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(II) Peter Nevius, baptized in New Am- sterdam, February 4, 1663; removed to Flat- lands, Long Island ; died April 29, 1740 ; mar- ried, June 22, 1684, Janetje Roelofse Schenck ; their second child was
(III) Roeloff Nevyus, born about 1687 ; re- moved to Three Mile Run, Somerset county, New Jersey, where he was an active supporter of the ministry of Rev. Theodorus Jacobus Frelinghuysen ; died after 1736; married Cata- lyntje Lucasse Van Voorhees, daughter of Lucasse Stevense Van Voorhees, of Flatlands ; their fourth child was
(IV) Peter Nevyus, baptized April 23, 1727 ; lived at various times near Three Mile Run. New Brunswick, and Clover Hill; died on his farm near Clover Hill (Hunterdon county). after 1800; married, about 1751, Maria Van Doren ; their tenth child was
(V) Jacob Nevius, born near Clover Hill. May 20, 1769, died there about 1855 ; married (second) August 10, 1806, Hannah Lanning : their fourth child was
(VI) George Washington Nevius, born near Clover Hill, September 16, 1812; mer- chant of that place ; died March 17, 1858; mar- ried, June 1, 1841, Hannah Gray, daughter of Austin Gray, of Nechanic ; their first child was
(VII) Elizabeth Nevius, born at Clover Hill, January 22, 1842, died April 28, 1874; married (first) Jacob Young; (second) Ira Higgins; two children by her first marriage, the eldest being
(VIII) Peter J. Young, above.
Dr. James Richardson, RICHARDSON of 701 North Sixth street, Camden, New Jersey, is a descendant of old colonial stock, which has done yeoman service in the preserva- tion and upbuilding of the nation, in more
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than one state and colony. His ancestors came over to this country and settled first in Vir- ginia, from whence they moved into Maryland, and later into Delaware, where Dr. Richard- son was born. His grandfather, Benjamin Richardson, was a miller and an itinerant Methodist preacher, who traveled all over the state of Maryland, and whose. father came from Virginia. His father, James Brummell Richardson, was born at Smyrna, Kent county, Delaware, August 24, 1810. He was a miller and a farmer; he died in 1884. His mother, Mary, was the daughter of William Rutledge, a descendant of a most distinguished family.
Dr. James Richardson, son of James Brum- mell and Mary (Rutledge) Richardson, was born near Dover, Delaware, on his father's farm, April 12, 1862, and is now living in Camden, New Jersey. For his early education he was sent to the public schools near Dover, and to the Dover Classical Academy, the prin- cipal of which at that time was Professor Will- iam A. Reynolds. After leaving the academy he entered in 1883 the Jefferson Medical Col- lege, in Philadelphia, from which he graduated with the degree of M. D. in April, 1885. He entered at once upon the general practice of his profession at Camden, New Jersey, but after a time removed to Kent county, Dela- ware, and set up in general practice there, and also in New Castle county. Here he remained until 1898, when he removed to Riverside, New Jersey. After remaining in Riverside until 1907, he returned once more to Camden, where he now resides. At one time Dr. Rich- ardson thought that he would make himself a specialist in skin diseases, and therefore took up a course in that subject in the Skin Hos- pital of Dr. John Shoemaker, in Philadelphia. Dr. Richardson is a Republican and he has been active and enthusiastic as well as of great value to the advancement of the interests of his party. He enjoys the distinction of being one of the first legislators of the state of Dela- ware ever elected to that body on the Repub- lican ticket. He was elected in 1888 from Kent county, and while serving in the legis- lature was a member of the committee on edu- cation, the committee on claims, and the com- mittee on fish and oysters. At one time he was a member of and also the first of the school board at Leipsic, Delaware. He is a member of the Delaware State Medical Asso- ciation, and at one time was also a member of the Burlington County New Jersey Medical Society. He is a member of the State Street
Methodist Episcopal Church of Camden, New Jersey.
