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(VIII) George C. Lippincott, M. D., eldest child and only son of Jacob Maul and Ann Swing (Du Bois) Lippincott, was born in
Salem, New Jersey, September 18, 1850, and is now living in that city, at 271 East Broad- way. For his early education he was sent to the public schools and to the Friends' private school at Salem, after leaving which he went into the drug business. After a short time spent in this way he entered the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, from which he grad- uated in 1871, and then went to the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, which gave him his degree of M. D. in the spring of 1875. In the following September, Dr. Lippincott was appointed by President Ulysses S. Grant as an assistant surgeon in the United States navy, on the active list of which he served until January, 1887, when he was retired owing to an affection of the heart. Since that time he has lived in his old home in Salem, New Jersey. About six of his ten years service was spent at sea, during which he was at one time for three months on shipboard with General Grant, when the ex-President was making his trip around the world with his son Jesse. He was with the General when he went through the Suez canal, and with the other naval officers on board his ship was entertained at the palace which had been placed at the disposal of the ex-President in Egypt.
Dr. Lippincott is a Republican, and inde- pendent in religion. He is a member of the United States Naval Academy Athletic Asso- ciation at Annapolis, Maryland, and he was on duty at the Naval Academy there when he was retired. Dr. Lippincott is unmarried.
This branch of the Thom- THOMSON son family in America de- scends from Scotch ancestry, through Rev. James Thomson, a minister of the Church of England, who was born in Scot- land. Through intermarriage the Thomsons trace their line of descent back to the best Vir- ginia families of Colonial and Revolutionary days. Each generation of the family has pro- duced eminent professional men, notably in the profession of medicine. Thomson, the poet, author of "The Seasons," is a member of this family, and Lord, Kelvin of Scotland was William Thomson. They have been loyal citi- zens, serving their country well in time of stress and battle, and good citizens serving her well in the gentle arts of peace.
(I) The emigrant ancestor was Rev. James Thomson, the first and only minister in Leeds parish, Fauquier county, Virginia, prior to 1815, also minister to several other churches in Virginia. He was born near Glasgow, Scot-
Jacobth Lippincott
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land, in 1739, and died in Virginia, in 1812. There is in possession of his descendants his commission from the Bishop of London authorizing him to perform the functions of a minister of the Church of England. He came to Virginia in 1767, and lived in the family of Col. Thomas Marshall, and was the tutor of his son John Marshall, afterward chief justice of the United States Supreme Court. He re- turned to England for orders, when he receiv- ed the commission previously referred to. On his returning to this country from England he married Mary Ann Farrow, of Fauquier county, Virginia, and began his ministerial career. Bishop Meade, in his "History of Old Churches and Families in Virginia," writes of him with the greatest respect, and of his being an "unusually learned and able minister." Rev. James Thomson and his wife Mary A. Farrow were the parents of a large family.
(II) Dr. John Thomson, M. D., son of Rev. James and Mary A. (Farrow) Thomson, was born at the "Glebe," Fauquier county, Virginia, in the year 1770, and died at Berryville, Vir- ginia, in 1841. He was a noted physician and surgeon, and said to have been a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania. His wife was Mary Rootes Throckmorton, of "Dewberry," near Berryville, Virginia, daughter of William and Mary (Rootes) Throckmorton. They were the parents of a large family, the eldest of whom was James William Thomson.
