Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey, Volume II, Part 84

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

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He is a pronounced and consistent Demo- crat and was always ready to respond to his party's call. In 1896 he was nominated for congress in the old fifth district, con- sisting of Bergen and Passaic counties. In 1900 he was elected delegate to the Demo- cratic National Convention held at Kansas City, and later the same year was nominated for one of the presidential electors on the Democratic ticket. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, one of the organizers of Boiling Spring Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, a member of the Union Club, the New Jersey Rifle Association, the Sons of the Revolution and the New Jersey Historical Society. In 1902 Captain Ely purchased a large tract known as the "Poillon" lands in the heart of Rutherford and laid it out with every public improvement. This section of Ruther- ford lies adjacent to Park avenue, Addison avenue, Lincoln avenue and Newell avenue, and also extends to Sylvan street, Mountain Way. Orient Way, Foronia Way and Meadow Road. The houses and improvements on all these streets are creditable alike to his good judgment and public spirit, and have fixed a highly select residential character on these sec-

tions. He is now developing the lands known as Elycroft Estate.

Captain Ely married, December 29, 1874, Emily J. Johnson, of Connecticut Farms, born March 1, 1856, daughter of William H. and Marietta (Lyon) Johnson. Children: I. Addi- son Jr., born in Caldwell, New Jersey, Novem- ber 26, 1875; graduate of Columbia College and of the law department of the University of Michigan, and now associated in law prac- tice with his father ; he married, September 25, 1900, Clara Agnes Lord; children : i. Henry Addison, born April 23, 1902, died April 28, 1902; ii. Nathaniel, born April 10, 1903; iii. Addison Charles, born May. 29, 1905; iv. Katherine, born September 19, 1908. 2. Abi- gail Mabel, born in Rutherford, April 15, 1881 ; graduate of department of arts, Michi- gan University ; married, September 12, 1905, Frederick Howland Woodward, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts; children: i. Emily E., born September 1, 1906; ii. and iii. Frederick How- land and Addison Ely, twins, June 30, 1909. 3. Jared Sandford, twin, born in Rutherford, October 10, 1884, died July 9, 1885. 4. Seth Harrison, twin, born in Rutherford, October 10, 1884; graduate of engineering department, Michigan University; married, February 14. 1905, Elsa Flora Tritscheller; children: i. Seth Harrison Jr., born in Ann Arbor, Michi- gan, 1905; ii. William Henry Harrison, born in Dover, New Jersey, November 10, 1907. 5. Sandford Dana, born in Rutherford, June 12, 1886; Michigan University and Department of Architecture, Columbia University. 6. Emily Emeline, born September 2, 1888; graduate of Michigan University. 7. Clara Harrison Stranahan, born in Rutherford, March 26, 1890 ; now a junior. Michigan University. 8. William Harvey Johnson, born September 18, 1891; sophomore Michigan University. 9 Leon Abbett, born November 25, 1893. IO. Hiram Baldwin, born March 1, 1896. , II. James Samuel Thomas Stranahan, born Octo- ber 17, 1898. Captain Ely lives on an old- fashioned farm on the sunny slope of Ruther- ford, which he calls Elycroft, where he com- bines much that is best in rural and town life.

RUSSELL

The Russell family which is the subject of the present arti- cle is one of the later acquisi-

tions to the country there being only two gen- erations belonging by birth to this side of the Atlantic and the second of these with all of its life before it.