James Richardson, M. D., married, in 1873, Annie, daughter of Conklin Raynor, a de- scendant of one of the oldest families in this country, and one of the founders, first of Wethersfield, Connecticut, second of Stam- ford, Connecticut, and lastly of Southamp- ton, Long Island. The children of James and Annie (Raynor) Richardson who are now living are: I. Martha, married William M. Coffin, of Maryland. They are now living at Camden, New Jersey. 2. Marie, a student in the Camden high school.
BAILEY The Bailey family of New Jersey or rather that branch which is at present under consideration is distinct from the old New England branch al- though there are the same christian names in the two families and would lead one to suggest that there was some connection. The records, however, show that such connection exists farther back than this side of the ocean.
(I) Thomas Bailey, a native of Bristol, England, which was in his day one of the most important cities of England, came over to America in 1682 and purchased land in Bucks county, Pennsylvania. By occupation he was a bodice maker. Among his children was Thomas, referred to below.
(II) Thomas (2), son of Thomas (I) Bailey, immigrant, married Mercy Lucas and among his children was Edward, referred to below.
(III) Edward, son of Thomas (2) and Mercy (Lucas) Bailey, married Ann Satter- thwaite and among their children was William, referred to below.
(IV) William, son of Edward and Ann (Satterthwaite) Bailey, was born in Glouces- ter county, New Jersey. He was a farmer. He married Keziah Skinner, whose father was in the revolutionary war. Among their chil- dren was William, referred to below.
(V) William (2), son of William (I) and Keziah (Skinner) Bailey, was born in Glou- cester county, New Jersey, April 1, 1808. He was a farmer; in religion a Methodist, and in politics a Whig and afterwards a Republican. He married Lydia, daughter of Leven Densten, of Virginia, who was born in Gloucester county, New Jersey, in September, 1812. Among their children was George Washing- ton, referred to below.
(VI) George Washington, son of William
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(2) and Lydia (Densten) Bailey, was born near Clarksboro, Gloucester county, New Jer- sey, December 5, 1840, and is now living in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was born on his father's farm, and for his early education was sent to the public schools of Gloucester county and to the State Normal School. After the civil war he entered the medical depart- ment of the University of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated with the degree of M. D. in 1868, and then engaged in the general prac- tice of his profession in Philadelphia. In 1872 his health began to fail under the strenuous labor in which he was engaged, and he was compelled to abandon his practice. He then for a time engaged in the real estate business in Camden, New Jersey, and after this in the wholesale coal business in Philadelphia. Finally he entered into the business of mining and shipping coal, and was for many years an influ- ential member of the boards of directors of a number of business corporations. He was one of the prominent organizers of the Camden National Bank; at present he has withdrawn from his connection with all financial organiza- tions with the exception of the Bridgeton Na- tional Bank and the Glassboro National Bank. Among the other important organizations with which Dr. Bailey has been prominently con- nected should be mentioned Whitney Glass Works Company. In 1906 he finally withdrew from active business. Since early manhood Dr. Bailey has been greatly interested in the organization and advancement of Sunday school work and he was a prominent and active member of some of the most important asso- ciations and organizations with that object in the country. He was for many years the president of the New Jersey State Sunday School Association, and the chairman of its executive committee. He is now chairman emeritus of the executive committee of that association. For many years also he was the treasurer of the International Sunday School Association, and is now the chairman of the executive committee of the World's Sunday School Association. In religion he is a Pres- byterian and he was for many years a member of the board of trustees of the general assem- bly of that denomination as well as the vice- president of the general assembly's board of education. He is also a member of several special committees of that body, and a member of the board of trustees of the Presbyterian Hospital and also vice-chairman of the West Jersey Orphanage for Destitute Colored Chil -- dren. In politics Dr. Bailey is a Republican,
and although he says that he has never held any office worth mentioning he has been staunch and active in promoting the welfare of his party, into which he points with pride that he was born remarking that his first lesson in politics was from the New York Tribune. He served loyally and faithfully on the Union side in the civil war as a sergeant in Company E, Twenty-fourth New Jersey Volunteers, with distinguished service at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. His social club is the Union League of Philadelphia. He is also a demitted member of Trimble Lodge, No. 117, Free and Accepted Masons, of Camden, New Jersey, and he is one of the ex-presidents of the Pres- byterian Social Union.
