penn.  He  was  Clerk  of  Salem  courts, 
I  think,  up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  and  held  other  positions  of 
trust.  He  was  a  married  man  when  he  emigrated  to  this  country. 
There  is  nothing  in  the  record  showing  that  they  had  children 
to  perpetuate  their  name. 

It  appears  that  James  Nevill  possessed  by  nature  a  legal  mind  ; 
and  turning  his  attention  to  it  he  became  an  able  counsellor. 
The  following  is  a  copy  taken  from  the  Salem  records  at  Tren- 
ton, of  his  opinion  on  English  Law  and  Trials  by  Juries,  which 
I  consider  well  worth  publication  in  this  connection,  in  view  of 
the  early  date  it  was  written — nearly  two  centuries  ago: 

Extracts  from  the  Salem  records  (Salem  surveys,  N.  J.), 
Trenton,  of  entries  made  by  James  Nevill  in  1687.)  Proverbs 
28,  4.  "  They  that  forsake  the  law  praise  the  wicked,  but  such 
as  keep  the  law  contend  with  them."  As  fundamental  laws  may 
continue  the  people  in  peace  and  tranquility,  so  the  extirpation 
may  cause  future  disturbance. 

It  is  worthy  of  observation  that  to  ye  mind  of  reason  (direct- 
ing himself  to  the  subordinate  courts  or  seats  of  justice),  saith 
that  they  should  assuredly  prosper  and  flourish  in  the  distribu- 
tion of  justice,  if  they  desired  all  their  powers  and  strength 
from  their  proper  roots,  advising  them  not  to  fear  to  do  right  to 
all  and  to  deliver  their  opinions  justly  according  to  law,  4  Inst. 
Epilogue. 

It  cannot  be  but  that  as  these  laws,  which  reason  at  first  in- 
troduced and  experience  afterwards  approved,  do  settle  and  for- 
tify States,  to  the  manifest  neglect  of  the  same,  should  make 
weak   again  and  crazie,  which,  being  duly  considered,  magis" 


544  JAMES    NEVILL. 


trates  oucrht  not  In  any  tliino;  to  be  more  tlian  watcliful  and  vicr- 
orous  than  to  keep  in  life  those  laws  by  which  ye  State  at  first 
came  to  be  exalted;  for  let  ye  be  assnred  that  ye  same  are  still, 
and  shall  be  the  foundation  and  base  of  future  prosperity. 

Moderation  is  the  continuance  of  estates  and  kingdoms.  Such 
as  reckon  themselves  the  Mdieels  in  ye  engyne  of  a  State,  ought 
to  move  so  effectually  as  that  ye  end  and  purposes  of  ye  law- 
makers may  be  rightly  considered  and  pursued,  which  is  for  ye 
good  of  ye  whole  people. 

I  remember  a  maxim  of  Sir  Walter  Rawleigh — "  To  take 
heed  of  small  beginnings,  and  to  meet  with  them  even  at  yo 
tirst,  as  well  touchino-  the  breakiufr  and  alterino-  laws  as  of  other 
rules  wliicli  concerns  the  continuance  of  every  State,  for  the  dis- 
ease and  alteration  of  a  commonwealth  doth  not  happen  all  at 
once,  but  grows  by  degrees. 

Actions  of  the  State  are  like  the  billows  of  the  sea,  one  de- 
sign drives  another  forward  as  they  are  agitated  l)y  the  Princess 
breath.  The  fairest  flower  that  now  grows  in  ye  garden  of 
Englishman's  liberties  is  a  fair  tryall  by  peers  or  twelve  men  of 
his  neighbourhood,  which  so  much  artifice  is  used  ])y  some  of 
this  age  to  pluck  up  by  the  roots.  Justice  ought  to  be  meas- 
ured by  the  straio-ht  meta-wand  of  the  fundamental  laws  of  Enc:- 
land,  and  not  be  the  crooked  lines  of  discretion. 

