CROSS - HCWELL
GLOVER - STODDERT
and
RELATED F A11ILIES
RECORDS Compiled by Kate Annelia Cross Vandervelde
In grateful memory
of my pare11ts
Robert Fletcber Cross arid wife, Harriot ()zeta Glover
aiid IIDJ grandparcY1.ts
Daniel Gosnell Cross a1'ld wife, Phoebe Young Howell
Andrew Jackson Glover and wife, Susan Stoddert I have collected these record~ for rrw children
Cornelia Vandervelde Fields a1'ld Benjamin Stoddert Vandervelde
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I wish my children a~d grandchildren to know that among their early American ancestors were influential leaders in Church and State, Indus trious, courageous, altruistic pioneers - Puritans from England, and others who for principle left their homes in the South many years before the Civil War. If this.knowledge is conducive to a superiority co~plex, let it be utilized by the desceridant in effort to emulate the ancestor~
The biographies vary in form fr~m those in mere outline, with refer e11ces to the only available brief court, Church and Bible records or family traditions, to those i,., both outline for. convenie11t reference and supplemented by detailed paragraphs of appreciation for parents and grand parents, or by quotations from articles of much interest concerning men of notable service in Church and State. To the reader really interested in the fa.mily, the frequent repetition may be pardonable.
As these records are preserved primarily for rrry children, I have in cluded ma~y personal items of interest to them alone.
I am grateful to my many relatives who have se11t to me data which I might not have found without their help. In all cases I have tried to give credit to those who have contributed the information.
Kate Annelia Cross Vandervelde Emporia, Kansas, January 27, 1959•
"Come, walk with me adown the aisles Of our ancestral halls,. And learn of those whose hearts and lives Were filled with love of God, and human love, And crowned by His grace. ; . . ... So here give thanks, and homag·e yieid. Our brave ancestors ·• ••• g?ne•" Joana S hie lda. 'N arren
11 0ur ancestors (who c.ame.: to Americ_a.) .t:Pough n.ot perfect and infallible, were a religi.oiJ.s·, b.rave and virtuous: S'e-t of men, whose love .of \iberty, civil and re_ligious, brought th~m_ f~r·o~ their · native land "into the American deserts ~--IT Rev-. Dr. J.:1ayhew 's election sermon., 1754_•_
11 To know nothing of our ancestry, or whence.we came, tohave no revere~ce for the.precious memories of the past, or no intere·st in those who are t6 · succeed us in the battle~of life, is to ignore the elements and influences that have made us what· we are, and t·o repudiate -the natural inatincts of the human heart. 11 Marshall p. Wilder. ·4
PART I
CROSS and Related Families 5
PART II
CROSS - HO\VELL and Related Families 19
PART III
CROSS - GLOVER and Related Families
PART N
CROSS - GLOVER - STODDERT and Related Families 74 5 PART I
CROSS and RELATED FAHILIES
Early Records of Crosses in Virginia a11d I\taryland 6,7
William Cross, 1746 - 1840 8 Wife rs name not known Children 8
Robert Cross, 1784 - 1855 9,10 ff ife, Naomi., 1782 - 1856 11 Children 12 Daniel Gosnell Cross~ 1809 - 188; Wife, Phoebe Y, Howell, 1812-1901 Children 14-16 Robert Fletcher Cross, 1848 - 19;5 .16, 17 Wife, Harriot Ozeta Glover, 1855 - 1940 Child 17,18 Kate Annelia Cross, 1879 - 17,18 Husband, Conrad Vandervelde, 1879 - 18 Children: 18 Cornelia Vandervelde, 1912 - 18 Husband, James Eldon Fields, 1912 - 18 Children: 18 James Marten Fields, 1942 - 18 Carol Ozeta Fields, 1947 - 18
Benjamin·stoddert Vandervelde., 1914 - 18 Wife, Frances Muriel Onstad, 1914 - 18 Children: Richard Allan Vandervelde, 1938 - 18 David Arthur Vandervelde, 1942 -· 18 6 CROSS
Early Records of Crosses in Virginia and Maryland:
Robert Gross, 1585 -
James Cross., aet. 27, to Virginia in "Thomas & John°, June 6, 1625. Took oath of allegiance to conform to Church of England. (Hotten 1s "Early Immigrants to American., P• 84)
William Crosse of Nev.r England - Iviariner; Northampton Co • ., Va., April 28., 1650. (County Court Note-book, March, 1922, P• 3)
John Cross (headright) Northampton Co., Va., 1657• (c~~nty Court Note-book, Oct., 1925, P• ;5)
William Cross Will, June 6., 1676 - Dec. 29, 1677, Patuxent River, Calvert Co., 1id. To son William, part of 100 acres on Indian Creek; To wife Eliza - - - - (Maryland Wills)
William Cross received 1450 lbs. tobacco from Governme~t, Nov., 1678. (Maryland Archives~ vol. 7)
Nathaniel Cross, 1678 (County Court Note-book, April., 1929., P• 11)
James Cross, Hannah Cross; inv. James Cross of Kent City, May 6, 1720. (County Court Note-book, Oct •. , 1925., P• 18)
John Cross, 1721 - 1764., wife Dinah. Children: Solomon, John, Benjamin, William, Zachariah~ Richard, Asel, Ruth Cole, and grandson Abraham Cross, son of William Cross •. _ (Wills of Baltimore Co.~ Md., Liber B., p.• 179)
William Cross, d. Feb. 19, 1770; wife Alice; children mentioned but not named. (Wills of Baltimore Co-._., Md., Liber W• B ;, p 148)
The probable relationship between these Crosses and our family in Maryland, Pe111-1.sylvania a11d Ohio has not been traced. 7
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Stur~y English yeomen, Puritan followers of Sir Thomas Dale, settled in Worthampton, Nanesmond, and other southern counties of Virginia in 1611. In 16;1 Virginia was defiant to the Puritans. Some fled to Maryland and settled near St. Hary's. In 1648 William Stone brought 500 colonists from j\Torthampton County., Virginia to Maryland. Three hundred· from ranesmond County in 1648 settled on lands north of Patuxent River in Maryland. Hotten lists both Crosses and Gosnells in these early settlements. The Cross, Gosnell, and Owings families left their records all along this route from southern Virgi"nia to Maryland, and along the Patuxent and Severn, and up the Patapsco to Baltimore County. (Hotten I s nEarly Immigrants to America"; Johns Hopkins University Studies in Hiatorical and Political Science, vol. 4, P• 216; Hd. Hist. Soc. Mag., Dec., 1930, P• ~92)
Baltimore County, Maryland was created in December, 1659; settlement began in earnest in 1732. St. Margaret's Parish Register, of Ann Arundel County, records the marriage of nRobert. Oraus and Ranah Gosnell", i'Tovember 28, 1712.n jlTovember 18, 1743, there was surveyed for William Cross of Baltimore County a tract of land called 11 Cross I Lot" • • • 11 11 lying on the east side of Patapsco Falls • · • contiguous to the Indian Road • This tract and another, the nLevel Bottom~. nearby were conveyed by William Cross to Sam Lane January 10, 1756. Peter Gosnell also lived in "Soldiers Delight Hundred" formed in 1733~ (Baltimore Co. Records, Liber B•B• #1, PP• 356, 493-4)
In 1745 11 S oldie!s De light Fundredn became a part of St. Thomas 1 Pt,rish. St. Thomas' Parish Register, of Baltimore Co. ,r.-Id. ~ records~ ~ 12, Robert Cross - Jemima Gosnell married 13 Uarch, 1744 P • 12, Ann Cross dau. of Robert & Jemima Cross, born 27 -r--rov., 1748 P• 35,Hannah Cross n n " " " n " 24 Har., 1754 P • 36, 1'-1 icodemus Cross, son· of Robert & n 11 n 19 July, 1758 11 P• 36,Be11jamin Cross, " n " " " 2J April 1760 P· Anne Cross, dau- n 11 11 11 n lJ Jan • ., 1763
;Nilliam Cross, born 1746, buried in Licking Co., Ohio, may have been a son of Robert and Jemima Cross, but his name not recorded in the Register. (See gravestonesinscription and other data, page 8 of this record.)
Late in the 18th century, Cross and Gosnell families moved on together from Baltimore County, ~11aryland into Bedford and Huntingdon Counties, Pe·nnsylva·nia. From 1780 to 1785, Green, Gosnell*, Smith, Wright and Stevens (related) families had come from Baltimore County, Maryland. (Fist. of Huntingdon t..· Blair Counties, Penn., PP· 238-9)
Huntingdon County was formed from Bedford in 1787. Earlier records are kept in Bedford County.
:i!cSee Nammi, p. 11 8
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In the first decade of the 19th century many families, including the Cross, Gosnell, Wright, Elliott, Barrick, Smith and Stevens, all from Puntingdon and Bedford Counties, Pennsylvania, settled in Licking County, Ohio. Christopher Gist from Baltimore County, Maryland, tia!r amnrlg the first white men in Licking County, Ohio, in 1751• (Hill ts History of Licking County; Ohio.)
On the old farm of the Crosses, near Highwater in Licking County, Ohio, graveatones of the f?mily bear these inscriptions:
WM. CROSS REV. RO~ERT CROSS NAO~J1I died M. 22, 1840. born in Maryland wife of Robert Cross aged 94 y. one June 10, 1784 died July 18, 1856 month, 22 days Died aged 74 yrs. - Nov. 11, 1855 5 mo., 19 days aged 71 yrs 5 m - 1 d (Copied by K.C .v ., July, 1928)
These inscriptions are my only records referring definitely to
WILLIAM CROSS, born 1746; died 1840; buried in Licking County, Ohio; father of my great grandfather Rev. Robert Cross. Robert's motherrs name I do not 'kri.ow, nor have I definite record of the names of his brothers and sisters.
Research in Maryland, where William's son Robert was born in 1784, leads to Baltimore County and much evidence that there was the family home in the 18th century. He may have been the William Cross who was· listed in the 1790 Census of Baltimore County, r~!aryland - the only ~Villiam Cross in the Maryland 1790 Census with a male child under 16 years of age, and who had four sons under 16. Further identification of this 1illiam Cross in Baltimore County is hindered by several bearing the name.
In Baltimore County, Maryland, lived also the many families later associated with, and some related to, the Crosses in Licking County, Ohio,_ and who went to Ohio a_fter sojourn in Huntington and Bedford Counties, Penn.
In July, 1793, a warrant for 400 acres of land in Bedford County, Penn* sylvania was granted-to William Cross. (Penn.Arch.,3d Ser.,vol• 25, p• 483) This William Cross in Bedford County, Pennsylvania in 1795, may have been the father of Rev. Robert Cross whose wife Naomi and son Daniel Gosnell Cross were born in Pennsylvania. (In~criptions above and Ohio 1850 Census) 9
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RGBERT CROSS, son of William Cross, was born June 10, 1784., in Maryland, probably in Baltimore County. (Gravestone inscription) In Baltimore County the F:!ethodists were especially strong, an influence thst may have lead him to become a Methodist preacher.
In 1775 the rector of St. Thomas Parish was a Tory, so almost the entire population went against the Established Church. Up to Christmas, 1784, the 1~1ethodists were only a party in St. Thomes I Parish and were sup posed to have all the religion in it. (Allen nThe Garrison Church, St.Thomas 1 11 Parish, Baltimore Co.,Md. ) In 1784 John Wesley sent preachers to America who formed the Methodist Episcopal Church in Baltimore. One-half of the American Methodists were in Maryland. (Head 11 See These Banners Go.")
Robert Cross married Naomi (Cross, P• 11), probably in Pennsylvania, where both she and their son Daniel Gosnell Cross were born.(Ohio 1850 Census) The Bedford County, Pennsylvania Census of 1790 lists a Daniel Gaslin•*
In 1810 Robert Cross and wife Nao~i moved to Licki~g County, Ohio whither their relatives and neighbors had preceded them. Their experience was related in a letter of their granddaughter, my Aunt Etta Cross Park,.in }{arch, 1907, soon after her visit with .Naomi's nephew*,nan old M:r. Stevens living in the North End of Columbus, Ohio". Thus Etta Cross Park retold the story concerning her grandfather Rev. Robert Cross, as follows:
nGrandfather Cross and his young wif_e came from Pennsylvania to Ohio a~d settled in the dense forest, - brought all their belongings on two horses; he rode one and carried a two-yea~ old girl, and his wife carried Father, then three months old, on horse-back. They built their log house all but the door, and he was drafted to go up about Sandusky to fight the Indians, and of c~~rse had to go. That was in 1810, for Father was born in December, 1809. They hung a blanket ~p for the door, and the first ni5ht after Grandfather left, two Indians came and raised the blan~e~ and peeked in. Grandmother had heard it said that if one would be friendly with them they would be too, so she beckoned to them to come in and she got them some corn-cakes and fat pork, and they ate and went away. You can imagine how much she slept that night. Well, the next morning just at the break of day she heard a noice at the entrance and then something heavy fell on the floor, and on looking she saw a fine turkey! And every day that he was gone - for three months - she never saw a day but what they brought her some kind of fresh meat! The day after he came home they did not come in sight• That was surely proof they watched her closely. 11
Robert Cross was a farmer and ii.rethodist preacher, n i tinerator" or 11 ncircuit rider ~ The Methodists had organized in Licking County, Ohio in 1806. "Preachers and circuit-riders did more to organize populations of the Middle West than all the educators and politi_ci2ns and statesmen combined.n (l~~:m. E. Dodd)
* Naomi 1 s maide~ name may have been Gosnell or Stevens. 10
ROBERT CROSS ( continued)
Life in Licking County, Ohio during the depression of the 1830's is described in the February, 1932 issue of the Alumni Bulletin of Denison University, founded iri Licking· County in 1831. "At the time of the founding of Denison there was little money in the country. All business was carried on by barter;- what little money could be obtained must be kept to pay taxes an4 the needy preacher. The only way _they had of rais ing money w~s to gather up the ashes of the burned log heap, leach the lye out of the ashes, boil down the lye till there was a small amount of the dirty black powder they called "black salts", a very impure form of potash. Almost every farm had an open building, •with great iron kettles 11 11 11 for making bla_ck salts", called ~n ashery •
"About once a month a rider on horse-back would visit the asheries and carry the small packages of "black salts11 to Zanesville where the material was sold for ~xport, and the pitifully small sums of money returned to the pioneers. The ~ider on his return journey usually visited the nearest post-office, and brought the settlers' letters on which the recipient paid the postage of 25 cents a letter. When the money· was needed for something else., the letters from home-folks had to wait in the post-office." . 11 Johnny Appleseed11 (Jonathan Chapman) came from Pennsylvania and lived in Licking County, Ohio from 1801 to 1810.
1ey" father, Robert Fletcher Cross, born in 1848, told me in 1J32: "I remember seeing my grandfather Robert Cross at home on the farm near Highwater, and my grandmother baking a pan of bread in the fire-place.n
Rev. Robert Cross died i·Jovember 11, 1855_ and was buried on his home farm near Highwater, Licking c~~nty, Ohio. (Gravestone inscription, P· 8)
Children and grandchildren of Robert Cross and wife Naomi: (Cross, p 12).
The disagreement between dates on grave-stones and those given in the 1850 Census, may be due to error in copying either the Census report of the inscriptions.
Census of 1850: Free inhabitants in McKean Twp., in Licking Co., Ohio, Sept. 11, 1850: Age Sex Occupation Real Estate Value Birthplace Robert Cross 64 M Farmer $3000. Md. i~aomi Cross 69 F Pa. 11
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NAOMI , wife of Rev. Robert Cross, was born in PennsylvB-11ia in 1782. (Ohio Census of 1850 and her grave-stone inscription.) She is believed by some of her descendants to have been a Gosnell, maybe a daughter of Daniel Gosnell for whom her eldest s·on, Da11iel Gosnell Cross, born 1809, was named. In 1814 Da~iel came from Huntin~on County, Pennsylvania to Licking County, Ohio. His grave-stone in Licking County bears the inscription: 11 In memory of Daniel Gosnell d. 2, 20, 1842 Aged 81 yrs, 4 m. 11 The probability of her being a daughter of this Daniel Gosnell who died at the age of 81 years is questioned by the recollection of her ~ephew, Mr. Stevens living in Columbus, Ohio in 1907, After conferring with him, 1 rrry Au11.t Etta Cross Park wrote in March, 1907: His (Hr. Stevens ) mother and Fathex Cross 1 mother were sisters. Their father was in the Revolu tionary W~r, and lived to be 104 y~ars old and over, and the day he was 104 he walked J miles! Jasn 't that going some, as the boys say? 11
Nammi, wife of Rev. Robert Cross, died July 18., 1856, aged 74 yrs., 5 mos. , 19 days, a~d was buried beside her husband on their farm near Highwater, Licki~g County; Ohio. (Her grave-stone inscription, p. 8)
A deed to the land for the Christian Church neer Highwater, Licking County, Ohio, was signed by the heirs of Robert and Naomi Cross: 1Nm. M• Cross Druscilla Cross n. G. Cross Phoebe Y. Cross
Ruth Barrick James S, Barrick
Mary Jane Pierson J.M. Pierson (Copied by K.C .v. Aug., 1928 in Lickii'lg County Courthouse• Date of deed not copied but probably after Naomi 1 s death.)
Childre~ and grandchildren of Naomi and husband Robert Cross: (Seep 12) 12
CROSS Robert Cross and Wife l~aomi Their Children and Gr2ndchildren
I. Jane(?) (daughter) br,rn about 1807. (See Etta Cross ·Park's letter, P· 9) II. Daniel Gosnell Cross, (CROSS, P• 13) born Dec. 20, 1809; md. Phoebe y. Howell, (H01ELL, P• 26); died Aug. 7, 1883 in Marysville, Ohio. Children: (See Daniel G .- Cross, pp·•· 14-16). 1 TII. Nelson Cross,_ -- P.~tecl·- llii .~ .~a, J:8jl_~ sge:d t~ ·.,e.a.f)s 1 :.J it !ili;~:17t: ciay.s.:. ~l • ·. (See deed P • 11; -~~~a.Cv~stone trn :!;Jit:Uttl!g·_ 'J.o:..\j-Sbi~.) ·IV. Ruth Cross, born 1817; md. James s. Barrick of Licking Co., Ohio. (See deed, P• 11; 1850 Ohio Census; Harvey Pierson} Children of James s. Barrick and wife Ruth (Cross): 1. William, born 1838, 2. Danie 1, 11 1839, 3• Robert, " 1841, 4 • Ann Tu!. 11 1842, 5.· Naomi J ., n 1 844 , 6 • :Mary E • , n 1847, 7 • Clarissa, 11 1850. (All listed in 1850 Census) V. Joh11 F. Oross, "Died Jan. 18, 1341., aged 18 yrs, 9 m., 11 days. 11 (Gravestone in.Licking Co.,-Qhio.) VI. J. Duncan Cross (called nDuck" by his grandson Harvey Pierson and list~d as "J.n." in 1850 Census.) born 1825; md. Catherine. Children: 1. Mary Jane, born 1~48; died aged 43 years; md. 1871, Jonathan M. Pierson Chn: a• Artie D. Pierson, b. 187}, b. Leota(?) b .• 1874; in 1928 was Mrs. Harrold in Marion,O. c. Harvey R. Pierson, bor~ 1877, md~ chn. a. Glenard, b-1907, b. Marie, b. 1911~ c. Janice, b. 1921. In 1928 we yisited Harvey Pierson at his home on the old Pierson f~rm, next to the old Cross farm with the Cross graves; s~e. of Highwater, Licking Co., Ohio. VII. Naomi (no proof, but indicated by name and a relationship to Crosses.) (She did not sign deed (p. 11) with the other Cross heirs.) born 1827; md. William Jordan. Children: 1. Mary J. , born 1843, .2. Cornelius, born 1846, 3· John w., born 1849. (All listed in 1850 Census) Vll..L• William rvr. Cross (probably the one whom Harvey Pierson called nMack"} resident of Hanover,Ohio. His signature and that of Druscilla Cross, probably his wife, are the first on the Cross deed. (p. 11) CROSS
DA.NIEL GOS1~ELL CROSS, son of Rev. Robert Cross and wife iJaomi, was born December 20, 1809 in Pennsylvania, probai)ly in· Bedford or Huntingdon County. The family came from Pe11nsylva11ia to Licking· County, Ohio in 1810. (1°850 X:ensus &- letter quoted 011 P • 9)
Da11iel G. Cross married Phoebe Young Howell June 2,. 1831 (HC'VELL, P • 26) They lived on his farm in Licki-iig County until "a few yeers before the Civil War" (as their son Robert recalled)*, when they moved to their farm north of Marysville in Union County, Ohio, It was then that he built the brick house across the road from the County Farm, (This brick house we saw in 1940)
He was a member of the Board of Directors of the County Farm, a successful ;farmer, and acquired considerable property. A few yee.rs after the Civil War he retired and moved into Marysville. The home in Marysville~ of which I have a picture taken about 1895, was on a corner nea~ the center of town. In 1940 it had been replaced by a filling station.
Daniel G. Cross was a faithful Methodist and a Mason. He died August 7, 188:, in Marysville, Ohio.
Children of Daniel Gosnell Cross and wife Phoebe (Howell) are listed in the 1850 Census and on pages 1:,-16 of this record.
* November 28, 1857. A- deed, by D. G. Cross, to 71 acres for ~21,0. (May have been for the Cross farm which was sold when the family moved II 11 to Union County a few years before the Civil War .)
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Census of 1850, September 11, in McKean Twp., Licking Co., Ohio: Name of person · Age Sex Occupation, Value of Property Birthplace Daniel G. Cross 41 M Farmer 14000. Pa. Phebe 38 F 1~ .J. George 16 M · Farmer o. Elizabeth 12 F o. Sarah A. . 9· F o. Mary (Etta) 5 F o. Robert F, 1 M o.
(Other children·- Harriet, John and Charles were born later than Census of 1850.) 14
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DANIEL GC"SNELL CROSS and TNIFE, PHOEBE (HO:JELL) Their Children and Grandchildren
I. George Pierson Cross, born October 6, 1832; farmer, Union Co.,Ohio; married April 12, l855 Margaret ~Nilliams born August 3, 1833; died in Union Co., Ohio July 10, 1911• Children of George Pierson Cross a-i1d wife Margaret (Williams): 1. David N., born March 9, 1856; married Hattie Liggett, 1885; died February 29, i932 _in El -raso, Texas. Chil°dren: a• Lucile (Mrs. Beyring, Cincinnat~, Ohio, b. Eugene·, Fort-Worth, Texa.s., c. George T., Cuyhoga Falls, _.Ohio, d •. Clarence, e •. Lois. 2. Daniel A., born 1857; died May 13, 1928. 3•. John William, born 1859; died 1918; married Bertha Stephens in Columbus, O~io. Children: a• William P., of United States. Geological Survey; died in 1936; married Catherine L, Boring, Dec. 30, 1935 in Columbus, Ohio. b. Franks., born in Columbus, Ohio; doctor's degree in June, _1936, · c. Lois, teacher in l\,ta:rion College, Va. 4. Elias fl., born April 19, 1861; married Elizabeth ; mercha.nt in Gadsden, .A la•; livi·o.g in April, 1951. Children: a. Ethel, born, ; married ca. 19;2- Dr. "Lindsay Miller of N.Y .city; living in Gadsden, Ala• in 1951. b. Elias~ surgeo~, c. Robert G., druggist, d. Edwin, druggist, ·e. Thomas, md. 1935, Lola Ralls, Memphis,Tenn. 5 .. James H.·, born 1868; died ca. 19;6 •. 6 •. Charles F., born ; died before 1926 in Gadsden, Ala. married Ruth Randall• Children: a. Charles, living in Huntsville, Ala-,1929; b. William, " in Gadsden, Ala, 1929; c. Josephine, n in New York City, 1929; d. Randall, freshman in Duke Univ., 1929; e. Ruth, high school student, i929. 7• Edward, born 1870; died, 1917• 8. Anna, born·1873; died September i7, 1941. married John M. Fox, Marysville, Obio. 9. Frank L. born· 1875; farmer, Marysville,_ 0hio; married; Children; eight. (Data on George Pierson Cross &·. desce11da11ts received from Elias Howell Cross in 1930, from ~.~vi lliam Pierson Cross in 1936 and from Mrs. Charles F. (Ruth) Cross in 1929·•) 15
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DA.l'lIEL GOSi'lELL CROSS and WIFE, PHOEBE (R01.VELL) Their Children and Grandchildren (Continued) II. Elizabeth Cross, b. 1836; md Jacob ~ash; lived in Deleware, Ohio; died May 29, 1924 in Ohio. Children-: l.• Jennie b. ; md. Aaron Barnes; d. • Children: a• daughter, Bellefontaine, Ohio. 2. j_-.Jorton, b. ; md. Cora____ j d. 1939• III. Sarah Ann Cross, born May, 1837; died Dec. 29, 1871; married 1855, Stanley E. Bellus; res. Marshalltown, Ia. Children: 1. Charles, b. Oct. 4, 1858; md. Elsa Rilsaback, 1883; · Children: a• Otis, b. 1885; d• 1887, b. Leona,b. 1888; md 1908 J.F.Ellsbury; chn: Vernon Dale, b. 1909, b. Glen Ervin, b. 1912, C• Lynn Jeff., b. 191;, d. Harold J., b. 1915, e. Wayne, b. 1916., f. Ellen Jane, b. 1920, g• John F,,Jr., b. 1926, h. Lawrence_ c·., b. 1927. c. Mona A.lice, b. 1890;md·R.D.Groff,1923; . chn. Robert· B., b:. 1924 d. Telma, b, 1892; md.Amil M.Martin,1915• chn; Alice Alvira, b. 1915, Miriam Marie, b-• 1917, Jane Ellen, b. 1918, Telma Frances,-b !' · 192?.!f e. Earl Wm. b-1895;md Anna Studer,1919• chn.: Charles Wm., b. 1921, Richard Vf ~, ·b. 1925, Jane Elvira, ·b. 1927• f. Lisle S. b.1896;md Wilib.a~.Pinneo,1917 chn: Orlyn 1. b. 1918, Eulah J. b. 1919• 2.Phoebe Mabel ·b Jan.24,1860;d 1889; md E.V.Bu:rnham,1885; Ch :Sarah Edna b 1886; md Roy Pratt,ColU:mbus ,o. 3 • Frank A. b 1862; md Jennie Wood 1893; · - farmer near Marysville., ·ohio. _4. Hattie D. b 1864; md James C. ·Bailey, Mar. 21, 1889; he d 1932 in Marshalltown,IoTTa• Chn: a.Anna Florence,b.189R;md Russell D.Brown; . Ch. Dale Wm., b. 1924; b. Karl Wm., b .1894; md Beu_lah Pildreth; Ch: Dorothy Louise, b. 192j; c .. Chancie R. b. 1896; -d. 1920; d. Serena Sare.h, b. 1905; md Ray L. Mason; 0 hn : Don R • , b • 1928, Vera 1., b .. 1929. e. Vernal Laleta, b. 1908. (Data on Sarah Cross Bellus & Descendants received from Hattie Bellus · Bailey in 1930.) 16
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. DANIEL G0Sl~ELL CROSS and WIFE, PHOEBE (HO.VELL) Their Children a~d Grandchildren (continued)
IV. Marietta Cross, born November 2, 1842; died June 30, 1914; married Thomas Park of Columbus, Ohio. Children: l• Grant, born December 16, 1867; died Jov. , 1924 2. Nell, born 1869; died ,1898 3• Lida,(Mrs. Monkes., Tuscon, Ariz.) her deughter Gladys (:Mrs. A.L.Nagg,.Dallas_,Tex. 4. Asa-, born 1873; died 1950, 5• Wood, born February 4, 1875, 6. Luther, born January 2, 1883.
V• Robert Fletcher Cross (CROSS, P• 17) _bon:i October 26, 1848; died January 19, 1935 in Empor~a, Kansas; married November 11, 1874, Harriot Ozeta Glover (Glover, P• 73) Child: Kate Annelia, born January 27, 1879; married Conrad Vandervelde Sept. 6, 1909 •. Children: (VANDERVELDE, p 18)
VI. Harriet Howell Cross, born· 1850; died February 24, 1922 in Marysville,.o. married William Wheelock of !J!ansfield, Ohio, 1904•
VII. John Barrick Gross, born 1852; died , in iiarysville, Ohio. married Rose Grummonds ; she died November 27, 1949. Child: Ethel, born 1876; died December 20, 1914; -married Dana Morey June 12, 1906; Child: John Henry Morey, born December 20, 1914; n drowned in Lake Erie, 19;9.
· VI.II. Charles Cross, born ; died aged about five years. 17 CROSS
ROBERT FLETCHER.CROSS, son of Daniel Gosnell and wife Phoebe (Howell, p.14) was born October 26, 1848 on their farm southeast of HigrnrJa.ter, Li··cking Co., Ohio. About 1860 the family moved to a farm northeast of Marysville in Union County, Ohio.
Robert attended Denison and Ohio Wesleyan Universities. He left Marysville April 1, 1870, and on April 3, 1870 arrived in Ottawa, Kansas where other Marysville families· had settled. He married Harriot Ozeta Glover (GLOVER, P· 73) November 11, 1874 in Ottawa, Kansas. With his bride he returned to Ohio and remained there a few years, part of the time in Greenville, Ohio. In the fall of 1882 he returned with his wife and their daughter, Kate Annelia, to Ottawa, Kansas. There he was associated with the Smith & Zellner Clothing Company until September, 1900, when he opened a clothing store for Mr. Zellner a~d himself in Chanute, Kansas •. He moved mis family to Chanute and built their home at 520 South Evergreen. He continued with the store until 1924 when he sold his interest in the firm and moved to Emporia, Kansas September 1, 1924. Through the remaining decade of his life he retained his active int erest in his investments, and kept busy with the yard and garden of his home at 1114 Congress Street. He was energetic, conscientious and gener ous; a member of the Presbyterian Church and a Mason. After a few days I illness he died January 19, 19,?5 and was buried in Highland Cemetery, Ottawa, Kansas. As he requested, "Crossing the Bar" was sung at his funeral• He was survived by his wife, Ozeta, their only child, Kate Annelia (Mrs. Conrad Vanderve lde), an_d gra'l'ldchi ldreri Cornelia and Benjamin S ~ Vandervelde. (VANDERVELDE., ·p. 18)
V~TE ANNELIA CROSS, daughter of Robert Fletcher Cross and wife, Herriot Ozeta (Glover), was born Januery 27, 1879 in De Soto.,· Kansas,. the home of her grandparents, Dr. and :Mrs. Andrew J. Glover• . She attended the public schools in Ottawa, Kansas; received the A.B. de~ree from Ottawa University in 1900; studied in Harvard, summer of 1902, and in The University of Chicago, summers of 1907 and 1908; taught in Hastings College, Nebraska, 1907-190~. She married Conrad Vandervelde September 6, 1909 in Chanute, Kansas. A member of the Presbyterian Church, Colonial Dames of America, American Association of University Women, and the Research Club of Emporia, Kansas.
Children of Kate Annelia Cross and Husband Conrad Vandervelde: See VA~DERVELDE, P• 18. 18
V ANDERVELDE
001'J1tAD VAi'IDERVELDE., son of t•!iarten Vanderve lde and wife Ad.ria·,-,a (De Swarte), both ~,ati ves of The NetherlEtnds, was born December 9, 1879 neer Altof Wisconsin. He attended Hope College Academy; received the degree of A,B. from Ripon College in 1904., of M.A. from Princeton University in 1906, of B .n. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1907, of n.n. from Ripon ~ollege in 1919; taught in Hastings College 1907-1909, Westminster College (Mo.) 1909-1911, The College of Emporia 1911-1941; Dean 19~6-1941; Pastor of Sardis Gnngregational Church, Emporia., Kansas 1943-1957. A Presbyterian, and member of the Rotary and Forum Clubs, Emporia,Kan.
