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(IX) Edo Merselis, third child of Edo and Helen (Van Houten ) Merselis, was born Oc- tober 30, 1790. He married (first) Elsie Van Riper, (second ) Margaret Van Winkle, (third) Mrs. Margaret Terhune. Children by first marriage: 1. Edo, married Mary Cushie. 2. Jane, married Henry Brinkerhoff. 3. Jacob (see post ).
(X) Jacob Merselis, son of Edo and Elsie (Van Riper) Merselis, was born near Pater- son, New Jersey, July 21, 1823, and died May 12, 1885. During the early part of his business life he was a harness-maker by trade and had a shop on Broadway in Paterson, but later acquired considerable real estate interests and also engaged in railroad enterprises, being at one time president of the New Jersey and Mid- land Railroad Company. He married, No- vember 2, 1846, Jane Van Blarcom, born No- vember, 2, 1829, daughter of James Van Blar- com, born March 20, 1793, died February 8, 1850, married Hettie Van Saun, born Septem- ber 6, 1801. Jacob and Jane (Van Blarcom ) Merselis had children, all born in Paterson: i. Margaret Snyder, born January 9, 1848; married (first ) Daniel H. Winfield, ( second) John N. W. Wright; no children. 2. Esther M., born October 25, 1849; married (first), October 25, 1869, Shepard Stephen Smith, born August 31, 1848, died June 25, 1884; (second) August 20, 1888, Robert J. Sherlock ; she had three children by her first and one child by her second husband: i. Elsie M., March 25, 1872; ii. Fannie M., August 24, 1875, died December 13, 1893; iii. Shepard Stevens, February 20, 1880; iv. Aubrey, March 28, 1889. 3. Jennie, born August 5, 1854, died September 12, 1907; married, June 6, 1872, Richard Rossiter ; one child, Marguerite M.,
born Paterson ; married, June 28, 1900, John Wesley Kingsland, born November 15, 1873, son of John Kingsland ( see Kingsland). 4. Edwin Jacob (see post).
(XI) Edwin Jacob Mercelis, son of Jacob and Jane (Van Blarcom) Merselis, was born in Paterson, New Jersey, October 24, 1864, and received his early education in public schools in Dutchess county, New York. He lived in that county from the time he was seven years old until he attained the age of thirteen years, and afterward for several years lived in different places and followed various occu- pations. He then had a desire to see some- thing of the country, so travelled about and engaged in different kinds of work. Later on he settled down to business in New York City and became engaged in the real estate broker- age business for several years, finally became interested in citron fruits in Porto Rico. He is interested in real estate interests in Clifton, New Jersey, and was one of the first real estate men to see the possibilities of that now flourish- ing town. Mr. Mercelis married, July 28, 1888, Winifred I. McChan. Children : I. Ernest, born in New York City, July 31, 1889. 2. Lester, born in New York City, May 21, 1891. 3. Elmer, born in Clifton, New Jersey, April 26, 1896. 4. Ruth, born in Clifton, March 4, 1898.
(VIII) Gerrit Merselis, youngest son and child of Edo and Ariantje (Sip) Van Marselis, was born in Preakness, New Jersey, October I, 1777, and died April 2, 1843, on the old homestead farm where his life chiefly had been spent. He married, May 3, 1799, Ellen (or Lena ) De Gray, born December 10, 1780, died April 20, 1848. Children (may have been others) : 1. Marea, born March 17, 1801, died July 12, 1823. 2. Jane, born 1803, died No- vember 20, 1832. 3. Edo, born 1805, died January 18, 1832. 4. John D., born Febru- ary II, 1809 ( see post ). 5. Ann. 6. Peter G., born May 11, 1815 (see post). 7. Ellen, born 1818, died September 3, 1820.
