Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 70

Author: Runk, J.M. & Co
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa.
Number of Pages: 1482

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II. The Gostaffson family was prominent in those colonial days, as its descendants have since been. The name hasundergone a number of changes. Swen, son of Hans, abbreviated it to Gostos, which finally became Justis. The family enjoys the unique distinction of having perpetuated its Swedish blood without inter- mingling with it that of other nationalities. The marriages of its members in every genera- tion have been with Swedes, and it is to-day the only colonial family of purely Swedish de- scendants in Delaware.

Ilans Gostaffson, who crossed the Atlantic with a colony of Finns and Swedes in 1635, spent his life here in Mill Creek hundred, where he owned a farm. Neils Justis, son of Swen, and grandson of Hans Gostaffson, was the great-great-grandfather of Robert Clay Justis; he was born in this same hundred, probably on the same farm, and he also de- voted himself to agriculture. He was an en- ergetic man, and acquired much land. Neils Justis was one of the first to appreciate the profitableness of raising live stock, and had large herds on his wide acres. He died on his farm and was buried in the Old Swedes' churchyard, in Wilmington.

Joseph Justis, son of Neils Justis, was born and reared on the home farm and afterwards became its owner. He was a member of the early Republican party, organized during Washington's administration. Jacob Justis, son of Joseph Justis, was born and raised in Mill Creek hundred, on the farm inherited from his father; his remains lie in the old Swedes' churchyard, Wilmington. He had three sons: I. Joseph; II. Justa; IHI. David.

Justa Justis, father of Robert Justis, was born on the home farm, July 22, 1786. Hle was a farmer throughout his life, and in addi- tion to this calling, was also a contractor and builder. He erected many dwelling houses and other structures in Mill Creek hundred, and built the famous old Brandywine Springs hotel, for many years the finest in the state; it was destroyed by fire, in January, 1854. Justa Justis erected a large dwelling for his own occupaney on his farm, and lived there until his death, October 8, 1836. He was buried in St. James churchyard, Stanton, Del. Like his father, Mr. Justis was an anti-Fede- ralist and an undeviating follower of Thomas Jefferson, and in his last days was a supporter of Andrew Jackson. IIe was elected a Levy

Court commissioner for New Castle county and filled a number of local offices. Justa Justis was married to Catherine, daughter of Jeremiah and Mary (Reese) Springer, born in Mill Creek hundred, September 18, 1788. They had children: I. Mary (Mrs. Jonathan Catlin), deceased; II. Hannah (Mrs. Benja- min Gibbs), widow; III. Gustavus Adolphus, born November 26, 1821, an attorney-at-law, died in Chicago, August 13, 1847; IV. Robert Clay; V. Lewis Calvin, born January 16, 1826, resides in Kennedyville, Kent county, Md .; VI. Edmund, born March 7, 1829, died August 15, 1832; VII. Sarah C. (Mrs. Dr. Frank MeCabe), of Palmyra, Mo., born Sep- tember 2, 1835. Mr. Justis died on his farm October 8, 1836; his widow died May 4, 1856; both were buried in St. James P. E. church graveyard, Mill Creek hundred. Both were members of the St. James P. E. church.

Robert Clay Justis was born on the old Justis homestead and attended the public schools of Mill Creek hundred. Afterward he was a pupil under Rev. Samuel Galey, in Wilmington, and for a short time studied in Delaware College, Newark, Del., under Dr. Gilbert. Then he matriculated at Yale Uni- versity, and completed his education at Jeff- erson College, Cannonsburg, Pa., Rev. Robt. J. Breckenridge, D. D., president. It was the desire of his mother that he should prepare himslf for the ministry of the P. E. church, but he preferred the life of a business man, and after leaving college he engaged in the manufacture of flour in St. Louis, Mo. His first business venture was very successful, but its fruits were swept away by the great fire in that city, May 17, 1849, when eighteen hun- dred houses and nearly one hundred steam- boats were destroyed. Mr. Justis returned to the old home in Mill Creek hundred, and for four years assisted his mother in the man- agement of her farm. Then he formed a partnership with W. G. & I. D. Phillips, and engaged in the lumber business in Kent coun- ty, Del., and Talbot county, Md. The firm bought large tracts of standing timber and converted it into marketable lumber with much profit, but the Civil War made their business unremunerative, and they were com- pelled to discontinue operations. In 1865, Mr. Justis began farming at Kingston, Tal- bot county, Md. He made extensive improve- ments upon the land and continued there un-

