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Stephen's Protestant Episcopal Church of Beverly and his wife and children were bap- tized and confirmed in that faith. He was married to Elizabeth B., daughter of John Thomson, of Philadelphia, November 19, 1846. John Thomson was born August 14, 1799, and became a very prominent member of the Masonic fraternity passing from Lodge No. 51 of Philadelphia, which he joined in 1827, to secretary, 1829-31 ; junior warden, 1831-32; senior warden, 1832-33; worshipful master, 1833-34; secretary, 1835-36; treasurer, 1837-38; secretary, 1838-44; junior warden, 1844-45 ; senior warden, 1845-46; secretary, 1853-59; treasurer, 1864-69, through all the degrees and holding the highest offices in suc- cession. Also grand master and secretary of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. Thomson Lodge, Duffyron Mawr, Chester county, Penn- sylvania, was named in his honor. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in October, 1889. The children of Richard H. and Elizabeth B. (Thomson) Morrell were born in Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, as follows : I. John Thom- son, see forward. 2. Sallie, born October 5, 1850, died April 6, 1896. 3. Mary Thomson. Richard H. Morrell died in Beverly, New Jersey, May 8, 1906.
(VII) John Thomson, eldest son of Rich- ard H. and Elizabeth ( Thomson ) Morrell, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 22, 1848. He was a pupil in the public schools of his native city and passed the Beck's Academy examination preparatory to entering the Phil- adelphia high school, which institution is a chartered college conferring the college de- grees. His parents removing at this time to Beverly, New Jersey, he did not matriculate at the high school but entered journalism and be- came interested as a contributor to the Beverly Weekly l'isitor, the first newspaper established in Beverly and which journal subsequently passed to the management of John K. Haffey and became known as the. Beverly Banner. He remained with the newspaper up to 1894, and besides his contributions he became the Beverly correspondent for the Philadelphia Press in 1883, and also gave local news items in that section of New Jersey to other news- papers. He likewise engaged in the insurance business as agent for West New Jersey for the Fire Association of Philadelphia, the Insur- ance Company of North America, the Union Insurance Company, and the Franklin Insur- ance Company, all of Philadelphia. He was a Republican by inheritance and choice, and in 1880 became associated with the United
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States census bureau as census taker for Bev- erly, New Jersey. He is serving his seventh consecutive term as a member of the city council of Beverly, being president in 1907. He attends St. Stephen's, Protestant Episco- pal Church, Beverly, of which the family are all attendants and birthright members by bap- tisms and to which church he, like his father and grandfather, is a liberal and willing con- tributor and supporter. He also affiliates with the Masonic fraternity, being a member of Beverly Lodge, No. 107, Ancient Free and Ac- cepted Masons. He also became associated with the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, through membership in Lodge No. 996 of Burlington, New Jersey, and Keepawa Tribe, No, 257, Improved Order Red Men.
The ancient Dutch fam- LONGSTREET ily to which the family of Longstreet traces its descent is highly respected in Holland. The name was originally a place name, and spelled Langestraat. The family has always been thrifty and industrious, and numbers among its descendants many distinguished members.
(I) Dirck Stoffelse Langestraat, immigrant ancestor, was born in Holland and married there Catherine Van Siddock. He came to America in 1657, and at an early date pur- chased lands at Shrewsbury, New Jersey. He afterwards gave these lands to his son Richard. He married (second) Johanna Havens, widow of Johannis Holsaert. Children: Richard, Adrian, mentioned below. Other children.
(II) Adrian Langestraat or Longstreet, son of Dirck Stoffelse and Catherine ( Van Sid- dock) Langestraat, died in 1728. He was a cordwainer by trade and owned a farm or plantation at Freehold, Monmouth county, New Jersey. He married Styntje or Chris- tiana Janse. Children : John, mentioned below, Derick, Stoffelse. Five daughters.
(III ) John Longstreet, son of Adrian and Styntje (Janse) Longstreet, married, Decem- ber 17, 1736, Ann Covenhoven, daughter of Peter and Patience (Dawes). Covenhoven. Children : Aaron, died young, Pietras, Jan, Elias, Aaron, mentioned below, Antje.
