Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey, Volume II, Part 18

Author: Lee, Francis Bazley, 1869- ed
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Lewis Historical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 618


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(III) John (2), eldest child of John ( I) and Elizabeth ( Parker ) Powell, was born 1700 and settled on a plantation at or near Wood-


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pecker Lane, near Mt. Holly, where his grand- son, Joseph Powell, lived in 1818. He was married, in 1725, at Burlington Monthly Meet- ing, to Virgin Crips, daughter of Nathaniel and Grace (Whitten) Crips. The last named were married January 9, 1694. Tradition says that Nathaniel was a brother of John Crips, mentioned in Smith's "History of New Jersey," but it seems more probable that he was his son. They lived near where Mt. Holly now is and on the northeast side of the mount. The Friends' graveyard, denominated in 1818 the old graveyard, was a part of their land, and the mount was then called "Crips Mount" because of this ownership. Children of John (2) Powell: 1. Jacob, married an Atkinson. 2. Christopher, married Sarah Gaskill. 3. John, married Deborah Harbour. 4. Joseph, men- tioned below. 5. Elizabeth, married William Jones. 6. Grace, married Joseph Gaskill. 7. Sarah, married Thomas Rogers.


(IV) Joseph, fourth son of John (2) and Virgin (Crips) Powell, was born September 20, 1739; died April 18, 1805. He probably re- sided in Northampton township, and engaged in farming. He married, November 9, 1765, Anne Bishop, born July 12, 1744; died July 12, 1805. Children: I. Virgin, September 27, 1766; married Joshua Wills. 2. Rebecca. 3. Atlantic, August 5, 1773; died September 30, 1825. 4. Japhet Bishop, September 18, 1780. 5. Joseph, mentioned below. 6. Hannah, Feb- ruary 15, 1788; died July 24, 1814.


(V) Joseph (2), younger son of Joseph (I) and Anne (Bishop) Powell, was born May 7, 1783, and lived in that part of Northampton township which is now East Hampton. He was a farmer by occupation, and died at the age of thirty-six years. He married Mary Batcher and they were the parents of a daugh- ter and a son, Ann B. and Benajah. The former became the wife of James Gardiner and resided on the homestead in Easthampton. The family belonged to the Society of Friends. After the death of Joseph Powell, his widow married Isaac Fennimore, and died at the age of about sixty-two years.


(VI) Benajah, only son of Joseph (2) and Mary (Batcher) Powell, was born in No- vember, 1812, in East Hampton, died May 3, 1872. He resided in a part of the parental mansion and engaged in general farming. He was a Friend, an adherent of the Whig party during its existence and an earnest Republican from the inception of the party. He served nine years as town collector and held that posi- tion at the time of his death. He married


Martha Ann Fennimore, who was born in Medford, New Jersey, a daughter of Isaac and Martha (Moore) Fennimore. Of their eight children, six grew to maturity : I. Mary, widow of Zebedee R. Wills, and resides in Northampton township. 2. Joseph, mentioned below. 3. Isaac, was a farmer in Lumberton township; died in Philadelphia. 4. Allen F., a farmer, residing in East Hampton. 5. Mar- tha, resides in Lumberton. 6. Annie, died while the wife of D. Budd Coles, of Lumber- ton.


(VII) Joseph (3), eldest son of Benajah and Martha Ann (Fennimore) Powell, was born April 24, 1843, in Northampton, and was educated at Willis Institute, Freehold, New Jersey. At the age of twenty years he left school and engaged in agricul- ture on the farm of his grandfather, Isaac Fennimore, in Medford, and this farm he now owns and rents. He has always been an earnest supporter of the Republican party and has ben called to a position of much re- sponsibility. After serving some time as col- lector of his home town, he was elected county collector in 1881, and has continually filled this office since by repeated re-elections. He is unmarried and makes his home with his brother-in-law, Mr. Coles, in Lumberton. He attends and supports the worship of the Friends' Society. He is a charter member of Mt. Holly Lodge, No. 848, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. He is a director of the Mount Holly National Bank and president of the Peoples' Building and Loan Association of Mt. Holly. Mr. Powell partakes of the characteristics which have distinguished the Friends of New Jersey and enjoys the respect and esteem of the entire county. His integ- rity and business ability are attested by his long service in the office of county collector.