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til 1869, when, leasing his farm to a tenant, he returned to New Castle county, and as- sisted John A. Cranston in the lumber busi- ness in Newport. There he remained until 1888, in which year he was appointed admin- istrator of the estate of Dr. Swithin Chandler, and removed to Brandywine Springs, where he has since resided, in order more efficiently to conduct the affairs of his trust. In 1882, Mr. Justis was elected to the Legislature, and served in that body as chairman on a number of important committees. IIe was one of the originators of the Wilmington & Brandy- wine Springs Railway Company, and has been for six years president of the company. Mr. Justis is a man of extensive reading, of much business experience, of progressive ideas, and boundless energy. By his own efforts he ac- cumulated a competence for himself; through no fault of his, no carelessness, or speculation, all was lost to him. He is esteemed by every- body for his worth and his genial nature. He is a close student of the history of the world, as it is daily being made; his library contains the best works of the foremost writers and the current publications. Mr. Justis is a member and Past Master of Armstrong Lodge, No. 26, A. F. & A. M., of Newport, a member of Friendship Lodge, No. 22, I. O. O. F., and has passed through all the chairs of Andastaka Tribe, No. 14, I. O. R. M., of Newport. IIe is a Democrat, and has always been prominent in his party in New Castle county.

On November 14, 1861, at St. James P. E. church, Mill Creek hundred, Robert Clay Justis was married to Mary Elizabeth, daugh- ter of James Cranston, born in Mill Creek hundred. Mr. Cranston is a well-known mer- chant of New Castle county. Mr. and Mrs. Justis have these children: I. Samuel; II. Gustavus; III. James Cranston, all of whom died young; IV. Eleanor Cranston, at home; V. Justa Gostaffson, associated with James Cranston in the lumber business in Newport; VI. Catharine Springer (Mrs. Dr. L. H. Ball), of Brandywine Springs. Mr. Justis is a mem- ber of St. James P. E. church, of Mill Creek hundred, and has been a vestryman since 1847.

JOHN KINSEY CHAMBERS, P. O. Newark, Del., son of Benjamin and Sarah A. (Whiteman) Chambers, was born in Mill

Creek hundred, New Castle county, Del., August 31, 1849.

When the land included in Pennsylvania and Delaware was granted to William Penn, and with Penn the Friends came to find an asylum in America, among the number of emigrants from England was John Chambers. IIe was born in Yorkshire, England, and ob- tained from Penn a grant of 1000 acres of un- cultivated land in what is now Mill Creek hundred, New Castle county, Del., paying for it, as is supposed, the customary sum of one penny an aere. The plantation he purchased was called the "Hop-Yard" farm, and por- tions of it are, to this day, in possession of and occupied by descendants of the Chambers who came across the Atlantic more than two een- turies ago. John Chambers was a farmer, and devoted his entire life in this country to the improvement of the wilderness he had bought from Penn. By untiring industry, he snc- ceeded in developing a fine and profitable farm from his land. On this farm he died, and was buried in the Friends' graveyard in Chester county, Pa. He had several chil- dren, among whom was Richard Chambers. Mr. Richard Chambers was the great-great- grandfather of John Kinsey Chambers. He was born on the "Hop-Yard" farm, became owner of a portion of it, and devoted himself to its cultivation. In those early days, he was considered a successful farmer. He was a Friend, and a deeply religious man. Mr. Chambers died on his farm, and was interred in the Friends' burial ground at Strickers- ville, Chester county, Pa. He had married in Mill Creek hundred, and had several chil- dren. Among those who survived him was Benjamin Chambers, who was born on a part of the "Hop-Yard" farm, where he resided all his life, adding to the value of his inheritance by more extensive cultivation and new build- ings where necessary. He continued in the re- ligious faith of his fathers, and when he died was buried in the quiet and unostentations graveyard.