(IX) John D. Merselis, son and fourth child of Gerrit and Ellen (De Gray) Merselis, was born February II, 1809, and died Febru- ary 21, 1877. He married (first) July 4, 1829, Catherine Garritse, born September 28, 1810, died February 10, 1838; (second), October 3, 1839, Esther Jane Berdan, born July 5, 1819, died 1888, daughter of John I. Berdan, born January 5, 1790, died October 18, 1862, mar- ried, November 3, 1815, Elizabeth Goetschius, born January 18, 1794, died August 30, 1870. John D. Merselis had five children by his first
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and four by his second wife: I. Mary, born- April 16, 1830; never married. 2. Garrit, born November 9, 1831 ; married, February 2, 1859, Annie J. Zabriskie; had Catherine Jane, born November 23, 1859. 3. John Garritse, born March 4, 1833; married Gertrude Van Blar- com; children: John D., born January 15, 1867 ; Mary, March 16, 1870; Caroline, April 16, 1873; Gerrit and Harry, twins, July 28, 1878; Ellen J., December 8, 1883. 4. Ellen Jane, born April 6, 1835; married, May 2, 1855, Nicholas J. Demarest ; children: Cath- erine Jane, March 15, 1856; Sadie Jacobus, August 23, 1858, died December 28, 1859; Daniel, April 7, 1861, died December 1, 1897, married February 14, 1889, Jessie McGregor (and had Lawrence McGregor, October 31, 1890; Daniel Douglas, July 9, 1892; Helen Louisa, February II, 1894). 5. Catherine Elizabeth, born February 4, 1838, died in No- vember, 1907 ; married, April 13, 1859, Peter A. Van Houten ; children: John, Nellie, Al- bert, Henry, Gerrit M., Mamie M., Jennie M. and John. 6. Anna, born September 15, 1841 ; married, May 15, 1864, Aaron K. Garrabrant, who died in June, 1873. 7. David Henry, born November 2, 1842, died July 29, 1872, mar- ried, November 6, 1867, Martha Jane Titus; children : Mary, Richard T., October 21, 1870. 8. Edo, born December 7, 1844, died Septem- ber 9, 1845. 9. Edo I. (see post ).
(X) Edo I. Merselis, son of John D. and Esther Jane ( Berdan) Merselis, was born in Clifton, New Jersey, September 17, 1847, and died in Paterson, January 5. 1808. He was given a good education in public and private schools of his native city and also in a busi- ness college in New York City, from the latter of which he was graduated. When twenty-two years old he secured a position with the Pater- son Savings Institution, of which he was one of the organizers, and was actively connected with the institution from its inception. Being eminently fitted for the work in the bank by a sound business education and experience as a clerk in one of the other banks in the city, the fidelity of the young man won for him recognition, and he was advanced from time to time until he was considered one of the most valuable men in the banking rooms. Scores of men and women have waited patiently for Mr. Merselis to be free in order that they might personally obtain his advice in business matters. He won the confidence of the public many years ago, because he was a man who never practiced deception, doing the very best he could to help his fellow men in a way that
would bring them the highest benefit. His death was a severe loss to the institution and to the city of Paterson. For many years after his marriage Mr. Merselis lived in the Merselis homestead at the corner of Water and Albion streets. He was a regular attendant at the Second Reformed Church, near his home, and an active worker in every department, holding the highest offices in the congregation. His example before the youth in the church, in the bank and among his friends, was always one that could be followed with profit to all. For several years previous to his death Mr. Merselis lived on the Eastside, but he con- tinued to be faithful to the over-the-river church. He was interested in every movement that was for the betterment of the city and its people. He was careful in expressing opin- ions and was a man who never swerved from what he believed to be right. His quiet and courteous manner was noticeable and his in- fluence in the right direction on every ques- tion was marked. He advised always, it was not his disposition to scold even when there was an occasion for it. The bank treasurer was noted for his regular habits, arriving at his daily duties at the proper hour, performing his tasks in a conscientious manner. His fam- ily always knew when to expect him home- he never disappointed his friends. The home life of Mr. Merselis was ideal. He loved the associations of his own fireside and it can be said truly that his whole time was passed be- tween his duties at the bank and the home circle. He had many social friends and was a man who gave his acquaintances a warm wel- come to his home, but he seemed to be content with his loved ones, for wherever he went his companion accompanied him. Mr. Merselis' illness was of short duration, but it seemed to be fatal from the start. He was at his duties the day after New Year's, although suffering with a severe cold, as were the other members of his family. He lost his strength rapidly and on Saturday his family knew that his condition was critical.
