Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey, Volume II, Part 37

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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He married, 1888, Cora A. Wilson, daugh- ter of William and Elizabeth (Hudnut) Wil- son, of Brooklyn, New York. Children: I. Ralph, born March 21, 1889; died aged seven- teen years. 2. Earle A., August 11, 1890. 3. Beulah E., January 23, 1895. 4. Richard Ells- worth, March 31, 1898.

The Wallace family at pres- WALLACE ent under consideration springs from an entirely different stock

from most of the families of the same name in South Jersey and Philadelphia, and for the the connection which undoubtedly originally existed search must be made among the rec- ords and documents of the mother country, Scotland, where the name has so worthy a history and distinguished representatives, be- ginning with the famous father of Scottish independence, William Wallace.

(I) John West Wallace, born in Scotland, is the founder of the branch at present under consideration. He emigrated about the mid- dle of the last century to this country, and by his wife, Ellen Nesbit West, had a son, John West, referred to below.

(II) John West (2), son of John West (I) and Ellen Nesbit (West) Wallace, was born in Philadelphia, in 1837, where he became a job printer and spent his life. About 1865 he married Mary A., daughter of Henry W. Speel, also a Philadelphia printer, and by her he had two children : 1. Henry Speel, referred to below. 2. Eleanor West, born in Philadel- phia, 1870.

(III) Henry Speel, eldest child and only son of John West (2) and Mary A. (Speel) Wallace, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania, August 7, 1866, and is now living in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He attended the public schools of Philadelphia and the private school of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church of the same city, and then went to the Wyoming grammar school at Sixth street and Fairmount avenue, Philadelphia. After this he became a clerk in the wholesale hardware house of Shields & Brother, of Philadelphia, and subsequently one of the traveling salesmen for Thomas, Thompson & Company, wholesale upholstery and cabinet hardware dealers. His next occupation was with his father, with whom he worked for eight years in the job printing business in Philadelphia. He then came to Atlantic City where he bought a half interest in the Atlantic City Press. This was in 1898 and for the next year he was interested

in this, the firm name being Edge & Wallace. He then became the manager of the Dorland Advertising Agency, and acted in this capacity until November, 1906, when he purchased the daily and weekly Atlantic Review. This periodical was first established in 1872 by A. L. English and was the first newspaper of Atlantic City. It became the property of John G. Shreve and A. M. Heston, March 8, 1884, and after several years of joint proprietorship, during which it prospered, it fell into the sole control of Mr. Shreve. The paper was an early school of journalism for many men now prominent in other cities, and while never aspiring to rival the Philadelphia dailies which are to be found in the city early every morning, it has more than met the demand for a reliable and popular home newspaper. It now pos- sesses a stone and fireproof publication office in the Bartlett building, and an excellent me- chanical department, including typesetting ma- chines and all other up-to-date essentials. The paper has always championed any improve- ments for the betterment of the resort, and it has done much to help along the growth of the small, little known watering place on the Jersey coast of 1872 to the great pleasure re- sort of 1909. Under Mr. Wallace's manage- ment the success of the paper has been even more marked if anything than it was under his predecessors. Since assuming control of the Review, Mr. Wallace has established the Wal- lace Advertising Agency in connection with his publishing business, and it is now claimed that his paper has the "best home circulation of any paper in Atlantic City."

The family of Wallis as the WALLACE name was spelt for the first two or three generations by most of its members, and as it is still spelt by some of its branches, is of Scotch descent and came originally from Great Britain to the New England colonies, from whence three of the founder's sons emigrated to the Quaker colonies on the Delaware and became the founders of the New Jersey and Philadelphia branches of the family.

(I) Of Philip Wallis, the founder of the family, little is known, except the fact of his emigration to Boston, referred to above, and the additional facts that his wife's name was Sarah, and that he had at least three sons who had left New England for the banks of the Delaware before 1682. These sons were: I. Philip, who is referred to below. 2. Thomas,

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who settled on Penisauken creek and died in 1705, leaving a widow, but apparently no chil- dren. 3. Robert, who settled in Philadelphia ; married Esther Lakin, and had three children mentioned in the will of his brother, Thomas.

