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WEEKS This name, spelled in as many as sixty different ways, among them Wekes, Wikes, Wix, Wick, de Wyke and Van Wyck, was first taken by one William de Wrey, who about 1370 married Katherine Burnell, in England, and from her father inherited the Manor of North Wyke. The name was by him spelled Wyke or Wykes, and a long line of knights descended from him, though the last male in direct line died in 1713. In the year 1635, four brothers, George, Thomas, Francis and Joseph Weeks, sailed from England; George settled at Dorchester. Massachusetts, Thomas at Huntington, Long Island, Francis at Oyster Bay, Long Island and Joseph was drowned in the landing.
(I) George Weeks was living in Devon- shire, England, shortly before the time of his sailing for America, as his name was affixed to the will of his brother-in-law, William Clap, of Salcombe Regis, as witness. He was born about 1596, as at the time of his sailing he is described as about forty years of age. December 21, 1639, he was admitted to the church at Dorchester, he became a freeman the following year, and held the office of selectman in 1645-47-48. Besides cultivating his land, he was several times employed by the town in laying out its boundaries and roads. He died December 28, 1650. George Weeks married Jane Clap, sister of the famous Roger Clap;
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they were descendants of Osgood Clapa, a Danish nobleman of the court of King Canute, who ruled England 1017 to 1036. After the death of her husband she married, as his sec- ond wife, Jonas Humphrey; he died March 19, 1662, and she died August 2, 1668. George and Jane Weeks had five children, the first four born in England, the fifth in Dorchester, as follows: Thomas, born probably in 1626; William; Jane, married Benjamin Bates, of Hingham, Massachusetts; Ammiel; Joseph.
(II) Ammiel, third son of George and Jane (Clap) Weeks, was born in 1632-33, in Eng- land, and was brought by his parents to Dor- chester, when an infant; he died April 20, 1679, at Dorchester. He was admitted to the church in 1656, took the oath of allegiance and became freeman May 6, 1657, at which time he held land in Dorchester, and in 1673 was con- stable. Like his father, he often held com- missions to locate boundaries. He married Elizabeth, thought to be daughter of William Aspinwall, born in Boston in 1633, died April IO, 1723, and their children were: William, baptized August 26, 1655; Elizabeth, Septem- ber 14, 1656, died young; Elizabeth, October 17, 1657, died in 1709-10, unmarried ; Thank- ful, born April 24, 1660; Ammiel, September 15, 1662; Ebenezer; Joseph, September 3, 1667; Supply, August 26, 1671 ; Thomas, No- vember 20, 1673, enlisted in the expedition to Canada, and it is supposed he died as the effect of exposure; Hannah, May 14, 1676, died August 3, 1683.
(III) Ebenezer, third son of Ammiel and Elizabeth ( Aspinwall) Weeks, was born May 15, baptized May 28, 1665, at Dorchester, Massachusetts, and removed to Boston, where he was a tailor, and died prior to 1711-12. He was admitted to the church at Dorchester, March 21, 1685-86. He married, May 8, 1689, Deliverance, daughter of William Sum- ner, of Boston, born March 18, 1669, died March 21, 1711-12, a widow. She was sister of his brother Joseph's wife, Sarah Sumner. Their children were: William; Jane born March 29, 1692; Ebenezer, November 23, died December 8, 1693; Elizabeth, October 25, 1694, died April 5, 1695; Hannah, January 5, 1695-06; Ebenezer, September 17, 1699.
(IV) William, the oldest son of Ebenezer and Deliverance ( Sumner ) Weeks, was born February 20, 1689-90, at Boston, Massachu- setts, and died in 1749-50, at Portland, Maine. He was admitted as an inhabitant of Fal- mouth, Maine, December 14, 1727, on pay- ment of ten pounds, and lived on Chebeague
Island, Casco Bay; in 1744 he reinoved to what was called "The Neck," later incorpo- rated as part of Portland. He married Sarah Tukekee, or Tukey, of Dorchester, and their children were: William, Lemuel, Abigail, Esther and Ann.