Joseph Chambers, son of Benjamin Cham- bers, and grandfather of John Kinsey Cham- bers, was born on a part of the "Hop-Yard" farm. He received a good common school education. A portion of the farm was after- wards given him, which he cultivated for many years. Like his ancestors, he was ener- getic, and, desiring to make still more produc-

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tive the soil which had been reclaimed from the wilderness, he expended much labor and money on his heritage. He was of quiet de- meanor, and universally respected. Joseph Chambers had children :. I. William; II. Samuel; III. Benjamin; IV. Joseph, 2; V. Phineas; VI. Hannah; VII. Margaret; VIII. Martha; IX. Jane; X. Rachel. Mr. Cham- bers died on the farm and was buried at the Head of Christiana cemetery. He was a Friend in his religious belief.

Benjamin Chambers, father of John Kin- sey Chambers, was born on a part of the "Hop- Yard" farm, in Mill Creek hundred, in 1809. Hle was educated in the district schools of the hundred and assisted his parents on the farm until he was a young man, when he learned stone masonry. Then he removed to Milford X Roads, Mill Creek hundred, and there fol- lowed his trade until his death. He was a master mason, and a man of prominence in his community. For several years he was a school commissioner, and held other offices in the hundred. In his earlier days Mr. Chambers was a disciple of Jefferson; then he became a Whig, and later a Republican. On October 25, 1838, Benjamin Chambers was married, at Newark, Del., by Rev. Andrew K. Russell, a Presbyterian minister, to Sarah A., daugh- ter of Henry and Ann (Kinsey) Whiteman, born in Mill Creek hundred, October 19, 1819, and of German ancestry. Their chil- dren were: I. Anna Jane, born July 7, 1839; II. Joseph Henry, born May 8, 1841; III. Ellen (Mrs. Joseph Eastburn), born January 20, 1843; IV. Caroline, born October 27, 1844, died January 9, 1845; V. Sam- uel, born March 29, 1846, insurance agent, of Wilmington; VI. Malinda, born November 24, 1847, died February 18, 1848; VII. John Kinsey; VIII. Sarah (Mrs. Jabez Banks) of Stanton, Del., born August 14, 1852; IX. Benjamin, 2, born December 16, 1854, died February 3, 1866; X. Gilbert W., born November 26, 1856, I lacksmith, of Newark; XI. William, born April 20, 1859, died August 16, 1862; XII. Abraham Lincoln, stone mason, of Newark, and XIII. U. S. Grant, of Brooklyn, N. Y., twins, born March 20, 1865. Mr. Chambers died at Milford X Roads in 1878 and was buried in the White Clay Creek Presbyterian church graveyard. He was in his youth a member of the Society of Friends, but marry-

ing "out of meeting" he identified himself with the Presbyterian church. His widow resides with her son, John Kinsey. She is a woman of much intelligence, and has given much of her time to work for her church.

John Kinsey Chambers attended, when a boy, the public schools of Milford X Roads, District 37. Afterward he learned stone masonry from his father, and has carried on that trade, besides farming, ever since. As a mason, he had employment on several public buildings and school houses. Mr. Chambers purchased a tract of 93 acres from the "lower part" of the "Hop-Yard" farm and erected upon it a commodions dwelling house, a large barn, etc., at a cost of about $4,000, besides making other improvements. In 1897 he sold a part of his farm, but retained his home there. Mr. Chambers was school commissioner for District 37 for several years and was elected assessor of Mill Creek hundred in 1896. He is a member of Hiram Lodge, No. 25, A. F. & A. M .; a Past Grand of Oriental Lodge, No. 12, I. O. O. F .; Master and Past Chief of Joy Castle, No. 23, K. G. E .; member of Anchor Lodge, No. 4, A. O. U. W., all of Newark. In politics, Mr. Chambers is a stanch Republi- can; he is a member of the county committee.

