M] \?l CS 7/ Km IBH7 » 1/ ;;:,¦ '.; FAMILY - ¦¦'" ¦" U firrHiAs rittenhqlM THE FAMILY RECORD OF DAVID RITTENBOUSE INCLUDING HIS SISTERS ESTHER, ANNE AND ELEANOR. ALSO, BENJAMIN RITTENHOUSE AND MARGARET RITTENHOUSE MORGAN BY DANIEL K.CASSEL OF GERMANTOWN, PHILADELPHIA, PA. I NORRISTOWN, PA. : HERALD PRINTING AND BINDING ROOMS. 1897. B *v* v p3 I ELIZABETH RITTENHOUSE SERGEANT. 5 DAVID RITTENHOUSE. CHILDREN OF No. 38. VOL. I. DAVID RITTENHOUSE*, of Matthias3, of Nicho­ las 2,ofWilliam1". 7 Indiridutl Family Gra. No. No.' 5 4200 1 Elizabeth Rittenkouse,b. about 1767; m. Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant, Esq., of Philadelphia, at the close of the year 1788 ;it was his second marriage. Mr.Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant was an eminent lawyer in Philadelphia, and for some time Attorney General of Penn­ sylvania ;he was one of the fivepersons delegated on the 20th of February, 1776, by the convention of New Jersey (where he then resided) to represent that colony in Congress. His col­ leagues were the late Governor Livingstone and John de Hart, Richard Smith and John Cooper, Esquires. Mr.Sergeant died with the yellow fever, in Philadelphia, on the Bth of October, 1793. He left a son and two daughters by this marriage. He was the first Attorney General of Pennsyl­ vania. Instead of leaving the city during the time of the yellow fever, 1793, he remained in the city,and was a leader of those who devoted their time and money to the establishing ofhos­ pitals for the relief of the sick. No doubt many lives were saved through his action, although he became* a prey to the disease and died while engaged in the good cause. Their children were Esther, David and Frances. 6 DAVID RITTENHOUSE. Indlridaal Family Gen." No. No. 5 4201 2 Esther Rittenhouse, b. about 1770 ; m. Nich­ olas Baker Waters, M. DMDM of Philadel­ phia, in 1790, a young physician of re­ / spectable talents and amiable disposition ; he died of a pulmonary disease in Au­ gust, 1794, at a very early age, leaving one son, who died young, on September 4, 18 13, aged 22 years, named David Rittenhouse Waters. David Rittenhouse named his second jdaughter Esther, in compliment to his sister, Mrs. Thomas Barton. Ina letter to the Rev. Thomas Barton, written on the occasion of the birth of this younger child,he says :"Tomeit is a matter of indifference, but to my Eleanor it was a great disappointment, to have a girl, having promised herself a boy ; and it had long since been resolved that this child,if a son, should be called Thomas, after yourself." The oldest daughter was named Elizabeth, after his own mother. 5 4202 3 There was one daughter by the second mar­ riage, but she died quite young. \ \ CHILDREN OF No. 4200. ELIZABETHRITTENHOLfSEs (Sergeant), ofDavid*, 2 1 ofMatthias 3, of Nicholas ,of William. 6 4203 1 Esther Rittenhouse Sergeant, b. October 16, 1789; d. June 4, 1870; m. Dr. William P. C. Barton, of the U. S. Navy,in 18 14; 1, 8, children, Elizabeth Emma 4, Julia Ade­ lines, Harriet, William,Emma, William, Mary, Lavinia, Clara, Selina, William; one died in infancy. 6 4204 2 David Rittenhouse Sergeant, b. July 1, 1791 ; d. August 8, 1872 ; unmarried. V DAVID RITTENHOUSE. v 7 IndiTttual' • Funllr Got. %>. No. 6 4205 3 Frances Rittenhouse Sergeant, b. November 17, 1793 ;. d. November 3,1847 ;m. John Cole Lowber ;children, Elizabeth, Alice, William, Henry, Frances. CHILDREN OF No. 4203. ESTHER RITTENHOUSE SERGEANT 6 (Barton), of Elizabeth Rittenhouse 5 (Sergeant), ofDavid4,ofMatthias 3, of Nicholas 2,of William?. 7 4206 1 Elisabeth Sergeant Barton, b.April28, 1815 ; d. August 23, 1895 ;m. Samuel Abbot, of Boston, April28, 1840; he was born October 10, 1807; d. October 4, 1873; children, Caroline, Elizabeth, George M., Elizabeth, Lewis, Charles, Fanny. 7 4207 2 Emma Barton, b. 1816; d. aged 5 years. 7 4208 3 Julia Barton, b.'-iBi7; d. June 26, 1884; m. Dr. J. Dickinson Miller,U.S.Navy. Dr.Miller was of distinguished ancestry. His grand­ father, Rev. John. Miller, a Presbyterian pastor, of Dover, Del., came from Boston, Mass. The latter's mother was a great-granddaughter of John Alden, one of the heroes of the Mayflower, and associated in New England history with the romantic story of Captain Miles Standish. On the maternal side Dr. Miller was no less distinguishedly connected. His mother was the daughter of Jonathan Dickinson Sergeant (if so, must be by second marriage), a member of the Continental Congress, and his-great-grandmother was a daughter ofJona­ than Dickinson, the first President of Princeton College, 8 DAVID RITTENHOUSE. IndiTidnal Family Gen. No. No. 7 4209 4 Adeline Barton, b.June 5, 1818; m. Thomas Howard Paschal, deceased. c 7 4210 5 Harriet Butler Barton, d. young. 