He married Kate Annelia Cross (CROSS, p.17) Sept.6,1909 in Chanute,Ka.n. Children: 1. Cornelia, born ~ovember 17, 1912 in Emporia, Kansas; A.B. College of' Emporia, 1933; M.A. Washington Univ.,1937; married James Eldon Fields June 20~ 1937 in Emporia, Kansas. James Eldon Fields, son of Dr. James w. Fields and wife Edith Louise (Felton),was born August 20, 1912 in IvicPherson, Kansas:; A.B. Univ. of Kan. 1934, Ph.D. Stanford Univ. 1942; Taught in Syracuse Univ. 19?9-41, Univ. of Chicago 1941-4, and spring of 1946. War Service, 194J-1945: Civil Affairs G.H.Q. P_acific; Philippine Research &- Information Section,G.H.Q. and A.F.P.A.c. At separation from service, 1st Lieut .A .u .s. · · · Taught in The University of Kansas, Political Science, 1946- Children of James Eldon Fields and wife Cornelia (Vandervelde); a. James Mart.en, born October 28,1942 in Chicago, Ill• b. Carol Ozeta, born November l?, 1947 in Lawrence, Kansas. 2. Benjamin Stoddert, born December 18., 1914 in Emporia, Kansas. A .B. College of Emporia, 1934; Mus .M. American Conservatory, 1938; studied in Julliard 1934, and Univ. of Minn.summer 1948. :Married Fra11ces Muriel Onstad June 20, 19?7 in Emporia, Kansas. Taught in Trinity Univ., Waxabachie_, Texas 1937-1939; ·in. Kansas Wesleyan U~iv.,1939-1947; in Simpson College, Indianola, I or-.ra, 1947- France s Murie 1 Onstad, dau. of HennJ A. Onstad and wife Emma (De Young), was born December 27, 1914 in Cumberland,W isconsin. A.B. College of Emporie and Music Certificate in Piano., College of Emporia 1936- Children of Benjamin Stoddert Vandervelde and wife Frances Muriel Onstad: a. Richard Allan born October 31, 1938 in Waxahachie, Texas, b. David Arthur born March 11., 1942 in Salina, Kansas~ PART II. CROSS - H0NELL and RELATED FA~ITLIES 19 Edward Riggs 1590-1672 md (1) Elizabeth
Edward Jonp.than(l) Riggs., Sgt. Sargent 16±4-69 -1651 md Elizabeth md Roof:>d. Edward George Day ~dary Riggs Jonathan(2) Hannah - Howell J.640?-85 c.1644- Sargent Sargent 158)~ --1)555 md Mary md George 1651- 1651-1721 md(l) Riggs Day md md Benjamin Frances Baldwin
Richard Paul Day Jonathan Howell 1668-1712 Sargent, Jr. 1629-1700? md Phobe -1732 md md(2) Hannah
Chris. Joseph Day Hannah Howell 1695-1774 Sargent md Joanna md Han"le.h md Joseph Day 1689-1779 Sargent
- Stephen titartha Day Howell 1720-1777 1730-1801 md Martha md (2) Day Lum Stephen Howell
William Luther Howell Cross ·1746-1840 1760?-92 md md Mary Young
Rev.Robt. Elias Howell CrrJss 1784~1855 1785-1844 md Naomi md(l) (Gosnell)? Elizabeth Pierson
Da·nie 1 G. Phoebe Cross Howell 1809-1883 1812-1901 md Phoebe md Daniel G. Howell Cross
Robt .F .cross 1848-1935 md Harriot Ozeta Glover 20
CROSS - HOWEl•L a11d RELATED FAMILIES
Joseph Abraham Baldwin Pierson 1606-84 1613-78 md( 1) R. md Abigail Whitlock Mitchell
Benjamin Thomas Samuel Marsh Baldwin Pierson 1622-1684 1642-1729 1642-1684? md Comfort md Hannah md(2) (Mann?) Sargent M.Taintor
Robert Sarah Abraham John Marsh Young Baldwin Pierson 1661-1744 1663-1726 1665- 1676-1756 md Elizabeth md Sarah md Robert md Hannah Clarke Baldwin Young
David Benjamin George Joseph Marsh Young Pierson Armstrong 1687-1746 1705-1765 1701-1783 -1779 md md md Patie-:ice md Mary Elizabeth Coe Nixon
Moses Elijah Jane Elizabet~1 John Marsh Young Pierson Armstrong Armstrong -1774 1733-1781 1729:...1795 1733-1805 md md md Rosanna md Jane md Elij-ah John Marsh Elizabeth Force Armstrong Pierson Armstrong
Mary Young Geo.rge Anne !:larsh Pierson 1764-1821 1761-1839 1763-1817~ md George md Luther ·md Anne Pierson Howell Harsh
Elizabeth Pier.ison 1789-1814 md Elias Howell 21 CROSS - HCT!vELL and RELATED FAMILIES
Matthew Mitchell 1590-1645 md Susanna Butterfield
Abigail Cherles Robert Coe Mitchell Taintor 1618-1678 -1672? 1596-1689 md Abraham md md Mary Crabb Pierson
Maria Benjamin(I) Richard Nicholas Taintor Coe Clarke Everett 1628-1696 -1697 md Thomas md Abigail md Elizabeth Pierson Carmen
Benjamin(II) Allan Elizabeth Mary Coe l'Jixon .Clarke Everett 1660-1708 -1774 ca-1679- md(2) md Catherine md John md Benjamin Mary Everett ·rvrarsh Coe
Patie-.,ce Coe !:Iary: Nixon 1707-1785 1710-1777 md Benjamin md George Pierson Armstrong 22
HON ELL in Wales and England
The history of the Howell family has been traced by Stone in his 11 nHistory of Wales , back to William Howell of Wedon, in Buckinghamshire, England, who died November 30, 1557. He was a descendant of Hywel Dda. (Howell the Good), the faz;nous Welsh king and law-g•iver of the 10th century.
WILLIAM HOJVELL, .of Wedon, Buckinghamshire, England, married (1) I\!taud , mother of his son John; married (2) Anne Hampton, mother of his son Henry. It is not known which wife was the mother of his other children: Jacob, Rachel, Isabel, Jabe, Cecil, Agnez, Anne, Joane., and Alice.
He died November 30, 1557, and was buried in the Parish Church of Wingrave, before the high al tar. He owned at his death Westbury :Manor which he had purchased in 1536 •. He owned also lands _at Wottonard, Hammeard, and March Gibbon. Westbury Manor was standing in 1889, and was occupied by. the rector of the parish.
HENRY HONELL, son of William Howell and wife Anne (Hampton), . was baptized_ December 1~, ~552; died July 27, 1625, as recorded in the Parish Register of Mar·ch Gibbon. His wife I s name is not known. · His only known child was Edward, the first of the family to come to America.
(See: Stone's rrHistory of Wales"; Moorer s uH owe 11 Genealogyn; and I 11 Stickney s "The Howell Family .) 2j
HCWELL
I. EDWARD HONELL, son of Henry Howell of March Gibbon, England; was baptized July 22, 1584; married (1) Frances ,who died July 2; 1630; 11 (2) Eleanor He sol~ his lands i~ England in 1639 and came with his family to Boston, Mass., where he was enrolled as a freeman March 14, 1640. He moved to Lynn, Mass., where he had a grant of 500 acres. In June, 1640 he and other colonists purchased of the Indians (he wri tii1g the e.greement) a tract of 11 11 land-on Long Island, which he named Southampton • He settled there and built a large house. He was Gover~or 1 s Assistant of Connecticut Colony, 1647- 1643. Hewes a magistrete until his death in 1655. His widow Eleanor administered his estate Oct. 6, 1655- The coat of arms of the Howell family is engraved on his tombstone at Southampton, L~ I.
Childre~ of Edward Howell and wife Frances: 1. He~ry, baptized Dec. 20, 1618, died 1619, 2. :Margaret, 11 Nov. 24., 1622, 3 • John, n Nov • 22, 1624, 4. Edward, 11 Sept. 26, 1626, md Mary Fordham, 5~ Margery 11 June 1,. 1628,. 6. Richard, " 1629.
II. RICF..ARD HCNELL, son of Ed,iard ·-Howell and wife Frances, was baptized in 1629; md (1) .Elizabeth Halsey, mother of most of his children; md (2) Raynor, daughter of Joseph Raynor; died 1700 Children of Richard Howell: 1 .. Richard, died 1740, 2. Josiah, born 1675; died 1752, )• Hezekiah, born 1677, 4. Edward, 5. Obadiah 6. Daniel, died April 25, 1732, aet. 52, 7• Christopher, born 1689, 8. David, 9. Edmond, 10. Ruth (Howell, in his History of Southapmton, 11• Isae.c, does not know order of Richard's 12. Sarah. children 1 s births.)
(See: Howell Family by Stickney; Register of First Settlers, by Farmer; Early Germansl of New Jersey, by Chambers; and Early Settlers in Trenton & Ewi~g Co's N.J. by Cooley.) 24
HONELL
III, CHRISTOPHER Hr1ELT,, son of Richard Howell, was baptized in 1689; married Joanna.,_.,______; moved :B:f"oB1-.;:b.9-ri.g::!l5re.'11.d to Ewing, N.J.; died April 25, 1779,"aet 90 yrs." Children: 1. Christopher, married Joanna Green, 2. Obadiah, 3. Stephen, 4. Josiah., 5. Isaac, 6. Rhoda, 7• Abigail•
IV• STEPHEN HONELL, son of Christopher Howell and wife Joanna , was born about 1720; lived in Passaic, N.J.----- md Martha Day Lum (DAY, P• 27), widow of Samuel Lum who di~d in 1756; sergeant in Light Horse Troop in Revolutionary War, July 16, 1776. Letters of administration on Stephen How.ell's estate were granted to his widow, Martha Howeil, July 5, 1777. in Morristown,- i"J.J. (WILLS,p.28) Children: 1. Luther, 1760-1792, 2. Calvin, 1766-1850; md. 1796 Mary Sayre; chn listed in O:tphans~ Court Rec .Morris c·o-.) N-.J. 3• David, 1773-1844; md 1795 Sally Burnet; chn listed in Orphans I Court Rec. ,Merri$ CO• ,N .J-.
V. LUTHER HOWELL, son of Stephen Howell ~nd wi~e lllartha (Day), was born about 1760; -lived in Chatham, Morris Co • .,N.J.; served in New Jersey Militia in Revolutionary War (n.A.R.Lin.Bk.Vol.32); married Mary Young (YOUNG,p.:,4) of Whippany, N.J-.-, Feb. 24, 1783. · (Hal"lover, N.J. Presbyterian Church Records) • He died April 8, 1792. * Children: 1. Stephen, 2. Elias, born Aug··• 17·, 1785 (HONELL, P• 25), :, • Wye liffe, 4 .. Nancy, 5. Lewis, 6. Luther Y., whose will in 1836 left p·roperty to children of his brother Elias Howell in Ohio.
* In 1792, when Luther Howell died, his share of the property of his father Stephen Howell, was sold by sheriff and bought in by Jonas Young as trustee for Luther I s children, Stephen, Elias, Wycliffe, .i~ahcy, Lewis, and Luther Young Howell, all under 21 years of age.
(See: Cooley 1 s 11 Early Settlers in Trenton & Ewing Co's; ai1d "Early Germans of New Jersey". Data on Stephen (IV) Howell and Luther (V) Howell, taken from Lum Genealogy and personal letters of Mr- E, H, Lum of Chatham, New Jersey~) 25
VI. ELIAS HCWELL., son of Luther Howell and wife Mary (Young), was born in Morris County, New Jersey, August 17, 1785; married (L) Elizabeth Pierson, Ju~e 6, 1805. (PIERSON, p.40) (Morris Co., N.J. Marriage Records) She died May 27, 1814. Children of Elias Howell and wife Elizabeth (Pierson): 1. •Luther Marsh Howell, born August 26, 1806s 2. Mary Ann., born January 12, 1808; died 1848; md Jesse Gosnell, 1826; grandmother of Mrs~ Dora Case, Granville, o. f.George Pierson Howell, born Dec. 27, 1810; died 189;; md i1rati lda Preston; chn: 1. Vinton Ewing, 2. Sarah M. born in Arrowsmith, Ill. md Garrison. 4. Phoebe Young Howell, born Dec. 20, 1812; (HONELL,p 26) md Daniel G. Cross Ju~e 2, 1831 (CROSS, P• 13); died Dec. 24, 1901 in Marysville, Ohio. _ . Chi ld:ren: .( See CROSS, pp •. 13-16) Elias Howell married· (2) Harriet Brian, August 13, 1815. Children of Elias Howell and wife Harriet (Brian): l• Ellen, 11 Died 1846, age 25 years, 10 mos.,3 days. 11 (Gravestone in cemetery at Highwater, Ohio.) 2. James Howell, editor of Keokuk, Ia• newspaper, 3• Elias Howell of Iowa City. Elias Howell (Sr,) md (3) Elma Cadwallader, November 17, 1829. Children of Elias Howell and wife Elma (Cadwallader): 1. Edith whose dau- Anna was in Treas.Dept.Wash.n.c. 2. Caroline, bor·n in ~1rcKean, 0hi.o. md C. H. Varney. Elias Howell (sr.) moved ..f,l'.oft;.Cbathami-J.~. J. to Licking Co., Ohio; gave deed to Morris Co., N.J. la~d in 1817.
"Elias Howell was a lesding man - an early Justice of the Peace. He was well informed and acquired great popularity among the people. Collector of taxes, 1824-27; state senator, 1830-32; member of Congress, 1835-37 •" Hill's "History of Licking Co., 0hiott, P• 515. His gravestone in the small cemete_ry at the southeast corner of Highland, formerly Sylvania, Licking· Co., Ohio, reads: nElias Howe 11 Died May 12., 1844 the 59th year of his age. nPrecious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints." 26
HOVELL - CROSS
VI, PHOEBE YOUNG HONELL, daughter of Elias Howell and wife Elizabeth (Pierson),- was born December 20, 1812 in Ivtorris Cmunty, New Jersey. She married Daniel Gosnell Cross June 2, 18?1 in Licking County, Ohio. (CROSS, P• lj)
She was less than- five feet tall, cultured and very religious. I saw her first in August, 188j when my Gather and I went to Marysville, Ohio, soon after the death of Grandfather Cross. I remember her and several me.mbers of the family gathered around the long dining-room table set with fine china and silver. The dining-room was lo·og a.nd narrow with white woodwork and on one side was a white marble firenlace,...
Her home was a square bribk house on a corner near the business center of Marysville. In my picture of this house Grandmother Cross and cousin Ethel Cross are standing and Aunt Harriet is sitting on the porch. Later Grendmother and Aunt Harriet built a frame house around the corner and to the rear of the old home, both showing in this picture, and were living in this house when Mamma and I visited them in 1890. Grandmother was active then although a~most eighty years of age.
In the summers of 1884 and 1887 ·she and Aunt Harriet came to Ottawa, Kansas, to attend the Chautauqua, in which they were deeply interested, and followed the study courses through the ·years.
Ivfy correspondence with Grandmother Cross was one of my childhood.. pleasures, though a very car-eful exercise. She objected to my use ofnXmas 11 as an irreverent abbreviation, and thought that· I nshoulcl take time to write the complete word • 11 She was a faithful Methodist.
She died December 24, 1901 and was buried in Marysville, Ohio.
Children of Phoebe Howell and husband Daniel Gosnell Cross: (See CROSS, PP• lJ-16) 27 DAY r. GEORGE DAY, founder ·of the n·ay family in America, was born about 1640. He was one of the.Milford Signers of the Fundame·ntal Agree· ment with .the Indians, the C 01,sti tut ion of Newark, N .J., Oct. 30, 1666. His home-lot in Newark:, which was number 4 in the first assignment, adjoined that of Natha·l'liel Wheeler:, and today would lie bounded by the present Broad, Walnut, and l11ulberry Streets·.
He married Mary Riggs, who survived him. (RIGGS, p 29). He died before 1685. Children of George Day and wife Mary (Riggs): 1. Paul., born about 1668., 2. George, died about 1720; md Phoebe ____ before 1711., ;. Samuel, died in 1715; md Abigail , had son David. In ~!larch, 1685., Paul, George, and Samuel Day had-60 icres of 1and surveyed for them, on the east slope of the mountain, known as 11 Day Fieldsn· .•
II. Paul Day, son of George Day and wife Mary (Riggs), was born in Newark, . New Jersey in 1668 or 1669·• He married in Newark, Phoebe ___ - Some say that she was the daughter of Thomas Brown, others think that she was Phoebe Ro.osa. (WILLS, P• 30) Paul Day die~ in l."iewark., N-.J-. about 1712. His estate was administered by his widow Phoebe, November 19, 1712. (WILLS, P• JO) Children of Paul Day .and wife Phoebe: 1. Joseph, born 1695.t 2. Mary, md Joseph Tompkins; died .April 17., 1732, ;. Asuba~ 4. Daµghter who married Core ( or Cory)., 5. Daniel(?). - - - -
III. JOSEPH DAY, son of Paul Dey and wife Phoelrt; born ab·out 1695; married Ha11.nah Sargent. (SARGENT, P·• ?1) A letter dated December 27, 1750, signed by Joseph Day and· four others, protested to London over land rights - 11 plea to r(ing over land controversy" • * Joseph Day died at Hanover, N. J·. His will was proved Eleb, 22,- 1774. Childre~ of Joseph Day and wife Hhnnaa: 6VILLS, P• JO) 1. Jonat\_glhp, b·orn 1720, 2. Amms, born about 1721; died 1802; married Mary Lyon, 3· Thomas., married Hannah _____; 4. Paul; born about 1725; died October ;o, 1802; married (1) Elizabeth Thompson; 5. Stephen, born 1726; died 1815; 6. Sarah, married Gersham Mott; 7 • Martha, md (1) Samuel Lum, (2) Stephen Howell (HOWELL, p 24) ()) John Carnes. (WILLS, P • 28) 8. Susanna, b. 1730; d. 1777; md (1) Darling, (2) Enoch Beach.
(Data· from * "History of Oranges" vol• I; a11d Hrs. Putnam's mss. in Institute of American Ge~ealogy in Chicago. See also Littell's Genealogy, and Lee's Genealogy of the State of New Jersey. 28
DAY
IV MARTHA DAY J daughter· of Joseph Day and wife Ha11.ne.h (Sargent); born in 1730; married (1) Samuel Lum; b. Aug.15, 1727; d Nov-9, Their youngest son, Israel Lum was the glf;eat- ( 1756 grandfather of Edward H. Lum, Chatham, N, J. Widow Martha (Day) married (2) Stephen Howell, son of Christopher Howell and wife Joanna of Long Island. Children of Martha (Day) and husband Stephen Howell: (See HOWELL p 24)
After Stephen Howell's death in 1777, his widow Martha married (3) John Cannes of Mendham, a widower with a large family. He died in 1801. His will is the last record Mr. E. H. Lum could find of Martha (Day, Lum, Howell) Carnes. (See WILLS below, also the 1Lum Genealogy by E,H,Lum, who is descend·ed from several of our families of New Jersey: Howell, Day, .Sargent, and Pierson. I talked with him in Chatham, N. J. in July~ 1940.)
WILLS: Will of Samuel Lum: Hanover,~. J. , Oct. 7, 1756; probated Nov. 17, 1756; names his wife Mar.tha a-.,d gives her 55 pounds, the "large bay mare which I used to ride" with side-saddle and best bridle,; .aons Samuel and Israel; daughters 1\Jal'}cy a·t"ld Martha, all bei1tg under lawful age. Executors: brothers John and David Lum, wife Martha, a11d Thomas Day. (Copied from Lum Genealogy)
1777, July 5. Stephen Howell of Morristown, Morris Co., .N. J. Int. Admix. - Martha Howell• Fellow bondsman Stephen Day, both of said county.
Will of John Car~es, filed in Trenton, N.J. dated Jan. 8, 1801; proved May 2, 1801. "I give and bequeath to my dear ~vife Martha Carnes the south room in the house where I now live, with one-third of the chamber, one~third of the cellar a~1d one-third of the milk-room with the privilege to pass in and out at the common doors, ·also theuse of one-half of the garden at the east end of the house as it is now fenced., also one horse to the value of ~40.00, one cow to the ;alue of. ~20.00, and four sheep to the value of · 18-00 also pasture and hay sufficient for the before mentioned cattle arid sheep, the product of the farm I now live on she cutting and curing the said hay at her own expense; also firewood for one fire., to be cut where my executors shall direct said wood to be cut, and drawn at her own expense, also ~75.00 together with the household furnature that she brought to me at our marriage which bequest I give i11 lieu of her dower out of my estate, a~d if not accepted_·fis such within 30 days after my decease,• then my. will is that the sd bequest be void. 11 (Copy of John Carnes' will received from Mrs. Elsie Carnes Davis of Amherst, Mass., 1957.) 29
RIGGS r. EDWARD RIGGS, the first of this family in America, was born in England about 1590. He was in Roxbury, Mas·s. in 1633• Married (1) Elizabeth , who died in August, 1635; (2) Eli~abeth - - - - -, who survived him. He died in Roxbury, Turass-:- .In-1672. Chi ldrel1 of Edward Riggs and Elizabeth (1): · 1. Edward, born about 1614, 2. Lydia, 3~ John, 4. Elizabeth, 5. i,tary.
II. Sgt, EDWARD R_IGGS, so.n of Edward Riggs and_ wife Elizaheth (1); born iY?- England about 1614; died _in 1669 in .Newark,N ,J:.; m~ Elizabeth Roosa, April 5, 1635• C~ildren of Edward Riggs and wife Elizabeth (Roosa): 1. Edward, born about 1636j 2. Samuel, born· about 1640; md Sarah Baldwin, d 1738; 3• Joseph, born about 1642, md Hannah Brown, d 1689; 4. Mary, born about 1644 •
. . III. MARY RIGGS, daughter of Sgt.Edward Riggs and wife Elizabeth (Roosa), born at Milford, Conn., about 1644; married (1) George Day; (DAY, P• 27) (~) Anthony Oliff (or Olive) whose homestead was on the 11 mountainn.
Chi ldre11. of M8 ry Riggs and George Day: (DAY, P • 27)
(Date. from Lee 1 s Genealogy of the State of i~ew Jersey, a'.1d Mrs. Putnam I s MSS. in Institute of Genealogy, Chicago, 19)7•) WILLS
1698, May 31. ROOS (Rose), SAMUEL, of l'Jewark, N .J •, wi 11 of• Wife Mary. Cousins Han11.ah Brant, Sarah Moris, Abigail Ball, Phebie Day• . Witnesses: Robert Young, Jonathan Sargent, Jonathan Sargent,Jr. 1idow Mary, administratrix. Proved Nov. 24, 1701.
1709/10., Feb. 4. BROWN, THOMAS., Sr., of Newark, Essex Co., yeoman, will of• vVife Mary. Children: David., Thomas, John, Phebe Day, }Jfartha, Lidia, Easter. Wife sole executrix. Wit.: John Cooper, Thomas Ball, James Smith. Proved April 7, 1711• --- - 1712, Nov. 19• Paul Day of Newark, N.J. Bond of his widow Phebe as administratrix. Nathaniel Ward and John Morris, both of same place, fellow bondsmen.
1772, 1~ov. 19. JOSEPH DAY, of Hanover.,· Morris Co._, .ii.J. yeoman, will of. Wife Hal"lnah, use of house, orcherd and goods duri i1g he·r life. To son Jonathan, 40 shillings n n Amos, 50 pounds n n Thomas, 20 shi 1 lings n n Paul, 5 pounds. Proved Feb• 22, 1774. 31 SARGENT
I. JONATF.AN SARGEi\jT, the first of this family in America, took the oath of fidelity at New Haven, Conn. in 16440 He was in Branford in 1646. He died December 9, 1652*, his wife died 7 days later. In a few years the family v,jas extinct in Connecticut. Four of· the children of Jonathan Sargei1t, all baptized Aug. 10, 1651 in l~ew Haven, Conn., were: 1. Jonathan, 2. Hannah, md Benjamin Baldwin (BALDNIN, P• :?6) died before 1721; children of Benjamin Baldwin & wife Hannah (Sargent): BALDNIN, P• 36. ;. Thomass died 1700; 4. John, died 1675.
II. J6i~ATHAi\J SARGE1'IT, called nsen:bnr" later, son of Jonathan (t) Sargent, was one of the original settlers of ~ewark, N.J. Witnessed the will of Samuel Rose in 1698. Children: 1. Jonathan, 2. John, 3. Joseph•
11 1 III. JONATHAN SARGEBT, Jr.' , son of Jonathan Sargent (II), married Hannah, who md (2) Col. John Cooper, and died May 26, 1757, aet• 80 years • .£ ~ ~. ~. ~-< · ....: -::: wi 11 s, p • 32) died about 1732, his will probed April, 1732. Children of Jonathan Sargent and wife Ha~nah: 1. Jonathan, md (1) Hannah Nutman Dod who d 1743; md (2) Abigail Dickenson & had one son Jonathan Dicke~son Sargent; died 1776; 2. Thomas, 3· Daniel., 4. John, born 1710, missionary to Stockbridge died 1749; (Indians, 5. Mary, married Samuel·(?) Pierson; 6. Hannah, married Joseph Day; 7. Martha, married Joseph Harrison.
11 IV• HA.i.\JJ.~AH SARGENT, daughter of Jonathan SargeY1t, Jr, 11 and wife Hannah; married Joseph Day. (DAY, P• 27,28)
(Data from Savage, vol• IV, pp. 17, 18; Leers Ge11ealogy of N.J,, p • 1553; Fist. of Essex Co.,N.J.,pp. 366f; New Jersey '!fills; N.J.Hist. Soc. Proc., Ser.3, Vols. 5 & 6; Branford Vital Records in Am. Genealogist, Vol-XII; Atwater I s 11 HistoI"Y of .Nevi" Havenn; Mrs. Put11am I s MS i11 Inst. of Am. Gen. Chicago). * Records differ as to date of deate of Jon.(I) Sargent & wife (1651 or 52?) l~ew Eng.Hist. l· Gen. Register, ·Vol. 74, has English Parish Records of Sargent births 1597-1666. 32
WILLS
Records confuse Hannah, wife of Jo11athan Sarge~"lt,"Jr. 11 (III) and Hannah Nutman Dod Sargent, wife of Jonathan 1 (III 1 s son).
Han11ah, widow of Jonathan Sargent,nJr. 11 ,III.,(whose will dated Feb.3, 1731/2 was proved April ,1732), married in 17)2 Col. John Cooper whose will, dated Nov. 16, 1732 was proved March 11, 1736, names as his n sons-in-law"* the Se.rgent children named later in the will of his widow Ha~nah which is dated Dec. 6, 1756 and proved Feb. 23, 1758~ (These corrections above on Conger 1s 11 Sargent Family11 are given by the Rev. H. M. Dodd of Ashland, .i\J. Y. in Proceedings of N .J. Hist. Soc., 3d Ser., vol-5,6.)
1732, Nov. 16. Cooper, John of Newark, New Jersey. 11 S on-in-law, John Sargent who is under age" Brother, Samuel Cooper . Sons-in-law: Thomes and Da·niel Sargent Execs: Wife Hannah and son-in-law Jonatha11 Sargent. Proved March 11, 1736.
(Will of Hannah (Sargent) Cooper) 1756, Dec. 6. COOPER, HANl\JAH of Newark, being ag.ed. Children: Thomas Sergent Jonathan (sole executor) Hannah Day .Jvlary Pierson Grandchildren: i.e. chn. of deceased sons Daniel and John Sargent, and of deceased daughter Martha Harrison, viz. Hannah Williams, Dorcas Harrison & Martha Quimby. ';y i tnesses: Hannah Sargent., Sarah Sargent. Proved Feb. 23, 1758 •
* 11 son-in-law" meant step-son. YOUNG r. ROBERT Y0UNG W8S one of the Scotchmen welcomed by the town (Newark, N.J.) with Clisby aii.d Nesbit. He was perhaps one of those given to Pitlochie and Barclay, and if not banished, a compa~ion of the prisoners, in 1685. (History of Essex Co., N.J.) Janufiry 1, 1681, at Edinburgh a permit was given by Perth Oancell: "Allowing Mr. George Scott of Fitlochie, and such other persons as he shall engage, to pass from this kingdom •• to His Majesty's foreign plantations, providing such persons to be transported by him, be not declared traitors, rebels, fugitives .•• they always behe.ving peaceably and acc·ording to law. 11 August 17, 21J ·25, one hundred five persons who had refused the oath of alle.~iance to the King •• were ordered to be delivered to Scott to be transported to i~ew Jersey, and to land them there prior to September, 1686. Ship nHenry and Francis" of New Castle left harbor of Leith 5 Sept.,1685. Some, including Robert Young, protested in writing nagainst the measures which led to their banishment. u
· Scotch Protest: 0 Tbat now being to leave their own native and coven anted land, by an unjust sentence of banishment, for owning truth and holding by duty-, and studying ·to keep their covenanted engagements and baptismal vows wh.ereby they stand obliged to resist, and testify against all that is contrary to the Word of God and their covenants, and that their sentence of banishment ran chiefly because they refused the OATH OF . ALLEGIAi'1CE, which in conscience they could not take, because in so doing they thought they utterly declined the Lord Jesus Christ, from having any power in His own house, and practic~lly would by taking it, say He was not King and Head of His Church a~d over their consciences, and on the contrary this was to take and put in His room a man whose breath is in his ~ostrils, yea, a man that is a swor~ enemy to religion, an avowed papist, whom by our cove~ant we are bound to withstand and disow~, and that agreeably to the Scripture., Deutero11om.y XVII:14,l5ett (History of Perth Amboy, i.'J.J.)
Robert Young came from Scotland to Perth Amboy, N.J. in 1685; and was in Newark, ~.J. in 169?•* He married Sarah Baldwin of ~ewark, n.J. (BALDJ!IN, P• 36).·He was a trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of 1~ewark. Ai1 inscription originally in the Old Newark Burial Ground reads: "Robert Young died i~ovember 7, 1726, in his 63rd year. n
Children of Robert Young and wife Sarah (Baldwin): 1. David, born 1705, 2. Jonathan., 5• John., died April 25, 1788, aet. 73, 4. Robert, had sons i~athan; and Amos father of David the astronomer; 5. Stephen, 1716 - 1790; married Joanna Crane; 6. Sarah.
* nJan. 1, 169?/4,. the Town Meeting of i"Jewa.rk, N.J. voted that Robert Young have 60 acres of land where he can find it within our town bounds clear from any claim of others, he paying the purchase as others have done." (Newark Town Records) YOUNG
II• DLVID YC-~.E\q, son of Robert Young and wife Sarah (Baldwin), was born in 1705 in i'Jewark, N~w Jersey. He held an interest in Newark's First Presbyterian Church property; and was the last survivor of the town's trustees. I cannot find a record of the name of the wife of this David Young. He joined the Presbyterian Church of Hanover, i~.J., May 8, 1763. The inscription on 17,is grevestone in the churchyard reads: ttYoung Here lies the body of David Young Deceased Sep'r 3d, 1765 in the 60th year of his age. And now he is gone & from us fled unto the mansions of the Dead Let every one prepared be that we our Judge in peace may see For whe~ grim Death has struck the strike we have no more time to work And since-this thing we know is true the _one thing. needful let us due. n
David Young was survived by his son ~!Ioses.
III. M6S~S YOUNG, son of David Young, was born November 25, 1733; he lived in Whippany, N.J. He married in his 22nd year Rosanna Force .-(FORCE P • 62) His will dated May 2, 1781 and proved Aug. 1, 1781, nemes h·is children: 1. David, born June 20, 1756; died ~ov. 24 1811; 11 11 2. 1:Iary who is single , ( to whom he gives 60 pounds); 3· Sary, 4. Phoebe (for whom Phoebe Young Howell was named,p. 26), 5. Jonas (under 21), 6. Lydia (under 18).