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(I) Benjamin, son of John Russell, was born in England and emigrated to this coun- try, where he set up for himself in New York as a designer and engraver of jewelry. Sep- tember 27, 1857, he was married in St. Luke's Chapel of Trinity Parish, New York City, by the Rev. Isaac H. Tuttle, to Phoebe Ann Chenoweth. Mr. Russell himself was a na- tive of county Kent, England, while his wife was the descendant of a line which had long made itself famous in Wales and in this coun- try. The Chenoweths trace their origin back to the ancient Britons who retired into Wales before the conquering arms of the heathen Saxons. There with their followers they kept up a successful resistance to the invader and at one time were among the most powerful of the Welsh nobility. The changes and chances of time, however, caused the loss of lands and prestige, and with the ancient castle a ruin, three brothers of the family, John, William and Edward Chenoweth, determined to leave the home property to the last named of the three while William came over to the new world and settled in Jamestown, Virginia, and his brother John joined Lord Baltimore's col- ony and settled in Maryland. The descend- ants of these two are scattered all over the United States to-day. Edward remained in the old country, and became the ancestor of Mrs. Russell, the line running as follows: Edward; John, born 1635 ; William, 1682 ; Ed- ward, 1715; John, 1741, died July 28, 1779. whose children were: I. Alice, born December 24. 1765, died December 21, 1808. 2. Edward, referred to below. 3. John, August 20, 1768, died September 2, 1769. 4. and 5. Martha and Mary, twins, July 13, 1769. 6. William, April 23, 1771, lost at sea about 1825. 7. Elizabeth, August 1, 1773, died December 25, 1792. 8. John, February 3, 1776, died in 1852. 9. Pa- tience, July 30, 1779. died March 17, 1829.

Edward, son of John Chenoweth, was born September 4. 1767, and died in New York City. In 1789 he married Phoebe Romage, of Chatham, county Kent, England, and they had eleven children: 1. Alice, born April 15. 1790, died December 19, 1872. 2. Benjamin. May 12, 1792, died April 22, 1797. 3. Phoebe, November 17, 1794, died in 1858. 4. John, February 21, 1797, died May 7. 1802. 5. Ben- jamin, January 29, 1799, died March 16, 1799. 6. Mary Ann, February 8, 1800, died October 17, 1802. 7. John, September 22, 1802, died in 1802. 8. John, referred to below. 9. Eliza, September 19, 1806, died May 6, 1882. 10. Laurentia, August 18, 1809, died July II, 1877.

II. Edward William, January 28, 1812, died in Australia, April 29, 1850.

John (2), son of Edward and Phoebe ( Rom- age) Chenoweth, was born November 18, 1803, died September 19, 1861. May 2, 1824, he married in the parish church of Chalk, county Kent. England, the clergyman being the Rev. R. S. Jaynes, Caroline Mitchell, who bore him thirteen children, three of whose names have not been preserved died in in- fancy ; the other ten being: I. Caroline, born September, 1825, died March 5, 1902; mar- ried, August 8, 1850, James A. Weston. 2. Edward, 1827, died 1836. 3. John, April 21, 1829, married (first) September 18, 1850, Mary Hall; (second) November 30, 1864, Mary Jones. 4. William, February 23, 1831. died April 5, 1895: married, in 1849. Sarah Ann Carr. 5. Elizabeth,

October 22, 1833. died September 4, 1857; married, July 4, 1852, Thomas W. Stott. 6. Phoebe Ann, referred to above and below. 7. Alice, 1838. 8. Edward, May 21, 1841, mar- ried, October 18, 1860, Judith H. Robertson. 9. Ephraim, May 7, 1844, was married three times. Io. Laurentia, January 1, 1848, mar- ried (first ) May 16, 1876, John Quin, and (second) November 26, 1890, H. F. Huss. All of the above marriages were in New York City. except Laurentia's second marriage which was performed in Ottawa, Kansas, and Ephraim's three which were in Newark, New Jersey.

The children of Benjamin and Phoebe Ann (Chenoweth) Russell were: I. Harriet M., married George Mullaney, of Jersey City, and has three children: Frank, Irene and Edna. 2. Phoebe E., married Clarence E. Pease, and died at twenty years of age. 3. George Eld- ridge, referred to below. 4. Laura. 5. Charles Henry, who is married and has two children.