(V) Lemuel, second son of William and Sarah (Tukey or Tukekee) Weeks, was born in 1727-28, at Falmouth, Maine, where he be- came a merchant. He married Peggy, daugh- ter of James Goding, and their children were: James ; Elizabeth, born about 1754-55 ; Lemuel, about 1757; Lydia, about 1759-60; Joseph ; Sarah ; Susannah.
(VI) Joseph, third son of Lemuel and Peggy (Goding) Weeks, was born November IO, 1762, at Falmouth, Maine, where he be- came a ship-master ; he died at sea, July 19, 1797. He married, November 25, 1784, Lois Freeman, born February 18, 1760, died Janu- ary 26, 1829, and their children were: Joseph, born August 3, 1785, died unmarried Decem- ber 3, 1865; Eunice, January 18, 1787, died unmarried December 19, 1872; Daniel, Sep- tember 3, 1788, was unmarried, and lost at sea in February, 1815; Mary, born June 10 or II, 1791, died March 5 or 6, 1794; Joshua Freeman.
(VII) Joshua Freeman, third and youngest son of Joseph and Lois (Freeman) Weeks, was born December 10, 1793, at Portland, Maine, where he received his education, and there he learned the trade of cooper. Later, however, he engaged in the grocery business, which he carried on for a period of fifty years, and at the age of seventy years retired from business life. He died October 13, 1875, in Portland, in the house in which he was born and where all his life was spent, and his funeral was conducted by the order of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, of which he was an honored member. Mr. Weeks was promi- nent in all movements for the progress and de- velopment of his native town, and in political views was first a Whig and later a Republican. He was at one time treasurer, and later presi- dent, of the Aged Brotherhood. He served as member of the city council of Portland, and was a prominent citizen of the town. He married, November 21, 1815, Elizabeth Inger- soll Mitchell, born February 21, 1795, died October 21, 1883, and their children were: Joseph Lemuel, born July 9, 1817; William, November 27, 1819: Mary and Elizabeth, twins, April 11, 1822; Lois, March 6, 1824; Joshua, November 26, 1826; Edward, June 12, 1829; George, June 16, 1832, died August 19
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1833; Robert Mitchell; Harriet, October 18, 1836; Maria Louisa, October 15, 1840.
(VIII) Robert Mitchell, sixth and youngest son of Joshua Freeman and Elizabeth I. (Michell) Weeks, was born July 9, 1834, at Portland, Maine, where after receiving his edu- cation he began working in a jewelry store, but later entered the employ of the Locomotive Works and there learned trade of machinist, which he followed most of his life. After working some time in Portland, at the out- break of the war he enlisted in April, 1861, in Company C, First Maine, which was later changed to Tenth Maine, and finally became Twenty-ninth Maine; he served two years, being mustered out in 1863. With his regi- ment he took part in some of the most import- ant engagements of the struggle; he was at one time in Washington guarding the Balti- more & Ohio railroad, and was made sergeant of his company. He took part in the battles of Antietam and Gettysburg, was taken pris- oner at the battle of Cedar Mountain and was wounded at the battle of Winchester, after which he was taken to the hospital. Upon his recovery he was made commissary sergeant. Upon leaving the service, Mr. Weeks removed to Philadelphia and entered the employ of Bald- win Locomotive Works, which position he held for twenty-five years, although in 1867 he took up his residence in Riverside, New Jersey, which is still his home. He has for some years been retired from active business, and lives in the house built by him more than forty years since. In political views he is Republican. He has won many friends and enjoys the respect of all who know him. Mr. Weeks married, October 22, 1863, at Hagerstown, Maryland, Caroline Berner, born March 7, 1837, and they have three children: 1. Joshua Freeman, born December 24, 1864, in Philadelphia, is a con- tractor, and is connected with the Baldwin Locomotive Works, of Philadelphia. He mar- ried Bertha Schell, of Riverside, New Jersey, and they have a daughter, Maria. 2. Edward Mitchell, born August 20, 1866, at Philadel- phia ; resides at Washington, District of Colum- bia, where he is a patent lawyer, and is em- ployed in the bureau of engraving. He mar- ried Mary Wolcott, and they have three chil- dren : Robert, Dorothy and Ruth. 3. Emma Pauline, born September 13, 1870, at Riverside, New Jersey ; is a physician ; she married Will- iam H. Metzger, of New York, foreman in the Watch Case Works, in Riverside, New Jersey, and they have one son, Joshua Free- man.