According to well established WORRELL records the Worrells are an old and highly respected family of Burlington county, but by reason of the lamentable absence of information concern- ing some of the earlier generations of the family the names of the immediate and more remote ancestors of James Worrell are un- known.


(I) James Worrell, the earliest ancestor of the family of whom there appears to be any definite account, is said to have been born in Vincentown, Southampton township, Burling- ton county, probably about the year 1785, al- though the exact period of his life is not


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known. His wife was Elizabeth (Taylor) Worrell, and their children were James T., Isaiah S., John H. and Lavinia.


(II) James T., son of James and Elizabeth (Taylor) Worrell, was born at Vincentown, Burlington county, in 1815, and died at the home of his son in Mt. Holly, in October, 1907. He was a farmer by occupation, and during his active career lived on the same farm, continuing his residence there until within a few years of the time of his death. Mr. Worrell was a thrifty and fairly success- ful farmer, a man somewhat active in public affairs in the township, serving for some time as member of the board of school trustees. In politics he was first a Whig and afterward a Republican, and in religious preference a Bap- tist church member. His wife was Mary (Allen) Worrell, who was born in 1832 and died in February, 1904. Children: I. Ed- ward A., a farmer of Vincentown, who died aged fifty-two years. 2. Samuel M., a farmer living at Vincentown. 3. George W., car- penter, of Vincentown. 4. James S., farmer, of Vincentown. 5. Lydia, married and lives in Philadelphia. 6. Lavinia, married Walter Anderson and lives in Mt. Holly. 7. Henry I., farmer, of Southampton township. 8. Job I., farmer of Vincentown. 9. William Walter, see post. 10. Charles S., lives at Vincentown.


(III) William Walter, son of James T. and Mary (Allen) Worrell, was born in South- ampton township, Burlington county, in 1862, and received his education in public schools at Buddtown and Vincentown and in a private school in Vincentown of which John G. Her- bert was then the master. When about nine- teen years old he went to work as clerk in a large general store at Marlton owned by H. & J. M. Brink, and remained in the employ of that firm during the next twelve years. In 1898 he became proprietor of a wholesale tobacco business at Mt. Holly and since that time has been counted among the substantial business men of that city. Besides being a prominent business man for many years, Mr. Worrell also has been something of a public man, and is counted among the foremost Re- publicans of Burlington county. From 1893 to 1898 he was clerk of Burlington county. In 1902 he was appointed auditor by the board of chosen freeholders to fill an unexpired term, and in 1903 he was nominated for and elected to the same office, serving until the general election in November, 1908, when he was elected high sheriff of the county. This office he now holds. Mr. Worrell is president of


the South Jersey Tobacco Company ; member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, having passed the several chairs; member of Mt. Holly Lodge, No. 14, F. and A. M .; Mt. Holly Lodge of Elks, No. 848; and member and trustee of the Baptist church.


In 1880 Mr. Worrell married Lizzie M., daughter of John and Edith (Haines) Chris- tian, of Marlton. Children: 1. John Harold, born Marlton, January 22, 1882. 2. Russell E., born Mt. Holly, 1884; died December 7, 1907. 3. Albert .C., born Mt. Holly, February 22, 1896. 4. William E., born Mt. Holly, July 18, 1905.


MELCHER


The surname Melcher is said to be of ancient Hebrew origin, and indicates a long


line of ancestors. The meaning of the word is said to be "the king," "the kingly one," or "the royal one." The true spelling of the name is Melchoir. It is a comon name in Switzer- land and in Germany. It is not known who was the immigrant ancestor of the Melcher families in New England, and Savage gives us an account of Edward Melcher, who was in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as early as 1684, and died there in 1695.