George Washington Bailey, M. D., married (first) December 8, 1872, in Hurffville, New Jersey, Rebecca Hyder Hurff, born September IO, 1848, daughter of Thomas W. Hurff, a farmer, who at one time served in the lower house of the New Jersey legislature, and Han- nah (Hyder ) Hurff. There were no children by this marriage. Mrs. Bailey died October 10, 1888. Dr. Bailey married (second) June 18, 1891, at Wenonah, New Jersey, Annie, born in Philadelphia, July 26, 1864, daughter of George L. McGill, a molasses merchant
of Philadelphia. Children : I. Grace Lydia, born April 18, 1892, attended the Friends' Select School in Philadelphia, from which she graduated, class of June, 1909. 2. Anna Mc- Gill, born June 28, 1893. Both children were born in Wenonah.
The Roesch family of Philadel- ROESCH phia, Pennsylvania, and Atlantic City, New Jersey, are among the newer comers to America, there being but two full grown generations, both of whom are still living to represent and speak for it; but the well-deserved success which has crowned the efforts of the emigrant father and his sons entitles them to rank among the representa- tives of successful achievement of modern New Jersey.
(I) Charles Roesch, founder of the family. was born in Germany and came over to this country in 1855. Settling in Philadelphia he established the house of Charles Roesch & Sons, manufacturers, packers and meat dealers. and before long he was able to start a branch house at Atlantic City, where they are now doing the largest business in the city, supply- ing all the leading hotels of the resort. He married Mariah E., born in Germany, daugh- ter of Jacob Kleefeld, and by her he had four
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children: Elizabeth, who died in infancy ; William, Charles, George Jacob. The last three are referred to below.
(II) William, second child and eldest son of Charles ( I) and Mariah E. (Kleefeld) Roesch, was born in Philadelphia in 1858. He married (first) Annie A. Mathus, who died leaving him with two children: Marie and William, Jr. He married (second) Anna Loos, who has also died leaving him with two more children : Elsie and Helen.
(II) Charles (2), third child and second son of Charles ( I) and Mariah E. (Kleefeld) Roesch, was born in Philadelphia, October 19, 1861, and is now living at Atlantic City, New Jersey. He attended the public schools of Philadelphia and then the Pierce Business Col- lege of the same city, and after his graduation from the latter institution he became connected with his father's extensive business in Phila -- delphia, and in 1888 also with the Atlantic City end. Here the business increased to such an extent that in 1891 he became a resident of the city and gave his entire time to looking after the interests of that branch, in which he has been very successful. He is a member of Excelsior Lodge, No. 491, Free and Accepted Masons, of Philadelphia, and St. John's Chap- ter, Royal Arch Masons, of Philadelphia. He has also taken all the degrees in the consistory rites of masonry up to and including the thirty- second. He is a member of the Lu Lu Temple, of Philadelphia ; of Victory Lodge, Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, of Philadelphia, and is also a member of the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, of Atlantic City. He is a member of the Atlantic City Yacht Club, Atlantic City Board of Trade, and German Reformed Luth- eran Church. His brother, William, is presi- dent of the Lutheran Church Society, of Phila- delphia and his father was a member of the same church. Mr. Roesch is a Republican. He was the first president of the Business Men's League, of Atlantic City, and he is the treasurer of the Atlantic City Publicity Bureau. In 1883 Charles Roesch married ( first ) Sally, daughter of William Trefz, of Philadelphia, who died after bearing him two children: I. Carl Trefz, born in 1888; unmarried; in the Atlantic City branch store. 2. Eva, died in infancy. In 1897 Charles Roesch married (second) Frederica, daughter of William Trefz, of Philadelphia, sister of his first wife.