This word signifies "keeper WOODWARD of the forest," and has been used in England as a sur- name almost from the date of the first use of surnames. It is said the family goes back to the time of the conquest, and certainly the family in England had many noble representa- tives. They settled in all parts of New Eng- land, in early days, as well as in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, and as a race they have been patriotic and valuable citizens, fighting for their country when duty called, and working for its progress and development.
(I) Richard Woodward, born about 1589, in England, took passage at Ipswich, in the ship "Elizabeth," William Andrews, master, April 10, 1634, for Boston, bringing with him his wife and two sons, George and John, aged fifteen and thirteen years, respectively. His age is given as forty-five and his wife's as fifty. He became one of the proprietors of Watertown, his name being found in the first list of that town; he became possessed of two homelots, containing ten and twelve acres, and also twelve lots, amounting to about three hun- dred and ten acres. September 8, 1648, he bought of Edward Holbrook a mill in Boston, at which time he is described as of Boston, and he sold same December 26, 1648, to Will- iam Aspinwall. He became freeman at Water- town, September 2, 1635 ; in 1660 he resided at Cambridge. Richard Woodward died Febru- ary 16, 1665, aged seventy-six years. His wife, Rose, died October 6, 1662, at the age of eighty, and he afterward married Ann, widow of Stephen Gates, of Cambridge, born in 1603; their marriage settlement was dated April 13, 1663. He had but two children, George and John, children of his first wife.
(II) George, the older of the two sons of Richard and Rose Woodward, was born in England, about 1619, coming in boyhood with his parents to Watertown; he died May 31, 1676, and his inventory showed him owning property to the amount of one hundred and forty-three pounds, ten shillings. He was selectman in 1664. By his first wife, Mary, he had eight children, and he married (sec- ond) August 17, 1659, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Hammond, of New- ton, Massachusetts; her father left to her, in his will, proved in 1675, one hundred acres of land on Muddy River. After the death of George Woodward she married Samuel Trus- dale. George Woodward's children were: Mary, born August 12, 1641 ; Sarah, February 6, 1642-43; Amos; Rebecca, December 30,
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1647; John; Susanna, September 30, 1651; Daniel, September 2, 1653; Mary, June 3, 1656; George, September 1I, 1660; Thomas, September 15, 1662, died in 1666; Elizabeth, May 8, 1664; Nathaniel, died May 28, 1668; and Sarah, born October 3, 1675.
(III) John, second son of George and Mary Woodward, was born March 28, 1649, and lived at Newton; his will is dated February 26, 1727-28. He married (first) Rebecca, daughter of Richard Robbins, of Cambridge, who died, probably, in 1686, and married (second) July 7, 1686, Sarah Bancroft, of Reading, who died September 22, 1723. His children were: John, born September 7, died September 22, 1674; John, born July 18, 1675; Richard, December 26, 1677; Rebecca, Octo- ber 29, 1679, died March 14, 1681-82 ; Daniel, born September 22, 1681 ; Rebecca, February 2, 1682-83 ; Mary, October 6, 1684, died June 15, 1689; Jonathan, September 28, 1685; Joseph ; Ebenezer, March 12, 1690-91 ; Abigail, May 25, 1695.
(IV) Joseph, sixth son of John and Sarah (Bancroft) Woodward, was born November 26, 1688; died May 30, 1727 ; in his will, dated May 13, 1727, he is described as of Windham, but in his inventory he is described as of Can- terbury, his family records being found in both places and he probably resided between them. He bought land at Canterbury, Connecticut, the deed for same being dated June 10, 1710, and his removal from Newton, Massachusetts, to Canterbury, probably took place about that time, with his brothers, John and Richard. He married, June 24, 1714, Elizabeth Silsby, who died May 22, 1727, a few days before his own death. Their children were: Abigail, born May 13, 1715, died May 4, 1727 ; Bethia, Feb- ruary 6, 1716-17; Elizabeth, January 9, 1723- 24; Joseph.