However, the Melchers of the particular family here treated are believed to have come to this country from Wales, and while the year of immigration is not definitely known, it is certain that the progenitor of the family here under consideration was in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as early as 1666, and Edward Melcher was among those "that subscribed in the years 1658 and 1666 to the maintenance of ye Minister." They located at Portsmouth and later went to the garrison house in Sea- brook. They took up their farm from the wilderness and while clearing it returned to the garrison house at night. On one occasion Mrs. Melcher, being desirous of seeing the farm, walked up alone through the woods to gratify her curiosity. At that time the Indians were very much feared. One day while Ed- ward Melcher was at the farm he left his shoes and stockings with his gun in the cabin and went out to hoe his peas. Soon afterward he saw three Indians enter the cabin, upon which he lay down under the pea-vines until they had gone away, and on entering the cabin he found that his gun and other effects were undisturbed, probably having been overlooked by the intruders who sought only Mr. Melcher himself. After the family had moved out to the farm Mrs. Melcher was one day alone in


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the house and saw three Indians approach the door, which happened to be fastened. She promptly greeted them with a bucket of boil- ing water from an upper window and caused their hasty retreat from the premises.


Samuel Melcher, doubtless a son of Edward Melcher, married, May 16, 1700, Elizabeth, daughter of Benjamin Crane. He died in 1754, aged eighty-seven, hence was born about 1667. His wife died in 1756, aged eighty-six years. Their children were John, born August 22, 1703 ; Elizabeth, August 10, 1705, married Ezekiel Sanborn; and Samuel. They may have had other children of whom we have no account.


Samuel Melcher, son of Samuel and Eliza- beth (Crane) Melcher, married, in 1735, Esther, daughter of Benjamin Green. He died in 1802, aged ninety-four years, and his wife Esther died in 1797, aged eighty-seven years. Their children were Samuel, Jonathan, John, Edward, Hannah, Elizabeth, Benjamin and Esther.


Samuel Melcher, son of Samuel and Esther (Green) Melcher, married Elizabeth, daughter of Jonathan Hilliard. He died in 1823, aged eighty-six years, and his wife died in 1826, aged eighty-four years. They had two sons, Levi and Joseph. Levi married Hannah, daughter of Caleb Tilton, and was a merchant in Boston. Joseph lived on the homestead and was always mentioned as Judge Melcher. He married Polly Rowell, and died in 1858, aged eighty-nine years.


There is very little doubt of the close rela- tionship of the Melchers referred to in pre- ceding paragraphs and those of the province of Maine, with whom our present narrative must begin, for we only know that two brothers, Samuel and Joseph Melcher, settled in Brunswick, Maine, about the year 1757, and were progenitors of the families of their sur- name in that region. Samuel settled at New Meadows, and in 1767 built the house in which Deacon James Smith was living a quarter of a century ago. He died March 3, 1834, aged ninety years, hence was born about 1744. He mar- ried Isabella, daughter of Judge Aaron Hinck- ley. She died August 17, 1832, in her eighty- sixth year. Their children were: I Reliance, born November 15, 1768, died November 29, 1804. 2. Mary, August 5, 1771. 3. Aaron, February 23, 1773. 4. Samuel, May 8, 1775, died March 3, 1862. 5. Elizabeth, May 13, 1777. 6. Lois, July 2, 1780. 7. Rebecca, March 6, 1783. 8. John, May 19, 1785. 9. Noah, May 30, 1788, died young. 10. Rachel, February 23, 1793.


(I) Joseph Melcher, brother of Samuel Melcher who is mentioned in the preceding paragraph, settled at Bunganock, on the farm where Jedidiah Mariner dwelt in 1878. He was a "housewright," or carpenter by trade, and died April 21, 1821, aged nearly eighty-six years, hence was born about 1736. He mar- ried, in 1757, Mary Cobb, of Gorhamtown, who died May 18, 1825, in her eighty-seventh year. They had a large family of fourteen children, of whom the history of Brunswick, Maine, mentions the names of five: Noah, Nathaniel, Abner, Josiah and Samuel.


