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The narrative here written JANEWAY has relation to one of the prominent families of America, whose ancestor obtained his first knowledge of the new world while on service as a British naval officer stationed at New York and who afterward became a permanent resident of that city.
(I) William Janeway, born in London, England, an officer on board. His Britannic Majesty's ship "Richmond," was stationed at New York in 1696. While there he married and purchased an estate (May 10, 1698), of William Merritt, mayor of New York, the lands thus acquired being situated in what now is the sixth ward of the city. Early in 1699 he returned to England with his ship, and hav- ing settled his business affairs there he came back to New York, being entrusted by his sovereign with the charter of Trinity Church,
and by the crown was appointed vestryman of the church. He was one of the committee charged with the duty of erecting the first church edifice on the present site ; and both he and his wife lie buried in Trinity churchyard. She was Mrs. Agnes (DeKay) De Meier, daughter of Jacobus and Hildegard (Theunis) De Kay, and by her William Janeway had an only son.
(II) Jacob, son of William and Agnes (De Kay-De Meier) Janeway, was born in New York City in 1707, baptized by Rev. Dr. W. Vesey, and died in Somerset county, New Jer- sey, March II, 1746. He married in New York, June 26, 1738, Sarah Hoagland, born November 13, 1709, died in Somerset county, January 4, 1760, and both she and her husband are supposed to be buried in the Piscataway churchyard in that county. After their mar- riage Jacob Janeway and his wife removed to Somerset county and settled at Middlebrook, between Bound Brook and Somerville, and there he owned mills and a store. They had four children, all of whom were baptized by Rev. Dr. Skinner in the Piscataway Episcopal church, and all of them died young, except the youngest.
(III) George, son of Jacob and Sarah (Hoagland) Janeway and the only one of their children who grew to maturity, was born in Somerset county, New Jersey, October 9, 1741 (or 1742?) and acquired his early education there. Being an attendant from boyhood of the Reformed church (then the only church in Somerville ), he became a communicant of that denomination, and so it happened that the Janeways ceased to be Episcopalians. When he attained his majority he went to New York to recover the estate belonging to his grandfather, William Janeway, and after' a series of prolonged litigations he succeeded in regaining the property. He continued to live in New York until after the British troops took possession of the city, when, having taken an active part with the American colonists in the revolutionary struggle, as captain of a com- pany in the Second regiment of New York militia, he was compelled with his family to leave. He returned, however, with General Washington after the evacuation of the city by the British army, and continued to live there until his death. During his enforced absence from New York, Captain Janeway resided in New Brunswick, New Jersey. His house in the city during the interval was occupied by the British, and when they evacuated they painted a large letter "R" on the front door,
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to indicate that it had been the dwelling of a rebel American. During the time he lived in New Brunswick, George Janeway's family oc- cupied the old mansion called Buccleugh, now owned by the heirs of the late Colonel Warren
Scott. Captain Janeway possessed large means, was a gentleman of character and high social position, and was a member of the Dutch Reformed church. On April 23, 1823, he was appointed by the legislature of the state of New York one of the commissioners to lay out the Delaware and Hudson Canal. He died in New York, September 2, 1826. He mar- ried, December 13, 1767, Effie Ten Eyck, and by her had three sons and one daughter. Their first son died in infancy. Their second son, William, born December 13, 1772, was drowned in New York harbor in 1814. Their third son, Jacob Jones, was born November 20, 1774, and is noticed in succeeding para- graphs. Their only daughter, Sarah Ann, was born March 17, 1779, and married General Peter Van Zandt.
(IV) Rev. Jacob Jones Janeway, D. D., youngest son of George and Effie (Ten Eyck) Janeway, was born in the city of New York, November 20, 1774, died in New Brunswick, New Jersey, June 27, 1858, full of years, hav - ing attained and enjoyed a prominence in the ecclesiastical and educational world such as fell to the lot of but few men of his time. His life, his character and his good works have left their impress on all later generations of his descendants, just in the same manner as his teachings and example left their impress on scores of young men who sat under his in- struction while he occupied the professor's chair. He graduated from Columbia College, studied for the ministry under Rev. Dr. John H. Livingston, became assistant pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia under Rev. Dr. Ashbel Green, succeeded as sole pastor when Dr. Green was made presi- dent of Princeton College, and afterward was connected with that church for nearly thirty years. He was then appointed to a profess- orship in the Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, but resigned and returned to Philadelphia, whence he was called to the Reformed Dutch Church in New Brunswick, where he was settled pastor for one year, resigning to become pastor of the Market Street Reformed Church in New York City. In 1833 he was elected vice-president of Rutgers College and removed to New Brunswick. That office he resigned in 1839, returned to the Presbyterian church, and be-
came trustee of Princeton College and presi- dent of the board of directors of Princeton Theological Seminary.
