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alleys on the ends of the room. One pew on each side of the pulpit, two on the right, and two on the left fronting the pulpit, all with doors and hinges, and somewhat elevated above the seats, but upon the floor, were provided for the officials in the congregation. In the pulpit was the desk taken from the old building, re- modeled and adapted for its new relations. A seat, made of wood, was built against the well back of the pulpit for the minister and his asso- ciates. Four wooden pegs on the wall gave their support to the clerical hats. After the revolution this space back of the pulpit was occupied by a large gilt eagle. The arched wall of the room, and the ends of the building above the plate and under the galleries were ceiled with white wood boards, and "painted a light sky color." Such was the inanimate memorial that Moses Baldwin left behind him. To posterity he left five children: I. Joseph, married Sarah, daughter of Samuel Jones, lived at the southwest corner of what is now Grove and Williams streets, East Orange, until about the beginning of the nineteenth century, when he emigrated to Galloway, New York, near Schenectady, in company with his father- in-law and most of his family. His children were Charlotte, wife of Timothy Williams; Matthias ; Lydia, wife of John Wilson ; James ; Rufus; Elizabeth; Isaac; Israel, and Samuel. 2. Caleb, treated below. 3. Moses, died 1802 ; had his home near the Jonathan Williams' farm, and tradition says that the Susanna Baldwin he married was the daughter of Sus- anna, the sixth child of Samuel Dod, of New- ark, who died in 1713 or 1714. 4. Hannah, born near Newark, married Jared, son of Jo- seph Harrison by his wife Dorcas, daughter of Sergeant John Ward, and grandson of Sergeant Richard, son of Richard Harrison, of West Kirby, Cheshire, England, and New Haven and Branford, Connecticut. Jared Harrison, born 1745, died 1827 ; lived in Orange, and his one child, Deacon Abraham Harrison, lived for many years on High street in that village. 5. Catharine, born February 4, 1737, married Elihu Pierson, a schoolteacher and carpet weaver, and their daughter Phebe married the Rev. Stephen Dodd, of East Haven, Connecti- cut.
(V) Caleb, third child of Moses Baldwin. was like his father a carpenter, and probably helped him in the building of the second meet- ing house of the Mountain Society, now the First Presbyterian Church of Orange; at any rate he supplied the shingles for the parsonage since the building fund account of that edifice
contains the entry "Paid out to Caleb Baldwin for shingles £3 19 s. 6 d." His house was situated on a lane, twenty or thirty feet wide, which led from the highway between Newark and the Mountain, to his house on the west side of the path and that of Matthias Dodd on the east side. From the time of the revolu- tion up to about 1840 it is spoken of in deeds and conveyances as "Whiskey lane." About ten years after that date, by a vote of the neighborhood, it was widened to fifty feet, carried through to Forest street, and named Grove street, from the fact of its passing through a pleasant grove. During the revolu- tion Jonathan Sayer, a merchant of Newark, had placed in his storehouse on the Stone dock a considerable quantity of cider whiskey. Fear- ing that it might be plundered, he removed it for safe keeping to an empty barn belonging to Caleb Baldwin, on the west side of the lane. The barrels were deposited in a bay of the barn and covered with salt hay, but as it hap- pened, with not enough to conceal them en- tirely. Soon afterwards a small company of British light horse, with a band of Hessian soldiers, encamped for the night on the prop- erty of Matthias Dodd which was opposite the barn. In the morning it was found that the whole company of Hessian footmen were drunk. On investigation the cause revealed was the whiskey stored in Caleb Baldwin's barn. The soldiers were punished for their misconduct, and though many of the barrels were staved in and the liquor lost much still remained. The owner, however, abandoned all care for it; and it came to be regarded in the neighborhood as common property and open to all who might wish to replenish their jugs and canteens. In 1814 the barn was torn down; but the name of Whiskey lane thus earned and bestowed upon the path still clung to it. In 1845 the present owner of the Dodd property, a grandson of Matthias Dodd, in removing a stone wall on the front line of his property, opposite to where the barn had stood, found an old sword much corroded by long exposure, which on being cleaned was found to be marked with the name of a Hessian colonel. This relic is now in the museum of the New Jersey Historical Society ; and is prob- ably a relic of the above described night of debauch. Whether Caleb Baldwin himself was at home at the time of this incident is uncer- tain. He may have been away on duty as one of the two Caleb Baldwins who were privates in the second regiment of Essex county militia, one of whom was in Captain Lyons'.company,
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and the other in that of Captain Squires. Caleb Baldwin married Rebecca Coleman, and had six children, all born in Orange: I. Sarah, born 1770, baptized February 27, 1774, by the Rev. Jedediah Chapman, married Whitfield Culberson. 2. Martha, 1772, married Patrick Carroll. 3. Cyrenus., 4. Ezra, married Ma- tilda Ramadge. 5. Margaret, 1782, died 1797. 6. Caleb W., treated below.