(II) George Eldridge, third child and eld- est son of Benjamin and Phoebe Ann ( Cheno- weth ) Russell, was born in Brooklyn, Long Island, September 8, 1864, and when one year old removed with parents to Jersey City, where he lived and attended school until about eleven years of age when his parents moved to New- ark, New Jersey, where he is now living. For his early education he was also sent to the Newark public schools, after leaving which he learned the trade of engraving and designing jewelry from his father. He gave this up, however, in order to engage in the in- surance business, and this he left in turn in order to take up the wholesale grain busi-

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ness, working for John S. Carpenter & Com- pany. For twenty years he was manager of the grain department of Wilkinson Gaddis & Company of Newark, New Jersey. In 1904 he was elected to the office of surrogate on the Republican ticket by the large majority of 23,035. For several years he was chairman of the ninth ward executive committee, and served as member of the Essex county ex- ecutive committee and the county Republican committee. Mr. Russell is a fluent public speaker and has taken the stump in many po- litical campaigns, his popularity testifying to his ability and skill along that line. He at- tends the South Park Presbyterian Church. He is a Scottish Rite Mason, having at- tained the thirty-second degree: member of St. John's Lodge, No. 1, Free and Accepted Masons; Salaam Temple, An- cient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; Newark City Camp, No. 7062, Mod- ern Woodmen of America: Anthony Wayne Council, No. 159, Junior Order United Ameri- can Mechanics: one of the organizers and served as president of the Garfield Club of Newark ; member of many Republican clubs, and a past grand sachem of the Republican Indian League of New Jersey.

George Eldridge Russell married (first) July 27, 1887, Mary E., born July 28, 1865, died May 5. 1905, daughter of William B. and Helen (Zeek) Bond, who were the parents of three other children : Leonora V., George and Riley Bond. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Rus- sell: 1. Marjorie Bond. born in Newark, July 23, 1889. 2. William Benton, born in Newark, July 26, 1891. George Eldridge Russell mar- ried (second) June 3, 1908, Fannie B. Jones, born in 1879: one child, Dorothy Chenoweth, born March 27, 1909.

NUNN Among the immigrants to this country in about the middle of the eighteenth century there is perhaps no family better deserving of a rec- ord and commemoration among the represen- tative families of New Jersey than of Thomas Nunn and his descendants.

(I) Thomas Nunn, the founder of the fan- ilv died about 1773, his will being dated Oc- tober 30, 1771. and probated December 2, 1773. He came from England about 1750 and settled on land at Schooley's Mountain, which at his death was by arbitration divided be- tween his two eldest children Thomas and Ben- jamin. By his wife Elizabeth he had: I. Thomas, went to Canada. 2. Benjamin, re-

ferred to below. 3. Joshua. 4. Bersheba. 5. Ann. 6. Elisabeth. 7. Solomon. 8. Ephraim.

(II) Benjamin, son of Thomas and Eliza- beth Nunn, died about 1817, his will being probated June 17 of that year. Coming from England with his father he settled on land near Pleasant Grove, Morris county, and en- tailed his property, leaving his wife only a light interest. He married Ann Carpenter. Children : I. Elisabeth, married Thomas. 2. Bethsheba, married Jacob, son of John Peter Sharp. 3. Ann, married Wolf. 4. Sarah, married William McCray. 5. Isaac. 6. John, referred to below.

(III) John, youngest child of Benjamin and Ann (Carpenter) Nunn, was born in 1764, died in 1829. He succeeded to the estate of his father upon which he resided during his life. He married Katherine Slyker, who died in 1846. Children: 1. Jacob, referred to below. 2. Isaac, married Catherine Mellick. Child: Andrew. 3. William, born June 24. 1812; married Margaret, daughter of William Steltz. Children: Frances, John, Samuel, James, Alfred, Theodore. 4. Alfred, married Mary Waters. 5. John, married - Force. 6. Betsy, married twice ; lives in Pennsylvania. 7. Sarah. 8. Mary. 9. Margaret, married John Hoptler Jr. 10. Emeline, married Isaac, brother of John Hoptler Jr. II. Ann.