On April 17, 1804, Dr. Janeway married Mar- tha Gray Leiper, born in Philadelphia, Septem- ber 2, 1783, daughter of Colonel Thomas Lei- per, who was born at Strathaven, Scotland, De- cember 15, 1745, son of Thomas Leiper. Colonel Leiper was educated at Glasgow and graduated at Edinburgh, his father intending him for the ministry. However, on the death of his father the eldest son Robert inherited the pa- ternal estate, and Thomas at the age of eight- een came over to America to join his brother Andrew, a physician settled in Maryland. While there he received an offer to enter the Philadelphia mercantile house of his cousin, Gavin Hamilton, which he accepted, and after being associated with him for several years he went into business for himself and pros- pered. He married Elizabeth, daughter of George Gray, of Whitby Hall, on the Schuyl- kill, owner of Gray's Ferry. During the revolu- tion George Gray was president of the pro- vincial assembly of Pennsylvania, author of the famous "Treason Resolutions," chairman of the committee of safety, and president of the board of war of Pennsylvania. At the beginning of the revolutionary war Colonel Leiper, with other gentlemen, organized the First City Troop of Philadelphia, maintaining it at. their own expense. He was orderly ser- geant and afterward first lieutenant of the troop, which participated in the principal battles under Washington and often served as bodyguard to that distinguished commander. He stood beside General Mercer when that officer was killed at the battle of Princeton. When the army at Valley Forge was in a desti- tute condition and General Washington ap- pealed to Robert Morris to raise funds to sup- ply the needs of his men, Colonel Thomas Leiper contributed five thousand pounds for that purpose. There is in the possession of the family a personal letter from General Wash- ington to Colonel Leiper thanking him for his services during the war. He also gave other large sums of money to the American cause during the war and as treasurer of the First City Troop he carried the French subsidies to the army at Yorktown. Colonel Leiper purchased a large estate in Delaware county, Pennsylvania, four miles west of Ches- ter, and there built a large summer home, called Strathaven Hill, Avondale. He also erected several large mills there, while on the estate there were immense quarries, and in
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order to carry the stone from the quarries to the Delaware river he built in 1810 the first railroad in this country. He helped to originate the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, was president of the council during three terms, nominated Thomas Jefferson for presi- dent, and died in Avondale in 1825.
Rev. Dr. Jacob Jones and Martha Gray (Leiper) Janeway had eight children : I. Rev. Dr. Thomas Leiper Janeway, born February 27, 1805, married Abbie B. Howell. Their son, Dr. John H. Janeway, entered the Union army at the beginning of the late civil war and con- tinued in the service until the end of the con- test ; then entered the regular army and served until a few years ago, when he was re- tired for age, with the rank of colonel. Rev. B. H. Janeway, brother of Dr. John H. Jane- way, served during the war as chaplain of one of the New Jersey regiments. 2. George Ja- cob Janeway, born October 14, 1806, married Julia A. Matilda Smith. Their eldest son, Colonel Jacob J. Janeway, entered the Four- teenth New Jersey Infantry, served through- out the war and was mustered out with the rank of lieutenant-colonel, also being brevetted colonel ; he is now a prominent manufacturer, residing in New Brunswick. Another son, Dr. Edward G. Janeway, is a well-known physician in New York City. 3. William Yates Janeway, born July 6, 1809, died in in- fancy. 4. Elizabeth Leiper Janeway, born No- vember 24, 1811, married John Van Nest. 5. Rev. John Livingston Janeway, D. D., born April 21, 1815, married Maria W. Wetherell ; served as chaplain of the Thirtieth New Jer- sey Infantry for a long time during the war. until compelled to resign on account of ill health. 6. William Richard Janeway, born December 29, 1817, married Julia Hartshorn. Their eldest son, Colonel Hugh H. Janeway, entered the First New Jersey Cavalry as lieu- tenant at the beginning of the war. The regi- ment was known as the "fighting regiment,' having taken part in ninety-five battles and skirmishes during the war. He was the first Union officer wounded near Washington, and was wounded fifteen times during the war ; became colonel of his regiment long before the war ended, and was killed at the head of his regiment while leading it in its last battle, at Petersville, Pennsylvania, a few days before Lee's surrender at Appomattox ; was then in his twenty-fourth year. 7. Martha Gray Janeway, born March 23, 1821, died unmar- ried. 8. Henry Latimer Janeway, born Au- gust 9, 1824, see forward.