(II) Philip (2), son of Philip ( I ) and Sarah Wallis, came to West Jersey about the same time as his brothers and settled near Peni- sauken creek, where some of his descendants have continued until the present day. His will was proved March 25, 1755. He married Sarah, daughter of John and Margaret (Smith) Walker, the former of whom was a son of John and Susanna Walker, and the latter a daughter of John and Margaret (Cripps) Smith; John Walker emigrated to America in 1675. The children of Philip and Sarah (Walker) Wallis were: I. Thomas, married, in 1750, Hope Lippincott, who after his death in 1758 married (second) Henry Jones. 2. John, who is referred to below. 3. Jane, mar- ried, in 1729, Francis Jones, of Burlington. 4. Sarah, married, in 1729, Thomas Vanable, of Burlington. 5. Esther, married a Mr. Casper. 6. Rachel, married, in 1746, Walter or Walker Atkinson, of Burlington. 7. Abi- gail, married a Mr. Heulings. 8. Philip, who died in 1752, leaving a widow and five chil- dren.

(III) John, the son of Philip (2) and Sarah (Walker) Wallis, was born about 1720; died in 1779. He married Martha Decow, born in 1735, died in 1813, who married (second) after her first husband's death, Isaac Burroughs. The children of John and Martha (Decow) Wallace were: 1. John, died in 1797; married Elizabeth Chester, and had nine children, one of whom, Rebecca, married her first cousin John Shivers; see sketch. 2. Thomas, who is referred to below. 3. Sarah, married, in 1774, Andrew Laurence, or Lawrence. 4. Martha, married William Rush. 5. Samuel, whose will was proved January 18, 1785. 6. Mary, buried in Old Coles, January 6, 1772.

(IV) Thomas Wallace, son of John and Martha (Decow) Wallis, was born on Penisau- ken creek, in 1774; died there August 14, 1832. He married Ann Shivers, born November IL, 1773, died October 3, 1853, who after her first husband's death married ( second) Jacob Hul- ings. The children of Thomas and Ann (Shivers) Wallace were: I. John Shivers, born November 1I, 1795; died November 12, 1869; married his first cousin, Rebecca Wal- lace, referred to above. 2. Thomas, December 2, 1797 ; died in 1833; married Sarah Hinckle.

3. Maria, November 20, 1799; died in 1836; married Israel Lippincott. 4. Josiah, August 7, 1802 ; died unmarried, in 1891. 5. Samuel, August 26, 1804; died in 1840 ; married Eliza- beth Fish. 6. Joseph, March 10, 1806; died in 1815. 7. William, who is referred to below. 8. Benjamin, March II, 1812; died in 1855; married Sibilla Marters, and had Edith H., who married John Taylor Evans. 9. Hezekiah, 1814; died in infancy. 10. Ann, June 11, 1816; now living at Riverton, New Jersey, who mar- ried Benjamin T. Rudderow, born November 23, 1811 ; died December 13, 1871.

(V) William, seventh child and sixth son of Thomas and Ann (Shivers) Wallace, was born in Palmyra, New Jersey, March 26, 1809, and died there in 1864. He was a farmer all of his life. He married Rachel Marters, of Beverly, New Jersey, by whom he had: I. Joseph. 2. Abraham. 3. Albert. 4. Josiah, who is referred to below. 5. Emily.

(VI) Josiah, son of William and Rachel ( Marters) Wallace, was born in Palmyra, New Jersey, December 25, 1845, and is now living in that town. He was educated in the common schools of Palmyra, and after leaving school worked for twenty years at farming. He then began to run freight scows on the river, be- tween Kinkora, Burlington, and Philadelphia, and continued in this occupation for twenty years more. In 1887 he built the West End Hotel at Palmyra, and since that time has de- voted himself to running that hostelry. He has large real estate interests in Palmyra, own- ing besides his hotel property, five houses. He also owns and controls the baseball grounds in Palmyra. Mr. Wallace is a Democrat, a mem- ber of the Mohawk Tribe, Improved Order of Red Men, a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, of Cam- den, New Jersey.