(IV) Jacob, eldest child of John and Kath- erine (Slyker) Nunn, born about 1793, lied October 18, 1842. He was a farmer and a part of his life he kept the old Miller home- stead, and for some time also the property subsequently owned by Chambers Davis where he kept an inn in connection with his farm. During the latter part of his life he disposed of the property which had been set- tled by his grandfather, Benjamin Nunn, near Pleasant Grove. In 1818 he married Mary, born 1794, died April 2, 1858, daughter of Andrew Miller, one of the settlers of Mans- field township who kept an inn and owned a large tract of land near Pennwell. She was a devoted woman and gave much attention to the proper training of her children in all that pertains to true manhood and womanhood. Children: 1. Andrew Miller, referred to below. 2. Catherine, married Henry B. Davis. of Stephensburg, New Jersey. 3. Elijah W. 4. George T. 5. Jacob S., died young.

(V) Andrew Miller, eldest child of Jacob and Mary (Miller) Nunn, was born January 18, 1819. During his minority he resided at home, where he was employed on the farm and there learned that inestimable lesson that

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industry, economy and self-reliance are the principles upon which a successful career is based. Upon reaching his majority with a resolution to do something, he started out to win a home and property for himself. For several years he was a clerk in a general store at Fort Murray near where Madison's Mill was in Washington township, then for a short period he had charge of a store for William M. Warne in Monroe county, Pennsylvania, who was a successor of Moore Furman near Madison's Mill. In 1845 he was bookkeeper for G. M. & S. T. Scranton and Company at Oxford Furnace, and the following year he went west on a prospecting tour with a view of settling there. He returned, however, the same year. By prudence Mr. Nunn had saved enough to start business for himself and April I, 1847, in connection with Jacob H. Miller, he opened a general store at Pennwell. After six months Mr. Miller sold his interest in the business to his brother, John C. Miller, and the new firm carried on the business for some five years when Mr. Nunn bought his partner's interest and continued the business until 1854. For the next seven years he carried on a mer- cantile business at New Hampton and in March, 1862, established himself in charge at Port Colden on the Morris Canal where he did a most successful business in general mer- chandise and canal supplies. His business life was one of considerable activity and his judic- ious management was such as to secure a fair compensation. Following in the footsteps of his father he cast his first vote for General Harrison in the old Whig party and upon the organization of the Republican party be- eame a supporter of its principles. For three years he served as collector for the township of Washington. Although he had limited op- portunities for book knowledge while a boy, his clerkship secured him a good business educa- tion, sufficient to be numbered among the in- telligent and solid business men of Warren county. He was, always interested in local factors tending to the prosperity of the place where he resided. He was treasurer from its organization in 1870 of the Port Colden Build- ing and Loan Association, and for many years previous to his death was a member of the Presbyterian church at Washington, and con- nected with the church as elder.

In December. 1846, Andrew Miller Nunn married Nancy. daughter of Jacob Wyckoff. Her grandfather, Simon Wyckoff, was the first settler of the family in Jackson Valley where he located in 1771. She was born June 8,

1824, died May 24, 1875, and was a devoted christian woman and a member of the Presby- terian church at Washington. Children: I. Miller R., referred to below. 2. David P. S., married Frances Deremer; child: Elizabeth, married John Mowder and had Verna. 3. Simon Wyckoff, married Anna P. Miller ; chil- dren: Sadie, married Arthur Somers, and Nina. 4. Mary, died young. 5. Andrew Miller Jr., married Sarah Perry ; children : Eari, Guy and Floyd. 6. Elizabeth Miller, died at the age of seventeen years.