IT. WlARY YOU1\G, de..ughter of Hoses Young and ~ife Rosanna (Force), was born Feb. 10, 1761; died a widow, Des. 14 1839. Married (1) Feb. 24 1783, Luther Howell who died April, 8, 1792; their children:(H0NELL, P• 24) (2) ~ov. 29, 1798, Stephe~ Genung, his 2~d wife; their children: (1) Adelia, (2) Wycliffe (3) Drucilla Y. (4) Amza.
(Data copied by Mr. E. H. Lum in 1929, from Genealogical Notes of the late Beach Plume. Se also Newark Town Records a~d Proceedings of ~.J. Historical Society, Vol. V & VI.) BALDWIN
The name BALDWIN is one of Scandinavian origin, meaning conqueror or victor,. from 'bald 1 (quick or speedy) and 1win 1 (all victorious); and appears in records as early as 672. Descendants of Baldwin of Iron Arm (837-877) ruled the.Dukedom of Flanders from the 9th through the 12th century. Matilda, daughter of Baldwin V (1034-67), Duke of Flanders, married William the Conqueror. After the Norman Conquest, Baldwins became Earls of Devonshire.
RICHARD BALUNIN, a weaver of Cholesbury, Buckinghamshire, England, made his will May ·23, 1630, which was proved May 16, 1635; and names his wife Isabelle, his sons: Timothy, Nathaniel, Joseph (not 21 in 1630), his daughters: Mary Pratt, Hannah, Christian, Sarah. The three sons, Timothy, Nathaniel and Joseph, all came to America. (See Boston Transcript, March 16, 1934 for Col. Joseph Chester's research)
I. JOSEPH BALLWIN, son of Richard Baldwin a~d wife Isabelle was born in Cholesbury, England about 1609;
married (1) Hannah Whitlock at High Wycomb, Bucks4 lo Nov 16?6• (Phillimore 1 s Parish Reg. Buckinghamshire, vol. 6, P• 17) He came from England with his brothers Timothy and Nathaniel; settled at Milford, Conn. in 1639; was a free planter Nov. 20, 16)9; j~ined the Milford Church June 2?, 1644. His wife Hannah joined the Milford Church July 25, 1644. Hannah, mother of all his children died about 1660. ·
He removed to Hadley, Mass., where he was a freeman, 1666. He married (2) Isabelle, widow of James Northam; she died 1676; marri.ed (3) Elizabeth (Hitchcock) Warriner, 1678; she died 1696. Joseph Baldwin died Nov. 2, 1684 in H~dley, Mass. children ·of Joseph Baldwin and wife Hannah (Whitlock): 1. Joseph, of Hadley, Mass., 2. Be~jamin~ of New Jersey, ? • Hannah, 4. Mary, 5. Elizabeth, 6. Martha, 7. Jonathen, merried Ha~~ah Ward, 8. David, 9. Sarah.
Children of Joseph and i~athaniel Baldwin of Milford, CoYln• settled in and near .(~ewark, i\J.J., and very early in Parsippany, Morris Co., N.J. BALDYIN
II• BE.t'JJAl"IIN BALilVIN, son of Joseph Baldwin and wife Hannah (Whitlock), was born in Milford; Conn. in 1642; was a weaver; moved to. Newark, N.J. about 1668. Married Hannah Sargent. (SARGERT, P• ;1) His will*, proved June 191 1729, names their children: 1. Benjamin, 2. Jonathan, md Susan Kitchell; ;. Sarah, md Robert Young; 4. Joseph.
III. SARAH BALDWIN, daughter of Benjamin Baldwin and wife Hannah (Sargent); married Robert Young. (YOUiqa., P• ;;) Children of Robert Young and wife Sarah (Baldwin); (Youm, PP•·~;,~4) - - - * \fill of Benjamin Baldwin of Newark, Essex Co., N.J., weaver• May 17, 1726. To childre~: Susa~nah, widow of son Jonathan Baldwin; Sarah Young; Joseph; Benjamin, Real and personal estate. Execs: Son-in-law Robert Young & son Benjamin Baldwin.
Wit•: John V-00per 1 Thomas H~.1ntington, Eliphet Johnson. Proved June 19, 1729. - - - (Baldwin data from: Baldwin Genealogy; History of Essex Co., N.J.; New Eng. Hist. & Gene. Reg., vols. 26 & ;8; Early Germans in N.J.; American Genealogist; Mag. of American Genealogy; Boston Transcript; 1'Jew Jersey Wills.) 37
PIERSON
English Ancestry:
I. JAMES PEARSON, Thornton, Bradford, England, 1550.
II. JOHN PIERSON, Thornton; buried in Parish Church, Bradford, 1622.
III. ABR.0J PIERSON, Thor~ton, Bradford, West Riding, Yorkshire, · and his wife Mary Drake., married 1607. (Investigations i11 Eng. by Di. J. G •. Pierson, Southampton, 1.r.) PIERSON
I. ABRAHAM PIERSON, ao11 of Abram Pierson and wife Mary (Drake), · was born in Yorkshire, England in 1610. He matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1632. He was orde.ined,· and preached at Newark-on-Trent; turned Puritan and came to Boston in 16;9. He soon moved to Lynn, Mass. In 1640-41 he was a founder and the first pastor of the First Presbyteria'Yl Church at Southampton, L•~• With many of his congre gation, he removed to Branford, Con~., where he was pastor of the New Haven Colony, 1644-~6. He was interpretor and translator of the Catechism into Indie.n dialect.* His passio~ for a theocratic form of government led him and his fol lowers from place to place until they founded Newark, N,J. in 1666. He was the first pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of NewPrk, ~.J. (From 11 The Tribute't by Mrs. Hopkins) The story of the religious zeal and the migration of Abraham Pierson and his followers is told effectii"ely in nnutch and Quaker Colonies in America", by Fiske, Vol. II. Abraham Pierson merried Abigail Mitchel, (MITCHELL, P• 52) He died in Newark, N,J ., Aug-. 9, i678• Gov. Winthrop called him, 11 A Godly,. -worthy man.n C9tton Mather_ said of him, "Where 'er he came he shone"• He left a library of 440 volumes, and an estate of 854pounds. (His will, P• 41)
Children of Abraham Pierson and wife Abigail (Mitchell): 1. Abraham, born 1641, first president of Yale; 2. Thomas, born 1642, called 11 Jr."; ~- John, born 1643; 4. Abigail, bor·n 1644; ·md 1662 ___ Daveti.porte.} 5. Grace, born 1650; md Samuel Kitchell; 6. Susanna, born 1652; 7. Rebecca, born 1654; 5. Theophilus, born 1659; 9. Isaac; 10. Mary. * There ere now only two exte.nt copies of his nce.techism" for the Indians; one is in the British Museum, end the other in the ~ew York Free Public• Libre.ry.
II. THOM.AS PIERSON, 11 Jr,", son of Abraham Pierson I, and wife Abigail, was ·born in 1642 in Southa:ppton, L. I.; was called Thomas, "°Jr • 11 to distinguish him from his uncle. Married (1) Mary ,Brown, in Branford, Conn.; (2) Maria Taintor in Branford, Conn., 1662. (TAL'fTOR, p • 55) He removed to New Jersey with his father, where he had a houselot of 6 acres set off to him. He died before 1684. No will of his is recorded in Trenton, N.J. Children of Thomas Pierson and wife }11aria (Taintor): 1. Abraham, born 1676, 2. Samuel(?) PIERSOL~
III. ABRAHAM PIERSON, so~ of Thomas Pierson and wife Maria (Taintor), was born in Newark, N.J. in 1676; he. lived on an allotment of la~d belonging to his father; married Hannah , b~rn in 1676, and named in husband's will dated 1749. He died Jan.-12, 1756, aet. 80 yrs., 3 mos., 10 days, Morristown, i'i ~J. (tforristown, l~ .J. Presbyteri?.n Church Register)
Children of Abraham Pierson and wife Hannah, named in his will: 1, Benjamin, bo~n 1701; (WILLS, P• 41) 2. Abraham, born 1707; died 1777; ;. Isa?C, born 1718; 4. Mary, md Plum. - -- ~ ..... IV. BEl~JAM:I.i.i PIERSON, son of Abraham Pierson and wife Hannah, was born in Newark, N.J. in 1701. He moved from Newark to Morris Co., N.J. to a tract called "Piersonville" three miles east of Morristown on road from Whippany to East Hanover (Now Madison). This tract he later divided among his children, most of whom settled thereon. He was of size under the.average, grave and much respected for his religious character and solid wort:1. . (Pierson Genealogy, by Lizzie B. Pierson) He married Patience Coe, who died 1785, aet. 77, 11 of old agen • (Coe, p-57) He died August 41 1783, aet. 81 yrs., 9 mos., 20 days. (Morristown, N.J. Presb. Church Register) Children of Benjamin Pierson and wife Patience (Coe), named in his will: (WILLS, p. 41) 1. Elijah, born 1729, 2. John, born 1731, 3. Sarah, born 17?;, md Cook; .,_ -- _,_, 4. Be~jamin, born 1736, 5. Daniel, 6. Aaron, born 1746. (Morristown Presb. Ohurch_Register) v. ELIJAH PIERSON, son of Benjamin Pierson a~d wife Patience (Coe), was born 1729/;o; settled on a farm near Green Village, Morris Co., N,J. He married Jane Armstrong, Jan. 1754. She. died Sept., 1805. (ARMSTRONG, P • 46) He died of""" dropsytt Feb. 26, 1795, aet. 66. (Morristown Presb. Church Register) His will is recorded in Trenton, N,J.
Children of Elijah Pierson and wife Jane (Armstrong): 1. George, baptized June 17, 1763, 2. Moses who never married, 3 • Benjamin, Crane, 4. Sarah, wife of ..... 5. Jane, wife of -- -Durham., 6. Phebe, wife of- --- Furnam. 40 PIERSON
VI. GEORGE PIERSON, son of Elijah Pierson and wife Jane (Armstrong), was born at Green Village, N.J.; baptized June 17, 1763. Ivtarried Dec. 3, 1788, Anne r!farsh. (MARSH, P • 50) (Morristown Presb. ctld}ch Register) In 1817 they gave deed to Norris Co., N.J. land (seep•· 41), and, probably soon afterward, removed to Licking Co., Ohio. The Pierson farm in Licking Co., Ohio, joined the Cross farm on the east. Harvey Pierson was living on this farm in 1928. ~ nAnne (Marsh) died a widow., 5 ~uly, 1821, aet. 56, 11 (Morristown Presb. Church Register) Children of George Pierson and wife Anne (Marsh): 1. Elizabeth, born Sept. 5, 1789; 2. Sarah, ~• John, 4. Andrew, grandfather of Grace Pierson of Decatur, Ill., & . Mrs, Ca~line#. Pierson Rood; 5. Furnam, 6, ·Phoebe,
VII, ELIZABETH PIERSON, daughter of George Pierson and wife Anne (Marsh), was born Sept. 5, 1789; married., June 6, 1805, Elias Howell• (HO\VELL, P• 25)} (Morris Co.,N.J. Marriage Records; and Ge~e. Mag. of ~.J., Vol• 5, P• 20) She died May 27, 1814,
Children of Elias Howell and wife Elizabeth (Pierson)·: (HOWELL, pp.25-6) 41
PIERSON WILLS & DEEDS
I. ABRAHAM PIERSON of Newark, N.J. will dated August 10, 1671 names: wife Abigail daughters, ____ Davenporte and Mary; sons, Abraham, Thomas, Theophilus, and Isaec. Administr?trix, his widow Abigail 1Ni t11ess, Thomas Pierson Inve~tory: 854. 17• 7• Proved March 18, 1678/9
II. THOMAS PIERSOl-J, bor11 1641., died about 1680 or later in Trenton, 1~ .J. No will. III. ABRAHAM PIERSON of Newark, N.J. will dated June· 7, 1749, names wife Hannah children: Benjamin, Abraham, Isaac (sole executor) Mary Plum. Disposes of land in Morris Co. & in Essex Co., and of personal estate. T!vi tnesses: Epenetus Beach, Timothy Pierson, David Ogden. Proved March 8, 1756.
IV. BE.NJAMIN PIERSON of Hanover., Morris Co,·, N,J. will dated Apr. 10, 1783 na.mes his wife Patieii.ce sons: E~ijeh, Benjamin, Daniel, grandchildren: Kezia, Mary., Serah and Susanna, children of my dear Sarah Cook; grandchildren: the children of my son John deceased, viz., Mary, Catherine and Ruth.
Thomas Pierson, brother of Abraham (I), end 11 11 Thomas Pierson ( Jr. ), son of Abraham (I), both he.d home-lots set off to them in l·Jewark, i~ .J., & both a.re me11.tioned i-,,_ various official positions.
Deed Boo1t: A, P· 1. }Jorris Co., New Jersey {1st deed recorded i:n Morris Co'., N.J.) June 23, 1784 recorded Feb. 19, 1785. A duplicate deed (of one by Benjamin Pierson whose will is dated April 10, 1783) made by Elijah Pierson, Benjamin, Aaron, and Daniel - all sons of Benjamin who made the will and deed - to the 3 children of their deceased brother John,
(This is the only deed in which Elijah is. named. Very fe~ deeds recorded prior to 1795. Other deeds by Elijah might be found in Proprietors' Land Office at Perth Amb0y or Burlington. (From Mr. E. H. Lum.)
George Pierson and v,ife Na·"lcy, of f·~orris Twp.,r~.J. gave deed., May 11, 1810, to Hugh Williamson for 185 8r 35/100 acres in Morris Twp. for )5560-50
August 19, 1817. George Pierson and .l.~ancy (wife), and Elias Howell and vvife Harriet of Chatham Twp., gave deed for 1 & 76/100 acres to ·, .. ··. Abr. Hagee of Chatham for )60. 42 PIERSON
11 D'i1tch and Quaker Colonies in America", by Fiske, Vol. 11, P· 13:
Exodus from New Haven to New Jersey
"Among all the .New England colonies the Puri tan theocracy was most dominant in New Haven, whereas in Connecticut it was weaker than any where_ else except Rhode Island. In ~ew Haven none but church members qualified for communion could vote or hold office; in Connecticut the.z:~· ~as no.:-such i::~resifrct~11s::~}e· te"!'lde""1ctee 1-of Connecticut under the impress of the genius of Thomas Hooker were democratic; those of New Haven under the guidance of 11 John Davenport were toward an aris_tocra-bff of" saints •. The civil magistrates there were 11 pillars of the·churchn .. Annexation to Connecticut meant giving votes and offices to men of unregenerate hearts; it meant administering justice by codes of secular law instead of the inspired law of Moses; it meant let ting in a flood of democracy and ending forever the rule of the· saints. Accordingly, when Davenport heard of the decision of the royal commiss- ioners he sadly exclaimed, "The cause of Christ in New Haven is miserably lost. 11
uAt this crisis the offer of complete civil and religious liberty in New Jersey produced~ notable effect upon the New Haven towns. Those persons who were willing to be citize~s of Connecticut (and these were a majority of the population) might.stay at home and be contented. The minority who could not abide the change might go to New Jersey and there live according to their theocratic notions. I~ 1665-67 several parties from Guilford, Branford and Hilford s~ttled on the Passaic River aYJ.d made the beginnings of e. flourishing town ·there, which was at first called Milford, from the home of one of its founders, Robert Treat. But the name was soon c~1anged to Newark, after the Englisn home of its pastor, the venerable Abraham Pierson, a true spiritual brother of Davenport.· As for Robert Treat, he returned in 1672 to Milford, played a distinguished part in King Philip 1 s War., and later became governor of Conn.ecticut. It is Pierson who muf!3t be regarded as the continuator of the New Haven colony's existence in that of its daughter, l'J~wark. 11
"The larger part of his Branford congregation followed him thither and their town constitution provided that none.but communing church merr¥8ers should vote or be eligible to office. Sixty-four men signed this constitution, of whom 23 were from Branford, and 41 from New Haven, Milford. and Guilford. Six out of this number made their marks, a small proportion of illiteracy for the 17th ce~tury." NEWARK TOilN RECORDS
11 at· a meeting touching the intended design of many of the inhabitants of Branford, the following was subscribed: Deut. 1 - 25 Exod. 18 - 21 Deut. 17 - 15 • • • • • • Jerem. ~6 - 21 • • • • • • 11 2nd We shell with Care and Dilige11ce provide for the maintei"lance of the purity of Religion professed in the Congregational Churches·. Whereunto subscribed the I·nhabitants from Branford. Jasper Crane Ebenese~-:·Camfield Abra Pierson John Ward, Senior Saml Swaine Ed. Ball Laurance Ward John Harrison Thomas Blatchly John Crane Samuel Plum Thomas Huntington Josiah Ward Deliverefi Crane Samuel Rose Aaron Blatchly Thomas Pierson Richard Laurance John Wards John Johnson John Gatling his Richard Harrison Thome.s1Lyon mark
"And upon Reception of their Letters and Subscriptions, the present Inhebitants in November following declared their consents a~d readiness to do likewise; and at a meeting the twe~ty-fourth of the next June following in 1667, they also subscribed with their own Hands, unto the two Fundamental Agreements expressed on the other side, their names as follows: Robert Treatt his Robert Dagleash Obadiah Bruen Francis IB.-· Linlo Hauns Albers· Matthew Camfield mark Thom. Horris Samuel Kitchell Daniel Tichener Hugh Robert·s Jeremiah Pecks John Bauldwin, Sen. Eph'm Pennington Michael Tomkins John Bauldwin, Junr. John Br ow ne , _Jr • Stephen Freeman George Day Marti~-: Tichenor Henry Lyon Thomas Johnson Jone. Sergeant John Browne John Curtis Azariah Crane John Rogers Ephrem Burwell Samuel Lyon Stephen De.vis his Joseph Riggs Edward Riggs · Robert R, Denison Stephen Bond J x Brooks mark .... -Nathaniel Wheel mark Zachariah Burwell------William Campe Robert x Lymens Joseph Walters mark *Jona. Tompkins Robert Kitchell
(From 11 Collections of the 1~ew Jersey Historical Societyn, vol.VI, P• 2) 44 NEWARK T0NN RECORDS
1666, May 21, From Milford, Guilford, & Branford, Conn. Committee of Town Company: Capt. Robert Treat Lieut. Samuel Swain s~muel Kitchell Michael Tompkins Mr. Morris Serg 1t Rich. Beckley Rich. Harrison Thomas Blatchly Etlw. Riggs Stephen Freeman Thomas Johnson
Allottments to Joh~ Baldwin, Jr. Joh·0 Baldwi'l1.., Sr. Serg 1t Rich Ha~rison John Harrison Abraham :)ierson, Sr. Abraham Pierson, Jr. Benj. B_aldwin ·Jonathan Sargeant nThe town hath chose Thos. Pierson and George Day to call men forth to labor.n
(From "Collections of the i~ew Jersey Historical Society", Vol• VI.)
P• 77 January 1, 1679 Town Meeting. Thomas Pierson, Jr., grandjury man. Jonatha~ Sargeant & Thomas Pierson, Jr • ., wardens of Town Meetings. Benjamin Baldwin, a fence viewer. Thomas Pierson, Jr., to maintain order in church. January 1, 1693/4 Town Meeting Benjamin Baldwin chose11 Constable. Voted that Robert Young have 60 acres of land where he can find it within our to~n bounds clear from any claim of others, he paying the purchase as others have done. 1704, March 10, Town Meeting Robert Young chosen a sheep master.
PP• 144, 145: David Young, heir of Robert Young (trustee) holds interest in r,T~z:r-f;lrk ts 1st Church property. (Presbyterian) 45
THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHTJRCH Iii NfilV ARK, N .J., 1667
(Drawn from page 463 of 11 History of Essex County")
Pastors: Abraham Pierson., Sr. Oct. 1, 1667 until his death, Aug~ 9, 1678, Abraham Pierson, Jr., assiatant 1669-1692. John Pruden~ 1692- June 9, 1699. Jabez Wakeman, 1699 - 1704, Nath. Bowers Joseph Webb Aaron Burr, Sr., 1736 - 1755··• (From Hist. Col. of N,J., P• 177)
Elders, Deacons & Trustees (in same, P• 468)
N.J. Hist. Soc. Proc., New Ser., vol• V-VI, 1920-21, P· 201 - a good article on 1st Church in Newarki vol. VI, PP·• 2,; - Free Burge~ses from Milford, Guilford & New Haven; above also in 1\Jew Series, vol. X, P• 196 (1925)
Newa·rk became a part of Philadelphia Presbytery in 1715, Westfield Records before, P• 398. 46
ARiISTRONG
I. GEORGE AID!!STR0NG was born in IrelPnd about 1700. His name appe?rs in the records of Elizabeth, N.J. as early as 1736; in July, 1744 he signed a petition by Proprietors, Freeholders a.11.d Inhabi te.nts of Elizabethtown, N.J. He was in ~1Iorristown, i\J .J., 1752-54. He held a pew in Basking Ridge, N.J. Presbyterian Church, 1769-76• His wife Mary, daughter of Allan Nixon (NIXON, P• 46) died July 27, 1777• George Armstrong's will made in Bedminster, N.J., dated April 4, 1778, a~d proved March 26, 1779, leaves pis property to the eldest daughter Elizabeth and her daughter Anne Aifarsh to daughter Sarah and her daughter Sarah O'Hara, to Jatie Parson, to daughter M~rgaret, to daughter Rhoda, B enj ami n ~Marsh to daughter-in-law Peggy Armstrong. (Will, P· 47) "Jane Parson11 -is believed to have been his daughter, the Jane Armstrong (1733-1805) who married Elijah Pierson, Jan. 17, 1754. (PIERSON, P• 39) (See Morristown, N.J. Presb. Church Records) Elijah Pierson and wife Jane (Armstrong) named their eldest son 11 George11 probe.bly f.or their father, a'l1d a'l"lother son 11 Benjaminn for Elijah's father •
. . II. ELIZABETH ARMS!RONG, eldest daughter of George·Armstrong and wife Mary (Nixon), married John Marsh. (MARSH, P· 50) Anne Marsh, daughter of John Marsh and wife Elizabeth (Armstrong) married George Pierson in Morr:i..stown, N:.J.-, Dec. 3, 1788. (PIERSON, P• 40)
II. JANE ARMSTRONG, (if daughter of George Armstrong a~d wife Mary (Nixon) · was born about 1733; married Elijah -Pierson (PIERSOl~,p.;9) Jan. 17, 1754 in ~rorristown, i~ .J. Their son George .Pierson married his cousin Anne Marsh. Jane (Armstrong) Pierson died Sept. 16, 1805, aet. 72. (Morristown Presb .- ,.'~hurch Records)
l'JIXON
I. Al1AN NIXON, will of, in Hardwick, Sussex Co., &.J., Feb. 27, 1771 To daughters: Mary, Grace end Elizebeth ___ _ Execs: Wife Catherine a11d son William. Witnesses: Nathan, Affie and George Armstrong. Proved March 26, 1774. II• 11 MARY ARMSTRO:NG, wife of George (Armstrong) died July 27, 1777, in her 67th year.n (A Basking Ridge Presb. Church inscription in Somerset Co. Hist. Quart., vol. i, P• 124) 47
ARI~!STRONG
WILL: 1778, April 4, Armstro~1g, George, of Bedminster, Somerset Co., .1.~ .J. will of. to eldest daughter Elizabeth, ;oo dollars, a11d to her dc1ugbter Anne Marsh, 100 dollars. n daughte-r Sarah, 50 dollars, ai1.d to her daughter Sareh 0 'Hara, 100 dollars. tt Jane Parson, 50 do~lars. n daughter Margaret, 500 dollars. 11 daughter Rhoda, 500 dollars, a,,d to Mary Tuttle, 500 dollars. n Be11j amin Marsh, 20 dollars. Son John to have power to sell the house and 65i acres of land, and he to pay the above legacies. To deughter-in-law, Peggy Armstrong, my large brass kettle. 11 my daughters Elizabeth, Peggy, and Rhoda, furniture. Executor - son John. Witnesses: Aaron Tuielich, Joseph Crane, and Robert Allen~ Proved March 26, 1779. (i'J.J •: Archives, lat Series, vol• XXXIV. Abstract of Wills, ·vol.V) - - ..... - Vendue Notice: 1779 - To be let for one year by ·.vay of publi:c.vendue on 6th of April next, the place where George Armstrong lately live~. It contains 6~ acres, pleasa~tly situated on road from .New Brunswick.. to Blacks River within ?~ miles of Pluckamin about ~ mile from ~rr. Joseph Crane's mill; good h.ouse on - . plac~, 4 rooms on a floor and 2 fire-pl0ic·es, good kitchen, barn and large horse-shed with convenient stabling for six or seven ho'rses. A proportional quantity of meadow, .a good bearing orchard, sufficient to make 100 bbls. of cyder, with other fruit trees, a good garden - ell in good repair a~d well watered. The premises may be seen at any time by applying to John Armstrong near the place, who will give attendence at the day of sale. Bedminster Township, Somerset CO•, r11arch 28, 1779.
Deeds in Morris Co., N.J. show that George and Anne Marsh Pierson lived in same neighborhood as George Armstrong before he moved to Somerset County, 48 WILL OF NATHAN. ARMSTR0NG
1777, Aug • 5 • To wife Afee 11 sons: George, John and William n daughters: Elizabeth, wife of Archibald Stinson Mary, wife of Robert Beavers, Jr. Hannah Sarah Execs: wife Effer, & sons George, John a~d William. Witnesses: Stephen Shiner, Richard Shackelton, Joseph Reeder.
Nathan Armstrong, New Jersey pioneer, was born about 1717 near Londonderry in Ulster, Ireland. He was Scotch-Irish, a linen-weaver, and a Protestant. He came to America about 1740 and settled in Warren Co., N.J. -He married Euphemia Wright; and died in 1777 aet. about 60. His children were: 1. Elizabeth, born 1747, 2. George and John, born 1749, ,. William, 5. Han17:ah, 6. Sarah. (N.J. Genealogy, by Lee, vol. II, P• 615) I I 11 11 Nathan s wife s name Euphemia appears also as Effer ( in his wil 1), 11 nAffie" in will of Allan Nixo'l"l (NIXON, P• 46), and nEFFIE , and 11 Uphamy 11 on her tomb. Nathan lrmstrong Uphamy ~rmstrong died August 11, 1777 died Jan. 12, 1811 aged ce. 60 yrs. aged 86 yrs., 8 mos., 9 days. (Inscriptions from private gra.veyard of Samuel Green, Sr. See W. c. Armstrong's 11 The Kirkpatrick Family".)
Hugh Armstrong came from Londonderry CoA, Ireland, 1740; settled at Short Hi 11s, }.{iddlesex CO•, N.J.; married Margaret Tufoore. Issue: Margaret, born 1747; William, Revolutionary soldier; Thomas, 1750-18?3; settled at Short Hills; Robert, died 1802; Jane Hannah Polly (From Mag. of Amer. Gene., March, 1950)
The wills of George Armstrong, proved 1779; of Nathan Armstrong who diP.d in 1777, l§@t. 60 yrs.; and of Hugh Armstrong, whose daughter Margaret was born in 1747 - all indicate that George, Ne.than, and Hugh may have been brothers. Ivrary Armstrong ( 11 wife of Georgett Armstrong, NIXON, P • 46), was 67 at her death in 1777, probably too old to have been the wife of George, son of Nathan Armstrong, Jane Armstrong who married Elijah Pierson, and died aet. 72 in 1805, was evidently not Hugh Armstrong's daughter Jane born about 1750. 49
MARSH
I. SATu!UEL MARSH, was borii in Essex Co., England in 1622. He came in 1641 to New Haven, Conn. where in 1645 he was a· planter and free burgess; and 11 only church members shall be free burgesses there". He married Comfort * in New Haven about June, .1647 l fie was one of the 80 Associates who went- - - from New Haven, Conn. to Elizabeth✓~ Town, N.J. in 1665; was familiarly called "Old !;fa 'sh11 in New Jersey, "When the Associates came from New Haven to Elizabeth Town, N.J. they bought from the Indians land that was 12 miles in width on Staten Island Sound, from the mouth of the Raridan River - to the mouth of the Nassau River and extending west 40 miles. They chose the site of what is now Eliz abeth as their home town, and to each Associate was (by lot) given 6 acres, upon which they were to erect thetr dwellings." He died in 1684 (See WILL, P• 51) on his Homestead Plantation, to which he and his wife had returned. His wife Comf:ort survived him. Both were buried on the Homestead Plantation. Children of $amuel Marsh and wife Comfort • (all born end baptized in New Haven) - - 1.·Mary, born 1648, 2. Samuel, baptized Feb. 12·, 1650/1; died Feb. 20 (ca.) 1684/5; md Mary Trimmins, 1675; )• Comfort, baptized Aug. 22, lct15} md 1678, Joseph Meeker, son of William & Hannah; 4. Hannah, baptized July 22, 1655; 5. Elizabeth, born 1657; 6. John, born May 2, 1661; died 1744; 7• Joseph, born 166); died 1723. * Samuel Marsh's wife~s name is believed to have been Comfort Mann.
II. JOHl'J MARSH, son of Samuel biarsh and wife Comfort, was b.orn May 2, 1661 in New Haven, Conn. He married in 168j, Elizabeth, daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Clakke• (CLARKE, P• 59) John Marsh died in November, 1744 at Elizabeth Town, .N.J. (WILL, P• 51) Children of John Marsh and wife Elizabeth (Clarke); 1. John, born 1684; married Mary Brown; 2. Joseph, born 1687; died March, 1746; wife Elizabeth; )• Joshua, born 1691; died ·1744; wife Susanna ____ ; 4 • E 11.zabeth, born 1694; died. 1750; md. .T Job Pack; 5• Jonathan, bor11 1695; died 1779; wife Mary j 6. Benjamin, bor·ri 1697; died 1735; wife Margaret - ; .1• Ha1'1i1ah, bori11699;" died 1753; mdWm. Miller; --- 8. Ephraim, born 1700; died 1750; md Anne, dau-of John Scudder; 9. Daniel, born 1703; died 1756; md Ivtary Rolph; 10. Mephibosheth, born 1706; md Elizabeth Coddington; 11·• Devid, born 1708; died 1770; md Mary Lee; 12, Sarah, born 1710; died 1777; wife of Isaac Noe.
(Data received from tTrs. Harriett M. Johnston of !'.·Iuncie, Indiana a11d from 11 Geneal ogy &· History", Dec. 15, 1946) 50 MARSH
III. JOSEPH MARSH, son of John Marsh and wife Elizabe.th (Clarke), was born in 1687. He was a Representetive in the New Jersey Assembly ~n December, 1710. (Hi'st. of Elizabeth, i~ .J.) He died in March, 1746. {MARSH WILLS, P• 51) . His widow Elizabeth married (8d) Rev. Natha~iel Hubble, Jan. 10, 1750; and died in December, 1719• (MARSH WILLS, P• 51)
Children of Joseph Marsh and wife Elizabeth (Clerke): 1. Samuel, had son Jeremiah; 2. Joseph, had children: Phoebe, Elizabeth, Hannah and Jacob; ? • Elizabeth; 4. John, married Elizabeth Armstrong; 5. Henry, 6. David, deceased in 1774; children Joseph, Philip, Elizabeth; 7 • Hannah. rv... ~OHN Tur.ARSH, son of Joseph Marsh a~d wife Elizabeth "married Elizabeth Armstrong, daughter of George Armstrong; was a Revolutionary soldier; moved to North. Carolina about 1786 and was there in 1790 census." 6Vills of George Armstrong and Elizabeth Hubble, . PP• 47, 51) (ARliSTRONG, P• 47)
Children of Johi1. Marsh and wife Elizabeth (Armstrong): 1. Aaron., married Nancy Lum, born about 1750; 2. Anne, married George Pierson. (PIERSON, P• 40) (Data from:Mr. E. H. Lum.) v. ANNE MARSH, daughter of John Marsh and wife Elizabeth (Armstrong), was born October 14, 1764. She is mentioned in George Armstrong's will of 1778. She married George Pierson December 3, 1788. (PIERSON, P• 40) She signed a deed in Morris Coun~y, N.J. in 1817; 11 died a widow 5th July, __ 1821, aet. 56."· (Morristown, N.J. Presb. Church Register, a11d Americe.n Genealogist, April 1940.)
