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7. Agnes Jackson, married, 1887, Cornelius Vanderbeek. 8. Laura Rebecca, died 1893; unmarried.
(IV) Joshua Doughty, Jr., son of Joshua (2) and Susan Maria (Southard) Doughty, was born in Somerville, Somerset county, New Jersey, and is now living in that town. He married Lillian M. Teel, who died in 1892. Mr. Doughty graduated from Rutgers College in 1869. After leaving college he took up the profession of civil engineer, and has been county surveyor since 1886. He has been a Mason since 1869, affiliated with Solomon Lodge, No. 46.
(The Boyle Line).
Solomon Boyle, the founder of this family of his name, emigrated from Ireland to New Jersey, and settled prior to 1746 on a tract of land on the Passaic river, part of a two thous- and acre tract patented to Robert Barclay, "about one mile from the house of Justice Samuel Cooper." He married (first) Susanna Magdalena Pellertreau, a French Huguenot ; (second) January 5, 1763, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan and Susanna (Kitchel) Baldwin, widow (first) of Samuel, brother to Colonel Jacob Ford, of Morristown (see Ford), and (second) of John Allen. Children, all by first marriage : 1. John, married Hannah Frazee. 2. Solomon, born in February, 1734-5; mar- ried Margaret Hull. 3. Benjamin, died unmar- ried. 4. William. 5. Robert, removed to New York. 6. Joseph, married Katharine Cross. 7. Jane, married Joseph Dalrymple. 8. Sarah, referred to below. 9. Magdalena, married John Cooper. 10. Polly, married Daniel Mun- roe.
(II) Sarah, daughter of Solomon and Sus- anna Magdalena ( Pelletreau) Boyle, was born in 1739, and died May 25, 1808. She married the Joshua Doughty first above mentioned.
(The Doty Line).
Edward Doty, founder of the family of his name in America, was a London youth in the service of Stephen Hopkins. But little is known of his origin or early history. He came to this country with the Pilgrims in the "May- flower," and landed at Plymouth, Massachu- setts, in 1620. He married, in 1634-5, Faith Clarke, born in 1619. Children : Edward, born 1637; John, born 1639-40; Thomas, 1641 ; Samuel, referred to below ; Desire, born 1645; Elizabeth, 1647; Isaac, 1648-9; Joseph, 1651 ; Mary, 1653.
(II) Samuel, son of Edward and Faith (Clarke) Doty, was born in Plymouth, Massa-
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chusetts, in 1643, and died in Piscataway, New Jersey, in 1715. He married, in 1678, Jane Harmon. Children: Samuel, born 1679; John, 1680; Sarah, 1681; Isaac, 1683; Ed- ward, 1685; James, 1686; Jonathan, referred to below; Benjamin, 1691; Elizabeth, 1695; Joseph, 1696; Daniel, 1701; Margaret, 1704; Nathaniel, 1707-8.
(III) Jonathan, son of Samuel and Jane (Harmon) Doty, was born in Piscataway, New Jersey, in 1687-8. He married, in 1717, Mary - -. Children : William, born 1719; Jonathan, 1724; Daniel, 1727; Joshua, 1730; Joseph, referred to below; Mary; Jane, mar- ried, 1747, John Johnson; Elizabeth.
(IV) Joseph, son of Jonathan and Mary Doty, was born in 1735. He married Grace Colyer. Children: Daniel, referred to below ; Elsie, born 1764-5; Joseph Denman, 1767; Barnabas, or Burnet, 1771; Hannah, 1774; Elizabeth, 1777; Jane, 1780, married 1806, Joseph Riley; Stephen, born 1784; Keziah, died young.
(V) Daniel, son of Joseph and Grace (Col- yer ) Doughty, was born in 1762, and died in 1823. He married, in 1783, Elizabeth Budd. Children : Thomas Budd, born 1783 or 1784, died 1798; Elijah, born 1786, died young ; Mary Wright, referred to below; Susan Stew- art, born 1789: Samuel Sutton, 1794; Joseph, 1797; Daniel W., 1800; Eliza Anne, 1802; Barnabas, 1805.