7 42 11 6 WilliamBarton, d. young. 7 4212 7 Emma Barton, b.June 3, 1822 ;m.the Hon. Frederick Carroll Brewster, March 25, 1850; she d. September 4, 1882. FREDERICK CARROLL BREWSTER. Ex-Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, ex-Attorney- General of Pennsylvania, and one of the leaders of the Phila­ delphia bar, was born in Philadelphia, in the old city proper, May 15, 1825. In very early boyhood Judge Brewster was sent to the old Friends' Select School, at Fourth and Arch streets. There he was carefully trained and rapidly fitted out for col­ lege. He entered the University ofPennsylvania, then located in the old Ninth street buildings, while Rev. .Dr. Lud­ low, the father of the late Judge Ludlow, was provost. The young student displayed wonderful industry and aptness for learning whatever was taught him, until in 184 1, when, just about sixteen years of age, he graduated with all the honors of the institution, making apublic address at the commencement. William Henry Rawle and Hon. Horatio Gates Jones were college mates with him. Judge Brewster has always maintained an active relationship with the friends of the University, and he has often given evidence of the interest he feels in the permanent reputation and future welfare of his Alma Mater. He was for several years president of the Society of the Alumni,and on several occa­ sions he has been called upon to deliver addresses to the stu­ dents and patrons of the University of Pennsylvania, in West DAVID RITTENHOXJSE. 9 Philadelphia, and he was the orator at the laying of the cor­ ner-stone of the new edifice. In testimony of the esteem entertained for himby the University, he was, some years ago, honored with the degree of Doctor of Laws. Shortly after his graduation he entered the office ofhis father, where he enjoyed rare advantages for the study of the law. In 1844 he was admitted to practice, and speedily gained an extensive and lucrative patronage. This success was principally achieved in the civil courts, but itis by his conduct of famous criminal trials in which he has participated that his distinguished reputation as one of the famous lawyers of his day was first won." jFor his success in several famous criminal cases, see The Saturday Review and Republic" of May 9, 1891. In 1862 he was chosen to the official position of City Solicitor. Three years later he was re-elected to the same office. He did not, however, finish his second term, in consequence of being chosen, in October, 1866, a Judge of the Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia. His term ofoffice was for ten years, but, on October 23, 1869, he was tendered the Attorney-Generalship of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl­ vania, by Governor Geary. He accepted this office, retaining ituntil the close of.the Governor's term of office. He then returned to the practice of his profession, in which he still continues. Although all his life a very busy man, he has found time to collate and write several valuable legal works. Judge Brewster was married, in1850, to Emma, daughter of the late W. P. C.Barton, M.D.fa grandson ofRev. Thomas Barton and Esther Rittenhouse, sister of David Rittenhouse, the celebrated astronomer), at one time senior Surgeon of the United States Navy. Of his sons, two, Frederick C. and Francis* E., are prominent members of the Philadelphia bar. IndMduil Family Gen. No. No. 7 4213 8 William Barton, d. young. 7 4214 , 9 MaryBarton, d. unm., in 1856. 7 4215 10 Lavinia Barton. ¦9 RITTENHOUSE, 10 DAVID Indiridaal Family Gen. No. No. 7 4216 . II Clara Barton. 7 4217 12 Selina Barton, b.about 1830. 7 4218 13 William AlfredBarton, d. young. 7 4219 14 One, whose name Idid not get, died in in­ fancy. CHILDREN OF No. 4205. FRANCES RITTENHOUSE SERGEANT 6 (Lowber), of Elizabeth Rittenhouse s (Sergeant), of David4,of Mat­ thias 3,ofNicholas 2,of William1. 7 4220 1 Elizabeth Lowber, b ;d. unm. 7 422 1 2 Alice Lowber, b. ;d. unm. 7 4222 3 William Lowber, b. ; deceased m. Eliza­ beth, daughter of Edward Ingersoll; had one child, who died young; no issue living. 7 4223 4 Henry Sergeant Lowber, m. Charlotte Bleecker Lansdale, daughter of Dr. Lansdale. He is an attorney-at-law and resides in Germantown, Philadelphia ;no issue. 7 4224 5 Frances Lowber, d. unm. CHILDREN OF No. 4206. ELIZABETH SERGEANT BARTON? (Abbot), of Esther Rittenhouse Sergeant 6 (Barton), of Elizabeth Rittenhouse Sergeant 5,of David4,of Matthias 3;of Nich­ olas 2,ofWilliam1. V DAVID RITTENHOUSE. 11 IndMdual Family Gen. No. No. 8 4225 1 Caroline Secomb Abbot, b.June 11, 1841 ; d. December 7, 1864. 8 4226 2 Elizabeth Sergeant Abbot, b. September 29, 1843; d. January 16, 1849. 8 4227 3 George Maurice Abbot, b.