(II) George Jacob, fourth and youngest child of Charles (I) and Mariah E. (Kleefeld) Roesch, was born in Philadelphia, in 1864. . He is a member of the firm of Charles Roesch &
Sons, and attends to the Philadelphia end of the business, residing in that city, and having a beautiful summer residence at Atlantic City. He married Matilda H. Poth, of Philadelphia, and has two children : Clara Matilda and Helen.
The Woodruff family of
WOODRUFF New Jersey, not only in its Elizabethtown branch, but also in its West and South Jersey representa- tives, has won for itself so distinguished and enviable reputation that it is very much to be regretted that the documents up to the present brought to light have failed to establish con- clusively the complete genealogy of the branches in Burlington, Gloucester, Salem and other West Jersey counties. It is to be hoped that time and further research among old family papers and records will complete a gene- alogy which, while certain in its outlines, is at present sketchy in its details.
(I) Lewis Woodruff, of Woodruff, Bridge- ton, New Jersey, was one of the largest and most influential land owners of the region where he dwelt in his day, and it is in his memory and honor that the place of his home has been known ever since by his name. When he died he divided his enormous property among his six children, two of whom were by one of his wives, and the other four by the other of his wives. These sons were: Thomas Githens, referred to below; Edward, Robert, John, Lewis, Albert.
(II) Thomas Githens, son of Lewis Wood- ruff, of Woodruff, Cumberland county, New Jersey, was born at Woodruff in 1845. He spent his life on the farm which he inherited from his father. By his wife, Sarah Elizabeth ( Bowen) Woodruff he had three children: I. Malcolm Bowen, referred to below. 2. Grace, born in 1868; married John Sanders, of Lin- wood, Atlantic county, New Jersey, and now living at Wildwood, New Jersey, with her husband and two children, Ethel and Milton. 3. Milford, born in 1888; unmarried; now in the water department of Atlantic City.
(III) Malcolm Bowen, eldest child of Thomas Githens and Sarah Elizabeth ( Bowen) Woodruff, was born at Woodruff, Cumberland county, New Jersey, November 9, 1866, and is now living at Atlantic City, New Jersey. For his early education he was sent to the public schools of Cumberland county and of Atlantic City, where as a boy in the latter place he look- ed after the ponies on the Beach also on the celebrated Broadwalk. Coming to Atlantic
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City in 1879, he for some time drove a hack in the town, after which he became connected with the Adams Express Company and sub- sequently with the Atlantic City police depart- ment, at first as one of the summer policemen. This was on June 4, 1891, and December IO of the same year he was promoted to the reg- ular police force, and after serving as an officer for eight years became, March 15, 1899, cap- tain of police, and November 18, 1907, was appointed chief of the police department by Mayor Stoy. From special policeman to his present position at the head of an energetic and efficient police force to-day he has occu- pied every position in the department from the lowest to the highest during a period of eighteen years in all, and in the whole time he has never lost a day's duty or a day's pay. This record speaks for itself. Mr. Woodruff is a member of Belcher Lodge, No. 180, Free and Accepted Masons, of Atlantic City, and he is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He is a Republican and at- tends the Methodist Episcopal church.
GLASPELL The Glaspell family of New Jersey is apparently one of the late comers into the state, but it is so connected with the old and promi- nent families of Salem and Cumberland coun- ties that no account of the representative fami- lies of that section of New Jersey would be complete without making mention of them, as for three of four generations they have been identified with the history and fortunes of the state.
