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in the direction of a business enterprise, tak- ing for his business title "Red Towers Green- houses," which he has carried on with great pleasure and profit to himself. For two terms he occupied the position of freeholder. At the opening of the Spanish-American war he enlisted, was given rank of ensign, and served until the close of the hostilities. He is a man of genial nature, fond of out-of-door life, and is a member of a number of naval and social clubs, in both New York and New Jersey. He has the record of the longest trip with a four- in-hand, having travelled fifteen hundred and fifty miles in one expedition, and is a famous whip. He is not content with social life, but gives a large share of his attention to business enterprises, which have his personal super- vision. He is vice-president of the Hacken- sack National Bank, is connected with various other institutions, and is always ready to give liis attention to any legitimate business under- taking. He inherited great wealth, which has carried with it large responsibilities.
Captain Phelps married, April 26, 1888, Rose J. Hutchinson, in New York City, and they have two children: Dorothy, born in Sep- tember, 1890, at Lake George, New York, and Rose, born May, 1895, at Teaneck, New Jer- sey.
Jonathan Harned, the first HARNED member of the family of whom we have definite information was born it is said in Somerset county, New Jersey, about 1756, and died in New York City, December 1I, 1845. His father was probably one of the brothers of Nathaniel Harned, Jr., of Woodbridge, who was born December 3, 1716, and married (first) Anna Classon, and (second) Upheam Alward, but as yet no records have come to light which will determine which brother it was. Nathaniel Harned, Sr., father of Nathaniel, Jr., was the Nathaniel Harned, born about 1690, whose brother Jonathan married Judith Bloodgood, of Amboy, and died childless about 1774; and it is believed that Nathaniel, Sr., and Jonathan were the brothers of Edward Harnett who was in Huntington, Long Island, at the same time.
(I) According to the family tradition, Jon- athan Harned, of Somerset county, New Jer- sey, and New York, was a Friend, as all the Woodbridge Harneds were ; but when the rev- olutionary war broke out he enlisted in the American army, and being taken prisoner by the British he was sent to Jamaica, West Indies, where he remained until the close of the war,
when he returned to New York City, married and settled down, and became one of the most prominent of the old-time merchants. In his "Old Merchants of New York," Walter Barret says Jonathan Harned and his wife "lived in Pearl street. Mr. Harned was one hundred years old when he died, and his wife was ninety-three. They lived together sixty years." He married, May 8, 1782, Mary Cot- trell, who survived him and died shortly before April 23, 1852, when her son was granted letters of administration on her estate. Chil- dren: 1. John, referred to below. 2. William H., was executor of his father's will and ad- ministrator of his mother's estate. 3. James R. 4. Delia, married Henry Shell. 5. Mary, married Baker. 6. Charlotte, married William Coffin.
(II) John, son of Jonathan and Mary ( Cot- trell) Harned, was born in New York City, about 1785. He died before his father, being mentioned as deceased in the latter's will. He married Susan Biggs. of Philadelphia. Chil- dren: Henry Shell, referred to below; Caro- line.
(III) Henry Shell, son of John Harned, was born in New York City, July 20, 1819. He removed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was living at the time of his grandfather's will, and became a manufacturer of furniture. He married Harriet, daughter of Francis Parkerson, of Norwich, England, where she was born in 1825. Children : 1. Henry Parkerson, an architect in Chicago, Illinois. 2. Thomas Biggs, referred to below. 3. Frank Parkerson, now ( 1910) manager of the Penn Chemical Works, in Philadelphia. 4. John Frederick. referred to below.