A  greater  inheritance  (saith  Judge  Cooke)  is  derived  to  every 
one  of  us  from  our  laws  than  from  our  parents,  for  without  the 
former  what  would  the  latter  signify,  and.  this  birth-right  of 
England  citizens  shines  more  conspicuously  in  two  things, 

first,  Parliament, 
second,  Jurys. 
By  the  first  (the  people  by  choice  representatives)  in  the  Leg- 
islature or  law-making  power,  for  no  laws  bind  the  people  of 
England,  but  such  as  are  by  common  consent  agreed  upon  in 
that  great  council.     By  the  second,  they  have  a  share  in  ye  ex- 
ecutive part  of  ye  laV ;  no  causes  being  tryed  nor  any  man  ad- 
judged to  lose  life,  limb,  members  or  estate,  but  upon  the  ver- 
dict of  his  peers  or  equals,  his  neighbours  and  his  own  condition. 
Judge^and  ministers  of  Justice  are  to  allow  the  great  charter 
to  be  pleaded  before  them  in  all  points,  and  they  are  to  keep  in 
all  points. 

Ko  freeman  shall  be  taken  or  imprisoned  or  be  disseized  of 
his  freehold  or  liberties  or  free  customs,  or  be  out-laws  or  exiled 
or  any  others  may  be  destroyed ;  nor  we  will  not  pass  upon  him 
nor  condemn  him  but  by  lawful  judgment  of  his  peers,  or  by 
ye  law  of  yo  land,  etc.,  c*cc. 


JAMES   NEVILL.  545 


On  the  29tli  chapter — Institutes — Cooke  hath  many 'excellent 
observations.  I  shall  here  write  one.  No  man  shall  be  dis- 
seized that  is  put  out  of  seizure  or  dispossessed  of  his  freehold, 
that  is  land  or  lively-hood  or  of  his  liberties  or  free  customs  as 
belong  to  liim  by  his  free  birth  right,  unless  it  be  by  the  lawful 
judgment  of  his  peers,  that  is,  verdict  of  his  equals,  that  is,  of 
men  of  his  own  condition  or  by  the  law  of  the  land;  that  is 
to  speak  it  once  for  all,  by  the  due  course  and  process  of  law, 
for  so  the  words  are  expressly  expounded  by  ye  statues  of  37 
Elizabeth,  chapter  8 ;  and  tliese  words  are  especially  to  be  re- 
ferred to  those  foregoing  to  whom  they  relate,  as  none  shall  be 
considered  without  a  tryall  by  his  peers,  so  none  shall  be  taken, 
imprisoned,  or  put  out  of  his  freehold  without  a  due  process  |of 
ye  law,  that  is,  by  indictment  or  presentment  of  good  and  law- 
ful men  of  ye  place  in  due  manner  or  by  writ  original  of  ye 
common  law.  The  law  is  called  Kectum,  because  it  discovers 
that  which  is  tort,  crooked  or  wrong;  for  right  signifieth  law, 
so  tort  signifieth  crooked  or  wrong,  signifieth  injuries.  Injury- 
is  against  right.  A  right  lyne  is  before  |declaritory  of  itself, 
and  the  oblyque,  hereby  crooked  cord  of  discretion  appeareth  to 
be  unlawfull,  unless  vou  take  it  as  it  ought  to  be.  Discretion  is 
to  discover  by  ye  law  what  is  just.  It  is  called  right,  because 
it  is  the  best  birth-right  the  subject  hath,  for  thereby  his  goods, 
lands,  wife,  children,  his  body,  life,  honor  and  estimation  are 
protected  from  injury  and  wrong ;  that's  for  ye  very  words  of 
ye  oracle  of  ye  law  ye  safe  and  learned  Cooke. 