In 1876 Josiah Wallace married Lydia W., daughter of Michel and Abigail (Wilkins) Korn, of Camden, New Jersey, and they have had three children: 1. Minnie, born in Pal- myra, September 20, 1878; married James K. Hires, of Palmyra, a bookkeeper for Slack Brothers, of Philadelphia. They have two children: Elizabeth and James. 2. Josiah, Jr., born in 1880; married Mary, daughter of Felix and Elizabeth Weinkelspecht, of River- side, New Jersey. They have three children : Josiah E., Edith and Lydia W. 3. Elizabeth S., born in 1882, who lives at home with her parents.

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(For early generations see preceding sketch).

(VI) John Shivers, the eldest

WALLACE child of Thomas and Ann (Shivers) Wallace, was born in what is now Palmyra, New Jersey, Novem- ber II, 1795, and died there November 12, 1869. He married his first cousin, Rebecca, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Chester ) Wallace. Children: 1. Mary Ann, born De- cember 12, 1812. 2. Hezekiah, July 6, 1817. 3. Shivers, February 22, 1819. 4. Thomas ( or William) Rush, May 2, 1821. 5. Elizabeth, February 13, 1824. 6. John, October 30, 1826. 7. Isaac, June 27, 1829. 8. Adeline, August 9, 1831. 9. Caroline, February 5, 1833. 10. Israel, February 13, 1835. 1I. Smith B., May 21, 1839.

(VI) John, son of John Shivers and Re- becca (Wallace) Wallace, was born in what was then Chester, now Palmyra, New Jersey, October 30, 1826, and died there July 9, 1897. He received a common school education, and as a boy worked on a farm and learned the trade of carpenter, which he followed nine years. In 1856 he engaged in the hotel busi- ness and continued in this for the remainder of his life. He was a Democrat, and held sev- eral town offices, at one time being commis- sioner of appeals. He was a member of Poca- hontas Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, of Moorestown, New Jersey, a member of encampment, and a member of the Pres- byterian church at Riverton, New Jersey. He married, December 12, 1850, Mary M., born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, October 5, 1832, daughter of Jacob and Barbara ( Meyers) Yothers. She is now living in Palmyra, New Jersey. Children: 1. Emma R. 2. Caroline H. 3. Levis H., see forward. 4. Jennie Cath- arine Virginia. Three other children who died in childhood.

(VII) Levis H., son of John and Mary M. ( Yothers) Wallace, was born in Palmyra, New Jersey, March 23, 1863, and is now living in that town. He was educated in the public schools of Palmyra, and as a boy worked on a farm. When he was twenty-two years old he went into the hotel business in Palmyra, suc- ceeding his father as the owner and proprietor of the Palmyra Hotel. Mr. Wallace is a Dem- ocrat and a member of the election board. He is also a member of Lodge, No. 293, Benev- olent and Protective Order of Elks, of Cam- den, New Jersey ; Brotherhood of America, of Palmyra; Lincoln Circle, Knights of the Golden Eagle, of Palmyra ; an active member of the Independent, No. I, Palmyra Fire Com-

pany, of which he is treasurer ; a life member of the Cinnaminson Firemens' Relief Association, of which he is treasurer. He married, No- vember 28, 1894, Ardella, daughter of Josiah and Margaret (Garwood) Bright, of Beverly, New Jersey. Children, born in Palmyra: I. Margaret Bright, December 10, 1895. 2. Mary Moore, November 22, 1897.

The first record of the Wilkins WILKINS family of West Jersey is a deed, dated September 2, 1687, in which John Penfold, of Newark, near Leicester, county of Leicester, England, gentle- man, grants to Thomas Wilkins, of West Jersey, labourer, and to John Wilkins, of Cussington, county Leicester, labourer, both the sons of John Wilkins, late of Kegham or Key- ham in the same county, husbandman, one- fifteenth of one share of the Province of West Jersey. With this record begins the history of the family in this country.