(V) Joseph (2), only son of Joseph (I) and Elizabeth (Silsby) Woodward, was born January 21, or February 2, 1725 ; died July 8, 1814; he removed from Windham to Ashford, Connecticut, and died at the latter place. Dur- ing his residence in Windham he served the town in many public offices, and after remov- ing to Ashford was honored with various pub- lic offices during a period of twenty-six years ; his first nine children were born at Windham, the other two at Ashford. He married, May 19, 1748, Elizabeth, daughter of Captain John and Elizabeth (Bushnell) Perkins, of Nor- wich, Connecticut, born May 19, 1733, and their children were: Elizabeth, born May 22, 1749; Joseph, May 26, 1751, a soldier in the
revolution ; Jason, July 19, 1753, also a soldier ; John ; Martha, August 13, 1757; William, No- vember 14, 1759; Abner, January 10, 1762; Phineas, June 3, 1764, died 1776; Othniel, September 8, 1766; Perkins Bushnell, August 17, 1770; and Levi, August 19, 1773.
(VI) John (2), third son of Joseph (2) and Elizabeth (Perkins) Woodward, was born June 10, 1755; died February 20, 1844; he served in the revolutionary war, and at the time of his death was living at Bloomingburg, New York. He married, April 24, 1783, Han- nah, daughter of Timothy Bicknell, of Ash- ford, and their children were: Orinda, born July 18, 1785 ; Lydia, June 16, 1787; Timothy, March 31, 1790; William, January 5, 1792; Benjamin, March 14, 1796; John, May 29, 1798; Hannah, March 17, 1799; Betsey, Octo- ber 23, 1800, died February 23, 1802 ; Lucius C. (VII) Lucius C., fifth and youngest son of John (2) and Hannah (Bicknell) Woodward, was born September 3, 1803, in Ulster county, New York; died in 1888, at Middletown, Orange county, New Jersey. He married Abi- gail Bingham, and their children were: J. Bingham; Emeline, deceased; William W., importer and jobber of hardware, lives at Newton, Sussex county, New Jersey, he mar- ried Mary Johnson, and their children are: Henry J., William W., Jr., J. Bingham, Cath- erine J. and Anna ; Hannah, of Newton, New Jersey.
(VIII) James Bingham, eldest son of Lucius C. and Abigail (Bingham) Woodward, was born May 25, 1830, at Wallkill, near Middle- ton, New York, where he received his educa- tion. He has been working on his own account since a boy, and in 1850 removed to Borden- town, New Jersey, where he began working on the Delaware and Raritan canal, with which he has since been identified ; he now has charge of the transportation of boats through the canal. He was for thirty-five years a member of the state board of education, and is treas- urer of the following institutions: State Nor- mal School, of Trenton, New Jersey ; Farnum Preparatory School, at Beverly ; State Indus- trial School (colored), at Bordentown, and State Normal School, at Montclair, New Jersey. He succeeded Mahlon Hutchinson as president of the Bordentown Banking Com- pany, and has held this position now for four- teen years. In religious views he is Epis- copalian, and is very active in church work, having been a member of the standing com- mittee of the diocese for the last twenty-four years. Mr. Woodward married, June 23, 1868.
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at Washington, District of Columbia, Anna E., daughter of John Appel, of Easton, Pennsyl- vania, who died January 13, 1903, and they had one child, Richard C.
(IX) Richard C., only child of James Bing- ham and Anna E. (Appel) Woodward, was born April 16, 1873, at Bordentown, New Jersey ; he received his finishing education at the Bordentown Military Institute, and the Trenton Business College. In 1892 he entered business life in company with his father, as manager, of transportation through the Dela- ware and Raritan canal. He is an enterpris- ing and public spirited young man, and takes a keen interest in public affairs. In politicai views he is a Democrat, and he is an Epis- copalian in religion. He is affiliated with the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, belonging to Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 28; Mount Mor- iah Chapter, No. 20, and Ivanhoe Commandery. Knights Templar, No. II, of Bordentown. He is a member of the Crescent Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Trenton, and has the following honors: Past master, past high priest, eminent commander, and is a member of all the grand bodies, besides being assistant grand lecturer of the Grand Chapter. At the meeting of the Grand Lodge of Masons at Trenton he was elected junior grand warden. He is unmar- ried, and resides with his father at Borden- town.
