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BISHOP There is a tradition in the fam- ily that sometime about the mid- dle of the eighteenth century four Bishop brothers, of Quaker origin, came from England and settled in New Jersey, and while the family here under consideration may have been and probably was descended from one of these four immigrant brothers there appears to be no present means by which the tradition can be substantiated by proof. A somewhat noticeable similarity of christian names leads to the conclusion that the an- cestor of the family here treated was closely related to the families of the four brothers.
(I) Thomas Bishop, progenitor of the par- ticular branch of the New Jersey family of that surname here treated, was born of Eng- lish parents. a member of the Society of Friends, and an early settler in Burlington county. where many of his descendants are still living. The title deed to lands owned and settled by him was acquired by purchase from the Indians, and the ancient document is now in possession of Henry J. Irick, one of his de- scendants. while the land itself is owned by Samuel S. Irick, brother of Senator Irick, and both are great-great-grandsons of the immi- grant. The name of Thomas Bishop's wife does not appear, but he married and left four children surviving him, as follows: 1. William, see forward. 2. John, married Mary Stock- ton: no issue. 3. Elizabeth, married Josiah Evans and removed to Ohio. 4. Vincent, mar- ried Branin. and had a large family.
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(II) William, son of Thomas Bishop, the immigrant, married Rebecca Leeds, and had five children : 1. Job, see forward. 2. Rebecca, married James Branson. 3. Samuel, died single. 4. Japheth, married Rachel Haines, and were the parents of Emeline Bishop, who became wife of General John S. Irick, father of Senator Henry J. and Samuel S. Irick, of whom mention is made elsewhere. 5. Will- iam, married Mary Woolston, and had William, who married Maria Hargrave ; Japheth, now ( 1909) inmate of Masonic Home in Burlington, married Margaret Hargrave; Maria, married John Ross; Esther, married Thomas Pope; and Samuel, who married Elizabeth Patterson.
(III) Job, eldest son and child of William and Rebecca (Leeds) Bishop, was born in Vincentown, Burlington county, New Jersey, and was a farmer by principal occupation, al- though during the early part of his life he taught school, being a man of superior educa- tion as well as of influence in the township. He died at Lumberton, Burlington county. His wife was Hannah, daughter of Daniel Joyce, and by her he had six children: I. Daniel J., see forward. 2. Martha Adams. 3. Elizabeth Voorhees. 4. Emily. 5. Dorotha A., married Edmund Jefferson. 6. Hannah, married Peter Oliver. 7. William, died un- married.
(IV) Daniel J., eldest son and child of Job and Hannah (Joyce) Bishop, was born in Vincentown in 1816, died in Lumberton in 1906. He was captain of a sailing vessel and for many years a pilot on the Delaware river between Hainesport and Philadelphia. Cap- tain Bishop married Ann Frazier and by her had six children, Hannah, William Henry, David, Job. Daniel and Jane.
(V) William Henry, son of Captain Daniel J. and Ann (Frazier) Bishop, was born in Lumberton, Burlington county, New Jersey, March 27, 1841, and in one capacity and an- other has been identified with mercantile pur- suits for more than half a century. He left school, and went to work as clerk and errand boy for his uncle, William C. Bishop, of Lum- berton, who was in active business full fifty years previous to his death in 1901, remained in his employ for five years and then was clerk for another five years in the store of M. S. Butterworth, of Wrightstown, New Jersey. In 1866 he became senior partner of the firm of Bishop & Beck, general merchants of Pem- berton, and at the end of eight years bought out his partner's interest and has since carried
on business alone. Mr. Bishop is counted among the substantial business men of Burl- ington county and outside of personal con- cerns has for many years been identified with some of the best interests and institutions of the region. He is president of the Union Na- tional Bank of Mt. Holly, a director of the Mt. Holly Safe Deposit and Trust Company and treasurer of the Pemberton Building. and Loan Association. He is a firm Republican, but without political ambition, although he has served as member of the township committee. He is a member of Central Lodge, No. 44, Free and Accepted Masons, of Vincentown, and of Mt. Holly Lodge, No. 848, Benevolent Protective Order Elks. In 1865 he mar- ried Sarah, daughter of James and Charlotte Beck, of Wrightstown, and who died in 1905. He has one daughter, Charlotte, born in Pem- berton in October, 1866, married Alfred Davis, druggist, of Pemberton.