Children of George Pierson and wife Anne (Marsh): (PIERSON, P• 40) 51
IvtARSH WILLS
I. 168:,, Ju11e 10; M8.rsh, s~.muel, Sr. living in Wawanday, N.J. Wife's name not given. Children: John, Joseph, Elizabeth, Samuel. Witnesses: Wm. Piles.1 Wm. Oliver, Peter Morse. 1684/5, Feb. 3. Marsh, Samue 1, of Elizabeth, Essex, #G eman .. tt',,;,, Inventory by Williuem Pi_les and Willieum Olliver. - - - II• 1739, Dec.· 27; Marsh, Joh·'1 of Elizabeth, Essex, yeoman. Wife, Elizabeth. Children: Joseph, Joshua, Jonathan, Ephraim, Daniel, M:ephibosheth, David, Elizabeth. (wife of Job Pack), Hannah (wife of William :Miller~ Sarah (wife of Isaac .Noe). Mentions land of brother Joseph deceased; Grandchildren: John, William, Mary (wife of Joseph Conger,Jlcd); children of son John deceased; Benj~in, Enoch, David, Sarah, & Margaret Marsh, children of son Benjamin deceased. Execs.! Sons Daniel~ Mephibosheth,_ &. David. Proved Dec. 3, 1744. Inventory, Lbs. 529-16.02~.
III, 1745, Dec. 17. _Joseph Marsh of Elizabeth, Essex. Carpenter. Children: Samuel, Jcseph, Elizabeth, John, Henry, David, Hannah ■ Execs.: Wife Elizabeth ·* a1id friend Nathaniel Hubbell. Witnesses: Jonathan Marsh and Ephraim Marsh. Proved Nov~ 7, 1746. 1746, Dec. 4. Inventory of personal estate of Joseph Marsh of Borough Elizabeth, Essex Co.; Carpenter:- Lbs. 234.18.10, made by Ephraim Marsh and Robert Meeker. ·wit~esses: Elizabeth Marsh, John Marsh and Nathaniel Hubbell, * Joseph Marsh 1s widow Elizabeth m:d (2nd) Rev. Nathaniel Hubbell• ... ._.. - .._ 1774, Oct. 7• Hubble, Elizabeth, of Borough of Elizabeth, Essex Co., To son Samuel Marsh, 5 shillin~s- (will of. 11 Joseph Marsh, son of David Ma?'sh deceased, the salt meadow near Oyster Creek, formerly the property of Joseph Marsh, (deceased. n Philip Marsh, son of David l!larsh., deceased another lot of meadow near the upland in Elizabeth Town Great Meadows, of 5 or 6 acres, which joins land of Abraham Marsh; and both lots to be rented till both are 21. To all the children of John Marsh, deceasedJ a bond agai~st George Armstrong of Morris Co. for ibs. 180. 11 granddaughters, daughters of Joseph Marsh, deceased: Phebe, Elizabeth &. Hannah., all my hous~hold goods and apparel. n gr:anddaughter Sarah, _wif-.e of Dr. Freeman, gold buttons. n Elizabeth, daughter gf_David Marsh, deceased., silver s-riuff-box. If there is any oxerp1us, I give the same to Jeremiah Marsh, son.of Samuel M~_rsh, a·'1d '~acob Marsh, s'?n of Joseph Marsh., deceased. Execs.: Friends David Ross, 4th and i\Jehemiah Wede. Witnesses: John Gray, Amy Gray, Isaiah Gray. Proved Dec. 24, 1779. (N.J. Archives, 1st Series, vol. 34; Abstract of Wills, vol. 5, p-259) 52
MITCHELL
I. MATTHEii rvITTCHELL was born in England about 1590. He married, April 16, 1616, widow Susan Butterfield of Ovendon, Halifax County, Yorkshire, England.
He came from Bristol, England in 16,3 with Rev. Richard ivrather; to Charleston, Mass., 1635; removed to Concord, later to Springfield where he signed the Compact with Pynchon, 1676; later to Saybrook, Wethersfield, and Stamford ■- He was founder of Stamford in 1641; heads the list of 28 men who settled at Stamford; also is mentioned.first in several lists; paid nearly three times.as much toward the purchase and survey of the land, as the next largest purchaser; was a Representative and very prominent man. He died in Stamford, 1645. His will is in 1st Book, page 9, of Stamford Town Records. Children of f:latthew Mitchell and wife Susan - : 1. Abigail, baptized at Southousan, -Eng.- ,April- 26, 1618; married Abraham Pierson; 2. David, baptized .i:Jov. 14, 1619; in Stamford, Conn. in 1665; married & had 2 sons;
3• Sarah, baptized Oct. 14, 1621; married abJut 1640, Hon. Samuel Sherman; 4. Martha, '.baptized Oct. 2,, 1627; died l\jov. 23; 162,; 5. Rev. Jon~than, baptized Dec. 19, 1624-5; died 1668; 6. Susanna, baptized June 26, 16?1 in Halifax, Eng.-; married Robert (2) Coe, b. Sept-19, 1626; she died in New Haven, Conn., Apr. 2, 1702 ..
II. ABIGAIL MITCHELL, daughter· of Matthew Mitchell and wife Susan ~ was baptized at S outhousan, Eng., April· 26, 1618: married Abraham Pierson r. (PIERSON, P• 78)- They came to Boston in 1639. She survived her husband who died in 1678 in Newark, New Jersey. Children of Abraham Pierson and Abigail (Mitchell): (PIERSON, P• 38)
1 11 (Above from Jacobus , "American Genealogist , vol. IX, P • "57; Virkusl Compendium, vol. N, P• 759; Stiles' History of Wethersfield, vol. II, P· 504; History of Colony of New Haven, P· 687;. Stamford Town Records i~ vol. X, #1, of America~ Ge~ealogy, pp. 40-43 refer to Matthew i,ri tchell, Robert Coe -a~~d Richard Crabb many times. Page 42 gives inve~tory of Mitchell's estate.) 53 TAINTOR
I. CHARLES TAINTOR was born about 1593• He came from South Wales about 1640 and settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut. He moved from Wethersfield via Branford to Fairfield, He was Deputy to General Court, 1643-46; Deputy from Fairfield to Connecticut Legislature, 1646-48. He was a sea-faring man and was lost at sea in l~*
His will was pwobated in Fairfield, Conn. October 20, 1658.** It does not mention his wife, His children were: 1. Michael, bor·n about 1624, married 1649, Elizabeth Rose of Duxbury; 2. Charles, born about 1627; 3• Joseph~ born about 1629; 4. Mary (Maria), iG1tght&~ bnn about 1631, married Thomas Pierson. (PIERSON, P• 38)
II. MARIA TAirlTOR, daughter of Charles Taintor, was born about 1631; married Thomas Pierson, son of Rev. Abraham Pierson, . at Branford, Conn. November 27, 1662. # Childre·n of Thomas Pierson and wife :Maria (Taintor): (PIERSON, P• 38)
* Virkus 1 Compendium, vol. IV, P• 770; History of Colony of New Haven, Supple~ent PP• 621-24, 664, Atwater. ** Schenk 1s History of Fairfield, vol. I, P• 351. # Taintor Genealogy, published 1847; also records published by Savage & Farmer; 1 11 11 Jacobus 01d Fe.irfield ; Hartford Times, Oct. 22, 1949. 54
STAMFORD MEMORIAL
Stam~ord 's first meeting house (engraved. on tablet)
Memorial to First Settlers of Stamford, Connecticut
This tab let has bee11 plac~d by Stamford Cha.pter l~ .s .n .A .R. comme111or ating the settlement of Stamford in 1641• During that year 29 men and their families came from Wethersfield to this place. Imbu~d :with the spirit of the founders of New E~gland, they built their first meeting41ouse near this spot, a~d around it they made a permanent and enduring settlement of lendowners a11d freemen, the eleve11th colony to be founded in Connecticut• The names of the original settlers are Robert Bates Thomes Morehouse Frances Bell John Northe~d Samuel Clark Thurston Rainer Robert Coe John Reynoulds Richard Crabb John Seamon Richard Denton Samuel Sherman Jeffry Ferris Vincent Simkins Daniel Finch Henry Smith Robert Fisher Andrew Ward Richard Gildersleve Thomas Weeks JerewJ Jagger John Whitmore John Jissop Edmund Wood Richard Law Jeremiah Wood :Matthew Mitchell Jonas Wood H. Jonas Wood 0, 55 Al'10ESTRY OF ROBERT COE
I. JOHN COE of Gestingtborpe, County Essex, England, Founder of Hawkwood of Hawkwood 1412; b. about 1340 d. about 1415.
II. JOHl~ COE of Gestingthorpe m. Eleanor Jote: all names that are b. about 1~75; d. after 1425. underlined appear in the Coe pdeigree in III. JOHN COE ·of Gestingthorpe the visitation of b. about 1400; d. after 14l~8. Essex, 1612.
IV. THO}riAS COE of Gestingthorpe b. about 14}0 d about 1507•
V, JOHN COE of Gestingthorpe m.• -Joa1111e, dau. of Thomas b. about 1460; Golding. will probated 1520.
VI. JOHN, the younger, m. Margaret of Gestingthorpe (2) Richard Garrard b. about 1495; d, 15;;.
VII. JOHN COE, o:: Maple stead and Winston b, 152;; d. 1558; m. Dorothy (2) Robert Turner (;) Oliver Dixo:-i b. 152; ? d, 1558 ·
VIII. HENRY COE of Thorpe-Marieux m. Mary b. 1555; d. 1631
ROBERT OF BOXFORD b. 1596; m, Marie we~t to New England Brothers of Robert, Willm - - - - Thomas ·b. 1598 b. 1601
Robert came to America 011 ship Frenc_is commanded by John Cutting, April ;o, 1634. (The above was copied fny ~:!iss Lucina Jones in a semLchart form to convey as nearly as possible the relationship indicated in the chart.) 56
COE
11 Robert Coe, Puritan°, a book by J. G. Bartlett, gives the history of the Coe family from John Coe of County Essex, England in the 14th century, to Robert Coe who came to America in 16J4•
HEi~RY COE was born about 1555 at Great Maplestead, County Essex, England. He was _a yeoma~ and clothmaker; and church warden at Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk County, England. Henry Coe and wife Mary had children:. 1. Andred, born about 1590, 2. :Mary, 11 1592, 3• God's Gift, born 1594, 4. Robert, n 1596, 5. William, 11 1598.
I. ROBERT COE, son of Henry Coe and wife Mary, was born in 1596. The old Parish Register of Thorpe l1Iorieux, Suffolk County, England records his baptism October 26, 1596. • He married {1st) about 1623, Mary*. Her burial is recorded in Boxford Register - rtMarie Coe, the wife of Robert Coe, the 27th of October, 1628, 11 He married (2n_d) Hannah Deorsley, April 29, 1630. He became a Puritan, and witL his family sailed from Ipswich April 30, 11 11 16J4 on the ship F:... ancis : "Robert Cooe, aged 38, Anna Oooe, his wife aged 43, and children: John Cooe, aged 8, Robert C ooe, aged 7, 11 Benjamin Cooe, aged 5 • '{Custom House Archives at Record Office,- London, printed in Hotten I s 11 0rigina.l Lists of Early Immigrants .to America".) ·
September· 3, 16;4., he was admitted as a freeman of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. May 4 1641, he recorded a tract of 900 acres of land bounded west by Connecticut River, on Sturgeon River (now called Roaring Brook). He was one of the 28 proprietors of Stamford, settied in 1641. In 1643 he was made magistrate of Stamford, and served as Deputy t~ General Courts of New Haven. In 1652 he led a settlement at Mespat on Long Island, a1'1d was magistrate for 4 years. I~ 1656 he led another settlement founding the tow~ of Jamaica, L.I. on land they bought of the Indians. Dutch records call the town "Rustdorfn. He was appointed Magistrate of Jamaica by the Dutch Government in 1658. The English of Long Island revolted from the Dutch Government at New Amsterdam in 1663, and transferred their allegiance to Connecticut. In May, 1664 Robert Coe was Deputy to the General Court at Hartford, and was again appointed Magistrate of Jamaica. Long Island returned to the jurisdiction of New York as a county called Yorkshire, and Robert Coe was judge of court of oyer a~d terminer, held April 7, and July 2, 1669. From October, 1669 to September, 1671 he was high-sheriff of Yorkshire. At the age of 75 he withdrew to private life. (i~otes from-Bartlett 1 s 11 Robert Coe, Puri tal'lti. * Robert Coe called Richard Crabb nBrother-in-lawn. 57
COE
Children of Robert Coe and wife Marie, recorded at Boxford, County Suffolk, England: 11 1. John, born 1625; 2. Robert, born 1626 and baptized 19th Sept., 1626; ; • J;lary, n n n n n n n ; 4. Benjamin, born 1628 - "Benjamin Coe, the son'!1.e of Robert Coe and Marie his wife, baptized the 18th of October, 1628. it
II. BENJAMIN COE. ·I,, son of Robert Coe I a~d wife Marie, was baptized October 18., 1628. At the age of 5 years he was brought to New E~glend by his f~er. His name f_i:rst e.ppeers i'1 America as a grantee of le.11.d in Hempstead, 1.1., about 1648. (Hempsteed Records, vol.I). In 1656 he joined his father in founding the town of Jamaica, 1.r., where he became an extensive la·i1d holder and resided till his death about 1696. He was a farmer a~d miller, a.nd served as town clerk of Jame~ica in 1676. (Town Records, vol.I). He married Abigail Oar-man. (CARMAi\J.,. P• 58) Children of· Benjamin .. Coe I and wife Abigai 1 (Carman): 1. Benjamin II, born about 1660; 2. Joseph, born 1665, )• John., born 1(57_0. Benjamin Coe II, born about 1660., is evidently the one male over.age in the family of Benjamin Coe, Sr., listed in the tax-rate for Jamaica,1.1. in 168;.,· and as eldest son was heir to his father's estate.
III. BENJA1ITN COE II., son of Benjamin Coe r·and wife Abigail (Carman), was born at Jamaica, L.I. about 1660. He married (1st) about 1684 - name unknown - but she may heve been a daughter of Daniel Whiteheed. He married (2nd) about 1700, Mary Everett, daughter of Hicholas Everett of Jamaica, 1.1. (EVERETT., P· 58) Benjamin Coe died before 172;, and his estate was administered June 19, 1723. (Jamaica, 1.r. Records, vol. III) Children of Benjamin Coe II and wife Mary (Everett): 1. Benjamin III, born April 4, 1702, 2. Elizabeth, ;. Petie11ce, bor11 ebout 1707.
IV. PATIENCE COE, daughter of Benjamin Coe II and wife Mary (Everett), was born about 1707 in Jamaica, 1.1.; Married about 1726, Benjamin Pierson of ~ew Jersey. (PIERSON, P· ;9) She "died 11 January 7, 1785, e.et. 77 • (Morristow11, N .J. Presb. Church Reg~J
Childre·-, of Benjamin Pierso11 and wife Patie'l'lce (Coe):. (PI.ERSON, P•39) 58
CARMAtJ
I. JOHN CARMAi~, e~d his wife Flore'l1ce came from England with John Eliot and reached Roxbury, Mass. Nov. 4, 1631.* He was a mem ber of the Massachusetts Ge11eral Court in 1634; one of 12 gre.11d jurors of Essex Co., Mess., July 7, 16;6; a founder of Hempstead, 1.r. With Rev. Robert Fordham he purchased land from the 11atives; received patent i~ov. 16, 1644, from Gov. Wm. Kieft, covering 120,000 acres of land from river to sea, with full powers civil and political, to orga'l'lize towns, build forts, establish courts of justice, and to use and exercise the R~formed religio~ which they professed. He died in 165~, and his wife died in 1656.
Children of John Carman and wife Flore11oe: l• John, born July 8, 16;;; md Hannah in 1660; d. 1684; 2. Benjamin, died 1694; - ;. Abigail, bqrn -1635; md Benjamin Coe I; 4. Caleb, born 1639; died.164?; 5~ Caleb, born 1645, (blind); 6. Joshua, born 1649. (See Werner I s Genealogies of l,ong Island Families ai1d D.A.c. Lineage Book IV) * That John Cerm~n and wife Florence came in 16;1 is recorded in John Eliot's Church Book. (Boston Transcript, Me.y 15, 1933)
II. A'SIGAIL CARMAR, daughter of Johi-i Carman and wife Florence, was born in 1635. She married Benjamin Coe I, of Jamaica., ·1. I. by 1660 • Children of Bel"ljamin Coe I and wife Abigail (Carman): (C0E, p • 57)
EVERETT
I. ~1ICH0LAS EVERETT, of Jamaica, Long Island; had Daughter Mary.
-II, MARY EVERETT, daughter of Nicholas Everett, was born about 1679• She married about 1700, Benjamin Coe II. (COE, P· 57) She married (2nd) by 1725, Deacon James Wheeler, and remfioved to Newark, N.J. where she died Jan. 1, 1~;, aged 84 years. She is mentioned as "my deughter Mary 1:/heelern in the will of· her father ~icholas Everett, deted June 5. 1723.
Children of Benjamin Coe II ~nd wife Mary (Everett): (COE, P• 57) 59 CLAR.KE
I• RICHARD CLARKE,SR. *, obtained a grant of land at Oyster Ponds (now Orient), Town of Southold, 1.1., Nov. 19, 1661. He purchased his homestead from Joh~ Co~ckelyne, Jr., 20 April, 1662, in which deed he is described as "a shipwright of Southoldn. (S.T,R,I, 88,122,220) He was living at Southold i~ 1675, About 1678 he removed to Elizabeth, &ew Jersey, with his wife Elizabeth, daughter Elizabeth and five sons; 2 sons were born later. February 25, 1679/80, he obtained a warra~t for ,oo acres "in Right of himself, his wife, his sons Richard, John, and his daughter Elizabeth Clarke". These three were of suffi~ient age (14 years) at the time to have an allotment of land granted their father for them. He was admitted an Associate in 1695, His five eldest sons were all admitted as Associates in 1699-1700. His will was dated, 11 Rew York, April 1, 1697n, where he may have taken ill and died a day or two later. His estate was valued at Lbs. 159• 9-1~•- (See.History of Elizabeth, New Jersey.) Children of Richard Clarke and wife Elizabeth: 1. Richard, born 1662; will proved May, 1743; 2. John died 1702 in Elizabeth, N.J. ~- Elizabeth, born about 1666; md John },Iarsh; 4. Joshua ;died 1714 in Elizabeth, N,J. 5. Ephraim ;died 1717 in Elizabeth, N.J. 6. Samuel ;died 1715 in Elizabeth, N.J. 7. Thomas, gr.fether of Abraham Clarke, the "Signer" 8. Be~jamin . Elizabeth, wife of Richard Clarke,Sr.,· died about 1724.
II. ELIZABETH CLARKE, daughter of Richard Clarke,Sr., and wife Elizabeth, was bor~ on Long Island about 1666. -She married John Marsh of Elizabeth Town, N.J. in 1683. She was living and ment-ioned in the will of her h~sband, Dec, 27; 1739, (MARSH 1ILLS, P• 51) Children of john. Marsh and wife Eli~abeth (Clarke): (MARSH, P• 49) - - - Clarke Wills: 1697, April 1. Will of Richard Clarke of Elizabeth Town, Names: W'ife Elizabeth Sons: Richard, John, Joshua, Samuel, Ephraim, Thomas, Benjamin. Execs: Wife and son Richard. Proved in New York, April 15, (See N.J.Archives, vol• XXI, p 260)
1697, April 9. Clarke, Richard of Elizabeth Town, J.J. Inventory of the estate of - Lbs. 159•5~ - all personal, including a negro woman and child valued at Lbs. 32; made by John Ogden & And. Hamton. (Essex Wills)
172lfJ, Feb. 16. Clerke, Elizabeth, of Elizabeth Town, N.J. Administration on estete of, grented to her eldest son, Richard Clarke.- _. -- - .... * Born in England 1613 (1616?) Gene. & Hist. Dec. 15, 1946. 60
FORCE
The Force family is of French descent. The original name, 11 de la Force", was borne by leaders of the Huguenots in religious conflicts in France during the latter half of the 16th century. Then many families left France to escape persecution. Some went to HSlland; others, to England. In England the name Force appears in records of that period. In 1666-69 Matthew Force's name is mentioned in records of Gnavesend, 1.r. It is thought that he came from England to America, as he settled in · the English colony o.'B Gravesend. In April, 1667 a marriage license was granted to Matthew Force a~d Elizabeth Palmer. Her descent is not known, but there was a Capt. John Palmer among the early settlers,
-I. MATTHEW FORCE, married Elizabeth Palmer in April, 1667. (Recorded in Book of Orders, Manuals, and Letters) They were residents of Grevesend, 1.r., 1669-71; and of New York City, 1675-78. . Children: 1. Benjamin of !v!asaachusetts & Woodbridge., l'l .J. 2. Thomas of Westchester, i'l.Y,; born before 1677• ; • lviatthew of Queen I s Co • ., l~. Y. & Woodbridge, J."l .J. 4. Mark of \Vrentham., Mass. 5-.. Daughter Damari.3.
II. (1) BENJAMIN FORCE, son of lvlatthew Force and wife Elizabeth. (Palmer)., from Dorchester near Wrentham, Mass. to Woodbridge, N.J. by 1710 - when wife joined church, (See Dally, P• 168) Moderator of Woodbridge, N.J., 1727; early leader in church and member of Town Committee•. His wife Elizabeth preceded him in death. His will dated Aug. 16, 1734, was proved &ov~ 30, 1734. 11 Children: 1. ThomasnJr , so called to distinguish him from his uncle; 2. Benje.min, in New England; J• Hannah, married John Noe; 4. Charity, married Jonathan Freeman. (2) THOMAS FORCE, son of Matthew Force and wife Elizabeth (Palmer): called the n e lder11 to distinguish him from his nephew; never removed to i~ew Jersey. (3) MATTHEN FORCE, son of Matthew Force and wife Elizabeth (Palmer), married Sarah Horris Jan. 7, 1696. Her name \7as first of the Forces in Woodbridge, N.J. records. March 14, 1696/97 she witnesses will of Robert Curtice. Children: 1. John, born Dec. 24, 1697; 2. Elizabeth, bor~ Sept.22, 1699; J• Ivtary, born Nov-- 18, 1701. (4) IviARK FORCE, of Massachusetts, never moved to New Jersey.
11 11 (See First Settlers of Piscataway & Woodbridge, i~ .J. , vols. III, IV, by l!onette.) 61
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III. THOMAS FORCE, 11 Jr.", son of Benjamin Force and wife Elizabeth., was born Sept. 1;, 176, at Wrentham, rvrass. He married Mary Spencer, daughter of John Spencer of Wrentham, py 1715. Thomes Force, uJr.n, was in Woodbridge, i\J.J. as early as 1716. Administration on the will of Thomas Force "of Woodbridge and Rahwayn was given June 5, 1736-to Mary Force., his widow, and Jonathan Freeman. 11 Children of Thomas Force,nJr. , and wife Ii.iary (Spencer): l • Henry, 2. Charles, ;. Thomas Palmer Force, 4. Samuel, married Mary Freeman., 5. Damaris, born 1735, 6. Prudence, living in 1763, 7. Timothy, of Newark, N.-J.; his will proved Nov • .,1768, administered by his wife Rachel & son Isaac. other sources say his wife was Rachel Manning, mother of Isaac & Manning Force~ ancestor of Peter the American Archivist; 8. James, will 1770, 9. William, died before 1774; left widow Elizabeth & sons Thomas & Jacob. (Continued from Monette 1 s 11 First Settlers of Piscataway&. Woodbridge" ,rol. V)
11 11 Force Records by Chambers in Early Germans of New Jersey , p• 375: Three brothers crone from Germany or Englend, One went to Philadelphia; one settled near Newark, N.J., from whom Rev. Manning Force is descended; the 3d, William, settled near Spruce Ru11, married Miss Wolever, a German, and hed at least one son Thomas, born· t' • 1740. Thomas, a wheel-wright had son William, born April 12, 1767. P• 376 1 Name claimed to have been originally La Force or La Force • First one is said to have bee~ Obadiah, from France. May be same as Dutch names - La Forse, La Foers, in records of Dutch Church at Somerville: Jan La Forse chn: Abraham, born 1704, Isaac, baptized 172J• 62
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ROSAL~NA FORCE. The only mention, that I have seen, of Rosanna Force, 1740-1781., who married ivioses Young in 1755 (YOUi.~G, P • ;4) is in the ijeneelogical Notes of Beach Plume, and in the lineage given to me by 1frs. Mignonette M. Riker of i~ew York in 1943. Tutrs. Riker 1s records were given to her mother in 1891 by her cousin Cynthia Force, gra~ddaughter of.Peter Force, the American Architiat. Peter Fore: was brother of Mrs. Riker 1s great-grandfather, Rev. Manning Force. Their line :es: follavs is traced from Obadiah.2, whom the lineage does not connect with the earlier Forces.
OBADIAH FORCE, born on Long Island in 1691; died 1789; married Manning. Children: 1. Manning-married ** Lucretia ~finchell of Connecticut; 2. Thomas. ;. Squire, married Margaret Johnson; 4. Rosanna, 174~1, married Moses Young of Hanover, ~.J.;** 5. Elizabeth, married Daniel Lyons of Hanover, N~J.; 6. Sarah, married Joel Osmand; 7• Johannah, married Amos Meeker; 8. Rachel, married John Meeker; 9. Benjamin, marri~d Abigail ; died 1787.
Other data from. Monette and Vosbur§g:
The New Jersey lineage is soieiy from the 2 brothers Mattbew ·and Benjamin Force, and sister Damaris Force. 11 (See Monette I s "First Settlers of Piscataway & Woodbridge, i~ .J. , vol ..J:II)
Obadiah Force and his brother John are believed to have been settlers on lot 78 of the l'Iewark Mountain Purchase, as per a map made by Thomas .Ball in 1764. (See Proc. of-&.J. Hist. Soc., New Series, vol. XII)
* iJa·nning Force was grandfather of Peter Force, 1790-1868, the archivist. ** nManan" (Hanning) Force married 10 May, 1753 to Lucretia Wirxhel~tt (From 0ombi ned Register of Merri stown, i~ .J. Presb • Church) Mani1ing Force md 16 Ivtay, 1753, Lucretia ~-.'vinchel at 1st Presbyteria.n Church of Morristown, N.J. (See Early Germans· of i~ew Jersey11 by Chambers, p .. 375-6) PART III
CROSS - GLOVER and RELATED FAlvtILIES
Early Records of Glovers and Hendersons in pages North and South Caroli~a and Indiana 64-70
William Glover, -1801 64 Wife 64 Children 64-67 Zachariah Glover, ca. 1770 - 1&;7 66 Wife, Elizabeth. Henderson, ca. 1778 - 1847 66 Children 68-70
Andrew Jackson Glover, 1821 - 1907 71 Wife, Susan Stoddert, 1~24 - 1906 97 Children 72
Harriot Ozeta Gl°over., 1855 - 1940 73 Husband, Robert Fletcher Cross, 1848 - 1935 17 Child 18 64
GLCNER
"Most emigrants came from England end Scotland to Ji'llnh Caroline in 1774-75; the emigration ceased in 1775. The movement was due chiefly to oppressive rent policy of Highland proprietors of reg~on from Ayr County to ·shetland Islands. a (No. Caroli-i-1a Hist~ Rev., vol. IX, p 79). Such may have been the dete and cause of migration of Glovers and Hendersons.
ZACHARIAH GLOVER n came from -rieer Edi11.burgh, Scotland to South Carolina about the time of the American Revolution, with his brothers: Robert, William, Richard, John, Ezekiel and Clayborn. They were Quakers but some fought at King I s iifountain. * Zachariah was too young to serve except as a drummer-boy. Some we~t north to Virginia, Ohio, and India·oa. z·achariah Glover's wif~}11izabeth Henderson whose parents came from near Glasgow, Scotland to South Carolina·.n (This was told to me in January, ~907 by Zachariah's son,Andrew Jackson Glover, my grandfather, Zachariah Glover rs name ap·pears only twtee in the (K.C .v) records of South Carolina, so far as had been discovered in 1940 by w.1. Glover of Orangeburg, S ,C., author of 11 A History of the Glovers in South 11 Carolina, Their ·Ancestors a~'1d Descende.nts • 1. Zachariah Glover obtained a grant of land in District 96 (Edgefield,Co., to 100 acres near the Savannah River, October s.cJ,I . 71, 1795. To trace the transfer of this tand later has been hindered because the record of deeds of Edgefield, s.c. were destroyed by fire in 1872, and other records of 96 District, of which Edgefield a~d Abbeville are a part, have not been -, ..i--ni.exed. 2. Zachariah Glover is mentioned in a will at Edgefield Court House, s.c. In Package 95 the will of William Glover, dated March 11~ 1801, and proved April ?0,_ 1801 names: "Ezekiel., my son, Elizabeth, my daughter, Zachariah, my son, Richard, my son, Dr-irling, my son, Allen, my son, my gr,so~ Wiley,eldest son of Ezekiel, my gr.dau,Lucy,dau. of Elizabeth. 11 Zachariah Glover, father of Andrew J. Glover, had brothers Ezekiel and Richard, If he is the Zachariah of the will, the omission of the others named by Andrew J, Glover may be due to their having received their share or died. Zachariah Glover's name does not appear in the Census of 1790, in either iiorth or South Carolina, probably because he was under 21, or not the heed of a family. But in 1795 he must have been of age to receive the land grant. Although it was Andrew J. Glover's recollection that his father · ·Zachariah "came when a boy with his brothers from Scotland to South Carolina", their father also may have come for "Zacha:riah was too young 11 to serve in the war • Their father may have been the TJlilliam Glover whose will, proved April 30, 1801, is cited above.
* Battle of Kings' Mountain, October 7, 1780. 65
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ZACHARIAH GLOVER was bor.n about 1770. (Indiana Census 1820 and 1830) He may he_ve been the son of William Glover whose will., filed in Edgefield, South Carolina and dated March 11, 1801, includes his son Zachariah. (GLOVER, P• 64)
The family came from Edinburgh, Scotland to Charleston, South C~ro lina before the American Revolutionary War, in which Zachariah was too young to serve except as a drummer-boy, (Family tradition)
He married Elizabeth Henderson· about 1800. With other Quakers they removed from 96 District, South Caroli11a to Indiana.
Zachariah Glover e11tered land in Fayette County, Indiana about 1811, with Timothy Orr, John Henderson a"ld William Denman (Land Entry Book of Fayette Co., Ind.); ai1d was appointed Captain of the 7th Indiena Regi me'1t., December 16, 1811. (India,1a Hist. Soc, Records, vol. III., P• 179.)
In 1826 he purchased land in Fountain County, Indiana, whither he took his family a11d spent the remai~der of his life. (The deed to this la11d ms de.ted l~ovember 20, 1826.)
His will made December 2, 18)5, and recorded September 15, 18?7 in Covington, IndianP-, mentions his wife only as 11 my beloved wife", but a deed recorded in Fountain County, November 6, 1828, was acknowledged by Zachariah Glover and Elizabeth Glover, his wife.
His will names their "three youngest children: James Madison Glover; George Washington Glover a11d Andrew jackson Gloverrr; and the others - "Edmond, Clayborn, William, Patsy Lacey, Mary Johnston, Rebecca Moffett, and my son John Glover". Zachariah's son iiathan never married, and may have died before this will was made.
Children and grandchildren of Zachariah Glover and wife Elizabeth (He11derson): (GLOVER, PP· 68-70) 66 BENDERSON
ELIZABETH HENDERSON we."s born about 1778, a'l'ld we.s probably a daughter of John Henderson of South Carolina who, with Zachariah Glover, entered land in Fayette County, Indiana in 1811. (GLOVER-HENDERSO~, p. 67) John Henderson's Indiana land tax-receipt for 1810 was preserved by Andrew Jackson Glover, son of Elizabeth (Henderson) Glover.