(I) Thomas Dennis, son of John Glaspell, is the first of the name to be distinctly identi- fied with New Jersey. He was born in Cum- berland county, New Jersey, in October, 1813. By his marriage with Christiana Clinton, daughter of Charles Beatty and Mary (Ewing) Fithian (see Fithian, V). He became linked with all that is best in the old New Jersey colonial stock. Children of Thomas Dennis and Christiana Clinton (Fithian) Glaspell were: I. Enos E., married (first) Martha O. Tyler, and (second) Mary E. English, both of them descendants of old New Jersey families. 2. Theophilus, died unmarried. 3. Mary Eliza- beth, died unmarried. . 4. Edwin Miller, mar- ried Eliza Mulford, one of Salem county's oldest and most prominent families. 5. Thomas Bowen, died unmarried. 6. John N., referred to below. 7. Mary Fithian, married Charles Rudderow.
(II) John N., sixth child and fifth son of Thomas Dennis and Christiana Clinton ( Fith- ian) Glaspell, was born at Greenwich, Cum- berland county, New Jersey, October 29, 1850. For his early education he was sent to the pub- lic schools of Greenwich, after leaving which for two winters he attended the South Jersey Institute. He then for the next sixteen years taught school in Cumberland county. For two years he had charge of the district school in the neighborhood where he was born, and in 1876 he became the principal of the school at Mauricetown, New Jersey, where he remained for eleven years. For the following year he taught at Bridgeton, New Jersey. In 1887 he took up the trade of butcher, at which he re- inained for eighteen months. In 1891 he be- came principal of the second ward school at Bridgeton, and in 1895 was appointed by the New Jersey state board of education county superintendent of public schools for Cumber- land county, New Jersey, which position he has held to the great satisfaction of the county for fifteen years. When he was first madc superintendent of the county schools, Mr. Glas- pell had only one hundred and eighty-five teachers under his jurisdiction. Under his able management the educational problem had been so well handled and the cause of educa- tion so much advanced in Cumberland county that he now has charge of seventy-five schools and two hundred and sixty-five teachers. Mr. Glaspell is a Republican in politics and he has done splendid work for his party and his state during his active life. In 1890-93-94 he was elected from the first district of Cumberland county to the New Jersey assembly. For a while after this he acted as the bookkeeper of the New Jersey State Mutual Building and Loan Association, of Camden, and March 7, 1895, he was appointed to fill the unexpired term of Charles J. Hampton, the county super- intendent of schools. He was elected in 1908, under the new charter of Bridgeton, a member of city council, and became its first president. Mr. Glaspell is a member of Neptune Lodge, No. 75, Free and Accepted Masons; Royal Arch Masons of Cumberland county, Olivet Commandery, Knights Templar, Millville, New Jersey, and for four years was the worshipful master of his Masonic lodge in Mauricetown, New Jersey. He is also a past high priest of the Royal Arch Masons. Mr. Glaspell is also a member of the National Teachers' Associa- tion and of the Order of Elks. In religion he is an attendant of the Presbyterian church.
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(The Fithian Line).
According to the traditions of the Fithian family they are of Welsh descent. For cen- turies they have been among the most promi- nent of the families of Cumberland and Salem counties of New Jersey, and also in many other portions of the country.
(I) William Fithian, founder of the fam- ily in this country, is said to have been a soldier in Cromwell's army, having been pres- ent at the execution of Charles the First ; he was, after the restoration of Charles the Sec- ond, proscribed and obliged to flee the coun- try. He came first to Boston, whence he re- moved to Lynn, Massachusetts, then to New Haven, and finally to East Hampton, Long Island, where he remained until his death, between 1678 and 1682. By his wife, Mar- garet, he had: I. Martha, died in 1678. 2. Lieutenant Enoch, died February 20, 1726; married, June 25, 1675, Miriam Burnett. 3. Sarah. 4. Hannah. 5. Samuel, referred to below.
(II) Samuel, son of William and Margaret Fithian, born in East Hampton, removed to Cohansey, Cumberland county, New Jersey, about 1698, died there in 1702. The original residence of the family was at what was for- merly known as the New England Cross road, in Fairfield township, New Jersey. March 6, 1679, Samuel Fithian married Priscilla, daugh- ter of Thomas and Mary Barnes, of East Hampton, Long Island, and had: I. John, born September 1, 1681. 2. Josiah, May 6, 1685, died April 3, 1741 ; married, November 7, 1706, Sarah, daughter of the Rev. Philip Dennis. 3. Samuel, referred to below. 4.