(VI) Caleb W., son of Caleb and Rebecca (Coleman) Baldwin, was born in Orange, in 1786, died there in 1812. He was a contractor and builder. His father-in-law, Major Aaron Harrison, was one of the leading men of his day in Orange. He was a great-grandson of Sergeant Richard Harrison, one of the Bran- ford associates, who remained on his home lot in Newark, while his son Samuel first settled about 1720 on land west of Wigwam brook, his house being at the turn of the Swinefield road where it intersects the Valley road, and about 1769 building a house at what is now the corner of Valley street and Lakeside avenue, which was his home till death in 1776, when it was inherited by his son Samuel, who never married and when he died at the age of ninety- one left it to the son of his brother Matthew, Major Aaron Harrison. The Major's first wife, Jemima Condict, who died November 14, 1779, in the twenty-fourth year of her age, after one year of married life, was like her husband a grandchild of Samuel, son of Ser- geant Richard Harrison, but on the maternal side. The Major's second wife was Phebe Crane, daughter of Lewis, and great-great- granddaughter of Jasper Crane, of Newark, in 1666. Her mother was Mary, daughter of Daniel Burr, and sister to the Rev. Aaron Burr, whose son Aaron played so conspicuous a part in American history. Jemima, the oldest daughter and second child of Major Aaron and Phebe (Crane) Harrison, was born in 1784, died in 1877, and married, in 1809, Caleb W. Baldwin, to whom she bore two children: 1. Phebe R., died December 31, 1883, after marrying Edward Pierson. 2. Caleb W .. treated below.
(VIII) Samuel Ward, only son of Caleb W. (2) and Theresa (Oliver) Baldwin, was born February 15, 1851, in Orange, is the last of his line, and is unmarried. He obtained his education at the private school of the Rev. Frederick A. Adams, where he graduated in 1865, and at once entered on a business life as a clerk for the Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company, in which capacity he served for twenty-five years. In 1890 Mr. Baldwin was elected to the office of assistant treasurer of the company, and after fifteen years service in that position was in 1905 chosen to the office of treasurer. In politics Mr. Baldwin is a Re- publican. He is a director of the National State Bank and the Firemen's Insurance Com- pany of Newark, New Jersey. His clubs are the Essex and the Essex County Country.
(For preceding generations see Joseph Baldwin 1). (IV) Amos, second son of BALDWIN Joseph and - (Bruen)
Baldwin, was born in New- ark, New Jersey, in 1720, lived in Newark and afterwards in Orange, where he was a deacon of the church and was buried. He married Mary Taylor, who died September 30, 1795, aged seventy-five years; children: I. Lewis, referred to below. 2. Sarah, married Ward. 3. Phebe, married Joseph, son of Ebe- nezer and Deborah Canfield.