Nevertheless,  I  have  known  that  a  person  hath  been  tryed 
and  judgment  passed  against  ye  law  by  the  rule  of  three,  not 
direct,  but  was  backward  or  rever8e,^called  equity,  alias  discre- 
tion. I  accuse  no  man,  for  things  may  bej'sometimes  mistrans- 
acted,  by  surprise,  but  not  of  ye  province.  I  liope  I  shall  not 
be  blamed  for  taking  notice  of  some  casual  failings,  viz :  ye 
judge  whispering  on  ye  bench  with  ye  Attorney-General;! that 
is  absolutely  against  ye  laws,  when  tlie  Attorney  was  pleading 
a  cause.  Judges  are  not  to  speak  with  any  one  upon  ye  bench 
unless  it  be  openly,  audibly  and  avowedly,  not  in  any  clandes- 
tine, whispering  way.  It  is  necessary  for  magistrates  to  observe 
the  laws  of  their  country,  and  not  to  encounter  them  with  their 
prerogatives,  and  not  to  use  it  at  all  where  there  is^^law,  but 
govern  the  people  by  just  laws,  justly  constituted,  and  their  in- 
fringement on  the  common  law  ought  to  be  evidence  to  tlie 
innermost  sensible  understanding  parts  of  twelve  good  and  law- 
ful men  as  well  as  the  Judge,  before  the  party  be  condemned  to 
puffer  either  in  person  pr  estate. 


546  JAMES   NETILL. 


It  is  my  opinion  that  a  jury  of  twelve  good  and  honest  men 
of  the  neighborhood  are  as  good  judges  of  the  equitable  sense 
of  the  law  and  the  intent  and  meaning  of  the  law-makers  as 
they  are  of  the  letter  of  the  law. 

Equity  is  of  two  sorts,  differing  much  one  from  another,  and 
are  of  contrary  effects ;  for  the  one  doth  abridge,  diminish,  and 
take  from  ye  letter  of  ye  law — the  other  doth  enlarge,  add, 
and  amplify  thereunto.     The  .first  is  thus  defined:   Equity^  is 
correction  of  a  law,  generally  made  in  that  part  it  f  aileth,  which 
correction  of  the  general  words  is  much  used  in  our  law.     As  if 
for  example, — When  an  act  of  Parliament  is  made  that  whoso- 
ever doeth  such  a  thing  shall  be  a  felon  and  shall  suffer  death, 
yet  if  a  mad  man  or  an  infant  of  young  years  that  hath  no  dis- 
cretion  do   ye  same  thing,  shall  be  no  felon  nor  suffer  death 
therefor.     Also  if  a  statute  were  made  that  all  persons  that 
shall  rescue,  or  give  meat  or  drink,  or  other  succor,  to  any  that 
shall  doe  such  a  thing,  shall  be  accessory  to  his  offence  and 
shall  suffer  death,  if  they  did  know  of  the  facts.     Yet  notwith- 
standing one  doeth  such  an  act  and  cometh  to  his  wife  who 
knoweth  thereof  doth  rescue  him  and  give  him  meat  and  drink, 
she  shall  not  be  accessory  nor  felon ;  for  in  the  generality  oi 
the  words  of  the  law  he  it  is  mad,  nor  the  infant,  nor  the  wife 
were  not  included  in  meaning,  and  that  equity  doth  correct  the 
generality  of  the  law  in  these  cases,  and  the  general  words  are 
by  equity  abridged  and  by  the  same. 

The  other  equity  is  defined  after  this  sort.  Equity  is  where 
the  words  of  the  law  are  effectually  directed  and  one  thing  only 
provided  by  the  words  of  the  law,  to  the  end  that  all  things  of 
the  like  kind  may  be  pro\dded  by  the  same  ;  and  so  when  the 
words  enact  one  thing,  they  enact  all  other  things  of  the^  like 

degree. 

As  the  statute  which  ordains  that  in  an  action  of  debt  against 
executors,  he  that  doth  appear  by  distress  shall  answer,  doth 
extend  by  equity  to  administrators,  for  such  of  them  as  doth 
appear  first  by  distress  shall  answer  by  equity  of  ye  said  suits, 
because  they  are  of  like  kind.  So  likewise  the  statute  of  Glou- 
cester gives  the  action  of  waste  and  the  pain  thereof  against  him 
that  holds  for  life  or  years  and  by  ye  equity  of  ye  same  a  man 
shall  have  an  action  of  waste  against  him  that  holdeth  but  for 
one  year  or  half  a  year,  and  yet  he  is  without  the  words  of  the 
statute ;  for  he  that  holdeth  but  for  one  year  or  half  a,  year, 
doth  not  hold  for  years,  but  that  is  the  meaning  and  the  words 
that  enact  ye  one  by  equity  enacts  the  others. 