(V) Henry Latimer, youngest son and child of Rev. Dr. Jacob Jones and Martha Gray (Leiper ) Janeway, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 9, 1824, and is the only son of his parents' children now living. His early education was received at Nash and Mann's School, New York City, Benjamin Mortimer's School, New Brunswick, New Jer- sey, and Rutgers College Grammar School. He entered Rutgers College in 1840, and was graduated in July, 1844; M. A. in course. 1847. He studied medicine for some time. but did not enter the profession; instead, in 1846, he engaged in the manufacture of wall paper in New Brunswick, and is still in that business, which is carried on under the style of Janeway & Company, Incorporated. For many years he has taken a commendable in- terest in political affairs, although never for personal advancement, being originally a Whig, later a Democrat, and now a Republi- can. For many years, too, he was prominently identified with Free Masonry and Odd Fellow- ship, and held the highest offices in the bodies of which he was a member in both orders. At one time he was a member of the Union Club of New Brunswick. In 1854 Mr. Janeway was elected a trustee of the First Presbyterian Church of New Brunswick, for many years was president of the board, and is still serving in that capacity. In 1862 he became a trustee of Rutgers College, and at the present time he is senior member of the board. For twenty-two years he was a member of the board of education of New Brunswick, and for seven years president of the board. He served forty years as a director of the New Brunswick Gas Light Company, was charter member of the board of directors by whom was built the New Brunswick City Water Works and for more than forty-five years was a director of the Mutual Fire Insurance Com- pany of New Brunswick. In 1876 he was ap- pointed by Governor Bedle member of the New Jersey centennial commission. For many years he has been a member of the Board of Trade of New Brunswick and of the Washington Association of Morristown, a fellow of the American Geographical Society. New York, a councillor of the Institute of Civies, member of the New Jersey Historical Society, and member of the Sons of the Ameri- can Revolution.
At Geneva, New York, October 18, 1848. Henry Latimer Janeway married Catherine Abeel, born in Belleville, New Jersey, Febru- ary 13. 1829, daughter of Rev. Gustavus Abeel,
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D. D., a minister of the Dutch Reformed church, who married Mary J., daughter of Abraham Van Nest, of New York City. Dr. Abeel's grand father was Colonel James Abeel, who served as quartermaster general under Gen- eral Washington. Children of Henry Latimer and Catherine ( Abeel) Janeway: I. Gustavus Abeel Janeway, died young. 2. Katherine Van Nest Janeway (deceased), married Wil- loughby Weston (deceased), and had a son, Henry Janeway Weston (deceased). 3. Henry Latimer Janeway (deceased), married Mary Wetmore; four children-Mary Alison Janeway, Katherine Abeel Janeway, Helen Rodney Janeway, and Henry Latimer Jane- way. Three children (with their mother ) re- side with their Grandfather Janeway in New Brunswick. 4. Mary Abeel Janeway, died young. 5. Helen Hamilton Janeway, resides with her father in New Brunswick. 6. Har- mon Crosby Janeway, died in infancy.
MARCUS The family here described are of the Jewish faith, with mind and intelligence always recept- ive to the best truths of all beliefs, and with ambition to excel in learning and achievement. The first record of them is in Vienna, Aus- tria, and the members of the family who have made the United States their abiding place have become public-spirited and valuable citi- zens.
(I) Bernard Marcus was born in Vienna. Austria, and subsequently removed to Paris. France. He was a banker, and married Ber- tha, daughter of Abraham Wisner, of Paris. They had a son Herman David.