Mr. Merselis married, September 21, 1869. Sarah V. Zeluff, born September 19, 1852, daughter of John P. and Sarah Jane ( Boone) Zeluff. John P. Zeluff. was son of Peter and Margaret (Secor) Zeluff, and Sarah Jane Boone. whom he married, was daughter of James and Catherine (Van Houten) Boone. Edo I. and Sarah V. (Zeluff) Merselis had one child: 1. Cilla Ardella, born in Paterson, August 16, 1870; married, March 19, 1896. Leslie Van Wagoner; children: Edith Mer-
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selis, born February 28, 1897; Isabelle Mer- selis, January 29, 1899; Sarah Merselis, No- vember 16, 1900.
(IX) Peter G. Merselis, son of Gerrit and Ellen (or Lena) (De Gray) Merselis, was born May II, 1815, and died August 30, 1891, having spent his life in the old family home- stead in Preakness. He married Eleanor F. Sickles, who was born in New York state, and by whom he had two sons: I. Gilbert F., born February 5. 1838 (see post). 2. Iddo, born December 12, 1839; married, April 16, 1862, Emma Clementine Norton, of Pompton, born June, 1841 ; children, two of whom died in infancy. Those who grew to maturity were : i. Virginia R., born February 16, 1870, mar- ried, October 7, 1897, Alfred L. Edwards (and had A. Norton, born August 14, 1898, and Catherine Virginia, born June 12, 1905) ; ii. Henrietta M., born September 23, 1872.
(X) Gilbert F. Mercelis, son of Peter G. and Eleanor F. (Sickles) Merselis, was born February 5. 1838, and lives in Preakness, on the old ancestral homestead farm where his great-grandfather dwelt many years ago. He married Sarah Martha Jacobus, born Septem- ber 19, 1841, at what now is called Glen View, Morris county, New Jersey. Children : I. William, born May 30, 1864, died young. 2. Peter G., born April 30, 1867 (see post). 3. Abram Jacobus, born October 26, 1869 (see post ). 4. Gerrit Edwin, born December 25, 1874 ; lives at home with his father on the old farm in Preakness.
(XI) Peter G. Merselis, son of Gilbert F. and Sarah Martha (Jacobus) Merselis, was born in Preakness, New Jersey, April 30, 1867, received his education in public schools in Preakness and also at Latimer's Business Col- lege in Paterson, graduating from the latter institution in 1882. For a time afterward he was clerk in a grocery store and later was employed as bookkeeper for William H. Col- lins, of Paterson. In 1883 he became book- keeper and financial manager for F. C. Van Dyk & Co., large furniture dealers of Pater- son, and continued in that capacity until 1895, when the former partnership incorporated under the name of The Van Dyk Furniture Company. When organization was effected under the incorporation, Mr. Merselis was made secretary of the company and later be- came vice-president and treasurer, which offices he holds at the present time. He is a member of Silk City Conclave, No. 232, Improved Order of Heptasophs, the Benevolent Protec- tive Order of Elks, and of the Mecca Club of
Paterson. Like his father and grandfather he is a staunch Republican in political prefer- ence, and also an attendant at the services of the Dutch Reformed Church.
(XI) Abram Jacobus Merselis, of 129 Jack- son street, Passaic, son of Gilbert F. and Sarah Martha (Jacobus) Merselis, was born in Preakness, New Jersey, October 26, 1869, and was educated in the public schools of that town and Latimer's Business College at Paterson. His business career was begun as an employee of the Richardson Silk Company of New York and Chicago, at first in a minor capacity, but in subsequent years he advanced through sev- eral more important positions to that which he now holds, credit man and office and store manager of the New York branch of the com- pany's vast business. Mr. Merselis is a mem- ber and deacon of the North Reformed Church of Passaic, member of the Holland Society of New York, the National Union Society, and in politics is a Republican. He married, Jan- uary 21, 1897, Mary P. Cooper, born Paterson, and has one child now living, Sarah Eleanor, born Passaic, December 20, 1898.