(IV) Aaron, son of John and Ann ( Coven- hoven) Longstreet, resided in Holmdel, New Jersey. He married, March 9, 1778, Will- iampe Hendrickson. Children: Hendrick, mentioned below. John, Lydia, Annie, Nellie. (V) Hendrick, son of Aaron and Williampe (Hendrickson) Longstreet, was born May 14, 1785, and lived in Holmdel township. He
married, October II, 1805, Mary, daughter of Joseph and Nellie Holmes. Children : Aaron, Eleanor, Lydia H., Ann H., Emeline, Joseph, Hendrick H., mentioned below, Mary Ann, born 1821, John H., Jonathan.
(VI) Hendrick H., son of Hendrick and Mary ( Holmes) Longstreet, was born on the old homestead near Holmdel, Monmouth county, New Jersey, January II, 1819, died in 1891. He received his earlier education at a select school in the village of Middletown Point, now known as Matawan, New Jersey, and finished his academic course at the sem- inary at Lenox, Massachusetts. Having de- termined to pursue the study of medicine he became a student under Dr. Robert W. Cooke. of Holmdel, and subsequently enjoyed the same relation under that distinguished physi- cian and writer, Dr. John B. Beck, professor of Materia Medica and Jurisprudence in the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New York, and author of "Beck's Medical Juris- prudence" and other standard works. At that institution Dr. Longstreet attended several courses of lectures, and in 1842 the degree of Doctor of Medicine was conferred upon him by the same. He immediately located in the pursuit of his profession at Bordentown, where he continued in uninterrupted and suc- cessful practice of his profession. As a physi- cian he stood in the front rank of his profes- sion and probably no other in the state was more widely and favorably known. In prac- tice he was the uncompromising foe of every- thing savoring of empiricism and devoted all of his energies toward the elevation of the standard of his profession. Possessed of a well-stored and analytical mind his judgments were matured and generally correct and his advice and counsel were frequently sought after by his professional friends and acquaint- ances. With ample facilities for study, pos- sessed of one of the largest and best selected libraries in the state, he became a careful stu- dent of his profession, thoroughly familiar with the most recent and most improved methods of medical and surgical practice and in the enjoyment of a large and remunerative practice. His reputation is not alone con- fined to the locality in which he passed so many years of his life, but extended into the adjoin- ing counties and states.
He was a member of the American Medical Association, of the State Medical Society, of which he was often a delegate, and of the District Medical Society of Burlington county, of which he served as president for several
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terms. He was identified with the growth and development of Bordentown for over forty years and was recognized as one of its most active, public-spirited and valuable citizens. He was a director and president of the Bor- dentown Gas Company, of the Water Company and of the Vincentown Marl Company. He was also president of that useful and popular local institution, the Board of Health. A man of decided views upon every subject command- ing his attention, bold and fearless in the ex- pression of his opinion's, he numbered among his acquaintances many warm friends to whom he was thoroughly devoted and who learned to appreciate the real worth and character of the man. He lived in an unostentatious and quiet way, contributing liberally from the for- tune which he acquired by faithful labor in his profession to the support of all worthy ob- jects. He took a warm interest in local and national politics but avoided the acceptance of public office.
Dr. Longstreet married (first) in 1848, Hannah Ann Taylor, of New Jersey, who died in 1857. . He married (second) in 1869, Eliz- abeth, daughter of Joseph Newbold, a prom- inent merchant of Wrightstown, New Jersey. Children by first marriage: I. Hendrick. 2. Joseph Henry, died young. 3. A child, who died in infancy. 4. Jacob Holmes, referred to below. Children by second marriage: 5. Mary, died in 1883.
(VII) Jacob Holmes, son of Hendrick H., M. D., and Hannah Ann (Taylor) Longstreet, was born at Bordentown, New Jersey, 1856. For his early education he attended the pub- lic schools of Bordentown, after which he went to the Lake Mohegan Academy, near Peeks- kill, New York, and finally in order to fit him- self for the profession of electrical engineer he took the course at the Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken, New Jersey, from which he graduated with high honors. In 1879 he went into business for himself in New York, manufacturing electrical instruments and remained there until 1888 when he came of Bordentown and established the Riverview Iron Works which he has managed ever since. He has built up a large and a prosperous busi- ness for himself and is known in the com- munity as one of the most substantial men of the town. About a mile from the centre of Bordentown he has a model farm comprising about two hundred acres, and here he keeps a large herd of cows and winters over one hundred and fifty head of mules. He is also interested in many of the local enterprises of
the town and the public service corporation, and he has been president and director of the Bordentown Gas Company, the Bordentown Water Company and the Bordentown Bank- ing Company. Mr. Longstreet is a mechanical genius of a very high order. He has taken out a number of extremely valuable patents espe- cially on telegraph instruments. He has served for several terms on the board of chosen freeholders of the city. He is a former member of the Holland Society of New York and of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, No. 105, of Trenton, New Jersey.