On March 14, 1872, in West Chester, Pa., John Kinsey Chambers was married to Mary E., daughter of James and Margaret (MeMi- chael) Little, born in Mill Creek hundred. Mr. and Mrs. Chambers are members of Ebe- nezer M. E. church. Mr. Chambers is a stew- ard and trustee of the congregation, and treas . urer of the Sunday-school.

JOHN R. BRINGIIURST, Marshallton, Del., son of Joseph and Anna (Richardson) Bringhurst, was born in Wilmington, Del., January 8, 1845.

The Bringhurst family is of English de- scent, and was one of the first to settle in Dela- ware and Philadelphia. The first of the fam- ily of whom there is a record was John Bring- hurst, who was born in London, England, and according to family tradition was a grandson of Oliver Cromwell, his mother being a daughter of the Protector. IIe married in London, in 1682, Rosina, widow of John Mattern. They were among the many who held to the stern Puritan faith of the Protec- tor and his followers, and the Restoration, with the licentiousness and wickedness of the

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reign of Charles II. was abhorrent to them. So that soon after their marriage and before the more beneficent government of William of Orange had been made possible by the "Glorious Revolution of 1688," John Bring- hurst and his wife went over to Holland and there established their home. These children were born in Holland: I. Rosanna, born June - 28, 1688; II. John, born December 25, 1690; III. Anna, born January 29, 1693; IV. John George, born March 15, 1697.

John Bringhurst, 2, who had embraced the doctrines of George Fox, came to America early in the eighteenth century and settled with others of his religious belief in Philadel- phia. He soon became an influential citizen and merchant and owned fleets of ships which sailed between Philadelphia and the Barba- does and other West Indian Islands. He was, also, an extensive dealer in wines. On Au- gust 3, 1718, John Bringhurst was married to Mary, daughter of James and Mary Clay- pole, of Philadelphia, Pa. Their children were: I. Mary (Mrs. Judah Foulke), born November 18, 1720, died 1798; II. John, born September 9, 1722, died 1789; III. Elizabeth, born December 4, 1723, died De- cember 25, 1790; IV. James, born October 7, 1730, died February 27, 1810; V. Thomas, born November 17, 1731, died in infancy; VI. Joseph, born January 20, 1733; VII. De- borah, born July 15, 1736, died in 1737. Mr. Bringhurst died July 20, 1750, in the Barba- does, whither he had gone in the hope of re- gaining his failing health. Mrs. Bringhurst died in Philadelphia, July 2, 1761. The family were all members of the Society of Friends.

James Bringhurst, great-grandfather of John R. Bringhurst, was born and educated in Philadelphia, and began his business career with his father. He was a successful mer- chant. On February 10, 1761, James Bring- hurst married Anna Pole, also a native of Philadelphia. Their children were: I. John, born 1762, died in infancy; II. John, born April 25, 1764, died June 14, 1800; III. James, 2, born March 4, 1766, died in Phila- delphia, May 27, 1818; IV. Joseph, born October 6, 1767, died July 26, 1834; V. Jonathan, born May 8, 1769, died at Kennett Square, November 9, 1818; VI. Edward, born December 16, 1770, died September 26, 1794; VIII. Rachel, born in 1775, died in