(VI) Miller R., eldest child of Andrew Miller and Nancy (Wyckoff ) Nunn, was born in Washington township, Warren county, New York, September 2, 1847, died August 1, 1905. After receiving his early education in the schools of Washington township, he attended and graduated from the Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York, after which for two years he was in business with his father, and then went into the lumber business in Hackettstown, New Jersey, at the same time conducting an undertaking estab- lishment. Inheriting from his father a great deal of business ability, by his judicious man- agement and intelligent ventures he won for himself success and a competence, and at the time of his death was regarded as one of the solid and substantial business men of the town. His genial disposition and his high social quali- ties won for him many friends, and the recog- nition of the solid worth and stability of his character caused him to be placed in many positions of public trust and confidence. In politics he was a Republican, and for nearly thirty years was the town assessor. He cared very little for the so-called social clubs, being much more interested in his home and in so- cial life which he led with his friends and acquaintances. He was, however, a firm be- liever in the benefit conferred by secret and beneficial societies, and he took an active and prominent part in several of these organiza- tions. He was a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of the Free and Ac- cepted Masons, of the Knights of Pythias, and of the Improved Order of Red Men. Joining the Methodist church when a young man, he led a long and consistent life of christian prin- ciple and practice, and was for many years a trustee of his church and the superintendent of its Sunday school.

October 17, 1866, he married Hulda E., born January 31, 1847, youngest daughter of John Bray and Margaret H. (Ogden) Woolston (see Woolston, V). Children: 1. Bertha

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Gertrude, born April 5, 1868; married George B. Vliet, and has Miller Nunn Vliet. 2. Rob- ert Ogden, May 20, 1872, died November 22. 1890. 3. Eva Woolston, January 28, 1875; married Adelbert Fernald, and has Dorothy Ruth Fernald. 4. John Harold, March 24, 1887 ; married Ada D. Long.

Henry Darnall, of Birds DARNALL Place, in the parish of Essen- den, England, who was a counsellor at law of Gray's Inn, London, mar- ried Marie, daughter of William Tooke, au- ditor of His Majesty's Court of Wards and Liveries, whose unbroken lineage is extant to the beginning of the fifteenth century. Henry Darnall, who died in 1607, and his wife, Marie (Tooke) Darnall, left children: John, Henry. Anne, Thomas, Susan, Philip and Rafe. John Darnall, Esq., one of the Secondaries of the Pipe, married (first) Susan, daughter of John Mynne, (second) Susan, daughter of Roger and Elizabeth (Mynne) Lawrence. As Sir George Calvert married for his first wife Anne Mynne, of the same family, the relationship between the Darnalls and the Calverts is ap- parent. Sir George Calvert was created Baron of Avalon and Baltimore by James II. about 1623, and became the favorite counselor of Charles II., who made him a grant of that part of "the Peninsula or Chersonest lying in the parts of America, etc."; which now form the state of Maryland. The coat-of-arms of the Darnall family : Arg. on a bend ; three leopards heads, cabossed sable, between two fleur-de-lis or ; Motto: Vigeure, L'Amour, De Croix.

(I) Sir Philip Darnall, of England, married a sister of Lord Talbot. Children: I. Henry, see forward. 2. John, who located at "Port- land Manor," in Anne Arundel county, an es- tate consisting of about ten thousand acres. The last owner of this estate died about 1819, A third branch of the Darnall family lived in either Montgomery of Frederick county, at a place called "Rocky Fountain."

(II) Colonel Henry, son of Philip and ( Talbot) Darnall, came to America about 1665 to join his numerous friends in this country. His high qualities and kinship to Lord Baltimore at once placed him in posi- tions of trust and importance, and he was pro- minently identified with the public affairs of the colony until his death, June 17, 1711. He obtained the grant of land called the "Wood- yard," and immediately built a splendid man- sion in which he lived, and his tombstone is still to be seen on the grounds. About the