(III) James William Thomson, M. D., eld- est son of Dr. John and Mary (Rootes) ( Throckmorton ) Thomson, was born at Berry- ville, Virginia, and died in Philadelphia, Penn- sylvania, October 7, 1885. He was a most gifted and highly educated man. He graduated from Princeton (College of New Jersey) in 1822, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts, and in 1825 received the degree of Master of Arts. There is in possession of the family a gold medal presented to him by the Cliosophical Society of Princeton for graduating number one in his class, dated 1822, and inscribed "James W. Thomson." He entered the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania and was graduated a Doctor of Medicine in 1825. He was admitted a member of the Philadelphia Medical Society. founded in 1789, on April 10, 1824. He was admitted to practice medicine and surgery in the state of Delaware by the State Board of Examiners in 1828. He established his practice in the city of Wilmington, Delaware, and be- came a most skillful practitioner. He was deeply imbued with a love of the soil and
acquired large farming interests. He was noted as a horticulturist also. He was elected a life member of the United States Agricultural Society of Washington, D. C., and an honorary member of the Massachusetts Horticulturai Society, elected in December, 1848. He was appointed surgeon of the Delaware Militia "Dragoons." With his professional duties and his agricultural and horticultural interests, Dr. Thomson yet found time to comply with his responsibilities as a citizen. He belonged to the old Whig party, and was elected to the common council of Wilmington. He was an Episcopalian, and a member of the vestry. Dr. James W. Thomson married Sarah Peters Robinson, July 27, 1826, a daughter of Colonel Thomas Robinson, of the Continental army, lawyer, judge and gentleman farmer of Na- maans Creek, New Castle county, Delaware. The descendants of Dr. James W. Thomson obtain membership in patriotic orders through his military service in the revolution. Thomas Robinson was captain of the Fourth Battalion, Colonel Anthony Wayne, June 5, 1776; was made major of the Fifth Regiment Octo- ber 2, 1776; lieutenant-colonel First Regiment, June 7, 1777, and of the Second Regiment Pennsylvania Line, and was appointed brevet colonel by Act of Congress, September 30, 1783. There is a life size portrait of Colonel Thomas Robinson in his Continental uniform, hanging in Independence Hall at Philadelphia Pennsylvania. His grandson, William S. Rob- inson, has a brace of pistols presented to Colo- nel Robinson by General Washington, on whose staff he served, and a sword presented by his cousin, General Anthony Wayne. The original of the portrait referred to was painted by the great artist Peale, and is also possessed by William S. Robinson. The original "rattle- snake" flag which belonged to Colonel Robin- son's regiment was captured from him by the British at the battle of Brandywine, was re- captured by himself, and is now in the capitol at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Twelve children were born to Dr. James W. and Sarah Peters ( Robinson ) Thomson : I. Mary Rosalie ( Mrs. James B. Cunningham ). 2. Lucy Edwyline, died in childhood. 3. John Augustus, a medical practitioner. 4. Julia Adalaide ( Mrs. Edward Higginbottom). 5. Lucy Edwyline, married Francis C. Dade, chief engineer United States navy. 6. Ellen Eyre. 7. James William (see forward). 8. Sarah Robinson. 9. Nalbro Frazier, died at age of twenty-one. 10. Ella Frazier. 11. Henry. 12.
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Barton Hoxall. Of this family Rear Admiral James W. Thomson and Julia Adelaide Higgin- bottom are the sole survivors.
(IV) Rear Admiral James W. Thomson, second son and seventh child of Dr. James W. and Sarah P. ( Robinson ) Thomson, was born in Wilmington, Delaware, November 10, 1836. He was educated in private schools, and enter- ed the then famous shops of Harlan & Hollings- worth, machine and engine building company, where he remained three years fitting himself for the duties of a mechanical engineer. He then received appointment from the state of Delaware as third assistant engineer (midship- man) in the engineer corps of the United States navy, June 26, 1856. He was ordered to the steam frigate "Wabash," on the North Atlantic Station, and made his first voyage down the Gulf, and the second voyage to Europe on that vessel. Admiral Dewey and Rear Admiral Howison were then midshipmen on board. They, with Rear Admiral Thomson, are be- lieved to be the only surviving officers who were on the "Wabash" during that cruise. He was appointed first assistant engineer August I, 1859, with rank of lieutenant, and assigned to the steam sloop "Dacotah." He was pro- moted chief engineer with the rank of lieuten- ant-commander February 2, 1862. When the civil war broke out he was in China with the fleet, but returned at once to the United States and served throughout the war in home waters. He was attached to the North