(IV) Thomas Biggs, second child of Henry Shell and Harriet (Parkerson) Harned, was born in Philadelphia. Pennsylvania, March 15, 1851, and is now living in Germantown, Penn- syivania. For his early education he attended the public schools in Camden, New Jersey, which was his home for the first forty years of his life. He left the public schools when twelve years of age and was errand boy and shipping clerk for the Cohansey Class Com- pany until he was nineteen years of age when he studied law with Charles T. Read, Esquire, of Camden, at the same time supporting him- self by doing newspaper work in Philadelphia. In June. 1874, he was admitted to the New Jersey bar as an attorney, and in June, 1877, as counsellor. In 1892 he was admitted to the Philadelphia bar. His practice has led him into all the different courts, but perhaps the
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bulk of his large and successful practice has been in the field of corporation law. He is a member of the Camden Bar Association, and of the Philadelphia Bar Association. In addition to his law practice Mr. Harned has turned his attention to literature and art, in which, by those who know, he is considered to be an excellent connoisseur. He enjoys the distinction of hav- ing been the most intimate friend of Walt Whitman, the poet, when he lived in Camden, and he entertained the latter many times at his own home. When Whitman died he made Mr. Harned his literary executor. Mr. Harned has travelled very much abroad. He is a mem- ber of the Art Club of Philadelphia, of the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts and the Lotos and Salmagundi clubs of New York City. He is also a member of the German- town Cricket Club. In politics Mr. Harned is an independent, and in religion a Unitarian, being the president of the board of trustees of the Unitarian church at Germantown, and ex- president of the Unitarian Club. He and his brothers are excellent examples of self-made men, as without the advantages of college edu- cation they have all of them made a marked success of the careers which they have chosen.
In 1877 Thomas Biggs Harned married Au- gusta, daughter of Morris H. Traubel, of Cam- clen, New Jersey. Children : I. Anna, who is making a specialty of music and has spent some time in Paris and other European cities in quest of her musical education. 2. Thomas Biggs, Jr., a graduate of Penn Charter School and later a graduate of the University of Penn- sylvania, receiving the A. B. degree in 1905 and LL. B. in 1906, now a practicing attorney of Philadelphia, having been admitted to the , Pennsylvania bar in 1906. 3. Herbert Spen- cer, graduate of Penn Charter School, class of 1905, entered the University of Pennsylvania, receiving the degree of A. B., 1909, now com- pleting a post-graduate course in chemistry.
(IV) John Frederick, youngest son of Henry Shell and Harriet (Parkerson) Harned, was born in Camden, New Jersey, March 5, 1857, and is now living in that city. For his early education he was sent to the public schools of Camden, after leaving which he learned the art of printing in the office of the West New Jer- sey Press, at Camden. He then studied law in the office of Marmaduke B. Taylor, Esquire, at Camden, and was admitted to the New Jer- sey bar as an attorney, November 10, 1882. and in 1885 as a counsellor. December II, 1882, he was made a master in chancery, and
February 16, 1904, a special master in chan- cery. June 10, 1904, he was admitted to prac- tice in the United States district court, and also in the United States circuit court. Since his admission to the bar, he has been steadily in the general practice of his profession, mak- ing a specialty of real estate law. In connec- tion with the latter he has become the counsel for a number of building associations. In politics Mr. Harned is a Republican, and in religion a Unitarian. He is a member of Trim- ble Lodge, No. 117, Free and Accepted Masons,. of Camden, and also a, member of the general council for the Order of Brotherhood of Amer- ica, and of his local lodge. He takes great interest in the history of his state and county, and is a member of the New Jersey Historical Society, and of the Camden County Historical Society. He is also a director of the Security Trust Company of Camden, New Jersey, and director and counsel for the Camden Fire In- surance Association.
John Frederick Harned married, November 14, 1888, Helen Cooper, born October 9, 1861, daughter of Jonathan and Martha C. ( Eastlack) Burr, for whose ancestry see Burr sketch ap- pended. Child, John Frederick, Jr., born July 16, 1896.
(The Burr Line).