(V) Lewis, only son of Amos and Mary (Taylor) Baldwin, was born, lived and died in Orange, New Jersey, his death occurring Oc- tober 22, 1782. His widow Martha, who sur- vived him many years, died January 26, 1826, aged eighty years, nine months and twelve days. Children: I. Amos, married (first) Sarah Crane and (second) Maria Harrison. 2. Cyrus, died unmarried. 3. Henry, referred to below. 4. Eunice, died unmarried. 5. Dorcas, married -McDonald. 6. Sarah, born November 27, 1778; married Joshua, son of Phineas and Hannah Baldwin.
(VI) Henry, son of Lewis and Martha Baldwin, was born in Orange, New Jersey, May 24, 1773. He lived in Orange. He mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Caleb Baldwin and Lydia, daughter of Dr. Johnson, of Newark.
(VII) Caleb W. (2), son of Caleb W. and Jemima (Harrison) Baldwin, was born in Orange 1812, two months after his father's . Caleb was the son of Ezekiel Baldwin and death. He died in 1852. He was a cabinet Sarah, daughter of Benjamin, son of Benja- min and grandson of Joseph Baldwin, of New- ark. Ezekiel was the son of John, grandson of Jonathan, and great-grandson of Joseph Badlwin, of Newark. Children of Henry and Sarah (Baldwin) Baldwin were: I. Cyrus, referred to below. 2. Catharine, married Ed- maker and lived at Orange. He married, June 7, 1848, Theresa Oliver, born August 12, 1831, at Watkins, New York, daughter of Joseph and Phebe (Carpenter) Oliver. Children: I. Phebe, born April 6, 1849, married W. Wal- lace Snyder. 2. Samuel Ward, treated below.
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ward Harrison, of Orange. 3. Martha Ann, died at the age of two years. 4. Albert, born in Orange, New Jersey, 1817, and baptized ; a clergyman also a farmer ; removed to Elton, Walworth county, Wisconsin; married, May 2, 1849, Sarah H. Rhodes, of Brookline, Mass- achusetts, and has two children.
(VII) Cyrus, son of Henry and Sarah (Baldwin) Baldwin, was born in Orange, New Jersey, near what is now known as Brick Church, in 1808, died August 30, 1854. He had only the advantages of the little neighbor- hood district school, and yet he accomplished more than many college graduates of the pres- ent day. He grew upon the farm and employ- ed his leisure hours during the winter months as did most of his neighbors in the manufac- ture of shoes. Taking up surveying without any previous instruction, he was for many years before his death the only surveyor in the Oranges, outside of Newark itself. He was conscientious and painstaking and his work could always be relied upon. He was employed by Mr. Haskell, to make all the surveys for Llewellyn Park, and during his life time he laid out hundreds of acres in city lots. He made the original survey of the Rosedale cem- etery, Orange, and his work extended for many miles beyond the Oranges. For many years he was a justice of the peace, and was the only recognized legal counsellor in his neighborhood. He drew up most of the wills, deeds and other legal documents, and not one of them has ever been contested on the ground of legal imperfection. He was a man of great natural ability and sound common sense, and was often called upon to arbitrate disputes be- tween neighbors, and seldom failed to arrange matters to the satisfaction of both parties. He enjoyed the confidence and respect of the peo- ple during his whole life, and not a single act of his ever brought dishonor or reproach upon the name. By his wise and equitable decision in the settlement of disputes, he saved thou- sands of dollars in litigation that might have ensued, had the parties employed the usual methods. While not especially active in Chris- tian work, he lived very near to the standard of the "Golden Rule," and set a worthy example for others to follow. Although he was a man of decided convictions, he never gave offence by intruding his views upon others, and it was only when called upon to do so that he ven- tured an opinion. He was a devoted husband, a kind neighbor and a steadfast friend.