1777. James Bringhurst died in Philadel- phia, February 27, 1810. He and his family were consistent Friends.

Joseph Bringhurst, grandfather of John R. Bringhurst, was born in Philadelphia. In that city he began his education, while Lord Howe was occupying the place with his conti- dent and indolent British army. In his carly manhood he studied medicine, and began the practice of his profession in Wilmington, Del. He was also engaged in the drug business in that city, and built up both a large practice and an extensive trade. He was one of the most prominent among the early citizens of Wilmington, and was associated with the lead- ers in society, business and politics. He was of unassuming disposition, but his good judg- ment and conservative ideas gave him much influence. His polities were of the early Re- publican or anti-Federalist type; he naturally passed later into the Democratic or- ganization. On July 11, 1799, Joseph Bringhurst was married to Deborah, daughter of Ziba and Edith (Sharpless) Fer- ris, born in Wilmington, March 2, 1773. Their children were: I. William, born Sep- tember 25, 1800, died June 14, 1818; II. Mary Dickinson, born July 4, 1806, married in Cincinnati, June 28, 1842, to George V. Moody, a prominent attorney-at-law, of Port Gibson, Mo., died in 1888; III. Joseph, 3, born September 26, 1807, died March 14, 1880; IV. Edward, born May 22, 1509, mar- ried Sarah Shipley, died February 8, 1884; V. Ziba Ferris, born September 19, 1812, married Amy Dixon, died March 6, 1836. Joseph Bringhurst, 2, died in Wilmington, July 26, 1834; his widow died August 20, 1844; both are buried in the Friends' ceme- tery in Wilmington.

Joseph Bringhurst, father of John R. Bringhurst, was born in Wilmington. He attended the well-known school conducted by John Bullock, the leading teacher of Wil- mington, and afterwards learned pharmacy under his father's instructions. After the death of his father, Joseph Bringhurst, 3, con- ducted the drug store very successfully until 1851, when he retired from the business and devoted his entire attention to his railroad and banking interests. He was a stockholder in the P., W. & B. and other railroads and in a number of banking institutions, and was presi- dent of the Wilmington Saving Fund Society.

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Mr. Bringhurst was a progressive business man and an influential citizen. He was inter- ested in all that promised the advancement of Wilmington, and was honored for his integrity and for his literary attainments. He was an undeviating supporter of the Whig, and after- wards of the Republican party, but never as- pired to an office, and was not active in politi- cal matters. On October 6, 1842, Joseph Bringhurst, 3, was married to Anna, daughter of John and Margaret (Paxson) Richardson, born in Wilmington, August 11, 1816. They had children: I. John R .; II. Margaret R., born November 13, 1847; III. Anna, born October 9, 1856, died May 16, 1878. Mr. Bringhurst died in Wilmington, March 14, 1880; his widow died May 28, 1889; both were buried in the Wilmington and Brandy- wine cemetery. Mr. Bringhurst was a mem- ber of the Society of Friends.

John R. Bringhurst was early enrolled as a pupil in the Friends' School of Wilmington, and afterwards attended Haverford College, near Philadelphia, Pa., from which he was graduated in 1865. It was his desire to live upon and manage a farm, and he purchased 103 acres of land in Bethel township, Dela- ware county, Pa., where he resided until he sold the land in 1874. Then he removed to Marshallton, and purchased the rolling and grist mill of J. Marshall & Co. He made ex- tensive improvements there, and operated the mill until 1894, when he formed the Marshall- ton Iron and Steel Co. IIe was elected presi- dent of the Company and continues in that office to this time.

On February 17, 1870, in Wilmington, John R. Bringhurst was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph and Sarah (Richardson) Tatnall, born in Wilmington, September 29, 1847. Their children are: I. Joseph, born September 15, 1871, in Delaware county, Pa., educated at the Friends' school in Wilming- ton, and at Swarthmore College, and gradu- ated from the medical department of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia, in 1898, married Helen N. Wilson, of Darling- ton, Md .; II. Frederick, born in Wilmington, December 12, 1873, educated in the Friends' school in Wilmington, is manager of the Mar- shallton Iron and Steel Co. Elizabeth Bring- hurst died January 19, 1874. On June 16, 1881, Mr. Bringhurst married Annie S. Stokes, born in Louisville, Ky., March 10,

1866. They had one child, Margaret, born April 1, 1882. Mrs. Annie S. Bringhurst died in Marshallton, April 23, 1882. Mr. Bringhurst married as his third wife Esther IT. Wilson. The ceremony was performed in Darlington, Md., April 20, 1887. They have one child, John R., 2, born September 27, 1895. Mr. Bringhurst is a member of the Society of Friends.

HARVEY T. BALDWIN, P. O. Choate, New Castle county, Del., son of William and Louise A. (Moore) Baldwin, was born in Mill Creek hundred, New Castle county, Del., Sep- tember 9, 1860.