The Trenchard family be- TRENCHARD longs to a good old Eng- lish stock which had made its name in the old country many years before it was transplanted to the new world. The family traces its origin back to Pogames Tren- chard, who held land in county Dorset during the reign of Henry I, in 1090. In the six- teenth and the preceding century they had intermarried with the Damosels and the Moleynes.
(I) Thomas Trenchard, Knight, of Wol- verton, was born 1582, died 1657; he was knighted by King James I, December 14, 1613, and held the office of high sheriff of Dorset ; he was the founder of the branch of the family at present under consideration. His son Thomas is referred to below.
(II) Thomas (2), son of Sir Thomas ( I ) Trenchard, was born in Wolverton, county Dorset, in 1615, died in 1671. Like his father he was a baronet. In 1638 he married Han- nah, born 1620, died 1691, daughter of Robert Henley, of Bramhill, Hampshire. Their son John is referred to below. Two of his cous- ins, Grace Trenchard, who married Colonel William Sydenham, and Jane, who married John Sadler, of Wardwell, were strong sup- porters of Oliver Cromwell.
(III) John, son of Sir Thomas (2) and Hannah (Henley) Trenchard, was born in Wolverton, county Dorset, England, March 30, 1640, died in 1695. He matriculated from New College, Oxford, in 1665. He was elected a member of Parliament for Taunton.
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February 20, 1678, and was a member of the club of Revolutionaries which met at the King's Head Tavern in Fleet street. Novem- ber 2, 1680, he spoke against the recognition by parliament of the Duke of York as the heir apparent, and in July, 1683, he was ar- rested as a conspirator, but released for lack of evidence. In 1687 William Penn, who was a warm personal friend of Trenchards, ob- tained from King James II a free pardon for Sir John and he was again elected to parlia- ment. He was one of those who united in the invitation to William of Orange to come over and seize the English throne. October 29, 1689, he was knighted at Whitehall and was appointed to the office of chief justice of Chester, which he held until his death. In November, 1682, John Trenchard married Philippa, daughter of George Speake, and the sister of Charles and Hugh Speake, by whom he had four sons, one of whom is George, re- ferred to below.
(IV) George, son of John and Philippa (Speake) Trenchard, was born in county Som- erset, New York, in 1686, died at Alloway township, Salem county, New Jersey, in 1712. He was probably married and had several chil- dren. In his will he names as his children: George, Edward, John, Joan.
(V) George (2), son of George (I) Tren- chard, died in Salem county, in the latter part of 1728. Coming to America with his father he settled in Salem county, and from 1723 to 1725 was sheriff. He was also one of the deputy sheriffs for West Jersey and also one of the assessors. By his marriage with Mary Bender, of Salem county, he had five sons and several daughters. The daughters married into several of the leading families of Salem and have left numerous descendants. The sons were: I. Curtis, born 1740, died 1780; from 1778 to 1779 clerk of Salem county, later surrogate. He married the daughter of At- torney Burchan, of Salem. His son Edward was in the United States navy, commanded the "Constitution" at the siege of Tripoli and the "Madison" in the war of 1812 and other famous men-of-war. 2. John, referred to below. 3. James. 4. George, born 1748, died 1780; was attorney-general of West Jersey from 1769 to 1776, prominent in the Salem committee of safety and the Camden Second Battalion, Salem Country Light Horse, and one of those to whom Colonel Mawhood's letter was addressed. He married Mary, daughter of Judge Andrew Sinnickson, of Salem. 5. Thomas.