(II) Abner, son of Joseph and Mary (Cobb) Melcher, was born at Oak Hill, near Bruns- wick, Maine, and was a farmer by occupation. He married Maria Frost, and their children were Benjamin, William H., Maria and George.


(III) William Henry, second son and child of Abner and Maria (Frost) Melcher, was born at Brunswick, Maine, May 9, 1824, and is still living (1909) at the advanced age of eighty-five years. At the age of twelve years. when a boy in school, he showed an aptitude for mechanical work and even then began mak- ing shoes ; and at fourteen years he built a sub- stantial sleigh, doing all of the work himself. He was hardly more than a boy in years when he went to Bath to work in a shipyard and there he learned the trade of shipbuilding, becoming a competent workman in the course of a few years. Later on he began building vessels on his own account and followed that ocupation for many years. For the last few years he has held the position of superintend- ent of woodwork for the Bath Iron Works, and is still active. notwithstanding his years. Mr. Melcher is a Republican in politics, a trus- tee and consistent member of the Free Will Baptist church. In 1846 he married Sarah Jane Alexander, of Richmond, Maine, and by her had three children: Ella Price, William Palmer, Ada Maria.


(IV) William Palmer, only son of William Henry and Sarah Jane (Alexander ) Melcher, was born in Brunswick, Maine, April 10, 1849, and was a child two years old when his father removed with his family to Bath. He fitted for college in the Maine State Seminary and Nichols Latin School, then entered Bowdoin College and was graduated A. B. in 1871. After leaving college he turned his attention tem- porarily to teaching, then matriculated at the medical department of the University of Penn- sylvania, Philadelphia, and graduated from there with the degree of M. D. in 1876. Dr. Melcher began his professional career in Cam-


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den and practiced in that city until 1879, when he removed to Pemberton, New Jersey, lived there until 1882 and then settled permanently at Mt. Holly, where in later years he has built up a remunerative practice. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the New Jersey State Medical Society, and the Burling- ton County Medical Society. He is a member of Mt. Holly Lodge, No. 848, B. P. O. E., and in politics is a Republican. For fifteen years he was a member of the Mt. Holly board of education.


March 13, 1884, Dr. Melcher married Mary, daughter of Theodore and Martha (Snyder) Gaskell, (the former a steward of the county almshouse at New Lisbon), and has three chil- dren : I. Theodora, born March 29, 1886. 2. Stanwood Alexander, September 15, 1893. 3 Charlotte Patton, June 9, 1896.


SHARP The Sharp family of New Jersey is descended from English ances- tors, and previous to the immi- gration to America the particular family here treated was settled in the parish of St. Ann, Limehouse, Middlesex. This was the family of Francis Sharp, of Oak Lane. William and Thomas Sharp, sons of Francis Sharp, came with their families to America in the ship "Samuel" in 1682, and settled in Evesham township in Burlington county, New Jersey. The children who came with William and Thomas Sharp were John, William and Hugh Sharp, whom tradition says were brothers and children of William, although this relation- ship has not been fully established and the fact has been assumed by genealogists of the family as being in accordance with probabilities and with nothing to indicate to the contrary.


(I) William Sharp, the immigrant, was born in England, and on his arrival in this country settled in the old township of Evesham, where he was a person of considerable consequence, although accounts of his life are quite meagre so far as the records tend to indicate. Some relics, however, of his generation and time have been preserved by his descendants, among them Bibles, a clock of ancient construction, a case of drawers, and a two-gallon bottle ; and of which with others of less importance are said to have been brought over with him in 1682. The name of his wife does not appear, but there came with him the three sons, John, William and Hugh, to whom casual reference has been made.