(VI) Edo (or Ide) Van Marcelis, son of Marcelis Pieterse and Pieterjie (Van Vorst) Van Marcelis, was baptized September 15. 1690, and went to the Raritan. His descend- ants are located in Somerset, Warren and Hunterdon counties. He and his wife Ariantje were rather closely related. Peter, father of Edo, and Ide Sip, father of Arientje, who mar- ried Edo Van Merselis, were first cousins, their mothers, Pieterje and Johanna Van Vorst, being sisters.
(VII) Edo Van Marcelis was the first of his family who settled in what now is Wayne township. The farm on which he located is now subdivided into several lesser tracts, only one of which, the original homestead, was occu- pied by his descendants in 1908." Of the chil- dren of this Edo, Cornelius settled on what now is the Cahill farm; John, on the Ander- son farm back of it; Garrit, remained on the homestead. These, at any rate. remained in Preakness.
While the family here described CURRIE has been represented in the United States only a matter of about fifty years, its representatives have proven to be men of great patriotism and love for their adopted land. The men of the fam- ily have been zealous and industrious in busi- ness life, and have shown their interest in public affairs in numerous ways.
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(1) Abraham Currie, a French Huguenot. lived and died in France. He had a son Abra- ham.
(1I) Abraham (2), son of Abraham (I) Currie, was born in France and lived near the Swiss line. He had a son George Ferdinand. (III) George Ferdinand, son of Abraham (2) Currie, was born at Etup, March II, 1835, Department du Dubs, France, near the border of Switzerland. He came to the United States in 1851, spending some time in New York City, a short time in Philadelphia, and then he settled at Delaware City Delaware. He spent some time in the public schools at Delaware City, and then engaged in the stove and hardware business at Millville, New Jer- sey, and in 1857 in the same business at Abse- con, same state. At the time of the breaking out of the civil war, Mr. Currie answered the call of his newly adopted country, and closing his business enlisted as fireman in the navy ; he enlisted from Absecon, and spent most of his time in the United States steamer "Kan- sas," on the James river, being present at the engagements at Fort Fisher and Port Royal, Virginia. He served with credit for two years, and received his honorable discharge in July, 1865.
Returning to New Jersey at the close of the war, he located at Atlantic City, in the stove and hardware business, and his keen business sense assured him of the great future in store for the merchants of the growing summer re- sort, so that in 1868 he built a large ware- house at 1212 and 1218 Atlantic avenue. This was the beginning of what has proved to be a vast business enterprise, and is now an incor- poration known as the Currie Hardware Com- pany, in which his sons became interested. In 1881, at a meeting held in the hardware store, the Atlantic City National Bank was organized, with Mr. Currie as one of the directors and Charles Evens, president. Two years later, largely through the efforts of Mr. Currie, the Second National Bank was organized, and he became the first president. He was the organ- izer of the Atlantic Safe Deposit & Trust Com- pany, of which he is president. Mr. Currie is independent in religion, although his ances- tors were Huguenots, and he is a Republican in politics. He is a charter member of Amer- ican Star Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of which he was the first noble grand; he was one of the organizers and charter mem- bers of the first Masonic Lodge of Absecon, New Jersey, and now belongs to Trinity Lodge, No. 79, of Atlantic City, of which he
was a charter member and its second worship- ful master. He is a member of Trinity Chap- ter, No. 38, Royal Arch Masons, and Atlantic Commandery, No. 20, Knights Templar. He was the second commander of Post No. 32, Grand Army of the Republic, of Atlantic City. Mr. Currie was for seventeen years a member and director of the board of freeholders of Atlantic City, and served several years in the city council ; he was the president of the first volunteer fire company in the city.