WELLS Many of this name came from France to England at the time of the conquest, one of the most prominent being Richard de Quille, as the name was often spelled. He crossed the Eng- lish channel and took part in the battle of Hastings, and in recognition of his services received a manor in Dorsetshire, where he established a branch of the family. Several others of the name came from Normandy at about the same time and a little later. In the seventeenth century many emigrated to Amer- ica, where the name was held by men in all walks of life. They have contributed a large share towards the settlement and development of all parts of the country. The family here described has been represented in the state of New Jersey for several generations, winning an honorable place, and becoming useful and valuable citizens. They were of the Quaker faith.
(I) William Wells was born in Vincentown, New Jersey, his wife's maiden name was Col- cutt, and they had children as follows: Sarah, Margaret, Mary Ann and Joseph.
(II) Joseph, son of William Wells, was also born in Vincentown, and died in Pemberton, New Jersey. He was for some time steward of Pennington Seminary and of the Burlington almshouse. Joseph Wells married Rebecca, daughter of Vincent Sleeper, of Vincentown, and there children were: I. William A., em- ployed in the chancery office at Trenton. 2, Sarah, who died in childhood. 3. Joseph, who was a prominent attorney of Trenton ; died in 1880. 4. Davis Coward.
(III) Davis Coward, son of Joseph and Re- becca (Sleeper) Wells, was born January 20, 1844, at Vincentown, New Jersey, and now lives in Pemberton, New Jersey, having retired from active business. He received his educa- tion in Pennington Seminary and in Easton Business College, of Brooklyn, New York, and engaged in the hardware business in New York City. Later he embarked in the drug business, and for twenty years had a drug store at Pem- berton and Columbus, New Jersey. He has served as mayor of Pemberton, and is a highly respected citizen of that town. He is a Re- publican in politics, and of the Quaker faith. Mr. Wells married Mary, daughter of Dr. Aaron and Emma Oliphant Reid, of Pember- ton, New Jersey, and they became parents of children as follows: I. Raymond, salesman for the drug firm of Mulford & Company, of Pittsburg. 2. Harold B. 3. Ada, married R. H. Aaronson, a dealer in real estate and insurance, at Bordentown, New Jersey. 4. Dr. Edgar. residing at Elmore, Pennsylvania. 5. Cecil, a student in Philadelphia. 6. Marguerite. 7. Helen, who died in childhood.
(IV) Harold Bertrand, son of Davis Cow- ard and Mary (Reid) Wells, was born Febru- ary 23, 1876, at Pemberton, New Jersey, and received his education in public and private schools. He graduated from Peddie Institute, of Hightstown, with high honors, in 1894, and in 1898 graduated with honors from Princeton College. At Princeton he had the honor to secure the George W. Potts Bible prize, offered to the student standing the best examination on the ethics of the New Testament. Besides being a noted athlete while attending college, Mr. Wells was popular socially, and his genial, sunny nature is shown by the fact that he was voted to be the funniest man in his class. After leaving college Mr. Wells spent two years in the law office of McGee, Bedle & Bedle, and later studied in the office of Eckard P. Budd, of Mt. Holly. He was admitted to the New Jersey bar in June, 1902, and immediately entered into practice at Bordentown, where he
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has met with gratifying success. He has justi- fied the confidence of his many friends in his prospects and has shown great zeal and energy in the performance of his duties. At the pres- ent time he is a member of the school board of Bordentown, and acts as counsel for several municipalities. In politics he is a Republican. He is a member of the Methodist church, and acted as trustee of the society in Pemberton. He belongs to Mount Moriah Lodge, No. 28, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons.
Mr. Wells married, April 25, 1905, Grace Ashton, daughter of William H. and Eliza Yard Hiesler, of Pemberton, born in Phila- delphia, and they have two children, namely : Harold B., Jr., born June 2, 1906, and Eliza- beth Hiesler, born November 30, 1908.