(I) Thomas, son of John Wilkins, of Keg- ham, county Leicester, settled first on Mason's Run, near the city of Burlington, where in 1690 he bought one hundred acres from Thomas Perkins and about two months later another two hundred acres adjoining from Thomas Gardiner. Three years later he sold this property and bought fifty acres in Eves- ham township, Burlington county, from Henry Grubb and Thomas Raper, where he spent the remainder of his life and died about January, 1735, his will being proven on the 20th of that month. His wife's name is said to have been Susanna, but she is not mentioned in this will nor has any evidence yet come to light to show whether he married her in West Jersey or brought her with him when he emigrated. His children were: I. Thomas, born about 1701 ; died 1791; married (first) Mary Core, and (second) Sarah 2. William, died 1758; married, 1754, at Chester monthly meet- ing, Elizabeth Swain. 3. Amos, who is re- ferred to below. 4. Mary, married Thomas Rakestraw. 5. Sarah. 6. Rachel, married Francis Dudley. 7. Rebecca, married Thomas Hackney. 8. Hannah, married Jacob Coffin.

(II) Amos, youngest son of Thomas Wil- kins, was not yet twenty-one in 1729, when his father wrote his will. He lived at Evesham in his father's homestead which he had inherit- ed from his father, and died about March, 1761. He was twice married, first at the Ches- ter monthly meeting to Susan --- , in 1738, and second in 1756, by license dated June 17, 1756, to Sarah, daughter of Carlile Haines and

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Sarah, daughter of William and Mary (Han- cock) Matlack. Carlile was the son of Rich- ard and Mary (Carlile) Haines, and the grand- son of Richard and Margaret Haines, the emi- grants. The children of Amos Wilkins were: I. John, married, in 1761, Hannah Gwinnal, of Evesham. 2. Benjamin. 3. Amos, Jr., who is referred to below. 4. Caleb. 5. Joshua. 6. Samuel, married Mary Eldridge, of Evesham. From the instructions of his will and other indications it is probable that the first three sons were by his first wife and that the last three were the children of Sarah (Haines) Wilkins. There were probably also several daughters.

(III) Amos (2), the son of Amos (I) and Susan Wilkins, was born October 13, 1750; died in March, 1811. He was a distiller and a brick manufacturer. He married Lydia, born August 31, 1765, daughter of Benjamin Jenkins; she bore him five sons and six daughters all named in his will: I. Amos, who is referred to below. 2. Benjamin. 3 Clayton, who died unmarried. 4. David, mar- ried Rachel, daughter of Job and Esther (Brooks) Sharp. 5. Nathan, married Mary, daughter of Isaac and Rebecca (Eves) Troth. 6. Susanna, married Asabel Coate. 7. Keturah, married Joseph, son of Aaron and Rachel (Cox) Sharp. 8. Amy, married Jonathan, son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Reed) Jones. 9. Lydia. 10. Atlantic. II. Sarah, married Philip Stricker.

(IV) Amos (3), son of Amos (2) and Lydia (Jenkins) Wilkins, was born on the old homestead which he inherited from his father, July 7, 1790; died there April 14, 1857. He was a farmer and did a good deal of lumbering business, and for a number of years also con- ducted a distillery. He married, October 26, 1815, Ann, daughter of John Hewlings and Lydia, daughter of Benjamin Crispin and Rachel, daughter of Robert Braddock and Elizabeth, daughter of Joseph Bates and Mercy, daughter of James, the emigrant, and grand- daughter of Gregory Clement, the regicide. Joseph Bates was the son of William Bates, the emigrant from Ireland. Robert Braddock was the son of Robert Braddock and Elizabeth, daughter of Timothy and Rachel (Firman) Hancock, the emigrants. Benjamin Crispin was the son of Benjamin Crispin and Margaret, daughter of Joshua and Martha (Shinn) Owen. Benjamin Crispin was the son of Silas Crispin and Mary (Stockton) Shinn, the daughter of Richard and Abigail Stockton, the emigrants, and the widow of Thomas Shinn.