Jehu Burr, founder of the branch of the Burr family which settled in Fairfield, Con- necticut, was born in England, about 1600, died in Fairfield, Connecticut, about 1670. He married Stedman. Children: 1. Jehu, married (first) Mary, daughter of Andrew Ward, and (second) Esther, widow of Joseph Boosey, of Westchester county. 2. John, born in England, died October, 1694; married Sarah Fitch. 3. Nathaniel, referred to below. 4. Daniel, married Abigail Glover, of New Haven. (II) Nathaniel, son of Jehu and
(Stedman) Burr, was born probably in Spring- field, about 1640, died between February 22, and March 5, 1712. He was a freeman of Fairfield in 1664, constable in 1669, and repre- sented the town in the general court from 1692 to 1695. He married (first) Sarah, daughter of Andrew Ward, of Fairfield, and (second) the Widow Wakefield, who was the mother of Captain Joseph Wakefield. Children, two by first marriage : 1. Sarah, married John Wheel- er. 2. Nathaniel, married Susanna Lockwood. 3. John, married (first) Deborah , and (second) the Widow Elizabeth Wakeman. 4. Daniel, referred to below. 5. Ann, married Gideon Allen. 6. Mary, married - La-
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boris. 7. Esther, married Sloss. 8. Rebecca, died May 16, 1721 ; married Captain Samuel Sherwood.
(III) Daniel, son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Ward) Burr, died in June, 1722; married Mary ----- , who died about 1743. Children : I. Nathaniel, married Martha Sillman. 2. James, married Deborah Twiney. 3. John, referred to below. 4. David. 5. Rebecca, married Robert Turner, of Stratford. 6. Mary, married Nathaniel Adams, of Norwalk.
(IV) John, son of Daniel and Mary Burr, died in 1787. He married (first), October 14, 1737, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Nash, who died March 29, 1740, and (second) No- vember 9, 1740, Grace, daughter of Gershom Bulkley. . Children, two by first marriage: I. Daniel, referred to below. 2. John, born Oc- tober 9, 1739, died October 9, 1749. 3. Eliza- beth, September 16, 1743; married Bulkley. 4. Talcott, October 20, 1746 ; married Mindwell Banks. 5. John, February 9, 1751 ; married Martha Godfrey. 6. Grace, Febru- ary 2, 1753; married Thaddeus Whitlocke. 7. Eunice, September 24, 1755; married Jennings.
(V) Daniel (2), son of John and Elizabeth (Nash) Burr, was born in Fairfield, Connecti- cut, March 5, 1737. He removed to Westport, Connecticut, and married Abigail Bulkley, of Green Farms. Children: 1. John, referred to below. 2. Zalmon, born August 31, 1773; married Mary Hanford. 3. Elizabeth, baptized July 18, 1779; died unmarried.
(VI) Jonathan, son of Daniel (2) and Abi- gail ( Bulkley) Burr, was born at Green Farms, Connecticut, November 5, 1769, and baptized January 28, 1770. He married Sarah, daugh- ter of Ebenezer Redfield, who was born in 1770. Children : 1. Henrietta, born December 6. 1791, died aged twenty-five, 1849: married Samuel J. Morehouse. 2. Daniel, July, 1794. died March 21, 1879 ; married Charlotte Pier-
son. 3. Elizabeth, November 8, 1796, died May 28, 1867; married Morris Alvord. 4. Martha, December 17, 1799, died December 18, 1887; married William C. Hull. 5. Sarah, July 27, 1802, died August 8, 1879; married Edward Hyde. 6. Abigail, July 18, 1805, died March 25, 1839 ; married William H. Burr. 7. Jonathan, referred to below. 8. Ebenezer Ward, March 19, 1811, died December 29, 1889 : married Mary E. Stapes. 9. Augustus, October 6, 1813.
(VII) Jonathan (2), son of Jonathan (I) and Sarah ( Redfield) Burr, was born in West- port, Connecticut, December 5, 1807. At six-
teen he went to sea, was a sailor for twenty- one years, during ten of which he was com- mander of a vessel plying between New York and South American ports. At thirty-seven years of age he went to Camden, New Jersey, and started in the grocery business at Third and Arch streets. He was appointed post- master by President Pierce, but resigned a year or two later and went into the real estate business, which he conducted successfully for forty-seven years. For thirty-three years he was secretary of the Camden Fire Insurance Company. In politics he was a Democrat, and for fifty years he was one of the most remark- able men and best known residents of Camden. He married (first), August 25, 1840, Jane T. Gray, of Cape May county, New Jersey, who died at Mobile, Alabama, November 10, 1844; (second), July io, 1849, Martha C. Eastlack, of Camden, New Jersey, who died there, Feb- ruary 10, 1866; (third), January 5, 1870, Mar- tha Edwards, of Camden. Children, one by first and seven by second marriage: I. Eliza J., born October 1, 1842, died May 7, 1844. 2. Eliza J., July 26, 1850; married Abraham Anderson. 3. Sarah Redfield, July 14, 1852; married Charles J. Knapp. 4. Jonathan S .. December 8, 1854, died November 10, 1856. 5. Frank J., December 25, 1856 ; married Lillie L. Britton. 6. Ada C., May 17, 1859; married Harry M. Anderson. 7. Helen Cooper, referred to below. 8. Martha C., February 10, 1866, died July 9, 1866.