Esther, March 6, 1691. 5. Matthias, February 3, 1694. 6. William, March 25, 1698.
(III) Samuel (2), son of Samuel (I) and Priscilla (Barnes) Fithian, was born April 17, 1688, in East Hampton, Long Island, died in Fairfield, Cumberland county, New Jersey, November 2, 1777. He married, September 3, 1741, Phebe, daughter of Ephraim Seeley, who died March 12, 1764. Their children were: I. Hannah, born August 4, 1742, mar- ried Nathan Leake, of Deerfield, and died November 8, 1842. 2. Rachael, July 7, 1744, died October 22, 1882; married Daniel Clark, of Hopewell. 3. Amy, July 16, 1746, died No- vember 20, 1824; married Joseph More, of Deerfield. 4. Joel, referred to below. 5. Elizabeth, December 13, 1750, died February 6, 1788; married Ephraim Seeley. 6. Mary, April 1, 1752, died November, 1793; married 11-18
Joshua Brick. 7. Sarah, March 3, 1754, died November 23, 1779; married Thomas Brown, of Hopewell. 8. Ruth, May 25, 1756, died December 3, 1846; married David Bowen. 9. Seeley, October 15, 1758.
(IV) Joel, son of Samuel (2) and Phebe (Seeley) Fithian, was born September 29, 1748, died November 9, 1821. He was one of the most prominent members of his family in New Jersey. September 3, 1771, he married (first) Rachael, daughter of Jonathan Jr. and Anna (Dominick) Holmes, granddaughter of Jonathan Holmes, and great-granddaughter of Obadiah Holmes, born at Preston, county Lancaster, England, emigrated to Boston, 1639, located at Salem, Massachusetts, and then at Newport, Rhode Island, where he died December 15, 1682. Rachael (Holmes) Fith- ian was born March 14, 1750, died leaving one child, Josiah, of Bridgeton, born September 30, 1776, died July 14, 1842. March 4, 1780, Joel Fithian married (second) Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Charles Beatty, a de- scendant of one of the oldest and most promi- nent families of Bucks county, Pennsylvania. Children of Joel and Elizabeth (Beatty) Fith- ian were: I. Charles Beatty, referred to below. 2. Samuel, born February 26, 1785, died September 28, 1806. 3. Philip, January 20, 1787, died January 16, 1868. 4. Ercuries Beatty, August 14, 1789, died May 26, 1816. 5. Enoch, M. D., of Greenwich, New Jersey, May 10, 1792.
(V) Charles Beatty, eldest child of Joel and Elizabeth (Beatty) Fithian, was born Decem- ber 18, 1782, died November 21, 1858. He married Mary Ewing, January 16, 1805. She was born May 20, 1787, died April 24, 1849. Their children were: I. Ann Elizabeth, born October 14, 1805 ; married, February 19, 1825, Richard Fithian. 2. Enos Ewing, February 22, 1807, died September 28, 1837. 3. Sarah Ewing, January 2, 1809, died August, 1903; married William K. Sheppard. 4. Ercuries Beatty, December 20, 1810, died April, 1896; married, September 17, 1833, Hannah Hard- ing. 5. Rachael Ewing, August 16, 1813, died July 18, 1842; married, October 24, 1833, Robert S. Garrison. 6. Samuel R., August 30, 1815; married, October 12, 1840, Amelia Bacon. 7. Christiana C., April 23, 1817, died June, 1896; married Thomas Dennis Glaspell (see Glaspell, I). 8. Mary Clark, September 6, 182-, died February 6, 1907. 9. Emily Seeley, September 13, 1823; married Samuel S. Lawrence.
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