Cyrus Baldwin married Elizabeth Cooper, born July 8, 1810, third child and eldest daugh-
ter of Giles and Sally (Wicks) Mandeville. Her mother was the daughter of Henry Wicks, of Morristown. Her father was the eldest living child of Abraham and Antje (Van Wagoner) Mandeville, grandson of Giles and Leah (Brown or Bruen) Mandeville, great- grandson of Hendrick, the eldest child of Gillis Jansen de Mandeville and Elsje Hendricks, who emigrated from Rouen, France, to Hol- land, and then in 1647 to New Amsterdam. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin: I. Henry Wicks, born 1831, died July 31, 1868; married Jemimah Storros and had four children. 2. Giles Mandeville, 1833, died August 3, 1888; married Emily Pierson and left two children. 3. Albert, referred to below. 4. Abram Mande- ville, July 5, 1835 ; married Elizabeth Graves and had two daughters.
(VIII) Albert, third child and son of Cyrus and Elizabeth Cooper (Mandeville) Baldwin, was born at the old homestead at East Orange, July 5, 1835, being a twin with Abram Mande- ville Baldwin. He died October 21, 1897. Like his father, he had none of the advantages of the higher education enjoyed by those of the present generation. He mastered the rudi- mentary branches, however, in the village school, and fitted himself for the honorable position which for so many years he so well filled. Entering the Orange Bank as a boy, when Stephen D. Day was the president and W. A. Vermilye was its cashier, he acquired in three or four years a sufficient knowledge of the business to enable him in 1856 to obtain a position as receiving and paying teller in the City Bank of Newark. At this time the only other employees of that institution were a bookkeeper, a clerk and a runner. The capital stock of the bank was three hundred thousand dollars, and the deposits amounted to the same sum. Even with this amount of business, the teller's position was a very responsible one for a young man to fill. From his father, however, he inherited those strong traits and sterling qualities that would enable a man to succeed in any undertaking, and he not only proved himself equal to the duties he assumed but for forty years conducted the affairs of the bank with a rare fidelity and devotion that won for him the warmest affection and the confidence of his associates. In 1858 he became the cashier of the bank, and when he died he held the double position of cashier and vice-president. During his administration the deposits increased from an annual three hundred thousand to nearly two million dol- lars, the capital stock increased to one-half
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a million, and the working force to three times the original number. There are probably few if any bank employees in the city of Newark who can show so extended a record for faith- ful service. The foundation of Mr. Baldwin's success was laid in his native town, but he had not resided there since early manhood, his winters having been spent in Newark and his summers at Convent Station, on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad. He had no time to attend to affairs outside of the bank, its duties requiring his undivided attention. For many years he was a vestryman of Grace Protestant Episcopal church in Newark.
In May, 1861, Albert Baldwin married Jen- net Phelps, daughter of Charles Hooker, M. D., of New Haven, Connecticut, a descendant of the Rev. Thomas Hooker, who came to New England in 1633, settled in Hartford in 1636, and founded the First Church in Connecticut. She was born in 1837, died February 16, 1883. Children of Albert and Jennet Phelps (Hooker ) Baldwin were: I. Charles Hooker, born November 26, 1865 ; married Bertha Wil- son Smith and has one child, Beryl Raymond. 2. Albert Henry, referred to below. 3. Jennet Eliza, June 28, 1874.
(IX) Albert Henry, second child and younger son of Albert and Jennet Phelps (Hooker) Baldwin, was born in Newark, New Jersey, October 24, 1868, and is now living in Maplewood, New Jersey. His early edu- cation was received in the Newark Academy. He began his business career as a clerk in the Newark National Bank. This was in 1884. Here his own native ability and the traits which he inherited from his father were by him so well developed that he rapidly gained the confidence and appreciation of his em- ployers, and he was advanced steadily from post to post of higher responsibility and trust until in 1902 he attained his present position of vice-president. Like his father he has at- tended strictly and solely to the one business in which he has been engaged, and outside of his position as vice-president and director of the National Newark Banking Company, he has not had either the time or inclination to engage or interest himself in other businesses. He is a warden and the treasurer of St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church in Ma- plewood; a member of the New Jersey His- torical Society, and a Son of the American Revolution.