RIDDLE The Riddle family in America 1S of Scotch-Irish descent, the name is usually spelled Riddell or Rid- dle, but there are many other variations, Ridel, Rydlyn, Ridlon, Ridell, etc. The family is numerous in England, Scotland and Ireland, while their descendants may be found thickly scattered over the states of Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia.
(I) Samuel Riddle, the first of the family to come to America, was born in Newton Stew- art, Ireland, from whence he emigrated, set- tling in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, about 1790, where he took out naturalization papers in 1792. He was a soldier in the war of 1812 and was wounded in the battle of New Or- leans. He was an enlisted member of the "Independent Blues," a company of the Fiftieth Pennsylvania militia. He married Ann, daugh- ter of Hugh McPherson, of Aberdeen, Scot- land.
(II) William, son of Samuel Riddle, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1820, died December 13, 1859. He was the first to en- gage in the business of bottling mineral waters. He was an influential man of the city and took an active part in public affairs. He was a member of the Philadelphia city council for ten years, and was president of the board of guardians of the poor, serving in the latter capacity several years. He was one of the promoters and early supporters of the Cam- den & Atlantic railroad (now West Jersey & Seashore railroad, Pennsylvania system), the first railroad from Philadelphia to Atlantic City. His son, William, has in his possession a receipt signed by Alfred Negus, the first treasurer of the road, that shows he was the second man to whom stock was issued. The date is September 19, 1852. William Riddle married (first) Caroline Wetherill Earl, of Burlington, New Jersey, by whom he had two sons : Samuel, a member of the Philadelphia
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firm of E. K. Tryon, Jr., & Company, and Robert. He married (second) Mary Ann Durnell, daughter of James and Hannah (Fabian) Durnell, of Philadelphia, Pennsyl- vania. Their children are: Caroline, married Robert D. Kent, of Passaic, New Jersey, the organizer of the Passaic National Bank, the Passaic Trust Company, the Maiden Lane National Bank, of New York City, and was the first cashier and incorporator for the At- lantic City National Bank; they have a son, William Riddle Kent. William, see forward.
Mrs. Mary A. (Durnell) Riddle was a woman of rare business ability and keen fore- sight. After being left a widow she was obliged to conduct her own affairs, and in looking for business opportunities she fore- saw the possibilities of a tract of land situated just beyond the southern limits of Atlantic City. She secured options on the property after considerable difficulty and formed the Chelsea Beach Company, composed entirely of women, organized July 18, 1883. This prop- erty has developed into the most beautiful and exclusive of any of Atlantic City's suburbs, and proved highly profitable to the promoters. No liquor saloons or other objectionable places are allowed, and strict rules govern the sani- tary arrangements. Chelsea is the finest resi- dential section of Atlantic City, and is a monu- ment to the energy and foresight of Mrs. Mary A. Riddle.
(III) William (2), only son of William (I) and Mary A. (Durnell) Riddle, was born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, June 30, 1860. He was educated in the North West grammar school of that city, corner of Fifteenth and Race streets. In 1875 he left school and was for a time employed in the office of the Bald- win Locomotive Works with Mr. Converse, Mr. French and Mr. Stroud, then employees, and now members of the company. He took up the study of shorthand and telegraphy, and was for a time private secretary to Henry Bentley, of the Philadelphia Local Telephone Company. From that position he went to New York, where he remained until 1881. He next went to Chicago, where he remained until 1886 in the grain business on the Chicago Board of Trade. In 1886 he was in New York in charge of the office of V. K. Stevenson & Company, real estate dealers at the corner of Fifty-second street and Fifth avenue. In 1888 Mr. Riddle located in Atlantic City, New Jersey, where he has since resided. In 1901 he was elected on the Democratic ticket as assessor of taxes. In this connection he made a practical application
of some of the modern theories of taxation with good results. In 1902 he was elected state senator from Atlantic county. He was barely eligible, under the "four years residence" clause of the constitution, and his seat was successfully contested by his defeated oppo- nent because of race track legislation. For the past eight years from 1901 Mr. Riddle has been. a member of the council of Atlantic City, where he has served his constituents most acceptably. He has been at different times chairman of the boardwalk, electric and finance committees, of councils. He is a director of the Marine Trust Company, of Atlantic City, of which, with Max Weinmann. he was the founder. He is vice-president of the Atlantic City Fire In- surance Company, of which he is the largest individual shareholder. Mr. Riddle owns the only beach front farm in Atlantic City. It is located in Chelsea and covers an entire square. He holds fraternal membership in the Eagles, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Knights of Pythias, and Brotherhood of Amer - ica.