(VI) Mary Wright, daughter of Daniel and Elizabeth (Budd) Doty, was born in 1788, and died in 1864. She married, in 1806, Isaac, son of Hon. Henry and Sarah (Lewis) Southard, and her daughter, Susan Maria Southard, mar- ried Joshua Doughty, referred to above.
BIGELOW "Concerning the ancestry of John Biglo, the progenitor of the Bigelows of this country,"
the compiler of the Bigelow genealogy says, "we are unable to get any satisfactory account ; traditions are so numerous and conflicting, that we can place no reliance upon any of them ; they would make our common ancestor a native of Wales, Scotland, Ireland and Eng- land, as well as a French Huguenot. The common belief has been that we were of Eng- lish descent.'
(I) The first definite information with re- gard to the family are the records in this coun- try of John and Elizabeth Bigelow, who are believed to have been brother and sister. Eliz- abeth Bigelow married Deacon Richard But- ler, of Hartford, and died September II, 1691,
having borne her husband four children. John Biglo appears first on the Watertown town records, where he is groom in the first mar- riage recorded in that town, the entry read- ing "1642-30-8, John Bigulah and Mary Warin joyned in mariag before Mr. Nowell." In 1652 he took the oath of fidelity at Watertown, and was made freeman April 18, 1690. He was one of the soldiers who saw service from November 25 to December 3, 1675, in King Phillip's war; was surveyor of highways 1652 and 1660, constable in 1663, and a selectman in 1665-70-71. His homestead of six acres was bounded north by Richard Ambler and William Parker, east by Thomas Straight, south by the highway, and west by Miles Ives. He died July 14, 1703, aged eighty-six years. He married (first) Mary, born in England, died October 19, 1691, daughter of John and Margaret Warren; (second) October 2, 1694, Sarah, daughter of Joseph Bemis, of Water- town. Children, all by first marriage : I. John, born October 27, 1643; married Rebecca Olmsted, lived in Hartford, Connecticut. 2. Jonathan, born December II, 1646, died Janu- ary 9, 17II; married Rebecca Shepard. 3. Mary, born March 14, 1648, married June 3, 1674, Michael, son of Thomas and Mary Flagg, of Watertown, brother to her brother Joshua's wife, referred to below. 4. Daniel, born December 1, 1650, married Abigail Pratt ; lived Framington. 5. Samuel, born October 28, 1653; married, June 3, 1674, Mary, daugh- ter of Thomas and Mary Flagg, and sister to his brother Joshua's wife, referred to below. 6. Joshua, referred to below. 7. Elizabeth, born June 15, 1657, died April 18, 1694; mar- ried Lieutenant John Stearns, of Billerica, Massachusetts. 8. Sary, born September 29, 1659; married July 23, 1679, Isaac Leanerd. 9. James, died January 20, 1728; married (first) Patience Brown, (second) Elizabeth Child, (third) Joanna Erickson. 10. Martha, born April 1, 1662; married twice; second husband, Obadiah Woods, of East Hartford, Connecticut. II. Abigail, born February 4, 1664, died January 12, 1754 ; married, Decem- ber 10, 1684, Benjamin Harrington. 12. Han- nah, born March 4, 1666, died March 8, 1666. 13. Son, born and died December 18, 1667.