Atlantic Block- ading Squadron and saw much service on the James river as chief engineer of the gunboat "Galena." It was from this vessel that Gen- eral McClellan directed the movements of his army for two days during the Peninsular cam- paign, at the battle of Malvern Hill. The "Galena" and the other vessels saw much hard service on the James river at Sewall's Point, Fort Darling and Drury's Bluff, and innumer- able fights with Confederate vessels and bat- teries. Chief Engineer Thomson became known throughout the service as a cool headed, intrepid man and a thoroughly competent officer. This is attested by the award of a medal by Congress for "honorable and meri- torious service." After the war closed, Cap- tain Thomson was on special duty at the Phil- adelphia Navy Yard, and from 1866 to 1869 was a member of the board of examiners of officers for promotion, and on the same board again in 1881-2. In 1870 he was chief engi- neer of the "Congress." In 1871 and 1872 he was inspector of machinery at Philadelphia Navy Yard; 1873 to 1875 he was chief engi-
neer of the "Omaha," with the South Pacific fleet ; 1876 and 1877 he was a member of the board of inspection and survey, and on the same board in 1882,1883. In 1879-81 he was chief engineer of the "Alaska," on the Pacific station, and August 18, 1883, was promoted commander. During President's Cleveland's first administration, when the new navy with its first modern war vessels became a fact, he was assigned to duty at Roach's shipyard as inspector of machinery installed in the "Dol- phin," "Chicago," "Atlantic" and "Boston." In 1889 he was chief engineer of the "Pensa- cola" when that vessel conveyed a party of the leading astronomers of the United States to the west coast of Africa to observe the total eclipse of the sun. On the return of the "Pensacola" to the United States, Captain Thomas was assigned to duty at Cramps' ship- yard at Philadelphia as inspector of machinery. He remained on duty until he was assigned to duty at the Newport News Shipbuilding Com- pany yards for the special and important duty of inspector of machinery of the battle ships "Kearsarge" and "Kentucky," on June 26. 1896, he was retired, after forty years active service, on his own application, with the rank of captain. At the outbreak of the Spanish war Captain Thomson offered his services to the government although on the retired list at the time. He was assigned to the U. S. Ship "Lancaster," Admiral Remey's flagship, on the Admiral's staff. His special duty was as "in- spector of machinery afloat," and he performed valuable service at Key West in handling the great number of vessels in the government service at that point. He is in possession of a medal awarded him for his Spanish war ser- vice, under Act of Congress approved May 13, 1908. On June 29, 1906, Congress passed an act by which, on account of his meritorious civil war record, Captain Thomson was. ad- vanced to the rank of rear admiral in the United States navy. Since 1903 he has resided in Moorestown, New Jersey. He is a member of the Loyal Legion, and of Washington Lodge, No. 59, Free and Accepted Masons. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In political faith he is Republican.
Admiral James W. Thomson married, Octo- ber 7, 1862, Laura Nicholson Troth, daughter of Joseph Nicholson and Narcissa Julia (Old- ham) Troth, of New Castle county, Delaware. This is another revolutionary line, leading to Colonel Edward Oldham, of the Eighth Mary- land Regiment, Continental Line, wounded at the battle of Camden, South Carolina. Four
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children were born to James W. and Laura Nicholson (Troth) Thomson :
I. Nalbro Frazier, born in Camden, New Jersey, August 28, 1863, now a resident of Haddonfield, New Jersey. He was educated in Camden public and private schools, at the Episcopal Academy, Philadelphia, and at Crit- tenden's Business College, Philadelphia. After finishing his studies Mr. Thomson located in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was secretary of the Globe Planter Manufacturing Company of that city. In the year 1893 he was appointed sub-inspector of ordnance for the United States navy, and since that date has been on duty at "Cramp's" Philadelphia, at the yards of the New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey, or elsewhere in the district where United States naval vessels were being fitted with ordnance. Mr. Thomson is a member of the Loyal Legion, second class; the Sons of the Revolution; and a communicant of the Episcopal Church at Haddonfield, New Jersey, his present home. He married, November 28. 1883, at Haddonfield, Catherine M. Stouten - borough, born at Bergen Heights, New Jersey, daughter of Richard H. and Eliza B. (Geib) Stoutenborough, of New York City. Mrs. Thomson is a member of the Episcopal Church. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Nal- bro Thomson: Eliza Rosina, born December 14, 1895, who died February 15, 1902; and Loring Batten, born September 10, 1899.