William Riddle married Florence M. Sailor, a graduate of Philadelphia high school, and has four sons : Hugh, Donald, Bruce and Alan.
Although the name of Smith, as SMITH Elizabeth Drinker, that pretty and fascinating Quakeress, observed in her quaint and interesting diary nearly two hundred years ago, "is perhaps the most com- mon name in the world." the representatives of the branch at present under consideration have carried it far above the level of the com- mon-place and placed it upon a pedestal which would well excite the admiration and emula- tion of every one. In addition to this, this family by marriage has allied itself with some of the best and strongest of the old colonial blood and stock and worthily deserves an envi- able place and mention among the representa- tive families of New Jersey.
(I) George Lemuel Smith, born at "The Buttonwoods" near Cold Springs at head of Mullica river, Atlantic county, New Jersey. January 31. 1845. is now living in Atlantic Citv. retired. For the greater part of his life be followed the sea as did and do most of his contemporaries and neighbors. By his mar- riage to Elizabeth, daughter of John Conover, he had two sons and two daughters: I. Harry Ellsworth. see forward. 2. Alma, wife of George W. Wells. of Olean, New York. 3. Leonora, wife of George Bender, of Colorado Springs. 4. Walton Randolph, deceased.
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(II) Harry Ellsworth, son of George Lem- uel and Elizabeth (Conover) Smith, was born at Tuckahoe, New Jersey, May 15, 1870, and is now living at Atlantic City, New Jersey. While he was yet a child his parents removed to Weekstown, Atlantic county, and later to Elwood, New Jersey, where Harry Ellsworth attended the public schools. Owing to the necessities of the family, while he was yet a boy, he was obliged to obtain work in a shoe factory at Hammonton, New Jersey, where he learned the trade of shoe cutting. After remaining there for seven years, he came to Atlantic City in 1891 and became a clerk in the Currie hardware store on Atlantic avenue, where he remained for the ensuing three years. Becoming ambitious to get into the newspaper business, he asked Colonel Walter Edge of The Press, the new newspaper which the colo- nel was about that time starting in Atlantic City, for a position. Colonel Edge complied with his request and Mr. Smith obtained the first subscribers to the Atlantic City Daily Press. His abilities were soon recognized by the manager of the newspaper, and he was given the position of circulating manager of The Press. Subsequently he was promoted and made the head of the advertising depart- ment, and finally given the position of general manager. He remained with The Press for thirteen years, and during that time, or for a short time, travelled in the interest of the Dor- land Advertising Agency, which was under the management of Colonel Edge, in all the large cities of the country. While with Colo- nel Edge on The Press, Mr. Smith was the manager in building the Preston apartment house in Atlantic City.
1908 Mr. Smith purchased the Sunday Gasette of Atlantic City, which was at that that time an eight-page paper, but under the management of Mr. Smith it became in one year a sixteen-page paper. It is the only Sun- day newspaper in Atlantic City or in south Jersey. Its politics are Republican, and it gives particular attention to real estate. It was founded in 1891.
For sixteen years Mr. Smith has been a member of the famous Morris Guards of At- lantic City. This independent company, at the beginning of the Spanish-American war, volunteered its services to the United States and was accepted officially by Governor Voor- hees, June 30, 1898. July 12 following the company left for Camp Voorhees, at Sea Girt, New Jersey, with a muster-roll one hundred and twenty strong. Two days later, July 14.
they were formally sworn into the service of the United States, and after remaining at Camp Voorhees until October 8, they were transferred to Camp Meade, near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where they remained until No- vember 12, and the day following, November 13, they were sent to Camp Wetherill, Green- ville, South Carolina, at which post they re- mained until mustered out April 6, 1899. The company was in the Fourth New Jersey Vol- unteer Infantry, under Captain Bryant. Mr. Smith at that time was a corporal, but was promoted to sergeant. On his return home with his company he was, in 1899, elected sec- ond lieutenant of the Morris Guards. In 1903 he was chosen first lieutenant, and in the spring of 1907, after a contest which showed the great personal popularity of Mr. Smith, he was elected captain of the Guards, and the company has never been in a more flourishing condition than it has been since his election.