(II) Joshua, son of John and Mary ( War- ren) Biglo, was born in Watertown, Massa- chusetts, November 5, 1655, and died in West- minster, February 1, 1745, being the first adult who died in that town. He was a soldier in Captain Ting's company in King Phillip's war, was wounded, and in consideration of his serv-
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ices the general court gave him a grant of land in Narraganset, No. 2. He lived in Water- town the greater part of his life, and his chil- dren were born there. When his father died he was appointed co-executor with his brother- in-law, Isaac Learned, of his father's will, but late in life, being anxious to reside on the land which he had earned by his war services, he removed in his eighty-seventh year, in com- pany with his youngest son, to Narraganset No. 2, now Westminster. He married, Octo- ber 20, 1676, Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas and Mary Flagg, who was born March 22, 1657, and died August 9, 1729. Children: I. Joshua, born November 25, 1677, died May 9, 1728, married Hannah Fiske. 2. Jonathan, born March 22, 1679; married (first) Eliza- beth Bemis, (second) Mary Rice. 3. John, referred to below. 4. Benjamin, born January 20, 1683, died October 27, 1709. 5. Jabez. 6. Elizabeth, born August 3, 1687 ; married Feb- ruary 28, 1724, Jonathan Harrington. 7. David, born April 30, 1694. 8. Joseph, born December 29, 1695, married (first) ; ( second) Thankful Robinson. 9. Daniel, bap- tized August 29, 1697; married Elizabeth Whitney. 10. Ebenezer, born September 4, 1698; married, May 29, 1720, Hannah Browne. II. Gershom, born September 6, 1701, died February 2, 1789, married Rachel Gale. 12. Eleazer, born March 14, 1705, died February 24, 1762; married Mary Fiske.
(III) Lieutenant John, son of Joshua and Elizabeth (Flagg) Bigelow, was born in Water- town, Massachusetts, December 20, 1681, and died in Colchester, Connecticut, March 8, 1770. He is supposed to have removed to Hartford in early life, and may have married his first wife in that town. In 1706 he was living in Colchester, Connecticut, and in 1710 built his house there, on Bulkley Hill, said to have been the most elegant house in town, and until a few years ago, when it was taken down to make room for a more modern dwelling, was one of the old landmarks of the place. According to tradition, when the house was built, there not being enough men in the town for the purpose, twelve men rode from Hart- ford on horseback through the wilderness to assist, finding their way for twenty-five miles by a trail blazed by John Bigelow. He mar- ried (first) Hannah ,who died March 31, 1709; (second) November 4, 1709, his cou- sin, Sarah, daughter of Jonathan and Rebecca (Shepard) Bigelow, of Hartford, referred to above, whom tradition says was a tailoress and brought him a bushel of silver money
which she had earned with her needle, and with which he built his Colchester house. She died October 13, 1754, and he married (third) Abigail who died August 1, 1760, in her fifty-eighth year. He married ( fourth) Hannah Munn. Children, two by first, and three by second wife: I. David, referred to below. 2. John, born March 25, 1709, died January 17, 1789; married (first) Anna Bate, (second) Sarah Bate. 3. Sarah, born July 17, 1712, died November 30, 1744, unmarried. 4. Jonathan, born May 12, 1714, died August 14, 1739; unmarried. 5. Asa, born September 3, 1720, died October 9, 1754; married Dorothy Otis.
(IV) David, son of Lieutenant John and Hannah Bigelow, was baptized in the Second Church at Hartford, September 22, 1706, and died June 2, 1799, in the ninety-third year of his age, and was buried in the cemetery at Marlborough, Connecticut. As a child he was taken by his father to Colchester, where he remained during his life, living in that part of the town afterward set off and incorporated as the town of Marlborough. He married (first) December II, 1729, Editha, born September 10, 1705, died January 19, 1746, daughter of John and Mary Day; (second) January 21, 1747, Mercy (Kellogg) Lewis, widow of Rev. Judah Lewis, and daughter of Stephen and Lydia (Belding) Kellogg, of Westfield, who was born October 30, 1709, and died January 5, 1795. Children, eight by first wife: I. Hannah, born November II, 1730; married Barret Felts, of Hebron, Connecticut. 2. David, referred to below. 3. Amasa, born September 3, 1733; married, December 31, 1754, Jemima Strong. 4. Ezra, born April 10, 1736; mar- ried, September 7, 1755, Hannah Strong, sister to his brother Amasa's wife. 5. Daniel, born May 25, 1738, died November II, 1822; mar- ried (first) January 8, 1761, Mary Brainerd, a descendant of the noted Indian missionary ; (second) June II, 1778, Sarah F. (Ingham) Chapman, of Saybrook. 6. Eli, born August 25, 1739, died August 10, 1751. 7. Azariah, born December 26, 1741; married March 26, 1767, Margaret Foote. 8. Editha, born March 16, 1744; married March 2, 1788, Mr. Cary, of Haddam. 9. Stephen, born October 27, 1747, died September 13, 1748. 10. Stephen (2d), born June 5, 1749, died August 5, 175I. II. Moses, born October 4, 1750, died Decem- ber 23, 1750. 12. Mercy, born November 23, 1753.