Mr. Baldwin's ancestors were of English origin, and the family comprises some of the most influential people of Mill Creek hun- dren. Before the Revolutionary war, three brothers, John, Francis and William Baldwin, came to America from England. John and William settled in Chester county, while Francis Baldwin was not far away in New Castle county, Del., close to the Pennsylvania line. All engaged in farming.

William Baldwin, great-grandfather of Henry T. Baldwin, was born in Mill Creek hundred, New Castle county. There he pur- chased a tract of land near Centreville, in Christiana hundred, which he and his brother cultivated until his death. He was a follower of Washington and Hamilton in the bitterly contested political struggles attending the or- ganization of the United States government. Ile married, and had two children: I. Re- becca (Mrs. Samuel Baldwin), who removed to the state of Indiana; II. William, 2.

William Baldwin, 2, was born in Christi- ana hundred, New Castle county. Six months after his birth his father died, and following close upon this misfortune occurred the death of his mother. He was adopted into the fam- ily of William Moore, a well-known citizen of Mill Creek hundred, and was given all the ad- vantages that he could have enjoyed at the hands of his parents. He learned blacksmithi- ing with Mr. Moore, and followed that trade for a number of years. In his later life he purchased 108 acres of land near Ebenezer M. E. church, in Mill Creek hundred, and farmed there, besides carrying on the business of his smithy, until his death. He made many im- provements upon his land, and was a practi-

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cal, successful farmer, whose industry and ex- ample promoted the advancement of the hun- dred. Mr. Baldwin was widely known as Captain Baldwin, because in the war of 1812 he raised a Delaware company of soldiers, which was stationed for duty at New Castle. In politics he was a Whig. Captain Baldwin was twice married. Ilis first wife was Mary . Donald, of Mill Creek hundred; their only child died in infancy, and Mrs. Mary Baldwin died soon after her marriage. Captain Bald- win then married; in Kemblesville, Chester county, Pa., Ann, daughter of Isaac and Sarah (MeLane) Kemble. Her father was the founder of Kemblesville. The children of this marriage were: I. William, 3; II. Sarah A. (Mrs. John Ball), mother of Drs. Lewis Heisler and John Ball, of Mill Creek hundred; III. Lewis Kemble, Ph. D., de- ceased; IV. Joseph McLane, died young; V. Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. William Eastburn), of Mill Creek hundred; VI. George, died in in- fancy. Captain Baldwin died on his farm in 1854; his widow died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Ball, in 1860; both are buried in the White Clay Creek Presbyterian church- yard.

William Baldwin (3), father of Harvey T. Baldwin, was born in Mill Creek hundred. Ile received a good common school education, and immediately engaged in farming for his father. Some years later, he leased another farm in Mill Creek hundred, and cultivated it until the death of his father, when he re- turned to the home farm of 100 acres. In 1868 he sold that tract of land, and removed to a farm on the New Run road in Chester county, Pa., where he died. He was a Demo- crat. William Baldwin, 3, married in West Chester, Pa., Louise A., daughter of Thomas Moore, a well-known blacksmith of Mill Creek hundred, New Castle county. Their children are: I. Anna May, died in infancy; II. Laura (Mrs. Thomas Harkness), of Mill Creek hundred; III. Harvey T .; IV. L. Elma (Mrs. Henry C. Nelson), of St. George's hun- dred; V. William, 4, died in infancy; VI. Alva, died in infancy; VII. Eva L .; VIII. Ida L. Mr. Baldwin died on his farm in Chester county, May 4, 1886, and is buried in the White Clay Creek Presbyterian church- yards He was a member of the Presbyterian church. Mrs. Baldwin resides in Wilming- ton, Del. ; she is highly esteemed For her kind-

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Biographical and genealogical history of the state of Delaware, Vol. I, Part 70

Author: Runk, J.M. & Co Publication date: 1899 Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa. Number of Pages: 1482

Author: Runk, J.M. & Co
Publication date: 1899
Publisher: Chambersburg, Pa.
Number of Pages: 1482