(VIII) Helen Cooper, daughter of Jona- than (2) and Martha C. (Eastlack) Burr, was born in Camden, New Jersey, October 9, 1861 ; married, November 14, 1888, John Frederick, son of Henry Shell and Harriet ( Parkerson) Harned, of Camden. One child, John Fred- erick Harned, Jr.
The name of Johnson has JOHNSON been familiar throughout South Jersey from its first - settlement by Europeans, but in various forms, that of the family here under consideration being the ancient English and Scotch form, as differing from the Continental equivalents- Johanson, Jansen, etc. The Swedish family of Johanson located on the eastern shore of the Delaware, now Penn's Neck, in 1640, and their name was soon changed to Johnson. The first English emigrant Johnson was Richard, who with his cousin Thomas came and located in Fenwick's Tenth, a few months before the proprietor.
(I) John Johnson, who was not in any way
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connected, so far as now known, with those above mentioned, is the founder of the family here considered. He emigrated to this country about 1756, from Ireland, being of the sturdy Scotch-Irish race which figured so numerously and usefully in peopling the New World. He had considerable means at his disposal, and located a large tract of land in the township of Pilesgrove, now Pittsgrove, and settled there. He died March 31, 1802, aged seventy- one years. His wife, who came over with him as a bride, was Jane Suayberry, who survived him, and died June 28, 1825, at the age of ninety-two years and eight months. Children of John and Jane (Suayberry) Johnson: I. James, born October 31, 1757, died February 9, 1837; married, February 28, 1781, Chris- tiana Swing; sixteen children, 2. John, re- ferred to below. 3. Rebeccah, married (first) Benjamin Harding, (second) Hugh Maguire. 4. Samuel, married (first) Nancy McClung, (second) Sarah Martin. 5. Phebe, married John Stewart, and went to Delaware. 6. Will- iam, married Elizabeth Maguire, and removed to New York state. 7. Mary, married Samuel Elwell, and went to Indiana. 8. Isaac, born July 21, 1772, died January 5, 1852; married, June 24, 1795, Mary Elwell; twelve children. (II) John (2), second son of John (I) and Jane (Suayberry) Johnson, was born October I, 1759. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Cornelius Dubois, in 1783; children: I. Cor- nelius, born June 12, 1784; married Elizabeth Vick. 2. John, referred to below. 3. Jane, born March 13, 1790; married Robert Dubois. 4. Ann, May 5, 1792, died unmarried. 5. David, May 8, 1795 ; married Hannah, daugh- ter of David Dickinson. 6. Benjamin, April 14, 1799 ; married Maria, daughter of William Mayhew. 7. Robert, April 28, 1801, died un- married. 8. Elizabeth, April 2, 1807 ; married Enoch, son of David Mayhew. 9 to 12. Died in infancy.
(III) John (3), son of John (2) and Eliza- beth (Dubois) Johnson, was born April 7, 1788, in Johnson Field, Gloucester, now At -- lantic county, New Jersey. He married (first) Abigail, daughter of Asa Stricklon; (second) Rebecca Bell, widow of William Adams. Chil- dren, all by first wife: I. Elijah, married Achsah Bell. 2. James, married Hannah Bell. 3. Mark, married Mary Ann Somers. 4. Will- iam, married Betsy Kendall. 5. Charlotte, married John Adams. 6. Sarah, married Felix Adams. 7. Enoch, referred to below. It is a curious fact well worth noting, that the two
oldest sons of John Johnson each married a sister of his second wife, while his three young- est children each married a child of his second wife by her first husband.