Elizabeth Henderson married Zachariah Glover about 1800. They ,,amed 11 their eldest son nJohn • A deed was recorded to J.ohn H. Glover in 1821 (7?) in Fayette County, Indiana.
John Henderson whose tax-receipt was preserved by Andrew J. Glover was doubtless the John Henderson who died in Co'l'lnersville, Indiana at the age of 90 years, having come from Pendleton District, South Caroliria.r where his son John was bar~ in 1795. 11 John11 (Henderson) 11 of Connersville b. in Pe1rdleto,.,. District, South Carolina, 1795; son ·of John of Con~ersville, Ind. b. in South Carolina, died in Connersville, Ind., aet~ 90 years; came to India~a Territory i11 1811; farmer & Quaker." (From n American Ancestryn)
The names of the children of Elizebeth (Henderson) Glover suggest her probable relationship to Nathaniel Henderson whose will was recorded in Edgefield, s.c., in June, 180,. His legatees were: his wife Rebecca, his daughters Mary Ramsey a·rid Ivrartha Hollingsworth, his sons Richard, Thomas, William, Eli, Ratha11iel,Jr.
Elizabeth (Henderson) Glover died in Fountain County, Indiana about· 1847, or a few years earlier,
Children and grand children of Zachariah Glover and wife Elizabeth (Henderson): (GLOVER, PP• 68-70) 67
GLOVER - HENDERSON
Land Entry Book, Fayette County, Indiana: "Connersville Twp. 14 - Sec. 20. In 1811 - 13. Entered by Timothy Orr, Zachariah Glover, Joh·r1 Henderson and William Denmari. 11
History of Fayette County, Indiana, (1885) PP• 165-166: uAmong the early settlers of Fayette County were Zachariah Glover, one Hazelrigg, a Mr, Lacey, and Benjamin Booe from iJo:rth Carolina; and in 1814 removed to Connersvilie Twp."
1790 Census of i'Jorth Carolina lists these families:' Orr, Robert in Morgan Co. Orr, David, George and James in Salisbury Dist.,Mechlenburg Co., N~C• Booe, George &. Jacob n · tr " n Henderson, John, Jr. rt ~~ n 11 11 11 Glover, Ezekiel, John, & William " n Lacey., many scattered
1790 Census of South Carolina: Denman, Wm, in Camden Dist., York Co., Lancaster (Joins :Mechlenburg Co. Lacey, 6 scattered on south.) Glover, John (2), Robert & Willia~ (2) in District 96 & Edgefield• He11derson/(4) in 96 Dist., Edgefield., Abbeville, Laurei1S & Union. John
Land e~tries, histories, traditions, a~d nemes of his brothers and of his eerly Indiana friends listed in 1790 Census - all indicate that Zachariah Glover came to Indiana from Edgefield, South Carolina, e~d may have sojourned a few years in w!echle11burg County, North Carolina; and that John Henderson also crune from Edgefield, South Caroli~a a~d probably by way of Mechlenburg County., North Carolina.
The John Henderson., J:r., of Iviechlenburg County, l.~ .c. in the 1790 Census, me.y have been the John who died, aged 90 years, in Connersville, Indiana. (See "American Ancestry1i for Charles Richmond He11q.erson)
Zachariah Glover may have migrated with the Qua.leers from Cane Creek Meeting in North Carolina, soon after Hoover in 1806. (See Weeks 1 0 Southern Quakers & Slaveryn, pp. 281-2). Some Hendersons went from cane Creek Meeting, South 0arolina to Miami Meeting in Ohio (1800-10). 68
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Children and Grandchildren of Zacharieh Glover a11.d wife Elizabeth (Henderson)
I, John, born 1800 (?); died ; named in his father 1 s will in 1835. II, William, born Feb. 20, 1803; :died Sept. 16, 1849; md Catherine Walker. Children: 1. James w., 1827-97; md Mary J. Furr, Attica, Ind. 2. Elizabeth, 3• Almira, md J. S. Qood, 4. Sava~nah, born Dec. 9, 1835; died April 18, 1930; her dau., Hrs. India:l'"!a C, Galloway, Covington, Ind. 5 • Prude"! ce, 6. William, Jr. born June 15, 1841; died 1921; md Mary E, Coffing; chn: 1. Anna Ozeta, md Ira A. Crane; 2 children; 2. Elmer, 3• James A., born June 13, 1880; md Anna Wolfe; residents ·of Coving ton., Ind., .a11.d author of n Glover 11 Genealogy Record ; 10 children • • George S. of Veedersburg, Ind. 7• !viary E. (M:rs! LeBaw) born 1845; living in Muncie, Ind. 8. Martha Indiana. III, Claybo~n, born April 9, 1805; died April 11, 1857; md Margaret Johnston Children: 1. Marietta, ·2. Betty, 3• Donnie, 4• Louis.a, 5. Lucretia, 6. Jane. _ IV, Rebecca., born 1807; died March 28, 1898·; md Henry Moffett; Children: 1. Thomas., md El:j_za Jane Poole; chn 1. He~ry, . 2. Ora Lee (Mrs. Wm. c. Hessler), Crawfordsville~ Ind. d. 0ct.16,1946. 2. 11artha Jane, 3• William Lee, md Martha Cade chn 1. Harriet (Mrs. D, M. Wilkinson) 2. Rebecca (Mrs. Clayton Ingersoll) ) • Henry Lee. 4. James Glover md Alice Dice chn 1. Thomas Dice, 2. Gordon, 3 • George Lee, 4. Ethel (Mrs. Frank Maris) 5. Robert Emmett. 5. Christine Elizabeth (Mrs. Thomas C. Austin) 6. W-infie ld Scott, md Susa~r1 Bell; chn 1. Thomas Lee 2. Florence Bell ~Ars. M, Milford) 69
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Children and Grandchildren of Zachariah Glover and wife Elizabeth (Henderson) (continued) v. Edmund, born 1809; died ; md (1) Rebecca Merritt, June 18, 1829, (7) (2) Mary Adkinson, i~ov. 30, 1857, (3) Jenevra Vale, Augmst 4, 1862 in Fountain Co., Indiana Children: 1. Thomes, 2. i,Iarcellus, 3 · William, 4. and 5. George & Frank., twins, 6. Betty, 7• Brittana, 8. Delilah. VI. Nathan~ born ca. 1811; not married; not nruned in tether's will. VII. Mary, born 1817; died : md Andrew Johnson Aug. 23, 1828; Children: 1. Patsy, md Daniel Martin, 2. Zachariah, J• Margaret, 4. Louise, 5. "Risty" (male) 6. George. 11 11 VIII. Martha ( Patty ), born ca. 1815; md Fielding Lacey of Covington, Ind. Children: 1. William, 2. Zachariah, ;. · James, 4. Edmond, 5• Rebecca; 6. Mary, 7• Martha. IX. James Medison, born 1817; died ; unmarried; lawyer. x. George Washington, born 1819; died Sept. 15, 1906; md Katherine Youngblood: Children: 1. Frenk md Elizabeth Caldwell(?). 2. Arista. XI. Andrew Jackson, born June 14, 1821; died Feb. 21, 1907; . md Su$.an Stoddert ( GLOVER, P • 71), (STODDERT, p • 97) Children: (GLOVER, P• 72)
(More information on these apd later generations is given in the nGlover Genealogical Recordn compiled by James A. Glover of Covington, Indiana in 1947.) . ..,0.. '
;.s listed~· A~ 1tame Edmond .Edmaffd' · ·Rebecaa 1807 .E.dmond 1805' Nathan NJthan 1811 . James Madison .James Macl.ist>n Mary 181; Marthe· (!t-pattyHJ 1815 George Washingtt>n · Ge-erg& W.a.&hington James Madison 1817 George \fauhington 1819 Andrew Jackson· .And?eW Jackson Andrew Jackson,June 14.,18212 * A .J .Glover .. named his sisters separately frcmf his brcrthers as: 11 !iiartha Lacey, Mary Johns.cm- aftd Reb-eeca_J,Ioffett (the eldest)" ** cf deed· recorde.d.. July 62. 1821 and Dee+.-.l~,. 1822· to John H • Gl011er • Census of 1820 C~sus of IB;cf in Fayette Co., Ind~ in Fountain Co.,· Ind. Connersville Twp., P• 8 p-; 288: . - . . Househl)ld of Ze.chari-ah Glaver House-hold of .Zechariah Glover (probably (seems very inac.curate· 2 males under 10 Geo&W •. & .Jas.M. 1 ')na:1.e under 5 .. Andrew J. b •· 1821 2 males under 16 Nathan & Edmond 1 : " 11 10 Geo.Washington 1 n 16-18 ? Clayborn· 1 - ~ · · n 15. James Madison . 2 " under 26 Wm- & John 1 n n 70 Zachariah 1 11 11 45 Zachariah l ·-f>e'male under 10 11 Patty" 2 females under 10 Marth.a & lJiary 1 11 n 50 Elizabeth - wife) 1 n 11 16- Rebeeoa 1 11 n 45 Elizabeth} Census of 18;0 in Fountain Co.,. Ind. Household of Edmund __ .Glover 1 male under ;o 1 femal~ under 20 - - - Household of William Glover~ p 286 1 male und er 5 l male under ;o 1 · fe~le.....under 5 1· female under ,-0· 71 GLOVER ANDRElf JACKSON GLC'VER., son of Zachariah Glover e.Yld wife Elizabeth (Henderson), wa~ -born June 14,- 1821 in "Fayette County, -Indiana. About 1826 the fe.mily ·move;p. to Fountain c·ounty., Inditni.a where Zachariah had purchased land. Andre!v J .• Glover ·attended Wabash College. February 4, 1849 he married-Susan Stoddert of Coles County, Illinois., whom he had met at the home of her -sister Sarah, Mrs. Henly Moore, l~ving in Portland, Fountain County., Indiana and l~teT in Covington., Indiana• Andrew J. Glover 11 ~a-u medicine with D_r •.. A.M. Henry in Charleston., Illinois, and studied me~cine ·later i-n Cincinnat.-i-, Ohio·••· Dr. :aenry 's wife Elizabeth·-was ·.a ~i-st.ter .of Susan Stoddert·Glovex.____ - Dr. Glover came to Kansas firs1;, in 1858. On his ·way back to Illinois he yisite_d his Glovethrele.tives in R_ed Ollk,.. ,_Iowa. In April, 185:9 he brought h~s family to Ottawa Indian .Reservation in Kansas, and was Ag-ency doctor for the Otte.~~ and S.ac and Fok Indians~~- His· daughter Harriot Ozeta Glover c.r9ss, re.call~d in 19~5 ·that he had received his appointment through "Judge Roi.is (Rolse, Royce or Rawlings) of Covington~ Indiana, and that the origi~al appointme11t was for the unfinished term of anoth'er.-~doctor. · Dr. Glover completed this term and remained to serve hi~ own .t:erm.~" "In Kansas the Glover family lived ~ntil the £all of 1860 at Ohio City., at the.t time th,e county seat··of 'Franklin County, and_ located_ l½ miles east. of Pr"inoeton. They lived next at ,the Ott·awa Mission on Tauy··creek.,- ~ miles northeast of. Ottawa; and later in a cebin bne block e·ast -of t·he S.ante. Fe station in. .Ottawa, Because of the border.· ruffians' raids. 6n ··. the Ottawa Reservation du.ring the Civil War, Dr• Glover in 1864, at the· close of his ow11 first or second term, returned to Covington, Indiana... His license- to practice medicine in Covington is d$ted Augtlst lj ~864-..tt "After the War and the foundii,g of Ottawaj ··he - returned with his family to C'ttawa in 1866, They lived at the southwest corner of First and Locust Streets until Dr. Glover built their home ~n-the east side of Cedar Street between Third and Fourth. In :March; 1875 -they moved to De Soto,. Kansas.." (Tolcl by.. Harriot Ozeta Glover Cross- _in 1~) Dr• Glover practiced medicine and resided in De Soto until his wifets death in October., 1906. The following four months of his life he· lived with his daughter Ozeta Cross and her family in Chanute, Kans-as. He died Feb ruary 21, 1907, and was buried in Highland Cemetery in Ottawa, Kansas. Granddfather was a gentle~ kind, and entertaining companion. He was fond of botany, and explained to me the properties of many medicinal herbs and wild plants as I rode with him along country roads. He enjoyed also mathematics, having surveyed in Indiana. He knew many chap~ers of the New Testament by heart, (K.c.v.) (This biography was contributed by K.C ,V .. to. the lt•Gtover Genealogical Record" compiled by James. A. Glover in 1947.) 72 GLOYD Andrew Jacmson Glover a~d Wife Susan (Stoddert) Their Children a~d Grandchildren I. William Me.nford, born May 20, 1851 at Covington, Indiana; died March 28, 1861, from fall o~ a picket fence. II. Kate Celeste, born September 16, 1857 at Ohgrleston, Illinois. married Solon w. Paul of Gast-Paul Lithograph. Co. 1 St. Louis, Mo. She died December 8, 1931• III. Harriot Ozeta, born August ;o, 1855 in Coles County, Illinois; married Robert F. Cross, November 11, 1874 (CROSS, p-17) she died March 20, 1940 in Emporia, Kan. (GLOVER, P• 1;) Child, Kate Annelia (CROSS, P• 17 &VAJ."'IDERVEtDE, P• 18) IV. Orlando Benjamin, born Sep~ember 24. 1857 at Frankfort, Iowa, married Anna Corliss living near De Soto, Kansas; died May 26, 1929 in Kansas City, Kansas. Children: 1. Roberto., born July;, 1895 md Besse Dacy May 2;, 1925; chn 1. Virgil M., born Apr. 13, 1926, 2. Harold E., born July 17, 1.928, ,. Gerald L. born n ti " 2. Edith Susan., born March ;o., 1898, 3• Mildred Katherine, born May 25, 1901; md Basil o. Scott, May 151 1918, chn 1. Mildred, born May 12, 1920, 2. Vernon E. 11 Me.r. 6, 1924. 4. Laura Mae, born May 8, 1904, md Fred Salts Aug. 24, 1922, chn 1. Helen J. b. April 20, 1923, 2. Carol J.,b. June,~ 1926. v. Mildred Henry, born August 17, 1860 in Kansas; died Iviay 14, 186;. · GLOVER HARRIOT OZETA GLOVER, daughter of Andrew Jackson Glover and wife Susan (Stoddart), was born August ;o, 1855, on a farm on the Okaw River near Charleston, Illinois. The family came to Kansas in April, 1859; and lived until the fall of 1860 at Ohio City, south of Ottawa on the Ottawa Indian Reservation. From there they moved to the Baptist Mission on Tauy Creek northeast of Ottawa, and later into ottawe.. · Ozeta retained many interesti11g ment ories of these years-when her father was doctor for the Ottawa and Sac and Fox Indians. She attended the Baptist school which became Ottawa University. She married Robert F. Cross November 11, 1874 in Ottawa. (CROSS, P• 17) For the next few years ·they lived in Ohio. During the winter of 1878-79 she was with her parents in De. Soto, Kansas while her husband was travelling for the Atlantic and Pacific Tea -Company. They moved to a farm near Home wood, Kansas in 1880, and in the ·fall of 1882-into Ottawa where they re mained till 1902. In 1902 they moved to Chanute; and in 1924 to Emporia, Karis~s. She was a member of -the ·P.reebyterian Church and of the D.A .R. With the Quest Club in Chanute, she took an· active interest i.n the study of history, literature and art. During her later years she found recreation in neddle-work and her flower gardens a11d lived quietly in devotion to the interests-,of her family and Shurch. She was always gentle, kind a11.d mod~st. After her husband's death in 19;5, she resided in the home of her daughter Kate (Mrs. Conrad Vandervelde). Harriot Ozeta Glover Cross died March 20, 194cin Emporia. She was buried beside her husba~d and parents in Highland Cemetery in Ottawa, Kansas. Descendants of Robert F. Cross and wife Harriot Ozeta (Glover): (CROSS, P• 17 & VANDERVELDE, P• 18) 74 PART IV STODDERT a,,d RELATED FAMILIES I. James Stoddert (1668-1726) married Elizabeth, deughter of Roger Bishop and wife Sarah; Elizabeth Bishop Stoddert md (2nd) Thomes Marshall. II. Thomas Stoddert (ca. 1712-1758?), married Jannet, daughter of Rev. John Donaldson and wife Elizabeth. III Benjamin Stoddert (1751~181; )·., married Rebecca., daughter of Christopher Lowndes a~d wife Elizabeth Tasker - descendant of Tasker, Blade~, Fairfax, and Van Sweiingen families. IV. Benjamin Forrest Stoddert (1782-183J) married Mary, daughter of George Keller and wife Sarah Hedges - descendant of Hedges, Wood, H.odgson., Borden, Stille, Springer, Herman., Varleth, Redel, Shotten, and Clayto"ri families •. v .• Susan Stoddert (1824~1906), married Andrew Jackson Glover, son of Zachariah•Gluver and wife Elizabeth, daughter of John(?) Henderson. 75 PART IV GLOVER - STODDERT and RELATED FAMILIES Roger Bishop -1695 Thomas md Sarah Tasker -1700 md Brooks James Elizabeth John Richgrd Be11jamin Stoddert Bishop Donaldson Lowndes Tasker 1668-1726 -1750 -1747 1690-1768 m(2)Eliz. Bishop m(l)James m Elizabeth m Margaret m Anne Stoddert Poole Bladen Thomas Jt1nnet Christopher Elizabeth Stoddert Donaldson Lowndes Tasker . 171-58 ? -1755 1713-85 1726-89 m Jannet m Thomas m Elizabeth m Christopher Donaldson Stoddert Tasker -m ChriJ3owndes Benjamin Rebecca Stoddert Lowndes :C. 1751-1813 1757-1~02 L~ Rebecca Lowndes m Benjamin· Zachariah Be11.jamin F. Stoddert Glover Stoddert 1770-1835 1782-1833 m Elizabeth m Mary Keller Henderson Andrew J. Susan Stoddert ~ --·➔ Glover 1824-1906 'lm Susan m Andrew J. ll : Stoddert Glover {>. ,4821-1907 Harriot Ozeta Glover 1855-1940 m Robert F Cross 76 PART IV GLC)wER - STODDERT and RELATED FAMILIES Augustine Casper Eph• Herman Va.rlett m Bee.trice -1662 Redel m Judith Augustine Herman Janetje Varlett 1621-86 c.1665 m Janetje m Augustine Varlett Herman Nathaniel Gerret Van Joseph Fre:ocina Robert Bladen Sweringen Wood Herman Hodgson I 1636-98 -1693 C 1626-96 m Isabella m Mary Smith m Francina m Joseph m Rachel Fairfax Herman Wood Shotten William Ann Van Robert Robert Bladen Sweringen Wood Hodgson II 167)-171.8 c. 1680- -1721 c;.1670-17;3 md Ann Van md Wm. md Catherine md Sarah Sweri-ngen Bladen Borden Ann Bladen ·Judge Joseph Sarah Wood Hodgson i696-1775 1700-1782 1710/15-1747 md BeYljamin md (l)Sarah md Judge Joseph Tasker Hodgson Vv ood Mary Wood 1746-1794 md Ivtose s Hedges 77 PART IV GLOVER - STODDERT e.nd RELATED FAMILIES Samso·ii Richard Shotten Borden -1643 1601-1671 md Alice md Joan Fowle Rachel Matthew Carl Shotten Borden Spri11ger -1696 . 1638-1708 . C 1658- md Robert md Sarah 1738 Hodgson I Clayton md Aiiarie Hendrichsdotter , Sarah Borden . Joseph Jacob Rebecca 1680-1733 Hedges Stille Springer md Robert Hodgson II C 1~70-17j2 -1774 C 169;-1771 md (1) Mary md Rebecca md Joeeb Fettleplace Springer Stille Charles Ivtary Hedges Stille 1712-1795 1715-1765 md ~1Iary md Charles Stille Hedges Moses Hedges C 1740-1782 md Mary Wood George Keller Sei~h Hedges ·-1829 Md Sarah Hedges md George Keller 1786 Mary Keller c 1790-1869 md Be-g.jamin F. Stoddert ·· Susan Stoddert 1824-1906 md Andrew J. Glover Harriot Ozeta Glover 1855-1940 md Robert F. Cross 1848-1935 Kate A. Cross 1879- md Conrad Vanderve lde 1879- 78 STODDERT GREST - SABLE, TRES ETOILES ARDENE Motto - Denique decus A record of the Scotch Stodderts 1 origin is compiled by Robert Biddle Stoddert of Her Majesty I s Lien Office, Edinburgh. . . The Stodderts descei'ld from Sir William Stoddert, who was a cousin of William the Conquero_r and figured at the Battle of Hastings, 1066, H;e was Standard Bearer to the Vicomte Pulesdon, as shown by English records. He was William 1s ~!aster of Horse. His name was De La Standard a11d Studgart, the latter word being Saxon for Master of Horse. John Stoddert in Libeston County, Edinburgh, is the first one appearing in Scotland from Engla~d. He was born about 1565, James, his elde-st son, married Elizabeth Johnstone whose father held the position of Porti·oner ·or Loamshead, Scotland. (The above is take'l'l .:from a memora11dum in the ha rrlwri ting of Miss Elizabeth Ewell whose mo-ther was a daughter of Benjamin Stoddert, Secretary of the u.s,, Navy.· Sent to me by Ivrrs. Harriqt Stoddert Turner Cooke, of Washington, D.C.) 79 STODDERT I. JAMES STODDERT, the first of the family to come to Maryland, was born about 1668. A de•position taken in 1722 gives his age then as 54. (Maryland Hist. Mag., vol. XXIII, P• 320) It is a family tradition that he came from Scotland to Maryland about 1685; his settle me11t in Scotland Hundred (near the present Washington) also indicates his Scotch _connection. His friend William Hutchinson, mentioned in James Stoddert 1 s will, uame from Ayr, ~orth Britain. Their friend John Addison came in 1675. (See Early Settlerst List in Maryland Land Office) In Maryland they were all vestry men of Piscataway Parish in Charles County in 1696. (Md. Arch., vol. XXIII, P• 19) An item regarding the settlement in 1695 of the estate of Thomas Driffield of Ann Arundel Co.,Ivfd.,. by his wife Anne Driffield, mentions James Stoddert as "son-in.;..lawn. Whether this means that he had married the daughter of Thomas Driffield, or that he was Thom,s 1 stepson (as· the term then implied) is not certain. (See Md. Hist. Mag., vol• XVII, P• 66; a·"ld Md. Wills, Liber XIII, P• 298.) May-June, 1697, the Gover111I1ent investigated the murder of Mr. Stoddert 1 s ~egro boy by the Indians, on the east branch of the Potomack, Prince Georges County• (J1fd .Arch • ., vol. XIX, p. 52'!) Mr. James Stoddert 's account of his difficulty with the Indians, me·,,tions his wife as living then, February, 1697• Neither her name nor the date of her death is known. (STODDERT, P· 81) .·· Prince Georges County was .formed from Charles County in i695. Th~ first volume of the Land Records of Prince Georges County, Md. (A.:.1696) has recorded :en a fly-leaf :the ca_t·tle .marks of James Stoddert. (County Court 1Jote-book, June, 19,1~ p ... 32") H~ was Justice of Prince Georges County in 1706. March .?, 1708; he mS:rried Elizabeth Bishop. (St .James Parish Record, Ann Arundel Co.,Md. - book liovt in Md. Hist. Soc. Library.) She was the daughter of Roger Bish.op a~d wife Sarah. Sarah married later John Batie. (Wills of Roger Bishop and -8t>lrin Batie on BISHOP, P• 98 of this book). After th~ death of James Stoddert in i726, Elizabeth married (2nd) Thomes Marshall of Tuiarshall Hall, Md. (BISHOP, P• 98) In 1711, James Stoddert and Col. Thomas Addison bought a large and beautiful tract of land (3124 acres, deed on P• 96f of this book) near where Washington, n.c. now is, which trect the joint owners called 11 Friendship". (It was in 1930 the estate of Edward R. McLean.) James Stoddert was a11 elder in the Presbyterian Church of Patuxel"lt, Maryland in 1704, and is named in the minutes of "Presbytery of Fhile delphia", 1706. nrn 1704, a Presb3lterian Church with pastor_ and large ~umber of adhe:re~ts at Patuxent, the heir of Church founded by Hill." I The Church is described in deed. (Briggs ff American Presbyterianismn, Appendix XII) Strong congregatiori., probably existed for some time; 16 trustees, most promi~ent men in Prince Georges County and Charles County. A session of several aimers, some of whom we find in the mi~utes of the 80 STODDERT James Stoddert (continued) Presbytery of Philadelphia, founded in 1706, such es James Stoddard and Alex. Beall. Tuiany Scotch names in congregation." ("Early Presbyterianism in Maryla.i1d 11 by Rev. J. Wm. ii;Icilvain., in Library of Presbyterian Board, Philadelphia) July 28, 1716 James Stoddert brought up the bill "for the Better Security of the Peace and Safety of His Lordship 1s G~veri1me~t and the Protestant Interest within this Provi·fl.ce.n (Md.Arch.,vol. jO?) James Stoddert served as: V-estryma·., for Piscattaway Parish (Md. Arch.,vol._ 23, PP• 17 & 19, for Proceedings of Council, Oct. 23, 1696); Justice of Prince Georges County, :Md. (~,rd. Arcb.,vol. 26, PP• 533-4 giving Assembly Proceedings of April 9, 1706); Major, so called, July.;, 1714 (Md. Arch.,vol. 29, P• 4jl); Surveyor of Annapolis in 1718 "( ·n n 11 l2., p 432; vol 33., p 291); 11 Justice of Provincial Court, 1719 ( " " 37, p • i51 ) ; on Committee of Laws, Oct-12,1720 ( H It ti j4, p • 64) ; 11 11 Member of the House, 1714 ( · ·n 29, PP• 391, 3"96); n n ti n 1716 ( n u n 30., p • J60); n II tt 11 1717 ( ti 1t ti 33, p • 3) ; 11 11 n n n n 1720 ( " 34, pp• 64, 71) ; " " " " 1724 ( II If It 35' p ,1' 8) j " " " " 1725 ( _n n t, ;s, P • ,02) ; tt tt tt " 1726 ( " " " 35, P • 530 11 deceased")• James St-oddert died in the ~pring of 1726. (His will below). He was buried at La Plata, south of Mt. Vernon, where other Stodderts were buried. - - - Will of James Stoddert, Pri11ce Georges Co., Md. 29th March, 1726; 31st May, 1726. To wife Elizabeth, 1/3 of "Southampton" during life, ttnaniell I s 11 in Pa.munkey l~eck, adj. Hill pla11ta.tion of Mr. Pile; a-rid personarty. To son James a+1d hrs., 11 S oouthampton", Pamunkey Ck., wife I s 1/; excepted, n.- pt. of 11 The Pasture"; he making over to son WILLIAM and hrs. his interests. of a certain line. 11 son Joh~ and hrs., land at Smith's Point., Charles Co.,; tract on upper side Coles Ck.; interest in land at iJanjemy held in tJartnership with William Hutchinson; a11d personal/ty. 11 son William and hrs.,pt. of nThe Pasture 11 and "Addison11 in Pamunkey 11 11 i~eck; 300 A. Friendship , on Fall Run; and personal-"'ty • " sons Benj. al"l.d Thomas and their hrs., 1260 A. of 11 Ft""iei-idshipn; shd. said sons die during minority, their portion of sd. tract to be div ided among 3 sons, viz. James, Joh~ and William; and persol'lal~ty. 11 afsd. child, •• residue of personal estate, after wife 1 s thirds are deducted. Wife ELIZABETH and sons JA!'i'iES, JOHl~ and WILLIAJ:I, exs., empowered to sell 1878 A. at }Jt. Calvert and 11 Rqcky- Creek" for be11efit of personal estate. Test: Peter Dent, Martna Clalan, 1:litliam White, l9'- 61. · · ("taryland Calendar of \1ills, _vol. 6, ·pp. 9, 10.) STODDERT Maryland Archives, vol. XIX, P• 522 f. Assembly Proceedings, May 26 - June 11,· 1697• (Original Journal, P• 17.) Mr. James Stoddert at the Easter'l'le hr'anch of Potomack in Prince Georr:es County gives the followi11g acompt :r'el.ati,,,g to the I11dians under his hand. "That in ffebruary last there came to my house about sixteen Indians which live (as I understood them) near the mountaines they had with them Ski·l"'l.s a"11d ffurs which-they.offered to sell.(the which I bought) when they went away they signified by signes that they would come egaine at the Spring of the yeare & bring some more Skinns At this time there were some families of the Piscattoway Indians had thetr Cabins at my house but in a few dayes after they went away. I ask 1t their re~son of their geeing so soone from their hunting Quarters they told me that the Emporer had sent for them; about the 2oth of March last haveing occasion of a silke grasse net in order to buy one I went to the ffort I never haveing seene the Emperor I went to see him The Empr told me he was very glad to see me I told him my buisines upon which he sent to Enquire if there were any netts in the ffort The answer was return1d there was none afterwards they showed me.an· opd one which I bought ffurther in discourse the Empr aske;d if there was anybody came w·tth me & if I came from home that morning I answered him I came that morning from Mr. Hutchinson 1 s & that he direct ed me to the fort, ffurther he told me that he heard that there bin some Senecor Indians dealing with me, I ~old him it was so, he further told me that notices came to him.two dayes egoe that a man in Virga was shot by Indians & he sent to see and found i\ false, he seemed to blame the English for raising such false Reports." "O-n the ;d day of Aprill last I ~aveing beei"1 abroad & coming home late the night before, in the morning we11t out to my people to see them worke · & what they had do11e I was scarse soo,.,er come out &~ Talki-.,g with some of my people but I heard one of my 11egroes Cry out wee all rune to see what was the matter, till I came to ~ee about Tenn Indians naked but painted running out of a branch coming towards us upon which I turned about a~d desired my p~ople to meke hast to the house · some time after we found the negroe alive who lived foure dayes·, I asked him if he knew any of the Indians he told me noe I asked him how many Indians he saw he told me ; which he said was lodged in the lapp of a tree fro whence he was taking fence railes and as he was stooping to take up a rail they shot him at the back with an arrow & afterwards run up to him & knockt him downe, as to what they did else to him as fleai~g his heed and cutting off one of his eares he was not sensible. Since that time I haveing bee•e on board some of the shipps at the mouth of Patuxent at my return my wife informed me that some of those Indians that- formerly traded with me, ha.d been at my house each of them a burden of skins, and would not be satisfied till they had gotten a ma~ to come to the westerne Branche of Patuxent to looke for me Upon which she went up to them & finding that Capt. Brightwell had discoursell them, then she bought what they offered to sell." "per James Stoddert" (Piscets left for Pen11sylvania in 1697• See Md. Hist. Mag., Sept.,19;7) 82 Copy of a letter from John Truman Stoddert to Elizabeth Stoddert Ewfilll ~Ji comico Hou,eJ Charles Coun\y, Ivid. December 15, 1868. Miss E. S. Ewell, Georgetown, D.C. Iv!y dear Cousin: I have received your letter inquiring into the pedigree of the Stoddert family of 1Iaryland. James Stoddert was an emigrant from Scotlan~ and settled in l,laryland about two hundred years ago. He was a.n educated man; brought with him some money. He was appointed not long after his arrival "surveyor General" of the Colony. Your grandfather said to me when speaking of him.that he was the wisest and beat of the family. His eldest son., my great-grandfather, was John Stoddert, and a great acquirer of land and other property. He left an estate to each of his five sons and to one of his three daughters. He married a Miss Marianne Greenfield,,daughter of Thomas Greenfield, a large·l~ndholder of St. Maries Co. and granddaughter of Thomas Gerard, Lord of Banbery, ·in Leieeistershire, Eng. From the date of this marriage all of my family have added as a baptismal name ttTrumanu; it is ·said that a large property in Eng. was settled by entail to descend in suc 1 11 cession to the heir s entail conditioned he held the name of nTruman • His eldest son was John mruman Stoddert, my grandfather. He was a member of the House of Burgesses, married Lucy Heabert Smallwood, eldest sister of Major Gen. Wm. Smallwood of the Md. Line in the War of Independence. He died young -having one child, my father Truman Stoddert who was Aid and Brigade Major to his uncle and died at the age of thirty four, from disease·caused by the hardship of camp life. He had married Sally Massey, daughter of the Rev. Lee Massey,- of Fairfax Co.,va. who was the friend and neighbor of Wasbington and George Mason, whose sister was the mother of his third wife. I am the only son and surviving child of this marriage. · So much for my branch of James Stoddert's descendants. By a second marriage he had a son who was the father of your grandfather, the late Be~jamin Stotldert, and two daughters, one was married to Mr. John Haw of this County, who afterw~rd removed to Georgetown, n.c. and held office as clerk in one of the executive departments, the other sister was married to a Mr. Smoot. Your great-grandfather intermarried with the Marshall family of this county, an old, prominent, and wealthy family. I do not recollect the name of your great~grandfather. He was a captain or major in the British Army when Maryland was a colony, and built the fort bear ing his name on the southern Frontier of the British .i]orth America, div iding it from Louisiana then a Spanish Colony. Your grandfather entered into the service of this state as Capt. of Cavalry near about the time my father left the Univ. of Penn., at seventeen years of age, to do his part of., Lieut. of Infantry •. Excuse this crude scrawl and believe me, Yours sincerely, John Truman Stoddert. p.s. Col. Sir John Stoddert, (the friend of Sir. Walter Scott) who distinguished himself under Gen. Wellesley in the East Indies and who was knighted, was~ I am sure, of our family. J.T.S. STODDERT James Stoddert 1 s Sons I. James, married Sarah (Parker?); without issue; died 1730. (Prince Georges County Court Record) II. John, born 1704;-died May 12, 1767; married Marianne Truman Greenfield; acquired much land and property; had 5 sons and 3 daughters. His son John Truman Stoddert married Lucy Heabert Smallwood. Their only son was Wm. Truman Stoddert who married "Sally11 Massey, and died aged 34,. Their only son we.s John Truman Stoddert. (His letter of 1868 to Miss Ewell, p• 82, of this book) III. William., without issue. IV. Benjamin, a minor in 1726. -·(His father's will) Married SaBina DoflAldsoa; left the proviftce in 1746. Their children: (See Donaldson wills, P• 100) 1. Elizabeth, 2. Mary. Turagdaline, married Edward Smoot; sons: 1. John, whose son Joseph died 18~7• 2. Alexander S. 3. Ann. v. Thomas, a minor in 17;0 (Prince Georges County Court Record), · (STCDDERT, P• 84) married Jannet Donaldson. (Nat 11 Gene. Soc. Quart., March., 1931) Children: 1. Sarah, married (1st) Christopher Haw, (2nd) James Sims; her son, John Stoddert Haw, was great grand father of H. s. Matthews. (See Matthew notes, p• 82) 2. Elizabeth, ;. ·Benjamin, born 1751; md Rebecca Lowndes; died 1813. (STODDERT, P• 86) See Quit-claim Deed, recorded May 4, 1782, for Stoddert· lineage• (SIDODDERT, P• 96f) Deed filed in Land Office, Montgomery Co • .,Md. 84 STODDERT- II. THOMAS STODDERT, son of James Stoddert and wife Elizabeth (Bishop), was a· minor at the time of his fathe·r 's death in 1726, and still in 1730 when his step-father, Thomas Marshall, was appointed his guardian to receive for him his share of the estate of his deceased brother, James Stoddert. (Will of James Stoddert - STODDERT, P• 80 - and Prince Georges County Court Record.) Thomas Stoddert married by December, 1747, Jannet Dobaldson, daughter of Rev. John Donaldson and wife Elizabeth. {DONALDSO~, p~ 99; Donaldson Wills, P• 100 and Thomas Stoddert 1s Frederick Co. Deeds, P• 85) These records of 1741, 1750 & 1755 prove also that Jannet Donaldson was·the wife of Thomas Stoddert in 1751 when their son Benjamin was born. The statement in published lineages that Thomas Stoddert married the daughter of Thomas Marshall of Marshall Hall has been disproved. (1~at 11 Gene. Soc .Quart • ., March, 19;1) This error may have been due to the fact that Thomas Stoddert 1 s mother Elizabeth Stoddert, married (2nd) Thomas Marshall, and -therefore Thomas Stoddert became the step-son ( 11 son-in-lawn) of Thomas Tutarshall,' In 1747 Thoma!? Stoddert sold his estate 11 Friendship11 in Montgomery County, JJtd. and removed to Frederick County, Ivfd. (See Quit Claim Deed Mey 4, 1782 in !1Iontgomery Co., Md,) The records of his military service refute the tradition that he was killed in Braddock 1 s Defeat, 1755, July 9. Officers and Soldiers wounded and killed at Braddock's Defeat on Banks of Hon~ngahela - no Stoddert mentio~ed.