(VI) John (2), son of George (2) and Mary (Bender) Trenchard, was born in 1742. He lived for a time at Cohansey Bridge, and about 1768 with his brother bought a prop- erty at the northwest corner of Laurel and Jefferson streets, which was afterwards owned by James Boyd, at the commencement of the revolution, where for several years afterwards Mr. Boyd's widow resided and kept a store there. In 1769 they sold this property and afterwards removed to Fairfield, where he died in 1823. He was twice married. His first' wife was Theodosia Ogden, by whom he had ten children, three sons and seven daughters. The sons were I. John, referred to below. 2. Curtis. 3. Richard.
(VII) John (3), son of John (2) and Theodosia (Ogden ) Trenchard, died in 1863. In early life he worked as a blacksmith with Curtis Edwards, whose shop was situated on the old road from Bridgeton and Fairfield to Rocap's Run. He continued in that employ- ment four or five years, and then went into business at Fairton, keeping store with Daniel P. Stratton. When Mr. Stratton removed to Bridgeton in 1814 John Trenchard continued business, sometimes alone and sometimes with a partner for twenty years, being engaged in building vessels and in getting lumber and shipping same to Philadelphia, this being at that time a highly profitable business. He also sent produce to Bermuda. In 1843 he pur- chased from David Clark the mill property at. Fairton and in 1845 moved the mill to its present site, where by close attention to busi- ness he amassed a very considerable estate. During all his life he was most highly esteemed by his associates. In early life he was a Dem- ocrat and a supporter of John Quincy Adams rather than Jackson and became a Whig. In 1827-28 he was elected a member of the New Jersey legislature.
John Trenchard married (first), in 1803, Eleanor Davis, who bore him seven children. Married (second) Hannah L.' Pearson, in 1816. She bore him thirteen children. Ten of these children died in infancy. Children of John and Eleanor ( Davis) Trenchard to reach maturity were: I. James Howell, re- ferred to below. 2. Ethan, twice married, his second wife being a Miss Diament. 3. Elea- nor. Children of John and Hannah L. ( Pearson) Trenchard who reached maturity were : 4. John, M. D., of Philadelphia, married (first) Mary Olnsted and ( second) a Miss Booth. 5. Theophilus, of Bridgeton, New Jersey. 6. Emily, married the Hon. George
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S. Whiticar, of Fairton. 7. Rufus, married Sarah Jane Bennett. 8. Nancy, married the Rev. David Meeker, a Presbyterian minister. 9. John, died unmarried. 10. Henry Clay (q. v.). (VIII) James Howell, son of the Hon. John (3) and Eleanor (Davis) Trenchard, was born May 20, 1811, in Fairton, New Jer- sey, died February 27, 1877, after a severe illness of about ten days duration. He went into the mercantile business soon after his marriage, having purchased the interest of his father-in-law, Judge Barrett, which he con- tinued for a time until he removed to Centre- ville (now Centreton) in the fall of 1839, where he entered largely into the general store and milling business and the lumber trade. In early life he was for a while under the Rev. Dr. George Junkin, of Easton, Pennsyl- vania. He had a liking for mathematics and soon began surveying in this branch, abound- ing in intricate cases in great land try-outs. In the fall of 1848 Mr. Trenchard was elected to the New Jersey assembly on the Whig ticket. He was very popular in his own neigh- borhood and received the votes of many in the township whose policies were opposed to his purely from personal considerations. He re- fused to run a second time, the corruption of the lobby and the questionable character of a large part of the public and private legislature as then and since directed having no charms for one of his honest, frank and independent manner. At this time Mr. Trenchard was very frequently called upon to find old searches, to settle disputes as to title and to act as commissioner, also to engage in surveying whenever wanted. He did not give his whole attention to these matters until he removed to Bridgeton in the spring of 1863. Here his son was with the firm of J. H. and W. B. Trenchard, surveyors, which was then one of the most prominent ones in that section of the state. No person in New Jersey had done more practical surveying or tramped more miles in all weathers and under all conditions than had this James H. Trenchard. At vari- ous times he had had many of the most valuable papers in his possession relating to the lands in the lower counties of the state. Conse- quently he became thoroughly conversant with the title, butts, bounds, courses and descrip- tions and all other matters relating to lower Jersey's real estate. He always carefully pre- served copies of maps of all surveys made by him, and these are of very great use to persons asking information in regard to landed property. He possessed great natural kind-
ness of heart and was generous in his impulses, which rallied around him earnest friends. Not the least of his merits was his unflinching pa- triotism. At the time of his death he was city surveyor, a position which he had long held. As such he established the present grade of the Bridgeton streets, and also at the time of his death was serving his second term as councilman from the second ward. He was president of the Bridgeton Water Works of Bridgeton, New Jersey, and a forerunner in the movement which secured the city's present water works.