(IV) Enoch, youngest child of John (3) and Abigail (Stricklon) Johnson, was born at Pomona, Atlantic county, New Jersey, in 1816, and died January 15, 1889. He married Michal, daughter of William and Rebecca ( Bell) Adams, who became later, by his father's second marriage, his stepsister also. Children : I. Andrew, died in Missouri, October, 1905, leaving a widow Rachael. 2. Josephine, mar- ried (first) Maurice Souders, (second) Sam- uel Endicott, the latter a descendant of Gov- ernor Endicott, of Massachusetts Bay colony. 3. Eliza, unmarried. 4. Caroline, died unmar- ried. 5. Sabrina, married Joel Higbee. 6. Ella, unmarried. 7. Joseph, married Sarah Tilton. 8 and 9. Names unknown. 10. Smitlı Endicott, referred to below. II. Somers, died aged six years.
(V) Smith Endicott, tenth child of Enoch and Michal (Adams) Johnson, was born Oc- tober 15, 1853, and is now living at Atlantic City, New Jersey. After receiving his early education at Smithville and Leeds Point he went to sea, but after several years of this ex- perience he engaged in farming, in which he continued until 1887. A man of excellent abil- ities he has been frequently called to import- ant official position. In 1891 he was a member of the New Jersey legislature, and during his term of office served on the committees on elec- tions, and on law. This service in the legisla- ture was during the interval between two of his terms as sheriff, the New Jersey law speci- fying that no sheriff can succeed himself. In consequence, while Mr. Johnson, who was elected sheriff of Atlantic county in 1887, has not had a continuous service in the office until to-day, he has been elected regularly at every other election his last term expiring in 1908, when his son was elected to succeed him. It is almost unnecessary to say that he is regarded as one of the most efficient sheriffs that the county has ever had. Mr. Johnson married Virginia Sooy, daughter of Joab and Mary (Sooy) Higbee, granddaughter of Eli Higbee. On both sides of her house, Mrs. Johnson comes from families which have always been prominent in the history of South Jersey, and she is a member of the Lafayette Chapter. Daughters of the American Revolution. Chil- dren of Smith Endicott and Virginia Sooy (Higbee) Johnson : I. Alfred Higbee, born
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March 17, 1878; married Martha S. Armour, of Westchester county, Pennsylvania. 2. Enoch Lewis, referred to below.
(VI) Enoch Lewis, younger son of Smith Endicott and Virginia Sooy (Higbee) Johnson, was born at Leeds Point, Atlantic county, New Jersey, January 20, 1883, and is now living at Mays Landing. For his early education he at- tended the public schools of Mays Landing and Atlantic City, and after graduating from the high school read law in the office of George A. Bourgeois, of Atlantic City. After this he became a clerk in the office of the sheriff of Atlantic county during one of his father's terms. He then became one of the under-sheriffs of the county, and in November, 1908, was elected to succeed his father as sheriff. No greater proof could be given than this election of the high estima- tion in which Mr. Johnson is held by those who know him. At the time of his election he was only twenty-five years old, and therefore not only the youngest sheriff in the state, but, so far as is known, the youngest man ever elected to that honorable office. Mr. Johnson's majority was far ahead of his ticket, and per- sons of all classes and shades of politics speak in the highest manner of his honesty and effi- ciency. In politics Sheriff Johnson is a Repub- lican. He is assistant secretary of the Repub- lican executive committee of Atlantic City, and a member of the Republican organization of the Second Ward of the same place. He is the secretary and treasurer of the Atlantic Real Estate and Investment Company. He is an ardent and enthusiastic secret society man. He is a member of Belcher Lodge, No. 180, F. and A. M., of Atlantic City; of Trinity Chapter, No. 38, R. A. M .; of the order of Elks, No. 276, of Atlantic City ; and Fraternal Mystic Circle, of Atlantic City. In religious affiliation he is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. On September 12, 1906, Mr. Johnson married Mabel Smith, born Sep- tember 14, 1883, daughter of Lewis E. Jeffiers, of Mays Landing, New Jersey.