(II) Herman David, son of Bernard and Bertha ( Wisner ) Marcus, was born May 26, 1867, in Paris, France. He came to America, a poor boy, landing in New York in November, 1883, and made his way to Philadelphia, where for a time he made his living at first peddling. He afterwards obtained a position as a boy in a brewery, and eventually pursued a course at the Philadelphia Dental College, from which he graduated in February, 1888, with degree D. D. S., but his ambition was not satisfied. and the same year he entered the Medico- Chirurgical College, of the same city, from which he graduated in 1891 with degree M. D. He spent a year as resident physician or ill- terne at the College Hospital, the next year in the same capacity at the Philadelphia Hos- pital, and was then for a time attached to the Philadelphia Municipal Hospital. From 1893 until 1900 Dr. Mareus was lecturer of thera-
peutics and general urinary diseases, and then was for a time a lecturer on anatomy and physical diagnosis at Philadelphia Dental Col- lege. From 1894 until 1898 he served in the Polyclinic College and Hospital as special as- sistant to the chair of diseases of the chest. In February, 1901, Dr. Marcus removed to At- lantic City, which has since been his home, and where he immediately entered upon the general practice of medicine, winning well deserved success. His advance in life, from a penniless boy to the position of a prominent physician in one of the finest cities of the land, well illus- trates the possibilities open to perseverance and pluck, in the land of wide opportunities. Dr. Marcus is a member of the American Medical Association, New Jersey State Medi- cal Association, Atlantic County Medical As- sociation, also of the Benevolent and Protect- ive Order of Elks, of Atlantic City. He is an independent Republican in politics, and in re- ligion a liberal Jew. He is a man of high at- tainments, and has from time to time con- tributed to the various medical magazines and journals, on a variety of subjects.
Dr. Marcus married (first) in 1892, Jean, daughter of Julius Blumenthal, of Altoona, Pennsylvania, who died in 1900, leaving two children. Bernard, born 1893, and Jean, born 1900. He married (second) Yetta, daughter of Moses Kaufman, of Charlottesville, Vir- ginia, born in February, 1872, and they became parents of one child, Madeline Katherine, born September, 1904.
1136381 Elizabeth Drinker quaintly re-
SMITH marks in the charming diary which she wrote over one hun- dred and fifty years ago that three Mr. Smiths had called on her in the course of one morn- ing, and that not one of the three were in any way related to the other, and concludes her account of the visit with the remark: "I think there are more Smiths in North America than there are all other people put together." Whether the ancestor of the branch of the family at present under consideration was one of Elizabeth Drinker's callers or not it is im- possible to say, but at any rate Dr. Walter Horstmann Smith and his ancestors have played quite an important part in the history of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania.
(I) John Smith, the first ancestor of whom we have information, was born in Scotland. When a young man he entered the United States navy and was one of twelve men picked ont to set fire to the old frigate "Philadel.
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phia" at the battle of Tripoli. He married Rebecca Lauterback and among their children was John L., see forward.
(II) John L., son of John and Rebecca (Lauterback) Smith, was for many years a builder and manufacturer of locomotives at Philadelphia, and was a master mechanic of exceptional ability. He built and ran the first locomotive which run from Philadelphia to Germantown, and run the first engine up the inclined plane. He married Rebecca, daugh- ter of Peter Johnson, a flour merchant of Philadelphia, who served in the battles of Ger- mantown and Brandywine in the revolution- ary war. Among their children was Joseph, E. C., see forward.
(III) Joseph E. C., son of John L. and Re- becca (Johnson) Smith, was born in Philadel- phia, Pennsylvania, 1845. For many years he was the cashier for William H. Horstmann & Company of Philadelphia. In 1870 he mar- ried in Philadelphia Margaret Emma, born in 1849, daughter of Hugh and Susan L. (Venai) Kilpatrick, the former of whom was a son of Andrew Kilpatrick, and the latter a daughter of and Katherine (Stahl) Venai ; Katherine (Stahl) Venai was a daughter of John Stahl, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, who aided the revolutionary war financially. Chil- dren of Mr. and Mrs. Smith: 1. Howard Grove, born 1872, died in 1903. 2. Roland Hand, born 1873, died December 23, 1902. 3. J. Ellis, born November 9, 1879, twin with Walter Horstmann. 4. Walter Horstmann. see forward.
(IV) Walter Horstmann, youngest child of Joseph Ellis Coffey and Margaret Emma ( Kil- patrick) Sinith, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 9, 1879. For his early education he attended the Friends' school in Philadelphia. He then entered the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania, 1898, and graduated in 1902 with the degree of M. D. For two years he served as an as- sistant in the Philadelphia Hospital, after which he engaged in the general practice of his profession in Philadelphia. During his serv- ice in the Philadelphia Hospital Dr. Smith opened an office at Haddonfield, New Jersey, which is now the scene of his labors. He is a member of the American Medical Association, New Jersey Medical Society, Camden County Medical Society, and Alumni Association of the University of Pennsylvania. He is an en- thusiastic student of his profession, and he has reported and written for the various medical magazines and papers. He is a member of the
Medical Club of Philadelphia. He is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church, and a Republi- can in politics.