June 30. 1897, Albert Henry Baldwin mar- ried Mary Ellen, born in Wisconsin, daughter
of the Rev. Peter and Anna M. (Chamberlin) Pearson. Her parents are now dead.
TAYLOR The family of Taylor is an old one in New England and has been transplanted in compara- tively recent times from Connecticut to New Jersey. It has been somewhat conspicuous in the last named state and is still identified with leading official and other institutions of the commonwealth.
(I) John Taylor probably sailed from Eng- land with Rev. Ephraim Hewett, August 17, 1639. He is found the next year in Windsor, Connecticut, and was juror of that town in 1641 and 1644. He remained but a short time in this country and prepared for a jour- ney to England by making his will November 24, 1645. He sailed in the famous "Phantom Ship," of New Haven, which was built in Rhode Island, was of one hundred and fifty tons burden, commanded by Captain Lamber- ton. The ice in the harbor of New Haven had to be cut in order to allow the vessel to sail in January, 1646. In the following June a ship was apparently seen coming to anchor in the harbor when it mysteriously vanished be- fore the eyes of a crowd of spectators. The story is told in Cotton Mather's "Magnalia." John Taylor was lost on the ill-fated ship and his widow married a Mr. Hoyt, of Norwalk, Connecticut. The will of the missing man was presented for probate by his son in 1694. As far as known he left but two children: John and Thomas, the former of whom was killed by Indians at Northampton, Massachu- setts, May 13, 1704.
(II) Thomas, youngest son of John Taylor, born 1643, became a resident of Norwalk and removed in 1686 to Danbury, Connecticut, where his death occurred in 1735, at the age of about ninety-two years. He married Rebecca Ketchum and they had ten children: I. Deb- orah, married Daniel Betts, of Norwalk. 2. James, born 1668, married Abigail Benedict, died in 1758. 3. John. 1673, married a Miss Betts, died 1742. 4. Joseph, 1673, died 1762; had wife Sarah. (John and Joseph were twins.) 5. Daniel, 1676, died 1770; married (first ) a Miss Benedict (second) a Miss Storr. 6. Timothy, 1678, died 1744; married a Miss Davis. 7. Nathan, mentioned below. 8. Re- becca, married Daniel Benedict. 9. Theophi- lus, 1687-1777, married (first) a Miss Bush- 11ell, (second ) Sarah A. Gregory. 10. Eunice, wife of Benjamin Stair.
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(III) Nathan, sixth son of Thomas and Re- becca (Ketchum) Taylor, was born 1682 at Norwalk, and accompanied his parents to Dan- bury, at the age of four years. He grew to manhood in Danbury and after marriage set- tled in what is now known as Bethel, Connecti- cut, where he built a stockade as a defence against the Indians, and the site is now marked by a well. Like all his brothers, Nathan Tay- lor lived to an advanced age and died in 1782. He married, in Danbury, Hannah Benedict, a member of a pioneer family in that locality. Children : Nathan, Matthew, James, Daniel, Mercy, Mindwell, Deborah, Rhoda, Hannah and Oliver.
(IV) Matthew, second son of Nathan and Hannah (Benedict ) Taylor, was born in Bethel and settled in the center of the village bearing that name. His wife was Esther Waller and they were the parents of ten children: Mat- thew, Abigail, Preserved, Daniel, Joshua, John, Noah, Hannah, Levi and Eleazor.
(V) Joshua, fourth son of Matthew and Esther ( Waller) Taylor, was a native of Bethel district, where he engaged in agricul- ture during his active life. Soon after the be- ginning of the revolutionary war he enlisted as a soldier and participated in the battle of Ti- conderoga. Later he re-enlisted and served until the close of the struggle. In religious faith he was a Presbyterian, as was also his wife, Eunice (Seeley) Taylor, a daughter of Deacon James Seeley, and a native of Bethel. Of their nine children all save one married and left families. 1. Asael, had ten children. 2. Sally, died early in life. 3. Eunice, left no issue. 4. Levi, had seven children. 5. Abel, had one child. 6. Joel, mentioned below. 7. Clarissa, had seven children. 8. Clorinda, had six children. 9. Esther, had five children.