period the troubles arose called the "Protestant Revolution," Colonel Darnell was at once rec- ognized as leader of the Catholics, as well from his position as representative of Lord Balti -- more, then absent in London, as from his re- ligious preferences. He was captured after a siege of the government house, which he had fortified, and made his escape in a vessel leav- ing Philadelphia for England. In 1712 a com- mission appointed Charles Carroll (possibly grandfather, but more probably father of Charles Carroll, the signer of the Declaration of Independence) to the position made vacant by the death of Colonel Darnall, and after that time the family was not prominent in public life, although they have been constantly distin- guished for great wealth and social position. Among other requirements in the old "Wood- yard" home there was a closet concealed by a sliding panel, which was utilized to hide the priest and the sacred vestments in use in Catholic worship during the time of the Catho- lic persecution, and when it was considered a misdemeanor to harbor a priest. Among the family portraits at "Poplar Hill" may be seen a picture of Colonel Henry at the age of thir- teen years. He is clad in a rich velvet suit, with lace collar, and bears in his hands a bow and arrow ; behind him is his negro body serv- ant of about the same age, plainly attired, and having around his neck a silver collar, the badge of indentured servitude. Colonel Henry married (first) Mary - -, (second) Elinot Hatton, widow of Colonel Thomas Brooke, of Brookfield, who was famed for her beauty. Children: I. Mary, married Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, the direct ancestor of the fa- mous signer of the Declaration of Independ- ence. She was grandmother of Governor John Lee Carroll, of Maryland. 2. Eleanor, married Carroll, and became the mother of Archbishop Carroll. 3. Henry, Jr., see forward. 4. Philip. Probably others.

(III) Henry (2), son of Colonel Henry (I) and Elinor (Hatton) (Brooke) Darnall, had children : John, see forward ; Robert; Waugh ; Morgan ; William; David; Jeremiah; Aaron ; and a daughter who, married Major Nicholas Sewall, of Mattapony, and had a son, Robert Darnall, who inherited the "Poplar Hill" es- tate from his uncle for whom he was named.

(IV) John, son of Henry Darnall, of "Pop- lar Hill," removed to Culpeper, Virginia, and his descendants reach from Kentucky to Ar- kansas. Children: Joseph, see forward, John and William.

(V) Joseph, son of John Darnall, of Cul-

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peper, Virginia, married Winfield Pary, a rela- tive of Dr. Benjamin Rush, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, born March 18, 1759, daughter of Joshua and Eliz- abeth Pary. Children: Joshua, see forward ; Joseph Rush ; John; William ; Susannah, mar- ried Colonel Thomas Boyd.

(VI) Joshua, son of Joseph and Winfield (Pary) Darnall, who died in 1843, married Jemima Mauzy. She was daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Taylor) Mauzy, and great- granddaughter of Henri Mauzy, who fled from France in 1685 to escape religious persecution, being concealed in a hogshead and labeled as merchandise, and thus shipped to England. Children of Joshua and Jemima ( Mauzy) Dar- nall: I. Thomas Mauzy, born 1799, married (first) - Dabney ; children : Thomas An- derson, born 1839; James, 1840; William Henry, 1841; Virginia, 1844; Joshua Pary, 1847; Jemima Mauzy, 1849, married

Johnson and had Laura Virginia, who married M- Byington. Thomas Mauzy Darnall

married (second) Hayden, and had : Martha Hayden, born 1859; Catherine Eliza- beth, 1860; a daughter who died in infancy. 2. Joseph, born 1800, died 1803. 3. Henry Mauzy, see forward. 4. Elizabeth, born 1805, married Weaver. 5. Joshua, born

1806, married

McBride. 6. Susan,

· Deal. 7. Margaret, born 1807, married - born 1809, married Jeffries, and had a son, Fayette. 8. Richard, born 1812, married Akers, and had : Jenny, Docia H. M., Charles, Thomas, Lizzie and Lucy. 9. John W., born 1814, married Dyer, a mem- ber of the Kentucky branch of the Darnall family.

(VII) Henry Mauzy, second son and third child of Joshua and Jemima (Mauzy) Dar- nall, was born in Waynesboro, Augusta county, Virginia, 1801. He became a merchant and maintained and operated a general store. He married Isabella McClelland, also a native of Virginia, and had children: Jennie Adeline, Martha, Virginia, Henry Thomas, see forward, Fannie, Andrew M., and Elizabeth.

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Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey, Volume II, Part 84

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

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