Silas Crispin was the son of Captain William Crispin, of the English navy, whose wife, Anne (Jasper) Crispin, was the sister to Margaret, wife of Admiral Sir Wilbar, and the mother of William Penn, the founder of the Pennsyl- vania colony. John Hewlings was the son of Joseph Hewlings and Elizabeth, daughter of Laban Langstaff, and granddaughter of Laban Langstaff, Sr., and Susanna Woolston. Laban Langstaff, Sr., was the son of John and Eliza Langstaff, the emigrants. Joseph Hewlings was the son of Jacob Hewlings and Dorothy, daughter of Thomas and Anna Eves, and the granddaughter of Thomas Eves, the emigrant from London. Jacob Hewlings the son of William Hewlings, the emigrant, and Dorothy, daughter of Thomas Eves, the emigrant. The children of Amos and Ann (Hewlings) Wil- kins were: I. Amos, married Jane Prickett. 2. John, married a Miss Gouldy. 3. Caleb, who is referred to below. 4. Rachei, married Uriah Brock. 5. Sarah, married Charles Coate. 6. Lydia, married Thomas Wilson.

(V) Caleb, son of Amos (3) and Ann .(Hewlings) Wilkins, was born on the old homestead at Fostertown, Burlington county, April 9, 1835, and is now living near Medford, New Jersey. He was educated in the common schools, and then engaged in farming, and started in the cranberry business in 1859, and at present is engaged in building houses in South Atlantic City. For four years he was the commissioner of appeals, and for many years he has been a director of the Union Na- tional Bank, of Mount Holly, of which he was one of the promoters. He is a member of the Society of Friends.

He married, January 14, 1869, Keziah, daughter of David and Susan Rogers. Their children are: I. Susan Rogers, born October IO, 1869. 2. Albertia, October 29, 1872; died December 10, 1898. 3. David D., born March 19, 1874. 4. Caleb, Jr., November 28, 1875. 5. Mary H., July 6, 1879. 6. Amos D., June 26, 1883.

The several Brick families of BRICK New Jersey are doubtless de- scended from John Brick, an Englishman by birth and ancestry, who came to this country previous to 1680 and settled in the Fenwick colony in New Jersey. He bought a large tract of land on the south branch of Stoe creek, which branch is known as Gravelly run. The land there was pur- chased from John Fenwick by one Deming, who in turn sold to John Brick. He had sev-

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eral children, among them sons John, Joshua, Richard and Samuel.

(I) William Brick, the earliest known an- cestor of the family here to be traced and pre- sumably a descendant of John Brick who is mentioned in the preceding paragraph, was proprietor of a general merchandise store at Marlton, New Jersey, in 1816 and for several · years afterward. He married, March 1, 1804, Mary Inskeep, born January 25, 1784, daugh- ter of Abraham and Hannah Inskeep.

(II) Joseph Inskeep, son of William and Mary (Inskeep) Brick, was born December 23, 1804, probably in Marlton, and in 1825 suc- ceeded his father in the proprietorship of the store. He was also interested in farming and retired from mercantile pursuits in 1859, con- tinuing his attention to farming. He died August 31, 1868. He married, February 16, 1832, Rebecca Clement, of Timber creek, New Jersey, daughter of Abel and Keziah ( Mickle) Clement. She was born March 8, 1809, and survived her husband more than seventeen years, dying November II, 1885. Children : John Inskeep and Abel (twins), William French, Henry, Edgar, Joseph M., Abigail (married George Cowperthwaite), Rebecca, and one other who died in infancy.