(II) John, presumably the eldest son of William Sharp, the immigrant, was born in


England and came to this country with his father in 1682. He married, 4th month 17th, 1688, Elizabeth, daughter of John Paine. Chil- dren: I. William, born 1689, see post. 2. Elizabeth, 1692. 3. John, 1693 ; married (first) Jane Fitchardall, (second) Ann Haines. 4. Thomas, 1698; married Elizabeth Smith. 5. Hannah, 1700; married Thomas Adams. 6. Samuel, 1702; married Elizabeth Haines. 7. Sarah, 1705.


(III) William (2), son of John and Eliza- beth ( Paine) Sharp, was born 10th month 2d, 1689, and married (first) 1716, Mary, daugh- ter of Francis and Mary ( Borton) Austin. Francis Austin was progenitor of the family of his surname in New Jersey, and his wife, Mary Borton, was daughter of John and Ann Borton, progenitors of the Borton family of New Jersey. William Sharp married (sec- ond) Hannah Children: I. Rebecca, born 1719; married Solomon Haines. 2. Han- nah, 1721 ; married Jonathan Haines. 3. Hugh, 1724, see post. 4. Esther, 1727 ; married Job Haines. 5. William, 1730; married Mary Haines. 6. Sarah, 1735; married Barzilla Prickitt. 7. Samuel, 1737. 8. Jane, 1739; mar- ried Robert Engle. 9. Child, 1741; died in infancy. IO. Isaac, 1744; died young. II. Josiah, 1748. 12. Elizabeth, 1751.


(IV) Hugh, son of William (2) and Mary (Austin) Sharp, was born IIth month, 15th, 1724. He married (first) Sabillah who died having borne him three children; married (second) Ann, daughter of Mark and Anna ( Hancock ) Stratton. Children : I. Sabillah, born 1755. 2. Hannah, 1757. 3. Thomas, 1759. 4. Job, 1761. 5. William, see post.


(V) William (3), son of Hugh and Ann (Stratton) Sharp, was born 3d month 10th, 1770, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Zane) Rakestraw. Thomas Rakestraw was a son of Thomas Rakestraw and grandson of Thomas Rake- straw, whose wife was Mary, daughter of Thomas Wilkinson. Children: I. Eli, mar- ried Catherine Sinnickson. 2. Franklin, mar- ried Eliza Braddock. 3. William, see post. 4. Isaac, married Hannah Engle. 5. Charles. 6. Maria, married Benjamin Wilkins. 7. Eliza- beth, married Japheth Bowker. 8. Amanda, married - Morford. 9. Susan, married Wesley Evans.


(VI) William (4), son of William (3) and Elizabeth (Rakestraw) Sharp, was born in Medford, New Jersey, in 1796, died there in 1844. He was a man of education and judg-


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ment, a careful and constant reader, and while in business life was a contractor and builder, always retaining his early love of books and good reading. Until he was sixty-five years old he continued to live on his farm and then moved to Medford village. He married Jemima, daughter of Darnell and Sarah (Rogers) Braddock. Children: I. Fredinand F., married Lydia Thomas. 2. Hugh, mar- ried Jane Ann Sharp. 3. Benjamin, married Adeline Garwood. 4. Jemima, married Edwin Crispin. 5. Abbie, married Edward Darnell. 6. Jervis, married Sarah A. R. Githens. 7. Andrew, married Lydia S. Darnell. 8. Lewis L., see post. 9. Henry, married Annie Wil- kins. 10. Edward, married Rebecca Stilwell Bailey.


(VII) Dr. Lewis L., son of William (4) and Jemima ( Braddock) Sharp, was born in Medford, New Jersey, November 1, 1841, and after receiving a good elementary education in public schools in Medford and Moorestown, he entered the medical department of the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, graduating with the degree of M. D. in 1864. After graduation he began his professional career in Medford and has since been engaged in active general practice. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the New Jersey State Medical Society, the Burlington County Medi- cal Society and has served as president of the Burlington County District Medical Associa- tion. He is a Master Mason, a Republican in politics and in 1890-91 was a member of the New Jersey house of assembly.