Ji  our  predecessors  ba4  thought  the  a(rbitraa7  4eterminatio^ 


JAMES   NEVILL.  34Y 


of  a  bench  of  justices  had  been  as  equal  a  judgment  as  that  of 
our  part,  surely  in  vain  did  they  expend  so  much  blood  for  the 
reprizing  the  latter  and  extripating  the  former. 

Arbitrary  judgments  are  against  the  statutes  of  ye  25th 
Elizabeth,  which  saith  that  justices,  sheriffs,  and  mayors  and 
other  ministers,  which  under  us  have  the  laws  of  the  land  to 
guide,  shall  allow  ye  charters  to  be  pleaded  before  them  in  all 
their  points.  This  is  a  clause,  saith  Cooke,  worthy  to  be  written 
in  letters  of  gold,  "  that  the  laws  are  to  be  the  judge's  guide 
and  therefore  not  the  judges  to  guide  the  law  by  their  arbitrary 
glasses." 

Has  the  law  of  England  presumed  that  a  judge  or  justice  had 
been  more  knowing,  and  so  moro  perhaps  judges  who  might 
give  better  and  more  equal  determination  (of  such  facts  which 
for  decision  came  before  them)  than  a  jury  of  twelve  men  could 
or  would  do.     Sm*ely  the  law  would  then  have  left  all  contro- 
versies to  their  sole  arbitrary  determination,  and  never  have 
required  and  com.nanded  tryall  by  jurors,  which  are  not  only 
chargeable  to  the  jurymen  by  reason  of  their  attendance  and 
expense,  but  a  troublesome  delay  and  of  no  use  in  determining 
rights   and  money,  and  therefore  the  tryalls  by  them  may  be 
better  abolished  than  continued ;  which  was  a  strange  new-found 
conclusion  after  a  tryall  so  celebrated  for  many  hundred  of 
years.     But  the  law  presumes  that  each  man  best  knows  his 
neighbor's  action,  therefore  the  most  proper  judges.     Who  can 
know  the   law  that  is  bound  up  only  in  the  judge's  breast  ? 
Surely  the  law  cannot  be  said  to  be  common  but  uncertain,  and 
Cooke  says  :  Miserable  ia  that  ser\'itude  when  the  laws  are  un- 
certain and  unknown.     Of  what  value  are  the  grants  of  Princes 
for  themselves,  their  lieirs,  and  successors  confirmed  by  solemn 
engagements,  bonds  and  seals,  and  what  trust  is  in  them  if 
they  may  be  made  void  at  ye  will  and  pleasure  of   those  who 
are  in  power,  and  often  as  they  find  tlie  vacating  o:P[them  will 
be  their  advantage. 


We  see  and  observe  that  every  land's  and  this  country's  foun- 
tains of  justice  were  clear  and  wholesome,  although  the  rivulets 
and  lesser  streams  might  be  troubled  and  corrupted.  The  laws 
of  Pennsylvania  say  that  all  tryalls  shall  be  by  twelve  men,  and 
as  near  as  may  be  peers  and  equalls,  and  of  ye  neighborhood, 
and  men  without  just  exception.  In  cases  of  life  there  shall  be 
first  twenty-four  secured  by  the  sheriff  for  a  grand  jury,  of 
whom  twelve  at  least  shall  find  the  complaint  to  be  true,  and 
then  the  twelve  men  or  peers  to  be  likewise  returned  by  the 
sheriff,  shall  have  judgment. 


54S     .  JAME8    NK%-CLL. 


That  there  shall  be  at  no  time  any  alterative  of  any  of  those 
laws  without  ye  consent  of  ye  Governor,  his  heirs  and  assigns, 
and  six  parts  of  the  seven  freemen  in  Provincial  Council  and 
General  Assembly. 