· (Penn.Arch, vol-1) ·1755~ Sept. Lieut. Stoddert, assisted by 15 pioneers from the surrounding settlements, erected a stockade fort. (Md, Hist. Ma.g. vol-VI). · 1755, Oct.6, "Mr.Stoddert (Lieut.) with 15 men tried to raise a rescue party •• Tonaloways ••. about 5 miles this side of Stoddert's Fort.n I 11 (Sharie s "History of ~1aryland , p. 469) 1755, Sept. 15. Regarding :Lieut. Stoddert 1 s Fort at Tonalloway Creek, Frederick, Md.: "These parties, I believea have bee~ in great measure the protecti-on of our people in Penn~yfvMnI& 7-fffi!Rjured while numbers of people in Pennsylvania have been cut off within 10 miles of ·our forts.n (Gov. Sharpe's Letter., Annapolis, Jan. 5, 1756) 1756. July. Thomas Stoddert was in command at "Fort Tonalloway. (Sharfe 1s History of Marylandn) 1757> Oct. 9. Thomas Stod~ert was a 1st Lieutenant in Capt. ware's ce. 1758, May ;1. Thomes Stoddert resigned French &. Indian war. (Ivfd. Hist. Mag., vol.V, P• 286) Where or when he died is not known. A deed dated May 1, 1782 in Rockville, Md., ·refers to him as deceased, No will of Thomas Stoddert is recorded in Montgomery, Carroll, Charles, or Prince Georges County, },fd., or in the La~d Office in Annapolis. Children of Thomas Stoddert and wife Jannet (Donaldson): 1, Sarah, md Christopher Hew 2. Elizabeth, 3~ Benjamin, born 1751; md Rebecca Lowndes; died 1813. (STODDERT, p. 86) 85 ABSRRACT OF DEED At the request of John Clagett, ~.,. the following deed was recorded !stay the 9th day, Anno Dom., 1749. This indenture made this ninth day of May, Anno Domini, one thousand seven hundred and forty nine, between Thomas Stoddert 'of Frederick Co., planter, of the one part, and John Clagett, planter,of the other part. Consider~tion, Three Thousand Two hundred and Fifty Pounds, for tract of land called Prichetts Purchase, containing 32~ acres of land. &c• Signed, sealed and.delivered in the presence of The9. Prather & George Gordon. Signed Thomas Stoddert thus On the back of which deed was/endorsed, to wit: Memorandum that on the day and year within written came ye within named Thomas Stoddert and acknowledged· ye-within premises to be ye right of ye within named John Clagett,Jr • ., his heirs and assigns forever, also Janett ye wife of ye said Thomas Stoddert being p·ri vately examined before us the subscriber-a· acknowledging her right of Dower to ye same •to be likewise ye right o~sa.id John Clagett, Jr., his heirs and assigns·,- and declared that she made ye same _acknowledgment freely and wittingly withcut any threat of her said husband or fear of his d:iepleasure. (Recorded in Liber- B, Fol•~; &c., one of the Land Records of Frederick Co•, Maryland.) ... - ... - ~. At the request o~Samuel Hunter the following deed was recorded April 28th, 1755. This indenture made this Twenty-eight day of April, 1755, between Thomas Stoddard of Frederick County and Province of Maryland of the ~ne part and the Reverend Samuel Hunter of the other part. Uonsideration Two Thousand Pounds of Tobacco, Tract called Hog Path, containing 43 acres. Signed Thomas Stoddert Seal Sealed and delivered in the presence of us Tho 1 s Beatty and Jos. Wood• +~ On the back of which deed wasAendorsed, to wit: _Memorandum, On the day of the date of the within mentioned, the within named Thomas Stoddert came before us, two of his Lordship 1s Justices for Frederick County, and acknowledged the within land and premises to be the right of the within named Samuel Hunter according to the act of Assembly,. also Janett the wife of the said Thomas Stoddert being examined apart from her husband declared she freely and willingly Relinquished her Right of Dower to the within mentioned Land and Premises. (Recorded in Liber E, Folio 711, one of the Land Records for Fredetick County, liJaryland. ) - - - - Seal srld Certification of Clerk of Court of Frederick Co•, Md.,. December 7, 19?3 follow~ 86 STODDERT III• BE1'1JA~:!I}! STODDERT, son of Thomas Stoddert and wife Jannet (Donedson), was born in l.rtaryland in 1751, (D0J.TALDS0N, p, 100); Deeds of Thomes Stoddert, P• 85; Stoddert Quit Claim Deed, 1782, p, 96f) He is supposed to have been a student at the ,Jniversity of Benhmrlvania. Jauaary lJ, 1777, Benjamin c. Stoddert was appointed captain of the 11th Pennsylvania Regiment, (Penn. Arch., vol. III, pp 611, 747.) The name nce.nada" he assumed during the enthusiasm over the idea of annex ing the Province, and later dropped the name, He was disabled at the Battle of Brandywine ·in 1777• In 1779 he was appointed Secretary of the Board of War of which John Adams was President. (Md• Arch. vol• XLV, P• 15) Benjamin Stoddert married Rebecca Lowndes June 7s 1781. (Stoddert Bible, & Marriage Licenses in Prince Georges Co•, Md.) (LOYfiJ:t-'ES, P • 101) 11 B • Canada Stoddertn was elected Councillor Nov• 21, 1781. (Md• Arch. vol• XLVII, P• 1) - · In 178; he became a member of the firm of Forrest, Stoddert and Murdock, shipping merchants, with branches in London and Bordeaux• He built his home in Georgetown., D .c., et.Prospect a·_1d Frederick ( now ;4th) Sta·. In May, 1798 he was appointed Secretary of \ihe }Tavy, by Pres. John Adams, · and served ~hrotigh President Adams 1 administration, "It was under Stoddert 's administration of the Pavy Department that the American Navy was really created, Both Truxton and Decatur won their greatest sea battle with France while Stoddert was Secretary. The three men were close friends. They be longed to the old school of Federalists. Three more upright men did not live." (From "Life of John trarshalltt by Beveridge.) Benjamin Stoddert I s portrait by the younger Pe{e hangs in the Navy Department's office; He died in Bladensburg, Prince Georges County, Maryland,¥ was buried beside his wife at Addison 1 s Chapel. The inscription on his tomb reads: "To the memory of Bertjamiri Stoddert, who died on the 18th day of December, 181?, aged 62 years." There is no record in either Washington, n.c. or Upper Marlboro of the will or of the administraion on the estate of Benjamin Stoddert. 11 His energy was great, his· character unstained by vice, atld his genial disposition made him greatly belo·ved. 11 His portrait of wh\e_lJ I have a photogra_ph, was owned by Judge Gantt of Jefferson City, Mo•, ~t 1900. Benjamin Stoddert's miniature was owned by Mrs. Campbell Brown of Ewell, Tennessee• ' Supplementing this outline of his biography are his letters and Mrs. Turner 1s "Hemoirs of Benjaming Stoddertn on later pages of this book, also a biographical sketch in S chars "History of i!f estern Maryland" • ~e 87 S'r°ODDERT Benjamin Stoddert and 1Vife Rebecca (Lowtl&s) Their Children and Grandchildren I• Benjamin Forrest, born May 13, 1782; died Nov, ., 1833 (STODDERT, p • 93); married Mary Keller, (KELLER, P• 108); parents of: (STODDERT, PP• 94,95) II• Elizabeth, born Sept. 2, 1784; md 1807, Dr, Thomas Ewell, u.s.,.· ... ; parents of: l• Rebecca~ born 1808; 2. Lieut• .Gen, Richard Stoddert Ewell; md Lyzinka Campbell (Widow of J. p. Brown); 3· Col• Benjamin $tod~ert Ewell, president of William &· ua·ry College; dau. Elizabeth md Beverly Scott; 4. Elizabeth, III. Thomas, born 1787;. died 1788-. Iv. Ha·rriot, born April 12, 1789;'.md July 17; 1812 George Washington Campbell, -Sec'y of Treas. under M~dison and Minister to Russia under Monroe; parents of: l• ·George Washington Campbell, not married; 2. ·Lyz'ink.1, md (lat}··Jamea Percy ~rown ·their s.on :Campbell md Susie Polk· chn l.• Lucius Brown, Spring Bill, Tenn. 2. Ewell Brown, ; • George Brown,. .- 4. Percy Brown,Charlottsville,va.# their dau. Harriot Si Brown (1844-1932)* md Thomas T• Turner; chn 1- Lyzinka Turner, 2. Julia Turner 3· Nancy Turner, 4. Harriot S, Turner md H,V.Cooke, Washington, n.c. 5. 1Jary Turner, 6, Harry Turner, 7• Edith Turner, 8. Dora Turner., 9. Campbe.11. "t • 2. Lyzinka md (2nd) her cousin Richards. Ewell• 11 ~arriot Stoddert Brown Turner, author of "Hemoirs of Benjamin Stoddert • Her daughter Harriot S. (Mrs. H. V. Cooke of Washington, D .c.) contributed much information for this genealogy, #Omitted by oversight 5, Lyzinka Brown. 88 STODDERT Benjamin Stoddert and 'Nife Rebecca (Lowndes) Their Children and Grandchildren (continued) v. Ann,born 1791; md 1811, Thomas Gantt; parents of: l• Thomas T• Gantt, 2. Anne, md· Don Prout; chn: 1. Ion S., 2. Mamie, 3• Ellen, md Henry Oddie, Orange,P.J. 4- Elizabeth, md Jos. Smith, Washington, D .c. _ dau. Harriot md Barstowe; 3 • Levi, 4. Benjamin, md dau. Clara Gantt, Washington, D•C• VI. Richard, ·born 179~; died October 10, 1810. VII. William, bo-rn_ 1796; studied law with George Washington canqo.bell; md ~,Tary Jane Mason, 18;0; died in Tenn., 1879; parents of: 1. Harriot a., 2. Mary Jane, md Wm- Caruthers; chn 1. Vim Caruthers, 2. Fannie Caruthers. 3• Willimina. VIII• Rebecca, born 1798; md Hon• David Hubbard,r.-I•C. from Alabama, 1844-50; she died March, 1872• IX. Christopher, born Pov• 17, 1799; died Sept• 1;, 1821; M.n. not married, Benjamin Stoddert 1s children 1s portrait by Peale was owned 1st by. his daughter Elfzabeth, the large girl in the picture; 2nd by her son, Col• Benjamin Stoddert Ewell• Mrs. Harriot Stoddert Turner, granddaughter of Farriot - the baby in the portrait - bought the picture from Col-Benjamin S, Ewell, and after her death, Oct. 4, 19;2, it was sold to the Colonial Dames and is now in Dumbarton House in Washington, n.c. The children in the portrait are: Benjamin F,, born 1782, Elizabeth, born 1784, Harriot, born 1789. 89 From a Certified Copy of E1'1TRIES from the FAMILY BIBLE owned by Lucius p. Brown* of Springhill, Tenn. Stoddert - - - Benjamin and Rebecca Lowdnes were married the 7th day of June, in the year of our Lord 1781. 1enjamin Forrest Stoddert, son of Eenjamin and Rebecca Stoddert, was born the 13th of 11·Tay, 1782; he died in 1833. (Death date a pencil note in Sib le) Elizabeth Stoddert, daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca Stoddert, was born the second of September, 1784. Thomas Stoddert, son of Benjamin and Rebecca Stoddert, wfs born the 5th day of January, 1787, and died the fifteenth of April, 1788. Christopher Stoddert, son of Benjamin and Rebecca Stoddert, was born the ·17th day 0£ November, 1799, in Philadelphia and died the l?th September, 1821, at York-Haven in Pennsylvania. Rebecca Stoddert, wife of !3enjamin Stoddert, departed this -life the tenth of February, . 1802 • Elizabeth Stoddert was marrie.i to Dr• Thomas Ewell the third of March, 1807. Rebecca Ewell, daughter of Dr• Thomas Ewell and Elizabeth, his wife, was born the third December, 1808. Richard Stoddert, son of 1enjamin and Rebecca Stoddert, was born the 9th day of Hay, 1793; died the tenth day of· October, 1810 Benjamin StoddertJ late Secretary of the ~avy of the United States, departed this life on the 18th day of December, the year 181?, at Bladensburg• Christopher Stoddert, son of Benjamin Stoddert, died on the l?th of September, in the year 1821, at York~~aven in Pennsylvania. :· :Harriot Stoddert was born 12th April in Georgetown, 1789. William Stoddert was born September, 1796; married 1st July, 1830; died 14th January, 18)9• Rebecca Stoddert was born July 9th, 1798; died March, 1872• She married Pon. David Hubbard, n.c. from Alabama (Florence District) between 1844 and 1850- ·State of Tennessee) County of Haury) Personally appeared before me, H· s. Harper, a Notary Public in and for the State and County aforesaid, Lucius P. Brown, who sw~ars that above is a true copy of entries in the Sible aforesaid. In testimony whereof I have signed my name and affixed my official seal, this l"ebruary 15, 1934, at Spring Hill, Tennessee.· (Signature) (Signature) H. S. Happer, 1'1 ritary Pu.blic Lucius P. Brown, Affiant 1\Jy commission expires Feb. 8, 19)8. *(Lucius P. "3rown died Apri 1 4, 19?5•) 90 BENJ AMI1'! S TODDERT After the death of his wife Rebecca, February 10, 1802, Mr• Stoddert felt keenly his respfunsibility for their large family of children, especially for their daughters of whom the eldest, Elizabeth, was only 17. He made strict rJles of conduqt for them; they were never allowed to receive male company alone, and were'obliged 11 to retire.from the parlor invariably at ten o'clmck unless strange ladies were present, also to have some work in hand if gentlemen were the only visitorsn. Am(tng the lette_rs which have been preserved are two !ienlJ· ~enjamin Stoddert. In one addressed to his daughters Harriot and Nancy, he writes: "I have done nothing since you went out· this evening but to reflect upon my improper weakness in suffering you to go. Let the engagement be what it will, and the party whose it may, in all future time, I beg you to consider that rain, snow or severe cold is to be an insurmountable objection to your going from home• You will not then be exposed to the_obeervations which every person of sense or humanity must make, that, for a trifling gratification to yours_elves, you are capablefof disregafding the sufferings of the poor servant who conducts you. "Every day I lament more and more·that·rate confines me to a place where female dissipation is advancing with rapid strides. ijany poor girls, I fear, will have deep cause to regret that they were drawn int_o the whirlpool·. of fashionable life. It has been.my anxious wish that you should not be of the number, and my fixed determination that your minds sh~ild not_be so contami nated by the false glare of pleasure as to unfit you for your domestic duties from which alone you derive respectability ofany chance of happiness• But determined as I have been, you have already mixed too much with the crowd to enjoy yourselves at home as I wish you to do. The evils likely to result fro~ a life of dissipation are so numerous that a quire of paper would be insufficient to contain them• Let it suffice that you hav(oot the smallest ch~nce of reaping the slightest advantage from frequenting what are called parties, numerous and little select as they are; and if you go once more this winter except to visit your neig~bors, it will be the most I will permit. Indeed,it gives me pain that you have gone so often- nThe glory of a young woman is to find all her comfortp at home. She should then eeek to make herself distinguished by perfn~ing her duties in a manner most exemplary, and she should derive her chief pleasure from her consciousness that such is her conduct. Your affectionate father, B., Stoddert Tuesday night,· ten o 1 clock'~ (not dated) · (Received from Urs-. Harriot S'toddert Turner Cooke of Washington, D.c •) 91 11Gentlemen of the Senate: I nominate 3enjamin Stoddert of Maryland to be Secretary of the 1'1avy in place of George Cabot who has declined his appointment, May 18, 1798 • Confirmed May 21st, 1798, On May 26th, Mr, Stoddert wrote to Francis Lowndes: 11 Dear Sir: I suppose you have heard of my ·appointment to be Secretary of the Navy of the United States. I have not determined to accept - and what you will think more extraordinary - 1 have not determined to refuse. I hate office - have no desire for fancied or real importance and wish to spend rrry life in retirement and ease without bustle of any kind- Yet is seems cowar.dly at such a time as this to refuse an important and highly responsible position ••• You know I have her~tofore managed peaceable ships very well• Why should I not be able to direct tsmell those of war? After this preface I think there is about thirty to one that I shall not accept. But.that I may be able to consider every side of the question, let me know whether you will, in case I do accept, undertake to act as owner of my concerns on the Beaver Dam, for two years and a half •• All this would require some of your time and some attention,. I know· if you would take it at all it would be to serve me• But to have a proper tie upon your conscience I should insist upon your receiving a commtssion on all the money received from the wood and the pro ducts of both places • •• nAfter two and a half years, both Becky (who is not alarmed at the idea of Philadelphia) and myself shall be fond enough of spending_ the rest of our time in tranquility at Sladensburg. I am, Dear Sir, yours sincerely, B • S TOD DE RT 11 (Theletter above is copied from an article in vol• :(X of the Records of the Columbia Bistorical Society., Washington., n.c.) 92 BE1'rJAMIN STODDERT LETTER Phil. 27 April 1800 Dr Sir Hr. Ha-rbury I understand has moved out of mine, into his own house. I mean to move my family from hence in May so as to arrive at Geotown by the 1st of June - meantime th9'rooms require painting, whitewashing, & papering - for every house here has paper, & it is not dear. As Becky has a great opinion of your taste, as well as your activity, & economy in things of this kind - she joins me in requesting that you will be so oblig~ng as to employ a good painter to paint all the rooms below stairs of a stone colour, a little deeper than the parlour - I presume, that will require but one light coat - the other rooms may probably require two. Any plastering which is defective may be mended, but the sidewalls need not be whitewashed as paper is to be put on - but the ceiling must be whitewashed - also the cornishes. The upper rooms to be whitewashed throughout, & the plastering & the hearths to be repaired. If the bricks can be taken up, &. stone slab can be put down without· too much expense, without delay it will be more agreeable. The kitchen also wants some repairs. Indeed. it would be very de$'ir able to take of.f the_ roof-, & make· a second story of brick, about· 7 or 8 feet high, to afford the servants more confortable lodging. I know not whether there is time to do this - nor whether the same roof will do again - but if the roof will do - & if you can immediately employ active, honest bricklayers & carpenters, I wish you would have it done - The chimney which sha~es in the wind, will of course be raised.higher and probably that will cure the defect of smoking, Pray be so obliging as to examine what is to be done, & put every thing in motion immediately, that the paint may be dry &·. the smell gone before we get down. I shall not myself be able to leave this till some time in June, but am anxious that my Family should get out of Phil-• be fore the heat comes on - but we shall be regulated a little by your notions. Please to have the garden attended to also, &.· kept secure, &. free of weeds till we get down. If you can employ a gardener to do any essential good, &. not to cost more than 20 Drs - I will cheerf·1lly consent to pay that sum• 1Nhether George is at Cutters, NI:r~ !brests or Georgetown, I cannot tell• If he is not at Cutters, I wish you would get possession of him, &. try to make him useful in the garden - cleaning the yard &.c .&,c • I send an order on Cutter for 200 D toward this business. If he can collect what is due him, he will at once be able to pay. But delay nothing whether he can pay or not - I will send down the money immediately & as fast as you want it. - - - Fecky joins me in respects &c • to Mrs. Lownc&es. I am D Sir Yrs truly - Ben Stoddert (This letter was addressed on the back to Francis Lowndes Esqr Georgetown Patomake) STODDERT IV. BE1\.,.JA~_rr1':r FOP.REST STCDDERT, son cf Benjamin Stoddert and wife Rebecca tLowndes), was born in Ivran?ar-id, 1-.iiay 13, 1782 ° He is the hoy in the painting of the Stoddert 6hildren by Feale, now in Dumbartoh'~suse - home of the Colonial Dames in Jashington, n.c. Pis middle name was for ~en. Uriah Forrest, his father 1 s partner in the fir~ of F arrest, S toddert and l\,Turdock. Benjaminwas a student in Princeton in 1799, as indicated in a letter written by his mother rctober 21st, which mentions her having recently visited one of her sons in school there. Benjamin P. was then 17 and the next son, Richard, was only 6 years of age. In the Stoddert Bible Benjamin is given the name Benjamin Forrest Stoddert. 11 Benjamin~Jr.", however, was his signature as witness to tri~ deed in the District of Columbia, January 14, 1806. As rrBenjamin,Jr. 11 he is listed in the 1810 Census of. G_rayson Coun_ty, Kentucky; and in 1811 Benjamin Stoddert,Jr. and Benjamin Stoddert,Sr. both paid taxes on land in Grayson County, Ky •. Benjamin,Jr. went to Grayson County, Ky. about 1809, where his father owned much land as shown in the tax records. The 1810 Census of Grayson co~_.nty, Ky• shows that r.Tenjamin Stoddert,Jr. was married then but had no child. He had married nary Keller· whose father, r.eorge T{eller had come from Frederick County, Ed. and was paying ta:-res as early as 1807 on land in H~rdin County from which Grayson County was formed in 1810. (1 Benjamin F.·Stoddert died in Grayson County early in 1'Tovember, 1833, "at the time of tbe falling starsn as his daughter Susan remembered. He was buried in the yard of the Baptist Church at Beaver Dam in Ohio County, Kentucky. - - ·- - "History of Coles County., Illinois", published 1879, page 533: 11 among the early settlers of Coles. co,.1nty was the Stoddert family, consist ing 9f the mother, Mrs. Mary Stoddert., and nine children, who came from r,rayson Go•, Ky., at different times from 1836 to 1838; they are descended from the old Massachusetts* family of Stodderts, their grandfather, Benjamin Stoddert, being a 1',Iajor in the Revolutionary War, and was wounded at the Battle of Brandywine; he was afterward the second** Secretary of the U-S~ Navy; Gen. Ewell, of the Confederate Army in the war of the rebellion, was a cousin; their father, Benjamin Stoddert, removed to Kentucky about 1810, and d:isd about 1833; of the nine children who came to Coles Co•, as above stated, Richard and Thomas reside in Charleston; Benjamin, William and Campbell are deceased; Sarah is living in Covington, Ind.; Harriet lives in Charleston, the wife of c. R. Briggs; Elizabeth is the wife of Dr. A.~,f. Henry of ?Tattoon; Susan (Mrs. Glover) resides in Ottawa, ***, Kansas; and the youngest Artimesia, died in Charleston; their mother died in Charleston some ten years ago. 11 * S bo,J.ld be '.\,Taryland, not r,Tas.sachusetts. ** 1st Secretary of ~avy, not 2nd. *** r_;;oved to Dt -~lilto, Kansas, from Ottawa in 1875. STODDERT Benjamin F. Stoddert and Wife Mary (Keller) Their Children and Grandchildren I. Richard, born 1812 in Grayson Co • ., Ky.; died 18.80 or later in Charlestoi_1., Illinois; mgrried Catherine Riser, 1844. Children: 1° Harry, md Lyzinka Pinatel., 2. Benjamin, 3· Thomas, md Emma Ginther; daughter Ruth; 4. Frank, 5. Hont. II. Benjamin, not married; died before 1879. III, Thomas, born 1815 in Grayson Co,, Ky,; died in Charleston, later than md Melissa Olmstead; (brother Richard; children: 1. Viiilliam E,, md mm.ma Bain; 2. May, md Isaec J. ~iles; 3• Thomas.,Jr. IV, Sarah, born in Grayson Co, Ky,; died after 1904; married Henly Hoore of 1\{attoon, Ill, children: 1, Richard, unmarried, . 2. Mary, married Oliver Adamson; dau. Besse, md Wm. Lumpkin., Mattoon, I 11. died July, 1953; son Richard Lumpkin. V, Harriot, born in Grayson Co,.,Ky• married Charles s. Briggs of Charleston, Ill, children: 1, Loretta, born ; md Marvin Wyeth; died aet,2J; son Ernest Wyeth; 2. Lyzinka, born ; md Charles Clary, Seattle,.Wash, chn;·1. Charles~ actor; died 1931; 2. Robert H • )• Emily, 3• Helen, born 1854; died 1935; md Dr,1,S,7Tullens of Louisville, Ky. ; children: 1. Russell i'.Tuller1 s, Chicago; .2. Helen, teacher in Kansas City,"Too · 1954 4. Walter born ; lived in Carbondale, Kansas. married Kate Hc:\:-utt, children: 1, Robert, 2. Walter w., 3• Charles, 4. Katherine, in 5. Charles; born ; md Grace McKee, 6. May, born ; mi Thornton 1. Moore chn: 1, Virginia, 2. Catherine" 95 STODDERT Benjamin F. Stoddert and 'Jife }.{ary (Keller) Their Children and ~randchildren (continued) vr. Elizabeth, born in Grayson co.,Ky. ; md Dr. A,M.Henry of Mattoon, Ill. children: 1. Mary Adelia, md A. ~T. Hamilton, Seattle, Wash. chn 1. Henrietta, died 1946,Seattle,Wash. 2. Elizabeth, md. Groff, " n 2. Susan Ellen, md Charles Tillotson, - Mattoon,- Ill. ch. Harry; 3• Mildred, md Chas. H· Matlock, Chicago, Ill. ch. Mamie, md Charles Roe; 4. Blanche, md Aug. Stulfouth, Ellensburg, Wash. 5. Grace, md George Richmond; ch. Blanche, md ___ Kiger. VII, William, born in Grayson.co.,Ky. not married; died before 1879 (I have his book, 11 Comestock 1 s Phi los ophyn • ) VIII. Susan, born Feb. 14, 1824 in Grayson Co.,Ky.; married Andrew J. ~lover (S TODDERT, p • 97) (Feb-· 4, 184~. their c~ildren: (~LOVER, P• 72) IX, Artemitia, born in Grayson Co., Ky: md Aaron Ballard; chn l • 0li ve, md George ~!i. Clark, of Topeka, Kan. and Oklahoma City,Ok. dau. Susan (or Beatrice?) 2~ Aaronella, md Frank Roberts, chd l• Portia, 2. Fred; 3 · Douglas• ?· Lena, md John White, Prop.Jhite College of Shorthand,Chgo.Ill. dau. Marvel (or Portia?) 4. LuluJ md Frank Oberman. x. Campbell, born in Grayson Co.,Ky.; not marri~d; died before 1879• (Most of the information concerning the descendants of Benjamin F. Stoddert and wife Hary (~{eller) is copied from a chart made by r-:1rs. Kate ~lover Paul about 1900, and from a genealogy compiled before 1929 by ?·D~. O. W. Ferguson of i:attoonJ Ill•, and from 1 etters of Besse Lumpkin in 1948.) 