Mr. Currie married at Millville, Matilda D. Haley, of Cumberland county, New Jersey, born November 16, 1834, and they became parents of the following children: 1. Mary Lore, married Charles E. Schroeder, and has three children, Alice, Nelson and Walter. 2. Frederick, died in 1908; married Alberta Leeds, and they had one child, Frederick, Jr., deceased. 3. Annie L., married Silas Shoe- maker, treasurer of Atlantic Trust Company; they have one child, Ellen. 4. George F., Jr., one of the corporation of Currie Hardware Company ; married, May 26, 1906, Mrs. Annie Apaulding Lever, a widow, daughter of Colo- nel John MacDonough Langblen, born in Phil- adelphia, Pennsylvania.
DAVIS Thomas Davis, the earliest ances- tor of whom we have any account, was born in North Carolina, mar- ried there and had children.
(II) Isaac, son of Thomas Davis, was born in North Carolina, and married Sidney Win- berry, by whom he had children.
(III) Jonathan, son of Isaac and Sidney (Winberry) Davis, was born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and during the early part of his business life was a school teacher and con- veyancer. Later on he became a planter, own- ing a large estate of from six hundred to seven hundred acres of land. He is said to have been an extensive grower of juniper berries, and his products always brought the highest market prices. He also engaged in other busi- ness enterprises and took many contracts for keel timber for vessels. He married Keturah Smithson, also a native of North Carolina ; children : Lavinia, married Joshua Davis ; and John S.
(IV) John S., son of Jonathan and Keturah (Smithson) Davis, was born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and received his education in the county public schools and also in a select school kept by a Mr. Poole. He began his business career as an employee of the print- ing establishment of Colonel Stark, an officer
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of the Confederate service during the civil war and afterward a distinguished lawyer. After leaving Colonel Stark's service Mr. Davis be- came interested with his brother-in-law, Joshua Davis, in a commercial enterprise and carried on a coastwise trade and also trade with the West Indies. Soon after the outbreak of the war he enlisted as a private in a regiment of North Carolina troops and served six months. At the expiration of his term he again entered the service, was made prisoner in the battle at Fort Hatteras, and sent with others to Gov- ernor's Island in New York harbor. He was confined there until on account of an epidemic of typhoid fever he with others was sent to Boston, and held there until 1864, when he was released at a general exchange of prisoners. He then returned south and settled on the farm on which he was born, remaining there until 1884, when he went to Virginia, pur- chased a large plantation, and engaged exten- sively in stock raising. He also bought and sold timber lands and lumber, and continued in active business pursuits until about one year before his death. Mr. Davis was a Democrat in politics, a Baptist in religious preference, and a Templar Mason. He married, May 6, 1882, Emma Virginia Sawyer, born in Eliza- beth City, North Carolina, in 1845, and died in 1898. Children: 1. Quinton Clarence, born April 1, 1863; a Baptist clergyman, living at South Norfolk, Virginia. 2. Lavinia, born Oc- tober, 1865 ; lives at Mt. Holly, New Jersey. 3. John W., born 1867; a lawyer and clergyman, living at Pedricktown, New Jersey, with law offices at Mt. Holly and Philadelphia. 4. Keturah, born 1869, died 1891. 5. Annie J., born 1871 ; lives on the old homestead in the south ; married Charles H. Powell. 6. Mar- garet, born 1873, died at Jefferson Medical College Hospital, Philadelphia, in 1907; mar- ried Tully Brown, a farmer, of Camden coun- ty, North Carolina. 7. Addie V., born De- cember 8, 1776; married John W. Haskett, of Gates county, North Carolina. 8. James Mer- cer, born March 15, 1878. 9. Elizabeth, born 1887 ; married Joseph R. Hewitt, a real estate dealer of Denver, Colorado. 10. Winnie, died in infancy.
(V) Rev. James Mercer Davis, son of John S. and Emma Virginia (Sawyer) Davis, was born in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, March 15, 1878, and received his earlier literary edu- cation in public schools in Norfolk, Virginia, and in a private school in Chester, Pennsyl- vania. In 1897 he came north and entered Bucknell University, remaining there until the
end of his sophomore year and then trans- ferring his studentship to the academic de- partment of the University of Virginia, con- tinuing there during one year. He then enter- ed Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, completed his collegiate course there and graduated with the degree of B. A. in 1902. After graduating from Brown Uni- versity, Mr. Davis returned to Chester, Penn- sylvania, and became a student in Crozier Seminary, remained there until 1904, then matriculated at the law department of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, completed the course, and was graduated with the degree of LL. B. in 1906. In the same year he was admitted to practice and at once became partner with his brother, John W. Davis, the firm having offices in Philadelphia and Mt. Holly. In July, 1906, Mr. Davis was ordained clergyman of the Bap- tist church, and became pastor of the church of that denomination at Vincentown, New Jer- sey, where he now lives. He is a member of Kappa Sigma fraternity, is an Odd Fellow, and a member of the Miller Law Club.