That  all  other  metliods  and  things  not  herein  provided  for 
shall  or  may  concern  the  public  justice,  peace  and  safety  of  said 
province,  shall  be  and  are  hereby  referred  to  ye  award,  prudence 
and  determination  of  ye  Governor  and  freemen  in  Provincial 
Council  and  General  Assembly,  to  be  held  from  tyme  to  tyme 
in  ye  said  province. 

Here  it  seemeth  to  me  that  it  is  the  judgment  of  the  twelve 
freemen  of  England  and  of  Pennsylvania  which  gives  the  cast 
and  turn  of  the  scales  of  Enghsh  justice.  Isor  can  the  Governor 
and  Provincial  Council  alter  it  nor  the  General  Assembly 
cannot  alter  any  of  the  fundamental  laws  without  the  consent 
of  the  Governor,  his  heirs  or  assigns,  and  six  parts  of  the  seven 
of  ye  freemen  in  Provincial  Council,  and  General  Assembly. 

And  now  to  conclude,  I  hope  that  in  any  age  of  so  much 
light,  mere  will  or  resolution  will  not  be  held  forth  against  it, 
but  that  what  reason  or  righteousness  there  is  m  what  is  here 
set  down,  will  be  considered  and  followed,  nor  let  it  find  pre- 
judice with  you  from  any  disdain  toward  him  from  whom  it 
comes,  that  no  failing  in  circumstances  or  expressions  may  pre- 
judice either  ye  reason  or  justice  of  what  is  tendered. 

I  remain  a  true  bred  English  freeman,  obedient  to  ye  just 
laws ;  an  earnest  endeavourer  of  ye  public  peace ;  a  friend  to 
my  countrv  and  a  true  lover  of  just  priviliges.  liberties  and  free- 
doms.       "  JAMES   NEYILL. 

The  laws  are  no  defence  nor  protection  of  any  man's  rights ; 
all  are  subject  to  tliat  thing  by  some  called  equity,  alias  will 
and  power. 

Those  that  shall  do  any  thing  whereby  the  title  and  interest  of 
the  subject  to  these  lands  is  destroyed,  must  needs  be  guilty  of 
a  very  grave  crime,  which  I  say  of  necessity  must  be  if  they  be 
deprived  of  ye  benefit  of  ye  law,  the  free  course  of  justice  ac- 
(;ording  to  ye  known  laws  of  ye  land. 

Tliose  that  have  made  large  pretences  and  promises  and  res- 
olutions to  preserve  the  people  from  bondage,  vassalage  and 
slavery. 

A  river's  mouth  is  bigger  than  its  head, 

So  would  the  mouth  of  Pennsylvania  spread 

Over  superiors ;  over  all  his  peers, 

Over  English,  Finns,  Swedes  and  mine  heirs, 


JA^reS    NEVILL.  549 


Most  horrible,  monstrous,  and  most  barbarous  he  ! 

Renders  known  and  common  law  to  be. 

His  will  is  right  or  wrong,  be  it  plaintiff  or  defendant, 

Should  have  the  cause,  if  gold  be  at  ye  end  of  it. 

For  avarice  and  pride  he's  not  the  least ; 

Money's  the  thing,  in  the  bear's  nose  a  ring, 

'Tis  that  commands  the  beast. 

My  heart  a  matter  good  indites,  then 
What  hand  shall  I  invite  to  guide  my  pen  ? 
And  set  in  order  unto  each  man's  views 
The  privileges  to  heirs  due 
The  envious  nature. 

Standing  water  will  breed  corruption  and  be  oifensive  if  it  be 
not  sometimes  changed,  and  for  men  to  be  too  long  in  offices  of 
government  it  is  to  have  too  little  regard  to  otliers  or  to  the  dig- 
nity of  the  State. 


zisr: 

DIEZS:. 

Page. 