(V) David (2), son of David (I) and Editha (Day) Bigelow, was born in Colches-
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ter, Connecticut, May 7, 1732, and died in Glastonbury, Connecticut, October 6, 1820. He settled in that part of Glastonbury which was afterwards set off to Marlborough. He mar- ried, June 17, 1762, Patience, daughter of Na- thaniel Foote, Jr., who died June 26, 1791. Children: I. David, born November 9, 1762, died November 22, 1843; married Lydia Chapel. 2. Erastus, born February II, 1765, died July 15, 1855 ; married (first) Lucy Root, (second) Mrs. Gifford. 3. Patience, born De- cember 28, 1767, died March 10, 1832; mar- ried Solomon Finley. 4. John Day, born July 23, 1770, died December 30, 1870; aged one hundred years five months seven days; mar- ried Sally Buell. 5. Anna, born January 15, 1773, died May 14, 1842; married Benjamin Sears. 6. Isaac, born October 29, 1775, died May 7, 1832 ; married Margaret, daughter of Aaron and Mary (Isham) Foote. 7. Asa, re- ferred to below. 8. Esther, born March 22, 1782, died September 11, 1849; married Will- iam Buell.
(VI) Asa, son of David (2) and Patience (Foote) Bigelow, was born in Glastonbury, Connecticut, January 18, 1779, and died in Malden, New York, February 12, 1850. He married, February 18, 1802, Lucy Isham, of Colchester, Connecticut, born there September 22, 1780, died in Malden, September 14, 1853. Children: 1. Susan Emeline, born Colebrook, Connecticut, December 5, 1805, died February 13, 1884; married, January 1, 1822, Stephen Kellogg, of Troy, New York, who lived in Malden. 2. Edward, referred to below.
3. David, born in Malden, June 26, 1815; mar- ried Maria, daughter of Lucas J. and Eliza- beth (Van der Poel) van Alen. 4. John, born Malden, November 25, 1817 ; graduated Union College, 1835, admitted to the bar 1838; ap- pointed an inspector of state prison at Sing Sing, 1845; joint editor with William Cullen Bryant of New York Evening Post, 1861 ; ap- pointed by President Lincoln consul at Paris, 1865 ; appointed to succeed William L. Dayton, of New Jersey, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Na- poleon III. In 1875 one of five commissioners to investigate the management of the canal system of New York state, and later in the same year elected secretary of state; in 1886 one of the executors of the will of Governor Tilden, and the following year elected presi- dent of the "Tilden Trust;" a voluminous writer on many important topics ; summer resi- dence Highland Falls on the Hudson, winter residence, 21 Grammercy Park, New York.
He married, June 11, 1850, Jane Tunis, daugh- ter of Ivan and Jane (Teunis) Poultney, of Baltimore, Maryland, who was born there Jan- uary 16, 1829, and died City, February 8, 1889; children : Grace, John, Poultney, Jenny, Annie and Flora. 5. Adeline, born Malden, Decem- ber 26, 1823, died December 23, 1850 ; married, October 20, 1847, Henry H. Beers.