The Hon. James Howell Trenchard married Mary, daughter of Judge William D. Barrett, of Fairton, New Jersey, who was born in 1815 and who bore him four sons and three daughters. Three sons and two of the daugh- ters married. The other one died unmarried. Children : 1. Richard, who was killed, as was also his wife, July 30, 1896, in the Meadow disaster, Atlantic City, leaving five children. 2. William B. 3. James W. 4. Thomas W., died aged fourteen. 5. Eleanor, married J. T. Williams, of Philadelphia; she is deceased. 6. Jeanette, married Charles R. Elmer, now deceased ; she lives in Riverton, New Jersey. 7. Araminta, died in infancy.
(IX) William Barrett, second son of James Howell and Mary ( Barrett) Trenchard, was born at Centreton, Salem county, New Jersey, October 1, 1840, and is now living in Bridge- ton, New Jersey. For his early education he was sent to the Centreton public schools, and after leaving school went into the milling busi- ness with his father at Centreton, New Jersey. His health failing, however, he gave this up and for the next four years went on a farm. After this he spent six years in a general store at Fairton, New Jersey, and then for the fol- lowing twenty years worked with his father as a surveyor. In 1889 Mr. Trenchard was elected county clerk of Cumberland county, New Jersey. Five years later he was re- elected to the same position, and in 1899, when his second term of five years had expired, he declined to accept a re-nomination to a third term, but retired into private life to spend the remainder of his days in comfort at his beau- tiful home in Bridgeton. Besides this resi- dence, which is one of the finest in the town, Mr. Trenchard has also near Bridgeton a fine farm, which he cultivates with profit, both to his pocket and his health and strength, and from which he derives the keenest sort of en- joyment. Mr. Trenchard is a Republican in politics, and besides his service as county clerk
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he has served three terms as justice of the peace of Bridgeton, and for six years as one of the chosen freeholders of Cumberland county. He is an Independent in religion, an Odd Fellow, past grand chancellor of the Knights of Pythias, in New Jersey, and one of the few honorary members of the Grand Army of the Republic, that honor having been con- ferred on him by Post No. 42-"Robeson Post"-of Bridgeton, New Jersey.
William Barrett Trenchard married Anna Mariah Golder, daughter of Samuel Golder, and has one son, Thomas Whitaker.
(For ancestry see preceding sketch).