ADAMS Jacob Adams, founder of this branch of the Adams family in New Jersey, came to this country from Germany. He was one of the early set- tlers in Beverly township, Burlington county, New Jersey. He located on what is now the Walter S. Marter farm near Beverly, where the ruins of the first log house he built may yet be seen. Children : John, William, Jacob, Isaac, Nancy (Mrs. John W. Fenimore ), Deb- orah (Mrs. John Cannon), Amelia (Mrs. Hendrick Van Brunt).
(II) John, son of Jacob Adams, was born December 15, 1784; died December 16, 1859. He was a contractor and builder, and erected many buildings in the neighborhood of Beverly, New Jersey. He married Nancy
(III) Samuel, son of John and Nancy Adams, was born in Beverly township, Burling- ton county, New Jersey, April 26, 1806; died April 22, 1851. He was a farmer. He married Margaretta Smith, who bore him three children as follows: I. Elizabeth S., born October 12, 1828; married Edwin J. Cadwell. 2. Richard S., see forward. 3. John Wesley, born De- cember 25, 1831 ; died December 27, 1875; married Lucy Borden, and had Samuel, Mar- tha, John Wesley, Jr., Anna and Mary (Mrs. William Raymond Sheldon).
(IV) Richard S., eldest son and second child of Samuel and Margaretta (Smith) Adams, was born in Burlington, New Jersey, July 22, 1830 ; died April 26, 1906. He was a well educated man, and in his younger days was a teacher in the public schools. At the outbreak of the civil war he promptly enlisted in Company G (which he organized), Twenty- third New Jersey Volunteers, and was in active service one year. Afterward he was quarter
master's clerk in the soldiers' hospital at Bev- erly, New Jersey. He married Vashti Austin, born December 14, 1835, in Willingboro, Bur- lington county, New Jersey, daughter of Caleb and Hannah Austin, and granddaughter of Caleb Austin, a farmer along Rancocas creek. The children of Richard S. and Vashti (Aus- tin) Adams are: 1. Virginia R., born August I, 1853; married Charles H. Van Sciver, and has Nellie, Carrie V. (Mrs. Joshua Sharp), Ellsworth H., Mary (Mrs. Kerns), Maggie (Mrs. W. C. Foote), and Florence (Mrs. Harry Sheets). 2. Ellen, July 16, 1856; mar- ried Dilwin Haines, and has Bertha and Lulu Haines. 3. Lillie, June 29, 1859; married Charles S. Van Sciver. 4. Hannah Elizabeth, April 16, 1862; married John Fogerty, and has Walter and Helen Fogerty. 5. Ellsworth S., see forward.
(IV) Dr. Ellsworth Smith, son of Richard S. and Vashti (Austin) Adams, was born in Beverly, New Jersey, July 23, 1864. His aca- demic education was obtained in the common and high schools of Beverly. His professional studies were pursued at the College of Phar- macy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was graduated in 1886, and at Jefferson Medi- cal College, Philadelphia, from which latter institution he graduated in 1890 with the de- gree of M. D. Dr. Adams, in 1885, opened his drug store in Beverly, and has been in that business continuously until the present time (1909). After receiving his degree from Jeffer- son, he began the practice of medicine in Bev- erly, and still continues in active practice. In addition to his business and professional activ- ity, he has engaged largely in other lines, partic- ularly real estate, and has acquired large hold- ings. He is a member of the American Medi- cal Association, and the local and state medical societies. He is an adherent of the Republican party, and during the years from 1889 to 1902 was mayor of his native city, Beverly. He is now president of the board of education. His religious faith is Presbyterian. Dr. Adams, notwithstanding his threefold duties of physi- cian, pharmacist and man of business, exer- cises a lively interest in the welfare of his native town of Beverly. As mayor of that city, he gave the people a clean, business ad- ministration, and as president of the board of education, he strives to keep the schools of Beverly in the foremost rank. Every depart- ment of civic life in his city finds in him an interested, loyal supporter. He is a skillful physician, a successful business man, and a good citizen.
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