Introductory,              .....                  3 

John  Fenwick, 

9 

Acton  Family, 

18 

Abbott  Family, 

28 

Bradway  Family, 

35 

Brick  Family, 

42 

Bassett  Family, 

45 

Carll  Family, 

50 

Chambless  Family,    . 

57 

Cattell  Family, 

61 

Coles  Family, 

64 

Davis  Family, 

70 

Dubois  Family, 

75 

Elwell  Family, 

78 

Guy  Family, 

80 

Goodwin  Family, 

82 

Hancock  Family, 

85 

Obebiah  Holmes  Family, 

87 

Holme  Family, 

91 

Hall  Family, 

93 

Richard  Johnson  Family, 

103 

John  Johnson  Family, 

111 

Jennings  Family, 

119 

Keasbey  Family, 

122 

Lippincott  Family,     . 

132 

Lawson  Family, 

139 

Griscom,  IVTaddox  and  Denn 

.,'',,,                               \         *.   .>,     '        -.                  1  ..     ■       .■'!.       .        1.    '.         ,    v..  ...1 

Familic 

^.? 

1 

,            142 

552 


INDEX. 


Mason  Family, 

Miller  Family, 

Morris  Family, 

Nicholson  Family,     . 

Otrden  Family, 

Oakford  and  Moss  Families, 

Plummer  Family, 

Preston  Family, 

Reeve  Family, 

Rolph  Family, 

Sinnickson  Family,    . 

Slieppard  Family, 

Scull  Family, 

Smith  and  Darkin  Families, 

Sayres  Family, 

Shom'ds  Familv, 

Summerill  Family,     . 

Sharp  Family, 

John  Smith  (of  Smithtield)  F 

Stretch  Family, 

Tyler  Family, 

Tindall  Familv, 

Thompson  Family,    . 

YanMeter  Family,     . 

Christopher  White  Family, 

Joseph  White  Family, 

Ware  Family, 

Wade  Family, 

Waddington  Family, 

Whitacar  Familv, 

Wyatt  Family, 

Whittan  Family, 

Woodnutt  Family, 

Woodruff  Family, 

Yorke  Family, 

JLocke  and  Rocke  Families, 


amily. 


150 
153 
161 
164 
167 
173 
176 
178 
179 
185 
188 
202 
218 
224 
227 
233 
239 
244 
250 
255 
268 
282 
283 
301 
308 
325 
329 
342 
347 
349 
359 
365 
368 
374 
376 
385 


INDEX. 

D£>3 

History  of  the  Religious  Bodies  of  Fenwic 

;k's  Colony : 

Friends  Society, 

392 

Baptist  Societies, 

405 

Seventh-Day  Baptist  Societiei: 

s, 

422 

Presbyterian  Societies, 

427 

Episcopal  Societies,    . 

438 

Methodist  Societies,    . 

446 

African  Methodist  Society, 

453 

Roman  Catholic  Society, 

454 

Townships,    . 

455 

Early  Marriages, 

464 

Ancient  Buildings,    . 

467 

Slavery, 

476 

Beverages,     . 

479 

Genealogy,    . 

481 

Editors, 

483 

Farming  Implements, 

488 

Public  Conveyances, 

489 

Quit-Rents  and  Warrants, 

492 

Surveyors, 

512 

Appendix. 

Bowen  Family, 

517 

Carll  Family, 

521 

Clark  and  Hillman  Families, 

525 

Elnathan  Davis  Family, 

528 

Davis  Family, 

530 

Laning  Family, 

533 

More  Family, 

538 

Shourds  Family, 

541 

iJameB  Kevill — Opinion  of  English  L 

aw  and 

Trial  b^ 

f  Jury,  543 

ERRATA. 

On  the  93d  page,  7th  line,  instead  of  "  Elizabeth  Pyle,"  read 
Elizabeth  Plumbsteid. 

On  page  374,  5th  line,  after  Wyatt,  should  have  been  inserted 
"  gentleman.     Edith  was  a  relative  of  Bartholomew  Wyatt." 

On  pages  496,  497  and  498,  and  throughout  quit-rents  and 
warrants,  James  Nevell  should  be  spelled  "  Nevill." 


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