2. Laura Adalaide, born April 17, 1865, died in infancy.
3. Earl, born in Camden, New Jersey, Au- gust 21, 1866. He was educated in the Cam- den schools, at the Episcopal Academy of Philadelphia, and was graduated from the Uni- versity of Pennsylvania, class of 1886, with the degree of Bachelor of Science. He is a civil engineer of Camden, New Jersey, residing in Moorestown. He married Cora Schloss, and has a daughter, Dorothy Caroline.
4. Mary Josephine, born in Camden, New Jersey, December 31, 1870, died July 31, 1896. She was the wife of William H. Duval, a wholesale merchant of New York City. She left a daughter, Mary Josephine Duval, born April 13, 1896, died aged nine months.
Joseph Nicholson Troth, father of Mrs. Thomson, wife of Rear-Admiral James W. Thomson, was born September 17, 1811, and (lied June 29, 1883. He was the eldest son of Jacob and Rebecca Troth, members of the Society of Friends. Jacob was the son of Paul Troth, who owned a plantation near Haddon- field, New Jersey. The family originally came
from Wales, and settled in New Jersey, Penn- sylvania and Maryland. They were a patriotic family, as the records show. Paul Troth was a very tall, fine looking old gentleman, over six feet in height. During the revolutionary war his fine physical presence attracted the attention of some British officers who tried to induce him to join their army. He told them it was against the conscience of Friends to fight, but on telling his wife of the conversa- tion, he added, "but if I did fight I would fight against the King's men." Jacob Troth was a Whig member of the New Jersey legislature, and was respected, as was his son, Joseph N., for his pure character, marked intelligence and sound judgment. Jacob Troth was a member of the first board of chosen freeholders after Camden county was cut off from Gloucester. Joseph N. Troth, the eldest son of Jacob, went to Delaware in 1836 and was extensively en- gaged in felling, milling and marketing large tracts of timber at the head of the Christiana. After he removed to Delaware he married Julia Narcissa Oldham, daughter of Edward Oldham, an educated and accomplished gentle- man, the son of Colonel Edward Oldham, of an old Maryland family, and a distinguished officer of the revolution. Colonel Edward Oldham's wife Mary was a descendant of Au- gustine Herman. Joseph N. Troth resided during his early married life in Christiana, New Castle county, Delaware, where all of his children were born, from there he moved to New Castle, thence to Wilmington, and from there to Camden, New Jersey, where he died. He left four children: Mrs. Laura N. Thomson, Ernest H. Troth, J. Eugene Troth and Augustine H. Troth.
LADD The first Ladds came to England with William the Conqueror and settled at Deal county, Kent, where a portion of land was granted to them eight miles from Dover. The name at that time was spelled Lad, Lade and Ladd. In many generations after the Norman Conquerors the name DeLad appears among the owners of the land, in county Kent and ever since that day families with that name have held land in that and adjoining counties. William Ladd was a jewelman in 1294 in the reign of Edward I. In 1325 King Edward II. bought the Manor of Henle of which he claimed the custody to Walter Bishop, of Exeter, and in the follow- ing year revoked this grant and transferred the manor to Walter Ladd, and from 1713 to 1722 John Ladd represented Southwark county.
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Surrey. John Ladd, Senior, of Eleham, county Kent, died in 1476; he left a son, John of Ele- ham, who died in 1527, having had by Eliza- beth his wife among other issue three sons. Stephen, father of Thomas Ladd, of Otling, John, the father of Nicholas Ladd, of Wooton. whose eldest son Nicholas, of Swingfield, county Kent, died in 1669, leaving a son Nich- olas, referred to below, and Thomas Ladd, of Barham, whose grandson Vincent was the father of the said John Ladd, M. P., granted a baronet in 1730.
(I) Nicholas Ladd, of Swingfield, son of Nicholas, Senior, died and was buried in the Quaker burying ground of Hythe in 1699. Among his children was John, founder of the New Jersey family of the name, referred to below.