96 BE1':JAMI1'! STODDERT 1S KE1'1TUCKY LAl'D Copied from Hardin County Tax List. Benjamin Stoddert's name first aipears on the Tax List of Hardin County, Kentucky, when he pays on 47,8562 acres on Rock Creek and. Polin Creek in 1808,* and he paid in the same county on the same land in 1809, (The record shows that this land had been "entered" by George Hay.) Grayson County was formed from Hardin County in 1810, and the record shows that in that year Benjamin Stoddert paid on 43,296 acres on Rock Creek, Bear Creek and ~olin Creek. In 1811 Benjamin Stoddert, Senior, paid in Grayson· County, on 41,718 acres on r-"olin, and in the same year in the same county, Benjamin Stoddert,Jr., paid on 1,000 acres on Rock Creek, both tracts having been originally entered in the name of George May. Benjamin, Junior, also paid in the same year on 170 acres on Rock Creek and he appears on the list of _11 Ti thables" that year 11 as "1 white male over 21 - 2 horses • In 1812 Benjamin Stoddert, Sr. pays on 4;,718 acres in Grayson County; 3enjamin Stoddert,Jr. oe 1070 acres. 1813 lists both Benjamin Senior and Benjamin Junior as above. In 1814 Benjamin Stoddert 1 s.heire list two tracts of 40,868 acres and 1,39; acres respectively on 1-Tolin Creek and on the same list the name of Benjamin Stoddert, Junior appears with 170 acres on Rock Creek, 2 11 blacksn and 4 horses. 1815 - Renjamin Stoddert - 170 acres, Rock Creek - 2 11 blacks 11 3 horses. 1816., 1817, 1818 same- 1819, 1820 Benjamin Stoddert pays on one horse but no land. 1820 "Benjamin. Stoddert his heirs" - 1080 acres on Rock Creek (M:ay) 1821 11 Benjamin Stoddert for his heirs" 1190 acres Rock Creek 11 1822 - Same 182;-1828 Benjamin Stoddert - 175 acres on Rock Creek & 1000 acres on T':r osey Creek - . 18;0 - Benjamin Stoddert - 1148 acres 1831, 18;; Same 1081 acres. (Last appearance of Benjamin Stoddert)** 1834 Hary Stoddert - 1000 acres on iTosey Creek - Grayson County; (original entry by Geo. May) 18~ Mary Stoddert - 1000 acres on J\Tosey Creek - Grays on County; 1 horse (Original entry by George Hay) 18;7 - Mary Stoddert - 1,000 acres on ~osey Creek - 2 horses 18;8 - f-:Iary Stoddert - 1,000 acres on irosey Creek - 2 horses. (Tax Lists not examined further) * See r-.-terton's "The Waters of Siloe11 page 74: Stoddard "willing to give the Tranpist ~onks 2000 a. of land for nothing" in 1808. ** Benjamin Stoddert.Jr., died in 18;3. 97 STODDERT V• SUSMJ STCDDERT, daughter of Benjamin Forrest Stoddert and wife Mary (Keller), was bo·rn February 14, 1824 in Grayson County, Kentucky. Her recollections of her childhood home on the Kentucky frontier portrayed a life quite different from that of the Maryland plantation, tbe colonial mansion in Georgetown,_ n.c., and stately manners in Washington. Her father's plantation in Grayson County, Kentucky was along Rock Creek, where the children gathering nuts and wild fruit knew no restraint exceµt the roaring of panthers, Whe-r:i she was nine years old her father was stricke·n with typhoid, and through the last anxious nights of his fatal illness she watched the 11 falling stars 11 of early J\Tovember, 18;;*. This phenomenon# so ominous to all the pioneers1 she always aas·ociated with his death. Her widowed mother and family removed to Coles County, Illino~s in 18j8. There the Keller family from Kentucky also settled. {; Susan Stoddert _married Andrew Jackson Glover February 4, 1849.at Port land, Indiana•the home of her sister Hrs. Henly Moore. They lived in Coles County, Illirtois-~ntil April, 1859 when they came to Franklin:County, Kansas. In 1875 they moved to De Soto, Kansas·. My summer visits in their home were made happy by their devotion and many interests, which they ~red with me. Upon their parlor wall hung the framed photograph of Peale's portrait of her grandfather Benjamin Stod'1ert. His colonial dress and kind expression inspired a desi-re to know so,nething of his life and manners, and his service to his country. The record of his home life and public service is found in his letters so generously given to me by Mrs. H. V. Cooke of W~shington, D .c., daughter of Mrs. Harriot Stoddert Turner, author of "The Memoirs of 11 Benjamin Stoddert • This study lead to a broader interest in family history. Susan Stoddert Glover died October 18, 1906 in her home in De Soto, Kansas. She· was buried in Highland Cemetery in Ottawa, Kansas. Children of Andrew J. nlover and wife Susan (Stoddert): (~LOVER, P• 72) * The daj;e of this shower of meteors was: "I':ovember 1;, 1833, the great shower of meteors. They began falling about midnight and continued until morning." (Kirke Mecham, in his "Annals of Shawnee Mission, Kansas n, P • 17) 98 BISHOP I. ROGER BISHOP, resided in Arundel County, Maryland. His will proved January 7, 1695, names his wife Sarah and three daughters: Mary, Rebecca, and Elizabeth. His widow married (2nd)*, before 1697, John Batie whose will, proved June 19, 1717 , names his 'wife 6 arah and three daughters:. "Mary Young 11 (wife of \fvilliam Young) "Elizabeth Stoddert" (li'ife of James Stoddert) "Rebecca Bishop11 (later the wife of William Marshall,III) Sarah Bishop Batie's will proved April 11, 1752, and is filed in Annapolis, Maryland. II. ELIZABETH jISHOP, daughter of Roger.Bishop and wife Sarah, was born in 1692. (Marshall Bible Record) She married {1st) James Stoddert, 1-!arch 3, 1708.(Md.His·t.nag. June 1929, p-151) (St. Ja-rnes Parish Record, p 3-35,Ann Awndel,Co.lld•) James Stoddert 1 s children named in his will were: James, John, William, Benjamin, and Thomas. As Benjamin and Thomas were minors when the will was made in 1726, and their step-fe.ther Thomas Marshall was appointed guardian of Thomas in 1730 to receive hie share of his brother James Stoddert's estate, Thomas at least and probably Benjamin, were sons of Jamee Stoddert and wife Elizabeth (Bishop), married in 1708. Elizabeth Bi-shop Stoddert married (2nd) Thomas Marshall of Marshall Hall, Maryland, in 1726. She died January 1, 1149/50, and was buried in Harsha11· Hall private burial ground. WILLS: ROGER BISHOP, Ann Arundel Co. ,Md. 27th June, 1693; 7th Jan., 1695• To wife Sarah, "Talbott's Lane" and 45 acres adj.oi'111ing thereto, during life. 11 daughter Mary and heirs, ad. lands at death of afsd wife. ft n Rebecca and heirs, ad. land in event of death of Hary afsd., without issue·. 11 11 Elizabeth and heirs, 50 acres, ttTalbott 's Search". Wife Sarah, extx. and residuary legatee. Test: Jno. Bunn, ,m. Hedges, Sarah Welsh. ( Md • Ca 1 • Wi 11 s , v o1 •II ) - ... - ... JOHW BATIE, Ann Arundel Co., Hd. 30th Jan., 1709; 19th June., 1717 • To grandson William Young,Jr., and heirs, land bought of Clement Rill, and land bought of Col. Henry Darnell• " wife Sarah*, extx., entire personal estate during life; at her decease to be equally divided among three daughters, viz.: Mary Young, Elizabeth Stoddert, and Rebecca Bishop. Test: Josiah Towgood, Sarah Hardwick, Edward Evans, Abraham Birkhead, (Md. Cal. Wills, vol. IV) 14~ 391. -- - - - * John Batie married Sarah, widow of Boger Bishop, before 1697. (See Test. Pro., Lib. 16, P• 118, in Annapolis,t'td,) 99 D01'!ALDSO~ I, JQHl.T DOJ\"ALDSOJ'.-r, a "Presbyter* of the Church of England", was one of ~akemie's men, founders of the first Presbytery .in Me.ryland. Makemie came to America in 168;, but it is probable that John Donaldson came later, in 170;-4 when Makemie returned to Scotland to secure leaders for American Presbyterian Churches. (See Presb-Hist.Soc. Jour, in County Court J\1 otebook, Feb.,Apr,,1927) John Donaldson was pastor of King, & Queen 1 s Parish, St. Mary 1 s Co,, !1Iaryland, from 1717 to 1747• His wife's name was Elizabeth., as given in their wills (D01'TALDSON., j>.100), which name their children and grandchildren, Rev. John Donaldson (will 20 Dec., 1747); wife Elizabeth (will 14 Dec.J 1750) Children: 1, Madeline Cook a. Richard Donaldson O.ook 2. Sabina, wife of Benjamin Stoddert (so~ of James, P• 8;) a. Elizabeth, b. !-!tary Magdali ne (md Ed. Smoot), c. Ann. 3• Elizabeth Barber, 4. Jannet, wife of Thomas Stoddert (ST0DDERT, P• 84); a. -Sarah, b. Elizabeth, ** 5. (Son, probably deceased) a. John Donaldson. * "Presbyter· is but priest writ large", ··John ,.rilton, 1618-74• ** Benjamin, son of Jannet and Thomas Stoddert, was born later-, in 1751, II. JA-r-.rri~T D01--TALDS01'", daughter of John Donaldson and wife Elizabeth,. married Thomas Stoddert. In 1747, before her father's will was made in December, 1747~ Jannet and Thomas Stoddert moved from 7:{ontgomery County to Frederick County, Maryland. J'.Teither her father 1s nor her mother's will (1750) bequeaths any property to her~ probably because she had reci\led her share·, as her father I s will · implies - having provided for~ts,children. he left all his estate to his . wife Elizabeth. However, his wife Elizabeth includes in he:r w-ill be- quests to the daughters of Thomas Stoddert and wife Jannet.. Benjamin, son of Thomas Stoddert and wife Jannet, was born in 1751. (STODDERT,. p'p. 84,86) 100 WILLS: JOHT'"!' D01'rALDSOT'T, St. Mary I s Co., }:!d. Presbyter of Church of England, 20 Dec• , 17 47 tt I gi veto rrry daughter tTadeline Cook, all that tract containing 247 acres which she now lives on; after the death of my wife. The other part I give to my daughter Sabina Stoddert. T~e remaining part of my land, I give to the heirs of her body now in being, vizt. Elizabeth Stoddert., Mary 11 -ragdaline Stoddert, and Ann Stoddert., after the death of their mother. To rrry wife Elizabeth, all estate, having according to my-ability provided for all my children. Exec• Wife Elizabeth. Test: John Barret., John Mac Donald and Christian King. Prbbated: 6 ipril, 1748." · (From 'Land oifice., Annapolis, ~rd • ., Wills, Liber 25, fol• 276) - - - 1 I ELIZ ABETH DOJ'.T ALDS Q'!\ , St • Mary s Co.• , Md • 14 Dec•, 1750. 11 To my grandson J_ohn Donaldson, 1'1egroes and one-half estate• To daughter Eliz'.abeth Barber ••• To daughter ~--Tadeline Cook • • • To gr. d~ughter Sarah Stoddert, daughter of Thomas Stoddert and Jannet, his · wife • • • To gr. daughter Elizabeth Stoddert, daughter of Thomas Stoddert and Jannet, his wife .• • • To gr. daughter Elizabeth Stoddert, daughter of Benjamin Stoddert and Sabina, his wife • • • To gr. son Richard Donaldson Cook ••• Exec. Daughter Elizabeth Barber." (From Land 0ffice., Annapolis, ~~d., Wills, Liber JO, folio 170) 101 LOWJ"'DES The English ancestry of thi.s family, tracing the line back to 1582, 11 11 is given in Earwaker 1 s History of Sandhach • I. CHRISTOPHER LOVf1'7JES, son of Richard Lowndes and wife JJargaret (Poole), of Bostock House in Hassall, Cheshi!;e., England, was baptized at Sandbach June 19, 1713; and is mentioned in his fathetrs will made in 1743• Christopher came to !.Taryland a11d settled in Bladensburg about 17:,8. He was a merchant, the senior partner in the firm_ of Christopher Lowndes and 6ompany, operating in both Maryland and England in 1748. He married, May 14, 1747, Elizabeth Tasker. (TASKER, P• 10;) (See Register of St. Ann 1s Church, Annapolis, Md.) Re built their home, Bostock House, in Bladensburg, M~ryland. He was Justice of Prince Georges County, Maryland, 175:,-55; and Justice of the Quorum, 1769. He died January 8, 1785, and was buried at Addison Chapel near Bladensburg. (ADDISOP CHAPEL, P•· 102) Children of Christopher Lowndes and wife Elizabeth (Tasker): l• Anne, born June, 17~; died 1822; 2. Benjamin, born De~., 1749; died 1802; ~- Francis, born Oct., 1751; died, 1815; 4. Samuel, born 1753; 5. Elizabeth, born April, 1755; 6. Rebe~ca, born 1757; married Benjamin Stoddert; 7. Harriot, married Levi Gantt, Esq. of Prince Georges Co-,i:Id.; .8. Richard T•, born 176;; 9. Charles, born 1765; died 1846. II. REBECCA L0'5f"',.DES, daughter of Christopher Lowndes a·od · wife Elizabeth (Tasker), was born in 1757• She ~arried Benjamin Stoddert Jnne 17, 1781. (STODDERT, p. 86) Her letters to her sister in 1799 and 1800 tell of the fa~ily and customs of the time. Rebecca died February 10, 1802., and was buried near other members of her fa~ily at Addison Chapel. Children of Benjamin Stotldert and wife Rebecca (Lowndes): (STODDERT, PP• 87-89) ('r:rotes from 11 Tqe Lowndes· Family11 by Christopher Johnson, in Maryland Fistorical Magazine, vol• II.) 102 ADDISOJ'.T CHAPEL by Tur ary E .Lazenby Seated on a pleasant hill a short distance north of where Eastern Avenue joins 63d Street, i'T ,E., is a little old, old church, formerly known as Addison Chapel, but now as St. Matthew's Church, So pleasant is the situation that the settlement on the Washington side of the enclosure ie known as Seat Pleasant. This chapel was first built of logs by Col. John Addison, who came to Maryland in 1675, and established his home near Oxon Run in Maryland opposite the sector which half a century later became Alexandria, Col. John Addison's grandson, Rev. Henry Addison, rebuilt the chapel in a freme edition a decade or so before the Revolution. And a great-great grandson, Rev• Walter Dulaney Addison, rebuilt in brick as it stands today - a very plain little chapel, Col, John 1s only son, Col. Thomas Addison, with his friend, Captain James St oddert, patented in 1711, the very large tract of land known as 11 Friendship", beginning near Great Falls, meeting ~hitehaven near Little Falls, and running inland to near Bethesda, and on across the Eastern Branch. This sweep of land including all that is choicest in the 1':tational Capital and its environs, bespeaks poetic souls akin not in blood alone to Joseph Addison the poet. Thomas Addison., who added to his father 1 s possessions the nFriendahip 11 tract, also made on 11 0xon Hill'1 one of the famous colonial homes, which survived until destroyed by fire in February, 1895~ The first wife of Col. Thomas Addison was Elizabeth Tasker, whose brother Benjamin was latew a Colonial Governor of 1-,Taryland"' Col. ~homas Addison and his grandfather Col. John had been educated at Queen's College, Oxford. Across .the valley to the north lies Bladenburg, with its old house built by Christopher Lowndes in 1746. By marriage to Benjamin Tasker's dau~hter._, Elizabeth, a connection existed with the Addisons. Another con- nection was the marriage of his daughter, Rebecca Lowndes, to Benjamin Stoddert, grandson of the Captain James -stoddert who pa.tented "Frienqship" with Col. Thomas Addison. · Benjamin Stoddert' s home, with its garden r1.1.nning down to r.~ Street, still stands at the s~~thwest corner of Prospect a~d 34th Streets in Geor~etown, but it is almost smothered by an apart·:1ent hrn.:1.se around. However the old chimney is still distinct on 34th Street. Senjamin Stoddert was Secretary of the r-:rav:t u11der John Adams, e.nd thus the first Secretary of the -r-.ravy, because under :Vashington -,..ravy and War had been together in one department. Here in front of Addison Chapel, in one tomb, are buried Benjamin and Rebecca Stoddert. Beside them are Christopher Lowndes and his wife, and many descendants, while across the valley, on Bladensburg Hill, is the old home, Bostock Hall, (Condensed and copied fDom n_~merican r~otorist 11 December., 1930.) TASI Children of Thomas Tasker and wife ( Brooke): 1. Thomas·, died unmarried in England about 1696; 2. John, died 1711; married Eleanor Brooke; ,. Elizabeth, born 1686; .died 1706; md Col. Thomas Addison. 4. Benjamin, born 1690; died 1768; md Anne Bladen. II. BEl\TJAMIN TASKER., son of Thomas Tasker and wife, was born in 1690; married Anne Bladen, July 31, 1711. (BLADE~,- P• 104) He was a Justice of Anne Arundel.County, Md., 1714-17; and a member of the Council of Mar;,:-land from ~,.ovember, 1722 until his death. He was Mayor of Annapolis, 1721, 1726, 1750, 1754, and 1756 (Riley's 11 Ancient City")*; and 011e of 1\Taryland's two delegates to Colonial Congress in Albany, 1754. He died June 19, 1768, in the 79th year of his age, and the Maryland Gazette of June 23 gives his obituary.* Children of Benjamin Tasker and wife Anne (Bladen): 1. William, born 171:?; died 1715; 2. Benjamin,. born 1717; died 1717; 3 • Bladen, . died 1721; 4. Benjamin, born 1720; died 1760; member of Council 1744-60; 5. Bladen, born 1722; died 1723; 6. Elizabeth, born 1724; died 1789; md Christopher Lowndes; 7• Rebecca, born 1726; md Daniel Dulany; 8. Ann, born 1728; md Gov. Samuel Ogle; 9. Bladen, born 1730; died young; 10. Frances, born md 1754, Robert Carter. III. ELIZABETH TASKER, daughter of Benjamin Tas_ker and wife Anne (Bladen), was born February 4, 172'1-. She married May 14, 1747, Christopher Lowndes- (LOW~TJJES, P· 101) She died September 19, 1789. Children: (LOU~1DES, P• 101) * Biographies· of Thomas and Benjamin Tasker are given in nThe Tasker Family" by Christopher Johnston, in Md. Hist. Mag., vol.II• 104 BLADEN English Ancestry r. ROBERT BLADEN of Hemsworth, Yorkshire, England, was living in 1625. Ris wife Elizabeth {Lacy) was a daughter of John Lacy and wife Alice (Birkhead) whose father Martin Birkhead was the "Queen 1 s Majesty's Attorney in the 1'1 orth, 1585n. Robe.rt Bladen and wife Elizabeth (Lacy) had a son John. II. JOH"!'T BLADEJ;r, a son of Robert Biaden and wife Elizabeth (Lacy) was admitted to Gray's Inn, London, 6 Harch, 1625/6. He was living in 1632; and died before 1649. He married a daughter of Nathaniel Birkhead of East Heage, and had a son ~athaniel, III. J\TA'fHA"tniEL BLADE:P, son of John Bladen and wife (Birkhead), was Barrister of Hemsworth, Yorkshire, England; married Lady Isabella Fairfax, daughter of Sir William Fairfax of Steeton, Yorkshire, England, son of Sir Philip Fairfax and Frances his wife, daughter of Edmond ~heffield, Earl of Hulgrav~. 1'ratheniel Bladen was living in 1702, when he witnessed a will. , He and his wife Isabella had son lilliam born 27 February, 1673, at Steeton, Yorkshire,· England. American Ancestry. r. WIJLlLiAM BLADE?:r, son of l"athaniel Bladen and wife Isabella (Fairfax), was born 27 February~ 167,, at Steeton, Yorkshire, Wngland; trained in the Inns of Court, Inner Temple, 1687. He came to Maryland in, or before, 1695; had an estate of 2000 acres in St. Hary I s County; was Clerk of Assembly, 1695-97; Secretary of r:aryland, 1701; Attorney General, 1707; architect of new state-house, 1708. He married in 1696, Anne, daughter of Garrett Van Sweringen. (VA1'T S.'.!ERI°f'Tr,..Ev., P• 105) The Bladens moved to _Anap.pcblis, Maryland~ The books of his large library are listed in ~1Iaryland Historical r.ragazine, Sept•, 1941. He was buried at A11napolis August 9, 1718. (Register of St. Anne,-s) Children of William Bladen and wife Anne (Van Sweringen): 1. Anne, born about 1696; married Benjamin Tasker; 2. Thomas,, born 1698; Govenor -of·. ·trary1and, 1742-47; died 1780 .. II. A"-n1E BLADEl'T, daughter of William Bladen and wife Anne (Van S-weringen), was born about 1696. She married, July 31, 1711, Benjamin Tasker• (TASKER, P • 103) Children of Benjamin Tasker and wife Anne (Bladen): (TASKER, p. 103) (See Md. Hist. Fag., vol .-II., for 11 Bladen Family" by Christopher Johnston~ - also vol. V, t i ss1.1es of same for March & Dec., 1936, vol • XII I, p • 155) 105 r. GARRET VA1'-T SWERI'i'.:GEJ\T was born in Reemsterdam, Holland in 16:,6. He came from Holland to New Amstel (New Castle), Del~ware in 1657•* He was councillor at Amstel on the Delaware, 1659; schout, 1660; Commissioner to Holland, 1661-62; removed to Maryland, 1664; sheriff of St. Mary's County, 1686-87; member of Council, 1694. He married (1st)., 1659., Barbara de Barrette; she died 1670. ttGarrett Van Sweringen & 1,.ls wife Barbara de Barrette van Sweringen, his daughter Elizabeth Van Sweringen and his son Zacharias, 8 May, 1669, naturalized." (Bacon I s 11 Laws of I{d.", Chap. IV.) Ga-rrett Van Sweringen married (2nd)J Oct• 5, 1676, Mary Smith,_ daughter of Hugh Smith. Garrett Van Sweringen's will was proved Feb. 4, 1699; his widow Mary's will was proved Sept. 5, 171?• . Children of Garrett Van Sweringen and wife Hary (Smith): 1. Joseph, born 1677; 2. Mary,. :;. Anne, born 1680; married 1695, Wm• Bladen of St. Uary's; 4. Charles, 5. Eleanor, married C'arroll; 6. Theresa,. 7 • Dorothy. . II. A1'"'1'TE VAi'.T s·.vERD,TGEJ':r, daughter of Garrett Van Sweringen and wife Mary (Smith), was born in 1680. Anne married, 1695/96, ~Villiam Bladen (p. 104)_ of St. Mary's,Tukl .. , named in her mother's will.(below) Anne was living in August, 1719. Children of William Bladen and wife Anne.(Van Sweringen): (BLADE1'!, p • 104) * His naturalization paper was published •in n.A.R. Mag. Nov., 1946, P• 581.) - - ... VAP SWERI~GEN WILLS: VA1'T S'dERIJ'!GE"f'T, GARRETT, of the C~ty of St.. !lary's, St. Macy's Co-; 25th Oct., 1698; 4th Feb., 1698/9. to 2 sons, viz., JOSEPH&· CHARLES,_ equally, & hrs.~ dwelling house; also the "co,.1ncil Rooms 11 and ncoffee Houseu & lands thereto belonging. In e·vent of death of bothe sons afsd, without issue, sd. estate to pass to daus. (unnamed) by present wife. Wife (unna':led) to have estate during widowhood, and she is not to be disturbed by child. (unnamed)or sons-in-law. (unnamed) To daus. afsd., personal~y; son JOSEPH appointed guardian of ad. daus. 11 priests of Roman Catholic- Church, personalAty. Execs. Jife afsd. together with son JOSEPH afsd. Test: "1\-rich. Croutch, T:Jm. Asquith, Thos. Grunwin, Thos. Sinnodd. 6 .209 1 VA~r SWERI1'TGE1' , HARY, widow, St. Mary's Co-, Hd. 17 Feb., 1712/13; 5th Sept., 1713• To daus. Dorithy and Ter.l!shea van Sweringen, personalhty. n son-in-law Wm Bladen & Dau. Blpde-n, & to dau Eli·oor Carroll, personal estate. - - - n son Joseph, ex•, residue of estate_ real &· personal, including 200 a. 11 The Point11 nr St. Hary' s; he to maintain daus. Dori thy&. Tereshea afsd. Test: Ann Faloni, Hannah Bantom, Wm. Asquith. 1:;. 587 . (Md. Cal. Wills, vols. II & III.) 106 KELLER JOHAvi1ES KELLER, probably from the German Palatinate, arrived here from Rotterdam, Holland, via Cowes., England., in ship "Princess 11 Augustus , Samuel r{erchants, master, September 16, 17j6. (Rupp's tt.~OOO Germans", PP• 102-3) In 1739 in Prince Georges County, Maryland, he patented ,60 acres, 11 11 called Resurvey , on Ash Swamp ( or head of : Ash Swamp); and in 1770 in Frederick County, M.d, there were recorded three deeds which equally divided this land among three of his sons: George, John, and Thomas. He probably died in Frederick County Dec. 15, 1796. (Record of German Reformed Church of Frederick County, Rev. Charles Lange) He probab~y married Kronklet on. Children: 1. John J_oseph, 2. Thomas, born 1741; had son George born after 1777; :; • George, 4. Follie.1 5 •. Rebecca, 6. Hannah 1 7. Susen, &. probably others. All.auove from "Gen~alogy & History", January, 1948) - - - JOH:'.• KELLER~ born in Switzerland; immigrant to PennsylvaniaJ removed to Maryland; wife Juliana(?). Children: 1. George, married Sarah Greenwood Hedges 1786J 2. John, ?• Rudolph, 4. Casper, 5. Elizabeth, married (Fr-om·-Edward Everett Gore of Chicago, Ill, no authority given) 1 1t (See Keller in ~rumbaugh s1tMaryland Records , vol. II, P• 53) 107 KELLER GEORGE KELLER, son of John Keller immigrant to Pennsylvania; was recruit for Continental Army, sent to Charleston, 1780. (Scharfe's nHistory of ':Vestern Maryland", also Muster Rolls of Revolution in l:Id. Arch., vol. XVIII.) George Keller married Sarah Greenwood Hedges at Frederick, Md.(HEDGES,· p.109) March 17, 1786. The 1790 Census of Frederick County lists his household as having: 1 male over 16, 2 males under 16, 1 fe~ale. * He voted the Democratic-Republican ticket in Presidential election, -r,.ov. 9-12, 1796, in Frederick.., Hd. (~~d. Hist. ~Tag.,vol. XXI, P• ;94) Ii-1 1807, 1808, 1809 his name is on the tax list of Fardin County, Ky• for 135 acres on Rock Creek; a~d in 1810 for 1;5 acres on Rock Creek in ~rayson County, which was formed from Fardin County in 1810. George i:{eller and wife Sarah removed from Grayson Cou.nty~Ky. about 1829 to Coles County, Ill• There they died and were buried near Charles ton 11 in Kickapo·o. Cemetery11 according to Mr, ·Edward Everett Gore; 11 on Leigh -.Villiams r Farm", according to Besse Lumpkin; the graves could not be found by Hay Stoddert CTiles in 1·929. Children of George Keller and wife Sarah (Greenwood Hedges): 1. John, married Zillah van Meter, 2. T..Tary, married Benjamin F. Sto~dert ("Polly"), 3. Frederick, married Cynthia van r:!eter, 4. Moses, married Cleaver, ~ _,_. - - 5. Catherin~, married John van Meter, 6. Samuel, married Cinderella Davis, 7. Jacob, married Levina Davis - ancestors of Edward Everett Gore of Chicag©~ Ill• ~- George, married Susan lilliams, 9. Susan, married Jilliam Jeffrie-a. The grandchildrenof ~eorge Kell.er ar,.d wife Sarah (Hedges) are listed in the genealogy compiled by Dr• 0, ":{. Fer.st1son of T-,tattoon, Ill. *The re is a town na~ed Keller on the B • &. • O. Railroad in Frederick Go•,' Td • 108 KELLER MARY KELLER, daughter of George Keller and wife Sarah (Hedges), was 1:Won in Frederick County, Maryland about 1790; but later than AuguEt, 1790 when the Census was taken,, wbich does not list a daughter of George Keller.* · She married Benjamin Forrest Stoddert, (STODDERT, P• 93) They are listed in the 1810 Census of Grayson County, Kentucky, and without a child. She died about 1869 in Charleston, Ill. (Hist.of Coles Qo.,Ill•) 11 Per grave at Cbarleston is marked by a: stone with the inscription, "MARY • r.:rer grar1dcla,J.ghter Harriot Ozeta ~lover Cross, who saw her last in 1867, gave in 1935 this description of her,"Grandma Stoddert was a blond, was stern and read much. She lived with lle=r Aunt Art.; was always dressed up; woI·e e. little black silk apEUn. We have her book, nThe Pillar of Fireu .n Children of Benjamin F• Stoddert and wife Mary (Keller): (ST0DDERT, PP• 94.95) * The Census of 1850 and of 1860~ when }tiacy K~lle-r Stoddert was probably living with her daughter, Mrs. ~rlimitia Ballard., in Charlestcn, Ill.-, should give !-.Tary Keller Stoddert' s birth date and birth place. 109 HEDGES r. JOSEPH HEDGES is said to have been the grandson of Sir Charles Hedges who was Secretary of State under King William III and Queen Anne. Joseph Hedges -married (1st) Mary Fettleplace at Kingswood, ':iiltshire, England, Javuary 31, 1708. She died in England in 1712. He married (2nd) Katherine Ti_ngey of London, September 8, 1713. He came from England to Delaware about 1714; and settled i11 :Maryland in 17?9. He died i·r! Fonoquacy.,. Hd. in 1732. His will names his sons: Solomon (b. 171~, Charles (b. 1~), Joshua (b. 1714), Jonas, Joseph, and Samuel; dau2:hters - Ruth, Cathren, and Dorcas. (Record of 0ld Swedes Church., Wilmington, Delaware; and nHistory of Kentu ckyu by E • Fot}k Johns on • ) II. CHARLES HEDGES, son of Joseph Hedges and wife l\,Iary (Fettleplace), was born in England in 1712; came to Delaware about 1714. He TTas an ensign in the French and Indian War; member of the Committee of Observation of Frederick County, Md., Dec., 1775• (!~Id.Hist.Mag.,vol•I) He married (1st) 12 Feb., 1736, :Mary Stille, daughter of Jacob Stille; (STILLE, P· 111) (Records of Old Trinity Church, Wilmington, Delaware) He married (2nd) 1768, Isabella Wirk who died about 1820. He died December 21, 1795 in Frederick, rl:ld.* (Record of German Reformed Church, Frederick,Hd.) uis r:ill names bis children: Jacob, Moses, Joseph, Absalom, Shadrack, Charles, Susannah, Rachel, Ruth, Margaret, Pannah, Dorcas, Isaac and Samuel• III. "MOSES HEDGES, son of Charles Hedges and wife Mary (Stille), was born about 1740. He 7tlarried about 1766, Mary Wood, daughter of Judge Joseph '] ood ,Sr. ('.V 00D, P • 114) F 0 ses Hedges was a member of Committee of Observation of Frederick Co·xnty, Md., Dec., 1775. (Hd .Pist .r,rag., vol .I) Fe died about 1782; administrative account of his estate was dated April 9, 1782. Children of ~\Toses Hedges ar"!d wife Mary (Wood): j\Ticholas, John, Joseph, .Aaron, and Sarah. rv. SARAH HEDGES, daughter of lToses Hedges.and wife Hary (Wood), was born in Frederick County, Maryland. She y,jas proud of her middle name "Greenwoodn, but its source is not known. She married George Keller at Frederick, Hd_., March 17, 1786. (KELLER,p-107) They lived for many years in Kentucky; and removed to Coles County, Ill. about 1829. There they died and were buried near Charleston, Ill. Children of George Xeller and Sarah (Hedges): (KELLER, P• 107) * An old Hedges burial ground was near Yellow Springs, mentioned by Scharfe in his 11 History of 1.Vester-o Harylandn. 110 HEDGES \VILLS HEDGES, JOSEPH, Monaqua-0yf ·Prince Georges Co.,Md. 6th Sept., 17;2. 29th ~ev., 17?2• To son s010i-.rrl'T and heirs, 258 acres on Hanaquicy Ck. n 2 sons CHARLES and J0SF.UA and their heirs, each 200 A. at Opeckan • n sons J(Y1',.AS and JOSEPH and their hrs., 400 A. to be bou. by exs. at Opeckan divided equally. " son Samuel and hrs., 100 J.., to be bou• by exs, at Hanaquicy. ~ t1 daus. RTJTH, CATI-JRE°T',. & DORCAS and sons JCSEPR & SANUEL, personal ty. t1 wife & child., residue of estate. EXECS. Sons S r'L0H01',. & QUARLES. Test: Chidly 'Mathews, Thomas Pillard, John Pillard. 