July 12, 1904, Dr. Sharp married, Mrs. Re- becca Stilwell Bailey Sharp, widow of Edward Sharp, Dr. Sharp's brother. By her former marriage Mrs. Sharp had one daughter, Flor- ence Broomell Sharp, born July 25, 1885, died January 17, 1900.


WAINWRIGHT The ancestor of the Wainwright families in this country was a


Yorkshire Englishman, by birth and parentage, and who as an officer of the British navy was sent to Bermuda, West Indies, as commandant of the British naval station there. He is said to have had three sons who came to America and settled, one in New York city, one in Philadelphia, and one at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Bishop Wainwright, of New York, came of the son who settled in that city, and the family purposed to be treated in this place comes of the son who located in Philadelphia. But, indeed, of this son the historical and gene-


alogical references give us no account what- ever, and we only know that Jonathan Wain- wright, a Hicksite Quaker, was among the descendants of that one of the three immigrant brothers who settled in Philadelphia.


(I) Jonathan Wainwright was born in Phil- adelphia in 1795 and died in that city in 1870. He was a manufacturer of pully blocks and also carried on a business of dealing in lumber, and it is evident that he was a man of consider- able consequence in the business life of the city and at one time was president of the Kens- ington Bank. He married Susan, daughter of George and Martha (Hollingshead) Eyre, granddaughter of Jehu Eyre and great-grand- daughter of George Eyre, who came over to America with Penn's colony. Children : I. Matilda, now dead; married Hanson Withers, of Philadelphia. 2. Susan, now dead ; married Henry L. Tripler. 3. Isaac Harrison, now dead. 4. Richard S., now dead. 5. Jonathan E., see post. 6. Charles B., of Camden, New Jersey. 7. Chandler Price, of Philadelphia.


(II) Jonathan Eyre, son of Jonathan and Susan (Eyre) Wainwright, was born in the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died at Norristown, Pennsylvania. He was reared under the influence of the Society of Friends and received his early education in Friends' schools and also in the township public schools. After leaving school he became connected with the house of Cope Shipping Company and in 1849 was sent to California. On his return to the east he became interested with his father in the lumber business and continued it after the death of his parent. Mr. Wainwright was a Mason, member of Harmony Lodge, F. and A. M., of Philadelphia, an Episcopalian in religious preference and a Republican in politics. He married Elizabeth Lynn Tripler, of Philadelphia, born January, 1829, and still living. Children: 1. Jacob T., of Chicago, metallurgical engineer in iron and steel con- struction. 2. Isaac Harrison, see post.


(III) Isaac Harrison, younger son of Jon- athan Eyre and Elizabeth Lynn (Tripler) Wainwright, was born in the city of Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, January 6, 1856, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1875, and immediately found employment as rod- man in the engineering department of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He was stationed first at Altoona, and since that time has been engaged in the company's service in various parts of southern and central Pennsyl- vania and southern New Jersey ; and from the position of rodman he has advanced through


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grades of promotion to that of supervisor in charge of a part of the Amboy division, with offices in Mt. Holly. Mr. Wainwright has been continuously in the service of the company for more than thirty-five years. He holds member- ship in Perry Lodge, No. 458, F. and A. M., of Marysville, Pennsylvania; Newport Chap- ter, No. 238, R. A. M., of Newport, Pennsyl- vania; Van Hook Council, R. and S. M .; Cyrene Commandery, No. 7, K. T., of Cam- den; also the various bodies of Scottish Rite and the Mystic Shrine.


In 1881 Mr. Wainwright married Sally B. Pennell, of Duncannon, Pennsylvania, daugh- ter of John and Catherine (Keyser ) Pennell, and a granddaughter of Andrew Pennell, a native of Ireland and the ancestor of the family in this country.


LEEDOM Dr. Ira Clayton Leedom, of Bordentown, New Jersey, de- scends from a family long resi- dent of Bucks county, Pennsylvania, where Dr. Leedom also was born.




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