(II) John, son of Nicholas (2) Ladd, of Swingfield, county Kent, England, arrived in Burlington, New Jersey, in 1678. He was one of the jurors of the first court held under the constitution of Auvaumus in 1686, and in 1688 he had the addition to his lands on the shore of Deptford township, five hundred acres, surveyed to him at Cork Cove above Red Bank. The concessions and agreements were published in London in 1676 and attracted much attention especially among the members of the Society of Friends. Among these was John Ladd; his interest was evidently with the London rather than the Yorkshire homes. He was a practicable surveyor, and acted as deputy of the surveyor general of the western division of New Jersey for several years. As tradi- tion goes through he was employed by Will- iam Penn in laying out the city of Philadelphia. When he produced his bill for £30 for services rendered to the proprietor he offered him a square of land in lieu of money, which was denied, for the young surveyor could see noth- ing like a city as sanguine owner where he had wrestled only with briers and tangled under- growth. The family tradition goes on to state that when Mr. Ladd denied the square of land in the city, William Penn remarked "John thou art Ladd by name and Ladd by nature, doesth thou not know that this would be a great city." In 1688 Jonathan Wood and Samuel Toms located a large tract of land in Deptford town- ship extending from the river on the west to Salem road and beyond on the east. He soon after purchased the interest of Samuel Toms and Jonathan Wood and on the tract built him- self a dwelling where he resided until his death. In 1721 he located an adjoining tract along the
river where the fishery was established, but not with us to the present day. For many years a portion of this tract has been known as the Howell estate coming into that family by the deed of John Ladd to John Ladd Howell, a son of Catherine Ladd, who married John Howell. John Ladd, the founder, was a mem- ber of the monthly meeting of Friends at the meeting on Woodbury creek. He came to New Jersey as a young man, and about thirty- two years of his life was spent within the prov- ince, where he was a prominent and influential citizen. He was a man not only of consider- able estate but of good education as well, as is shown by his land operations and the places of responsibility he was called from to fill. As we learn from his will dated in 1731 with the codicil in 1740, John Ladd survives his wife and all his children except John and Katharine. To the first of these he devised his homestead estate of five hundred and sixty acres, giving other parts of his property to Katharine and his granddaughter, Mary Parker, having as he says in his will provided for Samuel and Jonathan while they were living. At his death he was one of the largest holders of real estate in the colony, and his selections proved him to have been a man of good judgment in such matters. The fishery where his land fronted the river was for centuries known as the Ladds Cove. Its particular situation on the shore almost made it one of the best in those quarters. He held a prominent place in the Society of Friends, and although he adhered to the plain dress and simplicity of habit about his home there could nevertheless be seen evidence of things generally attendant on health and liberal- ity. The slaves were plentiful at his household and this would convince people that creature comforts were not neglected.
By his wife Elizabeth, who died 1733, John Ladd had five children : I. Samuel, married Mary Medcalf. 2. Jonathan, referred to below. 3. Mary, married Joseph Parker, of Philadel- phia. 4. John Jr., died December 20, 1770; married Hannah Mickle but had no children. 5. Katharine, married John Howell.
(III) Jonathan, second son of John and Elizabeth Ladd, lived in Woodbury, Glou- cester county, New Jersey, on land which he had received from his father. He died in 1725, leaving two twin infants whom his wife had borne to him the preceding year. He mar- ried, in 1723, Ann, born 1698, daughter of John and Hope (Delefaste) Wills, a granddaughter of Dr. Daniel Wills. By his first wife Eliza-
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beth, their children were: 1. Samuel, referred to below. 2. Sarah, twin with Samuel, born September, 1724.
(IV) Samuel, only son of Jonathan and Elizabeth Ladd, was born in September, 1724, and lived in Woodbury, New Jersey. By his wife Sarah he had seven children : 1. Jonathan, born September 23, 1755, died June 6, 1760. 2. Ann, July 11, 1757, died June 28, 1782. 3. Hannah, November 2, 1759. 4. Deborah, Sep- tember 23, 1760, died March 3, 1771. 5. Ella, June 2, 1762. 6. John, November 2, 1764. 7. Samuel, Jr., referred to below.