( VII) Edward, son of Asa and Lucy ( Isham) Bigelow, was born in Saugerties, New York, August 20, 1810, and died there July 23, 1889. He married (first) Caroline E. Boies, was born in Blandford, Massachusetts, July 6, 1814, and died in Saugerties, Septem- ber II, 1852; (second) Mary A. Boies, sister to his first wife, born May 6, 1825. Children : John A., referred to below; Nathan R., of Montreal, Canada.
(VIII) John A., son of Edward and Caro- line E. (Boies) Bigelow, was born in New York, and is now living at 170 West Eighty- fifth street, New York City. He married Har- riet, daughter of Rev. Asa Smith, of Hanover, New Hampshire. Children: Edward; Will- iam Smith, both referred to below ; Alice, mar- ried Arthur M. Strong; John A. Jr .; Harriet, married John Lewis Hildreth, and had chil- dren Harriet, Lewis, and. Robert Hildreth; Frank B .; Charlotte K.
(IX) Edward, son of John A. and Harriet (Smith) Bigelow, was born in Malden, New York, December 8, 1864. After receiving his early education in Hanover, New Hampshire, he attended the Cleveland, Ohio, public schools, and after graduation started in as a boy with E. H. van Ingen, of 160 Fifth avenue, New York City, and by industry and perseverance has risen to be one of the firm's head sales- men. He is a Republican in politics, a deacon of the Presbyterian Church, a member of the Royal Arcanum, and secretary of the Eliza- beth Whist Club. He married, in Elizabeth, December 5, 1888, Rebecca Bispham, daughter of De Witt Clinton and Anna ( Roe) Morris, who was born in Haddonfield, New Jersey, January 10, 1863, and is a member of two of the most famous families in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Her sister, Anna Roe, died in infancy. Her brother, Edward, married Eva Lawrence. Children of Edward and Rebecca Bispham ( Morris) Bigelow : Russel, born De- cember 2, 1899; Margaret Roe, born July 9, 1894; William Smith, born March 22, 1903.
(IX) William Smith, son of John A. and Harriet (Smith) Bigelow, was born in Malden, New York, February 28, 1866. He received his early education in Hanover, New Hamp-
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shire, and then graduated from the Cleveland, Ohio, public schools, after which, in 1883, he started to learn the dry goods business in the commission house of Albert D. Smith, and by ability and application has risen until he is now practically in full control of that busi- ness. He is a Republican in politics, attends the Presbyterian Church, and he is a member of the Royal Arcanum. He married, in Eliz- abeth, April 10, 1889, Caroline, daughter of Rev. David Harrison and Caroline ( Peck) Pierson (see Pierson). Child of William Smith and Caroline ( Pierson) Bigelow: Car- oline Pierson, born March 19, 1890.
(The Pierson Line).
Thomas Pierson, ancestor of the New Jer- sey family, emigrated to Branford, Connecti- cut, from which place he removed with the criginal colonists to Newark, in 1666. He was a weaver by occupation, and died about 1701. He married, November 27, 1662, Maria, daughter of Richard Harrison, founder of the Newark family. Children: Samuel, referred to below ; Hannah; Elizabeth ; Abigail; Mary, married Samuel Lyon ; Thomas, born 1678, died March 5, 1758, married and had issue.
(II) Samuel, son of Thomas and Maria (Harrison) Pierson, was born in 1663, and died in 1730. He married his cousin Mary, daughter of Sergeant Richard Harrison, who was born in 1664 and died in 1732. Children : Joseph, born 1693, died 1759, married Heph- zibah Camp; Samuel, born 1698, died 1781, married Mary Sergeant; James, married and removed to the Lake country; Daniel, born 1703, died 1777, married Jemima Ogden ; Caleb, referred to below ; Jemima ; Mary, mar- ried Samuel Dodd; Hannah, born 1729, died 1794.