Mr. Smith is a singer of some note, and is a master of the cornet, which he has played for some years. While living at Hammonton he played in the Protestant Episcopal church. Since, he has sung in the Presbyterian church of Atlantic City. He is a Republican, and an independent in religion. He is a member of the Ventnor Yacht Club, a member of the Paint and Powder Club, a dramatic organiza- tion composed of the members of the Morris Guards, in which he always takes a leading part.
In the line of Peter J. Young,
YOUNG the well-known merchant of the city of New Brunswick, five gen-
erations of the Young family have been traced in the state of New Jersey. The descent is as follows :
(I) Peter Young, owner of farms in Hunter- don and Somerset counties; married Lizzie Hummer. Children : Three sons and three daughters.
(II) Jacob, son of Peter and Lizzie (Hum- mer ) Young, was a farmer in Hunterdon county. Married Rebecca Trout, and had four sons and three daughters.
(III) Peter J., son of Jacob and Rebecca ( Trout ) Young, was a farmer, residing near Ringoes, Hunterdon county ; married Betsey Gutter. Children : I. Amos, unmarried. 2. John, married Miss Blackwell, their children being Elizabeth, unmarried, and Frank, mar- ried Miss Barnet and has children, Charlena and Earle. 3. Jacob, referred to below.
(IV) Jacob (2), son of Peter J. and Betsey
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(Gutter) Young, was born on the paternal farm near Ringoes, Hunterdon county, May 20, 1832, died there February 6, 1869. Mar- ried Elizabeth Nevius, daughter of George W. Nevius, of Clover Hill, New Jersey. Chil- dren: I. Peter J., referred to below. 2. Han- nah N., born July 8, 1867; married Jacob Schenck Higgins, stock dealer and farmer ; they reside in Flemington, New Jersey, and have one child, Catherine N. Higgins.
(V) Peter J. (2), eldest child and only son of Jacob (2) and Elizabeth ( Nevius) Young, was born on the farm owned by his Grand- father Young (where his parents resided), near Ringoes, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, October 28, 1865. In early boyhood, owing to the death of his parents, he went to live with his Grandmother Nevius at Flemington, New Jersey, and in that place he was reared, entered upon his business career, and lived until the year 1893. His maternal uncles, Jacob and Austin G. Nevius, were associated in mercantile business, their operations gradually acquiring extensive range and resulting in the establishment of large and important stores, under the firm style of J. & A. G. Nevius, at Flemington, Somer- ville and Trenton. The nephew was early given employment as clerk in the Flemington store, and there learned all the details of the business. In 1893, pursuant to the policy of the firm to enlarge its interests, Mr. Young came to New Brunswick, purchased the dry goods establishment of A. L. Mundy at 27 Church street, and embarked upon a mercan- tile career in which he has since continued with marked success. From the Church street quarters he removed, February 1, 1908, to the large new building at the corner of George and Paterson streets, the most conspicuous busi- ness location in the city. His store, conducted under his personal name, is the largest and . most complete of its kind in New Brunswick, and employs at the present time thirty-five clerks. Mr. Young is a member of the Masonic fraternity-Union Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, Scott Chapter, and Temple Com- mandery. He married, October 17, 1894, Anne Hopewell, daughter of John B. and Anne M. F. Hopewell, of Flemington, New Jersey.
(The Nevius Line).
This family is of Netherlands origin, and so far as is known the name sustains no gene- alogical relation whatever to the strictly Eng- lish one of Nevins. The patronymic Nevius is the Latinization of the original Hollandish forms Neef. Neeff, Neve, de Neve, etc. For a
scholarly and highly interesting account of the origin of the family and its early associations, the reader is referred to the recent genealogical work, "Joannes Nevius and His Descendants, A. D. 1627-1900," by A. Van Doren Honey- man.
(I) Joannes Nevius, son of Rev. Johannes Neef (or Nevius) and Maria Becx, baptized at Zoelen, Holland, March 14, 1627, came to Amsterdam (now New York City ) about 1651 ; merchant, prominent citizen, and city secre- tary; afterward lived on the Long Island (Brooklyn) side of the East river, and had charge of the ferry; died 1672; married, in the Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, 1653, Ariaentje Bleijck ; their sixth child was
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