20.468 (~Jd. Cal. Wills, vol• VI) * spelling varies. - .. -.. HEDGES, CHARLES, FEEDERICK Co., Md. Probated Dec. 27, 1195• ]ill names sons: Jacob, Moses Hedgea 1 heirs, Joseph, Abs al om; daughters: Rachel & Susannahfs heirs; wife Isabella - 11 Hedges' Delight" (192 acres) Tract called ncharles & Marytt sons: Isaac & Samuel1 Shadrack~ Charles; Daughters: Ruth, l{argaret, Hannah, Dorcas; Grandson, Stephen Julien. (Will in Court Pouse, Frederick~ rJd.) 111 STILLE r. JACOB STILLE, yeoman of Christina Hundred, Delaware; married Rebecca, daughter of Carl (Charles) Springer and wife, Maria (Hindrichsdotter), of Christina. Rebecca doubtless died before September 14, 1771 as she is not mentioned in her husband 1 s will of that date. *Their children named in the will are: Andrew, Elizabeth~ Margaret ~:nd Catherine. Their daughter Hary, born 1715, died by 1768. II. 1\:!ARY STILLE, daughter of Jacob Stille and wife Rebecca (Springer), was born June 22, 1715 and baptized .July;, 1715 in =-' oly Trinity Church at Christina, now Wilmington, Delaware. l-Iary Stille married Charles Hedges February 12, 1736. She was ~iving in 1765 (when she signed her brother Peter's will in Frederick County, 7-,.aryland) but she died by 1768 (when her ha-aband• Charles Hedges married Isabella Wirk. Children of Charles Hedges and wife Mary (Stille). (HED@ES, p. 109) * Register of Holy Trinity Church, tNilmington (county seat of J':ew Castle), Delaware, lists Jacob Stille I s children. - ...... -- Will of JACOB STILLE, yeoman of Christiana Hundred. Sept• 14, 1771 • Feb • 6, 1 77 4. Son, Andrew Stilly, exec. Two sons-in-law, Charles Hedges l John Bird; Daughter-in-law, Mary Stilley, c: children - Andrew & John; Elizabeth Stilley., alias Pollard; - trargaret Stilley., alias Herradi th; Catherine Stilley. (From Delaware Cal. of ~Jills, ~Tew Castle, Delaware, as compiled by Colonial Dames of Delaware. rame ... spelled Stille, Stile, Stilley, Stilly, & Stiley.) 112 SPRTNGER I. CARL (CHARLES) SPRIWGER~ son of Christopher Springer and wife Beata __ _ of Stockholm, Sweden, was born in Sweden about 1658. While a student in London he was kidnapped, · sent to Virginia, and sold as a servant, Five years later, about 1682, at the close of his term of bondage, he went northward to find his countrymen along the Oel aware River. The·re he settled and on December 22nd, 1685 he married Maria Findrichsdotter. For several years, (1689-93), after all the ministers of the Swedish congregation in the community had died, he served "the congregation and the church by reading the J ord of r; od and explaining it to the congregation on the basis of a Swedish book of homilies and the singing of hymns. 11 He owned and cared fo1.. two plantations non which alone I live and move about • • • in such 0-nanner that I and mine suffer no wants" • Thus he wrote to his mother in Sweden June 1, 1693, also asking her for two manuals and hymnals because he had none besides his own. In July, 1697, soon after the arrival of a represe~tative of the King and two missionaries from Sweden, the congregation decided to build a new church, and chose for the location Christina, later included in Wilmington. Though 1'--rew Castle was a rival, n Charles Springer, ever unwearied in the promotion of Godrs glory •• -won unity to all." 11 0n Trinity Sunday, Ju:ne 4, 1699, the building was consecrated and given the name 1Holy Trinity Church' .n Biorch, one of the missionarie_s, wrote in 1699 that at the general meeting to choose church wardens "they all stuck to (lliarles Springer ••• as they could not get along without his assistance in the church, and wished that he would remain in office so long as God should spare hi-s life." He continued as a trustee till his death May 26th-:, 1738, at the age of 80 years. His grave, close to the south wall of the church, was later covered by part of the portico over the south door-way and nbis earthly body became a nart of the building he had loved so well". (From 11 Charles Springer of Christit1an by Courtland B. and Ruth 1. Springer, in American Swedish Historical Foundation Yearbook, 1949.) In his letter to his mother in Sweden, June 1, 1693, he tells her of his wife r-Taria Findrichsdotter and mentions their three , 0 - children, "all three of them daughters • One of them was Rebecca. II. REBECCA SPRI1'7'GER, daughter of Carl Springer and wife Marie (Rindrichsdotter), was born in Christina, Delaware before 1693- She married Jacob Stille of Christina, Delaware. As she is not mentioned in her husband's will dated September 14, 1771, she d~1btless had died. Their Children named in the will are: (STILLE, P• 111) CHARLES CHRISTOPHER SPRI~GER C:Iilmington, Delaware) nwilmi·ngton was meant for a farmers I town, a place of trade, and for the service of ships and mills. A ropewalk and a small loft were among the ir~ediate enterprises. Free ground for a markethouse which the townsmen might erect was offered the first group of lot-owners. The Swedes, much interested in the sale of lots, because their gl~e land would be in demand as the town grew, made Charles Christopher Springer their attorney and trustee to act with the crnJrch wardens in promoting their interests.n 11 ti For many years the celeb-rated case of the Springer heirs has provided the city with~ .thousands of lines of publicity in· _newspapers throughout the ····-2-tion. In relation to 7.iil~hgton property Charles Christopher Springer is known to his local descendants and to students of early Wilmington history z..3 the legally constituted agent of t·he congregation of Old Swedes Church, chGrged with leasing and selling the glebe land, about the time Wilmington was ·1aid out in 1731. He gave deeds in fee simple and on lease at a low 2.nnual rental. During \\\e 18th and 19th centuries, all of the glebe, the old Pickering tract, from;_Christina to Rattlesnake Run in a broad diagonal strip, became incorporated in the city, remaining claims of the Church being satisfied and clear title obtained by individual owners. Publicity in connection with a title deed, &oon·after the Civil War, may have misled some of the many lineql descendants of Charles Springer born an~ living at a distance from 1ilmington. As a result of their efforts to establish a claim they honestly believed to be just, the claimants were eventually brought together by a group of shre(gw\ promoters who saw in these unsuspect ing persona an opport,rni ty for a huge and widesnread confidence game. The background of the scbeme was well prepared. rf_!Siscovered that Charles Christopher Springer had been kidnapped in youth while attending an English school, brought to this country, a·nd was u11able thereafter to establish connection with his parents in Sweden. To this was added-a story that he bought from the Indians, at the site of Jilm.ington, land that wes confirmed to him under a grant from William Penn. The supposed grant occupied a tract of some 1,900 acres of land, 228 of which ran through the center of-~1ilming ton. The promoters elaborated on the scheme, held meetings, and talked of an estate which ran from '80,000,000 to as high as $150,000,000. The interest of the victims was kept alive by constant increases in the estimated value of the estate and the adding of fictitious tales, such as one relating that Charles Christopher Springer had been a Swedish Baron to whose credit ~100,000,000 in treasure remained deposited in a Stockholm bank• The scheme flourished in spite of many setbacks on the part of the 11 nheirs , wbo were many and had been recruited from all sections of the coun try. Meetings were held and large sums of money extracted from the prospective millionaires to prosecute the claim, but to no avail. Court records proved· that Charles Christopher Springer had not been a landed member of the orig inal settlement and that the land reputed to have been his was actually the property of the rld Swedes Chtl)U\ch through the gift of bme family of ~vlln Anderson Stal~op, the original Swedish owner." (Delaware - The American Guide Series - Federal ~:·:riters Project, PP• 267, 276 etc.) 114 WOOD r. JOSEPH WOOD came from Gloueestershire,_England to Maryland. He married, after 1684# Francina Herrman of Cecil County, Haryland. (HERRMA1'-r, p. 120) Their children were: 1. Jenneken, baptized Oct, 18, 169; in Pew York; 2. Ro\rert. rr. R0BERT W00D, son of Joseph Wood and wife Francina (Herrman), came from . · Gloucesters~ire, England t_o Bohemia Manor, Cecil co. i'::Id. His will dated July 13, 1711, proved Aug. 18, 1721, names his wife Catherine and eldest son, Joseph, under 21. (WILLS, P• 115) III. JOSEPH WOOD, 11 3enior11 , n the emigrant", "Judgerr, son of Robert ~.v ood and wife Catherine ( ) , was born in Gloucestershire., 11 England, between 1700 & 1718. (S charfeT s-"Hiatory- of Western i\Taryla-nd , vol. I). His deed recorded at Elkton in .1751 states that he was a grand- son of Francina Herrman. (Land Records, vol. 8, p. 101) · He married (1st) S.arah Hodgson, Feb. 14, 17"54/5, in Cecil Co- ,Md• She died and was buried July 11, 1747• (HODGSON, P• 116) . Their children: 1. Robert, md Catherine, dau. of Nicholas Dorsey; 2. Sarah, 1738-77, md Matthew ~ickham; 3. Joseph ( 11 Colonel" )., born 174;; md Anne Reed; 4. ~,!ary., born 1746; md Moses Hedges; ~All Saints' Parish Records, Frederick, Md.) He married (2nd) Catherine Julien, Be;pt. Jalien, Sept. 11, 1747 • Their children: 1. Catherine, born 1749; md Thomas -Reynolds; 2. Elizabeth., born 1750; md 1769, Thomas Wilson; 3• Abraham, born i75'; 4.. -John, 1754-18"52; md Martha Ogle; _5 ... ·Rachel, born 1757; md Gery (or Bery) Barnhart; 6. Rebecca, born 1759; md Bently; 7. Ruth, born 1761; md ---Bently. Joseph Wood was granted 1450 acres of land in Frederick Co.,?:rd.·, in· 7.75C; a~-,d re1noved to Frederick Co., Md. in 1755; was proprietor of T-;onoQuacy :-7.::or at ..Joodsbo:ro, r.{d; Judge of Court of Appeals of Frederick Co.,!~•1d. ·· J.ert ~8000.00 in silver to Continental Congress for the Revolution. Re died in 1782, and was buried at Rockyhill Church, one mile south :i ~oodsboro, Vd. Ii.!? I Children of i\,Toses Hedges and wife Hary (Wood): (HEDGES, P· 109) 115 WILLS WOOD, ROBERT, Cecil Co., Maryland lJth July, 1721; 18th Aug., 1721~ To Dau. SARAH ELLRODE, personalty. " Son JOSEPH and hrs~. dwelling plantation •• , with half the land at age of 21; shd he die during minority or without issue. to pass to s·on John and hrs., he or they paying to son ~"'icholas 10 lbs-. at the age of _21. 11 Son ROBERT and hrs., residue of afsd. tract at age of 21; shd• he die during minority o~ without issue and son Joseph live-, his portion to go to John and heirs., son Joseph afsd. to pay to sons John and Wichola3 5_ lbs. each at the age of 21; shd both sons Robert and Joseph die during minority or without issue, their portion to be divided bet. sons John and ~Ti cholas. 11 all children (dau. · Sarah afsd. and dau, Margaret Allman included), personal estate, eq1.1ally at age. 11 wife Catherine, extx., 1/3 dwelling plan~ afsd. during life and legal sha:re of personal estate. 16. 466 Test: John Chick, Charles Rumsey, William Rumsey. (Marylan-d Cal. Wills, vol• v.) - - - JOSEPH WOOD~ 2nd wife of JE&j6R JCSEPH WOODtt Iviay jl., 1 791 i Jan. 15, 1194. names daughte.rs: Catherine Reynolds, Rachel Barnhart, Rebecca Bently, and Ruth Bently; step-daughter, Macy Hedges. Exec. Jeremiah Browning .. · . Witne&e:es- Susannah Bailey~ Joseph Bailey.,· and· Jacob ~indl-e. (Will Book, Gli~2, Frederick, l{d .. ) 116 HODGSON 11 r. ROBERT HODGSOJ\T, Quaker :ln ancient Friend and traveller in God's Truth , v,as born about 1626 in England. He was persecuted as a-Quaker in England in 1655, and at Hemstead, Long Island in 1657• (HODGSO~, P• 11~) . He married in Rhode Island. August;, 1665 Rachel Shotten (SHCTTEN,p-119) He died in Portsmouth, R.I. May 10, 1696, aged 7 II. ROBERT RODGSoir, son of Robert Hodgson and w·ife Rachel (Shotten), was born about 1670 in Portsmouth, Rhode Island. He mar.rietl about 1695 i·n Rhode Island., Sarah Borden, (130RDE'f\'!, P· 118). He died in 1753 · His J1ill proved ~Tov. 26, 17:,:,, Cecil Co • .,I'T~ names his wife and their children: Robert, born Jan. 13, 1697; Joseph, John, David, Richard, Phinehas, Matthew, Ra.chel (Scott), Sarah, and Johathan. III. SARAH R0DGSO1'r, daughter of Robert Hodgson and wife Sarah (Borden), was born about l 7lt• She married February 14, 1734, Joseph ~:iood, in Cecil County, Maryland. (WOOD, P• 1)4) She died July 11, 1747 in Frederick County, Maryland. Children of Joseph Wood and wife Sarah (Hodgson): (WOOD, P• 114) (From.·sarah Rodgson's .Ancestral Chart compiled by Kenyon Stevenson, 1936) - - - WILL of R03ERT HODGS01'r, Cecil Co • ., Md, 1 Dec., 1732; 26 POV•, 1733 • ~o ~ife Sarah, extx., land· leased of Joshua George, during her life; after her decease to sons Joseph Hodgson and John Fodgson, David Fodgson and Richard ~odgson to occupy together. 11 son Fbinehas a-rd hrs., 200 acres on s. side ''Pleasant Gardensn, he to pay 40 lbs._ as fol lows: 10 to his brother Matthew, 10 to his sister Rachel Scott, 10 to his sister Sarah Bod.gs on, and 10 to his brother Jonathan Podgson. n son J osenh and hrs., :residue of n Pleasant Garden" • 0 son Robert, personalty; residue of personal estate to wife afsd. Test: Thomas Weems, Evert E·vertson, Jacob Evertsen. 117 ROBERT HOOOSON 11 Dutch and Quaker Colonies· in America", Fiske, Vol. I., p. 2,32-4" nThe worst sufferers, however, were the· Quakers~ a party of whom ex pel led from Boston, landed at '.Pew Amsterdam in August, 1657. Several were at 9nce arrested but one of them, Robert Hodshone, kept on to Heemstede on Long Island, where he spoke to seyeral persons about the Society of Friends andits benevolent aims. While walking i.n an orchard he was seized and te.1<:en before a local magistrate, Richard Gildersleeve) who locked him up and went over to consult with Stuyvesant. Presently ~ildersleeve returned with squad of soldiers who took away Eodshone ts Bible and papers, tied him to a cnrt's tail and dragged him over a rough road to the Brooklyn Ferry. On arriving in 1\1ew Amsterdam he was thrown into a filthy cellar among vermin and kept there half starved for· several days. Then he was brought before · Stuyvesant and the Council but was not allowed to speak in his own defence. :-le was sentenced to two years hard labor with a wheelbarr·ow, or else pay 600 guilders~ · As he had no money ·the first _alt·ernative was imposed on him. So on a sultry August morning the poor quaker was brought out of his dun- .__9_:eon, chained to.a. wheelbarrow and ordered to road it. He said he had done no evil, had broken no law and he would not obey. Then he was stripped to the waist and a stalwart negro with a_ piece of rope beat him ti,11 he fell to the ground. This was repeated for several d-ays, on. one of which 1:.:odsaone was brought- '!)efore Stuyvesant who warned him that the whipping would go on until he· should submit to his senten·c;e~. This be ~ssured the Director he would never do~ Then he was kept for two nights and a day without bread or water, and then hung up_ to the ceiling by his hands while a heavy log of wood was tied to his ankles. In this position he was c~~elly beaten with rods. As he re~ained obdurate the same torture was repeated after two days• But public sympathy was now aroused for Hodshone. An English woman came a1"1d bathed his wounds., and her husband sought to bribe the schout with a fat ox to let him come to his house until he should recover. It co·lld not be done, said the schout, unless the whole fine were paid. There were those who were ready to ma.ke up the sum, but the Quaker would not allow it; a principle was at stake and he would rather die. At length Stuyvesant's sister, Mrs. Baird, a ·woman ,of sense and spirit, ca~ne · to he'r brother and implored and upbraided him until in sheer self-defence he was obliged to set the prisoner free. This outrageous treat,nent of ·. Fodshone was condemned by public senti"'nent .u - - - "Quakers went to Haryland in September, 1656, on the Severn River and Isle of Kent. In 1659 William Robertson, Robert Hodgson, and Christopher P older visited and converted many in Maryland• 11 (Md. Hi st. 5tag • ,SS~ Seven books of Quaker Records in Md. Hist. Soc. Library include Green., Greenwood and Podgson Families. 118 BORDEN I. RiCHARD BORDEJ'T was. born in England in 1601. In 1624 he married Joan Fowle, born in England. in 1604. He was admitted as an inhabitant of Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island, in 16;8. He lived in Portsmouth, R. I. His will was made by the ~n Council May 31, 1671• His wife died in Rhode Island July 15, 1688. Children of Richard Borden and wife Joan (Fowle): 1. Thomas, died 'f\Tov. 25, 1676 6. Joseph, born 164_5; 2. Fra.ncis, ·died about 1703; 7. Sarah, born 1644; J. Eary d. 1671; md John Cook; 8.. Samue 1 born 1645; went to ]'! .J • 11 4. 1!atthew, born llJay, 16;8; --9. Benjamin b. 1649; n n 5. John, born 1640; died 1716: 10. Amy, md 1678 Wm Richardson. II. MATTPE"J BORDE1'.T, son of Richard Borden and wife Joan (Fowle) ~as born in tray, 1638 _uFirst English- child born in Rhode Island", according to Quaker records. He lived at Portsmouth~ R.I. He married in· 1674 Sarah Clayton, born in 1654. He died July 5, 1708, of fever at Boston, Hass., and was baried at Lynn, T.1,Tass. R s wife Sarah was execut~ix of his 1 will. She died April 19, 1735. Children of !.Tat thew Borden and wife Sarah (Clayton): 1. Fary, born Sept. ~O, 1674, 6. Thomas, born Apr. 19, 1685; 2. Hatt:1ew, born Aug.14,1676; 7e Richard, born- Oct.10, 1687; ;. Joseph, born July 17,167~; 8• Abraham, born Mar-.29, 169?; 4.• Sarah born Dec• 29, 16~; 9. John, born Aug. 29, 1693; 5. Ann, born Jan. 5, 168~; 10. Benjamin., b. April 5, 1696- III. SARAH B0RDEJ-r, daughter of Hatihew Borden and wife Sarah (Clayton), was born Dec. 29, 1680 at Providence, Rhode Island. She married about 1695/6., Robert Hodgson in Rhode Island. She was e&ecutrix of her husband I s will in 1-:rov-, 1733, in Cecil County, ~Id. Children of Robert Hodgson and wife Sarah (Borden): . (H0DGS0J\T, P• 116.) 119 SHOTTEN. r. SA~:~SQl\T SHCTTE1'T, lived in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and later in Warrick, . R.I. He died September, 1643, intestate. His widow Alice, married (2nd) Ralph Cowland. Her will was made in ·1':rovember, 1664. Samson Shotten and wife Alice had only one child, Rachel• 1 II. RACHEL SFOTTE1' , daughter of Samson Shotten abd wife Alice, married Robert Hodgs.on August 7, 1665 in Rhode Island (HODGSO"F, P• 116) She survived her husband who died in 1696. Children of Robert Hodgson and wife Rachel (Shotte.n): (HODGSON, p. 116) (The precedi-og records of the R0Dr1S0""T, B0RBE1'"', and s~:r.OTTE'.!"1 families are · take~n from D.A.c. Lineage Books, I & II., and from Mr• Kenyon .Stevenson 1 s chart n Ancestry of Sarah Hodgson, First Jife of Judge Joseph Wood of Cecil County and Frederick County, Haryland.rr References givenfor the chart are: 1. Austin 1 s 11 General Dictionary of Rhode Island". 2. Besse 1 s "Collection of Sufferings of People Called Quakers", published 175;. 5· Futney & Cope's nFistory of Chester County, Pa.n 4. Glenn I s n Gen I l ll,.otes - Lloyd, Pemberton., etc• 11 5. Baldwin 1 s n}.faryland Calendar of Wills". 11 11 6. S charft 's Hisf ory of Western rJaryland .) 120 I •.AUGUSTI"I\1E HERRHA-r-:r, son of Augustine Ephraim Herrman and wife Beatrice (Redel), was 1:W'3p in Prague, Bohemia in 1621 (date give in his biography by Capek). Auga.stine Herrna-n was in America by 1644, whe,., he was surveyor at Accomac, va.; in New Amoterdam, 1644; was sent by Gov •.Stuyvesant to make the first map of Maryland along the Delaware. Jannetje He married/Varleth Dec. 10, 1651 in New Amsterdam. (VARLETH, P· 124) He was founder a·nd lord of Bohemia Manor in-Cecil County, Maryland, 1660; owned 3750 acres in Cecil County, Md. in 1661; later received more land for :naking map. (S charfe I s "History of 1estern Maryland") He was naturalized in 1669. (See following pages & biogranhy by Capek) He died at Bohemia i1anor; his will was probated Aug. 10, 1686. Children of Augustine Herrman and wife Jannetje (Varleth)·: 1-·Ephraim George, died childless, 2. Casper, died childless, .3. Arina r·•iargari ta, 4. Judi-:h, * 5. Francina, married Joseph Wood. II. FRA'!',,.CI1'TA HERR:ttAr, daughter of Augustine Herrman and wife Jannetje (varleth), was born in ~rew Amsterdam; baptized March 12, 1662. She f 11 ent from }.:!aryland to Holland before 1679; returned to America, and joined the Dutch Church in Wew York by certificate from Church ·in Old Amsterdam, Holland, December 5, 1684. She was then single. She married Joseph Wood 1. (WOOD, p·• 114) Their children were: (WOOD, P· 114) * Children all born in l''tew York (~rew Amsterdam) ·(From Lineage of Col. Joseph Wood by K~yon Stevenson, a,,d book "AUgustine Herrman"·by Thomas Capek, 19;6.) 121 HERRMAJ\i Maryland Historical Magazine Vol. XV -·1920 page 395: Augustine Herrman, a Bohemian, was bo:rn in Prague, and c~me to America to make his fortune. He died in Cecil County, Maryland, at nB obemia Han or", his estate situated on the Bbhemia River • • • page 396: Official record as follows: 11 Augustine Herrman born at Pra_g'i.1e in Bohemia, and that Ephraim Georgius and Casparus sons to said Augustine, Anna Margareta, Judi th a-nd Fr~ncina daughters to the said Augustine, were born in 1\Tew York out of the limits of this Province, invited hither by ar.d confidence of your Lordship's Declaration of the 2nd of July, 1649.n Augustine Herrman was the son of Augustine Ephraim Herrman, Councilman of Prague, Bohemia, and his wife Beatrice Redel, daughter of Casper Redel,_ also of Prague. He was born in Prague in 1621 ~nd ~ettled in ~ew Amster dam in 1643. There on Dec. 10, 1651, he married Janetje, the daughter of Casper and Judith Varlet. She was born in Utrecht in the iretherlands. Their children were Ephraim G-,Caspe.ru.s, Anna ,!targare~ta, Judith and Francina. 11 "Augustyn Herrman settled in l\Tew Amsterdam, now ? HERID!A1',. (continued) Busy with the affairs of his estate and with the collecting of data for the map which he had begun, he found that he would now enjoy the mixing im pub lie life at St. Jl!lary 's. Re therefore petitioned the Upper House on September 17th, 166; for naturalization papers. page 409: Augustine Herrman died in 1686, having made two years previous, a will which bears the date of September 12, 1684, and is recorded in the Land Cffice in An~apolis. There is also recorded in tbe same office in another record book, a complete will bearing date September 27, 1686, by which the testator distributes his large estate. Maryland Pistorical Uagazine, Vol. XXIV., 1929: page 308: Augustine Herrman was born in 1605* in Bohemia, where the Gypsies came from, and after many adventures lived t,:, the good old age of 81*, a~d died in Maryland in 1686. His father was a person of character and good standing in Prague •• It was the religious persecutions which c~ed him to leave his own country. For a time he went into the service of the Dutch East India Company. , • • He also became one of the owners of the privateer ing frigate La Garce, which captured many a Spanish ship for the be~efit of Augustine I s pocket - and that is where his piracy came in• •• page 309: iugustine finally abandoned his roving life and settled in ~ew Amsterdam in 1643, where he became prominent as a leader of the Dutch settlers who disliked the arrogant ways of Peter Stuyvesant. In 1647 he ~as one of the first board of nine appointed to protect the interests of the settlers, and with them prepared a memorial to the States General in the 'Hague, which resulted in a summons to Peter Stuyvesant to appear in Holland and explain his iniquitous behaaior. - - - * The assertion that Augustine Herr~an was born in 1605 is an error. Below .the signature of his last will, dated 1684, proved 1686, is a notation 11 fl.etatis 6;n, which means "this will was executed by me in mg 63rd year.n Therefore he was born in 1621, not in 1605.( Capek) - - - Tl.Tore interesting records of Augustine Herrman and his map are given in Thomas Capek's book, "Augustine Herrman'r. - - - Czeck Comenius was a member of Unitas Fratrum, or Moravian Brotherhood - a sect of radical Presbyterians who stressed doctrine less than conduct - a powerful organization in early 17th century. In 1620 the Catholic Counter Reform invaded Bohe~ia, and the Brethern were .driven from their homes. Comenius. belonged to the European elite of 17th century thinkers and reformers who, exiled from home, found refuge in the Dutch Republic. Augustine Herrman was one of these refugees. 12; HERRMAir (concluded) Maryland .Historical Magazine, Vol. XXVI, page 233: ttpatent of naturalization, iTovember 15, 1669, issued to Augustine Herrman, reciting Act of Assembly of April 10, 1666, by which the Assembly granted a petition presented on behalf of John Jarbo, born.at Dijon, France, Augustine Herrman born at Prague, Bohemia, a~d his children Ephraim Georgius, Casparus, Anna I.Iargarita, Judith, Francina, all born in 'f\Tew York, Ann Hack born in Amsterdam, Holland, and her sons George and Peter, born at Anamac, va. Certified by Robert Carvile. n Vol. XX.V, PP• 164,165: nr,Vriting from London, England, under date of 16 Sept.,1681, Wm Penn began to a~noy Lora Baltimore by warning planters living in Cecil Co., in the Pr(?vi-r1ce of Maryland, not to pay taxes to Lord· 1=3altimor_e as he, Penn, regarded them as living within the _bounds of his Province of Pennsylvania. The letters were addressed to James Frisby, Edward Jones, Augu$t1.ne Herrman, George Oldfield, Henry Ward, and He·ory Johnson at their plantations in Pennsylvania." n THe Counties of Haryland", by E. B. Mathews; page 514: · n •• the map of Augustine Ferman, supposed to have been finished in 1670 and copy·righted Jan •. 21, 1674-5, •• •" page 468: n·A year or so later (than 1658) Augustine Herrman settled on Bohemia Manor and soon the estuaries of the Elk and Sassafras Rivers were marked by numerous plantations.n page 470: 11 The prime mover in the establishment of this county (Cecil) appears to have bee_·o AugustitJ.e Perrrnan, perhaps the strongest man in the Pro-v vince at this time. Although subsequently a loyal adherent of Lord Baltimore it was his discernment, while an ambassador from the Sutch of Manhattan, that recognized the weak point in the charter of Maryland by which Delaware WtiS · ultimately lost to the Baltimores .n Maryland Caleridar of Wills, Vol. II: . (3rd and last will of Augustine Herman)_ f Her~an, Augustine., Bohemia Manor, 27 September, 1684 10 August, 1686. ~ill devises that his estate be equally enjoyed by all his children. To daughter Francina,- part of tract called "Bohemia Sisters" (her part called "Francina'j. Overseers Yvilliam Dare., Edward Jones and George Oldfield to look after the estate and protect the entail. Testator sets forth that he so appoints overseers because his eldest son Ephraim has attached 9imself to the Labidist faction of religion and is seeking to persuade his brother Casparus and his sisters • • • to join him- This will contains the notation, 11 Aetatis 63°. Test: Samuel Wheeler, Robert ~emble, Richard Edmonds, George Oldfield. 124 VARLETT I. CASP:AR VARLETT, nas a native of Utrecht, Holland• . In 1633 he ~~s a· res~4ent.-- of· Dut·eh: ~. 11 F.ort Good Hope 11 on site of Hartford;.:Connecticut •. ·Later ·he .. was. a·--merohant ·in "J\Teu Amsterdam, and p:ti~r to 1665 he settled in, Berg·eri, 1--1ew ··.J:er.sey ... 1.n 1666 he was a member of Gov- Carteret's ·council. He died in Fort Good H0 pe, He and his wife Judith had. a- daught_er Jannetje. (1'!.J• Hist. ;S-:oc·~- Pree~, Vol. 11-12; 2nd Ser., p 2j II, JAi~"ETJE VARLETT, daughter of Caspar Varlett and wife Judith, was born in Utrecht, ~etherlands. She married Augustine Herr:nan December 10., 1651. * (HERID.1A1'!:, P• 120) .His secontl .. will, dated ,.._Tovember 8, 1665~ mentions her as de~e-ased,. Children of Augustine Her~man,an~ wife_ .Jannet.. je (varlett): (HERRM/\i'l;.· 'p ... ,.:1·20} '**· * Samuel s-. Purple, M,D, ., Records pf the. Re.fp.rmed Dutch .Churcb in 1'1ew Amsterdam and New Yqrk•~ ~tla.r'ri~g~·s: "f.ro~-;oec. 11; 1929·, to. 26 Aug., 1801. Hermman I s marriage entry, p. 16. ·· · · · · · 11 ** Data fromnLineage rf Col. ~-oseph ·w ood ., by Kenyon Stevenson. P.ARTS I and II Ancestry of Robert Fletcher Cross, son of Daniel Gosnell Cross and wife Phoebe Young Howell Cross page page Armstrong 46-48 Halsey 2~ Baldwin 35-76 Howell 22-26 Brown ;o Mann 49 Carman 58 Marsh 49..:.51 Clarke 59 Mitchell 52,54 Coe 54-57 rtixon 46 Cooper ;2 Pierson ;7-45 Crabb 56 Riggs 29 Cross 6-18 Roosa JO Day 27-50 Sargent 31,;2 Everett 58 Taintor 53 Force 60-62 Whitlock 36 Fordham 58 Young 3;,34 PARTS III and IV -Ancest-ry of Harriot Ozeta Glover Cross, daughter -of Andrew Jackson Glover and wife Susan Stoddert Glover: page page Bishop 98 Keller 106-108 Bladen 104 Lowdnes- 10i;l02 Borden 118 Sbotten 119 Clayton 118 Smith 105 Donaldson 99,100 Springer 112,113 Fairfax 104 Stille 111 Fowle 118 Stoddeirt 78-97,102 Glover 64-7; Tasker 103 Hedges 109,110 Van Sweririgen ·105 Henderson 66,67 varlett 124 Hernp.an 120-123 Wood 114,115 Hodgson 116,117 - - - - Descendants of Robert Fletcher Cross and wife Harriot Ozeta Glover Cross page Cross 17 Fields 18 Vandervelde 18