(VI) Levi, second son of Joshua and Eunice (Seeley) Taylor, was born January 19, 1762, and was baptized at Bethel five days later. He passed his life in that locality and was married January 6, 1805, to Lucy An- drews. They had a daughter and a son : Lucy, born December 7, 1805, and Levi, mentioned below.
(VII) Levi (2), son of Levi (1) and Lucy (Andrews) Taylor, was born July 20, 1808, and engaged in farming in Danbury, Connecti- cut, where he died January 11, 1870. He mar- ried, November 26, 1829, Julia Vail, daughter of Oliver and Polly ( Beebe) Vail, born Sep- tember 6, 1807, died August 17, 1883. Chil- dren: Stephen Decatur, born November 23. 1831, died July 12, 1832. Jerome, mentioned
below. Elliott, November 10, 1840, died Janu- ary 5, 1862. Emma Jane, October 2, 1844, married George Burr Hoyt, born May 20, 1844, at Norwalk, Connecticut, died May 12, 1908.
(VIII) Jerome, second son of Levi (2) and Julia (Vail) Taylor, was born April 30, 1834, in Danbury, Connecticut, and received his edu- cation in the public schools of his native place. He early became identified with the hat busi- ness, and in 1862 with N. Eugene Seeley he organized the firm of Seeley & Taylor, and commenced business at No. 63 Broadway, New York. This firm was continued for six years, and in 1870 with Daniel Hoffman he organized the firm of Hoffman & Taylor, doing hat busi- ness at No. 27 Mercer street, New York. This firm was continued for three years, and in 1873, with Edward S. Seeley he organized the firm of Taylor & Seeley, and did business at No. 112 Greene street, New York, manufac -- turing goods at Danbury, Connecticut. This firm was continued for thirty years and dis- solved in 1903. In 1888, when the Fidelity Title & Deposit Company, (now Fidelity Trust Company ), was organized, he became a stockholder, and in 1890 was elected a director. In 1894 he was elected second vice-president, and in 1899 was elected trust officer, which office he still holds. In 1894 he was elected a director of the Prudential Insurance Com- pany of America. While doing business in New York he resided in Newark, New Jer- sey, and connected himself with the South Baptist Church, and has held the office of deacon there since 1873. For many years he has been a director of the Young Men's Chris- tian Association. In politics he is an active supporter of Republican principles and poli- cies. He married, May 13, 1855, in Danbury, Connecticut, Henrietta Selleck, born October 31, 1835, daughter of William L. and Corne- lia ( Banks) Selleck. Children: Fanny, born March 21, 1861, married C. Edwin Young; Etta May, July 28, 1865, unmarried.
This family of Taylors is of TAYLOR comparatively recent English origin and is not connected with the early families of the name in New Jersey. It has, however, taken an active and worthy part in the development of the best interests of the state.
(I) William Taylor was born June 11, 1773, in England. He came to America in 1793 and located at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was an important merchant under the firm
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name of Taylor, Gazzam & Jones. He'mar- ried, February 20, 1794, at "St. Mary's the Great," Cambridgeshire, England, Mary Alice Gazzam, born June 28, 1775, at Cambridge- shire. Children : 1. William G., born 1795. 2. Thomas D., August 9, 1797. 3. Thomas W., 1798. 4. Benjamin Cook, February 24, 1801. 5. Othniel Hart, see forward. 6. Mary Ann, November 26, 1804. 7. Sarah, July 15, 1806. 8. Martha E., October 25, 1809. 9. William R., October 27, 1810. 10. Isaac E., April 25, 1815. William Taylor died April 4, 1849, and his wife August 31, 1831.
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