(IX) James Whitaker TRENCHARD Trenchard, son of James Howell and Mary ( Bar- rett ) Trenchard, was born at Centreton, Salem county, New Jersey, September 17, 1843. For his early education he attended the Centreton public schools, after leaving which he went into a general country store where he remained until the outbreak of the civil war, when he enlisted in the Twenty- fifth New Jersey Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned as sergeant of Company D, and served through the full nine months of his term of enlistment, being mustered out of the service June 20, 1863. Among the engage- ments and battles in which he took part were the battle of Fredericksburg and the engage- ment near Suffolk and Chancellorsville, Vir- ginia, which drove General Longstreet into retreat. After being mustered out Mr. Tren- chard returned to the general store as a clerk, and in 1870 became a clerk in the Cumberland National Bank of Bridgeton, in which institu- tion he remained in various positions until 1883, when he became the cashier of the Bridgeton National Bank, a position which he held until 1903, when his worth and services were recognized by his unanimous election as president of the bank, a position which he has held to the great satisfaction of everyone ever since. Mr. Trenchard's political affiliations are with the Democratic party ; he attends the Presbyterian church, and is an Odd Fellow, a past grand master of that order in New Jer- sey. He is also a member and past com- mander of the A. L. Robeson Post, Grand Army of the Republic. He is also recording secretary of the Second Battalion, Veteran Association, Twenty-fifth Regiment, New Jer- sey Volunteers. Among the financial institu- tions in which he is identified mention should
not be omitted of the West Jersey Marl & Transportation Company.
James Whitaker Trenchard married (first) Gertrude C., daughter of Levi Bond, of Bridgeton, New Jersey, who died in 1882, leav- ing one son, Frank Fisk, born May 5, 1870. died June 1I, 1894. He married (second) April 14, 1885, Amanda M. Powell, a widow, of Fairton, New Jersey.
(For preceding generations see Thomas Trench- ard 1). (VIII) Henry Clay, young-
TRENCHARD est child of John (3) and Hannah L. ( Pearson) Trenchard, was born at Fairton, New Jersey, August 5, 1837, and is. now living at Fairton. For his early education he was sent to the public schools of Fairton, and then went into the milling business with his father. In addition to this, he started a tanning business, and also conducted his farm. Mr. Trenchard is one of two surviving members of his father's family of ten children. Like his ancestors, he has always been devoted to the service of the com- munity in which he lived, and served for many years on the township committee of Fairton. January 15, 1900, he received his first appoint- ment as postmaster at Fairton, and he has been reappointed in 1904 and still holds the office. He is a Presbyterian and a member of the Improved Order of Red Men.
Henry Clay Trenchard married (first) Susan Jane Gilman, who bore him four chil- dren, one of whom is living. He married (second) Emma, daughter of Benjamin Shawn, of Fairton, New Jersey. His chil- dren by his first wife were: I. Laura Anna, now deceased; married Leslie M. Ogden and had four children; the living children are Claude and Reed, and those deceased are George and Harry. 2. Eva M., married Bel- ford Stathems, and has one child, Floy. 3. George Decatur, died at the age of nineteen years. 4. Ida Gilman, died aged nine years.
The Rush family has a long and
RUSH distinguished history behind it in the old country. It is distinctly an English family.
(I) John Rush, the earliest known ancestor of the American branch, commanded a troop of horse in Cromwell's army. At the close of the war he married Susan Lucas, at Hortan, in Oxfordshire, June 8, 1648. In 1660 he embraced the principals of the Quakers, and
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in 1683 came to Pennsylvania with seven chil- dren and several grandchildren, settling at Byberry, thirteen miles from Philadelphia. In 1691 he and his whole family became Keith- ians, and in 1697 most of them became Bap- tists. He died at Byberry, May, 1699. His sword is in the possession of Jacob Rush, and his watch in the family of General William Darke, of Virginia. His children were: I. Elizabeth, born June 16, 1649; mar- ried Richard Collet, emigrated to Philadelphia, 1682, in the same ship as William Penn. 2. William, referred to below. 3. Thomas, March 7, 1654, died in London, 4th month, 18, 1676. 4. Susanna, December 26, 1656; mar- ried John Hart, emigrated to Pennsylvania, where her husband became a member of the first assembly called by William Penn. 5. John, 3rd month, 1, 1660, married and had issue. 6. Francis, 2nd month, 8, 1662. 7. James, 7th month, 21, 1664, and buried Ist month, 24, 1671. 8. Joseph, 10 month, 20, 1666. 9. Edward, 9 month, 27, 1670. IO. Jane, 12 month, 27, 1673.