(III) Henry, son of Joseph I. and Re- becca (Clement) Brick, was born November 9, 1835, in Marlton, died July 1, 1898. He was sent to the township school when a boy and afterward was a student at Hugh Faulk's boarding school at Gwyned. On leaving school he returned to Marlton and in 1859, in company with his brother Joseph M., suc- ceeded their father in the ownership of the store and afterward continued the business under the firm name of H. & J. M. Brick, until April, 1886, when the partnership was dis- solved. After that Henry Brick was sole pro- prietor of the store and business until March I, 1890, when he took as partner his son, Clayton H. Brick. From that time until the death of the senior member of the firm, in 1898, the business was carried on under the firm of Henry Brick & Son. For twenty- five years Mr. Brick was postmaster of Marl- ton, and otherwise in many respects was one of the leading men of the township for many years. He was a member of the board of directors of the Haddonfield National Bank, one of the chief promoters of the Marlton Water Company and its vice-president. In addition to his mercantile business Mr. Brick owned large farming interests. carried on a

cranberry bog and had besides considerable timber lands. He was brought up in the faith of the Society of Friends and never departed from its teachings. He was a school trustee of Marlton for several years, member of Mutual Lodge, No. 82, I. O. O. F., Chosen Friends Lodge, K. of P., and of Modoc Tribe, I. O. R. M. He married, January 4, 1866, Agnes Buckman Haines, daughter of Clayton W. and Eliza (Curtis) Haines, of Philadel- phia. Clayton W. Haines was a son of Abra- ham and Sarah (Lippincott) Haines, great- grandson of Abraham and Grace (Hollings- head) Haines, great-great-grandson of Richard and Mary (Carlile) Haines, and great-great- great-grandson of Richard (the immigrant) and Margaret Haines.

(IV) Clayton Haines, only son of Henry and Agnes Buckman (Haines) Brick, was born at Marlton, New Jersey, March 1, 1869, and received his education at the Friends' Central School, Philadelphia, where he was a student for five years. At the age of sixteen years he became a clerk in his father's store, and on March 1, 1890, on attaining his ma- jority, he became partner in the firm of Henry Brick & Son, a firm well known in business and trade circles for several years, continuing until July, 1898, when on the death of the senior partner it was dissolved. After that the son continued the business alone until 1903 and then sold out. Since that time he has engaged in dealing in real estate, farming and managing his cranberry bog. Mr. Brick is a strong Republican and has served in vari- ous official capacities, justice of the peace and chosen freeholder, both of which offices he now fills. He is a Master Mason and a mem- ber of the Baptist church.

He married, April 9, 1890, Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Elijah B. and Rachel (Ins- keep) Woolston.

The family names Reid, Reed,

RIED Read and Ried have been well known in American history since the early time of the colonies, and came into the new country from various parts of Eng- land ; but the family here treated seems to have come from German ancestry and has been settled here a little more than half a century. And while the Reids, Reeds, Reads and Rieds of colonial days gained fame among the New England colonists because of their deeds of courage and loyalty during the Indian wars and the revolution, so too the immigrant an-

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cestor of the family here under consideration did a loyal soldier's full duty and laid down his own life in defense of the Union during the late civil war.

(I) Matthias Ried, father of the immigrant, was born of German ancestors and spent his life in Germany. The baptismal name of his wife was Magdalena and they had children, among them a son Charles.

(II) Charles, son of Matthias and Mag- dalena Ried, was born in Largen, Stienbach, Baden, Germany, in July, 1827, and came over to America sometime previous to 1849, before he attained his majority of years, for on No- vember 6 of that year, in the city of Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. In the same year he married, in Philadelphia, Wilhelmina Bischoff, who was born in Diet Largen, Pfortzheim, Baden, Germany, March 23, 1826, daughter of Michael and Teresa Bischoff. Early in the civil war Charles Ried enlisted for service in the Union army, and he was killed June 27, 1862, in the seven days' fight before Richmond, Virginia. The greater part of his business life in this country was spent in New Jersey, where he came to live after his marriage. Charles and Wilhelmina ( Bischoff) Ried had five children: I. Edward F., see post. 2. Henry W., born April 12, 1853. 3. Matthias, born in 1855. 4. Wilhel- mina, born October 1, 1857, now Mrs. Oatman. 5. Charles W., born March 4, 1860.

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Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey, Volume II, Part 37

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

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