John Wright, the first of the
WRIGHT family of whom we have defi- nite information, was Lord of Kelvedon Manor, county Essex, England. He married Olive He died in 1551.
(II) Robert, son of John and Olive Wright, was a resident of Brook Hall, or "The Moat House," in South Weald, county Essex, Eng- land. He was Lord of the Manor of Great and Little Ropers. He married Mary, daugh- ter of Robert Green, of Navestock, county
Essex, England. He was buried January 25. I 587-88.
(III) Thomas, son of Robert and Mary (Green) Wright, was a resident of Brook Hall, or "The Moat House." He married Rabidge (or Roberdge), daughter of
Pake. He was buried November 17, 1603, and his wife was buried October 21, 1617. They were the parents of eleven children, namely : Mary, baptized March 20, 1568-69; Alice, February 28, 1569-70; Robert, January 12, 1750-51; Joan, January 1, 1671-72; Tho- mazine, January 9, 1672-73; Katherine, Janu- ary 9, 1572-73 ; Alice, May 21, 1574 ; John, Sep- tember 13, 1577; William, October 22, 1578: Matthew ; Olive.
(IV) John (2), son of Thomas and Rab- idge Wright, was baptized September 13, 1577. He was a resident of Brook Hall, or "The Moat House." He married Grace, daughter of Henry Glascock, of High Easter Parson- age, county Essex, England. They were the parents of eleven children, namely : John, bap- tized August 13, 1602; Grace, August 26, 1604; Anne, May 5, 1605; Martha, April 12, 1607; Anthony, January 23, 1608-09; Thomas, November 19, 1610; Grace, February 15, 1612-13; Thomazine, January 30, 1613-14; Anthony, February 27, 1615-16; Anne, Sep- tember 7, 1618; Ignatius, April 25, 1621. John Wright was buried May 30, 1640.
(V) Thomas (2), son of John (2) and Grace (Glascock) Wright, was baptized No- vember 19, 1610. He emigrated to America and is found at Wethersfield, Connecticut, 1640. He was deputy to the general court, 1643. The name of his first wife is unknown. He married (second) after May 1, 1647, Mar- garet, widow of John Elson. They were the parents of five children, namely: Thomas, probably born in England, 1630; James, 1632; Lydia, 1634; Samuel, 1636-37; Joseph, 1639. Thomas Wright died at Wethersfield, Con- necticut, April, 1670, and his wife died in the same year.
(VI) Deacon Joseph, son of Thomas (2) and Margaret (Elson) Wright, was born 1639, died at Wethersfield, Connecticut, December 17, 1714. The gravestone was still visible in 1856. He married (first) December 10, 1663, Mary, born 1643, died August 23, 1683, daugh- ter of Stoddard. Married (second) March 10, 1685, Mercy Stoddard, sister of his first wife.
(VII) Deacon Thomas (3), only child of Deacon Joseph and Mary (Stoddard) Wright, was born at Wethersfield, Connecticut, Janu-
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ary 18, 1676, died there October, 1760. The gravestone was still visible in 1856. He mar- ried (first) October 4, 1705, Prudence Dem- ing ; she died October 24, 1706. Married (sec- ond) November 3, 1715, Abigail Churchill.
(VIII) Rev. Ebenezer, only child of Deacon Thomas (3) and Prudence (Deming) Wright, was born at Wethersfield, Connecticut, Octo- ber 2, 1706. He graduated at Yale College. 1724, and subsequently took degree of A. M. He was ordained in May, 1732, preached at Stamford, Connecticut, and is said to have been a powerful preacher. He married ; she married (second) St. John;
(third) Rev. Dickenson, of Norwalk. They were the parents of five children, namely: Thomas, married Martha, daughter of Benjamin Butler, of Wethersfield; Ebene- zer, born January 14, 1742; Joseph Allen was a major in Continental service during the rev- olutionary war; married Abigail Bostwick ; Prudence, married Ebenezer Wells; Hannah, married Rev. Kellogg; preached at North Bolton, now Vernon, Connecticut. Rev. Ebenezer Wright died at Stamford, Connecti- cut, May 5, 1746.
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