(II) William, second child and eldest son of John and Susan (Lucas) Rush, was born No- vember 7, 1652, died at Byberry, Pennsylva- nia, 1688, five years after his arrival to this country. He was twice married, and accord- ing to some accounts the name of his first wife was Aurelia. That of his second wife is unknown. By his first wife he had three children and by his second, two. Children: I. Susanna, married (first ) John Webster, and (second) a Mr. Gilbert. 2. James, referred to below. 3. Elizabeth, married Timothy Steph- enson, who after her death married Rachel, widow of his brother-in-law, James Rush, by the consent of the senate of New York. 4. Sarah, married David Meredith. 5. William, married Elizabeth Hodges, and died January 31, 1733, at Boston.
(III) James, second child and eldest son of William and Amelia Rush, died in 1727. He lived on a farm on Poquessing creek. By his wife Rachel, the youngest daughter of Bryan Peart, who afterwards married the widow of her husband's sister, Timothy Stephenson, re- ferred to above. James Rush had nine chil- dren : 1. John, referred to below. 2. William, married and had two children, William and John. 3. Joseph. 4. James. 5. Thomas. 6. Rachel. 7. Ann, married John Ashmead. 8. Elizabeth, married Edward Cary. 9. Aurelia, died young.
(IV) John (2), eldest child of James and Rachel (Peart) Rush, married Susan Harvey,
formerly Hall, daughter of Joseph Hall, of Tacony. Children : I. Rebecca, married Thomas Stamper. 2. Benjamin, M. D., the celebrated physician and signer of the Declara- tion of Independence ; married Julia, sister of Richard Stockton, of New Jersey, a signer of the Declaration, with his brother-in-law. 3. Jacob, married a Miss Rench. 4. Stephen, or Stephenson, referred to below. 5. John, died young.
(V) Stephen, or Stephenson, fourth child and third son of John (2) and Susan ( Hall) (Harvey) Rush, was born in what was called the Skip-Back, Collegeville, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania. He kept the old hotel in the town, and was also for many years the proprietor of the Old Swan Hotel on Third street, Philadelphia, where he was living in 1774. By his wife Mary he had the follow- ing children: 1. John, referred to below. 2. Stephen. 3. Jacob, now living in Philadel- phia. 4. Harry, living in Ogontz, Pennsylva- nia. 5. George, living in Concordville, Dela. ware county, Pennsylvania. 6. Samuel, living in Media, Delaware county, Pennsylvania. 7. Katharine, died at the age of one hundred and two years. 8. Margaret, now living at Norris- town, Pennsylvania, in her one hundred and fourth year. 9. Sarah. 10. Mary. II. Eliz- abeth. 12. Lydia.
(VI) John (3), son of Stephen or Stephen- son and Mary Rush, was born at Skip-Back, Collegeville, Montgomery county, Pennsylva- nia, February 22, 1814. He was a carpenter and builder, and was engaged in business in Philadelphia for fifty years. He married Katharine Mathilda, daughter of Samuel Yar- ger, of Reading, Pennsylvania, who was born 1826. Children: Sarah, Eveline, Katharine, Jacob, Stephen Yarger, Joseph B., Johanna, Jerome Samuel, referred to below, Rosalie, Henry P.
(VII) Jerome Samuel, eighth child and fifth son of John (3) and Katharine Mathilda (Yarger) Rush, was born in Fegleysville, Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, May 8, 1858, and is now living at Ocean City, New Jersey. For his early education he went to the public schools of Philadelphia, after leav- ing which as a boy he went to work in one of the wholesale cotton warehouses of that city. This work he gave up in order to become a news agent, which occupation he pursued on a number of railroads of the United States. After this he embarked in the business of fresco painter and sign writer. In the pur- suit of this last business he came to Ocean
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