(III) Caleb, son of Samuel and Mary (Har- rison) Pierson, married Ruth Ogden. Chil- dren : Thomas, married Ruth Harrison ; Caleb, referred to below ; Elizabeth, married Jay Mar- tin; Jemima, married Jedia Lindsley.
(IV) Caleb (2), son of Caleb (I) and Ruth (Ogden) Pierson, was born in 1738. He mar- ried Joanna Baldwin, born in 1745. Children : Sarah, married David Ogden; John, married Susanna Russel; Elizabeth, born 1767, died 1793, married Linas Dodd; Jeptha, born 1775, died 1857 ; Israel; Joanna, married David, son of Elihu Pierson ; Abraham, married Jemima Miller ; Jane, died young ; Elijah, referred to below ; Lydia, married James Crockett.
(V) Elijah, son of Caleb and Joanna (Bald- win) Pierson, was born in 1779, and died in
1862. He married (first) Martha Williams, born 1784, died 1851; (second) Mary Will- iams, sister to his first wife. Children: I. James C., died in infancy. 2. Louisa, born 1807; married Aaron Dodd. 3. Elijah B., born in 1809 or 1810; died 1876; married Sarah, daughter of John Mingus. 4. Calvin D., born 1811, married (first) Lavinia Dodd ; and (second) Margaretta Dodd. 5. Maria, born 1813; married Samuel Crane. 6. Caleb Nelson, born 1815; married Jane E. Crane. 7. David Harrison, referred to below. 8. Na- than W., born 1821 ; married Susan, daughter of Abiather Harrison.
(VI) Rev. David Harrison, son of Elijah and Martha ( Williams) Pierson, was born in 1818, and died in 1889. He married Caroline, daughter of Aaron and Miranda ( Pierson) Peck (see Peck). Children: Mary Halsey; James A., married Ida Ralston; David Harri- son ; George Peck, married Ida Goepp; Caro- line Peck, referred to below.
(VII) Caroline, daughter of Rev. David Harrison and Caroline (Peck) Pierson, was born July 8, 1865. She married, in Elizabeth, April 10, 1889, William Smith, son of John A. and Harriet (Smith) Bigelow.
(The Peck Line).
Henry Peck, ancestor of the East Orange branch of the family of its name, emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts, in 1637, and after- wards became one of the founders of the New Haven colony, signing the Fundamental Agree- ment, June 4, 1639, and taking the oath of fidelity in July, 1644. He died in the autumn of 1651. His wife's maiden name is unknown ; her Christian name was Joan. Children : Elea- zer, baptized March 13, 1643; Joseph, referred to below; Benjamin, baptized September 5, 1647 ; Elizabeth, born March 16, 1649.
(II) Joseph, son of Henry and Joan Peck, was baptized in New Haven, September 5, 1647. He married, November 28, 1672, Sarah, born October 12, 1649, daughter of Roger and Mary (Nash) Alling. Children : I. Sarah, born September II, 1673; married (first) Thomas Gilbert; (second) Joseph Moss. 2. Joseph, referred to below. 3. Samuel, born December 29, 1677, died December 30, 1703 ; married Abigail Hitchcock. 4. James, born February 17, 1679, died 1760; married (first) Abigail Morris, (second) Hannah Leek. 5. John, born October 6, 1682; married Esther Morris. 6. Eliphalet, born May 12, 1685. 7. Abigail, born May 2, 1686; married Robert Talmage. 8. Mary, born October 6, 1689;
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married Stephen Rowe. 9. Ebenezer, born May 2, 1693.
(III) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (I) and Sarah (Alling) Peck, was born in New Haven, October 9, 1675, and died in Newark, New Jersey, January 9, 1745. He sold the land in New Haven, inherited from his father, and removed to Newark, where he located in that portion of the town known for many years afterwards as Pecktown, and now as East Orange. He married Lydia, daughter of Ed- ward and Abigail (Blatchly) Ball, born about 1676, died August 22, 1742. Children : Sarah, Joseph (referred to below) Timothy, Ruth, Mary, Elizabeth.