Dr. Smith married, May 18, 1904, Violet Ringgold Thompson, of Annapolis, Maryland, a direct descendant of William Smith, of Maryland, known as "Gold Heels," and who aided the revolutionary war financially. They have one child, Walter Horstmann Jr., born in 1907.
There have been since the early ABBOTT days of the colonization of South Jersey three distinct families by the name of Abbott in that section of the state. One of these is the family of George Abbott, of Salem; another the de- scendants of John Abbott, of Chesterfield, and the third, which is at present under considera- tion, the posterity of James Abbott, of Long Island. So far as is known there is no rela- tionship between any of these families, nor so far as is known there is no relationship be- tween any of these families, nor so far as the records that have come to light show have they intermarried with each other.
(I) James Abbott, founder of the family at present under consideration, was born in county Somerset, England. He emigrated to Long Island somewhere near the close of the seventeenth century, and died there leaving seven children-two daughters and five sons: I. James, referred to below. 2. Isaac. 3. Benjamin, went to Pennsylvania. 4. Daniel, moved to New England. 5. William, settled in South Jersey.
(II) James (2), son of James (I) Abbott, of Long Island, settled in Salem county, New Jersey, about the same time that his brother Isaac removed from Long Island to the head of the Raritan river, in Hunterdon county, New Jersey. He died between 1763 and 1768. and among his children was a son John, re- ferred to below.
(III) John, son of James (2) Abbott, was born in Salem county, New Jersey, April 8, 1758, died April 3, 1834. He married (first) Elizabeth Harden, who died February 18, 1787. He married (second) Rebecca Chattin, born September 29, 1764, died March 17, 1813. Children, all except the first by second marriage : I. Thomas, born March 10, 1786, died May, 1795. 2. Elizabeth, September 8, 1790, died April 23, 1850; married Clark Web- ster. 3. Mary, October 21, 1792, died Febru- ary 25, 1874; married William Murphy. 4. Sarah, July 16, 1795, died about 1887 ; married
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a Hanby. 5. Martha, April 25, 1798; married a Hanby ; died about 1892. Sarah and Mar- tha married brothers and lived near each other in southern Indiana. 6. Isaac, November I, 1800, died July 1, 1835. 7. John Chattin, re- ferred to below. 8. David, February 7, 1807, died April, 1854.
(IV) Hon. John Chattin Abbott, son of John and Rebecca (Chattin) Abbott, was born in Salem county, New Jersey, March 2, 1803. About 1830 he removed from Salem county to Mays Landing, Atlantic county, where he was for a time employed as a clerk at the Weymouth Works. Subsequently he became general manager for Dr. Schoenburger, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, where he had charge of his fur- naces in the Allegheny mountains, near Hol- lidaysburg. He was a civil engineer and a merchant ; he served for fifteen years as one of the lay judges of Atlantic county, and was for several terms a member of the board of freeholders. He died October 2, 1891. Mr. Abbott married, October 31, 1834, Ann God- frey, daughter of William and Rejoice (Steel- man) Treen; she was born in 1810. Chil- dren : 1. William Treen, born September 29, 1836; now a Methodist clergyman, residing at Asbury Park, New Jersey, and during the civil war chaplain of the Twenty-third Volunteer Regiment New Jersey Infantry. He married Rebecca Gilbert, of Burlington, and has Cath- arine, Stella, and William Godfrey Abbott. of Ocean City. 2. John Godfrey, born Novem- ber. 20, 1838; enlisted during the civil war as private, promoted corporal and first lieutenant, much of his time acting captain of the Forty- eighth Regiment of the New Jersey Volun- teer Infantry, Company G, killed in action at Fort Wagner in 1863; unmarried. 3. Joseph Edward Potts, referred to below. 4. Clark Webster, born November 12, 1842; married Arabella Wilson, and has John, Henry, Albert, Florence, Sarah, Emma, Wilmer, Melvin and Clark Webster Jr. 5. Benjamin Treen, born August 6, 1845; a physician living at Ocean City ; married (first) Harriet Blue; (second) Emma Godfrey, who died a year later ; (third) Della Corson; children by first marriage, Anna, married Stephen Little, of Camden ; Elizabeth : Dolly, married George Parsons. 6. Rebecca A., born December 12, 1847 ; died un- married. 7. Charles Tuller, born December 27, 1849. died in 1902 ; lived at Mays Landing ; married Caroline Glover, and has Howard W., Bessie Glover, Mary, married Richard W. Towell, and has Richard W., Jr., Charles Tul- ler, Margaret, Edward and Adella. 8. Mar-
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