He married, June 29, 1905, Margaret Wilma, daughter of Minard J. and Margaret K. (Davis) Sawyer, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina.
The Mills family of Morristown MILLS has long been prominent in that part of New Jersey, numbering among its representatives on both sides of the house those who have added lustre to the colo- nial and state history of New Jersey, and its ancestry can be traced back for many genera- tions to the old colonies of Long Island, where there are to-day many descendants of other branches of the family still living. The Morris- town branch is descended from Samuel Mills, of Long Island, at least two of whose children settled in Morris county, New Jersey, in about - the year 1740.
(I) Samuel, son of Samuel Mills, of Long Island, was born in 1720, and died June 17, 1805. He became a communicant of the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown, May 3, 1765, and his wife Sarah, who died January 15, 1785, aged sixty-one years, was received in the same church by letter March 1, 1761. Chil- dren: I. Timothy Jr., born about 1747, died September 14, 1777. 2. Edward, referred to below. 3. George, born 1751, died February 26, 1840. 4. Samuel, born 1756. 5. Daniel, born March 1, 1761. 6. Sarah, August 21, 1763. 7. Phebe, June 15, 1766.
(II) Edward, son of Samuel and Sarah
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Mills, was born in Morris county in 1749, and lied there January 13, 1827. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Morris- town. He was a private of Morris county in the Continental army during the revolutionary war, and also a sergeant in the Eastern Battlion of the Morris county militia. May II, 1778, he married Phebe Byram, who died August 22, 1795, at the age of thirty-seven years. Children : 1. Ann, married James Cook, March 21, 1821, and died in 1859. 2. Lewis, referred to below. 3. Jabez, born 1785, died June 17, 1865; married Hannah, daughter of Ebenezer Coe, September 20, 1806. 4. Sally, born 1780, died April 13, 1841 ; married Archibald Ferris.
Phebe Byram was a daughter of Ebenezer Byram Jr. and Abigail Alden. She was line- ally descended from John Alden and Priscilla, of "Mayflower" memory, and many of her ancestors were distinguished in the early wars and struggles of New England.
(III) Lewis, son of Edward and Phebe ( Byram) Mills, was born in Morristown, New Jersey, January 19, 1782, and died there March 5, 1869. He was one of the most prominent citizens of Morristown. On May 1, 1812, he became an elder in the First Presbyterian Church of Morristown, and was actively inter- ested in its welfare at the time of his death. On January 19, 1809, he married (first) Mary Armstrong Pierson, born December 30, 1783. died February 22, 1816, eldest daughter of Benjamin and Abigail (Condict ) Pierson. They had no children. He married ( second), De- cember II, 1817, Sarah Ann Este, born April 30. 1793, died June 13, 1842, daughter of Major Moses and Anne ( Kirkpatrick) Este. Her mother was a sister of Hon. Andrew Kirkpatrick, chief justice of New Jersey. Her father was an officer of the revolutionary army. and at the battle of Monmouth, being then lieutenant in a regiment from Hunterdon county, he was severely wounded and left on the field. After the battle Colonel Alexander Hamilton found him and had his wound cared for and thus saved his life. For his services in this battle he was promoted to a captaincy. In 1803. at his law office, Mr. Hamilton related this interesting incident to David K. Este, a brother of Mrs. Lewis Mills, who was then a law student in New York and subsequently a judge of the supreme court of Ohio. Mr. Hamilton, upon learning that young Este was from Morristown, said: "Do you know, sir, that but for me you would not be here? I knew your father well. In passing over the field
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