(IV) Joseph (3), son of Joseph (2) anu Lydia (Ball) Peck, was born in Pecktown (East Orange), in 1702, and died July 12, 1772. He was a ruling elder and deacon in the Mountain Society, and an executor of the will of Rev. Daniel Taylor. He married Jemima Lindsley, who died about 1781. Children : David, referred to below; Jesse, born 1730, died 1771 ; John, born 1732, died December 28, 18II, married (first) Elizabeth Dodd, (sec- ond) Mary Harrison ; Joseph, born January 2, 1735 ; Moses, born October 6, 1740, died 1748; Abigail, born 1743; Ruth, married Stephen Dod; Elizabeth, born 1749, died 1819, married John Wright.
(V) David, son of Joseph and Jemima (Lindsley) Peck, was born in East Orange, in 1727, and died there April 5, 1796. He mar- ried Mary, daughter of Thomas and grand- daughter of Matthias Williams, who died Jan- uary 9, 1799. Children: Daniel, died 1827; James, referred to below ; Abiel, married Phebe ('anfield ; Ruth.
(VI) James, son of David and Mary (Will- iams) Peck, was born in East Orange, about 1760. He served with the Essex county mili- tia in the revolutionary war. He married Han- nah, daughter of Matthew and Sarah ( Treat) Canfield. Children: William, born Septem- ber 13, 1790, died May 4, 1849, married Fanny Canfield; Aaron, referred to below; Phebe, born June 17, 1801, died March 29, 1848, mar- ried Samuel Condit.
(VII) Aaron, son of James and Hannah (Canfield) Peck, was born in East Orange, March 2, 1798, and died there April 8, 1865. From 1819 to 1838 he was a member of the Essex county militia, rising to the rank of cap- tain. He was appointed a master in chancery by Governor William Pennington, and was president and principal owner of the Sussex railroad. He married, April 19, 1820, Miranda,
daughter of Bethuel and Mary (Condit) Pier- son. Children: Caroline, referred to below ; Mary Ann, born 1823, died in infancy ; George, born July 9, 1826, married Eliza Ardelia Brewster ; Cyrus, born November 1, 1829, mar- ried Mary Picton Halsey; Mary Jane, born 1831 ; Aaron, born June 6, 1836, married Julia Manning, a Presbyterian clergyman.
(VIII) Caroline, daughter of Aaron and Miranda (Pierson) Peck, was born in Orange in 1821, and died in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1902. She married, in 1844, Rev. David Har- rison, son of Elijah and Martha (Williams) Pierson.
The Ballantines are among
BALLANTINE the later arrivals to this country, the founder of
the family having emigrated during the first quarter of the nineteenth century; but the name and reputation which three generations of the family have made and fostered, as well as the connections and associations that they have formed entitle them to be recognized among the prominent representative families of Essex county, and among those sons of New Jersey whom the state delights to honor. (I) Peter Ballantine, the emigrant and founder of the family of his name in Essex county, was born in Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scot- land, November 16, 1791. The place of his birth has been made famous by Robert Burns, who during fourteen years of the latter part of his life lived with his brother Gilbert on a small farm at Mossgiel, about a mile and a half to the north of Mauchline, where were written some of the poet's finest poems, as "The Jolly Beggars," "The Cottar's Saturday Night," and "Lines to a Mouse," and in the neighborhood of which place the scenes of some of his most admired lyrics were laid-the cot- tage of "Poosie Nancy," and Mauchline Kirk, the scene of the "Holy Fair," being in the town itself. For the first twenty-nine years of his life Peter Ballantine, lived amid the scenes depicted so well by Burns, and then the pressure of poverty and the call to great achievement sent him forth to seek his fortune in the new world.
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