( v ) Samuel (2), youngest child of Samuel ( I) and Sarah Ladd, was born November 10, 1771, died July 19, 1833. July 3, 1815, he married Ann, daughter of William and Deb- orah Wood, who bore him four children : I. John, born May 26, 1816, died June 9, 1816. 2. James, October 4, 1817, died August 8, 1818. . Sarah, March 26, 1820, died May 15, 1832. 4. Samuel Hopkins, referred to below.
(VI) Samuel Hopkins, fourth and youngest child, the only child to attain maturity, of Sam- uel (2) and Ann (Wood) Ladd, was born in Woodbury, New Jersey, March 6, 1826, died in that town, March 6, 1866. He was for some time a colonel on the staff of Governor Holden. September 22, 1846, he married Sarah Duncombe Johnson, by whom he had three children : I. William Waddell, born Julv 20, 1847, died unmarried, December 12, 1863 ; he inlisted in Camden county in the Sec- ond New Jersey Volunteer Regiment of Cav- alry in 1861 and died during services. 2. Sam- uel Hopkins, Jr., referred to below. 3. Sarah Cora, August 19, 1853, died August 9, 1854.
(VII) Samuel Hopkins (2), son of Samuel Hopkins (I) and Sarah. D. (Johnson) Ladd, was born in Woodbury, New Jersey, Decem- ber 15, 1849, and is now living in the town of his birth. For his early education he was sent to the private school at Woodbury, New Jersey, after leaving which he entered the Polytechnic College of the state of Pennsylvania, from which he graduated with the degree of C. E., July 1, 1868. He then entered on the pro- fession of civil engineering in Woodbury and continued in that for a number of years, win- nin« his mark in the world. In 1881 he started in the mercantile business in Philadelphia with his father-in-law at 32 South Front street, the firm name being Johnson & Ladd. This busi- ness, which is tobacco, he still continues under the old name. In 1871 Mr. Ladd was made the city surveyor of Woodbury, thus receiving an appointment to a position held in the same
region about two hundred years before by his ancestor, John Ladd, the founder of the family. This position he held until 1873, when he was elected justice of the peace, and with the ex- ception of five years he has held this position ever since, a remarkable tribute not only to his character but also to the confidence with which his neighbors regard him. In 1875 he was elected to the Woodbury city council and in 1877 was made the president of that body. In 1878 he was re-elected and again became the council's president ; in 1880, although urged to do so most strongly, he declined to serve longer, but was prevailed upon to accept an appointment by the city council in 1889 to fill a vacancy which had occurred in their body, and in 1890 he was again elected and accepted a place from the council in which he served until 1893. In the fall of 1893 he was again ap- pointed to fill a vacancy in the council caused by the removal of a member from the city, and in 1894 he was not only re-elected to the council but once more made its president. August 31, 1897, Mr. Ladd was appointed by the council mayor of Woodbury to serve for the unexpired term of his predecessor who had removed to Chicago, and in 1898, by popular election Mr. Ladd became the mayor in fact and has ever since that date been re-elected to this position as soon as his terms expires. This continuous service in the mayor's office for more than thir- teen years shows conclusively the confidence by the people in his ability and trustworthiness. Mr. Ladd is a Republican, and at one time was the commissioner of deeds. He is an active and influential member of several secret soci- eties and associations. the most important of which is Florence Lodge, No. 87, Free and Accepted Masons, of Woodbury, of which he is the past worshipful master. For the last thirty-two years Mr. Ladd has been a member of the Friendship Fire Company of Woodbury, which is one of the oldest in New Jersey, having been organized in 1799. For a long time he held the office of president and at the present day is the vice-president and one of the most active members of the company. It is an interesting fact that Mr. Ladd's father and grandfather were both of them for many years most active members of this same com- pany. Mr. Ladd is a communicant of the Prot- estant Episcopal church in Woodbury, and was vestryman of the parish of that church in the town.
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